A video interview with Nic Ciacelli, Kennedy collector and author of Jailed For Kennedy.
What stories await you when you read JAILED FOR KENNEDY.
1) sneaking into inaugeration of Bill Clinton 1:15 at airport George Bush Senior 2:30 Conspiracy Theorists get nasty if you suggest oswald didnt kill kennedy 2:41 kennedy wasnt perfect 2:54 Leavelle spoke to oswald as he was dying 3:19 Oswald COmmunist fist 3:39 model plane 4:11 peter max kennedy painting 4:31 Not an obsession, a passion, 5:22 LBJ seal 6:14 prized item in my collection 6:49 favorite item in collection, Take 2 Donation Bank
This video footage has a filter on it to make it less “video-ey” and more “film-ey” but it also makes your face looks overexposed, Ill try and work on it
A Heritage of Nonsense contains nine stories that illustrate Jim Garrison’s malfeasance, his paranoia, and his conspiratorial mindset. There is a commonality that runs through this book: the insidious nature of conspiracy theorists, gullibility that stretches the imagination, and a smattering of mental illness. For the first time ever, you’ll read about the East German Stasi files of Richard Case Nagell, a man who desperately needed psychiatric help; the truth about Rose Cherami who supposedly had foreknowledge of the JFK assassination; a gay rights activist who channeled Lee Harvey Oswald at a séance; a Las Vegas entertainer who became a suspect in Garrison’s investigation because of one phone call; and the search for a lost map of Dealey Plaza. I even solve a longstanding JFK assassination mystery. And a whole lot more.
“In the late 1960s, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison spoon-fed the public scenario upon scenario of implausible JFK assassination conspiracy theories, many of which have been adopted by well-known Warren Commission critics. Using actual evidence, clear reasoning, and common sense, Fred Litwin masterfully debunks many of the more popular vignettes of Garrison’s theories. A Heritage of Nonsense is a must-read for anyone who wants to be properly informed.” — Robert A. Wagner, Author of JFK Assassinated: In the Courtroom: Debating the Critic Research Community
“For anyone harbouring lingering doubts that Garrison was a deluded charlatan, this book nails that coffin shut tight. With a strong commitment to first-hand testimony and primary source analysis, Fred Litwin is the highest form of amateur investigator writing about the Kennedy assassination, setting the record straight against the leading peddlers of conspiracist nonsense. Fred’s meticulous research, his compassion for the victims of shameless witch hunts, and his low tolerance for paranoid hogwash, make him a formidable opponent to anyone who places their ego and ideology ahead of clear facts and sound logic.” — Michel Jacques Gagné, Author of Thinking Critically About the Kennedy Assassination, and host of the Paranoid Planet podcast.
“No reasonable person can possibly take any of Jim Garrison’s conspiracy theories seriously after reading this book. Good job, Fred Litwin!” — David Von Pein, Author of Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Warren Report and Lee Harvey Oswald’s Guilt and Motive 50 Years on [with Mel Ayton]
”Litwin exposes JFK assassination absurdities the way The Amazing Randi exposed spoon bending illusionists. His latest is a necessary source book illuminating an abomination in US history where a libel was cloaked in an enthralling conspiracy theory. Litwin challenges us to ask ourselves: do we want the truth or to believe what feels more exotic than the truth?” — Eric Dezenhall, author of Wiseguys and the White House and Best of Enemies [with Gus Russo]
A youtube video documentary about the history of MAD magazine.
I saw a newly made YouTube documentary on MAD magazine. A lot of stuff I’ve seen in older documentaries, but its put together well and includes newer references like MAD-TV.
It also mentions MAD’s forays into television and animation..
I knew about the sketch show on FOX-TV “MAD-TV” but I was surprised that I’d never heard about the cartoon networks show just called “MAD.” that was full of 2D animated cartoons and stop motion animation. I want to find and see THAT show now!
I have always assumed I should be shooting and editing in 4K (3840 by 2160). I also did my Photoshop and After Effects work in 3840 by 2160. I did this even for projects that I knew were only going to YouTube/Vimeo/Facebook video.
I recently had to do some projects that the client shot themselves on 1280 by 720.. I upscaled it to 4k and added lots of B Roll and graphics ( that were made at 4K dimensions) over the video. When watched the finished projects on YouTube a few weeks later, the 1280 by 720 parts looked terribly stretched out.
But I also knew that when I download stock shots off of YouTube, they are in 1280 by 720. Even scaled up to 4K the footage looked… ok. Not great but just OK.
When I download old shots off my OWN YouTube channel, footage I created myself in 4k and uploaded in 4K (but somehow lost it) they are in 1280 by 720.
Does YouTube turn all footage uploaded to it, even 4K footage into 1280 by 720?
As an experiment, for one of the projects I was crafting from the 1280 by 720 footage, I kept everything in its original 1280 by 720 dimensions, The motion graphics and B Roll, that were created in true 4k? I downscaled them to 1280 by 720. I exported them as 1280 by 720 to YouTube. The export and uploading times were much faster than 4K projects.
THIS is the show edited and exported in 1280 by 720:
When I looked at this project on YouTube a week after uploading and it looked fine. No signifigant difference in picture quality.
And I don’t mean just watching it on my phone or laptop. I watched it in the YouTube app on my 4k big screen TV. And it looked the same as my 4K projects. The projects that had 1280 by 720 footage stretched up to 4K looked bad, but the episode that was kept in 1280 looked ok.
Am I wasting my time rendering projects in my full 4K, if YouTube is just going to scale it down to 1280?