• Remembering Huckster Sienzant - Liar Extraodinaire!

    From Ben Holmes@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 31 08:00:55 2023
    Original source: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out:


    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends
    not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his
    meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books
    on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well...
    completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies
    we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well
    by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that
    his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see
    that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald.


    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy.


    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month
    after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney
    Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was
    later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark
    Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then
    Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he
    felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words...
    watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish
    Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep
    this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination
    of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone
    to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster
    are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence
    against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's
    reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference.


    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized
    himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was
    being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared...

    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking
    down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight...

    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it
    to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in
    the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's
    first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming
    that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views
    the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that
    saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking
    out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter
    firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it
    again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is
    to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of
    the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked,
    but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt.

    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and
    quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie."


    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference
    is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination
    of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying
    in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID.


    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the
    Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true -- numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas
    School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even
    though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of
    addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts
    here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT
    HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and
    you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was
    looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As
    he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of
    the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there
    was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the
    sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the
    “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as
    follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him,
    I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial.
    == UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for
    Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on
    THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came
    from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about
    the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for
    CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's "creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else.


    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made
    on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and
    use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic
    facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the "ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my
    link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick
    a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what
    Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY
    of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can
    be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent.

    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because
    I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about
    Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the
    trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane
    falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to
    smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily
    as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals
    with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane,
    where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this
    post ... will he man up?

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  • From Ben Holmes@21:1/5 to Admin@ConspiracyJFKForum.com on Mon Jul 31 13:54:02 2023
    On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:00:55 -0700, Ben Holmes
    <Admin@ConspiracyJFKForum.com> wrote:


    Original source: >http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out:


    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends
    not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his
    meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books
    on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well... >completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies
    we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well
    by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that
    his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see
    that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald.


    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy.


    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month
    after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense
    appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney
    Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was
    later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark
    Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then
    Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he
    felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words...
    watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish
    Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep
    this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination
    of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone
    to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster
    are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence >against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's
    reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference.


    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized
    himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was
    being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared...

    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking
    down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight...

    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it
    to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in
    the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's
    first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming
    that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views
    the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that
    saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking
    out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter
    firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it
    again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is
    to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of
    the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked,
    but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt.

    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and
    quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie."


    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference
    is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination
    of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying
    in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID.


    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the
    Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true --
    numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas
    School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even
    though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of >addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news >conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the >assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts
    here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT
    HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and
    you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was
    looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As
    he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of
    the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there
    was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the
    sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the
    window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the
    “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as
    follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him,
    I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial.
    == UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for >Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on
    THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came >from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about
    the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for >CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's >"creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else.


    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made
    on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and
    use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic
    facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the >"ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my
    link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick
    a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what
    Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY
    of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can
    be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent.

    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because
    I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about
    Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the
    trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane
    falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to
    smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily
    as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals
    with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane,
    where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this
    post ... will he man up?


    Huckster read this - then simply turned his yellow back and ran
    away...

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  • From Ben Holmes@21:1/5 to hsienzant@aol.com on Tue Aug 1 07:47:54 2023
    On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 07:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Hank Sienzant
    <hsienzant@aol.com> wrote:

    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00:59?AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    Original source:
    http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out:


    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends
    not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his
    meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books
    on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well...
    completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies
    we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well
    by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that
    his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see
    that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald.


    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy.


    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month
    after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense
    appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney
    Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was
    later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark
    Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then
    Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he
    felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words...
    watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish
    Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep
    this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination
    of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone
    to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster
    are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence
    against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's
    reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference.


    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized
    himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was
    being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared...

    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking
    down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight...

    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it
    to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in
    the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's
    first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming
    that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views
    the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that
    saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking
    out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter
    firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it
    again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is
    to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of
    the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked,
    but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt.

    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and
    quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie."


    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference
    is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination
    of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying
    in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID.


    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the
    Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true --
    numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas
    School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even
    though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of
    addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news
    conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the
    assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts
    here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT
    HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and
    you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was
    looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As
    he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of
    the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there
    was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the
    sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the
    window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the
    “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as
    follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him,
    I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial.
    == UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for
    Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on
    THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came
    from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about
    the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for
    CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's
    "creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else.


    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made
    on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and
    use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic
    facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the
    "ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my
    link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick
    a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what
    Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY
    of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can
    be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent.

    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because
    I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about
    Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the
    trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane
    falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to
    smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily
    as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals
    with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane,
    where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this
    post ... will he man up?

    Addressed here: >https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/hdmwIRPGAgAJ >https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/VcqCp7oqAgAJ >And in numerous follow-up posts.


    Why don't you be a man, and tell everyone how **LONG** it took and how
    many times I posted it before you first responded?


    You are trying to change the subject


    And you're a damned liar. I took you're ENTIRE post, and responded
    point by point.

    This is why you always end up losing.

    You can't tell the truth.



    You got caught lying... just admit it, retract your post, and move on.

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  • From Hank Sienzant@21:1/5 to Ben Holmes on Tue Aug 1 07:42:46 2023
    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00:59 AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    Original source: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out:


    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends
    not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his
    meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books
    on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well... completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies
    we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well
    by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that
    his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see
    that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald.


    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy.


    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then
    Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he
    felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words...
    watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish
    Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep
    this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination
    of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone
    to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster
    are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's
    reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference.


    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized
    himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was
    being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared...

    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking
    down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight...

    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it
    to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in
    the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's
    first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming
    that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views
    the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that
    saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter
    firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it
    again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is
    to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of
    the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked,
    but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt.

    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and
    quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie."


    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference
    is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination
    of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying
    in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID.


    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the
    Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true -- numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas
    School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts
    here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT
    HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and
    you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As
    he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of
    the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there
    was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the
    sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him, I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial.
    == UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on
    THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about
    the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's "creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else.


    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made
    on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and
    use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic
    facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the "ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my
    link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick
    a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what
    Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY
    of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can
    be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent.

    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because
    I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about
    Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the
    trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to
    smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily
    as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals
    with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane,
    where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this
    post ... will he man up?

    Addressed here: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/hdmwIRPGAgAJ https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/VcqCp7oqAgAJ
    And in numerous follow-up posts.

    You are trying to change the subject and pretend that Lane's straw man argument is equivalent to Wade's point.

    But they are not the same.

    Wade was pointing out numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the Depository. He was arguing from the general to the specific.

    Wade Quote: "First, there was a number of witnesses that saw *the person with the gun* on the sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.”
    Lane Straw Man: "Point One -- A number of witnesses saw *Oswald* at the window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository."

    Lane pretended Wade's first point specified Oswald. Wade didn't do that. He was providing information that eyewitnesses provided statements that established the only gunman seen shot from the Depository. So Lane changed Wade's claim to one he could more
    easily rebut.

    Lane couldn't argue against the point Wade actually made (there were about ten witnesses who came forward after the assassination to say they saw a gunman or a weapon in an upper window of the Depository), so he changed it to pretend Wade mentioned
    Oswald in that first point.

    Wade didn't mention Oswald there.

    Lane knocked down a claim Wade never uttered. That's the very definition of a straw man argument.

    Ben tries to justify that, but he ultimately can't. This is why Lane can't be trusted near the facts. If the facts were against Lane, he would change or ignore the facts. I've established that repeatedly in rebuttal posts in the series that Ben started
    quoting Lane's statements from his book "Rush to Judgment". For example:

    Lane entitled a chapter in his book "Why Oswald was Wanted". But Oswald wasn't wanted at any time prior to his arrest. The title of the chapter is another straw man argument Lane set up to knock down.
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/62Emhk0wnug/m/et8tgWkhBwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Julia Ann Mercer (he ignored the investigation done by the DPD and the FBI and claimed no investigation was done of Mercer's claims):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/Gy-rv6jWeMY/m/xhgPc86mDwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Nurse Wester (he ignored her testimony that puts the bullet on a stretcher bearing the same materials as Connally's):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/fPpfp12XnGA/m/WWsKDTFwBgAJ

    Etc. etc. Etc.

    And Ben tries to defend this guy!

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  • From Hank Sienzant@21:1/5 to Ben Holmes on Wed Aug 2 12:36:02 2023
    On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 10:48:02 AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 07:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Hank Sienzant
    <hsie...@aol.com> wrote:
    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00:59?AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    Original source:
    http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out:


    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends
    not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his >>> meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books
    on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well...
    completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies
    we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well
    by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that
    his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see
    that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald.


    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy.


    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month >>> after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense >>> appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney >>> Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was >>> later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark
    Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then
    Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he
    felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words...
    watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish
    Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep
    this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination
    of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone
    to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster
    are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence
    against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's
    reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference.


    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized
    himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was
    being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared...

    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking
    down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight...

    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it >>> to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in
    the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's
    first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming
    that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views
    the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that
    saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking >>> out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter
    firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it
    again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is
    to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of
    the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked,
    but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt.

    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and
    quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie."


    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference
    is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination
    of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying
    in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID.


    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the
    Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true -- >>> numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas
    School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even
    though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of
    addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news
    conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the
    assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts
    here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT
    HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and
    you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was >>> looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As
    he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of
    the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there >>> was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the
    sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the
    window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the
    “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as >>> follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him,
    I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial.
    == UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for
    Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on
    THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came
    from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about
    the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for
    CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's
    "creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else.


    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made
    on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and
    use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic
    facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the
    "ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my
    link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick >>> a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what >>> Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY
    of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can
    be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent.

    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because
    I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about
    Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the
    trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane >>> falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to
    smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily
    as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals >>> with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane,
    where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this
    post ... will he man up?

    Addressed here: >https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/hdmwIRPGAgAJ >https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/VcqCp7oqAgAJ >And in numerous follow-up posts.
    Why don't you be a man, and tell everyone how **LONG** it took and how
    many times I posted it before you first responded?
    You are trying to change the subject
    And you're a damned liar. I took you're ENTIRE post, and responded
    point by point.

    You deleted the context. Here,let me put it back:

    You are trying to change the subject and pretend that Lane's straw man argument is equivalent to Wade's point.

    But they are not the same.

    Wade was pointing out numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the Depository. He was arguing from the general to the specific.

    Wade Quote: "First, there was a number of witnesses that saw *the person with the gun* on the sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.”
    Lane Straw Man: "Point One -- A number of witnesses saw *Oswald* at the window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository."

    Lane pretended Wade's first point specified Oswald. Wade didn't do that. He was providing information that eyewitnesses provided statements that established the only gunman seen shot from the Depository. So Lane changed Wade's claim to one he could more
    easily rebut.

    Lane couldn't argue against the point Wade actually made (there were about ten witnesses who came forward after the assassination to say they saw a gunman or a weapon in an upper window of the Depository), so he changed it to pretend Wade mentioned
    Oswald in that first point.

    Wade didn't mention Oswald there.

    Lane knocked down a claim Wade never uttered. That's the very definition of a straw man argument.

    Ben tries to justify that, but he ultimately can't. This is why Lane can't be trusted near the facts. If the facts were against Lane, he would change or ignore the facts. I've established that repeatedly in rebuttal posts in the series that Ben started
    quoting Lane's statements from his book "Rush to Judgment".

    For example:

    Lane entitled a chapter in his book "Why Oswald was Wanted". But Oswald wasn't wanted at any time prior to his arrest. The title of the chapter is another straw man argument Lane set up to knock down.
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/62Emhk0wnug/m/et8tgWkhBwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Julia Ann Mercer (he ignored the investigation done by the DPD and the FBI and claimed no investigation was done of Mercer's claims):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/Gy-rv6jWeMY/m/xhgPc86mDwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Nurse Wester (he ignored her testimony that puts the bullet on a stretcher bearing the same materials as Connally's):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/fPpfp12XnGA/m/WWsKDTFwBgAJ

    Etc. etc. Etc.

    And Ben tries to defend this guy!


    This is why you always end up losing.

    You can't tell the truth.



    You got caught lying... just admit it, retract your post, and move on.

    Advice you should take to heart. There’s a reason you delete my arguments so frequently. It’s because they are true and you can’t rebut them.

    And rather than admit to either, you simply delete and ignore what I pointed out.

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  • From Ben Holmes@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 2 13:43:31 2023
    Huckster believes that:

    That the "A.B.C.D" description in the Autopsy Report refers to the
    location of the bullet wound in the back of JFK's head.

    Yet is TERRIFIED of quoting the sentence that precedes that in the
    Autopsy Report.

    And why do you make the baseless and lyiing claim that JFK's neck
    wound was dissected?


    Tell us Corbutt... do you agree with Huckster?

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  • From Ben Holmes@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 2 13:42:26 2023
    You're so dishonest that you believe:

    That the "A.B.C.D" description in the Autopsy Report refers to the
    location of the bullet wound in the back of JFK's head.

    Yet is TERRIFIED of quoting the sentence that precedes that in the
    Autopsy Report.

    And why do you make the baseless and lyiing claim that JFK's neck
    wound was dissected?


    You can keep running, Huckster, and I'm just going to keep posting
    this until you *answer* this...

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  • From John Corbett@21:1/5 to Hank Sienzant on Wed Aug 2 13:16:16 2023
    On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 3:36:04 PM UTC-4, Hank Sienzant wrote:
    On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 10:48:02 AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 07:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Hank Sienzant
    <hsie...@aol.com> wrote:
    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00:59?AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    Original source:
    http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out: >>

    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends >> not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his >>> meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books >>> on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well...
    completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies >> we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well
    by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that
    his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see
    that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald.


    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy.


    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month >>> after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense >>> appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney >>> Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was >>> later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark >> Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then >> Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he >> felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words...
    watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish
    Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep
    this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination >> of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone >> to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster >> are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence >> against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's
    reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference.


    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized
    himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was
    being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared... >>
    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking
    down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight... >>
    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it >>> to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in
    the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's >>> first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming
    that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views
    the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that >>> saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking >>> out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter >> firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it
    again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is >> to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of >> the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked,
    but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt.

    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and
    quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie."


    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference >> is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination >> of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying >> in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID.


    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the
    Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true -- >>> numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas >>> School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even >> though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of
    addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news >> conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the
    assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts
    here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT
    HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and
    you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was
    looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As
    he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of >>> the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there >>> was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the
    sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the >>> window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the
    “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as
    follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him,
    I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial. >>>== UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for >> Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on
    THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came >> from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about >> the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for >> CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's
    "creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else. >>

    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made >>> on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and >> use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic
    facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the
    "ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my
    link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick >>> a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what >>> Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY >> of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can >> be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent.

    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because
    I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about
    Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the
    trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane >>> falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to
    smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily >> as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals >>> with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane,
    where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this >> post ... will he man up?

    Addressed here: >https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/hdmwIRPGAgAJ
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/VcqCp7oqAgAJ
    And in numerous follow-up posts.
    Why don't you be a man, and tell everyone how **LONG** it took and how many times I posted it before you first responded?
    You are trying to change the subject
    And you're a damned liar. I took you're ENTIRE post, and responded
    point by point.
    You deleted the context. Here,let me put it back:
    You are trying to change the subject and pretend that Lane's straw man argument is equivalent to Wade's point.

    But they are not the same.

    Wade was pointing out numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the Depository. He was arguing from the general to the specific.

    Wade Quote: "First, there was a number of witnesses that saw *the person with the gun* on the sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.”
    Lane Straw Man: "Point One -- A number of witnesses saw *Oswald* at the window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository."

    Lane pretended Wade's first point specified Oswald. Wade didn't do that. He was providing information that eyewitnesses provided statements that established the only gunman seen shot from the Depository. So Lane changed Wade's claim to one he could
    more easily rebut.

    Lane couldn't argue against the point Wade actually made (there were about ten witnesses who came forward after the assassination to say they saw a gunman or a weapon in an upper window of the Depository), so he changed it to pretend Wade mentioned
    Oswald in that first point.

    Wade didn't mention Oswald there.

    Lane knocked down a claim Wade never uttered. That's the very definition of a straw man argument.

    Ben tries to justify that, but he ultimately can't. This is why Lane can't be trusted near the facts. If the facts were against Lane, he would change or ignore the facts. I've established that repeatedly in rebuttal posts in the series that Ben started
    quoting Lane's statements from his book "Rush to Judgment".

    For example:

    Lane entitled a chapter in his book "Why Oswald was Wanted". But Oswald wasn't wanted at any time prior to his arrest. The title of the chapter is another straw man argument Lane set up to knock down.
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/62Emhk0wnug/m/et8tgWkhBwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Julia Ann Mercer (he ignored the investigation done by the DPD and the FBI and claimed no investigation was done of Mercer's claims):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/Gy-rv6jWeMY/m/xhgPc86mDwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Nurse Wester (he ignored her testimony that puts the bullet on a stretcher bearing the same materials as Connally's):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/fPpfp12XnGA/m/WWsKDTFwBgAJ

    Etc. etc. Etc.

    And Ben tries to defend this guy!


    This is why you always end up losing.

    You can't tell the truth.



    You got caught lying... just admit it, retract your post, and move on.
    Advice you should take to heart. There’s a reason you delete my arguments so frequently. It’s because they are true and you can’t rebut them.

    And rather than admit to either, you simply delete and ignore what I pointed out.

    Is it any wonder someone as repulsive as Ben Holmes would admire someone as repulsive as
    Mark Lane?

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  • From BT George@21:1/5 to John Corbett on Wed Aug 2 13:48:01 2023
    On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 3:16:18 PM UTC-5, John Corbett wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 3:36:04 PM UTC-4, Hank Sienzant wrote:
    On Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 10:48:02 AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 07:42:46 -0700 (PDT), Hank Sienzant
    <hsie...@aol.com> wrote:
    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00:59?AM UTC-4, Ben Holmes wrote:
    Original source:
    http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10217726&postcount=489

    Nothing deleted, all logical fallacies left in place and pointed out: >>

    RoboTimbo:
    Hank, what was his motivation for being such a liar?
    I can only conjecture; as I'm not a mind-reader.


    Notice that we start off with a logical fallacy, and Huckster pretends
    not to notice that.


    I believe he was ahead of the curve and saw this assassination as his
    meal ticket. And it has proven to be, as he's written like ten books >>> on the JFK and MLK assassinations now.


    And Huckster replies with a logical fallacy... poisoning the well... >> completely uncited speculation of Mark Lane's motivations.

    To paraphrase Huckster himself: When you start with logical fallacies >> we know it won't go well for you.


    He started in on the lies within less than a month of the
    assassination.

    http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/OI-ALB.html


    Again with a logical fallacy. No "lie" has been demonstrated or
    proven in any way whatsoever... merely another poisoning of the well >> by the logic master, Huckster Sienzant. While Huckster can be
    congratulated for supplying his sources, the mistake he made is that >> his uncited sources prove *HIM* a liar, not Mark Lane.

    See below for the actual news conference cite - where anyone can see >> that Huckster clearly never bothered to look it up.


    He was the first person to publish any attempted defense of Oswald. >>

    Another poisoning of the well, as well as a begged logical fallacy. >>

    His initial piece appeared in the National Guardian less than a month
    after the assassination and can be seen at the link above. His defense
    appeared as a rebuttal to the points made by Dallas District Attorney
    Henry Wade in a press conference on the evening of 11/24/63. This was
    later on the same day that Oswald had been killed by Jack Ruby.


    Henry Wade's assertions of Oswald's guilt was VASTLY quicker than Mark
    Lane's publishing of the rebuttal - if "speed" is any indicator, then >> Henry Wade is who you should be attacking, not Mark Lane.

    What is your point (other than another attempted poisoning of the
    well) to reference the speed with which a defense attorney did what he
    felt was right?

    Huckster will ignore this point - and refuse to explain his words... >> watch!


    Henry Wade was asked what evidence had been gathered to establish >>> Oswald was the assassin.


    Let's stop right there, and repeat that sentence:

    HENRY WADE WAS ASKED WHAT EVIDENCE HAD BEEN
    GATHERED TO ESTABLISH THAT OSWALD WAS THE ASSASSIN.

    This *ONE* statement completely obliterates Huckster's attempted
    framing of Mark Lane with a "lie."

    Since Mark Lane was smart enough to actually address the issue. Keep >> this in mind as you read Huckster's attempted character assassination >> of Mark Lane... WADE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION.

    And Huckster is lying about it.

    But more importantly, Huckster has the facts wrong. I invite everyone >> to go view this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43IefWoO_Y

    This is the November 24th news conference that Mark Lane and Huckster >> are talking about. Henry Wade begins by saying:

    "The purpose of this news conference is to detail some of the evidence
    against Oswald for the assassination of the President."

    So - no question was asked as Huckster claims, and the topic is
    PRECISELY what Mark Lane said it was.

    And Wade can't be "ill-prepared" - since it's quite clear that he's >> reading from notes compiled in anticipation of this news conference. >>

    Wade was ill-prepared for that question, as he hadn't familiarized >>> himself sufficiently to correctly summarize it all.


    This is more naked opinion being offered to defend Wade from the
    outright lie he told. The liar *here* is Huckster.

    And Huckster's opinion cannot change the facts. This was a planned
    news conference where Henry Wade got up and spoke - no question was >> being answered, so there was no fumbling due to being ill prepared... >>
    In fact, it's quite clear from the video that Henry Wade was looking >> down at notes as he made his speech.

    SO HUCKSTER'S A PROVEN LIAR - there was no "ill-prepared" in sight... >>
    Watch folks, as Huckster refuses to admit that he lied.


    However, some of it was accurate, and Lane had to mis-characterize it
    to attempt to make it appear erroneous.


    Keep this statement in mind... it's *NEVER* going to be supported in >> the entire rest of this post...

    It's simply impossible to know what the "some of it" was - because
    Huckster never tells you.


    Indeed, his very first point in his rebuttal deals with Henry Wade's >>> first point, and Lane has to use the logical fallacy of a straw
    argument to attempt to rebut it.


    Wow! Mark Lane actually *FIRST* dealt with Henry Wade's *FIRST*
    point? What a shocker!

    Of course, you're telling a blatant and UNSUPPORTED lie in claiming >> that it was a logical fallacy - as anyone can see who actually views >> the news conference by Wade.


    Here's what Wade said: "First, there was a number of witnesses that >>> saw the person with the gun on the sixth floor of the bookstore
    building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking
    out.”


    Huckster is pretending here that Wade is trying to document a shooter >> firing from the TSBD. But that wasn't what he said. Let's repeat it >> again for anyone that forgot: "The purpose of this news conference is >> to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination of
    the President."

    Huckster doesn't know the facts, and pretends a question was asked, >> but the topic is CLEARLY what evidence there is for Oswald's guilt. >>
    HENRY WADE MAKES THAT CRYSTAL CLEAR!

    So why are you lying, Huckster? Wade was giving the evidence for
    OSWALD'S guilt. You clearly don't know this. Mark Lane is correct.

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED that topic. And you're desperately and >> quite dishonestly changing that into a logical fallacy and a "lie." >>

    Note Wade does not mention Oswald.


    Yes he does. He begins by saying: "The purpose of this news conference
    is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the assassination
    of the President."

    You're lying, Huckster, first in your pretense that Wade was
    ill-prepared and got flustered answering a question, then you're lying
    in your claim that Mark Lane didn't DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHAT WADE SAID. >>

    He is making the point that numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the >>> Texas School Book Depository. And that statement is absolutely true --
    numerous witnesses did see a gunman on the sixth floor of the Texas >>> School Book Depository.


    So your claim here is that Henry Wade DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION (Even
    though there wasn't one), then you indict Mark Lane for his "lie" of >> addressing Henry Wade's evasion of that (non-existent) question.

    That dog won't hunt.

    You're telling an outright whopper.

    Wade stated very clearly what he was doing: "The purpose of this news >> conference is to detail some of the evidence against Oswald for the >> assassination of the President."

    Mark Lane ADDRESSED what Wade said, and showed how it was a lie.

    Just as I'm showing, AND PROVING, that you're lying about the facts >> here.


    Lane can't argue that point as stated, so he doesn't even try.


    YOU are the liar. Mark Lane did indeed address EXACTLY what Wade
    tried to claim.

    You want Mark Lane to simply ignore the fact that Wade ASSERTED THAT >> HE WAS GIVING THE EVIDENCE FOR OSWALD'S GUILT. But he didn't... and >> you label him a liar for doing this.

    **YOU** are the liar. Proven.


    Instead, he pretends Wade said "First, there was a number of
    witnesses that saw Oswald with the gun on the sixth floor of the
    bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was
    looking out.”


    This was PRECISELY the intent of Wade's response to the question. As >> he stated, he was giving the evidence for OSWALD as the shooter...

    Mark Lane DIRECTLY ADDRESSED what Henry Wade said.

    Amusingly, you're simply too dishonest to ever publicly admit it.


    Here's exactly how Mark Lane framed that straw argument:

    === QUOTE ==
    Point One

    A number of witnesses saw Oswald at the window of the sixth floor of >>> the Texas School Book Depository.

    SINCE IT IS ALLEGED that Oswald fired through that window, that
    assertion is important. Wade was unequivocal, stating, “First, there
    was a number of witnesses that saw the person with the gun on the >>> sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the >>> window—where he was looking out.” Subsequently, it developed that the
    “number of witnesses” was in reality one witness, who was quoted as
    follows: “I can’t identify him, but if I see a man who looks like him,
    I’ll point him out.” (Newsweek—Dec. 9) Such “identification” is at
    best speculative and would not be permitted in that form at trial. >>>== UNQUOTE ==

    That is a straw argument, and Lane is pretending to rebut Wade's
    point, but he is actually rebutting a point of his own creation.


    No Huckster, *YOUR* claim is a lie... Wade was giving the evidence for
    Oswald's guilt that he said he would - and Mark Lane answered him on >> THAT BASIS.

    You're pretending that Wade was merely discussing where the shots came
    from... THIS IS NOT TRUE.

    Wade was trying his best to indict Oswald - he was detailing what
    evidence they had for Oswald's guilt - and Mark Lane DIRECTLY
    ADDRESSED what Wade claimed.

    So there are two liars here... Wade for trying to mislead people about
    the true evidence, and *YOU* for trying to label Mark Lane a liar for >> CORRECTLY pointing out the facts.


    That is dishonest.


    And, as I'm demonstrating, it's *YOU* that is dishonest. Mark Lane's >> "creation" is the simple truth - WADE WAS EXPLAINING WHAT EVIDENCE
    EXISTED FOR THE GUILT OF OSWALD.

    When you lie about this, you're simply a proven liar... nothing else. >>

    And Lane was doing it from his very first article on the
    assassination. Indeed, in his very first rebuttal point he ever made >>> on the assassination.


    Lane was doing what??? Telling the truth, and correctly rebutting
    lies being told to convince the public that Oswald was guilty???

    You've gone no-where, Huckster... other than to tell blatant lies and >> use logical fallacies. You provably don't even understand the basic >> facts you're discussing. The mythical "question" not asked - the
    "ill-preparation" (as he's reading from prepared notes).

    You clearly tried to invent a question never asked at the November
    24th news conference, and tried to pretend that Wade was
    "ill-prepared." The truth, as anyone can view for themselves with my >> link to the news conference - is that you're lying.


    I was tempted to challenge the conspiracy theorist poster here to pick
    a page at random from Lane's Rush to Judgment, and we'll examine what
    Lane wrote and compare it to the evidence...


    It's being daily posted in this forum - and you've run from a MAJORITY
    of the posts. I've kept them short and to the point, so that they can >> be easily rebutted if it were possible, yet you've remained silent. >>
    So it's good that you didn't give in to your "temptation" - because >> I'm posting Mark Lane quotes each week - and you're running away.


    but I decided to just cut
    to the chase and cite one inarguable lie by Lane


    You claim it's inarguable - but I've just shown your first lie about >> Mark Lane to be the lie that it is... and you've not made your
    argument about Nolan Potter - so there's nothing to rebut.


    - where he took a
    statement by Nolan Potter that said he saw smoke rising above the >>> trees in front of the Depository and that he saw a motorcycle
    policeman drive up the slope toward the Depository and show that Lane
    falsely characterized that statement in a footnote as pointing to >>> smoke on the grassy knoll.


    Make your case, Huckster - and I'll undoubtedly demolish it as easily >> as I did your first example.


    There are plenty of other examples. Indeed the first witness he deals
    with in Rush To Judgment is another example of a lie by Mark Lane, >>> where he makes his point only by ignoring all the evidence.

    But that's an example for another time.


    Actually, it's another excellent example of the "poisoning of the
    well" fallacy.


    Hank


    How many PROVABLE logical fallacies did Huckster employ above?

    How many OUTRIGHT LIES did Huckster use in his smear campaign?

    Will Huckster ever admit that he didn't have the facts here?

    Thus far, Huckster has ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to address the facts in this
    post ... will he man up?

    Addressed here: >https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/hdmwIRPGAgAJ
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/w-mE1Gs-aGc/m/VcqCp7oqAgAJ
    And in numerous follow-up posts.
    Why don't you be a man, and tell everyone how **LONG** it took and how many times I posted it before you first responded?
    You are trying to change the subject
    And you're a damned liar. I took you're ENTIRE post, and responded
    point by point.
    You deleted the context. Here,let me put it back:
    You are trying to change the subject and pretend that Lane's straw man argument is equivalent to Wade's point.

    But they are not the same.

    Wade was pointing out numerous witnesses saw a gunman in the Depository. He was arguing from the general to the specific.

    Wade Quote: "First, there was a number of witnesses that saw *the person with the gun* on the sixth floor of the bookstore building, in the window—detailing the window—where he was looking out.”
    Lane Straw Man: "Point One -- A number of witnesses saw *Oswald* at the window of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository."

    Lane pretended Wade's first point specified Oswald. Wade didn't do that. He was providing information that eyewitnesses provided statements that established the only gunman seen shot from the Depository. So Lane changed Wade's claim to one he could
    more easily rebut.

    Lane couldn't argue against the point Wade actually made (there were about ten witnesses who came forward after the assassination to say they saw a gunman or a weapon in an upper window of the Depository), so he changed it to pretend Wade mentioned
    Oswald in that first point.

    Wade didn't mention Oswald there.

    Lane knocked down a claim Wade never uttered. That's the very definition of a straw man argument.

    Ben tries to justify that, but he ultimately can't. This is why Lane can't be trusted near the facts. If the facts were against Lane, he would change or ignore the facts. I've established that repeatedly in rebuttal posts in the series that Ben
    started quoting Lane's statements from his book "Rush to Judgment".

    For example:

    Lane entitled a chapter in his book "Why Oswald was Wanted". But Oswald wasn't wanted at any time prior to his arrest. The title of the chapter is another straw man argument Lane set up to knock down.
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/62Emhk0wnug/m/et8tgWkhBwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Julia Ann Mercer (he ignored the investigation done by the DPD and the FBI and claimed no investigation was done of Mercer's claims):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/Gy-rv6jWeMY/m/xhgPc86mDwAJ

    How Lane dishonestly dealt with Nurse Wester (he ignored her testimony that puts the bullet on a stretcher bearing the same materials as Connally's):
    https://groups.google.com/g/alt.conspiracy.jfk/c/fPpfp12XnGA/m/WWsKDTFwBgAJ

    Etc. etc. Etc.

    And Ben tries to defend this guy!


    This is why you always end up losing.

    You can't tell the truth.



    You got caught lying... just admit it, retract your post, and move on.
    Advice you should take to heart. There’s a reason you delete my arguments so frequently. It’s because they are true and you can’t rebut them.

    And rather than admit to either, you simply delete and ignore what I pointed out.
    Is it any wonder someone as repulsive as Ben Holmes would admire someone as repulsive as
    Mark Lane?

    It's why am sure he has a tatoo of him on his aging and sagging little chest.

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