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81. PBS' History Detectives

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Sat Aug 1, 2015, 01:16 PM

Aug 2015

The conspiracy theorists at PBS ...

came to the same conclusion.

Keep up the great work, Octafish.

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Jimmy Hoffa disappeared 40 years ago today [View all] Octafish Jul 2015 OP

BFEE? BainsBane Jul 2015 #1

Seeing how George Herbert Walker Bush would soon head CIA, who knows? Octafish Jul 2015 #2

I've read many of the CIA-ITT memos BainsBane Jul 2015 #25

Here you go, from George Washington University... Octafish Jul 2015 #28

If you're not going to respond to any of my points BainsBane Jul 2015 #38

I read every word of your post. Octafish Jul 2015 #39

People should not be allowed to be here if they get caught with a second account. Rex Aug 2015 #135

I wonder if they really support Democracy, Rex. Octafish Aug 2015 #152

Here you go, from Octafish of DU... Octafish Jul 2015 #29

Fucking Kissinger, vile pos hanging with Pinochet, vile pos. JEB Aug 2015 #107

"That is not because of one American family. It is the legacy of the nation." Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #44

Be that as it may BainsBane Jul 2015 #45

Be that as it may... (are we quoting "My Cousin Vinnie"??)... ummmm, yes, it does... Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #54

You're right, and I won't BainsBane Aug 2015 #120

I do, because you work to denigrate what I post. Octafish Aug 2015 #123

Oh, you've done it BainsBane Aug 2015 #124

Where is it written I must respond to your posts? Octafish Aug 2015 #125

I am talking about when you have responded. BainsBane Aug 2015 #128

Did you ever hear of ''Journalism''? Octafish Aug 2015 #129

How on God's earth does that relate to anything I just said? BainsBane Aug 2015 #130

I don't call an accused rapist ''rapist'' until convicted in court. Octafish Aug 2015 #131

You mean like Bush and Cheney? zappaman Aug 2015 #132

Why do you have to defend Bush and Cheney, zappaman? Don't you know about the BFEE? Octafish Aug 2015 #133

Show me where I'm wrong. BainsBane Aug 2015 #145

Is your name zappaman, too? Octafish Aug 2015 #148

Let me check my record collection BainsBane Aug 2015 #150

First they came for Kevin Trudeau . . . BainsBane Aug 2015 #146

Yet no such qualms about evil and war criminal BainsBane Aug 2015 #144

Bane... LeftOfWest Aug 2015 #126

Shouldn't you provide 47 irrelevant links to show he ignored what you wrote? :) LanternWaste Aug 2015 #141

Yeah, true BainsBane Aug 2015 #143

Would you say this is ad hominem or a straw man? Octafish Aug 2015 #151

+1000 nt cpwm17 Jul 2015 #53

Nailed it... SidDithers Aug 2015 #79

Perfectly said. zappaman Aug 2015 #154

Well, duh! Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #3

Did you read the article? It failed to mention Bush or the Mafia-CIA plots to kill Castro. Octafish Jul 2015 #4

. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #5

Ha ha. It is to laugh at GHW Bush who was present in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Jul 2015 #6

I just found this new damning evidence. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #7

We should seek answers to CIA role in HSCAJFK probe - where Jimmy Hoffa was scheduled to testify Octafish Jul 2015 #9

Obama is in on it, too! Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #12

Show where I posted anything that is not true, don't smear me. Octafish Jul 2015 #15

If you wait long enough, it will always come back to Poppy Bush in Dallas... SidDithers Aug 2015 #78

Poppy Bush was in Dallas on the day President Kennedy was killed. Octafish Aug 2015 #90

A lot of people were in Dallas that day. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #98

Imagine a Texas oilman being in Texas!!! zappaman Aug 2015 #100

It's a CONSPIRACY!!! Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #102

Are you kidding? Major Nikon Jul 2015 #55

Now that you have shared this illuminating piece of evidence with me, Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #56

Before Marc Rich, Jimmy Hoffa got a presidential pardon. Octafish Jul 2015 #57

I've never seen so many unrelated things Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #62

The OP is about Jimmy Hoffa. Octafish Aug 2015 #65

Jimmy Hoffa had mob ties. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #66

So did several other witnesses called by Congress who were murdered in 1975. Octafish Aug 2015 #69

And your right to speculate as well... Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2015 #99

You intentionally miss the point, what LBJ called ''MURDER INC.'' Octafish Aug 2015 #121

It's more who you know. Octafish Aug 2015 #60

So Clarence Thomas buried Jimmy Hoffa Major Nikon Aug 2015 #61

Keep your straw men straight. Octafish Aug 2015 #63

I can't keep your incoherent ramblings straight Major Nikon Aug 2015 #64

Nice act. Octafish Aug 2015 #67

Can you prove that a UFO didn't take Hoffa? Major Nikon Aug 2015 #68

You should be a Colonel by now. Octafish Aug 2015 #70

Oh snap! zappaman Aug 2015 #74

Do you really have anything in common with Frank Zappa? Octafish Aug 2015 #77

Double snap! zappaman Aug 2015 #80

I think he's a lot funnier unintentionally, though Major Nikon Aug 2015 #86

What Will Rogers said. Octafish Aug 2015 #95

Educate me on UFOs again Major Nikon Aug 2015 #106

Are you one of the Flock that came over to DU from the Amazing Randi's J-REF forum? Octafish Aug 2015 #111

... Major Nikon Aug 2015 #113

Oh... zappaman Aug 2015 #114

Know your BFEE: a Timeline of Treason Octafish Aug 2015 #122

And you should have your own comedy road show Major Nikon Aug 2015 #83

Here's what I find strange about you... Octafish Aug 2015 #97

Here's what I find funny about you... Major Nikon Aug 2015 #105

Not quite. Apart from my threads, I wouldn't interact with you or the Tag Team. Octafish Aug 2015 #109

hoffa is buried under a crop circle somewhere. the BFEE, themselves secret pawns of the greys, were dionysus Aug 2015 #153

history is history reddread Aug 2015 #117

"informed researcher" Major Nikon Aug 2015 #118

critical thought. reddread Aug 2015 #119

OMG. Is that a Carcano carbine he's holding?...nt SidDithers Aug 2015 #115

Most likely just the desires of corporations and the oligarchy. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #10

LOL! treestar Jul 2015 #19

Nixon and The Mob Octafish Jul 2015 #58

he's still alive...I thought everyone knew that? Did the intertubes make people stupid? snooper2 Jul 2015 #8

Weren't for you, I might never have reported on Duquesne to DU. Octafish Jul 2015 #11

I Rock! snooper2 Jul 2015 #14

''He was expendable.'' Octafish Jul 2015 #16

no, the one he wrote- published a few months after he disappeared snooper2 Jul 2015 #20

Did he talk about bribing Nixon? Octafish Jul 2015 #22

the truth gets buried in a dictatorship . olddots Jul 2015 #13

''Money trumps peace.'' -- appointed pretzeldent George W Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish Jul 2015 #18

How many teamsters does it take to screw in a light bulb? Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #17

Nixon’s Bay of Pigs Secrets Octafish Jul 2015 #24

You hoo, JFK BainsBane Jul 2015 #26

I think we all know the CIA used chemtrails to force JFK to authorize the operation. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #32

It bothers me to know CIA lied to JFK. Octafish Jul 2015 #59

Absolutely true and JFK took responsibility for the fiasco. Octafish Jul 2015 #34

Now you're going to make me go look at the joint committee records on assassination plots BainsBane Jul 2015 #37

History from Debra Conway of JFK Lancer... Octafish Jul 2015 #51

As a Teamster, I find that joke..... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2015 #27

I am surprised to see so many Bush supporters JEB Jul 2015 #21

And it is the same 3 or 4 people over and over notadmblnd Jul 2015 #30

I'm not sure what it is but it certainly stinks. JEB Jul 2015 #31

If you read enough, you'll see that there is definately a pattern notadmblnd Jul 2015 #33

They defend the BFEE, that reallys says it all and they cannot hide it or care to. Rex Aug 2015 #137

It is more than them being concern trolls notadmblnd Aug 2015 #138

Sam Giancana, the Mafia chief and CIA go-to, DIED WHILE UNDER WITNESS PROTECTION. Octafish Jul 2015 #35

They are sad little people, best to just ignore them and be amused by their trolling imo. Rex Aug 2015 #136

KnR! Thank you for this! n/t Holly_Hobby Jul 2015 #23

This history is why I never denigrate people with labels like ''Conspiracy Theorist.'' Octafish Jul 2015 #40

K&R My dad was a lifelong Teamster member. Elizabeth Cheney was just a little girl when Hoffa van- bobthedrummer Jul 2015 #36

Liz Cheney the Union Buster? That Elizabeth Cheney from FOX noise? Octafish Jul 2015 #43

Octafish, you are truly the Jefferson Smith of Democratic Underground. robertpaulsen Jul 2015 #41

HELL yeah! Holly_Hobby Jul 2015 #42

I am honored. Octafish Jul 2015 #49

K&R!! I remember this, and I was only 12 when it happened, but coming from a STRONG UNION FAMILY Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #46

You 52? zappaman Jul 2015 #47

Creeping closer to 53! Next February... so I can still say "next year" for now! Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #48

Remember Jock Yablonski of the UMW and his family? Octafish Jul 2015 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author StandingInLeftField Jul 2015 #52

My guess is it was related to Area 51. zappaman Aug 2015 #71

You don't need me to prove you wrong, zappaman. Octafish Aug 2015 #72

So you can't show me where I'm wrong. zappaman Aug 2015 #73

Good one. That's inside your head. Octafish Aug 2015 #75

I asked you to show me where I'm wrong. zappaman Aug 2015 #76

What you wrote is asinine. Octafish Aug 2015 #82

You're the expert on writing that's "asinine". zappaman Aug 2015 #89

Poor zappaman. Show where what I wrote is wrong. Octafish Aug 2015 #91

Poor Octafish. Show where what I wrote is wrong. zappaman Aug 2015 #101

Because echolalia is more than just a psychiatric disorder, zappaman... Octafish Aug 2015 #110

Thanks my friend. zappaman Aug 2015 #112

I am not your friend, zappaman. Octafish Aug 2015 #116

Bet you guys throw some raucus parties. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #139

Yeah, because we don't need to smear fellow DUers. Octafish Aug 2015 #140

Now see, I wouldn't take that as a smear BainsBane Aug 2015 #147

Assume you're talking to a guy who doesn't have a lot of spare time on his hands... Act_of_Reparation Aug 2015 #155

Karl's a hoot when you get a few drinks in him BainsBane Aug 2015 #149

PBS' History Detectives MinM Aug 2015 #81

For some reason that news isn't appreciated by some people. Octafish Aug 2015 #84

Nonsense, the doctor found Hoffa in Tony Soprano's abdomen. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #85

What PBS found... Octafish Aug 2015 #87

Lighten up, Francis. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #88

I don't take orders from you, msanthrope. Octafish Aug 2015 #92

For you.... msanthrope Aug 2015 #93

Profound movie. Octafish Aug 2015 #94

I have my humor, Octa....so I got that going for me..... msanthrope Aug 2015 #96

So what do you think about Cass Sunstein? Octafish Aug 2015 #103

Too much of a Star Wars geek. Midly amusing at parties. Octa, you don't think Cass has msanthrope Aug 2015 #104

I don't know. Just the fact we have to entertain such an idea shows how low our democracy has sunk. Octafish Aug 2015 #108

Nixon’s Bay of Pigs Secrets..the interlocking connections between CIA , anti- Castro Cubans, the mob Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #127

The Mafia-Nixon connection is unappreciated for a reason... Octafish Aug 2015 #156

K&R for pissing off the Right person! Rex Aug 2015 #134

K&R CrawlingChaos Aug 2015 #142