America’s F35s: Can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was meant to improve the U.S. air arsenal but has made it more vulnerable instead. From all the recent sounds of celebrating coming out of Washington, D.C., you might think the Pentagon’s biggest, priciest and most controversial warplane development had accelerated right past all its problems. The...
Seventeen techniques for truth suppression
Strong, credible allegations of high-level criminal activity can bring down a government. When the government lacks an effective, fact-based defense, other techniques must be employed. The success of these techniques depends heavily upon a cooperative, compliant press and a mere token opposition party. 1. Dummy up. If it's not...
President Obama’s powerful eulogy for Nelson Mandela
President Obama addressed the memorial for former South African president Nelson Mandela; here's a transcript of his remarks as delivered. 10 Dec 2013 Thank you. To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to President Zuma and members of the government; to heads of states and government, past and present; distinguished guests...
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