Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Judge Salas

Read article: https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/jeffrey-epstein-and-deutsche-bank-strike-again/30725/


Roy Den Hollander was found dead (apparent suicide) after killing the Judge's son and seriously harming her husband. Why?

He also had a case before judge Salas at the same time that the Epstein case was in her hands. Why?


First a few quotes from very recent articles which provide a few "dots":


https://nypost.com/2020/07/20/roy-den-hollander-was-hunting-foes-after-cancer-diagnosis-report/

"The men's rights lawyer suspected of gunning down the son of a federal judge may have been hunting down enemies after being diagnosed with cancer — and may be linked to the July 11 California slaying of another attorney."


"Authorities are also investigating a possible link to the shooting of attorney Marc Angelucci, who was shot at his California home earlier this month, allegedly by a man dressed in a Federal Express uniform, the outlet said."


https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/roy-den-hollander/

"In a document posted on his website, Den Hollander wrote, "I know how old I am. I know how old I feel. I know what I like to do. I know what social convention tells me to do. But I don't give a  damn for social convention, especially the PC-Feminist kind. After 15 years of rugby, 15 years of martial arts, and 30 years of litigation, I'm not going gently anywhere.""


"Den Hollander traced his men's rights activism to a "bitter divorce" in 2001 from a woman he married in Russia, The New York Times reported."


"From 1999-2000, he wrote that he worked for Kroll Associates in Moscow, Russia, saying he "managed and upgraded Kroll's delivery of intelligence and security in the former Soviet Union." He  also worked as an attorney in Russia and Ecuador."


"The [Epstein financial documents] case was filed "on July 15, 2020, and has been assigned to Judge Esther Salas," according to Globe Newswire. Bloomberg Law also reported that the case was assigned to Judge Salas."


https://www.salon.com/2020/07/20/suspect-in-murder-of-son-of-judge-overseeing-epstein-case-was-a-mens-rights-lawyer-and-trump-donor/

"In July and October 2016, Hollander made three small-sum donations to then-candidate Trump's campaign, totaling $47.40, FEC records show."


These "dots" don't explain everything, but they paint a picture of someone with a certain POV. The coincidence that Hollander only recently found he had cancer and that Salas received the case and that there was an overlap between Salas having Hollander's case and the Epstein case is I'm sure, no more than chance.

But, I doubt it. I would not be at all surprised if Donald Trump knew about Judge Salas and that she was going to be handed the Epstein case.

The missing "dots" are whether someone was acting in Donald Trump's interests to keep the Epstein case quiet, whether Hollander was acting in only his own interest and if he actually did commit suicide, or if someone else had nudged him to do these things and then killed him at the end to ensure the story died with Hollander.

It's like a murder mystery novel, but it  wouldn't be the first time something like that really happened.


--   Mark Hathaway

Friday, June 26, 2020

March March

The (Dixie) Chicks have created a beautiful powerful song. Here's

the short video (about 4 minutes 30 seconds).


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


--
Mark Hathaway

Friday, June 12, 2020

Pytheas in Britain

I watched a video about an archaeological dig in western Britain and it discussed a site thought to be a source for the King Arthur legend. It was an extremely rich site and the people who lived there in the 500 AD time period were very wealthy. Why? There was an important tin mine nearby, one which even the Romans had used.

watchJoJo on YouTube.com:


Here are a few related links which discuss the place and history

The Sun newspaper: Lost Roman Mine Road in Cornwall

Wikipedia: Mining in Cornwall and Devon

Archaeology.org: Scientists Trace Origins of Bronze Age Tin


Then, after watching a video about the history of the Germanic people, I saw mention of a Greek explorer (based in Massalia or modern day Marseilles, France) who had traveled to the north of the Germanic area, to the North Sea and even the Arctic North Pole (perhaps). His writings are lost and all that remain are the writings of other people who quote him. His name was Pytheas and he explored around 325 BC.


Reading the Wikipedia page about Pytheas I stumbled upon something rather amazing.

/begin-quote
Diodorus did not mention Pytheas by name. The association is made as follows:[6] Pliny reported that "Timaeus says there is an island named Mictis … where tin is found, and to which the Britons cross."[7] Diodorus said that tin was brought to the island of Ictis, where there was an emporium. The last link was supplied by Strabo, who said that an emporium on the island of Corbulo in the mouth of the river Loire was associated with the Britain of Pytheas by Polybius.[8] Assuming that Ictis, Mictis and Corbulo are the same, Diodorus appears to have read Timaeus, who must have read Pytheas, whom Polybius also read.
/end-quote

For visual reference, here is a picture of southern Britain and France, with the Loire river marked.


Apparently Pytheas had come across a trading center on the island of Ictis (or Iktis or Iktin or Mictis) related to a tin mine. This coincidence is stunning for me. I wasn't looking for any association between Britain (Cornwall really), tin, and Germanic history.


In this quote the island of Ictis is named and is a link to another Wikipedia page.



/begin-quote
Ictis, or Iktin, is or was an island described as a tin trading centre in the Bibliotheca historica of the Sicilian-Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, writing in the first century BC.
/end-quote


The article says there is doubt about the precise location of Ictis, but that it was an island, while the archaeological dig at Tintagel is on the British mainland. Perhaps there was a trading site on an island, but it might have been a site along the coast. The dates of these writings are vastly different (325 BC and 100 BC).

There is excellent detail in these Wikipedia pages.

It's not only today's events which are interesting. Here's a true historical curiosity worth some study.