Gov. John Connally Grips His White Stetson Hat at Z-272

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Re: Gov. John Connally Grips His White Stetson Hat at Z-272
« Reply #196 on: Today at 03:18:09 AM »
Ok I am not sure in this Z270 frame if JC is still holding the hat with his right hand because it looks now like it’s in his LEFT hand.
At Z frame 230, it looks like the right hand was holding it , so did he inadvertently switch to holding it with left hand?
If that is his left hand, in addition to switching the hat, he must have also switched his left arm to his right shoulder.

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« Reply #197 on: Today at 03:01:06 PM »
You're only fooling yourself. Nobody else is buying this.
I follow the Feynman principle: quote, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool,"

That is why I base conclusions on the evidence.  I don’t rely on my own interpretation of ambiguous head turns in the zfilm and speculate why all the evidence must be wrong.  When it comes to choosing between independent bodies of independently and well corroborated evidence and my spidey senses, I go with the evidence.  Apparently, you don’t.

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« Reply #198 on: Today at 04:07:51 PM »
I follow the Feynman principle: quote, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool,"

That is why I base conclusions on the evidence.  I don’t rely on my own interpretation of ambiguous head turns in the zfilm and speculate why all the evidence must be wrong.  When it comes to choosing between independent bodies of independently and well corroborated evidence and my spidey senses, I go with the evidence.  Apparently, you don’t.

You go with your interpretation of cherry picked witnesses' accounts and ignore all the hard evidence that proves your interpretations are dead wrong. Frame Z271 alone disproves your theory. Oswald could not have shot JBC in the back at that frame because JBC was facing Oswald and JBC's shoulders were turned roughly 45 degrees off perpendicular to the bullet flight. That makes a back entry wound impossible. You ignore hard evidence because that doesn't support your fairy tale version of the assassination. 

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« Reply #199 on: Today at 04:52:52 PM »
You go with your interpretation of cherry picked witnesses' accounts and ignore all the hard evidence that proves your interpretations are dead wrong. Frame Z271 alone disproves your theory. Oswald could not have shot JBC in the back at that frame because JBC was facing Oswald and JBC's shoulders were turned roughly 45 degrees off perpendicular to the bullet flight. That makes a back entry wound impossible. You ignore hard evidence because that doesn't support your fairy tale version of the assassination.
That you would suggest that presenting ALL the witnesses represents "cherry picking" requires a new definition of cherry-picking.  That you believe that your interpretation of why you think people turned their head, while ignoring the evidence of why they turned (eg. Mary Woodward) and when they turned (80+ witnesses - virtually all of the witnesses who gave evidence on when JFK reacted and where he was when the first shot occurred), is "hard evidence" is a perfect example of not following Feynman's first principle.

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« Reply #200 on: Today at 05:12:30 PM »
That you would suggest that presenting ALL the witnesses represents "cherry picking" requires a new definition of cherry-picking.  That you believe that your interpretation of why you think people turned their head, while ignoring the evidence of why they turned (eg. Mary Woodward) and when they turned (80+ witnesses - virtually all of the witnesses who gave evidence on when JFK reacted and where he was when the first shot occurred), is "hard evidence" is a perfect example of not following Feynman's first principle.

You don't present all of the witnesses. You ignore the ones who said the shots were evenly spaced and you ignore the ones who said the first two shots were closer together. On top of that, you ignore what some of the witnesses said about those last two shots. Some said the last two shots were right on top of each other with almost no time between them. That would suggest they heard two sounds from the same shot. That could be an echo. It could be the sound of the impact on JFK's skull. Such impacts on a hard surface can be quite loud. The other possibility is they heard the sonic boom of a supersonic bullet, which also can be quite loud and which the would have heard about 1/10 of a second before hearing the muzzle blast.

https://gunsamerica.com/digest/two-sources-of-sound-when-you-shoot-subsonics-vs-supersonics/

"The crack or sonic boom of the bullet passing just over your head, if you’re close enough, will cause hearing damage."