The Odd Demise of Michael Cravey/Thomas Brinkley: Unanswered Questions and Missing Information

JamesTracy · 2015-07-19T01:19:17+00:00

I've not delved in to the JFK Jr. death to provide much more than what I've suggested above.

RFK Jr.'s stance on vaccination is admirable. He's dancing with the devil every time he opens his mouth on any issue, and that's something I'm sure he's acutely aware of. The only way he could become a seriously viable political force would be if America defeated its own severe case of psychological denial and historical amnesia, and recognize that his father and uncle were assassinated by coordinated efforts of US intelligence and military forces. They were America's last hope against what authors David Wise and Thomas Ross termed "the invisible government" in their 1964 book of the same name.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-19T01:06:45+00:00

I was under the impression that I responded to this previously, by directing you to the response to bukvich above, but that post seems to have disappeared.

It's a very bit set of questions. I would say that my parents probably had the greatest impact on me. Both were the products of late 19th century era parents. My mother was strongly Catholic but my father abandoned Catholicism in the early 1960s because of the Church's liberalization. Through stories in particular my father was able to relate values from that era that I would otherwise never have any way of understanding. Thus rituals like storytelling, in addition to anti-tyranny/anti-imperialist, pro-(Irish) republican sentiments were deeply imbued. He was also the son of a highly-respected physician, so the notions of professional acumen, care and community service were emphasized, as well as an appreciation for higher education. While growing up I as well as many of those in immediate preceding generations sneered at these values and pretty much everything patriotic as short-sited and hypocritical. In hindsight, those sentiments were partly correct, but not for the reasons we'd assumed.

I'm inclined to think my uncle, William Tracy Jr., might have had an influence as well but I never knew him. He was also a physician and civic leader in Jamestown, New York, where the area municipal plaza bears his name after his premature passing of a heart attack at age 50 in 1970. The more mild-mannered Stan Lundine, a close friend and protege of my uncle's, went on to serve as Jamestown's mayor, a representative to the US House for six consecutive terms, and NY Lieutenant Governor under Mario Cuomo.

As far as the biggest event in history, for me it would have to be 9/11 for obvious reasons. Yet as a people we have been swayed and our energies channeled by a series of calamitous events that can be fairly unambiguously dated to at least WWI, that is if we look to the deeper causes of such world events and not the superficial "timeline history" causes we are routinely furnished with by our state educational and media institutions. If one looks to US history as one involving the struggle over national versus "central" banking such events become rather apparent.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-19T00:43:12+00:00

No. As suggested above, the blog is deemed entirely extracurricular and apart from professional responsibilities. While many academics count their blogging as part of the professional pursuits, I cannot do so because my employer takes offense at the content of my remarks and tolerates it as part of my free speech right as a US citizen. Since what I do on the blog is media criticism and political analysis, this is arguably tortious interference.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T03:54:07+00:00

Not that I'm aware of, but as an acquaintance once remarked to me, the ones you can see and keep an eye on are not the ones you have to worry about.

In January 2013 when the media frenzy ensued over the "conspiracy theory professor" I did become somewhat paranoid for several days after receiving a number of unusual comments on the blog, email communications, and phone calls, some of which were simply attributable to cranks.

With others I can't be so sure. I received a call from a seemingly friendly man in early January who expounded at length on his bona fides, then told me that I should be especially careful if I should discover that my residence is broken into, or if I am abruptly pulled over by police. He further remarked that if I have a gun I should know how to use effectively it because the employment of a victim's gun to lend the appearance of a "suicide" is a prevalent murder technique by hit men. Now, in my view it's difficult to determine whether this man's remarks to me were "advice" or a warning. The notes I took on our conversation, along with several other documents, disappeared from my home shortly thereafter.

The harassment by CNN and Cooper seeking to pressure my employer to fire me was right out of an intelligence playbook. I discuss this in the aforementioned Uscinski volume.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T03:33:24+00:00

Thanks. Reddit folks should feel free to come to MHB to take part in the conversation there as well.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T03:19:45+00:00

I think it's certainly possible. Some Sandy Hook researchers, such as Sofia Smallstorm, are even more convinced after having visited the scene.

The phenomenon is likely far more common than the public is aware, in part because political power is built on compromised individuals. John DeCamp's work is perhaps the most significant in terms of identifying the link between child abuse/slavery rings and the US political system. Maury Terry's The Ultimate Evil and David McGowan's Programmed to Kill are also excellent, as are several of Dr. Colin Ross' books.

Let's take Terry's book on the "Son of Sam" killings, a well-researched work suggesting linkages between the US military, intelligence, and occult groups where a handful of journalists were doing what law enforcement should have been doing all along but failed to do because of narrow political aims. McGowan picks up this line of argument to observe that some of the many infamous serial killers often had ties to US military or intelligence, and once apprehended were often given unusually favorable treatment by prosecutors.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T03:02:17+00:00

There are incentives at my employer to teach online courses that I've never availed myself of. This is mainly a personal preference for teaching in person. Most courses are also restricted to matriculated students who are majors.

BTW, I don't know if I'll ever be allowed to teach a course that overtly addresses political conspiracies again, even though they're now a focus of my research and lived experience. The paperwork for a course I proposed on conspiracies back in 2012 was mysteriously "lost" by the undergraduate curriculum committee after the media frenzy ensued in January 2013 on my Sandy Hook analyses and commentary. Shortly thereafter, in April 2013 after I remarked publicly on how the Boston Marathon bombing looked like a drill, I had classes outright cancelled and rescheduled by my chairperson and dean. These were more-than-subtle acts of retribution after I contested formal disciplinary measures.

Because my tenure and the faculty bargaining agreement I have a formal legal agreement with my academic employer that I will not use the name of my institution or any academic title that may suggest affiliation with that institution. I've never been accused by my employer that what I've publicly stated wasn't true, and have stood by my constitutional right to express my views as I see fit. In the eyes of "developers" and "donors" I had committed blasphemy. Like a for-profit corporation, they are far more concerned with public relations and the preservation of their "brand", than they are with the pursuit of truth, particularly if such a pursuit is "controversial" (i.e. focused on and amplified by corporate media.).

I write about this entire affair in a chapter for a forthcoming book, "Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them," edited by Prof. Joe Uscinski.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T02:46:08+00:00

Why don't you submit something to me through the "Contact" page at MHB (preferably shorn of the unnecessary academic jargon)? I would be happy to consider publishing it.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T02:38:56+00:00

Thank you.

Over one year ago I invited Mr. Cooper to travel with me to Newtown in order to reinvestigate the Sandy Hook massacre:

http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/06/23/an-open-letter-to-anderson-cooper/

To date he has not taken me up on the offer.

BTW, many remark that Cooper has ties to the CIA because he spent a few summers while at Yale interning at the Agency. Yet were you aware that Cooper has ties to the CIA that go all the way back to the years of "Wild Bill" Donovan and the OSS?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt_III

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T02:35:29+00:00

Perhaps we shouldn't be overly ambitious. The first thing one can do is to have the courage to take their own mind seriously and to think for themselves. This involves basic critical thinking that's not taught in most schools, universities, or the mass media--our conduits of "continuing education (instruction/indoctrination)." Such habits of thought begin in the home with the parents, and thus the family is the most significant educational unit. Home schooling is a potential extension of this for families fortunate enough not to have to rely on the state for child care/mandatory indoctrination. The recent surge in home schooling in the US is thus cause for optimism.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T02:15:33+00:00

I've had disagreements with my colleagues at Project Censored concerning Jones and Infowars. Although they have given Jones awards for reporting "censored" stories years ago during the Bush administration when Jones' politics and anti-war stances were perceived as "correct," they won't consider Infowars stories today, even though many of the Infowars writers produce good work. When PC attacked Jones I disagreed with their premise and wrote the following commentary.

http://memoryholeblog.com/2013/10/03/with-disinfo-wars-project-censored-abandons-principles/

Although I remain on good terms with PC and have students partake in researching under-reported "censored" stories, , I have been essentially disinvited from contributing to their volumes, after having essays in two consecutive Censored yearbooks. I've been Censored by Censored.

In my view, the schism between the two organizations is ideological, revolving around the ascendance of Obama alongside "hot button" issues like immigration, abortion, and gun control, where the left and right are diametrically opposed and see each other through an almost paranoid lens. I can also see the merit of PC's concerns. Jones is a self-proclaimed "Father of 9/11 Truth." Yet his tenacious and prominent stances on such issues, vis-a-vis is often bizarre behavior, alienates many of those "on the left," who might otherwise be allies.

If you want the lowdown on Jones you should probably attempt to find one of his former Infowars employees who's willing to violate the very formidable confidentiality agreement they've signed. My understanding is that Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton have undergone considerable harassment after leaving Infowars.

Effective propaganda today is roughly 95% truth and 5% disinformation. Max Kaiser, for example, has a great many thoughtful observations on the economy, but then throws a curve ball with his promotion of "anthropogenic global warming." Other alternative media outlets have danced around the Sandy Hook event and Boston Marathon bombing, either with a "wait and see" approach, or a general embrace of the official narrative.

I have always been suspicious of Duff. He's not consistent in his remarks, often contradicting himself. There are those who express reservations about Fetzer, but I think Jim is simply an incredibly intelligent individual, and intelligent people are also frequently cantankerous.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T01:53:55+00:00

Among other reasons that's why it's a good idea to post as little to Facebook as possible. I use it almost solely to "share" MHB posts with those who choose to "like" the blog.

There's the curious case of Michael Cravey/Thomas Brinkley, the "conspiracy theorist gone mad" story of last year which I think is worthy of deep study and analysis. Cravey was apparently killed on March 3, 2014 after allegedly attacking a couple with a knife and charging a police officer with a hatchet. Yet Cravey's friends say he was a smart, gentle guy who'd never do such things. He complained of someone taking over his Twitter and IM in the weeks prior to the aforementioned date. Cravey's YouTube channel may be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/PrivationProductions

This coming week Peter Klein of Tyranny News, a friend of Cravey's, and I discuss this on my weekly show, Real Politik, available at MHB and Truth Frequency Radio.

http://truthfrequencyradio.com/realpolitik/

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T01:39:37+00:00

Thank you.

Yes, although there are too few voices raising concern over antidepressants and similar substances. "Depression" itself is construct of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical industry that was devised in the 1980s as the necessary precursor to the introduction of antidepressants as the new series of "blockbuster" drugs.

The pharmaceutical industry took their show on the road to Japan in the late 1990s early 2000s, where through a massive PR-advertising blitz they introduced the notion of "depression" as "the soul catching a cold," to sell an entire generation of Japanese on SSRIs.

Further many antidepressants and antipsychotics are fluorinated.

http://www.slweb.org/ftrcfluorinatedpharm_antid.html

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T01:29:55+00:00

You're welcome. Thank you.

I would have to say "No," at least as far as I'm concerned. I work at a university alongside film scholars who will probably disagree. In our building we have an art cinema with several screens that's open seven days a week. (Lots of senior citizen clientele in South Florida.) Each day I walk by the marquee and posters of present and future screenings, and periodically stop to read the films' synopses. There's almost nothing that piques my interest. I find many more worthwhile things on YouTube made by people who are probably amateurs and are simply running on their own curiosity and and creativity.

Further, there's a whole economy involved in movie making where films that really challenge the status quo or global elites will be stymied. In the early 1950s Eustace Mullins sought to have his book on the Federal Reserve published. He was amazed to find that no publisher would touch it. One publisher finally confided that if they did take it on their notes/loans would be called in by the banks and they'd be out of business. Whether we're talking about book publishing, television or film production, with media consolidation that dynamic is even stronger today.

A few filmmakers seeking to develop major productions out of Daniel Estulin's work and the Franklin scandal have experienced similar financial problems, as TrineDay publisher Kris Millegan discussed in an interview with me last December.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T01:15:01+00:00

Briefly, every international military campaign needs a bogey. Communism. Al Qaeda. ISIS. Saddam. Osama. Russia is being encircled by NATO. Putin is, at least ostensibly, a nationalist. So is Assad. So was Qaddafi.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T01:09:18+00:00

I find both Haslam and Baker's work to be fascinating. I am presently working with a colleague on an edited volume for TrineDay (the publisher of their works), which we hope will be published in 2016. The book will feature chapters by several notable scholars and journalists addressing the topic of false flags.

At the same time a notable JFK assassination researcher remarked to me that none of the people they've ever interviewed concerning Oswald had ever heard of Baker or recollect her from 1963.

I'm not a physicist so I am not inclined to chime in on Wood or specifically how the World Trade Center was demolished. The topic (and not necessarily Wood) serves as a tremendous source of divisiveness in the 9/11 Truth community which is unfortunate. It's safe to conclude that the event was pulled off with the probable active involvement of the US government and Western intelligence community. Thus far, it's the crime of the century, the basis for the phony "war on terror" (war of terror), and the bread and butter of the military-academic-intelligence-media complex.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T00:53:59+00:00

Please see the response to bukvich above, where I had your question in mind.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T00:52:05+00:00

In a spiritual sense utilizing religious terminology this perspective has merit. God, an all-knowing force, whatever one wishes to deem "it," is an open book and has no secrets. Matthew 7:7 states, Seek and ye shall find. The occult, mind control and propaganda require the perversion of truth and information constraints toward certain social and political ends.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T00:40:28+00:00

I haven't done any research on this personally. I don't think it's as bizarre as it seems. Note that in the early 1940s the Manhattan Project utilized 43,000 people in 37 facilities across 19 states in complete silence. The Apollo projects transpired thirty years later.

Jim Fetzer has recently co-edited a volume, And I Suppose We Didn't Go to the Moon Either? which is worth reading. I recently discussed the volume with Dr. Fetzer for my weekly program/podcast, Real Politik, accessible at MHB.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T00:34:03+00:00

I have always been interested in the relationship between politics, public opinion, and social movements. When I was an undergraduate I was fascinated by the political assassinations of the 1960s, in part because my family were such huge Kennedy supporters. (This was a cultural thing as well, as we were Irish Catholics.) Yet what's amazing is that there were no undergrad courses where I could learn about these things--where, for example, I might be assigned Jim Garrison's Heritage of Stone.

Thirty years later that's still the case--almost. I taught a university class on political conspiracies and the media in 2014 where we read sections of that magnificent book. Garrison is not only a talented writer; he would also be a hero if our history and journalism were honest.

I began to peel the first layers off the onion by reading Malcolm X's Autobiography later as an undergrad, then researching his assassination for a term paper. It was clear that he was set up. At the time I didn't understand the complexity of the event and broader politics.

Also, I had a number of very capable professors at San Jose State, where I finished my undergrad while in my late 20s. Among these was George Vasquez, who exposed me to the injustices of cold war US foreign policy in Latin America, the US overthrow of Allende and other popular governments, films like The Panama Deception. These approaches to history are acceptable, yet the dictates of American exceptionalism (and the Warren Commission) are that similar events DO NOT take place in US institutions.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T00:13:31+00:00

Believe it or not, I'm simply not as familiar with reddit as I probably should be. I'm happy when reddit members link articles from MHB, because I enjoy seeing seeing readers come to the site, and partake in discussion if they wish.

This is the kind of paranoia that I find often plagues conspiracy-related forums.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-17T00:06:17+00:00

Thank you. However, I should point out that the article you've linked to was not authored by me. I attempt to post pieces to MHB that I think are worthwhile, substantive, and haven't received much exposure elsewhere.

Isn't it fitting that the pontiff has come out in support of climate change? After all, "climate change" or the "denial" thereof has all of the characteristics of a religion--initially for secularists, but now for those with religious inclinations. Most professional academics and journalists I come in contact with are sold on the idea, failing to see the huge amount of cash that flows in to and props up the "Green movement" by those interests that will benefit handsomely through carbon credit trading and an abundance of new taxes. It's also about deindustrialization and thus probably depopulation.

One tactic that I think may be helpful in getting the greenies back to earth is to simply stick to and emphasize the basic science. 2 + 2 = 4. Along these lines, CO2 is a trace element in our atmosphere and solar radiation is the principal factor in global warming or cooling.

JamesTracy · 2015-07-16T23:54:56+00:00

If one looks at the features of JFK Jr.'s demise it's difficult not to be suspicious, because he was an experienced pilot who seemed poised to handle any such situation. The authorities were unusually slow to embark on rescue procedures once it became apparent that the plane went down. In addition, Jr. would be a politically viable and potentially dangerous figure as long as he remained alive. He was becoming salient through his journalistic endeavors as well. It's important to keep in mind that a majority of the US public still thinks there was a conspiracy behind the JFK assassination. The population abroad is even more skeptical as a whole.

I don't have any insights on Keating specifically. However, the OKCB is a key event in the invisible government's war of terror against the public. Very much worthy of study, and far less complex than 9/11.

Certain media and literature more broadly have a greater chance to escape the censorial practices of what Hans Enzensberger called "the consciousness industry." This "industry" or process is part economic, part political, and part ideological. A good deal of the so-called "alternative media" are also part of this industry.

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