Steve Thomas

John, In an earlier post, Jim DiEugenio said, "...it would appear that Oswald was an intel project before he got to Russia." Wasn't one of the Oswald's supposed to have had an affair with an Oriental woman while he was in Japan? I've wondered if the hotel in Tokyo was connected, and if Oswald was being briefed on his upcoming "defection" to Russia at that hotel, and on whose behalf was that woman acting? Was she a Soviet agent? Did the Russians grease the skids for Oswald's defection? Did Oswald keep the ticket for sentimental reasons, pining over a "lost love that could never be", or did it have some kind of intelligence function? I don't know, I'm just seeing what sticks to the wall. Steve Thomas

GOP Senators tweet screenshots during zoom meeting with Ukraine's Zelinskyy after being asked not to reveal his location by Rob Beschizza 10:53 am Sat Mar 5, 2022 https://boingboing.net/2022/03/05/gop-senators-tweet-screenshots-during-zoom-meeting-with-ukraines-zelinskyy-after-being-asked-not-to-reveal-his-location.html “Republican Senators Marco Rubio and Steve Daines today posted screenshots during a zoom meeting with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelinskyy, despite being asked not to do so as it could reveal his location. Another, Ron Johnson (R—Wi.) even asked him where he was.” There are no words... Steve Thomas

Jim, You know, I've always wondered why Oswald was still carrying a ticket to the Ga-Jo-Enkanko Hotel in Japan in his wallet, five or six years later. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=59622#relPageId=38&search=Ga-Jo-3nkanko_Hotel Steve Thomas

I read this morning that that convoy that has been stalled on the way to Kiev... They've been there for a week now, and they don't have any barracks. They've been living out of their trucks. They're running out of fuel to heat their trucks. It's cold and snowing. They're running out of food. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they started throwing down their guns and heading for home. That's what happened at the end of WWI and led to the Russian Revolution. Steve Thomas

- Donald Trump - “Former Attorney General Bill Barr wouldn’t know voter fraud if it was staring him in the face—and it was," Trump claimed, even though his conspiracy theory was long ago debunked. "The fact is, he was weak, ineffective, and totally scared of being impeached, which the Democrats were constantly threatening to do. They 'broke' him," Trump argued. "He should have acted much faster on the Mueller Report, instead of allowing the fake Russia, Russia, Russia, Hoax to linger for so long, but it was the Election Fraud and Irregularities that he refused to act on because he wanted to save his own hide—and he did. He never got impeached, contempt charges never went forward, and the Democrats were very happy with him—but I wasn’t."" Well, Duh... Steve Thomas

People Who Are Living In Russia Right Now As It Invades Ukraine Share What It’s Like In 30 Posts https://www.boredpanda.com/people-share-what-its-like-to-be-in-russia-invading-ukraine/ They’re trapped, and there’s no way out. Steve Thomas

Russian cats banned from international competition 2022/3/3 New York Daily News https://nordot.app/872254387889324032?c=592622757532812385 “The Federation Internationale Feline announced on its website that because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, FIFe has banned Russian cats from international competition until at least June. “The Board of FIFe feels it cannot just witness these atrocities and do nothing,” the organization said.” Forget the oligarchs. Now see what you’ve went and done? Steve Thomas

Guide to Ukranian swear words, so you can follow along. https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-guide-to-ukraines-curse-words-so-you-can-follow-the-viral-videos?ref=home Steve Thomas

Matt, This establishes intent. Trump lost, and knew he had lost. He deliberately attempted to overthrow the government anyway. This is sedition. - George Conway - "There's already, you know, reporting out there that Trump was telling his aides," Conway said, "and I know for a fact this to be true, that he was saying, 'How could I have lost to this guy? How could I have lost?' which means he knew he lost, which means he knew he was engaging in a fraud and knew he was engaging in a deceit, and the fact he was trying to obstruct the lawful function of the United States government puts this squarely, squarely under the scope of 18 U.S.C. section 371." "At this point I don't see how the Justice Department can pass on this," he added. https://www.rawstory.com/george-conway-trump-2656832615/ Steve Thomas

61 page legal filing by the January 6th Committee outlining Donald Trump's efforts to defraud the United States. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21321582-house-select-committee-filing Steve Thomas

The 141 countries that voted to condemn Russia at the U.N. General Assembly: Steve Thomas

Former President Trump is blowing the launch of his new social media company, via a series of unforced errors. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-5596a60d-ff76-4e2b-910a-d872ac69c0eb.html - Quoted from the article - “The big pictue: Truth Social spent much of February in private beta with invited users, saying its public unveil would be Feb. 21 (President's Day, natch). But the vast majority of people downloading the app, me included, were given a waitlist number. Nine days later, most of us remain on that waitlist, with our number unchanged and without a word of communication from the company. A waitlist "refresh" icon doesn't work. Trump's role: The former president is Truth Social's founder and chairman, so he obviously bears some responsibility for putting together the team that's so far fallen on its face. But, most importantly, he's not using the app. Trump hasn't posted a single time since the launch, despite an international crisis that has captivated the country. Instead, he's given his comments to radio and TV hosts — including one this morning with Dominion conspiracy theorist Maria Bartiromo — plus via his CPAC speech. Why it matters: The SPAC that agreed to take Truth Social public is valued at over $3.5 billion. At some point, investors will begin paying attention. The bottom line: The SPAC's investment thesis seems to be that a large percentage of Trump's 88 million Twitter followers will migrate over to Truth Social. But nearly two weeks after launch, his dormant account has fewer than 80,000 followers. And Trump himself is largely to blame.” Steve Thomas

- Marjorie Taylor Greene - Democrats must be stopped in their plot to create happiness. Dirty villains. Steve Thomas

Why a note for Walker, but no note for Kennedy? Steve Thomas

'World is racing toward the cliff': Belarus to host Russian nuclear weapons By Julia Conley, Common Dreams February 28, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/world-is-racing-toward-the-cliff-belarus-to-host-russian-nuclear-weapons/ “Anti-nuclear groups on Monday decried a referendum in Belarus allowing for the country to host nuclear weapons, as the European Union warned the development puts the entire planet on a "very dangerous path." “ “But regardless of the criticism, the reported results of the referendum—which showed more than 65% of voters supporting changes to the constitution including a renunciation of the country's neutral and non-nuclear status as well as new broad powers and legal immunity for Lukashenko—are expected to allow Russia to launch nuclear missiles from the Eastern European country.” This is really, really bad. Lukashenko is a nut job. Steve Thomas

First Capitol riot trial opens in D.C. “This is the first test of the Justice Department’s effort to transform its Jan. 6 manhunt into convincing arguments.” By By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney 02/28/2022 https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/28/first-january6-trial-reffitt-00012216 “Nearly 14 months after a mob stormed the Capitol and threatened the certification of Joe Biden’s win in the presidential race, jury selection opened Monday for the first trial of one of the more than 750 people charged in connection with the attack. A little after 9:30 a.m., potential jurors began filing into the cavernous ceremonial courtroom at U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where Guy Reffitt, 49, a Texas oil rig worker, is set to face five felony counts, including civil disorder, seeking to obstruct the Electoral College count, carrying a firearm into a restricted area and obstruction of justice.” We’ll have to see how this goes. Steve Thomas

Russia State-Owned News Site Tass Hacked With ‘Putin Makes Us Lie’ Message ‘STOP THIS MADNESS’ by Jamie Ross Feb. 28, 2022 https://www.thedailybeast.com/tass-site-hacked-with-putin-makes-us-lie-message?ref=home?ref=home “People logging on to Russian state-owned news agency Tass to get the Kremlin’s version of events in Ukraine got a shock early Monday. Instead of the latest lines from the Kremlin, the site showed an anti-war message that condemned President Vladimir Putin for forcing Russian journalists to lie. “Dear citizens. We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to certain death. Putin makes us lie and puts us in danger,” the hacked site read. “In a few years we will live like in North Korea. What is it for us? To put Putin in the textbooks? This is not our war, let’s stop it!” It’s not clear who changed the site, but an Anonymous logo followed the message and it ended with the sign-off: “This message will be deleted, and some of us will be fired or even jailed. But we can’t take it anymore... Indifferent journalists of Russia.” After the hack was noticed on social media, the Tass website became unavailable." Steve Thomas

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/business/exxon-bp-shell-russia-oil/index.html New York CNN Business — “BP (BP) is cutting ties with Rosneft in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The British company said in a statement Sunday that it would exit its 19.75% stake in the Russian state oil giant, describing Moscow’s decision to attack its neighbor as “an act of aggression which is having tragic consequences across the region.” BP CEO Bernard Looney and former CEO Bob Dudley will also stand down with immediate effect from Rosneft’s board, where they had served alongside Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. BP, which had called itself “one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia,” said the changes would lead to the company taking a “material” charge in its first quarter earnings. Its operating profit in 2025 would be about $2 billion lower than forecast as a result of the accounting changes, it added. How Exxon, BP and Shell help Russia pump oil and gas BP chair Helge Lund said that the company had operated in Russia for over 30 years and worked with “brilliant” colleagues there. “However, this military action represents a fundamental change,” Lund said in a statement. “It has led the BP board to conclude, after a thorough process, that our involvement with Rosneft, a state-owned enterprise, simply cannot continue.”” Steve Thomas

Russian ship asks to refuel. Georgian oil tanker says, "Russian ship, go f*** yourself! You have oars, row!" Steve Thomas

Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces on alert https://www.axios.com/putin-nuclear-forces-9d1a2823-9512-4ab3-89f2-118ee37e0970.html “Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised statement on Sunday that he was ordering Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on alert, as he continues his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Driving the news: Speaking alongside his defense minister and military chief of staff, Putin said recent sanctions and "aggressive statements" from NATO countries had led him to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty." This is the second time Putin has alluded to Russia's nuclear arsenal while effectively warning the West to back off. In a statement at the onset of the invasion, Putin said anyone who tried to "hinder us" would face "such consequences that you have never encountered in your history."” Steve Thomas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10553723/Putin-turns-attention-Finland-Sweden-Kremlin-official-warns-nations.html "Russia has threatened its close Arctic neighbours Sweden and Finland with 'military consequences' if they join NATO. It came as Russia's invasion of Ukraine intensified today after a night of fighting in the capital of Kyiv especially. Sweden and Finland are the two closest countries to Russia in the Arctic Circle. 'Finland and Sweden should not base their security on damaging the security of other countries and their accession to NATO can have detrimental consequences and face some military and political consequences,' foreign affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a news briefing. " Sweden? Putin is threatening ABBA? Now that's going too far! I'm putting my foot down on that one. Murderous thug. Steve Thomas

Trump took documents too highly classified to describe back home with him to Mar-A-Lago: report byTravis Gettys February 25, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2656793264/ “The House Oversight Committee wants additional information about the classified records Donald Trump took home with him from the White House. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the committee's chairwoman, asked the National Archives and Records Administration for a detailed description of the contents of 15 boxes recovered from Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort -- some of which are so top-secret they couldn't even be described without compromising their security, reported the Washington Post. “'There are records that only a very few have clearances' to review, one of the people [familiar with the matter' told The Post. "The documents are so sensitive that they may not be able to describe them in an unclassified way, and therefore, such documents might be described broadly in a classified addendum to the inventory, according to the two people." The Archives confirmed to the newspaper that classified materials were in those boxes and that torn-up records had been transferred to their custody but had not been reconstructed by the Trump White House.” Steve Thomas

I had been thinking about various pieces of what I call fraudulent, or flimsy pieces of evidence against Lee Harvey Oswald. These are pieces that turn up later than they should have, e.g. the Walker Note and the the DeMohrenschildt photograph. Ironically, they seem to have been in the possession of Marina Oswald at one time or another. High on my list is the note allegedly left by Lee on the night of April 10, 1963. I was trying to nail down exactly where it had been found, but in reading through it, there were a couple of things that caught my eye. 295 thoughts on “April 10, 1963: Oswald tries to shoot General. Walker” Dr. Diane E. Cheney June 26, 2019 at 2:09 pm https://jfkfacts.org/april-10-1963-oswald-tries-to-shoot-gen-walker/ Here is the letter Oswald left for his wife on Apriil 10, 1963: 1. This is the key to the mailbox which is located in the main post office in the city on Ervay Street. This is the same street where the drugstore, in which you always waited is located. You will find the mailbox in the post office which is located 4 blocks from the drugstore on that street. I paid for the box last month so don’t worry about it. 2. Send the information as to what happened to me to the Embassy and include newspaper clippings (should there be anything about me in the newspapers). I believe that the Embassy will come quickly to your assistance on learning everything. 3. I paid the house rent on the 2d so don’t worry about it. 4. Recently I also paid for water and gas. 5. The money from work will possibly be coming. The money will be sent to our post office box. Go to the bank and cash the check. 6. You can either throw out or give my clothing, etc. away. Do not keep these. However, I prefer that you hold on to my personal papers (military, civil, etc.) 7. Certain of my documents are in the small valise. 8. The address book can be found on my table in the study should need same. 9. We have friends here. The Red Cross also will help you [Red Cross in English] 10. I left you as much money as I could, $60 on the second of the month. You and the baby [apparently] can live for another 2 months using $10 per week. 11. If I am alive and taken prisoner, the city jail is located at the end of the bridge through which we always passed on going to the city (right in the beginning of the city after crossing the bridge). 1. Drugstore? What drugstore? I don’t ever remember Marina talking about a drugstore in downtown Dallas where she frequently waited for Lee. 2. Lee says his paycheck would be mailed, and mailed to “our” post office box. Further evidence to me that Marina was receiving mail at P.O. 2915. 3. Would Marina have been able to cash a check made out to Lee if it hadn’t been endorsed by him? 4. City Hall, and the City jail were not located at the foot of a bridge at the beginning of the City. The County jail would have been close, but City Hall was located about 5 blocks inland. Did Lee have his jails mixed up? Was there a drugstore located near either one of them? Steve Thomas

In 2018, Donald Trump stood on a stage in Helsinki and defended Vladimir Putin against his own American intelligence agencies. In 2022, number 3 Republican ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Elise Stefanik, stood on a stage and said, "After just one year of a weak, feckless, and unfit President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief, the world is less safe. Rather than peace through strength, we are witnessing Joe Biden’s foreign policy of war through weakness," Stefanik alleged. "For the past year, our adversaries around the world have been assessing and measuring Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage, and he has abysmally failed on every metric." Steve Thomas

My life is over. Hot Lips has died. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/entertainment/sally-kellerman-oscar-nominated-mash-star-death/index.html Steve Thomas