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Darn That Reagan -- By: Jonah Goldberg

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:01:09 +0000

Some woman named Bruni de la Motte has fascinating essay over at the Guardian on what a terrible thing it was for the Berlin Wall to come down. It begins with this paragraph: On 9 November 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down I realised German unification would soon follow, which it did a ...

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Obama will not Attend Berlin Wall Celebrations

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:16:00 +0000

This Monday November 9, 2009 represents the twenty year anniversary of the first time the Berlin Wall was opened in Germany. On that glorious day, it marked a significant step in the destruction of the Soviet Union and the end to the long and brutal cold war. America emerged as the lone super ...

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Right-wing protesters at GOP rally display prominent sign tying health care to the Holocaust.

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:18:00 +0000

ThinkProgress’ Lee Fang snapped this photograph of a prominent sign being displayed at today’s GOP anti-health care rally. It’s unclear whether this sign is being handed out by Americans for Prosperity, the corporate front group sponsoring today’s rally. The sign reads “National Socialist ...

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Why was Berlin the key to the Cold War?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:43:34 +0000

The Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago, but few of the news stories marking the anniversary have explained the event's full significance. The Cold War had been raging for a quarter-century before the wall went up on Aug. 13, 1961. How could its collapse, on Nov. 9, 1989, have heralded the Cold War's demise? [ more ... ] Cold War - Berlin Wall - Berlin - Germany - History

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USA: Amnesty International alert on imprisonment of a conscientious objector

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:44:36 +0000

On 17 September, Amnesty International released an urgent action on conscientious objector Abdullah William Webster , a sergeant of the US army who was sentenced by a court-martial to 14 months imprisonment for refusing to participate in the war in Iraq on the basis of his religious beliefs. ...

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Teabagger protesters carry sign with Dachau dead bodies, titled "National Socialist Health Care, Dachau, Germany - 1945"

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:28:57 +0000

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Meet the New Warsaw Pact

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:44:16 +0000

The borders have been pushed east, countries have switched sides, but the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization's raison d'etre isn't that much different than its Cold War predecessor. That is, to provide a strong military counterweight to NATO and ultimately return the European ...

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It's just not a celebration for his side...

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Obama Will Not Travel to Germany for 20th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall

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Semitism to Nazi Germany at its worst

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:23:38 +0000

On November 9, 1938, a massive nation-wide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third Reich. The pretext for this orgy of violence against German Jews was the shooting in Paris two days earlier of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, ...

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Marking the Anniversary of the Embassy Seizure

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:09:55 +0000

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the seizing of the U. S. embassy in Tehran by factions of the revolution that overthrew the shah. President Obama has issued a statement on the occasion which I will reproduce in full here: Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was ...

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Germany waits…

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:10:23 +0000

…while Obamalet dithers. From Spiegel : What the US military wants is clear. General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan, has called for up to 40,000 more troops… So far Obama has only made it clear that he doesn’t intend to withdraw any troops and that ...

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Donald Rumsfeld as Mabus

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:38:39 +0000

Donald Rumsfeld Why could Donald Rumsfeld be Mabus? Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001. Before assuming his present post, the former Navy pilot had also served as the 13th Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, ...

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Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:43:09 +0000

Ezra Klein is undoubtedly correct, even tautological, in his assertion about why U. S. healthcare is so expensive in his conversation with Kaiser-Permanente CEO George Halvorson: There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other ...

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Project Valour-IT update: Team Marines needs you!

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

The Project Valour-IT fund-raiser for wounded troops is still going strong and runs through November 11. [...] Read the rest »

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US economy is growing once again

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:47:52 +0000

The US, the world's economic powerhouse, joins Japan, Germany and France as the leading economies that have emerged from recession. While economists may be celebrating, it is too soon for the rest of us. The recent weakness of the dollar won't help Americans buy goods from the rest of the world ...

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Obama Will Not Travel to Germany for 20th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:40:00 +0000

President Obama will not travel to Germany to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9. White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs said today that President Obama’s schedule will not allow for a visit to Germany.

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Atlantic Advice: Europe Must Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

Trans-Atlantic Economic Council: When the council -- established by former US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to facilitate better economic cooperation -- met recently, the Europeans turned up with their top people; the delegation was led by European Commission Vice ...

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Expatica Spain

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:21:00 +0000

A second source echoed that stance, saying "no-one else can get unanimity" following informal discussions between EU heads of government and state at a two-day summit in Brussels last week. Centre-right van Rompuy's spokesman Dirk De Backer issued a straight "no comment" when contacted by AFP on ...

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Merkel set to address US Congress

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:55:45 +0000

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a rare address to both houses of the US Congress on Tuesday. She is only the second German chancellor to be accorded the honour, after Konrad Adenauer in 1957. Her speech is expected to focus on climate change, transatlantic ties and the downfall of ...

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Haggling With the Iranians

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:08:37 +0000

In her address yesterday to a joint session of Congress German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her country’s insistence that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment program in compliance with multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions : Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, ...

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