Old is the New New

Sixty years of war reenacted by foods from the warring countries. Some American bias: I think, frex, they understate the role of the stroganoff in defeating the wieners and pretzels.

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Shame on who? The Center for Public Integrity, whatever that is, documents 935 false statements about Iraq made by President Bush and top officials in the two years leading up to the invasion.

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There’s something very Hogan’s Heroes about this: the British Secret Service used Monopoly sets to smuggle maps, money, and little metal top hats to Allied POWs during WWII. (Hat tip.)

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Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for espionage. Note accompanying photo–that’s what makes the article for me.

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From the February 2007 issue of The Believer.

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Eleventh day of the eleventh month.

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Professional wrestler launches into angry tirade! Film at eleven.

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Letters from the front: more on my grandfather, killed in action during WWII.

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Major Robert MacDougall, KIA January 1944.

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In which I am not surprised by the outcome of the 2004 election, but I am surprised by how much it hurt.

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