" There is something requiring '21)4W:iron in the very positive arid detailed accounts sent forward froth Wash-tugton on 14unday as to another advance of Oen. hooker across the Rappahannock. They seemed incredible at the time. and )et they were gct up in such aplicit and wai-ter-of-fact style as to dereive the most sagacious sifters of Ilf-11(5. Where did they come from? Who was the irge-Mous trainator, andabat was his object t We ads ise Mr. Starton to art bin news ,:eubora at work to ferret out these coiner. of false Information. Of course they will have little difficulty in tracing the despatches to their mourns, since they were allowed to pass when known to be raise, on the principle, we suppose, that fa/se news Pio* not help the enemy if it shodll reach them. The new was most full and particular as sent to the Philadelphia Prew, Mr. Forney'. parr, which often has army news in-dicating close relations with the War Offlee—a fact that may or way not be relevant in this case. ',the correspon-d ut undertook to give the news as brought back from Gen. Hooker's army- by Vie President and Oen. Ili/leek, I, nod Witt as that after sending over several regiments on Wednesday and Thursday, who found that the enemy had disappeared from the other side, Geo. Hooker put over the first ard fifth corps wider Sedgwick, and afterwards cross-ed his •h le army, who deployed in (Efferent directions Hera of the enemy."
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
FAKE NEWS AWARD--This Just In--ARMY OF POTOMAC RETREATS--
The President's first "Fake News Award" will go to the correspondent at the New York Tribune who reported that General Hooker's Army of the Potomac took a retrograde movement across the Rappahannock and reversed its campaign in pursuit of General Lee's retreating Army of Virginia. Apparently, the "false news" claim slipped passed the military censor as it was encoded in cipher, possibly meant for stock-jobbers to speculate. Commenting on the mysterious fabrication, The Massachusetts Republican noted "We advise Mr. Stanton to set his news censors at work to ferret out these coiners of false information."
" There is something requiring '21)4W:iron in the very positive arid detailed accounts sent forward froth Wash-tugton on 14unday as to another advance of Oen. hooker across the Rappahannock. They seemed incredible at the time. and )et they were gct up in such aplicit and wai-ter-of-fact style as to dereive the most sagacious sifters of Ilf-11(5. Where did they come from? Who was the irge-Mous trainator, andabat was his object t We ads ise Mr. Starton to art bin news ,:eubora at work to ferret out these coiner. of false Information. Of course they will have little difficulty in tracing the despatches to their mourns, since they were allowed to pass when known to be raise, on the principle, we suppose, that fa/se news Pio* not help the enemy if it shodll reach them. The new was most full and particular as sent to the Philadelphia Prew, Mr. Forney'. parr, which often has army news in-dicating close relations with the War Offlee—a fact that may or way not be relevant in this case. ',the correspon-d ut undertook to give the news as brought back from Gen. Hooker's army- by Vie President and Oen. Ili/leek, I, nod Witt as that after sending over several regiments on Wednesday and Thursday, who found that the enemy had disappeared from the other side, Geo. Hooker put over the first ard fifth corps wider Sedgwick, and afterwards cross-ed his •h le army, who deployed in (Efferent directions Hera of the enemy."
" There is something requiring '21)4W:iron in the very positive arid detailed accounts sent forward froth Wash-tugton on 14unday as to another advance of Oen. hooker across the Rappahannock. They seemed incredible at the time. and )et they were gct up in such aplicit and wai-ter-of-fact style as to dereive the most sagacious sifters of Ilf-11(5. Where did they come from? Who was the irge-Mous trainator, andabat was his object t We ads ise Mr. Starton to art bin news ,:eubora at work to ferret out these coiner. of false Information. Of course they will have little difficulty in tracing the despatches to their mourns, since they were allowed to pass when known to be raise, on the principle, we suppose, that fa/se news Pio* not help the enemy if it shodll reach them. The new was most full and particular as sent to the Philadelphia Prew, Mr. Forney'. parr, which often has army news in-dicating close relations with the War Offlee—a fact that may or way not be relevant in this case. ',the correspon-d ut undertook to give the news as brought back from Gen. Hooker's army- by Vie President and Oen. Ili/leek, I, nod Witt as that after sending over several regiments on Wednesday and Thursday, who found that the enemy had disappeared from the other side, Geo. Hooker put over the first ard fifth corps wider Sedgwick, and afterwards cross-ed his •h le army, who deployed in (Efferent directions Hera of the enemy."
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RED FLAG
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There was no North American Treaty Organization, NATO, immediately following the close of World War Two. By the close of the decade, due to pressure from the Soviet Union, particularly in Germany, the alliance was formed with 12 initial members. The concept of “collective security” had been around for over 30 years, at least on the Continent, with respect to the World War One League of Nations; neither the United States nor the Soviet Union were members. (09 March 2025)
Red Flag: The U.S.-Japan Security Pact of 1960
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Part and parcel to how it all unfolded had to do with certain ambiguous positions by the two nations coupled with the American public not totally informed of the agreement. The situation was quite different in Japan. (09 March 2025)
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BORDERLANDS
Ukraine: The Art of the (Peace) Deal
Nations are big on treaties, enforcing them is another matter. This paper traces some of the more recent, failed and otherwise, then takes a close look at one of the most controversial in history, The Versailles Treaty at the end of World War One. (09 March 2025)
Ukraine and The Rubio Doctrine The purpose of this report is to test the secretary’s three core principles against the Ukraine conflict to see if they are viable and would have been if he became president in the 2015 election. (09 March 2025)
Ukraine Betrayed: American Robber Barons to Steal Rare Minerals
Ukraine possesses significant reserves of rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials that are essential for modern technology and industry. According to reports, Ukraine has deposits of 22 out of 34 minerals identified as critical by the European Union. (09 March 2025)
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MOONDUNES
Space Station Freedom 1993: The “Fiscal Black Hole"
Space Station Freedom was a NASA-led initiative proposed in the 1980s aimed at creating a permanently crewed space station in low Earth orbit. The project was initially announced by President Ronald Reagan in his 1984 State of the Union Address, highlighting its potential as a platform for scientific research and international collaboration in space exploration. (09 March 2025)