After my moderate 10% budget reduction was proposed and soundly defeated, Ian Freeman voiced an alternative solution for fixing our broken school system. One with which I am entirely in agreement with. Earlier in the evening someone had mentioned “in order to fix the problem one must think outside the box.” And that’s exactly what Ian brought to the table. The school bureaucrats and bootlickers in attendance were not amused.
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Thank you for posting Ian speech. It brought some much needed clarity to the mischaracterizations and distortions levied in this case.
Thank you for posting Ian’s speech. It brought some much needed clarity to the mischaracterizations and distortions levied in this case of misjustice. There were various isolated facts sewn together to paint an inaccurate picture of the true story of the matter. Ian and Sheriff Hathaway really corrected the record with the pellucidity that the jury should’ve heard from the beginning. Excellent “playground candy-bar transaction” analogy from the Sheriff; really illustrated how Ian’s services were being abused by the same scammers as the scammed victims. I’m proud Ian was willing to accept accountability for his mistakes, he has a long… Read more »
Very sad.
I’m glad Bonnie didn’t get mixed up in it.
It’s the worst outcome.
FK, this site, will go away also.
He had to know what losing that gamble meant. [Maybe there is a chance that he *didn’t know* the possible severity of the outcome]
But I think he must have known and just rolled the dice
Thankfully it’s not 20 years.
Nobody believes you. You winked-and-nodded in the direction of scammers to give them the assistance they needed to complete their scams — get the money into their hands. Your contempt for anyone who doesn’t treat you like a savior was obvious every time you opened your mouth in court. Nice try, Icarus.
You are garbage
From my scant personal knowledge of Ian over almost ten years, I have zero inclination to believe that he is lying in that statement. Given your reputation among the readers of this website, it looks like you are the one that nobody believes, Mr. Ooyay. (That pseudonym certainly belies a childish personality on your part.)
Were you at the trial hearings? If you had seen the weak evidence we all seen, and lack thereof in some key areas, you’d have a better understanding of what was actually going on behind the scenes to speak as an authority on the matter. Scammers are good, if not experts, at abusing services of all types, should we be jailing/caging every service-provider a criminal happens to choose to abuse? That is the simple, no-spin truth of the matter. Some people really just want to be angry, and if “Ian is a scammer” appetizes such an anger, it is what… Read more »
Ther was no “weak evidence” He was convicted by a jury of his peers. The prosecutors had this case sewn up. Ian was convicted on serious charges. These weren’t parking tickets. He could have received much more time. Unfortunately for him, he has more charges to answer to. Lets no forget the restitution he will be owing. How buddy buddy were you with Ian? I doubt you were. I wonder how his significant other is viewing this. I find it hard to believe Ian told her everything or left any kind of support for her during these next 8 years.… Read more »
Mr. Jacks, did you attend his trial to see the facts for yourself? If not, how am I supposed to presume you more knowledgeable than my own eyes and ears? Are Ian’s relationships any concern of yours? Things will work out over time. Now Ian has a fresh audience, possibly even a bigger audience than he left here. I imagine he’ll be leaving just as positive an impression on them as he has for so many of us. Whatever Ian has done to offend you, just get it out there and then let it go. It cannot feel too great… Read more »
And what if I told you I was there for some of his trial. Would you believe me? Any of Ian’s relationships especially his significant other who more than likely will be applying for government aid in the near future is my business as a tax payer. How can Ian leave any kind of “positive” influence on anyone. He’s a convicted criminal. He has been skating outside of the law since he started this movement. Do you honestly believe Ian is going to have a positive following in prison? Those prisoners will eat him alive. That last thing any of… Read more »
Geez, Jacks. I’d hate to see what you’d have to say about people who have offended ya.
So you were a prison counselor, huh? Wow. That totally sound fun. Anyway, I know I’ve asked this before, but have ya ever smuggled anything cool inside using your prison wallet and stuff? You know, like packs of cigarettes, or cell phones, or small baggies of crystal meth or anything? I hear that’s how the hacks make a little cash on the side and stuff. 😉
Uh huh. Turns out that one of those convictions, the money laundering one, was overturned. You’re smart, aren’tcha? Do you think the judge did that because the evidence was strong or weak?
Ha ha. Just kidding. You don’t need to answer that, munchkin. I know you don’t have any clue how this stuff works. So I guess the real question is why did the judge wait until AFTER the trial to do so? Ya think the truth’ll come out during the appeal? 😉
You mean one of the charges the jury of his peers found him guilty on beyond a reasonable doubt? Now how can that be?
I know, right?
Anyway, this is just a guess, Intrigare, but I’ll bet it has something to do with the fact that certain segments of the population are obsessed with the notion of pleasing authority and stuff. An experiment done at Stanford University a long time ago studied this very thing, in fact. Ya ever hear about that? I’ll bet Jacks has. You know, cuz he’s a super smart doctoral candidate and stuff, don’tcha know. 😉
Interesting. Even Dave said something to that effect a while back too. Something to the effect of Juries being sycophants for the state or somesuch. That is perhaps the most intelligent thing he’s ever said here. Well I suppose a broken clock can even be correct once or twice a day, am I right Silvia?
I know, right? God. Dave’s just so totally weird and stuff. I mean didja know he even tried to teach me a lesson a few weeks ago after I asked him what happened to his rat and stuff? I mean really, Intrigare. Like what I said wasn’t on everyone else’s mind and stuff, am I right? Anyway, it turns out the lesson didn’t stick, cuz here I am messing with Jacks again just like it was old times. 😉 Speaking of which, Jacks sure is in rare form these days, huh? That dopamine kick he’s been cruising on must be… Read more »
As usual you talk out of your ass with lies,
fueled by your constant negativity.
I pity the actual people who come into your orbit
Prove me wrong idiot. You talk and act like you know what’s going to happen next. I used to run counseling groups in these prisons. I am privy as to what goes on in there. Ian is going to be shocked to his core. Ian will have to fight his own battles both verbal and physical. You don’t narc on other prisoners etc.. He has no idea what his cellmate was convicted of.
Save the pity stuff and holeyer than though speeches. You are no good at them and it makes you come off as some kind of mental deficient.
Can’t you go away now.
You PIECE OF SHIT
Jacks running a prison counseling group. Sounds like the beginning of a SNL skit or something 😉
I didn’t say Ian was a scammer. But he allowed scammers free rein to get the scammed funds into their own hands. (while taking a cut for himself). His wilfull blindness at the scammers’ scamming is no more helpful to him than a confession.
Same goes for every bitcoin seller. Arrest them all.
The worst form of injustice is pretended justice – Plato
Obviously Ian wrote this before he was sentenced. This is just another cry baby of “I didn’t do it” or “It wasn’t me” Ian was convicted by a jury of his peers. No matter how much Ian thinks this will atone for his indiscretions and embarrassments, it doesn’t. Ian knew what he was doing was wrong but he was so arrogent he thought he could fool everyone into thinking he is the victim. Ian provided a safe zone on the dark web to harbor unscrupulous people while they post their scams and illegal products for hapless people to get taken.… Read more »
Oh Jacks you and your imagination.
@Mr. Jacks: what kind of person revels in another’s misfortune?
What kind of person involves themselves in other people’s intimate relationships, and then proceeds to cast even more misfortune?
Are you okay? Signal for help by replying with more howling if you are being forced to provocateur for the government.
Whatever the reason for the venom, best to just let it all out instead of these passive jabs at the grieving and healing, kinda makes you come-off like an alfa schoolyard bully.
How am I reveling in another’s misfortune I suggest you pull yourself off that cross you nailed yourself to and wake up. I believe in “do the crime, do the time” His actions not only crushed his significant other but put another black eye on the city of Keene. I’m quite sure the residents of Keene are relieved Ian is gone. I’m sure they hope the rest of the freekeeners will depart the area as well. Ian was a major criminal. It didn’t take him long to pull a stunt like this and now he is being forced to look… Read more »
Yup that’s howling.
Your run-on sentences are indicative of your mental state, but I will make an attempt anyhow… “How am I reveling in another’s misfortune[?]” I think you answered your own question; “I suggest you re-read my previous comments again,” it is pretty self-evident. Just ask a stranger to read your words if it isn’t as evident to you. If you review your own comments, how do you not see the reveling you are doing over other people’s misfortune? This is something you go on to accuse others of doing e.g.: Ian allegedly taking pride in the misfortune of the scammer’s victims.… Read more »
Yeah he has this brain thing thing we’ve been trying to get him to have checked out and he won’t. 🙁
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What’s going to happen to FTL, Free Keene, the Shire Free Church, and the wider FSP now that Ian is going to prison? Are they going to basically vanish?
I think a lot of these things will fall to Ian’s lovely wife.
Do they even have a marriage license? I’ve been looking and I cannot find one. His so called “church” was never recognized as a nonprofit entity. That was proven during Ian’s trial. Ian had people who were doing the same crimes. There are a lot of red flags regarding this illicit “marriage” I doubt her name is on anything that Ian owned. For every year Ian spends in prison, his chances of remaining “married” drops by 32%. I truly believe Ian has left her out to dry and fend for herself. All of his money was confiscated and I’m sure… Read more »
Stfu
Now Jacks, I’m sure that marriage license will turn up eventually if you keep looking. As for the rest of your rant and rave it looks like your imagination has run away with you yet again. It’s quite active today isn’t it?
@Mr. Jacks: I’ll ask again; what kind of person revels in another’s misfortune? What kind of person involves themselves in other people’s intimate relationships, and then proceeds to cast even more misfortune? Are you okay? Signal for help by replying with more howling if you are being forced to provocateur for the government. (confirmed now, thanks Mr. Jacks) Whatever the reason for the venom, best to just let it all out instead of these passive jabs at the grieving and healing, kinda makes you come-off like an alfa schoolyard bully. In addition, I don’t recall seeing you at the trial,… Read more »
“On a long enough timeline…”
Even if the names of these organizations dissolve over time, the learnings and legacy will live on to serve others. Each of these orgs have decentralization built-in to varying degrees, so without Ian, things may be different, but the core mission will be forwarded by those who value the vision.
Ultimately, nothing lasts forever though, so when matters have fulfilled their purpose, they find their natural ending and rest. Nothing to worry about, really. Go with the flow.
Yup, that’s what all the haters don’t realize when they focus their energy and effort bringing down one website or one person or several. The ideas are bigger… and nothing can stop those. Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come (Victor Hugo.)
Very sad
What will Jacks do with his life when the Free Keene blog ceases to exist?
Yeah I was kind of hoping he and I would have more time together. After he gets that brain thing of his fixed of course :\
“Do they even have a marriage license? I’ve been looking and I cannot find one.” Now that is commitment! Jacks, you need to start an anti-libertarian blog like, “not-free keene” or “imprisoned keene”. You can rely upon my entertaining trolling habits, should you choose to do so. Seriously though, I still cannot wrap my mind around how any sane, critically-thinking human being could possibly go along with 50+ armed feds in full tactical battle-rattle, bear-cats, flash-bang grenades, destroying property, risking lives, etc ..for people selling BTC in full transparency on free-market exchanges. If you were wondering how far freedom has… Read more »
The violence employed by the FBI during the search was unnecessary and ridiculous.
How anyone can be okay with our law enforcement agencies acting like that is beyond me.
There were zero responses when every time the issue was raised in court. The court often pretended certain defensive points were never said and just wholly ignored them. However, I think I remember hearing the judge remark on the excessive use of force during Ian’s sentencing hearing… will have to check the transcript whenever that becomes available. Following the errors made in court, they are going to make for a strong appeal. I will make a list of of any appealable errors I find and post em here, and other’s may add to it for anything missed. Maybe whoever is… Read more »
Yup, as elaborated by Aria here https://freekeene.com/2023/06/30/arias-prison-blog-1-gulag-archipelago-and-the-american-state-religion/
Additionally, Radix (Christina) did a good segment on “Bureaucratic Sadism: A Carnival of the Grotesque“. She always has a great way of conveying what’s behind such social pathologies.
https://odysee.com/@RadixVerum:4/bureaucratic-sadism-a-carnival-of-the:c
I love seeing more of the former k-12’s break their programming. It’s beautiful.
Thanks. Informative.
If the Federal court process is fair or just, why do they ban filming it? Why did they arrest state rep Gerhard for trying to run his camera and provide some transparency to the proceedings?
The narrative has changed a lot here. It reminds me of Biden. First, Biden claimed that he never discussed business with Hunter. Now, he claims that he wasn’t in business with Hunter. For a long time, the claim here was that Ian had no victims. There would be no witnesses against him. But that turned out to be completely untrue, as Ian acknowledges. There were many victims. The government claims that Ian deliberately marketed himself to scammers. He denies that. But, either way, the need for the banking laws that Ian was convicted of ignoring become clear. People were hurt… Read more »
The only change in narrative here is on your side (the government’s side). What happened to money laundering, continuing a financial crime enterprise, and the 17 other charges that were dropped?
Your presence here to hate and spread lies like the other trolls put you at a level lower than anything seen by Ian, who essentially only sold a legal product like any online retailer. Kudos.
The man you voted for is convicted of rape.
I realize that the victim wasn’t close to you so therefore doesn’t matter to you and can be glossed over by you.
But some people care about victims.
Also Trump has 91 felony charges.
So, in light of those facts.. Why is it that you insist on concentrating on peripheral and insignificant characters , with little charges?
I think I know why..: : denial of the real stuff and distraction from the real stuff, coupled with “you are too”.
What your should be doing is owning your stupid vote and repenting.
Not surprised by the prosecutor’s hypocrisy and delusion. It is he who has never held a real job. Just another agent of the state who cannot provide value or even attempt to compete in a free market.
Statists are so deluded they brag how whose welfare check was more honorably earned. And how they don’t want their “tax dollars” going to anybody but themselves.
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Freeman’s statement attempts to portray him as someone who tried to prevent scams, was himself a victim of scammers’ deception, and was unfairly targeted by the prosecution.