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Gullybogan
Gullybogan posted a blog entry
Note to Baz: Australia is a country, not a brand
Dear Reader,The reviews of the new tourism ad movie Australia are starting to come in, and it’s not looking good.When...
10 hours ago gullybogan | Topics: Australia, Celebrities, Film, baz luhrmann
 
<em>lundquist.richard</em>
lundquist.richard posted a blog entry
M36 Jackson………………………………………………………………
M36 JacksonFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia90mm Gun Motor Carriage M3690 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36B2TypeTank...
10 hours ago dummidumbwit | Topics: Culture, Design, Economy, Europe
 
<em>girlstalkblog</em>
girlstalkblog posted a blog entry
Irish Coffee
Hair of the Dog is Cookthink’s Monday morning cocktail column by Rob Chirico, the author of the Field Guide to Cocktails....
 
subtire_cosmin
subtire_cosmin posted a blog entry
Propaganda Germana in cel de-al II-lea Razboi Mondial
Joseph Paul Goebbels, Ministrul Propagandei in timpul regimului Nazist (1933-1945) a fost primul care a folosit televizorul...
 
MarkMilton
MarkMilton posted a blog entry
Japanese general hoisted by own canards
Japanese general hoisted by own canardsBy Kosuke TakahashiTOKYO - The latest high-profile incident involving Japan’s...
2 days ago Life in Motion | Topics: China, Issues, Japan, Politics
 
barbapapa
barbapapa posted a blog entry
Ernst Franz “Putzi” Sedgwick Hanfstaengl
Ernst Franz “Putzi” Hanfstaengl was born in Munich, Germany. He was the son of a wealthy German art publisher,...
 
ThriftShopRomantic
ThriftShopRomantic posted a blog entry
U.S. War Bonds with Popular Photography
Today, the world faces tumultuous economic times, so perhaps it's both transporting, and even a bit hopeful, to take a look...
 
ThriftShopRomantic
ThriftShopRomantic posted a blog entry
The U.S. War Bonds with Popular Photography
Today, the world faces tumultuous economic times, so perhaps it's both transporting, and even a bit hopeful, to take a look...
 
far kinga
far kinga posted a blog entry
Bretton Woods system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Bretton Woods IIRTFA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_systemThe Bretton...
 
Bill S
Bill S posted a blog entry
Roads to Moscow
Al Stewart’s “Roads to Moscow” without  a doubt is the greatest rock song ever written about World War II ....
 
TresPasitos.com
TresPasitos.com posted a blog entry
Coches de ensueño Deportes
Oscar Beck asked: Desde el comienzo automóviles deportivos de lujo son símbolo de la velocidad, de lujo, el poder, la...
 
Okie Campaigns
Okie Campaigns posted a blog entry
Iceland Invites The Russians to take over NATO airbase (WTF)
The president of Iceland has offered Russia the use of an abandoned NATO airbase. The Russians declined, partly because the...
3 days ago Okie Campaigns | Topics: WW II, Iceland, NATO, World War II
 
Nuk
Nuk posted a blog entry
Hawaii Vacation
One word for you then. Oahu. Oh, yeah. Even the name sounds like the exotic island it is. The word is full of flavor. Just...
 
MarkMilton
MarkMilton posted a blog entry
The Truth of Nanking leaked script
The Truth about Nanjing (南京の真実, Nankin no shinjitsu?) is a forthcoming film by Japanese filmmaker Satoru Mizushima...
4 days ago Life in Motion | Topics: China, Issues, Japan, Politics
 
<em>kemuelste</em>
kemuelste posted a blog entry
Call of Duty: World at War Review “FRAG!!”
Question. How are you able to take a hit franchise to present day, make millions of fans, then send it back into the past and...
 
Andrew T
Andrew T posted a blog entry
Intrepid Rededicated
The USS Intrepid(CV11) was rededicated on Tuesday,Veterans Day,following extensive repairs.The old aircraft carrier has been a...
 
anbu u
anbu u posted a blog entry
Germany sinks into recession
The German economy, Europe’s largest, contracted more than economists expected in the third quarter, pushing the nation...
 
Gary Barnes
Gary Barnes posted a blog entry
Flickr Find: The Destruction of Nagasaki
Though most Americans learn about the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in standard history classes, very few actually seem...
5 days ago GTBarnes.com | Topics: MiscPhotog..., allied, america, asian
 
<em>lundquist.richard</em>
lundquist.richard posted a blog entry
7Oct2003 Hi-Ball UP#3985@70mph (watch the video!!!)……….
Challenger No. 3985The History of the ChallengersUnion Pacific Challenger No. 3985 was designed by Union Pacific and built in...
5 days ago dummidumbwit | Topics: Beauty, Business, Culture, Design
 
T.C.
T.C. posted a blog entry
A True American Hero
Today, a bit of history about a true American hero…2nd Lt. Robert E. Femoyer earned the Medal of Honor as a B-24...
 
murungakka
murungakka posted a blog entry
The War
The wife says I am obnoxious enough to be considered old and archaic. This compels me to have a historical pretext. History is...
6 days ago Existential Angst | Topics: Iraq, dosai, kaapi podi, kaapi
 
Musashi
Musashi posted a blog entry
South Korean president demands WWII apology from Japanese Emperor
Lee Myung Bak, the President of South Korea, has called upon Japanese Emperor Akihito to atone for atrocities committed during...
6 days ago Yellow Menace | Topics: News, dad, japan, lipa
 
<em>babyrocasmama</em>
babyrocasmama posted a blog entry
We Are Free...
But please remember...The freedoms we enjoy & take for granted, were not free. They were paid for with the blood of our...
 
Aunk
Aunk posted a blog entry
Veterans day - A Salute to my Dad
Memoral day and Veterans day are both special to me. They are days to remember and honor our country's fallen and our...
 
LeBlanc
LeBlanc posted a blog entry
Real Heroes
Today is Veterans Day. Today is a day that I have off from work I suppose so that I can celebrate. Not having ever been in the...
 
Cecelia
Cecelia posted a blog entry
Armistice Day
The 11th hour, the 11th month, the 11th Day. Armistice Day. The end of the Great War, the war to end all wars. I wonder where...
 
<em>dynabman</em>
dynabman posted a blog entry
Veteran’s Day–2008
Do you know a veteran? I know a few and some of the most vivid memories of my childhood are of my Uncle Frank Coker telling my...
7 days ago My Take | Topics: History, Air Force, Army, Colin Powell
 
<em>ellisneil</em>
ellisneil posted a blog entry
Lest We Forget
  photo credit: striaticTo those who have fought for freedom that I might know a life of peace, I thank you. To those who...
 
melanie s
melanie s posted a blog entry
War effort, behavioural change and the importance of duration
A popular theme amongst the darker green contingent in respect to the behavioural change needed in order to survive peak oil...
8 days ago Elemental | Topics: Opinion, environment, Peak oil, Society
 
Kezins
Kezins posted a blog entry
Happy ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ Day
Call of Duty “5″ takes you back to World War II.  After a successful Modern Warfare campaign, Activision revisits...
 
<em>tasithoughts</em>
tasithoughts posted a blog entry
Americans on Guam - Dealing with Second Class Citizenship
I included my mother’s article from the Pacific Edge which illustrates the unique kind of American Citizenship enjoyed by...
 
Sandy
Sandy posted a blog entry
Veterans Day 2008
November 11th is Veterans Day. From 1919 when it was first observed until 1954 This national holiday was established in 1919 as...
 
<em>dick_and_sharon</em>
dick_and_sharon posted a blog entry
From Kennedy to Obama: Recapturing America’s Greatness
by Tom Hall –The day after the election, another lawyer in my office asked, “Is this what it felt like in 1960?” When...
 
lemony
lemony posted a blog entry
Nurse in V-J Day kiss photo reunites with Navy
A 90-year-old who says she's the woman being kissed by a sailor in Times Square in one of World War II's most famous...
8 days ago Newsvine | Topics: msnbci, life, us-news, edith-shain
 
mortart
mortart posted a blog entry
Honoring our war veterans
As a boy growing up in the Bronx during the 1930s, the annual Armistice Day parade on the Grand Concourse, the borough's...
 
krishna109
krishna109 posted a blog entry
Germany Remembers Kristallnacht
Germany is preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi-inspired Kristallnacht riots, amid warnings of a rise in...
 
Paul Baines
Paul Baines posted a blog entry
Warholes by Paul Baines
Warholes (44" x 55") by Paul Baines. Sixth in the Indoor Street Art series available as a limited edition...
 
Tyrone
Tyrone posted a blog entry
Fil-Am Gets US Congress Seat
Filipino-American Steve Austria was elected as the representative of the 7th congressional district of Ohio.Related...
 
Writergal
Writergal posted a blog entry
Cynthia’s Thoughts: November 11 is Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is coming up next week.  Ninety years ago this coming Tuesday, November 11, marked the end of what was then...
 
Marie Millard
Marie Millard posted a blog entry
"Innocence Lost and Humanity Found"
Last night, I went to a pre-screening of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas".Seen through the eyes of Bruno, the 8 year old son...
 
Gattina
Gattina posted a blog entry
DONA NOBIS PACEM
BLOG FOR PEACE A WORLDWIDE PEACE MOVEMENTThis story is not that long ago ! Only 63 years.Today is OUR day to all claim "Give...
 
<em>lundquist.richard</em>
lundquist.richard posted a blog entry
T-35 heavy tank (Russia/USSR)………………………………………
The T-35 was a Soviet multi-turreted heavy tank of the interwar period and early Second World War that saw limited production...
13 days ago dummidumbwit | Topics: Design, Europe, History, Resources
 
<em>lundquist.richard</em>
lundquist.richard posted a blog entry
Union Pacific “Big Boy” and Southern Pacific “Cab Forwards” (with Video )
The best known example of the cab-forward design in the United States, the Southern Pacific Cab-Forward (also known as...
14 days ago dummidumbwit | Topics: Business, Culture, Design, Economy
 
<em>mardigrasmadness</em>
mardigrasmadness posted a blog entry
Covering Some of the Controversies Surrounding the Film Valkyrie
The story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenburg is told through the eyes of the Colonel himself as he devises a plot to assassinate...
 
blbooks
blbooks posted a blog entry
Ten Cents A Dance
Fletcher, Christine. 2008. Ten Cents a Dance.Ten Cents a Dance is a book I enjoyed. A great deal enjoyed. But it could make a...
 
Grace4media
Grace4media posted a blog entry
Honoring Americans killed in WWII
The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial holds the largest number of graves of American military killed during World War II....
 
salt190791
salt190791 posted a blog entry
An Obama administration - surrender; Neville Chamberlain; Peace in Our Time
Go here to find the speech Neville Chamberlain presented to Parliament upon his return from England after surrendering to...
 
MarkMilton
MarkMilton posted a blog entry
Head of Japanese Air Force (ASDF) sacked for public denial of Japan’s wartime aggression
Earlier this week, the head of the Japanese air force wrote in a prize-wining essay that describing Japan as the aggressor...
17 days ago Life in Motion | Topics: About me, China, Issues, Japan
 
Gold & Silver
Gold & Silver posted a blog entry
Bank of Japan’s Interest Rates May Hit Zero Again
The Bank of Japan’s interest rates may be headed back to zero.With the policy board voted to a 4-4 deadlock, governor...
 
mortart
mortart posted a blog entry
Adventures in blogging
I was saddened and astonished to receive an e-mail message earlier this week from a man in Miami Beach, Fla., identifying...
17 days ago Octogenarian | Topics: India, World War II, grandson