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By Michael Olenick, creator of FindtheFraud, a crowd sourced foreclosure document review system (still in alpha). You can follow him on Twitter at michael_olenick or read his blog, Seeing Through Data “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”
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In the last few months I’ve been receiving a number of emails from some young Pakistanis asking me to define ‘Bhuttoism’. Interestingly, most of them seem to be Imran Khan supporters. An ‘ism’ is a noun-forming suffix denoting a specific doctrine or theo
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”Is it time to bury Vladimir Putin?” She had, of course, misspoken: the segment was about a proposal to inter Vladimir Lenin, the revolutionary leader whose mummifie
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In his third post on Obamacare in the light of the HHS “preventive care” mandate, Paul Rahe considers whether it is a mistake or a portent. He concludes: [T]here can be only one reason why Sebelius, Pelosi, and Obama decided to proceed. They wanted to sh
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Former Soviet tyrant Joseph Stalin wrote in one letter to his wife Nadya, while she was away from him seeking treatment for headaches in Germany, "I miss you so much Tatochka. The father of fascism, Benito Mussolini, wr
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The United States are “the world’s cancer,” American media is the same as Nazi propaganda, and Vladimir Lenin was right, said Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who was convicted of arms smuggling in New York. “I expect they will jail me for life, but I’m
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A new statue of Vladimir Lenin has been unveiled in the city of Ufa in the Volga District. One of the key characters in Russian literature – Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, the personification of idleness and time-wasting - has inspired a one-off festival in the ci
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The Solicitor General's office of the Department of Justice is home to some of the very smartest lawyers in the country. These are the people who represent the views of the United States in the most important public policy cases at the U.S. Supreme Court
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Tweets featuring the British-Irish boy band One Direction were the fourth largest subject, followed by a video trailer for the upcoming movie, The Hunger Games, based on the popular book series by the same name. The No. 3 video was a gaffe made during a
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The only thing that DB needs access to is the hot tip of a 0.40. Tent of dreams….Vladimir Lenin actually appeared in my dreams a couple days ago as some tall green giant stalking me… that is how close we are to losing it all….> http://youtu.be/cCtJeqIiPM
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Buenos Aires: A namesake of Vladimir Lenin, the late Russian communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by an Ecuadorian legislator. The 58-year-old Lenin Moreno, vice president of Ecuador, receiv
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Protest day kicked off in Russia with rallies in the country’s Far East, where several hundreds took to the streets in the blistering cold on Saturday. A rally in Khabarovsk, where temperature stood at minus 21 degrees Celsius, gathered some 250 people,
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But Montefiore is also, famously, the scholar who has written not one, but two landmark biographies of Josef Stalin. If Disraeli’s witticism really does hold true for him, we must ask how it came to be that Montefiore wanted to live with two books about
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Every perky young news anchor working at a local television station in a remote Siberian city dreams of one day attracting national attention, getting their big break. That dream, in a way, has come true for Maria Bukhtuyeva of Kemerevo's TVK. Her short
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February 3, 2012: A recent poll in Russia sought to determine which Russian leaders of the last century were most popular. Current president Dmitry Medvedev scored 54 percent. Medvedev is seen as competent, but still subservient to his mentor Putin. Vlad
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Bashar al Assad's best bet for leaving Syria before he gets killed by angry citizenry like Col. Muammar Qaddafi looks like exile, but finding somewhere for him to go may be tricky. Reuters reported on Thursday that if he can be persuaded to relinquish po
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It's not like it hasn't been done before, it has. The problem is, it is so easy now, anyone can do it, and we'd never know because the tools are so subtle. I'm talking about doctored pictures — manipulating images or what simpler folks call "lying." Ther
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Moscow: A slip of the tongue has earned a Russian newsreader celebrity status on the internet, after she mistakenly said that blogosphere was debating if PM Vladimir Putin should be "buried". Maria Bukhtuyeva, a newsreader from Krasnoyarsk , took the na
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Moscow: A slip of the tongue has earned a Russian newsreader celebrity status on the Internet, after she mistakenly said that blogosphere was debating whether Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should be "buried". Maria Bukhtuyeva, a newsreader from the Siber
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KRASNOYARSK, Russia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A Russian newsreader who mistakenly said a presidential candidate is considering "whether Vladimir Putin should be buried" will not be punished, officials said. Managers at the TVK network in Krasnoyarsk said newsrea
About Vladimir Lenin
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин; April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1870 – January 21, 1924), born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Улья́нов) and also known by the pseudonyms V.I. Lenin and N. Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the principal leader of the October Revolution, the first... Full Article
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A mother and her son stand in front of a mosaic depicting founder of the Soviet State Vladimir Lenin, in the Black sea resort of Sochi on February 13, 2012. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games which are scheduled to start on February 7, 2014.
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A woman works with a sewing machine at her shop selling political propaganda items including communist signs and portraits of communist leaders Karl Max, Lenin and late president Ho Chi Minh in downtown Hanoi on February 1, 2012. Vietnamese communists will celebrate on March 2 the 82nd...
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A monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, partly covered with snow, is seen in front of the culture palace of in Zhodino, some 50 km (31 miles) east of Minsk, February 9, 2012.
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Members of a leftist Turkish party waves party flags and hold a poster showing the commander of Turkey's War of Independance, Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and his main ally Soviet leader Lenine, as they protest outside the French embassy in Ankara on January 23, 2012. Turkey threatened...
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Russian Communist Party supporters prepare on January 21, 2012 to lay flowers at the mausoleum of Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on Red Square in Moscow to mark the 88th anniversary of his death.
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A view taken on January 13, 2012 of the Lenin monument of the industrial Ukrainian city of Donetsk which will host the Euro 2012 European football championship next June.
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Participants ski past a monument of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin during the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Ladies 1.5 km sprint free event in Moscow February 2, 2012. The Luzhniki stadium can be seen in the background.
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Communist party leader and presidential candidate Gennady Zyuganov seen during his meeting with a farmers at the Lenin state farm outside Moscow, with a giant bust of Vladimir Lenin in the background, Russia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. Gennady Zyuganov is one of the presidential candidates...
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VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 16: An emblem depicting Vladimir Lenin is seen on top of a building on November 16, 2011 in Volgograd, Russia. Volgograd is one of thirteen proposed host cities as Russia prepares to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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SAMARA, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 10: A general view of a statue of Lenin on November 10, 2011 in Samara, Russia. Samara is one of thirteen proposed host cities as Russia prepares to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 02: A monument to Vladimir Lenin is seen on the main Lenin Street on November 2, 2011 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Yekaterinburg is one of thirteen cities proposed as a host city for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
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KHARKOV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 02: General view of the statue of Lenin overlooking Freedom Square in Kharkov on November 2, 2011, in Kharkov, Ukraine. Kharkov is Ukraine second largest city and is a Euro2012 Venue City which will be held in the Ukraine and Poland.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 11: Light shines through stained glass windows featuring the faces of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin prior to the beginning of the winter semester on October 11, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. German universities recorded a record 2.218...
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People take pictures of the portrait of Soviet Union's founding father Vladimir Lenin in the cafe of the Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia on September 19, 2011, after the opening ceremony. Twenty-two years after the fall of its communist regime, Bulgaria opened on Monday its first-ever...
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People walk past a statue of Soviet Union's founding father Vladimir Lenin in the sculpture park of the Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia on September 19, 2011, after the opening ceremony. Twenty-two years after the fall of its communist regime, Bulgaria opened on Monday its first-ever...
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A Soviet-era monument to Vladimir Lenin in the central square of Ukraine's industrial city of Kharkiv, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011. Kharkiv is one of Ukraine's four host cities for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament.
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Members of a leftist Turkish party hold a poster showing the leader of Turkey's War of Independance, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, left, and Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin as they stage a protest outside the French embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. They were protesting against a...
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A Pro-Communist Muscovite holds a portrait of Lenin as he gathers with others to visit the mausoleum of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin to mark the 88th anniversary of his death at Moscow's Red Square, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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A supporter of the Russian Communist Party is seen through a flag during a rally by the monument of the Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin, to mark Lenin's death anniversary, in Russia's southern city of Stavropol January 21, 2012. People, who demanded the resignation of head of the...
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Russia's Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov gestures while speaking during his news conference in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, with a portrait of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in the background. The leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov pledged that the...
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Buildings are under construction on Lenin square on June 6, 2011 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. One year before it hosts the biggest event in its two decades of independence, Ukraine is finally showing signs it is ready for the 2012 European football championships despite...
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A visitor looks at a statue of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before the start of the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism, Hungarians still feel that they have not faced up to their...
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A cameraman films a painting of communist ideologists (L-R) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before the start of the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism, Hungarians...
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A gallery employee adjusts a painting of communist ideologists (L-R) Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin during an exhibition of Socialist Realism from 1945 to the 1960s before starting the auction in Budapest November 7, 2011. 22 years after the fall of communism,...
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A mother and her son stand in front of a mosaic depicting founder of the Soviet State Vladimir Lenin, in the Black sea resort of Sochi on February 13, 2012. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games which are scheduled to start on February 7, 2014.
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