CIA Covert Directive NSC 10/2 1
As I study for my history exam tomorrow, I figured I’d share a tidbit of history about the CIA. On June 18, 1948, the CIA was given a National Security Council directive (NSC 10/2). From the State Department website: NSC 10/2 directed CIA to conduct “covert” rather than merely “psychological” operations, defining them as all ...
Bailout Fever
On Wednesday, the big US auto manufacturers went to Washington to beg for taxpayers’ money to bail them out of possible bankruptcy. There was something symbolic about these auto execs flying in their big luxury private jets from Detroit to Washington. To me, flying to Washington in their gas-guzzling jets symbolizes their failure to innovate ...
Project for the New American Century is dead
In Wall-Street-Bank fashion, The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is effectively finished (Except it has been extinct for 2 years now). If you’re unaware of what PNAC is, from their website: “The Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is ...
Don’t Speed in your Racing Car Son! 2
First I’d like to send out my condolences to the family of the 3 young men who died in a car crash in Muskoka last month. The three young men were Toronto residents Tyler Mulcahy, 20, the driver of the car, Kourosh Totonchian, 19, and Cory Mintz, 20. Mulcahy’s girlfriend, Nastasia Elzinga, 19, was the ...
Ontario lifts Clothesline ban
Ontario has taken a great step forward by overriding a ban that prohibits many Ontarioians from hanging their clothes to dry outside. Most new home developments sign a contract with home buyers prohibiting them from hanging their clothes to dry outside on the grounds that it’s visually unappealing. According to the Star article, 20 to ...
Corporatocracy 7
In my first 48 hours on vacation, I read the book entitled Confessions of an Economic Hit Man“, where author John Perkins describes “Corporatocracy” as the collaboration of large corporations, international banks and governments in their greedy quest for global supremacy. In his role as an “Economic Hit man” (EHM), Mr. Perkins’ job was provide ...