50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know

Some of the arguments are incredibly compelling, solidly documented and some of the others are just weird conpiracist nonsense, hearsay, or trivial facts. The existence of this book is a validation of Matt Taibbi's arguments in the Great Derangement. Choose your own reality and have fun with it.

Take it from someone who has been running a progressive Web site for five years--this book packs plenty of surprises even for those of us who regularly explore well beyond the sterile transmissions emanating from the mainstream media.At under $10, this book is an excellent gift for folks who remain complacent and unduly optimistic about the steadily degrading state of affairs in the United States.The best part about the book is that it includes impeccable sources for each of the "50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know". That way, readers don't need to take the author at his word. They're welcome to verify the details for themselves.

Russ Kick does it again! This little expose has a fascinating set of facts...some of which will make you laugh out loud and some of which will chill you to the bone. You don't have to be part of the Black Helicopter crowd to connect the dots.Perfect stocking-stuffer! I intend to give a bunch.

No, it's not a book that's majorly in-depth, and it won't reveal anything new to anyone at all seriously interested in things the mainstream media doesn't tend to tell us, because they'll know most of the facts already. But that isn't really the point of the book, is it? It's 50 things that most people - the most people who mostly get their information from the mainstream media, that most people - don't know about.And some of them are pretty darn important. Like the US making plans to provoke terrorist attacks as part of the war on terrorism; juries right to judge the law, not just the fact; the obligation (or rather non-obligation) of the police; medical error and prescription drug death rates (amazingly high). Other facts are more amusing and interesting than they are important, but even the entries that seemed rather obvious to me (the rather duh fact that advertisers exercise massive control over the media, for instance) contained interesting figures, facts and research.If you've already read up on these kinds of topics, this book isn't going to add anything much to your knowledge. But it's a great little book to have sitting in your bathroom or on a table in a waiting room for other people to leaf through!

Any decent person will get a kick out of Russ Kick's book. I know "decent" is broad--but hey, doesn't everyone believe he is? (I'm a guy, so I use "he." Use the pronoun that suits you. Live long and prosper.)I'm a professor with thirty-five years experience, but it's taken the last year and a half to show me that the decit of politicians and preachers I've accepted with a yawn is also the "ethic" of many college and university administrators.Yeah, I'm an idealist--but cynical. Still, I was shocked to learn that my colleagues were liars. Kick tells us about others among the "responsible" who lie, about what, and how. It's as much fun as watching reruns of Tricky Dick's farewell; but it's sad, too. Buy it, read it, and don't be afraid to speak up next time some authority figures lies. You'll feel better about yourself and know that you really are decent.