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Kappa Sigma organization

also: club, fraternity, Kappa Sigma fraternity

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Claims (13)

Wade Kilpatrick member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“Riddle earned a law degree after graduating from the University of Texas and started working for David Bolton, a real estate appraiser in Houston. But before too long, he went into law practice with Wade Kilpatrick and Victor Rogers II. Kil…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 25:30
Joe Rosso member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“He and his affiliated companies had borrowed from failed savings and loan. He said, gee, I have no idea. Joe Russo and Carol Kelly may have controlled more federally insured savings and loan deposits than any other of their fraternity broth…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 24:35
John Riddle member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“who was also a grand scribe of the Kappa Sigma in 1971, was two years behind his idol there. Some college boys want to be president of the United States. Some others want to be National League batting champions. John Riddle wanted to be jus…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 25:04
Nelson Bunker Hunt member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“Another alumni, Nelson Bunker Hunt, the son of H.L. Hunt, who tried and failed to corner the silver market. Hunt dropped out of UT and didn't make the yearbook, but he was in the fraternity. He was also involved with Oliver North and Spitz …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 2:50
Jim Westmoreland member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“to the contrast to the tune of about a quarter of a million dollars. Former Houston City Councilman Jim Westmoreland, who was ousted by voters in 1990 for making a racist comment, was a member. What they say about, I'm not even going to go …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 3:22
Richard Rainwater member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“Richard Rainwater, the Fort Worth dealmaker and leveraged buyout artist who cut his finance teeth with the Bass brothers. In 1965, Rainwater was the treasurer of the Kappa Sigma. And that same year, grandmaster in charge of the fraternity w…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 4:30
Nick Kragel member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“Richard Rainwater, the Fort Worth dealmaker and leveraged buyout artist who cut his finance teeth with the Bass brothers. In 1965, Rainwater was the treasurer of the Kappa Sigma. And that same year, grandmaster in charge of the fraternity w…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 4:30
George Aubin member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“clubs that are in washington dc where they bring all of the politicians in and deals are made with the appropriate amount of liquor and side performances in 1965 when he and rainwater were running kappa sigma there was a freshman pledge nam…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 6:00
Carol Kelly member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“first introduced Kelly to Beebe. Kelly was also a Kappa Sigma. In 1970s, Kelly bought Harrelson and Wiley stock in Brasso Sports Savings and then consolidated it with several other savings and loans that he had purchased with financing from…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 14:17
Harry Blake Terry member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“The big borrower at Continental Savings was one of Kelly's Kappa Sigma brothers, Harry Blake Terry, who was used by Kelly and Bebe as a front man to buy Continental. Terry borrowed $19 million from Continental to purchase several hundred ac…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 16:10
Joe Rosso member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“a former San Diego football player. In 1958, the year before Carroll Kelly joined Kappa Sigma, the grandmaster of the fraternity was a guy by the name of Joe Rosso from Houston. Rosso went on to become Houston businessman noted for developi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 19:05
Richmond Harper member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“Barnes said it was Irwin who introduced him to Eagle Pass Rancher Richmond Harper. And Eagle Pass Rancher, remember, is where one of the landing strips was for the CIA. Richmond Harper was the same man that was caught in the 1972 explosive …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 2:20
Ben Barnes member_of Kappa Sigma book_quoted
“He fought every reform movement in the university. He didn't want anything changed. Everything had to stay the same. And Irwin was also a close friend of Ben Barnes, who we've talked about repeatedly. He was considered his chief political s…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 1:56

Mentions (21)

The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16
▶ 45:07 on Bath's resume. A source close to Bath said that Trotter was one of the Houstonians most responsible for introducing Bath around Houston and getting him all the right connections. Bath and Land Benson brokered a number of multi-thousand d…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 0:29 Kappa Sigma, which is a fraternity in Texas. And it gives you a little bit about the background of the fraternity. I don't think that's necessarily relevant to our conversations, but I am going to highlight some of the graduates that will f…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 3:58 in the FBI's bribe lab, meaning bribery and labor sting operation, which involved two Houston men being indicted and convicted for giving him a bribe and a sting that netted New Orleans mafia boss Carlos Marcello. Westmoreland later said he…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 5:34 In October 1990, the Houston Post reported that he had received $2.4 million from dog racing interest. At one time, he was the aide to Texas politician and Michener minion, Ben Barnes. He operated the Quorum Club in Austin, which was basica…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 6:34 near the hometown of Michener. Oben embraced Kappa Sigma with his entire body and soul. 20 years later, the name of his companies were all named after his paternity. For example, Kappa Properties, Kappa Development Company, Sigma Capital Co…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 7:33 and he's at the heart of it. His main partner, Bill Haley, and uncle of one of his Kappa Sigma brothers, Walter Beard. They're all, it's so incestuous, it's absolutely ridiculous. It was during this time that Aubin met Herman Beebe, Mr. Maf…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 9:02 He told the employee that the first place he needed to go was to go see Carlos, you know, the head mafia guy. Was Kappa Sigma a mafia and CIA recruiting place like Skull and Bones? Who knows? While Krogel was pursuing dog racing, Aubin got …
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 19:05 a former San Diego football player. In 1958, the year before Carroll Kelly joined Kappa Sigma, the grandmaster of the fraternity was a guy by the name of Joe Rosso from Houston. Rosso went on to become Houston businessman noted for developi…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 24:35 He and his affiliated companies had borrowed from failed savings and loan. He said, gee, I have no idea. Joe Russo and Carol Kelly may have controlled more federally insured savings and loan deposits than any other of their fraternity broth…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 25:30 Riddle earned a law degree after graduating from the University of Texas and started working for David Bolton, a real estate appraiser in Houston. But before too long, he went into law practice with Wade Kilpatrick and Victor Rogers II. Kil…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 26:27 dirty Texas savings and loans deals. By the mid 80s, the law firm had essentially split up and Riddle was into real estate development in a big way. He was doing projects, mostly the strip mall centers and apartment complexes in Florida, Te…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 31:31 was just fronting First Western Aviation for Walter Michener. First Western Aviation obtained bank financing from United Bank Houston, which is controlled by Vincent Ciccarello. He was a very close friend of Walter Michener's. Michener even…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 32:02 A-D-G-E-R, whose brother John was a partner with Corson and Ron Daly in the early 1970s in a real estate company called Adger, Corson, and Daly. John Adger testified in Daly's fraud trial in 1990 that he took $300,000 in cash to Daly as a k…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 33:23 according to several law enforcement. So they used the bank to kick the guy's wife out and then gave the house back to him. You just can't make this shit up. Another Kappa Sigma in business with Corson was Ford Hubbard, another fraternity m…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 34:22 They were called together by Kappa Sigma, Carol Kelly, Kappa Sigma, Joe Russo, also attended the meetings. On June 11th, excuse me, the June 11th meeting was called by Kelly and David Wiley in May 22nd, 1985.…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 36:40 I'm surprised someone found out about it, he said. Having a secret meeting to plan naughty things was nothing new, of course, especially to the boys of Kappa Sigma. Then the author goes on to say, consider the person who headed the fraterni…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 37:13 Walter Michener Jr. Welcome to Kappa Sigma. So, very interesting. There was something more to Herman Beebe than just being a mafia member, a embezzler of Teamster Union, and his relationship with Carlos Marcelo. There were helicopters for t…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 1:15:34 people who just showed up on the scene, okay? Kappa Sigma itself is something new. This is the first I've heard about Kappa Sigma. Right. And what's going on. But if you had been paying attention through all the tales that have been told up…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 1:23:42 courtroom bankruptcy files and finding all of these gems and connecting. And I can't even imagine what his wall looked like. He must have had all of these little stickies like the old, you know, with the yarn connecting them. It's just lite…
The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11
▶ 1:39:27 Hey, Colonel. Hey, everyone. Good afternoon. Interesting little nugget. I posted in the Purple Pill regarding Kappa Sigma, their Wikipedia page, the history of this fraternity. Can you hear me? Yeah, I can hear you. Okay, sorry. It says the…
The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19
▶ 24:43 The land the port backed out of buying was later purchased by a group led by Michener's close friend, Kenneth Snitchner. In 1990, Holmes was a member of a group of local investors who were vying to win a $1 billion contract to build a rail …