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28441 second-wave attacks -- rank: 1000

[Is this for real, or are the Bushies trying to scare us back into submission after a half-week of impertinent questions?] Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 13:23:39 -0400 From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect at nytimes.com> Subject: NYTimes.com News Alert: U.S. Intercepts Hints of New Attack Reply-To: nytdirect at nytimes.com To: dhenwood at PANIX.COM Saturday, May 18, 2002 -- 1:27 PM ET ------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Intercepting Messages Hinting at a Ne ...

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Date:	Sat May 18 11:06:21 PDT 2002

28442 Divide and Conquer Re: Cockburn: Israel and "Anti-Semitism" -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >There is nothing leftists can gain by adding to the Zionist >propaganda that if one is a Jew, one should support Israel (noting >the "Jewish identity" of a media owner when criticizing media biases >against Palestinians, for instance, implies that it is the owner's >"Jewishness" -- not any other factor -- that is the primary >determinant in his bias against Palestinians). Yes. Thank you. Doug

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Date:	Sat May 18 08:12:38 PDT 2002

28443 Israel's right to exist... -- rank: 1000

Joe R. Golowka wrote: >I see no reason to have nation-states at all. They just cause wars >and fighting. Israel should not >exist and neither should any other country. Ok. Let's start by dismantling the U.S. How do you suggest we begin? Doug

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Date:	Sat May 18 08:02:56 PDT 2002

28444 Fwd: Terry Eagleton -- rank: 1000

From: "Lisa Murray" <allilapp at attbi.com> To: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: Terry Eagleton [The Seamus2001 is in the shop. Can you kindly forward to the lists? Ian] History gets the last laugh Capitalists were triumphant when they saw off socialism. But will they live to regret it? Terry Eagleton Saturday May 18, 2002 The Guardian One of the darker ironies of the 20th century is that socialism proved to be least possible where it was most neces ...

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Date:	Sat May 18 07:51:50 PDT 2002

28445 the headline that annoyed Ari Fleischer -- rank: 1000

<http://nypost.com/seven/05162002/index.shtml>

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Date:	Fri May 17 16:43:10 PDT 2002

28446 Pipelineistan -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >http://www.lemonde.fr/recherche_articleweb/1,9687,275363,00.html which has a subhed: >PLUSIEURS GROUPES CRIMINELS Indeed. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 17 16:24:20 PDT 2002

28447 Fed lending -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Well, if they charge a little more, doesn't that mean more $$ for >the feds? It's like an itty bitty tax on the banks, no? Discount window borrowing is pretty small and rare, so it's not going to make much difference to the Fed's $20-25 billion annual profits. Banks only come to the discount window when they're in trouble, since the Fed is unwelcoming otherwise. It's mainly a symbolic/psychological move, so it's mysterious why they're doing it right now. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 17 14:54:09 PDT 2002

28448 Napster lives! -- rank: 1000

At 3:32 PM -0400 5/17/02, WSJ Editors wrote: >Bertelsmann agreed to acquire Napster's assets. The stunning >reversal means the return to the online music service of several top >executives who had resigned after an earlier deal collapsed.

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Date:	Fri May 17 13:53:33 PDT 2002

28449 Fwd: defend sex tourism -- rank: 1000

Diane Monaco wrote: >At 11:44 AM 5/17/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation (NCSFF) is urging >>Cendant Corporation to revoke a new policy that threatens its hotel >>franchisees with reprisal if they book "controversial" guests or groups >>that "national interest groups find offensive." Sign our important >>petition urging Cendant Corporation to stop bending to the whims of >>religious political ex ...

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Date:	Fri May 17 11:36:58 PDT 2002

28450 the O'Neill-Bono tour -- rank: 1000

[from the WB's clipping service] O'NEILL-BONO 'ODD COUPLE' TO VISIT AFRICA. Odd couple, US Treasury chief Paul O'Neill and rock singer Bono will make a joint tour of Africa starting next week underlining renewed Western interest in the world's poorest continent, Reuters and CNN.com report. Their visit coincides with efforts by African leaders to promote their own bold rescue plan to fight crushing poverty, debt and disease. Republican O'Neill is known for his cynicism about foreign aid to develo ...

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Date:	Fri May 17 11:24:27 PDT 2002

28451 Fed raises discount window rate -- rank: 1000

[This is oddly timed. I guess they're not too worried about the banking system, but it's strange in the face of a weak recovery and strains in the credit markets.] Federal Reserve Seeks Shift in Role Fri May 17,12:08 PM ET By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve (news - web sites) on Friday unveiled a significant shift in its operations as the nation's lender of last resort. It proposed making it more expensive for banks to borrow directly from the Fed. Cu ...

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Date:	Fri May 17 11:20:42 PDT 2002

28452 Vegas strike? -- rank: 1000

[Anyone know more about this?] Financial Times - May 17, 2002 THE AMERICAS: Low-paid poised for Las Vegas strike By CHRISTOPHER PARKES Thousands of low-paid workers who feed and clean up after the 250,000 tourists who visit Las Vegas each day voted yesterday in a poll that could lead to the first serious strike on "The Strip" in 18 years. The Culinary Union, representing 53,000 workers, has launched a "To the Streets" campaign, in a souring of a union-management relationship ...

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Date:	Fri May 17 11:17:46 PDT 2002

28453 the FBI memo -- rank: 1000

At 11:07 AM -0400 5/17/02, editor at thesmokinggun.com wrote: >Until the FBI is forced to release the entire memo detailing one >agent's suspicions about all those Arabs enrolled in U.S. flight >schools, you'll have to make do with this interesting excerpt: > >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/phoenixmemo1.html

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Date:	Fri May 17 09:57:55 PDT 2002

28454 McReynolds on "anti-Semitism" -- rank: 1000

Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:21:48 -0700 From: DavidMcR at aol.com Jim, Basically you are right. I agree with DeGaulle. I am not happier in my head or heart with a Palestinian State than an Israeli one. However, and this gets back to an earlier set of posts on problems of anti-Semitism and the swastika in local demos, etc., while it would be wonderful if all of us all of the time avoided provocative language, (something to commend to people in discussing Cuba, and lessons to be learned from Jimmy C ...

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Date:	Fri May 17 09:55:35 PDT 2002

28455 shifting climate -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - May 17, 2002 As Reporters Seek Details, The Media Climate Shifts By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer In a single day, the capital's media climate has been transformed. Reporters pounded White House spokesman Ari Fleischer and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice at briefings yesterday, skepticism and even indignation in their voices, as they demanded detailed explanations. It was, in short, far different from the tone of flag-bedecked networks after the Sept. 11 ...

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Date:	Fri May 17 09:16:48 PDT 2002