Monthly Archives: August 2022

On This Day — Remembering Iran Flight 655 (July 3 1988) [UPDATE : Margaret Thatcher knew the truth from the start… and assisted in the cover-up.]

“I will never apologize for the United States — I don’t care what the facts are… I’m not an apologize-for-America kind of guy.” George H. W. Bush — August 7 1988 July 3 2019 — On July 3 1988, Iran … Continue reading

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On this Day — US President Richard Nixon : “I am Not a Crook” (November 17 1973) [UPDATE : On This Day — FBI Mark Felt, aka “Deep Throat” is born. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008)]

“And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got … Continue reading

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On This Day — The Crash of PAK-1 (August 17 1988) [A Case of Exploding Mangoes]

“Of all the violent political deaths in the twentieth century, none with such great interest to the U.S. has been more clouded than the mysterious air crash that killed president (and Army Chief General) Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in (August) … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…! — Chapter IV : The ‘Wait & See’ Strategy [UPDATE — The New Yorker : Ayatollah Khomeini Never Read Salman Rushdie’s Book]

“To Mr. Montazeri. Since it has become clear that after me you are going to hand over this country, our dear Islamic revolution, and the Muslim people of Iran to the liberals, and through that channel to the hypocrites [Mojahedin-e … Continue reading

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One Year Ago — Afghanistan : America’s war ends in humiliating debacle

“When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.” Rudyard Kipling — The … Continue reading

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Lockerbie — Three Decades of Lies: J’Accuse…! [Chapter IV : The ‘Wait & See’ Strategy] — UPDATE : The real reason for the fatwa against Rushdie

“To Mr. Montazeri. Since it has become clear that after me you are going to hand over this country, our dear Islamic revolution, and the Muslim people of Iran to the liberals, and through that channel to the hypocrites [Mojahedin-e … Continue reading

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US Whistleblowers — Test Your Spy Knowledge With Our Quiz! [Espionage Act used to prosecute government officials]

“It is Snowden who decided, at great risk, to honor his oath to defend the Constitution against ALL enemies foreign and domestic – and NOT the timid politicians whose cowardice Snowden exposed.  Naïve souls still inclined to give credence to … Continue reading

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On This Day — Reagan jokes about bombing Russia (August 11 1984) [MEDINT — Did Ronald Reagan Have Alzheimer’s Disease While in Office?]

“My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” President Ronald Reagan (August 11, 1984) August 11 2022 — President Ronald Reagan made the … Continue reading

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The Wuhan Lab – Leak Theory : Did you say ‘Conspiracy Theory’? [UPDATE : Prof. Jeffrey Sachs : “COVID-19 came out of US lab biotechnology.”]

“If you use ‘conspiracy theory’ or ‘conspiracy theorist’ pejoratively, ask yourself if it’s possible that you are a dumb, profoundly gullible d-bag for buying the narratives being fed to you.” Professor Dave Collum — Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University … Continue reading

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Remembering CIA Molly C. H. Hardy (Dec. 15 1946 – Aug. 7 1998)

“For a small cadre of CIA veterans, the death of Osama bin Laden was more than just a national moment of relief and closure. It was also a measure of payback, a settling of a score for a pair of … Continue reading

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