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From this WL release, further in the chain, they seem to be organizing a reunion for those who worked for/with/around 'Bob Liming' AKA 'Robert Wayne Liming'.

SEPT 9-12th, a celebration of the achievements & leadership of Robert Wayne Liming... ...Two ways to look at this. You guys were the original crew ( notice I am the baby on this email list) and should you want to keep this reunion to this crew it really does not matter where it takes place. If you want to include some of those from later years who were also close with Liming having it in DC would be the better option. I will do my best to attend anywhere this reunion occurs.

The only references to a 'Robert Wayne Liming' I found were two archived commencement programs from the University of Maryland in 1972 and 1973.

There is a 'Bob Liming' who, coincidentally, works for Boys & Girls Club as "the Director of Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of East Valley, based out of Tempe, Az"

I don't necessarily think this is the same guy being referenced in the Stratfor emails, but I can't say for sure one way or another.

Then there's this reference here with another piece of strange background info:

Hello Leland Industrial Arts distinguished alumni. Do we have a name? If the get together was held in the DC area, you may have a larger number of attendees, is one positive note. On the flip side, CO is a nicer place to visit in my opinion. Cost wise its a wash for me, so either DC or CO work from my end. I don't know what others think. Thoughts?

Checking on Leland led to this strange site that talks about 'Charles Godfrey Leland' founding the Industrial Art School in Philadelphia in 1879. According to this site, Leland was big time into the occult, witchcraft, gypsy-lore, and magical rituals.

Leland was a prolific collector and spent most of his spare time collecting Witch lore and purchasing items of antiquity. One of his most prized possessions was the Black Stone of the Voodoos. It is believed that there are only five or six of these stones, or “conjuring stones” existing in the whole of America. The stones are small black pebbles thought to have originally arrived from Africa during the slave trade, and whoever succeeds in obtaining one would become a Master of Voodoo recognized as such by all other Voodoo practitioners in America.

Is this going to circle back around to all the 'artists' into 'spirit cooking'?

Finding a lot of weird stuff about the billy jack movies. Lots of violence, rape and pedofilia. Anyone seen any of these films or more familiar? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Born_Losers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jack

EDIT: I'd never heard of Tom Laughlin/Billy Jack before. He ran for president a few times as a Dem and as a Repub. I'm sure others know about this but I don't know anything about this guy or these movies so shutting up now. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Laughlin

Awesome, thank you. Interesting reference to the Billy Jack Brigade.... Here's a summary of Billy Jack Goes to Washington via Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jack_Goes_to_Washington:

Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is appointed a United States Senator to fill out the remaining term of another senator. It is hoped that he will quietly vote the party line, but his term in the Senate runs into trouble when he proposes a bill to fund a national youth camp which happens to be on the property where a nuclear power plant is also being proposed. His fellow senator, Joseph Paine (E. G. Marshall), claims to oppose nuclear power but is secretly taking graft to influence his votes in favor, and moves to try to keep Billy Jack out of the way when the bill is being debated.

Seeking to keep Billy out of the Senate on a day when a controversial energy bill is being voted on, Senator Paine suggests he should meet with a grassroots group that day instead. The group is working to pass a national initiative and Billy Jack becomes convinced of their cause.

Billy is invited to meet with a group of lobbyists attempting to offer him bribes and other perks if he will vote their way. Up against a man named Bailey (Sam Wanamaker) who wields a powerful influence in his home state, Billy Jack has his political career and reputation at stake if he does not cooperate. Billy responds with anger at their threat.

The next day in the Senate, he tries to speak on the floor in opposition to the nuclear power plant. Paine responds by proposing to expel Billy from the Senate as unfit for office. Billy's assistant quits after the murder of a lobbyist, fearing for her own safety, but returns after Billy Jack is about to be expelled from the Senate, to help him learn Senate procedure in order to filibuster. Billy collapses on the Senate floor in the effort, whereupon Paine confesses to his colleagues that every word Billy spoke was the truth.