February 2011
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Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators →
theatlantic:
This is like something right out of “The Manchurian Candidate”:
The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in “psychological operations” to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.
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“Dear friend. We received your kind letter in which you condemned the American...”
– Muammar Gaddafi in a letter to a group of second-graders in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Students wrote the dictator in 1986 to ask him to stop bombing the U.S., and he replied.
(via minnpost)
WatchBruce Lee on The Pierre Berton Show, c. 1971 — the legendary martial artist’s only in-depth television interview.
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“If the aim was the dissemination of ideas, the printing press could have...”
– Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace -To the progress that the people of Egypt have shown the world today. (via archivalproject)
Jeremy Lebewohl, owner, 2nd Avenue Deli →
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The Content Farm: How to Become President of the... →
thecontentfarm:
TIPS AND WARNINGS
Every president so far has been a man. So if you aren’t a man and you want to be president, consider becoming one.
You may have heard of the “electoral college.” This is the college people who want to be president go to. Make good grades and they should accept you.
Sometimes presidents get assassinated. You should probably know that going in.
Presidents...