A family succeeds from Australia over wheat taxes, invokes law from 1495, creates own nation with 30 people. It now has its own anthem, flag, passports, and currency. In 1977 they declared war on Australia for three days to take advantage of a legal loophole. (en.wikipedia.org)
by magnora7 to /s/whatever
In Search Of Enemies by John R. Stockwell - former CIA officer then critic of US government policies after serving 7 tours of duty over 13 years. As Chief of the Angola Task Force during 1975 covert ops in their civil war, he resigned and wrote the book that influenced Cynthia McKinney. (en.wikipedia.org)
by JasonCarswell to /s/USAmerica
Parallel construction - an bent law enforcement process building separate evidentiary basis concealing how criminal investigations actually begin. Evidence laundering occurs when a crooked cop unreasonably obtains evidence then passes it to another officer who in good-faith presents it to the court. (en.wikipedia.org)
In 1962 a strange spring was found in northern Texas. Despite being 500 miles from any coast, it was home to marine species such as crabs, barnacles and seaweed, all isolated thousands of years prior when the sea levels rose and fell. Sadly, all this was wiped out after a dike was built. (en.wikipedia.org)
by Orangutan to /s/offbeat
"HyperNormalisation", a 2016 BBC documentary by British filmmaker Adam Curtis, argues that governments, financiers, and technological utopians have, since the 1970s, given up on the complex "real world" and built a simpler "fake world" run by corporations and kept stable by politicians. (en.wikipedia.org)
by JasonCarswell to /s/PsyOps
Psychological operations (PSYOP) - are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotions, motives, and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. (en.wikipedia.org)
by JasonCarswell to /s/PsyOps
"The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism", 2007 book by Naomi Klein arguing that neoliberal free market policies have risen as a deliberate strategy of "shock therapy" that exploits national crises to push through controversial policies over emotionally and physically distracted citizens (en.wikipedia.org)
by JasonCarswell to /s/PsyOps
CITIZENS OF CANADA UNITE ! - I asked the mod of "canada" if I could co-mod or provide a custom banner for the sub, to no response. SaidIt's admins might grant us Canucks access to our nation's sub if we beg politely. I'd be happy to co-mod with all Great White North subjects of the Queen. (en.wikipedia.org)
by JasonCarswell to /s/canada
Ancient mystery "impossible carvings" are obviously NOT IMPOSSIBLE! These small polygraph duplicating devices for dual hand written pages could easily be scaled up for large construction projects, set at other angles than just side-by-side AND with templates to guide and limit the resultant shapes. (en.wikipedia.org)
In the 1940s through the 1960s, the Quebec government collaborated with the Catholic Church to falsely certify 20,000 "orphaned" children as mentally ill and confine them to psychiatric institutions. The orphans were then subjected to medical experimentation and sexual abuse. (en.wikipedia.org)
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