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Preamble to Social Mayhem
Dec. 30, 2008 "The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." ~ Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) "The common man, finding himself in a world so excellent, technically and socially, believes it has been produced by nature, and never thinks of the personal efforts of highly endowed individuals which the creation of this new world presupposed. Still less will he admit the notion that all these facilities still require the support of certain difficult human virtues, the least failure of which would cause the rapid disappearance of the whole magnificent edifice.. » read more
Secret of the Lusitania: Arms find challenges Allied claims it was solely a passenger ship
Dec. 20, 2008 Her sinking with the loss of almost 1,200 lives caused such outrage that it propelled the U.S. into the First World War. But now divers have revealed a dark secret about the cargo carried by the Lusitania on its final journey in May 1915.. » read more
Harvest Of Despair (Ukranian Famine)
Posted Dec. 28, 2008 Few people know of the atrocities committed by the communists in Ukraine. The Holodomor, the Soviet engineered famine of 1933 was directed by Stalin agains the Ukrainian people, in a savage attempt to crush their will. Millions of people have died of hunger in one of the most shameful pages of human history. This film documents the Ukrainian terror famine of 1932--33, which caused the deaths of 7,000,000 people.. » read more
General George S. Patton was Assassinated to Silence His Criticism of Allied War Leaders Claims New Book
George S. Patton, America's greatest combat general of the Second World War, was assassinated after the conflict with the connivance of US leaders, according to a new book. Dec. 21, 2008 The newly unearthed diaries of a colourful assassin for the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, reveal that American spy chiefs wanted Patton dead because he was threatening to expose allied collusion with the Russians that cost American lives. 'We've got a terrible situation with this great patriot, he's out of control and we must save him from himself'.. » read more
„Kraft durch Freude“. (Strength through Joy in the Third Reich)
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The Killer Countess: Baron Heinrich Thyssen's Daughter
Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 Baron Hans Heinrich "Heini" Thyssen-Bornemisza with his fifth and final wife, Carmen, the former Miss Spain " ... in the last days of the Second World War, Margit hosted a party for SS officers, Gestapo leaders and local collaborators during which 200 Jews were slaughtered, as entertainment.. » read more
The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
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German Weimar Republic in the Early 1920s and the U.S. - Troubling Similarities
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The Frist Barons of Banking
Nov. 6, 2008 Among the captains of industry, spin doctors and financial advisers accompanying British prime minister Gordon Brown on his fund-raising visit to the Gulf this week, one name was surprisingly absent. This may have had something to do with the fact that the tour kicked off in Saudi Arabia. But by the time the group reached Qatar, Baron David de Rothschild was there, too, and he was also in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Nobleman: Baron David de Rothschild, the head of the Rothschild bank.. » read more
It's Dirty and Lawless. The Food's Terrible- London Circa 1605
Sept. 23, 2008 They are the kind of observations that have occurred to thousands of visitors to London as they dash off a few words to the folks back home: London is a city of soaring costs, endless rain, poor food and weekend rowdiness. A 17th-century portrait of Carvajal Yet Luisa de Carvajal's description of life in the capital has come to light more than 400 years after she jotted down her thoughts for friends and relatives in Spain and Flanders. Having lain in a Madrid convent, the notes have been translated into English for the first time by Glyn Redworth, a senior lecturer in history at the University of Manchester. In 150 letters, Carvajal, who died in 1614 aged 48, paints an image of England in the 17th century with astonishing attention to detail.. » read more
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