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OREO 07 24 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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** =3D Im****tant [in this edition: ]
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MH =3D Misleading Headline [in this edition: ]
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1 DISORDER
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__MEMO__
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For those interested in learning more about
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STATE MONOPOLY CAPITALISM
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in The Superpower context--
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Frank Kofsky
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Harry S. Truman and the War Scare of 1948: A Successful
Campaign To Deceive The Nation
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St Martin's Press
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1995
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419+ pages
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Paperback ISBN: 0 312 12329 9
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Note the im****tant Appendix B: On "Conspiracy Theories"
in Fact and Fancy (pages 301-308); and the Foreward to
the Paperback Edition (pages xiii-xxi).
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__END OF MEMO__
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__REVENGE RIOT__
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Texas grand jury indicts [Fundamentalist Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints] members
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_re_us/polygamist_retreat
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"The criminal indictments were issued after a [duh] sepa-
rate child custody case in which more than 400 children"
were torn from their parents by the state.
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The Texas Supreme Court tossed that "case."
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"The criminal charges came during the [jury]'s second meet-
ing...; it met in June without taking any action."
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"The grand jury...will continue consideration of other pos-
sible criminal charges on Aug. 21"
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Texas Attorney General Abbott's "office is acting as the
special prosecutor in the [duh] case."
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Prices of Food and Gas Take a Toll in Asia
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/worldbusiness/23inflate.html?ref=
=3Dbusiness&pagewanted=3Dall
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"Most central banks in Asia have been reluctant to give up
any of their economic [duh] independence or challenge the
United States by coordinating their monetary and currency
policies, even as they fret about rising prices."
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THIS IS MOTIVATED BY LOVE OF THE SUPER-
POWER AND HATRED OF THEIR OWN PEOPLES !
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Number of hungry worldwide reaches 50 million States Jack
Diouf, FAO director general
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/julio/mar22/FAO.html
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"Food prices have experienced a notable increase '52% on
average,' Diouf re****ted and noted that, in addition to
this 'particularly worrisome phenomenon,' the prices of
agricultural supplies are also rising. For example, on
a global level, the cost of fertilizer has risen 98% this
year, seed 60% and animal feed 72%."
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Jacques Diouf:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Diouf
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Study: Online banking possibly dicier than assumed
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tec_banking_security
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"Conventional wisdom is that the clients =97-or PCs-=97 are
inherently insecure devices. What this study shows is
that the servers --or the bank and other consumer-facing
Web sites-=97 are also inherently insecure."
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THEREFORE
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Why is Google, which now owns GreenBorder, keeping it from
selling to individuals?
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GreenBorder:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenBorder
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"GreenBorder said it is no longer taking on new customers"
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PCMag.com | GreenBorder Pro 2.9 | Review Date: 06.24.06
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,1980991,00.asp
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"For even more extreme security =97-when shopping or banking,
say-=97 you can invoke the Privacy Zone, which causes Green-
Border to close and clean up all programs running under its
protection. It then opens a single browser window with a
yellow border, signifying you're in the Privacy Zone. When
you finish your online actions and close the zone, Green-
Border wipes out all traces of the transaction."
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World Bank Criticized on Environmental Efforts
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/earth/23enviro.html
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"recent pledges for environmental sustainability by the bank
and sister institutions, including the International Finance
Cor****ation, were often not put into practice"
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AS A LIAR-STATE TOOL, WHAT ELSE ?
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A City=92s Police Force Now Doubts Terror Focus
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/us/24terror.html?hp=3D&pagewanted=3Dall
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"It=92s not whether we are going to be attacked; that=92s
probably not going to happen. But I don=92t think that
you can let your guard down. Just because nothing has
happened, doesn=92t mean that something won=92t.=94
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MO' MONEY, MAN
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Sophism | Modern usage:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophism#Modern_usage
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Re****t Says Pentagon Pressured, Intimidated Auditors
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR200807230=
1437.html
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"Supervisors at [Defense Contract Audit Agency] attempted
to intimidate auditors, prevented them from speaking with
GAO investigators and created a 'generally abusive work
environment'"
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Palestinian in construction truck rams cars
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_attack
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"and a bus"
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Iraqi Resistance Re****t for events of Monday, 21 July 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancere****t_210708.=
htm
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Item 1: Belt bomber killed, five [puppet] policemen wounded
in clash in al-Fallujah Monday
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"Recent weeks have witnessed an upsurge in al-Qa=91idah [in
Iraq] activity in al-Fallujah and al-Anbar Province gener-
ally."
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Flight carrying members of Congress makes emergency landing
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http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou080722_tj_congressplane.7f4faa58=
..html
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"The emergency landing was the third time in two days a
plane was diverted over cabin pressure issues. A US Air-
ways flight and a Northwest Airlines flight were diverted
to air****ts in Kentucky and Wisconsin on Monday over cabin
pressure issues."
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Iraqi Resistance Re****t for events of Tuesday, 22 July 2008
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http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancere****t_220708.=
htm
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Item 4: Tractor bomb kills five in as-Sa=91diyah
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"the explosives packed in the tractor under the watermelons
produced a powerful-enough blast to kill five people, four
of them [collaborator] 'Awakening' policemen. Four other
'Awakening' policemen were wounded in the attack."
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****p collision shuts Mississippi River, spills fuel
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/us_nm/oil_spill_louisiana_dc
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"river closure stalled at least 10 vessels northbound and
15 southbound on the river, as well as 29 at locks water-
ways connecting to the river"
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IRAQ: Most NGOs Losing Face
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http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=3D43282
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"most [Iraqis] appear to believe that NGOs work for
money and personal interests, if not for intelligence
and missionary purposes."
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Suspicion, terrain are foes for US in Afghan surge
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080723/D923N1PO0.html
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Suspicion? "suspicion of NATO and the U.S."
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"'They are launching search operations in villages, which
is completely against the culture of the Pashtun people,'
said Tajeli Khan Sabir, a university professor who heads
the [puppet] Khost provincial council. 'That makes the
people very angry. This is causing a schism between the
people and the [puppet] government.'
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Maulvi Abdul Aziz, a member of the council of clerics in
Nangarhar province, said the Taliban and other insurgents
are winning sup****t from the local people because of re-
sentment over the foreign presence."
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[puppet] Afghan, NATO troops try to seize Taliban-held town
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc
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"campaign [by Emirate of Afghanistan troops] of seizing
remote outposts and forcing thinly spread [Superpower]
security forces to respond in a game of cat-and-mouse."
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Game? ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST INVADERS
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AP IMPACT: Fatal MRAP accidents prompt warnings
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/mrap_driving_alerts
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"On June 29, three Green Berets drowned when [their MRAP]
rolled into a canal in southern Afghanistan."
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ALONG WITH MURDERING CIVILIANS
YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO DRIVE!
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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__DIRTY WAR__
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Pakistan government pressed on missing persons
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Pakistan-Missing-Persons.html
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"Pakistan Supreme Court judges investigating the disappear-
ances were swept from their posts when...Musharraf imposed
=2E..emergency rule last year."
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THE BU$H PLAN (PHILIPPINES)
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Soldiers burn down house, hurt 14-year-old boy in Batangas
--group [Karapatan]
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http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20080722/tph-soldiers-burn-down-house-hurt-14-=
yea-ce44f36.html
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"This is state terrorism, nothing more, nothing less,=94
[said] Arnold Evangelista, information officer of Kara-
patan=92s chapter in Batangas"
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vs
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"PAF [Philippine Air Force] chief information officer,
said a coordinated effort seems to be at work to smudge
the image of the government and military in Batangas."
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and
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MARIE HILAO-ENRIQUEZ, Secretary-General of KARAPATAN
(Alliance for the Advancement of People=92s Rights in
the Philippines) | STATEMENT TO THE HEARING OF THE SUB-
COMMITTEE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS | SENATE
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE 110TH US CONGRESS |
Wa****ngton DC | March 14, 2007
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http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/testimony/2007/EnriquezTestimony070314.pdf
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4 EUROPE
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EU
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Sabre-rattling Europe threatens US diplomats with visas
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/eu_comm_us_visa_threat/
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"and service personnel"
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FRANCE
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100 employees at French nuke site contaminated
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080723/D923PGM80.html
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"It was the third incident at a French nuclear site in
recent weeks and the second at the huge Tricastin site"
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Tricastin Nuclear Power Center:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricastin_Nuclear_Power_Center
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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=2E..Medvedev met with...Putin
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/news/2008/07/204465.shtml
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"Under the law=92s terms, more than 400 government powers,
mostly in the area of lawmaking, and also in areas such
as public administration and local self-government,
education and science, public health protection, urban
planning, construction and housing relations, agriculture,
pension provision and social protection, and culture, will
be transferred to the federal executive authorities."
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SNAP *S*!
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UK
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Re****t: 5,000 mental health patients escape every year
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article4380218.ece
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article4380218.ece?t=
oken=3Dnull&offset=3D12&page=3D2
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and
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Local authorities launched 10,000 snooping operations last
year
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2446314/Local-authorities-launched-1=
0%2C000-snooping-operations-last-year.html
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"dog fouling and under-age smoking."
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EU NEEDS TO KICK OUT UK
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5 LATAM
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GUATEMALA
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DNA tests find stolen baby in Guatemala
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080723/D923PRFG2.html
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"Her mother, Ana Escobar, has spent the past year searching
for the child.
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In May, Escobar saw the toddler with an American woman who
was adopting the girl."
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NO MORE MASS KIDNAPPINGS
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VENEZUELA
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Beginning of a Meeting with President of Venezuela Hugo
Chavez
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/speeches/2008/07/22/2139_type82914_204432.sh=
tml
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HUGO CHAVEZ: I think that you [Medvedev]...are well aware
that the world today is going through a difficult period.
There is the financial crisis, the energy crisis, the en-
vironmental crisis, the food crisis and the moral crisis
as well.
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And...Fidel says...there is a sanity crisis in some places
in the world, especially in the most powerful countries.
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Fortunately, Russia has...restored reason and common sense.
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SO 'TIS SAID
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6 SUPERPOWER
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Philadelphia Streets Unsafe for Manhole Covers
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/us/23manholes.html
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and for "storm drain and street grates"
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Women Are Now Equal as Victims of Poor Economy
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/22jobs.html?pagewanted=3Dall
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"for the first time since the women=92s movement came to
life, an economic recovery has come and gone, and the
percentage of women at work has fallen, not risen"
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MONOPOLY CAPITALISM IS STRAIGHT-ACTING
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Charles Wick; Reagan Ally Ran U.S. Information Agency
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR200807220=
2165_pf.html
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"He was an impassioned Cold Warrior" with links to Benny
Goodman, Sarah Churchill, Tommy Dorsey, Kirk Douglas, Charl-
ton Heston, Frances Langford, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, the
Three Stooges.
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So? Try--
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Tony Shaw
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Hollywood's Cold War
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University of Massachusetts Press
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2007
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342+ pages
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Paperback ISBN: 978 1 55849 612 5
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Wick: see pages 174, 268.
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7 $$$$
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Wachovia loses $8.9B, cuts 6,350 workers, dividend
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080722/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_wachovia
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Cuts dividend?
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THE GREAT TRUMPET IS ANNOUNCING THE END
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Speculators Aren=92t Driving Up Oil Prices, Re****t Says
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/23commodities.html?ref=3Dbusines=
s
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"The analysis was headed by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission with help from six other agencies, including
the Federal Reserve and the Treasury."
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Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080723/ap_on_bi_ge/minimum_wage
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"Thursday...the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The
bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up"
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Earnings Decline at the [NY] Times Company
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24times.html
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"newspaper will increase its daily newsstand price by 25
cents, to $1.50"
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Ford posts $8.7 billion loss on asset write-downs
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_ford
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"because of a decline in value of North American assets
and Ford Motor Credit Co.'s lease ****tfolio."
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Oreo Archive:
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