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14956 [lbo-talk] Apres L'empire -- rank: 46

Wotjek>...1. The predictions of the downfall of the Soviet Empire are nothing new, all right. But the ones who first saw it coming were Soviet dissidents. I recall a samizdat by Soviet dissident (his name escapes me at the moment) titled "Will the Soviet Union Survive until the year 2000 ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Fri Apr 15 11:08:21 PDT 2005

14957 [lbo-talk] I don't look like Dworkin, but... -- rank: 46

><http://redstateson.blogspot.com/ Nice piece on Dworkin. DP. Thought this was pretty good, too. Pairing her with the attractive MacKinnon must have been powerful stuff. I think the prob. -- admittedly I haven't read her at any length -- is this: Rape involves sex, right? Yet, one feminist position is ...

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Author:	snitsnat
Date:	Thu Apr 14 09:11:44 PDT 2005

14958 [lbo-talk] Iraq: hatred of the occupation rising by the day -- rank: 46

The Hindu Thursday, Apr 14, 2005 Iraq: hatred of the occupation rising by the day Jonathan Steele The key issue now, as it has been since 2003, is for the occupation to end quickly. Saddam Hussein's effigy was pulled down again in Baghdad's Firdos Square at the weekend (April ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Thu Apr 14 06:05:15 PDT 2005

14959 [lbo-talk] Stillers -- rank: 46

... no > sociopolitical purpose? I advise you not to damage any police cars if you've been drinking.

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Author:	John Adams
Date:	Sun Feb 5 21:04:45 PST 2006

14960 [lbo-talk] Over One Million US Troops Have Been Deployed Since 9/11 -- rank: 46

The article excerpted below contains a bit of the old *if present trends continue, the sky will fall* drama, followed by a *the good news is...* moment. And in that way, it's fairly typical. Nevertheless the key assertion -- that the US military has been forced to deploy, redeploy and redeploy ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Wed Apr 13 11:24:43 PDT 2005

14961 [lbo-talk] Turn your PC speaker up for this -- rank: 46

A response, as culled from "Team America, World Police": http://homepage.mac.com/joshfowler/.Movies/america-fuckyeah-westandasone.mov

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Author:	Mark Rickling
Date:	Wed Apr 13 09:46:48 PDT 2005

14962 [lbo-talk] Frum on Dworkin -- rank: 46

http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum-diary.asp APR. 12, 2005: ANDREA DWORKIN RIP Andrea Dworkin, the radical feminist and antipornography crusader, died Sunday in Washington. She was 58. I met her once, through the kindness of my friend Christopher Hitchens, who invited my wife and me to meet Dworkin and ...

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Author:	Jacob Segal
Date:	Tue Apr 12 13:45:42 PDT 2005

14963 [lbo-talk] Japanese Media: The least independent & trustworthy in democratic world? -- rank: 46

The Asian Age 3 April 2005 Japanese News: The least independent and trustworthy media in the democratic world? - By Adam Gamble and Takesato Watanabe www.mediachannel.org Kyoto -- As Dan Rather signed off from The CBS Evening News, and a slew of media scandals continued to reverberate all across America -- ranging ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Tue Apr 12 12:00:17 PDT 2005

14964 [lbo-talk] Where have all the Fallujans gone? -- rank: 46

"Last November, before US troops started fighting in the city of Fallujah which was then dominated by insurgents, Iraq's total prison population stood at about 5 000, according to prison officials at the time." AFP 17 000 locked up in Iraq 10/04/2005 22:00 - (SA) http://www ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Tue Apr 12 10:26:28 PDT 2005

14965 [lbo-talk] Stillers -- rank: 46

... for Arkansas, didn't follow my suggestion not to damage police cars if he'd been drinking. Fortunately, he was brutalized ...

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Author:	John Adams
Date:	Mon Feb 6 04:07:01 PST 2006

14966 [lbo-talk] Stillers -- rank: 46

... jadams01 at sprynet.com> wrote: > my suggestion not to damage police cars if he'd been drinking. Does this mean it ...

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Author:	Colin Brace
Date:	Mon Feb 6 06:23:25 PST 2006

14967 [lbo-talk] Taxes and Classes -- rank: 46

http <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/10/ING0UC4LLO1.DTL>://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/10/ING0UC4LLO1.DTL <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/10/ING0UC4LLO1.DTL> How rich get ...

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Author:	joanna bujes
Date:	Sun Apr 10 18:11:38 PDT 2005

14968 [lbo-talk] He coulda been a contenda... -- rank: 46

... TRENTON, N.J.-A lawyer for former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has moved to quash a subpoena issued ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Sun Apr 10 11:32:51 PDT 2005

14969 [lbo-talk] Red Lake Minnesota: Community Mourns, Siege Continues -- rank: 46

... FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs officers and Red Lake Police spent Thursday searching the school for a gun. "This is ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Fri Apr 8 16:49:12 PDT 2005

14970 [lbo-talk] Stillers -- rank: 46

... unlike other neighborhoods which were a priority for crowd control (police showed up on horses and/or in full riot gear ...

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Author:	Charles Brown
Date:	Mon Feb 6 06:44:50 PST 2006