Something electric, immediate, & vile was palpable in the air. Other students were shouting to each other. Snippets. Something was disturbingly wrong.
Got into class. Professor was dejected. Students were upset; crying.
Asked the guy sitting next to me, "What happened?"
"They killed Kennedy."
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Spooks / mobsters committed the horrible, very public, violent slaughter of JFK on 11/22/1963. 11 + 22 = 33.
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[Long backstory. Tell you some time.]
I had planned not to visit Dealey Plaza when we traveled to Dallas for the wedding. But we flew into Love, and wound up there anyway on February 1, 2020.
The Grassy Knoll at the 400 block of Elm Street in Dallas, Texas is [essentially] at the 33rd latitude (32.778948, −96.80889).
Dealey Plaza has been turned into a ghoulish tourist attraction.
Coincidentally that afternoon, a few hundred pro-"Palestinian" protesters with bullhorns, anti-Israel, & anti-Trump signs were swarming all over the knoll. Very aggravating.
We parked [our rental car] in the parking lot between the Texas School Book Depository (now a museum) & the Grassy Knoll. $10 insult parking fee. We parked right up against the long, original, wooden picket fence at the back of the knoll.
I got out & walked a few paces, to stand right behind the corner of the fence at the back of the knoll, directly overlooking Elm Street. This was most likely the sniper's location.
"R.I.P. JFK," "We Love You," & similar remembrances are painted on & carved into the back of the fence.
The white X painted on the street – marking the precise spot of the fatal shot – was clearly visible, < 33 yards away.
Half a century of emotional history – a good chunk of it spent researching the assassination – swept over me in a tidal wave of memories.
I took photos. A clear, easy shot.
We drove away promptly. My wife's phone GPS guided us around the block.
I immediately realized the final left turn was back onto Elm Street, taking us toward the triple underpass, right into the kill box.
Bob Dylan released [March 27, 2020] his [almost] 17-minute recording of Murder Most Foul. Lyrics include these lines:
Zapruder's film I seen night before
Seen it 33 times, maybe more
Verse 5
When you’re down in Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
Don’t ask what your country can do for you
Cash on the ballot, money to burn
Dealey Plaza, make left-hand turn
We drove directly over the X where the assassin[s] blew the President away, blasting the fabric of the country apart, altering the course of history, and igniting the sixties.
The afternoon's experience was profoundly disturbing.
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I believe:
LBJ had the most to gain by the slaughter.
He knew plots were underway, but did nothing to stop them.
Mafia hated JFK & RFK for cracking down on them.
Spooks & Deep State had their own reasons.
Chicago Mob boss Tony Accardo ordered the hit.
GHWB was up to his neck in it.
Look up the video of his speech at Gerald Ford's funeral.
He praises Ford for endorsing the Warren Report, and sneers with contempt as he speaks.
Dylan:
“Shut your mouth,” said the wise old owl
Business is business, and it’s a murder most foul.
I never realized how easy a shot it would have been for whomever was firing from the 6th floor window or how the whole setup is a perfect triangular kill zone