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While many politicians seem like they possess more bark than bite, several have been able to physically back up their words when needed. This list features ten badass politicians who demonstrated bravery in the face of danger, or significant physical prowess during their storied lives. 10. Idi Amin Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin was very much [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People, Politics · Tagged Aleksandr Karelin, andrew jackson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Badass, idi amin, jesse ventura, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, politicians, Politics, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, TopTenz, Vitali Klitschko, vladimir putin
While adultery is never good or acceptable, it’s somehow even worse when somebody in the public eye does it. It exposes so-called role models for the shams they truly are, can damage or destroy careers and, in some extreme cases, topple whole governments. There is no way, in any of these instances, that the benefits [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 4:30 am
Filed under History · Tagged adultery, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Clinton, camilla parker-bowles, Helen of Troy, Julius Caesar, kristen stewart, marital affairs, Matthew Zarzeczny, Monica Lewinsky, Napoleon, newt gingrich, prince charles, rupert sanders, TopTenz
Ever since the Moabite King Eglon was stabbed to death on his throne in 1200 BCE (Judges 3:12-30)—and probably long before that—political leaders have been killed for any number of reasons. Usually they are murdered because they are deemed a threat by others in authority, or because of some controversial political stand they have taken, [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged abraham lincoln, Alexander II, assassinations, Benazir Bhutto, chief spokesman, death, Franz Ferdinand, historical assassinations, historical information, History, important assassinations, Indira Gandhi, john f kennedy, Julius Caesar, King Eglon, Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Nehru-Gandhi family, paranoia, political activist and spiritual leader, Politics, President of the United States, Prime Ministers of India, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, rajiv gandhi, Reinhard Heydrich, Senior Nazi Official, the paranormal, tragic assassinations, Tsar
Some of the most overlooked personalities in the film industry are the men and women who sit in the director’s chair. While most of the public is content with engaging themselves with the off-screen antics of actors and actresses, it is often the directors who outshine their fellow artists in terms of eccentricities and sheer [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:00 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Academy Award, Aguirre, Akira Kurosawa, amazon river, American film directors, Anne Frank Pt II, auteurs, Barry Lyndon, bernardo bertolucci, best directors, Blue Velvet, Braveheart, Bruno Schleinstein, Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston, Chimes at Midnight, Citizen Kane, Dancer in the Dark, David Lynch, Delilah, denmark, Director Award, Dogme, Dogville, Element of Crime, Entertainment, Entertainment_Culture, Eraserhead, Even Dwarfs Started Small, famous directors, famous regular actress, fantastic Shakespearean actor, film, film directors, film noir, Fort Apache, France, French Legion of Honor, full metal jacket, Golden Lion, Grizzly Man, Gus Van Sant, Hairspray, Harmony Korine, Hidden Fortress, Howard Hawks, I Dismember Mama, Ice Station Zebra, Ikiru, Ingmar Bergman, John Ford, John Water, John Waters, john wayne, Julien Donkey-Boy, Julius Caesar, Kaspar Hauser, King of Kings, Kirk Douglas, Klaus Kinski, Martin Scorsese, Me and Orson Welles, Mondo Trasho, movie history, Movies, Mt. Fuji, Multiple Maniacs, Munich Film School, My Best Fiend, Nathaniel Hood, No Smoking, Omaha Beach, orson welles, Paths of Glory, Patricia Hearst, rubber baron, Sahara Desert, Scarface, Scatman Crothers, Sergio Leone, Shelley Duvall, Spartacus, stagecoach, stanley kubrick, Strangelove, the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, the Academy Award, the Best Director Award, the Cannes Film Festival, The Crusades, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, the first Academy Award, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hidden Fortress, The Idiots, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Outlaw, The Shining, the Venice Film Festival, the Wrath of God, Touch of Evil, Twin Peaks, Victor Mature, Werner Herzog, Wild at Heart, William Randolph Hearst, Yoshio Inaba, Zentropa, ZENTROPA PRODUCTIONS
Some do it for love, some do it for money or politics: these people sold out their countries, their comrades…even their own families…changing the course of history forever. Here is our list of Top 10 Traitors. 10. Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes was part of a revolutionary group of Roman Catholics, who plotted to blow up [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Filed under History, People, Politics · Tagged aldrich ames, America, american veterans, assassination, Benedict Arnold, betray, brutus, fbi special agent, gunpowder plot, guy fawkes, Jane Fonda, jesus, Jon McCain, judas, judas iscariot, Julius Caesar, julius rosenberg, kiss, robert hanssen, rosenbergs, traitor, traitors, treason, v for vendetta, vidkun quisling, wang jingwei
In our modernized, mechanized age of warfare, where decisions are made by civilians, officers far from any line of combat, congressional committees, and unknown military strategists in committee, an army is a faceless thing. For the last six decades, the idea of massed armies doing battle has been considered a curiosity of the past, and [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 12:02 am
Filed under History · Tagged America, Armies, battle, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, conquerors, Controversial, Erwin Rommel, field commanders, frederick the great, Generals, genghis khan, George Washington, Hannibal Barca, Independence, Joan of Arc, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, military strategists, Pancho Villa, Saladin, top 10 list, War, Washington