listing #1823 lists his site being imspected with the website to scott hamper on top
JPR is using some public cookie handling code written by a third party. That's entirely normal and doesn't suggest any kind of a link between the two entities.
Edit: I wonder if the description "cookie manipulation" is worrying you.
Manipulation doesn't necessarily indicate foul play. It has two definitions:
1. handle or control (a tool, mechanism, etc.), typically in a skillful manner.
2. control or influence (a person or situation) cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously.
The cookie.js description is talking about the first definition.
It was thats why i brought it up to jp to begin with, the existing hash error, the codes shell recently being accessed from github, & jp not having a dedicated dev. im no dev myself i just wanted to help if there was some issue. through this process ive lost more than i gained. I've have to try to explain exactly how my brain processed the info i saw to alot more computer literate people.(which is probably where the deriding vibes are coming from) ..exhausting!