MK Ultra is trending in the Mangione case
When I first heard about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, I wasn’t surprised to find many people in online spaces acting less than sympathetic. It didn’t surprise me to see calloused posts about his death. One, because unfortunately that’s just what the internet does, but also because a lot of people are genuinely […]
Your government thinks you’re dumb.
Do you ever get the feeling that those in power don’t have a lot of respect for you—that maybe they think you’re kind of dumb? Perhaps I’m just getting older and my B.S. detector has become super fine-tuned, or maybe it’s because every day of this election seems to bring more outlandish news than the […]
About last night…
Well, that was awful. It’s getting hard to tell if what we’re watching is political theater or some newly invented form of torture. Last night’s presidential debate was nothing short of a spectacle. Biden’s performance seemed to solidify what many of us have suspected for a while now—he is cognitively unwell. Even the media, usually […]
439. What Is “Operation Sea Spray?’
Many people today are worried about the possibility of biowarfare or geoengineering. Others dismiss this as conspiracy. But in 1950, Operation Sea Spray was a government experiment that sprayed San Francisco with a later-shown-to-be-harmful bacteria.
