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Its interesting that this is making "mainstream blogs now".  The Nazis' persecution of Jews was brutal, methodical, and horrifyingly efficient. However, their perverse efforts were only realized with the assistance of a Hollerith Machine - IBM's custom-built tabulation system. IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black explains. When Hitler rose to power, German intellect descended into madness. The Nazi movement was not merely a throng of hooligans pelting windows and screaming slogans. Guiding the Brown Shirts and exhorting the masses was an elite coterie of pseudo-scientists, corrupted professionals, and profit-blinded industrialists. Nazi jurists, medical doctors, and a clique of scientists — each with their prestigious academic credentials — found ways to pervert their science and higher calling to advance the cause of Aryan domination and racial persecution. At the vanguard of Hitler's intellectual shock troops were the statisticians. Naturally,...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, was taken off an Air France plane about to leave JFK Airport and arrested for allegedly attacking a hotel maid at the Sofitel in Times Square. Sources tell the Daily News and NY Post that earlier in the day, Strauss-Kahn allegedly emerged from a bathroom naked, crept up on the maid and forced her to perform oral sex on him. The maid somehow left the room—the News said she fled while the Post says she was allowed to leave—and Strauss-Kahn, a French politician, continued his plans and headed to JFK for his flight to Paris. The plane was 10 minutes from takeoff when Port Authority police officers took Strauss-Kahn from the first class cabin and turned over to NYPD. Strauss-Kahn, 62, is a member of the Socialist Party and has been eyed to challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 election. His nickname is "The Great Seducer" and the Guardian reports, "Rumours of dangerous liaisons...

(Reuters) - A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive, according to the officials, who discussed the discovery with Reuters on condition of anonymity. The officials said they were not yet sure precisely where in the compound the pornography was discovered or who had been viewing it. Specifically, the officials said they did not know if bin Laden himself had acquired or viewed the materials. Reports from Abbottabad have said that bin Laden's compound was cut off from the Internet or other hard-wired communications networks. It is unclear how compound residents would have acquired the pornography. But a video released by the Obama administration confiscated from the compound showed bin Lad...

The U.S. government has released some details about the operation that culminated in an intense 40 minute fire fight that claimed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's life . While it's not as over-the-top as the Taiwanese CGI , it's certainly dramatic: Politico reports , "The helicopter carrying Navy SEALs malfunctioned as it approached Osama bin Laden’s compound at about 3:30 p.m. ET Sunday, stalling as it hovered. The pilot set it down gently inside the walls, then couldn’t get it going again. It was a heart-stopping moment for President Barack Obama, who had been monitoring the raid in the White House Situation Room since 1 p.m., surrounded by members of his war cabinet. 'Obviously, everyone was thinking about Black Hawk Down and Desert One,' a senior administration official recalled." The SEALS were able to disembark, but Politico's source said, "The assault team went ahead and raided the compound, even though they didn’t know if the...

Right around 11pm eastern on mayday, perfect timing! WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden is dead and the United States has his body, a person familiar with the developments says. President Barack Obama is expected to make that announcement from the White House late Sunday night. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to speak ahead of the president. The the U.S. has his body in its possession *PS. Hitler was announced dead 66 years ago on this very day* *A crowd of zombies waving American flags has now appeared in front of the White House*

LISTEN HERE Sheen unloaded while calling in to " The Alex Jones Show " and claimed he is 100% clean, saying, "Here's your first pee test, next one goes in your mouth. No, you won't get high." During his rant Sheen compared himself to the Marlon Brando character in " Apocalypse Now " -- and hit just about everything and everyone: -- He calls Lorre a turd, a clown, and says his real name is "Haim Levine" -- Referring to his rehab stint, Sheen claims to have embarrassed Lorre "in front of his children and the world by healing at a pace that his un-evolved mind cannot process." -- On Alcoholics Anonymous ... Sheen says it's a "bootleg cult" with a success rate of only 5%, while his is 100% and added, "Newsflash .. I am special and I will never be one of you." -- After one rant the host, Alex Jones, tells Charlie he sounds like Thomas Jefferson. Charlie's response, "I'm not Thomas Jefferso...

The eldest son of Bernard Madoff was found dead in his Soho apartment this morning. The Post reports , "Officers were called to 158 Mercer Street to respond to a report that Mark Madoff was hanging in his apartment. He was found at 7:30 a.m. by his father-in-law, said police sources." Today is the second anniversary of Bernard Madoff's arrest for his massive Ponzi scheme. No note was found in the apartment. Mark Madoff (pictured, center, with his father and brother) was in news last year when he disappeared from his apartment after a fight with his wife. She called the police and it turned out that he had spent the night at the Soho Grand Hotel, paying cash and staying under a different name. He was described asbeing "prone to depressive mood swings and physical ailments, including stomach troubles." More recently, a spokesman said that Mark Madoff was "unalterably bitter" over how his father was depicted (he wasn't too happy ...