Why are they not telling??

John Poindexter. A household name for anyone who lived through the Iran Contra debacle.

I don't know why people think this is a secret.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/14/scalia-death-presidio-ranch-poindexter/80379846/

That friend has not been identified.

And the ranch owner is John B. Poindexter, not the John M. Poindexter of Iran Contra notoriety.

John Poindexter owner of the ranch.





Vice Admiral John Poindexter of Iran Contra fame.

for a 3 year old Kenyen.

... the possibility it was someone connected with a case pending before the court. I can't think of any other reason he would refuse the Marshall detail and it would be such a secret - except possibly a lover which I think is unlikely.

Maybe it's just someone who values their privacy and has enough clout to preserve it. But it's odd.

Why? It is not a new thing to discover that virulently anti-gay pols were actually "playing for the other team".

Ask Larry Craig.

... but you're right - it's not like it would be out of character for a conservative to have not so conservative secrets.

who faked who is own death last year and came back to kill Nino. Nimoy's a member of the Illuminati you know.

Must be true, I read it on the Internet.

That it was actually President Polk.

... it comes to light that George Takai is the mastermind behind Nimoy's actions, enabling his return to the present by warp-generated time travel. It just doesn't make sense otherwise!

Similar to Jesse Helms or Strom Thurmond who also would surprise the hell out of me. Santorum OTOH...

And to be honest, I met Jesse, and I wouldn't have been surprised at all.

But I don't think so with Scalia.

His vehemence on the issue makes me wonder. It's like the virulent anti-abotionist who has either had an abortion, enabled an abortion for a daughter, or pushed a mistress to have an abortion.

How can he do that? Is it up to him?

... was that the US Marshall Service is tasked with protecting SCOTUS justices, but that he had declined their offer to accompany him on this trip. It was offered as a reason there was no official Federal security at the ranch/resort when he died. I don't have time to google it right now but I'll look later and see if I can find it.

Eight years ago I took a summer course from him when I was in in law school. No security. He invited 3 of of us to go out for dinner for him at a restaurant in Arlington, VA. No security.

dying in the arms of young Megan Marshak of a heart attack. Is this the coverup?

Autopsy thing. I mean declaring him dead over the phone?

that's for sure.

when was he supposed to come home?

Everybody is keeping quiet.

He was golfing at a billionaires estate. Which he has done for the that 3 years Should we make something of that?

Like Scalia has.

Every President uses his version of morality when making decisions and appointments. No one is neutral.

Why should he get privacy when he thought you and I don't deserve it??

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/scalia-rejects-privacy-rights

Fuck that shitbag.

He deserves it in his...

He had no fucking business thinking otherwise. However that does not change my mind.

Neither is women's reproductive health, but their ya go.

any more than he thought a woman's private life was not personal to her.

get thee, then to a different thread, sheesh

when a Supreme Court judge is taking very expensive freebies from someone?

I would put nothing past Scalia.

someone wanting a repeat of 2000 ? What if it was Kkkarl the rover or even the Grover!

And what if it was one of the kocktapus heads or even a snitch who plays a double role in the white house?

The possibilities are endless!

...let it be a rent-boy named Chad.

An undocumented rent-boy from Chihuahua

It's called an inyourendo.

Eventually someone will follow the money and we'll see just how completely corrupt that SOB really was. You can bet it was someone with an important case pending.

and I apologize for not offering a link, the owner of the ranch was throwing a private gig and everyone was there as a guest of the owner... a John Poindexter. Not the actual war criminal Poindexter, but perhaps a relative? And that in itself leaves a large gap in information when considering the connection to the owner of the ranch. Why was a member of SCOTUS going to this guy's all expenses paid gig with a "guest" of his own? Or was Scalia the "guest" of the "friend"..?

Fascinating mystery.

Conflicts? Corruption?

And I want to know about this Poindexter, that's not a very common name, especially among the "not connected"...
among a bunch of other questions.

ETA: I suspect it was a strategy meeting regarding how the election "should go".

only right wing party.

...You've got a five minute head start...GO!

Colonel Mustard on the side.

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Anti-Italian bigotry, poster assuming we all eat lasonia. Is too much fried chicken racist if a hispanic died? You bet it is, and this is no better.

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official in a remote/unusual location should have resulted in an autopsy. I do think that's strange. I certainly don't think it's strange that a fat 79-year-old guy dies, but this is a case where an autopsy would have quelled any stupid speculation.

But we've already seen what Scalia and friends think of the law: it doesn't apply to them.

My gut feeling? He died from too many little blue pills.

had this been a liberal justice, there'd be a team of reporters outside her door and the news would be chronicling her credit report right now, and you know it.

In rural Texas areas, a justice of the peace typically makes the determination of the cause of death in cases when no witnesses were present. An inquest by phone is as valid as one in person under state law.

As per Bronson Tucker, an attorney for the Texas Justice Courts Training Center: "The huge majority of the time, if you have a 79-year-old overweight person and you have a statement from the physician and zero indicators of foul play, then it's not unusual for there to be no autopsy"

Just last week he appeared to be fine. Autopsies on anyone as high-level as him should be automatic. Too much "states rights" is crazy in cases like this. Ironic, isn't it?

The PM private party was 40 people invited by the owner. I guess someone who doesn't want the general public to know he/she is a 'friend' who gets to attend the private parties.

and as George Carlin said, we ain't in it

No autopsy being performed says something isn't right about all of this

When that guest's son canceled, Scalia was invited.