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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:16 PM Original message |
Time Magazine's cover this week. |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are plenty of other atrocities you can find around the world... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
92. Bingo - Sierra Leone comes to mind |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Taliban are Afghans |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. +10000000 |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
95. I don't have a problem with posting the image. And neither should you |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-01-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. And Pakistan should also pay |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. The title that accompanies the pic leans toward Propaganda |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. This was my thought as well. nt |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Didn't this happen while we were there? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. it probably did |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. +4,000 n/t |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I had the same question. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Sounds suspiciously like nation building, as well |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
74. Stop distracting us with logical, relevant questions! |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Agreed...one photoo versus thousands of documents...and the editor |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. "leans toward"? |
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LargeGreenSpider (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Exactly |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Agreed. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. Yeah, unfortunately. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. + 1,000 |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 05:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
76. ABSOLUTELY! |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. "Do what we say, and no one gets hurt." -- the M$M and the MIC |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
91. Next week: A child killed accidentally by our troops. "What happens if we stay in Afghanistan?" |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have they featured limbless children from US bombs yet? |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:32 PM Original message |
Well-said! n/t |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. on the cover of Time? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. +1 |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's a valid cover, but I don't remember |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Jesus.. that reeks of propaganda... |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. For every Afghan news story of a woman or child being mutilated |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
61. but is it the American government responsible for those deaths |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. No, not directly, but indirectly yes.. How many of those deaths |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. our government does have a duty |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. A mere eighteen months past eight disastrous years of the bush/cheney |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. insulting? |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gee, I guess we can't pull out now. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. unless it's happening within our own country, where the free market fixes all problems. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's just flat out irresponsible--smacks of propaganda. Blatant at that. n/t |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thanks. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. with TIME, it's all about selling and promoting the conservative agenda |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Very good points n/t |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here's the atrocity picture they should have published |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. +01 |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
83. Or one of these |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ah... so thats why all the bombing, killing and maiming |
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mike r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. See, it's a good war. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. I really hate when they use these horror stories |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gandhi.. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. +1, thanks for posting that. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am glad to see photos in the public eye. This will happen more if we leave, when we leave |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. I applaud Time for putting that picture on the cover. I also think the girl is still very beautiful. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Ugh. Who cares if she is "still very beautiful" when she has been so horribly |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Wow, sure wouldn't want you around to help somebody's self esteem! |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That wasn't the point. The point is that it isn't relevant. A woman who has been treated that way |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. The hawks are desparate at this point |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. The New Afghan Justice: Smaller Rocks at Stonings |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. Gotta sell that war! |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. P R O P A G A N D A |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 05:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
77. +1 |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Pure propaganda, and you know what? It works.. |
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Carnage251 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. Do you'll think they're gonna put a picture of the POW Bowe Bergdahl on the cover |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Has Time magzine ran any stories on the use of uranium munitions? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. Somehow this still happens in Pakistan despite their 'status' as an 'ally' |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. Two points: One, the Taliban are massive fucking assholes, and I don't care what anyone says |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Deleted message |
davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. but Americans are still worse |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Our "allies" in Afghanistan are no better |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
81. I don't see the current government killing people for the fun of it |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. self-delete |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #81 |
90. The warlords that the Taliban displaced in the 90s are the same people in the Karzai government |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
88. Of course you are right, but decades of war made them |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. If there were a God, he would create a genitalia eating bacteria that |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
50. Recall the Wikileaks CIA document re: utilising the plight of Afghan women ? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Yes, I thought of that also. Propaganda |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
51. Uh, you think Time wants this war to go on? It's a possibility. Yep. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Taliban must be destroyed. |
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another saigon (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. what about Egypt? Syria? Uzbekistan, etc. etc..... |
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Simple Minds (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Purpose of comparo? |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's just bears being bears |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. With the TIME logic, I can think of about 15 other countries we need to invade -nt |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Starting with Nebraska. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
64. She was sentenced by a Taliban court, not a Taliban commander |
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Ross K (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
65. Women are being raped, abused, disfigured and killed HERE! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
67. American governments care about Afghan women only when it's useful for |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
68. The headline of "What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan" next to this picture |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. Why don't we invade Saudi Arabia with it's Chop-Chop Square |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
71. Yes. it is terrible. Let's save her from that fate by blowing up her house with her in it |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
73. This is why I fucking hate bush so bad... |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
75. The picture IS powerful. However it's being used as propaganda to prop up an unjust, unwinnable war |
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Ross K (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
79. K&R |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
82. No woman is ever disfigured by misogynist violence in 'Murika |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
84. Like the US gave a shit about Afghan women before 9/11 |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
85. Time needs to do an article on the victims of our aggression |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
86. Why not show the $1 trillion in mineral deposits |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-30-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
87. Cause and effect is a tricky thing |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
93. Looks like the mineral deposit story |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-10 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
94. Judging by your past posts along these lines |
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