{"id":2542,"date":"2023-12-04T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2023-11-09T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:28:00","slug":"epilog-9-parts-3-did-the-rumpkins-have-a-third-reprise-as-the-s-f-shakespearian-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2542","title":{"rendered":"EPILOG (9 Parts): #3 – Did the Rumpkins Have a Third Reprise as the S.F. Shakespearian Theater?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3.Did the Rumpkins Have a Third Reprise as the San Francisco Shakespearian Theatre Company?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Yes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     There, of course, was an immediate media firestorm, following the capture of Rafferty and Furbush, but not much detail about the bombing at the wastewater treatment plant.  That bomb went off in a car.  No bodies were found.  No injuries to report.  Unbeknownst to Skip, Gordy took it upon himself to start a rumor that Rafferty was on to Jane being an informant and, wanting to eliminate her, had that bomb set to go off early while she was driving to St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral.  FBI Agent Stover picked up on the rumor and theorized \u201cthat explains the change in plans from Rockefeller Plaza to Times Square.  Rafferty had it all figured out \u2013 knowing Jane was giving us info we\u2019d all be looking in the wrong places, and he could get rid of Jane at the same time.  Which also explains,\u201d Stover continued, \u201cthe guy in Muslim garb, not a bomber at all, just some homeless guy who says he was paid fifty bucks to put the costume on, and at 5:30 walk up to the Christmas tree and leave a present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     With both Rafferty (aka Dougherty) and Furbush safely in custody, and deciding to go with the theory that Jane had gotten blown up by Rafferty (some human remains were actually found in the car \u2013 still not positively identified), the media conference was called for 9 p.m. on the steps of City Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Earlier, Skip had insisted it be an outdoor setting (the weather cooperating). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Also earlier, Patty had explained everybody\u2019s deployments: \u201cSkip, you, me, Steve and Rocky will already be there \u2013 taking Huck\u2019s car.  The rest of us in the Land Yacht.  Skip, make sure the cops have cleared a way for the Land Yacht to drive right up onto the sidewalk.  We\u2019ve got a simple sign ready: \u2018FUTURE<\/strong> PARTY<\/strong> for a UNITED<\/em> United States.  Find us at <rumpkins.com>\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     At precisely 9 p.m. the Mayor strode to the microphone.  Every conceivable media outlet at the ready.  The Mayor was long-winded, but basically said two things: \u2018Aren\u2019t our cops great!\u2019 and \u2018The City is safe!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Then the Police Chief and FBI Bureau Chief Stover had turns.  Stover went second.  With tie loosened and a trench coat draped over his arm, here\u2019s what Patty recorded verbatim:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis could have been an awful, awful Christmas Eve, but I\u2019m extremely happy, extremely happy, to report that a planned terrorist attack has<\/u> been<\/u> completely<\/u> foiled<\/u> without<\/u> injury<\/u> or<\/u> loss<\/u> of<\/u> life<\/u> to anyone<\/u>, except one of the terrorists.  Two bombs went off in New York City tonight, one a car bomb on Randall\u2019s Island, with no one nearby, except, we believe the terrorist inside.  The other went off in Times Square, inside the New York City Bomb Squad\u2019s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit.  Yes<\/u>, inside the bomb squad unit.  We found the bomb and caught the suspects before anyone was hurt.  I am so proud, so very proud, of everyone, including ordinary citizens, who helped foil the attacks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Our investigation of these terrorists is continuing, but it appears to be connected to the bombing of Dodger Stadium two months ago.  I believe the three individuals involved in today\u2019s attack, all U.S. citizens, all three Caucasian, were acting alone, but pretending<\/u> to be part of a jihadist terrorist cell operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia.   <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     I say pretending because, by definition, terrorism requires a political or ideological or religious motive.  And there\u2019s no evidence that the perpetrators here had any motive other than scaring us into thinking<\/u> a jihadist cell was behind this, to stir up animosity against our Muslim community.  Perverse.  In fact, it is the Muslim community that helped to provide a big clue as to what was being planned. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     We have confirmed that there is a posse comitatus group, with known Proud Boys connections, in the mountains along the Colorado River in Montana that has been boasting about being anti-government, pretending<\/u> to be a posse comitatus but actually was involved in sex trafficking.  Yes, that\u2019s right folks, sex<\/u> trafficking<\/u>.   I don\u2019t care what you thought about a posse comitatus of white guys wanting the federal government to back out of their lives before today, but this particular group has stooped to an all-time low, bringing girls as young as 13 and 14 into this country to be sex slaves \u2013 selling them for a profit to a syndicate, perhaps stretching across all of North America, a syndicate we\u2019re going to bring down in the next day or so.  No time for Christmas for the Nation\u2019s women and men in blue when we\u2019ve got scum-of-the-earth individuals selling children into slavery.  And we\u2019ve got two of these scum-bags behind bars tonight because they thought they would pretend<\/u> to be terrorists too.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      I mentioned a jihadi connection.  Well, that connection is to the sex trafficking, not the bombings.  Indeed, our scum-bag, anti-federal-government, white proud-boys are scum-baggy enough to be in concert with known jihadists to make money off importing young girls from Thailand.  Yeah that\u2019s right, claiming to be patriotic and pro-Trump on one hand and sullyfying<\/u> that very belief on the other.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Thank you.  Thank you for hearing me out, for listening to my sort-of-sermon.  Thank you to our men and women in blue.  And one more thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Maybe you\u2019ve heard of the \u2018Traveling Rumpkins.\u2019  If not before, then you will now.  They are the group who uncovered tonight\u2019s bomb plot and broke up the international sex trafficking ring.  Let me introduce one of their leaders, a former legislator from the great state of Minnesota, the Honorable Skip Dewar, who will let you know how they did it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 At this point, a series of events unfolded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-The Land Yacht swooped onto the sidewalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Sally jumped out shouting: \u201cPraise the Lord.  The Rumpkins in the nick of time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                               To save my life – I\u2019ve been saved!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                               Now it\u2019s time to save us all! \u2013 Vote Forward Party!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Then Huck jumped out, guitar in hand, singing:  \u201cOh say can you see SKIP over There,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                 With no bombs bursting in Air,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                 Tell it all  . . . Do we Dare?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-At the podium, Skip took the microphone (his hat on) and once again Patty has it verbatim:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Rumpkins started as a theater troupe out of Minnesota, not San Francisco, making our way across the states looking for a way to unite<\/u> the United States under the banner of freedom.  Freedom to read what you want.  Freedom to love how<\/u> you want.  And freedom at the ballot box to vote for whom you want! \u2013 not have your vote be wasted when you choose someone besides the Democrat or the Republican.  We travel under the banner of the Forward Party \u2013 not left, not right, but forward<\/u>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    . . .  But a strange thing happened along the way.  We got tangled into a murder mystery that led to us learning about an impending terrorist attack and a child sex operation.  I think most of you have been handed a media release with all the details.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Then Skip pointed everybody to page 2 of the media release where Boulder, Montana is mentioned and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cNow Boulder is a small town, but it has some very big and very brave citizens, one of whom is with us tonight.  Susie, raise your hand.  If it weren\u2019t for Susie Cole\u2019s bravery and heroics and super-sleuthing, we never would have cracked this sex ring, with its headquarters in Boulder.  And cracking that sex ring is what led to stopping<\/u> these<\/u> bombs<\/u> from<\/u> going<\/u> off<\/u> here<\/u> in<\/u> New<\/u> York<\/u> City<\/u>.  How \u2018bout a round of applause for Ms. Susan, we call her Susie, … Cole!!  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      One more thing before we take questions.  I said we were a theater troupe, that\u2019s true, a street<\/u> theater troupe \u2013 as you can see \u2013 and yah, we\u2019re kinda political \u2013 as you can also see \u2013 but we use FUN for our middle name . . . . and ALL OF YOU \u2013 everyone here, everyone watching \u2013 everyone is invited to our New Year\u2019s Eve Party.  The Rumpkins New Year\u2019s Eve Party. Right here. Same time. Same place. Maybe we\u2019ll stretch all the way to Times Square . . . .<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

. . . . The thing is though, you\u2019re only<\/u> invited<\/u> if<\/u> you believe all of us, red or blue or Black or white or lavender, old or young, recent immigrant or your family was on the Mayflower . . . believe that America\u2019s best days are still to come, that we can be united, that it\u2019s time to toughen up our democracy, time to unite in fighting terrorism \u2013 and<\/u> insurrections<\/u> \u2013 and promote a peaceable<\/u> democracy, one person, one vote, by the people, of the people, for the people!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Of course, a huge-huge crowd had gathered.  Just about everybody who was on their way to the Midnight Mass at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral \u2013 or had been to the Children\u2019s Mass earlier – or had been at Rockefeller Center to watch the lighting of the five-story Christmas Tree (but instead watched the take-down of an innocent homeless man paid to dress like a bomb-carrying Muslim).  And folks streaming down from Times Square, or coming in from Connecticut or New Jersey or wherever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The media conference ended with Skip inviting all of us up to the podium, and we started in with our 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 chant, but quickly broke into \u201cSilent Night, Holy Night\u201d led by Huck.  Second time through, everybody joined in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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