David Andrews

So, wait - Americans stood by while Iraq was practically destroyed, only to pay $6.99 at the pump today? Aren't criminals rewarded for countenancing murder anymore?

I'm not trying to exculpate anyone, but is it possible that Walter Reed, Bethesda, and other DC facilities and service branches had standing procedures for handling and transporting the body of a president who died out of town or overseas? Might these have been in play, to some degree, in the November 22nd emergencies? Variances from plan under assassination circumstances would be notable. I mean, if Eisenhower had had his summit with Khrushchev but his heart gave out in, say, Vienna (a known possibility), how much procedure would have had to be improvised on that day? Has anybody ever researched SOPs for presidential mortality?

Well, of course, Joe. But Sparky still looks like it's not his first rodeo.

Does it seem like Ruby had plugged a guy at close range before? Practice, practice.

Putting it in juxtaposition this way. it makes one wonder where the Minutemen-States Rights "on go" people were on November 22. Not shooting, I don't think, but in the neighborhood?

If we lose track in the near future, would someone please post the link to the upcoming Part 5? Thanks.

It would seem from Frazier's and Paine's experiences that Fritz started out actively looking for accomplices, and was later dissuaded by Washington from expanding the case into a conspiracy.

I can't be sure. TM is a middling historical novelist who's written Washington-themed novels on Watergate, the Reagan years, and DC characters of the 19th century. I read one of his novels, Henry and Clara, because no one else has touched that particularly bizarre aspect of the Lincoln assassination. Verdict? Gore Vidal was sharper at DC novels, though I appreciated Mallon's effort. Wish he'd address the tale of Henry and Clover Adams. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/thomas-mallon.html

Seconded. Don't go Sixth Floor, David. Find a non-Texas university that will take all your materials when you're ready to part with them. Contractually obligate the repository to make available online the materials you feel are most important . Hopefully that includes the Paine interview.

Back to Gaslit: It's very watchable, and I'll keep watching. But I'm reminded of what Judy Garland's daughter, Lorna Luft, told the late Gilbert Gottfried about the Renee Zellweger Judy biopic: "It's about as realistic as Cats."

Not as bad as a guy I went to HS with, who thought it was "War, daddy, Ohio," for which he was known as Wardaddy until graduation.

Write the post and post it, then use Edit to paste in the video link. Pick the option that lets you see the video.

I'm not holding my breath for a Hunt renaissance on Gaslit. They got a relatively little known, mostly-TV actor to play him, while for Liddy they got Shea Wigham, who played Nucky Thompson's (Steve Buscemi's) brother Eli on Boardwalk Empire for five great years. A pity, since Hunt and Liddy were a comedy team out of Samuel Beckett. +++ What, no gaslighter memes this year?

I might be right about the line being fed to the driver, but wrong about the bracelet style. Here's a similar item that comes up when you Google "stretch ID bracelet": https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D668104756538425&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fzh-cn.facebook.com%2FKeirasBooksnStuff%2Fphotos%2Fstretch-id-bracelet-brooklyn%2F668104756538425%2F&tbnid=vkH1yZ74tZth6M&vet=10CNcBEDMovAFqFwoTCMDBz_S5w_cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAF..i&docid=2Jhh5cscm-bohM&w=700&h=792&itg=1&q=stretch id bracelet&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=0CNcBEDMovAFqFwoTCMDBz_S5w_cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAF

It sounds like a line that was fed to the cab driver by authorities. Are cab drivers usually connoisseurs of men's accessories? Only in Ian Fleming: "Gee, Mr. Bond, the fella gave off strong hints of Jade East cologne."

Yet, is that a stretch-band bracelet that was photographed by DPD? See page: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth49673/

It's "The story we wanted to tell," but it could be told more interestingly if they did more with the Howard Hunt character, who goes unexplored in Episode 2, at least. So, I'm betting no plane crash in the series.

Post a link here so we can find the re-post, thanks.

Look for a partition deal floated that gives Russia the eastern region of Donbas, up to Donetsk, plus northern border provinces east and west for "democratic security." The Don River valley is historically Russian-dominated, and could be a moneymaker for Russia long-term. "Quiet flows the Don" - until redevelopment. It could become a version of the Pearl River valley in industrialized China.

Say it right to their faces when they challenge you, as on Coast to Coast.

One of the most potent retorts to an MSM flack might be: "Why do you say that, when these are the facts? Why do you insist on keeping a myth alive? Does the myth sell better because it's pushed by news organizations into the top search engine rankings, replacing the facts that you're not supporting? Is this really 'reporting'? Is this 'investigative journalism'?" Asking people with motives what their motives are really puts them on the back foot, especially when they're being filmed or recorded for broadcast.

If you want a palate cleanser, here's the Rod Stewart version of 1977, not so much an urgent soul cover as an experiment in patience-trying. If you poke through spy movies, you'll find similar juxtaposing of infidelity and espionage betrayal (The Good Shepherd; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). I'm glad you picked up on that, because I'm trying to reinvent the trope for my 9/11 novel - we'll see how well that works out.

LBJ was - like most of us - a mass of contradictions. He inherited racism from his upbringing and a recognition of the need for social change from FDR-era Progressivism. He may just have reconciled accounts by figuring that civil unrest in wartime was a worse fate for the country, the presidency and the party than a set of outraged and uncooperative southern legislators. Given the state of his health, early on he may have recognized that all parties were best off if his were a one-term presidency; the escalating disasters of the age, and the rise of political challengers, may have confirmed this for him. But, the cost it took to bring him to these decisions! What a price, what a price to pay --

As long as the chief financial organ in the US calls for a defense buildup, no lesson is learned. A defense buildup call brought on our last "New Pearl Harbor," and it will bring on our next. Cavete!

"Cook it? Son, we damn near fricasseed the thing!"