But Jones' gut also told him that Andrew Jackson was a good guy, when after some research the only conclusion you can reach about Jackson is that he was a right bastard: a slave holder who would regularly have his runaway slaves beaten upon their return; the man who invaded Spanish territory in order to return fugitive slaves to their 'masters', paying $50 dollars for each returned slave (and killing 300 in the process!); a traitor for colluding with British agents Aaron Burr and later Martin van Buren; the man who gave the Rothschilds their big break (as they admit) when he appointed them as agents for the United States in Europe; the man who destroyed the Second Bank of the United States and wrecked the American economy; the Godfather of the Confederacy after he initiated the forced removal of native Americans from their ancestral lands in states that would later form the beating heart of the Confederacy.
But Jones needs to create controversy to attract more visitors to his site to flog more products, like the dodgy Creature from Jekyll Island.
Scalia's family don't want any autopsy. Even now, several days after he was found dead, not with a pillow over his face, as has been stated by some. Scalia was a very, very ill and old man. Perhaps he should not have gone, or at least not hunted. But it seems that despite their political differences, Scalia and Poindexter were OK with each other:
Justice Antonin Scalia was taking a free vacation at the exclusive Cibolo Creek Ranch in West Texas when he was found dead inside a guest room Saturday. The trip, the Washington Post reports, was a gift from the ranch’s owner, who just last year obtained a favorable result from the Supreme Court.
The 30,000-acre hunting ranch, located around 30 miles from the Mexican border in the West Texas town of Shafter, is also the home of owner John B. Poindexter, who owns the Houston-based manufacturing firm J.B. Poindexter & Co.
The two men already had a tenuous connection outside of the ranch. Last year, an age discrimination suit filed against the Mic Group, a subsidiary of J.B. Poindexter & Co., reached the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case.
In an email to the Post, Poindexter said Scalia, who was invited to the ranch as a personal guest, was not charged for his stay. A person “familiar with the ranch’s operations” tells the paper Poindexter typically hosts these free events two to three times a year.
[source : Scalia's Hunting Trip Was a Gift From a "Friend" Who Had Business Before the Supreme Court Last Year, Gawker, http://gawker.com/scalias-hunting-trip-was-a-gift-from-a-friend-who-h-1759637837, 17th February 2016]
So Scalia had found in favour of Poindexter, and Poindexter's 'friend' was returning the favour with a free holiday.
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