#bunch of nut jobs keep spouting the same lines

[beardedmrbean]

Three people claiming to be "sovereign citizens" were arrested Saturday morning after live ammunition and explosives were found in a vehicle they were driving and at their remote compound, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies had conducted a traffic stop for suspected vehicle code violations Saturday just after 10 a.m. PT on a Ford Taurus near Joshua Tree National Park, a press release from the sheriff's department said. Inside the car were David Russell, 50, and Jeffery Russell, 46, who identified themselves to the deputies as sovereign citizens. Sovereign citizens are a fringe group whose members consider themselves exempt from U.S. law and who sometimes use violent tactics to justify their beliefs, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Authorities said a records check showed that the two men were prohibited from possessing and owning firearms. Deputies found "live ammunition, black gun powder, and an improvised military-grade explosive device" inside the car, they said, adding that the explosive device was safely disposed of.

Deputies then obtained a search warrant for a property in Johnson Valley, California, the community where the Russells reside. They discovered more military-grade explosives and ammunition, as well as firearms, at the compound; a woman at the compound, Venus Mooney, 54, was arrested.

The three were booked at the Morongo Basin Jail for possession of an explosive device and possession of a controlled substance while armed. They are being held without bail pending a court appearance.

It was not immediately clear if the three suspects had an attorney.

Sovereign citizens often retaliate through acts of "paper terrorism," which involves bombarding the legal system with frivolous lawsuits or falsified documents. Violence is the most extreme form of the movement and is typically directed at government officials, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

[divine529]

On “Bones”

Those of you who know me, know that the show “Bones” is a huge part of my life. That show just “ended” and it just hit me that I will never see anything new (or won’t for a VERY long time). It’s hard to believe that there won’t BE anymore... 

I started watching “Bones” when I was a freshman in high school, which was the middle of season 3, right after “Santa in the Slush” aired. The first episode I EVER saw was “The Man on Death Row” and I could. not. stop. laughing. Week after week I would come back and watch episode after episode and then I got the first two seasons for my birthday that year and binged them. Then I found fanfic and wrote as well as read, I made friends (some I’m still fairly close to today). 

But the thing that really impacted me was the characters and how much of myself I saw in them. They shaped me in so many ways, they were/are some of my very very dear friends and at a very rough point in my life. 

For a long time I identified with Booth on a very personal level in terms of his view on the world and his bottled up pain and suffering, and parts of his past too. I’m very much a heart person, always have been. 

Do I identify with Brennan at all? In some ways yes, but I’m not good at detaching myself from my emotions, at all. To be honest, neither is Brennan. But so much of her is about her intellect and being the best. I’ve never had the connection. 

I’m like Cam because I’m driven to do my job well and to keep others in line at times. 

Sweets is my baby. I’m just as excitable as he is and he’s the purest cinnamon roll of the bunch. I could see him as my lovable brother or something, but we definitely would connect. 

Zack. My sweet Zack. I too used to spout random facts in a very quick manner and often used to overshare my personal life (do I still do that...yes, but it’s more to people I’m closer to rather than the whole world now.) and it would often get me in trouble. 

Aubrey is me with food much of the time. I love to eat and talk about food, create it, etc. Plus he’s a sweetheart. He just wants to be accepted and he’s so passionate with his love for people. 

I have quite a bit of Angela in me. I’m sassy and fun at times but also want to enjoy life and travel for leisure. I’m a passionate person, but I am also really good at seeing the good in people and bringing that out, I’m the “social” half of many of the nerdy, socially awkward nerds, if you will. I’m at the center of it all making everyone connect. On some level, it could be argued that I am Angela in every way. I won’t dispute it. 

As time went on, who I identified with changed, mostly due to the experiences I had in college. Now, I’m very much Hodgins. An angry, conspiracy nut that’s romantic and nerdy as hell, but is also incredibly loyal to those I care about. 

I even identify with each and every Squintern (Clark, Daisy, Vincent Nigel Murray, Fisher, Wendell, Arastoo...each and every one has impacted me). Same with Max and Caroline and Pops, Parker, Christine, Goodman, the list goes on. 

I have a little bit of all the characters in me, but some have impacted me more than others.  

Booth and Brennan’s relationships with others also taught me so much. 

Starting with Brennan: she dated several people over the seasons: Peter, Michael, David, Sully, the two guys in season 3 (welder and body builder?), Ian (British inspector) and Booth...I’m a lot like Brennan with her romantic relationships (and just relationships/friendships period) I either don’t have them for very long, they’re manipulative and end horribly or people I care about just up and leave. Because of this, I identify with Brennan a lot and it’s helped me get through many a tough time and I consider myself stronger for it today. She’s also the one to pursue them often and that’s how I am a lot of the time too. She’s always had a need and want to connect to those around her and not to be alone that she actively seeks that comfort out. I’m very similar that way. I’m still that way a lot of the time, but like Brennan, I eventually found my “other family” that I wouldn’t trade for the world. 

Booth also had several relationships throughout: Tess, Rebecca, Cam, Perotta, Catherine, Hannah and Brennan...I’m also a lot like Booth with his relationships, constantly being rejected. Rebecca rejected him even though they had a child together, Tess left him because of work stresses, Cam because she saw his feelings for Brennan, Perotta was “scared off by Brennan”, Catherine was just a chill fling, Hannah left him and Brennan even rejected him what 3 times maybe more out of fear. Booth got his happy ending though and his constant belief in people and his persistence. I am like that and maybe someday I’ll find my “30, 40, 50 years” too. 

Booth and Brennan are literally everything to me. They are truly relationship goals on so many levels for me. Are there other ships I have that have had the same impact on me? Absolutely, but BB are my “original” OTP. So they have an extra special place in my heart. They truly complement each other; brain and heart. But they have shaped each other, they have healed each other and they have been there for each other through it all. They’re willing to see past each other’s flaw and they adore each other. It took them so long to get there. But you know what? That’s what a lot of relationships that last are. All the other relationships that led them up to this were necessary for this to be a reality. They learned from their past mistakes and grew together. I envy them and what they have. 

It always amuses me from a fandom perspective that people always think the writers are going to split them up. No. They’ve been through so much to get here and while they’re constantly testing them (like any normal couple in the real world) it’s been clearly stated that they won’t split them up. 

Hodgela is also relationship goals and probably more what a relationship I would be in would be like. Hodgins is the most romantic man and I adore him. He’s pretty much everything I want in a guy (girls are a different story...I have my standard and it’s not set by a character) at this point. Angela is also precious and I just want their lives. OK? Can we make that happen? 

Once again, each relationship on the show impacted me just like the personalities of each individual character did.

Also there are so many important quotes I’ve written in journals or printed out and hung on my walls! 

Basically though, I can’t even begin to cover everything this show means to me or we’d be here for YEARS. Basically know that this had a great impact on my life; influentially, who I became on some level and on some level was incredibly self-reflective. It was my everything and my escape, my friend, my confidant. 

Since college though, I’ve become active in other fandoms (some to the self immersive nature as with Bones and others just for light fun) and it’s been good for me. But Bones will always have a large part of my heart. 

I can’t believe it’s ended and it’s hitting me harder than I really expected. It’s hard to believe that when shows come back in the fall that Bones won’t be there, it’s been a constant for 9 years of my life. That’s a long time. 

 Even though it’s technically an end, I’m trying not to see it as such. It’s a sum of a whole. A journey in it’s entirety. We’ve finished a novel and the rest is left up to us to create. 

I will forever be thankful for the existence of Bones and what it’s done for me, but in order to save myself, I won’t say goodbye. I’m just going to say, I’ll see ya later. 

*rides off into the sunset*

@empress-fuckface <3, @holyufos.