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The Schmooze Neo-Nazi Climbs Into Lion Cage, Gets Mauled
Hakuna Matata doesn’t hold true for neo-Nazis. So, you know that inner voice that tells you when you’re doing something bad/irresponsible/possibly stupid and life-threatening. Apparently, neo-Nazis don’t have that. The Daily Mail reports that a Spanish neo-Nazi dressed in a military uniform was mauled by lions after climbing into their enclosure in a Barcelona zoo….
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Fast Forward Hallmark Yanks ‘Swastika’-Themed Wrapping Paper
Hallmark Cards Inc, the purveyor of products that it says “make the world a more caring place,” was pulling gift wrap from U.S. stores after a complaint that the paper appears to display a swastika, a symbol associated with the persecution of Jews. Hallmark issued an apology on Tuesday and said that the blue and…
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Fast Forward German Court Tosses 1944 Nazi Massacre Case Against 89-Year-Old
A German court has thrown out a case against a Cologne man for his alleged involvement in the June 1944 massacre of hundreds of civilians in France. Named only as Werner C., the 89-year-old defendant was charged by the prosecutor in the western German city of Dortmund with gunning down 25 civilians in Oradour-sur-Glane along…
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The Schmooze Walgreens Hanukkah Wrapping Paper Has Swastikas
NBC Nothing says Happy Holidays like Nazi-themed wrapping paper. Cheryl Shapiro was shopping in the Northridge, California, Walgreens’ Hanukkah section when she came across something odd — something swastika-shaped. Shapiro, who was in the store with her grandson, was outraged. “I told them I wanted this taken off the shelves immediately – not just your store,…
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Fast Forward Senate Passes ‘No Social Security for Nazis’ Bill
Video: Nate Lavey The U.S. Senate approved a bill that would end Social Security payments to former Nazis. The No Social Security for Nazis Act passed Dec. 4 by voice vote. Having passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously earlier in the week, the bill now goes to President Obama for his signature. It closes…
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Culture How Modernist Artists Survived (and Sometimes Thrived) Under Nazis
● Artists under Hitler: Collaboration and Survival in Nazi Germany By Jonathan Petropoulos Yale University Press, 424 pages, $40 Nearly 70 years after the end of World War II, newly available archives and probing scholarship are sharpening our perspective on daily life, culture, political infighting, and collaboration and resistance in the Third Reich. Jonathan Petropoulos’s…
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Fast Forward Ben Carson Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany
Dr. Ben Carson, who is considering a 2016 Republican presidential run, reiterated his provocative opinion that the United States is comparable to Nazi Germany. Carson, asked Wednesday in an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer whether he would like to qualify or retract his comparison, said “absolutely not.” In March, the prominent retired neurosurgeon and…
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Fast Forward Congress Wants To Bar Social Security for Nazis
Video: Nate Lavey As the U.S. Congress haggles over a budget deal, tax-break extensions and other thorny matters, lawmakers from both parties appear united on one thing: Nazis should not receive U.S. government retirement benefits. The House plans to take up the No Social Security for Nazis Act on Tuesday. The Senate will vote on…
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