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Social Security alert ignited probe of Albany couple presumed dead
Albany Times Union ^ | 9/24/25 | Brendan J. Lyons, Steve Hughes

Posted on 09/24/2025 12:09:55 PM PDT by Fitzy_888

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Kraus ran as a Democrat and declared he was running for president to dissolve the presidency. He proposed breaking the country up into four regions, "to break the control of the Deep State, British agents, Rhodes scholars, and the Jews," according to the Globe story. His campaign website was banjews.com, according to a short profile posted to the website of Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication.

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"They had just planted tomatoes," Calabrese recalled of the last time she saw them about eight years ago. "And then they were gone the next day."

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(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: albany; doge; franzkraus; lorenzkraus; moralabsolutes; newyork; socialsecurity; theresiakraus; whatshisfrnick
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1 posted on 09/24/2025 12:09:55 PM PDT by Fitzy_888
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To: Fitzy_888

Pimping MSN?


2 posted on 09/24/2025 12:13:04 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won Popular & E.C., Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Fitzy_888

Snippets with no context.

Maybe another time.


3 posted on 09/24/2025 12:16:43 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: Fitzy_888
Kraus ran as a Democrat and declared he was running for president to dissolve the presidency. He proposed breaking the country up into four regions, "to break the control of the Deep State, British agents, Rhodes scholars, and the Jews," according to the Globe story.

Another Democrat antisemite kook. Allegedly financing himself with his dead parents SS direct deposits. Democrats, sure are nice people.

4 posted on 09/24/2025 12:18:07 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Navy Patriot

The story is local one for me, the Albany Times Union link has the story.


5 posted on 09/24/2025 12:19:10 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Fitzy_888

It would be polite and helpful to provide a little more info as to what the situation is. Just as a courtesy to your fellow FReepers, if for no other reason. JMHO


6 posted on 09/24/2025 12:29:28 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Fitzy_888

The children woke up.

And they couldn’t find them.


7 posted on 09/24/2025 12:32:51 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Fitzy_888
> "to break the control of the Deep State, British agents, Rhodes scholars, and the Jews," <

What an idiot. The Jews are just puppets of the Illuminati.

Don’t believe me? Then look at the back of a US one dollar bill. No Star of David there. But there is the all-seeing Illuminati eye. 🙂


8 posted on 09/24/2025 12:34:13 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: NEMDF

Franz K. Kraus and his wife Theresia - who would today be 92 and 83, respectively - have continued to receive direct-deposit Social Security payments into their bank accounts, but neighbors said the couple suddenly disappeared without a trace around 2017. The person briefed on the matter said law enforcement agencies presume the couple are deceased.

An excavator could be seen Wednesday afternoon digging in the rear of the couple’s home on Crestwood Court.

Their son, 53-year-old Lorenz F. Kraus, is a focus of a “financial crimes” investigation related to the use of the couple’s bank accounts, including writing checks, according to the person briefed on the investigation.

Kraus ran as a Democrat and declared he was running for president to dissolve the presidency. He proposed breaking the country up into four regions, “to break the control of the Deep State, British agents, Rhodes scholars, and the Jews,” according to the Globe story.


9 posted on 09/24/2025 12:34:58 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Fitzy_888

They made up their minds and they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine and they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down, they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?


10 posted on 09/24/2025 12:36:13 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: Leaning Right
No Star of David there.

Look again. And pay careful attention to its position.

11 posted on 09/24/2025 12:36:22 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Leaning Right

A tribute to Haym Solomon?


12 posted on 09/24/2025 12:40:55 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: NorthMountain; Leaning Right
No Star of David there.

Look above the eagle's head. It's a hexagon with stars. If that's not a reference to a Star of David then I'll eat my Alex Jones shirt while looking through my 4chan inbox all while the moon landing is playing in the background.

13 posted on 09/24/2025 12:58:14 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I suspect there are hundreds of thousands of deceased Americans that are still receiving SS payments and pension payments. While there are checks and balances in place, they're not guaranteed to prevent those payments.

Here's a hypothetical situation for you. Lets say you want to retire to your ocean side beach house in Honduras. You currently have your company pension and your Social Security directed deposited into your US bank, such as Comerica.

You open up an account with a bank in Honduras that accepts ACH transfers and have your monthly deposits transferred to the Honduran bank.

Somewhere along the line, you eventually die and your young Honduran wife chooses to have you buried in a small local cemetery.

She never informs the Honduran bank of your death, she never informs your Comerica bank of your death, she never informs the SSA of your death and she never informs your company pension plan administrator of your death.

She could conceivably continue to receive the monthly payments for eternity.

14 posted on 09/24/2025 1:01:08 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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...your young Honduran wife...

And I thought I was good at retirement planning. LOL

15 posted on 09/24/2025 1:06:46 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

> Look above the eagle’s head. It’s a hexagon with stars. <

Whatever shape it is, it’s not a Star of David.

Unless for some reason you want it to be.

And as a side note, sometimes my humorous comments go to places I didn’t expect. So I’m kinda sorry I brought this thing up in the first place.

But I have not learned my lesson. I will try again tomorrow.


16 posted on 09/24/2025 1:07:18 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Tell It Right; Leaning Right
Look above the eagle's head.

That's IT! Right there above the Eagle's head, symbolizing dat da jooooozzzes run the United States via mind control rays. Now if only we could the eagle to wear a tinfoil hat.

Shiny side out.

17 posted on 09/24/2025 1:08:00 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Leaning Right

I meant my post with humor. Perhaps I should have put a sarc tag instead of commenting on eating an Alex Jones shirt while reading from 4Chan and rewatching the moon landing.


18 posted on 09/24/2025 1:09:28 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right
And I thought I was good at retirement planning. LOL

That may not have been planned out so well. A young girlfriend would have been the better choice.......

19 posted on 09/24/2025 1:12:48 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Tell It Right

Remember ... we know the Moon Landings were fake because Earth is flat and the moon is just a projection on the firmament ...

🤡


20 posted on 09/24/2025 1:14:39 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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