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TRUE LIES

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Malcolm S. Forbes, As quoted by Earl Wilson, 1972

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Hippocrates

I affirm that might is right, justice the interest of the stronger.

Plato, The Republic, 375 B.C.

Everybody’s gotta die sometime, Red.

Sergeant Barnes, Platoon, 1986

What a long, strange trip it’s been.

Robert Hunter, Truckin’, The Grateful Dead, 1970

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result.

Winston Churchill, Cuba, 1895

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, 1890

Never do anything that you wouldn't want your mother to read about in your hometown newspaper.

Bradley West, Deutsche Bank, 1995-1999

There are decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen.

Vladimir Lenin, 1919, probably apocryphal

On second marriages: The triumph of hope over experience.

Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22, 1961

When events change, I change my mind. What do you do?

Dr. Paul Samuelson, Nobel Laureate, Meet the Press, 1970

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Mark Twain, American Author

You can't make this shit up.

David Simon, Creator of The Wire, 2002-08

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History, 1837

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Narcotics Anonymous, 1981

Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war.

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene I

You see, but you do not observe.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia, 1892

The first rule of Indonesia business is 'Never steal anything small'.

James M. Hawes, Tryce, 1983

Dead men tell no tales.

John Dryden, The Spanish Friar, 1681

Haven't you heard, it's a battle of words. And most of them are lies.

Pink Floyd, Us and Them, Misquoted, 1973

Nothing is lost save honor.

Jim Fisk, American Robber Baron, 1869

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Winston Churchill, October 1939

God, please don't let me fuck up.

The Fighter Pilot's Prayer, U.S. Air Force

Plurality must never be posited without necessity.

William of Occam, 14th century Philosopher and Theologian

By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.

Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 458 B.C.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Malcolm S. Forbes, As quoted by Earl Wilson, 1972

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Hippocrates

I affirm that might is right, justice the interest of the stronger.

Plato, The Republic, 375 B.C.

Everybody’s gotta die sometime, Red.

Sergeant Barnes, Platoon, 1986

What a long, strange trip it’s been.

Robert Hunter, Truckin’, The Grateful Dead, 1970

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at with no result.

Winston Churchill, Cuba, 1895

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, 1890

Never do anything that you wouldn't want your mother to read about in your hometown newspaper.

Bradley West, Deutsche Bank, 1995-1999

There are decades where nothing happens, and weeks where decades happen.

Vladimir Lenin, 1919, probably apocryphal

On second marriages: The triumph of hope over experience.

Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22, 1961

When events change, I change my mind. What do you do?

Dr. Paul Samuelson, Nobel Laureate, Meet the Press, 1970

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Mark Twain, American Author

You can't make this shit up.

David Simon, Creator of The Wire, 2002-08

We learn from history that we do not learn from history.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of History, 1837

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Narcotics Anonymous, 1981

Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war.

William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene I

You see, but you do not observe.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia, 1892

The first rule of Indonesia business is 'Never steal anything small'.

James M. Hawes, Tryce, 1983

Dead men tell no tales.

John Dryden, The Spanish Friar, 1681

Haven't you heard, it's a battle of words. And most of them are lies.

Pink Floyd, Us and Them, Misquoted, 1973

Nothing is lost save honor.

Jim Fisk, American Robber Baron, 1869

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Winston Churchill, October 1939

God, please don't let me fuck up.

The Fighter Pilot's Prayer, U.S. Air Force

Plurality must never be posited without necessity.

William of Occam, 14th century Philosopher and Theologian

By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.

Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 458 B.C.

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WAR IN UKRAINE | Jumping Jack Flash, it’s all Gas


March 18, 2022

Covid-19’s Ugly Origins | Almost Time for the Truth


October 20, 2020

The Last War | Statecraft in a Mad, Mad World


June 18, 2019

Deutsche Bank | Trump’s Black Hole


April 24, 2019

The Secret Team | The Conspiracist’s Rosetta Stone


March 1, 2019

China and the US at the Poker Table: the 21st century’s longbow . . . or a bluff?


February 11, 2019

“End of Lies” Progress Report


May 28, 2018

“Pack of Lies” first draft done | “The Operators” Reviewed


April 14, 2017

Weapons of Mass Deception | Did Iraq have WMD?


December 25, 2016

The Wrong Enemy | The US and Pakistan


November 21, 2016

MH17 Final Report | Russia Fired the Missile and World Shrugs


October 7, 2016

The Vanishing of MH370 | Piecing the Story Together at Last


September 16, 2016

What if Najib’s $1 billion secret stash wasn’t from 1MDB?


August 14, 2016

What Lies Beneath | China’s submarine strategy in the South China Sea


August 1, 2016

“Sea of Lies” MH370 whodunnit now in your favorite bookstore . . . in Colombo


June 21, 2016

Nugan Hand Bank | Part II: Michael Hand Alive in Idaho!


November 16, 2015

Osama bin Laden’s Lost Years | Defying Logic


September 7, 2015

The Vanishing of MH370 | Part V: Chasing our Tails


August 31, 2015

CIA Unchained | Extraordinary Rendition, Black Sites and Dirty Tricks


August 23, 2015

Jim Hawes, the Real Deal | Part II: Defeating Che’ in the Congo


August 16, 2015

The Vanishing of MH370 | So What’s the Big Flap All About?


August 9, 2015

Unit #61398 | China’s Secret Spear Phishermen


July 25, 2015

Jim Hawes, the Real Deal | SEALs Goad North Vietnam


July 19, 2015

Stuxnet | Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war


July 12, 2015

Edward Snowden | From Patriot to Pawn


July 5, 2015

Nugan Hand Bank | Michael Hand and the Sunshine Band


June 27, 2015

Haunting Burma | The Ghosts of Khun Sa and the Shan States


June 21, 2015

The Vanishing of MH370 |One Conspiracy to Rule Them All


June 14, 2015

The Vanishing of MH370 | A Little More Meat


June 9, 2015

The Vanishing of MH370 | A Little Information is a Dangerous Thing


June 7, 2015

The Vanishing of MH370 | The Facts of the Matter


May 31, 2015

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