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196 [lbo-talk] Solidarity with Gaza Now: Sanctions against Israeli War Crimes! -- rank: 1000

* Solidarity with Gaza Now: Sanctions against Israeli War Crimes!* The Israeli government has declared a total war on Gaza, largely cutting electricity and fuel supplies and prohibiting basic products to enter, including food and medicines. Gaza is not a territory, but 1.4 million human beings, women, men and children. Attacking Gaza or putting Gaza under siege means targeting 1.4 million civilians. According to international law, this is a war crime; according to common sense, it is a crime ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Wed Jan 23 04:43:04 PST 2008

197 [lbo-talk] Gaza: An Israeli Call for Urgent Action -- rank: 1000

Gaza: An Israeli Call for Urgent Action We, the Israeli organizations signed below, deplore the decision by the Israeli government to cut off vital supplies of electricity and fuel (and therefore water, since the pumps cannot work), as well as essential foodstuffs, medicines and other humanitarian supplies to the civilian population of Gaza. Such an action constitutes a clear and unequivocal crime against humanity. Prof. John Dugard, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Mon Jan 21 10:09:12 PST 2008

198 [lbo-talk] Millions of Israelis are borrowing to splurge -- rank: 1000

By Ram Dagan http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=945327&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7 A few months ago Nitzan, a doctoral student at Tel Aviv University, strolled into one of Bank Hapoalim's branches in central Israel ahead of the school year. During the previous year he'd worked as a tutor, but come the summer break, his income vanished. Even before his lips had shaped the word "loan," the clerk had whipped out a table showing interest rates and offered an ope ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Wed Jan 16 12:08:15 PST 2008

199 [lbo-talk] Israel's Forgotten Debt to the Palestinians: A Policy Paper of the Alternative Information Center -- rank: 1000

Introduction In this period of globalization in international finance, countries must pay great attention to their international credit rating. High credit ratings are awarded to countries that demonstrate stability and a high probability that they are able and willing to meet their international financial obligations. The debt burden that many modern states carry is a severe limitation on their sovereignty, as they are forced to divert large sums towards servicing their debt, rather than spendi ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Wed Jan 9 05:19:39 PST 2008

200 [lbo-talk] Christian Zionists Gain Israel's Inner Sanctum -- rank: 1000

POLITICS-US: Christian Zionists Gain Israel's Inner Sanctum By Bill Berkowitz* http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40670 *OAKLAND, California, Jan 3 (IPS) - After raising more than two hundred million dollars for various projects in Israel, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), the organisation he founded and is president of, has hit pay-dirt.* In late December, the Jewish Agency for Israel, which helped found the State of Israel, announced th ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Tue Jan 8 02:20:35 PST 2008

201 [lbo-talk] Security arrangements for Bush visit to cost Israel $25, 000 an hour -- rank: 1000

Security arrangements for Bush visit to cost Israel $25,000 an hour http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/942516.html By Irit Rosenblum <mailto:iritr at haaretz.co.il>, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: King David Hotel <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/tags/index.jhtml?tag=King+David+Hotel> Don't even try looking for a hotel room in Jerusalem this week. There may be 7,000 hotel rooms in the capitol, but just about all will be occupied by U.S. President George W. Bush's delegation during h ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Tue Jan 8 01:15:31 PST 2008

202 [lbo-talk] The Trolls and Night Elves March for Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

Bryan Atinsky wrote: > World of Warcraft gamers plan virtual Ron Paul march > > To prevent any virtual political violence, the players will hold their > march on what s called a PvE server (player versus environment) - a type > of server that generally allows combat by agreement. The group is > certainly organized as it has already formed a guild called RP > Revolution and a website. You can read the initial message board thread > about the march here > <http:// ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 1 01:59:32 PST 2008

203 [lbo-talk] The Trolls and Night Elves March for Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

World of Warcraft gamers plan virtual Ron Paul march Games and Entertainment By Humphrey Cheung Friday, December 28, 2007 18:16 *Irvine (CA) You expect to see all types of people from housewives to steel workers at a political rally, but how about a Troll or Night Elf? Well, some very dedicated Ron Paul for President supporters are taking their message online, specifically the mega-hit game World of Warcraft. The group has planned a virtual march from the Alliance city of Ironforge to Stormwin ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Tue Jan 1 01:17:31 PST 2008

204 [lbo-talk] Gaza op already in works: Decision on major Gaza incursion already taken; preparations underway -- rank: 1000

Gaza op already in works: Decision on major Gaza incursion already taken; preparations underway http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3507186,00.html Sderot residents can put away the protest tent in Jerusalem: The political leadership has already decided to embark on a wide-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip. However, preparations have not yet been completed, which is why the operation is delayed. A limited group of ministers who are party to the decision, just like the IDF and Shin ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Fri Feb 15 04:58:02 PST 2008

205 [lbo-talk] CNN says Saudi Arabia bans Valentine's Day -- rank: 1000

Well...there is a difference between not celebrating a holiday and forbidding any reference to a holiday. Bryan Cassiopeoa DeVine wrote: > After all it is understandable that a muslim country would not "celebrate" a > christian holiday...or a holiday with christian roots. Nobody cares that > they do not celebrate easter or christmas... > > Cass >

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Wed Feb 13 01:42:23 PST 2008

206 [lbo-talk] Palestine Investment Conference, May 21-23 in Bethlehem: "We are throwing a party, and the whole world is invited says Dr. Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister -- rank: 1000

*http://www.pic-palestine.ps/index.php * * We are throwing a party, and the whole world is invited. * Dr. Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister We are throwing a party, and the whole world is invited. Dr. Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister Dear Investors: The Palestine Investment Conference promises to be a historic event. As the first high profile investment conference ever held in Palestine, PIC-Palestine will jumpstart a process of integrating Palestine into the global economy. The time has come to invest i ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Thu Apr 17 01:05:54 PDT 2008

207 [lbo-talk] New AIC Audio Podcast: On "Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche" -- rank: 1000

News from Within Podcast: On "Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche" On 29 March 2008, Arthur Neslen spoke at the AICafe in the offices of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour. Arthur is the author of Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche, which was published in 2006 by Pluto Press. The book features a series of first person narratives, gathered from interviews with more than 50 Israelis from across the social and political spectrum, shedding ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 05:18:12 PDT 2008

208 [lbo-talk] Earth Hour. Because the World Isn't Worth a Whole Day. -- rank: 1000

>From Peter Watts, author of Blindsight and the Rifters trilogy http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts.htm (imho, the best sci-fi writer currently out there). http://rifters.com/real/2008/03/earth-hour-because-world-isnt-worth.html#lin ks Earth Hour. Because the World Isn't Worth a Whole Day. Ninety percent of the world's charismatic megafauna is gone. Hormone disrupters are turning the fish off Lakeshore into hermaphrodites, if the tumors don't get them first. The Arctic is heading for ice-free ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 2 03:47:26 PDT 2008

209 [lbo-talk] attitudes towards religion -- rank: 1000

ravi wrote: > On 27 Sep, 2007, at 14:42 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > > >> Ok, Americans don't think too highly of Moslems or Mormons. But they >> think even less highly of atheists! > > Me too. (and I am an atheist!!!) > > --ravi > Why Ravi? Bryan

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Date:	Thu Sep 27 12:33:30 PDT 2007

210 [lbo-talk] Barak: "Gaza operation near" Waiting for the end of Sukkot? -- rank: 1000

Seems likely that they are waiting for the end of the Jewish high holidays, and Sukkot ends next week (with Simcha Torah). Bryan* * ----------------------------------------------- Barak: Gaza operation near http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3453761,00.html Defense minister says in radio interview that clock is ticking on extensive operation in Strip, but adds 'such an operation is not easy in terms of forces, time frame or challenges to be met' Ynet "We will use all our diplomatic m ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 26 08:17:36 PDT 2007