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How Many WWI and WWII Veterans Are Still Alive in 2013? Update

World War I & II Vets: Fewer Every Year As time marches on, the events of World War I and World War II fade into the past. Those who experienced these devastating wars firsthand are dying each year, and soon there won't be anyone left to tell their stories. After all, WWI...

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created by J.A. Dunabeitia | 27 wks ago | updated 4 days ago
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Happy 80th Birthday to Gold Confiscation

http://1goldinvestment.com/happy-80th-birthday-to-gold-confiscation/ Happy 80th Birthday to Gold Confiscation “I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do declare that [our] national emergency still continues…and do hereby prohibit the...

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created by alexoscarew | 6 wks ago
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schahryar

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Auschwitz Entrance

Image of the Day - The main entrance to Auschwitz. A photo taken by Schah from Image of the day photoblog. Showing railway track going to Auschwitz, Poland. Source: www.schahryar.com/photoblog/566

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created by schahryar | 6 wks ago
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Stop Fooling Ourselves: Americans Can’t Afford the Future

http://economicrisis.com/stop-fooling-ourselves-americans-cant-afford-the-future/1776 Stop Fooling Ourselves: Americans Can’t Afford the Future The American spirit is rooted in the belief of a better tomorrow. Its success has been due to generations of men and women...

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created by alexoscarew | 10 wks ago
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No, troops really aren't fighting for your freedom

A common refrain is that troops give us freedom. They really don't. They just don't. In theory they could fight in a war for our freedom, but that has rarely been done. The wars that have been fought in some way for our freedom of religion, speech, assembly etc are less than...

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opinion by JerryM | 37 wks ago
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Albert Einstein, one of the great humanists of our times

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest humanists of our times. He became famed for his revealing of how much of our universe works, through the theories of General and Special Relativity. But he used this fame to support and further humanist ideas. He opposed the...

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opinion by JerryM | 49 wks ago
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No, troops really aren't fighting for your freedom

A common refrain is that troops give us freedom. They really don't. They just don't. In theory they could fight in a war for our freedom, but that has rarely been done. The wars that have been fought in some way for our freedom of religion, speech, assembly etc are less than...

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opinion by JerryM | 49 wks ago
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YankeeJim

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“White Mouse” dies

She was a freedom fighter and won her battles against the Nazis. Nancy Wake, died. " "Freedom is the only thing worth living for. While I was doing that work, I used to think it didn't matter if I died, because...

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opinion by YankeeJim | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Salute to my Dad: WWII USN Combat Air Crewman

Franklin A. George: WWII USN Combat Air Crewman Yesterday, I awoke early as my Dad does every day at 05:30 a.m. As a child at home, Dad would often awaken us boys with reveille. My Mother just smiled big in the...

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created by YankeeJim | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Sylvia Massara

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Too Jewish on The Lit Chick Show

In this edition of the show, Sylvia Massara, novelist and host of the show, features author, Patty Friedmann, and her book "Too Jewish". The story is based on Patty's father and his escape from Nazi Germany,...

created by Sylvia Massara | 2 years ago
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Sylvia Massara

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The Lit Chick Show is "Poles Apart"

Sylvia Massara, novelist and creator of the show, features author Audrey RL Wyatt and her book "Poles Apart". “Poles Apart" is a book about family, about secrets, and about the damage that secrets can do,...

created by Sylvia Massara | 2 years ago
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tikun

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Sermon by Rabbi Shalom J. Lewis of Atlanta Speaks to Truth

Rabbi Lewis is a Rabbi at Congregation Etz Chaim in Marietta, Georgia USA. This is on the congregation web site about Rabbi Lewis: A graduate of Temple University, Rabbi Lewis was ordained at the Jewish...

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opinion by tikun | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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skintone

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65th Anniversary of Food Drop in Holland

Today, April 29th, 2010 marks the 65th anniversary of the test flight of Bad Penny, a Lancaster bomber flown by Bob Upcott of Windsor, Ontario into war-torn western Holland. Upcott's mission was to be the first to...

created by skintone | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Okinawa: 65 Years of Occupation

June 23, 2010 is the 65th Anniversary of end of the Battle of Okinawa (what the Japan central government calls it), L-Day (what the US military called it), or the "rain of iron" (what the Okinawans experienced). By the end of the battle almost a quarter-million people had...

created by tlreed | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Skype to Connect Kids Across Time and Space

Sixty-five years is an eternity for most ten-year-olds. Chances are, anything that happened that long ago would be ancient history in their young minds. But thanks to the marvels of 21st century technology, the significance of an event that took place long before they were...

created by skintone | 3 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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