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Sic Semper Tyrannis

10 hours ago ago from Eternal Remont:

And so we end the year of 20s and 70s – the anniversaries which marked the end of communism and the start of World War II. Yesterday, we were busy opening presents and toasting the death of Nicolae Ceauşescu – broadcast live on Romanian and Bulgarian television, Christmas day, 1989. In commemoration of the very first realityTV show, here’s an amazing interview with the man who shot Ceauşescu. "I fired 29 cartridges and three rounds. The ...

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15 hours ago ago from The Porcupine

The U.S. was involved in war in Indochina long before anyone seemed to know (unless they had, perhaps, read Graham Greene's The Quiet American , published in 1955). There was ample time for us to have paid attention. But, in 1961, three years before I graduated from high school on Long Island, when William Lederer, already known as the co-author with Eugene Burdick of The Ugly American , published A Nation of Sheep , he –like many ...

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Fewer Wars, Less Peace (1 of 2)

12 hours ago ago from Dhirendras blogs

Good morning friends.  Four days more to go and we can say “Goodbye 2009”  and “Welcome 2010”.  It will be the start of the year, I wish there will be a fewer wars.  We all know that in some country war is going on.  I wish that there will be a peace in the earth.  As we like treat each other brothers and sisters.  With this, we all going to face the Year 2010 in a more positive and more peaceful way.  Anagging memory of the 21st century ...

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Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce

3 hours ago ago from Chrisy58's Weblog

Published on Saturday, December 26, 2009 by The Nation Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce by John Nichols This has been a year of war, not peace, when a president elected to end conflicts instead expanded the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. So as it closes we would do well to recall an old warrior who came to see the futility of fighting. British veteran Harry Patch was the last survivor of World War I's ...

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Birthday wishes and the surprise Christmas gift.

9 hours ago ago from Queen of Babble

Today, somebody special goes from being a teenager, to turning into an adult. She's fab, fierce and my significant other in the Mars world, through ups and downs, thick and thin and even when I'm seldom around. I've known her for more than 2 years now (hard to believe how time flies), so much has happened, and she's a wonderful friend and partner in war. To Jai/Elliz/I'm no longer sure what to call you anymore these days... Happy ...

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