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Weather: solid 83° Fahrenheit. Crowd: Tempelhof-groupies and EasyJet-set. Food: German, served with Stars & Stripes. Welcome to Amerikafest 2008.

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If you’re free on Friday night and you are in Berlin, head down to the Skizum Studios, for the free screening of the Vietnam documentary “Sir! No Sir!” The movie tells the – relatively unknown – story of the underground GI resistance movement during the Vietnam War.

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Two newly constructed palaces of liberty. One is the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the other one its counterpart in Berlin. Can you guess which is which? The answer after the jump.

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Film club b-ware! are again organizing their “Awarded Summer” (Ausgezeichneter Sommer) in Berlin, which means independent movies screened at amazing outdoor locations Bar25 and Badeschiff (at Badeschiff you can even enjoy the movie from the pool!).

See the trailer here and learn more about the movie and the screening at Bar25 after the jump.

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Today, Princeton Professor and New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman held a lecture at the FU Berlin. You know what follows now: Liveblog ist back! Again, only in German, since I can type faster this way.

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Today I went to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in the Javits Center in New York. I expected an insight in latest developments in design but in the end it was (not surprisingly) just a furniture fair. Anyway, I saw a few interesting things. If you want to go and see for yourself, tomorrow the fair will be open for the public.

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Is it women’s issues, or the bathing suit competition after all?

On Sunday afternoon, Melinda Henneberger cleared up some misconceptions about women voters. And she should know, as she has traveled the U.S. for about two years to try to find an answer to the question: How do women voters chose their candidate?

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If you are interested in American politics – of course you are, why bother reading this blog if not? – here are two dates to mark in your calendar: [Read more]

Tapmag can now predict that Senator Barack Obama will win the state of Germany. With 100% of votes in, Obama got 66.7% of the votes, compared to Hillary Clinton’s 31.8%. Wait, something doesn’t sound right…

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tapmag apologizes for being a little biased towards the Democratic party lately. The G.O.P.’s candidates or what’s left of them just aren’t as exciting as the Billary-Obama battle it seems. But it’s not just us! During super tuesday, all the attention of Berlin’s local media has been with the Democrats Abroad’s voting event at “Max & Moritz.” [Read more]