At 9:05 am on December 6th, 1917, the most devastating man-made explosion, short of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb, occurred in the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada.
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The Cold War’s forgotten Hungarian Revolution
On October 23rd 1956, thousands of Hungarian workers and students flooded the streets of Budapest. With fists raised in defiance, they shouted for “Freedom from Soviet tyranny!”
The Infamous Typhoid Mary Mallon – Villain or Victim?
Listen to the audio Podcast Over the years, the name Typhoid Mary has become synonymous with any person spreading an infectious disease, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Today is no different as we used the term with the COVID pandemic. But there was a real-life woman and a tragic story behind that infamous name. Who wasContinue reading “The Infamous Typhoid Mary Mallon – Villain or Victim?”
The Lost Amber Room – Russian Treasure and Nazi Plunder
When most people hear the word amber they might think about the popular Jurassic Park movies, where dinosaur DNA was discovered. But the precious stone has been prized for centuries, most especially by the former Russian Empire. Their famous Amber Room was made with TONS of it. After several back and forth “exchanges” between NaziContinue reading “The Lost Amber Room – Russian Treasure and Nazi Plunder”
America’s First Whistleblowers were its Founding Fathers
America’s very first whistleblowers were not the British, but actually 10 American naval officers during the Revolutionary War. They bravely reported improper behavior by the Continental Navy’s most powerful officer, their superior, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. In February 1777, those 10 men secretly gathered below deck on the USS Warren to sign a petition documentingContinue reading “America’s First Whistleblowers were its Founding Fathers”
The 1989 Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia
During an astonishing 6-week period in 1989, between November 17th and December 29th, a non-violent Velvet Revolution took place in Communist Czechoslovakia. It overthrew the 44 year old Soviet backed regime put in place by Josef Stalin at the end of World War II, and replaced it with a free democracy. It was nicknamed theContinue reading “The 1989 Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia”
Podcast: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
By 1961, the Cold War between the U.S. and Soviet Union raged unchecked around the globe. Since World War II, it seemed the entire world had chosen sides. The fortified ‘Iron Curtain‘ had been raised – borders dividing Western & Eastern Europe along Democratic vs. Communist lines. Berlin however, though divided as well, stillContinue reading “Podcast: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall”
Podcast: Ten Propaganda Tricks Hitler Used to Control the German People
Outside of Germany during World War II, people around the world were appalled at the profound deceitfulness of Nazi propaganda, the ridiculous exaggerations, the outright falsehoods, the blatant evil towards their own Jewish population, and the astonishing acceptance of the German people. How on earth could intelligent, educated, rational people have been convinced by allContinue reading “Podcast: Ten Propaganda Tricks Hitler Used to Control the German People”
Statue of Liberty Powerful Poem Still Rings True
The United States is a nation of immigrants, and the children of immigrants, coming to America for over four hundreds years. From the first Spaniard and Englishmen to the current Latinos and Asians.
Does HAARP Study the Weather … or Control it?
The HAARP military research program in central Alaska has been a darling of conspiracy theorists for over a decade, claiming it does everything from control the weather to controlling people’s minds.