3 hours ago by M. E. Wickham

I did get some art done for AEDM… but not much else today. I’ve been plain exhausted after last week’s push, and the results are now being made known to me by my body — and none too quietly. Anyway, I’ve viewed today as a mini-celebration. On this date in 1989, the Berlin Wall got a hole in it, and ...

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5 hours ago by mike42lan

Twenty years ago, on June 12, 1987, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, U.S. president Ronald Reagan publicly and memorably challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” Reagan’s trip to Berlin, a historical moment to say the least, coincided with the former G ...

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8 hours ago by Scott Kistler

Michael Totten just returned from a trip to post-communist eastern Europe. I’m looking forward to reading what he writes about this trip. For now, his pictures will have to suffice. He has a brief description of his trip in this post: After leaving Romania, I was supposed to visit Chernobyl and the ...

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11 hours ago by Johnny no thumbs

I have nothing at all against foreign people in fact they are my favorite type of people to point and laugh at, but i went for breakfast in a low budget place the other morning, the kind of place that if you met someone you really didn’t like and they asked if you knew a good place for breakfast you ...

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11 hours ago by Rep. John Boehner

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked a resounding victory for freedom and human dignity. On this day 20 years ago, a long-standing symbol of division and oppression crumbled under the weight of a revolution inspired by leaders whose faith in God and commitment to freedom changed the world. Years in th ...

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13 hours ago by Gregory Conko

Twenty years ago today, a figurative and literal tear appeared in the once seemingly impenetrable Iron Curtain–the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. Soon after, millions of East Germans and others under Soviet domination would rise up and demand their freedom. That day, November 9, 1989, will be remem ...

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13 hours ago by Greg Seltzer

USMNT boss Bob Bradley has selected 22 players to gather in Bratislava to prepare for Saturday's friendly with fellow World Cup qualifier Slovakia.As you can see, I pegged much of the roster, with a few notable exceptions (like Tim Howard and the Mexican-based guys). However, I also expect some chan ...

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14 hours ago by Craig

How sadly timely it is that twenty years after the fall of a Wall which symbolised imperialistic tyranny and failed ideology, Europe (and not just the East) is heading back towards the folly of bureaucratic centralisation led by grey men who brook little resistance to their carefully laid plans. I s ...

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14 hours ago by Chavo Romano

Source:Tonic Article by Kendall Hunter Back in August, Madonna was booed by fans at her concert in Romania for speaking out against discrimination against Eastern Europe’s Gypsies also known as Roma. On Saturday, the Associated Press reports that actor Ethan Hawke, while in Romania has come to Madon ...

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15 hours ago by smallin

Interesting words from Slavoj Zizek in today’s NYTimes: When people protested Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the large majority of them did not ask for capitalism. They wanted the freedom to live their lives outside state control, to come together and talk as they pleased; they wanted a life o ...

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