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Mike Ellwood

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    Natural health based on genuine research; monetary reform; the environment; languages; history, including "controversial" history.

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  1. Another "stoneage" person here. I'm shorter and stockier than Oswald, but aged around 20, I was around 10 stone = 140 lbs, so I'm finding it hard to believe a taller man would be much less than that (and wouldn't he have built some muscles in his marine days which weren't that long ago then?). So I think probably more than 131, but less than 165 and probably less than 150.
  2. Reading this and the Evica article you posted (for which thanks), I was suddenly reminded that on the same day as both 9/11 and so-called "7/7" (the bombings in London on 7th July 2005) there were "exercises" going on. Without getting into too many CT's, there are plenty of people who disbelieve the official stories of both events. A "Simulated Assassination" is of course an "exercise" by another name. And an "exercise" is a perfect cover for the real thing. So I too would not be at all surprised if an "exercise" was taking place on 22nd November 1963.
  3. Edit - Apologies - due to faulty editing, I mis-attributed this originally. It should have been attributed to Evan Burton. Anyone who has furiously scrabbled through their collection of VHS home-recordings (possibly not labelled appropriately) in order to find one on which to record a programme going out can easily relate to this! :-) Seriously, thanks for the interesting and comprehensive technical explanations. The BBC is guilty of similar loss of tapes for similar reasons. [Yes that undesirable-word suppressor is annoying isn't it, and could probably be fixed easily enough with a relatively simple regular expression].
  4. Well, Robert, I always believed in Dallas Deputy Sheriff Roger Craig. Not the point you were making, I know, but do you have a view on what Roger Craig said about being present when a gun found in the TSBD was a "Mauser 7.65"? e.g. here: (I should add that Robert Prudhomme in this forum on another thread has said that Mauser never stamped the calibre on their guns, or at least this model of their guns. He produced an example photo of one to demonstrate this. It bore the legend "Mauser Modelo Argentino". Robert said that this so called "Argentine Mauser" (made in Germany) was the only type of Mauser to have 7.65 calibre. (The others were 7mm or 7.92 (sometimes referred to as 8mm)). Now if Weitzman was as knowledgeable about guns as Craig thought, he may have inferred the calibre from the "Mauser Modelo Argentino" legend and Craig simply mis-remembered this as his having read it off the stamp.
  5. @Mark Knight: Many thanks for the quick response Mark. Back to Mausers for a minute: @Robert Prudhomme: I had a close look at the picture of the stamp that you posted, and I notice that underneath the "Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891" is written "Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabrike Berlin". So I guess we can safely say that (at least that particular weapon) was made in Germany (and not in Argentina) and expressly for the Argentine market (presumably for the government). I wonder if the ones adopted by the other South American countries had the identical stamp, or if they were "personalised" for the target market?
  6. @Kenneth Drew, Although I agree with your overall position much much than I agree with DVP, I must take issue with you on your refusal to post a link to the video which you say exists showing officers identifying a rifle found in the TSBD as a Mauser. I have no way of knowing what you saw and heard on TV in 1963, but if, as you have said more than once, that video copies of it are easily found on the web, then why not prove this and post a link? Because I have looked, and I cannot find such a video. I think that in this instance, DVP is probably right and you are thinking of the Tom Alyea film footage. I'll post a link to that below. I'm not sure if this is the identical link that DVP posted, but it probably is, as the link I will post is to his Youtube JFK channel: "THE TOM ALYEA FILM (TAKEN FROM INSIDE THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY ON 11/22/63)" Now, as DVP says, that is silent film to which commentary has been added. At about 7m 20s, we hear the commentator saying: "an Argentine-made bolt action rifle of World War Two vintage". Note that he doesn't actually use the word "Mauser" (I think DVP made a slight slip up about that earlier in this thread). In fact, I do not think the word "Mauser" is used at any point in the narration in the video that I have linked to. Having said all that, at the point in the investigation that the commentary was made (quite soon after the event, apparently), someone evidently thought that the rifle was "Argentine-made". Now Robert Prudhomme has kindly posted earlier a picture of a rifle stamped with the text "Mauser Modelo Argentino 1891". (in this posting: http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=21917&page=2#entry303777 ) He also stated that the only 8.65 Mausers made were these so-called "Argentine-made" Mausers (I believe he said they were common in other parts of South American as well). Now, IF someone in the TSBD saw a rifle with "Mauser Modelo Argentino" stamped (somewhere) on it, and IF he knew something about guns, then he might have put two and two together and come to the conclusion that it was an 8.65 calibre rifle (for the reason given by Robert Prudhomme). IF that person was Weitzman and if Roger Craig was looking over his shoulder (as it were), they both could have read the "Mauser Modelo Argentino" inscription, and then if Weitzman said "it must be an 8.65" (from his knowledge of Mausers), then Craig could have later incorrectly remembered that he had seen "8.65" stamped on the barrel, while actually subconsciously remembering what Weizman had said. I'm not saying that's what definitely happened, but offering it as a possible explanation of how both Weitzman and Craig apparently identified a rifle found there as a Mauser 8.65. ... On other matters: The backyard photos: Does anyone know what are supposed to have been Oswald's reasons for having his photograph taken with the rifle and the handgun? What were the newspapers/magazines that he was holding? (I can only read the word "Military" and there seem to be two copies or issues of it in his right hand). Why would he have been wearing dark clothing? (It could almost be a police uniform (minus the badges), or maybe some kind of paramilitary uniform. And to those who are convinced of the "lone-assassin" theory, what do you think were Oswald's motives? What could he possibly have to gain by doing this? And how did he get the rifle into the TSBD? And where did he get his ammunition (rifle and revolver)? Also, we have heard about the gunshot-residue that may or not have been on Oswald's cheek and hands: what of the rifle itself? Were tests carried out to prove whether or not the rifle had recently been fired, and if so, how reliable are these tests? --- Disclaimer: Yes, this is my first posting. No that is not suspicious - I am not a shill for anyone else; I represent only myself. No, I am not any kind of expert on the JFK assassination. I happen to think there was a conspiracy, and have thought so for many years / decades. I have a reasonably open mind on whether Oswald was involved at all, or if he fired any shots from the TSBD at all. On balance, I think probably not. Edited: to correct one misspelling of "Argentino".
  7. Born 1949 in the UK where I still live. Now retired, most of my working life was in IT in physics and engineering research laboratories. I retain an interest in science, especially as it pertains to research into health issues. I favour a natural non-drugs based approach to health, although still based on logical scientific principles. I am also interested in history, including "controversial" history and monetary reform. I'm also interested in language learning, concentrating for the moment on Welsh and German.
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