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Russian Report: Tsarnaev Trained at U.S.-Sponsered Seminar
Sources in Russia are reporting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect, was trained at a seminar by a right-wing think-tank. First, here is...
The Worst Possible Use of a Karate Dojo
Recapping a week from hell recently; The Boston Marathon bombing, the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, Someone shot at a power plant in California, and...
Boston Bombing: Tsarnaev Uncle Married CIA Officer’s Daughter
In an interesting twist of intrigue, “Gawker” and other sources are reporting that The uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers was married to influential CIA...
Boston Bombing Part 2: FBI Informants, Syria and The Russian Olympics
In Part 1 of our look into the intrigue behind the Boston Bombing we saw that one cell of a Russian spy ring was...
Boston Bombing: FBI, Russian Spies, and Chechen Separatists
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America’s March to The Bottom
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Yesterday’s death of British leader Margaret Thatcher signals the last “Iron nail” in the coffin of Thatcher/Reaganomics. The only places that display grief over...
Are “Space-Based Laser Platforms” a Reality?
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Ammo “Conspiracy” De-bunked, Right Wing At War With Law Enforcement
“Raw Story” and “The Guardian” have put a damper on the conspiracy theory that Homeland Security is arming up for a war on citizens,...
Chi, “The Second Brain”, and “The Wellspring”
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Is Your Bank Account Safe?
Ellen Brown at the excellent “Web of Debt” Blog has revealed startling information about our personal savings accounts. As many readers may know, the...
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- The Utility of Tai Chi ChuanReaders of the old “Dojo Rat” blog, which began in the fall of 2006, know that martial arts has been one of my passions for over thirty years. It began with wrestling in high school, progressed through Japanese and Korean Karate, some Aikido blended with Jujitsu, and landed in the soft Chinese arts of Bagua, […]
- Russian Report: Tsarnaev Trained at U.S.-Sponsered SeminarSources in Russia are reporting that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the Boston bombing suspect, was trained at a seminar by a right-wing think-tank. First, here is the report, translated from the original Russian in “Izvestia”: “Tamerlane Tsarnaeva recruited via the Georgian Foundation One of the organizers of the terrorist attack in Boston, studied at the work […]
- The Worst Possible Use of a Karate DojoRecapping a week from hell recently; The Boston Marathon bombing, the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, Someone shot at a power plant in California, and another at a Tennessee Nuclear plant, and finally the delivery of toxic Ricin letters to President Obama and other public officials: From Raw Story Ricin found in dojo of man charged […]
- Boston Bombing: Tsarnaev Uncle Married CIA Officer’s DaughterIn an interesting twist of intrigue, “Gawker” and other sources are reporting that The uncle of the Tsarnaev brothers was married to influential CIA official Graham Fuller: “Ex-CIA Agent Denies Rumors of Ties to Ruslan Tsarnaev” “Graham Fuller, a retired CIA officer whose daughter was briefly married to Ruslan Tsarnaev (Uncle Ruslan), has come out […]
- Boston Bombing Part 2: FBI Informants, Syria and The Russian OlympicsIn Part 1 of our look into the intrigue behind the Boston Bombing we saw that one cell of a Russian spy ring was caught operating out of Boston. Here’s a few excerpts of an article from the L.A Times: “One suspect wrote columns for a Spanish-language newspaper in New York. Another ran an international […]