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Family-Farm Food Nourishes Our Bodies and Our Society |
by Willie Nelson
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17 Sep 2004
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In 1985, with our first concert in Champaign, Ill., Farm Aid formed an immediate, effective response to the financial farm crisis that forced thousands of family farmers off their land. And now, 19 years later, Farm Aid has evolved into a nationwide force determined to secure a viable future for family farmers and good food for America. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Books to Prisoners Meeting |
by Books to Prisoners
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17 Sep 2004
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Join the CU Books to Prisoners Project this Saturday, Sept. 18th at 1 pm at the Independent Media Center (218 West Main - Urbana). |
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LOCAL News :: Environment : Government Secrecy : Health |
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Army: VX Nerve Agent Disposal at Newport, Indiana Depot May Take Time |
by AP
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17 Sep 2004
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A projection of 2 1/2 years for chemically neutralizing the Newport Chemical Depot's VX nerve agent was based on a rate of 2 1/2 hours for each batch of the nerve agent to reach a set VX nondetect level. But tests conducted at Army laboratories in Edgewood, Md., found that about half of the stockpile contains a chemical stabilizer that takes 10 to 16 hours to reach that nondetect level, said Jeff Brubaker, the Army's site manager. |
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Announcement :: Peace |
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The Feeling of Existence |
by Reinarto Hadipriono
Reinarto (nospam) Hadipriono.com (verified) |
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17 Sep 2004
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What actually is it that makes an object “feel” the presence of the other object when the two of them collide? Would it be possible for that object to “feel” the presence of the other object, if it were unable to “feel” its own presence? By what means then does it “feel” the presence of others? Take, for instance, that you are one of those who don’t believe that man has “the feeling of existence.” The question now is: “How then do you come to have the feeling that you are ‘always present’ and that you are always at the present?” Obviously, the feeling meant here is one that has nothing to do at all with your sensory feelings and neither does it have anything to do at all with your emotional feelings. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Government Secrecy : Protest Activity |
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New York City's Mass Arrest Tactics, Tested Once in the Streets, Now Face a Test in Court |
by Jim Dwyer
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16 Sep 2004
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The city's top lawyer, Michael C. Cardozo, told a judge that much of the delay was not caused by the city, since it took "five or six hours to get the fingerprints from Albany," referring to criminal history records maintained by the state.
Yet state officials have a different story. They say that they sent 94 percent of the fingerprint reports to the city in one hour or less. Only one set of fingerprints - of 3,620 processed by the state from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 - took as long as five hours to return to New York City authorities, according to a computer report provided by Jessica Scaperotti, a spokeswoman for the state's Division of Criminal Justice Services. |
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News :: International Relations |
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 9/17/04 LISTEN GLOBALLY! |
by Dan Roberts
outfarpress (nospam) saber.net (verified) |
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16 Sep 2004
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A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.2MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. China, Russia, and Netherlands. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Regime |
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Far Graver Than Vietnam: Most Senior US Military Officers now Believe the War on Iraq has turned into a Disaster on an Unprecedented Scale |
by Sidney Blumenthal
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16 Sep 2004
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General Odom said: "This is far graver than Vietnam. There wasn't as much at stake strategically, though in both cases we mindlessly went ahead with the war that was not constructive for US aims. But now we're in a region far more volatile, and we're in much worse shape with our allies."
Terrill believes that any sustained US military offensive against the no-go areas "could become so controversial that members of the Iraqi government would feel compelled to resign". Thus, an attempted military solution would destroy the slightest remaining political legitimacy. "If we leave and there's no civil war, that's a victory."
General Hoare believes from the information he has received that "a decision has been made" to attack Fallujah "after the first Tuesday in November. That's the cynical part of it - after the election. The signs are all there." |
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