1912

by | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

The psychologist Henry Goddard had introduced the Binet intelligence test to the US at the start of the century. This gave the eugenicists a way to quantify intelligence, and, more particularly, measure and define ‘idiots’, ‘imbeciles’ and...

1911

by | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

A political cartoon drawn by cartoonist Robert Minor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1911 made an unusual statement. Minor’s cartoon portrays a bearded, beaming Karl Marx standing in Wall Street with Socialism tucked under his arm and accepting the...

1904

by | Oct 8, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

The foundations of eugenics were laid down in the 19th century by Francis Galton. A cousin of Charles Darwin and a man of wayward brilliance, Galton was convinced of the need to improve human stock by selective breeding. At the start of the 20th century,...

John F. Kennedy, Oil, and the War on Terror

by | Aug 22, 2012 | John F. Kennedy

Later that day, he issued a statement on the Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference to Allocate Frequency Bands for Space Radio Communication Purposes, held in Geneva, Switzerland from October 7 to November 8, 1963. He invited other nations to participate in...