The mysterious Pigmeat/Bunny connection

Pigmeat and Commander Bunny in happier times. From the jta collection.

Long before the shit storm that's currently peculating on the interwebs, Pigmeat Martin and Commander Bunny were best friends in the free radio scene. What happened to tear this friendship apart has long been a part of the free radio lore, long expunged by the "delete fucking everything" ops on the frn. Alex is in jail again this week, so in the interest of the truth, we are dropping the first of many docs on the mysterious Pigmeat-Bunny connection.

Sock theory

Devout followers of Commander Bunny often wonder if the rodent's online reputation is the target of sock puppets, i.e., one or two people who bash the bunny online using a variety of fake personas. It seems everyone has a theory about who is a sock puppet for whom in this regard. But some will deny that sock puppets actually exist.

Personally, I don't believe there are sufficient motivations out there to bash Commander Bunny for a variety of competing interests. I have my own pet theories about who may be gaming the system but I don't put a lot of stock in them. One of the more intriguing possibilities is whether it would be worthwhile for a government to play a role in manipulating Commander Bunny's image. I doubt it but can't rule it out. If you google it a bit, you'll find ample evidence that China employs sock puppets to control opinion about the Chinese communist party. But now we know too that they are not alone in this as the US Dept of Defense has apparently invested in some technology that makes it easier to create sock puppets and control them from a central place. The story appears to have been broke originally by the Guardian.

As for the various Commander Bunny bashers who have made it their life mission to trash him, I doubt any of them are compensated for their work. I think what we see there is mostly disgruntled former pirate radio operators hell bent on slandering CB.

What's your sock puppet theory, Mr. Sock Puppet?

Propagation forecast

P.P.I.G. Bulletin Number 32

Solar and geomagnetic activity forecast for the period August 8 to September 1

Solar activity will dynamically fluctuate between 5 and 10 anonymous posts per day over the next several weeks, depending of present activity on the Commander Bunny web site (low about August 18, high about end of August). Poet whining expected to be at or below present levels. Irregular occurrence of posts by Guy Faux, some M class and possibly X class flame wars are expected.

Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on August 9 - 11, 15 - 16, 22 - 24, 31, September 1.
Mostly quiet on August 7 - 8, 21, 27 - 28.
Quiet to unsettled on August 18 - 20.
Quiet to active on August 13, 26.
Active to disturbed on August 12, 30.
Disturbed to catastrophic on August 25, 29.
Catastrophic to horrible fiery death on August 14, 17.

High probability of changes in solar wind which may cause silly posts on the Alex Brains site and the magnetosphere and ionosphere is expected on August 10 - 11, (16,) 20 - 21, (23).

F. Jodry
Portugal Propagation Interest Group

A response to "Anonymous"

I don't normally pay a lot of attention to the anon comments here. but this one, showing up earlier today, deserves a response of its own.

>There was a time when Poet's commentary on politics was entertaining. 

Perhaps. But after about the tenth show it got real repetitive.

>But his never ending rants at Commander Bunny only make Commander Bunny a bigger personality than ever before. 

Only on the internet. Poet has not been heard on shortwave lately, except for a relayed show or two. He didn't say anything on these shows of any importance.

>Were on [sic] to believe any of what Poet says, and I don't, you'd have to believe that Commander Bunny is the single most powerful entity in Pirate Radio. 

How so? Poet and his fan club insist that Commander Bunny, who they believe is the same person as "Pat Murphy," is responsible for all sorts of mayhem, including alerting the FCC to Gregory Brown's pirate radio station, which resulted in him getting a "Notice of unlicensed operation" letter from them.

>One would be an idiot to piss off someone that powerful. 

I don't understand this line of thought at all. I always thought that one of the main principles of pirate radio was to rebel against authority, to make a voice against the "powerful." People involved in pirate radio are by definition "pissing off the powerful."

>Personally I see a lot of jealousy from the people who are critical of Commander Bunny. 

Well, this may be the case in part. There are a lot of egos in the radio business, and in pirate radio, it seems like these egos are much more uninhibited (and often times they're under the influence of illicit substances).

>Face it, the guy is the biggest name in Pirate Radio. 

Commander Bunny may think so. Does anyone else? This whole dispute is caused by a bunch of boys playing "I've got the biggest dork" and CB is just as guilty of playing the game as Guy Faux, Poet, and all the other socks and slurpers.

>Lot of credit for that goes to Poet, NRS, Guise and the other people who have tried to demonize Commander Bunny. 

Guy Faux et. al. have done nothing to make Commander Bunny more popular or "bigger" in the pirate radio scene. On the contrary, their actions, and Bunny's reactions, and all of Poet's whining and spamming have disillusioned a lot of people in this scene. All this shit does nothing but make damn near everyone else chuckling and/or pitiful at this dumb "I have the biggest dork so I have to have the last word" contest.

>I'm just a listener, not picking sides, but its clear that Commander Bunny is jerking all of your chains, and you're not bright enough to see it. I have lost trust and respect for Chris Smolinski who has allowed his H.F. Underground site to become a dumping ground for trash from these people. What a shame. Started off good, but went down the tubes. Please stop, it serves no purpose, and only makes pirate radio look bad.

Ya, Chris has allowed socks to infiltrate his board, and has not called Poet on spamming his blog all over the place. The same thing happened to the frn as well. In fact, it was worse over there.

All of the participants in this dispute are equally guilty. Commander Bunny and the Poet caused Guy Faux and countless trolls to crawl out of the woodwork. The message to CB and the Poet should be: if you want to blame someone for this mess, look in the mirror.

Punk Poetry (jta tells it like it is)

Jta of Belfast fame

told us today that John Poet is lame.

The crying babe on 6925

is there again, broadcasting live.

Through all the crackle and noise, said he,

Poet is whining about the FCC.

"Murphy's a snitch and that isn't funny,

I was turned in by that fuckin' bunny."

He says he has friends but his head's full of rocks,

his blogs are all full of trolls and socks.

He whines like a girl and quickly calls "snitch,"

he thinks he is king but he's really a bitch.

Beware of the baby from Lansing named Greg,

he'll poop in your hat and pee on your leg.

Wiping my ass with my Crystal Ship QSL

What in the hell is going on with the poet? He quit responding to all the emails I sent after his last broadcast. Someone said that he got busted and that he was off shortwave! I can't listen anymore or surf the internet except for weekends, because of other stuff going on, but I was interested in what Poet was up to. I enjoyed his classic rock shows in 6875 back a couple of years ago!!!

Looks like he's been doing some bad dope, he is all fucked up in the head!!!!! He has a blog, just like my blog here where we tell the truth about Commander Bunny and all the damage he has done to what was such a fun hobby but is now full of sock puppets like Mosby, beans, Joe Smith, Chris Smolinski and Krackhead. His blog is all full of obsessive shit about Commander Bunny who is also the same as beans/Mosby/Winston/etc. So why is Poet obsessed about emails about this shit??? I think he's lost his mind. This used to be a fun hobby until it was overrun by Fansome etc.

Poet you are fucked up! No wonder theres no fun in this hobby any more ;(

"Pope Poet" is a delusional monkey spanker!

John Poet, former pirate radio operator, now delusional monkey spanker

There's a sourpuss out there who used to be on the shortwave pirate bands. His name is "John Poet," and since he got a letter from the FCC in 2011 for broadcasting on the funny bands, he has gone completely insane.

Check this out:

The Crystal Ship or 'TCS' is a former North American shortwave pirate radio station, founded in 1982, reactivated in 2004, betrayed and busted in 2011. Now known as the TCS Shortwave Relay Network, with shows broadcast by other pirate radio operators. 'The Poet' and 'The Radical' program left-leaning political opinion, and specialize in music from the '60s, '70s and '80s.

If this is really what "The Crystal Ship" is about, then why in the world does he fill up page after page on his blog with meaningless drivel and rants about Commander Bunny? This has nothing at all to do with "left leaning political opinion" or "music from the '60s, '70s and '80s."

On the other hand, the piles and piles of raw sewage he spews on his blog more accurately depicts someone who has lost his fucking mind!

And, they call Alex Vranes insane.

Well, hairball, it isn't over. I'm not done with you yet, but the dish is just about cold enough to be served now. However, I'll be indulgent and play your game for just a minute: if we judge the matter of "winning" the pirate war on the basis of, who has been busted by the FCC, and who hasn't, well, then obviously you've "won" that one. Congratulations. I'm sure you're proud of what you've accomplished.

Of course Commander Vole won. Isn't it obvious? You fell for his trap hook, line and sinker. He gets off on all your meaningless childish prattle! And you still think he turned you in to the FCC? Again, it's obvious that John Poet, who obviously has so few brain cells left that he can't take responsibility for getting himself busted by broadcasting regularly in his own house, for hours at at time, on a predictable schedule, and who sent out e-mails to a large list before firing up transmitters?

Commander "Bunny" exposed -- Dirty rodent masquerading as a rabbit is nothing but a vole

Commander Bunny exposed!
He's not a rabbit at all, but a dirty little vole!

Commander "Bunny" is a pirate radio operator, self-proclaimed issuer of "The Best QSL Packages in Pirate Radio ever," and vicious attacker of defenseless pirate radio listeners such as Alex Vranes, Jr.

This horrible rodent is a well documented stalker and blight on the pirate radio community. Years of abuse and unfunny radio programs have reduced shortwave pirate radio to a smoking crater now only inhabited by little boys with an mp3 player and amplifier they bought off eBay.

Commander "Bunny" reportedly will appear in a video documentary on pirate radio to be aired at the 2013 Shortwave Listeners Winter Festival in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. We have obtained screen shots from this video and are exposing Commander "Bunny" for the dirty little rodent he is.

Note that Commander "Bunny" is not even a rabbit! He is a vole, a rodent that is generally considered to be a pest and target of extermination and removal!

Commander "Bunny" exposed in pirate radio documentary!