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241 [lbo-talk] Weather apocalypse now -- rank: 1000

Can't remember if this was posted before. If so, sorry - marta Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/ 0,6903,1153513,00.html · Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war · Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years · Threat to the world is greater than terrorism Mark Townsend and Paul Harris in New York Sunday February 22, 2004 The Observer Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrop ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 15 09:28:14 PDT 2005

242 [lbo-talk] Being Privatized -- rank: 1000

--> If you pass this comment along to others -- periodically but not repeatedly -- please explain that Commentaries are a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet and that to learn more folks can consult ZNet at http://www.zmag.org --> Sustainer Forums Login: https://www.zmag.org/sustainers/forums Today's commentary: http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2005-09/27russell.cfm ================================== ZNet Commentary Being Privatized October 07, 2005 By Marta Russell My phar ...

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243 [lbo-talk] Covering Insurance Corp Losses -- rank: 1000

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi- insure5oct05,1,5910087.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY Change Sought to Cover Losses Mandatory national insurance for disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes is getting a serious look. Critics call it a bailout for carriers. By David Streitfeld Times Staff Writer October 5, 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita exposed such major shortcomings in the nation's insurance system that regulators from several states are ...

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244 [lbo-talk] disabled find work harder to get and other threads -- rank: 1000

Woj - have you forgotten that the ruling class keeps unemployment going and going and going? Can't believe you would object to the state intervening in the mess the capitalists thrive on. Any body on the bottom deserves whatever they can get. It's a fixed game dude. marta On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:45 PM, Dick Grippon wrote: > you're right. i hope they tear town the entire welfare system > tomorrow and the homeless are defecating on your front steps in > short order, panhandling you, ju ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 5 17:16:51 PDT 2005

245 [lbo-talk] McCain on Global warming -- rank: 1000

Begin forwarded message: > From: Stop Global Warming Virtual March on Washington > <laurie at stopglobalwarming.org> > Date: October 5, 2005 3:43:00 PM PDT > To: ap888 at lafn.org > Subject: A message from Senator John McCain > Reply-To: betsy at stopglobalwarming.org > > > Dear Fellow Marcher, > > Recently, a number of my Senate colleagues and I traveled to Canada > and Alaska to witness the devastating impacts of global warming on > the Arctic. We l ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 5 17:06:42 PDT 2005

246 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart union buster ALERT -- rank: 1000

Marta Russell (ap888 at lafn.org) has forwarded you a message from American Rights at Work, which is on the web at: http://action.americanrightsatwork.org/nd.tcl?r=xdzyC741Juts&n=1501772 May be of interest marta I wanted to let you know about an easy way to connect with a growing network of people throughout the nation who believe that all workers deserve the chance to exercise their democratic rights on the job. Sign up as an activist with American Rights at Work--a brand new organization d ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 5 16:37:29 PDT 2005

247 [lbo-talk] Etan Thomas -- rank: 1000

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0927-20.htm

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Date:	Wed Oct 5 09:42:11 PDT 2005

248 [lbo-talk] Lord of War -- rank: 1000

I saw "Lord of War" and though I usually don't recommend movies, this one is well worth your time. George Clooney's new film on Edward R. Murrow and the commies coming out this next week looks enticing too. marta

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Date:	Tue Oct 4 17:49:45 PDT 2005

249 [lbo-talk] journalists for hire & Bush -- rank: 1000

Dear Marta Russell: Last week, an official government investigation determined that the Bush Administration broke the law when it used taxpayer dollars to hire fake journalists like Armstrong Williams to promote its political agenda. It s not only unethical, it s also illegal. The only way for justice to be served is for you and 50,000 others to add your name to a letter I am sending to Congress and the Justice Department demanding prosecution. A copy of your letter will be sent to all the ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 4 17:16:35 PDT 2005

250 [lbo-talk] Bush's Pit Bull -- rank: 1000

Marjorie Cohn | Harriet Miers: Bush's Pit Bull http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100405I.shtml Bush has nominated his Texas crony as a stealth appointment to the Supreme Court. Marjorie Cohn writes that although the Senate will be hard-pressed to discover Harriet Miers's positions on the critical issues, she does have a long record of loyalty to Bush, whom she calls "the most brilliant man I ever met." Bush undoubtedly knows where she stands - and it doesn't appear to be on the si ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 4 14:04:49 PDT 2005

251 [lbo-talk] HUD's Jackson on NO poor rebuild -- rank: 1000

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na- housing1oct01,1,7394467.story?coll=la-news-a_section A SHATTERED GULF COAST New Orleans' Racial Future Hotly Argued The U.S. housing chief expresses doubts about rebuilding, and draws anger and concern. By Joel Havemann Times Staff Writer October 1, 2005 WASHINGTON President Bush's housing secretary has touched off a tempest by saying that a revived New Orleans may no longer be a majority-black city and that some of the low-lying and ...

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Date:	Sun Oct 2 16:57:42 PDT 2005

252 [lbo-talk] Religion can be bad for you -- rank: 1000

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe- brooks1oct01,0,5368617.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions The dark side of faith By ROSA BROOKS October 1, 2005 IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a dangerous thing. This is the implication of a study reported in the current issue of the Journal of Religion and Society, a publication of Creighton University's Center for the Study of Religion. The study, by evolutionary scientist Gregory S. Paul, looks at the correlation between leve ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 1 16:28:24 PDT 2005

253 [lbo-talk] Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House -- rank: 1000

On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:29 PM, joanna wrote: > Ohhh. Bad idea. I mean, their arresting her. > > Joanna > It made the LA Times today: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-na- antiwar27sep27,1,5948056.story Sheehan, Activists Arrested at White House By Ryan G. Murphy and Emma Vaughn Times Staff Writers September 27, 2005 WASHINGTON Cindy Sheehan, the Vacaville, Calif., woman whose protest this summer outside President Bush's Texas ranch became a focal point of the ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 27 15:48:13 PDT 2005

254 [lbo-talk] Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House -- rank: 1000

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092605Y.shtml Cindy Sheehan Arrested at White House By TO Staff t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 26 September 2005 Cindy Sheehan, along with several well-known figures, has been arrested at the front gates of the White House in Washington DC. Sheehan had attempted once again to gain an audience with George W. Bush; again she was refused. Sheehan and her supporters then proceeded to sit down and pray at a restricted point in front of the White House. She ...

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Date:	Mon Sep 26 13:04:05 PDT 2005

255 [lbo-talk] Being Disabled and Poor in New Orleans -- rank: 1000

================================== ZNet Commentary Being Disabled and Poor in New Orleans September 25, 2005 By Marta Russell If you are disabled and rich or somewhat well-off and lived in New Orleans you probably got out of the city before the levees broke and flooded some 60% of the parishes. If you are rich and use a wheelchair you probably had a van with a ramp or car of your own with gas money to get you to safety. If you are blind you likely had a driver with a car to take you to the h ...

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