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reason.com - 10/30/2009
Hollywood Comrades
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Why the Soviets were such lovable movie villains.
Transcripts of Defeat
nytimes.com - 10/29/2009
Transcripts of Defeat
— nytimes.com — London THE highly decorated general sat opposite his commander in chief and explained the problems his army... faced fighting in the hills around Kabul: “There is no piece of land in Afghanistan that has not been occupied by one of our soldiers at some ... (more) Transcripts of Defeat

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Carol Platt Liebau: Why Won't Obama Celebrate Freedom's Victory?
townhall.com - 28 days ago
Carol Platt Liebau: Why Won't Obama Celebrate Freedom's Victory?
— townhall.com — On a November evening back in 1989, it was impossible to take one's eyes from the television... screen. There it was, the seemingly impossible - the Berlin Wall falling as East Germans, intoxicated by the promise of f (more) Carol Platt Liebau: Why Won't Obama Celebrate Freedom's ...

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commonsensewonder.blogspot.com - 10/30/2009
Good for Medvedev...
— commonsensewonder.blogspot.com — Medvedev blasts Stalin defenders By Richard Galpin BBC News, Moscow Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made an... outspoken attack on those seeking to rehabilitate former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Millions of Soviet citizens died under Stalin's rule and Mr Medvedev said it was not possible to ... (more) Good for Medvedev...

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In Russia, Advertising Watches You
Hit & Run — ... If you enjoyed my lovable Russkies column, and even if you didn't, you might get a charge out of the great eighties fad for drab Soviet vistas in advertising. ...

TIM CAVANAUGH: Why was Hollywood unwilling or unable to make compelling narratives about the horror…
Instapundit — TIM CAVANAUGH: Why was Hollywood unwilling or unable to make compelling narratives about the horrors of the Soviet system? I’d just like to see somebody make Total Eclipse. ...

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