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11131 [lbo-talk] Iran's Youth Movements -- rank: 1000

On Jun 25, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > If the pro-military intervention propaganda > implications of this rush to judgment weren't so > grave, it would be the funniest story of the week. Well, most of the rest of the piece was true. There is a crackdown underway, even if it doesn't result in guys sucking butt-cleansing cans for wearing tight t-shirts.

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 14:10:57 PDT 2007

11132 [lbo-talk] Iran's Youth Movements -- rank: 1000

On Jun 25, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Jim Straub wrote: > I saw that pic in the NYT of the masked cop making > the Iranian hipster kid drink out of the butt-cleaning can there. The NYT was forced to lick its own butt on that one this morning: Editor's Note A front-page article yesterday described a crackdown in Iran that has included the jailing of three Iranian-Americans, repression or intimidation of nongovernment organizations pressing for broader legal rights, warnings to newspaper editors ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 12:52:06 PDT 2007

11133 [lbo-talk] Sicko -- rank: 1000

On Jun 25, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > I agree, entirely. I liked the last part, on Cuba. But I hope the > interview of Tony Benn (former Labor Party British MP) catches the > viewers' attention as well. Benn explained very well the frightening, > demoralizing, and -- therefore -- politically paralyzing effects of > poverty on working people. Yes, that was an excellent bit, for a man who knows class politics from the inside (and above). The role of fear and demorali ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 12:48:32 PDT 2007

11134 [lbo-talk] Sicko -- rank: 1000

Anyone seen Sicko yet? We watched it last night - it's really great. Moore can wrap some fairly radical politics in pop culture in a way that could open up a lot of American minds. And though the politics are mostly social democratic - and social democracy looks revolutionary by current American standards - he has some very sympathetic things to say about Cuba. Man's a genius. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 11:27:33 PDT 2007

11135 [lbo-talk] What is a photograph? -- rank: 1000

On Jun 25, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > You've pretty much described the painting Komar and Melamid (see > below) found was "most wanted" around the world. Liza & I had our first conversation at the launch party for their Paint by Numbers book. So I've always had a soft spot for those guys. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 11:07:46 PDT 2007

11136 [lbo-talk] Cuisine de W -- rank: 1000

<http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2007/6/22/Bologna- Sandwiches-at-the-WaldorfAstoria> [W]hen President George Bush stays at the hotel, he likes to order bologna sandwiches on white bread with mayonnaise, with Doritos on the side. Apparently that counts as a special order since the hotel doesn t stock Wonder Bread, the President s favorite.

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11137 [lbo-talk] Iran's Youth Movements -- rank: 1000

On Jun 25, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > On 6/25/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> kvetched: >> >> >> I'm now getting three copies of all these things you broadcast; if >> you hadn't gotten thrown off PEN-L, I'd be getting four. Why don't >> you pause the one-way communications for a while and actually >> converse? > > > Sarcastic misrepresentation surely isn't the most inviting way to > entice > someone into conversat ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 09:18:46 PDT 2007

11138 [lbo-talk] Marty Peretz on Gaza -- rank: 1000

<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20070702&s=peretz070207> For what was unraveling was the whole idea of the Palestine nation itself. Of course, some said, "I told you so." (I count myself among those entitled to say that.) I was never taken in by the dream of Palestine, although I realized that Israeli dominion over so many Arabs did somewhat dim the incandescence of the Zionist reality....

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 08:55:47 PDT 2007

11139 [lbo-talk] profiling the Edwardses -- rank: 1000

<http://jezebel.com/gossip/department-of-anna-wintour-sucks/his-n- hers-john-elizabeth-edwards-profiles-not-created-equal-271758.php> department of anna wintour sucks His 'N Hers John & Elizabeth Edwards Profiles: Not Created Equal Conde Nast's Vogue empire is notoriously micromanaged by Anna Wintour, so it did not surprise us that John and Elizabeth Edwards were profiled extensively in the July issues of Men's Vogue and Vogue, respectively, though Elizabeth did not get the cover, ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 08:49:04 PDT 2007

11140 [lbo-talk] new global survey -- rank: 1000

[Note the lack of popular opposition to "globalization."] <http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/372.php? nid=&id=&pnt=372&lb=hmpg1> Groundbreaking Study Probes Global Opinion on Key International Issues WorldPublicOpinion.org and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs have released an in-depth study of world-wide opinion on key international issues, including climate change, globalization, the future of the United Nations, US leadership and the ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 08:37:44 PDT 2007

11141 [lbo-talk] Iran's Youth Movements -- rank: 1000

On Jun 25, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Iman Ali-Agha, a 24-year-old seminary student, arrives at the shop. He > and Amiri exchange pleasantries. He visits regularly to buy CDs for > himself and his classmates. He says he's a true believer in Islam and > hopes one day to wear the black turban of a cleric descended from the > prophet Muhammad. > > "Iranians at the bottom of their hearts, no matter how they look, are > religious," he said. "Of ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 25 08:20:32 PDT 2007

11142 [lbo-talk] Fun with science from the Discovery folks (love it) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 24, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> Subaru? She must be a lesbian. > > It's not Saab anymore? There was a whole subplot in The L Word a couple of seasons ago about Dana the tennis player doing a Subaru endorsement - which was almost certainly a product placement. For more, Google "subaru lesbian"! Doug

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11143 [lbo-talk] Fun with science from the Discovery folks (love it) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 24, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > A friend had just completed performance enhancing mods > on her new Subaru WRX TR Subaru? She must be a lesbian. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jun 24 14:02:17 PDT 2007

11144 [lbo-talk] Washington Post reveals: Cheney's really powerful -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - June 24, 2007 <http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/chapter_1/> 'A Different Understanding With the President' By Barton Gellman and Jo Becker Washington Post Staff Writers Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. He carried it back out with him after l ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 24 07:01:03 PDT 2007

11145 [lbo-talk] Ann Coulter ad -- rank: 1000

On Jun 22, 2007, at 6:25 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > An Ann Coulter banner ad just showed up on the lbotalk archives. Be > warned. If you click through you go straight to a large close up of > Ann staring right at you Click through on all those ads! Money money money!

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Date:	Fri Jun 22 15:32:35 PDT 2007