Today is the day I’m choosing to publish a text exchange between me, the journalist guy, and Guy Baker, the detective guy. I’m going to withhold the exact timing of this text exchange and a few other factors that make it extra curious to me.
Before I get to the texts, a quick announcement: my first article appeared yesterday at Western Montana News, and subsequent articles will appear every Thursday. Because I think it’s relevant to my own work, I’ll note that May 31st, 1921, is the date of the Tulsa massacre.
This real historical event was used in the fictional adaptation of Watchmen, a show packed with synchronistic messaging for me, so I think it’s appropriate that today is the day I publish the curious text exchange initiated by Detective Baker two months ago.
All that said, here it is:
For new readers of this humble little blog, Detective Baker is a notorious law man from a law family, and though his dad seemed to be a respected member of law enforcement, I’m starting to get the impression that his son is not.
How do I gather the anecdotal stories that I base my speculation on? It’s simple, I have a big mouth with no filter and I use it everywhere I go. I call it my echo location shit-talking method. Here’s a visual:
After the flower girl incident Baker references in his exchange with me, it was the murder trial of Lee Nelson, a well-known homeless man, that inspired me to be more explicit in my criticism of Detective Baker, and that criticism has produced an incredible amount of stories bouncing back at me that I stash in my figurative pocket.
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I wasn’t thinking about third rails, or any kind of rails, when I started working at the Poverello Center in 2008 as an AmeriCorps VISTA. I was more focused on the fact I was about to be a father and, besides writing, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life.
Hey, maybe I could help people!
Did I help people? Yes, I helped LOTS of people, and that helpful attitude helped lay the foundation for the rise of a political star who shot far past her humble Boise roots, and who now only needs one name to be recognized by. That’s right, Ellie!
I was delighted to see Ellie’s name pop up in the BASH TRAVIS CAMPAIGN after Pete’s shot calling me a sociopath because it’s been ages since I’ve read this classic Missoulian article, which I will soon quote heavily from. First, the pile-on:
Isn’t this something? I would love to know more about what I’m allegedly experiencing in the criminal justice system from this lawyer/state senator/homeless-exploiter, but tonight is my last night enjoying conventional housing in this town, so I’m a little busy moving stuff out. Maybe Ellie can be subpoenaed at a later date so she can share with a jury the actions she has taken to stop me from exposing the Homeless Industrial Complex she used to start her political career.
When Ellie “resigned” from the shelter 13 year ago, the Missoulian captured an amazing moment of martyrdom that I still chuckle at when I read. Here it is (emphasis mine):
Hill announced her resignation on Monday as executive director of Missoula’s downtown homeless shelter and soup kitchen, after 5 1/2 years as its leader.
The first-term representative for Missoula’s House District 94, she will now co-chair the Montana Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, serving with state Sen. Kendall Van Dyk of Billings. She will also remain as a board member and adviser to the Poverello.
“It felt that for 5 1/2 years, I stood alone with a lightning rod in one hand and a sword in the other,” Hill said. “I was sometimes the face and often the voice for the homeless.“
The article continues with a delicate treatment of the mayoral intervention required to convince Ellie it was time to go.
For much of the past spring, that voice was at work to relocate the homeless shelter from its Ryman Street house to the former Trail’s End Saloon on West Broadway. The proposal was put on hold in late June after local residents objected and Mayor John Engen withdrew his support
But Hill said finding a new home for the Poverello Center had enough momentum to continue without her.
“About 3 1/2 of my 5 1/2 years has been in the search for a new Pov,” Hill said. “The mayor wanted the conversation about the new facility and he remains committed. My work’s sort of done when the mayor’s behind it.”
To fully appreciate what you’re reading here, you have to understand that our Mayor at the time, the late John Engen, was himself an unchecked alcoholic, so I can only imagine what kind of conversations were happening behind the scenes to eventually become the parachute of accolades that gave Ellie the public-relations cover to transition out her director job (emphasis mine):
Hill’s growing prominence within the Montana Democratic Party also played into the decision. In October, Time magazine included her in its “40 Under 40 Political Rising Stars” roundup. She was one of just two people from the Northern Rockies mentioned.
Hill’s new campaign position will involve a lot of travel. She will meet with legislative and national-level Democratic candidates to help with their campaigns and attempt to retake political offices. She said her goal is to help the Democrats retake majority leadership of the state Legislature.
“She has a true passion for the political process,” said Missoula United Way Director Susan Patrick, who partnered frequently with Hill on community projects. “But trying to do both – serve in the Legislature and run the Pov – it would just require superhuman efforts. Each of those is a superhuman job.”
The article wraps up with Ellie and Ginny (who I place in proper provenance here) taking a bow for the Homeless Outreach Team ground I plowed.
At the Poverello, Hill expanded its awareness of homeless military veterans and helped to create Valor House, which serves them. She also pushed for the opening of the Salcido Center, which provides daytime treatment for people with mental illness or addiction problems.
Most recently, she teamed with downtown business leaders to create Homeless Outreach Teams, which send volunteer social work interns to defuse conflicts between panhandlers and downtown visitors.
Missoula city spokeswoman Ginny Merriam coordinated the Downtown Advisory Commission that developed the outreach teams with Hill.
I watched all this play out while continuing to do my job coordinating the Homeless Outreach Teams, then left my position five years later WITHOUT a Mayoral intervention being necessary to dislodge me from the job I knew I couldn’t effectively do anymore because of burnout. Three years after that I left the non-profit sector entirely, choosing instead to expose what I had come to understand about our local cabal and how they operated.
Guess who found this decision threatening?
When Ellie got selected to be a member of Gianforte’s task force on housing, I wondered why. Maybe it was the Democrat connection to our former Sheriff, who is pictured below with Guy Baker posing for the camera as they project the idea that their role is to protect our children from online predators.
From the link:
Missoula police Detectives Chris Shermer and Guy Baker and Missoula County sheriff’s Detective T.J. McDermott, from right, are the linchpins of the Missoula Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Shermer works full time busting Internet predators, while Baker and McDermott are part time on the task force.
Tomorrow, when I publish my Detective Guy Baker texts, readers will get more EVEN MORE intriguing context to make an informed decision on the following question: am I a dangerous schizophrenic sociopath writing delusional lies about innocent public officials and private citizens, or am I a former insider who couldn’t turn his back on the fact our Sheriff’s Office has the power to EUTHANIZE and EXECUTE black men in our liberal town?
If you appreciate how I’ve derailed my life in order to seek the truth about what happened on January 3rd, 2020, inside the homeless shelter where I used to work–a shelter celebrating 50 years of existence during the same month I’ll be acquiring homeless superpowers by living in my box truck–then consider donating to Travis’ Impact Fund (TIF). Any little bit helps.
For those interested in REAL definitions of what a sociopath is, the screen-shot above should be helpful.
For butthurt narrative controllers who LOVE participating in DEMOCRACY, and who do NOT love a former fellow blogger pointing out his daddy was CIA, then this post will probably be the opposite of helpful.
I suspect it was yesterday’s post about Operation Mockingbird that got my fellow blogger’s britches in a bunch, so when he saw someone on Facebook share a post of mine about Nick Checota, well, it appears he just couldn’t help himself.
Shaming someone for sharing information is a very sad and desperate thing for the son of a CIA man to be doing. Maybe Pete misses the good ‘ol days at 4&20 Blackbirds when he could seamlessly tell readers who to vote for in local elections.
If the movers and shakers in this town are invested in labeling me as mentally ill, they should at least agree on the defamatory diagnosis before assassinating my character like this, since earlier this month it was supposedly the BID police officer, Amanda, telling a downtown business owner that I was schizophrenic.
If my gutless enemies would like to learn a thing or two about mental illness, there’s something happening this evening at our trillion dollar library. Maybe Pete, Ellie, Susan, and all my other “fans” can attend together.
You can hear a panel discussion on mental health in Missoula on Wednesday, focusing on how it impacts the whole community.
Specialist say mental illness, especially when undiagnosed or untreated, contributes to poor physical health, substance abuse, unemployment, our school drop-out rate, crime, prison overcrowding, homelessness, domestic conflict, rising disability rates and more.
The forum takes place from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Missoula Public Library for Mental Health Awareness Month.
I would attend, but I may be busy responding to internal stimuli and/or composing poetry written in my own poop.
Thanks for reading this unexpected midweek bonus post inspired by Pete Talbot!
Local government is amazing, so amazing that an entirely new entity has to be created in order to make use of the John Engen Local Government Building. Is this some kind of joke? (emphasis mine):
Missoula’s city and county government have formalized a new administrative body and special district to help direct renovations and updates to the John Engen Local Government Building, also known as the Engen Building.
Top administrative officials from the city and county, alongside Missoula County Commissioner Dave Strohmaier, approved an agreement that gives limited authority to the body to oversee the Missoula Local Government Building Special District.
What kind of things will this body be doing? How about writing a blank check to the Jackson Group? (emphasis mine):
City and county officials also unanimously approved a contract with Jackson Contractors to start removing asbestos and lead from the building.
The contract is more of an “umbrella” deal that will encompass the original restorative work and potential future construction within the building, Adams said.
After the asbestos removal, or abatement, is completed, the contractors will then prepare the space for use. There is no set timeline for the project completion, Adams said at the meeting.
With an “umbrella” blank check established, and bureaucratic processes underway, what else is developing with local government? Well, have you met TEDD yet? Because TEDD is coming whether you want it or not.
From the link (emphasis mine):
An old gravel pit in a growing corner of Missoula could find new life as an economic development district, with future tax revenue going toward public infrastructure to fund jobs, housing and redevelopment.
Missoula County last week signed an agreement with Pioneer Technical Services to create the new Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD). While the process is still young, the district would be located just west of Reserve Street and south of Interstate 90.
Doesn’t this sound familiar? Yes, it sounds VERY familiar, because this scheme is modeled after the Tax Increment Financing scam run by the CITY of Missoula for years, which you can learn about by watching my documentary, Engen’s Missoula.
For a visual, here’s the piece of land being “targeted” by our local bureaucrats.
This area contains homeless encampments, including, I believe, the Sheriff Office’s favorite non-compliant sex offender, Todd Keith Spence, who has a tent to the right of the blue line, next to Grant Creek. Will the use of this TEDD displace TODD? I don’t know, but I think Todd should know that development is coming his way, eventually.
For more on the curious history of Todd Spence, here are some posts worth checking out:
Getting back to our GOVERNMENT insanity, the following quote has a key phrase that should signal to discerning readers something worth scrutinizing is afoot. Here’s the quote (emphasis mine):
Karen Hughes, the county’s director of planning, said the private sector brought forward the proposal to place the property into a TEDD.
Most of the property’s parcels are undeveloped due to a lack of infrastructure. The contract with Pioneer Technical will include a statement of infrastructure deficiency and a comprehensive development plan.
“It’s one of those great public-private partnerships,” said Hughes. “The increment it accrues can go toward public infrastructure for that kind of development can occur. It creates jobs in our community.”
Yep, our government is insane, and the evidence of this insanity is the fact that the County is now doing the same thing as the City, and what’s been the result thus far for the City? Property taxes are SKYROCKETING, and all our elected “leaders” can think to do is beg the state to allow them to TAX MORE with a local tax targeting tourists. Total insanity.
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I slept in, so this is going to be a short post about the American intelligence project to control ALL relevant narratives through operations like the one named above. For some recent news on this insidious effort, here’s a Zerohedge piece reporting on the latest disclosures from the Twitter files (emphasis mine):
While the CIA is strictly prohibited from spying on or running clandestine operations against American citizens on US soil, a bombshell new “Twitter Files” report reveals that a member of the Board of Trustees of InQtel – the CIA’s mission-driving venture capital firm, along with “former” intelligence community (IC) and CIA analysts, were involved in a massive effort in 2021-2022 to take over Twitter’s content management system, as Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi and Alex Gutentag report over at Shellenberger’s Public.
According to “thousands of pages of Twitter Files and documents,” these efforts were part of a broader strategy to manage how information is disseminated and consumed on social media under the guise of combating ‘misinformation’ and foreign propaganda efforts – as this complex of government-linked individuals and organizations has gone to great lengths to suggest that narrative control is a national security issue.
Before I get to the clip from the show Fallout that I think is one of the more substantive 22 seconds of mainstream “entertainment” I’ve seen in awhile, here’s a reminder that Missoula’s former Mayor, John Engen, had a “former” CIA man by the name of John Talbot help run his first political campaign, and John’s son, Pete Talbot, is still bouncing around this town, helping with things like local elections.
Isn’t this interesting? I think it is, especially considering what William Casey, the director of the CIA, said in 1981 about Operation Mockingbird, which is this: “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.”
Now, here’s the clip from the show I recorded. If you appreciate my perspective, please consider donating to Travis’ Impact Fund (TIF), any little bit helps.
