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[…] intelligence at the request of then President Jimmy Carter, whose interest was sparked when he saw a UFO in 1969.10 Marcia Smith asked Sheehan to use his Vatican connections to get her access to any information the Vatican had on UFOs. The Vatican refused to cooperate. Smith then appointed Sheehan as a kind of […]

Historical notes on the war in Ukraine

Lobster Issue 83 (Summer 2022)

[PDF file]: Historical Notes on the War in Ukraine Scott Newton Westplaining The Russo-Ukraine war has become a focus of intense study on the part of mainstream and social media, academics and the twitter commentariat. Much of this has depicted the struggle as a clear case of good (Ukraine) versus bad (Russia). Those who have not accepted […]

Misc reviews

Lobster Issue

[…] the inferior bid, by general agreement, this set the Americans back a bit. Ho hum. Again, a decent account of an important subject, with no documentation. The Vatican Exposed Money, Murder and the Vatican Paul L. Williams New York: Prometheus Books, 2003, $27.00 in the US. No UK price stated. ‘New Year’s Day, 1929. […]

ViewfromtheBridge

Lobster Issue

[…] intelligence at the request of then President Jimmy Carter, whose interest was sparked when he saw a UFO in 1969.10 Marcia Smith asked Sheehan to use his Vatican connections to get her access to any information the Vatican had on UFOs. The Vatican refused to cooperate. Smith then appointed Sheehan as a kind of […]

Lob86 View from Bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] intelligence at the request of then President Jimmy Carter, whose interest was sparked when he saw a UFO in 1969.10 Marcia Smith asked Sheehan to use his Vatican connections to get her access to any information the Vatican had on UFOs. The Vatican refused to cooperate. Smith then appointed Sheehan as a kind of […]

Historical Notes on the War in Ukraine

Lobster Issue

Historical Notes on the War in Ukraine Scott Newton Westplaining The Russo-Ukraine war has become a focus of intense study on the part of mainstream and social media, academics and the twitter commentariat. Much of this has depicted the struggle as a clear case of good (Ukraine) versus bad (Russia). Those who have not accepted […]

Tittle-tattle

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014)

[PDF file]: […] his focus from Italy, Philip Willan might do a good job of teasing answers out some of 33 34 35 these puzzling questions. Rereading his excellent The Vatican at War: From Blackfriars Bridge to Buenos Aires this summer reminded me just how good some persistent and intelligent writers can be.36 He is not alone, […]

Appendices

Lobster Issue 11 (April 1986)

[PDF file]: Appendix 1: ISC, FWF, IRD The origins of the Institute for the Study of Conflict go back to the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) which was set up in West Berlin in 1950 as the CIA’s major cultural offensive during the cold war.1 CCF is believed to have originated in the fertile mind of Frank […]

The View from the Bridge

Lobster Issue 87 (2023)

[PDF file]: […] leaky.74 I don’t have the patience to nit-pick my way through the whole article but there is one other sentence worth noting. During a visit to the Vatican this year, we are told, ‘Zelensky was also wearing a shirt with the insignia of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) which collaborated with the Nazis […]

View from Bridge 87

Lobster Issue

[…] leaky.56 I don’t have the patience to nit-pick my way through the whole article but there is one other sentence worth noting. During a visit to the Vatican this year, we are told, ‘Zelensky was also wearing a shirt with the insignia of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) which collaborated with the Nazis […]

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