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Octafish

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12. DU helps preserve the record...
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 09:56 AM
Feb 2016

Unlike Corporate McPravda, which still sings the praises of the Gippet, the late Alexander Cockburn and Lou Cannon went on the record to show the Ronald Reagan was not in possession of his critical faculties when "acting" as president. The news made barely a ripple in the corporate owned press, like the 500,000 dead Iraqi kids from US sanctions, showing the truth is secondary to sticking to the "right" story line.

Recognized for his work unmasking "The Splendid Blond Beast" -- the NAZI influence on US intelligence and politics -- Christopher Simpson's important work ran in Covert Action Information Bulletin, a magazine started by turned-CIA man Philip Agee and a few intellectuals who weren't buying the company line. CAIB turned into Covert Action Quarterly and from there descended into chaos, caused by overwork, internal strife and the hypocrisies made plain by a shortage of cash flow.

Seeing how so much of our nation's history has been relegated top secret, goes a long way of explaining how the crooks and traitors have managed to get off the hook time and again.

PS: You are most welcome, cantbeserious! Thank you for grokking why knowing the truth matters.

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The Festering Corruption In US Government Is Legion - Thank You For Sharing These Insights cantbeserious Feb 2016 #1
DU helps preserve the record... Octafish Feb 2016 #12
I've come to believe that Poppy Bush was one of the major architects of the continuing disaster Hydra Feb 2016 #2
Exactly. Poppy, Dulles and that Big Oil line believe Power is not the People's business. Octafish Feb 2016 #13
But what about meetings with Gorbachev? awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #3
I wonder if Gorbachev was in much better shape. He was jwirr Feb 2016 #6
Gorby wanted to get rid of Star Wars and avoid Nuclear War. Octafish Feb 2016 #14
I always appreciate your posts, Octafish gilpo Feb 2016 #4
The Secrete Service did not do their job yesterday protecting Sanders in Denver. SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #7
The Aspens Octafish Feb 2016 #15
Exactly correct, Octa gilpo Feb 2016 #18
This goes a long way in explaining the reason we have such jwirr Feb 2016 #5
The Origins of the Overclass Octafish Feb 2016 #16
Many of us are old enough to have lived through that and jwirr Feb 2016 #17
An excellent and extremely informative post as aways, I have often thought you should write Dragonfli Feb 2016 #8
That's a great idea. Nt Duppers Feb 2016 #10
Reagan was in no condition to run Iran/Contra/ Ichingcarpenter Feb 2016 #9
Which is why we don't need any more fugging malaise Feb 2016 #11
There is no doubt in my mind that Poppy had Reagan shot Reter Feb 2016 #19
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