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  • Thank you very much!

    Anne Applebaum is right. I remember stories from my father as well as my uncle how much they appreciated the fact that they were able to listen in their Youth to RIAS and similar broadcasts behind the iron curtain. They listened out of curiosity for real news. But of course also out of love for music that was not part of the state sponsored ...
    Posted to Foreigners by Mel Olontha on April 22, 2008

  • Krebs Can't Shake Imperial Thinking

    It seems like so many pundits, thinkers, politicans, and leaders in America just can't shake the mindset that America must advance its interests abroad through conniving double talk, backstabbing hypocricy, and cutthroat manicheanism. Its like the abuser that beats his kids, realizes its wrong, but resorts back to beating them because it just ...
    Posted to Foreigners by Usama2 on January 4, 2008

  • Tuesday September 11, 2007

    Tuesday September 11, 2007 is the first ''Tuesday, September 11'' since the terrible tragedy and heainous attacks that occurred on the same day and date in 2001. Additionally, the Islamic Holiday of Ramadan begins on Wednesday or Thursday depending on the calendar you use. Finally, this is the first calendsar year since 2001 that has the same ...
    Posted to Foreigners by tigertigerpurrandroar on September 10, 2007

  • Bin Laden, Islam, and Numerology

    If you account for Leap Years, this coming Tuesday is the first Tuesday September 11th since Tuesday September 11th, 2001. Is there any significance to Tuesdays in General or do Islamic sects practice numerology as any part of their prescribed religious beliefs? One other significant number that comes to mind is that this is the sixth ...
    Posted to Foreigners by tigertigerpurrandroar on September 7, 2007