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    The Executioner’s Granddaughter

    MAY 28, 2012 8:03PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: story behind the photograph, samson, open call, napoleon, marie antoinette, louis xvi, liege, guillotine, executioner, charles sanson

    • 10 Ratings
    • 285 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Wolf of Winter — OS Weekend Fiction

    MAY 25, 2012 8:42AM

    By Seth James


    Topics: 1812 invasion of russia, napoleon, wolves, books, fiction

    • 1 Ratings
    • 147 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    There He Is Again! It’s VS Naipaul!

    MARCH 13, 2012 7:45PM

    By Frank Izaguirre


    Topics: vs naipaul, books, napoleon, among the believers, persia

    • 39 Ratings
    • 867 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Good news Monday - The boyfriend's a star on the BBC!

    MARCH 12, 2012 4:26PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: the boyfriend, craonne, battle reenactment, napoleon, history, first empire, french army, bbc, news

    • 0 Ratings
    • 152 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Kindling: Napoleon for Dummies

    FEBRUARY 4, 2012 9:03PM

    By Katharine Yee


    Topics: napoleon, silent film festival, kevin brownlow, abel gance, kindle, books, j. david markham, alan ladd, james cagney, lincoln

    • 33 Ratings
    • 2122 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Downunder

    JANUARY 25, 2012 11:56PM

    By Kim Gamble


    Topics: eora, first fleet, sydney, laperouse, napoleon, euro

    • 0 Ratings
    • 225 Views
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    Romney Schmomney and What’s Newt?

    JANUARY 22, 2012 12:55PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, morality, ethics, finance, campaign 2012, economics, politics, napoleon, adultery, grand cayman island, taxes, religious right, evangelicals, evangelical voters, south carolina primary, south carolina, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, tea party, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, american crossroads, karl rove, citizens united, gop, republican party, newt gingrich, willard romney, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 404 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bullying: Newtie And Abuse

    DECEMBER 28, 2011 10:52AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, selfish babies, ameicans for tax reform, grover norquist, upper class, disdain for the poor, selfishness, self-centeredness, adultery, christian fundamentalism, roads, crosses, american crossroads, karl rove, citizens united, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party express, tea party patriots, tea party, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, definitions, put-downs, patti smity, the devil, georgia, power-mongers, power, ego inflation, megalomania, dog and pony shows, republican party, callista gingrich, pearl jam, pearl harbor, napoleon, newt gingrich, bullying, domestic abuse, child abuse

    • 1 Ratings
    • 683 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Is Newt Gingrich Freakin' Insane?

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 2:16PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, ego inflation, bolshevism, communism, socialism, liberalism, neoconservatism, conservatism, john birch society, citizens united, napoleon, winston churchill, to save america, gingrich 2012, newt gingrich

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1803 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Turkey and Egypt: A Long History in Danger of Repeating

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 11:01AM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: turkey, egypt, revolution, erdogan, bonaparte, napoleon, mamluke, ottoman, january 25th, tahrir, mehemet ali, belief/religion, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 259 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    "IF ONLY....ERIC CANTOR would "Pull a Weiner"!

    JULY 11, 2011 5:58PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: comedy, food/drink, gossip, news, photography, monica lewinsky, bill clinton, hillary clinton, sarah palin, joan of arc, anne boleyn, president obama, george bush, kim kardasian, walt disney, mozart, albert einstein, alexander the great, napoleon, ghandi, abraham lincoln, gilbert gottfried, anthony weiner, satire, spoof, humor, open call, if only...eric cantor would pull a weiner, marilyn sands

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1339 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Why is Russia so Hard to Invade?

    JUNE 13, 2011 3:55PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: mongols, nato, 1941, 1812, barbarossa, hitler, napoleon, russia

    • 0 Ratings
    • 559 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    International Dictator and Terrorist Death Month

    MAY 2, 2011 10:46AM

    By Jonathon Jones


    Topics: germanyl, napoleon, despots, nuclear war, conspiracy theories, conspiracies, international affairs, open call, open+cal, television, travel, war on terror, america, usa, terrorism, world war 2, ww2, hitler, star wars, history, politics, fiction, economy, business, belief/religion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 164 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Zahi Redux

    APRIL 24, 2011 6:14PM

    By SVCinNYC


    Topics: zahi hawass, egypt, egyptology, archaeology, colonialism, napoleon, zahi hawass explorers hat, neo-classicism, sphinx, pyramids

    • 30 Ratings
    • 987 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Questions Answered!

    APRIL 3, 2011 5:05PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: battle reenactment, zombies, paris, french history, napoleon, militaria, apartment life, cats, kittens, miracles

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 2680 Views
    • 86 Comments
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    All Night Long: My boyfriend's waistcoat

    MARCH 4, 2011 2:45PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: france, history, napoleon, battle reconstitutions, sewing, 19th century fashion, militaria

    • 24 Ratings
    • 1443 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Stanley Kubrick's Unfinished Script: Napoleon

    NOVEMBER 16, 2010 4:40PM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: cinema, film, napoleon, kubrick

    • 0 Ratings
    • 232 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The day I got involved; for the rest of my life.

    OCTOBER 25, 2010 11:13AM

    By Hans Denee


    Topics: pavel kulisek, puente grande, napoleon, mexico, ottawa, consular affairs, ctv-w5, vancouver, los barriles

    • 21 Ratings
    • 854 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Big News: My Boyfriend's Pants

    OCTOBER 15, 2010 7:58AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: stuff someone else made, crafts, clothing, pants, napoleon, history, frickin' geniuses, accomplishments, fabric

    • 9 Ratings
    • 927 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Your Love Letter Is in the Mail

    MAY 21, 2010 8:51AM

    By DensieW


    Topics: nora ephron, josephine, napoleon, nicholas sparks, dear john, love letters

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