Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika began the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. There were also some disasters this decade, including the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the oil spill of the Exxon Valdez, the Ethiopian famine, a huge poison gas leak in Bhopal, and the scourge of AIDS. Culturally, the 1980s saw the introduction of the mesmerizing Rubik’s Cube, the Pac-Man video game, and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video. CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network debuted. One would best remember 1980s as the decade of MTV, Pac-Man, and MASH. While music and entertainment were fantastic over these years, it was also an era of economic development and international relations.
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Approval is Granted to the French Pharmaceutical Company Roussel-Uclaf for the First Abortion Pill
In April 1980, as part of a formal research project at the French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf for the development of glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, chemist Georges Teutsch synthesized mifepristone (RU-38486, the 38,486th compound synthesized by Roussel-Uclaf from 1949 to 1980; shortened to RU-486), which was discovered to also be a progesterone receptor antagonist. In October 1981, endocrinologist Étienne-Émile Baulieu, a consultant to Roussel-Uclaf, arranged tests of its use for medical ...
The Shoot Down of Iran Air Flight 655 Killing All 290 Passengers
In a daily press briefing on July 2, 2008, the following set of questions and answers took place between an unidentified reporter and Department of State Spokesman Sean McCormack [1]: QUESTION: Tomorrow marks the 20 years since the U.S. Navy warship Vincennes gunned down the IR655 civilian airliner, killing all 300 people on board, 71 of whom were children. And while the United States Government settled the incident ...
Alarmist NASA Scientist James Hansen Testifies to Senate Committee of the Three Scenarios of Global Warming
James E. Hansen wiped sweat from his brow. Outside it was a record-high 98 degrees on June 23, 1988, as the NASA scientist testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a prolonged heat wave, which he decided to cast as a climate event of cosmic significance. He expressed to the senators his “high degree of confidence” in “a cause-and-effect relationship between the ...
Keith Coney, Who Witnessed the Two Boys on the Tracks Murder, Dies in a Motorcycle Crash Fleeing Attackers
Keith Coney, who was believed to be with Kevin Ives and Don Henry the night they were murdered, told friends and family members that law enforcement officials were responsible for the murders. Two days later, he was killed when his motor cycle crashed while he was being chased. According to some officers, his throat had previously been slashed, and he was apparently fleeing his attackers when he ...
The Leuchter Report: The First-Ever Forensic Investigation of the Alleged Extermination Gas Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek
In early 1988, American execution hardware expert Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., carried out the first-ever forensic investigation of the alleged extermination gas chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek. His sensational conclusion -- that these structures were never used as gas chambers to kill people -- set off an international controversy that is still continuing. In a detailed report, commonly referred to simply as The Leuchter Report, ...
Claire Culwell Miraculously Survives an Abortion Attempt by Dr. Patel on Her 13 Year Old Mother. Her Twin Brother Does Not Survive.
If things had gone according to plan, Culwell's life would have ended, along with her twin's, in her mother's womb. But clinicians did not detect Culwell's presence when they aborted her twin in 1988. It was not until 2009 that Culwell learned of her near pre-birth demise. It was that year that Culwell — the adopted daughter of Warren and Barbara Culwell — decided to search ...
MK-Ultra victim, Cathy O’Brien, was covertly Rescued from her Mind Control Enslavement by Intelligence Insider Mark Phillips
On August 3rd, 1977 the 95th U.S. Congress opened hearings into the reported abuses concerning the CIA’s TOP SECRET mind control research program code named MK-Ultra. On February 8th, 1988, a top-level MK-Ultra victim, Cathy O’Brien, was covertly rescued from her mind control enslavement by Intelligence insider Mark Phillips. In 1995 when the US National Security Act was invoked on her testimony for US Congressional Permanent ...
Dr. Leonard Cole Publishes “Clouds of Secrecy: The Army’s Germ Warfare Tests Over Populated Areas”
Leonard A. Cole, professor of political science at Rutgers University, used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information from the United States Government and wrote a book “Clouds of Secrecy.” [6] It was impossible to find a copy of this book to purchase in 1994 but many copies are available off the internet today. Here's a few things we learn about from his book ...
Sen. Jesse Helms: “This campaign against the American people – against traditional American culture and values – is systematic psychological warfare.”
Excerpts from a speech before the Senate by Senator Jesse Helms on December 15, 1987: "This campaign against the American people - against traditional American culture and values - is systematic psychological warfare. It is orchestrated by a vast array of interest comprising not only the Eastern establishment but also the radical left. Among this group we find the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, ...
Two homosexual political strategists, Marshall Kirk and Erastus Pill, published a landmark article in Guide Magazine, titled, forthrightly, “The Overhauling of Straight America.”
Two homosexual political strategists, Marshall Kirk and Erastus Pill, published a landmark article in Guide Magazine, titled, forthrightly, “The Overhauling of Straight America.” A few select quotations that capture its cynical tone and goals in furtherance of the larger “gay” agenda follow: The first order of business is desensitization of the American public concerning gays and gay rights…. And when we say talk about homosexuality, we ...
