Although Umberto Eco’s magnificent book is absolutely recommended, the film also includes devastating messages when it comes to addressing concepts such as faith, knowledge or fear and their perverse and effective combination to maintain control over human beings. Read More
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«Correct the wise and you will make him wiser. Correct the fool and you will make him your enemy.» ― Chinese Proverb
JFK: A Sitting Duck in Dallas
In the puzzle about the magnicide of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, there is a piece that seems to be clearly guessed within that ocean of conspiracy theories that have been surrounding the tragic event since that fateful November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza in Dallas: the incomprehensible lack of protection that accompanied the presidential vehicle during its journey from the airport to the heart of the Texan city, turning its occupants, and specifically the President, into a sitting duck -easy target-. Read More
Personas decentes, monsters and murdered reputations
A journey through time from Yarini's Havana to that of The Rolling Stones, passing through that of the artists stripped of their art, victims of an atrocious and ruthless massacre against creativity.
Personas decentes is the title of the latest novel by the Cuban writer, Leonardo Padura. In this, among many other issues, «treatise on decency», the one from Mantilla shows us Havana at the beginning of the 20th century, when the end of the world had a date -April/May 1910- with the arrival of Comet Halley, and that of the second decade of the 21st century, when the birth of a new world also seemed to have a date -March 2016-, at least for Cubans, with the first visit to the island in almost 90 years by a US president, accompanied from the concert of some rock legends, who for the occasion stopped being villains to become heroes. All this in full thaw with the northern neighbor. Read More
«Have You Ever Wondered Why There Are Movies That Predict The Future So Accurately?»
There are those who believe that the TV series The Simpsons is a kind of oracle… without suspecting that there may be a trick behind those supposed fortune-telling skills… Read More
Glyndwr Michael: The Man Who Never Was?
On April 30, 1943, a fisherman found the body of a man floating in the sea waters of a beach in Punta Umbría (Huelva, Spain) early in the morning. The corpse had a mysterious briefcase chained to his wrist. Operation Mincemeat had started… Read More
Fátima 1917: What Religion Could Not Admit and Science Could Not Explain
What really happened between May 13 and October 13, 1917 in the Cova da Iria moor in Fatima? Marian apparitions as the Catholic Church maintains? UFO phenomena according to some researchers? Or simply a fraud advocated from both within and without the religious faith? Did the Catholic Church take advantage of the alleged appearances to regain power and influence, while generating a lucrative business? Read More
A heavy price for identifying Hitler
Being Hitler’s dentist’s assistant ended in disgrace for Käthe Heusermann, whose fate was never imagined by Russian Army interpreter Elena Rzhevskaya. Read More
«Delta Sierra Juliet, it's not an aircraft, it is...»
What did 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich encountered while flying over the Bass Strait in Australia on October 21, 1978? After his strange encounter in full flight, he disappeared without a trace. His last words were recorded in the radio communication that he had with an aerial technician. A disturbing and distressing conversation that in real time described something that suddenly appeared, that moved and maneuvered in a disconcerting and anomalous way, and that was invisible to the radars of the Melbourne air traffic control service. Read More
The dangerous turn of the starlings
Thousands of starlings can fly together and move as a single organism. The moment of making a turn is the weak point of the group, and the small reduction in coherence is used by the peregrine falcon to attack it. Read More
'They Live'... and You Need Glasses
Sometimes a simple pair of sunglasses can be more than a pair of sunglasses… Read More
Charles Hatfield, The Rainmaker
While seeding clouds to artificially generate rain might be seen like a relatively recent topic, there are those who, more than a century ago, claimed to attract them with the same objective, and even their secret method ended up getting out of their hands… Read More
The Constitution, the Law of Laws
The Constitutional laws, or State Constitution, are those that constitute, institute or define the political organization of the State. These are Fundamental Laws of superior rank that limit the action of power. The leaders who establish the rules or who contribute to establish them can get rid of them more easily. When it is applied and it is a true Constitution-law, its application is not as rigorous as that of the Civil Code or that of the Penal Code. Read More
