Sunday, August 9, 2026

My "Letter of GRATITUDE" to Writer Lauren Collins ("They Stole a City") -- and Other Things, as Well!!!:

 


Arrival of Spring in Normandy, by my Old Friend David Hockney (some beauty to begin with, tonight).


That time I met David Hockney, Ethel Merman, and Meryl Streep at Virgil Thomson's 85th Birthday Party in 1981:


https://laterdaysoftennesseewilliams.blogspot.com/2013/10/chapter-4-birthday-party.html






Scott Kenan

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Drug-Mafia Mayor Bill Saffo's 43 Felony-Convicted employee as a DRUG MULE between Latin America and the USA Denise Renee Wood (heavyset 6' 3")!!! worked there (as a cook), before she became "The Perfect (House) Painter" when she first lived downstairs from me in the 200 block of South 4th Street!!! https://theweathercontinues.blogspot.com/.../some-agree...


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Who remembers this place? Have you ever eaten there? It is still in business.— at White Front Breakfast House.

Scott Kenan
 
 
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MORE can be found here: STRANGE that Handyman Ben was with Denise Wood when they told Gold Walker about my letter to Lawyer Oliver Carter III, next-door on the other side, which told Oliver NOTHING about my landlady that he didn't have to already know -- unless he's unfathomably stupid, which I do NOT believe he is.

And NO ONE cares about the issue that had so upset Gold that she delivered a Letter of Intent to Evict Me, now already superseded by a WIN-WIN action.

And about 5:00 PM, I heard someone knocking at the outside front door downstairs, and went to find a fine, strapping black guy, who asked if Chris was in. I said a new guy lives downstairs, but I hadn't met him, and he said his name is "Chris Militant" (and thinking the last name a bit odd, I paid attention and it was pronounced several times exactly that way).

Chris then came out of Denise Wood's former apartment, I introduced myself, and asked if he is PERMANENTLY living here. He said yes, and that Denise would SOON give him the outside building-door key, and it soon was clear that NEITHER OF THEM actually knew Denise, but the black guy said he had hired Denise to do some painting for him some time ago.

Chris said that he's SINGLE (and living alone), and he looks like a dark Mexican of about 40 - 45, short beard, weathered face and hands, and working tonight as a painter for the black guy. He said he would get to talk with me more tomorrow, out back on the "Smoking Porches".

So that was THAT for Denise Wood's tenancy here!!! And Chris soon became a FIXTURE in my HOT BED!!! 



Denise Wood



Chris Militant (called "My Cherokee" -- and I am 1/16th Cherokee, myself), was HOT-TO-TROT !!!



Collective Evolution
 

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The current owners of Myspace, Chris and Tim Vanderhook, have publicly confirmed that they are planning a relaunch of the platform. One of the key ideas they've discussed is creating an alternative to today's algorithm-driven social media environment, which they argue has become dominated by endless scrolling, engagement optimization, and addictive recommendation systems.

The relaunch is reportedly being framed around some of the things people miss about the early internet:

Chronological feeds rather than algorithmic feeds
More emphasis on friends and communities
Greater profile customization
Creativity and self-expression
Music discovery and culture
Less focus on maximizing screen time

This appears to be a response to a deeper shift in social media that many users crave. The original Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter were primarily social networks. Their purpose was to help you keep up with people you knew or chose to follow.

Over time, many platforms evolved into attention-maximization systems - as this led to the greatest profit. Instead of showing you what your friends posted, they increasingly show you whatever is most likely to keep you engaged. The incentive changed from: "Help people connect" to "Maximize time spent on the platform."

And once that became the dominant incentive, many downstream effects followed:

outrage became profitable
polarization became profitable
addiction became profitable
endless scrolling became profitable
creator culture, particularly junk content, displaced genuine social connection

We shall see how this relaunch unfolds!!!

NEITHER Facebook nor Google/Blogger will allow me to open the NEW MYSPACE!!!


Scott Kenan

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I recently blogged about Red Barn Theatre KW, M. Michael Fauss, Chris Hamilton, and me -- but I've NOT heard back, yet from anyone where my good friend from Denison University (Fauss), has worked so much!!! And I was Tennessee Williams's last assistant and my Kenan relative Mary Lily (Kenan) Flagler pushed Henry Flagler to complete his Overseas Railroad to Key West, and he left her his ENTIRE ESTATE including control of all 34 of the "BABY STANDARD OILS"!!!





Red Barn Theatre KW

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Red Barn's 47th Season: SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE 2027 ed. runs March 30 through April 24

The final production of the season brings back the perennial favorite “Short Attention Span Theatre,” an evening of short, fast-paced, punchy, funny, unpredictable short plays by well-known playwrights, all centered around a central theme. That theme and the specific plays have not yet been set, but all will feature a troupe of hilarious actors and be directed by a stellar group of directors! The 2027 edition will prove to be provocative and entertaining!
SAST will run March 30 through April 24, 2027, with all curtains at 7:30 pm.


Carmen Jo Rodriguez with M. Michael Fauss



Jillian "Jill" D. Hopman, Chair of the New Hanover County Democratic Party!!!

Joanne Levitan

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Well said, by my wise friend Jill Hopman.

Jill Hopman

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This is a tremendous mistake. The Democratic Party should not be at “war” with itself. The establishment should not waste resources trying to undermine an excited and furious (even if idealistic) wing of our organization, nor should those promising leftwing candidates target effective moderate incumbents (keyword: “effective”) when there are so many other weak, open, or Republican-controlled positions in government. This is entirely self-defeating. We *NEED* each other. Outside of NYC or San Fran or other major Democratic municipalities, the only way we are ever going to win elections is through a coalition that includes all voters from the very purple center to the dark blue far left.

Trump is in the White House because MAGA and traditional Republicans joined forces to vote together. Yes, many sold their souls in the process, and no, I am not saying we should ever do that. What I am saying, however, is that we need to remember who the real enemy is. We need to stop shooting each other in the face and decide what is more important: being self-righteous or being elected. We need to accept that the only way we can move the electorate to the left is if we get into office first. We need to actually listen to our neighbors and understand that what worked for us in the past does not work anymore; that, right or wrong, many voters do not want to “save democracy” or a current system that has repeatedly failed them. And above all else, we need to deliver once elected.

As I have said many times: 1) we can all do better; 2) elections are a math problem; 3) we are a big tent, and everyone is welcome to join the circus under it.


That is basically the New Hanover County Democratic Party’s whole philosophy for the past four years—and that is why we have succeeded in our very purple county. UNAs and progressives are a critical, essential segment of our party, and they have broken our way at a ~65-75% margin since 2023. But so are the moderates who reliably vote in every election. We cannot win without both. And I do not believe that one wing is more important than the other.

So I am pleading with you to please ignore what divides the national Democratic Party, and instead, please focus on what will make us all local winners in November—no matter if you identify as a moderate, progressive, or socialist.
💙


(And to be clear, I do not identify as any of them. I consider myself a proud political pragmatist. I will always prioritize practicality over purity, results over reform, efficacy over emotion. I will compromise and take a first down over waiting for a 100-yard touchdown return that may never come. I will utilize whatever tools, leverage, or allies are available to solve any particular problem right now. I am agnostic to a label but obsess over the best policy/candidate possible and the strategy needed to succeed…)
Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left (Gift Article)
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Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left (Gift Article)







Yesterday at 1:00 PM, on MS.NOW, I briefly saw this image (made by Cedric Harrison in 2022) -- BEGINNING AN AD for a NEW PBS SPECIAL on the Wilmington Coup d'Etat of 1898 !!!:

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    Scott Kenan’s 2019 “Wilmington Coup” Marker Incident

    Scott Kenan publicly claimed to have removed a black covering from the newly dedicated 1898 Wilmington “Coup” marker on November 8, 2019, after officials reportedly failed to do so.

    According to Kenan’s own blog posts, the event took place during the dedication of a new historical marker commemorating the 1898 Wilmington “Insurrection” — which he and his supporters refer to as a “coup” theweathercontinues.blogspot.com+1. He described himself as the “tall gray-head” who physically pulled the covering off when local officials could not theweathercontinues.blogspot.com.

    In his account, Kenan said he was “very proud” to be there, meeting local leaders and political figures, including Mayor Bill Saffo and North Carolina Representative Deb Butler theweathercontinues.blogspot.com. He also made inflammatory remarks about his family’s alleged involvement in drug trafficking and past political and racial associations, naming relatives and historical figures, and framing the 1898 violence as a “coup” rather than a “race riot” theweathercontinues.blogspot.com+1.

    The marker’s heading reads “Wilmington Coup,” though Kenan noted that the originally approved text had referred to a “race riot” before that wording was deleted theweathercontinues.blogspot.com. He also referenced a photograph of “Captain Kenan’s Rapid-Fire Brigade” — a historical image of William Rand Kenan Sr., a relative — allegedly using a Gatling gun during the 1898 events theweathercontinues.blogspot.com.

    Kenan’s posts also included personal grievances about local media coverage, alleging a “Catch-22” in which Wilmington news outlets had allegedly agreed not to report on him until one of them did theweathercontinues.blogspot.com.

    Important note: These statements are from Scott Kenan’s own blog and are not corroborated by independent news sources. The historical marker’s dedication and wording are matters of public record, but the personal claims and allegations made by Kenan in his posts are his own assertions and should be treated as such.

    https://theweathercontinues.blogspot.com/2019/11/scott-kenan-removed-stuck-covering-when.html

>>> MY LETTER EMAILED TO LAUREN COLLINS:



https://www.amazon.com/They-Stole-City-Wilmingtons-Supremacist/dp/1984878816/ref=sr_1_1


>>> My HUGE GRATITUDE to Lauren Collins for EXPOSING First Presbyterian (where we BOTH were once Members), in Wilmington, NC!!!


To:  Lauren Collins (two possible email addresses) of newyorker.com and "Letters to the Editor" of newyorker.com


Dear Ms. Collins,


My name is Scott David Kenan, and I was the last assistant to playwright Tennessee Williams, who has proven with the help of my personal friend John Lahr, that my Kenan relatives (Frank Hawkins Kenan and James Graham Kenan), both lifelong Ku Klux Klan members, who ENDOWED First Presbyterian, Wilmington with Kenan Memorial Organ, Kenan Memorial Stained Glass, Kenan Chapel, Kenan Steeple (tallest in Wilmington!!!), and yes -- they really call it this: "The SIX-FOOT KENAN COCK" atop Kenan Steeple!!!


Actually, it is a ROOSTER weathervane celebrating the WAKE-UP CALL of the Protestant Reformation -- and as I assume you know, recent Catholic Popes have ACCEPTED all of Martin Luther's 99 Theses -- except a couple about the Authority of the Roman Catholic Church. You probably ALSO KNOW that Martin Luther's sense of HUMOR was TOTALLY SCATOLOGICAL -- which might or might not PROVE Religion is ALL just a PILE OF SHIT, no???

I was born a devout Roman Catholic, which I remained until high school (I even wanted to become a Jesuit Priest -- like Pope Francis), and eventually became a TRAINED PRACTITIONER of SCIENCE OF MIND (aka: Religious Science or Spiritual Psychology):



I have also worshipped Episcopalian and was a Member of First Presbyterian, Wilmington the second half of 2011, when Pastor Ernest Trice Thompson IV freaked out after he told me (I had had NO IDEA he felt this way), that he wanted to have sex with me -- but refused to leave his wife and children.


You might have known my 1st cousin once removed, Nell (Herring) Smith, who sang in the Choir until after I left -- and while I was homeless, I often slept on two thicknesses of cardboard in front of her TOTALLY CONFEDERATE/NAZI husband Air Force Full Colonel Fred Smith, who had taught at THREE of the War Colleges I sold Ad Space for in their Yearbooks 1990 - 2010, when Patrick Lee Stansbury (now dead of a Drug Overdose), supplied First Presbyterian and nearly EVERY Christian Congregation and every Republican Politician and nearly ALL DEMOCRATS in Wilmington with hard drugs. The drugs were flown into Maxwell AFB where we had three legitimate Advertising Contracts.


And my best friend in the Puerto Vallarta Writers Group (nearly all of the rest of them were CIA Drug Traffickers, led by an NRA Vice President), Stanley Winborne III had grown up a Member of First Prez and lived across Third Street from the church. His GRANDMOTHER, then controlled the Atlantic Coast Line railway, and lived in what is now the Graystone Inn (currently being rebuilt after TWO devastating fires).






So, what I especially want to THANK YOU FOR is that both Cape Fear Rising, by my friend whom I'd had a couple of discussions with before his death, Philip Gerard, and Wilmington's Lie, by David Zucchino were TOO REAL to me, and I could only read to about page 55 in each!!! 


But YOUR BOOK simply draws me in and I feel "protected by an Angel", like in that old song:





But don't worry: I'm too GAY to molest a woman -- HA!!!


And there are so many things in your book that I could add to -- like the FACT that Chris Everett of Wilmington on Fire is a Homosexual, who became MORBIDLY OBESE after making the film!!! We both had rooms in the same hotel on Market Street, where my CIA Benefactor, Joseph Crawford Faulk, Jr. (now dead of Old Age), paid for me to stay and Chris had rented a room where he was interviewing people to possibly be in his film.

You wrote that you saw it in 2015 -- were YOU ALSO at his first public showing in the Grade School Auditorium on S. 10th Street? They were all TOO HIGH  and unprepared, and it took 50 Minutes to get it rolling!!! Also, while his FACTS WERE CORRECT, he hired a down-and-out CRACK ADDICT (Kent Chatfield, aka: Chatfield Kent, aka Clownty Attorney):




 . . . to impersonate a HISTORY SCHOLAR!!! And I actually later was signed to contract to appear in Wilmington on Fire II, by actual History Scholar Larry Reni Thomas to appear and confess that my Grandfather, Joseph Emerson Kenan, Sr., had participated while in high school, and my wealthy relative William Rand Kenan, Sr., had as an Elder at First Prez manned the only Gatling Gun in town -- mowing Blacks down for Jesus Christ his SAVIOR like ALL Presbyterians believed -- including Dem. D.A Benjamin R. David, Dem. Judge Jeffrey E. Noecker, Dem. Judge Robin Wickes Robinson (who had previously managed the Saffo Drug Mafia Law Office), and Repub. HYPER-WHITE-SUPPREMACIST Judge Lindsey Leigh (McKee) Luther -- who only married Sheriff's Detective Evan Luther long enough to get elected and "Prove" she was not actually a LESBIAN!!!




It must have been "something" for you to get the tour of Wilmington by Chris Everett -- who kept raising money to make Wilmington on Fire II , but never made it, spending the money to get FATTER and PAY BOYS FOR SEX, I suppose!!! He refused to respond to MY QUERIES!!!


So, I imagine you felt just like John Lahr when he completed his book, who had been blackmailed by Thomas Elliot Keith -- and Tom Keith gave my memoir a RAVE REVIEW -- before SINKING ITS PUBLICATION for Sewanee/University of the South:




Tom Keith told Lahr to his face that the Episcopal Church would disclose he was CHEATING on his wife, actress Connie Booth, and having sex with YOUNG MEN -- why he was NOT ALLOWED to mention me AT ALL in his Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh .




But Lahr and I secretly collaborated and finally met in PERSON at the 2015 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, and CELEBRATED having PROVEN that the Episcopal Church with the Republican Party, CIA, and FBI DID ACTUALLY murder Tennessee Williams and steal his Estate from Harvard for Sewanee -- just like Jackie Kennedy Onassis told us would happen at Jean Babette Stein and George Plimpton's party on January 11, 1982.


And John Lahr publicly acknowledged ME as the AUTHORITY on the last two years of Tennessee Williams's life in his LARGEST-ATTENDED TALK at the 2015 Festival (an exaggeration, in my opinion)!!!


Well, I've only read your book's introduction and checked the Kenan references from the back of the book. Let me read more -- and perhaps YOU or someone else of New Yorker Quality would like to debrief me for FAR DEEPER DETAILS on how my Kenan Family not only was the BIGGEST influence for the South to secede from the Union, but of the 1898 Wilmington Coup d'Etat, and William Rand Kenan, Jr., used his control of Standard Oil of New Jersey (ESSO, now EXXON), to put Hitler into power in Germany and then Kenan secretly built the Oil Refineries in Germany that produced MOST of the Motor Fuels, Lubricants, and Pervitin (Meth or Adderall), used to SUPER-CHARGE Hitler's WAR MACHINE for Jesus Christ. Hitler insisted that ALL NAZIS had to be CHRISTIANS -- just like the Ku Klux Klan also does.


And then, later Kenans worked with the Bush, Cheney, Clinton, and Biden Families (but not the Obamas), to put TRUMP into power -- which was the GIST of the review I first read of your book -- your claim that the Wilmington Coup never stopped and eventually produced MAGA/Donald Trump!!!


I can't WAIT to read the rest of your book -- THANK YOU, again!!!


Scott David Kenan 

Cell: (910) 200-XXXX









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