Archive for May, 2013

Chicago Gangs and the “King Alfred Plan”

May 31, 2013
Chicago Gangs and the “King Alfred Plan”

Every now-and-then a dark seceret is leaked in a novel or movie that exposes a subject so controversial that people think that it surely must be fiction. Examples can be found in Tom Clancy books or movies such as Robert Redford’s “Three Days of the Condor” and George C. Scott’s “The Formula”. Here is where […]

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The Dumbest Person in Congress is Calling it “Quits”

May 29, 2013
The Dumbest Person in Congress is Calling it “Quits”

Woo-Hoo! One of the absolute stupidest people in the U.S. Congress is finally calling it quits. That’s right, Michele Bachmann – the wild-eyed zombie-crazed Christian freak of nature will not seek another term in Congress. Proving once again that many people fail upward, Michele-my-belle joins the ranks of Sarah Palin in failed radical right-wing Republitards. […]

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MMA Fighter Linked to Boston Bombing Shot by FBI (UPDATE #3)

May 22, 2013
MMA Fighter Linked to Boston Bombing Shot by FBI (UPDATE #3)

It looks like Federal agents are whittling away at more suspects linked to the Boston Marathon bombing. From Raw Story: Report: FBI shoots and kills man in Florida connected to Marathon bombing suspect Federal agents shot and killed a man linked to one of the suspects in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing attack after […]

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The Utility of Tai Chi Chuan

May 12, 2013
The Utility of Tai Chi Chuan

Readers of the old “Dojo Rat” blog, which began in the fall of 2006, know that martial arts has been one of my passions for over thirty years. It began with wrestling in high school, progressed through Japanese and Korean Karate, some Aikido blended with Jujitsu, and landed in the soft Chinese arts of Bagua, […]

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Russian Report: Tsarnaev Trained at U.S.-Sponsered Seminar

May 2, 2013
Russian Report: Tsarnaev Trained at U.S.-Sponsered Seminar

Sources in Russia are reporting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect, was trained at a seminar by a right-wing think-tank. First, here is the report, translated from the original Russian in “Izvestia”: “Tamer­lane Tsar­naeva recruited via the Geor­gian Foundation One of the orga­niz­ers of the ter­ror­ist attack in Boston, stud­ied at the work­shop held […]

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The Worst Possible Use of a Karate Dojo

May 1, 2013
The Worst Possible Use of a Karate Dojo

Recapping a week from hell recently; The Boston Marathon bombing, the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, Someone shot at a power plant in California, and another at a Tennessee Nuclear plant, and finally the delivery of toxic Ricin letters to President Obama and other public officials: From Raw Story Ricin found in dojo of man charged […]

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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 […]