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1. During WWII, my maternal granfather, Timothy Murphy, was a Holyoke MA, Detective Sergeant. My mother told me about his interactions with the @FBI who were doing investigations both background and national security related. Investigating a Holyoke
2. native who was being considered for a top secret job, he told the FBI, “Oh for Christ sake, he’s fine. He’s Irish.” The FBI agent said, “No Tim, we still have to check him out.”
3. Guess what Charles Koch’s foreign-born grandfather did when the FBI would have been doing their detective work in the Texas oil patch? He blew his brains out. #Spooks @GroverNorquist @NSAGov @FBIWFO @FBIKansasCity
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In the run up to the #USPresidentialElections2020 when the characters & stories seem more mind-boggling than ever, it can be difficult to discern...
'How the fuck did the world end up here'?

Some great answers/insight here #Kleptopia 👏📕
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Uncivil & Outright Criminal Behaviour seems to have been normalised throughout societies everywhere;

- Politics
- Crony Capitalism
- Social Media
- Reality TV
... Even Sport 🧐

I've tried to get my head around it with the help of some good books & following smart journo's Image
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To understand the rise of;
-Strongman leaders
-Autocrats
-Dictators
-Kleptocrats
-Crooks
-Spooks
-Shady financiers
-Conmen

& other maniacal actors worldwide, there's some good reading in the pics below & above👀

#politicains #bankers #crooks #spooks #crime #money #power Image
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#Spooks. The CIA is famous for them. But this #Halloween, we’re sharing a different kind of #spooky story. Like everyone else, Agency officers love a good #ghost story. Here are some of our favorites we collected from them. #CIASpookyStories #Boo

bit.ly/SpookyCIA
But was someone there? bit.ly/SpookyCIA1

“Occasionally, the elevator would stop and the doors would open at a floor with no one there, and no one on the elevator had requested that floor…”

#CIASpookyStories Spooky elevator
#Ghosts practicing free throws? bit.ly/SpookyCIA2

“When I was making my security/safety rounds, I heard what sounded like someone bouncing a basketball…As I entered the room, there were no lights on and the dribbling of the basketball stopped.”

#CIASpookyStories Spooky basketball
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