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21451 [lbo-talk] Abu Ghraib / Robert Mapplethorpe -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > I looked at that, "The Arab Mind, " book yesterday at Borders. >The chapter on sexuality and the public and private dimensions was >not as presented by Yoshiebot. So what'd it say? Doug

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Date:	Sat May 22 10:55:48 PDT 2004

21452 [lbo-talk] Chalabi an Iran man? -- rank: 1000

Newsday - May 21, 2004 Chalabi aide is suspected Iranian spy BY KNUT ROYCE WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON -- The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that a U.S.-funded arm of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has been used for years by Iranian intelligence to pass disinformation to the United States and to collect highly sensitive American secrets, according to intelligence sources. "Iranian intelligence has been manipulating the United States through Chalabi by furnishing through ...

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Date:	Sat May 22 10:52:29 PDT 2004

21453 [lbo-talk] combing styles of our leaders -- rank: 1000

SergioL652 at aol.com wrote: >But, but, the man is a liar and he doesn't treat his employees right >and he is a megalomaniac and rich and not really working class and >his feet smells and and and and ..... All that's true, but he's really talented. Doug

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Date:	Sat May 22 10:45:59 PDT 2004

21454 [lbo-talk] ironies of juxtaposition -- rank: 1000

The NYT has two obits placed next to each other in today's edition. On the left, appropriately enough, is that of William Hinton, blacklisted author of several sympathetic books about the Chinese revolution; on the right, that of Melvin Lasky, cultural cold warrior and editor of the CIA-subsidized Encounter. Whether by accident or design, or maybe some unconscious force somewhere between the two, these passages appear inches from each other. This, from Lasky's <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/ ...

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Date:	Sat May 22 10:40:01 PDT 2004

21455 [lbo-talk] Interview w/Mahathir Mohamad -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Mahathir is a complex figure, since he seems to have close Jewish >friends and even conducted extensive correspondence with Yitzhak >Rabin, I think the 'bigot' label is too, um, simplistic. Anti-Semitism isn't so much about specific individual Jews, but about a mythical force known as The Jews - you know, those secretive rich folks who control the whole world. It doesn't really matter who Mahathir's pen pals are - he's spewing all the classic anti-Semitic crap whe ...

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Date:	Fri May 21 15:11:32 PDT 2004

21456 [lbo-talk] combing styles of our leaders -- rank: 1000

<http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?file=521066.html> Beautiful minds and ugly truths Frank Rich NYT Friday, May 21, 2004 NEW YORK "But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? And watch him suffer." - Barbara Bush on "Good Morning America," March 18, 2003. She needn't have worried. ...

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Date:	Fri May 21 13:36:01 PDT 2004

21457 [lbo-talk] Interview w/Mahathir Mohamad -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala quoted: >The only focus was on what I said >about the Jews indirectly controlling the world. How wacky to focus on a remark like that! I'm curious if you thought this interview made MM sound better than his image in the west, or only confirmed one's worst suspicions that he's a bigot. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 21 13:20:09 PDT 2004

21458 [lbo-talk] hope for Martha? -- rank: 1000

WSJ.com - May 21, 2004 Witness in Stewart Trial Is Charged With Perjury NEW YORK -- Federal authorities charged a government witness from the Martha Stewart trial with perjury on Friday, accusing him of giving false testimony. Prosecutors said they had discovered false statements made on the stand by Larry F. Stewart, a national ink expert who works at the Secret Service. He testified at her obstruction of justice trial about a worksheet prepared by Martha Stewart's broker, Peter Bacanovic. Mr. ...

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Date:	Fri May 21 11:38:01 PDT 2004

21459 [lbo-talk] More on Rapture Christians and the WH -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Talk about having it both ways! That's the dialectic for you, comrade! Doug

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Date:	Fri May 21 10:37:07 PDT 2004

21460 [lbo-talk] Morning Show Review -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Also, while it was pointed out that Pelosi voted against the Iraq >war, it was of course not mentioned that she voted for the Syria >Accountability Act which will likely trigger Phase II of this war. You don't agree with George Soros, who said, "They already shot their..." and stopped himself before he said "wad" before the Council on Foreign Relations? Doug

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Date:	Fri May 21 09:56:43 PDT 2004

21461 [lbo-talk] More on Rapture Christians and the WH -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >What wacky times these are. Whatever happened to material forces as >the engine of history? As the Old Man said somewhere - anyone know the exact reference and wording? - when an ideology grips the mind of the masses, it becomes a material force. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 21 09:54:44 PDT 2004

21462 [lbo-talk] Al Neuarth calls for withdrawl X 2 - from Iraq & by Bush -- rank: 1000

Editor & Publisher Online - May 17, 2004 Editorial Opinion on War Topsy-Turvy, as Neuharth Calls for U.S. Withdrawal NEW YORK Newspaper editorial opinion on America's continuing war in Iraq (news - web sites) turned topsy-turvy over the weekend, with several conservative commentators criticizing the White House, The New York Times re-affirming its support for the U.S. occupation -- and the founder of USA Today not only calling for a quick withdrawal, but for President Bush (news - web sites) ...

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Date:	Fri May 21 08:08:44 PDT 2004

21463 [lbo-talk] Chalabi-Iran-Contra-Israel? -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >If A. Cockburn has it correct, the result could be Chalabi as a link >between the Iranian Mullacracy and Israeli Likud There should be a new corollary of Goodwin's Law that applies to you and Israel. The Bush admin luvs Likud. Why would they turn against Chalabi if he was doing Likud's work? Doug

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Date:	Fri May 21 07:42:17 PDT 2004

21464 [lbo-talk] Pacifica 9-11 coverage -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >my god, is there still someone who believes the >Warren Commission Report that Oswald was the lone gunman? Last I heard, Alexander Cockburn did. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 20 11:55:09 PDT 2004

21465 [lbo-talk] job posting -- rank: 1000

[CESR is a pretty cool group - they're trying to introduce economic rights into the discourse of human rights] Dear Friends, The CESR Board is currently conducting a search for an Executive Director. Please post and forward the following announcement to your friends, co-workers, and fellow activists. The search is being conducting by an outside search firm. All applicants should get in touch with drossi at nonprofitstaffing.com and not with CESR. The announcement prepared by the firm is posted ...

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Date:	Thu May 20 11:30:25 PDT 2004