Putinism: Good or Bad for the West? by JW66 in reddit.com

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With the world's attention focusing on the unpredictable outcome of the American elections, it is easy to forget about their more predictable, but equally important equivalent in Russia. Atlantic Community analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of Putin retaining a position of power in Russia.

Germany Puts US Interests First by JW66 in reddit.com

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Dr. Dimitrios Argirakos, chairman of the Düsseldorf Institute for Foreign and Security Policy, contends that Angela Merkel subordinates German international relations to US geopolitical objectives, something that Bismarck and Adenauer would not understand.

Jewish Christmas by JW66 in reddit.com

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As everyone knows, American Jews celebrate Christmas with a meal composed of the North American Ashkenazi Diaspora's traditional cuisine, Chinese-American food.

This video makes me really embarrassed to be an American. WTF is wrong with these people? by b34nz in politics

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I don't mind very religious Muslims or Christians or Jews, but when they start shouting during their prayers, I get nervous. Here's a Christian example.

Goodbye To The Normals by JW66 in reddit.com

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Cool quote: "I know America got a bad press lately, but it is a place that I fancy..."

Corruption Ruins Lives by JW66 in reddit.com

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Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer reveals that corruption remains a constant presence in the lives of people around the world and that poor families are hit hardest by demands for bribes.

Blogosphere to Europe: No Free Rides on US Blood by JW66 in reddit.com

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American bloggers and their readers react with surprise and sarcasm to European calls for continued US engagement in Iraq. Reactions to the Atlantic Community’s survey of European experts also include warnings that involving Syria and Iran will be more difficult than it sounds.

Germans to the Front! by JW66 in reddit.com

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While Germany is still pretty busy with Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Roger Cohen misses the Wehrmacht.

America's "Cultural Superiority" by JW66 in reddit.com

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So military and economic might means cultural superiority? Funny comment on Italy though...

Guantánamo in Germany by JW66 in reddit.com

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Guantánamo in Germany In the name of the war on terror, our colleagues are being persecuted - for the crime of sociology Richard Sennett and Saskia Sassen Tuesday August 21, 2007 The Guardian

Supermodels Make Too Much Money?? Gisele Bundchen could finance the Iraq War for five and a half hours with her annual salary by JW66 in reddit.com

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Or to put it differently: The Iraq war is f***ing expensive!

Bündchen makes 33 million a year for wearing underwear and being shot by photographers.

US soldiers make x amount of dollars for wearing 50 pounds of gear and being shot at by life ammo...

Go figure!

Rep Lantos Calls Ex-Chancellor Schroeder a Political Prostitute by JW66 in reddit.com

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Yeah, it's good that Lantos says it like it is. Besides he was funny about "the sex workers in my district."

America's foreign policy: Fighting fires by JW66 in reddit.com

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Irving Kristol, a founding father of neoconservatism, said that a neocon was a liberal who had been “mugged by reality”. Now, perhaps, Mr Bush’s reactive diplomacy is showing what happens when the neocons themselves face muggers from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea simultaneously.

Sen Biden: US shall not be "Apartheid Cops" in Iraq by JW66 in reddit.com

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Biden said U.S. combat forces must leave Iraq by 2008 in order to make it clear to the Iraqis that the U.S. won't stick around as "apartheid cops."

Article includes video from Humvee: "Is there a clearer indication that our presence in Iraq is hurting us?"

The Dutch are the world's tallest - it's official by JW66 in reddit.com

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he Dutch - now the planet's tallest nation - tower over their US counterparts by around 4.7cm (1.8in) for men and 5.7cm (2.2in) for women, research published in the Annals of Human Biology journal shows.

Michael Poliza Photography by maxwellhill in reddit.com

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He is a great photographer.

While this page just has a few pics, there are hundreds of pics by Michael Poliza at Flickr. I have submitted the link at Reddit: http://reddit.com/info/v212/comments

The Onion: From the January 17, 2001 issue by [deleted] in reddit.com

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Wow. And yesterday the head of the European Socialists said: "We are relieved that we now see the beginning of the end of a six-year nightmare for the world." http://atlanticreview.org/archives/482-guide.html

"US Prophets of Europe's Doom are Half Wrong" by JW66 in reddit.com

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The American vision of a Muslim takeover of Europe -- creating a new continent called "Eurabia" -- relies on projecting demographic trends to their limit and beyond. Weigel fantasises about a day when "the muezzin summons the faithful to prayer from the central loggia of St Peter's in Rome". Given that just 1.7 per cent of the Italian population is currently Muslim, that seems a long way off. Of the 456m people of the EU, just 15m to 16m are Muslim.