The older I get, the more I notice things I never bothered to see before. Lately, (last 3 or 4 years) it seems there is a lot of reporting, news, articles, essays and et cetera's that have pretty much nothing to do with anything, or is pure speculation about a matter or a person. This falls into that category. So what if it IS JTB's hand ... and .. ? I'm tiring of words that go nowhere or worse ... are intended to go nowhere. Barrooms are FULL of arguments about nothing or stupid shit. A lot of it is code. Secret society groups talking to each other, marking dates or plans, by invoking symbolism they learned down in the crypt by candlelight.
It's pathetic, but they get off on it.