😵💫 Skitzocow Augustus Sol Invictus / Austin Gillespie - Crazy Lawyer and Failed Politician, Kicked Out of Libertarian Party
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Picklechu
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Examiner.com, which is basically a shitty version of Reason, ran a story on Invictus and his call for a boycott of several major retailers. (Archive) Invictus posted about it on his Facebook page, but noticeably only quoted the first paragraph dealing with the boycott, probably because of this:
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After posting Rage Against the Machine's The Ghost of Tom Joad, Augustus posted his latest rant.
He spends almost half of the video reading from The Grapes of Wrath. His pronunciation of "interests" made me giggle. He proposes eliminating hundreds of agencies (which one U.S. Senator would be incapable of doing) and throwing the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors in prison on somewhat dubious charges of "fleecing the American people." Overall, this one was pretty boring.
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Augustos Sol Invictus said:
Also, more videos that he didn't post on Facebook.
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Not sure who I dislike more, him or Steinbeck.
Well Steinbeck isn't able to write anymore so... that made choosing a lot easier.
This is getting more out there than normal. It went from snobby wierd to getting more crazy.
Well Steinbeck isn't able to write anymore so... that made choosing a lot easier.
This is getting more out there than normal. It went from snobby wierd to getting more crazy.
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Finally got around to watching the Orange County video, in which he seems to be speaking to the Libertarian Party of Orange County. The accent is completely gone.
Overall, he seems strikingly normal in this video. He drops the accent and doesn't make many completely absurd statements. His ego still shows, more so than a lot of politicians that I've worked with, but that's not too unusual. I'm kind of wondering if he took his meds (assuming that he's mentally ill) beforehand, or if this was an attempt to rehabilitate his image so that he has a shot to win the primary. This is why I find this guy so fascinating.
I also found a picture of him in which one can see some of his tattoos.
He tells a story about how, ten years ago, some Santeria priests said that he was being followed by a giant black demon, and also said that he would very important and help a lot of people someday. He claims this is a true story. Notable is that he was apparently in a metal band at the time. He also claims to have numerous tattoos.
He starts drinking, because "[he's] a Libertarian and [he] can" drink on camera. He claims that he is a Libertarian because his father was one. He dropped out of college because, "if [he] finished, [he] would have to go to law school." I'm not certain if he's saying that his father would force him to or not. He then mentions how he went to work at a pharmacy, owned by English people, that was busted for being a pill mill. He then decided to go to law school because of how much he hated the DEA.
Afterward, he mentions that his wife and four kids had to move to Orlando while he stayed in Tampa, where he was homeless for several months, while he finished his undergraduate degree at the University of South Florida. He blames the cops catching him sleeping on campus in his car while he was homeless for what was supposedly his only A-. He mentions that he has been homeless another time, but declines to comment on it.
He went to Chicago for law school (at DePaul), and worked for an international human rights firm, as he was studying international law. He spergs a bit about "the inevitability of the world state," which is a favorite of right wing and libertarian conspiracy theorists. Unlike most of them, though, he doesn't seem to be for fighting this, which I found interesting. At 19:41, when he starts talking about his foreign policy beliefs, there's a jump. He mentions that he was right on a quote that his professor was wrong on, and that he is capable of reading Latin. He criticizes Marco Rubio (who he would not be running against) and compares him to Woodrow Wilson, and mentions that Rubio being president would be scary to him. He defends Nazi Germany waging war in the 1930s, as it helped to lift them out of economic depression and was in their self interest.
He then talks about the "religious experience" which led him to write the letter, calling the blog that published it, Above the Law, a yellow journalist smuthouse. He mentions that the FBI was called on him, and he had to flee Chicago. He says that he actually did "go into the wilderness" from Florida all the way to the Mojave desert in California. He declines to talk about the experience. He states that in Kingman, AZ, while walking along I-40, he thought that he was going to die, as it was forty miles to the next town; he states that it was the scariest day of his life, which is why the "smear campaigns" don't bother him.
He complains that people won't vote for politicians with things such as sex scandals, as well as personal issues such as his own. He then decides to take questions. (Of note is that he addresses those asking questions by their first names, implying that this is a small gathering.)
The first questioner has apparently been trying for some time to get him to write a book about his experiences walking/hitchhiking from Orlando to the Mojave Desert. The questioner asks "where can America go to be a brighter, better place?" Augustus states that the questioner was not a plant, nor was the question planned. He responds that people are too materialistic.
The second questioner asks which branches of the federal government he would get rid of (LOL, what?) and how Invictus would downsize government. He mentions the DEA, IRS, and Department of Education, then makes a note to himself to create a "hitlist" for federal agencies.
The third questioner asks about marijuana and states' rights. The answer is pretty standard and boring, in that he states that it's illegal for the federal government to do, since Prohibition "required" (it didn't) a constitutional amendment.
The fourth states that he salutes Augustus for hating the DEA with an even greater passion than himself. He then asks if Invictus supports constitutional carry (i.e. concealed and/or open carry of firearms) in Florida. Invictus states that he does, but reminds the individual asking the question that he is running for the United States Senate, not an office in Florida's government. He says that he would support this to the extent possible.
The fifth asks about Roger Stone, Invictus' likely primary opponent, and asks about Invictus strategy to defeat him. He declines, as one would expect someone being filmed to do, but mentions that he would not give in to "smear campaigns," and accuses Roger Stone of working with Adrian Wyllie, the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Florida (and said party's gubernatorial nominee last year), in order to perpetrate said smear campaign. He says that he will not respond to these accusations (which he has already done several times), and that he likes Stone. An audience member notes that Invictus had received a book from him several months ago on by Stone on Richard Nixon, who Stone worked for, that he enjoyed. A woman in the audience then states that Stone will be their speaker in September, and they invite him to attend said meeting.
The sixth asks about the accent he has used in the majority of his videos and public appearances over the past two years, as well as the fasces and other imagery in his campaign logo and in his law firm logo (which is often associated with fascism due to Mussolini's utilization of it). He switches to the accent, and claims that it is his natural accent. He says that he uses it in formal speeches, when he's reading, and when he gets stressed and nervous. He says that in "conversational tone," as he switches back, he doesn't use it so people don't ask where he's from, why he speaks like that, etc. He states that he loves the comparison to Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained, since DiCaprio comes up when one does a Google search for him. He claims it isn't an affected accent at all. He claims it didn't occur to him when creating the logo that Mussolini has used similar imagery. An audience member compares the fasces, including it's origin, with the swastika.
The seventh asks where Invictus is from. He replies that he was born in Ohio, moved to Orlando when he was three, went to New Mexico while he was still a kid, and then back to Orlando. He then mentions that he studied Latin for four years, and also adds that he has studied Spanish, Italian, French, and that he had tried studying German, which he says "once you've done that enough, you don't have an accent anymore" while apparently trying to explain his bizarre accent.
The eighth asks about Invictus' beliefs on preemptive war. Invictus states that he is not a pacifist (slightly unusual for a Libertarian, at least in my experience), and that preemptive war is a legitimate strategy. However, it has been used as justification for many unjust wars. He seems to imply that the United States only wants to bomb Iran (which we are not to at this point, as negotiations are still ongoing) because "Israel is upset with them," not because they are trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Next, Augustus was asked about the United States' alliances, especially NATO, and if Invictus believes in it. Invictus replies that he thinks we should fulfill the treaty, but should work to exit NATO since the United States may be forced into military conflicts by it.
The final questioner asked, after stating that, unlike Adrian Wyllie, he doesn't fear for his life because of Augustus, when bumper stickers would be available, as he wanted to place one on Wyllie's car. Invictus replies that they will be available in a few weeks.
He starts drinking, because "[he's] a Libertarian and [he] can" drink on camera. He claims that he is a Libertarian because his father was one. He dropped out of college because, "if [he] finished, [he] would have to go to law school." I'm not certain if he's saying that his father would force him to or not. He then mentions how he went to work at a pharmacy, owned by English people, that was busted for being a pill mill. He then decided to go to law school because of how much he hated the DEA.
Afterward, he mentions that his wife and four kids had to move to Orlando while he stayed in Tampa, where he was homeless for several months, while he finished his undergraduate degree at the University of South Florida. He blames the cops catching him sleeping on campus in his car while he was homeless for what was supposedly his only A-. He mentions that he has been homeless another time, but declines to comment on it.
He went to Chicago for law school (at DePaul), and worked for an international human rights firm, as he was studying international law. He spergs a bit about "the inevitability of the world state," which is a favorite of right wing and libertarian conspiracy theorists. Unlike most of them, though, he doesn't seem to be for fighting this, which I found interesting. At 19:41, when he starts talking about his foreign policy beliefs, there's a jump. He mentions that he was right on a quote that his professor was wrong on, and that he is capable of reading Latin. He criticizes Marco Rubio (who he would not be running against) and compares him to Woodrow Wilson, and mentions that Rubio being president would be scary to him. He defends Nazi Germany waging war in the 1930s, as it helped to lift them out of economic depression and was in their self interest.
He then talks about the "religious experience" which led him to write the letter, calling the blog that published it, Above the Law, a yellow journalist smuthouse. He mentions that the FBI was called on him, and he had to flee Chicago. He says that he actually did "go into the wilderness" from Florida all the way to the Mojave desert in California. He declines to talk about the experience. He states that in Kingman, AZ, while walking along I-40, he thought that he was going to die, as it was forty miles to the next town; he states that it was the scariest day of his life, which is why the "smear campaigns" don't bother him.
He complains that people won't vote for politicians with things such as sex scandals, as well as personal issues such as his own. He then decides to take questions. (Of note is that he addresses those asking questions by their first names, implying that this is a small gathering.)
The first questioner has apparently been trying for some time to get him to write a book about his experiences walking/hitchhiking from Orlando to the Mojave Desert. The questioner asks "where can America go to be a brighter, better place?" Augustus states that the questioner was not a plant, nor was the question planned. He responds that people are too materialistic.
The second questioner asks which branches of the federal government he would get rid of (LOL, what?) and how Invictus would downsize government. He mentions the DEA, IRS, and Department of Education, then makes a note to himself to create a "hitlist" for federal agencies.
The third questioner asks about marijuana and states' rights. The answer is pretty standard and boring, in that he states that it's illegal for the federal government to do, since Prohibition "required" (it didn't) a constitutional amendment.
The fourth states that he salutes Augustus for hating the DEA with an even greater passion than himself. He then asks if Invictus supports constitutional carry (i.e. concealed and/or open carry of firearms) in Florida. Invictus states that he does, but reminds the individual asking the question that he is running for the United States Senate, not an office in Florida's government. He says that he would support this to the extent possible.
The fifth asks about Roger Stone, Invictus' likely primary opponent, and asks about Invictus strategy to defeat him. He declines, as one would expect someone being filmed to do, but mentions that he would not give in to "smear campaigns," and accuses Roger Stone of working with Adrian Wyllie, the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Florida (and said party's gubernatorial nominee last year), in order to perpetrate said smear campaign. He says that he will not respond to these accusations (which he has already done several times), and that he likes Stone. An audience member notes that Invictus had received a book from him several months ago on by Stone on Richard Nixon, who Stone worked for, that he enjoyed. A woman in the audience then states that Stone will be their speaker in September, and they invite him to attend said meeting.
The sixth asks about the accent he has used in the majority of his videos and public appearances over the past two years, as well as the fasces and other imagery in his campaign logo and in his law firm logo (which is often associated with fascism due to Mussolini's utilization of it). He switches to the accent, and claims that it is his natural accent. He says that he uses it in formal speeches, when he's reading, and when he gets stressed and nervous. He says that in "conversational tone," as he switches back, he doesn't use it so people don't ask where he's from, why he speaks like that, etc. He states that he loves the comparison to Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained, since DiCaprio comes up when one does a Google search for him. He claims it isn't an affected accent at all. He claims it didn't occur to him when creating the logo that Mussolini has used similar imagery. An audience member compares the fasces, including it's origin, with the swastika.
The seventh asks where Invictus is from. He replies that he was born in Ohio, moved to Orlando when he was three, went to New Mexico while he was still a kid, and then back to Orlando. He then mentions that he studied Latin for four years, and also adds that he has studied Spanish, Italian, French, and that he had tried studying German, which he says "once you've done that enough, you don't have an accent anymore" while apparently trying to explain his bizarre accent.
The eighth asks about Invictus' beliefs on preemptive war. Invictus states that he is not a pacifist (slightly unusual for a Libertarian, at least in my experience), and that preemptive war is a legitimate strategy. However, it has been used as justification for many unjust wars. He seems to imply that the United States only wants to bomb Iran (which we are not to at this point, as negotiations are still ongoing) because "Israel is upset with them," not because they are trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Next, Augustus was asked about the United States' alliances, especially NATO, and if Invictus believes in it. Invictus replies that he thinks we should fulfill the treaty, but should work to exit NATO since the United States may be forced into military conflicts by it.
The final questioner asked, after stating that, unlike Adrian Wyllie, he doesn't fear for his life because of Augustus, when bumper stickers would be available, as he wanted to place one on Wyllie's car. Invictus replies that they will be available in a few weeks.
Overall, he seems strikingly normal in this video. He drops the accent and doesn't make many completely absurd statements. His ego still shows, more so than a lot of politicians that I've worked with, but that's not too unusual. I'm kind of wondering if he took his meds (assuming that he's mentally ill) beforehand, or if this was an attempt to rehabilitate his image so that he has a shot to win the primary. This is why I find this guy so fascinating.
I also found a picture of him in which one can see some of his tattoos.
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Picklechu
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I hadn't been updating this since he was doing more of the same, not to mention some of the things which have been (and still are, to an extent) going on in my life, but I found it interesting that the mainstream media, both in Florida and across the United States, have picked up on him in a story involving ritualistic animal sacrifice.
http://capitalnewyork.com/florida/2...t-sacrifice-eugenics-and-chairs-resignational
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/florida_senate_candidate_admit.html
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-b...d-the-resignation-of-a-party-chairman/2247999
http://m.news965.com/news/news/local/florida-senate-candidate-under-fire-drinking-goat-/nntKM/
http://www.independentpoliticalrepo...arty-of-florida-resign-effective-immediately/
http://capitalnewyork.com/florida/2...t-sacrifice-eugenics-and-chairs-resignational
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/florida_senate_candidate_admit.html
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-b...d-the-resignation-of-a-party-chairman/2247999
http://m.news965.com/news/news/local/florida-senate-candidate-under-fire-drinking-goat-/nntKM/
http://www.independentpoliticalrepo...arty-of-florida-resign-effective-immediately/
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Damn. State politics is kind of a freakshow at the best of times.
That last url is basically the story.
"Drinking goat blood in a pagan ritual" is not something anyone who actually wants to be elected to anything, ever, wants in a news story about themselves.
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Surely his wild genius and ownership of both a poodle and a Cadillac trounces this vile defamation though?
Oh, that's right: no-one gave a shit about these self-attributed points of awesome last time either. Welp, on with the blood-drinking lunacy it is, then.
Oh, that's right: no-one gave a shit about these self-attributed points of awesome last time either. Welp, on with the blood-drinking lunacy it is, then.
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Dude is concerned about people thinking he drinks goat blood, but people knowing about how he doesn't believe in Democracy and supports Eugenics is ok by him.
Speaking of which, if he doesn't believe in Democracy wtf is he doing running for office?
Speaking of which, if he doesn't believe in Democracy wtf is he doing running for office?
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Boring from within.
And from without.
And from without.
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Mussolini ran for prime minister of italy. It can be easier to take control of a democratic state through democracy than through coup even if you just want to make it a dictatorship
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Last I remember, he said something about wanting to "punish the DEA" for shutting down his family's pharmacy or something. And so he was running for office to do so. Makes you wonder what this pharmacy was doing to get shut down...Dude is concerned about people thinking he drinks goat blood, but people knowing about how he doesn't believe in Democracy and supports Eugenics is ok by him.
Speaking of which, if he doesn't believe in Democracy wtf is he doing running for office?
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He's sounding more and more like a character invented by Hunter S Thompson.
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Funny -- I know another guy who's also a longtime Libertarian Party activist, a Crowleyan Thelemite, and a drug-abusing, sex-obsessed sperg. But he doesn't have the style or balls of this character.
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Is he an antidemocratic eugenicist?
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"Augustus Sol Invictus" would be a great name of a Power Metal or Symphonic Metal musician.
For a politician... not so much.
For a politician... not so much.
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True. Hugo Chavez first tried to seize the presidency of Venezuela by means of a military coup, served time in prison, but was ultimately successful in democratic general elections.
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I wonder if this guy has ever tried sporting a toga and laurel wreath?
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Or an Aztec priest costume! His middle name is a reference to the Aztec sun god after all...
http://imgur.com/LMhASfe
EDIT: Guess who's mainstream!
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/05/florida-senate-candidate-sacrificed-goat-drank-blood/
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