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West gives lukewarm response to Russian security pitch
Thaindian News —
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Athens, Dec 1 (DPA) Foreign ministers at Europe’s main security organisation, the OSCE, gave a lukewarm response to a new Russian-drafted Euro-Atlantic security pact Tuesday, calling instead for existing organisations to be improved.Foreign ministers from 46 of the 56-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation ...21 hours ago -
Spy Shoelaces
Impact Lab —
Authority: 552
Suppose you are a clandestine service agent for the CIA and you need to tell another agent that you have important information for him, but you suspect the walls have ears. Well, you could tie your shoelaces in a pattern like the one shown below, and your message would come out loud and clear without [...]23 hours ago -
Comic Rundown: Marvel Get Whiplash
Way of the Geek —
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If Marvel Divas was Marvel’s answer to Sex and the City, Black Widow and the Marvel Girls looks to be Marvel’s answer to Charlie’s Angels. The book has Black Widow taking center stage as she recalls her escape for Soviet special ops, with the help of a few unlikely allies, including the Enchantress, She-Hulk and ...23 hours ago -
The Cold War Myth of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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The reputation held by the Berlin Wall before it was ‘torn down’ twenty years ago was largely a product of propaganda machines. Clearly, it was just another Cold War myth. It played neatly into a Cold War cliché about The Free World vs. Communist Tyranny. ‘In 1961, the East Berlin communists built a wall to ...1 day ago -
President Obama’s West Point Speech on War in Afghanistan–Cadet Honor Code–Generals Marshall and MacArthur Speeches–Duty, Honor, Country
Pronk Palisades —
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Cadet Honor Code “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” http://www.usma.edu/committees/honor/info/main.htm “… Yours is the profession of arms, the will to win, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory, that if you lose, the Nation will be ...1 day ago -
Russia Unveils Proposal For European Security Treaty
Stupidica —
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(RFE/RL) -- Moscow has released a draft of a proposal for a new European security agreement the Kremlin says should replace outdated institutions such as NATO and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The text, posted on the Kremlins website on November 29, comes more than a year after ...1 day ago -
Red To Black by Alex Dryden
Collected Miscellany —
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Red to Black by Alex Dryden seems to be clearly aiming for the blend of current events and espionage made famous by John Le Care but Dryden adds in a large dose of love story. It also has the feel of an indictment of Vladimir Putin ’s Russia, and a castigation of the West’s response, in fiction form. Put it all ...2 days ago -
Leverage and Influence
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
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This doesnt seem right to me: During the Cold War, the United States and Turkey formed a "strategic partnership" based on both countries fear of Soviet intervention in the Middle East. The Truman Doctrine offered a specific guarantee that both Turkey and Greece would be protected from Soviet aggression - a fear that ...2 days ago -
European security treaty ‘to end Cold War legacy’ : Dmitry Medvedev
World Military Forum - Latest Military News —
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MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday unveiled a much-vaunted draft European security treaty which he said would finally end Cold War mentalities, despite a lukewarm reception in the West.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smile at the Victory Day...2 days ago -
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Learn How to Spike a Drink the CIA Way
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From The Independent : Forget poison-tipped umbrellas and exploding cigars. At the height of the Cold War, the CIA issued its top spooks with a more prosaic piece of equipment: a beginner’s guide to magic, educating them in the old-fashioned arts of conjuring and sleight-of-hand. The Official CIA Manual of ...2 days ago -
Tree of Smoke
Everyday Citizen —
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Book Review by Weeden Nichols of Novel by Denis Johnson (2007; Picador; New York)Tree of Smoke is a 2008 National Book Award winner. The reason this novel, or a review of this novel, might be of interest to many readers is that the novel is concerned most centrally with the Vietnam War and, in a broader way, with the ...2 days ago -
Moscow proposes Western security pact
Thaindian News —
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Moscow, Nov 30 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has presented NATO and the EU with a draft of a new global security pact, the Kremlin announced.The Kremlin released Sunday the details of the 14-point European security pact, which it said was aimed at finally breaking with the legacy of the Cold War, via its ...2 days ago -
The U2 Files: Mayday, 1960
Question Everything —
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Was the downing of Gary Powers’ U2 flight sabotage, or a terribly inconvenient accident? After four years of uneventful missions, why had this flight suddenly crashed on Mayday, two weeks before an unprecedented summit scheduled in Paris between Eisenhower and Khruschev — and who exactly authorized the flight on ...2 days ago -
Aamir-Salman’s Friendship Getting Stronger
Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News —
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In an industry rife with cut-throat competition where simmering emotions boil up in a series of verbal potshots now and then, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan have surprisingly been bonding like thick buddies.Who can forget Salman’s personal ode to Ghajini when he painted Aamir’s portraits (in the Ghajini look) ahead of ...4 days ago -
CIA’s magical Cold War spy tips revealed
Thaindian News —
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London, Nov 28 (ANI): If you have ever wanted to learn how to hide objects up your sleeve and communicate with colleagues by tying shoelaces in a special way, then you are in luck - for a Cold War-era CIA manual guiding agents in the arts of deception and stage-style trickery is headed forbook shelves.Written [...]4 days ago -
‘CIA Manual’ impresses book columnists
Online Magic News - Ellusionist Street Magic Blog —
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The magic community isn’t the only group to be intrigued with a book about the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and its hiring of an illusionist. Book columnists are captivated, too. The book is “The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception Declassified,” compiled by H. Keith Melton and Robert Wallace. ...4 days ago -
How come during the cold war the only superpowers were white countries?
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During the cold war, the superpowers on earth were soviet union and united states, the thing is though, both these countries had a white-majority population. So how come only white people can create super-power nations how come other races cant achieve as much as white do?4 days ago -
The Essence of Doubt and AGW
Valley of the Shadow —
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If youre reading this this weekend, either you are a fan of The Valley (Thank you!), a Climate skeptic or Climate Change Defender or very bored this Holiday weekend. So, welcome, I hope you enjoyed your Turkey and your shopping. If you havent heard or read , a Russian hacker published the Emails of The University of ...4 days ago -
Russia, U.S. to sign Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
World Military Forum - Latest Military News —
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MINSK – The United States and Russia will sign a deal this year to cut vast Cold War arsenals of nuclear weapons but may miss an early December deadline, a Kremlin source told Reuters on Friday.Diplomats from the two biggest nuclear powers are trying to prepare a new agreement on cutting...4 days ago
