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50 to 75 million Americans viewed some or all of the Biden/Trump debate. They watched Trump lie over and over and over again as he always does. Major lies. They saw him call Biden personal insulting names...as he always does. Trump actually called Biden a "Manchurian Candidate!" If you saw either version of that film, you know how traitor suggesting extreme and dangerously inciting that comparison charge was. They heard Trump make laughably inane claims of grandeur about himself such as how many "top people" think his presidency was "the greatest in history!" Biden wonderfully and quick-wittedly countered that laughably ludicrous and outrageously baseless claim by Trump with a documented "opposite" take on Trump's presidency by 154 "accredited presidential historians" that in unison publicly proclaimed Trump's presidency was the "worst" in presidential history! The expression on Trump's face when Biden stated this was cringingly priceless. A fool's smile when exposed as a lying fool. Trump looked and sounded as he always does. A delusional and outrageously lying narcissist to a psychopathic degree...imo. Still, the bigger impact of the debate was Biden's palpable decline in vigor, sharpness and increase in feebleness. He looked so weakly vulnerable. Way too vulnerable in most viewers opinion. And when seeing Biden looking so frail and weak and confused as he is today at the age of 81 ( and turning 82 right after the election ), the rational thought most would have in mind would be the probability that he can only decline "even more" in the next 4 years. I voted for Biden and will again if he doesn't step away. However, I feel there is an irreparable loss of support for Biden in the area of enthusiasm after his disastrous showing in the debate. And one of the contributing political commentators on one of the national TV news shows said something very true and enlightening yesterday regards Biden's immediate effort to counter the massive damage from his debate showing. Biden had a next morning rally in North Carolina where he tried to show how vigorous and strong he really is versus the previous night's showing. Yes, he did appear noticeably sharper and alert. But, the TV news show contributing commentator pointed out the reality of this " I'm as tough and sharp as ever folks " damage control effort on Biden's part. Probably less than 1% of the 50+ million viewers who watched the debate saw or even heard of this "comeback" rally speech Biden made in North Carolina. All the 50 million national TV debate watchers know is what they saw on Thursday evening. Biden's effort to counter that powerful negative impression crisis will not have any meaningful effect imo. The damage is done. That debate and Biden's weak and fragile performance in it was that powerfully impacting.

CNN OPINION EDITORIAL TODAY: 02:33 Editor’s Note: Jay Parini, a poet and novelist, teaches at Middlebury College. His most recent book is “Borges and Me,” a memoir of his travels in the highlands of Scotland with Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges in 1971. The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion at CNN. CNN — Dear Joe, I write to you urgently, as your old neighbor from Scranton. My mother was your babysitter, and you and I sat at my kitchen table many decades ago. I’ve been your admirer for years, sending you checks, knocking on doors and writing pieces supporting you. Jay Parini Courtesy Oliver Parini Few leaders in American history have had your big heart or sense of moderation. You rescued this country from disaster in 2021, returning us to a sense of normalcy after a brutal insurrection, featuring a crazed mob who smashed the windows of the Capitol and threatened to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence. You assisted an economy in freefall, helping us end a pandemic that killed over 1 million people in the US alone, making it one of the worst-affected wealthy countries globally. You ushered in crucial support for infrastructure. You, Joe, pushed through the Safer Communities Act, which included the most significant gun control measures in nearly thirty years. Crime has fallen and continues to fall, despite Trump’s rhetoric to the contrary, and you’ve been trying to tame sticky inflation with some success — consumer prices have slowly but steadily dropped under your leadership. You marshalled support among our allies for Ukraine. And our country is deeply admired around the world for its leadership in technology, its strong military, its enviable research universities and a hugely influential entertainment industry, according to Pew. This is all good. But you’re an old man now, like me. I know what it’s like to summon the energy to move forcefully through the day. Our bodies don’t cooperate as they once did. Sometimes it hurts even to get up in the morning. Opinion: The real loser in Thursday’s debate Sadly, that was evident to me from the moment you walked — dazed and confused — onto the debate stage Thursday in Atlanta against former President Donald Trump. You seemed ancient, pale and fragile. You almost groped your way to the podium. Your speech was halting, often incoherent. Your jokes fell flat, badly timed, out of context. You let crazy Donald lie with impunity and snicker at your responses. I found myself weeping. Weeping for you. Weeping for our nation. You’re a man of huge integrity, Joe, and you must — you MUST — stand down. Do it for your country and your party. The threat of another four years of Trump, a grifter and con man, is existential. Democracy really is at stake: Trump tried to subvert the 2020 election and overthrow our government. He did everything in his power to confuse his followers, making them believe he really was elected four years ago. If Trump returns to the White House, he will give Russian President Vladimir Putin free rein to crush the poor Ukrainians and anyone else who annoys him. He will give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a blank check. NATO will be imperiled. He will slap massive tariffs on imported goods from China and elsewhere, driving up inflation, as economists suggest. He may put more right-wing judges on the Supreme Court, and women can forget about abortion rights for good. Guns will proliferate, as they did under Trump’s first term in office. He will work to make the public think that global warming is a big hoax, destroying progress in this crucial work of fighting climate change. On and on. Disaster looms. It’s on you, Joe, to listen to the leaders of your party. Speaking of which, if Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are not on their way to the White House today, they should be swiftly removed from office for dereliction of duty. It’s their job to see that the party puts forward the best person who can win in November, and if they don’t, the election of Trump should land squarely in their laps. It’s beyond time for wise heads to surround you with love, Joe. They must tell you that, for the sake of the country (not to say your own legacy, which is on the brink of ruin): It’s the moment to step down. The lesson of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s desperate effort to cling to power when her resignation, under President Barack Obama, would have allowed for a good judge to replace her should be echoing in your head. Don’t let yourself be remembered as Joe Bader Biden. You’ve done your work, and you’ve done it well. The nation is stronger because of you. But we need a brokered, open convention — as in the old days, when this was the norm. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker and others — just to pluck a few obvious names from the hat — should make a case for themselves. The best available Democrat should stand against Trump in November. Any of them should be able to wipe the floor with him. I’m sorry it’s come to this. But it has. We both share what I like to think of as Scranton values. We grew up among hard-working ordinary people who understood that this is a country based on equality. Our neighbors were Irish, Italian, Ukrainian and Lebanese immigrants. We believed in this place called the United States of America, where values and character matter. Be the great man you are, Joe, the one we’ve seen in action and admired for many decades. We salute you. It’s tough, I’m sure. But your final act of greatness lies right before you now. Do it. Withdraw. Respectfully, Jay

Pete...I'm jealous! Well, we all know that whoever the Babushka Lady standing so close to JFK's limo during the shooting was, she had a camera in her hands and it looks like she took a picture or two right then. I think one would "expect" her camera and film to be confiscated by some police department or agency because of the probability of her pictures showing valuable up-close images of the head shot. I always wondered however why Zapruder got paid $150,000 ( 1 and 1/2 million or more in today's dollars ) for his film footage and as far as I know no other person received a penny for their still pictures or moving film. Zapruder's heirs also were paid 16 MILLLION just a little while back for the film again? Wow! Heck, most pictures and cameras confiscated were never even returned to their owners!

A bad singer? Are you KIDDING ME! That was beautiful! Especially without any accompanying music and for someone her age! And she's still VERY attractive, even at her age! Beverly...YOU GO GIRL! I would have flipped for her if I met her in 1963.

Coincidentally Jim Marrs loved going to Jack Ruby's strip club as a young man. He famously got pretty lit one time and accepted a strippers offer to come up on stage with her and be the goof ball in a part of her stripping act. Go Jimmy Mars!

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MC, I thought Beverly was pretty good myself. I loved her rendition of "Amazing Grace" played in a documentary featuring her. And who wasn't a "gold digger" back in Dallas in those days? Everybody was trying to make a buck. Beverly always wanted the limelight. So did all of Ruby's stripper girls. The biggest gold digger of all in the huge cast of JFKA event characters was Lee Oswald's mother...Margeurite.

Beverly Oliver clearly liked attention. She dropped out of high school and at the young age of just 17 is hanging out at strip clubs into the wee hours of the night and occasionally being allowed to sing in them? She loved the action, the energy, she liked hanging with the older stripper ladies. Most girls her age ( back in 1963 Dallas ) were probably at home doing their homework and considered going to a movie or burger joint with their boyfriends the height of excitement. But not Beverly Oliver. That wasn't fast enough for her. Little boys stuff. Beverly was a big boned girl who looked older than her age. Texas blond and with a very attractive face. I think she was not short, if anything a little taller than average. I've seen the most well known picture of the back of the Babushka lady next to Charles Brehm. She is wearing a light colored scarf over her head. She definitely has the wider body and thicker legs of a big boned woman. So, physically ( from the back ) the build fits Beverly. And for sure we see her holding a camera up to her upper facial area. Still photo camera? Video camera? The experts could tell. And she certainly did get a shot of JFK's limo just as it passed in front of her if in this photo she snaps the shutter. I just took another look at the famous pics ( 2 different pics) of the women who some say is the same "Babushka" woman. One is of a lady crossing Elm toward the grassy knoll area from across the street with a crowd of other people around doing the same thing. The other one is of a light colored scarf adorned, gray colored coat wearing, big boned woman standing in front of Charles Brehm right during the shooting. This camera holding woman is positioned closer to JFK's limo than Brehm! She probably did get a great shot of JFK's limo right as he was being shot. That photo would be just as sought after as a video imo. Comparing the two different big coat wearing women. The light colored scarf wearing woman in front of Brehm appears to have a large bag hanging down on her left side. She is holding a camera, everyone can see it. The woman rushing across Elm to the grassy knoll in the crowd has no camera. She has darker brown hair. She is not wearing a head scarf at all. An older woman. Smaller in build than the Brehm location woman. The color of the two women's coats is different. The Brehm woman's coat is a shade of medium grey imo. The Elm Street crossing woman's coat is light tan colored. The color of the Brehm woman's coat is correct. You can tell by seeing the colors of the coats being worn by Mary Moorman and Jean Hill ( Hill's coat is bright red, Moorman's black ) just a few steps from her and even Jackie's pink dress. The Elm street rushing woman is NOT the woman taking a picture of JFK's limo right in front of Charles Brehm. So easy to see. I've watched a couple of Brownlow's interview videos. He isn't a pro at this but his passion in pursuing this kind of research and the time, cost and effort it took to try is admirable imo. I also think he is a sincere person who simply wanted to know the truth like the rest of us. I surely can't believe he made even a small amount of money in his endeavors. I really liked his interview of the woman who was a waitress at the diner where J.D. Tippit worked at part time and frequented with other Dallas PD officers. This waitress knew well the lady ( a co-worker waitress ) Tippit was having an affair with. Her name was Maxie Witherspoon. She was married to someone else like Tippit. This waitress claimed she saw Jack Ruby come into the diner at least a couple times. And actually sitting with Tippit. She also claimed the fellow waitress who was J.D. Tippit's girlfriend lived very close to where Tippit was shot and killed. Maybe even the same street. I always liked seeing Beverly Oliver interviewed. She loved to sing. Did so a lot in her later life as a Christian church goer. A real Texan gal. Big boned, big blond hair, big busted, maybe kind of loud and brassy, a real wild side as a young woman. The kind of woman that probably loved rough riding cowboys.

Why isn't Retired 4 star Marine General John Kelley coming forward to defend his honor in response to Trump's constantly repeated defamatory claims against him as a liar regarding Kelley's stating that Trump told him soldiers were losers and suckers? How long can Kelley allow Trump to slander him like he does? Come on General Kelley! If Trump is the liar here, and not you...stand up to the guy! Defend your honor and the military's honor here.

It was extremely depressing to watch the debate. I am a Democrat. The truth is that Biden couldn't have looked and sounded more feeble. Still, the truly psychopathic Trump is 100X more unqualified and dangerous for the presidency, but that horrible reality is not a factor with half the nation's voters who are totally afflicted with "Trump Derangement" syndrome. Their blustering, bragging, lying, hate and fear inflaming savior can be guilty of any crime, any sin, any obsessive sociopathic mental illness and they will still vote for him. Which imo means his voters are suffering from the same maladies and moral decline. I was upset long ago when the Democratic party hierarchy machinery would not allow a younger, more vibrant and more vigorous candidate to represent them this election. I clearly saw and believed that Biden was not up to the task even a year ago. What we saw of Biden last night, I was seeing off and on for all this time. His extremely slow head and hand movement. His too long stares and halts in his speaking. His walking so halting as well. I would be searching for a new candidate now. Why not draft super sharp and vigorous Elizabeth Warren again? There are several Democratic senators I would love to see enter the fold. Senator Whitehouse perhaps? California Governor Gavin Newsom is a dynamic person as is Beto O'Rourke. They would wipe the table with the psychopathic, sociopathic Trump in every way...imo anyways.

I couldn't find my thread response post from many months ago regards Tucker Carlson getting resurrected as some JFKA truth revealing "good guy" by many on our forum. The plaudits came so quickly after Carlson claimed he was informed by a highly credible source that the CIA was involved. And he strongly inferred that he might very well reveal his source. I felt the opposite about Carlson and his astounding claim. I immediately sensed a false flag story scenario based on everything I have seen and heard from this guy in his years of over hyped rightwing/Trump propaganda spreading. I predicted that nothing would come of Carlson's claim and that those who were posting defending and even praising comments about him were in for a big let-down. Sure enough...this reality came to pass. Carlson's conversion and claim was as phony as I felt it was and just faded away and out of the news cycle and became nothing more than an overly blown-up balloon pop story. It was all a typical Tucker Carlson big claim parlor trick ( he has done this before ) the motive of which I would guess was a kind of sadistic joke tease of weak minded susceptible "JFKA" buff folks? Carlson definitely does have this type of sadism in his sense of humor make-up imo. I never hype myself on this forum as I have always considered myself as one of the least educated in the true deep research hierarchy here... but in this case of accurate Tucker Carlson phony claim fade-out assessment I will allow myself a modest lapel stroke crow "I told you so."

I know many intelligent and talented writers have expounded well upon the "what if Oswald had lived and been tried" scenario. I am sure most all of us here have pondered this alternate reality to different degrees as well. Just a few thoughts however simplistic on the subject. A trial of Oswald would have been Earth shaking in so many ways. Imagine Oswald's 1963 time in New Orleans being delved into in detail. His very overt political activities there and who paid him to be able to hire helpers. Everyone involved? The NO FBI would surely have been wracked with worry regards having to release their file records and any contact with Oswald during his time there. The Cubans Oswald engaged with and their agendas. Did Oswald ever visit "The Habana" club and bar in NO owned by Orest Pena? Oswald's alleged travel to Mexico City. The agencies would have been happy to share in court their knowledge of that trip, Yes? If Oswald would have been allowed to testify on his behalf there would be a thousand questions asked about the most sensitive matters. Oswald's entire time in Russia. Marina Oswald would have been crushed with stress during the entire trial. The Paine's would have been thrust into the national suspicion spotlight even more than they were. Oswald's murder just 45 hours after JFK's relieved Marina ( and the Paines )of everything. The worry, the stress, the fear, the guilt by association with Lee, a chance to break free from the Paine's, and Oswald's oppressive mother. And Marina was even immediately showered with incredibly high amounts of financial help ( thousands of donations ) from a sympathetic public so significant ( over 1 million in todays dollars ) that this lifted her and her two children out of poverty from then on! She had became a sympathetic figure "Cause Celebre'"! For the first time in her life Marina no longer had to live a life of dependency on others, wearing hand-me-down clothing, living in cheap apartments in the poor areas of town with no car, TV, not even a proper crib for baby June? Instead, within months of her husband's murder, Marina began experiencing a life of some material indulgence. Surely beyond her wildest dreams. And imo she thrived with this economic lifting up. She became a very well dressed and well coifed woman at still a young age. Chased after by the Paparazzi and pursued by men smitten with her innate model thin body and sparkling blue eyes attractive facial beauty. Marina in her new transformed life was a younger version ringer for the famous and beautiful actress Lee Remick. If her husband Lee Oswald hadn't been blown away and so soon, who knows where Marina and her kids would have ended up. Oswald's murder relieved so many others in so many ways that it is logical to consider the why and who's of such. The answers to those questions have much more valid value than not imo.

Great words by RFK.

JFK's decision to stand up to and against the immense pressure to not do what he did is perhaps the greatest act of courage and wisdom any American president has ever been challenged to perform...by a mile. It WAS the greatest presidential act of wisdom and courage. Heck, JFK had to stand against almost everyone in those meetings who wanted a military intervention response. When you tell the JCS to stand down when they are furiously grumbling and calling you a traitor ( Doctor Strangelove LeMay ) behind your back... you have *****! JFK was underestimated by almost all his adversaries regards his inner core belief strength and resolve. JFK and Khruschev did pay for their saving the world from their madmen adversaries. JFK's wise and courageous resolve during the Cuban Missile Crisis will go down as one of the greatest acts of leadership in our history. I believe way more appreciated as time goes on. How many Presidents would ever have the courage to counter/over-rule their entire JCS at a time when our nation was at the brink of war? A full-on, all-out nuclear attack and counter attack by our two world powers would have set the entire world back beyond anyone's most dire thoughts imagination. Collapse of financial systems, currency devaluation, commerce, shipping, air travel, destabilizing entire societies, enticing power grab others who no longer feared the US and the USSR. UN collapse, worldwide health epidemics, and on and on. Complete chaos on a scale beyond measure. Lemay and others like him not thinking this reality out was pure insanity. JFK ( and Khrushchev) kept the world safe and sane in standing up to those madmen.

Paul, I hope you re-viewed the Steven Greer/Willaim Pawelec "Disclosure Project" interview I posted again. Where Pawelec states what's possibly "going on in the real world all around us?"

Watched Mays on "What's My Line." They figured his identity out very quickly. It's always unsettling for me to see Dorothy Killgalen on that show. She was murdered for what she knew about the JFKA and Jack Ruby. Killing her ( a middle aged mother with young son ) was a diabolic, pure evil act. And her murderers got away with it!

These are facts. Amazing that still ( after 60+ years ) our official historical record biblio-zeitgeist is void of the full disclosure truth of LBJ's massive corruption and it's importance. We have been lulled into this apathetic acceptance of this contrived LBJ corruption void mind-set all this time without understanding why and by whom. LBJ was so corrupt ( way, WAY beyond our official historical record ) yet this incredibly important historical fact is tamped down / controlled to keep it out of the reality of who we are as a society ( back in 1963 particularly ) and who really ran the show back then and for decades later.

Here,Here!

This is a " must watch" interview imo. It will shake you. It bolsters the quote I have often posted on the forum ( 10th person I admit ) "If the average person knew HALF of what's really going on in the world they might very well go into their backyard and kill themselves."

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Us_UCc5lY Interview - William Pawelec (by Dr. Steven Greer) - YouTube 48:45 WEBJun 23, 2020 · Interview - William Pawelec (by Dr. Steven Greer) The Disclosure Project - Mr. William Pawelec was a U.S. Air Force computer operations and programming specialist with numerous... Many watched the press conference at the National Press Club 'Disclosure' event in May 2001 where Dr. Steven Greer introduced some of the over 550 witnesses to important UFO events and insider information. Many are government employees and many inside secret projects. Some asked that their testimony not be released until after their deaths. Mr. Pawelec is one of those. Sadly he has passed away and his testimony has been authorised to be shown. I am sorry to end 2010 with such alarming information but as time runs out to secure the truths for our children's future this is the way it must be. I want to say briefly that I am aware that like many who have had to focus tightly upon a passion, others get hurt, sometimes because the spot light is removed from them or they feel slighted or side stepped. On my own journey I know that regrettably I have unintentionally hurt others in my own search for answers and so has Steven Greer. He has his detractors but I want once again to place on the record that I deeply admire what he has achieved and at great danger and personal loss. I urge us all to look beyond whether we like the messengers or not and to take advantage of the hard earned information that has been discovered. Brave souls already perished in this search like Steven Greer's close colleague Shari Adiamak and U.S. Congressman Steven Schiff. Steven Greer and myself also, each discovered serious cancer's around the same period when we were establishing the Disclosure project and also making in-roads in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Shari and Steven Schiff died and Steven Greer and I survived. I have no doubts that the cancers were deliberately inflicted by those who became gravely concerned for where Disclosure was going - today this is one part of where it is going. Brave whistleblowers will crack this secrecy wide apart and is one reason why the US government is so bent out of shape with Adrian Assange at Wikileaks who incidentally promises he too has UFO documents soon to be published. None of this is anti-American. The effort to secure truths surrounding the UFO subject is because true Americans want the country to be the best example of new technology, the leader in honesty and transparency and the fresh air our kids deserve in the future, free of the hatred heaped upon us from other parts of the world who have witnessed something else. Mr. Pawelec was close enough to very high level insiders at the cutting edge of technologies being prepared it appeared for mass implanting of humans. This is a scary interview but a very important one and I personally thank Steven Greer for having the decency and trust to keep this safe until this moment and for his great courage to go where many fear to tread. He truly deserves our support. There is more to come......

I saw the Mays/Bonds collision catch. I think it was a televised game. If not, then on a later sportscast on the news. Mays was such a great athlete he came from centerfield to center-right on a full run tilt and actually out-leaped and out-maneuvered Bobby Bonds ( another great athlete ) in that tangled simultaneous leap to grab that ball. Incredible! Typical super-star feat on May's part. 99.9% of pro-outfielders would have dropped that ball due to the violent collision of Mays and Bonds. Mays awed you with his play. Mays himself said something about his hitting another 50 to 100 home runs had his home park not been Candlestick. The incessant and extremely strong SF Bay wind ( coming in from left field - May's main power blast area ) blew that many May's home run shots back onto the field. And don't forget Mays lost two years of play when he was just coming into his hitting prime due to military service. That lost play time alone might have very well cost Mays another 60 to 80 HRs. I also think the bone chilling cold wind from the Bay made it tougher to play at the Stick as your home park. Most games were day games in May's time. Candlestick was often times freezing as the games wore on from that cold ocean wind. Remember Mark Twain ( debatably ) said "the coldest Winter he ever spent was a Summer in San Francisco" ?

Cliff I stand corrected thanks to you recalling correctly that it was Marichal's contention that Roseboro was purposely throwing the ball back to the pitcher and throwing it so close to Marichal's head it nicked his ear. Marichal was known for having the best "screw ball " in baseball. I remember in an All Star game his facing Carl Yastrzemski with two out and men on base and Yaz's American league down in runs. On a two-strike pitch Marichal threw Yaz a screw ball that was so perfect, it started right over the plate and ended up two feet off and away from Yastrzemski. Yaz was so coiled and anxious to swing he did so, and with all his strength. Yet he missed the ball by two feet and in so doing spun his whole body into a full on pretzel and fell to the ground in a contorted heap right on home plate. He fell so hard he laid there ( in pain it seemed to me ) the entire time the National League team ran right by and around him to their dugout. I'll bet to his dying day Yaz remembered Marichal's famous screw ball making him look like a fool.

Willie Mays hit "5" home runs off of Sandy Koufax in their head-to-head career matchups. Amazing. Mays also had a respectable 278 batting average against Koufax.

I aways wondered how barely 200 average hitting Hal Lanier stuck around so long as the Giants shortstop. The guy barely batted his weight! The Giants pitchers had better hitting ability than Lanier. I don't remember the guy ever hitting a home run! Loved Jimmy Ray Hart at 3rd base. Good power, decent fielding. I couldn't understand a word he said in after game interviews but his excited energy, tone and manner of speaking sounded happy natured upbeat and even fun! Super fast talking barely English speaking 2nd baseman Tito Fuentes same thing. Most memorable Giant/Dodger team fight was when Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro threw a pitched ball back to his pitcher and threw it so close to at bat Giant pitcher Juan Marichal's head it nicked Marichal's ear. An infuriated Juan Marichal took a bat swing at Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro head. I think Marichal's bat swing at Roseboro's head actually drew blood! Date...August 22nd, 1965.

It seems that his years of smoking pot didn't negatively affect him living a relatively long and healthy life. Versus say regular cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs?