Thanksgiving's White House Fence Leaper

A man draped in American flag climbs over the fence surrounding the White House grounds Thursday. Vanessa Pena

The White House was on lockdown for a while Thursday, Thanksgiving, November 26, 2015, after a white man wearing an American flag jumped its newly upgraded fence while President Barack Obama and his family were inside the residence for the holiday.

The man, identified as Joseph Caputo, was apprehended about 2:45 p.m. ET on the North Lawn of the White House grounds — the "front door" side along Pennsylvania Avenue, said Robert Hoback, a spokesman for the Secret Service. Police said Caputo was carrying a manila folder, NBC Washington reported. 

Joseph is from Ioseph, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφ (Ioseph), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add." In the Old Testament, Joseph is the eleventh son of Jacob.

Caputo is a common Italian surname, especially found in the South, in the area of Campania. It derives from the Latin root of caput, meaning "head." It therefore can be a Southern Italian nickname meaning "stubborn'," "obstinate," thus literally for "someone with a large head."

The fence lines along the north and south lawns remained closed late Thursday afternoon.

Fencing around the White House was bolstered with a new topping of sharp metal spikes beginning in June after an Army veteran pleaded guilty to scaling a White House fence with a folding knife in 2014.

In an update, a sheriff's deputy shot and killed Curtis Smith of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, after he slashed a guard at the Chester County Courthouse the morning of Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Smith is the man who investigators say once jumped a fence at the White House. 

Curtis Smith, 33, of Coatesville, allegedly climbed over the outer perimeter stone wall of the White House at 15th and E Street NW Sunday, March 1, 2015, around 1:45 p.m. He was immediately arrested and taken into custody by Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers.

Ian Boone, 40, of Cambridge, Ontario and Michael Fogg, 27, of Newport News, Virginia, were also charged in two other White House security breaches during the same window as Smith's incident.

Boone allegedly climbed over the bike rack at the outer perimeter near 15th and E Street, NW around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2015, before being detained by Uniformed Division Officers.

Fogg allegedly entered a pedestrian gate to the White House after a construction worker exited near East Executive and Pennsylvania avenues, NW around 6:45 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2015. He was also detained by Uniformed Division Officers.

See also 1, 2, 3, and 4.

9/11 School Shooter Escapee Had A Pitchfork!

Synchronicity, synchromysticism, and the twilight language can be downright spooky.

Needless to say, for several weeks I've been writing about all the tridents appearing in various stories.

On September 10, 2014, I wrote about "Tridents, Pitchforks, and Satan in the News."

After specifically defining the trident versus the pitchfork, I noted, "The 'pitchfork' of Satan looks remarkably like a trident. One has merged with the other."

Then on September 11, 2014, I shared the details of the breaking news that "David Icke-Inspired School Shooter T. J. Lane Escapes From Prison on 9/11."

It turned out that Lane was caught six hours after escaping, but for awhile, it was a rather dramatic 9/11 story.

The next morning, September 12, 2014, I overviewed the 9/11 incidents, including Lane's capture and the fact that "Pokémon Invades White House Lawn."

Now tonight, Monday, September 15, 2014, the news comes across the wire that – unbelievably – escaped school shooter T. J. Lane was CARRYING A PITCHFORK!

What?

As one comment maker, Cory Panshin, nicely put it: "Color me officially freaked."

Talk about a "coincidence" that feels far from one! You can't make this stuff up.

AP reporter Andrew Welsh-Huggins wrote: "The school shooter who briefly escaped from an Ohio prison last week had a pitchfork when he was captured, the state patrol said Monday as newly released records added to the picture of an inmate frequently in trouble behind bars. T.J. Lane, convicted of killing three students at Chardon High School in the Cleveland area in 2012, did not threaten officers with the pitchfork, and it isn't known where he got it from, said patrol Lt. Craig Cvetan." Source.

And there is more:

"On Friday, the morning after the escape and while back in custody, he was found with excess property in his cell, including clothes, 15 books and Pokemon video game cards, according to prison records provided to The Associated Press through an open records request. Prison officials confiscated the items. The book titles weren't available." Source.

Pitchfork. Pokémon video game cards. I wonder what the titles of those 15 books are?

What madness is this?

Pokémon Invades White House Lawn, Two Navy Jets Crash, And Other 9-11 News

September 11th came and went without any major events occurring, thankfully. Or maybe something did happen and it was just kept off the media's radar. Or perhaps a dangerous probable incident was discovered, and we will never hear about it.

A few items that did catch our attention that made it to the news include the following.

Pokémon come calling at the White House...

There was an intrusion into the White House lawn of a man in Pokémon gear. The trespasser was wearing a bright yellow Pikachu hat and carrying a plush doll of the Nintendo franchise's mascot.

Not a smart thing to do anytime, but on 9/11, of all days, really? Not funny, actually.

The Daily Mail noted:

Secret Service officers have apprehended a man who jumped over the White House's North Fence and appeared to be heading in the direction of the presidential residence.
President Obama was not in the White House at the time of the incident, as he and wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, were performing community service to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The incident occurred at 6.20pm local time, forcing the White House into a lockdown which ended less than an hour later.
The unidentified man, who was allegedly dressed in Pokemon merchandise, entered the grounds on the Northern side of the Presidential grounds and was immediately apprehended.
The officers with their guns drawn ordered the man to lie down.

The intruder was arrested. He has not been identified. For more, read "Moment armed secret service agents took down intruder in Pokemon mask on White House lawn on 9/11 anniversary". Or here or here. (H/T C.W.)

Two Navy jets crash, one pilot missing, one recovered...

A Navy image of a FA-18 Hornet breaking the sound barrier 

(July 7, 1999: Public Domain).

On 9/11, two U.S. Navy fighter jets crashed into the Pacific Ocean while carrying out an unidentified mission, Navy officials reported Friday. The two F/A-18 Hornets were operating on the USS Carl Vinson carrier when they crashed, the Navy said. The two jets were from Strike Fighter Squadron 94 ("Mighty Shrikes") and Strike Fighter Squadron 113 ("Stingers").

Insignia and logo for USS Carl Vinson

The insignias of the "Mighty Shrikes" and the "Stingers" are shown. 

Other events that we know about, which occurred during the Sept. 9-11, 2014 window:

9/11 - Albany International Airport bomb scare, false alarm: "About 6:30 a.m., deputies were called to the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint by the TSA bomb appraisal officer for a person with what appeared to be an IED, deputies said. Matter of fact, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said, it was just a circuit board with wires. Also, the person carrying this device was an active member of the Navy accompanied by two others from the service. The three were training at Knolls Atomic Facility in Milton, and are stationed at a Trident Training Facility [Bangor] in Silverdale, Wash." Source.

Submarine Group Nine is stationed at Silverdale, Washington State.

9/11 - New Albany, Indiana Univeristy of Indiana shooter scare, false alarm: "Students on the campus at Indiana University Southeast said it was one of the scariest hours they've ever experienced, especially after commemorating 9-11 on campus. Just before 1 p.m. Thursday after an alert went out that there was a gunman on the grounds." A student had reported a rifle sticking out of a camouflage backpack. "School surveillance cameras found the student and the umbrella that was sticking out of the backpack. He had no idea he was the target of a massive lockdown with state, county and campus police." Source.

The superimposed logo of Indiana University resembles a trident.

9/11 - School shooter escapes, then captured: Prison officials at the Allen Correctional Institution said Lane managed to scale a perimeter fence around 7:30 p.m. along with two other inmates. Those inmates were also captured. Lane was found almost six hours later near a church just north of the prison in Lima, about 200 miles west of Chardon. See more, here.

9/10 - Drudge Photo Bombs Obama: An apparent conservative photo hoax of President Obama's appearance during his ISIL speech shows him with Devil horns, and is spread by the Drudge Report. See more, here.

9/9 - Devil appears, then is removed: In Vancouver, British Columbia, a 9-ft-tall statue of the Devil made a very dramatic appearance in that city on Tuesday morning, September 9, 2014. The Devil was erected on a location that had formerly held a statue of Christopher Columbus. It was taken down the same day by city officials. See more, here.