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2007-10-22 22:45  COHA Report. The Organization of American States: On its Deathbed
To Our Readers Unfortunately, an older and unedited version of the COHA piece entitled œThe OAS: On its Deathbed  was inadvertently sent out to a very small cohort of COHA readers on October 17 before an error was discovered and the press run was immediately aborted. Due to a computer editing error, the author, Sean Bartlett did not catch that two different facts were spliced into one sentence. Jose Miguel Insulza, as a young man in his late twenties, was a political director in the Chilean For …
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2007-10-19 17:12  Can't reach Germany Yeah, right.
Long live the mighty aviation of the socialism country! V. Dobrovolsky, 1939 No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer. Hermann Goering addressing the Luftwaffe (September 1939) as quoted in August 1939: The Last Days of Peace (1979) by Nicholas Fleming, p. 171; "Meyer" (or "Meier") is a common name in Germany. This statement would come back to haunt him as Allied bombers devastated Germany ; many ordinary Germans, especially in Be …
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2007-10-16 20:20  Schools as Scapegoats
Larry Mishel and Richard Rothstein have written a long piece for The American Prospect titled "Schools as Scapegoats," which is a good summary of the labor-centered critique of education reform. They make some good points, but I think their larger takes on the political and the policy implications are deeply misguided. First, the good points. A Nation at Risk was released 24 years ago on a wave of scare-mongering about public education--if we don't reform the schools, people said, the economic c …
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2007-10-12 12:36  Free speech for the intolerant: The anti-Israel rally in London
Some delicious irony at The Guardian, with the usual amount of leftist cluelessness: By Peter Tatchell In London, this year's al-Quds demonstration - held last Sunday - had the themes of: "End Child Killing! End Oppression! End Israeli Apartheid!" It was supported by the left-wing Respect Party, 1990 Trust, the Muslim Association of Britain, the Islamic Human Rights Commission, Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Federation of Student Islamic Societies. The post-march Trafalgar Square rally was addressed by …
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2007-10-10 18:18  First they took Manhattan
By Linsey Hanley (THE GUARDIAN, 10/10/07): In Berlin, the capital of the largest, richest country in the EU, you can rent a flat for 500 euros (Ł346) a month and get around - on its ultra-reliable public transport system, made up of cherishable shiny yellow trains, buses and trams - for buttons. It's the size of London but contains half the population; it's surrounded by lakes and dense forest; and, generally speaking, it's not full of prats. Heaven, in other words. Even better, it doesn't exist …
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2007-10-10 17:18  Politics last superstar
By Ignacio Ramonet, editor of Le Monde diplomatique and co-author with Fidel Castro of the forthcoming Fidel Castro: My Life; he speaks tonight at London Metropolitan University (THE GUARDIAN, 10/10/07): For the first time in almost 50 years, Fidel Castro is not in control of Cuba. And contrary to predictions, the system has not broken down, the population has not revolted, the revolution has not reversed. Now the analysts are asking: will it last Is Raúl Castro going to reroute the revolution H …
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2007-10-10 11:51  Feature: Red World: Soviet America: Elite-imposed communism in USA begins with Teddy Roosevelt, cont …
The ultranationalists, led by head of the liberal union Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the corrupt, homophobic, billionaire Moscow Mayor Yuri Lushzkov and leftist, the so-called "Black General" Albert Makashov, as well as the head of the Communist Party in Russia Gennady Zyuganov are behind the crackdown on democracies, even inside the country. They dream of restoring the Soviet Union to all its crumbling, dysfunctional glory. They dream of seeing the United States under a red flag (seriously). -- Tsotne …
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2007-10-09 04:16  in brief: "Culture Battle"
Col. Henry J. Foresman, Jr., "Culture Battle: Selective use of history should not be used to justify the status quo" [ Armed Forces Journal ] ( via Tom Barnett's Weblog )Key quotes and concepts for the busy reader No surprises, culture defines the military. Currently, the army is defined by a "grand war" culture: "For the Army, it is World War II that has shaped its thinking, culture and ethos. Fighting the grand war has become the Army s be-all-and-end-all mantra. However, this "grand war" cult …
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2007-10-03 18:29  Tag der Deutschen Einheit
That's the name of the holiday here today. It means German Unity Day and celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall and the East and West of Germany being re-united again. And as fantastic as that is, and I really am glad that the wall is down and all are friends again, but I love this [...]
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2007-10-01 15:45  Stay in the Stasi Suite
Attention Berlin-bound students and backpackers: For a mere 38 euros ($50), the impecunious traveler can decamp to the Ostel, a new budget hotel in the city s hip Mitte district. The rooms are spartan: a rotary telephone, bunk beds, a rust-brown couch and walls adorned with photos of former East German Communist Party leader Erich Honecker. At the Ostel, it s the GDR redivivus, with each room carefully recreated to evoke memories of arbitrary arrest and travel restrictions, using period furnitur …
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2007-09-29 20:52  'As if one were under water' | In Iran, Kreuzberg team learns about football under cover
The Iranian women's team failed to defend its title in the West Asian Women's Football Championship, losing 1 2 to hosts Jordan earlier this month. ( Yalda Moaiery | ISNA) Berlin | After months of diplomatic wrangling, filmmaker Ayat Najafi had to content himself with experiencing the centerpiece of his new project, Football Undercover, as an exile. At Ararat Stadium in Tehran on 28 Apr 06, Najafi stood outside the arena along with husbands of the women inside players for the Iranian women's nat …
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2007-09-25 18:07  spasticloner @ 2007-09-25T10:24:00
So we fly from Venice into frankfurt then bus it to the train station but the bus ride was about two hours longer than we were expecting so we missed the last train to munich. This is where plans were changed due to our time frame we had to stay the night in frankfurt and just go straight to berlin the next day. Here we are: Welcome to Germany! Now we're in Alexanderplatz. A lutherian church by the lustgarten. The Lustgarten is a big grassy park area for the royal palace and during his time hitl …
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2007-09-16 13:38  My trip.
Okay I can tell you we had a great time and that's it, well we did and have seen a lot. We went to Prag for one day, just seen the major sides cause we where on the clock. Result, when my parents are still good on there feet after next year, when we went to Berlin, next trip in two years will be Prag for two weeks. YAY! Went to Poland for about five minutes. There is this city in Germany, Görlitz, maybe the german listsibs know this, one side of the river is German and the other side is Polish. …
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2007-09-04 20:46  Liberalism, Socialism, and Sunny Hundal
The Devil has had a crack at Sunny Hundal for not understanding that liberalism is at heart about liberty not empathy. That we can never truly know anothers mind is one of the arguments that J S Mill uses for defending Liberalism in ' On Liberty ': with respect to his own feelings and circumstances, the most ordinary man or woman has means of knowledge immeasurably surpassing those that can be possessed by any one else. The interference of society to overrule his judgment and purposes in what on …
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2007-09-04 11:00  IFA 2007: Philips Shows Off 3D Display Without The Silly Glasses
Philips is firing on all cylinders these days when it comes to TV innovation. Forget the cool AmbiLight technology though, since at this week s IFA event in Berlin, Philips broke out what it claimed is the first giant 3-D display that requires people not to look like dorks. That alone should get a prize. The 3D WOWzone is a massive 132in multi-screen 3D wall comprised of nine 42in Philips 3-D displays which combine into one big screen where stuff actually looks like it's coming right out at you. …
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2007-09-03 11:03  Telluride Review: The Counterfeiters
Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Telluride, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports, Cinematical Indie Last year at Telluride, The Lives of Others was one of the most talked about films at the fest (that film, as you may recall, went on to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Film and ended up on a lot of "top ten" lists after it's Telluride premiere). This year another German film, The Counterfeiters, is being buzzed about as this year's " The Lives of Others " -- and not just because …
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2007-09-02 14:40  Billionaires For Bush Reveal How Bush Paid Off His Base and Stuck You with the Tab
If you think the astounding rise of income inequities and the rise of the GOP are just coincidental, please email me. I would like to speak with you about the many advantages and pleasures you might derive as the new, proud owner of the Brooklyn Bridge. The GOP sold Ronald Reagan's tax cut of 1982 like George W. Bush sold his war on Iraq. The benefits of both have accrued only to this nation's power elite and, in both cases, everyone else is stuck with the tab. It will be left to sons, daughters …
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2007-09-02 03:41  Reykjavik Summit Meeting The Movie.
Some of you here might be to young to remember the cold war between the US and Russia that started after the end of the second World War and lasted until 1989, illustrated best when the Berlin Wall came crumbling down. But I think most of the readers of this fine site are old enough to remember the strained times between the East and the West during those decades. But what many people don t know is that Iceland played a large part in ending the Cold War in the 80 s. At least that s what many Ice …
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2007-09-01 09:26  Will the East rock
Hull's a bit like Berlin back in the days of the wall. Plenty of concrete everywhere. Only we have a river instead of a wall, and Police Community Support Officers instead of the Stasi and traffic wardens instead of Checkpoint Charlie. The wall comes down today, without the need for David Hasselhoff to come and sing, and all those cool kids that hang out on Princes Avenue in their smart indie clothes will be making the trek over the river to watch East Park Rocks, headlined by everyone's little …
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2007-08-31 19:42  Should the United States Boycott the Beijing Olympics
Newsletter, Falun Gong Human Rights Working Group, Aug. 28, 2007- On August 3, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, the Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, introduced a House Resolution to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. He explained, "The Olympics represent the noblest elements of humanity and the Chinese regime represents the opposite. The Olympic torch is supposed to be a beacon of light shining upon mankind …
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2007-08-30 23:09  Why they hate us
In reading Claire Berlinski's excellent book Menace in Europe: Why the Continent's Crisis Is America's, Too. I came across this passage that I thought you all might find interesting. It concerns the resurgent antisemitism and anti-American attitudes in Germany. Ms. Berlinski is having a conversation with Jeffrey Gedmin, an American scholar of European Studies who directs the Aspen Institutes Berlin campus. Here is Mr. Gedmin's take on the situation: "'Look, the Germans have a chip on their shoul …
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2007-08-30 17:53  Hallo from Berlin
First, a little German lesson. I'm in Berlin to talk to press and partners about Windows Home Server at " IFA " a huge consumer electronics show. Apparently IFA is bigger than even CES. What a gorgeous city! The weather certainly has something to do with it, but so far I found Berlin to be one of the most attractive European cities I've visited. It has a great modern feel while still feeling very "historical".  I got to see the "wall" last night and ate dinner on the roof of the Reichstag (the s …
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2007-08-30 03:38  Film Babble's 100th Post!
"It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!" - Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) BOWFINGER (Dir. Frank Oz, 1999) No special features or self congratulatory crap for my 100th - just some good ole fashioned movie reviews. A couple of new movies I caught at the theater and a few new release DVDs - nice and simple. So let's get going - DEATH AT A FUNERAL (Dir. Frank Oz, 2007) After one of the most misguided remakes in history THE STEPFORD WIVES, a film Nathan Rabin in his excellent My …
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