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During the 1970s and 1980s, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), then based in the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill, vigorously lobbied for Nicaragua's Sandinista regime, the Cuban-style Marxist regime that shot its way to power in 1979. Today, WOLA pretends it is concerned about the rule of law in Honduras after the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court supported removing the leftist president for defying its constitution. WOLA and Jim Wallis' publication Sojourners have teamed up to spin Honduras' defense of its democracy as another example of a U.S.-supported, imperialist military coup. The constitutional coup in Honduras was...

17 Norwegian municipalities will be visited by international election observers during polling for Monday’s general election. 26 international observers in total will follow proceedings as Norway votes for its new government on September 11th, with data security a particular area of interest, reports Norwegian news agency NTB. Norway’s foreign ministry has invited the international experts to ensure election day goes smoothly, according to the report. […] Following the 2005 election, observers recommended that election officials implement stricter requirements for identification at polling stations. […] The majority of the observers are from former Soviet nations and have experience with implementing democracy...

Is MSNBC’s Joy Reid just totally shameless? Besides the Left frothing with rage that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton last year, it seems their anger knows no bounds. First Lady Melania Trump has received horrific treatment from the media, which has rivaled or even surpassed some of the horrible things thrown at Michelle Obama’s way during Obama’s presidency. Folks, I’m not a Michelle fan at all, but we have to admit there were some terrible things flung in her direction that was unnecessary. Sort of like what Reid tweeted about Trump marrying ex-soviets, or something. She tweeted this on...

Happy Birthday to the Soviet Union! In 1922, in post-revolutionary Russia, a bunch of commies got together and officially established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation called a meeting, and created the world’s first union based on Marxist Socialism… It shaped up to be such a rousing success, Joseph Stalin celebrated by killing 50 million fellow countrymen. During the Russian Revolution of 1917 the Bolsheviks managed to win over the hearts and minds of their fellow commie forces using their message of Hope and Change; which lead to a pretty clear direction for...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53214 Obama Nominates Defense Acquisition Undersecretary By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2009 – President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will nominate Ashton Carter to be the next undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. Carter is the chairman of the International and Global Affairs faculty at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served as assistant secretary of defense for International Security Policy from 1993 to 1996. If confirmed to the post held by John Young since 2007, Carter would oversee a sweeping defense...

The failure of various forms of statism in the Third World, the bankruptcy of communism in the former Soviet bloc and China, and the high long-term unemployment and relative stagnation in Western European countries with overregulated economies has forced a revision of the development paradigm in favor of the market and private property -- in short, a more limited state. But the battle over ideas and policies is far from over. As a matter of fact, it will never end, as the forces of statism regroup rather than capitulate. This is why it is so important to analyze which policies...

The Warsaw Pact, gone with a whimper Malcolm Byrne and Vojtech Mastny International Herald Tribune SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2005 Fifty years ago, with great fanfare in the Soviet bloc, the Warsaw Pact came into being. During its 36 years, it became one of the most feared military machines in history, the embodiment of international Communist aggression, and the sword of Damocles threatening World War III. But fearsome as it appeared in the eyes of the West - and indeed in the experiences of millions of citizens of the Communist countries - was the Warsaw Pact ultimately as dangerous as its...

Both candidates claimed victory in the Romanian presidential runoff vote Sunday, and exit polls showed Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in a virtual tie. Official results were expected Wednesday. Nastase, 54, of the governing Social Democracy Party, expressing confidence in his victory, said: ``I will be a strong president.'' The 53-year-old Basescu declared victory, saying: ``I thank the Romanian electorate, and I assure them I will be a president for Romania.'' Hundreds of Basescu supporters gathered in University Square in downtown Bucharest, dancing and singing his name. Dozens of riot police ringed the demonstrators, who waved...

A new film, "In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed," details how Ronald Reagan won the Cold War. While many political opponents are loath to give the late President much credit for anything, after his death, even John Kerry - who has opposed military improvement programs of every iteration - acknowledged Reagan’s leadership. Historians have demonstrated, albeit grudgingly, that The Gipper's foreign policy was instrumental in the collapse of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: A bastion of aggressive, militaristic communism that, with its demise, signaled the end of the 50-plus-year Cold War. Specifically, Reagan...

They spent 40 years trying to tear it it down, but a German artist now wants to rebuild the entire Berlin Wall for its 45th anniversary in 2006, coinciding with the city holding the football World Cup. Christof Blaesius, an events manager based in Cologne, has been working for three years to raise the €25m (£18m) he says it will take to rebuild a 29-mile plastic copy of the Berlin Wall across the city. Mr Blaesius said: "The World Cup shows all nations can communicate and cooperate with each other while the wall separates. Today there are still several divided...