[NYPost] The Soviet Union theorized that President Lyndon B. Johnson could have been behind JFK’s assassination ‐ and also feared Moscow could be blamed and attacked, according to documents in a major release of files related to Kennedy’s slaying on Thursday.
The Dec. 1, 1966 FBI memo, which relayed unconfirmed speculation, noted that sources said the KGB "was in possession of data purporting to indicate President Johnson was responsible for the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy." Article contains hyperlinks to documents.
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The Soviet Union theorized that President Lyndon B. Johnson could have been behind JFK’s assassination.
Because that's the way it's done in the Soviet Union. Other Johnson-Soviet parallels in political methodology were to be revealed during the course of the Johnson presidency.
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People just can't accept that a two bit loser could of killed a sitting president. Of the four assasinated presidents only Abe was killed by a person of public reputation.
And your right Raj. LBJ was a sonofabitch. But its not like he was the only one around. Imagine the mess it would have been if Kennedy had been killed in Palm Beach by the guy with the suicide bomb before the EC voted in December of '60
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The Kennedy brothers were Democrats but were assassinated by extreme leftists because they were too far to the right.
#5. The shot through the windshield was because the car was going down hill and angling perpendicular to Oswalds bolt action rifle and accelerating. Oswald led too much on his final shot.
"The shot through the windshield was because the car was going down hill and angling perpendicular to Oswalds bolt action rifle and accelerating. Oswald led too much on his final shot."
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The Kennedy brothers were Democrats but were assassinated by extreme leftists because they were too far to the right.
The Kennedy's weren't particularly right-wing for that period. On national security, they were making up for lost time. Note that Truman downplayed the Communist threat until the Korean War broke out. He could have avoided that problem in its entirety by continuing to provide material aid to Chiang Kai-shek, who ran out of gas as the Soviets opened the throttle on shipments to Mao. On domestic issues, they were fully of the left, starting with their attempt to make the US a mini-UN via the Hart-Cellar Act of 1965, which opened the floodgates to 3rd World immigration.
I don't fully understand the Right's infatuation with JFK. The guy was a left-wing dilettante who caused many of the problems that plague us today.
[PJ] The implications from this week's revelation -- that the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign financed former British spy Christopher Steele's unverified dossier of alleged connections between the Trump campaign and Russia -- continue to expand.
But given this revelation, it's important to revisit what we already know.
The FBI used the DNC/Clinton-funded dossier to obtain surveillance warrants targeting the Trump campaign from the top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. At the time, the FBI was led by then-director James Comey:
[FOX] The crazed gunman who killed 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas was wealthy, had worked for the government in several previous jobs, owned properties in several states and bought 33 firearms in the last year, officials said. Purchased in the run-up to the election. Probably just a coincidence.
Investigators piecing together 64-year-old Stephen Paddock's life found he worked for the Internal Revenue Service and as an auditor for defense contracts. But Paddock apparently started his government service via a far more humble route: working two years as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service from 1976-1978. That appears to overlap with his time at Cal State Northridge, from which he graduated in 1977. Oh wait! Wrong photo. Same motive ?
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Yes, we knew (on our radar) he was a nut job and purchasing lots of weapons. We could have stopped him at Kroger, but we wanted to get everybody together with plenty of media coverage for the actual take down.
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Given that Obean's Fast and Furious was about arms flow to Mexico (mainly by the Feds), you'd think 33 weapons in a year would have cause some notice at the ATF. I'm sure the Mexican consulate would be interested in the explanation.
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There is far too much weird stuff surrounding this case
Indeed. One bit of weirdness that caught my eye: A break-in at the shooter's house: According to authorities, a number of unidentified individuals descended on Paddock's home in the Del Webb retirement community just outside Reno, bypassing both state and federal law enforcement who were assigned to protect the property.
Local law enforcement says it's not clear how the group got into the home, which is supposed to be under round-the-clock surveillance, and they do not have any suspects — but they also believe nothing was taken from inside the home, as the home was left completely undamaged.
So, a team of people break into a crime scene while the cops have it under surveillance. The place is *not* ransacked. No idea if anything was taken. Or left. Tell me that doesn't stink. (or that I'm trapped in the plot of the next Dan Brown novel)
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I keep telling you, revert back to the original copyright period. Starve the Mouse to death. Think of all those Disney properties suddenly in public domain that are 30 years old.
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In case they missed it, being kind and tolerant and well mannered about other people's behavior does not mean accepting, encouraging or interested. As a business decision, not understanding this and letting gay people influence traditional broadcasting with a youth market is utterly disasterous.
[All Africa] Kenyans from various parts of the country have woken up early to vote in the repeat presidential election, reports the Daily Nation. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is boycotting the poll, yesterday urged his supporters not to vote - but several journalists have photographed his name on the ballot paper and posted it on Twitter. Al Jazeera correspondents are reporting that some polling stations are closed and that others have not received ballot papers.
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[NYPost] The deadly plague sweeping Madagascar may have a particularly gruesome cause — a local tradition of dancing with dead bodies.
Health officials suspect it’s no coincidence that the outbreak — which has infected more than 1,100 people and killed 124 since August — coincides with the time of year when families customarily exhume the remains of dead relatives, wrap them in a sheet, and dance with them through the streets in a sacred ritual, AFP reports.
“If a person dies of pneumonic plague and is then interred in a tomb that is subsequently opened for [the ritual], the bacteria can still be transmitted and contaminate whoever handles the body,” said Willy Randriamarotia, Madagascar’s health ministry chief of staff.
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Oh, take me back to Antananarivo
Where Madagascans totentanz in vivo,
And cringe when we so sensitively Tebow
Above the skin and bones we give the heave-ho!
[All Africa] George Weah, political leader of CDC, upon his return from Nigeria, Wednesday October 25, refuted the notion that his party is a movement to bring Mr Taylor back to the country.
"CDC has its own agenda. The CDC agenda is not an NPP agenda. CDC's agenda is not a Taylor agenda.
"Our vision for this country which we have clearly explained since the 2005 elections are about an inclusive form of government with everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources" - George Manneh Weah, Standard Bearer, CDC
"This is the lowest level that our opponents have taken the national politics," he stressed.
He further told his opponents that they should have been informing Liberians about how they intend to make their (Liberians) lives better after being in power for 12 years and squandered everything rather they are there spreading falsehood that Charles Chuck Taylor The former President-for-Life of Liberia, of whom the best that could be said was that he wasn't quite as horrible as Prince Johnson, at least not usually. will influence him when he is elected President.
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[All Africa] Senator Prince Y. Johnson (MDR, NIMBA) Standard Bearer of the Movement for Democratic Reconstruction today endorsed the candidacy of football legend-turned Senator George Manneh Weah, dealing a major blow to Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's bid to succeed Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
The next government, he said would needs to stop the importation of rice and invest in mechanized farming in order to make our country self-reliant in food production. "I know that no one party can solve all these problems alone. That is why we must all join in to make the Liberian dream a reality. We must also continue to promote the doctrine of freedom of speech and civil liberties for all Liberians and strangers within our borders. WE must lend our support to elect that government that will be "for the people, of the people and by the people"!
Senator Johnson said he was grateful to the Almighty God for the peaceful conduct of the October 10, 2017 General Elections of which he was a candidate for the Presidency and hailed the National Elections Commission and the Liberian people for their strong commitment to peace and democracy.
In the June 2009 final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC), which was established as part of the 2003 peace deal, the TRC recommended Johnson's inclusion on a list of 50 people who should be "specifically barred from holding public offices; elected or appointed for a period of thirty (30) years" for "being associated with former warring factions."
Johnson labelled the recommendation a "joke," noting the absence of several other combatants from the list, and vowed to resist any charges brought as a result of the report.
Johnson finished fourth in the just-ended first round after securing 127,666 votes for 8.2 percent. It remains to be seen how much his backing of Weah, who won the first round with 596,037 votes for 38.4 percent, will impact the run-off. This is the very same Prince Johnson who tortured the late President Samuel Doe to death and videotaped it. He and Charles Taylor and a few other bad guyz then proceeded to tear Liberia apart in a vicious civil war that went on for what felt like forever but only stretched from 1989 through 1997 and resulted in the rule of Chuck Taylor and the death of about a quarter million people....
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[Express] NORTH Korea labelled Donald Trump a "lunatic" and warned that his visit to the South will mean war in a chilling threat to the President.
The Hermit Kingdom has long threatened violence against the President and the US, once claiming they would wipe the America "off the face of the earth".
Now a statement from state propaganda mouthpiece KCNA has warned Trump could "bring a war to the Korean peninsula" by visiting South Korea next month.
They went on to praise protests in the South against Trump’s visit, telling clueless citizens that people marched in the streets opposing the US President.
But images from the protests show groups of no more than 10 people taking part in the rallies, which used slogans coined by Kim Jong-Un’s regime.
The KCNA missive also branded the US President a "war maniac" and a "lunatic".
Trump could enter North Korea in a direct provocation to Kim Jong-un if he visits the DMZ during his trip to Seoul next month.
Local news reports have suggested the US president could visit the heavily fortified border which it is feared North Korea will view as a threat.
Despite rising tensions between the neighbours the DMZ remains a popular destination that sees many tourists technically passing into North Korea by entering a hut where the armistice was signed.
In 1983 President Ronald Reagan, who Trump has long admired, took a tour of the area.
Now there have been calls for Trump to carry out the provocative trip as a show of strength.
But concerns have been raised the move could provoke retaliation from the isolated dictatorship amid soaring tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Sue Mi Terry, a former Korea analyst, said: "They're seeing almost everything as a threat.
"They already see him as a very provocative person.
"Anything that he does will be continually seen that way."
The 160-mile long border divides the Korean peninsula from coast to coast.
It is one of the most built up military borders in the world with a million soldiers standing guard, millions of landmines and conventional artillery.
Former assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel said: "The DMZ functions as a kind of amplifier.
"The message takes on a more martial and ominous tone when it comes out of a military command post on North Korea’s doorstep." imo, the only way President Trump should visit to the DMZ is as the victorious Commander-in-Chief.
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Now a statement from state propaganda mouthpiece KCNA has warned Trump could "bring a war to the Korean peninsula" by visiting South Korea next month.
I'd book the next flight over just to piss Pudgy off.
Oh, and still no 'sea of fire' or 'capitalist running dog lackeys' - this gets a 3 on the Spittle Meter.
[PRESSTV] A United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... independent expert has warned that three recent rounds of international sanctions on North Korea over its missile and nuclear tests could affect the country’s ordinary citizens.
"I am concerned with the possibility that these sanctions might have a negative impact on vital economic sectors, and therefore, a direct consequence on the enjoyment of human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. ," UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Quintana said Thursday.
Quintana, speaking to members of the UN General Assembly's human rights committee, said bans on delivery of vital aid items to North Korea have made it more difficult for human rights workers to help people in need in North Korea, especially those affected by serious illnesses and the disabled.
"History shows us that sanctions can have a devastating impact on the civilian population," he said, adding that human rights staff in North Korea have also had problems carrying out financial transactions due to banking sanctions imposed on the country.
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And Nork nukes could affect ordinary citizens in South, Japan, and even USA, Tomas.
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Bombing of Germany and Japan circa '43-'45 could affect ordinary citizens too. Sometime you have to go through a lot of people to get to those in charge, or in the case of Ceausescu, the people take care of the problem themselves.
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That events at a national level would also affect individual citizens is a penetrating geopolitical insight worthy of the finest minds of our generation.
h/t Instapundit
India will make its second mission to the moon in 2018, the Indian Space Research Organization announced this week.
The Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft consists of an orbiter, lander and rover configuration "to perform mineralogical and elemental studies of the lunar surface," the ISRO said.
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Wait til the Indian astronauts call ground control with an emergency message, and get routed to a call center. "The next mission control operator will be available in BEEP twelve BEEP minutes. Please stay on the line..."
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"The next mission control operator will be available in BEEP twelve BEEP minutes. Please stay on the line..."
An operator named "Bob" who tries to be helpful but they have a hard time understanding.
[DAWN] The Ministry of Human Rights has decided to forward the Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill 2017 to the law ministry to be vetted, before it is forwarded to the cabinet.
The decision was made by Human Rights Minister Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar after a meeting with a delegation of Hindu and Christian community representatives.
Minister of State for Human Rights Barrister Usman Jamali, who also attended the meeting, read out several objections and amendments proposed by Christians that the ministry has received.
Meeting participants unanimously agreed that the Christian Divorce Act 1869 and the Christian Marriage Act 1870 need to be amended and upgraded.
The delegation included a Christian priest, lawyers, academics and civil society members, who recommended that the bill’s provisions should be in accordance with the Bible.
They asked for Christian marriage laws to be implemented at the provincial level, and the minister and state minister agreed that resolutions from the provinces would be sought to ensure that uniform laws are implemented across the country.
The minister was told by the delegation members that the draft Marriage and Divorce Bill has been finalised after a consensus among all segments of the Christian community, including churches of all the mainstream denominations.
The bill was finalised after several rounds of discussions among various segments of the Christian community and caters to current needs.
There are various lacunae in the 1870 act, including a provision that says a marriage can only be solemnised before sunset, as well as other issues that have become redundant with time. The draft also raises the marriageable age for the bride and groom from 16 to 18 years.
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[The Hill] A federal court in California has struck down an emergency motion that would have forced the Trump administration to continue making ObamaCare subsidy payments to insurers.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria denied the motion for an injunction, saying that he was skeptical that cutting off the payments known as cost-sharing reductions (CSR) would cause an immediate injury to residents of the state.
He noted many states, including California, saw "the writing on the wall" and took actions to mitigate any potential harm if the payments were ended.
"To be sure, the absence of money for CSR payments does not seem to be causing health care reform to come crumbling down," Chhabria wrote in his ruling.
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There is no constitutional basis for the payments. As Trump wisely did, he threw the ball back for appropriations to the legislative branch which is the constitutional source of revenue. Can't wait for the socialists to declare the Judiciary has the right and power to tax and spend. Not that there are too many in that branch who seek such powers on any excuse (its for the children[tm]).
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It seems to me that the main stream media were trying to goad Trump into defying the judgment of the courts that continuing payments to insurance companies that were not authorized by congress is unconstitutional
I saw ABC news's reaction to Trump discontinuing the payments. It showed pictures of pathetic children who would presumably be deprived of medical care, and claimed that Trump was causing hardship to millions of innocents out of his meanness.
Actually though, had he not discontinued these payments he would be violating the dictates of the constitution, and that would have justified impeachment proceedings against him.
Obama had started the payments, which were obviously unconstitutional, but that is a judgment, and until the courts ruled that it was unconstitutional, it was not officially so. Obama could have acted out of stupidity or ignorance rather than willfully violating separation of powers. And it was similarly ok for Trump to continue the practice before the court ruling, that ruling made continuing the subsidies involved a clear violation of Trump's oath to obey the constitution, if he had done anything other than what he did.
He accompanied his action by an attempt to get bipartisan support for congress action to authorize the subsidies, and that was the most he could legally do on their behalf.
Was the massive media campaign against discontinuing the subsidies aimed at goading Trump to behave unconstitutionally? If he had continued the subsidies would they have demanded impeachment for that behavior?
I would not put that past them.
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[SportingNews] More bad news could be on the horizon for ESPN. Staffers at the Worldwide Leader in Sports are bracing for another possible round of layoffs late this year, multiple sources tell Sporting News.
The next round of cutbacks could come down in late November or early December, with 40-60 positions potentially being impacted, according to sources. The layoffs could hit both on-air TV/radio talent and behind-the-scenes production staffers.
"This time it won't matter if you're 'liked' or not. It's not going to be pretty," one source warned.
Another source expects the flagship "SportsCenter" franchise to lose people in front of and behind the camera. "I see (ESPN) going down a path where they have less staff ‐ and hire more production companies to provide programs and fill air time."
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But ESPN is struggling from the triple-whammy of a shrinking subscriber base, expensive billion-dollar TV rights for the NFL, NBA and other sports, (which they cannot renegotiate - ed.)
and bloated talent costs. The network pays $1.9 billion annually for "Monday Night Football" and another $1.4 billion for the NBA. Don't forget ESPN is still paying millions of dollars in severance costs to many of the 100 anchors/reporters laid off in late April.
Depends on how Disney set ESPN up. If it's an independent financial agency (LLC), the bankruptcy court could redirect negotiations. At which time, other bidders can come forward. They already Detroitified the network and brand, why not go all the way.
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Another source expects the flagship "SportsCenter" franchise to lose people in front of and behind the camera.
Maybe they could show more Sports, even if it is taped Replay, and less Commentary ... ya' think?
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Re #8:Magpie, that's just crazy talk! How can't they push their SJW agenda if they spend all their time showing sports?
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As a Texas Aggie, the longhorn network thing has made ESPN loathsome before the SJW stuff. They signed a deal with texas university and tried to hog tie recruiting in with a deal to show high school football as a straw man for allowing representatives to talk to players about the tu program. When the UIL killed that, the only hope of the lhn to make money died with it. The tu folks hold on to the lhn and that prevents the Big-12 from having a conference network.
So seeing how shady the ESPN/tu connection was, I have no doubt the $50 million per year being paid to tu to broadcast two or three games played by a team that has not had a winning record in three years is fun to watch.
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I actually like the conversations about the sports more than the actual games, BUT, that's when they talk about the sports not all the PC SJW BS in and around sports.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[FOX] The crazed gunman who killed 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas was wealthy, had worked for the government in several previous jobs, owned properties in several states and bought 33 firearms in the last year, officials said.
Yes, we knew (on our radar) he was a nut job and purchasing lots of weapons. We could have stopped him at Kroger, but we wanted to get everybody together with plenty of media coverage for the actual take down.
Charles 
[All Africa] Senator Prince Y. Johnson (MDR, NIMBA) Standard Bearer of the Movement for Democratic Reconstruction today endorsed the candidacy of football legend-turned Senator George Manneh Weah, dealing a major blow to Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's bid to succeed Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
Now a statement from state propaganda mouthpiece KCNA has warned Trump could "bring a war to the Korean peninsula" by visiting South Korea next month.
North Korea
[DAWN] The Ministry of Human Rights has decided to forward the Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill 2017 to the law ministry to be vetted, before it is forwarded to the cabinet.
