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91 [lbo-talk] 2.5 Years after Israeli Supreme Court Order: Path of the Wall in Bil'in to Be Moved -- rank: 1000

http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2446:25-years-after-israeli-supreme-court-order-path-of-the-wall-in-bilin-to-be-moved&catid=119:english&Itemid=878 2.5 Years after Israeli Supreme Court Order: Path of the Wall in Bil'in to Be Moved *Five years into anti-Wall struggle in Bil'in, Infrastructure work began yesterday to reroute the path of the barrier on the village's lands in accordance to an Israeli Supreme Court decision. * Two and a half ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 11 06:30:52 PST 2010

92 [lbo-talk] College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds....not really though... -- rank: 1000

Matthias Wasser wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com> wrote: > > >> Get down to the comment 25, Doug1943: ``The people who sponsored this >> research, the ISI, are indeed a conservative organization, and this >> should have been mentioned.'' Damned right it should have been. >> > > > They did mention it: "an independent group with a tradition-minded view of > issues..." It should have been in the ...

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93 [lbo-talk] College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds....not really though... -- rank: 1000

Matthias Wasser wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com> wrote: > > >> Get down to the comment 25, Doug1943: ``The people who sponsored this >> research, the ISI, are indeed a conservative organization, and this >> should have been mentioned.'' Damned right it should have been. >> > > > They did mention it: "an independent group with a tradition-minded view of > issues..." It should have been in the ...

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94 [lbo-talk] College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds....not really though... -- rank: 1000

I saw this article in The Chronicle of Higher Education titled: College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds http://chronicle.com/article/College-Makes-Students-More/64040/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en While many graduates of American colleges cannot answer basic civics questions, a higher education does make their opinions more liberal on controversial social issues, according to a new report issued on Friday by an academic think tank. The Interco ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 10 06:01:52 PST 2010

95 [lbo-talk] News from Within Podcast: Changing Israeli Visa Regime for International Humanitarian Workers -- rank: 1000

*News from Within Podcast: Changing Israeli Visa Regime for International Humanitarian Workers * /The Alternative Information Center (AIC)/ On Thursday, the 6 February 2010, I spoke with Martha Meyers about the Israeli government s changes in the visa regime for international humanitarian workers and how this will possibly impact the work of international non-governmental agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian territories. Ms. Myers, is Chair of the Association of International Development ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 7 07:14:58 PST 2010

96 [lbo-talk] Altenberg 16: Will the real theory stand up -- rank: 1000

Andy wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Chuck Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com> wrote: > >> ecrecy and Bias in the Old Boys' Network >> The Peer Review Prison >> >> By SUZAN MAZUR >> >> While the hacked emails episode several months ago revealing attempts by >> scientists to withhold information about global warming from publication >> has put the matter of *peer review under scrutiny* like never before, >> secrecy in peer revie ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 6 07:40:40 PST 2010

97 [lbo-talk] Israeli commander: 'We rewrote the rules of war for Gaza' -- rank: 1000

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/exclusive-israeli-commander-we-rewrote-the-rules-of-war-for-gaza-1887627.html A high-ranking officer has acknowledged for the first time that the Israeli army went beyond its previous rules of engagement on the protection of civilian lives in order to minimise military casualties during last year's Gaza war, /The Independent/ can reveal. The officer, who served as a commander during Operation Cast Lead, made it clear that he did not regard the ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 3 12:03:34 PST 2010

98 [lbo-talk] Israel Owes Over NIS 8.3 Billion to Palestinian Workers from the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- rank: 1000

http://www.alternativenews.org/english/2422-israel-owes-over-nis-83-billion-to-palestinian-workers-from-the-occupied-palestinian-territories.html The State of Israel owes more than NIS 8.3 billion (including interest) to Palestinian workers from the Occupied Palestinian Territories who worked in Israel. This money was deducted from the Palestinian workers salaries for social benefits they did not receive. This is the conclusion of detailed research conducted by the Alternative Information Cente ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 2 08:40:36 PST 2010

99 [lbo-talk] Defamation, a film by Yoav Shamir -- rank: 1000

Pretty interesting documentary by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir. You can watch the whole documentary at this link: http://pulsemedia.org/2010/01/26/yoav-shamirs-defamation/ Synopsis What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In his continuing exploration of modern Israeli life, director Yoav Shamir (Checkpoint, 5 Days, Flipping Out) travels the world in search of the most modern manifestations of the oldest hatred", and comes up with some startling answers. In this i ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 1 18:49:19 PST 2010

100 [lbo-talk] Gaza flooded after Israel opens dam gates -- rank: 1000

That's the problem, I believe Iranian press and Hamas as much as I believe the Israeli authorities.... So, who knows... http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3836334,00.html "In the Eshkol regional council, which borders the Strip, the claims were dismissed. The council said it knew nothing of such a dam. " A few Israelis have died from the floods also, so it is widespread in the south. Bryan Doug Henwood wrote: > [As the Israel gets good press for relief efforts in Haiti...] &g ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 19 08:32:09 PST 2010

101 [lbo-talk] Avatar: The Exquisite Horror of The Strange Stranger -- rank: 1000

I thought this was a pretty good review. http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=959 One could go on trying to deconstruct the underlying ideology of the film, etc.,...and the new age gaia spirituality was daft, but..... Ohhhh, the eye candy! "Someone put a lot of thought into Pandora s wildlife; it was beautiful to behold, it was amazingly diverse, it even seemed (for the most part) phylogenetically consistent. Across a wide range of species, everything from nostril placement to jaw structure was ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 8 21:11:24 PST 2010

102 [lbo-talk] Progressively assessed speeding fines in Switzerland (in this case $290, 000 for 35 mph over limit) -- rank: 1000

Wah, that is pretty cool, if I get this right, you are fined in part according to your wealth. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8446545.stm *A Swiss millionaire has been handed down a record speeding fine of $290,000 (£180,000) by a court.* The man was reportedly caught driving a red Ferrari Testarossa at 137km/h (85mph) through a village. The penalty was calculated based on the unnamed motorist's wealth - assessed by the court as $22.7m (£14.1m) - and because he was a repeat offender. It is mo ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 7 09:30:44 PST 2010

103 [lbo-talk] cell phone hell -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > I know everyone hates AT&T, but we're on a family plan with three phones. > Doug Three? One for Ivan? So he can call Elmo and Dora?

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Date:	Thu Jan 7 08:58:54 PST 2010

104 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

Interesting, Yaron Brook the head of the Ayn Rand Institute is an Israeli, could that help to explain the Randy lovers of Zion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/the-u-n-goldstone-report-and-just-war/ Where he argues that Israel (and the US) should get rid of any notion of constraint and proportionate response...worry about civilians in a war theater and such) Bryan Joanna wrote: > > > I suppose the only way one would know is to go to one of their &g ...

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105 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

True, but I still think it is a relevant question because when I was 20 something, I didn't know one "Objectivist" personally. Definitely were the tendencies towards Anarchists and TAZ hippie types and perhaps the Ditto Heads or two, but no Randians. Now it seems to me that there is an upsurge in libertarians and Randy sorts, and I even had a friend (my age...40) recently come visit and he was reading The Fountainhead...(though he is a business owner and fancies himself an entrepreneur ...

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