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406 More firings due to dissent after 9-11 -- rank: 592

... digdocs/103998.htm When terror struck America on Sept. 11, a University of Miami medical technician who was turning 22 that ... bin Laden!'' Mohammad Rahat says he made the remark ``in a sarcastic way.'' But it caused enough of a stir that the university fired him -- an action that Rahat ... Iranian. ``If the same thing had occurred with someone of a different background, it would have resulted in a different outcome,'' Rahat said Thursday outside his former job site ... Hospital campus. ``This was discrimination.'' Paula Musto, UM's vice president of university relations, confirmed Thursday that Rahat was fired ...

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Author:	Kevin Robert Dean
Date:	Mon Nov 19 07:19:30 PST 2001

407 followin' daddy -- rank: 592

... downward twist in the news from his country, when the president arrived. In White House jargon, such encounters are known as ... moved into the West Bank village of Beit Rima in a

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Author:	Ian Murray
Date:	Wed Oct 24 19:35:38 PDT 2001

408 [lbo-talk] "Save Darfur": Evangelicals and Official "Jewish Leaders" -- rank: 592

... always seem to >> believe military force is the solution to a crisis. > > It seems like liberals are always looking for a military operation > the can get behind. If not Iraq, then ... Darfur" campaign to > generate one million postcards for delivery to President Bush, who > recently pledged to push for additional UN and ... help to protect > the people of Darfur. We applaud the President's leadership, but the > work is far from done. We are urging President Bush to take steps > necessary to end the genocide and build a lasting peace. At least I understand this to mean ...

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Author:	ravi
Date:	Fri Apr 28 11:38:07 PDT 2006

409 What are friends for? -- rank: 592

>What Are Friends For? > >A satirical column has offered the Likud party of Israel a new slogan: >'The whole world is against us, except the ... Sharon's election campaign started like the triumphal march of a Roman >emperor returning from victorious battle. The imperator stood in ... the >Labor Party leaders) shuffled behind. > >But the march hit a mud pit. And with every step, it sinks more. > >It ... primary elections in the Likud party. They were >conducted on a pure business basis. Since the public opinion polls >promised the Likud a third of the 120 Knesset seats, it was worthwhile ...

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Author:	joanna bujes
Date:	Wed Jan 15 16:45:52 PST 2003

410 [lbo-talk] New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse -- rank: 589

Here are two cases that present a contrast: a Muslim Iranian-American woman presenting a new feminist translation of the Koran and a non-Muslim German woman judge ruling against a speedy divorce based on what she thinks is the proper ... interpretations of religious texts to be the truest, which is a common error of atheists on a crusade against religions. -- ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Mar 26 01:18:09 PDT 2007

411 [lbo-talk] The Fifty-first State? -- rank: 589

... pro-war group avoided questions about what would happen after a victory, because to consider postwar complications was to weaken the case for a pre-emptive strike. Some war advocates even said, if pressed ... more and less imminent, the increasing chaos in Afghanistan underscored a growing consensus about the in-and-out scenario for Iraq ...

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Author:	Kelley
Date:	Sun Apr 20 06:48:13 PDT 2003

412 Poddy, patriot -- rank: 589

... singing and the dancing -- were never regarded as complete without a dose of florid oratory to remind the revelers (many of ... them, having toasted each of the states one by one, a little the worse for drink) of what their revels were ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 3 12:11:59 PDT 2000

413 [lbo-talk] Just Foreign Policy News, October 6, 2006 -- rank: 589

... Just Foreign Policy, in collaboration with Peace Action, is sponsoring a petition against war with Iran. To sign the petition, use ... the New York Times conceded today that its report that President Chavez of Venezuela said he regretted not having met Noam ...

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Author:	Robert Naiman
Date:	Fri Oct 6 13:32:42 PDT 2006

414 Intellectual Conservatism -- rank: 589

Carrol Cox wrote: >Bombing has always been primarily a terrorist action against the >civilian population and a nation's infrastructure. Doug posted a >long detailed account of U.S. bombing theory, from Billy >Mitchell to the present, a few weeks ago. > >Doug, perhaps you should repost that. It ... vague references to "collateral damage": the Pentagon has worked up A cult of high-tech as Washington's, propaganda 'machine is ... lie that the U.S. air assault against Iraq is a "clean" war. And meanwhile Iraqi civilians are deliberately incinerated ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 13 11:33:06 PDT 1999

415 [lbo-talk] targeted strikes -- rank: 589

... ruling >> in Gaza, not return to its previous role as a pure resistance >> movement. Therefore, Israeli officials say, an offensive that ... this to the list almost 10 (!) years ago. It's a classic, if you overlook the Spart boilerplate. Doug ---- Workers Vanguard ... vague references to "collateral damage": the Pentagon has worked up A cult of high-

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 19 08:54:59 PST 2009

416 US terror bombing -- rank: 589

This is marred by Trot boilerplate, but it's still a fine example of why Workers Vanguard used to be worth ... feeling mighty inconvenienced. But who would trust an entity with a history like this to bomb humanely? "Liberals have often sought ... vague references to "collateral damage": the Pentagon has worked up A cult of high-tech as Washington's propaganda machine is ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 29 13:56:04 PST 1999

417 Fwd: MEMO: Thinking About Pat -- in 1996 -- rank: 589

... before you were stopped cold in South Carolina, I wrote a Polyconomics client letter, "Thinking About Buchanan." I ran across it ... you, which I'm willing to say again. Also, take a look at Lenora Fulani's WorldNetDaily column today. Who would have thought that a black lady Marxist would be such a great asset to your

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 29 16:53:56 PST 2000

418 WV and US terror bombing -- rank: 589

... they may be zombies in person, but damn, they >> make a fine newspaper. > >Why do you say that? I find their ... ll concede. But there's always useful info and often a thoughtful analysis buried amidst the boilerplate in every issue of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 30 06:37:31 PST 2001

419 [lbo-talk] diversity: the bureaucrats weigh in -- rank: 589

... ANGELES -- When Jordan Peimer booked an Argentine band that fuses Jewish Klezmer music with tango, he thought he had the perfect ... Skirball Cultural Center here. The event was designed to attract a Jewish audience and the city's burgeoning Hispanic community. That was ... U.S., the agency ruled, because it didn't satisfy a "culturally unique" requirement for a performer visa called P-3. "The evidence repeatedly suggests the group performs a hybrid or fusion style of music...[which] cannot be consi

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 10 08:15:20 PST 2009

420 cincinatti riots (fwd) -- rank: 589

... Leon Wilson" wrote: > > What is happening in Cincinnati this is a RACE riot. > > It should not be refereed to in any other manner than a RACE riot. Being at Ground Zero here.... Yeah, that's a pretty significant component of what's going on, not entirely but there is a significant racial component. It simplifies a lot of what is going on. There was a lot of simply "lets fuck shit up and take ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Sat Apr 14 21:51:48 PDT 2001