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1066 [lbo-talk] Voter support for same-sex marriage bans declining -- rank: 376

... in states with smaller "born-again" Christian populations, according to a study released today by the National Gay and Lesbian Task ... of voter support in all states in 2006, down from a similar figure of 71 percent in 2004. But support has ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 5 14:55:36 PST 2006

1067 [lbo-talk] Most Israelis oppose strike against Iran: poll -- rank: 376

... poll Fri Dec 16, 2005 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Most Israelis oppose a military strike against Iran's nuclear program for now, despite fears in the Jewish state that Iran is getting closer to building an atom bomb, a poll showed on Friday. Israel and the United States accuse ... nuclear weapons, but Tehran denies this. Recent comments by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Israel should be removed from the Middle East have added to regional tension. A survey in the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said 58 percent of ... while 36 percent said its reactor should be destroyed in a military strike. Israel says Tehran will by March have ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Sat Dec 17 04:09:02 PST 2005

1068 [lbo-talk] Prayers and flowers mark Mumbai hotel opening -- rank: 376

... hotel on Sunday, three weeks after it was damaged in a militant attack. Police with sniffer dogs patrolled outside the hotel ... happy that the hotel is open again," said Rashmi Mehra, a regular at the Trident's Frangipani restaurant, who lost a friend in the Nov. 26-29 attacks. "We are going to see if we can get a table for lunch -- we were told it's fully booked ...

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Author:	Sujeet Bhatt
Date:	Mon Dec 22 03:29:20 PST 2008

1069 [lbo-talk] You just can't make this shit up... -- rank: 367

... Al Hurra television, the U.S. government's $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East ... by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program. That might explain why ...

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Author:	ravi
Date:	Wed May 23 10:39:37 PDT 2007

1070 Sharon jumps on "War against terrorism" bandwagon - at last -- rank: 367

... yet been officially indicted, and the guy he's calling a terrorist and shooting rockets at is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, unlike ObL who probably dreams of ... see how sharon can convince shrub or || ashcroft that one jewish life equals one US life. i'd say || he'd be lucky || to get 10 to one. or maybe a constitutional 3/5ths of a person, at the || very best -- and that's only when ...

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Author:	Hakki Alacakaptan
Date:	Tue Dec 4 04:39:48 PST 2001

1071 [lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Ahmadinejad & Bollinger -- rank: 367

... gmail.com> wrote: > "Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you > are with us, or you ... to make decisions: "Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you ... an earlier post, I cast it in different > terms, as a choice (for the "third world") between the Iran/Venezuela > model ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Oct 12 05:43:40 PDT 2007

1072 Israel may lock Palestinians into own state -- rank: 367

... drawing up plans that threaten to lock the Palestinians into a small, disconnected state separate from Israel as a last resort if peace negotiations are not resumed. Under the ... be restricted and the economy suffocated, raising the possibility of a sustained violent confrontation with Israel. Whether the two-pronged strategy ... Ehud Barak, Israeli prime minister, decided he could not reach a peace agreement with Yassir Arafat, Palestinian Authority president. Some Israeli military officials admitted Mr Barak was threatening the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 19 09:23:43 PDT 2000

1073 [lbo-talk] Wish I Was In Dixie (Re: The North's burden of enlightening the South (was Re: The "NAFTA Superhighway" Urban Myth) -- rank: 367

... s contributions to US culture. Insofar as the US has a native artistic culture that isn't Jewish, it is largely Southern. Never mind Janis Joplin, listen to ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Sun Nov 18 14:18:38 PST 2007

1074 What About Those End Times, Mr. Lieberman? -- rank: 367

***** What About Those End Times, Mr. President? Sen. Joe Lieberman announces his candidacy, but not his association ... an infomercial asking Evangelical Christians to donate money to "rescue a Jew." "'On Wings of Eagles' is a modern-day fulfillment of Biblical prophesy," the voiceover in the ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Jan 20 06:07:57 PST 2003

1075 [lbo-talk] Helen Thomas retires -- rank: 367

... of Thomas, who will be 90 in August. Thomas told a rabbi at a White House event last week that Jews should "get the ... were caught on videotape and widely distributed. The remarks caused a furor even though she immediately apologized. Her invitation to speak at a local graduation was rescinded. Jewish groups called her remarks ignorant and insensitive and said her ... week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians," Thomas said in a statement. "They do not reflect

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Mon Jun 7 10:18:08 PDT 2010

1076 Ace on "outside Jewish money" and other things -- rank: 367

... anyway). Why? Because electoral politics is set up in such a way that the critical margin of victory may be provided ... Which is why you have General Sharon campaigning for the President's brother in Florida. The Republicans need those elderly Jews ...

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Author:	Peter K.
Date:	Fri Aug 23 06:19:26 PDT 2002

1077 the last colonial war -- rank: 367

... Palestinian refugee homes in Gaza? Can Sharon "crack down" on Jewish settlers and prevent them from stealing more land from Palestinians ...

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Author:	Hakki Alacakaptan
Date:	Mon Dec 3 23:19:13 PST 2001

1078 Pat Robertson worries about Bush plan -- rank: 367

... 17:03 WASHINGTON (AP) Christian conservative Pat Robertson, one of President Bush's backers during the presidential campaign, said he has ... Hare Krishnas or the Unification Church. ''This thing could be a real Pandora's box,'' Robertson said on his ''700 Club'' broadcast. ''What seems to be such a great initiative can rise up to bite the organizations as ... League and others, but this is, this gets to be a real problem,'' Robertson said, referring to the Jewish group that has expresse

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Feb 21 14:56:48 PST 2001

1079 'It feels like Birmingham' -- rank: 367

... Florida?". This is an attempt to fill you in, from a very exhausted person. I hope it is accurate, albeit biased since I am a diehard Democrat. Get mad. Pass it on. Mari Castellanos It felt like Birmingham, last night, at a mammoth rally at New Birth Baptist Church, a primarily African American congregation in Miami - 14,000 members led ...

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Author:	Nathan Newman
Date:	Mon Nov 13 22:10:46 PST 2000

1080 US general to rule Iraq linked to hardline Israelis -- rank: 367

Ah, this will be a great move for improving Mideast relations. From The Independent (UK ... as civilian governor of occupied Iraq has visited Israel on a trip paid for by a right-wing group that strongly backs an American military presence ... administration in Iraq, put his name in October 2000 to a statement blaming Palestinians for the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence and saying that a strong Israel was an important security asset to the United States. The statement was sponsored by the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (Jinsa), which pays for ...

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Author:	Chris Kromm
Date:	Tue Mar 25 20:16:03 PST 2003