Did he jump or was he pushed?

Former Oligarch Boris Berezovsky was found dead in his bath in his home in Surrey UK this morning.

After escaping Russia he continued to oppose Putin from England.  And one of his friends who fought the political battle after Berezovsky left - Alexander Litvinenko - was brutally murdered by polonium poisoning - a hallmark signature of the old KGB and died in 2006.

In comments it is said this was not suicide - even if it appeared so.

History of the Internet

Hilarious

Send in the Drones

Wow.  This is amazing 1.8  Gig.  There actually used in the Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots.



Great article.

How the GOP cheated America

I agree with Ron Paul.

How to deal with on a younger rival

Ronald Reagan's RNC 1992 hilarious put-down of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.



plus other notable  Reagan jokes and quips:

Aug 2010 - Contrast Obama to Reagan 1967 Presidential Campaign

1984?  - Republican Speech from a Democratic Platform

1980 Oct - Carter - Reagan Presidential Debate

1975 Mar - Reagan explains How to balance the Budget to Johnny Carson

The Humour of Ronnie Reagan

Olof PALME - 1986 Feb 28

Swedish Prime Minister Olof PALME was assassinated evening of Feb 28, 1986. It was a shocking murder in that country unused to such violence and I believe it marked the death of the ideals of Social Democratic technocratcy worldwide - except it has taken a bit longer for many to realize.

Here is a movie that was released in Sweden in July 2012.

The Great Maple Syrup Heist

A great story.

How $18 million of syrup disappeared in Quebec

PDF

White Rose - 70 yrs ago

On Feb 18, 1943 - the White Rose Movement - distributed their first pamphlets during the dying days of the Third Reich. As Nazi propaganda Minister Josef Gobels was called on the German people to embrace total war in his Sportpalast speech, two young resistance members - Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst where seen distributing materials and arrested. They were found guilty of Treason and executed on Feb 22.

The remarkable thing is it is being resurrected.  On July 7, 2012 Susanne Zeller-Hirzel, who is now 91 years of age, resurrected the "White Rose" (Weiße Rose) along with 8 activists. The speaker in the video is Marc Doll, Federal Vice Chairman and founding member of the party DIE FREIHEIT, a civil liberties party (Bürgerrechtspartei) in Germany which advocates direct democracy. In the video Marc Doll addresses the thinking behind the establishment of the new White Rose resistance.

The new 'White Rose' has two principal messages to convey:

1. National-Socialism was a left-wing movement.

2. The Nazis are back again, today they call themselves "Antifascists.

A picture that changed History

I remember the impact this photo had when released - and I enjoyed the personal recollections of Eddie Adams who took it.

U.S Digital Divide

Very interesting points:
Internet is a wireless utility
Cheaper in Hong Kong or Seoul a 500 gb service for $25-30 - that service costs $200 in NYC.
Wireless is same - in Europe $25/mth vs NYC $90/mth
Cheaper to install a new cable connection than dig up old copper wire
No competition - just the cable TV guy



I see the same thing in Canada - we are paying too much for poor service.