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The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

May 25th, 2011

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

In this nuanced and complex portrait of Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick offers a thorough, intricate, and riveting account of the unique experiences that shaped our nation’s first African American president.
 
Through extensive on-the-record interviews with friends and teachers, mentors and disparagers, family members and Obama himself, Remnick explores the elite institutions that first exposed Obama to social tensions, and the intellectual currents that contributed to his identity. Using America’s racial history as a backdrop for Obama’s own story, Remnick further reveals how an initially rootless and confused young man built on the experiences of an earlier generation of black leaders to become one of the central figures of our time.
 
Masterfully written and eminently readable, The Bridge is destined to be a lasting and illuminating work for years to come, by a writer with an unparalleled gift for revealing the historical significance of our present moment.

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9/11 Truckload of Explosives Found Under George Washington Bridge!!

March 18th, 2011

Why did we not hear any more about this important story?
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Why have we not heard more about this?! What’s really intriguing is that ABC’s 20/20 (15), the New York Post (16), and the New Jersey Bergen Record (17) all clearly and unambiguously reported that a white van with Israelis was intercepted on a ramp near Route 3, which leads directly to the Lincoln Tunnel. But the Jerusalem Post, Israeli National News (Arutz Sheva) (18), and Yediot America, (19) all reported, just as clearly and unambiguously, that a white van with Israelis was stopped on a ramp leading to the George Washington Bridge, which is several miles north of the Lincoln Tunnel. It appears as if there may actually have been two white vans involved, one stopped on each crossing. This would not only explain the conflicting reports as to the actual location of the arrests, but would also explain how so many credible eye-witnesses all saw celebrating “middle-easterners” in a white van in so many different locations. It also explains why the New York Post and Steve Gordon (lawyer for the 5 Israelis) originally described how three Israelis were arrested but later increased the total to five. Perhaps one van was meant to drop off a bomb while the other was meant to pick up the first set of drivers while re-crossing back into New Jersey? If a van was to be used as a parked time-bomb on the GW Bridge, then certainly the drivers would need to have a “get-away van” to pick them up and escape. And notice how the van (or vans) stayed away from the third major crossing -the
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Christian FM radio station The Bridge goes on air

December 13th, 2010

Christian FM radio station The Bridge goes on air
Last Tuesday at 10 am, Delaware residents were able to hear a launch countdown as a new contemporary Christian music station went on the air with the whoosh of a rocket ship shooting into the sky.
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Russian FM to protect rights of Aziza Yakubova, extradited to US
MOSCOW, December 11 (Itar-Tass) — The Russian Foreign Ministry will continue to consistently protect the rights of Russian citizen Aziza Yakubova (Mirzoyeva) in order to ensure her right to justice and proper treatment, a source at the Foreign Ministry said following the decision by a court in Virginia, the USA, to remand in custody the Russian citizen, extradited from Germany.
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Wikileaks: Cable completo sobre pedido de equipamiento militar a EEUU (en inglés)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/11/25 TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PTER, MASS, MOPS, SOCI, PE SUBJECT: SCENESETTER FOR USSOUTHCOM COMMANDER, GENERAL DOUGLAS M. FRASER
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Seattle floating bridge toll would be $3.50

November 17th, 2010

Seattle floating bridge toll would be .50
When tolling starts next year on the Highway 520 floating bridge, drivers would pay $ 3.50 or $ 5 to cross Lake Washington between Bellevue and Seattle.
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Seattle floating bridge toll would be .50
Associated Press – November 17, 2010 9:15 AM ET BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) – When tolling starts next year on the Highway 520 floating bridge, drivers would pay $ 3.50 or $ 5 to cross Lake Washington…
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Key Bridge, Washington, DC

November 10th, 2010

Some cool Washington DC images:

Key Bridge, Washington, DC
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Union Station, Washington DC
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Key Bridge, Washington, DC

March 31st, 2010

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Image taken on 2006-10-29 07:56:47 by Scott Ableman.

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NJ – Fort Lee: George Washington Bridge at night

February 21st, 2010

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Image taken on 2007-11-11 17:56:37 by wallyg.

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Memorial Bridge, looking from the Virginia side of the Potomac River across to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. (LOC)

February 12th, 2010

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Image taken on 1940-01-01 00:00:00 by The Library of Congress.

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