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July 4th: Individual Freedom – Or Free Individual?

July 4, 2014
July 4th: Individual Freedom – Or Free Individual?

It’s been a tradition here at Dojo Rat to post this great scene from the movie “Easy Rider” every 4th of July. For those too young to remember the movie, I highly suggest you look it up and watch it. Lots of stereotypes are profiled, but the show does a great job of capturing the […]

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Willie Nelson; Black Belt

June 29, 2014
Willie Nelson; Black Belt

Well, well, well; Here’s living proof to reassure me that smoking weed and playing guitar will indeed keep me young – Willie Nelson was awarded his 5th degree Black Belt at age 81. Those of us who have been in the martial arts for quite a while know that most Dan rankings are ceremonial starting […]

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The Dawn of the Killer Robots

June 6, 2014
The Dawn of the Killer Robots

The other day I heard a great interview with John Whitehead, author of “A Government of Wolves” – a book I’m ordering today. Whitehead went into great detail about the new age of killer robots that is about to happen. Sure, we have flying drones that are killing people in the Middle East and Africa, […]

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The Plan To Crash America

May 18, 2014
The Plan To Crash America

Looking around the United States, once the richest country in the world as far as standard of living, we see bridges collapsing, major cities like Detroit going bankrupt, and according to this CBS News report – The highest infant mortality in the industrialized world. Michael Cohen asks in The Guardian: “All of this must seem […]

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Navy Shows Off New Laser Weapon

April 28, 2014
Navy Shows Off New Laser Weapon

Back in April 2013 we took a look at the possibility that the U.S. may control space-based laser weapons (link here). Now we see that the U.S. Navy has just released information about a new Ship-based laser weapon – Called “laWS” (laser weapon system). Here’s the description on the Department of Navy website (link). (excerpt) […]

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Fun With Mushrooms (No, Not That Kind)

April 14, 2014
Fun With Mushrooms (No, Not That Kind)

About two years ago a friend gave me a small jellyfish-like Mushroom, a “Scoby”, in a glass mason jar. I had heard for years about Kombucha tea and all of it’s health benefits, but had only tried bottled comercial varieties. This little guy got me off to a fun brewing process that provides us with […]

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FBI Has by April 9th To Explain “Occupy Houston” Assassination Plot

April 6, 2014
FBI Has by April 9th To Explain “Occupy Houston” Assassination Plot

In a strange, frightening and dangerous plot that was revealed last year, unknown gunmen were allegedly prepared to assassinate the leadership of the “Occupy Houston” movement. Here is the background of the plan from “Techdirt” in 2013: “Last week, Digital Journal reported that the documents obtained by PCJF detailed how the FBI cooperated with the […]

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Victoria’s “Not So Secret” Meddling in Ukraine

February 9, 2014
Victoria’s “Not So Secret” Meddling in Ukraine

Who is Victoria Nuland and why do the Russians like to hear her “talk dirty” on the phone? Amid the 50 billion-dollar distraction that is the Sochi Olympics, a scandal of Olympic proportions is brewing in the U.S. State Department. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, using an unencrypted phone, was caught in an outright […]

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Super-Bull: Corporate Sports and Fascism

February 2, 2014
Super-Bull: Corporate Sports and Fascism

Being as though today is some kind of quasi-national holiday called Super Bowl Sunday, we should look at the relationship between sports and Fascism. I was going to single out American football in particular, but while thinking about it I realize it goes down to the big money in college games as well. Think about […]

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The Return of Legal Slavery; Parts 1 and 2

January 26, 2014
The Return of Legal Slavery; Parts 1 and 2

It seems unbelievable in our modern time that there is talk about bringing back slavery, but the concept is steadily creeping back into western culture. For instance, in the 2008 Presidential campaign, Republican thug candidate Newt Gingrich opined that schools should fire the janitors and have the children clean and repair the school. People scoffed, […]

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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 […]