Review: “Continental Reckoning” By Elliot West

Review: “Continental Reckoning” By Elliot West

I learned quite a bit in reading this huge book, which probably was meant for college classes. Indeed, the author of “Continental Reckoning”, Elliot...

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All About Ken Kesey: Two Reviews

All About Ken Kesey: Two Reviews

“Spit In The Ocean #7 – All about Kesey” is an eclectic collection of real tales about legendary Oregon writer Ken Kesey. Kesey is...

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Review: “Acid Dreams” By Lee & Shlain

Review: “Acid Dreams” By Lee & Shlain

I found “Acid Dreams; The Complete History Of LSD: The CIA, The Sixties, And Beyond” a pretty good summary of the LSD experience, from...

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Did Jack Scott “Radicalize” The NBA’s Bill Walton?

Did Jack Scott “Radicalize” The NBA’s Bill Walton?

Did Jack Scott Radicalize NBA Star Bill Walton? Sadly, we have to note that Bill Walton (and Jack Scott) are no longer living. Walton...

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Review: Gold Warriors – America’s Secret Recovery Of Yamashita’s Gold

Review: Gold Warriors – America’s Secret Recovery Of Yamashita’s Gold

This book, “Gold Warriors”, by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave is really, really good. It can be expensive because it is out of print, but...

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“Burning” Issues Remain After 2013 Exchange Fire

“Burning” Issues Remain After 2013 Exchange Fire

Photo c/o exchangeorcas.org People who have lived in San Juan County long enough are familiar with the original “Exchange”, a recycle/re-use operation, designed to...

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Review: “Mind Games – The Assassination Of John Lennon”

Review: “Mind Games – The Assassination Of John Lennon”

“Mind Games” is a great “Who-Done-it”. Of course, I am old enough to have remembered the December 1980 killing of Lennon – as well...

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Review: “The Truth About Wuhan” By Dr. Andrew G. Huff

Review: “The Truth About Wuhan”  By Dr. Andrew G. Huff

Want some serious information about the origins of the COVID virus? “The Truth About Wuhan” is the book for you. Dr. Andrew G. Huff...

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Review: The End Of The World Is Just The Beginning

Review: The End Of The World Is Just The Beginning

This book, “The End Of The World..” by Peter Zeihan was quite interesting to read and share. Clearly, I had never heard of Zeihan,...

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Why I Have Stopped Reading “End Of The World” Books

Why I Have Stopped Reading “End Of The World” Books

Why I Am Not Reading “End of the World” Books Anymore I have come to somewhat of a decision, at least for now. I...

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Things Were Really Different (Boy I Am Getting Old)

Things Were Really Different (Boy I Am Getting Old)

How Different Things Were Then I write this on Christmas day, 2023. I moved to the island ( in a converted school bus) in...

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Review: “Comanches” By T.R. Fehrenbach

Review: “Comanches” By T.R. Fehrenbach

Review – Comanches – by T.R. Fehrenbach This was a fantastic read. There are several versions of “Comanches”, by T.R. Fehrenbach. This book is...

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Review: Killers Of The Flower Moon

Review: Killers Of The Flower Moon

Soon to be a major motion picture, this story has some real promise. Promise to help solve age-old crimes, promise to resolve inhuman atrocities,...

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Review: Pandora’s Gamble, By Alison Young

Review: Pandora’s Gamble, By Alison Young

Review: Pandora’s Gamble Where do I begin with this startling and disturbing book? First, the author, Alison Young, worked as a reporter for USA...

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Review: Floating Stones – Great Pyramid Built With Water Power

Review: Floating Stones – Great Pyramid Built With Water Power

Now here is an interesting find, recommended by a good friend. This book is a very thought-provoking theory of how the Great Pyramid was...

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Review: “The Dawn Of Everything”

Review: “The Dawn Of Everything”

In my recent study of ancient civilizations, I bought this huge book – “The Dawn Of Everything – A New History Of Humanity”, by...

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Review Of Two Books On Neanderthals

Review Of Two Books On Neanderthals

After reading Hancock and Schoch describing the destruction and survival of the human population during the last Ice Age, I wanted to learn more...

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Two Reviews: The End Of The World As We Know It

Two Reviews: The End Of The World As We Know It

Two Reviews; The End Of The World As We Know It Reading these two books was quite a learning experience. First, Graham Hancock’s latest:...

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Review: Industrial Society And Its Future -A Manifesto By Ted Kaczynski

Review: Industrial Society And Its Future -A Manifesto By Ted Kaczynski

Well, I finally did it. I got a copy of the short (123 page) “Manifesto” by Ted Kaczynski (The “Unibomber”) and gave it a...

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Review: The Indigenous Paleolithic Of The Western Hemisphere

Review: The Indigenous Paleolithic Of The Western Hemisphere

Well, this book kicks off my reading of ancient/revision history. I gotta say, I learned quite a bit, but it wasn’t what I expected...

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Covid Dreams

Covid Dreams

Covid Dreams This rambling post is simply the wanderings of my mind as I have worked through Covid. If you don’t care to read...

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Ray Crowe: Bigfoot Behavior

Ray Crowe: Bigfoot Behavior

While taking another break from reading dystopian books on the state-of-the-world, I picked up my copy of “Bigfoot Behavior”, by Ray Crowe. Let me...

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Larceny Games; Sports Gambling, Game Fixing And The FBI

Larceny Games; Sports Gambling, Game Fixing And The FBI

Let me start by saying that I played a lot of sports in High School, some I liked, some I didn’t. When the coaches...

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Review: “The Socratic Method” – By Farnsworth

Review: “The Socratic Method” – By Farnsworth

Review: The Socratic Method By Ward Farnsworth Many months ago, I decided I needed to get into some classic books that I had never...

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Reviews: Sea Monsters & Sasquatch

Reviews: Sea Monsters & Sasquatch

Regular readers might know that I can’t just do dystopian analysis of current events all the time; sometimes I have to get into something...

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Review: Ukraine In The Crossfire

Review: Ukraine In The Crossfire

I was very pleased to get a copy of “Ukraine In The Crossfire”, by Chris Kaspar De Ploeg. This book catalogs the rise of...

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Review: “States Of Emergency”

Review: “States Of Emergency”

There is some surprisingly good analysis appearing that goes a long way to explaining just how we ended up in this global meltdown, and...

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The Civil War In The United States – By Marx & Engels

The Civil War In The United States – By Marx & Engels

I should start by saying that this is the first I have read of Marx, and honestly I haven’t studied deep into the American...

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Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

Pictured above is a smiling young Michael Rockefeller, son of the powerful Senator, Vice President and all-around rich dude Nelson Rockefeller. This is said...

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Monkey Business Part 2: Bigfoot Book, Magazine, And Newsletter

Monkey Business Part 2: Bigfoot Book, Magazine, And Newsletter

Sometimes expectations are somewhat above performance. I feel a little of that in the book “In The Valleys of the Noble Beyond”, by John...

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Review – Robert Kennedy Jr. -“The Real Anthony Fauci”

Review – Robert Kennedy Jr. -“The Real Anthony Fauci”

  Honestly, this is a difficult review for me to write. This book, “The Real Anthony Fauci”, by Robert Kennedy Jr. is a dose...

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Review: “Columbus Was Last” By Patrick Huyghe

Review: “Columbus Was Last” By Patrick Huyghe

How many myths, how many lies is the history of man built on? Perhaps one of the biggest lies is that Columbus discovered America....

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Two Reviews: The World’s Greatest Horse Warriors

Two Reviews: The World’s Greatest Horse Warriors

The Worlds Greatest Horse Warriors In this double-review we will look at two books that share one common quality: These two cultures were undoubtedly...

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When Orcas Island Had A Sea Serpent

When Orcas Island Had A Sea Serpent

May 1909, off the North Shore of Orcas Island, Washington State: “As Baker ran he saw the water begin foaming out past the reef,...

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Mixed Review: “Fault Lines” By Kruse And Zelizer

Mixed Review: “Fault Lines” By Kruse And Zelizer

It’s not often that I give mixed reviews, I usually select books that I am truly interested in. Additionally, I rarely quit reading a...

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Monkey Business: Two Very Different Bigfoot Books

Monkey Business: Two Very Different Bigfoot Books

In these crazy times, I have had a need to take a break from political research. What I found is as informative and interesting...

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Review: “How Fascism Works” By Jason Stanley

Review: “How Fascism Works” By Jason Stanley

I really appreciate when an author can boil complex ideas down to easily understandable concepts. “How Fascism Works – The Politics of Us and...

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Review: “Devolution” By Max Brooks

Review: “Devolution” By Max Brooks

People who read this blog have probably noted a change in the material I have reviewed lately. Recent subjects include: permaculture, radicalism in the...

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Review: Building A Better World In Your Backyard

Review: Building A Better World In Your Backyard

Sitting here by my window, with over ten inches of snow on the ground, is a great time to review this Permaculture book by...

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Review: The Hidden History Of The Human Race

Review: The Hidden History Of The Human Race

As the plague season rolls on, my reading has (as a matter of sanity) drifted from hard-core political filth to more esoteric subjects. They...

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George And Barbara, A Couple Of Real Turkeys

George And Barbara, A Couple Of Real Turkeys

Flock of turkeys currently stalking our road *** Many years ago I was the caretaker of a 300-acre farm on the Columbia River in...

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Review: “Surveillance Valley” By Yasha Levine

Review: “Surveillance Valley” By Yasha Levine

Once in a while a book comes long that smacks you in the head and says: “This is whats really going on”. “Surveillance Valley...

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Review: “Breath” By James Nestor

Review: “Breath” By James Nestor

Review: “Breath” by James Nestor Every now and then I come across a book that I claim is the most important book I have...

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Review: The Hunt For Zero Point – By Nick Cook

Review: The Hunt For Zero Point – By Nick Cook

In an effort to get a little distance from hardcore politics and history, I recently reviewed a book on the counterculture in the ’70’s...

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Engineered Pathogens And Stealth Viruses

Engineered Pathogens And Stealth Viruses

There is something very disturbing about vaccine development regarding the Corona virus. One of the key firms that has been given a contract to...

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Review: “Daydream Sunset” – By Ron Jacobs

Review: “Daydream Sunset” – By Ron Jacobs

Review: “Daydream Sunset” By Ron Jacobs Ah, the 1970’s. Been there for sure, it’s when I had my first alcohol, first car, first real...

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Review: Bigfoot! – The True Story Of Apes In America

Review: Bigfoot! – The True Story Of Apes In America

I’ve been interested in “Bigfoot” since I was a kid and saw the Patterson-Gimlin film of a female Bigfoot casually walking by a creek....

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Climbing Mt. St. Helens – Before It Blew

Climbing Mt. St. Helens – Before It Blew

Forty-years ago, May 18 1980, Mt. St. Helens in Washington State woke up after over 123 years of quiet slumber. 57 people were killed...

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RSS Northwest Research & Covert Book Report

  • Review: “Continental Reckoning” By Elliot West
    I learned quite a bit in reading this huge book, which probably was meant for college classes. Indeed, the author of “Continental Reckoning”, Elliot West, is a Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Arkansas. This book should be in an Economic or Law history class, and probably is. Author Elliot West clearly outlines […]
  • All About Ken Kesey: Two Reviews
    “Spit In The Ocean #7 – All about Kesey” is an eclectic collection of real tales about legendary Oregon writer Ken Kesey. Kesey is best known for writing “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” (mental institutions) and “Sometimes A Great Notion” (an Oregon logging family). Both books were actually written in California, and both are […]
  • Review: “Acid Dreams” By Lee & Shlain
    I found “Acid Dreams; The Complete History Of LSD: The CIA, The Sixties, And Beyond” a pretty good summary of the LSD experience, from the use of the drug in interrogation techniques used by intelligence agencies, to the use of such drugs to destabilize the revolutionary youth movement. At nearly 300 pages (my copy), it […]
  • Did Jack Scott “Radicalize” The NBA’s Bill Walton?
    Did Jack Scott Radicalize NBA Star Bill Walton? Sadly, we have to note that Bill Walton (and Jack Scott) are no longer living. Walton was a hero for many where I grew up in Portland, Oregon. He was the star of an NBA championship, which I pretty much didn’t care about. Later, Walton was doing […]
  • Review: Gold Warriors – America’s Secret Recovery Of Yamashita’s Gold
    This book, “Gold Warriors”, by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave is really, really good. It can be expensive because it is out of print, but I bought it long ago and it has been waiting in my “to read” pile. Affordable copies can still be found, I ordered one for a friend and apparently it is […]