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- The Van Natta and Wickersham article on Bill Belichick not being voted into the HOF.
- Interesting look at the CIA under John Radcliffe.
- John Stossel on unions. He's not wrong and the story is particularly relevant given UPS is set for another round of layoffs..
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- CIA says alleged National Guard shooter worked for agency's paramilitary unit in Afghanistan. Director also says he never should have allowed here.
- Senator Mark Kelly gets dragged on social media after making comment on shooting of National Guardsmen. The commenters weren't wrong.
- The untold story of Charlie Munger's final years. Outside the WSJ paywall.
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- The Brennan Forgery. The man is evil and should bein jail for the rest of his life.
- Holy crap - Ozzie Osbourne dead at 76. RIP
A Part II was needed because this story isn't going away and I had more thoughts on the situation.
There are two theories why this 180 happened - the CIA theory and the Israeli intelligence theory.
Put me into the Israeli theory camp.
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- AI could be the future of medicine. What better way to save doctors time, get diagnoses right, and keep patients out of the hospitals in the first place.
- CIA finally coming clean about involvement in JFK assassination. Many questions remain.
- Tesla stock dips amidst Trump and Musk feud. This is before the company starts seeing revenue on robotaxi or Optimus robot sales.
- Jonathan Turley: The Left issues "broken arrow" message to Europe. When people tell you who they are - believe them. These people hate America.
"In the seventies, when Congress looked into abuses by intelligence agencies, it found evidence that the CIA and the FBI had obstructed the Kennedy investigation."
"Allegedly, the CIA had aligned with organized crime figures, many sworn enemies of President Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, they teamed up with ant-Castro Cubans in Miami and New Orlans to assassinate the dictator. Helms had personally overseen those schemes."
You also had proven CIA asset Jolly West asking to included in the evaluation of Jack Ruby and Ruby's "break from reality" immediately after a private meeting with West. That's the book that should be written and I would be interested in seeing a Little Big Man crossed with Manchurian Candidate type movie with Jack Black playing Jolly West.
(Quotes from the book in italics.)
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- Glenn Reynolds: Trump and the lower courts. Agree - the time for 3 judge District Courts has come.
- Daily Coach - People don't follow perfection: they follow authenticity.
- First revelation from JFK assassination files is a 15 page memo from Arthur Schlessinger that the CIA had become a "state within a state." Why was this a redacted file that needed to be hidden?
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- Tips for reducing microplastics in your diet.
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- Good news! Science says that coffee does not dehydrate you. (Via)
- CIA used foreign intelligence agencies to create Russia hoax against Trump in 2016.
- Sudden deaths of vaxxed athletes, students, pilots, military and others but no politicians - why? This should be a much bigger story.
- My Blue Heaven is the flip side to the film Goodfellas. I have a soft spot for both movies. Article may be old but new to me.
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- Ryan Holiday's 38 rules of reading. Agree 100% on speed reading.
- The Free Press tackles the issue of our cars spying on us. Something Borepatch covered a while ago.
- NM Governor caves and cancels her unconstitutional Executive Order. She still needs to be impeached.
- The CIA tried to cover up the origin of Covid. The agency does not work on behalf of the American people.
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- Jonathan Turley on why the House has no choice but to Impeach Joe Biden. Now every Democrat up for election will now have to face questions about Hunter Biden.
- Reports say the Pentagon misled Congress about bases in Africa. What else could they be lying about?
- On a related note: VDH on the historical lessons of Imperialism in history.
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- Truflation is a site you should check periodically.
- Matt Taibbi on Facebook allowing the Biden White House to censor content.
- I wasn't aware I was in need of a new conspiracy theory but there you go.
- Shocker - not one 8th grade student at Lebron James' I Promise School has passed state's math test in 3-years. Either these scores are due to the school only being 5-years old, the school starting in 8th grade (and the failure is really on who was "teaching" the students before) or James is much better at PR than education. Not sure.
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- What happened to the actors who were performing the night Lincoln was shot
- Paul Graham - how people grow rich. Interesting economic history I like to revisit from time to time.
- Margaret Mead on what constitutes the start of civilization
- This theory on the Ukraine leaks makes a lot of sense. To me it looks like some inside the security infrastructure of the country want to ensure Biden doesn't seek a second term.
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- US "No Fly List" leaks after being left on unsecure airline server. We're in the very best of hands.
- Exclusive behind the scenes look as Ivan Provorov tells his GM he won't wear the pride jersey. (Don't click the link if you're easily offended)
- National Debt - Your US Government at work
- Tucker Carlson on the Deep State and why Richard Nixon had to go.
"The CIA knew far more about the lone gunman than then they are admitting even today."
Ultimately, the release of the documents is not just about confirming or not confirming whether a conspiracy theory is true. It's about whether the government lied about what it knew.
Yes the government lied and continues to lie. It's what politicians and government officials do. And when Elon Musk jokes about not riding around in any open air parades any time soon - he's only half joking (with good reason).
It sickens me that there's no repercussions for these creiins.
Matt Taibbi: Yes Virginia, there is a Deep State.
Amused that "deep state" started off as a leftist belief and is now a tenet belief of the right. Yet nobody seems prepared to do anything about it.
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- Lunik: Inside the CIA's audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite. Long but fascinating heist story. (HT DaddyPundit)
- Not happy that I've had to take the phrase "circle back" out of my vocabulary
- Wrestling coaches strip in protest. Amusing video about a match at the 2016 Olympics that I had never seen before. (HT Tim Ferris)
- The Thirty Tyrants: The deal that the American elite chose to make with China has a precedent in the history of Athens and Sparta. Today's must read article. (HT Execupundit)
