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26506 The thread previously known as 'Lerner presumably' -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Everybody should just chill out. Amen. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 18 06:10:36 PST 2003

26507 earn big money & change the world! -- rank: 1000

Job Announcement Associate Publisher, AlterNet.org Posted February 2003 The Independent Media Institute is a nonprofit public-interest media company that empowers people with independent journalism, information and media tools. Our programs include AlterNet.org (www.alternet.org), the SPIN Project (www.spinproject.org), and Wiretap (www.wiretapmag.org). AlterNet.org is a well established and growing web magazine and public interest information source with more than one million unique visitor ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 18 05:52:27 PST 2003

26508 Ollman on Iraq -- rank: 1000

[Bertell Ollman sent this with approval to pass it around.] WHY WAR WITH IRAQ? WHY NOW? PHANTOM REASONS AND REAL ONES By Bertell Ollman Has America ever gone to war with less public understanding of what the war is about? Why is our Government so determined to attack Iraq? And why the rush to do it now? War is a very serious business. So I am not going to insult your intelligence by spending any time on the half dozen changing reasons that our Government has offered as a justification for star ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 20:30:58 PST 2003

26509 Gee-Whiz -- rank: 1000

Timothy Francis-Wright wrote: >This reminds me of a question that I've been meaning to ask. >How much does price deflation of computers and other electronic >equipment affect the US "real" GDP? Dunno about broad electronic equipment, but the BEA does publish tables on computer and peripheral purchases in GDP <http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/comp-gdp.XLS>. From those we learn (and computers includes peripherals): average annual growth rates, 1990-2000 GDP 3.2 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 14:50:21 PST 2003

26510 Pigs On Horses/Leftist Cavalry -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >dismounting the pigs on >horses(would be easy to do, believe me) Wouldn't that be immensely risky? "Assaulting a police officer" is a felony - I think there were 5 or 6 such arrests in NYC on Saturday - and assaulting one to steal his or her horse would be taken as an attack on state power itself. Which it is, right? And wouldn't the pigs come down really hard on that? Doug

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Date:	Mon Feb 17 13:42:19 PST 2003

26511 next on the list... -- rank: 1000

Ha'aretz - February 17, 2003 U.S. official to Israel: We'll deal with Syria, Iran after Iraq war By Aluf Benn and Sharon Sadeh, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton said in meetings with Israeli officials on Monday that he has no doubt America will attack Iraq, and that it will be necessary to deal with threats from Syria, Iran and North Korea afterwards. Bolton, who is undersecretary for arms control and international security, is in Isra ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 12:00:56 PST 2003

26512 Straws in the wind? -- rank: 1000

Mirror (London) - February 17, 2003 By Naveed Raja Jack Straw today conceded that the enormity [sic] of the anti-war protests at the weekend made it "very difficult" to launch an invasion of Iraq. The Foreign Secretary acknowledged the sheer size and strength of feeling against a potentially devastating new Gulf war. He told the BBC: "It was a very, very large demonstration, probably the largest one we've seen in our recent democratic history in London. We have to take account of ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 17 11:09:51 PST 2003

26513 Sharon can't wait! -- rank: 1000

Ha'aretz - February 17, 2003 ENTHUSIASTIC IDF AWAITS WAR IN IRAQ ALUF BENN, HA'ARETZ CORRESPONDENT The Prime Minister's Office ascribes little importance to the diplomatic hurdles America must overcome in the UN Security Council on the path to a war against Iraq. Israel estimates that the date of attack depends only on logistical considerations, when the deployment of U.S. troops is complete, and that the war will begin at the end of February or the beginning of March. No delays or any kind of i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 11:06:33 PST 2003

26514 scientific journals gag selves -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - February 17, 2003 Journal Editors and Scientists Call for More Caution in Publishing Potentially Dangerous Research By LILA GUTERMAN Denver Thirty-two journal editors and biologists released a statement on Saturday that calls for greater caution in reviewing and publishing scientific results that could be misused or dangerous. The group released its statement at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science here. The question of whe ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 10:59:24 PST 2003

26515 Quarter of a million people march in Sydney -- rank: 1000

Catherine Driscoll wrote: >But the unfocused rhetoric still bothered me. What focus would you have preferred? Doug

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Date:	Mon Feb 17 10:47:35 PST 2003

26516 antiwar groups vow to shut down Britain -- rank: 1000

Observer (London) - February 16, 2003 Anti-war groups vow to bring Britain to a halt by Paul Harris Anti-war campaigners are planning massive civil disobedience and direct action protests to try to bring Britain to a halt on the day any bombing of Iraq begins. Activists from the Stop the War Coalition, which organised the huge London march yesterday, intend to hold a series of demonstrations and actions within hours of news breaking that the first bombs have been dropped. They will be joined by ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 10:27:51 PST 2003

26517 Let's NOT Think Post-Invasion (A Bas La France!) -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >What is this sudden faith in France and Germany and >the fucking UN Security Council? Any port in a storm, man. Not an ideal strategy, for sure, but it's understandable. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 17 10:12:48 PST 2003

26518 media & the NYC demo -- rank: 1000

[Dave Burstein is a WBAI producer.] From: Dave Burstein <dave at dslprime.com> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:58:09 -0500 To: dave at farber.net Subject: Technologies of the New York march Dave Three technologies played a crucial role Saturday. * I was surprised old-fashioned radios were everywhere, some small transistor models and some boomboxes. The police contained most of the demonstrators, myself included, up to a mile away from the speakers,without any way to hear the event. WBAI-FM, New ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 17 10:09:04 PST 2003

26519 Lerner (presumably) speaks out -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >To the marginalization and irrelevance of ANSWER! Already a fait accompli, or at least well underway, no? Doug

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Date:	Mon Feb 17 10:03:18 PST 2003

26520 Lerner (presumably) speaks out -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: > > I think this discussion has gotten past the stage of being interesting to >the >> observers. >> >> lp > >I think that's Doug's call, Lou -- or is the WWP seeking to subvert LBO from >within??? My attention's been mostly elsewhere for the last couple of days, but I think the whole Lerner affair has worn out its welcome. Ditto the "crimes" of the WWP. I welcome discussion of strategy and tactics for the peace movement, but w ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 17 09:57:42 PST 2003