Day: March 7, 2022

by Travis Mateer

I wanted to bring attention to a few notable housekeeping issues this month for readers of Zoom Chron to be aware of.

First, to the right, at the blogroll, you will notice Missoula County Tyranny is no longer there. That is because Roy McKenzie’s efforts can now be found at Free Missoula News.

Another change is the shortening of Outerlimits (and a better link) as writing at that virtual space has a new article readers of this blog need to read, titled Why is Mayor Engen Replacing Missoula Police with Private Security?

Here’s an excerpt from the link:

Since Missoula’s liberal leaders aren’t bashful about bringing Killology’s habit-forming violence fetishes to a police force near us, one must wonder about the intentions of beefing up the local garrison with private gun slingers who are even less accountable than the police. A whole private industry has sprung up right under our noses, where a group of armed vigilantes vow to solve the “risk based” problems of our fair city through means apparently unavailable to the police.

I highly suggest following the link to read the whole article. It’s eye-opening, to say the least.

For the writing here, at Zoom Chron, I hope to keep up the frequency of posts (at least six a week), but my schedule might be changing, which means I might downshift on the citizen journalism articles in order to highlight the “fiction” I’ve compiled at my Substack page. That fiction will now feature my Covid journal, which I started writing in March of 2020. Most of it will be behind a paywall, but I’ll post teaser excerpts here.

To get a sense of how my fiction “went live”, so to speak, check out this part, which I posted on 2-22-2022.

I’m also going to experiment with a new style of Gonzo reporting which combines short, cynical reports from the ground, combined with my simple musical stylings. To get an idea of what this will look like, here’s my pilot effort. Coming up on that front, I recorded a song yesterday which I’m calling SHERIFF MAN GUY.

Good things are coming, dear readers, so thank you for reading, sharing, and even donating money to my GoFundMe page, where I’m hoping to continue receiving donations, which will help me with the costs I’ve already invested in making the documentary, Engen’s Missoula, while also looking to take the documentary on the road around Montana, to educate lawmakers about the scams being implemented in Zoom Town.

Like always, thanks for reading, and stay tuned for good things to come!

by Travis Mateer

Scanning local headlines from weekend shenanigans, especially after last week’s heavy-hitter roundtable on public safety, one might wonder whether or not law enforcement can keep up with increasing crime rates amidst population growth and budget starvation from TIF schemes.

On Friday night Missoula PD failed to apprehend one suspect in two separate car chases. The public is being asked for help. In another story, the “help” provided by a member of the public resulted in two arrests, the guy who was driving under the influence, and the vigilante who discharged his own firearm in vigilante zeal to detain the drunk.

Late on Saturday night/Sunday morning I exited the building where my studio is located and there were FIVE police cars parked. I’m not sure what they were responding to, but during my walk-around I overheard some people talking about an incident with a gun.

The next day (yesterday) I mistook the “caution” tape out front of the Badlander as crime scene tape. The helpful gentleman in the bar with the Russian accent (I’m sure it’s just Belarusian, so no need to cancel him like those Russian cats) had no idea about any incident like I described.

I sent Public Information Officer, Lydia Arnold, an email just in case–about the alleged gun incident, not the accent. I don’t think having a Russian-sounding accent is illegal yet, but who knows with this latest programming suddenly replacing the COVID protocols with a daily dose of anti-Russia hate.

Speaking of anti-Russian hate, there was a rally on Sunday at the Missoula County Courthouse organized by the Democratic Socialists of America and because their hatred of Russia wasn’t pure, the propagandist I call GOMER Kidston did some fun framing of these weirdos who, for some reason, don’t want WWIII to go nuclear.

Here’s the opening of the article featuring the clear tone of dismay that these activists aren’t valorizing America while demonizing Russia.

While Russia cuts off humanitarian corridors for Ukrainian refugees fleeing its invasion and indiscriminately shells population centers, a handful of Missoula residents gathered downtown on Sunday to criticize both sides of the conflict, laying blame on Russia, NATO and even the U.S.

The war propaganda from GOMER Kidston–a former Marine and Democratic spokesperson–is unmistakable to those with unoccupied brains. Here’s more bullshit from this craven propagandist:

With the war already underway and Russian forces laying waste to Ukrainian cities and population centers, those at the rally said the U.S. should deny the urge to send arms to Ukraine, along with establishing a no-fly-zone. 

While doing so will likely lead to the eventual fall of a free and Democratic state, experts have suggested, those at the rally contend that NATO never was a success and has only served to provoke Russia.

Gomer Kidston cannot mask his disdain for this very practical perspective that NATO expansion is a major reason for Russia’s incursion into the Ukrainian civil war, which was sparked by a western-backed coup.

Thankfully I’m not Gomer Kidston, blindly regurgitating pro-war propaganda and framing anti-war activists like a punk-ass. Maybe that’s because I’ve been paying attention to this region and the geopolitical consequences of America’s provocations for over a decade.

I’ll be writing more about this, but in a different way than one might expect, so stay tuned. And thanks for reading.