Screw Dunham. (Wasn't he an ag. lawyer?) Anyway, what a GREAT sentence! "So we can look forward to mega-bleating from the flock of Trumpazoid sheep who have been holding candles outside Mar a Lago as they have waited for Durham’s big expose to be handed down."
"Who really killed John Kennedy." "Who really killed Robert Kennedy", espoused by his sad little awful son who is running for the presidency currently. "Benghazi." Even Republicans are disgusted with the new crop of non productive investigations, a la Comer and Jordan. Honestly, I know some of the more intelligent aware ones have to be moritifed and disgusted. That's a bad combination. But not Trump's hardcore base. The more outrageous the things he says, the more they swoon in delight and agreement.
"Who really killed John Kennedy." "Who really killed Robert Kennedy", espoused by his sad little awful son who is running for the presidency currently.
For "who killed JFK," you might as well start here, with a systematic, very readable demolition of the "establishment defense" of Oswald as lone assassin, as sold to the American public in Case Closed, by Gerald Posner:
Hey, it's been justifiably described as the single most complex homicide case(s) in American history, so you got your five parts right here!
For RFK's assassination early on the morning of June 5, 1968, in the Ambassador Hotel's pantry, as the senator from New York was walking to a post-primary news conference after winning in California, there is now one book above all, by Lisa Pease, who spent some twenty years writing it, including research and interviews leading to this book published in December, 2018:
Lisa Pease, A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Robert Kennedy Assassination
Written by Michael Le Flem
The author’s narrative gifts are as pronounced as her investigative acumen. And with this book as her lifetime achievement on a case that still remains relatively obscure in light of the JFK assassination, she will likely establish herself as the preeminent authority on the subject for years to come, avers Michael Le Flem.
"It’s a rare thing indeed when a book actually delivers everything you could wish for—and then some. I can count on one hand the number of books in recent memory that have achieved this. Incorporating over twenty years of research, personal interviews, deep archival digging, and a comprehensive survey of nearly all the extant literature and articles surrounding Robert Kennedy’s encounter with the unspeakable in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel on the night of Jun 5, 1968, A Lie too Big to Fail will no doubt stand the test of time as the definitive book on the RFK murder. Pease establishes not only the most compelling case against the LAPD’s compromised (non-)investigation of the case to date, but reveals startling new discoveries, including previously unexplored forensic evidence, new witnesses to multiple shooters, and evidence of foul play at the highest levels of the United States political apparatus.
"Digging deep into the court records and transcripts of the also-compromised defense attorney who sold the 24-year old Sirhan Sirhan down the river before he ever had a chance at anything approaching a fair trial, Pease presents a firm case for why his fate—as he sits locked up in a California prison for life—cannot be justified in a democratic society. That Sirhan is still alive and paying for a crime he never committed brings a necessary urgency to her plea that the case be reopened. Because not only did Robert Kennedy’s murder signal the death knell of true progressivism in the United States political arena, but it served as perhaps the most arrogant abuse of power by a hidden hand that, for five decades, hijacked the United States’ foreign and domestic policy. Written with a gripping, driving cadence, the author’s narrative gifts are as pronounced as her investigative acumen. And with this book as her lifetime achievement on a case that still remains relatively obscure in light of the JFK assassination, she will likely establish herself as the preeminent authority on the subject for years to come."
*** { I will only add here that I believe even those deeply skeptical of the so-called "official story" of any of the infamous assassinations of the the 1960s, JFK, Malcom X, MLK, and RFK, are surprised to discover that the official medical autopsy performed in 1968 essentially exonerates Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, when taken in tandem with the eyewitness testimony} ***
"That’s the official version of events we teach our kids in school and repeat ad nauseum in the mainstream media. The problem, of course is that when Thomas Noguchi, the LA County coroner who was tasked with performing Robert Kennedy’s autopsy, was finished, he discovered that the fatal shot, just behind his right ear into the victim’s brain, was fired with the gun barrel at contact range, which could not have been more than three inches. This was demonstrable, as Kennedy’s neck exhibited tell-tale signs of powder burn tattooing, or stippling, which Noguchi took great pains to demonstrate by setting up a test-firing at the LA Police Academy on mock human skulls made of latex and pig ears after the autopsy. Each officer was asked to fire at his respective target from six ranges: barrel-pressed against the target, a quarter inch, half inch, two inches, three, and finally four. Only at three inches, did the stippling dispersal pattern match that on Kennedy’s corpse. Of the nearly seventy witnesses in the pantry that night, none placed Sirhan closer than three feet, and most average a distance of approximately five to six feet. Equally troubling was the fact that the three shots which struck Kennedy were fired from behind and at equally sharp vertical angles, from low to high, which makes it physically impossible for them to have come from Sirhan’s gun, which even before he was attacked and restrained by bystanders, was by all accounts pointed directly at Kennedy in a flat, arm-outstretched fashion. We know Kennedy only perceived a threat from the front by the fact that numerous witnesses recall his hands defensively coming up to cover his face at seeing an approaching Sirhan before he fell to his knees, wounded, and then slumped to the floor where he lay dying in a pool of gathering blood from his fatal head wound."
*** You can find out who the most likely killer was - the last minute hire for security guard walking immediately behind Senator Kennedy, Thane Eugene Cesar, whose own .22 caliber pistol is believed to be the murder weapon, it was never tested by the LAPD, because of course it wasn't - and that's only the beginning, this case is extremely complex as well. ***
WOW!! WOW!! I am not surprised that Sirhan Sirhan might not have been at fault. It was a setup job. Wonder if that “security” guard is still alive. I doubt it but man oh man, I think i need to read her book.
And yet, because Barr lied about the Mueller Report and buried it under a ton of "both sides do it" bullshit and Republican refusal to actually hold a member of their party accountable, the actions of Kushner, Junior, Stone, Bannon, Flynn and all the other co-conspirators who worked with the Russians to get Trump elected go unpunished. And all still actively working to destroy American democracy for Putin.
Oh, what a surprise! Another nothingburger in the GOP’s eternal quest to find the mythical bogeymen that they are so terrified of. They should look no further than in the mirror to find the true cause of their fear, to find the real enemy…
I'm guessing that most of the Trumpazoid sheep wouldn't recognize John Durham's name in a multiple-choice test. The Trumpazoids in Congress? Yeah, we'll probably hear from them -- if they have any breath left over from making excuses for George Santos, Kevin McCarthy, their various failed investigations, et al.
Unbelievable. I’m not a lawyer but even the redacted version of the Mueller report showed evidence of wrongdoing. And Mueller is a Republican! So prepare for a whitewashed history and possibly the last gasp of democracy in America.
Millions to catch a low level FBI guy on something barely mattering. And the other two not convicted. The only thing serious about him is his studied serious face. I find a lot of stupid people know how to make that face. Smart people don't necessarily scowl.
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi. After a more than two-year investigation, encompassing 33 hearings held in congressional investigations and four public hearings, at an estimated cost of $7 million and counting, Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee released their long-awaited report on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi that resulted in the death of four Americans on June 28, 2016. Republicans once again failed to find a smoking gun to pin the tragedy on Clinton.
Not to worry Lucien. The Trump cult fools do not read and many probably have limited ability to concentrate. 300 pages? They won't get past 10. As we know, Trump reads nothing.
Screw Dunham. (Wasn't he an ag. lawyer?) Anyway, what a GREAT sentence! "So we can look forward to mega-bleating from the flock of Trumpazoid sheep who have been holding candles outside Mar a Lago as they have waited for Durham’s big expose to be handed down."
"Who really killed John Kennedy." "Who really killed Robert Kennedy", espoused by his sad little awful son who is running for the presidency currently. "Benghazi." Even Republicans are disgusted with the new crop of non productive investigations, a la Comer and Jordan. Honestly, I know some of the more intelligent aware ones have to be moritifed and disgusted. That's a bad combination. But not Trump's hardcore base. The more outrageous the things he says, the more they swoon in delight and agreement.
You know “intelligent, aware” Republicans?! Are there more than two? And why aren’t they speaking up?
They stick a toe out every now and then but if you try to take it a step further, they instantly revert to REPUBLICANS.
"Who really killed John Kennedy." "Who really killed Robert Kennedy", espoused by his sad little awful son who is running for the presidency currently.
For "who killed JFK," you might as well start here, with a systematic, very readable demolition of the "establishment defense" of Oswald as lone assassin, as sold to the American public in Case Closed, by Gerald Posner:
www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/case-closed-30-years-on-even-worse
www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/case-closed-30-years-on-even-worse-part-2
www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/case-closed-30-years-on-even-worse-part-3
www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/case-closed-30-years-on-even-worse-part-4
www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/case-closed-30-years-on-even-worse-part-5
Hey, it's been justifiably described as the single most complex homicide case(s) in American history, so you got your five parts right here!
For RFK's assassination early on the morning of June 5, 1968, in the Ambassador Hotel's pantry, as the senator from New York was walking to a post-primary news conference after winning in California, there is now one book above all, by Lisa Pease, who spent some twenty years writing it, including research and interviews leading to this book published in December, 2018:
www.kennedysandking.com/robert-f-kennedy-reviews/lisa-pease-a-lie-too-big-to-fail-the-real-history-of-the-robert-kennedy-assassination
"Thursday, 21 February 2019 22:11
Lisa Pease, A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Robert Kennedy Assassination
Written by Michael Le Flem
The author’s narrative gifts are as pronounced as her investigative acumen. And with this book as her lifetime achievement on a case that still remains relatively obscure in light of the JFK assassination, she will likely establish herself as the preeminent authority on the subject for years to come, avers Michael Le Flem.
"It’s a rare thing indeed when a book actually delivers everything you could wish for—and then some. I can count on one hand the number of books in recent memory that have achieved this. Incorporating over twenty years of research, personal interviews, deep archival digging, and a comprehensive survey of nearly all the extant literature and articles surrounding Robert Kennedy’s encounter with the unspeakable in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel on the night of Jun 5, 1968, A Lie too Big to Fail will no doubt stand the test of time as the definitive book on the RFK murder. Pease establishes not only the most compelling case against the LAPD’s compromised (non-)investigation of the case to date, but reveals startling new discoveries, including previously unexplored forensic evidence, new witnesses to multiple shooters, and evidence of foul play at the highest levels of the United States political apparatus.
"Digging deep into the court records and transcripts of the also-compromised defense attorney who sold the 24-year old Sirhan Sirhan down the river before he ever had a chance at anything approaching a fair trial, Pease presents a firm case for why his fate—as he sits locked up in a California prison for life—cannot be justified in a democratic society. That Sirhan is still alive and paying for a crime he never committed brings a necessary urgency to her plea that the case be reopened. Because not only did Robert Kennedy’s murder signal the death knell of true progressivism in the United States political arena, but it served as perhaps the most arrogant abuse of power by a hidden hand that, for five decades, hijacked the United States’ foreign and domestic policy. Written with a gripping, driving cadence, the author’s narrative gifts are as pronounced as her investigative acumen. And with this book as her lifetime achievement on a case that still remains relatively obscure in light of the JFK assassination, she will likely establish herself as the preeminent authority on the subject for years to come."
*** { I will only add here that I believe even those deeply skeptical of the so-called "official story" of any of the infamous assassinations of the the 1960s, JFK, Malcom X, MLK, and RFK, are surprised to discover that the official medical autopsy performed in 1968 essentially exonerates Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, when taken in tandem with the eyewitness testimony} ***
"That’s the official version of events we teach our kids in school and repeat ad nauseum in the mainstream media. The problem, of course is that when Thomas Noguchi, the LA County coroner who was tasked with performing Robert Kennedy’s autopsy, was finished, he discovered that the fatal shot, just behind his right ear into the victim’s brain, was fired with the gun barrel at contact range, which could not have been more than three inches. This was demonstrable, as Kennedy’s neck exhibited tell-tale signs of powder burn tattooing, or stippling, which Noguchi took great pains to demonstrate by setting up a test-firing at the LA Police Academy on mock human skulls made of latex and pig ears after the autopsy. Each officer was asked to fire at his respective target from six ranges: barrel-pressed against the target, a quarter inch, half inch, two inches, three, and finally four. Only at three inches, did the stippling dispersal pattern match that on Kennedy’s corpse. Of the nearly seventy witnesses in the pantry that night, none placed Sirhan closer than three feet, and most average a distance of approximately five to six feet. Equally troubling was the fact that the three shots which struck Kennedy were fired from behind and at equally sharp vertical angles, from low to high, which makes it physically impossible for them to have come from Sirhan’s gun, which even before he was attacked and restrained by bystanders, was by all accounts pointed directly at Kennedy in a flat, arm-outstretched fashion. We know Kennedy only perceived a threat from the front by the fact that numerous witnesses recall his hands defensively coming up to cover his face at seeing an approaching Sirhan before he fell to his knees, wounded, and then slumped to the floor where he lay dying in a pool of gathering blood from his fatal head wound."
*** You can find out who the most likely killer was - the last minute hire for security guard walking immediately behind Senator Kennedy, Thane Eugene Cesar, whose own .22 caliber pistol is believed to be the murder weapon, it was never tested by the LAPD, because of course it wasn't - and that's only the beginning, this case is extremely complex as well. ***
WOW!! WOW!! I am not surprised that Sirhan Sirhan might not have been at fault. It was a setup job. Wonder if that “security” guard is still alive. I doubt it but man oh man, I think i need to read her book.
Don't forget her emails!
And yet, because Barr lied about the Mueller Report and buried it under a ton of "both sides do it" bullshit and Republican refusal to actually hold a member of their party accountable, the actions of Kushner, Junior, Stone, Bannon, Flynn and all the other co-conspirators who worked with the Russians to get Trump elected go unpunished. And all still actively working to destroy American democracy for Putin.
Thank you for publishing that list of unrepentant, gleeful traitors. George Washington would have hanged the lot of them!
I'm trying to imagine the sheer mind-numbing boredom that accompanied this sorry effort.
LOL, that's really funny, thanks!
The dog ate his homework.
But shredded it could be used to add to compost and make the manure fertilizer go further, right?
"Russia Russia Russia"
Wages war on The sovereign Nation of Ukraine
Kidnaps Ukrainian children
Attacks non-combatant civilians
Deploys banned weapons
Murders prisoners of war
Oh yeah and
Manipulates American elections on the side
Can we please do
Russia Russia Russia
Loud for the people in the back?
Oh, what a surprise! Another nothingburger in the GOP’s eternal quest to find the mythical bogeymen that they are so terrified of. They should look no further than in the mirror to find the true cause of their fear, to find the real enemy…
I'm guessing that most of the Trumpazoid sheep wouldn't recognize John Durham's name in a multiple-choice test. The Trumpazoids in Congress? Yeah, we'll probably hear from them -- if they have any breath left over from making excuses for George Santos, Kevin McCarthy, their various failed investigations, et al.
Unbelievable. I’m not a lawyer but even the redacted version of the Mueller report showed evidence of wrongdoing. And Mueller is a Republican! So prepare for a whitewashed history and possibly the last gasp of democracy in America.
And how much did we spend on this? And then there are the trips? BLEECH
One thin dime would have been way too much for this idiot and his idiot non productive investigation.
Trump and Barr should be billed by the taxpayers.
Millions to catch a low level FBI guy on something barely mattering. And the other two not convicted. The only thing serious about him is his studied serious face. I find a lot of stupid people know how to make that face. Smart people don't necessarily scowl.
Maybe Biden should pardon the guy.
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi. After a more than two-year investigation, encompassing 33 hearings held in congressional investigations and four public hearings, at an estimated cost of $7 million and counting, Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee released their long-awaited report on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi that resulted in the death of four Americans on June 28, 2016. Republicans once again failed to find a smoking gun to pin the tragedy on Clinton.
Bupkis. I love bupkis.
What would we do without the wonderful words that Yiddish has added to our vocabulary?
Oy!
Leo Rosten's estate thanks you, bubbeleh!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joys_of_Yiddish
I read that, decades ago. But I learned most of the Yiddish words I know from Jewish schoolmates.
That giant sucking sound is our tax payer dollars going down the drain into the cesspool of Republithug conspiracy mongering. Yet again.
Not to worry Lucien. The Trump cult fools do not read and many probably have limited ability to concentrate. 300 pages? They won't get past 10. As we know, Trump reads nothing.
The phrase "Shit with feathers" comes to mind.
I once sat on a panel in graduate school that was complete and unmitigated BS.
It became apparent that someone wrote up a useless proposal and the thing was funded.
What a waste of time and money! It's hard to justify the expense, and I was mortified
to be a part of it. I did learn, however, that being in such "refined" company can cause moral gangrene.
I finally left the graduate program when my faculty adviser pulled and "bait and switch" on my thesis.
A short wile later I was informed by the chief librarian at the College that my adviser was placed in a mental institution. Sigh.
Admittedly, dwelling in a world of institutional BS has it it risks!
I make it a policy to distance myself from pretense, and consciously avoid associating
with noxious fools who endanger the welfare of others.
Can’t wait for “the mega-bleating” to begin in earnest…