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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:12 AM Sep 2012

Man kills himself and entire family over the prospect of Obama being re-elected..

This man was mentally ill, he had once before tried to commit suicide, yet the Daily Wail tried to link it to the upcoming election..

Interestingly,Blackbird’s “core competencies” include “[t]agging, tracking, and locating expertise, including experience with technical systems that provide a clear picture of operational assets and targets.”

Its key executives, Mary M. Styer, Richard Moxley and Steven Penn, are also partners in an investment fund, Razor’s Edge Fund LP.

Last year, Razor’s Edge moved to purchase a stake in HBGary, the security contractor whose plans to disrupt Wikileaks were revealed by Anonymous hackers...


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2209719/Pictured-The-beautiful-family-slain-hours-church-mentally-ill-father-tormented-prospect-Obama-winning-election.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-father-killed-wife-children-virginia-murder-suicide/story?id=17331623#.UGUkk2B5gtw

nother neighbor, Alvaro Lopes, told local news station WNEW that Albert Peterson had tried to commit suicide in the past, and that he had been taking new heart attack medication that seemed to affect his personality.

"He seemed dizzy, just different," Lopes said. "Hearing about what happened today made me think that could have something to do with it."

Police would not comment on any possible connection between the deaths and Peterson's medication.

"They were good people," said Lopes.

Neighbor Jim Steele told ABC News station WJLA that the Peterson were a nice family in the neighborhood.

"This is a horrible tragedy," Steele said. "They seemed like a very nice family. Didn't see anything amiss around the house. It's quite a shock."

Blackbird Technologies released a statement confirming that Kathie worked for the company and expressing their shock. The company works with the federal government on intelligence and defense issues, according to The Washington Post.

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Man kills himself and entire family over the prospect of Obama being re-elected.. (Original Post) HipChick Sep 2012 OP
Read about that and KT2000 Sep 2012 #1
Untreated Paranoia HipChick Sep 2012 #2
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #3
last weekend the entire family attended a Rmoney rally together lunasun Sep 2012 #10
That's NOT something to make jokes or grave dance about. Zalatix Sep 2012 #21
When can we expect the Mitt Romney press conference blaming Obama? bluestateguy Sep 2012 #4
This is local for me - lynne Sep 2012 #5
Local for me too...seems they were connected to the Beltway Bandits Defense companies HipChick Sep 2012 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #6
What. The. Fuck. Initech Sep 2012 #7
Holy shit!! Cali_Democrat Sep 2012 #8
Wow. I drive by Blackbird building often aletier_v Sep 2012 #9
Real close to Dulles on Rt. 28 Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #19
Shit in this country is going to get very real SpartanDem Sep 2012 #12
Expect more of the spellbound Fox lemmings mick063 Sep 2012 #13
I've been monitoring the freepers grasswire Sep 2012 #14
Tragic. Sad to have that much wrapped up in in an election even in paranoia. Whovian Sep 2012 #15
A deeply sad story which shouldn't serve as fodder for either side. Behind the Aegis Sep 2012 #16
Blackbird Technologies? They are real spooks. Kindly Refrain Sep 2012 #17
Man killed himself and family because he was profoundly mentally ill. cali Sep 2012 #18
what kind of security clearance did he have onethatcares Sep 2012 #20

KT2000

(20,583 posts)
1. Read about that and
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:16 AM
Sep 2012

the man was seriously ill. He also thought his employer - a defense contractor insisted employees note for Obama. I find that hard to believe too.

Response to HipChick (Original post)

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
10. last weekend the entire family attended a Rmoney rally together
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:37 AM
Sep 2012

per 1st link above
he knew it was hopeless after that I imagine....

 

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
21. That's NOT something to make jokes or grave dance about.
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 07:04 PM
Sep 2012

How do you know his whole family was in on it?

they were all equally brainwashed anyway.

His kids most likely were not. You're implying they deserved to die. That's just not even remotely true.

lynne

(3,118 posts)
5. This is local for me -
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:30 AM
Sep 2012

- occurred about 30 minutes from me. I used to live/work in the same town and have been in the church pictured. I don't know anything about these people but I've enough experience with this type situation to say with confidence that there was only one reason that he did this. He was mentally ill.

I lost three cousins - husband, wife, son - to the same mental illness about 14 years ago. Same situation. Upstanding citizens, involved with community, well loved. The husbands family had a history of mental illness on his mother's side. He became depressed and was on medication, which we later learned that he was taking incorrectly and was over-medicating himself. The husband shot the wife and then the son. Always very neat, he laid down on the tile in the bathroom before he put the shotgun in his mouth.

Mental illness was the cause. Not paranoia about politics or money or anything else. Those are merely symptoms of the disease.

Very, very sad. Heartbreaking.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
11. Local for me too...seems they were connected to the Beltway Bandits Defense companies
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:49 AM
Sep 2012

maybe a bit on the dark side too..

Response to HipChick (Original post)

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)
9. Wow. I drive by Blackbird building often
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:33 AM
Sep 2012

I googled them about ten days ago because I was curious about their logo.

At night it looks like the skeleton of a pterodactyl.

 

Kindly Refrain

(423 posts)
19. Real close to Dulles on Rt. 28
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 05:55 PM
Sep 2012

I thought they did spy satellite work, but it looks more like covert ops.

SpartanDem

(4,533 posts)
12. Shit in this country is going to get very real
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:05 AM
Sep 2012

with lies driven by Fox,etc you can expect more rwnj like this to lash out against thier families or the public at large.

 

mick063

(2,424 posts)
13. Expect more of the spellbound Fox lemmings
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:14 AM
Sep 2012

to go bonkers.


Some of the less stable ones are going to take this "civil war" shit seriously.

There are elected politicians and appointed judges that promote this stuff as well.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
14. I've been monitoring the freepers
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 02:18 AM
Sep 2012

Some posts from the thread about the poll showing that Catholics are turning toward Obama:

............
And Republicans simply don't know how to play hardball. They still naively think a gentlemanly approach to campaigning wins elections.
posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:27:05 PM by ScottinVA

K. I’ve had it....I’ve tried to controll myself, but this is it....is there any group, state, county, district, country, that this f*****g purple-liped Kenyan is not winning....I cannot take one more poll....I will be in the nut house before the election....
posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:53:39 PM by little-e ((The Muslim in the White House is NOT my President))

I go to mass every day and I have never seen the anger at Barry like I am seeing now. 4 yrs ago I use to see obama bumper stickers in the parking lot(sick) not anymore.
Even 80 yr old ladies are sporting impeach obama stickers
posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:02:15 PM by italianquaker

onethatcares

(16,171 posts)
20. what kind of security clearance did he have
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 06:54 PM
Sep 2012

in order to work for the spooks? And no one alerted to the insanity?

Wow.

It's a shame he chose to take his family with him.

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