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  • Not much is known specific about the Stalin Purges of the 1930’s.

    Brain Food for the Holidays 2007

  • Seemed like the whole city was down there, having fun - save only Fenris, who hadn't danced since the Purges, and a few other on-duty Kirayth.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • I also have a Victor-during-the-Purges scene kicking around my head.

    Tew's Day! harkalark 2009

  • Purges being ruled by Mars, and Mars either silent or having his trigger finger held back by Pluto (see above), there will be not much blood letting until later.

    January 26, 2008 2008

  • Historian Robert Conquest has suggested that the number murdered during the Great Purges was nearly 3 million.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Burke's Corner 2009

  • Historian Robert Conquest has suggested that the number murdered during the Great Purges was nearly 3 million.

    The Guardian's shameful apologia for Stalin Burke's Corner 2009

  • And this week, the Brennan Center released a groundbreaking new report, "Voter Purges" which was featured in this report on Tuesday's CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and which is one of the first examinations of the practices of purging voters from the rolls.

    James Sample: Army Reservist Included in Montana GOP Voter Purge Effort 2008

  • "Purges were first instituted immediately after African Americans were granted the franchise," reports the ACLU.

    BREAKING: Florida Dems Told to Vote by Phone 2008

  • The CBS story, posted below (appx 2 mins) starts with an elderly New Jersey voter who was suddenly removed from the voting rolls after thirty years, for apparently no reason whatsoever, before launching into findings from a new non-partisan Brennan Center for Justice study on "Voter Purges".

    Brad Friedman: CBS: Voter Purges Underway in 19 States 2008

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Ecuador’s Leader Purges Military and Moves to Expel American Base'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Chafing at ties between American intelligence agencies and Ecuadorean military officials, President Rafael Correa is purging the armed forces of top commanders.'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Ecuador��s Leader Purges Military and Moves to Expel American Base 2008

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