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History of the Middle East

tags: time lapse, middle east, 3000 BCE, kingdoms, maps of war

Empires that have controlled the Middle East.
posted by MrFisk  15 hours ago • 2 comments
378 views • length 2:19
 
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Epic Time-Lapse Map of Europe from 1000 AD

tags: map, Europe, time lapse

Fast forwarding from ca 1000 AD until 2005 showing Europe's shifting borders, alliances, unions, territories, occupied land etc.
posted by pumkinandstorm  1 day 1 hour 52 minutes ago • 9 comments
837 views • length 3:24
 
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Lenin's Funeral (1924)

tags: Bolsheviks, Marxist, Communist, Socialist, British Pathe

Lenin's Funeral (1924). Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks and who had led the October Revolution of 1917 died in 1924. This newsreel shows the pallbearers and the public attending the funeral in Moscow. - YT
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posted by critical_d  3 days 24 minutes ago • 0 comments
271 views • length 35 secs
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Waiting For Columbus 25th Anniversary - Sound Check

tags: levon helm, little feat, waiting for columbus, Billy Bob Thornton, Jackson Browne

[R.I.P. Levon Helm] Rarely seen sound check footage where Levon is seen mid stage [jacket over his shoulder] before he heads over to pick up a mandolin for this song YouTube description: 2002-10-14... more inside
posted by PlayhousePals  3 weeks 5 days ago • 0 comments
222 views • length 4:09
 
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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)

tags: With Great Power, Stan Lee, story, documentary, history, comics, superheroes, Marvel

"At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics, Stan Lee has co-created over 500 legendary pop culture... more inside
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posted by ant  3 days 21 hours 54 minutes ago • 0 comments
275 views • length 1:20:51
 
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Know Your Meme: Scumbag Steve

tags: Know Your Meme, Scumbag Steve, KYM, meme, Steve, photo, photograph, cap, texts, quotes

"Internet scientist Forest examines the appeal of the Internet's favorite douchebag character Scumbag Steve and the lasting legacies of his iconic Boston Red Sox fitted cap, better known as the Scumbag Hat. ... more inside
posted by ant  3 days 22 hours 47 minutes ago • 0 comments
450 views • length 4:19
 
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Wolfenstein 3D Director's Commentary with John Carmack

tags: Wolf3D, Wolfenstein 3D, directors commentary, John Carmack, id software, Apogee, FPS

"To commemorate Wolfenstein 3D's 20th anniversary, id Software co-founder John Carmack provides director's commentary for the game. Want to play the game? Visit http://wolfenstein.bethsoft.com to play an in-browser version of the game. ESRB Rating: Mature with Blood and Gore, Violence."
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posted by ant  4 days 20 hours 47 minutes ago • 0 comments
521 views • length 24:49
 
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Cannons, Bastions and Geometry

tags: cannon, fortification, tower, bastion, gunpowder, battle, military engineering

Continued here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jegFEixfe50 From Connections, Episode 9, "Countdown" by James Burke
posted by halfAcat  4 days 22 hours 5 minutes ago • 3 comments
484 views • length 6:15
 
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Bahrain: Shouting in the dark

tags: Multi Award Nominated Doc, Bahrain, Revolution, Military Clampdown

The story of the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world. -yt
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posted by geo321  4 days 19 hours 1 minute ago • 4 comments
634 views • length 50:56
 
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posted by shagen454  1 week ago • 4 comments
423 views • length 3:11
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Peter Brötzmann Quartet -- Song of the United Front

tags: Peter Brotzmann, free jazz, Germany, Poland, Brecht, Eisler, socialist, hymn, 1974

The groundbreaking Peter Brötzmann Quartet plays this socialist hymn written by Bertolt Brecht and Hans Eisler in 1934 as an encore after this concert in Warsaw in 1974. The result is rather different... more inside
posted by Ornthoron  1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 3 comments
1139 views • length 2:31
 
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We Chose the Soviet Path; US Parallels with Soviet Decline

tags: Tom Engelhardt, Soviet, US, Afghanistan

Tom describes some of the parallels between US political decisions and those of their soviet counterparts.
posted by shveddy  1 week 1 day ago • 2 comments
510 views • length 1:54
 
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posted by longde  1 week 3 days ago • 2 comments
492 views • length 9:22
 
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Farting & Swearing On The Moon

tags: Apollo 16, 1972, Citrus Fruits, Gas, Live Microphone

"Houston, we have a PAAAAAAARP problem" Commander John Young, not realising the microphone was still switched on gives away too much information during Apollo 16's Moon Mission in April 1972.
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posted by Barseps  1 week 3 days ago • 9 comments
2323 views • length 40 secs
 
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Appalachian English

tags: Appalachia

short history bit on how Appalachian english has diverged
posted by marinara  1 week 3 days ago • 1 comment
467 views • length 8:12
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Suzanna Gratia-Hupp: What the Second Amendment is REALLY For

tags: suzanna, hupp, second, amendment, bear, arms

Texas state representative, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, whose parents were killed by an insane gunman while her gun was out in the car, gives very moving and bold testimony about the REAL reason that the second amendment was designed to protect our right to keep and bear arms
posted by silvercord  3 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 7 comments
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The Creature from Jekyll Island: Understanding the Fed

tags: G Edward Griffin, federal reserve system, central banking

Griffin gives a talk summarizing his book "The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve." It covers the creation and operation of the Federal Reserve System.
Long
posted by SpeveO  3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 3 comments
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SCIENCE & ISLAM EP3 1of6 | The Power Of Doubt

tags: science, Islam

The final episode of the series. The first two are already posted, as far as I can tell this one has not.
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posted by jan  2 years 3 months 1 week ago • 0 comments
963 views
 
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New Home Video Footage Of Challenger Disaster.

tags: Space Shuttle, Challenger, Launch, 1986, Explosion, Video, Huffington Post

Uploaded only yesterday, (May 1st, 2012). Footage exclusive to Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/new-challenger-video-space-shuttle-footage_n_1463495.html
posted by Barseps  2 weeks ago • 4 comments
671 views • length 5:09
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The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1

tags: John Green, vlogbrothers, nerdfighters, Crash Course, agriculture, education

From John Green's new YT Channel "Crash Course": In which John Green investigates the dawn of human civilization. John looks into how people gave up hunting and gathering to become agriculturalists, and... more inside
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posted by Skeeve  3 months 2 weeks ago • 4 comments
504 views • length 11:11

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