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6031 Cop arrests man because Hamburger not ready -- rank: 72

... Owner Arrested Over Hamburger Dispute >Man Gets In Argument With Police Chief Over Late Order >From "The FBI" by Ronald Kessler ... offered a discount or more food to FBI agents and police officers. He ordered a roast beef sandwich and watched as ...

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Author:	Todd Archer
Date:	Wed Jan 2 19:19:07 PST 2002

6032 Soviet philosophy -- rank: 72

> >CB: Again, there is significant circularity to your argument. You assume >part of what is at issue: that what they were "told to say" had no >validity. It had no validity, but it would be quite irrelevant if it did. The view that it is OK to force people to ...

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Author:	Justin Schwartz
Date:	Mon Feb 25 11:56:59 PST 2002

6033 As the smoke clears, Britain's organised left expose themselves as the fad rebel tossers we always knew they were -- rank: 72

[bounced bec of some attached gibberish] Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 17:38:40 -0500 From: Chuck Munson <chuck at tao.ca> As the smoke clears, Britain's organised/liberal left expose themselves as the fad-rebel whip crackers we always knew they were Flaco Feb 2002 Three weeks ago ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 10:48:29 PST 2002

6034 fascism -- rank: 72

Michael, Iam actually much in agreement with your ideas below. Somebody like Saddam appears as national liberationist, fascist dictator, American Quisling, Communal demogue and much more. It is precisely: "What do we learn about fascism or quasi-fascism from this? that it's going to take the form dictated by the ...

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Author:	Greg Schofield
Date:	Thu Feb 21 00:50:57 PST 2002

6035 fascism -- rank: 72

Michael, Iam actually much in agreement with your ideas below. Somebody like Saddam appears as national liberationist, fascist dictator, American Quisling, Communal demogue and much more. It is precisely: "What do we learn about fascism or quasi-fascism from this? that it's going to take the form dictated by the ...

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Author:	Greg Schofield
Date:	Wed Feb 20 18:18:56 PST 2002

6036 US making same mistakes in Afghanistan as USSR -- rank: 72

Actually, everybody I know in Russia is of teh opinion that its just a matter of time until the forces in Afgh. get slaughtered. Considering that the USSR took Afghanistann in something like two weeks to cheering crowds and a swiftly proclaimed victory. And then the Afghans started fighting each other ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Wed Feb 20 23:45:35 PST 2002

6037 "Third Positionist" Fascism In The US: A Case Study Of Bill White -- rank: 72

"Third Positionist" Fascism In The US: A Case Study Of Bill White by Mark Salotte THE THIRD POSITION IN NORTH AMERICA: GROWING DANGER OR OVERBLOWN HYPE (OR BOTH?) A CASE STUDY OF "KAISER BILL" WHITE Background: the Third Position Internationally Recently the growth of the political tendency known as the ...

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Author:	Chuck Munson
Date:	Tue Feb 19 12:55:45 PST 2002

6038 Israel peace lobby grows; defies expectations -- rank: 72

Published on Sunday, February 17, 2002 in the Observer of London Israel's Growing Peace Lobby Widens Rifts in Sharon's Ranks by Graham Usher The peace movement in Israel is gathering momentum again in defiance of expectations. Thousands took part in a rally in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square last ...

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Author:	Chris Kromm
Date:	Sun Feb 17 06:52:33 PST 2002

6039 Bonapartism, Fascism & our new order -- rank: 72

Hi, The basic problems we have are (1) primarily the use of the term fascism, and (2) the question of how different things are now compared to other moments in history in capitalist economies. I agree with you that there are reactionary elements involved in the current wave of repression, but ...

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Author:	Chip Berlet
Date:	Sat Feb 16 08:23:51 PST 2002

6040 Bonapartism, Fascism & our new order -- rank: 72

Chip said: >How about agreeing the debate is pointless as long as a substantial >number >of the participants refuse to even seriously discuss any of the >recent >scholarship on fascism that result in a range of new >definitions--none of >which are applicable to the current situation? >Pick any recent scholar ...

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Author:	Todd Archer
Date:	Sat Feb 16 04:31:26 PST 2002

6041 The New Nazism -- rank: 72

Hi, OK, how about starting with the simple logical fallacy test: Fascism is bad Government Repression is bad therefore Government Repression = Fascism Unless we can agree that this is not a valid argument, there is no point in having a further discussion. :-) It is similar to the equally ridiculous: Capitalism is ...

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Author:	Chip Berlet
Date:	Fri Feb 15 11:12:11 PST 2002

6042 FBI Seeks 2 Men in N.C. Truck Incident -- rank: 72

They were right about irony being dead. What could satire possibly add to a story like this? Do people still trust these jokers to protect them from "terrorism"? America's a big clown ruling the world. It should be ridiculous, it really should. FBI Seeks 2 Men in N.C. Truck ...

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Author:	Cian O'Connor
Date:	Fri Feb 15 04:21:18 PST 2002

6043 Getting out the thumbscrews (RE: Cheney to come out of hiding) -- rank: 72

Hakki Alacakaptan wrote: >The current level of US intimidation may lead one to think that Cheney & >Wolfowitz are going to make Turkey & the Gulf states an offer they can't >refuse. The Guardian article indicates what this will involve: > >--------------------------------------------------- >(...)action to be taken by neighbouring states to "tighten the political >noose ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 12 08:27:31 PST 2002

6044 2,843 -- rank: 72

... have been found. Meanwhile, the bodies of five Port Authority police officers were found on Saturday in the rubble at the ... Huczko, said Greg Trevor, a spokesman for the Port Authority Police. On September 11, they rushed across the river to the ...

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Author:	jeffrey fisher
Date:	Mon Feb 11 10:10:52 PST 2002

6045 Cooper on PA -- rank: 72

<http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/12/cover-cooper.shtml> L.A. Weekly - February 8 - 14, 2002 Left With Hope Some un-American thoughts from Brazil on global Justice by Marc Cooper PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL -- AFTER SPENDING last week here with 50,000 others at the World Social Forum -- what ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 8 08:01:08 PST 2002