The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch / @TenaciousRanch / Steampunk Penny / Penellope Logue / Phillip Matthew Logue - Don't cry because it ended, laugh because it's still getting worse.

[Aunt Carol]

You wouldn't be in a polycule, I hope, but imagine you're back in your late teens/early twenties with a close friend group where everyone knows everyone and every change in relationship has repercussions. Maybe a bunch of you are rooming together. There's a know-it-all but everyone's used to him, a mooch but everyone's used to him, then someone brings in a low-rent manic pixie girlfriend, it changes the whole dynamic, and your friend group as well as your lease gets broken. For a life where nothing major happens and nobody knows how to cope with it, this is huge.

Now imagine someone films all of that teen relationship drama and releases an honest-to-God documentary film, to everyone on the planet, and the film says the reason the gang had to move and aren't talking to each other is all your fault and they use your name and face and everything.

I'm astounded that Bonnie isn't posting up a storm about this, threatening legal action or mob justice.

 

[Nanashi no kiwi]

I got this screenshot back when the Vice special was released on YouTube, but never got around to posting it until now. A well-meaning but naive straight guy (or maybe an actual troll, idk) makes an... interesting comment in passing.

 

[AnOminous]

Oh, and obviously the dog flying out the window. Even hearing about that could have been traumatic.

How are these men so globally incompetent this kind of shit is always happening because of them? I've never even known anyone else to lose a dog that way because they're not complete retards.

 

[retard strength II]

Ash is a fucking piece of shit, a much bigger tranny ball/amhole licker than any kind of artist, film maker, documentarian, or decent person. He is willing to cover up for these freaks more than cover the untold numbers of completely preventable alpaca deaths. Like those retards that accidentally film a crime but refuse to admit owning footage because ACAB or because the perpetrator was black or muslim or something.

How are these men so globally incompetent this kind of shit is always happening because of them? I've never even known anyone else to lose a dog that way because they're not complete retards.

I have seen dogs fall out of car windows and flung out of truck beds, it really sucks and an ounce of forward-thinking and planning would have prevented it. Troons are incapable of both things, something demomstrated well during the Tenacious Unicron Saga.

 

[Ghostse]

How are these men so globally incompetent this kind of shit is always happening because of them?

They are male, but they sure as shit aren't men even before they got the chop.

 

[BScCollateral]

I've never even known anyone else to lose a dog that way because they're not complete retards.

Neither have I. It's genuinely a "This is the moment I am most ashamed of" moment, like when Jimmy Carter shot a cat. For these guys, it's Tuesday.

 

[P. Barnes’ THOT 2.0]

How are these men so globally incompetent this kind of shit is always happening because of them? I've never even known anyone else to lose a dog that way because they're not complete retards.

I remember thinking this was bullshit when it happened. There is absolutely no way this could be true, as it’s the most fucking ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

It’s fucking bonkers-but then I remember who these people are.

 

[glass_houses]

I remember thinking this was bullshit when it happened. There is absolutely no way this could be true, as it’s the most fucking ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

It’s fucking bonkers-but then I remember who these people are.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they stopped, forced the dog out of the car and then drove off and abandoned it, later making up the story about it jumping out of the window so they didn't look like such pieces of shit. And there was no way in hell any of the dogs on the tranch were microchipped and registered, so there's no way the dog would ever be linked back to them.

 

[Molly White's Breast Milk]

I remember thinking this was bullshit when it happened. There is absolutely no way this could be true, as it’s the most fucking ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

It’s fucking bonkers-but then I remember who these people are.

I thought the story was that Skye got in an accident and the dog was ejected from the car when it rolled over? I remember pics of a car that was totaled but I could be wrong about my Trach history.

 

[Oxyjen]

I remember thinking this was bullshit when it happened. There is absolutely no way this could be true, as it’s the most fucking ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

Regrettably, it happens. I remember I googled for news articles about “dog falling out of car window” and there were several in the same week, even one in Colorado that wasn’t this one.

I thought the story was that Skye got in an accident and the dog was ejected from the car when it rolled over? I remember pics of a car that was totaled but I could be wrong about my Trach history.

We may have speculated about that, but there’s no hint of that from any telling.
One rollover wreck is accounted for by J.

I'm astounded that Bonnie isn't posting up a storm about this, threatening legal action or mob justice.

Good call. It looks like he didn’t know about it until today.

 

[lecher]

Almost a year ago the ranchers did a 2+ hour Q&A with Red Planet, a neo-Marxist LARP collective that's mentioned on the BreadTube wiki.
I started grabbing some clips at the time, but never finished, and eventually forgot about it.
When the Tranch documentary was released I remembered still having this around, so I went back to it.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYtkrjsb3k

Note that some of the timecoded YouTube links are inaccurate because I originally capped these clips from Red Planet's Twitch channel, and the version on YouTube has been edited.

00h42m49s cannot-hear-anyone
The chaotic start of the Q&A. Wild troons appear.

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00h44m34s shoveling-shit
Introduction. She/her pronouns. What we do? Shoveling shit.

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00h45m43s queer-haven-array-of-guns
A queer haven. Training people how to use firearms. Invited to come shoot guns.

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00h46m17s first-aid-punctured-lung
Self defense course. Penny talks about how to seal a punctured lung, which is "generally life in America nowadays".

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00h50m12s trouble-on-the-ranch
Trouble on the ranch. Saved from being shot by community members. People caught on the property and escorted off at gunpoint.

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00h51m31s nazis-in-town
Ranch under attack March 2021. Lot of Nazi's in the area.

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00h54m27s history-of-the-ranch
History of the ranch. Penny: "The three of us started October 2018". Anarchist haven commune for queer people.

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00h56m46s inherent-violence-capitalism
Shielding people from capitalism. The inherent violence inside of capitalism.

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01h01m31s anarchist-haven
Emergency housing for near homeless or homeless. Trying to get entire families housed. No requirements for volunteers, but permanent residents need to be anarchists. Deciding things collectively. One big pot.

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01h04m30s self-sustaining
Moving towards being self-sustaining. Growing vegetables difficult because of the cold. (Kevin: "We call this place Echo Base because its on Hoth". )
Expansion plans. Producing yarn, wool, eggs, meat.

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01h07m57s building-houses-layers-of-complications
Building houses comes with layers of complications. (Penny: "We're known at the zoning office. There's a lot of harassment campaigns against us.")

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01h09m52s zoning-land-plans-horses-goats
Zoning harassment. Kiwifarms! (Kevin: "The stalker site that shan't be named and has been destroyed at this point")

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01h11m40s workers-coop-bottomline
A worker's co-op? (Penny: "Everything is equitable after the bottom line has been paid")

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01h12m26s a-lot-of-work
Kevin: "I would love for there to be a future where we could invite people on who don't have to work. And maybe one day we will get there. But right now as we're starting we need help. Yeah."

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01h13m04s gotta-do-work-every-day
Kevin: "I will say a lot of people think it's what they want, and it just doesn't work out"
Jen: "Yeah, because it's really radically detached from what a lot of people have done with their lives. They just hear 'oh, queer haven'... but there's a lot of dishes that add up real fast"

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01h20m07s eco-fascism
Eco-fascism. Neo-pagan Nazi's. Green imperialism. Fash is becoming militia-centric.

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01h23m39s solidary-from-other-orgs
Support from other organizations. Anti-fascist community. Kevin: "All we can do is give back as much as possible"

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01h34m16s colonialism-landback
Linking up with Landback to battle against colonialism. Taking cues from the indigenous community. Penny: "Tip of the spear tactics ... We take the brunt of the impact that opens up an umbrella of cover for everyone behind us".

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01h37m43s why-not-give-commune-to-indigenous-people
Penny starts waffling about ownership issues.
Kevin: "There's details about the ownership of the ranch..."
Penny: "I don't want to talk about that"

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01h45m31s homesteading-every-doll-has-this-dream
Homesteading. Inspirations?
Penny: "My parents. I grew up on a farm"
Kevin: "Every doll has this dream"

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01h47m09s right-to-exit-social-contract
Right to exit social contract. J gets a mention.

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01h45m44s weather-struggle
Snow. Rain. Staying warm. The weather as an element of struggle. Connection to nature. Animal personalities.

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02h00m23s vegans-welcome
Vegans welcome. Kevin: "We're not, like, anti-vegan"

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02h01m36s paying-taxes
Penny: "If you don't have an income you don't need to pay taxes. If you don't register as having an income, and the ranch theoretically went ahead and handled that as income for the ranch, you would be off the hook for paying taxes."
Kevin: "It's complicated..."

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02h09m05s healthcare-on-the-ranch
Helping people get HRT. Colorado has to provide every kind of trans-care.
Jen: "Local doctor is really trans-affirming.
Penny: "We provide assistence for people to pursue their own DIY ends as well"

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02h10m43s ranch-ownership-trustees
Jen: "There's no ownership issue over the actual ranch itself"
Penny: "Everything goes into a trust ... If you own property inside of a collective the best way to protect yourself is to hold it in trust and then name the members of the collective as trustees on that trust, therefore everybody has a say in what's done with everything. In the beginning we didn't have that knowledge, and unsorting it, and repackaging it, has been an express ride through capitalistic hell"

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02h13m04s end-goal-tur-in-50-states
End goal? TUR in all 50 states. Creating our own anarchistic network, with options for how to get out of the US.

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02h16m07s starting-capital
Penny: "It's like laying track in front of a moving train."

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02h17m58s extreme-weather
US-wide network of TURs should cover for eachother in case of extreme weather.
Penny: "How we survive climate change is community"

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02h20m40s viable-to-expand
Moving to Penny's parents will place TUR a lot more central and do more support groups more easily.

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02h23m17s how-to-help-when-strained
Saying no. Penny: "We can't help everybody"

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02h30m28s homework
Actionable next steps? Penny: "Go out into nature"

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02h32m12s plugs

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[Ghostse]

the ranchers did a 2+ hour Q&A with Red Planet

Good synergy, as they turned their land into surface of Mars.

 

[AnOminous]

Good call. It looks like he didn’t know about it until today.

Sue everyone, Boner!

 

[S.C.U.D.]

Regrettably, it happens. I remember I googled for news articles about “dog falling out of car window” and there were several in the same week, even one in Colorado that wasn’t this one.


We may have speculated about that, but there’s no hint of that from any telling.
One rollover wreck is accounted for by J.



Good call. It looks like he didn’t know about it until today.

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I predict this is an empty threat and Bonnie is too lazy to do anything besides tweeting angrily about it.

 

[teriyakiburns]

How are these men so globally incompetent this kind of shit is always happening because of them? I've never even known anyone else to lose a dog that way because they're not complete retards.

The only reasonable assumptions are these:
1) The story is false. They deliberately threw it out and claimed it was an accident to avoid responsibility for their actions, same as always.
2) The story is true, because the dog couldn't face another night of rape or wanted to escape the stench, and decided to make his great escape before he ended up in the alpaca pit.

 

[Ghostse]

I believe the dog thing happened exactly as described. I have not know anyone to lose a dog this way but I've know a few retarded dogs who did something very similar (some variation of "was rolling down the window to talk to someone and fido saw something he wanted and just launched" the most common being "Slowed down for retarded deer, but pulled off the side to chase my retarded dog who decided he had to chase the retarded deer"), just the car wasn't moving at highway speeds so there was no dog soup.

When driving with the windows down, people usually either ensure their dog is well trained enough to remain in the vehicle until the door is opened, or they don't open the window enough for puppy to be able to use it as an exit.

 

[AssignedEva]

Good call. It looks like he didn’t know about it until today

It's pretty likely Bonnie reads the thread, so I'd wager he found out about the narrative when we did. He absolutely would have seen the documentary had been released and he featured in promotional materials and the trailer (so he knows he was included in the release).

I'm pretty sure unless you have substantial cause you can't really retroactively revoke your consent after signing a release form, which if Ash is competent he would have arranged well in advance. It sounds like Ash cut a lot of the fraught stuff when shit started hitting the fan, so allowed Bonnie to withdraw consent during the process, but the stuff already shot is fair game. Then most of the damning footage comes from the Tranchers shit talking Bonnie, which hw obviously has no control over.

Think about it - Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin couldn't stop Tiger King portraying them in a negative light. Carole did try to block Tiger King 2, but had already signed away her rights to future use of the footage despite "not agreeing to it" and "asking not to be included".

Whilst this rinky dink production company Ash is connected to doesn't have Netflix lawyers, they will have legal representation, while Bonnie works some dead end job somewhere and had until recently been begging for donations to pay Kindness's rent and munchausen fees. He can't afford a lawyer, and I doubt any pro bono lawyers are going to take on a case of "I dropped out of a documentary and the rest of the documentary has people saying mean things about me ", so it's not like he can even launch a vexatious legal case to spook them.

He doesn't have a leg to stand on, he's just saying he'll be taking hush-hush legal action to try and discredit the documentary's portrayal of him, and then because it's "legal proceedings" he'll just pretend he can't discuss an ongoing court case and then never mention it again in the hopes it'll be forgotten about by anyone who still follows him (does anyone still follow him? A few of his followers called him out because Penny's narrative was already splashed all over twitter). At most he'll download a free cease and desist template letter and send it off to Ash or whatever.

 

[Oxyjen]

It's pretty likely Bonnie reads the thread, so I'd wager he found out about the narrative when we did. He absolutely would have seen the documentary had been released and he featured in promotional materials and the trailer (so he knows he was included in the release).

I dunno, I should have posted the whole exchange:





I don’t see why that wouldn’t be true. Like, we only found out we could watch it via some Reddit autist monitoring obscure film festival websites. Have Kevin and co made any acknowledgment of it? They did about the Vice one, so I’m willing to bet they aren’t aware it’s “released” either.
I guess this would also prove that none of them do read the thread any more, which I could also believe, due to the total KF victory in outlasting the Tranch.

All that said, I agree, he’s not suing nobody.

 

[stupid frog]

Is Penny going to lift profits off the ticket sales, or who does that money go to anyway?

 

[Oxyjen]

Is Penny going to lift profits off the ticket sales, or who does that money go to anyway?

It almost certainly goes to the film festival? Silent Crow or whatever may get a token royalty payment. I highly doubt any money goes back to the subjects of the documentary, even if there is any money worth a damn in the first place.

I mean this hasn’t really been released, it’s been sent out to die. Zero fanfare. The website and Twitter pages were purged just before it started to be shown.