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    Mitt Romney barred from speaking at Brandenburg Gate

    JULY 9, 2012 7:41AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, brandenburg gate, mitt romney, germany, cold war, berlin wall, politics, ronald reagan, gorbachev

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    • 0 Ratings
    • 483 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    CNN loves Putin and not the protestors.

    MAY 7, 2012 12:34PM

    By snowball999


    Topics: inauguration, media, cnn, ussr, cold war, illegitimate, russian spring, protest, demonstration, putin, election fraud, elections, election, politics, russia

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 5034 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The murder case that refuses to die: June 2, 1967

    JANUARY 23, 2012 7:42AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: terrorism, raf, baader-meinhof gang, karl-heinz kurras, shah of iran, cold war, benno ohnesorg, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 4052 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Cold War Memories

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 7:27PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: john le carre, berlin, cold war, history

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 1790 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Past Imperfect to Future Perfect

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 1:07PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: arabian nights, us-turkey, cold war, 1960s, repost, memoir, happy b.day boanerges, history in the making, views of a turkish girl, history making moments, 9/11

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 924 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Space, the Final Frontier -- Looking Like a Ghost Town

    JULY 7, 2011 8:22PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: moon shot, mars explorer, spirit, telstar, sputnik, exploration, technology, cold war, space race, launch, space station, voyager, mariner, hubble, eads, india, iran, japan, china, usa, taikonaut, cosmonaut, astronaut, mir, skylab, iss, shuttle, apollo, gemini, redstone, mercury, saturn v, nasa

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 1976 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Meet Hebertico, A Cold War Hero

    MARCH 30, 2011 8:17AM

    By Trudge164


    Topics: meet hebertico a cold war hero, spring cleaning, belief/religion, family, open+call, photography, politics, travel, cuba, fulgencio batista, fidel castro, new york, miami, florida, miami news, freedom tower, cuban missile crisis, cold war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1811 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The Radioactive Nightmare

    MARCH 18, 2011 12:07PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: postassium iodide, gas masks, panic, cold war, radioactivty, nuclear power, nuclear, fukushima daiichi

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1337 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Kennedy legacy: not all it's cracked up to be

    JANUARY 20, 2011 11:48AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: cold war, camelot, kennedy, jfk, belief/religion, politics, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 957 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Memories of East Berlin

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 8:35PM

    By AustinCynic


    Topics: alaska senate race, politics, joe miller, cold war, berlin wall, berlin, east germany, germany

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2471 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Berlin Wall returns - as a "serious" computer game

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 7:00AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, berlin wall, germany, east germany, gdr, cold war, communism, inner-german border

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2459 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Obama and Medvedev go along with that old Cold War feeling

    JUNE 30, 2010 2:58AM

    By Jim Inkgag


    Topics: cartoon saturday, political toon, political humor, cartoons, salon cartoon saturday, obama and medvedev, cold war, spy ring, fbi sting, russian agents, coded exchanges, capitol wag

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2966 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Adventures in PC: Are East Germans an "ethnic group"?

    APRIL 16, 2010 7:43AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, east germany, berlin, stuttgart, political correctness, civil rights, equality, politics, history, communism, cold war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2699 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Watching the dominoes fall in Berlin: Reflections on 11/9/09

    NOVEMBER 10, 2009 11:22AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: angela merkel, barack obama, hillary clinton, communism, cold war, 1989, november 9, germany, history, berlin wall, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 6574 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    My escape from East Berlin

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:51AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: communism, gdr, east germany, fall of the berlin wall, berlin wall, berlin, east berlin, cold war, ernst thälmann

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 4563 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Freedom Day: Prague, September 30, 1989

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 6:35AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, cold war, prague, gdr, east germany, berlin, communism, freedom, democracy, genscher, 1989, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3826 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    In search of a better Germany – east of the Berlin Wall

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 6:31AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, ralph giordano, wolf biermann, cold war, berlin wall, berlin, germany, east germany

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 130652 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    A leap to freedom... and to a life of fear

    AUGUST 7, 2009 8:09AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, cold war, communism, berlin wall, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 25381 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Michael Jackson targeted by the Stasi

    JULY 30, 2009 9:11AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: music, cold war, berlin, east germany, stasi, michael jackson

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1557 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Capitalism (1948)

    MARCH 3, 2009 10:33AM

    By shaggylocks


    Topics: capitalism, america, ephemera, politics, economics, cold war, weenies

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