“I concocted bombs, and now I concoct coffee”
Cast your minds, if you’re old enough, to the year 20o2 when Indonesia’s deadliest terror attack, ripped through hundred of tourists, killing over 200, at two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali.
My gal lost a close friend at the Sari Club, with another traumatised beyond any sort of measure after seeing laughing drinkers vaporised by the shrapnel. On a beachfront wall at Bondi, a mural mourns the death of a fifteen-year-old local girl, killed by the religious zealots.
The fine gent who built the bombs was a Javanese man Umar Patek, born Hisyam bin Alizein in 1966.
A leading member of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), an al-Qaeda-linked Southeast Asian terror network, Patek built the car bomb detonated outside the Sari Club and a smaller device used in Paddy’s Bar.
His role earned him the nickname “Demolition Man” during his 2012 trial. After the attacks, Patek evaded the cops for nine years, moving through Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pakistan, where he was arrested in Abbottabad in 2011, months before Osama bin Laden’s death in the same city.
A $1 million U.S. bounty underscored his status as one of Asia’s most-wanted terrorists.
Extradited to Indonesia, Patek was convicted of premeditated murder and other charges and got a 20-year sentence. He claimed remorse, stating he opposed the bombings and was unaware of their full scope, which spared him the death penalty.
Indonesian authorities granted him multiple sentence reductions for good behaviour leading to his controversial parole in December 2022 after serving just over half his term.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese call the decision to release Patek “abhorrent,” and survivors like Andrew Csabi expressed skepticism about Patek’s claimed deradicalisation.
Now, Patek has turned his game of lighting people up into coffee with hte launch of his brand, Coffee RAMU 1966 by Umar Patek.
In an Instagram post, the daddy company pushing the brand writes:
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“Always be successful Mr. Umar Patek He was known for the wounds he left, now he is remembered for the aroma of coffee he brewed. Her life’s journey is not about a dark past, but about the courage to change and choose a path that brings peace. One man, one cup of coffee, and a million new hopes.”
To the Asian press Patek said, simply:
“Once, I concocted bombs, and now I concoct coffee.”
An interesting part of this dramatic pivot is the use of Patek’s name as the selling point of the coffee.
It suggests to me that he’s seen as a hero in Indonesia for his work in evaporating ten score Western tourists.
Or, do you think, Indonesians are better at forgiveness and see his story arc as one of redemption etc?
wish it was derek that got vaporized
Seems the sentences for selling weed in Indo are harsher. Fuck this guy
He’s dead.Killed in action.
202 flat whites please mate
So (20 years x 12) / 200 is a sentence of about 1.2 months per death. Hopefully he will be disappeared in the very near future.
“The surfEXPLORE Group is a multinational collective dedicated to the discovery, documentation and conservation of new surfing locations worldwide.” You’re a wave pimp. Fuck off, colonizer.
Notable how many negative comments about the book come from Australians – we have quite a few Australian writers lined up for reviews, should be interesting reading.
Don’t worry, it’s my name on the cover of the book, not yours.
I have a USA passport, not Australian.
I’m not Australian, I’m from the USA. Hopefully people will connect your name and face with their fist when you’re exploiting the few remaining spots left on the planet to pad your pocket book.
Plenty of locations out there have never seen any surfers – take the time, make the effort and spend the money if you want to be the first to surf there.
Better than wasting your time whining like a little bitch about someone who has done exactly that, and wrote a 304 page book about it –
Awesome. I have 304 pieces of toilet paper. Actually your “book” is probably lamer than your comments and equally unworthy of my ass hairs and dingleberries. Way to be an exploitative colinizer! USA all the way baby!
As I said earlier, it would be a sign of intelligence to withhold judgement on the contents of my book UNTIL IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PUBLISHED in September, 2025.
Then, after you have lawfully purchased a copy and read ALL 56 982 words that I personally wrote, no AI, ghostwriters or anything else, then you may broach your comments, positive or negative.
Until then, you should just shut up before you make an even bigger fool of yourself.
Thank You.
You’d be shocked who walks among all of you! Guy’s gotta work.
A story for Piss Brohoff:
A few______ _______ when ________ was _________ and ________, with ________ and_________was______of_______in_______.
________used to _________and _________ with______and ______and ______ and _______would______and _______. ___________ was a _______ ________ and _______, but_______ and ______, so _______ and _____ also ________: which was nice.
After the bombing ________ ________ that______had_____and many of______the ______ ________ knew, and ________ to _______ _______ had________; which was heart breaking
That said, this islamic terrorist piece of shit should be slow boiled in a vat of pigs blood, while having his scalding hot coffee poured slowly through his nostrils.
Coffee Board this bitch.
Suspended by an engine hoist. Arms summarily severed as boiling and suffering reach proper temp of no escape.
I don’t usually judge a book by the cover, but that waveless onshore coastline is a pretty damning image for a surf trip! Great photo though, love some massive sand dunes
The cover image symbolises the Epic Adventure Quest to find, surf and document new surfing locations worldwide.
It’s a compelling visual metaphor for the contents of the book, and therefore a perfectly appropriate cover choice –
He got the goat fucker vibe for sure. So there is that.
Cunt of a guy, but his coffee is the bomb
Nelson…BG’s nonsense terrorist no1
I dislike this guy a Latte!
Look, Callahan is a complete douchebag. Might think he knows everything about Indo but clearly doesn’t based on some of his comments. That said, he is making a good point in this situation. Indo is a huge cuntry so saying this guy is a “hero” in all of Indonesia is complete bullshit. The Balinese definitely don’t see him as a hero as they are not Muslim (and have a tendency to hate those associated with Islam since those are the pimps, hookers and street peddlers) and he ruined the economy there for a long while. I highly doubt the residents of Sumba see him as a hero as they too are not Muslim, mostly “christian” of some type or, in reality, Animist. Many other places in Indo that also are not Muslim.
Definitely got you on the SurfExploiters thing. Fucking ridiculous and pretty likely they are ALL a bunch of utter cunts.
it sounds like a lot of his stuff comes from AI……..as for SurfEXPLOIT……just another surf grift?
Surf Grift?
What have YOU been doing for the past 40 odd years, Mr Cole other than “grifting” off surfing?
surf grift….I also think that surf forecasting sites , also surf industry owners ( BB /QS/RC) didn’t give anything back ….surf grifting…..and I did put a question mark after the surf grift?
so once again you attack me personally , which is sad ……yeah in your eyes I could also be a surf grifter……..what would you say are my strongest grifts?
I ONLY attack the fools who cast aspersions on my personal integrity and motivations –
Which you did.
My book has my name on the cover and in the copyright page – © John Seaton Callahan, not yours.
Once you have actually read a copy of my book, I would welcome your opinion and insights – until then, perhaps you could show a sign of intelligence and reserve your judgement until you have actually read the book –
Thank You.
there you go again….I am a fool because you think I have attacked your personal integrity…..I have no idea about your motivations…..money or doing the surfing culture a favor,LOL…….I don’t read surf books or mags…..but grifting is what I believe is now surfing including BG….it’s just everyone cashing in on some surf angle…..so yes I could be a grifter also ….as I make my living ( not much) from making a few bds a week, at least they are original and offer a totally different surfing sensation…..carry on, but it’s not personal!
“so yes I am a grifter also”
Fixed it for you –
just wondering if you believe you are giving to surfing ?
or as we believe and judge here on BG ….just a money making exercise exploiting surf spots?
When the book is published, you can read the “Original Cloud 9” chapter, then we shall see if you actually understand what I am talking about – we have given a great deal back to communities around the world from our surfEXPLORE projects.
Photogs are the definition of surf grifters.
You can criticize the Israelis (and rightfully so in some instances), but you know that if this prick had killed anyone of their tribe he would be a marked man!
Extremely positive comments on that IG post, very bizarre. Well, we all know what deserves to happen to his coffee shop.
Fuck That Cunt
bombs to brews… he stays in the extremist game. baristas are the worst. He must have a sponsor to make all of this going for himself after the terrible things he has done.
where’s that idiot who support terrorists?
I’m sure he coild find a job at this place.
Yes, youbknow who you are. Or were you in Colorado?
I’ll help.
I’m going to get a double shot espresso and blow up his bathroom for you guys.
Do you have a Patreon