Common Terms – Page 8 – HISTORY HEIST

Cloward Piven

First proposed in 1966 and named after Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and his wife Frances Fox Piven — both longtime members of the Democratic Socialists of America, where …

Clandestine

A clandestine operation is an intelligence or military operation carried out in such a way that the operation goes unnoticed by the general population or …

Agent Provocateur

He or she may be a police officer or a secret agent of police who encourages suspects to carry out a crime under conditions where …

Kafkaesque

Franz Kafka, a Zionist Jew living in Germany (1883-1924) inspired the term “Kafkaesque” which is used to describe concepts and situations reminiscent of his writings, …

Deep State or Shadow Government

Peter Dale Scott and Noam Chomsky began to use the term deep state to refer to the ‘shadow government, or the relatively small number of …

Straw Man

a weak or imaginary argument or opponent that is set up to be easily defeated. The so-called typical “attacking a straw man” argument creates the illusion …

Red Herring

A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that …

Symbolism

Confucius said ‘Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.’ Symbols are a universal language, and such a part of our lives that once …

On This Day in History…

Luke Letlow, who Mainstream Media Announced had Died of Covid, actually Suffered Heart Attack

4 years ago

Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, who passed away Tuesday while battling complications with the coronavirus, suffered a heart attack during an operation to assist in fighting off the virus, according to a report from the Monroe News-Star. Letlow, the 41-year-old from Monroe, Louisiana, was treated in the intensive care unit at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport where he later died. Statement by Andrew Bautsch (via WDSU-TV): “Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening at Ochsner-LSU Health Shreveport due to complications from COVID-19. “Letlow was admitted into a Monroe Hospital on December 19 after testing … Read More

Study: The Association between Vitamin D Status and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

4 years ago

The association between vitamin D status and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is well-investigated but remains to be elucidated. We quantitatively combined relevant studies to estimate whether vitamin D status was related to ASD in this work. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched to include eligible studies. A random-effects model was applied to pool overall estimates of vitamin D concentration or odds ratio (OR) for ASD. In total, 34 publications involving 20,580 participants were identified in this present study. Meta-analysis of 24 case-control studies … Read More

TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTING: Shooter Gets Off Two Shots Before He’s Shot Dead

5 years ago

As reported by Cassandra Fairbanks, two people were killed and one person is in critical condition after a shooting at the West Freeway Church of Christ in northwest Texas. The shooter was prevented from creating more carnage by armed members of the church, several of whom drew their own weapons in response to his attack, as well as a security guard. It has now been confirmed that the gunman was shot and is one of the two people killed. No less than four church members, including one guard, … Read More

Study: Acupuncture is safe and effective Method in Improving the Cognitive Function, Global Clinical Status of Alzheimer’s Disease

7 years ago

A study updated the evidence regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment for patients who are afflicted with mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer’s disease. It determined that the traditional Chinese medical treatment was indeed safe to use and that it improved cognitive function for patients. The study was held under the auspices of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The findings were published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. A group of 87 patients with mild to moderate cases of Alzheimer’s disease were enrolled in the … Read More

Obama Signs NDAA 2013 into Law Making Assassinations, Indefinite Detention, Propaganda Manipulation of U.S. Citizens Legal

12 years ago

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 4310) was signed into law by President Obama, which allows for the indefinite detention and the assassination of US citizens, without due process, and makes it officially sanctioned and legal for our government to LIE to us and use propaganda as it pretty much deems it necessary which made it into the final, approved version of the bill, hours before its passage by the Congress in May. The new law also allows the government to indefinitely detain US citizens without due process if suspected … Read More

‘Animal Farm’, a CIA Produced Cold War Propaganda Film, is Released in NYC

70 years ago

Animal Farm is a book that almost every American has to read in school, and it probably comes as no surprise that the reason for its ubiquity is propagandistic in nature. The US government was so taken with Orwell’s anti-Soviet communism allegory that they produced the famous animated film adaptation of the novel. Four decades after the release of Animal Farm, Cold War historian Tony Shaw discovered, through looking at archives of the film, that the CIA had secretly purchased the rights to the film. The CIA also altered the ending of the film. The … Read More