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Thursday, September 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Jamie Kirchick's fantasies of the grave Muslim threat

Right-wing warmongers invent domestic threats to justify their agenda of wars and expansions of government power.

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  • Thursday, September 13, 2007 06:13 AM

    Why Don't They Stop Using Numbers?

    Or, rather, revert to using Roman Numerals.

    After all, Arabic numerals are Arabic numerals, and the very use of them gives aid and comfort to the enemies of America.

    We just can't be too careful.

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