Jeb J. Card, Spooky
Archaeology: Myth and the Science of the Past (Albuquerque: University of
New Mexico Press, 2018), 201.
In 1947 [archaeologist Donald] Wilber became a
half-time contract employee of the newly formed CIA, engaged primarily in the
“political action” of supporting anticommunist regimes with psychological
warfare or propaganda. One of his campaigns incorporated the discovery of
Chinese porcelain in recent archaeological excavations in Africa, which was
evidence of Ming dynasty exploration, into propaganda alleging Chinese plans to
kill or sterilize Africans.[94]
94. Wilber, Donald N., 1986. Adventures in the Middle East: Excursions and Incursions. Darwin
Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 149-51, 209.
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Alex Boese, “The Gallery of Art Hung Upside-Down.”
The modern art movement rejected the traditional
assumption that paintings should be as true-to-life as possible, or even that
they should depict recognizable objects. One consequence of this rejection was
that it often became unclear how to orient modern-art paintings when displaying
them. Which way was up, and which way down? Confused exhibitors sometimes
struggled to figure this out, and occasionally they got it wrong — much to the
amusement of those members of the public who weren't convinced that modern art
was actually real art. […]
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Kingstonist [Kingston, ON]
29 October 2019
Kingston Police identify
source of mysterious blue tape markings
Kingston Police have determined the source of a
mysterious blue tape left on mailboxes and address signs in the north part of
the city. […] Kingston Police now say that there was no nefarious purpose
behind the blue tape marking and that the source of the markings was a free
newspaper delivery person who was marking addresses who did not wish to receive
the newspaper.
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