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Godfrey Hodgson raises three interlinked points that are of especial import to people in the Third World, regarding ‘American Exceptionalism’, Israel and Afghanistan/Pakistan.

‘American Exceptionalism’ is simply a euphemism for American Imperialism, not far removed from ‘Manifest Destiny’; a ‘divine mission’ that justified the conquest of other peoples, from the Roman Empire, through the Spanish and Portuguese Conquistadors, the Dutch and British empires to Iraq today.

It was in the name of ‘freedom’ that the US establishment killed three million Vietnamese and devastated their country; in the name of ‘freedom’ that it devastated Iraq and killed over a million Iraqis.

That Obama espouses ‘American Exceptionalism’ is certainly not of much comfort. Nor is his espousal of the expansionist aims of Israel - after all, he supports Jerusalem as the capital of that apartheid state. There he is clearly at one with the US establishment, which requires Israel as a ‘Colon’ state, an enclave within the greater oil-bearing middle-east area.

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As for Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan - what restitution will he make to the people of those countries for the immense harm done to them by the US and its allies? And why stay in Afghanistan if not to protect what is dearest to the heart of the US establishment, oil and gas?

The example of Haiti indicates what lies in the future for the Third World. The US invaded that country and removed its democratically elected leader, putting in his place a regime of cut-throats, murderers and thugs. Will Obama change things there? It is hardly likely, as his political allies are closely linked to the sinister Ton-Ton Macoute regime of the Duvaliers.

Unlike the Rev Jesse Jackson, Obama is not a man of the people, but a man of the establishment. And the sooner people understand that, the better.

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New York’s Handsomest Men Say: “For a thorough and safer cleansing, Listerine Tooth Paste every time!” (Jan, 1937)

Somehow telling me I’m getting a quarter pound of tooth paste makes me want it less, not more.

IF THEIR SMILES FALL DOWN, THEIR JOBS FOLD UP New York’s Handsomest Men Say: “For a thorough and safer cleansing, Listerine Tooth Paste every time!”

That’s straight from the shoulder advice from the hardest boiled critics of tooth paste ? the men who every day must face the merciless eye of the camera in New York commercial studios. Men like Glen Gallagher, William Crabb, Harry Conover, whose very livelihood depends largely on the perfection of their teeth, cannot afford to take chances with ordinary tooth paste.

Why not for you?

Why don’t you discard the tooth paste you are now using and switch to Listerine Tooth Paste for a while? You may be amazed at the improvement in the looks of your teeth.

There are no coarse, hard abrasives in Listerine Tooth Paste.

Instead there is an exclusive combination of cleansers chosen for their extreme gentleness. While they remove every vestige of debris on the teeth, they cannot harm the priceless enamel itself. Examined under the microscope, teeth brushed twice a day for the equivalent of a lifetime, showed no harm to the enamel.

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Gentle polishing, too The ingredient in Listerine Tooth Paste that gives teeth such brilliance and lustre is so delicate, so fine, that only three places in the world can produce a product that will meet our specifications.

When you Brush your teeth with Listerine Tooth Paste you know that you are getting the utmost in cleansing with the greatest degree of safety. There are two sizes: Regular 25c and the great big tube at 40c, with more than 1/4 pound of tooth paste.

LAMBERT PHARMACAL COMPANY St. Louis, Missouri

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Melrose Out: The Mullet Is Gone!

In an effort to divert my attention from the bloody debacle that is the Ottawa Senators, I have been taking great joy in watching the even bigger debacle in Tampa Bay. Today it provided us all with another chapter.

The man, the legend, the mullet, Barry Melrose has been fired as coach of the Lightning.

Excuse me while I have a heart attack and die from such a shocking turn of events.

Yes the Hollywood big shots who thought they could just wander in, ignore all the NHL’s general conventions about how to build a team, throw money at mediocre free agents, trade away their No. 1 defenseman and hire a coach who hadn’t been in the league in over 10 years, have once again fallen flat on their faces.

Much like the many severed limbs in the endless Saw movies they churn out, the Tampa ownership has once again rid itself of another unnecessary appendage.

Recently, defenseman Matt Carle, only just acquired in the summer in the free agent free-for-all triggered by the new ownership group, was traded to the Flyers for Steve Eminger and Steve Downie.

The Lightning are mired in 13th place in the Eastern Conference (statistically behind even the abomination that is the Senators) and are not the juggernaut Tampa’s Tinseltown tyrants envisioned when they promised to aggressively remake the team and abandon all generally accepted hockey logic in the process.

Replacing Melrose is the convicted felon Rick Tocchet, making one wonder how long it will be until we see Tocchet on the phone to his bookie before the shootout getting instructions to bench Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis in order to cover the spread.

They say it isn’t nice to derive pleasure from the misfortune of others, but when that misfortune is not only hilarious but so easily foreseen, schadenfreude is most definitely in order.

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Softbank, Emobile lead subscriber additions in October

(telecompaper) japanese responsive operators added 300,200 new customers in october to reach a combined total of more than 105.13 million customers, according to figures from the telecommunications shipper society (tca). softbank led in net additions, signing up 118,400 new subscribers and ending the month with 19.75 million subscribers. kddi’s customers rose by 46,700 and ended october at 30.50 million customers in overall. ntt docomo saw its customer base rise to 53.97 million after adding 32,700 new subscribers. the smooth lost 7,600 2in1 plan customers. emobile won 102,500 new subscribers bringing its come to to 914,200 customers. phs provider willcom’s subscribers fell by 22,700 to end the month with 4.56 million subscribers.

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Editorial: Voting early and easy

Election Day has become Election Season. It was a huge success in Guilford County and across North Carolina — despite the delay in determining, officially, whether Barack Obama or John McCain would win the state’s 15 electoral votes.

Tallying provisional ballots must be done with deliberation, especially when they might tilt an entire state to one presidential candidate or the other. The point is, every vote counts.

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