Posts Tagged ‘Mikhail Gorbachev’

Gorbachev : In Russian ‘Best Interest to Counter’ Afghan Threats

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, pakistan on 5 February 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Cold War, Mikhail Gorbachev, New York Times, pakistan, Perestroika, Russia, September 11, Soviet Union, taliban with Comments

Former leader of the Soviet Union (and one time Louis Vuitton coverboy), Mikhail Gorbachev published an Op/Ed in the February 04, 2010 issue of the New York Times. In it, Gorbachev details U.S., Soviet and Pakistani involvement in Afghanistan since the 1979 Soviet invasion of the Central Asian nation.
The justification Gorbachev attributes to the Soviet [...]

Video : George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev on Fall of Berlin Wall ‘It Wouldn’t Have Been Prudent to Celebrate’

In History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, citizenship, fame on 6 November 2009 tagged Al Jazeera English, Berlin Wall, Cold War, David Frost, east germany, Fall of the Berlin Wall, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Germany, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, prudent, Reunification of Germany, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, Video, West Germany, Youtube with Comments

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Al Jazeera English’s David Frost sat down with former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev:
“I always thought that History was a very fickle lady“

Everything Old is New [AND Stylish] Again – The Beatles, Buzz Aldrin, and Louis Vuitton

In Art, History, Music, Science, fame, fashion, pictures, video games on 6 June 2009 tagged Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Dangerous, Jet Grind Radio, Jim Lovell, Joystiq, Louis Vuitton, Michael Jackson, Mikhail Gorbachev, Playstation, Rockband, Sally Ride, The Beatles, The Beatles : Rockband, The Cut, video games, Vulture, wii, XBOX with Comments

The animated intro to The Beatles : Rockband, may just be one of the greatest video game moments we have ever seen. Check out the Jet Grind Radio meets Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album cover below video below:

Animated Intro for Beatles Video Game Basically Better Than Yellow Submarine [Vulture]
First they nabbed the last president of the [...]