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POPSCommunism: the Ponzi scheme of ideologies Leszek Kolakowski, one of the most articulate critics of Marxism, said "the lie is the immortal soul of communism." Marxist leaders depended on lying to their subjects, to the outside world and especially to themselves. Communism became a paradise for amateurs, political bosses who believed in their own ill-formed knowledge and discovered that the threat of prisons and firing squads conveyed legitimacy on whatever crazy ideas they uttered. Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet foreign minister under Gorbachev (and later the president of Georgia), took the events of 1989 quite calmly. He had known all along that the system had to collapse and people like him would lose their jobs. "Our empire was doomed," he told his chief advisor. "But we did not think it would come so soon."
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POPSTech Trend: Shanzhai I think it's wrong to dismiss all Shanzhai as pirates. I think some would be hard, ruthless and criminal. Others would be innovative dreamers and doers. I like the description in the article "they run with the attitude of “if you can do it, then I can as well”. See also: http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-08/will-chinese-farmers-diy-helicopter-fly
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POPSRamadan Tradition: Algerian Women Choose Poetry Over Sitcoms "Even though we knew it had no powers of prediction, we believed the messages that the bouqala gave us," said the elder woman, as her daughter Hind listened attentively. "We were young dreamers, and when a bouqala told us we were going to meet a handsome man, we wanted to believe it." For her part, Hind keeps a booklet in which she has written down all the poems that her grandmother knows. "I think this heritage shouldn't be lost," said Hind. "It has survived for all these years because women have jealously guarded it. That's what I'm trying to do now by noting down all the poems." "I've even recorded several cassettes," she added. "I keep these audio tapes and listen to them constantly. This is my favorite one: The almond tree blossoms in the spring, The Moon discovers its light, Cheeks blush with modesty Before the lover who gives himself away."
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POPSfilling the skies with assasins this speaks to the upcoming hollywood release of yet another terminator movie - and terminator like things the pentagon is using now and future plans for expanding and patrolling global battlefields
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POPSLet America Be America Again
I am the young man, full of strength and hope, Tangled in that ancient endless chain Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land! Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need! Of work the men! Of take the pay! Of owning everything for one's own greed! I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean-- Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years. Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home-- For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's p
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POPSWhat Do Dreams Mean? Whatever Your Bias Says Tough questions, but social scientists now have answers — and really, it’s about time. For thousands of years, dreamers have had little more to go on than the two-gate hypothesis proposed in “The Odyssey.” After Penelope dreams of the return of her lost-long husband, she’s skeptical and says that only some dreams matter.
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POPSIran’s President “I’m-A-Nut-Job” Smacks Down President Obama Since Obame and the liberal day dreamers did not listen to conservatives when we warned them not to take a tambourine to the war on terror (I’m fairly sure Iran doesn’t know how to sing Kumbaya), the big question is whether President Obama got the message this time?
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POPSMicro-Giving: A New Era in Fundraising "...we're entering a new era in fundraising and perhaps other social/political causes. What's new? Virtual tribes -- networks of caring people with more commitment than cash. And that's what excites us about micro-giving: It takes so little. You might not have much to spare, but you've got a penny jar -- and we all know that if you reach in and remove a handful of change, you'll feel no pain. What's great about the new, frictionless online giving we're testing here is that, if you've got a good cause, you no longer need to spend a fortune on real-world marketing. Online, with word of mouth and simple technology, pennies can become serious money..."
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POPSProfessional dreamers on the way? Holy. Cow. The first page of Alien has the concept of professional dreamers who sleep for other peoples' entertainment. Looks like it could become a reality. :O Although the images look like 10x10 px images, scribbled on in PhotoShop and saved as jpeg at the lowest quality ten times over.
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POPSWalking the Talk People like to follow a leader who took the courage to overcome different and painful experiences and obstacles towards change.
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POPSSports Icons --- The Redeem Team Wins Gold
* Their patriotism. In nearly every interview, James and Bryant said how proud they were to be representing America. * Clutch play. We knew the Americans could win blowouts, and indeed most of the games were decided early. When the Redeem Team led Argentina by 20 points in the first quarter, you knew the outcome was not in doubt. * Teamwork and talent. Nobody hogged the ball. Wade said winning the gold showed that NBA stars could play with that same level of teamwork. They unquestionably did. There's also a time for great individual players to call for the ball and carry their team to victory, as Bryant did to turn back Spain. * Inspired picks. Chris Bosh was awfully scrawny to match up against European and South American teams. But he played brilliantly. I wasn't sure about Chris Paul at point guard either. Turns he's a world-class player. * Coaching. The hardest thing to get great basketball players to do is play defense. Yet Coach Mike Krzyzewski got the team to do just
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POPSFiat Money Inflation in France Notes: 1. Well-informed people will notice this "special request" edition was published only two years prior to the third affliction upon the American people and their currency of a "national bank", this time re-named the "Federal Reserve", and thus adding irony to the hoax by characterizing it as something other than a privately owned bank with an unlimited license to create money out of thin air by simply turning on the printing press (it's only significant asset) upon the agreement of 12 persons. # This work was plainly issued to discourage Congress from indulging the age-old fantasy of rulers that they can "control" the monetary unit in a responsible way. That no government has ever accomplished this does not dissuade elected dreamers from entertaining this fantasy. We took this work from a publicly available "text" source, obviously generated by word processing software and thus clutttered with unreadable special characters.
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POPSPANGEA DAY A WONDERFUL SUCCESS It was a wonderful program--to see excerpts or a replay see the link above--WELL WORTH THE TIME! "We have the capacity and tendency to separate 'us' from 'them.' Once established, we're more tolerant to those we call 'us' and more brutal toward 'them.' But increasingly, science shows there's no limit to who we define as 'us.' Eventually, someday, there might not be any more 'thems.'" - Psychologist Robert Kurzban "How can films change the world? They can't, but the people who watch them can. By changing minds, we change the world." - Actress Cameron Diaz
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