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blue1950
islamic-terrorism
2016-09-19 19:18
OMG, IT'S A BOMB! BUT... BUT... IT'S NOT TERRORISM, IS IT?
News about the terrorist bombings in New York and New Jersey by an "Afghan-American," who obviously did not have a high opinion of his adopted country, was again awash in desperate official
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blue1950
election
2016-09-15 04:04
DO YOU WANT THIS HAND ON THE NUKES?
Think. "The lesser of two evils" is no longer a valid argument.
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blue1950
mental-illness
2016-09-12 17:44
MENTAL ILLNESS, CHILDREN, ENABLING PARENTS: Dangerous conundrum
With the U.S. mental health crisis growing by the day, the narrower issue of parents as enablers of mentally sick children is a dangerous issue that is not being addressed sufficiently. Consider these
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blue1950
steemit
2016-09-02 15:19
Strange things on Steemit -- How can new members get in when the door is blocked?
When I fist joined steemit I just went on posting. Now, it appears, things have changed for the worst. I got this image from a young man who has just joined but is being stopped from posting: How can anybody
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blue1950
ww2
2016-08-30 17:53
WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Eastern Front - Infantry
In a shallow trench somewhere on the Eastern Front, two German infantrymen look at the combat photographer as shelling produces plumes of smoke on their horizon. Note the man nearer the camera wearing
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blue1950
ww2
2016-08-30 17:31
WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Eastern Front
Two German soldiers on the Eastern Front don local fur coats in the absence of standard issue polar clothing for the German army. Undated. During the first Russian winter of the German campaign on the
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blue1950
tito
2016-08-30 14:16
WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia
Marshal Josip Broz Tito, who united the Yugoslav partisans in the fight against the Nazis, poses for the camera with his dog in June 1944. Tito ruled Yugoslavia until his death in 1980. Within a decade
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blue1950
war-photos
2016-08-30 14:07
WAR PHOTO CENTRAL: Canadian pilot Cliff Horncastle KIA 1942
In this news photo, Canadian fighter pilot Cliff Horncastle prepares to take off from an unidentified UK airfield. Horncastle flew the P-40 Tomahawk fighter and belonged to 414 Fighter Squadron, RCAF.
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blue1950
european-union
2016-08-28 16:13
DIS-UNITED EUROPE: TIME TO PUT AN END TO ITS MISERY
This man is after my own heart: "Merkel's Sidekick Says Brexit Makes Europe Unstable - Good, The EU Should Collapse." Way before Brexit, my feelings about the EU -- now rapidly becoming 'European
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blue1950
first-lady
2016-08-22 16:18
FIRST LADIES: OFTEN A PROBLEM FOR "DEMOCRACY"
First ladies in the United States have no constitutional role. The first lady has no official duties. For all we know, she should stick to the household and being nice to visitors. The word "hostess"
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blue1950
writing
2016-08-22 15:02
BASIC 'MUST' WHEN WRITING POSTS: IT'S LENGTH, STUPID!
Newspaper editors in the old days had two must-do prompts for their story tellers: Keep it SHORT, keep it FOCUSED. These prompts are as relevant today as in the 1930s. Unless you are a star reporter with
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blue1950
steemit
2016-08-22 01:39
STEEMIT: Which Are the Steam-ing Posts That'll Give You Lots of $$$??? - Some ST Ecosystem Observations
I joined Steemit two weeks ago. In that span of time I learned some and I still scratch my head on some. What's "hot" and "trending" and "active" and winning on Steemit? What
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blue1950
writing
2016-08-21 18:32
I AM WRITING FOR MYSELF AND STRANGERS
I am writing for myself and strangers. Gertrude Stein Indeed I do. Writing as self-medicine has been recognized by many. But few accept they write for strangers. Or, when they implicitly do, they speak
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blue1950
hillary
2016-08-20 15:09
CONTRARY TO WHAT USUAL SUSPECT MEDIA WANTS U TO BELIEVE, HILLARY TREADS ON THIN ICE
Latest poll from Pew Research (not exactly your paid-per-poll clown outfit) shows Hillary separated from Donald by a mere four points, viz. within range for statistical error. Now, if you follow the so-called
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blue1950
news
2016-08-19 21:07
Orthodox Jew Stabbed in French City by Man with "Psychiatric History" screaming "Allahu Akbar"
Here's the news story: I wonder. Every time a madman screaming "Allahu Akbar" stabs or blows up innocent people in Islamic fury he is miraculously discovered to suffer from "emotional
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blue1950
turkey
2016-08-19 16:38
TURKEY: MENACE TO THE WEST AND ENORMOUS NATO LIABILITY
One of the most persistent myths of American diplomacy has been Turkey as the "key ally" of the West in Asia. The history of this myth begins in the immediate post-WW2 years, when Stalin was
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blue1950
steemit
2016-08-19 04:22
STEEMIT IN THE NEWS: RECAP August 18, 2016
Quick recap of Steemit news stories in the last few days. Steemit Is Like Reddit, But Where Upvotes Equal a Cryptocurrency Payout At present, Steem has enjoyed an explosive growth in value in only a few
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blue1950
moscow
2016-08-18 03:56
WW2 - Quad Maxim AA gun on a terrace in Moscow
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blue1950
war
2016-08-18 03:50
WW2 - The assembly war in a Soviet arms factory
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blue1950
obamacare
2016-08-18 00:49
OBAMACARE THREATENED BY FOR-PROFITS: Twist some arms, read them The Act
As I said in a previous post, surrendering the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. Ombamacare, to for-profit insurers could be the kiss of death for health care reform. Now, we have blatant in-your-face evidence
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