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Origins of ‘Islamophobia’ in US Imperialism and Neo-Coloniali…
Pak Alert Press | November 14th 2009 by Noureen
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy ‘Islamophobia’ in the U.S. is a top down phenomenon encouraged and exploited by the right wing. It is easier to whip up war fever if the populace is irrational, mindless, or unduly fearful of an ent read more
New AS2 Restart and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
All About B2B | November 13th 2009
The answer to the large file transfer problem in B2B may finally be emerging. Earlier this week, the Drummond Group announced a new initiative called AS2 Restart. Restart would allow users of AS2 to exchange messages with very large payloads (up read more
Paul van Dyk makes anthem for Anniversary of the Berlin Wall fall…
Harder Blogger Faster | November 13th 2009 by Andrew Rafter
This week was of course the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and trance master and German Paul van Dyk was at the ceremony to perform his anthem. Trance fans may be a little disappointed that it’s not exactly a club anthem but i read more
Freedom and the Berlin Wall
Global Shift | November 12th 2009
“Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was civis Romanus sum [I am a Roman citizen]. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’… All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berli read more
Myths And Facts About The Fall of Berlin Wall
Travel Best Destinations | November 12th 2009 by Mircea
Many people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany organized in Berlin public meetings, concerts, festivities with participation of prominents who played a role during The Fall of Berlin Wall. Remainings of the Berlin Wall in Potsdamer Platz read more
Twenty Years After the Wall Crashed Down
Bible Prophecy Today | November 12th 2009 by Bible Prophecy Today
By Chuck MisslerOne thousand giant dominoes were toppled in Berlin Monday along the path where the Berlin Wall once stood. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, raised in communist East Germany, stood next to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as E read more
Military News Update
The Republican Temple | November 12th 2009
Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke at the Library of Congress Tuesday to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. read more
Have we fallen out of love with capitalism?
agricultural globe vectors began next | November 12th 2009 by agricultural globe vectors began next
Historians may disagree on the detail, but most would agree that a desire to have democracy and capitalism lay at heart of why the Berlin wall came down. Many believed this was it – liberal democracy and free market capitalism would sweep the world read more
The uses of walls
The Atheist Conservative | November 12th 2009 by theatheistconservative
The Berlin Wall was not defensive. It was built by the Communists to keep their serf populations from escaping. As Europe celebrates its fall, a Muslim, Shiraz Maher, writes in Standpoint about barrier walls built by Islamic states, never noticed by read more
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
Ana the Imp | November 11th 2009 by AnatheImp
It was the practice in the days of the old Soviet Union, in the time of Stalin, to airbrush inconvenient people out of history; to remove all positive references to them from published texts and to remove their image from photographs, a sort of moder read more
A Belated Celebration of Nov. 9
smart! by K.Rae | November 11th 2009 by K.
Two awesome things about Nov. 9: 1) November 9 was the “Day of German Destiny“. World-changing things tend to take place in Germany on Nov. 9. This year happened to be the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I’m sur read more
Twenty Years After the Fall
Foreign Policy Focus | November 11th 2009
George FriedmanStratforNovember 9We are now at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe. We are also nearing the 18th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union it read more
Berlin Wall After 20 Years
A Simple In Time (God fearing lady and family loving) | November 11th 2009 by Rolly
World leaders have hailed the Berlin Wall's fall in celebrations 20 years on from the upheaval that changed Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was joined at the Brandenburg Gate by Russia's Dmitry Medvedev, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and UK PM Gor read more
Catching up with the Clintons...
The Fat Limey | November 11th 2009 by Richard
Do you ever have those times when you get so comically busy in real life that you put the newspapers aside for a couple of days? Then, you emerge blinking into the sunlight only to find that everything has changed in those two days? That just happe read more
Is Marijuana Prohibition America’s ‘Berlin Wall’?
NORML Blog | November 11th 2009 by NORML
by George Rohrbacher, Member, NORML board of directors; medical cannabis patient [Editor's Note: This essay was originally published on March 1st, 2009. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's deconstruction and the fall of Commun read more
Take Down This Wall
Free Legal Advice Online | November 11th 2009 by minny
With the twentieth anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall yesterday, I have been reflecting a lot on divides. I was lucky enough to spend a year working in Germany, from August 1988 to May 1989, in Cologne for the year between college read more
Wanted: Capitalism With a Human Face
The Activist Online Magazine | November 11th 2009 by YDS USA
CHRIS MAISANO 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it seems like a good idea to ask people around the world how they feel about the system that supposedly scored a history-ending triumph over “really existing socialism” and all oth read more
PARANORMAL DAILY NEWS FOR NOV 11, 2009
ALIEN, UFO AND THE PARANORMAL CASEBOOK | November 11th 2009 by Atrueoriginall
IF IT HIT THE INTERNET TODAY, YOU'LL FIND IT BELOW WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009 Alien, UFO & The Paranormal Casebook is a site that specializes in bringing this very day's news to it's visitors as it appears on the Internet each and every day. read more
Lessons of the fall
The Atheist Conservative | November 11th 2009 by theatheistconservative
Melanie Phillips writes: Twenty years ago today, supporters of freedom and human rights cheered and wept for joy as the Berlin Wall was torn down by jubilant young Germans. To so many, that heady day seemed to herald the emergence of a better world. read more
Hillary Clinton scrubs Ronald Reagan from history
Expose Obama | November 11th 2009 by Floyd Brown
By Nile Gardiner, Telegraph Hillary was too busy praising Obama to recognize the work of Reagan It’s bad enough that President Obama could not be bothered to attend the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But read more
Attitudes, Latitudes and Boundaries: A fractured reality
Spatially Relevant | November 11th 2009 by Jon Gatrell
Pew research’s pulse presentation on attitudes on capitalism and democracy post the berlin wall collapse has some interesting insights by geography and cohort groups. The change in attitudes and opinions are expected for the most part, but int read more
Have we fallen out of love with capitalism?
agricultural globe vectors began next | November 11th 2009 by agricultural globe vectors began next
Historians may disagree on the detail, but most would agree that a desire to have democracy and capitalism lay at heart of why the Berlin wall came down. Many believed this was it – liberal democracy and free market capitalism would sweep the world read more
Commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall
Notes from underground | November 11th 2009 by Steve Hayes
Of all the activities to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, this one seems the most appropriate.Palestinians tear down chunk of wall - Yahoo! News:RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) – Palestinians tore down a chunk of Israel's West Bank s read more
The Berlin Wall… America at It’s Finest
Baby Boomer Baloney | November 10th 2009 by Phil McMillan
President Ronald Reagan looked at Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev and mentally punched him right in the face. Gorbachev just stood there and bled all over the place. The cold war was over. When you’re the big kid on the block (let’s hop read more
Musing on Evan Thomas,Col. MATHIEU, the FBI, President Obama,Rona…
The Daily Grand and Sundry | November 10th 2009 by gerry maxey
My Liberal friends, oops Progressive friends, always ask me, why did I leave their ranks and become a Reaganite? I had been such a Radical at San Francisco State. In fact, such a Radical was I, that when it came time for me to do a service for my co read more
20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Urban Spotlight | November 10th 2009 by Debbie Sultemeier
In June 2009 I spent a whirlwind day in Berlin while on a European cruise with my mother and daughter. My daughter loved Berlin and hopes to go there on a study abroad program. Our Berlin tour guide, originally from New York City, really read more
Write on the Berlin Twitter Wall
Ideas in Motion | November 10th 2009
Comments in Spanish, English, German and French scroll along a backdrop of the East Side Gallery – a famous section of the Berlin Wall that is still standing today covered in murals. The Berlin Twitter Wall page marks the 20th anniversary of the fa read more
The unmentionable downsides
SCOT goes POP! | November 10th 2009
Sticking with the Berlin Wall theme, I've just noticed an article published on the Guardian website a couple of days ago lamenting the collapse of communist East Germany. The author takes a predictable roasting for her efforts in the comments sectio read more
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