Monthly Archives: February 2017

BETTING THE OTHER WAY by Peter Nolan Smith

February 5, 2017 – 2:59 pm

For centuries few good roads through the thickly forested hills of the Ardennes and Luxembourg served as a fortress against invading armies in Northern Europe. Steep cliffs surrounded the city and hundreds of troops could defend against the attack of thousands. Militarists called the citadel the Gibraltar of the North and in the autumn of […]

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A Drunk Eminence Grise

February 3, 2017 – 2:48 pm

The term Eminence Grise originally referred to François Leclerc du Tremblay, Cardinal Richeleau’s righthand man, who wore an austere grey robe whilst performing his duties far from the limelight. Famously Dick Cheney acted as GW Bush’s éminence grise instructing the president on national security and foreign policy and the little known Dick Ross advised Reagan, […]

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Real Fake News

February 3, 2017 – 2:09 pm

Over the years the mainstream media has cut back on reporters to rely on questionable news from dubious sources. Wolf Blitzer on CNN spent his time on TV for CNN before a blue screen and Bill O’Reilly pontificated on Fox News strictly offering his opinions. Neither seem to check the facts and MSM has followed […]

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George Carlin on Atheism

February 2, 2017 – 11:08 pm
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God Might Not Be Dead

February 2, 2017 – 8:32 pm

God might not be dead to the billions of brain-dead Christians and Muslims and Jews, but I really wish they would shut the fuck up. Go Batman, teach Robin about atheism.

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