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MemoryBlog: More "Airplanes as Missiles" Concern Prior to 9/11: "Joint Chiefs of Staff Rejected 'Airplanes as Missiles' Scenario Five Months prior to 9/11"
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MemoryBlog: FBI Whistleblowers' Site: "FBI Whistleblowers' Site"
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The Bellman: "The ground war in Ohio is on, and the Republicans are doing it Amway-style."
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Boing Boing: Online t-shirt store: "we were gagged by Google": "Google:The following...items that must be removed from your site in order to continue advertising with Google AdWords:" - One of them is Bush saying "YOUR FIRED"
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Alliance for Justice - Take Action - Tell Scalia to Recuse Himself from Cheney Case: So ya know, VP Cheney and Supreme Court Scalia are buddys. Sign the petition to get Scalia off the court case about energy questions.
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Boing Boing: Bill O'Reilly mistakes Globe and Mail for Socialist Worker: "Bill O'Reilly called The Globe and Mail, a rock-ribbed, conservative Canadian newspaper 'the far-left Toronto Globe and Mail,' because a columnist in the paper descibed the Fox News Network (which is coming to Canada) as humorously exemplary of American foolishness."
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Body and Soul: Why I remain more concerned about women's lives than potential lives: "Leona Gordon, 74, of Westmoreland, N.H., said she remembers when all abortions were illegal. She recalls what she went through in 1964, with five kids and a bad marriage, to get one. And she recalls what it was like, a few weeks later, to claim the body of her sister, Gerri Santoro, who died after one."
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Lawrence Lessig: "Oh Canada
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pinkrabbitsays: And how many paid vacation days do you get?: "Bush has spent 16% of his presidency on vacation."
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Marketplace: Spoils of War: "The spoils of war add up to more than capturing expansive palaces and luxury cars. As Marketplace reporters have discovered, not all of the $22 billion being spent to rebuild Iraq is going where it should. Who's watching the money as it streams through Baghdad? Just about no one, and bribes and black marketeering are rampant, witnesses say. A leading anti-corruption group claims that at least 20% of U.S. money spent in Iraq is being lost to corruption."
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not watching television: Complete 911 Timeline: "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001"
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Dirty Greek /journal.php: "Tami Silicio, the woman who apparently risked everything by taking a photo of flag-draped coffins has been fired. So has her husband."
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The Nation: "* Families making more than $1 million a year will enjoy 2004 tax cuts, on average, of $123,600 each.
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YEA MICHIGAN! - unreal.... Uppity-Negro.com: A Grand Rapids Gryffindor Fansite: Oh look. Evil Republicans.: "Michigan Preparing To Let Doctors Refuse To Treat Gays"
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CGEU Friends,
Josh Freeman (CUNY) and Nelson Lichtenstein (UC) are circulating a faculty
sign-on letter in grad unionized universities in support of recognition at
Columbia. Text and list of signees is attached. Can you please encourage
supportive faculty who have not yet signed on to do as soon as possible?
The first list has been sent to CU President Lee Bollinger. We're trying to
get an updated, larger list to him this Monday. Since Bollinger came from
UMich, signatories from there are especially needed. Anyone who wants to
add their name can do so by e-mailing Josh Freeman at mailto:JBFJBF(AT)aol(dotcom).
Thanks!
Maida Rosenstein
President, 2110/UAW ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Josh Freeman (CUNY) and Nelson Lichtenstein (UC) are circulating a faculty
sign-on letter in grad unionized universities in support of recognition at
Columbia. Text and list of signees is attached. Can you please encourage
supportive faculty who have not yet signed on to do as soon as possible?
The first list has been sent to CU President Lee Bollinger. We're trying to
get an updated, larger list to him this Monday. Since Bollinger came from
UMich, signatories from there are especially needed. Anyone who wants to
add their name can do so by e-mailing Josh Freeman at mailto:JBFJBF(AT)aol(dotcom).
Thanks!
Maida Rosenstein
President, 2110/UAW ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Chicago Tribune
April 28, 2004
Wisconsin teaching aides stage a walkout
By Robert Becker
Tribune higher education reporter
Teaching assistants at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on Tuesday began a two-day walkout, resulting in the cancellation of some classes and sparking fears that student grades would be delayed.
Members of the Teaching Assistants' Association, which has a campus
membership of 1,900, walked picket lines at university buildings protesting pay and benefits issues following unsuccessful negotiations with the State Employment Relations Office, which handles labor contract talks for the State of Wisconsin.
The primary point of contention is the state's insistence that teaching
assistants begin to pay some of their health-insurance costs. Union
officials say the assistants' pay averages about $10,000 for nine months' work. Under the proposed state plan, an unmarried graduate student would contribute about $9 a month toward health-care costs, university officials say.
Union officials say they would make the contribution if their salaries were raised to levels matching that of graduate students at comparable
universities.
"We feel this is the only way to preserve the quality of education at
UW-Madison," said Boian Popunkiov, co-president of TAA and a graduate
student.
Popunkiov said the increased cost of health benefits and the comparatively low wages for graduate students hinder the university's ability to attract top students.
Popunkiov said if the dispute is not resolved in coming weeks, union members may withhold grades when the semester ends in early May.
"We hope the issue will be settled before the grade strike," Popunkiov said.
Peter Spear, UW-Madison provost, said that his office has assured students that their grades would not be held up, "and if they need grades for jobs, transfers or any other reason, we will at least get them temporary grades."
Spear said while the university supported teaching assistants' efforts to
secure a better benefits and pay package, the school remained obligated to educate its undergraduates.
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April 28, 2004
Wisconsin teaching aides stage a walkout
By Robert Becker
Tribune higher education reporter
Teaching assistants at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on Tuesday began a two-day walkout, resulting in the cancellation of some classes and sparking fears that student grades would be delayed.
Members of the Teaching Assistants' Association, which has a campus
membership of 1,900, walked picket lines at university buildings protesting pay and benefits issues following unsuccessful negotiations with the State Employment Relations Office, which handles labor contract talks for the State of Wisconsin.
The primary point of contention is the state's insistence that teaching
assistants begin to pay some of their health-insurance costs. Union
officials say the assistants' pay averages about $10,000 for nine months' work. Under the proposed state plan, an unmarried graduate student would contribute about $9 a month toward health-care costs, university officials say.
Union officials say they would make the contribution if their salaries were raised to levels matching that of graduate students at comparable
universities.
"We feel this is the only way to preserve the quality of education at
UW-Madison," said Boian Popunkiov, co-president of TAA and a graduate
student.
Popunkiov said the increased cost of health benefits and the comparatively low wages for graduate students hinder the university's ability to attract top students.
Popunkiov said if the dispute is not resolved in coming weeks, union members may withhold grades when the semester ends in early May.
"We hope the issue will be settled before the grade strike," Popunkiov said.
Peter Spear, UW-Madison provost, said that his office has assured students that their grades would not be held up, "and if they need grades for jobs, transfers or any other reason, we will at least get them temporary grades."
Spear said while the university supported teaching assistants' efforts to
secure a better benefits and pay package, the school remained obligated to educate its undergraduates.
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Friends,
In addition to showing support for our comrades at Columbia, I wonder if you would sign the GSEU/CWA1104 petition for a better contract. ...under affiliation, include the university/union with which you are associated.
Sign the petition
In solidarity,
Scott Oldenburg
GSEU/CWA1104
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Friends,
In addition to showing support for our comrades at Columbia, I wonder if you would sign the GSEU/CWA1104 petition for a better contract. ...under affiliation, include the university/union with which you are associated.
Sign the petition
In solidarity,
Scott Oldenburg
GSEU/CWA1104
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Star Captains Club of America: "McDonald's CEO Dies of Heart Attack"
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Star Captains Club of America: "Why Isn't Election Day a National Holiday?"
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Psychotria Nervosa: Stop the Military Escalation!: "TAKE ACTION! Tell Congress Not to Increase US Troop Presence in Colombia-- Stop the Military Escalation!"
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Michigan IMC: feature/5296: "Trade Unionist forced to flee Colombia Speaks in Ferndale"
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MemoryBlog: article: The Case of the Disappearing Article: "Reasons Not to Invade Iraq, by George Bush Sr., in Sept 2002"
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No Sweat: "MICKEY AND MINNIE MOUSE today (15 April 2004) climbed the UK headquarters of Disney before unveiling a banner reading 'Disney: Stop Selling Toxic Pyjamas to Kids'"
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No Sweat: "At 7 am on April 20, 2004, various armed men with machine guns entered the home of the brother of Coca-Cola union leader Efrain Guerrero's wife in Bucaramanga, and fired indiscriminately at the family, killing Efrain's brother-in-law, Gabriel Remolina, his wife Fanny and wounding three of their children."
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Union Busting Universities: "Universities are dominated by liberals, you may have heard."
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Die Mercenary Die: "Die Mercenary Die
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: "Home Depot Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli received about $4.7 million last year, in addition to his base salary and bonus, linked to a forgiven company loan, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nardelli, who received a $10 million loan from Home Depot in 2000, will have the loan forgiven at 20 percent per year"
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Kroger Using New Fingerprint Timeclocks... Kroger "Police State" ? :: Retail Worker :: Labor News - by, for, and about Retail Employees: "This week marks the first week of Kroger Michigan stores using the new fingerprint timeclocks, in their latest barrage of worker surveillance equipment."
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No Sweat: "Unions Call for UN Sanctions against Nike Company Scored for Stomping on Labor Rights Montreal/Toronto/Pittsburgh"
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Coca Cola Co: Scuffle, catcalls spice meeting: "It began with an angry activist being wrestled to the floor, was punctuated with simultaneous protests outside the Hotel du Pont, and still served up the celebrity of the Rev. Jesse Jackson and famed investor Warren Buffett."
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Workday Minnesota: Marchers call for legislation to enact fair and clean elections
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Windsor casino talks resume: "As the casino strike in Windsor finished its third week Friday, union and management held their first formal talks in nearly a month, while the city held its breath."
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The Badger Herald Online - To Leftists and Liberals: We deserve better than the Bush-Kerry choice: "I have been blamed for the world's problems and verbally assaulted for even considering not voting in November. The premise for this abuse is that it is non-voters' fault that voter turnout is so poor. The real fault lies with the Republican/Democrat corporate consensus. Despite differences in style and rhetoric both John Kerry and George Bush represent the same interests: The rich."
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Bike To Work: May 17th through May 21st!
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Joi Ito's Web: E-Voting Machines Get Official Thumbs Down
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Detroit Greens Bring Home the Troops Billboard Campaign
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David Grenier: Overtime takeaway: "Today is a tragic day, although you wouldn't know it from reading your newspaper. Last night after most offices in Washington closed, the Bush administration announced it would finalize and issue the regulations to take away overtime pay from millions of America's workers."
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The Militant: "Florida—Workers signed their first contract April 19 at Point Blank Body Armor in Oakland Park, Florida, north of Miami, winning union recognition for the UNITE union after a fight lasting more than two years."
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The Militant: "“We won with the support of the retired miners and the United Mine Workers of America,” said Juan Salazar, in an April 18 interview here at the picket trailer of the striking Co-Op miners. “We beat back the company in their attempt to take away our right to be in front of the mine.” "
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anniversary from Bushflash, it is graphic and sad. You should see it.
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LaborNet: Online Communications for a Democratic Labor Movement: "Of the hundreds of research institutes in California's public university system, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has targeted just one for elimination: a think tank dedicated to organized labor."
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AlterNet: Racism and Reproductive Rights: "More than 1,300 health and activist groups nationwide have signed on to support what's expected to be a massive march for women's reproductive freedom on Sunday, April 25, in Washington, DC." - wish I was going!
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The Spoof - US to ban public nudity: "Under new a new bill filed today by Louisiana State Senator Richard D Head, US women wearing 'low slung pants', 'crop tops', or other 'intimate clothing' that exposes bare skin will face fines of up to $500,000, jail sentences of up to 90 years — and possibly confiscation of their charge cards for life."
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Too much TV could rewire tot's brain: "Your recent editorial, 'TV and our babies,' does not mention a characteristic of TV pictures that could have a significant effect upon the plastic and developing brains of young children: There is no equivalent to a TV picture in nature."
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Workday Minnesota: Bakery workers approve new contract: "Bakery workers at 67 Twin Cities grocery stores, who voted 340-13 in January to reject a contract offer, voted by a three-to-one margin to accept a revised proposal."
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Prudential Agents Vote To Unionize - 4/23/2004 - insurancenewsnet.com: "Nearly 1,000 of Prudential Financial Inc.'s in-house agents will now be represented by a New York-based professional services union, according to the National Labor Relations Board."
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TOMPAINE.com - Hip To Democracy: "The crowd lined up outside the Cooper Union great hall in New York City on March 25 for a gathering called "Where's My Democracy?" did not look like your typical participants at a political rally. There were no suits and ties, no pleated khakis or Izod shirts, no signs or buttons—not even a single baby to kiss. No, this crowd, which formed a line that snaked around Astor place onto Lafayette, was garbed in American Apparel t-shirts, thrift store blazers, and the hyper pointy-toed shoes that are currently standard issue for women south of 14th Street."
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Jobless Recovery -- by outsourcing labor, U.S. planners of Iraqi “democracy” do not include unions: "Hassan Jum’a is an impressive negotiator. As head of the 10,000-member Southern Oil Company Union in Iraq, last December he successfully challenged the hiring and wage policies of Al Khorafi, a Kuwaiti subcontractor for the U.S. construction giant Bechtel and the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)."
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'The Tyranny of Structurelessness' by Jo Freeman: "During the years in which the women's liberation movement has been taking shape, a great emphasis has been placed on what are called leaderless, structureless groups as the main form of the movement. The source of this idea was a natural reaction against the overstructured society in which most of us found ourselves, the inevitable control this gave others over our lives, and the continual elitism of the Left and similar groups among those who were supposedly fighting this over-structuredness."
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LaborNet: Online Communications for a Democratic Labor Movement: "HAVE YOU EVER wondered what a New Unity Partnership might look like if the rank and file built it? Wonder no more: the airline industry is witness to just such a phenomena in grassroots campaigns to organize independent unions amongst mechanics, flight attendants and most recently fleet service workers."
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UMass Dartmouth - Labor Education Center: "The Labor Education Center is an outreach program of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It was founded in 1975 by leaders in the labor movement, the community and the university. The Center's Advisory Board represents a wide constituency in developing programs that meet the needs-and enrich-the lives of workers and union leaders in Southeastern Massachusetts."
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Sweet Baby A
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Hostage: This is a cool site, and there is a pull down menu for many more sections of it!
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Media & Democracy organizing conference featuring Amy Goodman in Grand Rapids in May
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Hazards Magazine: "Hazards is the only independent, union-friendly magazine to win major international awards. Workplace unions are your best hope for better, safer work - and Hazards provides the information and resources to make the union job easier. Hazards looks behind the company safety hype, and gives union answers to workplace problems. Using a global network of union safety correspondents, Hazards makes sure you have the best information available anywhere."
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Three Ways To Stand Up For Choice: Geekery Today 2004/04/22 :: Rad Geek People's Daily: "(this post is part of the Stand Up For Choice BlogBurst)"
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Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog (war blog, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bush, Gulf War II, left): "'I am proud and happy to do what I did' - a world class Hero who went to jail for 17 years for exposing Israeli nuclear program has been released and is strong and defiant"
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onegoodmove: Unknown Knowns: "Donald Rumsfeld in Song what was unknown is now known."
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:: Schnews :: Issue 450: "“Fascism should more properly be called ‘corporatism’, since it it the marriage of government and corporate power” Benito Mussolini, 1932."
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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: April 18, 2004 - April 24, 2004 Archives: "'The aluminum boxes, in ordered rows, are bound by clean white straps on freshly scrubbed pallets. American flags are draped evenly over the boxes.'"
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Lean Left: Sheer Brilliance: "Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department
CHEYENNE, WY—After attempting to contain a living-room blaze started by a cigarette, card-carrying Libertarian Trent Jacobs reluctantly called the Cheyenne Fire Department Monday. "Although the community would do better to rely on an efficient, free-market fire-fighting service, the fact is that expensive, unnecessary public fire departments do exist," Jacobs said. "Also, my house was burning down." Jacobs did not offer to pay firefighters for their service." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
CHEYENNE, WY—After attempting to contain a living-room blaze started by a cigarette, card-carrying Libertarian Trent Jacobs reluctantly called the Cheyenne Fire Department Monday. "Although the community would do better to rely on an efficient, free-market fire-fighting service, the fact is that expensive, unnecessary public fire departments do exist," Jacobs said. "Also, my house was burning down." Jacobs did not offer to pay firefighters for their service." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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David Grenier: Raed on Reconstruction: "The Baghdad Blogger talks about his country a year after the invasion.
The only thing happened is “rehabilitating” some schools by Bechtel, and let me tell u more about it… Bechtel charged around $75,000 per school, and... and the sub-sub-contractors painted the schools, fixed the bathrooms, changed the broken windows and put some light bulbs, the thing that cannot cost more than $7,500. Rehabilitation was poor and extremely costly; it was the first corruption story that destroyed the credibility of the plans of reconstruction." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The only thing happened is “rehabilitating” some schools by Bechtel, and let me tell u more about it… Bechtel charged around $75,000 per school, and... and the sub-sub-contractors painted the schools, fixed the bathrooms, changed the broken windows and put some light bulbs, the thing that cannot cost more than $7,500. Rehabilitation was poor and extremely costly; it was the first corruption story that destroyed the credibility of the plans of reconstruction." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Whiskey Bar: Tanks for Nothing: "Bush Says World Owes Israel's Sharon a 'Thank You'"
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Whiskey Bar: Let Them Eat Frisbees: — "two tons of them — from the Los Angeles-based "Spirit of America" organization are finding their way into Iraqi hands. The Frisbees are emblazoned with the word "friendship" in both English and Arabic."
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Vegan Porn: Breast is still best, especially when the formula's fake: "Megatron found a tragic story from China in which up to 200 infants were given fake formula and dozens died of malnutrition. The formula contained significantly less protein than 'normal' formula, and was devoid of some nutrients like iron and zinc. It was, however, affordably priced, although nobody's been able to beat the margins found in human breast milk yet. In related news, it appears that the Nestle boycott is still alive and kicking."
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The Nation: "'Today, workers win. The department's new rules guarantee and strengthen overtime rights for more American workers than ever before.' -- Labor Secretary Elaine Chao"
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The Bellman: "About one in every 10 members of Iraq's security forces 'actually worked against'' U.S. troops during the recent militia violence in Iraq, and an additional 40 percent walked off the job because of intimidation, the commander of the 1st Armored Division said Wednesday."
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The Bellman: "'We'd never be in this mess if Colin Powell were alive.'" MaxSpeak
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The Bellman: "I never took economics in school -- my relationship with money is pretty much on a merchant level. It makes me wonder how many other Americans like myself have no clue where they're money came from or what it does at night when they're sleeping. "
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Teachers for a Democratic Culture is a coalition of academics committed to preserving education as a force for social change and as a site of cultural pluralism.
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Furl - Your web page filing cabinet: Geek post alert!
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Fallujah fight resumes after lull - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA: "brought the toll of U.S. troops killed across Iraq this week to 46. The fighting has killed more than 460 Iraqis -"
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The Michigan Daily -- 113 Years of Editorial Freedom - From the Daily: Hit 'em with your best shot: "On a campus famous for its activism, the past year will surely stand out as a memorable one. This year, students have consistently shown that, contrary to popular belief, our generation is not apathetic and hopelessly sheltered — students have exhibited their power to create change on local, state and national levels. The famed University activism has made its much-anticipated return. Across campus, students took a determined interest in the policies that shaped their education. Not willing to stand aside as impersonal administrators decided issues without student support, many student groups organized meetings, discussions, rallies, protests and picket lines to gain a voice."
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The Times-News Online -- Twin Falls, Idaho: "Kroger may give peers $116 million -- The owner of the Ralphs grocery chain has set aside at least $116 million to compensate two rivals under a controversial mutual-aid pact the trio devised in anticipation of the recent California supermarket strike and lockout, regulatory filings show."
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Boston.com / Businerss / Coke defends business practices, CEO search secrecy as profits soar: "At issue in Colombia is the killings of several union workers at Coke bottling plants there. Critics accuse Coke of being complicit in the deaths by failing to protect the workers. Coke said local paramilitary groups are responsible for the deaths and that Colombia judicial investigations have cleared the company and its bottling partners of wrongdoing."
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Gotta love New Zealand!
Kathryn Cramer: New Zealand's Mercenary Activities (Prohibition) Bill: "Green MP Keith Locke today warned New Zealanders contemplating 'security' work in Iraq that active involvement in the conflict for money will soon be a criminal offence under the mercenary bill returned to Parliament yesterday." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Kathryn Cramer: New Zealand's Mercenary Activities (Prohibition) Bill: "Green MP Keith Locke today warned New Zealanders contemplating 'security' work in Iraq that active involvement in the conflict for money will soon be a criminal offence under the mercenary bill returned to Parliament yesterday." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Seeing The Forest: "Would we have been better off leaving Saddam in power?"
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The Bellman: "For lots of Americans, it's very simple: 'they' are the enemy. Arab savages attacked us on 9/11, so we need to teach the bastards a lesson. No other analysis is needed; no other information will be allowed into the picture. When I spoke just now on radio about U.S. war crimes, I was told by a retired military man that 'many' of the Iraqis are just animals who need to be beaten down or exterminated (and, of course, that I am 'unamerican') -- he also says he is reading the Koran, on the 'know your enemy' principle. Another man, a Vietnam veteran, asked me why I was 'wasting time' talking about the crimes committed by his and my government."
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Blank: "JOIN THE MILLION WORKER MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C."
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David Grenier: Raed on Withdrawl: "I am totally for the withdrawal of all the “coalition” forces from Iraq now; they are giving a fake cover for the Bush administration, but things would be different if this administration was kicked out of office in Nov, and if a real International/Arabic coalition was founded under the UN umbrella."
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A Family in Baghdad: "What are the Americans doing here? He said, confused, "Either they are stupid, Or they don't want to use the path of dialogue with Iraqis. That day the events of Falluja were on fire, day after day, and in the south, was Muqtada al-Sadr, and in my head I was just as confused as he was."
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c i r c u s 2 i r a q: "When Mohammed put out his hand and popped the bubble, he smiled for the first time since the bomb destroyed his home and killed his sister and his aunt. It was inspiring to see that healing and peace making were still possible between two boys from countries that were ostensibly enemies. "
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wildfirejo, an english activist in Iraq: "Lee makes a scribble, unsure who he’s meant to be but happy to have a ticket through the checkpoint which all the cars before us have been turned back from, and Sergeant Tratner carries on. “You guys be careful in Falluja. We’re killing loads of those folks.” Detecting a lack of admiration on our part, he adds, “Well, they’re killing us too. I like Falluja. I killed a bunch of them mother fuckers.”"
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A Mixed Blog: Secret Police State: "As longtime readers know, The Multiracial Activist is a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits seeking to force the Justice Department to disclose the identities of those individuals secretly arrested and detained following the terrorist attacks of September 11."
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March for Women's Lives! | April 25, 2004: "The time is right for a public demonstration of historic size in support of reproductive freedom and justice for all women."
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While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old Texas rancher (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle), a doctor and the old man were talking about George W. Bush being in the White House.
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'." Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road, and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'." Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road, and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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DNC Video: Mistakes Were Made
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Kathryn Cramer: A Bad Penny: "A security contractor killed in Iraq last week was once one of South Africa's most secret covert agents, his identity guarded so closely that even the Truth and Reconciliation Commission did not discover the extent of his involvement in apartheid's silent wars."
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Whiskey Bar: An Eye for an Eye: "'When the fighting is over in Fallujah, I will sell everything I have, even my home,' said a resistance fighter who gave his name as Abu Taif Mashhadani. He wept as he recalled his 8-year-old daughter, who he said was killed by a U.S. sniper in Fallujah a week ago. 'I will send my brothers north to kill the Kurds, and I will go to America and target the civilians. Only the civilians. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. And the one who started it will be the one to be blamed.'"
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The Bellman: "No, they don't 'hate us because we're free.' Or put it this way, they may hate us because we're free, but very, very, very few people can get worked up enough about our freedom to dedicate themselves to ending it - absent concrete American interference in their business. There's a big difference between hating someone and troubling to cross the world to try to kick their ass."
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Counter Convention - Republican National Convention Protest Tools and Resources: "RNC Protest Upcoming Events"
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The Bellman: "GSEU, Graduate Student Employees United, began an indefinite strike today at Columbia University. Their demand? That the university allow the counting of ballots cast in a recognition election two years ago. Last month, grads at U-Penn staged a short walk-out over a similar issue."
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The Teeth: A friends band that rips!
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Imagine Kids Impact: "Imagine young children painting, cleaning the playground, or planting a tree. Imagine a small child visiting an elderly woman. Imagine the laughter. Imagine neighbors watching from their windows with smiles, or even joining in. Imagine the feeling of pride and worth a child gets when his idea is turned into reality. Imagine a community coming together to support the dreams of its children. Imagine hope, innocence, love, passion, and creativity put into action. Imagine the energy of youth coupled with the wisdom of adults. Imagine children growing up to teach their own children the importance of being involved in the world. Imagine an interconnected world where all people are caring, involved citizens. Imagine the power of love from the hearts and minds of children. Imagine the possibilities.
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Take Action: Support UT Austin shuttle workers!
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Action Tools - Well folks, I am impressed. Bake Sale for Democracy - from MoveOn PAC.
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Really, good stuff folks.
uncommon news: "RANDOM THOUGHT - We drop bombs in a country to combat terrorism. We ruin their schools, homes, and cities, kill fathers, mothers, and children. How can we expect the children of that country to grow up and not hate us? " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
uncommon news: "RANDOM THOUGHT - We drop bombs in a country to combat terrorism. We ruin their schools, homes, and cities, kill fathers, mothers, and children. How can we expect the children of that country to grow up and not hate us? " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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uncommon news: "2/20/04 The Detroit Project Get off your lazy ass - what are you doing Saturday March 27? Why don't you be a good human and sign up for the DETROIT PROJECT? You spend a day cleaning up a neighborhood in northwest Detroit ." - This is a friends site, and it is bad-ass stylin! (I just wish it had permanent links to posts and syndication :-)
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The Bellman: "Attention point and click activists" - point and click
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Reservationless: conference calls made easy with FreeConference.com, your phone call conferencing company I am really interested to see if we can use this to help organize.
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Action Tools A creative idea! Bake Sale for Deomcracy!
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onegoodmove: 50 Tons Of Mustard Gas In a Turkey Farm - Great links to Bush snipets. Wow.
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onegoodmove: Women and Children: "Overlooked in the increasing numbers of American dead are the civilian casualties the Iraqis are suffering."
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CultureCat: Rhetoric and Feminism: "Camel Spiders"
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No War Blog: Beaten to Death in Kut by GI's?
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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: April 11, 2004 - April 17, 2004 Archives: "Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be unguarded, and radioactive materials are being taken out of the country, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency reported after reviewing satellite images and equipment that has turned up in European scrapyards."
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randomWalks: Free Ryan!: "Ryan Matthews, an innocent man on Louisiana's death row who I posted about in August, yesterday won a new trial based on DNA evidence that shows he did not commit the crime." - This is pretty syncronisitis! I was just reading an article in "The Crisis" about Colin Warner and wanted to give a link to The Innocence Project
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Vegan Porn: Pregnant women are still eating fish, and it's still too much fish: "women who ate fish and/or shellfish at least twice a week had blood mercury concentrations seven times higher than women who didn't eat fish in the previous month."
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the alternate patriot: "So You're an Environmentalist; Why Are You Still Eating Meat?" - yea, yea maybe someday again.
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RuminateThis: Chief Illiniwek (racist mascot) to retire (soon): "I have to write that I'm impressed. A group of affinity groups have taken the UIUC admin building, and reading Dave Rolland's articles Lessons for the practical activist, Sit-in in progress, and Sit-in impressions, reads very well. Inspiring." - This is cool! Dave Rolland is amazing, energy, creativity, humor and driven.
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RuminateThis: Bush Speaks for God...Film at 11: "'I also have this belief, strong belief, that freedom is not this country's gift to the world; freedom is the Almighty's gift to every man and woman in this world. And as the greatest power on the face of the Earth, we have an obligation to help the spread of freedom.'"
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Lean Left: Useful Poll-Tracking Site: "The Electoral College Breakdown aggregates poll results from various states and produces an election-night-style map"
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David Grenier: Like "The Champaign of Beers." But better.: "...points us to an article where the 'Drug Czar' is scapegoating Canada for America's drug problems. Apparently this Bush administration official refers to Canadian weed as 'The crack of marijuana.'"
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Can the Rights of People Simply Disappear by Presidential Order: "What does it mean when the President of the United States can on his own designate a citizen in the U.S. as an “enemy combatant,” and order the military to hold that person incommunicado, indefinitely, and without charges? The U.S. Supreme Court is now deciding whether the courts even have the right to question the President’s action."
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Brian Hull.net - A proclivity for verbosity: Rebuttal: "So for Christ's sake, stop telling me that Saddam used chemical weapons."
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Brian Hull.net - A proclivity for verbosity: TV Turnoff Week.: "April 19-25 marks this year's annual seven day celebration of tube-free
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Kathryn Cramer: The Problem of Civilian Commandos: "When killed, they are not reported as military casualties. That is one feature which makes them attractive to the coalition government. Secondly, if they go off the wires, the coalition government has deniability."
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90% Crud: Why isn't Election Day a national holiday?: Because, that would encourage people...
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The Morning News - The Non-Expert: Breastfeeding � La Carte: "Can we all agree that breastfeeding in restaurants is gross?"
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Boing Boing: The whacky world of income tax protesters: Their may be whacky parts to it, but some of it is real, real important work. War Resisters Leauge
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Ann Arbor to Detroit: Light rail, is this a pipe dream?
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the common man: How Many More Lives?: "One of the Italian hostages kidnapped by Iraqi militants has been executed by his captors (just confirmed on BBC Radio 5 News).
The rest will almost certainly die. Berlusconi is intransigent on the matter and the kidnappers are willing to kill.
How long will it be before these contractors realise that the wages really aren't worth it? How long before the Italian people follow the lead of the Spaniards? " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The rest will almost certainly die. Berlusconi is intransigent on the matter and the kidnappers are willing to kill.
How long will it be before these contractors realise that the wages really aren't worth it? How long before the Italian people follow the lead of the Spaniards? " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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ShardsO'Glass: "our goal is to be the most responsible, effective and respected developer of glass shard consumer products"
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Mark Dilley: Wow! I just noticed I don't have a banner a top my weblog today! Did I pay the $15 it cost to go away? I don't think so... hmm.
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Cartoonist Unions: A Legacy of Artists Helping Artists
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Workers find voice on the net: "A leafy suburb of north London may seem an unlikely spot for an international radio station devoted to workers' rights."
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Coalition of Labor Union Women homepage
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nyuadjunctfanclub.org"Did you know that while the average undergrad tuition collected for the College of Arts and Sciences is $76,874 per class, the adjunct teaching that class only gets paid $5,400?"
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LEO, Lecturers' Employee Organization Website Guide"Contract negotiations resumed Friday, April 9, after LEO staged a one-day strike on the three campuses of the University of Michigan the day before, shutting down classrooms and construction sites.
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Zwichenzug Holding Zone: "At least 80 foreign mercenaries - security guards recruited from the United States, Europe and South Africa and working for American companies - have been killed in the past eight days in Iraq...At least 18 000 mercenaries, many of them tasked to protect US troops and personnel, are now believed to be in Iraq, some of them earning $1 000 (about R6 300) a day"
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Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq? - develnet.org
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get Bush out of office
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AEL (Association Electronique Libre) WikiWiki - Demo 14 and 15 april: Against European Software Patents.
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randomWalks: I see dead people: "Aljazeera.Net - Falluja siege in pictures (warning: photos of children killed by US)"
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THE WAR IN CONTEXT:: Iraq, the War on Terrorism, and the Middle East Conflict - in Critical Perspective: "In the last week the Americans have managed what the Iraqis have been unable to achieve in a year - a sense of national unity. But the glue is outrage and anger as Iraqis who have stood back from Washington's attempt to remake the country have found voice and weapons to challenge the US occupation."
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Whiskey Bar: Subhumans: "'My view and the view of the British chain of command is that the Americans' use of violence is not proportionate and is over-responsive to the threat they are facing."
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THE WAR IN CONTEXT:: Iraq, the War on Terrorism, and the Middle East Conflict - in Critical Perspective: "Iraqi kidnappers last night paraded an American before television cameras, threatening to kill him unless US forces lifted the siege of Falluja."
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rightwingeye.com: This is cute, but serious.
March for Women's Lives – April 25, 2004, Washington, D.C.
tx Karen for the tip
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March for Women's Lives – April 25, 2004, Washington, D.C.
tx Karen for the tip
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IAF.net: Free Resources Menu: I wonder how long this is going to be on the web. She passed a little while ago...
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Pedagogical Bliss | CultureCat: Rhetoric and Feminism: "So often I find myself getting all cock-a-hoop over my students. They give me permagrin."
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BALASUBRAMANIA'S MANIA: This is funny, but not safe for work (NSFW)
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The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE: Original Indy Media!
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Alka Dwivedi: I am NOT OK & You are OK: "I believe strongly that every child concludes it (I?9M NOT OK ?3 YOU?9RE OK.), ?8happy childhood?9 notwithstanding. It is essential to keep in mind what the I?9M NOT OK ?3 YOU?9RE OK, position means to the three year old. I?9M NOT OK means: I am two feet tall, I am helpless, I am defenseless, I am dirty, nothing I do is right, I am clumsy, and I have no words with which to try to make you understand how it feels. YOU?9RE OK means: You are six feet tall, you are powerful, you are always right, you have all the answers, you are smart, you have life or death control over me, and you can hit me and hurt me, and it?9s still OK."
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_G.p_{Policy, Art, Rhetoric}: "the proliferation of quotes from the Iraqi street expressing Shia/Sunni solidarity."
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Baghdad Burning: "And as I blog this, all the mosques, Sunni and Shi'a alike, are calling for Jihad..."
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TCPalm: Union says nuclear plant security is lax around state: "A labor union for security guards has issued a white paper raising concerns about Wackenhut Corp.'s security at nuclear power plants including the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant operated by Florida Power & Light Co."
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yaledailynews.com - Yale's slavery link remains touchy: "Since Brown University announced it was forming a committee to investigate the institution's ties to slavery, questions about the role and responsibility of academic institutions in slavery have forcefully reentered the public vocabulary."
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Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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the common man: Reality Bites: "I do not doubt that the images of war upset and disturb you"
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George W. Bush Sloganator - Make Your Own Bush/Cheney '04 Poster!: "Over 341 Days Without A Major War!"
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Democracy Now! | Worse Than Watergate: "Former Nixon Counsel John Dean Says Bush Should Be Impeached"
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NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Tax Outlaws: "Two thirds of companies operating in US paid no taxes from 1996 to 2000."
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Psychotria Nervosa: Why Rwanda Matters: "Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, one of the most notorious and neglected events of the last century."
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Alas, a Blog: On this day in women's history...: Rose Schneiderman, trade union organizer
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Boing Boing: Every copy of Reason customized with sat photos of subscribers' homes - I think I linked to this earlier, but this is just an impressive way to help people understand the amount of info is available to people surfing the web, and beyond, dun-da dah!
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Commander Punished As US Probes Atrocity:"The Army is investigating an allegation that U.S. troops killed an Iraqi detainee when they forced him and another man to jump from a bridge into the Tigris River, and a battalion commander has been disciplined for impeding the probe, officers familiar with the investigation said. "
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Weblogs.Com: Recently Updated WeblogsTesting this out, it is pretty cool. I found that someone had come here via the referres section near the bottom of this weblog (i.e. webpage)
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Guardian | On the brink of anarchy: "The US military commander, General John Abizaid, was considering the reinforcement of his 105,000-strong army of occupation. According to Pentagon officials, Gen Abizaid gave his aides 48 hours to come up with ideas on where fresh troops, American or allied, could be found."
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Jacksonville, here we come! -: Another clothing tag post! This one from the Bush camp.
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A Young Radical's Anti-U.S. Wrath Is Unleashed: "A Young Radical's Anti-U.S. Wrath Is Unleashed"
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The US is Sabotaging Stability in Iraq: "The U.S. is Sabotaging Stability in Iraq"
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inside the empire: "To live in the U.S. today, to watch and listen to the information coming over the mass cultural ether-waves, is to be bombarded with the simultaneous recognition and disavowal of empire."
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Michigan IMC: feature/5144: "Hunger Strike Begins at Grand Valley State in Response to Administration's Failure to Remove Taco Bell"
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Body and Soul: Now if we could just get war coverage this good without having to wait more than 30 years: "Now if we could just get war coverage this good without having to wait more than 30 years"
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LaborWire - The Joe Hill DispatchCesar Chavez, slideshow
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LaborWire - The Joe Hill Dispatch: "Mr. Pooters quit, landing a job in 2002 managing a Family Dollar store, one of 5,100 in that discount chain. Top managers there ordered him not to let employees' total hours exceed a certain amount each week, and one day, he said, his district manager told him to use a trick to cut payroll: delete some employee hours electronically.
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LaborWire - The Joe Hill Dispatch: "'Women in Unions: Still the Most Difficult Revolution?'"
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LaborWire - The Joe Hill Dispatch: "Can you tell us about how you organized workers in the union at Rosenthal Department Store?"
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Eschaton: "Josh Marshall has an excerpt from the Nelson Report which is quite frightening. It suggests that Bush, even more than the rest of them, is completely unaware of what's going on in Iraq."
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exotic animal sex.mpeg (video/mpeg Object): funny
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More US Troops Likely for Iraq: Great, more dead people.
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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: April 04, 2004 - April 10, 2004 Archives: "What was this about? From a morning press conference ..."
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slacktivist: WMDelaware River: "It's not clear that we'll ever know if Iraq's four tons of VX nerve agent really existed, or if so what happened to them.
If you're looking for huge stockpiles of this deadly chemical weapon, however, you need look no further than Newport, Ind., where 1,269 of the United States' 31,500 tons of chemical weapons are stored awaiting destruction by 2007 under the terms of international treaties." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
If you're looking for huge stockpiles of this deadly chemical weapon, however, you need look no further than Newport, Ind., where 1,269 of the United States' 31,500 tons of chemical weapons are stored awaiting destruction by 2007 under the terms of international treaties." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Rhino's Blog: "'I saw papers that show US knew al-Qa'ida would attack cities with aeroplanes'. Whistleblower the White House wants to silence speaks to The Independent"
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randomWalks flux:: "When the 40,000 subscribers to Reason, the monthly libertarian magazine, receive a copy of the June issue, they will see on the cover a satellite photo of a neighborhood - their own neighborhood. And their house will be graphically circled." That is intense!
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Boing Boing: French-translation wash-care label apologises for Bush
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The S-Train Canvass: Iraq: Step up or step off!: "You call yourself The Terror President, George Bush Jr. The man that has taken it to the terrorists. Well muthafucka, you look like shit now. And all of your cronies, too. You better represent or this country's credibility on the domestic and international fronts is DONE. Shit, I hope it isn't done already."
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Janice Kimball's Radio Weblog:"Closure Costs Casino Windsor Millions. It is reportedly costing Casino Windsor $1.5 million a day as it remains closed due to a union strike. More than 3,000 union workers walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The casino had temporarily closed its doors to the public at 6 p.m. Friday due to the labor dispute."
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LaborWire - The Joe Hill Dispatch: "The Great Lakes Chapter of the American Red Cross has reached a last-minute agreement with employees who provide blood collection services."
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News-Leader.com | True Ozarks | Radical says he's no terrorist, just environmentalist:"Victoria, British Columbia — For 19 months, Tre Arrow was one of the most wanted fugitives in America — accused of firebombing logging and cement trucks in Oregon and having links to a group of radical environmentalists viewed as terrorists by the FBI."
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First Coast News | Georgia State News: "Thousands of protesters are expected at the meeting of international leaders planned June 8-10 at Sea Island, Ga"
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Fannia Mary Cohn: An Educational Leader in Labor and Workers' education, Her Life and Times: "Workers' education in the United States has a rich, tumultuous and only partially reported history."
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Eschaton: "
The self-described enemy of political spin, Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly, appears to have been overstating his charitable efforts on behalf of Israel." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The self-described enemy of political spin, Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly, appears to have been overstating his charitable efforts on behalf of Israel." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Confessions of a Welfare Queen | Metafilter: "Confessions of a Welfare Queen. How rich bastards like John Stossel rip off taxpayers for millions of dollars. By John Stossel."
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Body and Soul: Ugly American: "Has this photo been altered in any way? If it's real, it's despicable -- an American soldier making fun of two Iraqi boys by posing with them while one holds a sign that says 'Lcpl Boudreaux killed my dad th[en] he knocked up my sister!'"
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Crooked Timber: Joogle: Doing my part to fix this problem, participating in a "googlebomb" - Jew
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detroitblog: "Welcome to the Detroit Blog. This is about my wanderings and debaucheries in Detroit, as well as observations, news and commentary about the city itself. I love Detroit, the old Detroit of blight, waste and emptiness. Hockeytown. Motown. I grew up here, had my best times here. It's my town. "
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LEO, Lecturers' Employee Organization: "Walkout called for April 8th"
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Joho the Blog: Karen Hughes, off the hook: Terry Gross from NPR's Fresh Air, fails again.
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Muslims For Kucinich: The Weakness of Internet Politics: "But the media mentions preceded the internet growth that the Dean campaign handled so masterfully. And when the media turned against the Dean campaign, the internet organizing couldn't withstand it - the campaign was mortally wounded in a matter of days."
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Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog (war blog, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bush, Gulf War II, left): "1) the Iraqis hate the Americans because of decades of American war and blockcade against them and thousands of Iraqis have been killed by now with their families and loved ones wanting revenge; 2) our allies and the most of the world hate the Bush administration because of its arrogance, bullying, and lunatic imperialist doctrines of unilateralism and preemptive strikes. "
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Guardian | Bush and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war: "President George Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the removal of Saddam Hussein from power at a private White House dinner nine days after the terror attacks of 11 September, 2001."
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Air America Radio: Randi Rhodes is awful. She is a bully.
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LaborWire - The Joe Hill Dispatch: "Twin Cities Metro Transit bus driver, Jim Jeffries writes in TC Metro:
Currently a driver with dependents is contributing $265/month toward healthcare. The state wants to increase that to $304 in 2004, $401 in 2005 and an estimated $681 in 2006.
Here's how the drivers' standard of living will be affected:
2004 - Additional cost of healthcare $39 cost of inflation $87 = $126/mo (3% decline in living standard)
2005 - Additional cost of healthcare $136 cost of inflation $174 - 1% 2005 pay raise $38 = $272/mo (7% decline in living standard)
2006 - Additional cost of healthcare $416 cost of inflation $261 - 1% 2005 pay raise $38 = $639/mo (17% decline in living standard)
In other words, we won't be able to make our rent or mortgage payments. The state's demand is very scary for us. That's why we had to strike. It's all about fear." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Currently a driver with dependents is contributing $265/month toward healthcare. The state wants to increase that to $304 in 2004, $401 in 2005 and an estimated $681 in 2006.
Here's how the drivers' standard of living will be affected:
2004 - Additional cost of healthcare $39 cost of inflation $87 = $126/mo (3% decline in living standard)
2005 - Additional cost of healthcare $136 cost of inflation $174 - 1% 2005 pay raise $38 = $272/mo (7% decline in living standard)
2006 - Additional cost of healthcare $416 cost of inflation $261 - 1% 2005 pay raise $38 = $639/mo (17% decline in living standard)
In other words, we won't be able to make our rent or mortgage payments. The state's demand is very scary for us. That's why we had to strike. It's all about fear." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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MSNBC - Report: Cattle riding herd over Amazon: "BRASILIA, Brazil - Booming Brazilian beef exports could be the main culprit behind a sharp rise in deforestation of the Amazon as cattle farmers cut deeper into the forests, a leading research institute said Thursday." With intense photo.
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RuminateThis: Alaska National Wildlife Refuge gets drilled: S A D
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NOW with Bill Moyers. This Week | PBS: See the video "Going Underground"
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Confessions of Shameless Agitator: "Even the presidential oath of office, which is laid out in the Constitution, does not mention the deity."
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Flash: Stick figure fight club
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THE WAR IN CONTEXT:: Iraq, the War on Terrorism, and the Middle East Conflict - in Critical Perspective: "She said the claim by the National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, that there was no such information was 'an outrageous lie'. "
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pinkrabbitsays: U.S. Soldier speaks out against U.S. military policy: "We were supposed to have bulletproof vests, where we actually put the plates inside our flak jackets. We never got those. The money had been paid for those things, but we never got them. My brother had to send me a flak jacket."
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Body and Soul: Terrorists get a break from the IRS
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ritilan.com: Northern Lights Photos
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Embarassed by the President: "National
'I'm Embarrassed by My President' Day
April 1st, 2004" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
'I'm Embarrassed by My President' Day
April 1st, 2004" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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the alternate patriot: "237 lies documented by Congress"
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Confessions of Shameless Agitator: "Air America Radio goes live today! First up is the three-hour show called the O'Franken Factor."
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Blog Left: Critical Interventions Warblog (war blog, Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Bush, Gulf War II, left): "All Hat and No Cattle; a serious critique of how the faux cowboy Bush is leading the US into economic disaster"
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EdgeWise 10.3.2004Part II - is Civil Disobediance Coercive?
Short answer - no.
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Short answer - no.
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Neighbor Search: Who is funding what agenda?
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Common Monkeyflower: the blog: "The Ann Arbor Community Car Cooperative (A2C3) is now accepting members!" COOL IDEA!
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Guardian Unlimited | Online | Weave a wiki web: "Lion Kimbro, geek and wiki afficionado, says that wiki is central to a concept he calls 'the public web'."
Lion is a friend of mine, and this is a cool article!
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Lion is a friend of mine, and this is a cool article!
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:: jakeneck | freers of the lead world :: Simpsons on STRIKE!
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:: jakeneck | freers of the lead world :: "Walmart: Paragon of Freedom and Justice"
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infoAnarchy || Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P: "Congress appears to be preparing assaults against peer-to-peer technology on multiple fronts."
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Vegan Porn: "We don't comment on the corporate terrorist activities of PETA. They are corporate terrorists and just like the United States government, we will not negotiate with corporate terrorists" errr - that would be anti-corporate...
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Vegan Porn: "'What happens when a bunch of sexy vegan girls get together?' asks the site. It's The Vegan Vixen Show,"
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randomWalks: "As a soldier, I had signed up to defend the Constitution, not to invade another country."
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