Steve Thomas

Are you concerned about rising sea levels? “A Republican state legislative candidate in Virginia posed an interesting question on Twitter recently. "I'm curious, Do you think the sea level would lower, if we just took all the boats out of the water? Just a thought, not a statement," wrote Scott Pio, who is challenging Democratic Del. David Reid in Loudoun County's District 32.” by John Wright October 12, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/scott-pio-sea-level/ A lot of people are asking questions, you know? Steve Thomas

As far as States trying to secede, I always thought it would be Georgia. Looks like I was right. Steve Thomas

The Far-Right John Birch Society Wants Anti-Mask Protests to Fuel Its Comeback “The John Birch Society used to boost segregation. Now it’s back to attack schools over mask mandates.” by Kelly Weill Oct. 11, 2021 https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-john-birch-society-wants-anti-mask-protests-to-fuel-its-comeback?ref=home “On a sunny Saturday in a Knoxville, Tennessee park, a man with a microphone told a crowd of parents to bar entry to their children’s schools. “Starting Monday morning and until this is over, we need to bring Knox County schools to a screeching halt,” he said to applause. He called on parents, students, and staff to participate. “We have a moral obligation to our children’s future. Block the entrance to the school with your car. That’s my suggestion. Block the entrance to the drive—don’t even let a bus in your schools. If you can be that bold in your groups, do it.” The event, “Parents In The Park” was billed as a meet-up for parents who objected to a mask mandate in Knox County schools. But the Sept. 26 gathering was more than just concerned caregivers. It was organized and hosted by the John Birch Society (JBS)…” Oh joy. Steve Thomas

'Beyond our current worst nightmares': Mental health experts warn about the likely effects of a Trump comeback by Chauncey Devega, Salon October 11, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2024-2655269936/ “In a recent essay, author and pastor John Pavlovitz addresses this: [F]or the first time in America's history the latent ugliness in people was revealed and validated and celebrated by a sitting president — it was officially normalized. And what we're experiencing now; this staggering, insensitive posturing in the face of so many people's suffering, is the late-ripening fruit of something that has been set into the bedrock of half our nation. It is the malicious entitlement that MAGA was designed to nurture from the beginning.... This quickly metastasizing moral cancer is something we've never experienced on this level in our lifetimes and it's something we're going to have to reckon with regardless of the political outcomes of the next four years. If the former president somehow takes that office again, these stories will surely grow exponentially more violent and more commonplace, but either way, the ugliness is here now. The Trump Effect on America, is that once reasonable, rational human beings whose prejudices, fears, and phobias were all bound by some baseline decorum and common courtesy that kept them from intentionally harming others — have been empowered to revel in the worst of themselves. They believe cruelty is their birthright. Dr. David Reiss is a psychiatrist, expert in mental fitness evaluations and contributor to "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump." You asked: What do I think will happen to America if Trump runs for office and wins in 2024? In my opinion, the even more frightening question is this: "What would it mean had happened to the American people and American society if Trump were returned to office in 2024?"” Steve Thomas

In his statement on Friday, Trump declared: Big Michigan Rally coming up on Oct. 12th, on the Capitol steps in Lansing, where Patriots will demand a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Presidential Election Scam. The Voter Fraud is beyond what anyone can believe. Anyone who cares about our Great Country should attend, because unless we look to the past and fix what happened, we won't have a future or a Country. In Michigan of all places? Where all those armed guys took over the State Capitol and threatened to kidnap and kill the Governor? That's a recipe for disaster. Steve Thomas

When you look up the word demagogue in the dictionary, this is what you find: Tom Boggioni October 10, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-election-fraud/ "Speaking to the rabidly pro-Trump crowd in Des Moines, Trump blurted, "I'm telling you the single biggest issue, as bad as the border is and it's horrible, horrible what they're doing, they're destroying our country — but as bad as that is, the single biggest issue — the issue that gets the most pull, the most respect, the biggest cheers — is talking about the election fraud of the 2020 presidential election."" The biggest issue in our country is the one that gets the biggest cheers. Steve Thomas

Your "scrum" came and xxxx on my Capitol. and I'm mad as hell about that. Steve Thomas

A New Confederacy: Trump and the Republicans have already seceded Now they’re preparing to fight a new civil war. In fact, they're already doing it in all but name By Lucian K. Truscott IV October 9, 2021 https://www.salon.com/2021/10/09/a-new-confederacy-and-the-have-already-seceded/ “You know which ones they are: Nineteen states have enacted 33 laws that make it harder for people to vote Nineteen states have enacted a total of 106 new laws restricting a woman's right to choose to have an abortion, Twelve states have refused to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, leaving as many as two million people without health insurance All of the states that refused Medicaid expansion and have passed restrictions on voting and abortion are controlled by the Republican Party. Many of those same states have also passed bans on mask and vaccine mandates, and nearly all of them have endured more cases per capita of COVID-19, more hospitalizations and more deaths from the virus. In effect, without any states (yet) seceding from the Union, we already live in two Americas.” “This is what I mean when I say that Republicans have already seceded. They're a white party and they're forming a white country with white laws and white companies and white jobs where white votes count and others don't. They can live in the states that comprise that country, but they can't survive there without our money. It was the same way with the South before the Civil War. They lived in their states with slavery, but they couldn't survive without the economy of the North, so they started a war. They never intended to "secede." They intended to win, and run the new country, which would be the South writ large, with slave-owners in power and slavery everywhere.” “Democrats may or may not "win" in 2022 and 2024, but the elections are already over. Republicans have declared that only their votes count. Unless we get together and stay together and use our numbers to protect our democracy, we will end up living in their fascist country ruled by their dictator.” Steve Thomas

This guy is so smart. I'm sure glad he's not after me! https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/status/1446306403468161049 Here is the clip of Lindell claiming an 850-year-old person voted in the 2020 election. https://twitter.com/i/status/1446306403468161049 Steve Thomas

Palm Beach Police Ball Will Enrich Trump, Whose Jan. 6 Mob Attacked Officers By S.V. Date and Ryan J. Reilly 10/07/2021 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/palm-beach-police-trump_n_615f5c15e4b0cc44c50a53b8 “The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation is planning a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago this winter that will likely put some quarter-million dollars into Donald Trump’s cash registers — despite the former president’s incitement of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol that led to the deaths of five police officers and injuries to 140 more. The charity would not disclose how much it will be paying Trump’s for-profit South Florida club to host the Jan. 22, 2022, “Policemen’s and Fire Fighters’ Ball.” Tax filings with the IRS, however, show that it paid $235,012 in 2020, $214,760 in 2019 and $262,261 in 2018 in facility rental costs for the same event in those years, all of which were also held at Mar-a-Lago.” “A spokesman for the Palm Beach Police Department said it was not involved in choosing the site. “I really cannot provide a comment on whether it’s appropriate or not,” said Capt. Will Rothrock. “The department is apolitical ... I can’t really speak to the former president’s actions.”” There are no words... Steve Thomas

TikTok ‘Slap a Teacher’ Trend Prompts Connecticut Attorney General to Intervene By Corbin Bolies Oct. 06, 2021 https://www.thedailybeast.com/tiktok-slap-a-teacher-trend-prompts-action-from-connecticut-ag-william-tong?ref=home “TikTok trends have grown so serious that now even state attorney generals have gotten involved. Connecticut State Attorney General William Tong urged the company to “control the spread” of its teen-targeted challenges after its most recent one urged teens to slap their teachers. The plea came after teachers in South Carolina and Missouri reported being slapped by students in various locations, including behind the head, per The Washington Post. An earlier trend dubbed the “devious licks” challenge inspired students to steal anything from pens to toilets from their schools. “In CT, vandalism closed schools and the new ‘Slap a Teacher’ challenge may put educators at risk,” Tong tweeted Monday, publishing a letter he sent to TikTok. “I am urging TikTok to come to CT to meet with educators and parents and commit to reforms that stop this reckless content.” The company said that it would work to remove any teacher-slapping content from its platform, but that it has “not found related content on our platform, and most people appear to be learning about the offline dare from sources other than TikTok.” Read it at The Washington Post “ Steve Thomas

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REVEALED: Mike Flynn hid $200K payments for Middle East nuclear plan before joining White House by Travis Gettys October 04, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/michael-flynn-2655217298/ “Michael Flynn received $200,000 in undisclosed payments for consulting work in the Middle East before joining Donald Trump's administration. The retired U.S. Army general was paid for his work in 2014 and 2015 on a plan to build 40 nuclear power plants in the Middle East, which never came to fruition but would have involved companies from Canada, France, Russia and the U.S. constructing and managing nuclear plants in Arab nations, reported the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.” Gee, what could go wrong? Steve Thomas

Just for the heck of it, in late August, 1963, jack Ruby paid Joy Dale $110.00 (with varying amounts of money paid to several of his other dancers). https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=955#relPageId=1097 According to Little Lynn, dressing room gossip said that Joy Dale was pregnant with Jack Ruby's baby (transcript of Dallas Police Department interview of Little Lynn) https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth190037/m1/3/?q="Joy Dale" According to Little Lynn, Joy Dale lived at 4204 1/2 W. 10th in Fort Worth. Steve Thomas

Gil, I don't know if you want to work this into your project or not, but I had some questions about Domingo Benevides for what it's worth. Steve Thomas http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/benavide.htm Mr. BELIN - Then what happened? Did the officers ever get in touch with you? Mr. BENAVIDES - Later on that evening, about 4 o'clock, there was two officers came by and asked for me, Mr. Callaway asked me---I had told them that I had seen the officer, and the reporters were there and I was trying to hide from the reporters because they will just bother you all the time. I was just trying to hide from the reporters and everything, and these two officers came around and asked me if I'd seen him, and I told him yes, and told them what I had seen,... Mr. BELIN - Did he ever take you to the police station and ask you if you could identify him? Mr. BENAVIDES - No; they didn't. Another FBI file from SA Joseph J. Loeffler to SAC (89-43) dated December 4, 1963. https://books.google.com/books?id=IdnhAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT757&lpg=PT757&dq=%22Domingo+Benavides%22+CBS&source=bl&ots=eODtmXcfZ5&sig=FqLkfGuuiw6qUA5NRAnj1nJeifk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0trfvxfPYAhVD7IMKHX2PCoA4ChDoAQgpMAE#v=onepage&q=%22Domingo%20Benavides%22%20CBS&f=false “4 empty hulls – 2 found by unidentified witness at the scene of the shooting of Tippit – 400 E. 10th St. and given to Officer, J.M. Poe. He has no recollection of who gave them to him.” The memo goes on to talk about the shells found by the Davis sisters. Why is Benevides still "unidentified" as late as December 4, 1963? Poe's after-action report dated 11/22/63 Supplementary Offense Report Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338726/m1/1/?q=J.M.%20Poe Poe wrote, "Unidentified witness handed Officer Poe two empty hulls in an empty cigarette package and stated, "These were the bullets that killed the officer.". The bottom of the Report is marked “Pending”. The only mention of Benavides in the DPD Archives Index is a Report by James Leavelle. DPD Archives Box 16, Folder# 12, Item# 6. http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box1617.htm It's dated the 22nd, and it had to have been written up after 6:30PM, because he mentions the 6:30 lineup. Leavelle wrote, "Another witness who saw the officer laying in the street, but did not see the suspect was a Domingo Benavides..." Leavelle wrote that Benavides found two shells and turned them over to Poe, who in turn, turned them over to Pete Barnes, who "dusted the car for prints". At the time Poe wrote his Report, Benavides was still unidentified. By 6:30, he is identified by name in Leavelle's Report. Benavides said that 2 officers came by (at Dootch Motors, I believe), at 4:00 and he told them what he had seen. Why does the FBI Report filed by James Loeffler on December 4, 1963 says that it was an “unidentified witness” who gave Poe the shells, and that Poe “has no recollection of who gave them to him”? Who were the two officers? Where is their report? Why did the police and the WC give so much more attention to Helen Markham than they did to Domingo Benavides? He was actually closer to the shooter than Markham was, wasn't he? Is it because Benavides describes a shooter who looked different than Oswald? http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/benavide.htm Mr. BELIN - I am between 5' 10" and 5' 11". Closer to 5' 11", I believe. Mr. BENAVIDES - I would say he was about your size, Mr. BELIN - Was he average weight, slender, or heavy? Mr. BENAVIDES - I would say he was average weight. Mr. BELIN - What color hair did he have? Mr. BENAVIDES - Oh, dark. I mean not dark. Mr. BELIN - Black hair? Mr. BENAVIDES - No. Not black or brown, just kind of a---- Mr. BELIN - You say he is my size, my weight, and my color hair? Mr. BENAVIDES - He kind of looks like---well, his hair was a little bit curlier. Mr. BELIN - Anything else about him that looked like me. Mr. BENAVIDES - No. that is all. Mr. BELIN - What about his skin? Was he fair complexioned or dark complexioned? Mr. BENAVIDES - He wasn't dark. Mr. BELIN - Average complexion? Mr. BENAVIDES - No; a little bit darker than average. Of course he looked, his skin looked a little bit ruddier than mine. Mr. BENAVIDES - I remember the back of his head seemed like his hairline was sort of--looked like his hairline sort of went square instead of tapered off. and he looked like he needed a haircut for about 2 weeks, but his hair didn't taper off, it kind of went down and squared off and made his head look fiat in back. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/hill_gl.htm The first man that came up to me, he said, "The man that shot him was a white male about 5'10", weighing 160 to 170 pounds, and brown bushy hair." Mr. BELIN. Now, let me interrupt you here, sergeant. Do you remember the name of the person that gave you the description? Mr. HILL. No. I turned him over to Poe, and I didn't even get his name. Mr. BELIN - When you put these two shells that you found in this cigarette package, what did you do with them? Mr. BENAVIDES - I gave them to an officer. Mr. BELIN - That came out to the scene shortly after? Mr. BENAVIDES - Yes, sir. Mr. BELIN - Do you remember the name of the officer? Mr. BENAVIDES - No, sir; I didn't even ask him. I just told him that this was the shells that he had fired, and I handed them to him. Seemed like he was a young guy, maybe 24. Poe's after-action report dated 11/22/63 Supplementary Offense Report Portal to Texas History https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338726/m1/1/?q=J.M.%20Poe Poe wrote, "Unidentified witness handed Officer Poe two empty hulls in an empty cigarette package and stated, "These were the bullets that killed the officer.". http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/callaway1.htm Mr. BALL. What kind--when you talked to the police officers before you saw this man, did you give them a description of the clothing he had on? Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What did you tell them you saw? Mr. CALLAWAY. I told them he had some dark trousers and a light tannish gray windbreaker jacket, and I told him that he was fair complexion, dark hair. Mr. BALL. Tell them the size? Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes; I told them--I think I told them about 5'10"-- Mr. BALL. Was he fat or thin? Mr. CALLAWAY. He was just-- Mr. BALL. I mean the man you saw across the street? Mr. CALLAWAY. Just a nice athletic type size boy, I mean. Neither fat nor thin. Mr. BALL. What did you estimate his weight when you talked to the officer before the lineup? Mr. CALLAWAY. I told him it looked to me like around 160 pounds. Mr. BELIN - Taking you back to November 22, 1963, anything unusual happen that day? Mr. BENAVIDES - On the 22d? Mr. BELIN - 22d of November 1963? Mr. BENAVIDES - This would be embarrassing. Was that the day of the Assassination of the President? Mr. BELIN - Yes. Mr. BENAVIDES - I was thinking it was the 24th. Well, nothing except it seemed like a pretty nice day. Mr. BELIN - Do you remember what day of the week it was? Mr. BENAVIDES - I don't remember. Mr. BELIN - Do you remember the day that the President was assassinated? Mr. BENAVIDES - No. Mr. BELIN - Do you remember that he was assassinated in Dallas? Mr. BENAVIDES - Oh, yes; I remember this. Mr. BELIN - When the officers came out there, did you tell them what you had seen? Mr. BENAVIDES - No, sir. Mr. BELIN - What did you do? Mr. BENAVIDES - I left right after. I give the shells to the officer. I turned around and went back and we returned to work. Who is we? Mr. BENAVIDES - Later on that evening, about 4 o'clock, there was two officers came by and asked for me, Mr. Callaway asked me---I had told them that I had seen the officer, and the reporters were there and I was trying to hide from the reporters because they will just bother you all the time. I was just trying to hide from the reporters and everything, and these two officers came around and asked me if I'd seen him, and I told him yes, and told them what I had seen... What time did Poe write his Supplementary Offense Report” The witness who gave him the shells is still unidentified, but two officers go looking for Benevides at 4:00PM. Leavelle identifies him at 6:30. Who were these two officers, and where is their Report? Why didn’t they take Benevides down to the Station? Callaway makes no mention of this 4:00 PM visit. Why does neither Hill nor Poe get the name of the person who handed them the shells?

Far-right 'Moms for Liberty' group demands schools stop exposing kids to 'sexy' pictures of seahorses By Matthew Chapman September 24, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/book-banning/ “On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a far-right group in Williamson County, Tennessee, is demanding schools censor a number of books and subjects — including an unusual demand regarding pictures of marine life.” “Among their demands are that lessons about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ruby Bridges be cut for being divisive, lessons about civil rights crackdowns be cut for "negative views of firemen and police," and lessons about Galileo be revised for being too anti-church. The story of Johnny Appleseed was also condemned as "sad and dark," Greek and Roman mythology for depicting the goddess Venus naked, and textbooks explaining the effects of hurricanes as too violent for first graders. But one of the oddest crusades of the group is against a children's picture book on seahorses, which they believe, according to Weill, "is too sexy."" Galileo? Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. And God, pleas don't ever make me live in Tennessee. Steve Thomas

Doctor says 'selfie wrist' injuries are on the rise by Rusty Blazenhoff 1:03 pm Fri Dec 28, 2018 https://boingboing.net/2018/12/28/doctor-says-selfie-wrist-i.html "I'm feeling sad for humanity. "Selfie wrist" is a thing. According to CBSNewYork, San Francisco doctor Levi Harrison is seeing a rise in an injury caused by "hyper-flexing your wrist inwards to capture the perfect selfie angle." "Selfie wrist" can reportedly cause numbness and a tingling sensation that people feel in their fingers and wrists." Carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers of the world unite!

WC testimony of Marina Oswald February 3, 1964 http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/oswald_m1.htm Mr. RANKIN. Did you ever observe your husband taking the rifle away from the apartment on Neely Street? Mrs. OSWALD. Now, I think that he probably did sometimes, but I never did see it. You must understand that sometimes I would be in the kitchen and he would be in his room downstairs, and he would say bye-bye, I will be hack soon, and he may have taken it. He probably did. Perhaps he purely waited for an occasion when he could take it away without my seeing it. However, on March 3, 1964 Marina told FBI Agents, Wallace Heitman and Anatoly Boguslav that not only had she seen Oswald take the rifle out of the apartment in March, 1963, but that she had gone with him! This is CE1838 https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1139#relPageId=549&tab=page March 3, 1964 I'm sorry, but there is just no reconciling these two. Guess where 1026 N. Beckley is? Steve Thomas

Tracy, Thank you. Steve

The John McAdams witness page appears to be down. It was at: http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/wit.htm Clicking on that link now re-directs you to this site: Kennedy Assassination Home Page https://www.jfk-assassination.net/ Unfortunately, that site does not appear to include various witness's testimony. I kind of liked the old site because it was done up in Word format that you could copy and paste. I also liked it because it included some Affidavits and HSCA testimony. An alternate site for Warren Commission testimony done up in some kind of copy and pasteable Word format can be found here: The John F. Kennedy Assassination Homepage https://www.jfk-assassination.eu/warren/wch/index.php Unfortunately, it is only WC testimony. Steve Thomas

Gil, As near as I can tell, it was civilians who found all of the shells. Benevides finds two and the Davis sisters find two. Why are the police allowing civilians to go traipsing through the crime scene? https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh6/pdf/WH6_Davis.pdf Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir. And we was already outside. We thought maybe we could find some evidence for the police. So we went through the hedge, and by my front door of the apartment where we live, right there in the grass where he dropped them. Mr. BELIN. Had the police started to search around your house yet when they found it? Mrs. DAVIS. Yes ; they already started to search. Mr. BELIN. Did you see her find any other shells? Mrs. DAVIS. I found one after Jeanette, after all the police had gone. 1Mr. BELIN. When did you find yours? Mrs. DAVIS. It was about 10 minutes after all the police had gone. Mr. BELIN. Was that before or after you went tlown to the police station? Mrs. DAVIS. It was before. Mr. BELIN. About when before? Mrs. DAVIS. Well, I would say it was about 2 :30, or 4. Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Davis, when did you say you found this other shell? Mrs. DAVIS. It was about 4. Mr. BELIN. Did you see or know of anyone else finding any other shell? Mrs. Davis. So, sir; not that I remember. Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what you did with your shell when you found it? Mrs. DAVIS. Well, before I picked it up, this boy told me that was walking along with us helping us find, see if we could find anything for evidence, he told me the police would get me if I picked it up by my fingers, and take finger- prints, and I got scared and ran to the house and got a Kleenex tissue and brought back outside and wrapped the shell in. Mr. BELIN. What did you do with it when you wrapped the shell up? Mrs. DAVIS. Jeanette took it and put it in her apartment up on the mantle- board. Mr. BELIN. Then what? Mrs. DAVIS. Then about 5:30 the same day the police called and wanted us to come down and identify him in the lineup. So, she goes out in the yard, specifically to find evidence, then after she find some, she doesn't call the police, she wraps it up and puts it on a mantle. She finds it at 4:00, but the police don't call her until 5:30. Who's the boy? Did he plant it? Mr. BELIN. How far did you get through school? Mrs. DAVIS. The ninth grade. Mr. BELIN. Have you ever been employed at all? Mrs. DAVIS. No. Mr. BELIX. How old are you? Mrs. D-AVIS. Sixteen. Mr. BELIS. Mrs. Davis, how long have you been married? Mrs. DAVIS. Seven months. Steve Thomas

Gil, How many police officers responded to the Tippit shooting? What do you think the chances are, of Virgina Davis finding a shell in the yard after all those police had come and gone? https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh6/pdf/WH6_Davis.pdf Steve Thomas

Matt Braynard is the guy who organized that super duper rally for the January 6th insurrectionists on September 18th. The grift that keeps on giving. Steve Thomas

IMEACH JOE BIDEN Lauren Boebert issues Press Release to Imeach Joe Biden She knows all that stuff Steve Thomas

It's not that Trump lost the election, it's that people cast terrible votes and didn't vote for him. Trump tries to claim vindication after his own audit shows he lost: 'Many votes were terrible, terrible votes!' by Brad Reed September 24, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-arizona-audit-reaction/ “While appearing on the "Real America's Voice" network, Trump said that the final audit results will show that he won the state, even though he really did lose it. "They found many votes that were terrible, terrible votes!" Trump said. "In other words, they found that they were false votes, phantom votes, whatever you want to call them."” Poor baby. Steve Thomas