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1876 Nader Goes Buchananite (Re: [lbo-talk] Vote Nader/Camejo 2004! -- rank: 156

"R">...What the hell are you talking about, Carroll? The last thing the CPUSA was \known for was "purity;" they were tactical in the extreme, making alliances \as needed, switching issue positions to fit geopolitical changes, and \generally seen as subversive precisely because they "impurely" burrowed \into other institutions in ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Thu Jun 24 08:26:34 PDT 2004

1877 [lbo-talk] Rev. Moon Crowned by Congresspeople (OMFG) -- rank: 156

U.S. Lawmakers Fete Rev. Moon WASHINGTON, June 23, 2004 More than a dozen U.S. lawmakers turned out for a Capitol Hill reception honoring the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the controversial leader of the Unification Church. Some of the lawmakers later said they were duped when questioned about their presence ...

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Author:	Alan Jacobson
Date:	Wed Jun 23 13:38:39 PDT 2004

1878 [lbo-talk] Calabresi: Bush's rise like Hitler's or Mussolini's -- rank: 156

Don’t know, Doug. Curiously, Stalin was not also thrown in. Calabresi’s line of thinking ...

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Author:	Peter Lavelle
Date:	Wed Jun 23 12:49:28 PDT 2004

1879 [lbo-talk] Was something about Atheism & Humanism -- rank: 156

... with the Russian Revolution which James was explicitly aware (How Stalin killed the Revolutio

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Sun Nov 18 15:40:03 PST 2012

1880 [lbo-talk] Reagan, and a Sermon -- rank: 156

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:02:54 -0500 Jacob Conrad <jakub at att.net> writes: > Why was Reagan so popular, and was he really all that popular? Some > groping thoughts: > > First, don't forget the decisive effect of sheer historical > contingency. All kinds of things could have happened that would ...

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Author:	Jim Farmelant
Date:	Sat Jun 12 16:52:43 PDT 2004

1881 [lbo-talk] Reagan, and a Sermon -- rank: 156

Why was Reagan so popular, and was he really all that popular? Some groping thoughts: First, don't forget the decisive effect of sheer historical contingency. All kinds of things could have happened that would have made Reagan's popularity a non-issue. The rescue mission to free the Tehran hostages ...

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Author:	Jacob Conrad
Date:	Sat Jun 12 11:02:54 PDT 2004

1882 [lbo-talk] "Cyber Libertarians" - somethingawful.com -- rank: 156

Somethingawful.com rocks. - B ===== The Cyber Libertarian by Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons [excerpted] It's not a widely known statistic, but 95% of the politically active people on the Internet claim to be "libertarians". These Cyber Libertarians have formed their political opinions by processing nothing but political attack pieces from both ...

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Author:	B.
Date:	Fri Jun 11 09:34:07 PDT 2004

1883 [lbo-talk] Why do people vote against their interests? P.J. O'Rourke explains -- rank: 156

... writing their dreary "why won't those damn Russians denounce Stalin like we think they should?" pieces. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Friends ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Fri Jun 11 05:16:46 PDT 2004

1884 [lbo-talk] I'm so depressed -- Stanislav Lem dead -- rank: 156

Originally forwarded to me by Thomas Seay. I love how this obit mentions Clooney before Tarkovsky. I loved his books both as a kid and as an adult. All hail Soviet science fiction! Author of 'Solaris' Dies at 84 By RYAN LUCAS, Associated Press Writer Mon Mar 27, 12:52 PM ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Mon Mar 27 13:34:27 PST 2006

1885 [lbo-talk] need a Lenin quote... -- rank: 156

Sadly, this is usually attributed to Stalin rather than Lenin: "When we hang the capitalists, they will ...

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Author:	www.leninology. blogspot.com
Date:	Tue Mar 28 23:01:40 PST 2006

1886 [lbo-talk] :: New Statesman - Saddam's very own party (UK SWPaligns w/ homophobe -- rank: 156

Thomas said: >Todd, if this story was true, who shattered the unity? Depends what "unity" we're talking about. Was the demo there to demonstrate against Israeli occupation or, was it there to demonstrate against the oppression of gays by Palestinians? In any event, it's hard to stay "on message ...

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Author:	Todd Archer
Date:	Sat Jun 5 05:44:58 PDT 2004

1887 [lbo-talk] Jonathan Schell on the DP's prowar stance -- rank: 156

(Jonathan Schell, in the forthcoming issue of The Nation, argues that the Democratic party has locked itself into continuing the war in Iraq, even though its base is in denial and is hoping Kerry's pledge to do so is just rhetoric designed to win the election. In fact, the ...

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Author:	Marvin Gandall
Date:	Sat Jul 31 05:04:20 PDT 2004

1888 Comparing Mao to Hitler -- rank: 156

>Max Sawicky wrote: > >>That's a little short of a ringing endorsement: >>"Read Mao! He's no stupider than Bill Clinton!" >> >>I would urge higher standards for texts which >>purport to liberate the world's people. >> >>Can you seriously deny that, under a Maoist >>regime, you, me and Louis would ...

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Author:	Jacob Segal
Date:	Tue Jun 8 15:22:02 PDT 1999

1889 [lbo-talk] Grappling with Heidegger (and other responses) -- rank: 156

... beneath contempt!" Jeeze. And Jerry was so smart on the Stalin thing. I mean, I'm not a fan of Adorno ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Mon May 8 14:39:33 PDT 2006

1890 [lbo-talk] (no subject) -- rank: 156

... 14 2016 The remorse of a dissident: Alexander Zinoviev on Stalin and the dissolution of the USSR Sent from my iPhone

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Author:	Charles Brown
Date:	Thu Aug 18 17:19:06 PDT 2016