Part 1393 of my "JFK Assassination Arguments" series includes a variety of my posts and comments covering the period of October 1—31, 2025. To read the entire forum discussion from which my own comments have been extracted, click on the "Full Discussion" logo at the bottom of each individual segment.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
Here are some recent NBC Radio Network additions to my audio/video collection:
David Von Pein
October 2, 2025
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DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
Below is a half-hour video of rare TV news footage that I found at TexasArchive.org. These film clips come from Houston television
station KPRC-TV and cover President Kennedy's visit to Houston, Texas,
on November 21, 1963:
David Von Pein
October 2, 2025
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GREG DOUDNA SAID THIS.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
If Lee Harvey Oswald was really the "Prayer Man" figure we see in Mr. Darnell's film, then somebody is going to have to explain to me (in a logical and believable fashion) the reason for why Oswald didn't shout "I WAS OUTSIDE ON THE FRONT STEPS!" when he had multiple opportunities to do just that when the TV cameras were being shoved in his face at City Hall on both Nov. 22 and 23. To date, no such logical and believable explanation has come to my attention.
Plus, if we're to believe that Mr. Oswald is "Prayer Man", not only does Lee not say a single word to the live television cameras about being located on the TSBD front stoop when JFK was getting shot, he also decides to LIE to the press (and to the world) by telling the TV audience that he was INSIDE the Depository building at the time of the assassination.
Crazy stuff there indeed.
I would think that these things regarding Lee Oswald's whereabouts at precisely 12:30 PM on 11/22/63 would be very difficult to reconcile and to explain in a logical manner if you're a believer in the "Prayer Man Is Oswald" theory.
David Von Pein
October 4, 2025
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LANCE PAYETTE SAID:
"The power went out in the TSBD" factoid....
ROYELL STORING SAID:
How about finding out if the clock atop the TSBD ran on DC current for starters? Let's accumulate FACTS.
RICHARD SMITH SAID:
There are numerous sources to confirm that the power was on in the building in the immediate aftermath of the assassination.
Fact: the clock [atop the TSBD Building] is functioning moments after the assassination per the photograph that clearly shows it displaying 12:30 as the motorcade passes under the overpass.
Fact: the freight elevator is functioning when Baker and Truly take it minutes after the assassination.
Fact: the lights are on in the TSBD moments after the assassination per the interior film footage.
Fact: the freight elevator is functioning when Mooney takes it from the 1st to 2nd floor several minutes after the assassination.
Fact: the freight elevator that Mooney was on did not operate like a normal elevator. It would not work unless he knew how to operate it. His testimony does not disprove that he did not know how to operate it because he would not know what he did not know.
Now spin us a yarn and explain how and why the power was being turned on and off in a way that aligns with these facts. If you are just claiming the alleged power outage was random and had nothing to do with a conspiracy, then who cares?
LANCE PAYETTE SAID:
The Sixth Floor Museum, which owns the remnants of the Hertz sign, doesn't know how it was powered but assumes it was wired into the building's electrical supply: https://www.jfk.org/collections-archive/hertz-sign/.
At the time, the TSBD Hertz sign was one of only three such signs in existence.
Signs of that sort during that era typically did not have backup power.
Obviously, the clock would have to reset or be reset somehow after a power outage.
Whatever you think the significance of this issue is—I see none, but whatever—you will never have a definitive answer.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
Thanks, Lance, for reminding me that the Sixth Floor Museum website includes THIS PAGE all about the Hertz sign atop the Book Depository Building.
For those interested, here are a couple of pictures showing the other two large billboard signs that occupied space on the roof of the TSBD prior to 1959. Click to enlarge....
The "U.S. Royal Tires" sign (this photo is from 1948):
The "Ford: Built In Texas" sign, which went up in June 1953:
Click the logo below for many more Dealey Plaza/TSBD images, dating back to the 1930s:
David Von Pein
October 9, 2025
