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10996 [lbo-talk] Output Falling in Oil-Rich Mexico, and Politics Gets the Blame -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Keith Nybakke wrote: > If new, easily accessible sources of crude are not exploited very > quickly the declines in Mexican, North Sea and even Saudi oil fields > will easily out weigh any additional oil coming from Canadian tar > sands or Arctic fields uncovered by retreating polar ice. Don't forget that Iraq isn't producing much, and hasn't been seriously explored in ages. But the potential oil in Canadian tar sands is huge. With oil around $60 a barr ...

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Date:	Sat Mar 10 09:55:27 PST 2007

10997 [lbo-talk] Jocasta and Mary, was abortion poll bullshit -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > abortion has been > practiced by every society I ever heard or read about for all sorts of > reasons Yup. Even the Catholic church didn't object until the 1890s. Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 10 09:22:56 PST 2007

10998 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Andy F wrote: > On 3/9/07, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> The reality is the chances of a woman deciding to abort for the >> hell of >> it are so exceedingly slim it makes little sense to object to it >> unless >> your objective is to open the door for addition restrictions based on >> the legitimacy of a womans reasoning. > > The what-if-it's-"for the hell of it" argument reminds ...

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Date:	Sat Mar 10 09:19:54 PST 2007

10999 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 11:03 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > the > trimester framework, which is incidental As I recall from Kristen Luker's great book, Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood, the trimester framework has a long history across time and place. They didn't just pull it out of their butts. Doug

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Date:	Sat Mar 10 09:18:24 PST 2007

11000 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:01 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > The real issue, IMHO, is what the "moving toward the > center" on abortion means politically. I am afraid it > is a bad news, because it will make easier to pass > legislation that restricts abortion in some cases. > This is precisely the tactic that prolifers have been > using lately, chippinng it off bit by bit, instead of > launching a frontal assault. Yes, exactly. The center posish on abortion is either s ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 19:21:21 PST 2007

11001 [lbo-talk] Globalization question -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 2:15 AM, Eric Balkan wrote: > In "After the New Economy", Doug Henwood remarks that most of us work > in services, rather than goods -- globalization being commonly thought > of as a borderless flow of goods. But it now includes services. > E.g., > when IBM refilled programmer positions it had dropped in the U.S. > during the last recession, it filled them largely in the BRIC > countries. > > Or Intel deciding to do their R&D overseas. ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 14:07:12 PST 2007

11002 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 4:44 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: >> What makes you uncomfortable about "for the hell of it"? >> Are there good and bad reasons to choose abortion? > > > I think the point is there are good and bad ways of expressing a > pro-abortion position. Abortion "for the hell of it" is not going to > win friends and influence people. Exactly. I said no questions asked, and I meant it. But throwing around phrases like "for the hell of it ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 13:51:54 PST 2007

11003 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 4:14 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug says: > >> even a radically pro-abortion guy like me is uncomfortable with the >> phrase >> "for the hell of it." > > I think you have a warped view of what it means to be a "radically > pro-abortion guy" ... Free abortion on demand, no questions asked. I just don't think that for most women it's a procedure undertaken for the hell of it. Is that warped of me? Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 13:28:28 PST 2007

11004 [lbo-talk] 200 greatest albums of all goddamned time! -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Pound and Milton are interesting poets to read and talk about. Why > pull > in others? Because you're making judgments of quality and value, not owning up to it, and denouncing others who do. Doug

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 13:10:24 PST 2007

11005 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > In practice "mostly legal" will mean illegal.period for women from low > income sectors. But "mostly legal" does enter a cutting wedge, so to > speak. If one can get an abortion for the convenience of better health > it's a slippery slope to an abortion for the hell of it -- which > ultimately is the only defensible position. This is not the way the American mind works. It's all about hugging the middle and avoid ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 13:02:26 PST 2007

11006 [lbo-talk] Eichenwald suing Nathan -- rank: 1000

[Kurt Eichenwald writes to Romenesko] <http://poynter.org/forum/?id=letters> [...] Finally, about Debbie Nathan. This is a woman who has a vendetta against me. I already know that one publication has refused to publish her articles on this matter because of their concern that she seemed too determined to hurt me. She has a deep, personal conflict that cannot be resolved by disclosure. And now, she and I are litigants. My wife and I have instructed our financial advisor to set aside $ ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 12:58:17 PST 2007

11007 [lbo-talk] now he tells us -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=2937633> Gingrich Admits to Affair While Pursuing Clinton Over Lewinsky In Radio Interview, Gingrich Acknowledges Cheating on First and Second Wives By JAKE TAPPER March 9, 2007 - Setting the stage for his entry into the presidential race, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., gave a radio interview to be broadcast today with Focus on the Family's James Dobson, in which Gingrich for the first time publicly acknowledged cheating on his fi ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 12:15:07 PST 2007

11008 [lbo-talk] HRC, theologian -- rank: 1000

<http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/116906.aspx> THE BRODY FILE Hillary Clinton: I Believe in the "Atoning Death of Jesus" David Brody CBN News Capitol Hill Correspondent March 9, 2007 My guess is Brody File readers would be interested in Hillary Clinton's past statements about her faith. I've uncovered some. The Brody File research room has found the following: In a Newsweek magazine article from October of 1994, Hillary was asked: "Do you believe in the father, son and Holy Spi ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 12:11:19 PST 2007

11009 [lbo-talk] abortion poll -- rank: 1000

ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL: ABORTION EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AFTER 6 a.m. Friday, March 9, 2007 Views on Abortion Grow Less Polarized Public opinion on abortion has taken a gradual and surprising turn toward moderation. Basic opinions are unchanged: Fifty-six percent of Americans say abortion should be generally legal and 42 percent say it should be generally illegal, almost precisely matching the averages in ABC News/Washington Post polls since 1995. But more now take the middle two pos ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 11:31:16 PST 2007

11010 [lbo-talk] 200 greatest albums of all goddamned time! -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > There are some substantial posts from me in the archives, which I wont > try to dig up now, arguing that valuations which offer negatives are > essentially an attempt to claim superiority to other people, and are > therefore ethically suspect. The only ethically allowable judgments > are > positive judgments. Who's the better poet? Edgar Guest or Ezra Pound? e.e cummings or John Milton. If the former in both pairs, or if it does ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 9 10:53:42 PST 2007