The big story of the weekend is of course, that arch Conservative Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia was found dead during a weekend of quail hunting, while visiting a luxury resort ranch owned by John Poindexter.
After viewing over 10 clips and being thoroughly disgusted by the hullabaloo being raised about this story by most Alternative Media sources, I chose this report by Bill Still, a filmmaker best known for ‘The Money Masters (1996), ‘The Secrets of Oz’ (2013) ‘The Truth Behind the Federal Reserve’ (2013).
Given Scalia’s political hard right affiliations and friendships and that former Vice President, Dick Cheney’s accidental shooting of attorney, Harry Whittington, also while quail hunting occurred ten years ago – almost to the day – at another Texas ranch, many sloppy reporters assumed that the John Poindexter in question was the former National Security Advisor appointed by Ronald Reagan, who was convicted on 5 counts of lying to Congress during the Iran-Contra Affair – but who was somehow able to resurrect his career, to help establish the first publicly-acknowledged dragnet surveillance operation on the American People in 2003, the Total Information Awareness Office (TIA). The TIA has undergone a couple of name changes, due to adverse pubic reaction to its existence. Yet, it remains in existence and is now simply called the Information Awareness Office. However, the John Poindexter who owns the historic Cibolo Creek Ranch where Scalia was found dead is NOT the same John Poindexter.
John B. Poindexter is the self-made millionaire, owner of JB Poindexter & Co. Inc., manufacturer of trucks, including those used by UPS and FedEx. John B Poindexter is a “committed Independent” who has occasionally donated to Democratic Party causes. (Definitely not the same guy!)
Due to the remoteness of the location of the ranch, Scalia’s death was ruled to be of natural causes over the phone, by the Presidio County judge, Cinderela Guevara. This was after she had consulted law enforcement officials at the scene, as well as with Scalia’s physician, who confirmed that he had a heart condition and had recently been deemed “too weak” to undergo rotator cuff surgery. In accordance with the wishes of the family of Justice Scalia, no autopsy was performed and his body was flown home to Virginia.