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Scarcity: For Marketers, Less is More

David Blumenthal wrote 4 hours ago: When Joni Mitchell wrote “Big Yellow Taxi” and the expressive lyric, “Don’t it always seem as though … more →

Tags: Crisis Management, leadership, Sales, Strategy, Adam, Apple, Bible, Big Yellow Taxi, Capulet

A Gastronomic Tribute to the American Soldier - July 41 comment

publius772000 wrote 1 day ago: The following is an abridged history of war in the 20th century, told through the use of food. The … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, China, cuba, Food, France, Germany, Gulf War, Iran, iraq

On Independence Days

Zach Tracer wrote 1 day ago: Happy July 4! I hope you are all enjoying fireworks, barbecues, and all the other trappings of Indep … more →

Tags: Russia, Russia, russia day, Independence Day, palace square, Day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty

Tomorrow - Kronstadt1 comment

Zach Tracer wrote 1 day ago: Over the last few weeks, I’ve been exploring some of St. Petersburg’s 20th century histo … more →

Tags: Russia, Bolshevik, Bolshevik Revolution, Historiography, History, khrushchev, Kronstadt, Lenin, Navy

Experts Find Soviet Parts in North Korean Missile

christarzan wrote 1 day ago: WASHINGTON With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, … more →

Tags: News, Politics, Science, technology, Latest News, Russia, China, California, North Korea

Russia Resists Remembrance Day

Robert Bonnett wrote 1 day ago: A vote, by members of the OSCE (Organisation For Security And Co-operation In Europe), that was over … more →

Tags: Back In The USSR, Crimes Against Humanity, Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Nazism, OSCE, Russia, Stalinism, World War 2

The Sovietologist Speaks

sanjeevbery wrote 2 days ago: A good book review is a platform for a skilled sweep of history and society. Andrew O’Hehir … more →

Tags: media clippings, Media Musings!, Andrew O'Hehir, Archie Brown, Cold War, Cold War History, communism, Communist, Communist Bloc

Peace through strength: a Reagan lesson for Barack Obama 1 comment

Jim Blazsik wrote 2 days ago: Barack could use some lessons from Ronald Reagan in how to deal with Iran, Honduras, North Korea … more →

Tags: Ronald Reagan, Video, Barack Obama, collapse of communism, Conservative Issues, Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Mikhail Gorbachev to have famous cranial birthmark removed

richardzowie wrote 2 days ago: On the advice of his doctors, former general secretary of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev will u … more →

Tags: birthmark, Caspian Sea, Mikhail Gorbachev

Friday Demotivator: Finland

Joey wrote 2 days ago: … more →

Tags: demotivator, Finland

Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery

Zach Tracer wrote 3 days ago: Looking in from the entrance to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery. The Second World War—and in Lening … more →

Tags: Russia, slideshow, Memorial, LENINGRAD, siege, History, Red Army, World War II, Blockade

Russian Motor Vehicles

MOTOR BOOKS wrote 3 days ago: Russian Motor Vehicles: The Czarist Period 1784 to 1917 Whilst many books have appeared concerning R … more →

Tags: Featured Titles..., Motoring, Russian Cars, Vehicles

President has right basic stance on Iran, but “we the people” can do more

Christopher Fischer wrote 4 days ago: Eight or nine years ago, before what we now call the “post 9/11 era”, things were only slightly diff … more →

Tags: Ahmadinejad, Americans, Ayatollah Khamenei, democracy, Diplomacy, Iran, Libya, middle east, mousavi

Ukraine suffered “colossal” looting during World War II

usukraine wrote 5 days ago: June 2009 John Varoli, of The Art Newspaper Read here … more →

Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Inside Ukraine, Cultural, Dutch, Flemish, frescoes, Germany, hermitage museum, Looted

Ukraine’s Political Paralysis Gives Black Eyes to Orange Revolution Heroes

usukraine wrote 5 days ago: June 22, 2009 By Cliffor J. Levy, of the New York Times Read Here … more →

Tags: Inside Ukraine, Yuschenko, Orange Revolution, New York Times, UEFA, Championship, IMF, Economy, Lévy

Missile Defense: A History (part 1)

missiledefense wrote 5 days ago: Over the next few days, we’ll be breaking down the history of missile defense, from the politi … more →

Tags: History, missile defense, Nuclear Weapons

Communism and Religion1 comment

trotskyite wrote 6 days ago: A common stereotype of Communism is that it’s an Atheistic political system that advocates the … more →

Tags: Atheism, Bob Avakian, capitalism, China, communism, Communist Party, CPUSA, Faith, Karl Marx

Islamic revival tests Azerbaijan's tolerance

TGO wrote 6 days ago: It’s only a matter of time before the Islamic fundamentalists take root, and once they do, it … more →

Tags: Religion, Azerbaijan, Baku, Islam, Muslim

Communism and Human Nature

trotskyite wrote 1 week ago: As a Communist, I’ve heard many arguments against the Marxism but not quite so common as the … more →

Tags: capitalism, communism, Socialism, Government, USSR, Politics, Marxism, China, Marx


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