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1. 'Enemy Combatant' or Enemy of the Government? by Jean-Claude Paye
2. A System of Wholesale Denial of Rights by Michael E. Tigar
From: Monthly Review November 2007 http://www.monthlyreview.org/0807paye-tigar.htm#tigar
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Jean-Claude Paye is a Belgian sociologist and author of Global War on Liberty (TELOS Press Publishing, 2007). This essay was translated from the French by James H. Membrez.
2. A System of Wholesale Denial of Rights by Michael E. Tigar
From: Monthly Review November 2007 http://www.monthlyreview.org/0807paye-tigar.htm#tigar
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Jean-Claude Paye is a Belgian sociologist and author of Global War on Liberty (TELOS Press Publishing, 2007). This essay was translated from the French by James H. Membrez.
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RURAL ROUTES
A couple of columns ago, I mentioned the "Green Revolution," and how the universities figured out they could get rid of nitrogen stockpiled for bombs after the war by applying the nitrogen to farm fields. "Good grief," wrote a reader in an e-mail, "what do you mean?"
The nitrogen buildup was during World War II, but the reader guessed that I was talking about the Vietnam War. His questions made me realize that we need a little history. That, in turn, sent me thumbing through my copy of The Corporate Reapers, the 1992 classic by Al Krebs.
A couple of columns ago, I mentioned the "Green Revolution," and how the universities figured out they could get rid of nitrogen stockpiled for bombs after the war by applying the nitrogen to farm fields. "Good grief," wrote a reader in an e-mail, "what do you mean?"
The nitrogen buildup was during World War II, but the reader guessed that I was talking about the Vietnam War. His questions made me realize that we need a little history. That, in turn, sent me thumbing through my copy of The Corporate Reapers, the 1992 classic by Al Krebs.
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The next president will have to deal with yet another crippling legacy of George W. Bush: the economy. A Nobel laureate, Joseph E. Stiglitz, sees a generation-long struggle to recoup.
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Growing demand for the minerals that lie deep inside Arizona's earth has triggered economic and environmental growing pains in a state where history is entwined with mining. Copper - at one time the state's dominant industry - has jumped in price from under $1 per pound in 2003 to more than $3 per pound for most of the last two years, sparking a surge in copper profits and an eagerness for exploration. Five new coppers mines are in various stages of development in Southern Arizona.
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Bill Moyers gave the following remarks at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute's twentieth-anniversary Four Freedoms ceremony, where he received the Freedom of Speech award. --The Editors
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New blood test may warn of disease http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml= /earth/2007/11/13/sciblood113.xml
Telegraph.co.uk - Nov 13, 2007
Researchers found that the signature produced by prion disease is quite different from glioblastoma, a common brain tumour. Based on a preliminary survey of 12000 appendix samples, British scientists expect around 14000 people could be silently incubating vcjd ...
Telegraph.co.uk - Nov 13, 2007
Researchers found that the signature produced by prion disease is quite different from glioblastoma, a common brain tumour. Based on a preliminary survey of 12000 appendix samples, British scientists expect around 14000 people could be silently incubating vcjd ...
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LOS ANGELES - Older polluting diesel trucks will be banned from operating in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, beginning next year, harbor commissioners have decided.
Long Beach Harbor Commissioners on Monday voted to ban the oldest, dirtiest trucks from operating at the Port of Long Beach, through approval of a port tariff that will gradually limit access to all but the cleanest vehicles.
Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners approved a parallel measure on Thursday.
Long Beach Harbor Commissioners on Monday voted to ban the oldest, dirtiest trucks from operating at the Port of Long Beach, through approval of a port tariff that will gradually limit access to all but the cleanest vehicles.
Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners approved a parallel measure on Thursday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Susan Peithman did not have a job lined up when she moved here in September to pursue a career in "nonmotorized transportation." No worries, she figured; the market here is strong.
"In so many ways, it's the center," Ms. Peithman, 26, explained. "Bike City, U.S.A."
Cyclists have long revered Portland for its bicycle-friendly culture and infrastructure, including the network of bike lanes that the city began planning in the early 1970s. Now, riders are helping the city build a cycling economy.
"In so many ways, it's the center," Ms. Peithman, 26, explained. "Bike City, U.S.A."
Cyclists have long revered Portland for its bicycle-friendly culture and infrastructure, including the network of bike lanes that the city began planning in the early 1970s. Now, riders are helping the city build a cycling economy.
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APPALACHIA - Today is a water emergency "D-Day" as Appalachia officials invade the Powell River to help liberate the town's reservoir from the clutches of a drought.
The town's mountaintop impoundment at the head of Ben's Branch was to be at or just below a 60-day supply by today, the first trigger of the town's water emergency policy, and that opens the bureaucratic floodgates to tap the river as a backup water supply.
"We can't put a shovel in the ground so to speak until we officially declare an emergency," Town Manager Fred A. Luntsford Jr. said Tuesday.
The town's mountaintop impoundment at the head of Ben's Branch was to be at or just below a 60-day supply by today, the first trigger of the town's water emergency policy, and that opens the bureaucratic floodgates to tap the river as a backup water supply.
"We can't put a shovel in the ground so to speak until we officially declare an emergency," Town Manager Fred A. Luntsford Jr. said Tuesday.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has started testing FEMA trailers for formaldehyde levels after residents complained about respiratory illnesses, nosebleeds and headaches.
Trailer residents worry the health problems are linked to high levels of formaldehyde in the trailers. Tens of thousands are still living in the trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi, more than two years after Hurricane Katrina wiped out their homes.
They blame FEMA for the problems.
Trailer residents worry the health problems are linked to high levels of formaldehyde in the trailers. Tens of thousands are still living in the trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi, more than two years after Hurricane Katrina wiped out their homes.
They blame FEMA for the problems.
