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

Forget the dead guy from Venezuela, or the Chinese Communists. We now bring you the real conspriacy: ITALYGATE Frantic Mark Meadows pushed DOJ to investigate election conspiracy claims during Trump's last days: report by Tom Boggioni June 05, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-election-conspiracy/ “The [New York] Times came into possession of five emails dated during the last weeks of December and early January, where Meadows implored acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to intercede on the president's behalf as he attempted to cling to power. According to the Times' Katie Benner, Meadow's emails asked the DOJ "... to examine debunked claims of election fraud in New Mexico and an array of baseless conspiracies that held that Mr. Trump had been the actual victor. That included a fantastical theory that people in Italy had used military technology and satellites to remotely tamper with voting machines in the United States and switch votes for Mr. Trump to votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr." The report notes that Rosen rebuffed Meadows' entreaties while noting, that Rosen, "... had refused to broker a meeting between the F.B.I. and a man who had posted videos online promoting the Italy conspiracy theory, known as Italygate."” Steve Thomas

Tony, Something I have never been able to understand... Domingo Benevides walks up to J.M. Poe, hand him two bullets in a cigarette package and say's "Here are the bullets that killed the officer." Poe hands them to Pete Barnes of the Crime Lab, who is onsite with a fingerprint kit, dusting Tippits car for fingerprints, and Barnes does not dust the shell casings for prints. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/poe.htm Mr. BALL. Domingo told you who was running across the lawn? Mr. POE. A man, white man. Mr. BALL. What was he doing? Mr. POE. He was unloading his pistol as he run. Mr. BALL. And what did he say? Mr. POE. He said he picked the two hulls up. Mr. BALL. Did he hand you the hulls? Mr. POE. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. Did you put any markings on the hulls? Mr. POE. I couldn't swear to it; no, sir. Mr. BALL. What did you do with the hulls? Mr. POE. I turned the hulls into the crime lab, which was at the scene. Mr. BALL. Do you know the name of the man with the crime lab or from the crime lab? Mr. POE. I couldn't swear to it. I believe Pete Barnes, but I wouldn't swear to it. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/barnes.htm Mr. BELIN. Anything else that you did out at the crime scene? Mr. BARNES. I photographed the scene; yes. There was a couple of hulls that was turned over to me. Mr. BELIN. Do you mean empty shell casings? Mr. BARNES. Empty .38 caliber hulls was turned over to me at the scene by patrolman--I believe I would be safe in saying Poe, but I am not sure about that. Mr. BELIN. How do you spell that? Mr. BARNES. P-o-e, I believe is the way he spells it. Mr. BELIN. You think he was the one that turned over some shells? Mr. BARNES. I believe it is. I am not too sure right now, but I believe that is what is on the report. I would have to check it to be sure. Mr. BELIN. What did you do when you got to the scene? Mr. BARNES. The first thing that I did was to check the right side of Tippit's car for fingerprints. 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". http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/benavide.htm Mr. BELIN - What else did you see? Mr. BENAVIDES - Then I seen the man turn and walk back to the sidewalk and go on the sidewalk and he walked maybe 5 foot and then kind of stalled. He didn't exactly stop. And he threw one shell and must have took five or six more steps and threw the other shell up, and then he kind of stepped up to a pretty good trot going around the corner. Poe's after-action report dated 11/22/63 DPD Archives, Box 1, Folder# 4, Item# 5 http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box1.htm 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”. Steve Thomas

The 139 Republicans Who Lied, Fueled An Insurrection And Then Voted To Cover It Up Don’t forget the names of these GOP lawmakers who chose Donald Trump over American democracy. Twice. By Jennifer Bendery https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-january-6-insurrection_n_60b134a7e4b0ead279685a40 “It’s also no coincidence that of the 147 House and Senate Republicans who voted in January to overturn the election, 139 of them also just voted to stop an independent commission from investigating the insurrection. It’s all connected. They attacked democracy in January and capped it off last week with a second attack on democracy, all in plain sight and with the intention of preserving the lie. Here are the names of all 139 Republicans in Congress who sided with Trump and his lie instead of protecting American democracy. Twice.:” (Read article for list) Steve Thomas

The only thing that will protect Donald Trump from being indicted is the power of the Presidency. He has to believe, or at least get his base to believe, is that he will be re-instated to the office in the near future. I wonder if indictments are coming that soon. Michael Cohen believes so. Steve Thomas

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1399707794375426051 Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT "Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August (no that isn’t how it works but simply sharing the information)." I wonder what Trump knows, that we don't know yet. Is there trouble coming down the pike this summer? Steve Thomas

Tony, What "little boy" came in that room, and then went back to work? The only person in this case screwier than Helen Markham is Mary Bledsoe. http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/bledsoe.htm The testimony of Mary E. Bledsoe was taken at 9:30 a.m., on April 2, 1964, Mr. BALL - But, before you go into that, I notice you have been reading from some notes before you. Mrs. BLEDSOE - Well, because I forget what I have to say. Mr. BALL - When did you make those notes? Mrs. BLEDSOE - What day did I make them? Miss DOUTHIT - When Mr. Sorrels and I were talking about her going to Washington, he made the suggestion that she put all the things down on paper because she might forget something, and I said, "Mary, you put everything on a piece of paper so that you can remember it and you won't forget anything, you know, what happened," and that's when she started making notes. Mr. BALL - You have made the notes in the last week? Mrs. BLEDSOE - Yes. Miss DOUTHIT - At my suggestion and Mr. Sorrels. Mr. BALL - You didn't make any notes during the week he was there? Mrs. BLEDSOE - No; I didn't pay any attention to him. Mr. BALL - Now, when did you see Oswald again? Mrs. BLEDSOE - Well, I went down to the parade. Oh, when was the parade? The 22d of---the next---22d of February---when was the parade? Mr. BALL - The 22d of November the President came to Dallas. She talks about Oswald getting on the bus, and then getting off. Mr. BALL - Was there traffic? Was the traffic heavy? Mrs. BLEDSOE - Oh, it was awful in the city, and then they had roped off that around where the President was killed, shot, and we were the first car that come around there, and then all of us were talking about the man, and we were looking up to see where he was shot and looking---and then they had one man and taking him already got him in jail, and we got----"Well, I am glad they found him." If the passengers on Bledsoe's bus were talking about the police having picked somebody up for shooting JFK, she couldn't have seen Oswald. He was long gone at that point. Mr. BALL - Uh-huh. Now, did you ever see Oswald in a lineup? Mrs. BLEDSOE - No. Mr. BALL - Never did see Oswald after he was arrested? Mrs. BLEDSOE - Not after he got off the bus; no. Mr. BALL - But, you looked at the pictures of Oswald? Mrs. BLEDSOE - Yes. Mr. BALL - Showed you the pictures of Oswald? Mrs. BLEDSOE - The man down at the police station, he had a picture of him with a gun, and said, "Do you recognize him?" And I said, "Yes; it is Oswald." That is the one that I remember him. Mr. BALL - Do you know the name of the man who showed you the picture of the man with the gun? 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 - Had you ever seen him wear this shirt before, when he was around your house? Mrs. BLEDSOE - No. Mr. BALL - First time you ever saw the shirt was when you saw him on the bus? Mrs. BLEDSOE - Uh-huh. When she went down to the police station to give a statement, they showed her a picture of Oswald with a gun, which didn't come into evidence until Saturday the 23rd. She only recognized CE 150, because it was the shirt the police, at some point, brought out to her house. Steve Thomas

Single frame from 'alien autopsy' film recorded in aftermath of 1947 UFO crash in Roswell is being sold as an NFT - with an opening bid of $1MILLION https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9636873/Controversial-1947-alien-autopsy-film-sold-NFT.html "The auction is being conducted by Rarible, which bills itself as the 'largest decentralized, creator-centric NFT marketplace for a variety of multimedia content The NFT made from the original, controversial, 1947 Alien Autopsy film. It has a starting bid of 450 ethereum, or more than $1 million." Steve Thomas

Not again: Maricopa County, Ariz. could be heading toward a second election audit by Meaghan Ellis, AlterNet May 29, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-audit-2653144547/ “According to Arizona Central, the audit could be conducted for a second time. On Friday, May 28, the Republican-led Arizona state Senate came close to signing off on a second deal to conduct another recount. For the second audit, digitized images of ballots would be used as opposed to paper ballots. Although the Florida-based firm Cyber Ninjas conducted the first audit, this time the county plans to employ the non-profit organization, Citizens Oversight. However, the organization is relatively similar to Cyber Ninjas as it also has no known experience in ballot auditing prior to getting involved in former President Donald Trump's post-election legal battle.” “During an interview with the publication, Ray Lutz, the group's founder, spoke out with details about the impending second audit as he shared details about his auditing technology, "AuditEngine." "I think it is certainly a big test for me because I have put a lot of work on it for the last year and a half or so," Lutz said. "We have enhanced it to the point now where I believe we can do a lot to provide information about how well (this election) went." However, he did later admit that "sometimes we see mistakes that are made, on our side." "This is a new system that is valuable for the public to have and we can use for examining these elections and finding out what happened," Lutz said. He told the paper he would accept outside donations — but not from political organizations or "crazies." Oh, well that's good to know. Steve Thomas

Ron, MSNBC anchor, Lawrence O'Donnell said that the Senate is the only place in the world that the score can be 59 to 1 and the team that has 59 loses. Steve Thomas

https://www.neatorama.com/2021/05/27/CIA-Bay-of-Pigs-Victory-Coin/ “On April 17, 1961, a small army of 1,500 Cuban exiles backed by the US government landed at the Bay of Pigs in the hope of overthrowing the Castro regime. To prepare for this great event that would doubtlessly be the start of a successful military campaign, the CIA struck commemorative coins.” Artifact Details https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifact/bay-of-pigs-victory-coin/ “This silver coin commemorating an anticipated (but never realized) Bay of Pigs victory features an outline of Cuba with a rebel invader advancing past a fallen member of Castro’s military in the foreground. The reverse side prominently displays a cross, shield, and the flag of Cuba with the phrases “Crusade to Free Cuba” and “There will be no end but victory.” Steve Thomas

"This is America; the land of the home and freedom range." Georgia Governor, Brian Kemp https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1397711721373048836 He knows all this stuff. Steve Thomas

As US pulls out of Afghanistan, China sees opportunities -- and potential for chaos by James Griffiths and Nectar Gan, CNN May 14, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/china/china-afghanistan-central-asia-mic-intl-hnk/index.html “Speaking at a forum of Central Asian leaders this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing supports the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and stands ready to play a role in promoting future "stability and development." Days earlier, however, a spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry had criticized the "recent abrupt US announcement of complete withdrawal of forces," saying this had "led to a succession of explosive attacks throughout the country, worsening the security situation and threatening peace and stability as well as people's life and safety." These contrasting statements are indicative of how Beijing is torn between seizing the potential opportunity presented by the United States finally pulling out of Afghanistan, and the widespread -- and well founded -- fear that the country could plunge once again into civil war and chaos. China is normally loathe to support any foreign intervention on principle, but unlike the Iraq War, which Beijing vociferously opposed, China's leaders were quietly supportive of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, signing on to a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the Taliban for harboring al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, and calling for a new government. This was in large part due to a recognition that under the Taliban, Afghanistan had become a source of instability on China's border, hosting not only militant groups targeting the West, but also alleged Uyghur extremist organizations seeking an independent Xinjiang, including one that Beijing would blame for numerous terrorist attacks in China during the 1990s and 2000s.” Steve Thomas

“God works in mysterious ways” Police: Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel left student with bruise, kicked him in testicles By Jonathan Shorman, Katie Bernard, and Sarah Ritter May 25, 2021 https://www.kansascity.com/article251666688.html “Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel said “God works in mysterious ways” when confronted by law enforcement officers over a bruise he allegedly gave a student while he was substitute teaching in April, according to a newly-released court document. The Wellsville Republican faces three misdemeanor battery charges involving two approximately 16-year-old victims from an April 28 incident at the city’s high school. Numerous videos taken by students that day show Samsel ranting about God, the Bible, masturbation and suicide. One student told police Samsel kicked him in the crotch.” These Republican Congressmen don’t mess around. They cut right to the chase. Steve Thomas

I didn't know whether to put this here, or in the Unacknowledged Thread. QAnon Crowd Convinced UFOs Are a Diversion From Voter Fraud “They want you talking about aliens because they don’t want you talking about Maricopa,” Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson tweeted. by Will Sommer May. 25, 2021 https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-crowd-convinced-ufos-are-a-diversion-from-voter-fraud?ref=home For “ufologists,” long mocked as tinfoil hat-wearers obsessed with little green men, some measure of vindication may finally be at hand. But for many UFO enthusiasts on the right, this new round of UFO disclosures is nothing to cheer about. Instead, they’re claiming the new videos of possible UFO sightings are meant to distract people from Donald Trump’s baseless voter fraud allegations and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s no doubt that this mainstream UFO disclosure push is offering a convenient distraction for the Deep State to turn our attention away from important issues like the Scamdemic and the election fraud getting exposed,” Jordan Sather, a UFO and QAnon conspiracy theorist, complained on social media network Telegram on May 19.” All those UFO videos are faked doncha know. Steve Thomas

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Keyvan, I poked around a little bit and was surprised to learn that it wasn't Tomlinson who actually found the bullet. It was found by an elevator inspector named Nathan Pool, who gave it to Tomlinson. Home/ Archive/ Documents/ JFK Assassination Documents/ Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB)/ ARRB Electronic Records/ ARRB Electronic Files of Team A/ PDF version: 231K FORENSIC_PROJECT.MEM Page 7 https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=208889#relPageId=7&search=%22Darrell_Tomlinson%22 HSCA_TAPES.WPD https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=206113#relPageId=1&search="Nathan_Pool" Steve Thomas

I have to tell you that I get the willies every time I see a reference to Martinsburg. That's where I went the last three years of high school back in the late 60's. Steve Thomas

David, It's not only that. The Secretary of State is not going to accept the results of any future election totaled on those voting machines. Who knows what malware has been planted on them? The people of Phoenix and Maricopa County have been instantly dis-enfranchised until they get all their voting machines replaced. They have also been photographing the actual ballots. Who knows where those photographs have been uploaded? Steve Thomas

The people of Arizona are going to be on the hook for millions of dollars. From Arizona Secretary of State, Hobbs: Way to go guys! Steve Thomas

Report from Charles Batchelor to Chief J. E. Curry, November 30, 1963. Page: 41 of 70. Page 20 of this Report. The Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338584/m1/41/?q=Lumpkin Lumpkin must have missed this incident by just a couple minutes. I wonder if any of the officers he spoke to at the corner of Houston and Elm mentioned it to him. Steve Thomas

Fed-up Arizona Republican erupts at Trump fans who claim their ballots were fed to chickens by Brad Reed May 18, 2021 https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-election-conspiracies/ “Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County Recorder, said that he and his fellow state GOP officials are tired of being falsely accused of plotting to install President Joe Biden in the White House by assorted methods of trickery and subterfuge. "It was one thing with the audit when they were looking at UV lights and looking for bamboo fibers in the paper," he said. "But when they just accused us too many times of breaking the law, they defamed our good employees too many times, they've defamed the hard-working people here. We're all humans, and we have our limits!" Berman noted that some Trump fans have even claimed that state elections officials shredded their ballots, fed them to chickens, and then had the chickens incinerated to cover up the evidence.” Dirty commie Democrats. Whad'd the little chickens ever do to them? Steve Thomas