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Sat, Apr 19

2004—NORAD reveals it once ran a training exercise based on a hijacked airliner crashing into a building. 1995—A Right Wing “militiaman” murders 168 souls in Oklahoma City. 1993—For the good of the children—who end up among the 80 dead anyway—the FBI attacks David Koresh’s Waco, Texas compound. 1989—The USS Iowa’s Gun Turret Two explodes, killing 47. First the Navy blames an innocent sailor, then, disregarding ancient powder, malfunctioning equipment, and unauthorized experiments, says it’s stumped. 1971—President Nixon, recipient of a $200K pledge from ITT—which is being prosecuted for anti-trust violations—tells Deputy A.G. Kleindienst “The ITT thing—stay the hell out of it. Is that clear? That’s …

It is hard to believe—but then, what isn’t these days? Just two weeks ago we were marveling in this space about petty little things like the loosey-goosey antics of our so-called national security community. Already we are nostalgic for those simpler, less stressful times. Now, the MAG-Apocalypse is here. It began on Liberation Day, April 2nd. “Liberation” may seem an odd word to use while introducing blanket restrictions on global trade, but the Vatican had dibs on “The Annunciation.” Speaking of infallibility, Wikipedia says the “announcement of the order marked the beginning of a global trade war and triggered a global stock market crash.” The …

A Grand Panjandrum from Mount Pelerin
Accuses Us of Error—or Worse!

At 00:01 a.m., on April 8th, that Tuesday’s entries into Admiral Fowle’s Piscataqua River Tidal Guide went live at nhgazette.com. At 10:00 a.m.—about the start of the working day for the mandarins who oversee the nation’s public discourse—one of those items drew a response. Without further ado, the entry in question, the response it drew, and our rebuttal. — The Ed. Entry: 1947—Frederick von Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, et al. issue a manifesto at Mont Pelerin obfuscating their goal: neo-feudalism. Response: At best this is not true. At worst it is a lie. I would encourage you to read Mises’ book Liberalism or …

Volume 269, No. 16

Did we learn, this fortnight, how to create a link so that readers could click on the image at right to download our latest issue? We did not. What’s our excuse? We were distracted by a complaint from a Very Important Person. See Mash Notes, Hate Mail & Other correspondence for our frank exchange of views. Here’s the link to the pdf of the whole paper.

Fri, Apr 18

2002—A U.S. F-16 pilot on “go pills” drops a 500-pounder: Four are KIA, eight are WIA in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry regiment. 1986—“[W]hen you meet…President [Reagan],” says Henry Kissinger, “you ask yourself, ‘How did it ever occur to anybody that he should be Governor, much less President?’” 1985—President Ronald Reagan says Waffen SS troops buried at Bitburg were “victims, just as surely as the victims in the concentration camps.” 1977—The federal frame-up of Leonard Peltier succeeds. 1974—As Professor Irwin Corey accepts Thomas Pynchon’s National Book Award for Gravity’s Rainbow, a streaker dashes across the stage. 1968—The Army admits that nerve gas from Dugway Proving …

Thurs, Apr 17

2013—A fertilizer plant located next to a middle school in West, Texas, uninspected since 1985, explodes. Fifteen are killed, mostly volunteer firemen, 250 others are injured. 2002—G.W.[MD] Bush flip-flops again, vowing to rebuild Afghanistan. 1986—Peace is declared between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, ending a bloodless 335-year war. 1986—Channeling his inner Nixon, Reagan pulls a limited hangout: yes, our Contra allies smuggled coke. 1970—Apollo 13 makes it home. 1967—“[T]he defeat of the Communist forces in South Vietnam is inevitable,” says ex-Veep Richard Nixon. “The only question is, how soon?” 1966—Timothy Leary is busted for pot possession by G. Gordon Liddy. 1965—In New York …