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29Sep/19

Going Underground

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

Would you believe there is still a place on the planet named East Berlin? Really.  And it isn’t in Germany. Nope, the place is located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Literally named

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29Sep/19

My name is Bond

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

Slavery in America before the Civil War included the slavery of illiteracy. In the Dixie South especially, it was illegal to teach black slaves how to read and write. Illiteracy was meant

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29Sep/19

In the Beginning…

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. And the Earth was without form and void. And considering what we’ve done to it ever since then, it was probably better

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29Sep/19

Journalists and Spies

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

Journalists are merely spies who want to see their names in print. In fact, some of the best information available can be found via newspapers, television, the Internet, even the public library.

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29Sep/19

She likes to be on top

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

In the twentieth century France there was a woman who acquired a reputation as one of greatest spies of her era. Known as Marthe Richard, she was recruited during the First World

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29Sep/19

Double the Trouble…

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

Not every treasonous spy is a double agent — that is, a spy employed by both sides. Britain’s Kim Philby was a double agent. America’s Benedict Arnold was not, because he spied

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29Sep/19

When Israel’s Spies Were Amateurs

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

One of the oldest narratives involving spies, along with prostitutes and politicians, is recorded in the Bible, specifically in its Book of Joshua. Here is my version. As the army of the

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29Sep/19

The Red Hot Lover

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

IMINT is the acronym for Imagery Intelligence. If you like maps and like saying say big words like coordinates, another acronym is GEOINT, which stands for Geo-spatial Intelligence. Some spies say IMINT,

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29Sep/19

Don’t mind me. I’m just spying on you.

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

When New York City was under British rule… . . Believe it or not, some of my stories are actually true. Certainly this one is.   At least as far as I know.

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29Sep/19

It had better not be a car, Comrade!

September 29, 2019Secret Comedy!The Donovan Institute

It may look like a real car, but notice the size of the driver. > > They say that bigger is better — but in the world of spies, smaller is better.

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