There’s all sort of animal, vegetable and mineral that fall under the umbrella of “Nazi”. I’ve seen Nazi clowns, Nazi dogs, Soup Nazis, and Nazi film-makers; but I’m going to be honest here, the very idea of a Nazi ballerina comes pretty close to taking the proverbial cake. The broo-ha-ha erupted this past week upon [...]
Kim Soo-Im
You say “potato”, I say “po-tah-toe”, you say “Mata Hari”, I say “get your facts straight”…damn this is getting tiresome… So history is playing yet another round of “Blame Dame” with the acts of a cowardly US Colonel towards a dame being mislabeled as “Sexpionage”. Sigh. Here we go: Kim Soo-Im (1911-1950) was a highly [...]
Aafia Siddiqui
If you’ve been keeping up on the latest news reports, no doubt you have heard that alleged terrorist and FBI’s Most Wanted Female, Aafia Siddiqui, was reportedly nabbed last month in Afghanistan. Of course, if you’ve been listening to other reports, you have also heard that Siddiqui is a dame-blamed, has been a ghost prisoner [...]
Ethel Rosenberg
Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953) and her husband, Julius, were executed for espionage in the early days of the Cold War. As documents related to the case are now becoming declassified, one has to ask: Ethel Rosenberg, Spy-Dame or Dame Blamed? Ethel Greenglass was born to New York City Jewish immigrants in 1915. She dreamed of being [...]
Peggy Shippen Arnold
Benedict Arnold, the most infamous traitor in American history, has been undergoing a bit of transformation as late: one from being a nefarious turn-coat to that of being an under-appreciated, brilliant leader who was duped by love. Now I’m all for calling spade a spade, if nothing else, this blogs shows the wily and wonderful [...]
Tokyo Rose
Important fact to note: talking trash may equal treason but does not necessarily equal spying. “Tokyo Rose” was an umbrella term referring to any one of a dozen English speaking ladies on Japanese radio. However, the most famous rose in the garden was Iva Toguri D’Aquino (1916-2006). An American born Girl Scout of Japanese descent, [...]
Mata Hari
You’ve heard it, admit it, you have. Any dame involved in anything the least bit manipulative in nature or related to espionage and she instantly and incorrectly merits the name a “Mata Hari”. Double Agent or naive floozy? The world may never know the true story of Margarethe Zelle (1876-1917), a Dutch exotic dancer and [...]
