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Incurable American Excess: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
image fromAUG. 6, 2015Roger Cohen, New York Times A few years ago, Americans and Europeans were asked in a Pew GlobalAttitudes survey what was more important: “freedom to pursue life’s goalswithout...
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23 Signs You Were Raised By Russian Parents
Via JD on FacebookTake off your shoes, grab a blanket, and read this (while sitting up).posted on Aug. 7, 2015, at 11:11 a.m.Miriam ElderBuzzFeed News World Editor1. You were always being told to cover...
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Russian military propaganda
mi3ch.livejournal.comvia KZ on facebookДмитрий Чернышев (mi3ch) wrote, 2015-08-08 10:46:00 evious Share Nextселедка гниет с головыИз статьи Владимира Яковлева о пропаганде:Я учился на журфаке МГУ, у...
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150-year-old images reveal what Japanese artists once thought about exotic...
via NIM on Facebookqz.comDifferent strokes. (Images via Library of Congress)SHAREWRITTEN BYCaitlin HuAugust 06, 2015“Strange” and “new” are relative terms, as a fascinating series of Japanese woodcuts...
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Facebook item (edited) on the USA and Russia
......"В итоге мы имеем политическую силу, которая фанатично верит в то, что с Соединенными Штатами невозможно неизменное сосуществование, что разрушение внутренней гармонии нашего общества является...
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Trump and Sanders -- "phantom candidates"?
image fromGiven that "reality-Tee Vee" defines politics in the USA today (forgive the generalization), I cannot but think that Trump and Sanders are "phantom candidates" to assure the prolongation of...
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США запускают балтийский проект по борьбе с российской пропагандой
Article (not image) via HS on Facebookizvestia.ruПосольство США в Вильнюсе объявило о специальном гранте на $500 тыс. выделенных на противодействие российским СМИ в странах Балтииimage fromКак выяснили...
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Myth of the Chinese migration to Russia
Via OG on Facebookintersectionproject.eu11 August 2015Russia / World Irrational fear of the global dimension of Chinese migrationAuthor: Olga GulinaRising levels of migration from China to the states...
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How the US can respond to Russia's propaganda
via SW on FacebookDaniel Calingaert, thehill.comGetty ImagesIn the parallel universe of Russian propaganda, Ukraine is overrun by fascists, the Central Intelligence Agency shot down Malaysia Airlines...
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Russian science is amazing. So why hasn’t it taken over the world?
via FW on FacebookWe should all worry about a great power’s failure to convert on its knowledge, says MIT’s Loren GrahamFRANK HERFORT/ASSOCIATED PRESS IMAGESThe Moscow School of Management in...
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College Tenure Has Reached Its Sell-By Date
[JB Question: Do really distinguished, productive academics actually need tenure? Is not their job "protected" by their talent?]wsj.comWith higher education under pressure, the costs and burdens of...
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE DEBATE OVER SLAVERY: Note for a...
Via CMF on Facebookblackpast.orgimage fromWhen Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in his draft of the Declaration of Independence it initiated the most intense debate among the...
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Can Pope Francis clean up God’s bank?
Paul Vallely, theguardian.comimage from article, with caption: Cardinal Tarcisio BertoneAt 6.30 on the morning of 28 June 2013 – just three months into the reign of Pope Francis – officials of the...
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Is Secession Legal?: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...
via RC on Facebooktheamericanconservative.comWithdrawal from the Union may be overkill, but America is no "one nation, indivisible."By BRION MCCLANAHAN • December 7, 2012Library Company of Philadelphia...
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Дизайнеры — о стандартах красоты в разных странах
Катерина Фирсова, the-village.ruДизайнеры — о стандартах красоты в разных странахНовый эксперимет со стандартами красоты в разных странах. Портал Superdrug Online Doctor попросил 18 графических...
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The Man who saved the world: A Facebook entry (edited)
John Brown shared Mike Blackstock's photo.4 hrs · Mike Blackstock51 years ago today, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, second-in-command Vasilli Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine B-59 refused...
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immigrants to each US state: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps...
via SRJ on Facebookbusinessinsider.comHere's the country other than Mexico that sends the most immigrants to each US stateANDY KIERSZ Aug. 12, 2015, 7:02 PM149,687...
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5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S. - Note for a lecture: "E...
pewresearch.orgBY JENS MANUEL KROGSTAD AND JEFFREY S. PASSELThe number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. has stabilized in recent years after decades of rapid growth. But there have been shifts in...
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State Dept Releases New 3 FAM 4170 aka: The “Stop The Next Peter Van Buren”...
via PVB on Facebookdiplopundit.netimage fromCongratulations! This is almost three years in the making!We’ve previously covered the Peter Van Buren case quite extensively in this blog (see After a Year...
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Racial Wealth Gap Persists Despite Degree, Study Says - Note for a lecture,...
PATRICIA COHEN AUG. 16, 2015, nytimes.comimage fromEven with tuition shooting up, the payoff from a college degree remainsstrong, lifting lifelong earnings and protecting many graduates like a...
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