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Much snippage.. (...) Nothing's changed my view on that: (URL) Iran is a threat to peace everywhere, democracy or not. Nothing's changed my view on that either: (URL) (older but good) (URL) (today) (Note that pointing out that they're not the only (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Doh! Good call. Time for me to fall back on good ol' fashioned Eurocentrism, in which Egypt is gathered under the umbrella of "quasi-European" nations rather than African or Middle Eastern states. Um, yeah. That'll be convincing. (...) Prop (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Snipped everything I agreed with, leaving one little bitty bit... (...) yes... way too much. Asserted to be more than all the rest of the direct foreign aid budget combined but I don't have a cite that I trust handy... (...) Um, how many B USD a (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) Wait for it.... Dave K -maybe he's just on vacation... (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One reason is that the US provides massive funding and military support for Israel but not for other Middle Eastern nations. Additionally, Israel is after all, the only nation in the region confirmed to possess nuclear weapons, but the US (...) (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 <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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