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Books | Did Stalin’s killers liquidate Walter Benjamin?:
Did Stalin’s killers liquidate Walter Benjamin?

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They may have… but the real question is that without this suicide… would other theorist suicides have occurred or not. in other words, did the suicide of benjamin, make it more likely that later suicides of theorists occurred, or not. because I am of the persuasion that thinks prior suicides tend to lend wait to current considerations.

The Existentialist Cowboy: Billionaires For Bush Reveal How Bush Paid Off His Base and Stuck You with the Tab:
How Bush Paid Off His Base and Stuck You with the Tab

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go ahead and read this…

San Diego Metro News | SignOnSanDiego.com — Mom defends reaction to Iraqi passengers:
“I’m very sorry, but I’d do anything to protect my kids,” she said. “If people want to put me down, that’s their right.”

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and she would be racist, and afraid racist, but anyone who fears someone because of the color of their skin, their cultural habits and claims she is afraid for her children is just plain wrong. we saw this in the u.s. in the early 20th century, some people feared blacks, some feared enough to hate and kill people. it was xenophobic and racist then, it is now. this woman, who cares for her children, obviously did not for one instant think about the children of the men she was harassing, their families, their friends. she needs to remember first and foremost that they are like us. That people react as different when treated different, and the best thing we can do is be kind, friendly, and open as a culture. her actions may have, through their presentation of americans as fearful and hateful, caused the death of someone she cares for in the future, because her story will be told, and people may react poorly too it…

Cadbury Dairy Milk – Glass and a Half Full Productions:

Adobe Web Photo Gallery:

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some great ones.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson:
Most of what I know about beer came from Mr. Jackson, thanks to his Great Beer Guide as well as his Beer Hunter TV series. That’s why I plan to salute him with a toast with some fine Belgian beer, of which he was especially fond.
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another one who pursued a life worth living

Clowns KKKick KKK ass! – Asheville Indymedia :
The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. “Ohhhhh…” the women clowns said. “Now we understand…”, “WIFE POWER!” they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting “WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!”

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ahh, the power of the spoken word….. when dressed as clowns, go clowns go!

CTWatch Quarterly » August 2007:
The Coming Revolution in Scholarly Communications & Cyberinfrastructure

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interesting set of articles.