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Russia to Suppress “Falsifications” about USSR

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According to an article in The Moscow Times on May 20, President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the creation of a new commission tasked with countering attempts to rewrite history to the detriment of Russia’s interests. The article states the Commissio

Celebrating the triumph of liberty

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Twenty years ago today, residents of the slave state known as the Democratic Republic of Germany danced atop the Berlin Wall with their West German brethren and rushed through the suddenly open gates to freedom -- a freedom that thousands had been...

Jack The Ripper Identified?

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The Daily Telegraph claims it can identify Jack the Ripper in "Jack the Ripper's identity finally uncovered? ".   It could be though their assertion of a few days ago that Ahmadenijad was born Jewish seems to have been blasted

OCTOBER: GLBT History Month

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It's GLBT History Month according to the people who recognize such things. Clicked upon a website that is honoring 31 glbt icons, one each day of the month with a short bio. Here's a list of their icons. How many do you know?

More Faulty Logic

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While talking with a coworker recently, he stated that he was against health care reform because Nazi Germany had a nationalized, or "socialized", health care system.Oh, where to begin with this blockheaded black and white thinking?First of

The FT - China at 60

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On the 1st of October 2009 China turns 60. The FT has published a v ery useful time line highlighting some of the key events since the CCP's siezure of power.  http ://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e7 7554c-a91c-11de-9b7f-0014 4feabdc0,

Those Who Cannot Remember

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Things don't happen in a vacuum. There is cause and effect for everything.

The Unquiet Bones by Melvin R Starr

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An engrossing medieval murder mystery.

McCain Continues To Brag About His Military Service Re Being President; 11 U.S. Presidents, Including FDR, Had Zero Military Service; 12 Have Been Generals; McCain Was Lieutenant; POW Status As Prep??

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Both Senator Joseph McCarthy & Benedict Arnold had military careers, which surpassed that of John McCain. Would you vote for either of them? The Sophistry advanced by McCain that POW status indicates prez material is INSANE! Someone should ask ?How?!

Hosiery Museum

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In which Geraden reviews a new Hosiery Museum site, while regretting that it refers exclusively to 'ladies' hosiery'.

 

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