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[W. Niederhut]

41 minutes ago, Chris Barnard said:

It’s hard to tell without knowing him why he kept it. It could be the reason native American’s kept scalps or as a reminder of what that spectre reduced man to, what he had to do to fight to free Europe from tyranny. 
 

Not to come across as hypocritical, I should perhaps distinguish between this and a guy actively collecting Fascist memorabilia to exhibit. And a chap who perhaps kept a token of his war as a reminder. 
 

What is your interpretation? 
 

Didn’t Jim Garrison also keep such memorabilia? 
 

 

     Now that I think about it, I never asked my father about the subject, and I didn't even know about the Browning Hi-Power and the knife until about a decade after my father's death.  As a rule, he rarely talked about the war. 

     Did he take the gun and knife from a dead N-a-z-i, or confiscate them from a POW?  I have no idea.

     I learned most of what I know about his battalion's WWII history after my father died, by reading a book written by his former colonel.

     I do remember my father complaining bitterly about the German "88s"-- which I later learned was a reference to German anti-tank artillery guns that destroyed a lot of American Sherman tanks in WWII.  His battalion lost 17 tanks in the Battle of San Pietro.

   

[Ron Bulman]

3 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:

Clarence Thomas’ benefactor collects Hitler memorabilia 

@Benjamin Cole@Chris Barnard@John Cotter@Charles Blackmon
According to Harlan Crow, he collects such things because he "hates communism and fascism"

. . . In a series of tweets written on Saturday morning, sociotechnical researcher, Danah Boyd describes visiting Crow's home years ago while attending a meeting about the future of Democracy, during which she viewed his collection first-hand.

"I didn't know who Harlan Crow was at the time," says Boyd. "I was told he was a major GOP fundraiser . . . Years later, I still shudder thinking about the National Socialist uniform decorations in Harlan Crow's house. And the painting. And the book. And the statues. And the "antebellum" (pro slavery) artifacts. I'm glad others are questioning the acceptability of those materials."
https://www.salon.com/2023/04/08/clarence-thomas-benefactor-collects-hitler-memorabilia/?fbclid=IwAR2yOjRsP7906GxeBOPJ6eM2jl63vd14Jp3sKsrilwPoB61NIAlGubPOpbs

 

Harlan was born in 1949, so his affinity for N-azi memorabilia is not from personal experiences in WWII.  It would be an acquired taste, possibly learned from his father or associates in the elitist society in which he grew up.  A signed copy of Mein Kampf?  That's serious collecting.  Seems kind of odd he would be so supportive of Thomas as I thought they looked down on all non white's.

I think he may have misspoken, he may hate Communism, but given his collection it looks more like he admires fascism.

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, W. Niederhut said:

     Now that I think about it, I never asked my father about the subject, and I didn't even know about the Browning Hi-Power and the knife until about a decade after my father's death.  As a rule, he rarely talked about the war. 

     Did he take the gun and knife from a dead N-a-z-i, or confiscate them from a POW?  I have no idea.

     I learned most of what I know about his battalion's WWII history after my father died, by reading a book written by his former colonel.

     I do remember my father complaining bitterly about the German "88s"-- which I later learned was a reference to German anti-tank artillery guns that destroyed a lot of American Sherman tanks in WWII.  His battalion lost 17 tanks in the Battle of San Pietro.

   

I wouldn't judge. I am sure there is an innocent explanation. I am sitting here at my desk with a bunch of things that mean stuff to me and nobody else. They'd mostly be enigmas, even to the closest people around me. You've mentioned that your dad did his bit and really put in a shift. It's something we haven't had to do, luckily.

My grandfather kept his Lee Enfield rifle after the war. It was mandatory and a crime not to give them back; guns are illegal in the UK without special licenses. He ended up burying it in the garden where it still sits, probably. There was no explanation as to why he kept it. He never really talked of WW2. Another of those mysteries. 

 

[Douglas Caddy]

 

 

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[Kirk Gallaway]

5 hours ago, Leslie Sharp said:

That would be Harlan, son of Trammell, developer of the Dallas Trade Mart, and close friends and colleagues with among others, Clint Murchison who did business with SS Otto Skorzeny.  Does that work?  Harlan, who lavished hospitality on MAGA stalwart and 2020 coup conspirator Ginni Thomas whose husband is entering his third decade on the Supreme Court, known for rulings in lockstep with Ginni's extreme wing of the GOP.

Whoa! Back to Dallas again! and "The Trammell Crow Company was privately held until 1997 when it went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol TCC. In 2006, the firm was sold to CB Richard Ellis group (NYSE:CBRE) for approximately $2.2 billion.

That buys a lot of National Socialist memorabilia.

And Thomas entering his fourth decade now!

Thomas's appointment was from George Bush SR., under some Republican political pressure to appoint a Black Conservative Justice, which became very apparent at the hearings to be scraping the bottom of the Justice barrel!

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Joe, it looks like you got your wish.    heh heh

Cohen looks like that Jewish comedian actor who can be pretty funny!. Is it Richard something?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2023 by Kirk Gallaway

[Douglas Caddy]

 

[Leslie Sharp]

1 hour ago, Kirk Gallaway said:

Whoa! Back to Dallas again! and "The Trammell Crow Company was privately held until 1997 when it went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol TCC. In 2006, the firm was sold to CB Richard Ellis group (NYSE:CBRE) for approximately $2.2 billion.

That buys a lot of National Socialist memorabilia.

And Thomas entering his fourth decade now!

Thomas's appointment was from George Bush SR., under some Republican political pressure to appoint a Black Conservative Justice, which became very apparent at the hearings to be scraping the bottom of the Justice barrel!

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Joe, it looks like you got your wish.    heh heh

Cohen looks like that Jewish comedian actor who can be pretty funny!. Is it Richard something?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try this, @Kirk Gallaway
Coldwell Banker Previews International Turns 80!
It was the height of the Great Depression and stately million dollar properties were languishing on the market and sales professionals had limited funds and resources to market them properly. Enter entrepreneur Henderson Talbot, who leaned on his work experience with Time and Forbes to create a marketing program for prominent properties; showcasing them in all their grandeur in an elaborate magazine named

https://blog.coldwellbanker.com/coldwell-banker-previews-international-turns-80/
 

@Coup in Dallas
' . . . For now, in light of the Ellen Rometsch scandal, which was first widely exposed by Mollenhoff who was first to compare the pending scandal to the Profumo Affair, and the possibility that more than blackmail was in play, it is important to draw attention to several Lafitte entries:

 

NYC Rest guide ad.

Talk of Ella R. photographs

. . . in NY at Previews

—Lafitte datebook, September 17, 1963

 

Meet with Willoughby at

(Ella R) others at

49 East 53rd St.

NYC

—Lafitte datebook, October 15, 1963

 

As the reader will learn in a later chapter, Manhattan based real estate firm Previews Inc. provided Ilse Skorzeny “employment,” whether as an independent contractor, a salaried agent, or perhaps nothing but a cover for her travel in and out of the US. Among the founders of Previews were those behind the popular weekly magazine, CUE which at the time covered theatre and arts and New York’s social scene. . . .

Founded in 1932, Cue (the precursor to New York magazine) cemented itself almost overnight as the go-to theatre, arts and entertainment magazine for New York society, from “Bohemia” to Park Ave. Reading between the lines, Talbot of Previews, Inc., along with Oliver Keep and Archbold van Beuren, both of whom were on the ground floor of Cue AND of Previews, saw the potential for a quid pro quo arrangement . . . use the slick magazine, Cue to promote exclusive real estate to the target markets of Previews, and in turn, Cue would benefit from the advertising revenue and the panache of being associated with those who could afford the unique national and international properties that Previews represented.

            A portion of the van Beuren family fortune had been derived from land that was developed into Union Square in Manhattan in the 19th century. Archbold’s biography, including his role in the founding of Previews and Cue before WWII, may not seem relevant to our story, that is until one considers that at the close of WWII and before the OSS was circumvented by the Central Intelligence Agency, Archbold van Beuren had served as Chief of Security for William “Wild Bill” Donovan’s Office of Strategic Services.' 

 

Edited April 9, 2023 by Leslie Sharp

[Steve Thomas]

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Edited August 27, 2023 by Steve Thomas

[Steve Thomas]

ABC host grills Trump lawyer over death threats to judge's family

by David Edwards April 09, 2023

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-juan-merchan-2659758725/

“Jim Trusty, attorney for Donald Trump, insisted that the former president's attacks on a judge's family were "not something personal."”

 

I hang my head and cry...

Steve Thomas

[W. Niederhut]

Steve,

Speaking of Easter, the New York Times reports today that Pope Francis has been a favorite subject for AI-generated deep fake photos.

IMO, Federico Fellini would have found these howlingly funny.  (I'm thinking of the roller skating Cardinals in Fellini's film, Roma.)

[Kirk Gallaway]

This is my favorite, The Pope just seems to have a certain sort of flair!

 

[Douglas Caddy]

14 minutes ago, Kirk Gallaway said:

This is my favorite, The Pope just seems to have a certain sort of flair!

 

"Photo" was created by Ai.

[Douglas Caddy]

 

 

Greg Abbott working to 'swiftly' pardon Army Sergeant convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter riot (msn.com)

[Douglas Caddy]

What does Trump mean here? Did he plant a Russian spy within the Defense Department that has been leaking our most vital national security secrets to Putin? Does Russian think it could start WWWIII by attacking America knowing that the secrets given to it will assure its victory?

 

[Douglas Caddy]