Author: Michael

In 2008, the United States government declassified a World War II-era document from the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner to the modern CIA, titled the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” Published in 1944, it was intended to show ordinary citizens of any country how easy it was for anyone to hamper an enemy operation. The doctrine of “simple sabotage,” as it was called, did not require specialized tools or equipment, could be carried out by individuals, and posed minimal risk to anyone involved.

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“Don’t let them make you break the law,” read new digital billboards on expressways near U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Doral, Florida, where the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in the Caribbean Sea are being overseen.
The billboards were put up in response to the ongoing military strikes ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration, in what the White House and Pentagon have described as a concerted campaign against “narco-terrorists.

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Charles R. Forbes exemplified the administration of President Warren G. Harding, which isn’t really a good thing. Forbes served as the first-ever director of the Veterans’ Bureau, the forerunner of today’s Veterans Administration (VA), and, like many members of Harding’s staff, found himself under fire for a series of scandals and corruption.
Unlike many other members of President Harding’s staff, however, Forbes would actually serve jail time for his corruption and—find himself being choked out by a six-foot-tall, 200-pound President of the United States.

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