"Anger is brief insanity." Mom attributed that quote to Hemingway. Having been on the receiving end of mom's wrath more than a few times, that phrase has always made sense. Craig Robertson, age 75, died in Provo, Utah on August, 9, 2023. He was killed by an FBI tactical team for making threats. He was an Air Force veteran, welding inspector, and wood worker. He had been married twice and widowed twice. He had three children. He was not in the best of health and walked with a cane. He loved guns and was a member of the NRA. Robertson was no fan of the democratic party. To be fair, Robertson had made several threats regarding Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, among others. These were descriptive threats wherein Robertson went into great detail about how he would accomplish the killings of those individuals. We must assume that he actually made those threats on social media, since he never
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On the other hand- the three copper kings were making as much as 13 million per month- as the price of copper was rapidly rising. The Anaconda Company- perhaps the most corrupt company ever- headed by Percy Rockefeller cut wages from 3.50 to 3.00 while the copper price was booming. They also loved to pump and dump their stock and made millions swindling investors. Miners began to unionize. The company retaliated with rustling cards- a black ball method of outing union sympathizers.
The Anaconda company killed anywhere from 2500 to 3000 miners including the 168 who died in the Granite Mt./Speculator Mine disaster. The history of Butte is the history of American greed, money, scandal, power, and environmental rape. I never get tired of Butte. The Museum City.