After I read Posner’s book, it kind of turned me off of JFK theories for a while, until I relatively recently learned of a couple of flaws in his book. For starters, he never confidently nails a motivation for LHO killing JFK. Secondly, he notes that when Oliver Stone was filming “JFK” he needed to use special effects to create the proper smoke effects for the grassy knoll shooting because none of their guns would create the smoke effects they were looking for. A clever argument against the notion of a knoll shooter, until I found out that there were several cigarette butts found behind the picket fence. And anyone who has spent enough time around smokers knows that cigarettes create a LOT of smoke, and very easily created the smoke people saw that day. I don’t think Posner ever addressed that. Needless to say that I’ve been turned on to the theories again.
I’m asking for recommendations on books that everyone should read in the asssasinstion, as well as articles/books that take a critical approach to Posner’s book.
Back in 1993, Journalist Gerald Posner wrote a book on the Kennedy assasination defending the findings of the Warren Comission. Admittedly I have not read the book yet. However I have heard that he did a great job writing it and had changed the minds of a lot of people on the topic of the Kennedy assasination.
Has anyone on this subreddit read the book? If so, what was your impression? Are there any problems with the book and I’d there any evidence that Posner is unreliable?
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| How much of the Vatican Bank's operations were autonomous versus being directed/influenced by the popes? Meaning, was the bank an institution unto itself apart from the rest of the Vatican that each pope had to come to terms once elected? | Good question. I had originally expected to find that the Popes operated at a much higher level, overseeing the general operation of the church, and that the bank was left off on the side and was run fairly autonomously by the directors there. However, I discovered through my research that was not always the case. In part, that is because Vatican City is so small. Only about 1,000 clerics at any time, living and working in the same small postage-stamp-sized parcel of land. Although the church is a giant institution, the Vatican itself is not. So if a Pope is a details person, a hands-on micromanager, then he will be involved with the bank. Pius XII, the Pope who formed the Vatican Bank, was someone involved in the details. The next Pope, Paul VI, was also fairly involved at least through the late 1960s. But Pope John Paul II, who used the bank to send money covertly to support the Polish resistance against the communist government in his native Poland, did not like financial details and did not get involved in the running of the bank. Same with Pope Benedict. As for Pope Francis, his focus is reforming the bank, and on that issue, he is involved in the details. |
| Hi Mr. Posner, how do you go about writing a biography? Do you try to stay neutral or give some insight into the events you are writing about? What do you think is an appropriate time to wait to write a history book? | Please allow me to answer your good questions in reverse order. As for the time to wait, I do not think there is any set period. It depends on the subject. For instance, I wrote a book about the failure of U.S. intelligence and government to prevent 9/11 (While America Slept), and it was published in 2003. That was far to close to the event to be a history with the benefit of real perspective. But it was a current history, a |
I'm just wondering if it's well-researched, or if I'd be better off reading another history.
I read Gerald Posner’s book “Case Closed” a few years ago. Admittedly there are a couple of arguments that he makes that are a little flawed, but despite that, it’s a little hard for me to believe that Oswald wasn’t the lobe gunman given the evidence presented to me.
That being said, Posner was never able to confidently confirm what Oswald’s motive was. James Reston Jr. however was able to close that gap with his argument that he was actually trying to kill John Connally. Oswald tried to upgrade his Marine discharge, Connally sends him a dismissive letter, Oswald feels he’s been screwed over, and then he takes an opportunity at revenge.
Go ahead. Change my mind. Please!?
One of the things that Gerald Posner talks about in his book is that there is no evidence that Dean Andrew’s was ever confronted about being LHO’s lawyer. Is there any evidence to the contrary?
I read dopesick earlier this year after binging through a bunch about corporate fraud and the origins of the modern pharmaceutical industry. The show is doing a good enough portrayal of the pain, especially Betsy’s story, but the book goes into much greater detail of the struggles that people endured both dealing with the effects of oxy and trying in vain mostly to get anybody to listen. It’s the first time I’ve had to stop reading just out of sheer grief for the poor souls I was reading about. The show does a good job showing the struggles of a couple people but to really learn the stories of the thousands that have been affected is something I’ll have with me for the rest of my life.
Kaitlyn Dever deserves an Emmy too. Absolutely heartbreaking portrayal of Betsy.
Edit - if you’d like more reading on the Sacklers in particular and their role in the founding of the modern pharma industry then the book Pharma by Gerald Posner is a must read.
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
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We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
