- Dave Ratcliffe inaugurated ratcical.org on the September Equinox, 1995
- New 2nd edition of Understanding Special Operation will be released on 15 March 2026
- Based on interviews with Col. L. Fletcher Prouty
- “The world of Official Narratives runs on cover stories (lies). The business of managing perceptions is big business. While 24/7/365 control and influence of perceptions—by multi-layered double-binds, catch 22s, and contronymal cages—hides in plain sight, it is possible to see beyond the mirrors and screens. A purpose of this book is to provoke questions and encourage curiosity.”
- directory now includes complete HTML and PDF copy of the 1999 First Edition
- and complete May 1989 and 5 Aug 1993 Recordings
- Dave’s influences; Mae Brussell, Tom Davis, John Judge, Marty Schotz, Vincent Salandria, Jim Douglass, and Graeme MacQueen, among others
- Discusses time in Santa Cruz supporting John’s efforts to establish the Mae Brussel Library and Research Center
- Complete Transcript of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Conspiracy Trial, Nov 15 to Dec 8, 1999
- and all references in Jim Douglass’ 2000 witness linked to same: “The Martin Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis”
- Graeme MacQueen, 2017: “Beyond Their Wildest Dreams: Sep 11 2001 and The United States Left”
- Jim Douglass:
- 1980: “Hitler won WWII.… The purpose of the Trident Campaign…is to change ourselves … [by] reducing Trident to what it is in truth: An inert holocaust machine which conscientious people will no more choose to operate than they would an Auschwitz oven.”
- 2008: “… And that’s why I have some hopes that if we are willing to go deeply enough into the darkness – and Kennedy was, and Khrushchev was – anything can happen for the good. But if we don’t go into the darkness it doesn’t happen.”
- 2025 quoting Martin King: ”How did we get here? We got here because [it’s] our government, as Dr. King said in his April 7, 1967 speech”
- Helen Caldicott, 2015: Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction
- Ed Curtin:
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