The Global Engagement Center, part of the US Department of State, was established in 2016. Its mission was to lead U.S. government efforts to “recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining … Continue reading The Global Engagement Center is Closed for Business

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius (literally: … Continue reading Case Study 63

As the Earth warms the Arctic Ocean is experiencing longer periods of ice free waters. Influence over this newly opening water, with it’s potential for trade, resources and aggression has been a burgeoning geopolitical struggle. This has been playing out … Continue reading Reverse Psychology in the Arctic Circle

In 2006 David Duke, former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan traveled to Tehran for a Holocaust denial convention. He was invited by then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with the blessings of the Ayatollah Khameini. Ahmadinajad … Continue reading Remember when Duke went to Iran

US President for Life Hopeful Donald Trump‘s administration is entering talks with representatives of the Iranian Theocracy to negotiate yet another nuclear weapons pact (Axios). Generally these have been agreements to assist in the development of Iran’s nuclear power program … Continue reading Trump Talks with Iran

Jurgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop 26 September 1895 – 6 March 1952) was a Nazi SS commander who was in charge of the occupation of Poland and Greece. He led the suppression of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Enlisting in … Continue reading Case Study 77

The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat … Continue reading The Beltway Snipers

The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa exposed the Iran Contra Affair on 3 November 1986. A senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps named Mehdi Hashemi made statements about CIA shipments of weapons including Hawk missiles to the Iranian Theocracy. Initially … Continue reading Some Characters from the Iran Contra Affair

The Neo Conservatives were a socialist faction of the Democratic party that switched parties in the 1960’s. They were opposed to the left’s protests against US involvement in the Vietnam War and perceived weakness against the Soviet Union. Reaganomics, the … Continue reading Reaganomics and Tumpanomics

From Dec 26, 2021 For background see the post Crime and Control It’s important to see how the Emperor of Mordor had control over Epstein through one of his handlers (see Crime and Control above). Epstein popped up in the … Continue reading Jeffrey Epstein and the Great Recession