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  • "If I Did It" — OJ
    21 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George W. Bush is responsible for the deaths of over 650,000 Iraqis
    and 2,800 American GIs and counting. Jr. was protected in Indonesia by more than 18,000 troops upon his visit to that country hours ago.
    OJ Simpson was acquited of killing two people and yet his new book and television special, "If I Did It," were canceled by News Corp.

  • Three Little Girls from School are We: Left’s unwarranted giddiness over election gains
    21 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    Giddy as Mikado schoolgirls, Democrats and their allies on the left are positively gushing over their election gains of November 7. In the US’ two-party duopoly, voters are restricted to shifting power from one side to the other to voice their dissatisfaction with government. And, to be fair, voters did their part, kicking out congressmen, senators and governors from coast to coast.
    But hopes that this shift will lead to real changes in policy are, as Cosmo (…)

  • Is a damaged Administration less likely to attack Iran, or more?
    21 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
    A month before the November elections, Vice-President Dick Cheney was sitting in on a national-security discussion at the Executive Office Building. The talk took a political turn: what if the Democrats won both the Senate and the House? How would that affect policy toward Iran, which is believed to be on the verge of becoming a nuclear power? At that point, according to someone familiar with the discussion, Cheney began reminiscing about his job as a lineman, in the (…)

  • A Cafe Opens to Serve a Mission to End the War
    21 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By MICHELLE YORK
    On Veterans Day, John Hartlaub wandered into the newest cafe in Watertown, N.Y.
    It was sparsely furnished, with three Internet stations, a black sofa and an offering of hot or cold cider. A customer who actually wanted coffee would have to buy it a few doors away.
    Mr. Hartlaub stayed most of the afternoon anyway. He browsed a few dozen military books for sale, then pulled up a folding chair to watch "Poison Dust," a documentary about the health effects of depleted (…)

  • Uranium mines: a peril that dwelt among the Navajos
    21 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    During the Cold War, uranium mines left contaminated waste scattered around the Indians. Homes built with the material silently pulsed with radiation. People developed cancer. And the U.S. did little
    By Judy Pasternak
    MARY AND BILLY BOY HOLIDAY bought their one-room house from a medicine man in 1967. They gave him $50, a sheep and a canvas tent.
    For the most part, they were happy with the purchase. Their Navajo hogan was situated well, between a desert mesa and the trading-post road. (…)

  • The United States use of Depleted Uranium, installment number one
    20 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The United States use of Depleted Uranium, installment number one By Mary MacElveen November 20, 2006
    With the newly elected Democratic controlled congress set to take power in January, one Congressman, Charles Rangel has called for the reimplementation of the draft. I really do not know how I feel at this at any given moment. I am just so sick and tired of these wars that we have been fighting and want us all just to sit down and breathe. Please remember that word breathe.
    But, my (…)

  • NO WHEN
    20 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On a warm summer’s evening on a train bound for nowhere I met up with the gambler we were both too tired of sleep So we took turns at staring out the window at the darkness Till boredom overtook us, and he began to speak He said, Son, I’ve made my life out of reading people’s faces And knowing what their cards were by the way they held their eyes So if you don’t mind my saying, I can see you’re out of aces For a taste of your whiskey I’ll give you some advice. So I handed him my bottle and (…)

  • G.ATZMON :Some Things To Keep In Mind While Watching Borat
    20 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Borat, An Alternative Discourse Analysis
    Some Things To Keep In Mind While Watching Borat
    Gilad Atzmon, 8 November 2006 Proposed by the author
    The film Borat : Cultural learnings of America for make benefit glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, the funniest film of the year, has just come out. ItI will surely become a cult movie. It is not a film on Kazakhstan . Kazakhstan is only a pretext for Sacha Baron Cohen. An other adept of politcal satire, jazz musician and writer Gilad Atzmon, who is (…)

  • The US left could learn from Mexico’s example
    20 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Andrés Manuel López Obrador for President (of the US!!)
    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    Synopsis: Every election cycle, the US antiwar left reconvinces itself that its best chance of advancing its agenda is to dive once again into an alliance with the Democratic Party. Poor Charlie Brown! Is Lucy going to yank the ball away again? No suspense here....
    "The only game in town" is just one of the myriad cover stories used by the vestiges of the US left to justify continued support for the (…)

  • WOMEN IN BLACK-LOS ANGELES: Dear members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
    20 November 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WomeninBlackLA@gmail.com
    Dear members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,
    It is with great respect for classical music in general, and for the music of the Israel Philharmonic in particular that we, members of Women in Black, Los Angeles are writing you this letter. Some of us are Israelis now living in the US. We grew up attending concerts of the orchestra, and remember the experience with so much joy. We have the deepest appreciation for artists, musicians in this instance, and see (…)