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10321 [lbo-talk] WMD redux -- rank: 190

I'm sorry, but this is misinformed. The Syrian regime is an appallingly evil and monstrous ethno-national dictatorship, as close to a classical Fascist state as you can find these days, which has tortured and murdered hundreds of thousands of its own citizens, and regularly launches Scud missiles on its ...

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Author:	Dennis Redmond
Date:	Wed Aug 28 15:46:01 PDT 2013

10322 [lbo-talk] WMD redux -- rank: 190

... 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > So it looks like another war is in ...

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Wed Aug 28 12:56:40 PDT 2013

10323 [lbo-talk] WMD redux -- rank: 190

Although I cringe a bit on some of Gar's phrasing, I think he is essentially right; in fact something like his point should be the left point of departure in reference to _any_ past, present, or future U.S. foreign and/or military policy. Such a perspective, for example, would ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Wed Aug 28 10:47:01 PDT 2013

10324 [lbo-talk] WMD redux -- rank: 190

>So it looks like another war is in the pipes, this time against Syria. The pretext, as usual, is WMDs, which would be laughable if it did not have tragic consequences. >Here is a an alternative explanation >http://stormcloudsgathering.com/ Way too complicated. Every so often the US government corners ...

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Author:	Gar Lipow
Date:	Wed Aug 28 10:34:02 PDT 2013

10325 [lbo-talk] WMD redux -- rank: 190

... 28, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > The argument they propose is that the US ...

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Author:	Andy
Date:	Wed Aug 28 10:09:24 PDT 2013

10326 [lbo-talk] [Pen-l] Move On volunteers block MoveOn promotion of petition against Syria war -- rank: 190

... 26, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2013-08-26, at 2:50 PM ...

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Author:	Robert Naiman
Date:	Mon Aug 26 13:14:53 PDT 2013

10327 [lbo-talk] On the term, "Political correctness" -- rank: 190

* *To say that people are wrong about something is not the same as "to politically correct" them. Even were the phrase used as a verb (which I don't think I ever saw or heard before), it would imply more than simple disagreement; it would carry the connotation of *enforced ...

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Author:	Arthur Maisel
Date:	Fri Aug 23 11:03:21 PDT 2013

10328 [lbo-talk] Slate: "In College Admissions, Affirmative Action and Its Critics Both Have The Same Problem" -- rank: 190

[WS:] Two points: 1. The actual cost of education is not as high as it may appear, especially in the United States. In the US education expenses are grossly inflated by de facto subsidies to various industries, like construction,, electronics and software producers, testing industry, publishers, bloated administration and lawyers ...

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Fri Aug 23 05:39:14 PDT 2013

10329 [lbo-talk] Fukushima "warming" is faster than global warming -- rank: 190

... 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > It looks pretty bad. here is another take ...

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Author:	Andy
Date:	Thu Aug 22 11:30:00 PDT 2013

10330 [lbo-talk] Fukushima "warming" is faster than global warming -- rank: 190

... 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > It looks pretty bad. here is another take ...

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Author:	Andy
Date:	Thu Aug 22 10:55:48 PDT 2013

10331 [lbo-talk] Fukushima "warming" is faster than global warming -- rank: 190

... 22, 2013 at 3:08 AM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: > Might have to bring back Mark Jones' "Crashlist ...

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Thu Aug 22 08:00:47 PDT 2013

10332 [lbo-talk] my interview w The Real News: Pressure Mounts for US to Cut Aid to Egyptian Military -- rank: 190

... 08/2013, at 9:54 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: > You really don't know what democracy is ...

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Author:	Bill Bartlett
Date:	Thu Aug 22 07:36:43 PDT 2013

10333 [lbo-talk] my interview w The Real News: Pressure Mounts for US to Cut Aid to Egyptian Military -- rank: 190

... 22, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > Bill: "Good God, are you still backing the ...

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Author:	Arthur Maisel
Date:	Thu Aug 22 06:14:09 PDT 2013

10334 [lbo-talk] my interview w The Real News: Pressure Mounts for US to Cut Aid to Egyptian Military -- rank: 190

, Bill Bartlett wrote: > > > c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Kristol: Well, I think they prefer the military ...

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Author:	c b
Date:	Thu Aug 22 04:54:58 PDT 2013

10335 [lbo-talk] my interview w The Real News: Pressure Mounts for US to Cut Aid to Egyptian Military -- rank: 190

... 08/2013, at 5:26 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: >> Kristol: Well, I think they prefer the military ...

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Author:	Bill Bartlett
Date:	Thu Aug 22 02:14:36 PDT 2013