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American Bile - Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...

ROBERT B. REICH, robertreich.orgSUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 [article cited on Facebook. 8/8/2015)Not long ago I was walking toward an airport departure gate when a man approached me.“Are you Robert...

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Church Diplomacy: The Rebirth of the Patriarch of Moscow

tnp.noIn this week’s global outlook, Dr. Filippo ROMEO discusses how intensification of relations between Church and State has become more evident in recent years in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.Photo:...

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How to Combat Putin’s Propaganda War

Helle Dale, dailysignal.comimage fromThe war is on.Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed a vast information network across Central and Eastern Europe, as well as within the European Union.This...

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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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The Most Popular Book Set in Each State — in One Surprising Map. Note for a...

Kevin O'Keeffe May 20, 2015, mic.comAmerica loves Stephen King, and it especially loves The Stand.As we've found with movies and TV shows, the most popular books set in each state can be pretty...

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Everything you need to know about how the State Department classifies...

washingtonpost.comBy Amber Phillips August 21 at 12:21 PM  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a town hall meeting Tuesday in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John...

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‘Go Back To Mexico’ Sentiment Is Most Prevalent In States That Used To Be...

via RM on FacebookJOHN PAUL BRAMMER, bluenationreview.comimage from articleConsider the states you associate most with anti-Latino sentiment.You might first think of Arizona, of Maricopa County in...

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Delimitations: Rethinking the U.S.-Mexican Border - Note for a lecture, "E...

time.comMarisa Schwartz Nov. 20, 2014    In an attempt to show how ephemeral borders really are, two artists have retraced the 1821 frontiers between Mexico and the U.S.David Taylor and Marcos Ramirez...

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The most American thing there is: eating alone - Note for a lecture, "E...

washingtonpost.comBy Roberto A. Ferdman August 18  (Flickr user Jim Pennucci)In 1985, The New York Times published a snippet of comforting news for self-conscious solo eaters. "Dining alone," the...

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This is the most common job held by immigrants in each state: Note for a...

via JJ on Facebookvox.comAndy Kiersz at Business Insider crunched the numbers from the American Community Survey and the Minnesota Population Center to develop a map showing the most commonly held job...

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Steven Seagal: “I like ukrainian cuisine”

bulbanews.ruSteven Seagal – the american actor and director, master of martial arts, world-known thank to the suspenseful action films, being in Moscow visited on august, 9 the restautrant of the...

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Imaginary Borders

via AH on Facebookm.snopes.comFACT CHECK:   Does a map accurately depict the Native American tribal areas of the United States prior to European colonization?image:...

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TOPLESS LAWS: Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United...

The green colored states are those where top freedom is in effect.The orange colored ones have amibiguous state laws on the matter.The red colored ones are the ones where the mere showing of the female...

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Norman Rockwell: Artist or Illustrator?

Abigail Rockwell Jazz singer/songwriter; granddaughter of Norman Rockwell, huffingtonpost.com[JB Note: For years I had hoped to organize, with a Russian friend, an exhibit comparing Rockwell and...

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Dad And His 8-Year-Old Son Are Creating A Pun-Fueled Food Map Of Every US...

via PR on Facebookdistractify.comChris Durso of Foodiggity started a hilarious project with his 8-year-old son last year called Foodnited States of America. The "pun-fueled" photo series is recreating...

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10 States With the Fastest Job Growth, Note for a lecture, "E Pluribus Unum?...

from: kiplinger.comIf you're looking for a job, you might want to try sending out resumes in these states.10 States [in black] With the Fastest Job GrowthThese 10 states are likely to see the fastest...

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Literary Magazines for Socialists Funded by the CIA, Ranked

via BB on FacebookPatrick Iber, theawl.comIn May of 1967, a former CIA officer named Tom Braden published a confession in the Saturday Evening Post under the headline, “I’m glad the CIA is ‘immoral.’”...

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Donald Trump’s surge is all about less-educated Americans - Note for a...

washingtonpost.comBy Janell Ross July 27  Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump waves before boarding his campaign plane to depart from Laredo, Tex., on July 23. (LM Otero/AP)In the last few...

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