Eagle: One Compilation of Negative Public Opinion About the Department of Homeland Security

Worth reading — trends totally negative, but provides a feeling in the fingertips for the growing anger, especially west of the Mississippi. Big Flak For Big Sis and Homeland Security Preston James Veterans Today, 24 March 2013 Yep, finally there’s “incoming” over at Homeland Security, the New American Gestapo.  And it’s long overdue. These folks …

Berto Jongman: Perceptions of USA as a Police State

Sorcha Fall is a known disinformation source for provocative interpretations of current events. Obama Death Squads Fan Out Across America As Rebellion Looms EXTRACT The “death squads” being deployed throughout the United States under Obama’s orders, this memo continues, are frighteningly called VIPER teams, which is the acronym for Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Team, …

Owl: Ascendence of Sociopaths in US Governance

A tad preesumptuous but distressingly “in the zone.” The Ascendence of Sociopaths in US Governance Doug Casey, Chairman Casey Research, 21 March 2012 Here are some especially good observations from this article: “… a certain class of people – sociopaths – are now fully in control of major American institutions. Their beliefs and attitudes are …

Marcus Aurelius: State Department Moves to Fire Peter Van Buren Author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People

For those of you with experience or interest in such things, State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS, long ago SY), has developed for itself a very negative reputation in personnel security arena. Through AFSA, American Foreign Service Association (I am not a member having never been a FSO), I have read numerous accounts of horror …

Review: Secret History–The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954

Phenomenal “Primary” Source Relevant Today July 26, 2010 Nick Cullather This is the original, Stanford has also just produced a new version, Secret History: The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala 1952-1954. I bought this used and not only loved the speed of delivery, but the notes from the previous owner. My next …