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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Straight up

The Washington Post tells the NIE story right.

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:16 AM

    biogirl - Way creepy.

    "Homeland" - vaguely reminiscent of "Fatherland" and "Motherland" (Fascist and Communist terms, respectively).

    More obscure was a miniseries in the 80's where the US was partitioned into communist puppet states, including the Midwest as the "Heartland."

    All very creepy indeed.

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