Steve Thomas

This is the Arrest Report that was written up by Officer, M.N. McDonald. The copy that was provided cuts off the bottom part. The bottom half lists the names of the arresting officers. McDonald got the time of arrest wrong.. It's interesting. This copy of that report in the Portal to Texas History also has the word, "DECEASED" stamped on it with the date 11-24-63 and Park. Hosp. written on it, showing that information was added to the Arrest Report at a later time. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339964/?q=M.N. McDonald After the arrest, the various officers who were involved in Oswald's arrest and transport back to City Hall all got together in Westbrook's office in Personnel, and jointly wrote up their reports on what they observed, and the actions they took. I personally would rather have seen them isolated to eliminate any chance of tainting each others' testimony or memories. Steve Thomas

Ed, The same picture was also published in the Dallas Morning News of December 5, 1967 issue too. The caption on the DMN photo reads, Sounds like a stock press release to me. How many people in the U.S. Army just up and formed their own Reserve Units? What was it's command structure? Who did he report to? Who was on his staff? Crichton may have been a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, but I have real doubts about his own "Military Intelligence Detachment" Steve Thomas

This is not a transformer explosion in Chile. This is a Directed Energy Weapon beam starting the wildfires in MauiI Cross my heart. Steve Thomas

From Sound of Freedom to Ron DeSantis: how QAnon’s crazy conspiracy theories went mainstreamFrom Sound of Freedom to Ron DeSantis: how QAnon’s crazy conspiracy theories went mainstream https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/16/qanon-conspiracy-theory-sound-of-freedom-trump-desantis "QAnon gamified these strands. The cryptic missives invited decoding and translation, and were purposefully vague enough that they could be interpreted in any number of ways. Like astrology or tarot cards, Q drops seemed freighted with meaning while lacking any specificity. One could log on, read the latest tea leaves and connect the latest dots, all the while binding oneself further to the web of paranoia. The phenomenon spread widely, roping in not just paranoid conspiracy theorists but puzzle solvers and people looking for community. And because there was so much cryptic messaging embedded in the discourse, it hardly mattered that those few things that might have been verifiable (such as Hillary Clinton being “detained” in October of 2017) were demonstrably false. It turned out to be a remarkably successful formula;..." Sound familiar? Steve Thomas

Trump’s Legal Defense Fund Launches With a Big Typo and Bigger Ethical Questions By Erik Uebelacker Aug. 13, 2023 https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-legal-defense-fund-launches-with-a-big-typo-and-bigger-ethical-concerns?ref=home “Former President Donald Trump’s legal defense fund went live on Sunday and, of course, it contained a glaring typo in the first heading. “Support Donald Trumps Patriot Legal Defense Fund,” the site proudly declared, apostrophe omission and all (or maybe the fund aims to raise cash for all the Donald Trumps out there). But perhaps more egregious than the grammatical goof are the legal boundaries that team Trump seems to be pushing with the fund’s overt ties to his 2024 presidential campaign. The fund technically may not coordinate with the campaign on fundraising, since its existence as a legal defense fund allows it to skirt the Federal Election Commission’s campaign-finance rules. But clicking the “Donate Now” hyperlink sends users directly to Trump’s 2024 campaign website, where viewers are hit up front with donation requests. The only other link on the fund’s page also takes you to the campaign site.” Good 'ol Donald Steve Thomas

- Matt Gaetz - In Iowa “"Mr. President, I cannot stand these people that are destroying our country. They are opening our borders. They are weaponizing our federal law enforcement against patriotic Americans who love this nation as we should," before adding, "But we know that only through force do we make any change in a corrupt town like Washington, D.C. “ Matt Gaetz, member of the American WWII German Party. Steve Thomas

Were any leads ever developed with respect to the radio itself? That's a pretty sophisticated piece of equipment for the average joe on the street. I don't know why, but I just got a flash of the IBM guys in Johnny Brewer's She Store. Steve Thomas

I escaped alive.

Jim, I spent three years in Warren. Steve Thomas

Chris Stigall @ChrisStigall on Tw8tter or X or whatever it's called now https://twitter.com/ChrisStigall/status/1689670913040568320?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1689670913040568320|twgr^aaadae85f0e7388dec9a7af2bc674554552c5da4|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Ffox-news-threatens-sue-rivals-gop-primary-debate-1819085 "Fox News is telling everyone in media not directly affiliated with them that the August 23rd Republican debate is exclusively theirs and no one is allowed to air any clips of the broadcast beyond three total minutes, and never again after a 7 day window. In other words, they’re treating this debate as if it’s an NFL or MLB broadcast. It’s not. This has never been done and deserves a legal challenge." Huh. A News channel is saying you can't watch the news. Itnteresting. Steve Thomas

Trump snarls at having to divert 'vast amounts of money' from his campaign to pay his legal bills by Tom Boggioni August 12, 2023 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-legal-fees/ “According to a report from the New York Times, "New financial reports show that the former president’s various political committees and the super PAC backing him have used roughly 30 cents of every dollar spent so far this year on legal-related costs. The total amounts to more than $27 million in legal fees and other investigation-related bills in the first six months of 2023."” If I were Trump's lawyers, I would have just one word for him. "Keep f***in up, jarhead. I'm getting rich!" Steve Thomas

Never in my lifetime have we had a guy running for President of the United States as a way to keep himself out of prison. Look at how far we've come. Steve Thomas

Protective Order governing what Trump may or may not disclose in the Election Fraud case Issued August 11, 2023 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.28.0_3.pdf Steve Thomas

Stephen Miller's Group Has Total Meltdown Over Pop-Tarts And Cheez-Its By Ben Blanchet Aug 11, 2023 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-miller-legal-group-kelloggs_n_64d5c6b8e4b00a7354eb8d44 ““Kellogg’s is yet another big corporation that will break the law and hurt its shareholders’ interests to serve the twisted woke ideology of its officers and directors; like Disney, Budweiser, and Target, Kellogg’s management has shown nothing but contempt and disdain for American families and American workers,” the legal group wrote on X, Twitter’s rebrand.” Talk about distractions. Is this kind of crap ever going to stop? Steve Thomas

The day before Joe Biden is headed to go to Utah, the FBI attempts to arrest a guy in Utah for plotting to assassinate him. Donald Trump chooses that day to launch a tirade against Joe Biden. Up to then he had been focused on Fanni Willis and Jack Smith. Don't tell me Trump doesn't know what he is doing. Jack Smith announced he wants the Election Fraud trial to start January 2nd. In typical fashion, Trump flips out. Steve Thomas

Gil, Different Clerk Stenographers. Patsy Collins and Mary Rattan were both Clerk Stenographers for the DPD's CID, or Criminal Intelligence Division. See p. 146 of Batchelor's Exhi it# 5002 here: https://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1136#relPageId=165 Mary handled Guinyard's affidavit and Patsy handled Calloway's. Actually, Mary is identified as a Steno and Patsy as a Clerk. Maybe Patsy didn't do stenography. Steve Thomas

Gil, WC testimony of James Leavelle https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/testimony/leave_j1.htm Mr. BALL. Do you know what Ted Callaway said? Mr. LEAVELLE. Not per se; I know they were able to identify Oswald. Mr. BALL. What was the substance of what he said? Mr. LEAVELLE. I do not recall. Mr. BALL. You say "identify"; that doesn't mean much to me because I don't know what he identified him as. Mr. LEAVELLE. He said he was the man; he identified him as the man he saw running from the direction where the shots came from over in the Oak Cliff area near his carlot. Mr. BALL. What about Sam Guinyard? Mr. LEAVELLE. Same thing, practically. Mr. BALL. Did you take statements from them? Mr. LEAVELLE. I believe I took affidavits from them, according to my notes, there while we were waiting for them to come down. If Callaway identified Oswald as the number 2 man in the lineup in his typed affidavit, he couldn't have done that before Oswald ever came down. I noticed that Callaway signed his typed copy, but didn't sign his handwritten copy. I think what they did was have the witmess write down his afidavit, and then after the lineup, while he was sitting there; had Patsy Collins type it up. Leavelle then asked him if there was anything more he wanted to add, or probably suggested to him that it would look better, if he added this other piece of information. But Callaway's typed affidvait was definitely not done before the lineup. Steve Thomas

Idaho loses its 'Teacher of the Year' after right-wing parents chase her out of state by Brad Reed August 10, 2023 https://www.rawstory.com/idaho-teacher-of-the-year/ "The Boston Globe reports that, shortly after receiving her award for excellence in teaching, Lauritzen became the target of a right-wing media campaign that flagged her social media posts expressing support for LGBTQ rights and the Black Lives Matter movement. This led to parents angrily demanding to see her lesson plans, despite the fact that there was no suggestion she ever brought her personal politics into the classroom. However, parents nonetheless objected to teaching students about other cultures around the world and even teaching them about the United Nations on the grounds that the parents said they "don't believe" in the institution.” Those poor children. What's going to happen to them when they grow up and have to go out in the real world? Steve Thomas

Gil. I tried to delete this, but didn't catch it in time. Somebody could have told Calloway that Oswald had ditched his jacket between the time of Calloway's lineup ID and his WC testimony. By the time of his WC testimony, Calloway had become aware that Oswald had ditched his jacket. I'm not sure of the date of Calloway's WC testimony, but I wonder if the police had revealed the jacket ditching to the public at that point. Steve Thomas

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Larry Hancock, I respect your work very much and value your opinion highly. Steve Thomas

The man who presented himself to Wallace Heitman FBI Record https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11250#relPageId=7 lists him at 69” tall, 145 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes and born in 1928 in Santiago, Cuba. I have never been able to resolve this discrepancy. Steve Thomas

David, I don't know for sure, but I bet Bill got that description from this document: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11250#relPageId=7 Commission Document 853 - SS Rowley Memorandum of 24 Apr 1964 re: Manuel Rodriguez w/Attachments Commission Document 853b - SS Rowley Memorandum of 24 Apr 1964 re: Manue… Page 2 FBI Record https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=11250#relPageId=7&tab=page lists him at 69” tall, 145 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes and born in 1928 in Santiago, Cuba. Steve Thomas

By 4:00 in the afternoon, when this lineup took place, Oswald had been under arrest and interrogated for approximately two hours. Everybody in that building knew who he was and where he worked, including Sims and Boyd, who had been in the TSBD, set out for Irving to go apprehend him, and sat in on his interrogation. If he had lied in the lineup on what his occupation was, there would have been howls of protest from the police authorities. This is just silliness. Steve Thomas

Mark, Isn't that what he told the reporters out in the hall? Somebody asked him if was in the building. He responded, of course, if I worked in that building, I was there. Steve Thomas