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10081 [lbo-talk] Poland, bringing up the rear -- rank: 1000

Polish gays and lesbians without UE protection The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that Poland is not going to accept the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union as a part of The Reform Treaty of UE (European Constitution). Robert Szaniawski - spokeperson of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: - Poland has finally decided to use "opt-out" clause together with the United Kingdom. Szaniawski explained that Poland can't agree with a possible future i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 6 13:48:17 PDT 2007

10082 [lbo-talk] free exchange -- rank: 1000

It was written up on Jezebel the other day as a Craiglist posting. So it was on Craigslist. Whether it is what it purports to be is another story. The respondent, whether or not he makes $500k and rising or not, makes some good points, from his hideously constricted point of view. Doug On Oct 6, 2007, at 4:25 PM, B. wrote: > Best post of the year, even though it has all the > makings of Snopes.com fodder. > > -B. > > > > > > Shane Taylor wrote: > > > &q ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 6 13:38:04 PDT 2007

10083 [lbo-talk] "The secret's out: We must get used to new reality where Google Earth uncovers our top secrets" -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Bryan Atinsky quoted: > Just grab some > satellite images and go on a tour of Israel's secret facilities. Anyone got some coordinates?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 6 13:36:16 PDT 2007

10084 [lbo-talk] the virtues of corporate law -- rank: 1000

After a failed mayoral run, my Yale classmate Virginia Boulet (whom I didn't know at all, and still don't) is running for New Orleans city council. Her campaign bio contains this wonderful nugget: <http://www.virginiaboulet.com/About-Virginia-Boulet.html> "Virginia chose to practice corporate law over the more common courtroom practice because she passionately believes that a strong economy and improved employment opportunity are necessary to a strong, vibrant, and successful com ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 6 11:55:03 PDT 2007

10085 [lbo-talk] Volunteering -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:21 PM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > so! start a frickin' religion! plus, as doug says (I think), it's > an easy > way to get rich. or something like that! Actually I think L. Ron Hubbard said that. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 16:57:38 PDT 2007

10086 [lbo-talk] Volunteering -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Chuck wrote: > What does 1% translate to in actual numbers of adults? A bit over 2 million.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 13:12:42 PDT 2007

10087 [lbo-talk] bail-outs and buy-outs -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 3:20 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > When Countrywide Bank, a leading actor/victim in the > sub-prime mortgage crisis, says it has received $12 > billion in new funding, who is doing the lending? They got a $2 billion investment from Bank of America (nonvoting convertible preferred stock). You may be thinking of an $11.5 billion line of credit which they had in place already and tapped in August. <http://about.countrywide.com/PressRelease/PressRelease.aspx? rid=104124 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 12:54:41 PDT 2007

10088 [lbo-talk] Shed a tear for 'liberal hawks' -- rank: 1000

On Oct 4, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > Speaking of which, this is first Hitchens column I've read in full > since I > don't know when. I'm sorry I did. The man's lack of shame is > sickening, > especially when he attempts to justify his warmongering on the > corpse of a > dead soldier. His "sadness" for this one kid is one of the crudest > narcissistic displays I've ever seen. Read it and gag. > > <http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 12:05:49 PDT 2007

10089 [lbo-talk] Gallup tries to deal with Venezuelans' fondness for socialism -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallupworldpoll.com/content/?CI=28918> October 05, 2007 Venezuelans Tend to View Socialism More Positively Than Capitalism Large percentages, however, say they simply do not know by Patricia Guadalupe GALLUP NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez this week announced Venezuelans will be limited on the amount of luxury goods they can import, citing his countrymen's consumption of foreign whiskey as an example of consumerism's ill effects on society. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 11:37:24 PDT 2007

10090 [lbo-talk] Can Leftists in the Iranian Diaspora Come to Terms with Iran? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > As you may have guessed, among the three, it is the neo-Marxist man > who finds it most difficult to do what needs to be done for the sake > of Iranians back home. Wow, you don't lack for confidence, do you? Could it be that despite the bits of Farsi you sprinkle into your prose - and I'm so glad that Mac OS X has the font, otherwise I might miss those bits of exotica - the Iranians in the "diaspora" may actually know t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 09:52:45 PDT 2007

10091 [lbo-talk] Pew: globo's pretty popular, Americans very religious -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: > Shouldn't we distinguish between trade and "trade deals." A NAFTA > agreement on trade > could have been a few paragraphs long. Trade deals (with the US) > seem to mean a > capitulation on a whole lot of issues by the US's trading "partners." You're right, but it's too complicated for politics. Railing against NAFTA isn't going to win you many votes, I'm sorry to say. It didn't work for Buchanan, and it ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 08:36:17 PDT 2007

10092 [lbo-talk] Pew: globo's pretty popular, Americans very religious -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:35 AM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > This sort of poll comes out every few months or so, it seems. Of > course > people support international trade: only a complete isolationist > doesn't, > and poor countries need to export. It doesn't mean that people oppose > measures to protect local economies. Nor does it mean people support > something called "globalization" if that means the agenda of global > elites. > We shouldn't be encouraging these ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 07:42:43 PDT 2007

10093 [lbo-talk] who likes Hillary -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > Concerns about racism aside, we AAs are as susceptible > to most types of American enthusiasms as our Asian, > Euro and Hispanic American cousins. This would not be a popular statement at WBAI. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 07:36:25 PDT 2007

10094 [lbo-talk] Shed a tear for 'liberal hawks' -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > Altogether his talk seemed unplanned, > un-self-reflective, narcissistic, insincere, demagogic > and even mentally unstable. When I think back on the > great political monsters of my time -- Nixon, > Kissinger, Mitchell, Haig, Cheney, GW, etc -- they > actually look good by comparison. To think, this guy > could have been President! Nixon, Kissinger, maybe Cheney - larger-than-life monsters. The rest, including Clark, jus ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 06:40:45 PDT 2007

10095 [lbo-talk] young white evangelicals: less Republican -- rank: 1000

<http://pewresearch.org/pubs/605/young-white-evangelicalsless- republican-still-conservative> Less Republican, Still Conservative by Dan Cox, Research Associate September 28, 2007 White evangelical Protestants have been one of the most faithful Republican constituencies in presidential elections in recent years, voting overwhelmingly for GOP candidates. In 2004, for example, 79% of white evangelicals supported President Bush, while just 21% supported his Democratic opponent, John Kerry ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 5 05:09:58 PDT 2007