JFK on the brain

I subscribe to U.S. News & World Report, a conservative news magazine. "Know your enemy", I always say.

This article was in the latest issue:

Washington Whispers
By Paul Bedard

The legions of conspiracy theorists will be buzzing anew this week when a group of assassination pros call for a broader probe into the Nov. 22, 1963, slaying of President John F. Kennedy. Among the new concerns to be documented in a presentation near the White House Monday: possible hanky-panky with the famous Zapruder film--maybe to disguise another shooter--and suggestions that a second brain was used in an autopsy coverup.

Sounds zany, but the players appear legit. Leading the charge is Paul Kuntzler, president of the government transcription contractor Miller Reporting. He thinks the public's trust in Uncle Sam was punctured by the Warren Commission review and believes a new probe will restore it--especially since new info is available. Among those questioning the old evidence: Thomas Lipscomb, founder of Times Books, who was up for a Pulitzer for unveiling discrepancies in Sen. John Kerry's swift-boat record. He looked for continuity flaws in Zapruder by comparing the movie with photos taken at Dallas's Dealey Plaza.

One discrepancy: Two women at the slaying site are shown wearing white sneakers when they actually wore black shoes. He's got the Polaroids to prove it.

Lipscomb's stuff is so compelling that Fox and ABC are negotiating to buy it. He has no conspiracy theory but thinks the evidence was flawed and needs validation.

A few interesting notes:

1. Another version of this revelation was revealed on USN&WR's online website on May 12, 2006:

Among one of 30 questionable scenes in the Zapruder film, is the so-called sneaker problem. According to JFK assassination investigator Thomas Lipscomb, the two women shown in frame 299 of the Zapruder film were wearing black shoes. The Polaroids show then in the black shoes in pictures taken just before they walked to Dealey Plaza. But the women are shown in the film wearing white sneakers, says Lipscomb. He adds: "Remember, in the South, women never wore white shoes after Labor Day and it's almost December when this photo was taken in the Zapruder film."

2. The first article I linked and quoted was for the magazine issue dated May 22, 2006. Obviously, magazines print ahead and subscribers get their copies a little early. I was reading the article over this past weekend, before the press conference on illegal immigration that was scheduled for Monday the 15th.

Suppose for a moment that the Monday USN&WR was referring to was the same Monday that Bush gave his hastily-scheduled immigration speech... You think it might've been a distraction from the JFK revelations?

3. Thomas Lipscomb... this article makes no bones about listing his involvement with the Swift Boat fuckers who "smeared" Skull & Bonesman John Kerry in the 2004 campaign. But now he's some truth marauder? Yeah right. Can you say "misinformation" boys and girls?

4. Just moments ago, CNN reported that the FBI may have found the remains of missing Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa somewhere outside of Detroit.

5. The picture accompanying this post is alleged proof that George H. W. Bush was at Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. Rumors have abounded for years that Bush Sr. had something to do with the assassination, since he is one of the few Americans who was alive at the time who cannot seem to recall just where the fuck he was when JFK was shot...

What is their agenda? Why was it overshadowed by the Presidential address, especially since the guys behind it are on Bush Jr's side? And if it was referring to Monday the 22nd and not Monday the 15th, with what kind of fanfare are we going to greet this bit of news?