Tag: wwii
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US Rejects Japan Broadcaster Claim It Used ‘Comfort Women’ in WWII
from world.time.com: Did the American government employ sex slaves during the Second World War? The newly appointed chairman of Japan’s public broadcasting system apparently thinks so. In the latest in a string of revisionist statements by conservative leaders in Japan, Katsuto Momii said the “comfort women” system, in which women were coerced into serving in…
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Today in History for January 20th: Iran Hostages, JFK’s Inauguration and Wannsee Conference
from youtube.com/ap: Highlights of Today in History: Iran releases American hostages; Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy innaugurated as President.
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Japan WWII Soldier Who Refused to Surrender, Dies at 91
from bbc.co.uk: A Japanese soldier who refused to surrender for 29 years after the end of World War Two has died. Hiroo Onoda, who was 91, remained on duty on Lubang Island near Luzon in the Philippines until 1974, because he did not believe that the war had ended. Still wearing his uniform, Lieutenant Hiroo…
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Corbett Report: Episode244 – Secret Weapons Technology
We all know about the secret weapons of WWII or the spy planes of the cold war…but what about today? What weapons are the DoD working on behind our backs in this day and age? Given the secrecy around this question, what can we say about this topic and how can we discover the answers?
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#Newspurge: The Hallways of the Always
Econocrash: Tax day is even deadlier than you think // Geopolitiks: NAFTA Partners Take Steps to Boost Trilateral Relationship // Media/Memes: Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield // Obamessiah: Obama heads (back) to the golf course (again) // Oregon Oddities: Five Suspects Busted in Funny Money Ring // West Virginia Worry: WV…
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labor day 2011: what are we celebrating, the lack of jobs in america?
from the economic collapse blog: If you still have a good job, you certainly have something to celebrate on Labor Day 2011. So far you have survived the decline of the U.S. economy. But your day may be coming soon. This weekend, there will be millions of Americans that will not be doing any celebrating.…
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forrestal and bush paid price for keeping ufos top secret
In one of the best articles on the post WWII UFO coverup, Australian writer Tony Brunt delivers the goods in “Price of Deceit”. Brunt writes, “for those on the inside of the cover-up, with exposure to the shocking reality of alien cadavers and incomprehensi- ble space-age componentry, the effect may well have been profoundly disorienting.”…
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97Yr-Old Cleared of Nazi War Crimes Charges
Yesterday, 97-year-old Sandor Kepiro, suspected of Nazi war crimes, was acquitted by a Hungarian court. Kepiro topped the most-wanted list at the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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7/14 Pop Occulture: Abuse, Atheists & Hip-Hop Masons
German Catholic church opens sexual abuse files, some dating back to the end of WWII // ‘If you see something, say something’ campaign: DHS is expanding campaign to the Jewish community // Why we’re drawn to Harry Potter’s theology // Christian rapper says Jay-Z has some ‘explaining to do’
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US recession longest since wwii; recovery around the corner!
in other news: crumbling bridge for sale from bbc: The US recession lasted 18 months and was the most prolonged since World War II, a report has concluded. The National Bureau of Economic Research said the recovery began in June 2009, with recession having begun in 2007. Its views carry weight in the US, even…
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pearl harbor: 68yrs later, all war still based on deception
from gather: Today lives in infamy, but not for the reasons you’ve been told. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exactly 68 years ago today, was not an unprovoked, dastardly assault on an unsuspecting nation. It was a carefully orchestrated trap, engineered by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR’s purpose was to overcome domestic opposition to…
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abc news special 1979: mission mind control
from unemployed sociopath: We can see in this ABC News Special from 1979 what the CIA has been up to, and how they’ve been corrupted to consider dehumanizing American citizens and the rest of the World as ‘normal’. To learn how to weaken and control people they conducted hundreds of ‘Naziesque’ experiments, no surprise since…
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poll: use of atomic bombs in wwii was ok
from ap: A majority of Americans surveyed think dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was the right thing to do, but support was weaker among Democrats, women, younger voters and minority voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. The poll, released Tuesday, found 61% of the more than 2,400 American voters questioned…
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‘legendary’ newsman walter cronkite, 92, dies at home
…now walter cronkite can truly be “glad to sit on the right hand of satan”… from dpa: Iconic news anchor Walter Cronkite, whose journalism shaped US views and policies from World War II to the Vietnam War died Friday at the age of 92, his family said. Cronkite, who was born in St Joseph, Missouri,…
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lifestyles of the rich & nazi: chanel, hearst & art auctions
chanel & the nazis: what the films won’t tell youfrom times online: Why is Coco Chanel getting a free pass on her collaboration with the Nazis? Her past was deeply compromised… As we gear up for cultural Chanel-mania this summer with two hagiographic films about the designer, a new biography and the sound of slavering…