John Birch Society | American organization | Britannica

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John Birch Society | American organization | Britannica

John Birch Society, private organization founded in the United States on Dec. 9, 1958, by Robert H.W. Welch, Jr. (1899–1985), a retired Boston candy manufacturer, for the purpose of combating communism and promoting various ultraconservative causes. The name derives from John Birch, an American Baptist missionary and U.S. Army intelligence officer who was killed by Chinese communists on Aug. 25, 1945, making him, in the society’s view, the first hero of the Cold War.

Happy 62nd birthday to the John Birch Society, unless of course your a fan of William F. Buckley. In your guts, you know they're nuts. You might celebrate by dipping Junior Mints candy in your coffee, the product Robert HW Welsh is most famous for manufacturing.

Dimitri Tsafendas – Exposing a Great Lie in South African History – ROAPE

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Dimitri Tsafendas – Exposing a Great Lie in South African History – ROAPE

In the South African House of Assembly, on 6 September 1966, Dimitri Tsafendas knifed to death Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. Shortly after, Tsafendas was declared to be a schizophrenic who had no political motive for assassinating Verwoerd. Declared unfit to stand trial, Tsafendas went down in the history books as a deranged murderer. Harris Dousemetzis exposes one of the great lies in South African history and shows that Tsafendas was an extraordinary man, with deeply held communist and anti-racist politics.

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Where is Cowboy? All I see his jagged shadow here.

Taken on Tuesday December 26, 2006 at Andy.