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Fleecing the USA Again: Non-Performance-Based P3 Banker Fees

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, p3s, Chicago Parking, Investment Banks, World War Two, Bridges, Public-Private Partnerships, Tarp Banks, Power, Public Works, City of Chicago, Water, Roads, Privatization, Levies, Bonuses, People of Chicago, Skyway, Business News
Michael Likosky

If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.

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Monopoly's Hidden Maps Helped World War II Prisoners Of War Escape

ABC News | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Hidden Monopoly Maps, World War Two POW, POW Escape, World War Two, Monopoly Hidden Maps, Pow, Monopoly, POW Escape Maps, World War Two POW Escape, World News

During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely part...

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Mama Mia! Swedish Rockers Invade Poland to commemorate WWII

Alex Storozynski | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hitler, Nazis, Stalin, Poland, Joakim Broden, The Art of War, Battle of Wizna, Sabaton, World War Two, Entertainment News
Alex Storozynski

The Swedish band Sabaton has written a thunderous guitar song "40-1" that has young Polish head bangers jumping into mosh pits, and Polish war-veterans weepy eyed.

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The Long, Slow Death of American Triumphalism

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hasbro, Transformers, G.I. Joe:the Rise of Cobra, G.I. Joe, War Games, Iraq War, Vietnam, Iron Man, Aghanistan War, World War Two, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

Hollywood's products still rule the globe. Yet, in that international arena, American-style war, as in Iraq or Afghanistan, is a complete turn-off and real-world all-American triumph just doesn't fly anymore.

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Why Remember?

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

Read More: World War II, 70th Anniversary World War II, Schindler's List, Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, Anne Frank, World War Two, Living News
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Why continue to look back at one of humankind's bleakest moments?

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Goose-Stepping Mayor And His Son Outrage Jewish, Pro-Democracy Groups

Huffington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Romanian Mayor Upsets Jews, Germany, German Nazis, Nazis, World War Two, Holocaust, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, Romania Weekend Fashion Show, Romania, Constanta, World News

A Romanian man and his son upset Jewish and pro-democracy groups after donning World War II German uniforms and goose-stepping at a local fashion show...

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Pete Seeger, "Folk Music" and the Left

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fellow Travelers, James Lileks, Banjo, Joseph Stalin, Barbarossa, Ron Radosh, Pete Seeger, March on Washington, Folk Music, Woody Guthrie, Nicaragua, Bob Dylan, Mark Steyn, Kingston Trio, World War Two, Yalta, Billy Bragg, Communism, Doc Watson, Mao Zedong, Guitar, Leninism, Joan Baez, Franklin Roosevelt, Kim Il-Sung, Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro, Medgar Evers, Amy Goodman, Entertainment News
Jesse Larner

As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.

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Torture Advocates will Set the Military Back for Generations

Brandon Friedman | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Germany, Nazis, World War Two, Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gulf War, Torture, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

Once upon a time, our adversaries knew they could hoist the white flag and expect to be treated humanely, making them more likely to give up sooner. It kept American soldiers out of countless bloody fights.

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