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Saigon: Rusty Gunz f. Lil Fame

Rapcypher.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

VIDEO: Saigon feat. Lil Fame “Rusty Gunz”

XXL Magazine (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Sai Giddy mashes out with M.O.P.'s Lil Fame for his new vid...

The Mix: Asian Population of the USA

Erik's Choice (Free subscription) | yesterday

After this post, I'll give demographics a rest for at least a little while. All sorts of other demographic variables are still in the pipeline, however. Overall, the population of the USA has jumped to about 308 million, of which more than 80% resides in urbanized areas (one of many very bad signs for the Republican Party, incidentally, in the long run). Add another 100 million people or so by 2050....

Fillon in Vietnam

GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

On November 13, Prime Minister François Fillon paid a visit to Jane Fonda City - Hanoi, or Ho Chi Minh City as it is known today. There he laid a wreath on the tomb of the man America could not defeat, thanks in part to Ms. Fonda, the left-wing media that told blatant lies about the war, the student uprisings and the vacillations of two American administrations, one Democrat, the other Republican....

DJ Master B.I.G Cypher Collab (prod by 80Productions) ft. Averett89, Celeste Arial, Guccijon804, DARKWATERS, Quan718, DJ Dipset, cp6969, and Ninja Card

Popular Jamglue mixes (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

DJ Master B.I.G Cypher Collab (prod by 80Productions) ft. Averett89, Celeste Arial, Guccijon804, DARKWATERS, Quan718, DJ Dipset, cp6969, and Ninja Card Huge shout outs to everyone that helped with this collab Verse 1 - AVERETT89 (Saigon) Verse 2 - Celeste Arial (Tupac) Verse 3 - Guccijon804 (Cassidy) Verse 4 - Quan718 (Jay-Z) Verse 5 - Guccijon804 (Cassidy) Verse 6 - DJ Dipset (Lil Wayne) Verse 7...

Moving water around in soggy Vietnam

Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Helen Clark in IPS highlights a persistent challenge for Hanoi and other cities : As Vietnam’s big cities are increasingly deluged by floods, the infrastructure cannot keep up. At the end of October last year Hanoi suffered the worst floods in over 50 years. Some streets were under more than two metres of water, resulting in a death toll of 20, many as a result of electrocution from makeshift...

Hanoi, Vietnam Day 1: Leisuring with Coffee, Food & Night Walks

~Brought up 2 SharE~ (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Refer to ♥ Our Travelogue ♥ for easier access! Chào bạn! Our Hanoi holiday was really a spontaneous one. Chris asked me on a Saturday night and the next thing I know was, I'm on the plane with him the following Thursday! I never see this coming and both of us never thought that we would be paying Hanoi a visit this soon. Furthermore, there was warnings on the Ketsana Typhoon...

Has Obama Got What It Takes To Say No To The Military-Industrial Complex Eisenhower Warned Us About?

DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Last month 25% of Brits polled wanted their troops out of Afghanistan asap. Last week it was 63% who had figured out this war was useless. And now the figure is 71% . This weekend the U.S. media was trumpeting the decision by Germany to send another 100 troops to give a hand to the 30-40,000 Obama is about to announce he's sending to that hellhole . A report from Oxfam has soured the British public...

Bekay – “The Raw” Remix with Saigon, Inspectah Deck & DJ Akshun

Hip Hop Ruckus (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Really, I mean really? Can i get any iller than this? Blame One – “Distrubed (Cimer Amor Remix)” with Sean Price & Side Effect Ill Bill – “Enemy” with Raekwon & Caen Ghostface Killah – “Harbor Masters” with AZ & Inspectah Deck

Leawood veteran's experiences chronciled in Vietnam War book

Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Combatant Books For Immediate Release Local Combat Veteran’s Unit Featured in Book The Villages, Florida. November 16, 2009 As a captain in Vietnam, Stephen Oliva of Leawood, Kansas was assigned as squadron (battalion) communications officer during vicious fighting along infamous Highway 13, fifty miles north of Saigon. Experiences of his communications platoon while fighting both NVA main...

Vietnam Goes Crazy For Gold, While Broke Westerners Liquidate Their Holdings

The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

A simple compare-and-contrast exercise tells you a lot about the differeing states of the developed and emerging economies. First, in Europe, where more and more Europeans are taking their gold jewelry into smelters: Times Online : “We’ll get hundreds of kilos of scrap jewellery from Europe this year and I’ve never seen that amount before,” said Erhard Oberli, chief executive...

Saigon Bank expands network

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

With the opening of the two new offices of SCB Doi Can (Hanoi) and SCB Kinh Duong Vuong (HCM City), SCB has increased the total number of transaction offices to 109 units all over the country.The two new transaction offices will focus on banking services such as raising capitals in dong, gold and foreign currencies from individuals and economic institutions under the forms of fixed term deposit certificates,...

Saigon river and District 2

saigon today (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009

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LAOS: Scrap metal income courts UXO danger

Global Security (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

A close look at this river bank village on the Ho Chi Minh trail bordering Vietnam reveals details which belie its tranquility.

Obama, Vietnam, and Afghanistan

BooMan Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

I've spent a good part of the last week re-reading Neil Sheehan's book, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. Partly, this is just happenstance; I found a nicely annotated hardback copy in a local used book store. But it's also because I wanted to look again at the 1962-64 period of the Vietnam War to see how much it resembles our current situation in Afghanistan. I don't have...