Monthly Archives: April 2026

A time for brutal honesty?

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80 years of American military failure: Podcast

Since 1945 the Americans have fought a number of significant wars and either lost or drawn them all. There is no reason to believe that the war against Iran will have a different outcome. This podcast is about 10 minutes … Continue reading

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Bombing always fails ~ Iran 2026: Podcast

This podcast discusses the attempt by Israel-USA to bomb Iran into acquiescence  Bombing always fails It is 3 minutes long Addendum: Tokyo, March 1945 The ultimate example of failure was the obliteration of a major part of Tokyo. If you … Continue reading

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The Land of the Free?

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Black Lives Matter: Mississippi 1955

On April 5, 1955, four months before that petition was filed in Yazoo City, Mississippi Governor Hugh White signed the bill into law. It made it a crime for any white student to attend a public school alongside a Black … Continue reading

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Bombing Always Fails: Tokyo 1945 ~ No Surrender

In March 1945 the USA bombed Tokyo. They used incendiary bombs on a wooden city purposefully creating an inferno. The Japanese didn’t surrender. In August ‘A’ bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Pacific War ended shortly afterwards. “Bombs … Continue reading

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Bob Dylan on politics and morality

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The strategic use of ‘Fear’: Iran 2026

The USA is spending billions of dollars in the Iranian war.1 Strategic fear comes more-or-less free. Like all strategies it requires management. The Mafia knew this long ago, and immortalized it in the phrase, “I’m going to make you an … Continue reading

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Roxy the Labrador likes a drink

Roxy the Labrador walked into a bar and ordered a drink. Jim the bartender said, “Sorry, we don’t serve dogs.” “That’s okay, I’ll take a double whisky.”

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The Murder of King George V, 1936

“…..in the diary of his physician, Lord Bertrand Dawson. Dawson had written about the night of January 20: “I therefore decided to determine the end and injected ….morphia gr. 3/4 and shortly afterwards cocaine gr. 1 into the [king’s] distended … Continue reading

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