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1246 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 247

... Nazi hordes, etc. I'm okay with that. But not Stalin. Not crazy about Henry Ford, either, but I used to ... first trial samples of M-72 motorcycles were shown to Stalin, who immediately approved production of the motorcycles."

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Author:	B.
Date:	Fri May 11 14:50:17 PDT 2007

1247 [lbo-talk] Obama's ancestors had slaves -- rank: 247

... s woe by Peter the Great or the Bolsheviks or Stalin (take your pick), or this was enhanced to Russia's benefit Peter the Great or the Bolsheviks or Stalin (take your pick). There's also the "Russia is Europe ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sun Mar 4 06:11:10 PST 2007

1248 [lbo-talk] My summer vacation/Russian computer games -- rank: 247

Two (2) things in this post. First, despite all the pro-Uzbek input and my own original desires, I have decided to visit Sunzhou, China. This is not because of any burning preference for China over the the Uzbeks, but because I have a childhood friend who lives there. A New ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu Jun 14 13:08:53 PDT 2007

1249 [lbo-talk] (no subject) -- rank: 247

Two (2) things in this post. First, despite all the pro-Uzbek input and my own original desires, I have decided to visit Sunzhou, China. This is not because of any burning preference for China over the the Uzbeks, but because I have a childhood friend who lives there. A New ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Thu Jun 14 13:04:25 PDT 2007

1250 [lbo-talk] Greetings from Stalingrad! -- rank: 247

... of documents signed by Paulus etc., military hardware, portraits of Stalin and Zhukov and so forth. I also saw the Stalin/Roosevelt/Churc

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Wed Jul 25 08:24:27 PDT 2007

1251 [lbo-talk] great moments in the history of liberalism -- rank: 247

Well, I _am_ a liberal. And so are most of you. And you should be proud of it. The Stalinists thought they were doing the work of of the revolution. It's convenient to redefined the stiff you don't like as "not real" [communism/liberalism]. I might do the same ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Sun Jul 8 14:33:43 PDT 2007

1252 [lbo-talk] great moments in the history of liberalism -- rank: 247

... the US is >something like the dark days of the Stalin Purges... Like a true liberal, "andie" presents Stalin's pogrom against the bolsheviks as "bad communism"--instead of ...

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Author:	Shane Mage
Date:	Sun Jul 8 14:20:45 PDT 2007

1253 [lbo-talk] great moments in the history of liberalism -- rank: 247

... was never locked up. Montefiore (sorry, I'm obsessed) argues Stalin prefered to "contain" rather than destroy poets because he had ... realized but should have been obvious -- when Mandelstam refers to Stalin as the "Ossete" he's making something of an ethnic ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Sun Jul 8 13:49:28 PDT 2007

1254 [lbo-talk] Against a pre-emptive holocaust -- rank: 247

Jerusalem Post - January 27, 2007 <http://static.jpost.com/images/2002/site/pixel.gif> Rattling the Cage: Against a preemptive Holocaust Larry Derfner Almost imperceptibly, the debate in Israel over what to do about Iran's nuclear development has gone over the edge. The unthinkable is now not only thinkable, it ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 31 09:06:40 PST 2007

1255 [lbo-talk] Re: Pleasure, Pain and All That Jazz -- rank: 247

John: > You must lead a life sheltered from the mainstream if you are surprised by Charles question. I know plenty of mainstream people who are very well- versed about bdsm. > I believe Charles admitted he knew nothing about BDSM so why do you expect him to know how it differs from ...

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Author:	Brian Charles Dauth
Date:	Mon Jan 8 21:10:29 PST 2007

1256 [lbo-talk] Re: Fidel -- rank: 247

... 1/1/07, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:Stalin did not kill 32 million people. He killed about 8 ... here, http://www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/001190.php Stalin the Mass Murderer: How many victims? -- Michael Pugliese

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Mon Jan 1 15:20:50 PST 2007

1257 [lbo-talk] Re: Fidel -- rank: 247

Stalin did not kill 32 million people. He killed about 8 ... murder. Second only to > the > > Ukrainian nationalists. > > Nope. > > Didn't Stalin kill 32 million people? > > I'm just making shit up ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Mon Jan 1 15:09:06 PST 2007

1258 [lbo-talk] Why the best actors are British -- rank: 247

... filmed. Russian TV is currently showing a long miniseries called "Stalin LIVE," which is basically a look into the personal life of Stalin. The actor does a pretty good Georgian accent. The Russian ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Fri Feb 23 10:39:57 PST 2007

1259 [lbo-talk] globo & culture -- rank: 247

Sean: This is actually the kind of "economic" argument that Cowen uses throughout his book /In Praise of Commerical Culture/ as well as /Creative Destruction/. He's an economist and ultimately believes deep down in Adam Smith kinds of principles of the "wealth of nations." Thus, for example, the fact that ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Thu Feb 22 09:34:12 PST 2007

1260 [lbo-talk] Adolf, Joseph's boy? -- rank: 247

... brought up here: Suvorov's most provocative idea was that Stalin had planned to use Nazi Germany as a proxy (the “Icebreaker”) against the West. For this reason Stalin had provided significant material and political support to Adolf Hitler ...

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Author:	katherine fisher
Date:	Thu Dec 27 10:07:48 PST 2007