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616 [lbo-talk] Texas Comptroller says Unitarian church not a tax-exempt religion -- rank: 533

... Baby Scott McClellan. - Deborah) Texas official says Unitarian church not a tax-exempt religion BY R.A. DYER Knight Ridder Newspapers AUSTIN, Texas - (KRT) - Unitarian Universalists have ... according to the office of Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, a Texas Unitarian church isn't really a religious organization - at least for tax purposes. Its reasoning: The ... Never before - not in this state nor any other - has a government agency denied Unitarians tax-exempt status because of the ... ruling clearly infringes upon religious liberties, said Dan Althoff, board president for the Denison, Texas, congregation that was rejected for ...

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Author:	DeborahSRogers
Date:	Thu May 20 19:02:48 PDT 2004

617 interview with former Egyptian foreign minister -- rank: 533

... Guardian (London) Wednesday October 10, 2001 > Interview > > 'There isn't a target in Afghanistan worth a $1m missile' > > It feels surreal to be talking to Mohamed ... vision of the > possible chaos ahead to the accompaniment of a tinkling piano and a > lilting clarinet. Rarely has the gulf between west and east ... worlds and unpicks > the hypocrisies of each. He has been a journalist for almost 60 years, was > editor and chairman of ... Egyptian daily Al-Ahram for almost > 20, and has written a dozen

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Author:	Christopher Rhoades D˙kema
Date:	Sun Oct 14 16:19:43 PDT 2001

618 NC -- rank: 533

... is different Noam Chomsky Saturday May 11, 2002 The Guardian A year ago, the Hebrew University sociologist Baruch Kimmerling observed that ... Ben-Ami wrote that "the Oslo agreements were founded on a neo-co

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Author:	Ian Murray
Date:	Sat May 11 08:48:46 PDT 2002

619 feingold for prez/enron/linda lay -- rank: 530

I like Feingold and think he would be a good proponent of progressive values with the quirkiness of integrity ... is probably the most liberal of the contenders to have a strong shot at the nomination. And John Edwards is probably ... prez? <<What makes you think there's going to BE a presidential election in 2004? Suspension of normal electoral processes, especially ... as likely to me. I know, I know...but take a look around...the groundwork is all set...and there's a Supreme Court to back him up if he decides that ...

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Author:	Nathan Newman
Date:	Sun Feb 10 20:15:00 PST 2002

620 [lbo-talk] Michael Moore's Dilemma: Israel, Saudi Arabia, and John Kerry (Part 2) -- rank: 530

... so heavily on conspiracy theory in the film, which makes a big deal out of the George W. Bush-James R ... what the big deal is all about while hinting at a vaguely sinister "link" among Bush's Saudi Connections, the 9 ... of people, like the American people, pay you $400,000 a year to be President of the United States. But then another group of

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Jul 8 19:20:17 PDT 2004

621 [lbo-talk] Chuck Hagel Defense: The Combustible Politics Of Obama's Clearest Break From Bush -- rank: 530

... src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=3449346,b=facebook WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's nomination Monday of former Sen. Chuck Hagel ... in Iraq, and Republican fears that the appointment would represent a clean break for Obama from the policies of the Bush ... outlook on the use of U.S. military force as a tool of international engagement. Obama, who also opposed the Iraq ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 8 05:00:30 PST 2013

622 [lbo-talk] Dick Cheney's Christmas Card -- For real! -- rank: 530

Dennis Perrin wrote: >Isn't this a comfy stereotype for lefties? Apart from the brimstone crowd -- >always ... and Jews (and most >Buddhists I've known were/are Jewish). The country is a bit more fluid and >complicated than is sometimes represented here ... some >posters' words seriously, you'd think we were under a Christian Nazi boot >with barely enough room to breathe much ... are 10 sensible people of >faith. That ratio may be a bit generous, but an awful lot of "Christians" are pretty ... into their religion. But try running for public office as a nonbeliever. I found this quote on some blog, with ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 8 11:12:40 PST 2004

623 Constructing the ME -- rank: 530

... Bell, the doughty English archaeologist and colonial administrator, there is a description of a pleasant afternoon spent riding in the Mesopotamian desert in 1918 or 1919. Bell trails a walking stick in the sand. Behind her, Arab boys erect ...

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Author:	Ian Murray
Date:	Wed Dec 11 09:42:47 PST 2002

624 [lbo-talk] "Apache freedom, Apache democracy, and an Apache regime" -- rank: 530

... quoted the NYT: >More than anything else, Falluja has become a galvanizing battle, a >symbol around which many Iraqis rally their anticolonial sentiments. >Some ... American security contractors by >sending marines to shell and invade a city of 300,000 people. Financial Times - April 22, 2004 ... Rantissi was hunted down. Those interviewed moved on to rail a

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 22 12:36:41 PDT 2004

625 [lbo-talk] Monbiot: deep in the heart of Texas -- rank: 530

... at the state's Republican party conventions last month. Take a look, for example, at the decisions made in Harris County ... covers much of Houston. The delegates began by nodding through a few uncontroversial matters: homosexuality is contrary to the truths ordained ... fortified, they turned to the real issue: the affairs of a small state 7,000 miles away. It was then, a

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Author:	Eubulides
Date:	Mon Apr 19 19:37:05 PDT 2004

626 The Nation: "dreary" -- rank: 530

... The Weekly Standard by John Powers An audience is like a broad. If you're indifferent, Endsville. --Frank Sinatra AS FAR ... left. Now, in its 137th year, the magazine is on a commercial roll. Its subscriptions have risen steadily in the wake ... World Trade Center attacks. Its finances may actually break even (a miracle in the world of political magazines). And its publishing ... on the left are unwilling to say: The Nation is a profoundly dreary magazine. Just compare it to another thin, ideologically ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Aug 28 19:09:47 PDT 2002

627 Israelis favour giving up Golan for peace -- rank: 530

... favour giving up Golan for peace JERUSALEM: The majority of Jewish Israelis favour giving up the much contested Golan Heights for full peace with Syria and a withdrawal from Lebanon, reflecting a deep yearning to give peace in the West Asia a chance, according to a new poll. With political negotiations showing positive signs and Israeli ... occupation of southern Lebanon by July, six out of 10 Jewish Israelis would prefer giving up the Golan Heights and ...

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Author:	Ulhas Joglekar
Date:	Thu Mar 16 05:42:07 PST 2000

628 Chomsky: Solution is the Problem -- rank: 530

... the Middle East. The Reality is Different by Noam Chomsky A year ago, the Hebrew University sociologist Baruch Kimmerling observed that ...

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Author:	Chris Kromm
Date:	Sun May 12 17:47:33 PDT 2002

629 [lbo-talk] Just Foreign Policy News, September 21, 2006 -- rank: 530

... dangerous policies of the Bush Administration. He also referred to President Bush as "the devil." Some said he sought to counter ... measures to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, according to a BBC poll. Asked what the international community should do if ...

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Author:	Robert Naiman
Date:	Thu Sep 21 13:38:02 PDT 2006

630 [lbo-talk] they don't make mega-bears like they used to -- rank: 530

... 23, 2008 > > Light at the end of the tunnel after a year of stagnation > By Nouriel Roubini FWIW, apropos the subject ... in the profile below, Roubini strenously disputes that he's a mega- or perma-bear. He says it's all situational ... not -- definately not -- in intellectual accomplishments) Roubini sounds like Keynes: a capitalism cheerleader who concentrates on predicting disasters in order to ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Sun Dec 28 09:46:18 PST 2008