We have just passed the Captain’s favorite holiday – All Hallow’s E’en – and are now on a fast, horrorific decline toward the capitalistic bacchanalia unapologetically referred to as “the Christ-mass”.
The Captain will speak to that at another time.
Each year on Hallowe’en, we are regaled with the timeless children’s tale “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, in which Linus sits in the pumpkin patch awaiting the rising of the Great Pumpkin, who supposedly flies through the skies on Hallowe’en delivering toys to sincere and believing children.
On this particular evening, Linus manages to talk Sally into sitting in the pumpkin patch with him. Sally is smitten by Linus and would do anything he asks. But as the evening wears on, Sally realizes this was not an invitation to romance; Linus is sincerely awaiting the arrival of a fictitious character, which never happens.
To make matters worse, she has missed trick-or-treating and a Halloween party because of it!
Which brings us to today. November 2nd, 2021.
According to news reports, hundreds of people have gathered at Dealey Plaza in Dallas to await the arrival of John F. Kennedy Jr.
From news photos, more people than attended the 2016 Inauguration.
Now, for those who have been asleep these past sixty years, Dealey Plaza is where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Shot by a lone gunman from a grassy knoll, as the story goes.
But these crowds are not awaiting the resurrection / return of John F. Kennedy. They are awaiting the resurrection / return of JFK Jr., the son of the president, who died in a plane crash in 1999.
Supposedly a plane crash orchestrated by Hillary Clinton.
Otherwise, so they believe, JFK Jr. would have become president.
Again, for those not keeping up, JFK Jr. – being the son of a U.S. President and socialite Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy as well as simply being a Kennedy – preferred the jetset life in New York City. He eventually did earn a J.D. from the School of Law at New York University, but it took him three times to pass the bar.
And he didn’t do much with the degree. In 1995 he launched a magazine, which floundered by 1997; Jr’s death in 1999 pretty much spelled the end of it.
Captain’s Note: Unlike in the soap operas where characters often return after being declared dead (you never see the body), JFK Jr’s body was found and autopsied; it’s not like he’s been hiding somewhere these past 20 years!
So it is a mystery to your Captain why JFK Jr. has become the latest Messiah.
But this is not a religious thing.
It’s about politics.
And it comes from the twisted depths of QAnon, that depraved collective of Trumpf supporters whose sole purpose seems to be to generate ridiculous conspiracy theories.
It’s almost like a drinking game: who can think up the most preposterous idea and sell it to the masses?
So, according to a popular QAnon theory promulgated through the internet, the deceased JFK Jr. will make an appearance at Dealey Plaza before midnight tonight.
He will declare that Donald Trumpf is the legitimate President of the United States, and JFK Jr. himself will sit as Trumpf’s Vice President.
Trumpf supporters seem to have a flag for every occasion!
Captain’s Note: I am rushing to finish this and post it before midnight. If JFK Jr. actually makes an appearance tonight, I will gladly write a mea culpa tomorrow.
But it gets better.
When this all happens, Trumpf will be reinstated as the 18th President of the U.S. – not the 45th – since, according to QAnon, there hasn’t been a legitimate President in America since 1871 when, supposedly, the U.S. became a “corporation”.
But wait. It gets better!
Once Trumpf is reinstated, he will step down and let JFK Jr. become President.
Captain’s Note: This is probably the most unbelievable part of the theory… as we have seen these past 11 months, Trumpf would never voluntarily step down!
Then JFK Jr. will appoint Michael Flynn as Vice President.
Captain’s Note: I refer you to a previously posted blog (September 23, 2021) about Michael Flynn.
And then… and then…
And then we will revert back to the Julian Calendar, making today October 20th again.
Captain’s Note: The Julian Calendar was decreed by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. It’s fatal flaw is that it gains a day about every 128 years. The Gregorian Calendar was drafted in 1582 and ultimately adopted by the colonies in 1752.
The good news of all this – should it happen – is that Hallowe’en is only 11 days away!
C’mon Great Pumpkin! We believe in you!
