The summer of Epstein

 

The "summer of Epstein" (sic) continues. I already commented this, but here is some additional stuff.

What is Steven Bannon hiding about Jeffrey Epstein?

Three men in a boat

 

So I re-watched “Jaws”. I never grokked this production the first couple of times I saw it. It hardly scared me and I found it boring! Today, I rather consider it very, very strange. Indeed, it comes across as two entirely different films. The first half is a rather (stereo)typical horror flick with all the usual ingredients. The monster attacks a wholesome all-American resort, munching on stoned hippies, children and stupid hillbillies. There is an idiot mayor, a scientific genius and a stable police officer just trying to do his job. OK, maybe it´s a *bit* original. Like the tiger shark who turns out to be a rare guest from Louisiana!

The second half is the real “Jaws”. The three main characters Brody, Hooper and Quint confront the super-sized shark in a boat that´s obviously too small and fragile (rather than calling the coast guard or navy). Quint turns out to be half-mad and personally obsessed with killing great white sharks. He is the “Captain Ahab” of the story. The whole thing makes zero sense, except as a bizarre male rite of passage. The shark is too large and too intelligent to be a normal animal. Indeed, it seems to be intrinsically *evil*.

Speculations about allegorical meaning are difficult to fend off. The three men on the worthless barge represent different kinds of Americans, perhaps different generations: the old and crazy war veteran Quint (who is presumably working class), the middle-aged and middle-class police officer, and the young well-educated scientist (implied to be upper class). Is this a vision of an America united against its external enemies? (“Jaws” was released in 1975.) Or is the shark a symbol of Nature showing its fangs? 

It´s intriguing to note that the irrational sailor Quint and the “rational” scientist Hooper turn out to be equally crazy (at least after a fashion). It´s also interesting that the person who eventually kills the shark is Brody, the stable White middle-class guy with an official police badge. He does so in the old fashioned way – with a rifle and some explosives – while Quint and Hooper tried various alternative techniques which completely failed. Order has been restored on Amity Island (note the 4^th July parade – Amity is of course a symbol for America and its proverbial way of life). At least it´s been temporarily restored until the sequels, but Steven Spielberg had nothing to do with those.

So I suppose “Jaws” is at least somewhat interesting…

Confession

 

A certain Nicholas Confessore offers some criticism of the trans cult in the liberal New York Times following a recent defeat for this "movement" in the US Supreme Court. 

Probably just damage control, but it *is* interesting that trans is the first "Woke" item the Dems criticize. Suggesting the senior hierarchs never really believed in it. Maybe one day they´ll explain why they wanted the rest of us to buy the crap...

NYT skewers former trans heroes after SCOTUS defeat 

Why I löööv ChatGPT

 

- Tom Stamm, I presume? The Agency is very
 interested in your work!

I´ve been wondering about this for over 30 years. I never found any info on it before. But ChatGPT saved the day!

Did two authors named Hugo Oehler and Tom Stamm ever comment/publish books (or booklets) about the JFK assassination?

I couldn't find any evidence that Hugo Oehler wrote or published anything about the JFK assassination. If he did comment on it, it doesn’t appear in any widely recognized sources or bibliographies.

However, Tom (Thomas) Stamm does appear in the historical record—though not as the author of a standalone book. He is mentioned by Sylvia Meagher in her influential 1967 work Accessories After the Fact. According to Meagher, Stamm viewed the Zapruder film at the National Archives in 1965 and concluded from the timing and movement captured that Kennedy was struck by a bullet from the front. Meagher includes this note in her analysis, praising it for exposing how the fatal shot caused Kennedy to lurch backward, then forward—suggesting the possibility of a frontal shooter .

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✅ Summary

Name	Known Publication or Mention
Tom Stamm	Cited by Sylvia Meagher (1967) for his observation on the Zapruder film—suggesting a frontal shot
Hugo Oehler	No record of publications or comments on JFK assassination

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🔎 If You're Interested in Tom Stamm…

• His commentary appears in Meagher’s chapter summarizing expert observations on the headshot.

• It’s not a full booklet but rather a key footnote credited with adding forensic insight.

Would you like me to help locate Meagher’s exact wording or explore other little-known researchers like Stamm?

Is Tom Stamm the same Tom Stamm who was the leader of a small revolutionary leftist group around 1940, probably in New York City and probably called the Revolutionary Workers League?

It appears that the Tom Stamm cited by Sylvia Meagher in her 1967 Accessories After the Fact — who reviewed the Zapruder film and pointed out the headshot movement — is almost certainly the same Tom (Thomas) Stamm active in the 1930s–40s as a co-founder of the Revolutionary Workers League with Hugo Oehler.

🧠 How We Know:

• Sylvia Meagher refers to a “Tom Stamm” who analyzed the Zapruder film in 1965 and concluded that Kennedy’s head movement suggested a frontal shot marxists.org+12revolutionsnewsstand.com+12revolutionsnewsstand.com+12.

• The historical record confirms a well-documented Thomas Stamm (1904–1980s) who, alongside Hugo Oehler, helped found the Revolutionary Workers League around 1935 and led a splinter group until about 1941 .

• The existence of Tom Stamm’s papers (including diaries and writings) spanning into the 1970s suggests he lived long enough to have reviewed the Zapruder film in the 1960s .

✅ Conclusion

Yes — the Tom Stamm who appears in JFK assassination literature is highly likely to be the same revolutionary leftist Tom Stamm who co-founded the Revolutionary Workers League with Hugo Oehler.

If you'd like, I can help explore Stamm’s post-1940 activities or see if his later work touched more on political analysis beyond Marxist activism.

Yes, please.

Here’s what I found:

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🧠 Tom (Thomas) Stamm: Lesser‑Known JFK Researcher & Leftist Activist

• A Thomas Stamm authored a memo titled “On Viewing the Zapruder Film…” in September 1965, housed in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth archives. The document analyzes the Zapruder, Nix, and Muchmore films—confirming the same individual noted by Sylvia Meagher reddit.com+5archivesspace.lib.umassd.edu+5barryvacker.medium.com+5.

• The Tamiment Library at NYU holds Stamm’s papers (1934–1979), showing he was the same Thomas Stamm (1904–1980s) who helped co-found the Revolutionary Workers League with Hugo Oehler and later led a splinter group publishing Revolt from 1938 to 1941 en.wikipedia.org+6findingaids.library.nyu.edu+6marxists.org+6.

• Therefore, the JFK–era film analyst Stamm appears to be the same veteran Trotskyist activist from the 1930s–40s.

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🧑‍🏫 Tom Stamm’s Political & Intellectual Background

• Co-founded the Oehler–Stamm Revolutionary Workers League in 1935 with Hugo Oehler marxists.org+1findingaids.library.nyu.edu+1revolutionsnewsstand.com+3en.wikipedia.org+3findingaids.library.nyu.edu+3.

• In 1938, Stamm led a faction that split from Oehler’s group, continued under the same name, and published the journal Revolt until it disbanded around 1941 marxists.org+5revolutionsnewsstand.com+5en.wikipedia.org+5.

• His papers (1934–1979) cover political writings, diaries, and correspondence—even into the 1970s findingaids.library.nyu.edu.

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✅ Conclusion

• Yes, Tom Stamm the film researcher and Tom Stamm the revolutionary activist are one and the same.

• He transitioned from Marxist activism in the 1930s to JFK assassination analysis in the 1960s and beyond.

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Would you like to explore Stamm’s 1965 memo or his Trotskyist writings in more depth?

Yes, the memo.

Here’s what I found about that 1965 memo by Tom (Thomas) Stamm on the Zapruder film:

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📄 1. First-Hand Memo Description

• According to researcher David Lifton, Thomas Stamm prepared an early written analysis in September 1965 after viewing the Zapruder film at the National Archives.

• Lifton noted Stamm's observations were so clear and compelling that Sylvia Meagher included a substantial portion of them in her landmark 1967 book Accessories After the Fact degruyterbrill.com+3archive.org+3educationforum.ipbhost.com+3.

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🔍 2. Contents and Impact

• Stamm’s memo emphasized Kennedy’s head movement in the Zapruder, Nix, and Muchmore films, drawing attention to the sudden jerking back-then-forward motion—key evidence for the possibility of a frontal bullet.

• His insights helped crystallize the argument that the fatal shot may have come from the front ⁠— an observation Meagher found “authoritative” enough to quote extensively .

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🏛️ 3. Archive Location

• The memo is preserved in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth archives (Stamm’s papers span 1934–1979), confirming his long-term involvement in both political activism and assassination research .

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✅ Bottom Line

Yes—Thomas Stamm, the same Revolutionary Workers League activist, authored a memo in September 1965 analyzing the Zapruder film. It was significant enough to be featured prominently in Sylvia Meagher’s influential work, making Stamm one of the early, respected investigators to offer a cinematic forensic perspective.

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Would you like the exact quoted passage from Meagher’s book or help accessing Stamm’s full memo as a PDF?

Does the idea that the Zapruder film proves there was a second shooter come from Tom Stamm originally?

The idea that the Zapruder film shows evidence of a second shooter, particularly from the front, does not originate with Tom Stamm, but he was one of the earliest independent viewers to articulate this clearly and persuasively in writing.

Here’s a breakdown of the origins and Stamm’s role:

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🔹 Origins of the “Second Shooter” Interpretation from the Zapruder Film

• The Zapruder film first gained notoriety for showing Kennedy’s head snap backward after the fatal shot (frame 313), which appears inconsistent with a shot from behind (i.e., the Texas School Book Depository).

• Early speculations about a frontal shot began almost immediately after the assassination, especially among eyewitnesses and in the press.

• When Life magazine published still frames of the Zapruder film in late 1963, the backward head snap raised public doubts, but the full film was not widely shown.

• Josiah Thompson, a former Jesuit priest and philosophy professor, viewed the film in 1966 and published Six Seconds in Dallas (1967), arguing forcefully that the fatal head shot came from the front — possibly from the Grassy Knoll.

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🔸 Tom Stamm’s Unique Role

• Tom Stamm viewed the film in 1965, a year before Thompson.

• He produced a memo in September 1965 analyzing the motion frame by frame and concluding that the backward and then forward movement of Kennedy's body was not consistent with a single rear shot.

• His analysis, later cited by Sylvia Meagher in Accessories After the Fact (1967), was among the first serious attempts to use the film as evidence of a frontal shot.

🔍 Stamm didn’t claim to have discovered the frontal shot theory, but he helped systematize and validate it with detailed film analysis.

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✅ Conclusion

• The idea of a second shooter based on the Zapruder film did not originate with Tom Stamm, but he was one of the earliest analysts to study the film in detail and publicly argue that it showed signs of a frontal shot.

• His 1965 memo predates most published works and influenced later critics like Meagher and Thompson.

Would you like to see how Stamm’s interpretation compares with later forensic studies (e.g. HSCA’s conclusions or modern 3D reconstructions)?

There´s a sucker born every minute

 

An entertaining YouTube clip on the "Cardiff Giant", a pseudo-archeological hoax from the mid-19th century. That´s Cardiff, New York State, btw. 

The hoaxer was apparently an atheist who wanted to trick the gullible believers with a Nephilim-type sculpture. At one point, none other than P T Barnum exhibited a fake "Cardiff Giant", claiming it was the real one?! That is, Barnum was promoting a fake of a fake! 

Interestingly, both the real fake and the fake fake are still on display somewhere in the US. How´s that for Americana?   

The body found

 

And identified? I didn´t realize that the so-called Montauk Monster, this monstrous staple of every monster-themed paranormal show on American trash TV for the past decade and a half, was debunked already back in 2008. And by Darren Naish, to boot! It was a - wait for it - raccoon?! 

What was the Montauk Monster? A look back at 2008 

Black monday

 

So the United States voted "no" to a pro-Ukrainian resolution at the UN General Assembly. Other nations voting "no" included Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Nicaragua and Hungary. But also Israel - probably because Netanyahu doesn´t want to anger Trump in case the war against Hamas flares up again (which it most certainly will). 

Later, the UN Security Council adopted a "neutral" resolution on the Ukrainian war introduced by the United States. My understanding is that France and the UK (which have veto powers) simply abstained from voting, rather than pick an *actual* fight with the Trump administration. This is obviously significant, since the Security Council is the where the real decisions are made (as far as the UN is concerned). 

It seems the *really* real decisions will be made during talks between Trump and Putin god knows where...    

Who killed Laura Palmer, er, Hazel Drew?

 

I didn´t know that the murder of Laura Palmer in David Lynch´s TV series "Twin Peaks" was inspired by a real crime case, the murder of Hazel Drew in New York State in 1908. Apparently, Mark Frost (David Lynch´s co-creator) used to spend his summers in the area and heard local legends about Drew´s ghost still haunting the woods! There are indeed obvious (and disturbing) similarities between the true crime case and the TV series. Indeed, it seems that Lynch and Frost freely modelled every murder suspect in "Twin Peaks" on men who were at one point investigated for Drew´s murder. Except, I suppose, BOB...

You have been selected

 

So I watched portions of "Greenland", the 2020 American disaster film. I think I agree with the critics that it´s *somewhat* better than the average apocalyptic movie. Still, I don´t have the necessary energy to really follow an end-of-the-world flick right now. Certainly not one called "Greenland"!  

Hoax

OK, maybe not, but it *is* difficult to take this story 100% seriously. An actor tells a tale to a notorious tall tale collector, hmmm...

The story itself does "fit the format", the format being either Men in Black (MIBs) or fairy encounters. But precisely for that reason, a believable story like this can be invented. Everyone knows the tropes by now. 

If I´m wrong, let´s hope it´s the fairies!

"Counterproductive" indeed

 

The Spartacist League loses it...again. I link to this for strictly information purposes.  

Counterproductive but not criminal: Free Luigi!

DRONE INVASION

 

AI´s dramatic take on a drone fleet
above New Jersey!

Geezus, I´ve been looking at YouTube clips (often from local news broadcasts) and it seems the United States is *lit* at the moment. EVERYONE IS SEEING THE DRONES. The flap has now extended to at least half a dozen states, the westernmost being Indiana. A reporter saw 50 of them over New Jersey in just one night and even filmed two of them?! A talking head on TV claims that this stuff has been ongoing since 2017, yet none have ever been captured or shot down...

Et cetera.

No idea what´s going on, obviously. I suppose it could be a ChiCom or Russian intelligence operation, but more likely explanations include mass hysteria (I mean, people in NJ see the Jersey Devil on a semi-regular basis), mad engineering dorks testing little trinkets in their spare time, USAF finally getting their drone acts together, or MK-Ultra psy-opping everyone in the Lower 48. 

Probably not the fairies, then. And most certainly not aliens, either.

Chill, guyz. They are yours!   

   

Elite Human Capital

 

TJ Kirk (The Amazing Atheist) discusses the recent assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The suspect, Luigi Mangione, doesn´t conform to the usual stereotypes of how a lone gunman or terrorist "should" sound or look like. He is young, smart, well groomed, well trained, perhaps even affluent...and probably had a very serious grudge against the US health insurance system. 

His X account sounds conservative and vaguely anti-establishment. He followed both RFK Jr and AOC. The biggest "tell" is a positive review of The Unabomber Manifesto at another forum, suggesting that the climate crisis (!) radicalized him.

I can´t help thinking that Mangione might have been a patsy for some corporate crime family who wanted to get rid of Thompson. United Healthcare are apparently under investigation by the DOJ. Maybe Thompson knew too much? So "They" manipulated Mangione to kill him...

Another example of how the entire world has gone bonkers the last couple of months or so! 

Defend, Deny, Depose

 

Breitbart´s resident pro-vaxxer John Nolte complains about something-something. But what if Taylor Lorenz´ anger is justified? 

Taylor Lorenz celebrates assassination of United Healthcare CEO

Bananas

 

Chairman Mao, come back, all is forgiven! How is this even possible? Money laundering? Is crypto real money in the first place? 

So some "crypto entrepreneur" bought a banana for 6 million dollars and then consumed it. The banana was apparently "conceptual art"?!  

Crypto entrepreneur eats banana he bought for 6 million dollars

Treason

 

Mr Speaker, I not saying this is treason, I´m just asking how is this *not* treason? A New York politician wants New York State and some of New England to secede from the US and join Canada. Of course, this is just an attempt to create commotion. Besides, Canada probably doesn´t even want the Big Apple to join them in the first place! Vermont? Maybe. 

Democrat wants New York State to join Canada

 

Swaggerman

 

Just another carefree day in the Big Apple...

Bananprivilegier

 

Aftonbladets krönikör tycker det är skitroligt att utrymmen måste "banansäkras" när jämställdhetsministern är i farten.

Och visar därmed sina, ska vi säga, bananprivilegier. Det verkar nämligen som att alla inte riktigt håller med...

Apropå veckans knäppaste nyhet!

Ministerns bananfobi är glada nyheter

Tvingades åka 46 våningar för att slänga banan åt ministern

Ursäkta, men vilka är "vi"?

 

Det här är faktiskt en fascinerande krönika. I Aftonbladet! 

Är detta socialdemokratins nya klassbas? En uppenbart privilegierad och urban medelklass som inte ens bor i Sverige? 

Själv är jag tillräckligt gammal för att komma ihåg en tid när den svenska socialdemokratin bestod av knegare och kommunalpampar...   

Kanske ska vi då och då rikta blickarna någon annanstans

The dark side of Camelot

 

Michael Tracey (again!) attacks Robert F Kennedy Jr, his father and his uncle in this anti-Camelot extravaganza. 

It´s actually quite interesting, whether or not you agree with its conclusions. Also explains the curious shenanigans concerning RFK Jr´s domicile in New York State. And yes, it mentions the peculiar Natural Law Party! 

A gadfly like Tracey could have been expected to *support* RFK Jr, which makes the essay doubly interesting.

The great RFK Jr bamboozle