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15 Tips That Will Trick Your House Guests Into Thinking You Have Your Shit...
JB note - I wonder how this amusing piece is applicable to the disappearing "representational" function (at their "home") of US diplomats overseas today, especially those in junior positions without...
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The dilution of a word -- diplomacy: A slightly edited Facebook exchange
We all know that when we go to the supermarket, much of the "food" we buy is deceptively labeled -- from "ice cream" to "chicken."In all fairness to supermarkets, they have tried to inform the public...
View ArticleIreland Builds Monument Honoring Native American Tribe. Find Out why - Note...
bluenationreview.com; via RM on FacebookThe Irish have built a monument honoring the Choctaw Nation – nine steel eagle feathers arranged in the shape of a bowl – in acknowledgement of the tribe’s aid...
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Россия Путина - это Советский Союз под сахарной пудрой. Писатель Борис...
From: nv.ua; via NV on FacebookКристина Бердинских30 мая, 15:55 4164 комментировать Facebook251 Twitter40 Вконтакте48 Google+31 Одноклассники0Фото: swr.deНемец Борис Райтшустер много лет работал в...
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Walt Whitman: "Each of us limitless" -- Quotation for a Lecture,...
"Each of us inevitable; / Each of us limitless—each of us with his or her right upon the earth."Whitman image from--Walt Whitman
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Immigrants to U.S. From China Top Those From Mexico. Note for a Lecture, "E...
from Wall Street JournalIncreasing numbers move to study, work and unite with families in the countryENLARGEA man unloaded boxes in New York's Chinatown district on July 11. China and India have taken...
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Bruce Jenner: Call Me Caitlyn - First Photo as a Woman -- Note for a Lecture,...
tmz.com“I look at all of you, and I think: You're free to be anything. You're free to be whatever you want to be with no one and nothing stopping you. In a free society, you're free to invent yourself...
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If flies are like male humans, beware of what you do!
DNA From Sperm Of Ex Partners Lingers In Female Flies And Influences The Genetics Of Her OffspringBy sutbeattalks ; via RM on FacebookJun 1, 2015When a woman breaks up with a man, she usually wants...
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Europe’s problem is with Russia, not Putin
Financial Times, via LOS on Facebook[JB note: A very thin historical analysis. But granted the author is writing for a general audience.]Moscow is not a rising revolutionary force but one seeking to...
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Why can’t D.C.’s Metro system have better signage?
JB comment: For anyone who is not a regular D.C. Metro rider -- and hence needs signs to know where he's going or supposed to get off -- the signage is indeed a nightmare. It's yet another kink in a...
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Poland’s past marks its present
from PoliticoPoland's presidential election again showed the profound differences between the east and the west.By JAN CIENSKI 2/6/15, 5:30 AM CET Updated 2/6/15, 3:43 PM CETWARSAW — Andrzej Duda’s...
View ArticleWhy Has America Stopped Winning Wars? Note for a Lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...
Since 1945, the United States has experienced little except military stalemate and loss—precisely because it’s a superpower in a more peaceful world.DOMINIC TIERNEY 7:45 AM ETtheatlantic.com; via AH on...
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What Russian Literature Tells Us About Vladimir Putin’s World
[JB Note: Of course literature cannot be diluted (vulgarized?) to being "political/geo/stratetegic" analysis. But at least the Admiral has read great novels -- which is more can be said about many...
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The next Hollywood Russia Blockbuster! (from an edited Facebook entry)
Breaking news that Sepp Blatter will resign his post. I thought this would take a lot longer. Apparently the bribery chain has already reached Sepp Blatter's closest associates....
View ArticleHumiliation as a Tool of Blackmail [on Russia]
from the-american-interest.com; via MT on FacebookLILIA SHEVTSOVAAn analysis of the Kremlin’s “Weimar syndrome”, and why so many Western elites believe in it.Russia today is a country trying to retain...
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The West Needs More Russophiles (Op-Ed)
from themoscowtimes.com; via NB on FacebookBy Mark GaleottiJun. 02 2015 19:32Last edited 19:32Current dialogue between Russia and the West scarcely deserves the name. Too often, it is simply a contest...
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Caitlyn Jenner to Womanhood: “Your Looks Are the Only Thing We Care About”
from SlateVideo [not from article] atImage [not from article] from, with caption: Nancy Reagan photo with Lab School Honorees Tom Cruise, Bruce Jenner, Cher and Robert Rauchenberg in State Dining...
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A glossary of 32 words, phrases, people and places you should probably know...
By Adam Taylor and Terri Rupar March 5, 2014 Washington Post. Hear also: From the below: Russia -- "Ukraine’s neighbor to the east. It’s big and powerful and taking a strong interest in Ukraine....
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