My mother is 97 and has all her marbles, and still reads relatively serious non-fiction books.

In contrast, some of my colleagues seemed to drift into "doing nothing" upon retirement, and seem a little mushy in their 70s. So it goes.

Landis appeared lucid in 2023.

BTW, the word "fragment" does not appear in the referenced FBI memo. Where do you see that word?

Try reading the third paragraph. Shanklin is clearly describing the search of the limo which was conducted in Washington the night of the JFKA. The memo says they found the bullet that killed JFK which was the fragmented bullet. Landis claimed he found a whole bullet in the rear seat. He claimed he put it in his pocket and then placed it in a blanket by JFK's foot. That would have been an incredibly stupid thing to do for a 28 year old agent who still had all his marbles. Landis was 88 when he told that story and clearly his front porch light was flickering. I imagine his cognitive decline has continued over the past 3 years.

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lol John, Albert hasn’t been around as long as your old pal Griff, but he’s been around long enough for the crew at Deep Politics forum to think he was…….. Jim Fetzer !!  How can one person write so much ?  I was sure he was one of the early rogue AI bots lol

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"found the bullet which allegedly killed the President."

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I have never heard of anyone referring to bullet fragments as a "bullet."

I have heard people refer to a "slug" or "bullet" when describing a bullet, and to "shrapnel" or "fragment," when referring to such, at the gun range.

Moreover, the memo refers to "the bullet," singular. Not "bullet fragments."

Interesting side note, regarding the author of this memo:

"During J. Edgar Hoover’s tenure leading the bureau, the FBI maintained a strict hiring standard that required special agents to be either qualified accountants or graduates of a recognized law school. Alex Rosen, who joined the FBI in the 1930s and served as the Assistant Director of the General Investigative Division during the 1960s, met these criteria as a credentialed attorney."

Does a senior FBI official, holding a law degree, refer to bullet fragments as "the bullet"? Seems unlikely.

Does this 11.22 FBI memo refer to Landis finding a whole slug or bullet in the limo? Possible.

Have to respect McCain's conduct as a POW but not much else.  The typical establishment politician.  In it for himself while spending his entire career accomplishing nothing except to enrich himself.   Even so, I don't think that I could bring myself to vote for Hillary or Obama.  The latter was a nice guy but his policies were a disaster and even then, he accomplished very little except to prove once and for all that the decades long left wing campaign to convince voters that America is inherently racist was nothing but a fraud.  Have to hand it to LBJ.   He made sure that minorities were kept dependent on government handouts.  And to get those handouts, they have to vote for the Dems.  Every American city run by Dems is a complete disaster of crime and poverty in a vicious cycle.   And that is exactly the way they want to keep it because to win a state-wide or national election, the Dems need 80% or more of the minority vote.

While I didn't vote for McCain in 2008, I did hold my nose and voted for Romney in 2012. I had one major concern. I was afraid one of the old conservative justices on the Supreme Court might cash his chips which would give Obama the opportunity to replace him with a liberal justice which would give the liberals a 5-4 majority. That almost happened. Scalia died early in 2016 and it looked like the libs would take over SCOTUS. Fortunately, Mitch McConnell stood strong and blocked Merrick Garland from getting approved by the Senate. Whatever else he has done or failed to do, the country owes him a debt of gratitude for that one shining moment.

I wonder if never-Trump former Republicans like George Will and Bill Kristol have ever asked themselves where this country would be if Hillary had been elected and appointed 3 justices to SCOTUS. Our country would be screwed by now. Thanks again, Mitch. I can understand people disliking Trump on a personal level. He's an acquired taste. Even if I couldn't stand him, I would have gladly swallowed a bitter people to keep Hillary out of the White House.