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Super-rich will be able to buy £8million apartments on the world's largest yacht: Stunning 728ft-long £430m 'floating condo' will have 39 ultra-luxury onboard homes By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor 28 June 2021 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-9726161/Worlds-largest-yacht-unveiled-Somnio-floating-condo-super-rich.html 'Somnio' will launch in 2024, with the apartments spread over six decks - each one fully customisable Owners will have access to a 'spectacular' 10,000-bottle capacity wine cellar and tasting room A lounge in the ship's bow, meanwhile, will provide for 'spectacular views' when sailing in scenic areas The owners will enjoy a life on the ocean waves like no other - enjoying service found only in the finest hotels “'Somnio' will launch in 2024 and, with a length of 222m (728ft), will be easy to spot from the outside. Only a privileged few, though, will get to view the 500million-euro (£430million/$600million) boat from the inside. That's because she'll serve as a jaw-dropping floating condo for the super-rich, offering 39 ultra-luxury apartments starting at 9.5million euros (£8.1million/$11.2million)”. “The identity of the owners will remain a tightly guarded secret, with the chance to buy one of the apartments coming by invitation or referral only.” 'nuff said Steve Thomas

His Insurrection Inside the Oval Office on January 6. By Michael Wolff https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/michael-wolff-landslide-final-days-trump-presidency-excerpt.html A fascinating account of what was going on inside the White House on January 6, 2021. Steve Thomas

- If there was no fraud, why are all these States spending so much time effort exposing it? That's kind of the logic we, as a country, were forced to endure for four years. Steve Thomas

Monero emerges as crypto of choice for cybercriminals Untraceable "privacy coin" is rising in popularity among ransomware gangs. by Hannah Murphy, Financial Times – 6/22/2021 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/monero-emerges-as-crypto-of-choice-for-cybercriminals/?utm_source=digg “For cybercriminals looking to launder illicit gains, bitcoin has long been the payment method of choice. But another cryptocurrency is coming to the fore, promising to help make dirty money disappear without a trace. While bitcoin leaves a visible trail of transactions on its underlying blockchain, the niche “privacy coin” monero was designed to obscure the sender and receiver, as well as the amount exchanged.” Steve Thomas

Trump's going to have a rally tonight in Wellington, OH., population 4,846 (2014 est.). Hope he doesn't leave them out in the field again like he did in Nebraska last year. Steve Thomas

In November, 1963, Kenneth L. Anderton was a Patrolman in the Patrol Division, Second Platoon, Captained by Cecil Talbert. Partnered with John P. Adamcik. Bachelor Exhibit 5002 page 8 of pdf file https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh19/pdf/WH19_Batchelor_Ex_5002.pdf In his after-action Report, Anderton said that on November 22nd, he was on vacation, but that after JFK was shot, Lt. Wells called him and told him to report to work. When he got there, his partner, J. P. Adamcik was “out with other detectives”. DPD Archives Box 3, Folder# 2, Item# 1. http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box3.htm Police Officers Adamcik (7H202), Rose (7H227) and Stovall (7H186) are unanimous in saying that Captain Fritz dispatched them to Irving at 2:30 PM. They are also unanimous in saying that when they arrived at this address at about 3:00 PM, they had to wait for 35-40 minutes for the Deputy Sheriffs to arrive since Irving was outside their jurisdiction. Anderton also took an affidavit from James Worrell. DPD Archives Box 3, Folder# 2, Item# 1. http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box3.htm Anderton and Adamcik talked to Floyd Davis, the owner of the Sportsdrome Gun Range on December 2, 1963. Mr. Harold Price, who worked for Mr. Davis told Davis that Oswald had been at the gun range on November 9th, 10th, and 17th. This report is tacked on to the end of a Report by L.C. Graves. DPD Archives Box 1, Folder# 6, Item# 22 page 2 http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box1.htm On December 1, 1963 Richard Borchgardt (who had appeared in a lineup alongside Lee Harvey Oswald) told Patrolman Kenneth Anderton that he had information that Jack Ruby was involved in a gun running scheme involving Lawrence Miller, et.al. Portal to Texas History John F. Kennedy Memorial Collection https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338950/?q=Anderton Though Anderton is listed in the Batchelor’s Exhibit 5002 as a Patrolman in the Patrol Division, his obituary said that he worked in Homicide. Kenneth L. "Andy" Anderton Dallas Morning News May 21, 2005. http://obits.dallasnews.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=kenneth-l-anderton-andy&pid=3566572 ANDERTON, KENNETH "Andy" L. 72 of Eustace, TX. passed away May 29, in Tyler, TX. Grew up in the Dallas area. Worked for Ford Motor Co. for a short time. Served in the US Marine Corp. as a flight instructor. After the service he joined and retired after 23 years of service with the Dallas Police Force in the homicide department where he was involved in the investigation during the time President Kennedy was assassinated . He left homicide and joined the intelligence division and was involved in many special projects, some with the FBI. He was a Master Mason at the East Dallas #1200 Lodge. After retirement he worked at Cornerstone Granite & Marble where he coordinated the building of the playground at Scottish Rite Hospital. Survived by his wife, Deane Anderton, son, Mark Anderton, step-sons, Michael Wayne & Patrick Wayne, half brother, Phillip Anderton. William Allen Harper gave the Harper fragment to Dallas FBI Agent James W. Anderton. http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/H%20Disk/Harper%20William%20Allen/Item%2001.pdf Any relation to Kenneth L. Anderton? Kenneth L. Anderton wedding photo Dallas Morning News. August 8, 1952 page 11. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11008119/kenneth-l-anderton Compare the Borchgardt/Anderton story to the account of John Elrod in https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WyKEuHna_3CYy8JmWzUWYSLc3PmVpNK_ Page 2 Steve Thomas

State university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefs “Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students.” By Ana Ceballos 06/23/21 https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/# TALLAHASSEE — “In his continued push against the “indoctrination” of students, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation that will require public universities and colleges to survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints to support “intellectual diversity.” The survey will discern “the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented” in public universities and colleges, and seeks to find whether students, faculty and staff “feel free to express beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom,” according to the bill. The measure, which goes into effect July 1, does not specify what will be done with the survey results. But DeSantis and Sen. Ray Rodrigues, the sponsor of the bill, suggested on Tuesday that budget cuts could be looming if universities and colleges are found to be “indoctrinating” students.” Shades of Mao Tse-Tung Steve Thomas

You know, it never occurred to me before; but I don't think that there are any affidavits from these Sheriff's Deputies in the Dallas Police Department Archives. There are Sheriff's Reports, but no formal reports from the Dallas City Police Department that they were interviewed as material witnesses. I wonder why. Steve Thomas

This man is an idiot. How could America have elected him as their President in the first place? Can we go back and impeach someone retroactively for just being completely stupid? Trump issues unhinged new statement about 'winning' Georgia -- and gets quickly shot down by fact checker by Brad Reed June 22, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-georgia-2653492637/ “Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued yet another statement falsely claiming to have won the 2020 presidential election in Georgia -- but a fact checker for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution quickly shot down his false claims. In his statement, Trump praised Georgia officials for removing over 100,000 names from their voter rolls -- but then demanded to know why those names weren't removed before the last election, which he narrowly lost to President Joe Biden. "WHAT ABOUT THE LAST ELECTION?" Trump demanded. "WHY WASN'T THIS DONE PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER 3RD PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, where they had us losing by a very small number of votes, many times less than the 101,789 figure?" Trump then falsely asserted that "this means we (you!) won the Presidential Election in Georgia." However, Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter Mark Niesse explained that Trump's claims have zero basis in reality. "Exactly 0 registered Georgia voters who may be canceled voted in last year's election," he explained. "Voters aren't purged until they miss 2 general elections. Federal law bans list maintenance within 90 days of federal elections."” Steve Thomas

All I know is that the people who identified the rifle as a Mauser were all Sheriff's Deputies; Eugene Boone, Seymour Weitizman, Roger Craig. Once the Dallas City Police Department personnel arrived on the scene, the County Sheriff Department Deputies were told to leave and go back to work, and the Mauser became a Carcano. Steve Thomas

John, We don't know how much time elapsed between the time the limo passed him, and the time he turned to go back to the courthouse. He may have stood around the corner for a while watching other cars in the motorcade, or just sitting around jawing with the other deputy he was with, Bill Hutton. He told the WC that, "I immediately ran toward the President's car. Of course, it was speeding away...". The car wasn't speeding anywhere while it was still on Houston. A question for me is, was Seymour Weitzman the Deputy Sheriff who was with DPD Office Joe Marshal Smith when Smith encountered a Secret Service Agent behind the Grassy Knoll? DPD Officer, Joe Marshal Smith: Smith told the Warren Commission that, “Of course, I wasn't alone. There was some deputy sheriff with me, and I believe one Secret Service man when I got there. Smith told author Anthony Summers that he had. As he said to Summers, “The man, this character produced credentials from his hip pocket which showed him to be Secret Service. I have seen those credentials before, and they satisfied me and the deputy sheriff.” Deputy Weitzman told Warren Commission Counsel Joseph Ball that at the time of the assassination, he was standing at the corner of Main And Houston Sts. At the sound of the shots, he immediately ran into Dealey Plaza and scaled the wall that runs between the railroad tracks and the Elm St. Extension. Counsel Ball asked him if he noticed anything in the railroad yards. Weitzman answered, “We noticed numerous kinds of footprints that did not make sense because they were going different directions”. Mr. Ball asked if there were other people there. Weitzman replied, “Yes, sir; other officers, Secret Service as well..." Steve Thomas

" "Happy Father's Day to all, including the Radical Left, RINOs, and other Losers of the world." - Donald J. Trump -

Tony, I personally think that somebody screwed up and planted the wrong kind of shells. The shells were discovered, photographed. bagged and tagged and entered into evidence at 1:06. The rifle wasn't entered into evidence until 1:22. They had to make the rifle fit the shells. Steve Thomas

Gil, Nice to see you again. Steve Thomas

I can't wait for the first Proud Boy to sue Tucker Carlson for calling him an FBI Agent. Steve Thomas

Arizona voting data taken to so-called 'lab' in remote Montana Anderson Cooper 360 "CNN's Gary Tuchman takes a closer look why Arizona voting data has been taken by truck to a property near Bigfork, Montana." https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/17/arizona-montana-election-audit-ac360-tuchman-pkg-vpx.cnn As Arizona Secretary of State. Katie Hobbs says, "You can't make this stuff up". Steve Thomas

Full list of Republicans who voted "no" to awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the Capitol https://www.newsweek.com/gop-vote-capitol-police-gold-medals-insurrection-1601129 Andy Biggs, Arizona Lauren Boebert, Colorado Michael Cloud, Texas Andrew Clyde, Georgia Warren Davidson, Ohio Matt Gaetz, Florida Louie Gohmert, Texas Bob Good, Virginia Paul Gosar, Arizona Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Andy Harris, Maryland Jody Hice, Georgia Thomas Massie, Kentucky Mary Miller, Illinois Barry Moore, Alabama Ralph Norman, South Carolina Scott Perry, Pennsylvania John Rose, Tennessee Matt Rosendale, Montana Chip Roy, Texas Greg Steube, Florida Remember their names. Steve Thomas

Benjamin, For me, the strongest argument for two shooters has always been the number of shots that missed, not the number of shots that hit. If more than one shot missed, you have at least four shots, which is too many for one gun in the time allotted. Mrs. BAKER. Well, after he passed us, then we heard a noise and I thought it was firecrackers, because I saw a shot or something hit the pavement. Mrs. BAKER. No; I couldn't see the sign because I was angled--we were stepping out in the street then and it was approximately along in here, I presume, the first sign--I don't know which one it is, but I saw the bullet hit on down this way, I guess, right at the sign, angling out. Mr. LIEBELER. You think the bullet hit the street, only it was farther out in the street? Mrs. BAKER. Yes. Mr. LIEBELER. Even though you couldn't see the sign, you could see this thing hit the street near the sign? Mrs. BAKER. Yes, sir. Mrs. BAKER. This was a big sign here and there was a small one here. Mr. LIEBELER. And you think that it was approximately near the first sign? Mrs. BAKER. As I can remember, it was. Mrs. BAKER. It was approximately in the middle of the lane I couldn't be quite sure, but I thought it was in the middle or somewhere along in there could even be wrong about that but I could have sworn it that day. Mr. LIEBELER. You thought it was sort of toward the middle of the lane? Mrs. BAKER. Toward the middle of the lane. Mr. LIEBELER. Of the left-hand lane going toward the underpass; is that correct? Mrs. BAKER. Yes. Mr. LIEBELER. Where was the thing that you saw hit the street in relation to the President's car? I mean, was it in front of the car, behind his car, by the side of his car or was it close to the car? Mrs. BAKER. I thought it was--well--behind it. Mr. LIEBELER. Had the car already gone by when you saw this thing hit in the street? Mrs. BAKER. Yes. Richard Carr: They came from the -- from where I was standing at the new courthouse, they came from in this direction here, behind this picket fence, and one knocked a bunch of grass up along in this area here (indicating), this area here is flat, looking at it from here, but the actual way it is, it is on a slope up this way and you could tell from the way it knocked it up that the bullet came from this direction (indicating). FURTHER RECROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. DYMOND: Q: Just a couple of questions. Mr. Carr, is it your testimony that you saw this bullet furrowing through the grass? A: I saw the grass come up. Q: You saw the grass come up? A: Yes. Mr. TAGUE And I ducked behind the post when I realized somebody was shooting after the third shot. After the third shot, I ducked behind the bridge abutment... And I says, "Well, you know now, I recall something sting me on the face while I was standing down there." And the patrolman said, "Well, I saw something fly off back on the street." And he said, "Where were you standing?" And I says, "Right down here." We walked 15 feet away when this deputy sheriff said, "Look here on the curb." There was a mark quite obviously that was a bullet, and it was very fresh. From David Joseph in The Education Forum 2/4/2019 https://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/25494-trying-to-understand-this-bronson-frame/page/8/?tab=comments#comment-393747 "Royce Skelton (on top of the triple overpass), December 17, 1963: “Mr. Skelton noticed that as an open limousine turned on Elm Street, it had moved approximately one hundred feet at which time he noticed dust spray up from the street in front of the car on the driver’s side. This dust spray came from the direction of the Texas School Book Depository building.” [FBI report: CD205] Austin Miller (on top of the triple overpass), December 18, 1963: “He heard three shots and also noticed a powder dust spray in the street directly to the driver’s side and rear of the car.” [FBI report: CD205]" From Bill Simpich in the Education Forum 12/31/20 https://educationforum.ipbhost.com/topic/26874-the-wallet-at-the-tippit-scene-a-simpler-solution/ "Patrolman J. W. Foster told the WC he saw a bullet strike the turf right alongside the concrete by a manhole cover - there is supposed to be an arrow pointing to the mark, according to the transcript. (Can you see any mark - I can't?) Also see Mark Oakes' video, start it at 2:00 with Patrolman Foster's statement, and the location as reported in the 11/23/63 Fort Worth Star-Telegram at 4:35 (also see Jim Marrs, Crossfire, p. 315) - but the Warren Commission refused to believe it. On 11/22/63, while serving on jury duty, Edna Hartman and her husband Wallace saw two parallel holes while standing near a manhole cover. She and her husband went back on Sunday the 24th, but the grass was trampled over and they could not find the holes again. Her report was taken months later, 8/10/64, by two FBI officers - one was Robert Barrett! The Hartmans had been downtown for jury duty, and responded late in response to a public appeal. Edna Hartman told Jim Marrs that a policeman on the scene told her the shots came from the grassy knoll. She asked the cop if the two parallel marks she was looking at were gopher holes, and the policeman said, "no ma'am, that's where the bullets struck the ground." (Marrs, Crossfire, pp. 315-316). Cameraman Harry Cabluck photographed the scene and saw more than one gouge on the ground. He was told the gouges were formed by a bullet (or bullets?). He took his photos hours later and never saw a slug. (Marrs, at 315; also see Sprague who documents the Cabluck photos) Cabluck is still alive. Robert Groden never got access to the early generation Cabluck photos. But Barrett's report quotes them as saying the shots came from the TSBD, not the grassy knoll, and that a "bystander" - not a policeman - supported that view." Steve Thomas

Joe, No, the last part was my disgusted editorial comment. She did say the part about "taking matters in their own hands". Steve

Lara Trump could be facing 20 years in prison for inciting vigilante violence on Fox News: report by Bob Brigham June 12, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/lara-trump-2653362450/ “Lara Trump could be in legal jeopardy after suggesting vigilante violence while being interviewed by Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro. “"And I don't know what you tell the people that live at the southern border," she said. "I guess they better arm up and get guns and be ready — and maybe they're going to have to start taking matters into their own hands."” And to think that, up until recently, this woman was running for U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Old Eric married well I see. "Kill 'em all", I say. "Let's just round 'em all up and take 'em out in the middle of a field somewhere and have a mass shooting of our own". "That'll fix 'em". "Want to fix crime in the big cities"? "Got a problem with your neighbor's dog pooping in your front yard? Call Lara Trump. She knows what to do Steve Thomas

Chuck, Because of his outspoken opposition to DeGaulle, in the Nov - Dec, 1960 timeframe, Souetre was presented with a choice: either accept a transfer from Algeria back to France, or face arrest. He took the transfer, but in January, 1961 deserted from the Air Force and established a "Maquis" or French/Algerian Underground in Oran, Algeria. (Souetre deserted in January, 1961. Went to the farm of Robert Martel.) I'll give you this link, but I think it's broken now: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.piedsnoirs-aujourdhui.com/histoir73.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DOAS%2Bprison%2Bde%2BBarberousse%26start%3D10%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D736 "February 15, 1961 in Oran, near Mostaganem, about 80 km north-east of Oran, a first maquis "French Algeria" is established by two senior officers: its founder is Count Andrew Bush Montpeyroux, reserve captain in the (severely wounded honor of the 2nd World War 2 Military Cross, Military Medal, Legion, ex Corps Francs and those of the Resistance) head of SAS in 1957. The leader of the commando is the captain of the Air Force Jean-René Souêtre former Groupement des Commandos Skydivers Air (5 citations 2 to order the army, Cross of Military Valour, Legion of Honor), which has a band of twenty soldiers and civilians (René Villard and network France Resurrection) … ...the maquis is surrounded February 23, 1961 by gendarmes that capture 9 thereof, the count and the captain, some of his men fled with 400 weapons and are based in other maquis training." Over the evening hours of February21 - February 22, 1961 Souetre, Bruce de Montpeyroux, three sergeants and five civilians were arrested at Bouguirat in Mostaganem. On December 17, 1961 all the members of the Maquis were put on trial. Here is a link to the newspaper article I referenced, but that link is now broken too: http://adimad.info/galerie/MAQUISBOURGUIRAT/Maquis_Sou_tre_2 Of the names I cross-referenced, I only found one who had both been at the trial in December, 1961 and who was also listed as one of the escapees from the prison camp in February, 1962. That was Albert LeFevre. The CIA produced a document that had the names of some of the members of that Maquis in Algeria: HSCA Segregated CIA Collection XIST CE NE OF "ALGERIE FRANCAISE" MAQUIS IN ALGERIA CONFIRMED BY ARREST https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=110453&relPageId=3 Steve Thomas

Chris, I kind of doubt it, or at least it's pretty difficult. I once tried (with the help of Denis Morissette). to obtain the list of prisoners who were on trial in December, 1961 with Jean-Rene Souetre from the French equivalent of our National Archives. I was told that it was classified. You have to place your request in French. They don't accept requests in English. I was trying to cross reference that list of names with the list of people who escaped with him from the French prison camp in February, 1962. I later found the trial list in a newspaper article. Steve Thomas

Trump’s North Carolina rally playlist stuns CNN anchors. The Titanic? Voices in Your Head? This is funny. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/07/the-soundtrack-of-trump-rallies-keilar-berman-newday-sot-vpx.cnn Steve Thomas

David, Is this the tale of the two chins? Lions, and tigers and back yard photos, oh my! *grin* Steve Thomas

Macron gets slapped in the face by a man shouting, "Down With Macron". https://twitter.com/AlexpLille/status/1402237903376367627 Steve Thomas