http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:42:01 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:42:01 [div class="excerpt"][b]'Our Goal Is to Defeat Al-Qaida and Its Extremist Allies'[/b]

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[b]US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to SPIEGEL about her hopes for Afghanistan, her fears about al-Qaida's safe haven in Pakistan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/76 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:44:31 [div class="excerpt"][b]'Let the People Out' [/b]

[i]by SPIEGEL Staff 9/11/2009[/i]

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[font size="1"]11:20 p.m.: Border guards at the Bornholmer Strasse crossing could no longer hold back the crowds of East Germans who wanted to cross ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/75 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:50:54 [div class="excerpt"][b]'I Am Optimistic'[/b]

In a SPIEGEL interview, former US vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, 61, discusses Barack Obama's environmental policies, the endless push by lobbyists to derail reforms and his hopes for a global deal at the climate change summit in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/74 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:16:19 [div class="excerpt"][b]How a Newspaper Tried to Prevent East Germany from Collapsing[/b]

[i]By Alexander Osang (DER SPIEGEL 10/16/2009)[/i]

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[font size="1"]Berliner Zeitung was the main newspaper in East Berlin. It reported on the pr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/73 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:34:40 [div class="excerpt"][b]Merkel Wins German Election, Has Majority for Center-Right Government[/b]

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[font size="1"]German Chancellor Angela Merkel secured a second term in office following Sunday's vote: "I am happy to have achieved a gr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/72 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:31:53 [div class="excerpt"][b]Wave of Homophobia Sweeps the Muslim World[/b]

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[font size="1"]In recent years Egypt, long known for its open gay scene, has started to clamp down on homosexuality. In July 2001 these defendents were
accused of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/71 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:50:08 [div class="excerpt"][b]It's Business as Usual Again for Wall Street's Casino Capitalists[/b]

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[font size="1"]Lehman Brothers collapsed on Sept. 15, 2008, sending shock waves through the world's financial system.[/font]

[i]By SPIEGEL ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/70 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:44:01 [b]"The International Brotherhood and Sisterhood for the Establishment of a Republican Homeland Somewhere Far Away is an international organization dedicated to helping Republicans and their minions find a new Homeland, where they will be free to practice their unique Political and Philosophical ten... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/69 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:05:15 [div class="excerpt"][b]New York Faces Dramatic Consequences of Crisis[/b]

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[font size="1"]The New York municipal government estimated 75,000 jobs would be lost in the financial industry and a further 300,000 elsewhere in New York. So far,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/68 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:25:36 [div class="excerpt"][b]Eight Years after 9/11[/b]

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[font size="1"]While Cheney warns of a "what if" future, many are forced to deal with the bloody wounds of his devastating past.[/font]

[i]By Gerhard Spörl (DER SPIEGEL)[/i]

[b]A... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/67 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:46:37 [div class="Excerpt"][b]On Afghanistan, German Politicians Need to Mention the War[/b]

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[i]By Claus Christian Malzahn (DER SPIEGEL 09/09/09)[/i]

[b]Last Friday's air strike has catapulted Germany's Afghanistan mission right into th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/66 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:51:08 [div class="Excerpt"][b]Survey Shows Huge Leap in European Support for US Foreign Policy[/b]

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[i]By Gregor Peter Schmitz (DER SPIEGEL 09/09/09)[/i]

[b]US President Barack Obama has made America much more popular with Europeans, a n... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/65 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:47:33 [div class="excerpt"]
[b]Can the War Be Won?[/b]

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[font size="1"]Last Friday's attack on two hijacked fuel tankers is believed to have killed many Afghan civilians and has drawn international condemnation.
It has prompted criticism of t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/63 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:15:10 [div class="excerpt"][b]SPIEGEL Interview with Former Army Doctor in Afghanistan[/b]

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[font size="1"]Heike Groos, 49, served two year-long tours of duty as a physician
with Germany's military forces in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2007.
She even... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/64 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:00:09 This afternoon, I was teetering back and forth between "to buy" or "not to buy" a vintage Olivetti Valentine manual, portable typewriter on eBay. It's not a huge extravagance, but not an everyday purchase, either. It was actually my first and successful purchase on eBay.

Then, I read the fine pri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/62 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:59:11 [div class="excerpt"]
[b]'The Agency Went over Bounds and Outside the Rules'[/b]

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[font size="1"]There was a heated debate between the Justice Department and the CIA in the run-up to the report's publication.
The intelligence agency was ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/61 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:43:35 [div class="excerpt"]
[b]Inside a Creepy Global Body Parts Business[/b]

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[i]By Martina Keller and Markus Grill (DER SPIEGEL 08/28/2009)[/i]

[b]The German company Tutogen's business in body parts is as secretive as it is lucrative. It extracts ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/60 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:12:09 [div class="excerpt"]
[b]With the Death of Ted Kennedy, Camelot Has Collapsed[/b]

[i]By Marc Pitzke and Marc Hujer (DER SPIEGEL) 08/27/2009[/i]

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[font size="1"]The Kennedy brothers, John F. Kennedy, left, Robert Kennedy, and Ted Kenn... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/59 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:46:18 [div class="excerpt"]Death Squad

[b]Blackwater Accused of Creating 'Killing Program'[/b]

[i]DER SPIEGEL 08/22/2009[/i]

[b]A memo obtained by SPIEGEL indicates that cooperation between the CIA and private security firm Blackwater was deeper than previously known. SPIEGEL has uncovered furthe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/58 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:59:17 [div class="excerpt"]The Führer's Obsession with Art

[b]'Hitler Considered Himself an Artistic Genius'[/b]

[b]Art historian Birgit Schwarz talks to SPIEGEL about why Adolf Hitler saw himself as a genius and how his obsession with art affected his political views.[/b]

[i]SPIEGEL: Ms. Schwarz... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/57 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:31:28 [div class="excerpt"]Paid Content

[b]The Days of the Internet Free Lunch Are Numbered[/b]

[i]By Isabel Hülsen (DER SPIEGEL)[/i]

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[font size="1"]Media mogul Rupert Murdoch: "Quality journalism isn't cheap." (OP's add here: :rofl: )[... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/56 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:25:48 Recent articles [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6346292&mesg_id=6346292|here] and [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6325830|here.]

[div class="excerpt"][b]Taliban Attacks Scare Off Voters[/b]

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/55 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:02:22 It's not getting better. Here's a recent interview about the situation with former (conservative) German minister of defense (under Chancellor Kohl), Volker Rühe: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6325830

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[b]How the Taliban Are... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/54 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:40:30 [div class="excerpt"]FORMER GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN

[b]German Mission Is a 'Disaster'[/b]

[i]Germany's involvement in Afghanistan is a delicate issue. In a SPIEGEL interview, former German Defense Minister Volker Rühe speaks in bold terms about how politicians in Berlin have fai... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/53 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:55:09 http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/ricola1/mordor-002.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/ricola1/mordor-003.jpg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Call Me Wesley/52 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:06:47