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Fabriqué en Babylon: Mueller’s Brass Tacks Vol. 2
Beyond the distinct possibility being the more innocuous explanation previously stated by the Special Counsel himself, the assertion that McGhan is beyond reproach, that he had “no motive to lie or
Commentary on the Movie, “The Post” [Excerpt]
[The following is an excerpt from the blog and publishing site of Mr. Geoff Shepard, Esq., author of “The Real Watergate Scandal”, kindly used with permission of the author.]
The top-secret report which became known as the Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is an internal analysis of documentation about the origins and conduct of the Vietnam War from 1947 to the end of the Johnson Administration, prepared over the course of three years under the supervision of three anti-war DOD officials. It ultimately consisted of some 3,000 pages of analysis and 4,000 pages of documentation. It was not peer reviewed or circulated outside of DOD.
Publication of the first article by the New York Times on June 13, 1971 caught the Nixon Administration completely by surprise. The Papers contained nothing adverse about the Nixon Administration itself, since the study concluded with the Johnson Administration, but there were three principal causes of concern:
Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective
The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells
Black History Month: Being About It
Talking about what might’ve been and thinking about what used to be only goes so far. Certainly not one opposed to reminiscing, I was wracked with grief over the comments
The Living and The Dead: Dystopia as Pastime [or: “The Road to Megiddo”]
If you’re awake and at all oriented to the world at large, you needn’t go far from the comforts of your mobile phone, laptop or television-hub to see that post-apocalyptic
Political Beast: Police Procedures [or: “Gee, does this sound boring?”]
When Political Beast decided to go back to the subject of police-community relations, we were a bit hesitant, since we’ve covered this pretty thoroughly in a former
Political Beast: Vietnam – Did People Actually Care?
When I heard Ken Burns, rock star of documentary film, was releasing a new PBS documentary, I was, of course, excited. When I heard the subject was Vietnam, I was
EDITORIAL: The Obamacare Repeal Endgame(s)
As I sit to write this article I still find myself struggling to understand the goal of the Senate GOP Health Care bill(s). Obviously, the overall ideology and goal is
Norway Announces U.S. Marines To Extend Stay
Stuttgart, Germany – Norway’s Minister of Defense announced today that U.S. Marines will continue rotational training and exercises in Norway through 2018.
“Our
“Doctors and Mahers and Sessions…oh MY…”
“There is a sort of excess that is interesting, don’t