Tag: author
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‘people’s history’ author howard zinn dead at 87
from cnn: Noted author and social activist Howard Zinn died of a heart attack Wednesday while traveling, his daughter, Myla Kabat-Zinn, said. Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States,” was 87. Kabat-Zinn said her father, who lived in Auburndale, Massachusetts, died while traveling in Santa Monica, California. “A People’s History of the…
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econocrash: another day, another dollar
US national debt now tops $12 trillionfrom afp: The US public debt topped 12 trillion dollars for the first time in history, Treasury officials disclosed Tuesday, moving past a key barrier that raised hackles in Congress. Treasury data showed Monday’s outstanding debt at 12.031 trillion dollars, up from 11.999 trillion on Friday. The ballooning debt…
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9/11 updates: terror trials, truth & consequences
the real reason only 5 detainees are coming to new york?from history commons: US Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced that five detainees would be moved from Guantanamo Bay to New York, where they would stand trial for carrying out the 9/11 attacks. However, five other detainees will continue to be tried before military commissions,…
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new movie can’t beat the real-life men who stare at goats
from danger room: Maybe the greatest conspiracy of all was turning The Men Who Stare at Goats into another middlebrow Hollywood action flick — complete with a saccharine ending. In a 2004 hilarious and mind-bending book, British journalist Jon Ronson recounts his efforts to uncover a loose network of military investigators with truly wacky ideas…
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history/mystery: jfk, cia, stasi & simon mann
lbj on jfk assassination: “it’s all a conspiracy”from huffington post: This month will mark the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A recently declassified oral history by Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, President Kennedy’s military aide on the Dallas trip, sheds new light on the critical hours after the shooting. McHugh makes…
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interview w/ albert lanier on secret societies & the media
for the latest special interview episode from media monarchy, we’re joined again by our friend albert lanier. fresh from the hawaii international film festival, albert is here to let us know that “the secret is out”. what secret is that, you ask? well, for the last several decades, many films & tv shows have (c)overtly…
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9/11 updates: nyccan’t, mythbusted & more
nyccan verdict: 80,000 silenced by state supreme courtfrom world of 9/11 truth: Yesterday afternoon [oct8], Justice Edward Lehner of the State Supreme Court rubberstamped Referee Louis Crespo’s recommendation that the decision to establish a local commission to investigate the events of September 11th not be put before the voters on November 3rd. After showing interest…
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Corbett Report: Episode102 – Know Your History: Iran-Contra
from corbett report: What happened in the 80s doesn’t stay in the 80s. Iran-Contra was an historical moment that reaches forwards and backwards in time to connect some of the key political players of the past 50 years… and exposes the shadow government that has been in operation for decades. Join us this week on…
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interview w/ peter levenda of ‘sinister forces’
for the last couple of years, the three volume set of ‘sinister forces: a grimoire of american political witchcraft’ has always been within arm’s reach. i’ve learned that whenever something in the news has reverberations back through the history/mystery of 20th century america, i can just jump to the indices & start to see some…
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Ted Williams’ Severed Head Abused In Cryonics Facility
A new book by a former employee of Alcor, the company that froze Ted Williams’ remains, alleges the baseball Hall of Famer’s body was mistreated by the company.
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futurist alvin toffler discusses ‘3rd wave’ post-industrial life
from russia today: Celebrated futurist Alvin Toffler has forecasted “death and bankruptcy” to the existing organizational institutes. Toffler elaborated on this and other predictions on where society is heading to RT. related video: ‘future shock’ 1972 doc narrated by orson wellesfrom youtube: 1972 documentary based on the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. Narrated by…
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‘the men who stare at goats’: jon ronson’s book as fiction film
from apple trailers: In this quirky dark comedy inspired by a real life story you will hardly believe is actually true, astonishing revelations about a top-secret wing of the U.S. military come to light when a reporter encounters an enigmatic Special Forces operator on a mind-boggling mission. Reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is in search…