Bats Out of Hats

"Fly To Our Wicked Sanctuary, Like a Bat Out Of..."

Greetings all, from The Witchly hat, adorning this gourd where ideas fly out of!

...What?  You haven't heard of us?
^v^/<|;) (Bats Out Of Hats) is a store owned and run by:
MajikVixen (BlueVioletVixen Lorefield) & JonCernunnos Resident
AKA Lilith and Samael ♥

LIKE US ON AVATAR SOCIAL NETWORK:
and get a 10% discount (see group notice for details):
http://www.avatarsocialnetwork.com/ASNpage/BatsOutOfHats

We also have a group on ASN (to which the same promotion applies), join our group on ASN: http://www.avatarsocialnetwork.com/group/470

WHAT IS FOUND AT ^v^/ <|;)?:
Let me take you on a mini-tour thru the dark wood...

Buried throughout the foliage, you will find unique things for sale with just a slight touch of taboo.  Our shop is a plethora of dark miscellanea, where you'll find that perfectly mysterious accessory to enlighten your home or wardrobe!

Check out our Tree Hub... This has some tasty tidbits of freebies, group gifts, group subscription, store info., and you can even make donations, if you wish.  As your eyes wander this thicketed back wall, you will find affiliates, hunt info., and Lindo (yes, have fun while you shop!).

Looking for something extra secret?  Take the tiny door teleport upstairs, into the great abyss!  Who knows what treasures are waiting for you to find them!  Oh, was that a meteorite that flew by, or are you just happy to see us?  -5 stars for you!

EXPERIENCE IT FOR YOURSELF, INWORLD:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lionheart%20Ahadi/208/200/29

MAJIK'S FISH HUNT STUFFS:
Come and visit our hole in the wall, Fish Hunt Branch!  If you're addicted to Fish or Gold Hunting, and into the whole Snuffle regime (buying Snuffles, gathering charcoal pops, shrooms, & scooping poo, lol), then you've GOT to check this place out:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Farm/28/216/22
<º))))><.·´¯`·. May the fish be with you!.·´¯`·.><((((º>

Still not sure?  Here's a taste of more with...

OUR LATEST RELEASES:

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the iciest Queen of fire and Fall?  This choker was hand carved together with the finest prims and textures, to therefore fit the one, matching Isis' (or Aset's) caliber (an Egyptian Goddess name meaning, "throne").  Hone your dark powers of beguiling beauty with class.  ;)  Prim and sculpted pieces are copy/mod (you can even add an RLV script, if so desired).  Jeweled bat heart has a small bling sparkle animation to it, for that extra regal effect.

This very elegant and simple choker adds a Gothic touch to your wardrobe, with style and taste.  Meow, my sexy bat winged kitten!  ...Or is it a camouflaged bow-tie for those occasions the family insists on dragging you to?  Haha, enjoy your little dark secret, and share it with whomever is worthy!  ;)  Prim and sculpted pieces are copy/mod so you can customize it to your liking (you can even add an RLV script, if so desired). 

NETWORKING & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES:
The experience of building the "Prissy's Majikal Daily Dreams" project definitely broadened our spectrum.  We are very down to Earth people who find joy in working with each other, and now find it rewarding to work with others as well.  If you have an idea you would like to see come to life, and don't know where to begin, let ^v^/<|;) (Bats Out Of Hats) help you!

We also participate in
HUNTS:
Current Hunt: Around The Grid In 80 Days 4, running July 13 - September 30th: http://funwithhunts.blogspot.com/p/around-grid-in-80-days-4.html

This is the hunt prize:

This mesmerizing decoration and conversation piece captures your love for the wicked, in a crystal ball, suspended by majikal hands.  ...Are they reaching for the dark-inspired, or offering it up as a sacrifice?  It's up for debate, while gazing into the mystical mists of contemplation, at the twisted bejeweled bat heart.  The crystal ball textures are animated and the bat heart in the center of it rotates very slowly.

JOIN OUR SL GROUP:
...To stay up to date on current events or products like hunts, Lindo, new releases, plus group gifts!  ^v^/<|;) (Bats Out Of Hats) Group Key: 0dceeb4c-62ab-9436-ca6a-5f46106681b4

No room for groups?  No worries!  Click the Subscribr on the Tree Hub to stay in touch.

We also have a group referral program going on. L$5 per person who's referred to the group or Subscribr and stays for at least a week.  See group notice for details.

Our current group giftie is:

A lot of ppl have birthdays in the summer, including Majik... can you tell she's an 80's child?  0:-)  Take a bite of the forbidden fruit, and let us help you celebrate with our special deviled cupcake!  This animated cupcake is especially majikal, and only available to ^v^/<|;) group members for a limited time!  Mesh & sculpted pieces are copy/mod.  Just add it from your inventory and your avatar will enjoy every delicious bite.

PREFER TO SHOP BY CATALOGUE?:
We can also be found on the Marketplace:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/181088
(sometimes you will find things there, that aren't available Inworld, and vice versa) (especially PlantPets!)  ;)

WITH OUR MOST HEARTFELT THANKS:
We would like to recognize Bugs Larnia for her phenomenal scripting help and teaching she does with her counterparts at Faerie Crossing.  Without her awesomeness, 1/2 of our products wouldn't be quite as stunning as they are.  :) ♥

We would also like to thank Cerri (cerridwen.melody), creator of Miss Mischief, who is the most wonderful landlady ever!  She got our new place ready in time for the Around The Grid 4 Hunt, and is by far, a master at working with textures!  :)

New Sponsor: Bats Out of Hats

"Fly To Our Wicked Sanctuary, Like a Bat Out Of..."

Greetings all, from The Witchly hat, adorning this gourd where ideas fly out of!

...What?  You haven't heard of us?
^v^/<|;) (Bats Out Of Hats) is a store owned and run by:
MajikVixen (BlueVioletVixen Lorefield) and JonCernunnos Resident
AKA Lilith and Samael ♥

LIKE US ON AVATAR SOCIAL NETWORK:
and get a 10% discount (see group notice for details):
http://www.avatarsocialnetwork.com/ASNpage/BatsOutOfHats

We also have a group on ASN (to which the same promotion applies), join our group on ASN: http://www.avatarsocialnetwork.com/group/470

WHAT IS FOUND AT ^v^/ <|;)?:
Let me take you on a mini-tour thru the dark wood...

Buried throughout the foliage, you will find unique things for sale with just a slight touch of taboo.  Our shop is a plethora of dark miscellanea, where you'll find that perfectly mysterious accessory to enlighten your home or wardrobe!

Check out our Tree Hub... This has some tasty tidbits of freebies, group gifts, group subscription, store info., and you can even make donations, if you wish.  As your eyes wander this thicketed back wall, you will find affiliates, hunt info., and Lindo (yes, have fun while you shop!).

Looking for something extra secret?  Take the tiny door teleport upstairs, into the great abyss!  Who knows what treasures are waiting for you to find them!  Oh, was that a meteorite that flew by, or are you just happy to see us?  -5 stars for you!

EXPERIENCE IT FOR YOURSELF, INWORLD:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lionheart%20Ahadi/208/200/29
Yes, we have moved!  ...To a more spacious location!  Come check it out!  :)

NEWEST BRANCH ADDITION:
Yus, we've decided to open up our hole in the wall, Fish Hunt Branch!  If you're addicted to Fish or Gold Hunting, and into the whole Snuffle regime (buying Snuffles, gathering charcoal pops, shrooms, & scooping poo, lol), then you've GOT to check this place out:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Farm/28/216/22
May the fish be with you!

Still not sure?  Here's a taste of more with...
OUR LATEST RELEASE:

No, we did not create PlantPets, but they are an interactive breedable that make great fun and wonderful gifts.  I have included instructions and the PlantPets' landmark in this box, along with the Rose PlantPet's seed.  ...Hurry, this exclusive pet won't last long at these prices!  Also check out our other listings for more breedables that are available!

NETWORKING & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES:
The experience of building the "Prissy's Majikal Daily Dreams" project definitely broadened our spectrum.  We are very down to Earth people who find joy in working with each other, and now find it rewarding to work with others as well.  If you have an idea you would like to see come to life, and don't know where to begin, let ^v^/<|;) (Bats Out Of Hats) help you!

We also participate in
HUNTS:
Next Hunt is: Around The Grid In 80 Days 4, which runs from July 13 - September 30th: http://funwithhunts.blogspot.com/p/around-grid-in-80-days-4.html

This is the hunt prize:

This mesmerizing decoration and conversation piece captures your love for the wicked, in a crystal ball, suspended by majikal hands.  ...Are they reaching for the dark-inspired, or offering it up as a sacrifice?  It's up for debate, while gazing into the mystical mists of contemplation, at the twisted bejeweled bat heart.  The crystal ball textures are animated and the bat heart in the center of it rotates very slowly.

JOIN OUR SL GROUP:
...To stay up to date on current events or products like hunts, Lindo, new releases, plus group gifts!  ^v^/<|;) (Bats Out Of Hats) Group Key: 0dceeb4c-62ab-9436-ca6a-5f46106681b4

No room for groups?  No worries!  Click the Subscribr on the Tree Hub to stay in touch.

We also have a group referral program going on. L$5 per person who's referred to the group or Subscribr and stays for at least a week.  See group notice for details.

Our current group giftie is:

Welcome in the Summer by busting out the watermelons, the s'mores around the campfire, and the firecrackers!  This sparkler is especially majikal, and only available to ^v^/<|;) group members!  Don't just be at the beach party, be the light of the shindig!  Firery particles dance about from the top.

PREFER TO SHOP BY CATALOGUE?:
We can also be found on the Marketplace:
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/181088
(sometimes you will find things there, that aren't available Inworld, and vice versa) (especially PlantPets!)  ;)

WITH OUR MOST HEARTFELT THANKS:
We would like to recognize Bugs Larnia for her phenomenal scripting help and teaching she does with her counterparts at Faerie Crossing.  Without her awesomeness, 1/2 of our products wouldn't be quite as stunning as they are.  :) ♥

We would also like to thank Cerri (cerridwen.melody), creator of Miss Mischief, who is the most wonderful landlady ever!  She got our new place ready in time for the Around The Grid 4 Hunt, and is by far, a master at working with textures!  :)

Hillary Clinton Group Claims Trump Organization Leader Banned

It's not yet confirmed, but it may be the beginning of the end for Second Life's most well known group of supporters of Donald Trump.

On the evening of June 30, a member of the Hillary Clinton 2016 group, who requested to remain anonymous, stated that there was a group notice that JP Laszlo, the leader of the Trump Organization and a few other Trump groups in Second Life had been banned by Linden Lab and their sim, "The Wall," had been confiscated.

J.P. (jp.laszlo), leader of the biggest Trump group in Second Life got banned by the Lab and their main sim was seized.  J.P. and other associates no longer appear in people search or in any affiliated Trump groups.

J.P.'s group has been well known to troll SL residents (including us) with their political propaganda and harassment tactics.  I guess Linden Labs had enough of it. :-D

The notice was given by Priscilla Cox (Prissycox), the head of Hillary Clinton 2016.

A search for JP Laszlo both using inworld Search and on secondlife.com proved fruitless. The sim was still online when I checked. While it was blocked to visitors, it had been closed to them under JP as well.

Of exactly why JP and others of the Trump Organization were banned, the informer doubted it was for anything done with the Clinton group, "they had done some minor griefing to the Hillary HQ nothing major really.  So not sure what precipitated LLs big move last night." She had heard of a griefing incident at Bay City not far from where they had a building. But when I later talked to Marianne McCann, she had strong doubts that the Trump Organization was involved or that even if this were it would get a permanent ban in response as the incident in question was minor. However in the past, JP and his Trump Organization were accused of taking part in the outright griefing of Bernie Sanders supporters, in addition to the pranks they admitted pulling, such as the Trump Wall. Hamlet Au of New World Notes basically called for Linden Lab to ban members of the group for violations of Second Life's community standards. JP denied his group was griefing, "We are not trolls, just political activists with a sense of humor and fun." But others begged to differ,

More information may come in over the next few days, but with JP's account removed, it's doubtful he will be coming back to Second Life. While no doubt there will continue to be trolls harassing people in Trump's name, it seems the largest group of Trump supporters has just been swatted down.

* * * * *

A visit to Lionheart Ahadi revealed that the Clinton HQ was no longer at the block it and the old Trump HQ had been on. It's owner Candace Larganta had earlier hinted it would be up until after the July 4rth weekend. But there was another Clinton building at
Lionheart Pumbaa (205, 210, 28). The Trump building by the old Trump Organization that had been across the street from it was gone to, though one biker bar did put up a Trump sign.

In real life, the primaries are over, and both Clinton and Trump are trying to unify their parties behind them. But a number of Republicans are reluctant to support Trump, and many "Berners" say they will not vote for Clinton reguardless of whether or not she gets Sansers' endorsement. In both Second Life and real life, it's been an interesting election.

*Addition*  Contacting JP Lazslo through his Facebook group "Donald Trump Still Thinks Your Waifu is S***," he confirmed that Linden Lab had indeed banned him and others in his group. He also made a short but to the point post on his Twitter account.

Bixyl Shuftan

More on the Clinton HQ

Earlier this month it was discovered that the Trump HQ and Manor at the Lionheart Ahadi sim had been closed down. It it's place was a Hillary Clinton HQ owned by Candace Larganta. Candace offered to share a few words about what gave her the idea to build the place, and some of the reactions it's been getting.

Read the story in Extra.

Trump Manor, HQ, and Wall Gone, Hillary HQ Up

The US Presidential Election has gone through no shortage of twists and turns in real life, and so it has in Second Life as well. A fan of the Republican candidate Donald Trump set up a "Trump Manor," in Lionheart Ahadi, followed soon by a "Trump HQ." Likewise. fans of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders set up two locations of their own, the "Sanders HQ" in Caspoli and "Feel the Bern" in Young. Some people in the Trump HQ group bought some land next to the Sanders HQ and erected a tall slab of concrete called the "Trump Wall" towering over it, which they called a prank while the Sanders supporters called griefing. Both side claimed to have been harassed by griefers, the Sanders groups accusing the Trump group of being behind some of it.

In the latest twist, the Trump Manor, and Trump HQ in Lionheart and the Trump Wall in Caspoli have disappeared, at least from their former locations. In the place of the former two was a new headquarters for supporters of the leading candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination: Hillary Rodham Clinton. Candace Larganta (candacelarganta) is the owner of the new build in the location.

The location is decorated with red white and blue decorations all around, and has a number of American flags. And there's no shortage of campaign signs for Clinton all around both the building and the fence around it. Upon my arrival, I was greeted by a small radiant fairy with the caption "Let's keep fighting!" over her. Going through the front door, one passes through a room with a white wall with pro-Hillary colored drawings. The interior resembles a school gym area, with seating on the sides for crowds and on the floor a huge "I'm Ready for Hillary" sign. There was a small kitchen room to the side (maybe for baking cookies and brewing tea). When I got there, there were only three avatars there, and one left without saying anything soon after. The remaining two, a robot and a small airship flying in the air, were likely bots.

Not everyone in the neighborhood seemed happy to see the new political HQ. One place called "The Love Shack" had a huge "Bernie 2016" sign over the roof, with a "Hillary: For Prison" sign on the side of the building. Hamlet Au had a few words with it's owner, Psyclonis Draconia, who explained that the Sanders sign up had been put up while the Trump HQ was still around, and they had moved out on their own to another location.

Checking out the Caspoli sim, I found the Trump Wall was gone. What was there was a wall of stone around the Sanders area with a huge "Bernie 2016" sign. The Trump Wall had been replaced by the Bennie Wall.

Both Candace and the owner of the Trump HQ JP Laszlo were unavailable for comment. While JP had the location of a new location on her profile, the sim was blocked from my trying to enter. But I did find an old message from Dirk Klees, the owner of the Lionheart Estates from when I asked earlier about the Trump Manor. He had stated, "I have no point of view about this location. We're a land provider, they are customers like everyone else, and happen to own land here. That's about it. We have/had many different political and religious themed landowner's projects on these sims. Neither do we care, discriminate or get involved with people's political or religious views."

As of the writing of this article, the last state Democratic primaries have taken place. With 2383 delegates needed to win, Clinton has 1926 pledged delegates and the support of 571 unpledged or "superdelagates" whom have stated their intentions to support Clinton, for a total of 2497. Sanders has a total of 1615 pledged delegates with the support of just 48 superdelagates for a total of 1663. While some Berners are insisting the race for the nomination isn't over yet, Hillary Clinton has declared victory, and most mainstream news sources have declared her the winner of the Democratic nomination race.

For those wishing to visit the Clinton HQ, it is at Lionheart Ahadi (151/7/28).

Sources: New World Notes, BBC

Bixyl Shuftan

The Trump Manor

Late last month, Second Life Newser found out about a location in Second Life, made with the theme of one of the leading candidates for the US Presidential election this fall: Donald Trump. Named the Trump Manor, the location is owned by JP Laszlo, a member of a Second Life group of supporters for the candidate. JP explained a little about herself, her support for her candidate, how the location came to be, and some plans for the future.

Read more in Places.

More Places for US Presdential Candidates in Second Life

In September, the Newser reported on two places in Second Life build to support US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump. Recently, a few more have been built.

I heard about a "Trump Manor" in the Lionheart Ahadi sim, and heading over, found a large house with a wall around it with a number of Trump campaign signs on it. There were also a couple cars inside, one for estate management, the other which had the image of the candidate on it. Clicking on the gate, it opened, but after I stepped inside, I got a warning from the security system that I had 30 seconds to leave or be given the boot.

I managed to get in touch with the manor's owner, JP Laszio, a member of the "Trump Organization," and one of the people behind the Facebook page, "Donald Trump Thinks Your Waifu Is S***." She stated that the orb had been set up due to griefers and less than reasonable political activists, and if I wanted in to get in touch with her so my name could be added to the list of those allowed in.

More on the discussion with JP will be up later. To get to the manor, head to Lionheart Ahadi (71/38/29). Just contact her if you want inside.

With three areas for "The Donald," what was there for his opposition? The answer was in the Caspoli sim, where I found the "Bernie Sanders SL Headquarters." It was a patio lined with a number of pro-Sanders signs, some praising him, some mocking his opposition. The largest sign was a statement as to how he would pay for his proposals (a series of new taxes and eliminating certain tax breaks). The building is owned by Mac.Wind (Macaria Wind) head of "Vote Bernie Sanders 2016."

Upon entering, I was handed a notecard:

Open to all to enjoy - Group members wearing their group tag are welcome to set home and leave full perm Bernie gifts for the group. Please keep drama and negativity to a minimum and stick to the facts. Ask yourself: What would Bernie do/say?

We all run in to folks who either don't know Bernie or are skeptical about him. These Links to Bernie info including sample articles and facebook pages should be helpful in getting one started on their Bernie Journey. 

Have a Berniful day!

The headquarters is in Caspoli (127/33/34)

Searching to see if there was a place for candidate Hillary Clinton, I found one in the Pandorus sim. Porting there, it was a dark, small, rusty place with barbed wire fence and a walking skeleton. The clearest statement of the owner's intentions was on the map. This wasn't a place for a candidate, but against one.

More on the Trump Manor, and presumably the Sanders HQ later.

Hat tip: Hamlet Au

Bixyl Shuftan