Archive for the 'Soviet Union' Category

DOWN IN FRONT!

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Governors Told Not To Ask Questions About Iraq Troop Withdrawal
The Huffington Post | Melinda Henneberger | Posted February 27, 2007 11:48 AM
Before their Iraq briefing at the White House yesterday, the nation’s governors were instructed that they were not to ask any pesky questions about a timetable for […]

And a Good Evening to You…

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Ah, yes, a return to my youth when newspapers, Douglas Edwards and John Cameron Swayze reported stories of the Soviet Union’s political commissars.  

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This 1957 front page explains much of the current problem.
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Bush order on government regulation stirs debate
Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:30 PM ET
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An order signed by President […]

The reviewing stand seems a might crowded, but Mikoyan and Gromyko know how to make themselves invisible.

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

“Pope: Christian divisions a ’scandal’
By BRIAN MURPHY, AP Religion Writer 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey -
Pope Benedict XVI called divisions among Christians a “scandal to the world” at a joint ceremony Thursday with the spiritual leader of the Orthodox Christian church, which split from Catholicism nearly 1,000 years ago.”
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Pope Benedict XVI, left, and Ecumenical […]