You know, sometimes its hard to figure out where people get their ideas from, especially the ones that seem so ludicrous or irrational.

I've got something of a lighter workload today so I thought I'd take you on a journey through where some of it comes from. It's neither an exhaustive look nor a complete one, but it's a taste.

I thought that looking at a Civics textbook currently in use would be a good start. Just through pure random Google results (i.e. it was on the first page), I'll start with this one by Holt, Rinehart and Winston entitled "CIVICS" with the subtitle of "Social Studies".

I just did a search on the internet and it looks like the traditional corporate media is not reporting a major fact.

The United States government seems to be operating in default.  

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Russ Tice, Google, Echelon and the NSA

The story about Russ Tice is a little more complicated than has previously been reported.

The "unitary executive" theory, that the President has nearly absolute authority as Commander-in-Chief in "wartime" goes much, much further than has previously been reported.

Movies and books refer to "black operations" or "black programs", referring to top secret military projects.  The Pentagon however refers to them as Special Access Programs (SAP) to avoid any negative connotation or association with the word "black".

I'll put it bluntly - the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) sucks.

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US Secret War in Pakistan: Part 2

Do you remember the article I wrote just last week, about how the U.S. is conducting a secret war in Pakistan?