Vince Palamara
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10 hours ago, George Govus said:
I was glad to see Honest Answers is new at Hamilton Book Company. I just ordered it there.
Thanks for letting me know!
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19 hours ago, James DiEugenio said:
Abrams, Woolsey and Leonnig: three in a row. All getting much exposure for what--as far as JFK goes--is BS?
That is a coincidence?
And the books all coincide with the release of the last files, and Stone's film debuting at Cannes?
Bingo!
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A very interesting and compelling new book by author Bruce de Torres! https://www.amazon.com/GOD-SCHOOL-11-JFK-Killing/dp/1634243498/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=bruce+de+torres&qid=1622850007&s=books&sr=1-1
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4 hours ago, Richard Booth said:
It's expected -- any time something happens which shows that this subject is sensitive--that there is a tangible opposition to researchers--the lone nutter crowd is expected to minimize it and suggest we're paranoid for arguing that there is some kind of conspiracy behind the malicious behavior.
In this case, what we have here is either someone who works at Amazon having done this--for whatever reason--or someone outside of Amazon doing it and probably committing some felonies, computer crimes. The lone nutter will say it's all just a coincidence. Anyone else who sees what happened realizes something malicious happened.
Well said!
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On 5/20/2021 at 2:10 AM, Joseph McBride said:
Vince, you need some perspective. This is an awful book. Yours are lasting and influential because
they are based on solid, original, groundbreaking research into serious matters, not filled with lies and salacious sensationalism. This heavily promoted
book is ephemeral, like all such books. Don't compare your good work with dreck.
thanks!
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On 5/18/2021 at 10:19 PM, Larry Hancock said:
Vince, I'm sorry to say but to me this makes it far worse for her work and reputation. It would be one thing to make the blunder of a poor literature search and miss your work. But to me its much more egregious not to investigate it in detail, to actually interview you, and to take into account some of your key interviews findings. For that matter I could even have seen her asking to peer review relevant portions related to specific agents and outstanding questions.
What that means to me is a lack of rigor and balance - clearly a good call for publicity, sales and income but not so much so in regard to JFK and real history...
Good points. It appears she actually interviewed a few former agents like Clint Hill and Gerald Blaine and took their side on the issues, then she used one of my books for one non-JFK related item (about one of the attempts on Gerald Ford) probably so it could appear that "Yes-I took Mr. Palamara's research into account."
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17 hours ago, Chris Barnard said:
That just shows you the incentive for ‘lone nutters’ to write books supporting the WC. They’ll get tremendous exposure from the pro-WC media and sell tons of books. You’re experiencing a tiny piece of the spotlight and its making a big difference. If the media supported the case for conspiracy, more academics would support it, more people would make money from propagating that narrative and it would change history. This for me is the reason that the media hierarchy isn’t supporting the conspiracy angle, as it has big implications. Despite some being compromised, it’s one of the reason’s the Posner’s, Bugliosi’s, and Litwin’s are tapping into the gravy train of earning potential. I am sure @James DiEugenio can see this. It’s infinitely more difficult for you and others like Jim to write honest books and achieve the exposure or numbers that pro-LN’s do. Your success is much more commendable and earned.
Good points...and thanks!
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20 hours ago, Matt Allison said:
This book is blowing up on Twitter. The author was on Rachel Maddow's show tonight; an entire half hour was dedicated to the subject. The resulting impression is that the Secret Service is one giant sh*t-show. An utter debacle. Just a giant WTF hearing about how horrible this agency is. Unreal.
I received the book today and, to my amazement (shock), while she ignored my JFK research, she referenced my fourth book for other info!
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10 hours ago, Micah Mileto said:
That's what happens when people refuse to look at information produced by those they disagree with politically, they end up skipping over a lot of important primary sources.
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On 5/17/2021 at 7:56 PM, Larry Hancock said:
I fail to see how any serious author, who should begin with a literature search, could have failed to pick up your work and make some contact....certainly raises questions about the depth of her research.
She ignored my JFK research, but she did indeed mention me-page 504!
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58 minutes ago, Robert Burrows said:
Congratulations. Perhaps some good will come out of the book: people will seek out your books, articles and videos.
Thanks! Yes---I am already seeing major movement in a good way on a couple books and even on some of my You Tube videos!
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31 minutes ago, Ron Bulman said:
Congratulations Vince. I wish she would have relied more on your work and less on Hill, Blaine etc. The book has to bring more attention to the subject. Now, if that might lead to your work when googling the subject that would be good. At least she has theoretically read one of them or referred to it.
Thanks! Yes---thank God for Google. She definitely had to have purchased the book. In any event, I agree with you- I wish she didn't rely on them, but it was (quite frankly) shocking in a good way to see my fourth book mentioned!
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1 hour ago, Denny Zartman said:
Congratulations, Vince, that's exciting to be part of of it. It's always hard to make your mark on history, but you've surely done it. Amazing!
Thanks a lot! I am definitely seeing major movement in a couple of my books and even some of my videos on You Tube!
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1 hour ago, Chris Barnard said:
That is pretty cool, well done, Vince.
Thanks!
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The plot thickens---#158 book I am in (that I know of)...and it is a doozy! OMG! I am in "the number one best-selling book on planet Earth at the moment", according to CNN (and as echoed by other networks)!! The three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author (who is getting massive publicity, as she did for her #1 book on Trump) appeared, at first glance, to have ignored my work. She thanks Clint Hill, Gerald Blaine, Tim McIntire, Larry Newman, Win Lawson and several other non-JFK era agents. After a quick perusal, it looked like nada for me...then I get to page 504..., referencing my last (fourth) book! Not happy about the blaming-JFK part (no doubt influenced by her personal interviews with Blaine et al), but I cannot lie (and sorry if this seems hypocritical or contradictory): this is kinda cool (!)
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ZERO FAIL IS AN EPIC FAIL (long version) JFK did NOT order the agents off his limo! THE AGENTS SPEAK: Secret Service agents Sam Kinney, Floyd Boring, Gerald Behn and others debunk the claim in ZERO FAIL that President Kennedy ordered the agents away from the limo
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47 minutes ago, Ron Bulman said:
The agents off the limo bs is followed by the "Kenney defied his detail to keep up with his round-the-clock extra marital adventures" bs. Round-The-Clock Adventures? Really, not just affairs but adventures, round-the-clock. When did he have time to deal with al the things he did deal with on a daily basis? If this is not dramatization to sell the book, and continue spreading the official lie what is.
The sad part is this is getting the media attention and your new book as well as Larry's and more are just totally ignored. Mockingbird may have been a CIA operation. But now days with the 1% owning 98% of all media there's a new self governing Mockingbird in town.
Definitely. I have the book on pre-order and am still curious if I am mentioned in any way, as she does criticize them for the drinking incident.
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18 hours ago, John Deignan said:
Ron I agree with you.
I am very disappointed that someone of her pedigree would fall for that mythology. I spoke to and corresponded with many of the agents years before her book was even a thought and they all denounced the JFK-ordered-us-off-the-car crapola.
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On 5/16/2021 at 3:29 PM, George Govus said:
I'm curious to know what the reviewer thought, but not enough to sign up for a New York Times account, even a free one. Also curious does Vince's work get mentioned.
THAT is what I am waiting for (I have the book on pre-order). See my comment above. If she just literally ignored me like I didn't exist, I would be greatly disappointed in this 3-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
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On 5/16/2021 at 1:06 PM, Robert Burrows said:
Yep; thanks. I am much aware of this book and I even have it on pre-order. I am extremely disappointed that the author is taking the false blame-the-victim mantra as a hyped part of her book (the myth that Kennedy ordered the agents off his limo). When one has Random House as their publisher and a massive publicity campaign, it is hard to counteract an author's false claims.
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45 minutes ago, Chris Barnard said:
My guess is that it’ll be Amazon hiding it from searches in a crackdown on conspiracy theory related material. The same thing happens on Youtube with video content, stuff is still there but, it doesn’t show in searches.
Censorship of inconvenient narratives
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I DEFINITELY felt a big crackdown after 2013, both on the media wanting to shut down the notion of conspiracy, in general, and my Secret Service online presence being hidden, in particular.
Gone are the halycon days of the late 1980's/early 1990's when it was commonplace to see pro-conspiracy talk shows and programs.
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One more thing (I can't let it go LOL): as I mentioned a few weeks back, all my Amazon reviews were deleted a couple years ago (hundreds of them) and I can no longer write a review. I know a couple other authors that this happened to. They also got rid of their old Listmania feature-I had dozens on there. Finally, someone got rid of a lot of my Secret Service-related Wikipedia contributions, although a few remain. Trust me, along with today's hack and the harassment I received at work (and online) via a Blaine & Hill friend or two, I am being monitored (I don't say that in a paranoid, tin-foil-hat way LOL...but it is what it is).
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1 hour ago, Benjamin Cole said:
Big issue here. Amazon, Google, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook have become de facto town squares.
But they can keep anyone out. Sabotage anyone.
Some people like censorship, when it goes their way.
But that is the thing about censorship. Once the wolfhounds are set loose...
Postscript on censorship: for many moons (roughly 1998-2013), when one Googled secret service jfk, my work came up quite prominently. Since 2013, next to nothing of my work appears! This was during the time that former agents Clint Hill and Gerald Blaine had very high quality websites put up online. As someone told me, it is probable that they messed with HTML and other factors to wipe me out; meaning, they probably encoded "reroutes" of my name to THEIR sites, as they come up now in a big way. Only a prominent Vanity Fair article that mentions my work and an Irish Central article mention me/ my work now.
Public interest in the JFK assassination
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news (there is some good news, so bear with me), but interest is waning and "they" are winning (or perhaps they have even won). Public opinion polls are still "on our side" but nowhere near the large margins they once were from roughly 1988-2003ish (and witness public comment sections on any related articles littered with "Oswald did it-get a life" kind of statements). Time has not been a friend. Since 2013, the mainstream media has really shut down dissent on the case and it is now very common to see Oswald listed as the assassin, not even the alleged assassin, with no note of any theories or discrepancies and so forth. So many principals have passed on since 1963. Think about it this way: 30 years ago (!), when the JFK movie came out, Jackie, Teddy, JFK Jr, the Connallys and a score of others were still alive. From 1988-1993 (and off and on until 2003), talk shows and even some mainstream programs catered to pro-conspiracy shows...no longer. The Men Who Killed Kennedy was a regular feature on the A & E Network and the history channel from roughly 1991-2003...no longer.
New crap books by Carol Leonnig and Dan Abrams are massive best-sellers that trot out Oswald as the assassin, Ruby as a lone-nutter, the agents ordered off the limo myth, etc.
The only real "good" news: the internet still displays a fair amount of interest and pro-conspiracy sites, forums and views abound. Also, Josiah Thompson's book (and, to a lesser extent, my book) has been selling very well. There is also the new Stone documentary that we hope sees the light of day in America/ on television/DVD. In addition, the 2017-2018 file releases garnered some positive press and revelations. But you know that old saying: "yesterday's headlines wrap tomorrow's fish." The constant meme/ soundbite culture we live in (thanks to social media) is relentless and makes people forget things quickly. Finally, the whole Covid mess has probably been a distraction, as well.
Another aspect that did irreparable damage: the whole false flag/dirtying of the term "conspiracy theory." Alex Jones and James Fetzer trotted out that obscene Sandy-Hook-is-a-hoax fraud and it has carried over into so much else ever since, not to mention all the silly 9/11 theories. Trump and his minions only dowsed fuel onto the flame via the whole Qanon/ Pizzagate/other obscene theories muck (including Ted-Cruz-dad-knew-Oswald).
As I state in my new book, hope springs eternal, but time has not been a friend.