W. Niederhut

Happy Jerry Garcia Day, folks! Should it be a national holiday? 😎 I'm heading up to Gunnison County for a week-- no television, internet, or phone service. It's 100 F here in Denver and we've got forest fire smoke from four different fires along the Front Range. Stay cool.

All true, Jim. Few similarities between the geopolitical visions of JFK and Nixon, other than Nixon's interest in detente. My point (above) is that, at the very least, Nixon had a "brain trust" -- however genocidal. Trump had only his yes-man, Mike Pompeo, at State, after Exxon exec, Rex Tillerson, resigned in disgust. We may never know the whole story, but I strongly suspect that some of Trump's foreign policy decisions were dictated by Putin. I agree with John LeCarre's opinion that "Putin has Trump by the short hairs."

Matt, Isn't Nate Silver now working for J.D. Vance's MAGA sugar daddy, Peter Thiel?

Kevin, Didn't you say you had read Hit List?

Karl, I'm delighted to see that you have upgraded your "news" and opinion sources from Laura Loomer, Ben Shapiro, and Vigilant Fox to Chat GPT. Artificial intelligence is better than no intelligence. As for the disgraced Fox News talking head, Blah Blah O'Reilly, perhaps you are unaware that he has promoted the false CIA narrative that George De Mohrenschildt shot himself, moments after an intruder entered his home.

Yeah, Joe, and people in Bill O'Reilly's DeMohrenschildt-Shot-Himself camp should read up on the coroner's inquest. The jury noted at the inquest that an intruder had activated a burglar alarm in the house shortly before the gun was fired.

David, Is there a short version of how McGeorge Bundy ended up with the November 21st draft of NSAM 273?

Ron, Four years earlier, in March of 2003, I watched Bill O'Reilly interview Gary Hart on Fox News. Hart was ridiculed by O'Reilly for saying that deposing Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime could destabilize the balance of power in the Persian Gulf and lead to an expensive, protracted U.S. military occupation of Iraq. (It was the Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz Plan that was supposed to be cheap and easy.) At the time, the Bush/Cheney mainstream media jingoism about invading Iraq was on steroids in the U.S. The Shock & Awe fireworks show in Baghdad had the country mesmerized. Karl Rove had been appointed, in 2002, to chair a Whie House committee charged with selling the American public on the necessity of invading Iraq, and Rupert Murdoch later openly bragged about his role in promoting the Iraq War. (The public only learned about Karl Rove's Iraq War sales committee during the grand jury investigation of Cheney and Scooter Libby's Valerie Plame affair.)

Schumer Tries to Strip Trump Immunity Ruling August 1, 2024 at 9:28 am EDT By Taegan Goddard “Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is trying to effectively reverse the controversial Supreme Court decision that handed presidents legal immunity,” Axios reports. “Legislation that will be unveiled by Schumer on Thursday elevates the Democratic Party’s argument that the fate of democracy is at stake in the November elections.” “Schumer will introduce legislation that would reaffirm that presidents and vice presidents do not have legal immunity from actions that violate federal criminal law.”

'Deadheads for Kamala' to mark Jerry Garcia's birthday with Harris fundraiser Source: The Hill 07/31/24 3:11 PM ET A group dubbed “Deadheads for Kamala” will mark the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia’s birthday with a fundraiser for Vice President Harris, who became the likely Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden’s withdrew from the race last week. The virtual event, slated for Thursday night, will celebrate Garcia’s Aug. 1 birthday and aim to mobilize attendees to help elect Harris for president this November, according to the event invitation. It will be hosted by David Gans, the host of the radio program “The Grateful Dead Hour,” and Steve Leventhal, the owner and host of Acid Flashback Radio, per the invitation. Garcia died in August 1995 after suffering a heart attack at a residential drug-treatment facility in Forst Knolls, Calif. He was 53 years old. “Deadhead” is the term used for fans of the American rock band The Grateful Dead. It has stuck with the subculture of fans since the 1970s and long after the group disbanded following Garcia’s death. The event marks one of the various efforts to shore up financial support for Harris, who launched her presidential campaign less than two weeks ago following Biden’s exit from the race. He endorsed Harris, who quickly shored up Democratic support and spurred excitement in the party. Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/4803023-deadheads-kamala-harris-fundraiser/

Some witty person just pointed out that Trump didn't turn orange until a few years ago. 🤣

Birther Trump told Jerry Jones and the NFL owners that it "lifted" him to attack the Black Lives Matter movement. Bashing minorities has always been his political modus operandi, and I think we'll see him do it in spades (no pun intended) during the next three months. His MAGA cult gets riled up when Trump denigrates blacks, Muslims, Hispanics, and immigrants from "sh*thole" countries.

The key witnesses had inconvenient information about the assassination ops in a variety of ways. This "six-degrees of separation" claim is simply false. Many of them had been in contact with either Ruby, Oswald, or both. Some were involved in analyzing forensic evidence-- like the FBI techs (and William Sullivan) who died just before their Congressional testimony-- or the Navy AV tech who filmed the fraudulent autopsy at Bethesda. Others were witnesses in Dealey Plaza, like Lee Bowers (and/or the Tippitt murder case.)

Not about politics. I was just playing golf early this morning at Overland Park in Denver, in the Platte River valley. I was sucking wind more than usual (walking with my golf cart.) On the 16th hole I turned to the guys in our foursome and asked, "Do you guys smell smoke?" By the 18th hole, the golf course and surrounding area was covered with visible smoke. Hundreds evacuated Wednesday as the Quarry Fire burns in Jefferson County | Watch (msn.com)

Kevin, If you read Mary's Mosaic, you will learn that Mary Pinchot Meyer was killed by an expert assassin, and that CIA executives knew about her murder hours before the police (and Ben Bradlee) identified her body and issued any announcements about her murder. Angleton confiscated her diary. The author, Peter Janney, grew up with the Meyer family (and the Angletons) and was best friends in childhood with Mary Meyer's son. She was a close friend of JFK, and knew Ben Bradlee, Angleton, and Cord Meyer. Why was she targeted for assassination? Unclear. But she was, allegedly, angry about the Warren Commission cover up. Now, let's get back to the DiEugenio essays. This is the most hijacked/t-r-olled thread I've seen here since 56 Years.

Interesting material, and, certainly, consistent with Prouty's account of the failure of the strategic hamlet ops, and the lack of popular support for the CIA-created South Vietnamese government.

How much she knew is a mystery. She was, reportedly, quite angry about the Warren Commission cover up. Are you aware that Mary Meyer was the ex-wife of CIA Mockingbird propagandist, Cord Meyer, and socialized with the Angletons and other CIA big wheels? Her sister was married to the CIA's WaPo asset, Ben Bradlee. But let's get back to the DiEugenio essays. Mary Meyer had nothing significant to do with the subject of this thread.

Matt, Insulting James DiEugenio, inaccurately, and insulting the mods is a violation of Education Forum policies. Infractions are cumulative.

Kevin, You need to do some remedial reading on the history of Mary Pinchot Meyer's assassination, and the conflicting, convoluted CIA narratives about Angleton's confiscation of her diary. (See the references above.) Do you even read the comments and references posted in response to your comments here? As for Matt Cloud, perhaps he should start a separate Hegelian thread entitled, "Mary Pinchot Meyer's Diary and the Dialectical Rise of the Neocons Under Daniel Patrick Moynihan."

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Geez... speaking of guys who have Mommy issues... That'd be your MAGA incels... 🙄

That is, certainly, the convoluted CIA narrative, Kevin. Check out the references I posted for you (above.) But, again, did you mean to post these questions about Mary Pinchot Meyer on the Hit List thread? This is the DiEugenio Neocon history thread.

Very interesting article, Jim. Thanks for posting. Another key advisor to Scoop Jackson in the 70s was the Harvard historian, Daniel Pipes. Pipes was a Russia expert who was highly critical of detente. He was later involved with Team B during the Reagan administration-- which had been originally organized by Rumsfeld and CIA Director George H.W. Bush.

Kevin, There are multiple convoluted, conflicting stories from Ben Bradlee, the Angletons, Truitts, et.al., about James Angleton's confiscation of Mary Meyer's diary. The two best analyses of the bunk are; 1) James DiEugenio's essay on The Posthumous Assassination of John F. Kennedy, in The Assassinations, (pp. 339-345) 2) Peter Janney's book, Mary's Mosaic, (pp. 73-80) As Janney points out, Ben Bradlee's autobiographical account differs from his testimony, under oath, in Mary Meyer's murder trial. In court, Bradlee testified that he went to Meyer's apartment on the night of her murder, not later. He also reported that Angleton was in the apartment when he (Bradlee) got there. P.S. Did you post this on the wrong thread?

Twitter Suspends 'White Dudes For Harris' Account After $4 Million Fundraising Call (msn.com)