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121 [lbo-talk] Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret (shhhhh....no one knows...) -- rank: 1000

Well, unlike Iran, Israel is not a state where religious authorities hold official state power and which is embroiled in aggressive wars with their neighbors in the region...or...wait...nevermind... Doug Henwood wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Bryan Atinsky quoted: > >> Under the understanding, the U.S. has not pressured Israel to >> disclose its nuclear weapons or to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation >> Treaty (NPT), which could require Israel to give up its ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 10:18:57 PDT 2009

122 [lbo-talk] Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret (shhhhh....no one knows...) -- rank: 1000

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/02/president-obama-has-reaffirmed-a-4-decade-old-secr/?feat=home_top5_shared President Obama has reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, three officials familiar with the understanding said. The officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing private conversations, said Mr. Obama pledged to maintain the agreem ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 09:44:08 PDT 2009

123 [lbo-talk] Video of Noam Shalit released...in exchange for 19 female Palestinian prisoners.... -- rank: 1000

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3784612,00.html *(Video) Following Shalit family's authorization, video of Gilad Shalit received from Hamas in exchange for prisoner release distributed to news agencies as sign of life, more than three years since Israeli soldier captured * Latest Update: 10.02.09, 16:40 / Israel News <http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3082,00.html> VIDEO- Sign of life: After 1,195 days in captivity, Gilad Shalit was seen for the first time in a Hamas videota ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 08:58:00 PDT 2009

124 [lbo-talk] why movies suck -- rank: 1000

Hmmm.... perhaps I have to revisit the two films, especially AB, being that I am remembering it from the last time I saw it, which was at the cinema...so it has been a while. Upon my viewing of them, I found them to be well acted but superficial/cliche renderings of, in AB, modern suburbia, and RR, post war US, social expectations and the rebellions against these to be what you see is what you get. Are you saying that these works are much more subtle and complex critiques than I perceived, or th ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 18 19:40:42 PST 2009

125 [lbo-talk] why movies suck -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >> What's wrong with "American Beauty" and "Revolutionary Road?" >> >> Joanna > > American Beauty is a guilty pleasure for me, though it has numerous > flaws. This was back when the Michael O'Donoghue remembrance camp > thought that Kevin Spacey would make a great Mr. Mike (which he would > have). Still, I prefer Todd Solondz's Happiness, which is a far > darker, much better assault on American suburbia. > > Revol ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 18 07:08:07 PST 2009

126 [lbo-talk] The Global Oil Scam: 50 Times Bigger than Madoff -- rank: 1000

http://seekingalpha.com/article/172797-the-global-oil-scam-50-times-bigger-than-madoff?source=email $2.5 Trillion - That s the size of the global oil scam. It s a number so large that, to put it in perspective, we will now begin measuring the damage done to the global economy in "Madoff Units" ($50Bn rip-offs). That s right - $2.5Tn is 50 TIMES the amount of money that Bernie Madoff scammed from investors in his lifetime, yet it is also LESS than the MONTHLY EXCESS price the global pop ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 12 16:43:45 PST 2009

127 [lbo-talk] "The Complete Guide to Killing Non-Jews" article from Ma'ariv -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > Rabbi Kook? You can't make this stuff up. > > A lot of this is covered in Israel Shahak's Jewish History, Jewish > Religion, no? Difference being that Shahak discussed it as critique, and this book lays it out as something to be followed. > I read on Wikipedia that Shahak's critics accuse him of inventing much > of his material. Did he? > > Doug That he invented much of his material, I had not really heard that much, but that he cherry picked, yah.

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 12:28:35 PST 2009

128 [lbo-talk] "The Complete Guide to Killing Non-Jews" article from Ma'ariv -- rank: 1000

Roi Sharon / The Complete Guide to Killing Non-Jews /*Ma ariv, 9.11.2009, p. 2 */ For the Hebrew original: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/964/186.html // When is it permissible to kill non-Jews? The book Torat ha-Melekh [The King s Teaching INT], which was just published, was written by Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, the dean of the Od Yosef Hai yeshiva in the community of Yitzhar near Nablus, together with another rabbi from the yeshiva, Yossi Elitzur. The book contains no fewer than 230 pages on t ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 9 10:07:42 PST 2009

129 [lbo-talk] "Bipartisan Attack on International Humanitarian Law" Stephen Zunes -- rank: 1000

"Bipartisan Attack on International Humanitarian Law" Stephen Zunes http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6549 In a stunning blow against international law and human rights, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Tuesday attacking the report of the United Nations Human Rights Council's fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict. The report was authored by the well-respected South African jurist Richard Goldstone and three other noted authorities on international ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 5 08:22:11 PST 2009

130 [lbo-talk] Endgame in Israel? -- rank: 1000

No, it was overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court before the national elections took place. United Arab List-Ta'al and Balad together got 7 seats in the Knesset during the elections. And Hadash (which wasn't named under the ban however) even gained a seat to make 4. Bryan Matthias Wasser wrote: > Is the ban on Arab parties still in effect? Is that supposed to be a > permanent or temporary measure? > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/l ...

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Date:	Thu May 28 09:12:28 PDT 2009

131 [lbo-talk] Endgame in Israel? -- rank: 1000

No, it was overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court before the national elections took place. United Arab List-Ta'al and Balad together got 7 seats in the Knesset during the elections. And Hadash (which wasn't named under the ban however) even gained a seat to make 4. Bryan Matthias Wasser wrote: > Is the ban on Arab parties still in effect? Is that supposed to be a > permanent or temporary measure? > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/l ...

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Date:	Thu May 28 09:12:22 PDT 2009

132 [lbo-talk] God's ruling on good price-comparison bargain shopping -- rank: 1000

For the issue of construction at least, this ruling by the rabbi is a moot point. First, good luck finding Haredi (ultra-orthodox) construction workers (why do manual labor when you can get paid by the Israeli government to defend Israel through the important work of studying in a yeshiva). Second, anyway, even if you can find Israeli Jewish (secular or religious ) construction workers, they are more than likely to cost you greater than 16.6 % more than would the ever-plentiful Palestinian or f ...

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Date:	Wed May 27 07:25:25 PDT 2009

133 [lbo-talk] God's ruling on good price-comparison bargain shopping -- rank: 1000

"Ultra-Orthodox Jews should prefer shopping in businesses owned by religious Jews, rather than by secular or non-Jewish owners, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef ruled. [...] However, the rabbi noted that according to one halachic view, it is permitted to shop at a secular or non-Jewish-owned business if the price difference between the latter and the religious competition is greater than 16.6%." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3720560,00.html

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Date:	Wed May 27 05:51:54 PDT 2009

134 [lbo-talk] PC or Mac and gaming console -- rank: 1000

Yah, I hear yah. I thought long and hard about getting a PS3 (good graphics and BlueRay in the mix, ease of setup/use), but I have always shied away from consoles...I have played with friends' consoles, but I can't stand the controllers (though that is based on the Xbox360's which is what my friends have), so maybe the PS3 is better, but I must say that I prefer a keyboard and mouse. The Wii? Great concept and fun to play, but holds my interest for a whole five minutes. Also, isn't even the PS ...

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Date:	Fri May 1 07:42:38 PDT 2009

135 [lbo-talk] umbrellas and hasidism -- rank: 1000

Well, if I remember right, if they live in a walled city or around a courtyard, they could carry things on Shabbat, and in modern times, there is often a eruv created (symbolic 'walled' boundary of wires with poles, around a neighborhood). Maybe they don't have an eruv there. Bryan shag wrote: > thanks to everyone for helpful comments about why hasidic and orthodox > jews don't carry umbrellas. and i like that way of thinking about it, > Michael: hasidic jews just do it 13 times more th ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 31 12:33:04 PDT 2009