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DJT has come out
(not the words you were perhaps anticipating…) to claim that the 11th hour Biden pardons are illegitimate because they were signed by autopen and, moreover, “Joe did not know.” Hmmmmmmmmmm I suspect this will be [more…]
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Bill Browder
We had a look at Earl Browder, one time leader of the Communist Party of the USA who was up to his neck in all kinds of espionage for the Soviets. Of course being a [more…]
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Earl Browder
Some of you may have heard of the American born British financier Sir William Felix Browder KCMG, more usually known as Bill. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management and in a [more…]
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Richard Phillips Feynman
Recruited to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico under J Robert Oppenheimer, Feynman was also tasked with co-ordinating research and development between Los Alamos and the Oak Ridge Laboratory in Tennessee. [more…]
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Mr Zelenskyy goes to Washington
On October 17, 1939, Frank Capra’s film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington premiered, becoming a landmark in American cinema. Starring James Stewart as the sincere and unassuming Jefferson Smith, this political drama explores the conflict between [more…]
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A View (Some Miles Away) From The Greenhouse; The Art Of Diplomacy….Innit?
I’m sure that by now we’ve all seen at least the ten minute clip of the White House “spat” and I know I’m far from alone, at least in the august company of Going Postal [more…]
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The assassination of Robert Kennedy
One of the enduring mysteries is the assassination of Robert Kennedy. As we have just seen his son is now installed as the Health Czar in the Trump administration. With all the hate coming from [more…]
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Law of Nations Citizenship, Not Anchor Babies
The American Civil Liberties Union has been a primary litigant in challenging President Trump’s position that the offspring of illegal immigrants into the United States do not acquire US citizenship. ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project Deputy [more…]