Did the US pay $400-million to Iran in exchange for them releasing four American hostages? That’s the news circling the block today as the Wall Street Journal reported on the details of the transaction. Since there are laws against using US funds to make the transaction with Iran, the payment was made using euros, Swiss francs, and other currencies. The… Read more →
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Five Great Reveals From North Korea’s Sony Hack
By this time most are aware about the big hacking of Sony that the FBI has blamed directly on North Korea, but there are always a few late guests to the party who have no idea what I am talking about. If you’re one of those people then how did you find this page? To bring you up to date really… Read more →
The 5 Things You Should Know About the CIA Torture Report
A detailed report was recently released detailing the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used by the CIA on terrorist suspects. The 6,000 page report is long and tedious so let’s give you the main bullet points from the much more manageable 600 page summary. 5. Torture. Does. Not. Work. This is something that people will debate about to the end of… Read more →
Shut It Down
The power of perception is incredibly strong. In turn the perception of specific situations can be effected by many factors. The most important factor is the source of your information. Let’s take this little shutdown going on in the United States right now. I spoke with an extremely conservative friend of mine recently who has been lambasting the new healthcare… Read more →