Current Account Deficit Narrows Amid Declines in Price of Oil Nov 21, 2009
The fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, signaled the end of the Cold War and ended a 40-year divide between East and West. Where were you when the Beriln Wall fell. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
John Lukacs, the Lettered Reactionary Nov 21, 2009
When Lukacs arrived in the United States, the Cold War was just beginning ... Indeed, Lukacs trumpeted the argument that the USSR was dangerous because of its military power, not its ideological profile an idea he advanced as early as 1961 in his History of the Cold War, the first time he demonstrated to a large audience the originality of his thinking on a controversial topic ... He considered Eisenhower a shallow, superficial president who had lost a golden opportunity to end the Cold War... (The American Conservative)
China 'steps up US cyber-spying' Nov 20, 2009
He called the commission's suggestion that China's navy was being built up to challenge the US in the Pacific a "Cold War fantasy". Mr Wang criticised the commission for recycling old, unproven allegations and for issuing an annual report "aimed at misleading the American public". (BBC News -- Americas)
'Planet 51:' waste of space Nov 20, 2009
Cold War duck-and-cover drills ... Cold War duck-and-cover drills. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Switzerland and the EUDefence Nov 20, 2009
With the ending of the Cold War, neutrality is no longer the imperative it was for small nations ... The end of the Cold War world has allowed Switzerland to be more active in its foreign policy. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Review: PES 2010 Nov 20, 2009
A leading Web security firm warned that the world is heading towards a 'Cyber Cold War. . (iAfrica.com)
'Planet 51,' funny? Only if you're on Planet Denial Nov 20, 2009
While the Cold War era, with its rampant paranoia, was an ideal setting for "B" movies about alien invasions, this insipid and disjointed comedy features an odd mashup of disparate time periods. The music of the '50s exists alongside the hippie ethos of the '60s, and their hovering spacecrafts borrow liberally from Woodies to classic Cadillacs to VW vans with psychedelic insignias. (USA Today -- Life)
* Report says Raul Castro still crushing dissent Nov 20, 2009
The US has restricted trade and travel with Cuba since the 1960s in what started as a Cold War policy to isolate Fidel Castro after his 1959 revolution. But the US embargo has lost international support, with only Israel and Palau backing the US policy at the UN this year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Brian Mackey: One of these Brian Mackeys is not like the others Nov 20, 2009
The self-interest is obvious: If you have a common name and want to plant a flag on the Internet, you soon realize you re in a cold war for online territory. For musicians, writers, photographers people who need to market themselves to make a living it s spy vs. spy. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Top Eurobank prepares for 'global economic collapse'... Nov 20, 2009
Methinks that maybe we are at the point when we need to take heed of more reliable advise: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries." Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, my... (The Drudge Report)
Random thoughts for the week Nov 20, 2009
There were veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, Iraq, Afghanistan and there were a handful of us who were in no conflicts at all. Local students wrote stories and read them aloud about what Veterans Day means to them. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
* Chinese spies aggressively stealing US secrets: report Nov 20, 2009
He called the commissions suggestion that Chinas navy is being built up to challenge the US in the Pacific a Cold War fantasy. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
U.S. Missile Defense Being Expanded, General Says Nov 20, 2009
5 billion since it began with the "Star Wars" concept of space-based lasers in 1983 -- underwent a major redesign in the early 1990s after the Cold War ended. The system, which is still being tested, is primarily now designed to counter a missile attack from a "rogue state" such as North Korea. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)
Uranium renaissance Nov 20, 2009
BOOM 1951: It was the opening years of the Cold War. Russia had tested its first nuclear bomb two years earlier and the U.S. government was in a desperate search for uranium deposits across the western United States to use in nuclear weapons. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Obama answers questions from Cuban blogger Nov 20, 2009
Obama assured Sanchez that the United States "has no intention of invading Cuba," a Cold War concept that top Cuban officials insist is still a possibility. Raul Castro, who took over the presidency from his ailing brother Fidel in February 2008, has said he would be willing to meet with Obama and has even suggested they should sit down at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay. (MSNBC -- International)
Welcome, to Mr. and Ms. Europe Nov 20, 2009
Since the cold war, the EU has ballooned into an indigestible collection of 27 member countries, bulked up by former Soviet states whose increasing numbers have made this key political and economic club increasingly difficult to run. That's why the member states expended sweat, tears, and years coming up with a new treaty that would smooth the inner workings of the EU and give it more clout in global affairs. (Christian Science Monitor)
Family affair Nov 20, 2009
On an international level, the status quo in Europe's "southern neighbourhood" reflects the failure of efforts by the US and EU to encourage political reform after the end of the Cold War, Mr Joffe says. "In a way, we're now presented with a situation whereby all the nice aspirations of the 1990s - in so far as they have any relevance - have been abandoned," he says. (BBC News -- Africa)
Charlemagne: A new balance in Europe Nov 20, 2009
Since the end of the cold war, European and American policy towards Russia has been overshadowed by the process of enlargement the expansion first of NATO and then of the EU deep into the former Soviet block ... Russian officials claim (their account is disputed) that at the end of the cold war they had been assured that foreign forces would not be stationed in the ex-communist states ... Twenty years after the cold war, and with America now past its unipolar moment, Europe is entering a new... (The Economist)
Warner Bros. Records and DEVO Announce the Release of THE ULTRA DEVO-LUX Edition Limited Package Nov 20, 2009
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Veterans discussed their higher purpose, few regrets Nov 20, 2009
Ashbeck was stationed in the southeastern part of Germany during the Cold War. He was a supply engineer, so he would plan where the U.S. troops would get supplies such as food, fuel and rest as they moved across Germany. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Modest gains for Bush at Summit of Americas / Sweeping promises, sharp divisions as 34-nation meeting ends Nov 20, 2009
The Cold War isn't coming back. Anybody from the left of 20 years ago would never have signed today's agreement. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
Nicholas Thompson examines dueling viewpoints to the Cold War Nov 19, 2009
Nitze, Kennan, and the Cold War ... For many Americans, the Cold War is a distant memory, along with the enmity between the United States and Soviet Union and the threat of nuclear annihilation that characterized the period ... In The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War, Nicholas Thompson tells the story of the Cold War through the lives of two key diplomats and thinkers. (Boston Globe)
* Security firm warns of cyber arms race Nov 19, 2009
McAfee said what it called a Cyber Cold War may already be underway. While we have not yet seen a hot cyber war between major powers, the efforts of nation-states to build increasingly sophisticated cyberattack capabilities X and in some cases demonstrate a willingness to use them X suggests that a Cyber Cold War may have already begun, it said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Conservative Century? Nov 19, 2009
The Cold War conservatism and popular Right of the mid-twentieth century drew upon national-security and free-market rhetoric (in different proportions at different times, to be sure), while throughout the postwar era noninterventionism and Red Tory economics have informed conservative critiques of conservatism. They represent paths not taken that nonetheless have roots on the Right as deep as those of the dominant traditions of nationalism and capitalism. (The American Conservative)
Industry would get hit in cyber war, report says Nov 19, 2009
The report also said that some countries efforts to build cyberattack capabilities, and in some cases their demonstrated willingness to use them, suggests that, although there hasnt yet been a "hot" cyber war, a "cyber cold war" may have started. The report said the United States, Russia, China, Israel and France are developing advanced offensive cyber capabilities. (FCW.com)
Elgin School celebrates our veterans Nov 19, 2009
The guest speaker, retired U.S Navy veteran Lee Vellom, spoke of his experiences serving on nuclear submarines during the Cold War. Having commanded the U.S.S. Lewis and Clark, he attends a bi-annual reunion for the men who have served on this sub. (Nogales International, AZ)
U.S., others prepping for cyberwar Nov 19, 2009
() -- Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war, according to a new report to be released on Tuesday by McAfee ... "While we have not yet seen a 'hot' cyberwar between major powers, the efforts of nation-states to build increasingly sophisticated cyberattack capabilities, and in some cases demonstrate a willingness to use them, suggest that a 'Cyber... (CNN)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Nov 19, 2009
A leading Web security firm warned that the world is heading towards a 'Cyber Cold War. War is an intense experience, and a lucky escape makes it all the more terrifying. (iAfrica.com)
W.Va.'s Senator Byrd soars to new heights Nov 19, 2009
"From the apex of the Cold War to the collapse -- the collapse! -- of the Soviet Union. From my opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act to my part in securing the funds for building the memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. From my support to the war in Vietnam to my opposition to President George W. Bush's war in Iraq.". He struggled when talking about his wife, Erma, who died in 2006. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Current Account Deficit Narrows Amid Declines in Price of Oil Nov 18, 2009
The fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, signaled the end of the Cold War and ended a 40-year divide between East and West. Where were you when the Beriln Wall fell. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
Random thoughts for the week Nov 18, 2009
There were veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, Iraq, Afghanistan and there were a handful of us who were in no conflicts at all. Local students wrote stories and read them aloud about what Veterans Day means to them. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
* CIA pays bounty to Pakistani ISI Nov 18, 2009
During the Cold War, the ISI worked with the CIA to arm Islamist groups that fought Soviet forces in Afghanistan. The ISI later backed the Taliban, which imposed austere Islamic rule on the war-torn country. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Nov 18, 2009
After decades of colonialism followed by decades more of Cold War proxy struggles, deep wariness persists in Africa about the intentions of outside powers. In an interview in her office, Johnson-Sirleaf, who set Taylor's arrest in motion by requesting his extradition from Nigeria, said the case set "a sad precedent of arresting an African head of state.". (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
The benefits of a nuclear Iran Nov 18, 2009
If nations feel compelled to carve gargantuan amounts of productivity out of their people for bombs, it is because of the lessons learned as worthless peons in the golden age of the Cold War ... Far from being an offensive doomsday machine, the lesson of the Cold War is that the bomb is a superb defensive weapon ... China is buying up Africa under the noses of the squabbling Cold War warriors, and has no dog in the ancient races of the Middle East. (Asia Times Online)
Palin Comes Out Swinging in Book Nov 18, 2009
Yet most now recognize him as one of the great presidents for being instrumental in ending the Cold War. Like Reagan, Palin projects optimism, pride in America, and determination to reform the government and vanquish our enemies exactly the opposite of our current apologist-in-chief. (Newsmax)
Lugar: U.S. Should Scrap Cuba Travel Ban Nov 18, 2009
"US law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe -- with one exception: Cuba. It's time for us to scrap this anachronistic ban, imposed during one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War," said Republican Senator Richard Lugar and Democratic Congressman Howard Berman. Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Berman, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, noted that legislation to overturn the ban has been introduced in both... (Newsmax)
Washington may agree to tweak U.S.-Japan military alliance Nov 18, 2009
Doug Bandow, fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based CATO Institute, believes the U.S.-Japan defense alliance is no longer necessary, as the Cold War is over and Japan -- the world's No. 2 economy -- is capable of defending itself without the aid of U.S. forces. Editor: Li Xianzhi. (Xinhuanet, China)
Obama making few advances in China Nov 18, 2009
When Clinton visited China, the U.S. was still basking in its position as Cold War victor and the world's sole superpower. It sought China's help on only a narrow range of international issues, such as the spread of missile technology and North Korea. (AZCentral -- News)
The Fifty-Year War Nov 18, 2009
In his words describing Johnson's frame of mind at the time, "LBJ is not deeply concerned about who governs Laos, or who governs South Vietnam--he's deeply concerned with what the average American voter is going to think about how he did in the ball game of the Cold War. The great Cold War championship gets played in the largest stadium in the United States and he, Lyndon Johnson, is the quarterback, and if he loses, how does he do in the next election? So don't lose. Now that's too simple, but... (CBS News -- Opinion)
Click to read: Dave's High Flight Preparations Nov 18, 2009
However, this plane was first designed over half a century ago for photo surveillance during the Cold War. In 1960, Dave said, the U-2 was front and center when CIA pilot Gary Powers was shot down in his U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Uranium renaissance Nov 18, 2009
BOOM 1951: It was the opening years of the Cold War. Russia had tested its first nuclear bomb two years earlier and the U.S. government was in a desperate search for uranium deposits across the western United States to use in nuclear weapons. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
World watches as China, US steer ship of relations Nov 18, 2009
Since the ice-breaking visit by late U.S. President Richard Nixon to China in 1972 against the backdrop of the Cold War, bilateral cooperation has expanded to the areas of politics, economy, military and culture. Both countries are aware of the importance of their relations. (Xinhuanet, China)
Facing Up To The Facts At Fort Hood Nov 18, 2009
President Kennedy was shot on November 22, 1963, by a devoted Communist for motives linked to the Cold War ... Kennedy's assassination was actually an event in the Cold War, but the liberal leadership of the country said it was an event in the struggle for civil rights ... This was a theme that Warren repeated two days later in a eulogy for President Kennedy given at the Capitol at the invitation of Mrs. Kennedy, who had made clear in personal remarks that she wanted her husband remembered as a... (CBS News -- Politics)
Modest gains for Bush at Summit of Americas / Sweeping promises, sharp divisions as 34-nation meeting ends Nov 17, 2009
The Cold War isn't coming back. Anybody from the left of 20 years ago would never have signed today's agreement. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
Misunderstanding What The Chinese Want Nov 17, 2009
Even before the end of the Cold War, we sought to ease the Chinese into the international system. In so doing, we made their economic "miracle" possible by opening our market to their goods and accepted the severe limitations they place on access to theirs. (CBS News)
Welcome, comrade Maobama Nov 17, 2009
There are far more worrying aspects inbuilt in the encircling of China by a system of military bases and a strategic military alliance controlled by the US - a new cold war in fact. We cannot abide by it, as it will only lead to the fragmentation of Asia and the global South. (Asia Times Online)
Cyber warfare heating up: security firm Nov 17, 2009
November 17, 2009 - 7:54PM. The cyber-battlefield is heating up, with the US, China and France leading a new era of IT warfare, a security provider says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Berlin's somber past, vibrant present Nov 17, 2009
Yet museums and memorials preserve Cold War history ... (Tribune Media Services) -- As Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I can't help remembering my spooky 1971 visit during the Cold War ... I remember staying there during the Cold War, when a West German 5-mark coin changed on the black market would get me drinks all night. (CNN -- Travel)
U.S. Missile Defense Being Expanded, General Says Nov 17, 2009
5 billion since it began with the "Star Wars" concept of space-based lasers in 1983 -- underwent a major redesign in the early 1990s after the Cold War ended. The system, which is still being tested, is primarily now designed to counter a missile attack from a "rogue state" such as North Korea. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)
U.N.: Iran Nuke Plant to Begin in 2 Years Nov 17, 2009
Before you know it, it will be Cold War II, with Iran and North Korea vs. the USA.. by RedWings_ninety_one November 16, 2009 1:32 PM EST. (CBS News -- World)
Iran's Russian-Built Nuke Reactor Delayed Nov 17, 2009
Of course, Russian built, the begining of Cold War II. Why not just make it USSR built. . (CBS News -- World)
Clear communication needed Nov 17, 2009
Over the past three decades since diplomatic relations were established in 1979, military ties between China and the United States have been particularly fragile, with "on-again, off-again" contact and exchanges, apart from the Cold War period during which they were driven closer by the common military threat from the erstwhile Soviet Union. The Taiwan question has posed challenges although they have managed to avoid a direct military confrontation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Communism: 'Live it' next summer Nov 17, 2009
Moore says the first three weeks will be committed to the classroom, where students will learn exactly what happened during the Cold War. Most students aren t old enough to remember all this, so we have to bring them up to speed on the matter, he said. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Gorbachev to Obama: Afghan Neighbors Must Help Nov 17, 2009
That's what he says in two interviews on both sides of the Atlantic with Euronews' Maria Pineiro and Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War ... Asked when the Cold War actually ended in his mind when the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989 or when Germany was reunified in 1990-91, or when the Soviet Union itself broke up in December 1991 Gorbachev gave the nod to U.S. President Ronald Reagan ... And... (Newsmax)
Boot Power Ratings: Nov. 15 Nov 17, 2009
"It must have been a reflex from my soccer days. I felt contact and looked behind me and the guy was on the ground. I got up and was like, 'Was that me?' It's a dream. I've never tackled anyone before. Yes, , you may start salivating now. 6. USC 55 (honorary) The Trojans get an honorary score of 55. The reason escapes me at the moment, so maybe visiting USC fans would be kind enough to remind us of why on the message boards. Also, I don't see why Trojans are upset that the Cardinal went for two... (TheBootleg.com)
Blunt says health care bill costs too much, doesn't reform Nov 17, 2009
He said three major speeches during the Cold War involved former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. Churchill came to Fulton for a speech and coined the Iron Curtain phrase to note the expansion of communism throughout the world. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Mutual financial reliance binds U.S., China Nov 17, 2009
The arrangement has created what many have called a modern economic version of the old Cold War doctrine of mutual assured destruction: Either side could wreak havoc on the other, but would be guaranteed to scuttle its own economy in the process ... But unlike the Cold War, he said, the current economic version of a stalemate is not necessarily antagonistic; both sides benefit. (MSNBC -- International)
* Sarkozy chipped away at Berlin Wall fL _@} Nov 16, 2009
The night continued in a climate of general enthusiasm: the German people were reunited, heralding the end of the Cold War and the beginning of a period of great freedom in Europe. It is this freedom that we are still defending in Europe and that we are celebrating 20 years on, wrote Sarkozy. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Prisoner Review: A Pretentious Reimagining Nov 16, 2009
For instance, in McGoohan's show--a Cold War story of totalitarianism--giving the Villagers numbers made chilling sense as a dehumanizing, de-individualizing device (and 40 years ago, played a tad more original). But for The Prisoner's new dystopia, which seeks to control minds more than imprison bodies, it doesn't quite fit. (Time.com)
Shelby Township soldier works to build positive relationships (33) Nov 16, 2009
Today, nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War, they are flaking, subdued images of a bygone era ... The son of a Shelby Township couple is faced with these reminders of the Cold War and the difficulties of conducting U.S. Army business in a foreign nation, as a member of Joint Task Force-East, a multi-national task force designed to make stronger allies of Romania and Bulgaria. (Shelby Twp Advisor & Source, MI)
Obama Gets Earful on 5-City Economic Road Show Nov 16, 2009
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Heard about the next cold war. It doesnt involve Russia, China or even the forces of communism, but Japan. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Ceremony at Memorial Honors Cossey Brothers Nov 16, 2009
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:48 PM CST An American flag honoring six Cossey brothers: J. Arvle, R. Lee, G. Othel, Henry U., and R. Eugene, all of who served during World War II, and J. Ray Cossey, who served during the Cold War era, replaced the flag that has flown over the Veterans Memorial since Memorial Day in honor of the Collins family during the county's annual Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The flag will continue to fly until Memorial Day when it will be lowered... (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
Doomsday theory Nov 16, 2009
A short while after that, the cold war erupted and filmmakers lived off our fears of dying in a World War 3-induced nuclear holocaust. I suspect because special effects then was not quite up to scale, films which used nuclear armageddons did so only fleetingly like Mad Max and Planet Of The Apes which only hinted at this and stopped short of showing full blown nuclear devastation. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Eastern Europe: You've come a long way, baby Nov 16, 2009
The Cold War suddenly came to a peaceful end, people from Berlin to Vladivostok began to enjoy unprecedented new freedoms ... The Cold War suddenly came to a peaceful. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
It takes a Village Nov 16, 2009
In the midst of the Cold War, the late 60s British television show The Prisoner gripped audiences with its allegorical tale of a secret agent played by series creator Patrick McGoohan being held against his will in an eerily idyllic seaside town generically called The Village ... In the Cold War period, things were very stark ... In the midst of the Cold War, the late 60s British television show The Prisoner gripped audiences with its allegorical tale of a secret agent played by series creator... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
