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I used to regularly watch CSPAN's old morning program "Washington Journal" back in the 1990s. They would feature three establishment reporters each day, who would discuss the issues and field phone calls from viewers. Whenever the subject of the JFK assassination (which was mentioned quite a bit during the Oliver Stone-Posner era) came up, or any other "conspiracy theory," each and every reporter, "conservative" or "liberal," would have the same reaction; smile knowingly and instantly poo-poo the whole conspiratorial mindset. I mention that CSPAN program, because these were often less-known print reporters from the midwest, and they still had the same biases and willingness to be moutnpieces for the government that all the high-priced talking heads on television do.
I used to watch each and every "debate" on the JFK assassination on the rare instances that television stations aired them. Without a single exception, the supposedly impartial reporter was clearly, unequivocally on the side of the lone-nut apologist. That has not changed with a newer generation of reporters. Thus, I have no desire to see odious, establishment parasites like Matthews continue to lie about this subject. We will never win over these "journalists." I agree completely with Charles Drago; if they have studied the assassination at all, they have to know that Oswald couldn't have done it. Whether they are too lazy to have independently studied the issue, or they are consciously covering up to protect their lucrative, cushy careers, doesn't really matter. They are all unworthy of our respect, and while David Talbot seems to be an honest journalist, there are very few other real investigative reporters in the establishment press.
David Talbot was the boss at Salon so he didn't have to answer to anyone. Most reporters have to answer to their corporate bosses who are part of the matrix. In my limited experience talking with reporters/producers/journalists/cameramen, (the ones on the street doing the real work) they're among the most naive creatures on the planet because they usually mean well and are honest, but can not or will not see the bias of their bosses. I think it's just human nature; they don't want to see that they're working for an evil entity so they block it all out.
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I hope you all don't mind me tooting my own horn a bit here, but I wanted to get the word out that my novel "The Unreals" has been published and is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other smaller venues. It's a work of fiction, but the JFK assassination and other conspiracies play a prominent role. If you are interested in reading it, I would really appreciate your support. The direct link to the page for my book at Amazon is:
Congragulations Don! I can't wait to read it.
Is it your first book?
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Hardball above:
""TALBOT: The first critics of the Warren Commission were the members of the Warren Commission. Richard Russell, the senator from Georgia said this, he said, I think somebody else worked with Oswald on the planning of the assassination. He said that shortly before he died. And also said the majority of the commission felt the same way I did.
BUGLIOSI: No, he did not say that. He did not say that.
TALBOT: Yes, he did.
BUGLIOSI: This guy attended six of the meetings out of about the 80.
TALBOT: He said it on Cox Broadcasting in Atlanta, shortly before his
death of lung cancer. You don‘t have your history correct. You don‘t have
your history correct, Mr. Bugliosi. You‘re not a historian and you‘re not .""
Vincent Bugliosi does not know the data of the Warren Commission.....and which members disagreed..
with it's findings. As well as President Johnson, yet has written a Tome on the subject, preaching that it is correct...
..Oh My..Duh.....!!.
The members :
Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States;
U.S. Senators Richard B. Russell Democrat from Georgia
John Sherman Cooper Republican from Kentucky
U.S. Representatives Hale Boggs Democrat from Louisiana
Gerald R. Ford Republican from Michigan
Allen W. Dulles, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and
John J. McCloy, former president of the World Bank.
Former U.S. Solicitor General James Lee Rankin general counsel .
and 14 assistant counsels, also an additional staff of 12.
The proceedings began Dec. 3, 1963 , the final report was delivered to the President Johnson on Sept. 24, 1964.
Despite this public assertion, JFK assassination expert Anthony Summers emphasizes most of the commission's seven members had private doubts about the theory: "John McCloy had difficulty accepting it. Congressman Hale Boggs had ‘strong doubts.' Senator John Sherman Cooper was, he told me (Summers) in 1978, ‘unconvinced.' . . . On a recently released tape, held at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, (Sen. Richard) Russell is heard telling President Johnson, ‘I don't believe it.' And Johnson responds, ‘I don't either.'"
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=19071
17 Doubts about the Warren Commission's findings were not restricted to ordinary Americans. Well before 1978, President Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and four of the seven members of the Warren Commission all articulated, if sometimes off the record, some level of skepticism about the Commission's basic findings.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/advisory/arrb98/part03.htm
Documents recently uncovered in the University of Georgia Library show that Richard Russell, the only Georgian on the Warren Commission, had grave doubts about key aspects of the Warren Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy but kept silent about his reservations for two years. These documents, located by a university student doing research on the JFK assassination, also reveal that Russell, apparently disgusted with Warren Commission procedures, prepared but never sent a letter resigning from the Commission three months after JFK's death.
http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/profiles/...k_9russell.html
http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/profiles/...senrussell.html
B.......
Great summary Bernice.
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I am about to update all my pages on the JFK assassination. On each page I would like to provide links to relevant YouTube videos. If you have produced any videos like this, could you send me a list (in Word format) giving me the title and URL. It would also help if you could tell me the page/pages that the link/s should be put.
You can also send me lists of other subjects that I cover such as civil rights and other US political issues.
John,
Just FYI it's very easy to embed a youtube video on a web page, then people only have to click on the image to watch it
instead of linking to youtube.
In fact that's what I'm doing tonight, for example:
http://www.jfktimeline.com/speeches/rice_091262/speech.html
It's just a simple tag that youtube provides, or (more reliable) you can enter the video URL in the below web tool and it outputs
properly formated validating tags:
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M. Reymond remains a figure of some controversy.
I believe that David Mantik traveled to France in an effort to see the "other" Z-film, which was to be provided by Reymond. If David visits these pages, I hope that he will fill us in on the results of that mission, which I believe were less than satisfying.
The A-B-C Dallas contingency structure has been talked about by Gerry Patrick Hemming, too: A "French team" allegedly was waiting with some sort of shaped charge just past the triple underpass. And Umbrella Man's companion, White Windbreaker Man (AKA "The Professor," added Gerry), was supposed to have a grease gun under his jacket and be willing to run up to the care and open fire if all else failed. Again, according to GPH.
Balderdash!
I think.
Charles
Well I can't find anything in English by William Reymond anyway, certainly not an interview with Marrs.
This will not be one of the easier areas to explore. Then again it's not a high priority to explore it.
Just would like to know if there's something to know.
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Myra,Is anyone aware of any reasonably solid evidence that there were contingency plans in case the Dealey Plaza ambush failed?
I've read vague remarks about explosives in Dealey Plaza.
I've read vague remarks about another ambush team near the Trade Mart.
Anyone know more about this?
In a videotaped interview with Jim Marrs, William Reymond has said that there were three teams. The second team was an explosives team situated on the west side of the underpass, and the third team was located at the Trade Mart. In his interview, Reymond does not say where he got his information, other than French Intelligence.
Steve Thomas
Thank you Steve.
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David Talbot and Vincent Bugliosi were featured on Hardball with Chris Matthews last night. I missed the program, but here is a link to the online version. I cannot get sound on my computer at the moment, so if anyone could post a transcript or even a description of the highlights it would be much appreciated
Of course, Ray, there was much silly ranting, with questionable sanity on display. The show should be called "Wiffleball" for all the buffoonery. Talbot was trying to be reasonable, but was pilloried by the clowns, Bug & Chris.
Matthews, just to mention one oddity, maintained that, because LHO was employed at the TSBDB long before the motorcade route was known, LHO must, therefore, have been a LN. Thus, no conspiracy. A stupid joke? Well, yes, it is that, but is it more?
This contention has the earmark of a deliberate disinformation plant, because to the unwitting, guileless public it has a ring of simple, credible rationality or plausibility, when of course it's really mendacious propaganda.
Oh. Matthews also said that the movie JFK was irrelevant & irresponsible.
Punch & Judy show.
Chris Mathews is ''Beltway Establishment", he never rocked a boat in his life, and never will.
I just saw the replay of the Chris Mathews Hardball segment with David and Vinnie and thought that it was terrific. Of course Mathews hadn't read either book, but he cut to the chase - if LHO was the assassin and he had the job on the parade route weeks before the route was announced, it was either a lone-nut taking advantadge of opportunity, or a conspiracy that included whoever laid out the route.
Who determined the motorcade route? Mathews asked? Jack Peuterbach is the answer.
Talbot made most of his usual good points, and Bugliosi got in all his jabs, but in the end the public will understand that there are still many unanswered questions about the assassination, and that's the point we need to drive home in order to move to the next level.
The media frenzy over Talbot vs. Bugliosi must also bring in the new evidence and research rather than rehash the same arguments over and over again.
The mainstream media must reach the spectrum achieved in the wake of the JFK movie and the focus of the primary issue must be the still secret records and the failure of the government to comply with the JFK Act.
When they start playing hardball over the sealed records, then we will be getting somewhere.
A transcript of the Talbot v. Bugliosi/Mathews echange will be available soon.
BK
Chris Matthews great cry in this Wiffleball show was:"There are no unanswered questions about the assassination! Oswald, a lone nut, did it!''in the end the public will understand that there are still many unanswered questions about the assassination... -- BKthe focus of the primary issue must be the still secret records and the failure of the government to comply with the JFK Act. -- BKMatthews is actively & effectively preventing any pressure developing on the government to cease failing to comply with the JFK Act.
Yo! Miles,
You say, "Matthews is actively & effectively preventing any pressure developing on the government to cease failing to comply with the JFK Act" ?
I don't think Matthews knows anything about the JFK Act let alone actively & effectively preventing any pressure on the government."
He's not that smart. Nor does he follow orders well.
I know how to effectively deal with Mathews. One night when he's done his shift, for which he gets paid very well, I will meet him in the lobby and walk around the corner, past the Dubliner to the Irish Times bar, where we will get a beer at the bar and sit in the corner and discuss this very issue.
He will buy the drinks and I will answer his very hard fastball up the middle, strike one - question - "Who in the administration arranged for the motorcade to ride past the assassin's window, his own Irish mafia?"
And I'll say: Jack Peuterbaugh. (I'll know how to spell it correctly by then).
And take a sip of my drink.
I hope Matthews went out with Talbot and Bugliosi for a few drinks after the show, which would be his style.
The Battle Lines are drawn in the sand and there's no two ways about it, it's going to come down to the assassin's motive - either JFK was the victim of a political crime or a psychological one.
If a psychological one, where are all the psychs analysis? Instead even Bugliosi devotes most of his book to discussing the conspiracy, thus implanting the political and historical context of the assassination in people's minds, regardless of his own conclusions.
It's all an historical analysis if Bugliosi is right, but if he is wrong? And the assassination was a conspiracy and coup instigated from within the highest levels of government - then the consequences are tremendous.
BK
OK, Bill. On that basis I'll agree with you. Matthews really believes he's onto a hot potato with his brilliant "either/or" conundrum. From the way it looked, however, Matthews seemed to have a private idea that maybe Talbot arranged the motorcade route, Matthews momentarily forgetting that the assassination didn't occur last week but was actually way back in 1963. Yes, it's time to feed Chirs-o a Mickey Finn & insert you, Bill, as a substitute host.He's not that smart. Nor does he follow orders well.
Y'all are overthinking the hell outta this.
Chris Mathews is a party line mouthpiece who follows a script.
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Just finished posting my thoughts on the Bug's tome at Amazon.
It's at 3.5 stars...
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157
Talbot's Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57
Kick...
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Also, the Lone Nutters never mention these in their writings and debates:
1. George DeMohrenschildt, Ossie's friend, and DeMohrenschildt's personal ties with LBJ and George Bush Senior
2. The performance of the Secret Service in Dallas and the infamous drinking episode at the Fort Worth Cellar
3. The performance of the WC. I am sure they have stated "Sure, the WC did a crappy job but they were still right about Ossie".
4. The various omissions of the WC such as Admiral Burkley and many others.
Comments?
I think you're very wise to observe what information is excluded.
And if you conclude that the excluded information must be significant that would be understandable.
It's the device used by Peter Dale Scott in Deep Politics. He calls it the "negative template."
Most useful.
But it takes... deep knowledge to know what details are omitted.
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I created a separate thread for Vietnam since we're getting so deeply into Vietnam details, and detracting from discussion of Talbot's book:
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Continued from http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.ph...9824&st=180
1962:July '62 - The Declaration on the Neutrality of Laos signed in Geneva by the U.S. and 13 other nations, prohibits U.S. invasion of portions of the Ho Chi Minh trail inside eastern Laos.
August '62 - President Kennedy signs the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962 which provides "...military assistance to countries which are on the rim of the Communist world and under direct attack."
- A U.S. Special Forces camp is set up at Khe Sanh to monitor North Vietnamese Army (NVA) infiltration down the Ho Chi Minh trail.
The stage is being set for the carpet bombing to destroy the trail which is going in the coming years become the primary route for the VietMinh.
1963:
August - The new U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge arrives in South Vietnam.
- A U.S. State Department message sent to Ambassador Lodge is interpreted by Lodge to indicate he should encourage the military coup against President Diem.
- Ambassador Lodge meets President Diem for the first time. Under instructions from President Kennedy, Lodge tells Diem to fire his brother, the much-hated Nhu, and to reform his government. But Diem arrogantly refuses even to discuss such matters with Lodge.
- President Kennedy and top aides begin three days of heated discussions over whether the U.S. should in fact support the military coup against Diem.
- Lodge sends a message to Washington stating "...there is no possibility, in my view, that the war can be won under a Diem administration." President Kennedy then gives Lodge a free hand to manage the unfolding events in Saigon. However, the coup against Diem fizzles due to mistrust and suspicion within the ranks of the military conspirators.
September- During a TV news interview with Walter Cronkite, President Kennedy describes Diem as "out of touch with the people" and adds that South Vietnam's government might regain popular support "with changes in policy and perhaps in personnel." Also during the interview, Kennedy comments on America's commitment to Vietnam "If we withdrew from Vietnam, the Communists would control Vietnam. Pretty soon, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, would go..."
October - President Kennedy sends Ambassador Lodge a mixed messaged that "no initiative should now be taken to give any encouragement to a coup" but that Lodge should "identify and build contacts with possible leadership as and when it appears."
- Lodge informs President Kennedy that the coup against Diem appears to be on again. The rebel generals, led by Duong Van "Big" Minh, first ask for assurances that U.S. aid to South Vietnam will continue after Diem's removal and that the U.S. will not interfere with the actual coup. This scenario suits the White House well, in that the generals will appear to acting on their own without any direct U.S. involvement. President Kennedy gives his approval. The CIA in Saigon then signals the conspirators that the United States will not interfere with the overthrow of President Diem.
- Prompted by concerns over public relations fallout if the coup fails, a worried White House seeks reassurances from Ambassador Lodge that the coup will succeed.
- Ambassador Lodge reports a coup is "imminent."
- An increasingly nervous White House now instructs Lodge to postpone the coup. Lodge responds it can only be stopped by betraying the conspirators to Diem.
November - 2 - Lodge has a routine meeting with Diem from 10 a.m. until noon at the presidential palace, then departs. At 1:30 p.m., during the traditional siesta time, the coup begins as mutinous troops roar into Saigon, surround the presidential palace, and also seize police headquarters. Diem and his brother Nhu are trapped inside the palace and reject all appeals to surrender. Diem telephones the rebel generals and attempts, but fails, to talk them out of the coup. Diem then calls Lodge and asks "...what is the attitude of the United States?" Lodge responds "...it is four thirty a.m. in Washington, and the U.S. government cannot possibly have a view." Lodge then expresses concern for Diem's safety, to which Diem responds "I am trying to restore order."
-At 8 p.m., Diem and Nhu slip out of the presidential palace unnoticed and go to a safe house in the suburbs that belongs to a wealthy Chinese merchant.
- At 3 a.m., one of Diem's aides betrays his location to the generals. The hunt for Diem and Nhu now begins. At 6 a.m., Diem telephones the generals. Realizing the situation is hopeless, Diem and Nhu offer to surrender from inside a Catholic church. Diem and Nhu are then taken into custody by rebel officers and placed in the back of an armored personnel carrier. While traveling to Saigon, the vehicle stops and Diem and Nhu are assassinated.
-At the White House, a meeting is interrupted with the news of Diem's death. According to witnesses, President Kennedy's face turns a ghostly shade of white and he immediately leaves the room. Later, the President records in his private diary, "I feel that we must bear a good deal of responsibility for it."
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Ok, this keeps happening.
Fletcher Prouty's versions of events are very different from what I read elsewhere, and his account of Diem and Nhu's murders
is one example. I do consider Prouty credible so I tend to take what he says seriously.
Anyway, according to Prouty in "JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy," the Kennedy administration had decided to get Diem and Nhu out of the picture by flying them out of the country, then overtaking the palace. Prouty says the brothers believed they were flying to some conference (I don't have the book in front of me so can't quote exactly), and were actually on the airplane when they inexplicably bolted off the plane, reentered their limo, and returned to the palace. The palace was, by then, deserted because the staff knew of the coup and fled, so the brothers were alone and defenseless. They then tried to escape via the route previously described. And from there the versions are basically in sync.
Has anyone seen Prouty's version collaborated by a different source?
John, if you could please share the source(s) for your information it would help.
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I think we're all familiar with this article from the Oct 3 NY Times, by Arthur Krock, seemingly defending the CIA.
It has this passage:
"Among the views attributed to United States officials on the scene, including one described as a “very high American official…who has spent much of his life in the service of democracy…are the following:The C.I.A.’s growth was “likened to a malignancy” which the “very high official was not sure even the White House could control…any longer.” “If the United States ever experiences [a coup] it will come from the C.I.A. and not the Pentagon.” The agency “represents a tremendous power and total unaccountability to anyone.”
http://www.jfklancer.com/Krock.html
So is this:
-Just what it seems, the CIA defending itself thru a NY Times mouthpiece?
Or
-Just what it seems, a high level official expressing fear of the CIA thru the media?
Or
-Misdirection?
If, as I'm starting to believe, the pentagon was a major force in President Kennedy's murder, could this article be preemptive
propaganda to deflect suspicion away from the military and towards the CIA?
Myra,
Your first of three options may be in need of review. Did you mean to write "the Pentagon" rather than "the CIA" defending itself?
My money is on "misdirection."
Charles
I actually meant CIA Charles, in the sense that the article is a big sob story about how the poor CIA is covert so can't defend themselves against the spurious charges of the mean president. So Krock is defending them to the public. I think it's possible that the overall "defense of CIA" article, however, is an excuse to plant that little blurb about a possible CIA coup. And it may be misdirection from the pentagon.
In other words, should this article be taken at face value or not?
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-Joseph P. Kennedy advised his son President Kennedy to offer Robert Lovett any Cabinet post he might desire, right?
-Lovett declines, but ends up making recommendations on who to bring into cabinet, among them:
Robert S. McNamara, Dean Rusk, and (good lord) McGeorge Bundy, right?
-Lovett was a New World Order warrior.
So what's the story?
-Did Joe know the kind of person Lovett was?
-Was Joe cut out of the same cloth as Lovett?
-Did Joe assume Jack was also cut out of Lovett cloth?
Or
-Did Joe grossly misjudge Lovett and set his son up for the introduction of a bunch of Lovett snakes in his administration?
Or
-Some other scenario I can't fathom?
Myra,
Read the Best and the Brightest.
BK
Thank you BK.
Myra
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Ah, now I remember.
I avoided reading books by Halberstam because I got the impression he was a wee bit of a mouthpiece.
I guess you think he's credible BK?
(I"m not challenging your reading choices, just trying to decide if I can get reliable info from this author.)
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Is anyone aware of any reasonably solid evidence that there were contingency plans in case the Dealey Plaza ambush failed?
I've read vague remarks about explosives in Dealey Plaza.
I've read vague remarks about another ambush team near the Trade Mart.
Anyone know more about this?
Myra,
I think James answers as much as he can on these aspects on the "not Lucien Sarti again" (spelling) thread. IIRC.
He also says something along the lines of this will not be documented anywhere. I think the remarks may remain vague for the good reasons James stated.
If he, Al and Ryan had trouble with some 'witnesses'...well you can guess the rest
The thread in question [sarti]was one that opened my eyes to how a lot of things happened that day. It's one of my favourites on the forum.
Gary
You totally outed me Gary.
That thread was pretty much the one I was referring to. It was revelatory to me as well.
I was hoping if I caught James in a drowsy state or something he'd blurt out... more detailed revelations.
Was worth a try.
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-Joseph P. Kennedy advised his son President Kennedy to offer Robert Lovett any Cabinet post he might desire, right?
-Lovett declines, but ends up making recommendations on who to bring into cabinet, among them:
Robert S. McNamara, Dean Rusk, and (good lord) McGeorge Bundy, right?
-Lovett was a New World Order warrior.
So what's the story?
-Did Joe know the kind of person Lovett was?
-Was Joe cut out of the same cloth as Lovett?
-Did Joe assume Jack was also cut out of Lovett cloth?
Or
-Did Joe grossly misjudge Lovett and set his son up for the introduction of a bunch of Lovett snakes in his administration?
Or
-Some other scenario I can't fathom?
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Is anyone aware of any reasonably solid evidence that there were contingency plans in case the Dealey Plaza ambush failed?
I've read vague remarks about explosives in Dealey Plaza.
I've read vague remarks about another ambush team near the Trade Mart.
Anyone know more about this?
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I think we're all familiar with this article from the Oct 3 NY Times, by Arthur Krock, seemingly defending the CIA.
It has this passage:
"Among the views attributed to United States officials on the scene, including one described as a “very high American official…who has spent much of his life in the service of democracy…are the following:The C.I.A.’s growth was “likened to a malignancy” which the “very high official was not sure even the White House could control…any longer.” “If the United States ever experiences [a coup] it will come from the C.I.A. and not the Pentagon.” The agency “represents a tremendous power and total unaccountability to anyone.”
http://www.jfklancer.com/Krock.html
So is this:
-Just what it seems, the CIA defending itself thru a NY Times mouthpiece?
Or
-Just what it seems, a high level official expressing fear of the CIA thru the media?
Or
-Misdirection?
If, as I'm starting to believe, the pentagon was a major force in President Kennedy's murder, could this article be preemptive
propaganda to deflect suspicion away from the military and towards the CIA?
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Hmmm, I wonder how O'Reilly got religion or got converted to join the "other side"?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Ya wanna be rich? Be a right wing mouthpiece.
Ya wanna be rich and have eternal job security and get to sit in the green room sipping bottled water? Write LN dunnit books.
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My site has been infected with a trojan virus
Trojan Horse Virus PSW.Ldpinch HZI
For the safety of Visitors to my sight, i have closed the webpage down, i am so angry right now, that i have Cancelled my PREMIUM subscription with Geocities.com
If you use my normal webpage URL you may now access my photo archives directly, no thumbnail pics just links.
http://www.geocities.com/quaneeri2/
The site has reverted back to the free service which means LIMITED downloads once more.
Sorry guys.
Uh oh...
So sorry Robin.
Not to be self absorbed (much) but how contagious is it?
Hope you can get your site back to normal without too much work.
Hi Myra.
I don't think the site will be back in it's original form for some time yet ,if ever.
Thanks John.
Exellent.
I'm going to have a good read of that information.
I have emailed my web host to see what, if anything, they can do about it. ?
Robin I'm sorry!
Does this mean you lost a lot of the photos?
Can we help?
I'm sure between us all we have lots of photos.
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Hi,
This clip is about George DeMohrenschildt, his death, and the claim that the security alarm went off just before DeMohrenschild was shot. An audio recorder was running. Mark Lane gives his recollections.
Included is newsfootage with Bill O' Reilly, talking about the CIA,Oswald, and DeMohrenschildt.
I have never lived in the US, never had an American TV-channel available for longer periods of time(apart from that just after 9/11, we suddenly had FOX News here in Norway, Northern Europe for over a year.), but still it is hard to not notice Bill O' Reilly. As said I know little about him, but it does seem like he has changed over the years.
Holy cow! Thanks Trygve. And good find Dawn. O'Reilly pontification about the Kennedy conspiracy and evidence of DeM's murder.
Since Fonzi said he thought it was suicide I had my doubts.
Now however...
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Despite the title of the piece it appears this project is some way off yet -
"It’s hard not to love Bill Paxton. He’s had memorable roles in more iconic movies than just about any actor in Hollywood. He’s worked steadily, become famous, and for the most part done it without ever being though of as a leading man. And in person, he’s just about the most affable, easy going, friendly guy you’ll ever meet.
In 2001 Bill directed his second movie, but his first since a little mostly unseen indie in Fish Heads. The 2001 film was Frailty, a chilling, smartly constructed little horror thriller that left everyone wanting to see him behind the camera more. He followed that up with The Greatest Game Ever Played, a golf movie which, frankly, didn’t feel like it was the right genre for him.
Even though Greatest Game wasn’t great, I’m still excited to see what he’ll direct next. Our friends over at Moviehole caught up with Bill promoting his excellent HBO series ‘Big Love’ and put the director question to him. Paxton’s response? He’s got two new directing projects on the way.
The first is based on a novel by crime writer George Pelecanos called “Shoedog”. Paxton calls it an “urban-western”, and says he wants to modify the tone of it a bit to “go back to that hard-boiled ’70s style with terse dialogue - it’s men taking down a liquor store, dealing with the consequences, all that kind of stuff.” The book is about a restless man named Constantine who travels the world. He meets a home town boy named Randolph, and the two hatch a plan to rob a liquor store. Constantine falls for a woman, and becomes embroiled in treacheries and feuds over his head, while Randolph, a “shoedog” can smell trouble coming.
His second project, one which Paxton says is still five years or more off, is much more audacious. Bill says his dream project is to “make a movie about the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.” Yep, he wants to go the Oliver Stone route. But then doesn’t just about every guy in his age range? "
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Paxton-Dire...Movie-5280.html
Hi David,
That's great news!!! Good for him!!
I wonder if his wanting to do the movie was in any way related to his visit to the Sixth Floor Museum this year. He was in the crowd in FW on 11/22/63, and was evidently captured on a film taken by Roy Cooper. They found him in the film.
He also left an Oral history there.
Kathy Beckett
Exactly what I was thinking Kathy. It has to be related.
I hope he does it, and does the President proud.
In fact if "just about every guy in his age range" wants to make a movie about President Kennedy, then they should DO IT.
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I am re-reading Gaeton Fonzi's The Last Investigation. When I first read this book cable news was yet to be, save for CNN, so this passage, in terms of cable guys, meant nothing to me: Right after Fonzi tracks down DeM. in Miami, and is supposed to meet with him he recounts (p 192) receiving a call from a friend, Bill O'Reilly, a Dallas tv reporter, who tells Fonzi that he's just been imformed that DeMorhrenschildt has committed suicide. (!!!)
Surely there is not another tv reporter with this same name? And, darling of the right Bill O'Reilly is on record as saying -(of course) "no conspiracy"....yet he is pals with Gaeton Fonzi during HSCA and seems to know all about DeM.
ODD!!!
Dawn
DeM dies March 29, 1977.
"O'Reilly's early television news career included reporting and anchoring positions at WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he also reported the weather. At WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, O'Reilly was awarded the Dallas Press Club Award for excellence in investigative reporting. He then moved to KMGH-TV in Denver, Colorado where he won a Local Emmy Award for his coverage of a skyjacking.[10][11] In 1978 while in Denver, Bill was offered a job as the Marlboro Man. He turned it down because he didn’t smoke nor wanted to promote it. (radio factor/ Feb. 21, 2007). O'Reilly also worked for KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon, as well as TV stations in Hartford, Connecticut (WFSB-TV), and in Boston, Massachusetts.[11]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reil...8commentator%29
It would be cutting it very close but it seem possible. Looks like he was in Dallas around that time.
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My site has been infected with a trojan virus
Trojan Horse Virus PSW.Ldpinch HZI
For the safety of Visitors to my sight, i have closed the webpage down, i am so angry right now, that i have Cancelled my PREMIUM subscription with Geocities.com
If you use my normal webpage URL you may now access my photo archives directly, no thumbnail pics just links.
http://www.geocities.com/quaneeri2/
The site has reverted back to the free service which means LIMITED downloads once more.
Sorry guys.
Uh oh...
So sorry Robin.
Not to be self absorbed (much) but how contagious is it?
Hope you can get your site back to normal without too much work.
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I have started to rebuid my website
in JFK Assassination Debate
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Nice job Robin!
I know it's a ton of work. But it sure is a valuable resource and much needed.
I hope there's some way you can back up the files or mirror them so this can't happen again.