This Awesome Letter From President Kennedy Proves That Your Parents Will Embarrass You Not Matter Who You Are
In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s a very entertaining letter from JFK to his mother.
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Ice Warriors Return On This Week’s "Doctor Who"
The classic Who villain remerges as a surprisingly complex villain. Spoilers for this week’s episode.
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Your Grandma’s Newspapers Were Way Better Than Yours
A Wisconsin grandma gave a bunch of old newspapers she saved to her grandson, and they’re awesome. What are we going to save for our grandkids? Printed out stories we read online? Screen shots?
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Romney’s Cold War Strategy To Defeat Obama
Can the Republican spend him to death? “Our SuperPACs are our Star Wars.”
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5 Ridiculous Cold War Myths You Learned In History Class on cracked.com ›
The Cold War was an epic, worldwide showdown between good vs. evil Lies.
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Michele Bachmann Is Worried About The Rise Of The Soviet Union
Shelly must have been too focused while working undercover at the IRS to notice that the Cold War ended.
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Awesome Photos Of Cold War Spy Fashion
These formerly top secret and currently hilarious photos show East German agents of the Stasi, the notorious communist spy agency, trying on various disguises during the height of the Cold War. These clever disguises could enable an agent to slip unnoticed through 1970’s Berlin. Or 2010’s Brooklyn. They were into pretending to be someone they’re not before it was cool. (via photoblog.msnbc.msn.com) View List ›
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Cold War Map Of US Government Facilities In 1967
Check out this Cold War relic that indicates where Eastern European officials could and could not travel in the United States in 1967. (via twitter.com) View Image ›
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ACLU Report: Spying on Free Speech Nearly At Cold War Level on networkworld.com ›
Political spying is nearly as bad now as it was during the Cold War. The ACLU reports that Americans are harassed and under surveillance for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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Discover It, Then Blow It Up on npr.org ›
At the height of the cold war, the U.S. detonated atomic bombs in outer space. The resulting light show, while beautiful, is one we hope to never see again.
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Lessons From Failed Cold War Spy Mission in China on news.yahoo.com ›
Detail by painful detail, the CIA is coming to grips with one of the most devastating episodes in its history, a botched cloak-and-dagger flight into China that stole two decades of freedom from a pair of fresh-faced American operatives and cost the lives of their two pilots.
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Vladimir Putin At A Rap Battle
So Obama is winning the Cold War Dance Off. I think Russia might be winning the MTV battle, though. RESPECT. Watch Video ›
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Freedom Fighter’s Manual on en.wikipedia.org ›
The CIA distributed this pamphlet in Nicaragua in the ‘80’s. One stop guide to becoming a dissident.
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NASA Run by Children
A 7-year-old named Julian found out the Spirit Mars rover was stuck, and sent this idea to fix it. NASA is so impressed that they’re trying the idea and sending him an award for ingenuity. As if that weren’t outrage enough, they’re also naming the next rover “Curiosity,” on the suggestion of a sixth-grader. Awesome work, NASA. Don’t come crying to me when the Russkies win the space race. View Image ›
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Conservative Sources on “Cold War”
Right-wing blogs and news sites are talking about about “cold war.” We’re tracking the latest headlines on this topic and update this page with links as they come in. Read More ›
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Russians Predict End of US
The Kremlin has embraced a Russian professor’s annual prediction of America’s demise. Professor Panarin believes that “an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S.” and Russia’s state media is happy to propagate his beliefs. I hope the second Cold War comes with a Space Race and a snazzy soundtrack like the last one. View Image ›
