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I’m Rory, a writer on many topics. This website is an ongoing record of discoveries: about current affairs, history, culture, and life. I hope you make discoveries here, or at least are amused. I also make a regular podcast, The Holdall. Consider subscribing to keep up with my inquiries.

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RECENT PODCAST EPISODES

The CIA’s Files on Ireland

The United States’ primary foreign intelligence service, as reflected in its files on a small rainy island.
Introducing Owen Barfield

Discussing the way the history of words, the imagination and rainbows illustrate the evolution of consciousness
Protecting the 9/11 “hijackers”

The full story, concisely told but complete in a way that most other accounts, such as “The Looming Tower”, shockingly are not, of the CIA’s protection of the alleged 9/11 hijackers. Well-sourced and still devastating.
The Ayahuasca Brouhaha

Taking the brew over a weekend in the Irish midlands, and smashing the system. The head-system.

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RECENT WRITINGS by RORY O'CONNOR

The CIA’s Files on Ireland

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The United States’ primary foreign intelligence service, as reflected in its files on a small rainy island.

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The Ayahuasca Brouhaha

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Taking the brew over a weekend in the Irish midlands, and smashing the system. The head-system.

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How money happens

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How is money created? A report on an unconventional explanation – given by the Bank of England.

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Protecting “the hijackers”

Writings

The full story, concisely told but complete in a way that most other accounts, such as “The Looming Tower”, shockingly are not, of the CIA’s protection of the alleged 9/11 hijackers. Well-sourced and still devastating.

Continue

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