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• Now Playing at Reason.tv: Remembering the Victims of Communism

  
  Hit & Run — Authority: 783
  Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall was breached and Soviet communism, at long last, entered its death spiral. After claiming approximately 100 million victims in the 20th century, communism was dismissed to the ash heap of history. But those who suffered under its boot heel have largely been confined to ...
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• The Case for a Contemporary Citroën SM [Auto Rants]

  
  Jalopnik — Authority: 737
  The Art Deco love child of Citroën and Maserati is long gone, dead and buried like its contemporary the Concorde. But have we really lost the need for a grand tourer with speed and style in spades? Infrequent bursts of fawning published in these pages will prove that the Citroën SM, in its quiet yet ...
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• We were fools to think the fall of the Berlin Wall had killed off the far Left.

  
  Barking Moonbat Early Warning System — Authority: 513
  She’s wrong about “they’re back.” Because the SOBs never left us.  And haven’t some of us been bitching about the enemy screwing us from within for a long time? I have wondered for a long time, just how it was possible for the left to be so well organized, that they have managed to bring us to this place ...
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• Free Enterprise—Time for Respect instead of Envy

  
  Forum: News/Activism — Authority: 180
  Milton Friedman said with passion: “The record of history is absolutely clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activity that is unleashed by the free enterprise system.” American capitalism, as imperfect a system as ...
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• Too big to fail--too big to exist (Sen. Bernie Sanders)

  
  Congress Blog — Authority: 156
  More than a year has gone by since Congress passed the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. The Federal Reserve has committed trillions of additional dollars in virtually zero-interest loans and other assistance to large financial institutions resulting in the largest taxpayer bailout in the history of the world. ...
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• More talking, not more troops

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 636
  By Graeme Smith More foreign troops will not help Afghanistan. As the United States considers another surge, itsworth remembering that the number of international forces in Afghanistan hasalready increased dramatically. Every year I spent in the country, from 2005 to2009, saw major troop surges -- and terrible ...
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• Nearly Anywhere Terrorists Operate

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 636
  By Michael Innes If theObama Administration is serious about Afghanistan, it should leave NATOout of the equation. The organization has survived a Cold War, genocide in theBalkans, piracy off the horn of Africa,cigarette smuggling, human trafficking, WMD proliferation, transnationalterrorism, and cyberwar. It has ...
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• Yes America, its TERRORISM!

  
  Right Truth — Authority: 564
  U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major NidalHasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with alQaeda , two American officials briefed on classified material in thecase told ABC News.  It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Armythat one of its ...
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• All in All, No More Bricks in the Wall (with apologies to Pink Floyd)

  
  Stephen M. Walt — Authority: 598
  I first saw the Berlin Wall in March 1976, when I arrivedfor a semesters study at Stanfords overseas program there. As an international relations majorinterested in security affairs, I wanted to see the Cold War "up close andpersonal," and what better place to do it than the divided city that was thesite of numerous ...
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• Bus Driver In Fatal Incident Was Previously Suspended For Texting

  
  Gothamist — Authority: 796
  Last Wednesday morning a 22-year-old Seth Kahn was struck and killed by a bus while crossing the street at West 53rd Street and 9th Avenue. Area residents noted that the intersection was dangerous, one being hit there just two months ago. Now the Daily News reports on the bus drivers history. Allegedly the ...
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• Its the inmates asylum now

  
  Political Animal — Authority: 794
  ITS THE INMATES ASYLUM NOW.... Paul Krugman weighs the consequences of a Republican Party run "by the people it used to exploit." [S]omething snapped last year. Conservatives had long believed that history was on their side, so the G.O.P. establishment...
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• The fall of the Berlin Wall

  
  Michelle Malkin — Authority: 824
  President Obama isn’t traveling abroad to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today.Of course not. There’s nothing in it for his Chicago cronies.Also: There’s nothing for America to apologize for there today.Guess which U.S. celebrity is in Germany to mark the anniversary? David Haselhoff.When ...
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• Cramer on BloggingStocks: Pelosi cant kill the health care sector

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 663
  Filed under: Market matters , Abbott Laboratories (ABT) , Aetna Inc (AET) , CIGNA Corp (CI) , Gilead Sciences (GILD) , Stocks to Buy , Cramer on BloggingStocks From TheStreet.com Network Ariad Upgraded, Xenoport Drug Delayed: BioBuzz Holiday Deals Heat Up at Big Retailers TheStreet.coms ...
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• Time for the heavy lifting

  
  The AfPak Channel — Authority: 636
  By Peter Bergen Its time to table fancy counterinsurgency doctrines about"connecting the Afghan people to the government" -- Afghans havenever had, and dont expect much, in the way of services from their government,and its time now to focus on something much more basic: security. The lastgovernment to provide ...
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• The Morality of Health Care Reform, pt. 6

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 651
  ( The sixth in of a series of seven. ) Nothing in Common If the cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words is true, then a couple of images might sum up the debate of over health care reform, and prove representative of the opposing sides. [Via Preemptive Karma .] [Via Wikimedia Commons .] ...
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• Club Endorses Rubio

  
  The Atlantic Politics Channel — Authority: 150
  Its official: the Club for Growth has endorsed conservative upstart Marco Rubio in Floridas Senate race, over moderate Gov. Charlie Crist (R). This should come as a surprise to no one: Rubio has been accumulating national support from conservatives since the beginning of his campaign. In May, conservative bloggers ...
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• Paul Mooneys TV history from Black Is the New White

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 721
  Paul Mooney is well known to stand-up comedians for his own work and for writing for his longtime friend, Richard Pryor. Outside of that, though, his name recognition gets a little fuzzier. So for TV comedy fans, Mooneys new memoir, Black Is the New White , provides some great behind-the-scenes moments they should ...
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• Berlin celebrates a night that changed world

  
  CNN.com - Most Popular — Authority: 855
  Thousands of people joined world leaders in the German capital Monday to remember the night 20 years ago when a euphoric wave of people power swept away the Berlin Wall and consigned the Cold War to history.
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• When Im Right, Im Right

  
  An American Lion — Authority: 479
  Fort Hood Memorial for 1st Cavalry Division Fallen Soldiers Yes,  it WAS a terrorist attack: U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ...
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• How Can One Write About The 20th Anniversary Of The Fall Of The Berlin Wall And Not Mention Reagan?

  
  Pirate's Cove — Authority: 563
  The 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has become a rather big deal over the last few days, with lots of people chiming in in the media. They all seem to be forgetting one thing: it would not have happened, at least certainly not that early, if it wasn’t for Reagan’s brilliant plan to bankrupt the ...
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