News & Supplemental
These entries present individual stories and topics, sometimes with analytical commentary.
A Blast From The Past–Literally
Ironic article selection by The New York Times featured a multi-page story on the Chinese purchase of a Freeport McMoRan cobalt mine in the Congo. Presenting ideological framing of the purchase as part of China’s grab of minerals that are key to the development of “Green” technologies, the article comprises a synopsized, slanted Cold War recapitulation of U.S. mineral development in the Congo, with particular emphasis on the reign of Joseph Mobutu.The article has historical resonance on this 58th anniversary of JFK’s assassination in several respects; we present information from FTR#‘s 1054, 1055 and 1056.) Freeport Sulphur (part of the company involved with the Congo) was one of the institutions in which Clay Shaw and David Ferrie’s maneuvering permitted Jim Garrison to connect them with the milieu of the JFK assassination. 2) Freeport also benefitted enormously from JFK’s assassination. The events of 11/22/1963 reversed JFK’s policy of engagement with Indonesia’s Sukarno. The bloody 1965 coup–highlighted in FTR#1212–permitted Freeport to benefit enormously by developing Indonesia’s mineral resources. 3) Kennedy’s killing dramatically altered U.S. policy vis a vis what was the Belgian Congo at the time. Following the assassination, the U.S. threw its weight behind the forces promoting Joseph Mobutu and Moise Tshombe in the Congo. Ironically, Tshombe characterized the unrest in the Congo as “Chinese inspired.” WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
A Measure of the Current Malaise
We have discussed the assassination of JFK for decades. The attention devoted to that event is warranted. One could not exaggerate the importance of that event or its impact on our world. A story that gauges the degree of psychological dysfunction gripping much of this society becomes more ironic as the date November 22nd approaches. The QAnon milieu is embracing the notion the JFK, Jr. will re-appear in Dealey Plaza and all sorts of things will then transpire. WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
Rare Journalistic Glimpse of Japanese Political and Historical Revisionism
In numerous programs, we have covered the re-institution of Imperial Japanese fascism in the aftermath of World War II. That re-constitution embraced the political, financial and industrial elements of the Japanese power elite prior to, and during, World War II. Reviewing a recent film set against the background of Unit 731 (a relative rarity in, and of, itself), “The New York Times” noted the institutionalized historical revisionism that is part of contemporary Japanese life. ” . . . . In Tokyo, black vans often prowl the streets spouting propaganda that rewrites the country’s role in the war. And publishers churn out books disputing the most basic facts about atrocities. . . .” WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
Maidan Provocation
In FTR#‘s 1023 and 1024, we accessed the brilliant, rigorously detailed research of Professor Ivan Katchanovski. He has chronicled the use of sniper agents-provacateurs at the Maidan uprising in Ukraine. That uprising brought to power the OUN/B milieu in Ukraine. Now, Professor Katchanovski has uploaded a video segment documenting lethal sniper fire from buildings occupied by the Svoboda organization in Kiev. WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
The Smoking Genome? Supplement to the “Oswald Institute of Virology” Series UPDATED ON 10/10/2021 AND ON 10/22/2021
We have done many programs underscoring our working hypothesis that Covid-19 is a biological warfare weapon, developed by the U.S. and deployed as part of the destabilization program against China we have covered since the fall of 2019. (Some of those programs are: FTR#‘s 1157, 1158, 1159, 1170 and FTR#‘s 1183 through 1193, inclusive.) A heavily “spun” story about the EcoHealth Alliance and its involvement with Pentagon-linked research into bat-borne coronaviruses may well–when freed from the predictably ideologized journalistic shading to which it has been subjected–yield a “smoking genome” with regard to the SARS CoV‑2 virus causing the Covid-19 pandemic. WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
“Dozens of Countries”: Addendum to the “Oswald Institute of Virology” Programs
We have done many programs underscoring our working hypothesis that Covid-19 is a biological warfare weapon, developed by the U.S. and deployed as part of the destabilization program against China we have covered since the fall of 2019. (Some of those programs are: FTR#‘s 1157, 1158, 1159, 1170 and FTR#‘s 1183 through 1193, inclusive.) A pair of stories in “The Wall Street Journal” yield understanding of our media landscape and the degree of propagandizing of same. A remarkable aspect of the Journal’s coverage concerns a development that has been almost completely excised from the Western press: ” . . . . For months, China’s government has insisted both in public, and in private meetings with Dr. Tedros, that studies on the origins of the virus should now focus on other countries, such as Italy, or on a U.S. military bioresearch facility in Fort Detrick, Md. Dozens of governments aligned with China have sent Dr. Tedros letters in support of Beijing’s position, a person familiar with the letters said. . . .” “Dozens of governments?” Which ones? This sounds like a major international dialogue/scandal. WHY aren’t we hearing about it? In another article in the same issue of the “Journal,” it was noted that: ” . . . . Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs said he has disbanded a task force of scientists probing the origins of Covid-19 in favor of wider bio-safety research. Dr. Sachs, chairman of a Covid-19 commission affiliated with “The Lancet” scientific journals, said he closed the task force because he was concerned about its links to EcoHealth Alliance. . . . EcoHealth Alliance’s president, Peter Daszak, led the task force until recusing himself from that role in June. Some other members of the task force have collaborated with Dr. Daszak or EcoHealth Alliance on projects. . . . .” WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
History, Robert E. Lee and Abraham Lincoln
In FTR#691, we set forth the Confederate Secret Service’s central role in the successful plot to assassinate President Lincoln. Two Confederate Generals–one of Robert E. Lee’s cousins and one of his sons–appear to have been involved in the plot. A relative by marriage also may have been involved in the gambit. In the Tuesday, 9/28/2021 Western Edition of “The New York Times”, there is an op-ed column by biographer Allen C. Gueizo about the dilemmas facing someone undertaking to write about historical figures who have been villainous in their conduct. (He is dealing with that in conjunction with writing about General Robert E. Lee.) Certainly, an ACCURATE telling of relevant events and facts would reduce the burden of historical accounting. WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
Radio Free Third Reich: Where the Term “Iron Curtain” and the Phrase “Better Dead Than Red” Originated UPDATED ON 10/22/2021
In AFA#1 we noted that the term “Iron Curtain,” generally believed to have been minted by Winston Churchill in a famous address he gave in Missouri, was actually purloined from a propaganda address given by Hitler finance minister Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk during the twilight days of the Third Reich. ” . . . . It was uttered by Hitler’s former Finance Minister, Count [Lutz] Schwerin von Krosigk, on May 2, 1945, when he was trying desperately to win Allied recognition for the government of Admiral Doenitz [in which von Krosigk was briefly Foreign Minister—D.E.]. . . . ‘The Iron Curtain moves closer,’ he declared in a broadcast. ‘People caught in the mighty hands of the Bolsheviks are being destroyed.’. . . ” Also in AFA#1, we set forth the origins of another Cold War catchphrase: “Better Dead than Red.” ” . . . . It was the symbolism, as always, that counted. Radio Werewolf hammered the theme ‘Rather dead than Red’ (a phrase that lived long after). . . .” It is not often that we are able to report good news. A happy exception is the fact that William Stevenson’s “The Bormann Brotherhood” has been reissued in paperback. Mr. Emory receives no money from this. WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
How Did Donald Trump Observe The 20th Anniversary of 9/11?
In numerous programs, we have noted that the Unification Church–founded by Reverend Sun Myung Moon–may very well be an extension of the Japanese Patriotic and Nationalist Societies around the world and down through the decades. It is altogether in character that Donald Trump spent the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks giving a virtual address to this organization. ” . . . . In the past Hyung Jin ‘Sean’ Moon, the son of the Moons, campaigned for Mr Trump and attended the US Capitol insurrection on 6 January. . . .” Earlier in the year, former Vice-President Mike Pence and former CIA director and State Department chief Mike Pompeo gave talks to the same group. ” . . . . the theology pushed by the Moons and their devotees challenges the basic Christianity embraced by so many conservatives. The Moons’ claim to be the messiahs, of course, runs counter to mainstream Christianity. And one Unification tenet promoted by a senior person in the movement is that Christianity is essentially over. . . .” WFMU-FM is podcasting For The Record–You can subscribe to the podcast HERE.
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ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND
Martin Borman, Nazi in Exile by Paul Manning. German corporate capital flight program in the waning years of WWII.Available for download. Read more about the Bormann Organizaton »
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