Comments on: Welcome to Portlandia, John McAfee

By: C W

C W — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:47:00 +0000

Well, it’s not hard to rise when you’re on the run from a murder. He’s not a well man and with all the enablers around him, he’ll be back to drug and other crimes in very little time.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:56:00 +0000

I hope Alex Cox directs the movie, or maybe Larry Clark.

Uwe Boll.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:15:00 +0000

You may withdraw your attention at any time by not reading articles about him.

By: Andrew Eisenberg

Andrew Eisenberg — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:02:00 +0000

Wow…this is getting good. Downward spiral and hit rock bottom. Is he back on the rise again?

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:10:00 +0000

And for the record, McAfee’s an American outlaw hero.

We must really be getting to the bottom of the “outlaw hero” barrel.

By: Eric Garner

Eric Garner — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:00:00 +0000

ahhh, the “Native Defense”, well played.

also “portlandia” is the name of a statue, not our city.

By: John Napsterista

John Napsterista — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:48:00 +0000

So… Belize – Hezbollah, huh? Is there any way that could be relevant, interesting, or even true?

Hezbollah actually does have a well-documented presence in Latin America. Congressional Report on its presence in Latin America: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112hhrg72255/pdf/CHRG-112hhrg72255.pdf

Hezbollah affiliates using Belizean passports: http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=23396

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t really out to get you. And for the record, McAfee’s an American outlaw hero. I hope Alex Cox directs the movie, or maybe Larry Clark.

By: Jeb Adams

Jeb Adams — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:37:00 +0000

This is along the lines of what I was thinking when I read this. We are laughing at what looks for all the world like a schizophrenic break. He’s an incredibly wealthy and well-armed man, who has legitimate persecution to be concerned about. My concerns are for those that are close when he goes all the way into his fantasy. This is not going to turn out well.

By: dculberson

dculberson — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:10:00 +0000

And bath salts are a hell of a drug!

By: Drew Stefani

Drew Stefani — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:31:00 +0000

Agreed, we live in the 29th most populous city in the USA, not its 2nd largest copper repoussé statue.

By: Awesomer

Awesomer — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:12:00 +0000

“My life is sort of weird.” Yeah, sort of, I guess. From a certain perspective, maybe.

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:57:00 +0000

It’s going to be more like “if we all saw this tragedy coming, why was he allowed to stockpile the guns he used in the murder-suicide?”

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:52:00 +0000

It sounds far fetched and maybe not the appropriate terrorist network, but mass quantities of opium/heroin make it to North America somehow. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if there was a grain of truth somewhere in the fog of McAfee’s statements. Also, review how the Kosovo Liberation folks funded their weapons/ammo purchases.

By: millie fink

millie fink — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:26:00 +0000

No.

By: J. Brad Hicks

J. Brad Hicks — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:26:00 +0000

Indeed. I’m just surprised he ended up in Portland instead of in Miami.

By: Teresa McTigue

Teresa McTigue — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:21:00 +0000

Proof that money CAN buy you love, I guess

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:29:00 +0000

Paranoid? Like to fondle long shot guns? Where will you feel more at home than the USA?

By: Dave Nullstein

Dave Nullstein — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:28:00 +0000

Can we stop giving him attention? I know it’s hard to look away from a train wreck, but lets try, ok?

By: HubrisSonic

HubrisSonic — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:06:00 +0000

true dat

By: Marko Raos

Marko Raos — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:22:00 +0000

Am i the only one who doesn’t find him particularly crazy in that interview? But on the other hand… If he’s doing all this to hock a book, I’m getting seriously inclined to buy it!

By: invictus

invictus — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:29:00 +0000

For the record, “Canuckistan” is perfectly fine too, when applied to its respective geopolitical entity.

By: UnderachievingSheep

UnderachievingSheep — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:41:00 +0000

Many South American journalist claim that the Hezbollah “threat” is kinda inflated by the US government to justify interventions and operations in the area, mostly in the region known as the “Triple Frontera”/ Tri Border, between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It used to be a semi regular media topic pointing out that now that the 70′s to 90′s dictatorships are over, during which the US could basically roam the region freely, the local governments are no longer amicable to the idea of CIA or US military being around so, they had to more or less come up with a credible reason to be around. The bombings of the Israel Embassy and the Jewish Charity in Buenos Aires in the 90s gave the US all the context they needed to run with the Hezbollah is in South America! claim.

Not that they couldn’t be, but probably not at the level of threat the US government makes it appear.

ETA: Here’s a good (and long) article on the role of the US as the factotum behind the “Hezbollah is in South America!” panic.

http://www.ncsu.edu/acontracorriente/fall_10/articles/Greenberg.pdf

(Link to PDF). It’s not that I blindly believe the assertions made in this article, it’s that they align with the investigative journalists whose work I respected immensely, who were saying similar stuff while I was still living down there in the 90s.

By: BotaoV

BotaoV — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:06:00 +0000

Counterpoint: Native Portlandian here, and I think calling it that is fine. I’ve been using it for years myself. No need to be so humorless.

By: invictus

invictus — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:07:00 +0000

Heart attack. All that viagra, naturally.

By: Marios P.

Marios P. — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:57:00 +0000

please stop the Mcafee craze.

By: limeychiney

limeychiney — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:20:00 +0000

Apparently we’re the most promiscuous city in the US (according to OK Cupid). http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/08/19/oversexed-oregon-top-10-most-promiscuous-u-s-cities/

By: plyx

plyx — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 07:17:00 +0000

Or how about in the US NASA program?! That would be crazy, huh?

By: monmatmildew

monmatmildew — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:56:00 +0000

Please don’t call my home “Portlandia.”

By: ChristineC

ChristineC — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:44:00 +0000

Just to add to his excellent personal profile, this is a quote from the Oregonian on Sunday, addressing his cohabitation with many, many ladies:

“He said he lived with seven to eight women in his home in Belize.

‘Living with one woman is horrific,’ he said. ‘Living with two is nightmarish, but you get past five and suddenly they’re entertaining themselves, really.’”

By: JC

JC — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:05:00 +0000

Living the dream! Jokes aside, either we’ll never hear anything about him again, or he’ll pass away from an unfortunate ‘accident’ (drugs would probably be the most believable in this case).