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    • 65 Ratings
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    Should the North Celebrate the Defeat of the Confederacy?

    FEBRUARY 9, 2011 10:56AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: dred scott, william lloyd garrison, abraham lincoln, appomattox day, the south shall rise again, south carolina, mint juleps, boston massacre, british, pearl harbor, japanese, poland, germans, gettysburg, battle re-enactments, jefferson davis, confederate flags, war of secession, southern states

    • 2 Ratings
    • 9846 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Global Gypsy

    MARCH 2, 2010 10:02AM

    By Martin Smith


    Topics: japanese, tennyson, expatriate, travel, backpacker, diaspora, canadian, british, australian, gypsy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 4702 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Sweet Secrets, Ancestral Whispers

    APRIL 10, 2011 1:15PM

    By Keka


    Topics: early american history, british, muscogee, creek, native american history, black history, mississippi history, alabama history, south, confederate, civil war, slavery, african americans, african american history, ancestry, genealogy, virginia, virginia history

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 4185 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Scrooge Was Right about Christmas

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 11:31AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: belief/religion, books, comedy, family, food/drink, movies, ebenezer scrooge, scrooge, fred, industrial revolution, fop, bob cratchit, tiny tim, cholera, st. nick, sewage disposal, refuse, thames, england, british, cuisine, checkbooks, joyous, assisted living, rat-finfested, 1843, story, london, a christmas carol, christmas, dickens, royal family, miser, curmudgeon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 3824 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    The Real Magic of Harry Potter: Acting!

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 12:37AM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: movies, film, american, british, actors, acting, harry potter, jason isaacs, timothy spall, gary oldman, kenneth branagh, maggie smith, robbie coltrane, ralph fiennes, imelda staunton, michael gambon, richard harris, alan rickman, star trek, harry potter and the deathly hallows

    • 1 Ratings
    • 3767 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Subversive Cinema: Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 1:34PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: aldo raine, alexander fehling, american, august diehl, b.j. novak, brad pitt, british, cassavetes, christopher waltz, cinema, daniel brühl, denis menochet, dialogue, diane kruger, eli roth, elite, genre, germans, gestapo, god, goebbels, hero, historical, hitchcock, hitler, inglourious basterds, king kong, kubrick, landa, last house on the left, melanie laurent, men on a mission, michael fassbender, minnie and moskowitz, nazi, negro, nitrate, projectionist, quentin tarantino, richard sammel, scalp, stolz de nation, subversive, swastika, the inglorious bastards, til schweiger, villain, violence, war, wes craven, world war ii

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3483 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Are American Adaptations of British TV Shows Necessary?

    JANUARY 27, 2011 10:37PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: british, adaptations, open call, tv, television

    • 0 Ratings
    • 2989 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    THE FREEDOM TRAIL - Boston

    NOVEMBER 9, 2010 12:07AM

    By Melanie Williams


    Topics: american, history, fresh food, market, john hancock, pirates, george washington, old north church, tea party, british, minute men, freedom, paul revere

    • 48 Ratings
    • 2643 Views
    • 81 Comments
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    When Your GPS Gets Mad at You

    JANUARY 12, 2010 1:18PM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: belief/religion, comedy, music, travel, technology, iphone, jewish, german, british, teenage, souther evangelist, god, gps

    • 24 Ratings
    • 2532 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    #*% SNATCH *@!

    JANUARY 25, 2011 5:10PM

    By ConnieMack


    Topics: fockin maniacs!, welsh, irish, cockney, american, jewish, ukbekistanian, turkish, british, brad pitt, guy ritchie

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 2466 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    “Creation” Producer: Evolution Too Provocative for America?

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 11:26AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: british, news, politics, movies, science, darwin, christianity, jesus, god, reason, faith, entertainment, film, religion, evolution

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1555 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    It was Angels In America, Tray- 30 Rock's Dot Com

    OCTOBER 21, 2010 6:34PM

    By Ollie's daughter


    Topics: kevin brown, dot com 30 rock, 30 rock, #3orocklive, tracy morgan, grizz chapman, television, comedy, matt damon, jon hamm, julia louis-dreyfus, liz lemon, tina fey, alec baldwin, tracy morgan, #30rocklive east coast, #30rocklive west coast, twitter, united kingdom, manila, philippines, south korea, turkey, australia, british

    • 10 Ratings
    • 1491 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Language Geeking: British/American English

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 3:17PM

    By Douglas Moran


    Topics: language, geek, british, american, humor, pedantic beyond belief

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1109 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    How Did Your Cajuns End Up In The States?

    OCTOBER 6, 2009 5:54AM

    By madcelt


    Topics: acadians, cajuns, british, french, natives, the great expulsion, history

    • 18 Ratings
    • 1100 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Trepidation on a Train from London

    JANUARY 18, 2010 11:52PM

    By Natalie K. Munden


    Topics: british, metal, cat's metal challenge, wsftc, steel, train, london, lost, trip, true story, non-fiction, rain, phone book, computers, comedy, travel, england, great britain, yorkshire, west yorkshire, pudding, email, trepidation, pub, police station, officer, taxi, cab, depot, station, king's cross, haworth, bronte, fiddle, ugly americans, unbuttered, open call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 920 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Amy Childs and her night out

    JANUARY 3, 2011 3:57PM

    By I.C. London


    Topics: british, amy childs, london, total creep

    • 9 Ratings
    • 878 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    British NHS & Barack Obama's plans for reforming healthcare

    AUGUST 14, 2009 7:00AM

    By jonmagee


    Topics: welovethenhs, twitter, health care reform in usa, sarah brown, republicans, democrat, labour, new labour, conservative, tory, aol, american, british, orwell, nhs, health secretary, david cameron, gordon brown, barak obama, technology, politics, open call, news, health

    • 4 Ratings
    • 801 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    4th July celebrated in all nations this year!

    JUNE 30, 2009 5:22PM

    By jonmagee


    Topics: comedy, news, open call, politics, travel, independence, america, scotland, british, tea party, recruits, sergeant

    • 2 Ratings
    • 751 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Reimagining Space: 1999

    APRIL 8, 2012 10:18PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: british, tv, television, sci-fi, science fiction, reimagining, reboot, space 2099, space 1999, breaking news, open call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 734 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Sunday Morning News Wanderings

    MAY 18, 2009 10:38PM

    By Art Lynch


    Topics: open call, unlv, romero, miranda, fbi, department of defense, detainee, tribunals, speaking of faith, weekend edition, cbs, nancy giles, arizona, new york, prarie, illlinois, oak park, california, frank lloyd wright, ap, the rj/sun, cbs “face the nation”, cbs sunday mornings, wall street week, npr, bbc, mornings, sunday, harvard, recession, economic slow down, wall street journal, foreclusures, loans, heat, nevada, third world, flight swine flue, airways, british, us, uk, great britian, gandhi, india, congress, government, refugeees, tigers, tamil

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