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4786 [lbo-talk] Pacifica no longer circling the drain... -- rank: 72

...but heading down? This is from Greg Guma, who had an unimpressive tenure as Pacifica's exec director (but his recent commentary has been pretty good). News that Nicole Sawaya is resigning, again, says to me that the place may well be doomed. Doug ---- http://muckraker-gg.blogspot.com/ Quiet ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 10:53:04 PDT 2008

4787 [lbo-talk] Rand commentary on War on Terror (1) -- rank: 72

Stop the 'War' on Terror: Calling It a 'War' Is a Boon to Terrorist Recruiters By Seth G. Jones and Martin C. Libicki ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This commentary appeared in Christian Science Monitor on August 6, 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military might against Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups isn't working - and no wonder. After studying ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Tue Sep 9 18:27:28 PDT 2008

4788 [lbo-talk] Palin update -- rank: 72

... the details of Troopergate, but after a certain Seattle-area police chief shot his estranged wife in front of their children ... nice to get sorted out, what is the AK state police protocol about domestic violence situations? And are we dealing with ...

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Author:	Dorene Cornwell
Date:	Sun Sep 7 16:13:27 PDT 2008

4789 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

... to be carried by a very small percentage of the police / army because the others would not fire on people they ... for the > refusal of the army to fire on demonstrators. Police will _always_ obey > that command. The army (where it is ...

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Author:	Dorene Cornwell
Date:	Fri Sep 5 13:40:36 PDT 2008

4790 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

... now I'm not any more interested in dealing with police than anyone else on this list. But when I look at the way capital interfaces with it's police, by bringing in outsiders to administer the system, it looks ...

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Author:	martin
Date:	Thu Sep 4 19:15:54 PDT 2008

4791 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

... 4, 2008, at 6:05 PM, John Thornton wrote: > The police exist to help enforce private property rights, the > cornerstone of ... a secret urge to 'protect and serve'. And if the police are the cornerstone of capitalism, shouldn't the application of ...

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Author:	martin
Date:	Thu Sep 4 18:22:07 PDT 2008

4792 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

... 9/4/2008, martin wrote: >Seems too elementary - if the police are on your side, the police are >not the enemy. You should probably duck when you ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Thu Sep 4 16:51:35 PDT 2008

4793 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

... and welfare > agencies by the right, the army and the police by the left. There have been attempts in the past ... of no such attempts to do the same among the police. In either case, it was/would be an enormous waste ...

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Author:	Thomas Seay
Date:	Thu Sep 4 12:26:11 PDT 2008

4794 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

... of the left would be to win the support of police. Doug > responded, > rather forcefully (I thought at the time), something ... and welfare agencies by the right, the army and the police by the left. Wojtek

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Thu Sep 4 11:29:46 PDT 2008

4795 [lbo-talk] Elephant memory ... -- rank: 72

Fuck da police, as they say. On Sep 4, 2008, at 2:06 ... of the left would be to win the support of police. Doug responded, >> rather forcefully (I thought at the time), something ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 4 11:17:44 PDT 2008

4796 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested At the RNC] -- rank: 72

Code Pink surrounded by riot police Coldsnaplegal twitter <http://twitter.com/coldsnaplegal> (they are reliable and ... pushed against Wabasha Bridge by 150 riot cops now. The police are out of control. Code Pink? Did someone throw a ...

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Author:	Bob Morris
Date:	Mon Sep 1 20:25:02 PDT 2008

4797 [lbo-talk] 'Terrorist!' 'Communist!' 'Socialist!' -- rank: 72

... danger, and that's what we witnessed. As photographers and police raced to the scene, the crowd elevated from stable to ... event maybe lasted a minute, two at the most, before police competently managed to hustle the two away from the scene ...

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Author:	shag
Date:	Thu Oct 30 16:24:20 PDT 2008

4798 [lbo-talk] More on Weather Underground, Obama, McCain, Palin (Bill Weinberg) -- rank: 72

QUOTE PULL: "I'll call right now my interrogator that tortured me and my friends a gook," [McCain] said in 2000. "You can quote me." Excellent discussion of the Obama and Ayers portrayal here, along with documentation of McCain's close friendships with fascists like G. Gordon Liddy and members of ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Mon Oct 6 08:43:11 PDT 2008

4799 [lbo-talk] Question from La Botz interview on Behind the News -- rank: 72

Doug Henwood wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Charles Turner wrote: > > > My original thought was that directors of automotive corporations > > wouldn't want to take a position against other members of their board > > who might also sit on insurance or pharmaceutical corporation boards. > > I've done some preliminary ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Thu Nov 27 08:41:23 PST 2008

4800 [lbo-talk] Corruption only happens in Venezuela and its Russian allies... -- rank: 72

... in the past few > years, probably connected with raising of police > officers' salaries and a general crackdown on > corruption, particularly among the traffic police. > > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, andie nachgeborenen > <andie_

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Sun Nov 23 08:06:53 PST 2008