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10906 [lbo-talk] Charlie Cook: the Republican ship is taking on water -- rank: 1000

<http://nationaljournal.com/cook.htm> OFF TO THE RACES Trending 2008 By Charlie Cook, NationalJournal.com Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Several years ago, veteran Republican political consultant Eddie Mahe would periodically prepare a memo for his political and public affairs clients. The situation in Iraq has begun to structurally damage the GOP in ways that might have consequences that go beyond just the 2008 general election. His memo was a veritable tour de force of international and dom ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 20 11:50:11 PDT 2007

10907 [lbo-talk] I Cried You Didn't Listen -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Doug: > > > On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > >> radical leftist bullshit (as defined by Frankfurt) > > You mean Frankfurt = radical leftist bullshit, or Frankfurt = a > critique of radical leftist bullshit? > > > [WS:] The latter, cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit Ah, that Frankfurt. Thought you meant the gloomy philosophers, Adorno et al. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 11:42:29 PDT 2007

10908 [lbo-talk] oil supply -- rank: 1000

When I said the correlation between oil & gasoline prices was pretty tight, I should have given some numbers. Since 1973, the correlation coefficient between the yearly change in the monthly average price of oil (West Texas Intermediate) and the average price of gasoline in the U.S. (U.S. Department of Energy) is .854; with the gas price lagged a month, it's 0.884. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 11:20:40 PDT 2007

10909 [lbo-talk] oil supply -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > That may be true, but the prices went up nation-wide. So if the > demand is weak and supply abundant, what explains that across-the- > nation > price hike Oil prices were in the low- to mid-50s in January, and rose to the low 60s in early March. They've since come off their peaks, so it's likely gas prices will follow. The correlation is pretty tight. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 11:16:19 PDT 2007

10910 [lbo-talk] I Cried You Didn't Listen -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > radical leftist bullshit (as defined by Frankfurt) You mean Frankfurt = radical leftist bullshit, or Frankfurt = a critique of radical leftist bullshit? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 11:03:02 PDT 2007

10911 [lbo-talk] oil supply -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > California is, as they say, different. Calif gas prices are now about 20% above the national average; since 2000, they've averaged about 12% over. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 10:48:44 PDT 2007

10912 [lbo-talk] "Labor Freedom" and Unemployment Rates -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:14 PM, tfast wrote: > Anyone else on the list delight in the Irony that the Heritage > Foundation > essentially uses Marx's notion of "Free" labour to contstruct their > index? Hey, they understand the class struggle - they're just on the wrong side. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 20 10:27:49 PDT 2007

10913 [lbo-talk] oil supply -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Steven L. Robinson wrote: > I don't know about the rest of the country, but gas prices have > skyrocketed in Caliifornia in recent weeks - $ 3.25 per gallon or > higher. SR > $3.25? Wow. Life is cheap in New York! Yes, gas prices are rising nationally <http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/ petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html>. The national average is $2.62, up about 10% from the beginning of the year. Of course, it should be about $6.00 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 10:08:56 PDT 2007

10914 [lbo-talk] oil supply -- rank: 1000

Hyman is in the slowdown camp, though he's calling it a "mid-cycle slowdown," a la the mid-80s and mid-90s - implying that they'll be an acceleration later in 2007. His people are also predicting a slowdown in China, reflecting cooling U.S. demand. On Mar 20, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: > That sounds like a prediction for an economic slowdown. > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 12:31:53PM -0400, Doug Henwood din't write: >> global oil demand growth appears to ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 20 09:54:03 PDT 2007

10915 [lbo-talk] I Cried You Didn't Listen -- rank: 1000

On Mar 20, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > W, like Hobbes, is simply scared shitless of being physically hurt How do you know? Aren't you attributing motive in a way you usually condemn when others do it? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 20 09:52:42 PDT 2007

10916 [lbo-talk] oil supply -- rank: 1000

[This is from Ed Hyman's daily commentary. Hyman is Wall Street's favorite economist, and ISI is his shop.] Mike Rothman of ISI-New York: "Despite still evident concerns in the market about 'peak oil' and supply availability, 2007 looks to see the largest non-OPEC supply gain in nearly 30 years. It's also interesting to note that global oil demand growth appears to be on a much weaker trend than generally believed."

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Date:	Tue Mar 20 09:31:53 PDT 2007

10917 [lbo-talk] ACT-UP: 20th anniversary -- rank: 1000

Trainings for Civil Disobedience Legal Support and Marshalling for the March Friday March 23rd, Room 301 6:30pm-10pm at the LGBT Center ACT UP 20th Anniversary Pre-Action Meeting - last minute briefing on what will happen at the action to demand national healthcare and drug price controls, signs and poster-making, and final decisions. Tuesday, March 27th, 7:00 pm at the LGBT Center. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2007 MARCH AND DEMONSTRATE Assemble at 11:30 at the Federal Building, Broadway and Worth Str ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 20 06:34:04 PDT 2007

10918 [lbo-talk] the secret affinity between Bush & Chavez -- rank: 1000

Ayn Rand Institute Press Release Bush and Chavez: The Two Amigos March 20, 2007 Irvine, CA--As President Bush ends his tour of Latin America, he has vowed to deliver "social justice" to poor Latin Americans. "In announcing his commitment to achieving 'social justice' in Latin America," said Dr. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, "President Bush is following in the footsteps, not of Thomas Jefferson, but of Hugo Chavez. "'Social justice' i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 19 14:13:33 PDT 2007

10919 [lbo-talk] Hitch celebrates the war anniversary -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/christopher-hitchens/christopher-hitchens- wasnt-not-the-opposite-of-incorrect-about-iraq-245326.php> Christopher Hitchens Wasn't Not The Opposite Of Incorrect About Iraq <quote> So, you seriously mean to say that we would not be living in a better or safer world if the coalition forces had turned around and sailed or flown home in the spring of 2003? That's exactly what I mean to say. </quote> It takes a couple of reads to understand exactly what it i ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 19 14:06:19 PDT 2007

10920 [lbo-talk] Nawal El Saadawi: Women, Islam, and Democratization -- rank: 1000

On Mar 19, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Nawal El Saadawi is an Egyptian, though. Don't you care about her > opinion of Islam and religion? I've been listening to you emit about four score and seven posts a day on these topics for many months now. I think it'd be best for my mental health and that of others if I just ignored them from here on out. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 19 13:03:04 PDT 2007