Tag: history/mystery
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Corbett Report: Episode215 – History Repeating: My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib to Afghanistan, we have seen the all-too-familiar pattern: denials followed by excuses followed by faux apologies and offical handwringing. What is never examined is how each event fits into the bigger picture of the dehumanization of war.
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how coca-cola shaped the modern-day santa
from eatocracy: Where did the iconic Santa Claus imagery we have all come to know – red suit, pleasantly plump, flowing white beard, rosy cheeks – come from? Turns out, Coca-Cola’s advertising program was more than a little helper in the modern interpretation of Saint Nick. Eatocracy talked with Phil Mooney, the Coca-Cola Company’s Vice…
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12/15 newspurge: when the lights go on again
9/11 updates: 9/11 year in review: nyc marks 10th anniversary* proposed skyscrapers in s. korea stir up painful memories* korea’s 9/11 twin towers: what were they thinking?* sandra bullock used 9/11 memories for new drama* biowars/envirohealth: fema kicks off ‘resolve to be ready’ 2012 campaign* hydrofracking in ny may be derailed by contamination in wy*…
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corbett report: episode212 – remembering mae brussell
listen to corbett report on @RBNlive weeknights at midnight from corbett report: Incensed by the lies told to the American public about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Mae Brussell transformed from an ordinary Beverly Hills housewife to a voracious researcher and tenacious broadcaster. Overcoming the incredulity of the public, the prejudices of her peers,…
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12/8 newspurge: i’m in with the out crowd
biowars/envirohealth: fukushima 45 tonne radioactive leak ‘reaches ocean’* ‘fuel rod materials’ may have been released into ground* irradiated baby food spotlights ongoing woes for japan’s food* questions swirl around $6b new mexico nuclear lab* epa says fracking may cause groundwater pollution* fda decision on teens, ‘morning-after’ blocked* climate conference close to deal on ‘green fund’*…
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11/24 newspurge: won’t start revolutions, but we’re giving it a whirl
9/11 updates: video: ron paul says flawed policies helped lead to 9/11* on 9/11, the US military was preparing for a simulated nuclear war* video: the curious case of united airlines flight 23 on 9/11* biowars/envirohealth: scientists mutate bird flu to make it more contagious – but critics claim the ‘bioweapon’ must be kept secret*…
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11/17 newspurge: desert skies, desert lights
9/11 updates: as 9/11 remains are identified, grief is renewed* video: ‘family guy’ 9/11 gag: did they finally go too far this time?* penn state: college football’s 9/11* video: 9/11 pentagon debate w/ craig ranke vs anthony summers* biowars/envirohealth: US govt confirms link between quakes & fracking* epa has long history of releasing news on…
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corbett report: episode207 – more patriot mythology
listen to corbett report on @RBNlive weeknights at midnight from corbett report: Did Lucky Larry Silverstein admit to blowing up WTC7 in front of documentary cameras? Did Benazir Bhutto say that Omar Sheikh murdered Osama Bin Laden? And just who was responsible for WTC 1993 after all? Find out in this week’s episode of The…
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corbett report: episode206 – the gutenberg revolutions
from corbett report: The Gutenberg press was the catalyst for the Renaissance and the Reformation, but it shaped what we communicated as much as how we communicated. What, then, to make of the electronic global village of our modern Gutenberg revolution? Are we on the cusp of a new Renaissance, or will this technology only…
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Google Cracks ‘Unbreakable’ Code of 1866 Secret Society Manuscript
The Copiale cipher is an 105-page coded document found in an East German archive, and dated to 1866 – but the code used to shield its mysteries has remained unbroken, until now.
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10/20 defcon: ops, apps & agony
top egypt ‘facebook revolutionary’ advising #OWS* ‘anti-cheating boyfriend’ app forced to change* video: theater review of ‘the agony & the ecstasy of steve jobs’: the moral issues behind iphone & its makers* was 1883 astro-mystery a near-miss billion ton comet?* does future hold ‘avatar’-like bodies for us?* russians wants to build colony on the moon;…



