Steve Thomas

I thought this Thread might be appropriate for this: 1) Integralism There was a throwaway line in something Jean-Claude Perez told Fensterwald in 1982. He said that, “post 1962, Souetre was part of an ultra-right, ultra-Catholic splinter group which included four men named Pichon, Lefevre, Bourget, and Grossouvre. Group called Integraliste http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/S%20Disk/Souetre%20Jean%20with%20aka%27s/Item%2011.pdf p. 4. (Albert Lefevre, by the way, was the one man I could find that both stood trial with Souetre in December, 1961 and who escaped with him from the Camp at St. Maurice L'Ardoise in February, 1962.) From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integralism Integralism is an ideology according to which a nation is an organic unity. Integralism defends social differentiation and hierarchy with co-operation between social classes, transcending conflict between social and economic groups. It advocates trade unionism (or a guild system), corporatism, and organic political representation instead of ideological forms of representation. Integralism claims that the best political institutions for given nations will differ depending on the history, culture and climate of the nation's habitat. Often associated with blood and soil conservatism, it posits the nation or the state or the nation state as an end and a moral good, rather than a means.[1] The term integralism was coined by the French journalist Charles Maurras, whose conception of nationalism was illiberal and anti-internationalist, elevating the interest of the state above that of the individual and above humanity in general.[1] Although it is marked by its being exclusionary and particularistic, and there has been consideration of its historic role as a sort of proto-fascism (in a European context)[1] or para-fascism (in a South American context),[2] this link remains controversial, with some social scientists positing that it combines elements of both the political left and right.[3] Catholic Integralism does not support the creation of an autonomous "Catholic" state church, or Erastianism (Gallicanism in French context). Rather it supports subordinating the state to the worldwide Catholicism under the leadership of the Pope. Thus it rejects separation of the Catholic Church from the state and favours Catholicism as the proclaimed religion of the state.[5] Catholic Integralism appeals to the teaching on the subordination of temporal to spiritual power of medieval popes such as Pope Gregory VII and Pope Boniface VIII. But Catholic Integralism in the strict sense came about as a reaction against the political and cultural changes which followed the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.[6 (Where have we heard “Blood and Soil” recently?) Steve Bannon's criminal indictment is the best thing that's ever happened to him by Heather Digby Parton, Salon https://www.rawstory.com/u/heather_digby_parton_salon November 15, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-s-criminal-indictment-is-the-best-thing-that-s-ever-happened-to-him/ “Bannon tried to make himself into a kingmaker during the 2018 primaries but saw dismal results so he spent the next couple of years wandering around the world, connecting up with leaders of other authoritarian regimes, acting as something of an alt-right entrepreneur. Nothing much came of it, at least institutionally. Bannon's ballyhooed global far-right movement he branded with an exceptionally catchy name, "The Movement," failed to ever get off the ground. Likewise, his hopes to start a far-right Catholic political academy in an 800-year-old monastery in Italy were thwarted last March when The Council of State ruled against it after years of court battles. Bannon was designing the curriculum for the Academy for the Judeo-Christian West for Catholic activists in which, as The New Yorker's Ben Munster put it, "a new class of right-wing 'culture warriors' would be trained."” “Bannon's philosophy has been written about quite a bit, including by yours truly, because it is extremely radical and very, very weird. It's all wacky mysticism mixed with antediluvian, pre-enlightenment, authoritarianism posing as nationalism based upon the writings of an obscure French writer named René Guénon from the early 20th century and the teachings of one of his followers (and Mussolini adviser) Julius Evola. (If you're interested in going deep, these articles will fill you in.) The school of thought is called "Traditionalism" and it is like no tradition you've ever heard of. But Bannon is not alone with this philosophy. It's held by members of far-right leaders' inner circles throughout Europe and in places like Brazil and Russia. If there is an intellectual rationale for Trumpism beyond the Dear Leader cult of personality, this "traditionalism" is it.” Inside the Secret, Strange Origins of Steve Bannon’s Nationalist Fantasia “The chief strategist of Trump’s triumph reveals his strange brew of intellectual influences, including a French-Egyptian Muslim occultist guru, and his apocalyptic view of history.” By Joshua Green Vanity Fair July 17, 2017 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/the-strange-origins-of-steve-bannons-nationalist-fantasia Steve Thomas

Sean, If my own personal hunch is correct, and the driver was Manuel Rodriguez Orcarberro, Oswald could have spent that time at 3126 Harlandale. I wrote an article entitled, "Possible Rambler lead?" and posted it here: https://myjfksite.weebly.com/ Steve Thomas

Flu shots uptake is now partisan. It didn't use to be by Harry Enten, CNN November 14, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/14/politics/flu-partisan-divide-analysis/index.html “Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has, unfortunately, become partisan like so much else in our society. Almost every Democratic adult (90% to 95%) has gotten a shot, while a little less than two-thirds of Republican adults have. That partisanship appears to have transferred to at least one other important vaccination. An examination of flu shot data suggests that which party people belong to is highly correlated with whether they have or will get a flu shot this season -- something that was not predictive of flu shot uptake the last few years. Take a look at two recent polls that have asked about whether or not people have gotten the flu shot: Axios/Ipsos and Kaiser Family Foundation. By assessing two polls instead of one, we know what we're seeing is a real phenomenon and not statistical noise. According to the Ipsos data, 68% of Democrats said they have gotten a flu shot or are very likely to get one. Just 44% of Republicans said the same. This 24-point gap is very similar to the 30-point gap for Covid-19 vaccines. The Kaiser poll shows basically the same thing. A clear majority (65%) of Democrats indicated that they had received or will definitely receive the flu shot. Just 40% of Republicans indicated they would. The 25-point partisan gap in this data is a near carbon copy of the 24-point gap in the Ipsos poll.” Let’s bring back polio and malaria and smallpox! I miss the good old days. Steve Thomas

Gil, If you read Bledsoe's WC testimony carefully, she identified the shirt she was shown during her testimony as being the same shirt she was shown by the Secret Service out at her house. Mr. Ball. Now, I have got a piece of clothing here, which is marked--- Mrs. Bledsoe. That is it. Mr. Ball. Commission Exhibit 150. Mrs. Bledsoe. That is it. Mr. Ball. This is a shirt. Mrs. Bledsoe. That is it. Mr. Ball. What do you mean by "that is it?" Mrs. Bledsoe. Because they brought it out to the house and showed it. Mr. Ball. I know. What do you mean by "that is it?" Mrs. Bledsoe. Well, because I can recognize it. Mr. Ball. Yes. You tell me what do you see here? What permits you to recognize it? Mrs. Bledsoe. I recognize---first thing I notice the elbow is out and then I saw---when the man brought it out and let me see it? Mr. Ball. No, I am talking about---I am showing you this shirt now, and you said, "That is it." You mean---What do you mean by "that is it"? Mrs. Bledsoe. That is the one he had out there that day? Mr. Ball. Who had it out there? Mrs. Bledsoe. Some Secret Service man. Mr. Ball. He brought it out. Now, I am---you have seen this shirt then before? Mrs. Bledsoe. Yes. Mr. Ball. It was brought out by the Secret Service man and shown to you? Mrs. Bledsoe. Yes. Mr. Ball. Had you ever seen the shirt before that? Mrs. Bledsoe. Well--- Mr. Ball. Have you? Mrs. Bledsoe. No; he had it on, though. Steve Thomas

https://twitter.com/jonkarl/status/1459116740407930882 Jonathan Karl @jonkarl "When I interviewed Trump for "Betrayal" and asked him about his supporters chanting "Hang Mike Pence", he didn't condemn them, he defended them. Here's a clip from the interview. More audio from the genuinely shocking interview will air Sunday on@ThisWeekABC " "Were you worried about him during that siege? Were you worried about his safety?" Trump was asked. "No, I thought he was well-protected, and I had heard that he was in good shape. No. Because I had heard he was in very good shape. But, but, no, I think — " the former president blandly replied as Karl interjected, "Because you heard those chants — that was terrible. I mean — " "He could have — well, the people were very angry," Trump replied before going on an extended rant. "Because it's common sense, Jon. It's common sense that you're supposed to protect. How can you — if you know a vote is fraudulent, right? — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?" Trump asked. "How can you do that?" Steve Thomas

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632.35.0_2.pdf “Presidents are not kings” UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) DONALD J. TRUMP, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) Civil Action No. 21-cv-2769 (TSC) ) BENNIE G. THOMPSON, in his official capacity as Chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al., ) Defendants. IV. CONCLUSION For reasons explained above, the court will deny Plaintiff’s request to enjoin Defendants from enforcing or complying with the Select Committee’s August 25, 2021, requests because Plaintiff is unlikely to succeed on the merits of his claims or suffer irreparable harm, and because a balance of the equities and public interest bear against granting his requested relief. Date: November 9, 2021 Tanya S. Chutkan TANYA S. CHUTKAN United States District Judge Steve Thomas

Ted Cruz Talks About Joe Rogan Being 'President' Of Texas If State Secedes From U.S. "If there comes a point where it’s hopeless, then I think we take NASA, we take the military, we take the oil,” Cruz told an audience at Texas A&M University. By Mary Papenfuss 11/07/2021 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-joe-rogan-texas-secession_n_6188864ce4b055e47d7c1480 “When Cruz was asked by a member of the audience about the possibility of seceding, he said he “understood the sentiment.” But he added that he wasn’t ready for it — yet. “I’m not ready to give up on America. I love this country,” he said, again to applause. For one thing, Cruz insisted, Texas has a “responsibility” to the nation because “right now it’s an amazing force keeping America from going off the cliff, keeping America grounded in the values that built this country.” But he’s prepared to change his mind. “Look, if the Democrats end the filibuster ... if they pack the Supreme Court, if they make D.C. a state, if they federalize elections and massively expand voter fraud,” which doesn’t exist, “it may become hopeless,” Cruz said. “We’re not there yet.” But if it does become “hopeless,” that’s when the state should grab NASA, the military and the oil, he added. When asked this week what he thinks about the Texas secessionist / independence movement called “Texit,” Ted Cruz says it might be appropriate if certain things happen, and that Joe Rogan should be President of an independent Texas. pic.twitter.com/3crlZlh8VL — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 7, 2021 “

No, not that one; the other one. I've long been intrigued by the gray jacket found on Industrial Ave. and turned over to the police. Erich Kaminski is also the Officer who was given the jacket found by James Clark Larue on Industrial Ave. under the Ft. Worth Turnpike. Kaminsky turned it over to the Homicide and Robbery Bureau.(Dallas Municipal Archives Box 4, Folder# 3, Item# 26, page 3. This entry is on the list of TSBD employees compiled by Ray Westphal and J.M. Parks that was given to Jack Revill). https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217803#relPageId=332 Why was this jacket given to Erich Kaminsky of the Special Services Bureau? Did Larue know Kaminsky? Why is it included in a list of TSBD employees? Why was it turned over to Robbery and Homicide? Why was it being "held for evidence"? Evidence of what? Property Clerk receipt for a gray suit coat found by James Clark Larue on Industrial Blvd. Received by F.M. Turner Portal To Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339751/m1/1/?q=Larue Handwritten note reads, “Put in Kaminsky Folder” “Hold for Evidence 12/6/63”. F.M. Turner was a Detective in the Homicide and Robbery Bureau. Is there any connection to either of these two Sheriff Department Tape entries? Approximately 2”00 PM Sheriff’s Department Dispatch Tapes https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1134#relPageId=409 Sheriff’s Department tapes: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1134#relPageId=407 CE 705 p. 381 Did this jacket have anything to do with either of these two entries in the DPD Dispatch tapes? https://www.jfk-assassination.net/dpdtapes/tapes3.htm Approximately 1:34 PM 550 (Sgt. W.R. Westbrook) . . . and work to North Jefferson. We've got a witness that seen him go north . . . 223 223. 550 (Sgt. W.R. Westbrook) . . . after . . . shed his jacket. And check from that area towards Tyler. Approximately 1:44 PM 252 Would you check though Austin on H (Henry) S (Sam) 1877 and get registration on it, please? The car is parked out here at this shooting which took place regarding the President. I don't have any answers. It's all just very intriguing. Steve Thomas

Donald Trump Cashed In On Jan. 6 Riot Furor, Records Show “Hotel dollars and invective piled up as his supporters gathered for the attack on the U.S. Capitol.” By Mary Papenfuss 11/05/2021 10:10pm EDT https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dc-hotel-room-prices-capitol-riot-gathering_n_6185d1ede4b055e47d7ab44d “Former President Donald Trump has been accused of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and it appears he also profited from it, according to records examined by Forbes magazine. As Trump touted the coming gathering of his supporters — at one point last December tweeting: “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” — the price of the least expensive rooms in his Washington hotel zoomed from $476 to $1,999. Just over a week later, prices hit $3,600 — and eventually reached an astonishing $8,000 on Jan. 6, Forbes reported.” Room rates at the DC Hote December 20 – January 30, 2021: https://twitter.com/Z_Everson/status/1344629191480905728 Who says crime doesn't pay? Steve Thomas

What would a 21st Century American Civil War look like? By Lucian K. Truscott IV October 13, 2021 https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/what-would-a-21st-century-american?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1MDcyNDUyOSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDI1NjE0OTIsIl8iOiJJRkxtRCIsImlhdCI6MTYzNDIxNDgxOSwiZXhwIjoxNjM0MjE4NDE5LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjU1MzAxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.EIDzo_4dUMbMw8ZzzzLvCI-DAhQ74C7Pp3Ir5Lw3E64&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark “I don’t think anyone in this country is prepared for the destruction and lack of conventional modern amenities that accompanies war. Deliveries of every sort of goods from food to major appliances to clothing to…well, everything will be disrupted. Electricity will be absent or at best intermittent as one side attempts to damage the other by taking out generating plants and power distribution infrastructure.” “ Meanwhile, because refrigeration was not reliable, food shopping had to be done daily, and if fighting interrupted deliveries of fresh vegetables or canned foods to markets, there wasn’t any food, sometimes for days, even weeks.” “A civil war can be relied upon to maintain one thriving market: the sale of weapons and ammunition of all kinds will be rampant. Smuggling from outside the country will bring in all manner of heavy weapons and other materiel. If there is a war, there is one predominate need, and that is for weapons with which to destroy and kill. They will be everywhere.” Steve Thomas

Denny, I, for one, am crushed. I've been on pins and needles all day. Steve Thomas

In a revised filing of her receipts and disbursements with the FEC, Lauren Boebert lists her State as Utah. This is an amended return, mind you. Boebert represents a district in Colorado. Way to go Lauren! Steve Thomas

#91 - Ricardo Morales Nararette [Navarette aka Mono or Monkey Morales] HSCA (House Select Committee on Assassinations) "Photo Book" https://cuban-exile.com/doc_226-250/doc0244.html More information about Ricardo Morales Navarette can be found in Reel 13 of the HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm) 4. Reel 13, Folder D - RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE RIF#: 1994.05.03.10:35:26:250005 (10/6/1960) CIA#: 80T01357A 5. Reel 13, Folder E - RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE RIF#: 1994.05.03.10:38:48:910005 (0/0/1961) CIA#: 80T01357A https://maryferrell.org/php/showlist.php?docset=1129 HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm)/ HSCA Segregated CIA Collection (microfilm - reel 13: Merola - Moore)/ https://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=52233#relPageId=13 Steve Thomas

Traffic jam, in Madrid https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/spain-madrid-sheep-herding-migration-road-scli-intl/index.html "Sorry I'm late honey. Rush hour was murder today". Steve Thomas

Digital World Acquisition Group, the company behind Truth Social, Donald Trump's new social media site. The stock fell by more than 19% yesterday. Doesn't look like it's going well. Reuters notes that "Trump and his business interests are the subject of numerous investigations from U.S. authorities." And Digital World Acquisition Corp. reportedly highlighted the risks of being associated with Trump in the regulatory filing. "The Purchaser hereby acknowledges the controversial nature of being associated with the Company Principal and the Company Principal's family," the filing states. Not the most glowing endorsement I've seen in a Prospectus. Steve Thomas

A hiker got lost in the mountains of Colorado He was lost for 24 hours. He ignored calls from his rescuers. Because they were coming from a number he didn't recognize. I can relate. Steve Thomas

Zeeland Schools respond to militia comment at board meeting Mitchell Boatman The Holland Sentinel 10/23/21 https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/education/2021/10/23/zeeland-schools-respond-militia-comment-board-meeting/6139113001/ ZEELAND —“A local school district is calling for civility in public discourse after a public comment participant said they would bring the Michigan Militia to the school over a mask mandate. During the Monday, Oct. 18, meeting of the Zeeland school board, Holland restaurant owner Marlena Pavlos-Hackney said she would sue the board members and contact the militia if students aren’t given a choice on masks.” Oh goody. Suggested curricula for Grades 4 - 8: Urban warfare Sniper school Counterinsurgency operations Hand to hand combat Steve Thomas

Charlottesville’s reckoning: Unite the Right organizers go on trial by Jordan Green, Staff Reporter October 25, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/charlottesvilles-reckoning-unite-the-right-organizers-go-on-trial/ “A civil trial against organizers of the deadly August 2017 Unite the Right rally gets underway in Charlottesville, Va. today, the culmination of more than four years of litigation.” Charlottesville was the coming out party. Steve Thomas

i just had a passing thought, apropos of nothing really. Gary Taylor, who knew Oswald in late, 1962, was also a part-time cab driver on the weekends. I wonder if they knew each other. Steve Thomas

Cory, I don't recognize the tall white building over the top of Clint Hill's head, but if you take a look at Google Earth, you can see large buildings extending north along Stemmons Freeway for quite some distance. If you read the first few entries of the Dallas Dispatch tapes, there was some concern about the large numbers of people crossing Stemmons Freeway on foot. I think that's reflected in the crowd of people lining the highway in the first picture you showed. In the second (small) picture in your second post, you can still see Clint Hill's right leg extended out over trunk. I sure as heck wouldn't want to travel down the interstate doing 80 mph trying to balance like that, but who am I to say? The first picture in your second post provides confirmation to witnesses who said that the Secret Service men were brandishing submachine guns. Steve Thomas

It was only a matter of time. Top speed of 63mph It has a parachute Only $92.000. You can get one for a $22,000 deposit The Jetson One Steve Thomas

Cory, That's on the Stemmons Freeway. JFK is laying down in the seat. That's why you can't see him from that angle. Right by Clint Hill's left hand, you can see Jackie crouched over JFK. Steve Thomas

Trump's Big Lie is the new Lost Cause — and it may poison the country for decades Lucian K. Truscott IV, Salon October 23, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-s-big-lie-is-the-new-lost-cause-and-it-may-poison-the-country-for-decades/ “Donald Trump had to be handed a loss in 2020 in order to begin championing his new Lost Cause. There won't be another one. If he runs and wins in 2024, we will not recognize the smoking ruins left by a second Trump victory. It won't take them long to begin erecting statues to Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson and renaming public squares after the "Great Replacement." The only question is, what will the Daughters of the New Confederacy call themselves? The Mistresses of Mar-a-Lago?” Steve Thomas

Gil, So far, I have found seven versions or copies of the Report that Captain Will Fritz of the the DPD Homicide and Robbery Bureau filed concerning his Interrogations of Lee Harvey Oswald. There are two versions of Fritz's interview with Oswald in the DPD Archives. One is in Box 1 and another is in Box 15. 1) Interrogation, by an unknown author. Typed rough draft with handwritten corrections pertaining to the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, (Original), date unknown. DPD Archives Box 1, Folder# 15, Item# 1. Consists of 12 pages. This is the version of the Interrogation that has stenographer's notes. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217800#relPageId=546 Page 5 of Fritz’s Interrogation. Page 550 of the pdf file https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217800#relPageId=550 This was handwritten in the margin of the typed copy and was to be inserted into the body where you see the stenographer’s notes: 2) Interrogation, by J. W. Fritz. Draft of the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, (Photocopy) Poor Quality), date unknown DPD Archives, Box 15, Folder# 1, Item# 111. This consists of 13 pages. By starting new paragraphs as called for in the draft in Box 1, this draft has been extended to 13 pages. You can also see the differences between page 5 in Box1 and page 6 in Box 15 where Fritz wanted language added about the bus transfer in Oswald's pocket. This tells me that the draft in Box 1 came first. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=217813#relPageId=157 (page 6 of the Interrogation, page 162 of the pdf file). Did Fritz forget that Oswald had a bus transfer in his pocket? Did Oswald forget to tell Fritz about the cab ride? Were these handwritten notes added at a later time to clean up the record? I personally believe the latter because I believe that Fritz’s notes were altered in an unsuccessful attempt to remove evidence of a 12:35 PM interview of Oswald on Saturday afternoon. Steve Thomas

Woman arrested on allegations she threatened judge in Georgia ballot case 2021/10/20 © TheAtlantaJournalConstitution https://nordot.app/823734024349302784?c=592622757532812385 ATLANTA — Police have arrested a Kentucky woman who allegedly threatened a Georgia judge and his family after he dismissed a lawsuit that sought to inspect absentee ballots for signs of fraud in last year’s presidential election. Erin Northup, 42, is accused of leaving a threatening voicemail with Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero’s judicial assistant soon after he issued his ruling last week, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities declined to release details about the call. Amero received “a plethora of calls” after he threw out the last remaining major lawsuit over Georgia’s 2020 election. The lawsuit, filed by supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump, asked the judge to unseal 147,000 absentee ballots cast in Fulton County so they could search for counterfeits. I feel like I'm living in Columbia or something. Steve Thomas