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To: SiouxPal who wrote (73164)	7/14/2006 2:43:35 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Respond to of 360953

The kitten stormtroopers are coming!

To: SiouxPal who wrote (73164)	7/14/2006 2:50:28 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360953

thx

To: SiouxPal who wrote (73164)	7/14/2006 3:51:00 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360953

A Hyperlinked History of Climate Change Science aip.org NOTE: This has both a short history ... and a very complete history from many angles (science, politics, etc.) "To a patient scientist, the unfolding greenhouse mystery is far more exciting than the plot of the best mystery novel. But it is slow reading, with new clues sometimes not appearing for several years. Impatience increases when one realizes that it is not the fate of some fictional character, but of our planet and species, which hangs in the balance as the great carbon mystery unfolds at a seemingly glacial pace." — D. Schindler, 1999

To: SiouxPal who wrote (73164)	7/15/2006 12:40:37 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 360953

Here is an example of the bias in the news: "Civilian casualties were mounting faster than during Israel's last major offensive in Lebanon, in 1996, an assault also sparked by Hezbollah attacks." news.yahoo.com So, the AP says that, in the 1996 battle, Hezbollah started it. A brief review of the history shows that the opposite is true: "Meanwhile Israeli attacks on Lebanon continued, killing many civilians. In 1993, these attacks elicited retaliation by Hizbollah, to which Israel responded by invading Lebanon. An agreement was reached to restrict military actions by either side to Israel's "security zone" in Lebanon. Israel has ignored the agreement, attacking elsewhere at will. Thus, the day that Prime Minister Shimon Peres took office after the Rabin assassination in November 1995, the New York Times reported approvingly that Israeli warplanes attacked targets near Beirut, thus demonstrating that Peres would maintain Rabin's hard line. So matters continued, occasionally receiving brief notice, as on March 21 1996, when Israel attacked Muslim villages north of the "security zone" in retaliation for attacks on its occupying army. The standard story in U.S. commentary is that "the accord had largely held until [April 1996], when Hezbollah resumed its attacks" (New York Times). The slightest attention to facts suffices to refute the doctrine, which nevertheless reigns unchallenged." zmag.org By the way this part of Chomsky's article sounds like it could have been written today: "The Israeli offensive of April 1996, much like those of earlier years, has the openly expressed intent of punishing the civilian population so that the government of Lebanon will be compelled to accept U.S. - Israeli demands. It is this "rational prospect" that has always motivated Israel's attacks on civilian populations, Israeli diplomat Abba Eban explained years ago." The more things change, the more they stay the same. Tom