Timothy Mellon is the wackadoo that claimed he saw Amelia Earhart's head in

[AnotherMother4Peace]

A cellophane bag on the sea floor. He invested heavily in a recovery venture, got duped, sued and lost twice. Rachel Maddow had a segment on it a while back. A google search indicates that he inherited billions but is financially inept. The New York Times has a 7/28/24 article on the Earhart story but it’s for paid subscribers. Timothy Mellon is an 83 year old trust fund fool.

[John Coktosten]

1. What is a

"Cellphone bag"?

Trying to picture it

[AnotherMother4Peace]

3. Oops gotta fix that. Thanks.

[John Coktosten]

20. My bad

I had a brain fart. Totally didn't think of cellophane.
In my defense I was thinking anything is possible when RFK Jr makes a conspiratorial claim.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

6. The "cellophane bag" reference is from The NY Times story. Nt

[Jack Valentino]

9. I'm pretty sure that such had not yet been invented, when Earhart's plane was lost in

the late 1930's.....





(a 'cellophane' bag is PLASTIC, like your modern food storage bag...)

[AnotherMother4Peace]

13. Corrected. Thanks.

[TommyT139]

16. Invented in 1908, improved in the 1930's

...because it took awhile to make cellophane not only transparent, but moisture-proof, needed for most food wrappings. (Before that, it had been mostly used to wrap Whitman's Sampler candies.)

In 1934, cellophane was one of the neat things mentioned in the song, "You're the Top"...which is now stuck in my head.


Thanks, Wikipedia!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane

I think because it's based on cellulose, like rayon (a sort of natural fiber, albeit chemically produced), it's not actually plastic.

[John Coktosten]

19. Ah!

Duh! Should've guessed cellophane....geez

[C_U_L8R]

2. Is that why Trump brought up Earhart last month?

Suddenly releasing files no one cares about… except this whackadoo billionbozo.
Trump sure knows how to work the suckers.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

4. Exactly. tRump has got himself a mega rich gullible friend.

[TommyT139]

17. Can you imagine that phone call??

And this is just the stuff we hear about.

[markodochartaigh]

5. Who gave more to

Trump's campaign, Musk or Mellon?


https://fortune.com/2024/11/09/timothy-mellon-net-worth-top-donor-trump-campaign-elon-musk/

[NJCher]

7. the stories I've heard about this guy

Financially inept is putting it mildly. He beat his sister out of the family fortune. She was a liberal and quite generous to such causes.

[Blue Owl]

8. I think his Mellon has been in a cellophane bag for a bit too long

[AnotherMother4Peace]

11. Ha! Because he's rich doesn't mean he's smart. nt

[blogslug]

10. Atlas Obscura has a nice 2016 article on the Earhart-truther community, including Mellon

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-obsessed-feuding-searchers-still-looking-for-amelia-earhart

[AnotherMother4Peace]

12. Oh thank you.

I just had a delish steak paired with the perfect red wine prepared and served by my 80 year young husband. One glass of wine makes me even more computer illiterate than normal. I appreciate you posting that article.

[tanyev]

14. Aha! That's who was pushing Donny to declassify Amelia Earhart's records.

Everything’s for sale to the highest bidders.

[UTUSN]

15. K&R - "financially inept" well, he has a talent for nosing out what to throw it away on

And KRASNOV scarfs it up.

[Deep State Witch]

18. Hence TACO Releasing the Amelia Earhart File

It was a favor to Tim Mellon. Grandson of the man who was responsible for the Great Depression - Andrew W. Mellon.