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5386 [lbo-talk] China's first-ever anti-terrorist exercise in Tibet -- rank: 72

... The local garrison of the People's Liberation Army, armed police, public security police and militia took part in the joint exercises, which came ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Wed Sep 15 09:02:31 PDT 2004

5387 [lbo-talk] Speaking of Kaballah...Settler Rabbi threatens to conduct Pulsa Denura ceremony on Sharon...which rabbi says will lead to his death... -- rank: 72

And you people belittle Kaballah...it has the power over life and death!! look at what happened to Rabin...rabbi Dayan conducted the Pulsa Denura ceremony several years ago and looked what happened...it killed Rabin........well...the ceremony AND several bullets shot at close range from Yigal Amir's handgun ...

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Author:	bryan
Date:	Tue Sep 14 14:43:19 PDT 2004

5388 [lbo-talk] Wallerstein on US & Iraq -- rank: 72

Commentary No. 145, Sept. 15, 2004 "What Has the U.S. Achieved in Iraq?" Most of the world think that the U.S. policy in Iraq has been a political failure. Even a majority of the U.S. electorate seems to think so, according to the latest polls. This does not ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 14 12:35:15 PDT 2004

5389 [lbo-talk] The Chinese In Baluchistan 1 -- rank: 72

... the Baluchistan province of Pakistan on May 3, 2004. The police seem to believe the explosion was caused by unidentified elements ...

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Author:	uvj at vsnl.com
Date:	Mon Sep 13 09:27:08 PDT 2004

5390 [lbo-talk] managing the news -- rank: 72

Washington Post - September 10, 2004 Secret Service Not Coddling Hecklers By Dana Milbank Washington Post Staff Writer COLMAR, Pa., Sept. 9 -- Secret Service agents are famous for their willingness to take a bullet for the president. Less famous is their willingness to take out a heckler for the president. Officially, the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 10 11:03:24 PDT 2004

5391 [lbo-talk] Helping the North Caucasus -- rank: 72

A lot of people on my rabid pro-Chechen mailing list are up in arms about this article. In particular, they dispute the accuracy of the poll that claims that 80 percent of Chechens want to be part of Russia. Their claim: 10 percent! Apparently, both this article, and the article ...

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Author:	Simon Huxtable
Date:	Fri Sep 10 04:39:17 PDT 2004

5392 [lbo-talk] Matt Taibbi on RNC protests -- rank: 72

I agree with Chuck0 here. I usually think Taibbi's great, but I don't think he even went to the UFPJ march for more than a couple minutes, or if he did, he was so determined to write the "stuck in the 60s" story that he missed both its inventiveness ...

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Author:	Liza Featherstone
Date:	Wed Sep 8 06:56:51 PDT 2004

5393 [lbo-talk] Matt Taibbi on RNC protests -- rank: 72

Carl Remick wrote: > [Regrettably, a lot of truth here.] Actually, this is a bunch of garbage. It may not be too late for the New York Press to cancel the check for this piece, because this author pulled a fast one on that newspaper. Hopefully, most of the readers of this ...

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Author:	Chuck0
Date:	Tue Sep 7 19:07:35 PDT 2004

5394 [lbo-talk] anti-fascist agitation -- rank: 72

From: Jon Johanning <jjohanning at igc.org> On Sep 6, 2004, at 8:54 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > Joke. Somehow my sense of humor and yours don't quite match up. I treat everything you write as serious. Perhaps you might try putting in some ":-)"s. ^^^^ CB: Sometimes I pujt :>)'s ...

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Author:	Charles Brown
Date:	Tue Sep 7 08:23:41 PDT 2004

5395 [lbo-talk] Hamas vs. Al-Qaida... Hamas against Al-Qaida involvement in local Palestinian struggle -- rank: 72

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:32:36 -0400, Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > The two situations are not flawless mirrors of each other. It is not > wrong to have different reactions and analyses. You needn't suggest (as > you did at the end of your post) that people ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Mon Sep 6 12:04:43 PDT 2004

5396 [lbo-talk] Testy -- rank: 72

... wrote: No, sorry, I meant to write an _IN_effective police state. The Soviets were pretty corrupt too. That didn't stop their police state from being effective. They were sticklers on the key ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Mon Sep 6 09:55:20 PDT 2004

5397 [lbo-talk] Testy -- rank: 72

... cradle-to-grave services. Finally, they ran a >fairly efficient police state, rarely losing control >enough to let things escalate to guerilla warfre. You make a police state sound attractive, in this instance. Sometimes I really miss ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 6 08:57:30 PDT 2004

5398 [lbo-talk] Don't Just Vote, Take Action - Report from UFPJ Marc h, August 29, 2004 -- rank: 72

Doug Henwood wrote: > Chuck0 wrote: > >> the UFPJ elite > For god's sake - they organized a march under incredibly difficult > circumstances that turned out hundreds of thousands. How many people > could Don't Just Vote turn out? And would they all show up at the same > time and place? Incredibly difficult circumstances ...

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Author:	Chuck0
Date:	Thu Sep 2 18:46:47 PDT 2004

5399 [lbo-talk] biz ethics/slavery/groups/constitutional -- rank: 72

andie nachgeborenen wrote: > > CB: Yes , I am agreeing. What I mean by "legal" is that > the repressive apparatus of the state stands behind it, will enforce it. > JKS: That's not right -- first of all, a lot of law isn't > orders backed by threats but rules that enable you to ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Thu Sep 2 13:22:19 PDT 2004

5400 [lbo-talk] convention news -- rank: 72

... slowly this evening. > >HALL MONITOR >Danger, Danger, Code Pink >The police on Wednesday night detained a female anti-war protester >after ... speech. The Secret Service said she was in New York Police >Department custody and was being questioned. A spokeswoman for Code ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 2 06:39:28 PDT 2004