Archive for the 'World War II' Category
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Indian military to weaponize world’s hottest chili
By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer
GAUHATI, India – The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
The […]
Posted in Military, India, World War II, Cuisine, Weapons, Korean War, Technology, World War I |
Monday, October 5th, 2009
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Controversial South African Ad Melds Hitler And James Dean
First Posted: 10- 1-09 05:30 PM | Updated: 10- 2-09 10:21 AM
South Africa’s CNA Stores decided having just one celebrity’s image on their latest ad was just not enough. Instead, as AdFreak reports, they decided to meld the faces of Adolph HItler and James Dean into a […]
Posted in Movies, Advertising, World War II, Third Reich, Hirohito, Mussolini |
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
They’ve only to go back to basics to restore the glory of
Russian automotive excellence.
Putin sulks as Soviet car giant stumblesSun May 27, 12:21 AM ET
by Dario Thuburn
TOLYATTI, Russia AFP) - Judging by the sulk on
Vladimir Putin’s face and the force with which he was slamming the car doors shut, the president was not […]
Posted in Russia, World War II, Automobiles, World, Vladimir Putin |
Monday, April 6th, 2009
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Did you know that the largest attendance to see a Major League team
was not at a venue in the United States?
On October 18, 1936 Nuremberg Stadium recorded an attendance of 322,463 to watch the St. Louis Browns take on the Cologne Atomizers of the Hanseatic League. Baseball Commissioner Keenesaw Mountain […]
Posted in Business, New York, Germany, World War II, Baseball, Italy, Third Reich, Greed |
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
So what?!
Stalin had not thought Hitler to have been crazy enough to open
a second front by invading the Soviet Union in 1941.
Life would be a lot more difficult if one had always to consider another party’s acting in an irrationally self-destructive manner.
Posted in Bush, World War II, Philosophy, Psychology |
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Bush teary-eyed about Auschwitz
TheStar.com
January 12, 2008
JERUSALEM–A teary-eyed U.S. President George W. Bush stopped in front of an aerial photo of Auschwitz yesterday at Israel’s Holocaust memorial and said the U.S. should have sent bombers to prevent the extermination of Jews there.
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How Bush’s grandfather helped Hitler’s rise to powerRumours of a link between […]
Posted in Business, Bush, World War II, Middle East, Israel, Third Reich, Prescott Bush, Holocaust |
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Clinton Book Fatigue
Despite Slow Sales,
New Bio Joins the Lot
By JACKIE CALMES
October 22, 2007; Page A10
Wall Street Journal Online
WASHINGTON — Whether or not “Clinton fatigue” plays any role in complicating Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency, one thing seems clear: Americans are suffering from Clinton book fatigue.
This week, Random House releases “For Love of Politics” by […]
Posted in Business, Hillary Clinton, World War II, Books, Bill Clinton |
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
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The famous Eisenstaedt photograph–1945
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Glenn McDuffie holds a portrait of himself as a young man, left, and a copy of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic Life magazine shot of a sailor embracing a nurse in a white uniform, right, at his Houston home Tuesday, July 31, 2007. McDuffie says he is the sailor in the famous photograph […]
Posted in Movies, World War II, S-E-X, Photography, Texas, U.S. Navy, 1940s, 1930s, 1900-1919 |
Monday, May 28th, 2007
Putin sulks as Soviet car giant stumbles
Sun May 27, 12:21 AM ET
by Dario Thuburn
TOLYATTI, Russia AFP) - Judging by the sulk on
Vladimir Putin’s face and the force with which he was slamming the car doors shut, the president was not in a good mood.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) drives 18 May 2007 a new model […]
Posted in Russia, World War II, Automobiles, World, Vladimir Putin |
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
London fashion week begins, but size zero debate rages
by Elodie Mazein Sun Feb 11, 1:24 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - London’s Winter Fashion Week kicked off in style, with Dublin-born designer Paul Costelloe unveiling his Parisian-themed collection, but the size-zero furore rumbled on.
Organisers at the British Fashion Council (BFC) had already decided not to follow Madrid […]
Posted in Nuclear Issues, Fashion, World War II, Books, Pennsylvania, Washington, Space Travel, Hair Care, Weapons, 1940s, O Gauge Models, Physics, Black Holes, Wormholes |
