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To judge by the nomadic second half of Welles’ career, which he spent mostly in Europe and in which he made many literary adaptations on a low budget, it’s reasonable to posit that Hearst’s campaign against Welles had some success. Little of that is in the file, however. To read the file is to be transported back...
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Once you get used to the bureaucratic throat-clearing, it makes for very diverting reading. It’s not stated in so many words, but Welles seems to have become a subject of FBI interest after Citizen Kane was made. William Randolph Hearst, thinly disguised subject of the movie, was friendly with J. Edgar Hoover. As is well known, Hearst mobilized his vast network of newspapers against Welles after the movie was released - 2/3

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F is for Orson Welles’ FBI file
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  From 1941 until 1949, Orson Welles, director of Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons, was a serious object of surveillance by the FBI. This is not new information; you can read about it in biographies about Welles. You can read the actual FBI file on Orson Welles on the FBI website section called “The Vault” (PDF file). It’s 194 pages long, contains a great many documents from different places and times - 1/3

We're getting fake news about the world War I, 100 years later? :ablobcool:

WWI The Complete Series part 8 of 10 (Revolution 1917)

Part 8 of a documentary series on WWI (World War 1). This episode explores how the war caused revolts, mutinies, and a revolution. The war that drew the bord...

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Congressional Hearing Finds Cryptocurrency "Poor Form of Money" For Terrorists - Ethereum World News

Cryptocurrency–In a bid for the growing acceptance and education of cryptocurrency, a U.S. Congress Subcommittee on Terrorism has recently exonerated the form of digital money in relation to its use by those who would seek to do the country harm. According to an official press release out of the U.S - 1/2

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Bolivia crea una ley que considera a la Madre Tierra un sistema viviente - Ojo Del TieMpo

El presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, promulgó una ley marco que crea la Defensoría de la Madre Tierra.   La cual detalla cómo se debe vivir en armonía y equilibrio con la naturaleza, según el mandatario. La nueva ley considera que la Madre Tierra es “sagrada” y un “sistema viviente dinámico” - 1/2

El cilantro elimina en 40 días el 80% de los metales del cuerpo

El cilantro es una hierba muy usada en américa latina, pero aún en Argentina no ha llegado a nuestro dieta diaria - 1/2

Shockingly, No One Trusts Facebook's Portal Smart Displays - ExtremeTech

The remarkable thing about all the reviews is that everyone agrees the hardware is nice, and the video chat functionality is top-of-the-line. However, no one wants to recommend the Portal because no one trusts Facebook.

Shockingly, No One Trusts Facebook’s Portal Smart Displays https://www.extremetech.com/internet/280352-shockingly-no-one-trusts-facebooks-portal-smart-displays

Samsung abre las invitaciones para probar Linux Dex: Una versión de Ubuntu que funciona desde el móvil (de momento sólo Galaxy Note 9 y Galaxy Tab S4).

news.samsung.com/global/linux-

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