10/21/08: PBS NEWS HOUR Interview with Nassim Nicholas Taleb, famous economist and author of "The Black Swan" and Dr. Mandelbrot, professor of Mathematics. Both say that the present economy more serious than the Great Depression, and the economy during the American Revolution.
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Feng Xiaogang's movie "Assembly" takes a huge step step away from the propaganda of older Chinese war films.
Thousands of soldiers died in the battle that took place during the Chinese Civil War in 1948. Captain Guzidi is ordered to fight the KMT Army until he hears the trumpet call of retreat. But Guzidi never hears the call, and his troops must continue to fight...
music by Leon Gieco from the powerful film ILUMINADOS POR EL FUEGO (BLESSED BY FIRE)
about the Malvinas / Falklands War. It shows the misery the soldiers went through.
War between a military dictatorship and right-wing Thatcher over a piece of rock to deflect notice from their lousy economies