25-02-2016, 11:31 PM
So here's a brief timeline of the events surrounding Scalia's death:
2/12/16 Scalia arrives at ranch with attorney C. Allen Foster. Two jets land at ranch, and remain there until 2/14/16. (There is a report of a third jet at the ranch, and there are either 35 or 36 guests at the ranch. The US Marshalls, that normally provide security for the Justice, have been called off for this event.)
2/12/16 Scalia eats dinner and is entertaining. He retires to the "El Presidente" suite about 9:00 PM.
2/13/16 (8:30 AM) Poindexter knocks on Scalia's door and gets no answer. Then Poindexter goes off to shoot some quail with C. Allen Foster and other buddies from the International Order of St. Huburtus.
2/13/16 (11:30) AM Poindexter and Foster try the door again and discover Scalia, in his pajamas, lying on an "unwrinkled" bed with a pillow "over his head" (not "over his face"). Poindexter starts making phone calls.
2/13/16 (unk) Deputies from the Presidio County Sherriff's office arrive at the ranch.
2/13/16 (unk) A helicopter containing US Marshalls arrives at the ranch.
2/13/16 (1:52 PM) Since a Justice of the Peace cannot be found to drive out to the ranch and declare Scalia dead, Judge Cinderella Guevara declares him dead over the phone.
2/13/16 (unk) A hearse from Alpine Texas departs for the ranch. (It's about 1.5 hour drive, and not the closes funeral home.)
Chris Luhan of the Sunset Funeral Home in El Paso says that the funeral home was chosen by family of the justice, at the advice of a family friend.
2/13/16 (unk) The hearse departs from the ranch and drives to El Paso. (220 miles)
2/14/16 (2:30 AM) The hearse arrives in El Paso at the Sunset Funeral Home.
2/14/16 (4:00 AM) Scalia's body is embalmed. (It is claimed that Scalia's bodily fluids are not retained but drained into the El Paso wastewater system.)
2/14/16 (9:30 AM) The Sunset Funeral Home (and the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office) awaits further instructions from the family.
2/14/16 (unk) The helicopter from the Marshall's Office eventually leaves the ranch. The two or three jets parked there eventually leave the ranch.
2/14/16 (unk) Poindexter, the multi-millionaire owner of the ranch, and a high ranking member of the International Order of St. Huburtus, makes statements to reporters.
2/14/16 (approx. 2:30 PM) Scalia's body is flown by private plane to Virginia, without autopsy.
(sometime before 2/24/16) Attorney C. Allen Foster leaves the United States to vacation in Argentina.
It is astounding to me the remarkably leisurely and casual way in which this affair was handled, despite the obvious easy access to much more rapid forms of transport.
2/12/16 Scalia arrives at ranch with attorney C. Allen Foster. Two jets land at ranch, and remain there until 2/14/16. (There is a report of a third jet at the ranch, and there are either 35 or 36 guests at the ranch. The US Marshalls, that normally provide security for the Justice, have been called off for this event.)
2/12/16 Scalia eats dinner and is entertaining. He retires to the "El Presidente" suite about 9:00 PM.
2/13/16 (8:30 AM) Poindexter knocks on Scalia's door and gets no answer. Then Poindexter goes off to shoot some quail with C. Allen Foster and other buddies from the International Order of St. Huburtus.
2/13/16 (11:30) AM Poindexter and Foster try the door again and discover Scalia, in his pajamas, lying on an "unwrinkled" bed with a pillow "over his head" (not "over his face"). Poindexter starts making phone calls.
2/13/16 (unk) Deputies from the Presidio County Sherriff's office arrive at the ranch.
2/13/16 (unk) A helicopter containing US Marshalls arrives at the ranch.
2/13/16 (1:52 PM) Since a Justice of the Peace cannot be found to drive out to the ranch and declare Scalia dead, Judge Cinderella Guevara declares him dead over the phone.
2/13/16 (unk) A hearse from Alpine Texas departs for the ranch. (It's about 1.5 hour drive, and not the closes funeral home.)
Chris Luhan of the Sunset Funeral Home in El Paso says that the funeral home was chosen by family of the justice, at the advice of a family friend.
2/13/16 (unk) The hearse departs from the ranch and drives to El Paso. (220 miles)
2/14/16 (2:30 AM) The hearse arrives in El Paso at the Sunset Funeral Home.
2/14/16 (4:00 AM) Scalia's body is embalmed. (It is claimed that Scalia's bodily fluids are not retained but drained into the El Paso wastewater system.)
2/14/16 (9:30 AM) The Sunset Funeral Home (and the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office) awaits further instructions from the family.
2/14/16 (unk) The helicopter from the Marshall's Office eventually leaves the ranch. The two or three jets parked there eventually leave the ranch.
2/14/16 (unk) Poindexter, the multi-millionaire owner of the ranch, and a high ranking member of the International Order of St. Huburtus, makes statements to reporters.
2/14/16 (approx. 2:30 PM) Scalia's body is flown by private plane to Virginia, without autopsy.
(sometime before 2/24/16) Attorney C. Allen Foster leaves the United States to vacation in Argentina.
It is astounding to me the remarkably leisurely and casual way in which this affair was handled, despite the obvious easy access to much more rapid forms of transport.
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."