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dr_scott_arthur@yahoo.co.uk (Scott A) wrote in <HrHJ6M.1F4I@lugnet.com>: (...) No, but I don't need to. I didn't say anything about other forms of racism, I merely observe that antisemitism is alive and kicking. (...) But that's not what you were (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What do you mean by "current worldwide antisemitism"; can you show than anti-Semitism is anymore prevalent that other forms of racism? After all, prisons in the USA are not full of Jews! Does racism against blacks not count? What happened in (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) He's Scottish? Get him out of here! Dave! (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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dr_scott_arthur@yahoo.co.uk (Scott A) wrote in <Hr2E5y.17H7@lugnet.com>: (...) Many Jews feel that a Jewish state is the only place on earth where they can be reasonably safe. A feeling that's not wholly unwarranted, given details like the WW2 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I got word today that Homeland Security is temporarily (they say) impounding my belongings coming from South Africa--almost all books and papers, with a few other personal effects (clothing) for a CET or "Contraband Examination Team" search. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There was a good piece in yesterday's Telegraph (UK rightwing paper) which covered some of this ground: (URL) measures are tiresome, expensive - and won't work> "The new measure is like too many of the laws and initiatives introduced since (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This article is worrisome to me. I realize Dennis Prager was being allegorical, but that fact might be lost on those who do a quick scan of the article. His half-hearted disclaimer in the last sentence hardly makes up for the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That works for me; appropriately, Karl Rove then becomes Sauron. Let's destroy his Ring! Dave! (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) Example>: Mentally ill man executed in US - "The state of Arkansas has executed a man with a severe mental illness. Charles Singleton, 44, was forcibly given anti-psychotic drugs which made him lucid enough under court guidelines to be (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey, did my monocle roll over there? It seems like the darn thing's always popping off these days... (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Hr7867.x9r@lugnet.com... (...) I'd like to see Jimmy Carter in Gandalf's position: "See? Pacifism wins!" And then he gets stomped on by an Olyphant, or side-swiped by it's spiked (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Not sure this link will work... (URL) Prager has got it all wrong... GWB isn't like Aragorn, he's more like Sarumon, but not as bright. But I found the piece funny anyway, if a bit unkind. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From the (URL) BBC>: "The Carnegie Endowment said it had studied hundreds of documents and interviewed dozens of specialists for its report WMD: Evidence and Implications. The report says there was "no convincing evidence" that Iraq had (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I doubt a bunch of starving immigrants will do much for crime statistics. Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Because we get our own IMF warning! (URL) I'm so proud! (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Can we not all just get a barcode tattoo at birth; it really would cut back on all this paperwork. ;) Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The was a rather engaging item in The Times today: (URL) BA defends rights to queue for the loo at 20,000ft> "...the United States ordered airlines entering its airspace to ban passengers from queueing for the lavatories... The directive from the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) the problem with all biometric ID is that the ID you would need to 'prove' your identity can easily be faked, e.g. birth certificate, driving license, etc. What a biometric ID would prevent would be dual IDs (vocabularyroviding the database (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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NR showing protectionist stripes? (URL) Krikorian may be right that access to cheap labor means less labor saving innovation, but (apparently not being a free trader) he misses the point. Employers should have the choice of whether to use cheap (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From today's USA Today (URL) actual printed version of the story (at least in the ATL market) had a picture of a Brazilian immigration official subjecting a US visitor to the same indignities we apparently are submitting visitors from Brazil to... (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’m sure all (URL) this> is doing wonders for the American tourist industry! Scott A Have you had a look at Arthurs Seat Yet? (2 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, it looks like I might have to get fingerprinted when I arrive for BF PDX, and I don't like that one bit! Not sure yet - they're still debating whether countries that have visa exemptions (incl Aus for stays less than 90 days) will also (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The Transportation Security Adminstration may be misnamed... there's an "in" missing, as in "INsecurity" (URL) there's a great article in the Feb issue of Reason as well. (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think this says it all: "We want clean air, clear water, good living conditions, the best health care in the world--yet we aren't willing to pay for anything manufactured under those restrictions." End result: the things we buy will all end (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It must be great being an American Muslim and knowing that your government does not trust any of your brethren enough to offer these guys, who have not been charged with any crime, solace. I don't expect this will loose Bush any votes. Just (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Here's an interesting article from Fast Company (URL) actually found the link on an EDI mailing list I'm on (Wal-Mart requires all suppliers to use EDI in trading with it, good for us since we're pretty strong in EDI, but not necessarily great for (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) None of the detainees have 'spiritual guidance' from their particular religions flavour--so at least there's no 'favouritism' going on--all detainees are being treated equally in this regard. Eh, there are larger fish to fry, as pointed out in (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Very nice.> This will prove to the world that the US isn't at war against Islam. Dave! (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The Republicans in Northern Ireland are also said to be playing the waiting game. (...) I'm not sure how silly it is: + Israel’s population growth has not been internal. + The current state of affairs must be acting as a disincentive for the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This sounds remarkably like the natalist scares/forecasts of interwar Europe (and, in fact, even before WWI) that raised a cry over German fecundity that would destroy France and England; it also isn't unlike dire predictions concerning the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I suppose the final slide will be SH's trial... and I doubt that will happen before Bush's "re-election"... Washington’s historic support for SH is really small beer when compared to its involvement in places like Indonesia [CIA helped kill up (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) Poor Howard>: "Mr Dean said he prayed daily and had read the Bible from cover to cover. Asked about his favourite book in the New Testament, he named Job (the story of a religious man whose faith is tested by God through suffering). An hour (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think that was his point? (...) If you read the cited text you'll see data with suicides excluded: "Homicides dropped to 47 in 2001 from 84 in 1991, accidental deaths dropped to 18 from 29, while other forms of firearm deaths slipped to (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Snipped the second URL, it seems munged, but you can go upthread to find it. (...) That's a small number from a large population. Is the increase statistically significant? Also on the Australian stats cited upthread, what is/was the overall (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So, then... Is it better to play the realpolitik game, with the State Department and the CIA careerists running things with or without (mostly with) the connivance of the current administration of whatever color/stripe/type? Or... is it better (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) Here.> Takes a few minutes to play. (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Gun deaths in Toronto was up 35 percent in 2003 from 2002. 60 gun related deaths and 300 gun related injuries. 60 in a town of 8 million (one quarter the pop of Canada, btw) Eh, not the debate I want to start the year with. Dave K -"outta my (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) Gun deaths halved in past 10 years> (URL) More ammunition for gun control advocates? Scott A (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I found this a good read: (URL) who threaten to topple Israel:> "At the heart of all this is simple mathematics. Forecasts from the United States' Population Reference Bureau show Israel's population doubling in 45 years, that of the West Bank in 21 (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) It is not something I advertise. Smoking is not something I am proud of and I do try to smoke in ways that do not interfere with non-smokers right to clear air. ____ (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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