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As far as I can tell, the HSCA's acoustical conclusions are the rare, maybe unique, instance where you haven't suspected the government of error, bias, or calculated deception. Why the special treatment?
By the way, you haven't yet responded to the points I set out about the Federal Reserve operating circular. I've explained how, in my view, the "should" operates and how the circular differs from other federal regulations. I've also questioned the logic of your argument that if the stamps should be there, forgery is likely. Are you giving up on this point? |
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http://www.internationalskeptics.com...7#post12317577
Manifesto said: I’m really doing my very best keeping up with your requests. Nice and easy. http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=4860 Manifesto is now up to hundreds claims with no evidence provided. We can now add to that another howler
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And here is the library of research that now supersedes the HSCA acoustic investigation:
National Academy of Sciences - http://www.jfk-online.com/nas00.html James Bowles - http://www.jfk-online.com/bowles.html R.C. Agarwal, R. L. Garwin, and B. L. Lewis, IBM Watson Research Center - http://www.jfk-online.com/acousibm00.html Ralph Linsker ,Richard Garwin, Herman Chernoff, Paul Horowitz, and Norman Ramsey for Science & Justice - http://jfk-records.com/ScienceAndJus...%282005%29.pdf https://fas.org/rlg/RL9b02_WithFigNu...geFigures).pdf Michael O'Dell - http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/odell/ |
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1. The evidence is in the HSCA acoustical investigation.
2. My explanations to said evidence are in the posts that I provided the links to. 3. The arguments for its veracity are in the posts that I provided the links to. If you have any complaints you have to state them in explicit reference to my posted evidence, explanations and arguments. In order to do that, you have to KLICK the links, quote the relevant parts and explain what it is that you have issues with. If not, it’s just whining in general. So, stop whining and be productive, bknight. |
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Myers doesn't specifically deal with the acoustics, he comes at the question from the photographic record. The links you're replying to are strictly superseding studies of the acoustics.
I linked Myers report and supplemental material in my post to you from yesterday, the one where you plan on dealing with all of my debunking material in one shot. |
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In addition to all your plausible explanations. Even if they were readers of the literature, it would give a perfectly reasonable and logical explanation for not coming forward.
Imagine after reading it thinking. Jesus, these crazy bastards are not going to believe anything I say and are going to look into every corner of my life and try to connect me to the killing of the President of the United States! Maybe I should just stay out of this particular spotlight. |
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The HSCA acoustic data has been refuted and just because you don't understand it, you hand wave the debunking away.
No one is interested in your "My explanations to said evidence" as they are speculations and contain no evidence. There are no evidence in your links, just more speculations without evidence. I have clicked the links above, and they don't have evidence, just more of your eye, ear, nose statements that are interesting, but not evidence. I have asked you to refrain from using ad hominems, why do you continue to use them, is that the best you are able to discuss? |
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I would ask all in the discussion from using ad hominems, they don't accomplish what any poster wants
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We already know a 6.5 round fired from the Depository could not have created the wounds as reported at autopsy, so people should loosen up when discussing whether or not the rifle paper trail is fake.
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I have never ”refused” to provide evidence. I provide evidence if requested to do so in a specific and relevant manner. Hanks ”method” [of requesting evidence] is not going to [get me to] provide any evidence since it has a completely different purpose. To create the the illusion of me not providing evidence when requested to do so. - Manifesto |
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Oswald begins working at the TSBD on 16, October, 1963
The trip to Texas was confirmed on 4, November, 1963. Dallas Secret Service are alerted. The Dallas Motorcade is confirmed on 16, November, 1963. The Dallas Motorcade Route is published in the Dallas Morning News on 21, November, 1963. There's your time-frame. What nobody would have known or controlled was the weather - there had been thunder storms in hours preceding JFK's arrival at Love Field, and there was a good chance that the limo would have had it's bubble-top put on had there been a threat of rain. Bottom line: Oswald didn't even know if he was going to have a shot at the President that day. When I come back I'll take a shot at your second question. |
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The point (I think) Yak is making is that, setting aside the claim that the paper trail was forged as maintained in CT fantasy world, the FACT remains that the 6.5 x 52 Mannlicher-Carcano rifle serial number C2766 (the exact rifle found in the 6th floor of the TSBD) WAS sold to "A Hidell" (in CT fantasy world, a fake ID used by the Alphabet Soup) on March 13, 1963 (with an order form in Oswald's handwriting), and picked up by the same person at the Dallas GPO on March 25. The evidence of this is irrefutable, the deposit of the payment, the shipping of the rifle by Klein's, the pickup from the Dallas GPO is all documented.
What was the purpose of buying the rifle and setting up Oswald by faking the paper trail (including forging the order form) in March 1963 at a time when no-one knew that JFK was even going to be in Texas, let alone driving through Dallas? |
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Totally debunked.
The fact that you don't understand how it was debunked (because you don't even understand the science behind the HCSA flawed science in the first place) is your problem, not ours. ETA: I'll offer you a deal - you explain in detail, in your own words, (no copypasta from CT websites or the work of CT loons) how the HSCA Acoustic analysis was supposed to work, i.e. the scientific premise they based their analysis on, and I will explain in detail, the flaws in their thinking and in that premise, the limitations in equipment they used and the reason why later analysis, using more sophisticated equipment, was able to prove them wrong. |
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I believe some CT (usenet) held that the evil conspiracy would have use their vast influence to cause all the people involved in the requests, and back and forth and decisions that ended up with Kennedy going to Dallas were all in their pay, under their influence or dupes.
A highly complicated plan that worked (in the CT world) but they decided to go the dumb idiot route in all aspects of the paper work for the rifle....go figure eh? |
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1. It has NOT been ”debunked” and no, I’m not hand waving anything away. I have carefully responded to each and every claim and explained why it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. That is the opposite of hand waving.
2. The issue here is not in what way my evidence, explanations and arguments its to your liking. The issue here is that I contrary to ”Hank’s” request/implied absense, already hav provided evidence, explanations and arguments for its veracity. Ergo. Hank was making a willfully faulty claim in order to make me look bad.
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How can he "Cite - Explain - Argue" any evidence in the links when what you want him to "Cite - Explain - Argue" isn't even present in those links?
One cannot cite, explain or argue about something that isn't there, except to say that... well, it isn't there (which is what bknight said..."they don't have evidence")! |
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Okay.
And yes, why indeed? Also, why not buy the M-1, which Klein's also carried, a weapon Oswald was trained on while a Marine, and a weapon he could use in his sleep. Plus, .762 caliber bullets are as common as cowboy boots in Texas, perfect for adding confusion in a multiple shooter scenario. Instead Oswald buys a black swan in the 6.5x52mm Carcano. I'll say it again, the Carcano is the true smoking gun. The 6.5x52mm round was over-powered, and the damage to the bodies was almost exclusive to this particular bullet. If you want a conspiracy you have to accept Oswald was the shooter, and look eslewhere. |
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I get it that there's a particular personality aberration that predisposes some people to see conspiracy everywhere, but why not make it at least plausible? That Oswald pulled the trigger and was the only shooter is a dead certainty. That will never be in dispute by people who are honest and intelligent. CTs need to look beyond who the shooter was. That's simply a matter of historical fact.
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And it's very hard to link him to anybody.
The best scenario is that someone notices him while he's in New Orleans; maybe he mentions he took a shot at Walker to make an impression on his new friends (look at me, I'm a tough guy!). Maybe once word comes that JKF is coming to Dallas Oswald gets to a phone booth and calls this friend and runs the idea of killing the President by him. Maybe promises are made in regards to escaping to Cuba. Someone drove Oswald to the firing ranges he was seen at, and that person remains anonymous. I think Oswald acted alone, I think the guy driving him around was just being wise about not coming forward. I doubt this mystery driver knew what the plan was. |
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Here is the same post that I selected previously that you did not offer evidence. Originally Posted by manifesto ”Legitimate”? Who’s the chief arbiter, here? Your mentor Mr. McA ... ? The HSCA acoustical evidence: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=961 The actual in investigation, not the politically contrived conclusions made by Robert Blakey. 1. The investigation shows that it was five, not four, impulse patterns that had a significant match with 0.6 or more binary correlation. 2. That the shot from the knoll was the fatal head shot and did not miss. 3. That the probability for the knoll-shot being random noise or static was 1/100 000, not ca 1/20. I have argued for this in the following posts (among others): http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1338 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1367 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1412 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1482 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1536 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1541 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1587 http://www.internationalskeptics.com...postcount=1594 Let me know if this is not enough and tell me what additional information you need to see, if any. But, be specific. Cite. Explain. Much as I hate to do this but, you have asked for this. Post 1338 Originally Posted by pgwenthold The probability that there are 4 rifle shots being random noise is 1/10000 IF and only there is a motorcycle with a stuck mike in the correct position. 5 shots. Chief of HSCA, Blakey, desided that one shot from behind had to be excluded because Oswald couldn’t possible have made 4 shots in that timeframe. Which of cource is circular reasoning. If you look att the real investigation, not edited by Blakey, the number of detected rifle shots were 5. 4 from behind and 1 from the picket fence at the knoll with P for random noise less than 1/100 000. Pretty much a slam dunk. Quote: If there is not a motorcycle with a stuck mike in that position, the probability that it is random noise is 100%. IF your evidence of placing the microphone at the Trade Mart is of the same probability (P = 1/100 000) for being somewhere else, you have a case. Quote: Therefore, in order to conclude they are gun shots, you first have to establish that the motorcycle is in the right position with a mike stuck open. This is why the HSCA failed. They did not do that. They made the same error you did. Because they wanted it to be so. No. The chance of the 5 echo pulses-patterns being random noise is 1/100 000. So, you have to establish the same or bigger probability that the microphone was at the Trade Mart if you disprove the HSCA’s findings. Quote: So tell me, where was Officer McLain at the time the shots were made? Please answer this without referring to the recording, since you have not established that McLain is the source of the recording. You do not understand: 1. The recording show with next to 100% proof five rifle shots on it. 2. There is no photo or film showing the 5 areas where the microphone have to be in order to pick up the sound on the recording. 3. McLain is on photo and film before and after the shooting, making him the prime candidate for having the stuck microphone on said areas during the right time frame. 4. You have to show that the microphone instead was in the Trade Mart with a confidence of P < 1/100 000 for it being somewhere else. Quote: I'll give some help: He wasn't where he needed to be, and his mike wasn't stuck open. How do you know? Now lets dissect your evidence. The first six paragraphs deal with the dicta-belt "evidence". It has been pointed out to you many times that this little bit of "evidence" you continue to cite has been de-bunked, and because you don't understand it, you continue to post this garbage. The 70's HSCA dicta-belt evidence has been refuted so many times it is funny to all of us but you. The last that I remember posted is https://www.heliyon.com/article/e00603#Declarations You have never stated anything about this report, because I doubt you have read it, or it is more advanced than you(no criticism intended). The only attempt you made is Myers' video. You don't understand this either as you keep calling it "eye-balling". Nothing could be further from the truth. Then you continue on with this line of thought by attempting to place McClain in the correct location, which is impossible. Further the open mike location when listening to more of the belt than you wish we would listen to, one hears an officer whistling into the mike, then we hear the Doppler effect of sirens. And you finish with more Officer McClain and the probability of the acoustic evidence being "P < 1/100 000" without submitting the limiting factors. That evidence is correct If and Only If the open mike is in the precise location, which it is NOT. Now Tell us where your evidence is in ONLY the first entry. You fail miserably and won't have the courage to admit you are wrong. No evidence is no evidence. I have asked politely for you to refrain from ad hominems I shall report this post. |
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A very important point this.
There could still have been a conspiracy to kill JFK. If more than one person was involved in planning or providing support (and that would include arranging an escape plan for the shooter) then you have a conspiracy. If there was, the most likely conspirators would be Cubans seeking revenge from either side of their particular shitfight; motive is strong on both sides... a. Castro's side over the Cuban Missile Crisis. b. The rebels' side over the perceived betrayal at the Bay of Pigs. However, if elements within the US Government wanted to kill Kennedy, there were numerous far easier opportunities to do so. An unreliable, impoverished nutcase like Oswald would be absolutely the worst choice they could have made if they needed to recruit an assassin.. so many things could have gone wrong with this guy. The risk of failure and exposure would have been intolerable. The CT version of an all-powerful Secret US Government plot to... - forge documents - fake ballistics - plant fingerprints and palmprints - fake photos - alter x-rays - amend autopsy reports - buy off private individuals, - buy off banks - buy off business owners - bribe government employees - pay Jack Ruby to play hitman ...is not only a paranoid fantasy, it is absolutely NOT the way a government conspiracy works... far too many moving parts that can go wrong, far too many loose ends that need tying off. We've seen what a Government conspiracy looks like... Watergate! It was straightforward and uncomplicated with hardly any moving parts, and even then, they got exposed and caught. If the secret US Government (with its unlimited budget for the cover up) is so all-powerful then; a. why did they make so many of these alleged mistakes that allowed their plot to be uncovered? b. how is it that they were unable to infiltrate Bolt, Beranek and Newman, and subvert the HSCA acoustic evidence? c. How was the loose end, Jack Ruby, not taken care of by the "death squad" immediately? He lived another four years - plenty of time to sing! d. Why not have some of the Alphabet Soup agents testify at the Warren Commission that they were on the Grassy Knoll at the time of the shooting and that no shots came from there. e. Why not cook up some witnesses to walk in on Oswald while he was taking the shots. f. Why not cook up some witnesses to positively identify Oswald in the sixth floor window. If this really was a US Government conspiracy to assassinate JFK, then what we saw on Dealey Plaza on 11/22/63 from the Alphabet Soup was a cross between Amateur Hour and the Keystone Cops. |
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And if it was a frame-up, why did the DPD try to force Buell Wesley Frazier to sign a confession that he conspired with Oswald - hence a conspiracy?
Why did the FBI continue to follow up on leads about the assassination well into the 1970's, no matter how off the wall (they were taking statements from psychics)? Why does the DCI issue an internal think-piece in 1972 on the assassination asking if the CIA had missed something if the CIA was in on it? All you need is one other person who knew what Oswald was going to do and you have a conspiracy. It might not be the big, sexy "CIA/FBI/LBJ/Hunt Oil/ Military Industrial Complex conspiracy, but it's still a conspiracy. Many of our mass shooters and spree killers have had help in some way before or after the fact. Oswald didn't seem to have a lot of friends, but he was a sucker for a pretty face as long as she made the first move. His psyche profile is that of a guy who just wanted to be famous, but didn't want to work for it. |
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”Legitimate”? Who’s the chief arbiter, here? Much as I hate to do this but, you have asked for this. Post 1338 Originally Posted by pgwenthold The probability that there are 4 rifle shots being random noise is 1/10000 IF and only there is a motorcycle with a stuck mike in the correct position. [Originally posted by manifesto] 5 shots. Chief of HSCA, Blakey, desided that one shot from behind had to be excluded because Oswald couldn’t possible have made 4 shots in that timeframe. Which of cource is circular reasoning. Quote: [pgwenthold] If there is not a motorcycle with a stuck mike in that position, the probability that it is random noise is 100%. [manifesto] IF your evidence of placing the microphone at the Trade Mart is of the same probability (P = 1/100 000) for being somewhere else, you have a case. Quote: [phwenthold] Therefore, in order to conclude they are gun shots, you first have to establish that the motorcycle is in the right position with a mike stuck open. [manifesto] No. The chance of the 5 echo pulses-patterns being random noise is 1/100 000. So, you have to establish the same or bigger probability that the microphone was at the Trade Mart if you disprove the HSCA’s findings. Quote: [pgwenthold] So tell me, where was Officer McLain at the time the shots were made? Please answer this without referring to the recording, since you have not established that McLain is the source of the recording. [manifesto] You do not understand: Quote: [pgwenthold] I'll give some help: He wasn't where he needed to be, and his mike wasn't stuck open. [manifesto] How do you know? [pgwenthold] Now lets dissect your evidence. Ok, first I cleaned up your post in order to sort out who is who saying what. Second, my post (quoted by you at the top of this post) was a response to ”Hanks” claim that I had not provided evidence, explained it or argued for its veracity. It is now crystal clear that I have. Third. That YOU do not like my evidence, explanations and arguments isn’t the same as me not having presented it. It’s there, like or not. That is, you have to separate your opinion of my evidence, explanations and arguments, from the issue of me at all having presented such or not. Do do you think you can do that? Btw, I firmly disagree with most of your arguments above, but I do not claim that you have not presented them. You certainly have. |
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