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Review of John Marciano, The American War in Vietnam: Crime or Commemoration? (Monthly Review Press, 2016), 196 pgs., paperback. On May 16, 2012, President Obama announced a Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and the “more than 58,000 patriots” who died there. The Commemoration is sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the National Park Service and the Department of Defense. It will last for thirteen years until the 50th anniversary of the end of the conflict arrives in 2025. It will “sponsor thousands of activities over the next ten years, including concerts, educational curricula, school visits … Continue reading →

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My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either. –        Christopher Hitchens* I will suggest this is certainly true for much of official Washington.  I can prove it. John McCain gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference (I can rest my case now, I think).  What is the Munich Security Conference? The Munich Security Conference is an annual conference on international security policy and has been taking place … Continue reading →

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Intelligence, or IQ, isn’t what you know, but rather the pace at which you acquire new information. Longitudinal studies have shown that IQ is fixed at an early age, so you’re stuck with what you’ve got. While IQ is far from being the only thing that determines success in life—research shows that it isn’t even the most important factor—a high IQ still isn’t a bad thing to have. In fact, I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t mind having one. “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” -Albert Einstein Most of us move through life never … Continue reading →

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—In 1947, the president of the United States, Harry Truman, decided: I’m going to create a snake and call it the CIA. Its watchword will be secrecy. It will collect secrets of our enemies and hold them secret and report the secrets to the president, who will decide what to do. Of course, the snake will remain under the president’s control. Its entire personality will be based on deception, but it will remain loyal to the president. No problem. Sure. I’m thankful for Charles Hollander’s challenging piece on Thomas Pynchon’s novel, The Crying of Lot 49: “Pynchon, JFK and the … Continue reading →

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In our first post in this two-part series on eye contact, we discussed the importance of eye contact and some of the reasons we don’t always feel comfortable looking someone in the eye. But just because eye contact is a great thing and a vital tool for improving the quality of all your face-to-face interactions with others, doesn’t mean that more eye contact is always better or that all eye contact is created equal. You have to do it right—at the right time and in the right way. How to do that is what we’ll be exploring today. We’ll start … Continue reading →

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It all depends on what you think of the china shop. If you believe it is a neat, ordered operation, providing beautiful and necessary things for discerning and deserving people, then you will like it—and be fearful of any bull that might be sniffing at the door. If on the other hand, you regard it as a worn out, dated collection of obsolete knick-knacks that have long since lost their value and are merely gathering dust, then you won’t mind what the bull will do or how clumsily he does it. Washington—the political establishment—is that china shop.  And you know … Continue reading →

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Defence Secretary James Mattis says US military not in Iraq ‘to seize anybody’s oil’

Despite remarks by Defense Secretary James Mattis, US presence in Iraq is aimed at ‘stealing oil,’ an analyst says.

Continuity of Agenda: Destroying Syria Since 1983

The Cliff of Nuclear Annihilation: Humanity is on the Brink of Extinction! Thirty Seconds to Midnight

‘I saw it on Fox News’: Trump trolled mercilessly for #LastNightInSweden explanation

Trump names General HR McMaster as new National Security Adviser as military dominates ‘security’ posts

Europe wants Britain to pay billions into EU schemes up until 2023

Marine Le Pen could have just been handed victory as rival Macron causes fury by telling the truth (that’s usually the case)