I feel like current events are getting away from me at the moment. There’s just too much happening for me to keep up. As Donald Trump attempts to secure the enthusiasm of his base in the run-up to the 2020 election, we’re seeing all kind of next-level craziness… from hastily issued invitations being sent out […]
Tag Archives: government spying
Our spy in Putin’s office
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Afghanistan, border wall, CIA, counterintelligence, Donald Trump, double agent, exfiltration, intelligence, Israel, John Bolton, Kremlin, national defense, Oleg Smolenkov, Sergei Skripal, Sergey Kislyak, Sergey Lavrov, spies, spying, Syria, Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov | 10 Comments
The Mueller report open thread
I have absolutely nothing new to say about the Mueller report, but, as I suspect many of you will be looking for a place to start trading “OH MY GOD”s for “I TOLD YOU SO”s once it’s been released, I thought that I’d start a new thread. So, here it is…. Have fun with it. […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged conspiracy theories, coverups, deep state, Donald Trump, Easter, exoneration, Jerry Nadler, obstruction of justice, redacted, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Spygate, spying, The Thin Man, William Barr | 151 Comments
Talking revolution with John Sinclair, discussing the state of Ypsilanti schools with Superintendent Ben Edmondson, and exploring the bummercore world of Cash Harrison … on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack
After our long vacation, the Saturday Six Pack will be back on the air this weekend with poet, activist John Sinclair, the former manager of the MC5. While I’m sure we’ll talk at length about both his time with the “The Five”, and the ten year sentence he received for selling two joints that made […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged '60s, Alan Haber, Ann Arbor Sun, Benjamin Edmondson, Black Panther Party, Bob Rudnick, bummercore, Cash Harrison, CIA, communes, Danny Fields, Dennis Frawley, Detroit Artists Workshop, drug busts, Elektra, FBI, Fifth Estate, Flint, hippies, informants, Jackson Prison, John Lennon, John Sinclair, John Sinclair Freedom Rally, Kick out the Jams, Kokaine Karma, Leni Sinclair, liner notes, Luther House, marijuana, MC5, Michigan Supreme Court, old hippies, paranoia, police setups, police stings, pot, Richard Nixon, SDS, Students for Democratic Society, Supreme Court, The Beatles, Tom Hayden, Trans-Love Energies, White Panther Party, yippies | 4 Comments