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Beware of the New York Times (?)

 McAfee WebAdvisor Warning: Trouble aheadWhoa!Are you sure you want to go there?http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html?hp... may be risky to visit.Why are you seeing this?When we visited this...

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Dalian Wanda movie deal can create a different view of China

Editorial, South China Morning PostWhile there is no better medium than film to teach others about a nation’s history, culture and thinking, the demands of an international audience must also be taken...

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Gorkii and the USA

via Ivan Kurilla on FacebookРоссийско-американские сюжеты added 10 new photos.48 mins · Один из самых известных антиамериканских текстов русской литературы - "Город жёлтого дьявола"Максима Горького....

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David Greenberg’s ‘Republic of Spin’

By MICHAEL BESCHLOSS JAN. 20, 2016, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: Warren Harding, front right row, and Albert Lasker, adman and adviser, centerWhen George Washington was president,...

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College Students Are Not Customers

via JR on FacebookThis idiotic political shorthand needs to die, once and for all.By Rebecca Schuman, SlateStudents, not customers.Photo by wavebreakmedia/ShutterstockIn what is apparently a vogue of...

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An important article on the "accuracy" of polling in certain parts of the...

windowoneurasia2.blogspot.comimage fromPaul Goble            Staunton, January 22 –Roughly a quarter of all Russians -- 26 percent -- are afraid to express their personal opinions to sociologists about...

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The Blizzard in the Imperial Capital

via a Facebook friendimage from, under the title: Washington DC to shut down for blizzard as it takes the greatest hit***At 2:15 pm today (1/23, 2016), seldom have I seen persons in upper Northwest...

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First Lady Hillary Clinton at a cultural diplomacy conference ...

John Brown shared a link. FROM A FACEBOOK ENTRYJanuary 22 at 1:47pm · Hillary Clinton angers Iowa fans who waited hours for five-minute speechNot even a special performance by singer Demi Lovato...

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Fear Once Again Dominating Russian Society, Gudkov Says

Paul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.comimage from            Staunton, January 24 – For first time since the late 1980s, fear has come to dominate the lives of Russians, although many are unwilling...

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Metaphysical Doubts Concerning the Existence of Modern Ukraine, a 1918...

[JB - Food -- perhaps to some of questionable intellectual taste -- for thought/controversy?]Webster G. Tarpley, tarpley.netNews reports on the reaction in Kiev to the reunification of the Crimean...

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The Wild World of Oppression Studies

Robby Soave, thedailybeast.com; via LH on Facebookimage from articleAmerican University wants its students to learn about oppression and is more than willing to stifle freedom of thought in the...

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A Catholic priest doing his job?

Found on Facebook by a collapsed Catholic (yours truly) still devoted to a universal Church.  ... Maybe the "good father" in the below video (in all fairness to him) was following local customs ...John...

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Only in America?

usatoday.comHadley Malcolm and Kaja Whitehouse, USA TODAY8:42 p.m. EST January 26, 2016(Photo: Greg Allen, Greg Allen/Invision/AP) 5284CONNECTTWEET 8LINKEDIN 90COMMENTEMAILMOREOprah Winfrey loves bread...

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Russia Faces Something Worse than Disintegration, Oreshkin Says

Paul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.comimage from            Staunton, January 27 – Russia faces something even worse than disintegration, a long period in which the regions ignore Moscow because...

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Hollande-Rouhani lunch scrapped after Elysée Palace 'refused to remove wine...

telegraph.co.ukThe lunch with François Hollande was reportedly dropped as the French refused to bow to demand for halal meat to be served and for the wine to be left off the table François Hollande and...

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PUSHKIN HOUSE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

pushkinhouse.org; via GA on FacebookClem Cecil | Photograph:  Country Life; from entryClementine Cecil has been appointed the new executive director of Pushkin House.She succeeds Ursula Woolley, who...

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François Hollande en Inde : il a emmené Elsa Zylberstein dans ses valises

via GD on Facebookmetronews.frRETOUR AUX SOURCES - Un an après avoir emmené Mélanie Laurent et Marion Cotillard aux Philippines en vue de la COP 21, François Hollande s'est rendu en Inde avec d'autres...

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Директор Института Маккейна предложил закрыть доступ к российским СМИ на Западе

Via GC on Facebookruposters.ruЗакрыть канал RT и агентство Sputnik для западной аудитории в качестве противостояния «российской PR-машине» предложил директор Института Маккейна и бывший глава...

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AK-47s Will Be Manufactured in Florida Beach Town

foreignpolicy.com; via a FB friendAK-47s Will Be Manufactured in Florida Beach TownBY ELIAS GROLLJANUARY 28, 2016 - 1:55 PMELIAS.GROLL@ELIASGROLLThanks to U.S. sanctions on Russia, a small Florida city...

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How to understand Putin's Russia in less than a minute?

via AH/MT on Facebookmeduza.ioTitle of entry: This drunk driver could remember only one thing, but in Russia it’s the most important thing 10:58, 28 JANUARY 2016 EFIRThe Kazan-based television station...

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