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5236 [lbo-talk] Vegetarians become part of the problem.... -- rank: 72

Economist.com Monocropping? What's that? I'll have another soy latte' please. The economy booms, the trees vanish May 19th 2005 >From The Economist Global Agenda http://www.economist.com/agenda/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3996152 Graph & Image: http://www.economist.com/images/GA/2005w21/RainForest.jpg Alarming new figures ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Sat May 21 09:11:11 PDT 2005

5237 [lbo-talk] Poor Anders Aslund -- rank: 72

Translation: "Ukraine's not listening to my advice! WAAAAAAAAAH!" This man is like King of the Has-Beens. Washington Post May 18, 2005 Betraying a Revolution By Anders Aslund The author is director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ukraine's Orange Revolution was ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Wed May 18 10:36:06 PDT 2005

5238 [lbo-talk] much ado about 'racism' -- rank: 72

... Indiana, where a Kenyan friend of mine once needed a police escort to pass through during a fund raising cross-country bike ride in 1991 - on the advice of the police). Everybody in Mexico called me 'negro' with affection, (my close ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Mon May 16 15:12:15 PDT 2005

5239 [lbo-talk] Happy Slapping -- rank: 72

... south >London six months ago, before becoming a nationwide phenomenon, police >and anti-bullying organisations have claimed. > >Videos of the slaps ... phones and >posted on the internet. > >Earlier this week, Surrey Police made an arrest after an 11-year-old >child was ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Sun May 15 09:48:31 PDT 2005

5240 [lbo-talk] Happy Slapping -- rank: 72

... south London six months ago, before becoming a nationwide phenomenon, police and anti-bullying organisations have claimed. Videos of the slaps ... phones and posted on the internet. Earlier this week, Surrey Police made an arrest after an 11-year-old child was ...

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Author:	Sujeet Bhatt
Date:	Sun May 15 05:21:45 PDT 2005

5241 [lbo-talk] Arab-South American summit final declaration rejects foreign occupation... -- rank: 72

[...and recognizes the right of states and peoples to resist to foreign occupation."] The summit's final declaration, a draft of which was obtained by AFP, underscores the "importance of respecting the unity, sovereignty and independence of Iraq and to not interfere in its domestic affairs." The proposed text also ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Wed May 11 07:35:52 PDT 2005

5242 [lbo-talk] Iraq plunging into sectarian violence -- rank: 72

The Hindu Monday, May 09, 2005 Iraq plunging into sectarian violence Atul Aneja The emergence of a number of power centres, many of which operate with American help, could set in motion a long-drawn civil war. THE EMERGENCE of a new Shia-dominated government led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Wed May 11 07:49:24 PDT 2005

5243 [lbo-talk] nurses kick Arnie's butt -- rank: 72

... His remarks were also meant for the state's teachers, police and firefighters who have good reasons to oppose him. . . CNA ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 10 15:26:36 PDT 2005

5244 [lbo-talk] Russia: Cossack Revival Gathers Momentum -- rank: 72

This article says some dumb things, like: 1. "Are you big, strong, moderately educated, and of distinctly Slavic appearance?" Uh, Cossack is an ethnicity and a Slavic one, albeit one more problematic than many for historical reasons. This should read "Are you big, strong, moderately educated, and have at least one ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Fri May 6 07:53:26 PDT 2005

5245 [lbo-talk] (no subject) -- rank: 72

>Subject: [lbo-talk] Peak Oil End of the Worldism, Dissident Voice >To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> >Message-ID: <ac84a797050504203644bed476 at mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 > > Via a Green loon on another list, > > >From - http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Apr05/Bageant0429.htm >Background ...

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Author:	Celi Ben
Date:	Thu May 5 12:06:55 PDT 2005

5246 [lbo-talk] indiscreet question -- rank: 72

[also via the Progressive Review] STUDENT ARRESTED AT ANN COULTER TALK FOR ASKING DIFFICULT QUESTION <http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/05/04/TopStories/Arrest.Made.At.Coulter.Speech-947529.shtml> YASHODA SAMPATH, DAILY TEXAN - Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by Ann ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 4 15:50:11 PDT 2005

5247 [lbo-talk] Will Saudi Arabia face up to modern times? -- rank: 72

... children were attending the service inside a house when the police raided it. It needs no explanation that the Pakistani Christians ... in the Saudi capital. One does not expect the Saudi police to raid an American house and catch its inmates drinking ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Mon May 2 05:23:58 PDT 2005

5248 [lbo-talk] democracy in Egypt -- rank: 72

... governorate of Cairo. They are recovering from three weeks in police detention and show fresh scars allegedly from electric shocks and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Mar 30 15:22:23 PST 2005

5249 [lbo-talk] stats -- rank: 72

... antiwar movement has nearly died out is because > of the brutality of the resistance. As he put it, that means that ...

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Author:	joanna bujes
Date:	Wed Mar 30 09:17:41 PST 2005

5250 [lbo-talk] beheading (was: stats) -- rank: 72

... antiwar movement has nearly died out is because of the brutality of > the resistance. As he put it, that means that ...

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Author:	Dennis Perrin
Date:	Wed Mar 30 07:06:34 PST 2005