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10171 [lbo-talk] Pat Robertson: Texas' Highway I-35 can change homosexuals... -- rank: 1000

"teams of on-fire christians" - "purity sieges" - these people are fucking crazy On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:22 AM, B. wrote: > ...but what does this mean for people who think it's > the "NAFTA Superhighway"??? > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5S38LpMgu0 > > -B. > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 08:38:12 PST 2007

10172 [lbo-talk] Iran moratorium lifted -- rank: 1000

Enough time has passed that I'm ready to call off the moratorium on Iranian affairs. Fire away...nicely of course.

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 07:57:26 PST 2007

10173 [lbo-talk] conservatism in America -- rank: 1000

<http://www.mises.org/story/2766> Doomed to Failure: American Conservatism By David Gordon Posted on 11/30/2007 [Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right. By Paul Edward Gottfried. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Xviii + 189 pages.] Paul Gottfried's excellent book lends strong support to a controversial claim of Murray Rothbard's. In his The Betrayal of the American Right (Mises Institute, 2007), Rothbard argues that the American Old Right could not be considered conservat ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 07:49:25 PST 2007

10174 [lbo-talk] Biden gets pissy -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., dares to utter the I-word: "The President has no authority to unilaterally attack Iran and if he does, as foreign relations committee chairman, I will move to impeach," Biden said in New Hampshire on Thursday, per the Portsmouth Herald's Adam Leech. And he didn't stop there: "If you're going to impeach George Bush, you better impeach Cheney first."

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 07:28:00 PST 2007

10175 [lbo-talk] war? what war? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7109.html> Democrats: Voters shifting focus from Iraq By: Martin Kady II and Jim VandeHei Nov 30, 2007 08:38 AM EST Updated: November 30, 2007 09:59 AM EST Murtha says the surge is working, while Hoyer says the public clearly backs the Democratic view of the war. Photo: Composite image by Politico.com SAVE Digg del.icio.us Technorati reddit SHARE COMMENT PRINT EMAIL RECOMMEND Congressional Democrats are reporting a striking change in districts a ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 07:14:32 PST 2007

10176 [lbo-talk] Morrissey: Won't live in England, too many immigrants -- rank: 1000

On Nov 30, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > The Kinks were very conservative "Kill all the left-wing intellectuals Annihilate the weak because they're ineffectual" I think they were being ironic. Doug

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 06:30:25 PST 2007

10177 [lbo-talk] Dem war critics about to throw in the towel -- rank: 1000

[from Mike Allen's Politico.com playbook] BREAKING NEWS 1, a game-changer posting shortly on Politico: A leading Democratic war critic says the surge is working, and rank-and- file members report that the political ramifications are clear: Voter interest in the issue has waned remarkably.

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Date:	Fri Nov 30 05:56:50 PST 2007

10178 [lbo-talk] Trent Lott resignation: the Larry Flynt angle -- rank: 1000

<http://www.larryflynt.com/mycms/> November 26, 2007 Rent Boy on Sex With Outgoing Republican Senator Trent Lott: No Comment by PageOneQ "Once upon a time," writes Big Head DC, "there was a twentysomething boy-next-door type with reddish blond hair and a brillantly white smile." This boy-next-door is male escort Benjamin Nicholas, whose blog 15 Minutes helped him make some connections in business and politics. One of these connections is rumored to be Senator Trent L ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 12:25:04 PST 2007

10179 [lbo-talk] two views on recycling -- rank: 1000

The Nation - December 17, 2007 >http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071217/cockburn> The Dialectics of Revolution... Uh, Recycling by Alexander Cockburn London Two years ago some smart leftists here put together an event called the Battle of Ideas, and the mix of provocative themes, well-run panels and competent speakers worked out well. I was invited to speak at a couple of sessions in the third Battle at the end of October and was happy to find its organizers threading a sane course past ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 12:11:39 PST 2007

10180 [lbo-talk] poll proves: Canadians most compassionate! -- rank: 1000

Canadians Top Global AIDS poll as Most Concerned, Compassionate Study of HIV and AIDS Awareness and Compassion shows Canada Leads the G-7 in Attitudes about HIV and AIDS Globally Toronto, ON, November 29, 2007 According to a new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of World Vision in seven different countries United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Japan Canadians appear to be the most compassionate towards people affected by HIV and AIDS when compared to indi ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 12:05:20 PST 2007

10181 [lbo-talk] most Americans satisfied with their health plans -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/102934/Majority-Americans-Satisfied-Their- Own-Healthcare.aspx> Majority of Americans Satisfied With Their Healthcare Plans Including costs, coverage, and quality of care they receive by Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ -- Despite ever-increasing healthcare costs and widespread dissatisfaction with the U.S. healthcare system, a majority of Americans remain satisfied with what they pay for their own healthcare, the quality of the healthcare they receive, and the ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 11:38:50 PST 2007

10182 [lbo-talk] new G4 -- rank: 1000

Thoughts on making music in the new digital world from Dave Allen of the Gang of Four: <http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1125>. Also, demos of four new songs downloadable at: <http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?cat=36>. Not sure what to make of these yet...

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 11:25:11 PST 2007

10183 [lbo-talk] correction of the day -- rank: 1000

[from II's Hedge Fund Daily] A Briefly item on Nov. 27 misstated how much Louis Moore-Bacon is paying for the Forbes family Trinchera ranch in Colorado. The actual amount is roughly $175 million; the $1.7 billion figure is Moore- Bacon s estimated wealth.

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 10:39:50 PST 2007

10184 [lbo-talk] law of value -- rank: 1000

On Nov 29, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Wow. No one should fawn, please present an argument against what I > said. I certainly didn't take that as fawning. I disagree with Rakesh on some things but I always profit (ha!) from reading him, and am glad he's been around. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 08:43:09 PST 2007

10185 [lbo-talk] Crisis and revolution (Was Re: offlist) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 29, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Miles Jackson wrote: > I was going to reply to Michael P., but WD already said what I was > going > to say. There is a huge difference between "self flourishing" or > "self > development" and being happy. --Further: the American devotion to > "being happy" is more or less irrelevant to meaningful self > development. Jefferson meant self-development when he wrote that phrase about the pursuit of happiness, didn't ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 29 08:41:45 PST 2007