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Jackpine Radical

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1. Ridiculous. That would assume some sort of connection between
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 08:08 AM
Aug 2013

the Reaganites and the CIA. Like, if, maybe the VP candidate had been head of the CIA or something.
…Oh, wait…

The original October Surprise. There have been 2 books with that title, one by Gary Sick & one by Barbara Honegger. Been years since I read them.

Ridiculous. That would assume some sort of connection between Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #1
I can remember watching the news back then (all 3 channels) while they showed thousands marching in Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #2
His reason for nationalizing oil The Wizard Aug 2013 #7
That must be where so many South American countries got the idea... Blanks Aug 2013 #24
The CIA ties to assassinations caused Congress in 1976 to authorized (280 to 65) the AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #3
Two who were on the Commission The Wizard Aug 2013 #9
Another member, of course, was Allen Welsh Dulles, former Director of the CIA AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #11
The Dulles brothers were, The Wizard Aug 2013 #17
Highly recommended: "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," Peace Patriot Aug 2013 #10
Douglas uses some of the latest info obtainable through the FOIA in his book. pocoloco Aug 2013 #12
Surprise, the people working in the military-intelligence field have political agendas,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #4
If JFK could not dismantle the CIA, what are the odds that we can ever do that? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #5
Anything for the good of St. Reagan and the military industrial complex. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #6
"we" the People, the 99%, DIDN'T go wrong, our self-appointed 1% Elitists went wrong Demeter Aug 2013 #8
And Americans lapped it all up and voted for Reagan. I tried to get people to rememeber what good freshwest Aug 2013 #14
Exactly. Reagan got far more than 1% of the vote. Americans bought it. mountain grammy Aug 2013 #15
One of Reagan's first acts... Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #16
VIDEO here. Yes, I remember that speech. When there was sanity in media: freshwest Aug 2013 #18
K and R the thread mrdmk Aug 2013 #19
electric vehicles....40 years sooner. Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #20
This has been fairly common knowledge since the 80s blackspade Aug 2013 #13
Nah. It's not fascism Doctor_J Aug 2013 #21
This is no conspiracy "theory". Why doesn't this thread have hundreds of recommendations? Enthusiast Aug 2013 #22
How complicit was the media? Enthusiast Aug 2013 #23
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