Monthly Archives: October 2017

Jackie, Gerry, and Dickie

Posted on October 31, 2017 by the archivist

One thing I turned up over the last couple of days was that Jackie Kennedy smoked a cigarette as she sat outside the trauma room in Parkland hospital in Dallas. I didn’t know she smoked. I’d never seen a photo … Continue reading →

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The Failed JFK Assassination

Posted on October 30, 2017 by the archivist

It’s been barely a month since the Las Vegas massacre took place, and nobody seems to have a clue what happened. The investigation rapidly descended into a farce, as the timeline of what happened when started changing. Last I heard, … Continue reading →

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The Fashionable and the Unfashionable

Posted on October 29, 2017 by the archivist

I was trying to think this morning what had happened to get lots of people to get scared not just of smoking, but also scared of tobacco smoke. It was something that happened very slowly, in my experience. I lived … Continue reading →

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Big States Versus Small States

Posted on October 28, 2017 by the archivist

In the news yesterday: Just minutes after the Catalan government voted for Independence from Spain, with a former Decision of Independence likely to follow momentarily, over in Madrid wasted no time in responding, and moments ago, with 214 for and … Continue reading →

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Representative Government

Posted on October 27, 2017 by the archivist

I’m getting rather impressed with my current Conservative MP. I can’t say the same about any of my previous MPs. The first time I ever wrote to one, he sent me a more or less one line reply saying that … Continue reading →

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Secrecy And Lies

Posted on October 26, 2017 by the archivist

Several news items I picked up today. First: A federal judge in Minnesota who has seen a sizable portion of the unreleased documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy says those documents, due to be released Thursday, won’t … Continue reading →

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No Fun

Posted on October 25, 2017 by the archivist

A comment by Walt set me thinking late last night: In terms of time, the worst are the workplace bans–8 hrs a day. I quit adbiz before they came in but couldn’t have worked there (written, thought, gone thru boring … Continue reading →

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Full Scale Assault

Posted on October 24, 2017 by the archivist

A few days back, in the Smoky Drinky Bar, Emily mentioned in passing that one of her smoking friends didn’t think smoking bans really mattered. And I was thinking this morning that probably that’s the way most smokers think about … Continue reading →

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Past And Future

Posted on October 23, 2017 by the archivist

I used to dream of the future, and tried to escape from the past. The 1960s, in which I came of age, was one in which we overthrew the past. We wore different clothes, listened to different (electric) music, smoked … Continue reading →

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Lost For Words

Posted on October 22, 2017 by the archivist

I was watching Steve Bannon, Laura Ingraham and Dr. Sebastian Gorka making speeches yesterday. Steve Bannon was quite impassioned, angry about freedoms that were being taken away – but not giving examples of such freedoms. I didn’t watch the whole speech, … Continue reading →

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