Hostage Situation Currently Unfolding At Discovery Channel Headquarters – Update

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by Colby Hall | 1:43 pm, September 1st, 2010

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CNN is reporting of a scary situation currently unfolding at the Silver Spring, Maryland offices of the Discovery Channel. Reportedly a police emergency response team is currently responding to reports of a man with a gun and possible explosives at the headquarters, a Maryland, a police spokeswoman said.

TBD.com is now reporting:

A man entered the lobby and may have fired a weapon and declared, Nobody is going anywhere, Montgomery County police told ABC 7′s Brad Bell.

In a phone interview on ABC 7 News and TBD TV, Discovery Communication employee Lisa Lucas said the building is in lockdown, with an unknown number of employees sheltering in offices. Police have established a cordon around the building.

She said that about 1:20 p.m., “we heard, Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop..”

The suspect is an Asian male, police said.

Update: Twitter is awash with rumors that Discovery had been receiving threats lately for engaging in “Eco-Terrorism” from their program Whale Wars, suggesting that the current hostage situation may be a result of that show. Whale Wars is a show that appears on Animal Planet, a channel that is part of the Discovery Network which is described on WikiPedia as a “program that follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and his crew aboard their various vessels attempt to deter Japanese whaling off the coast of Antarctica. The third season premiered on June 4, 2010.

Update 2: The NY Times Brian Stelter has tweeted out a link to a webpage entitled “Savetheplanetprotest.com.” The screed opens with:

The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY:
1. The Discovery Channel and it’s affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs at prime time slots based on Daniel Quinn’s “My Ishmael” pages 207-212 where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other’s inventive ideas. Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution. A game show format contest would be in order. Perhaps also forums of leading scientists who understand and agree with the Malthus-Darwin science and the problem of human overpopulation. Do both. Do all until something WORKS and the natural world starts improving and human civilization building STOPS and is reversed! MAKE IT INTERESTING SO PEOPLE WATCH AND APPLY SOLUTIONS!!!!

2. All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions. In those programs’ places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it.

3. All programs promoting War and the technology behind those must cease. There is no sense in advertising weapons of mass-destruction anymore. Instead, talk about ways to disassemble civilization and concentrate the message in finding SOLUTIONS to solving global military mechanized conflict. Again, solutions solutions instead of just repeating the same old wars with newer weapons. Also, keep out the fraudulent peace movements. They are liars and fakes and had no real intention of ending the wars. ALL OF THEM ARE FAKE! On one hand, they claim they want the wars to end, on the other, they are demanding the human population increase. World War II had 2 Billion humans and after that war, the people decided that tripling the population would assure peace. WTF??? STUPIDITY! MORE HUMANS EQUALS MORE WAR!

The full screed can be read here:

Breaking video report:

Police News Conference:

Discovery Channel, Hostage Situation, Paul Watson, TBD.com, Whale Wars

writer

What are those tea baggers up to now?
Constantly

who has a twenty on ed?
More Liberty

I hope no one gets hurt….except for the lunatic
writer

It was sarcasm, people. See, the left always blames the ‘tea baggers’, and….nah, it’s no fun if I have to explain it.
writer

Call in Bear Grylls. He’ll kick their ass.
StandUp

I sure hope Ed Schultz surrenders soon, he has to be on the air at 6
writer

Arson is more Ed “I’ll torch this fucker” Schultz’s style.
sarainitaly

Scary! I hope no one gets hurt.

writer said:
Call in Bear Grylls. He’ll kick their ass.

I love Bear Grylls! “good protein!” hehe
writer

You don’t mess with the SAS.
Constantly

why do they call the hostage taker a “gentleman”? i never understood that…
The Real Royal King

sarainitaly said:
Scary! I hope no one gets hurt. I love Bear Grylls! “good protein!” hehe

That’s funny? You’re sick.

BECKERHEAD’S GONE PREACHER, AND QUITE THE HERETIC,
O’HANNITY IS A SIMPLY A WORLD CLASS WHINER,
O’REILLY PRESENTS THAT WEIRD BODY LANGUAGE CHICK,
ADD O’VAN SUSTEREN: ASLEEP IN MY RECLINER!
writer

I read about some of Grylls’ SAS training. Climb a mountain in winter without using gloves. Run thirty-four miles carrying a full pack. And then it gets tough!
Lurker

Enviro-nut

http://savetheplanetprotest.com/
murf

*** Gunman’s Manifesto ***

http://savetheplanetprotest.com/
sarainitaly

writer said:
I read about some of Grylls’ SAS training. Climb a mountain in winter without using gloves. Run thirty-four miles carrying a full pack. And then it gets tough!

He rocks! He doesn’t seem like he would be such a bad ass when you first see him, but man! he is tough!
More Liberty

This is just another example of how conceal carry laws would protect the rights of an individual – the one real human right – the right to defend yourself.
sarainitaly

murf said:
*** Gunman’s Manifesto ***

http://savetheplanetprotest.com/

Have they confirmed that is the guy? FOX hasn’t identified him yet, but mentioned the manifesto. The cop on the scene didn’t confirm anything.
writer

Gryll’s not only was in SAS. He took up martial arts as a hobby when he got out. My God!
sarainitaly

writer said:
Gryll’s not only was in SAS. He took up martial arts as a hobby when he got out. My God!

I bet after every episode his wife turns to him and says, “You did WHAT!!?!?!”
writer

If only Bear could meet the Royal King.
StandUp

More Liberty said:
This is just another example of how conceal carry laws would protect the rights of an individual – the one real human right – the right to defend yourself.

Standing ovation for that comment
Azarkhan

“The suspect is an Asian male, police said.”

An Asian environmentalist nut. Mediaite is disappointed. They very much want the violent, older white male so they can do a hit on the Tea Party.
sarainitaly

Listening to Shep – “This guy is all kinds of crazy”.

Of all the cable channels to be mad at, he picks Discovery? Weird!!
I love Discovery Channel.

Thank God they got all the kids out.
More Liberty

StandUp said:
Standing ovation for that comment

Yeah I’m curious why someone would give me a thumbs down for claiming that the right to defend yourself, is the one true human right.
notsofast

MSNBC says he must be a racist, homophobe or Islamophobe.
BatBoy

Constantly said:
why do they call the hostage taker a “gentleman”? i never understood that…

The lefties would get their panties in a wad if they refered to him as a “mofo” … Which is really what he is!
BatBoy

notsofast said:
MSNBC says he must be a racist, homophobe or Islamophobe.

The guy got his ideas from the Beck rally this past weekend too.
notsofast

This man has disgraced Sept. 1st!
notsofast

Now, I want to hear all the MSM to report tonight that a “liberal activist” today…….
http://www.facebook.com/people/Sandy-Lender/1266281721 Sandy Lender

He seems particularly keen on saving the squirrels…the police need to have a squirrel involved in the negotiations.
(You have to skim his manifesto to find the squirrel-love.)
notsofast

I bet this guy listened to Ed Schultz, KO and RM.
More Liberty

I bet the hypocrite didn’t ride hid bike to the building, or drive his Chevy Volt.
sarainitaly

notsofast said:
Now, I want to hear all the MSM to report tonight that a “liberal activist” today…….

Don’t hold your breath.
Lurker

Tweet:

secupp : Discovery terrorist’s ideas, if not his methods, make him ideal WH adviser. Science czar John Holdren is also for population control.
Jack5150

Wow, if the author of that manifesto had used the word “Phony” instead of “fake”, I would have sworn I finally find out what happened to Holden Caulfield.
Azarkhan

But I like the idea of storming a station to change programming. I’m way over paid advertising on TV. And why can’t we have a station that just has vampire shows and movies? Start with reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
sarainitaly

I just checked memeorandum….funny that the Lefty blogs are very quiet on this story.
murf

Original Site with manifesto was shutdown ; try this :

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0901_demands.pdf
Lurker

Has the environut demanded the cancellation of Sarah Palin’s Alaska?
notsofast

Damn! The libs lost another talking point. They are releasing info on the suspect and he is an Atheist!
BatBoy

That little “mofo” in the Discovery Channel building is just another run of the mill “Psycho Lib!”

I am pretty sure the gun(s) he is carrying and the bomb(s) he has strapped to himself MADE HIM DO IT.

Bad guns!

Bad Bombs!
notsofast

They said this guy watched Al Gore’s movie. Well, this obviously proves the “An Inconvenient Truth” fosters terrorism and that ALL libs are terrorists.
dummy123

Holy shit…….MSNBC and CNN think this guy is amazing!
I wonder why?
Give this guy the 9pm slot on CNN already!
http://SailRabbits.com Magister

notsofast said:
Now, I want to hear all the MSM to report tonight that a “liberal activist” today…….

I expect ‘”environmental activist” to continue throughout the non-discussion part of the story, then if it can be argued that he’s a “liberal”, I’m sure some commenters, pundits and talking heads will make certain that everyone hears the distinction.
Azarkhan

Magister said:
‘”environmental activist”…“liberal”,

They’re usually synonymous. But let us not rush to judgement. After all, we are not leftists.
dummy123

Will Media-ite acknowledge the embarrassing conduct of the lefty media??
Bill Ayers must be proud of this amazing guy …with explosives and hostages.
Any truth to the rumor this guy will be taking the Schultz time slot on MSNBC??
http://www.nukethefridge.com MartiniShark

(An alarm goes off in the offices of The Rachael Maddow Show. People are running, papers are tossed. Rachael steps into the frame, clapping rythmically.)

MADDOW: People, people! We have a Code Red-state! Give me violence reports from the FBI! I want hand-gun statistics — both state, and Federal figures!

(cut to close up on assistant)

MADDOW: (Pointing) Carla – get the gun control lobby on the phone. Setup an interview for the first segment tonight, live feed. Where’s my researcher?!

(A young man, breathless, enters from the other side.)

MADDOW: (A hand on his shoulder, looking him in the eye.) Tommy, I need you to do a thourough NEXUS search of conservative articles and speeches from the past 18 months! Use all the keywords I taught you: “fight”, “armed”, “fire”, “aim”, “target”, and any others you can think of. Focus on Palin’s FaceBook account and Beck’s transcripts. GO!

(She pushes Tommy out of frame, calls out to entire office.) C’mon folks, we only have a few hours, this thing should write itself! We have all been waiting for this since . . .

(Rachael is interrupted by a meek intern holding a sheet of paper.)
INTERN: Um, Ms. Maddow?!
MADDOW: Yes, what?! I’m busy!
INTERN: Um, M’am, I think you need to see this. It’s a manifesto from the shooter’s personal website.
MADDOW: SO?!
INTERN: (Unable to make eye contact) Well, he seems to kinda, sorta be a liberal-type person.
MADDOW: What?! What do you mean?!
INTERN: Well, he wants to sterilize the human race, and let the squirrels rise to prominence on the planet. It is also rumored he makes his own diapers out of peat moss, but that is unconfirmed.
MADDOW: (snatches the paper from the young girl) OK. Then we’ll play up the white angle. He clearly has snapped due to some type of phobia. He’s probably a xenophobe . . .
INTERN: No M’am, he’s of Asian extraction.

(Rachael, reading intently in silence. She then thrusts the paper back at the young girl.)

MADDOW: (clapping rythmically again.) People, people — listen to me! Rewrite! Find out how this kid was oppressed to lead to this event! Check his background, his parent’s workplace. Find out how they were denied something due to a white person taking advantage of them! Did mom have her residency investigated, did his father lose his job to an ICE sweep at his place of work . . .

(fade out)
Calvin

Lurker said:
Tweet: secupp : Discovery terrorist’s ideas, if not his methods, make him ideal WH adviser. Science czar John Holdren is also for population control.

I love S.E. Cupp.
BatBoy

NEWS FLASH FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

The President is watching TV coverage to insure the Po lice do not act “STUPIDLY!”
Constantly

will al gore FINALLY take responsibility for the hysteria he has caused and continues to push?! THIS BLOOD IS ON HIS HANDS!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Hogan/179500970 Stephen Hogan

Constantly said:
will al gore FINALLY take responsibility for the hysteria he has caused and continues to push?! THIS BLOOD IS ON HIS HANDS!

Actually, it seems that Mr. Lee is more angry about over-population and humanity in general than global warming.
Constantly

Stephen Hogan said:
Actually, it seems that Mr. Lee is more angry about over-population and humanity in general than global warming.

do you polish his nuts after you carry his water?
Constantly

from your precious MSNBC – Lee said he experienced an ‘‘awakening” when he watched former Vice President Al Gore’s environmental documentary ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth.”
Azarkhan

2. All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions. In those programs’ places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it.

A commenter earlier said the term “liberal fascist” was an oxymoron. After reading the above, I’m not sure why he would question the term.
dummy123

MSNBC went to commercial during the LIVE announcement that the suspect was shot….LOL!!

Reporters seemed shocked and appalled the guy was shot???

WTF
dummy123

Sympathy for a lefty TERRORIST……shocking!!!
Media-ite will be all over this lame reporting.
dummy123

Unbelievable that the evil police would shoot this righteous freedom fighter.
Listen to the police spokesmen announce he was shot. An angry female reporter was appalled.
Some_Dude

Well, the myth of slow August news cycles must be true. September 1rst, and voila, old school eco terrorism on every front page!

Glad no one was hurt.