President Kennedy Injured in Dallas?

what

Apparently, he was riding in a convertible inside some sort of parade. WTF, Franz Ferdinand anyone?

I hope he makes it out okay. I can't imagine living in a country governed by Lyndon B. Johnson.

Wait a minute, you're from texas, hoos. Have you heard anything?

nothing on cnn but drudge is reporting on it

tmz is there

Not to be a dick, but this is what you get when you interfere with Laos.

I saw the Drudge thing on our teletype here in the office, but pish. Who can believe anything Drudge says?

Hold on. My mom just called and said that Walter Cronkite is on.

This has Castro's name written all over it.

INSIDE JOB

Cronkite saying that three shots were fired at the motorcade, and that Kennedy may be seriously injured.

Holy shit.

omg they blew his mind out in a car

had he noticed that the lights had changed???

my dad went and brought an umbrella for some reason, even though there's no rain in dallas today

Wait a minute, you're from texas, hoos. Have you heard anything?

-- Pleasant Plains, Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:23 PM

my dad is already blaming the communists.

Texas governor may have been hit as well.

Would that be Price Daniel? Hoos?

Where's that young sprightly lad Dr. Morbius to share his opinions on the matter?

connolly xp

i think, the tx gov is just a figurehead anyway. whotf knows.

White slender man, 165 lbs, being searched for by DPD and Secret Service.

Hell, that could be anyone in Dallas, amirite?

Shakey Mo asked me to relay this message: good riddance

Not a Cuban or Puerto Rican, it seems.

I just realized something kind of weird. Abe Lincoln was elected exactly 100 years before Kennedy. And if Kennedy died -- God forbid -- Lyndon Johnson would become president, just like when Lincoln died, Andrew Johnson became president. Kinda gives you the chills, huh?

Pleasant Plains, where were the shots fired from? The spectators on the street?

buddy of mine's in the m*fia and told me to stay in today. "some real bullshit's going down." related?

I hope they don't cancel that new Doctor Who show tomorrow cos of this, apparently the special effects are incredible.

You probably had that factoid already stored in what of your ledger books, didn't you, jaymc?

They're not saying yet where the shots were fired. "Pandemonium" is gripping Dallas right now, according to the broadcast.

CBS saying that presidential limo is specifically built for public rides, and that the president's seat is actually lifted higher than regular cars so that the crowd can see him.

Great idea, car designers.

:/

on valentine's day, of all days

i just got back from an afternoon showing of it's a mad mad mad mad world--can someone give an update?

My mom keeps calling me back with what's on the TV. I've been trying to get news from the radio, but they're not talking about it yet. (!!)

However, they just announced that Aldous Huxley died today. Brave New World indeed.

CRONKITE: KENNEDY IS GONE.

;_;

xxp What a day. CS Lewis died today, too.

FUCK.

I'm going to log off for a bit. I'm sure we'll have more to talk about later.

This feels so weird.

Goodbye, Camelot.

too soon.

I'll always remember where I was at this moment. Sitting in front of my computer reading an online message board.

What a day. CS Lewis died today, too.

-- jaymc, Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:40 PM

!!!

Jackie Kennedy, what's on your iPod?

RIP first patsy cline now this can 1963 get any worse

Who will console the widow Jacqui?

Rock Hudson's available.

not to sound like a total geek but does anyone have any idea if this is going to effect the space program?

so i guess this means johnson is taking over then? where ever will they swear him in?

Why? Where is he?

that guy's always made me nervous re: escalating things in asia. but i mean nobody would be that fucking stupid, right?

he could get backed into a corner. fuck. fuuuck.

Don't worry, I doubt he'll be in office long enough.

we need to keep those dominoes from tipping

They say Nixon lost the election because he looked like he's hungover in that one televised debate, and didn't come off as appealing as JFK.

Oh THAT guy. He's history, I wouldn't worry about it.

so, lbj's first month in office, any thoughts?

He's apparently going to meet with that negro troublemaker reverend, so high marks for him.

Hai I'm presidetn of Bell Helicopter and I'd just like to say LBJ is a total fucking BRO.

Goldwater's going to wipe him up next year if LBJ does get cozy with the negroes.

I think enough time has passed now to view these events with equanimity. How's it shaping up for you guys over there? Personally, I reckon there were two, maybe three shooters, and that the R-s were involved. (Can't take too many risks!)

can a mod change the thread title :(

I don't think we should do that. This is a chilling historical document of a terrible blow for world peace, and should be kept as is. Anyway, gotta scoot - nuclear drill!

Goldwater's going to wipe him up next year if LBJ does get cozy with the negroes.

As a supporter of Dr. King (though not those "black nationalist" types, of course) shocked to see this kind of backwards thinking on ILX.

So it's looking like we might finally get national healthcare.

That's about as likely as electing a Negro president

Off topic but has anyone heard that song The Ostrich by The Primitives? It's crazy! If only there was some way I could share it with you.

wait a minute how are we on the internet?

Off-shoot of the Korean War program.

Incidentally I managed to have a go on this Spacewar gizmo the other day. Electrical moving picture game. Kind of amazing cutting edge technological stuff but I can't see it ever replacing Monopoly tbh.

The controllers are too big and heavy. And I've heard rumours that Doc Smith is gonna sue!

Never forget!

Can't believe it's been over 2 3/4 years. Funny how I can't remember where I was when I heard the news.

hanging out with GHW Bush presumably

Naw, truth was that I was walking around aimlessly, transistor glued to my ear, and didn't think to check the street signs, understand

We did this already, USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/rieder/2013/11/21/if-kennedy-had-been-shot-in-the-social-media-era/3663465/

Though

• Reddit launches a search for the killer, complete with photos of people at Dealey Plaza.

Haa

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/schedule-of-cbsnewscoms-live-stream-of-jfk-assassination-broadcast-coverage/

lamestreamers need a late pass

Spent half-an-hour on this morning. Students were very interested--they always are, today especially--asked some smart questions.

You're not gonna believe this, but Oswald has been shot.

The owner of a striptease-type nightclub, Harry Reasoner says. How could such a person be let in the jail by the cops?

I missed the live stream but looked at the excerpted clip. So Oswald wasn't shot on live television? From the clip, it looks like they cut to a lot of general confusion after he's been shot, and then play the actual shooting on tape a few minutes later.

not on CBS

what network is it on there are only three, people.

well we had the Dumont network a few years ago, but that'll never happen again

Congratulations, America.

http://qz.com/534641/today-the-us-sets-a-record-for-not-having-a-president-die-in-office

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY

https://i.imgur.com/9PzXTco.jpg

A corps of researchers looking into the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy say they have unearthed proof his alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was involved in an operation by the CIA mere months before the killing, reigniting questions about whether the Oswald truly was alone in his decision to kill the youngest man ever elected president.

In a Tuesday press conference at the National Press Club, Jefferson Morley—a veteran of the D.C. press corps and a preeminent expert on JFK's assassination with the Mary Ferrell Foundation—told reporters that he and attorneys with the foundation obtained documentation relating to a still-classified covert operation approved by senior CIA officials three months before Kennedy's death that suggested the agency used Oswald for intelligence purposes several weeks prior to shooting.

"This is an extraordinarily serious claim, and it has profound implications for the official story," Morley said Tuesday morning in Washington. "The CIA knew far more about the lone gunman than then they are admitting even today. So this story deserves the closest possible scrutiny."

https://www.newsweek.com/new-documents-shed-light-cias-connection-lee-harvey-oswald-1765105

wish it was Paul Morley making the announcement

i wish it was Robert Morley

The Beatles Industrial Complex

A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers A corps of researchers

Can't believe it's been 15 years already

I remember where I was very well - local courier service EBaum's World sent a very concerning bike message that I thought was pure tomfoolery but on the TV went and he was gone.

The only good President you guys ever elected

Nice wife too :)

Duck and cover.

It was a perfect day in February. Skies were blue without a cloud.

In fact, when the first bullet hit, some still thought it had just been an accident.

feel like pure shit, just want jfk's brainpan back

sir a second bullet has hit the presidential brainpan

My dad became rabidly anti-American after this afaict.

a couple of metal projectiles found him really charismatic so thought they'd go and meet the President.

Can't believe transmission of the first ever Doctor Who episode got bumped for this.