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11266 [lbo-talk] private school -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/the-rich/really-the-most-expensive-private- schools-in-new-york-266842.php> the rich Really The Most Expensive Private Schools In New York Yesterday, we all worked on ranking the most expensive private schools that New Yorkers send their kids to. Through emails, comments and a bit of research (thanks, lazyweb!), we think we now know the truth! Riverdale: $33,100. Dalton: $31,200. Trinity: $30,170. Brearley: $29,700. Sacred Heart: $29,500. Trevor Day School: $29,4 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 7 10:21:29 PDT 2007

11267 [lbo-talk] celebrity unit -- rank: 1000

The LA county jail has a *celebrity unit*???? There really is no fucking justice in this world. Reuters: "She was housed in a unit for celebrities and high-profile inmates at a prison in Lynwood, about 15 miles from Los Angeles."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 7 08:28:12 PDT 2007

11268 [lbo-talk] Paris Freed -- rank: 1000

There's no fucking justice in this world. Martha served her time! If Scooter cries, will Bush pardon him? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jun 7 08:21:26 PDT 2007

11269 [lbo-talk] Olympic displacement -- rank: 1000

On Jun 6, 2007, at 7:05 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > This is just too easy: > >> Doug: >> >> >> The history of Olympic cities is on Monbiot's side. The >> "regeneration" usually consists of displacement and gentrification. >> >> [WS:] And what is exactly wrong with "regeneration" or >> "gentrification?" Ok I retract my retraction. Doug

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 16:21:55 PDT 2007

11270 [lbo-talk] Olympic displacement -- rank: 1000

On Jun 6, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> [This came up the other week, and either Woj or >> James H dismissed it >> as a problem.] >> >> <http://www.cohre.org/mega-events> > > [WS:] Huh? This is the first time I hear of the > report, but even if I did not it is highly unlikely > that I would support spending public money on big > sporting events or kindred forms of e ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 16:20:47 PDT 2007

11271 [lbo-talk] Coulter: Bush's America is a roach motel -- rank: 1000

[For some reason I sub'd to Ann Coulter's column. I promise I won't forward many more of them, but it's amazing to me what racist trash she can get away with and not be ostracized.] <http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21029> Bush's America: Roach Motel by Ann Coulter (More by this author) Posted: 06/06/2007 Republicans' defense of President Bush's immigration bill is more enraging than their defense of Harriet Miers. Back then, Bush's conservative base was accused of being sexi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 6 15:43:37 PDT 2007

11272 [lbo-talk] Jenna Jameson on presidential politics -- rank: 1000

On Jun 6, 2007, at 6:17 PM, B. wrote: > I remember once I posted something to the list about > Jenna Jameson's political views to LBO-Talk (maybe a > year and a half ago?) and was asked on-list who > Jameson was. How can anyone who cares about politics and/or the state of the culture not know who Jenna Jameson is. Ok, if you're not American, you're excused, but if you are, how alienated can you be?

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 15:33:48 PDT 2007

11273 [lbo-talk] Olympic displacement -- rank: 1000

[This came up the other week, and either Woj or James H dismissed it as a problem.] <http://www.cohre.org/mega-events> Mega-events and Olympics "The Olympic Games have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years..." GENEVA, 5 JUNE 2007: The Olympic Games have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years, disproportionately affecting minorities such as the homeless, the poor, Roma and African- Americans, according to a new report, "Fair Play ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 15:13:22 PDT 2007

11274 [lbo-talk] Jenna Jameson on presidential politics -- rank: 1000

<http://justhillary.com/herwords/jenna0517.php> Jenna Jameson, who's been called the world's most famous porn star and is the author of the New York Times bestseller "How To Make Love Like a Porn Star," talked about Hillary Clinton in an interview with PR.com....May 17, 2007... PR.com: "Who's your favorite Democratic front runner for 2008? Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John Edwards?" Jenna Jameson: "I love Hillary. I think that in some ways she's pretty con ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 13:41:33 PDT 2007

11275 [lbo-talk] Web 2.0 gobbledegook -- rank: 1000

<http://www.moli.com/p/about/>: > About Us > > Welcome to MOLI! MOLI is a web-based communications and media > platform created by a group of diverse and passionate individuals > inspired by a shared vision to harness and leverage the power of > the internet and cutting-edge digital tools to help people get more > out of life. > > MOLI allows members to interact both easily and safely within a > borderless global community. > > On MOLI, individual people ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 6 12:29:20 PDT 2007

11276 [lbo-talk] Philip Weiss, Zionism, & the NY Observer -- rank: 1000

<http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_06_04/feature.html> he American Conservative - June 4, 2007 Mondoweiss, Chapter One Blogging about Israel and Jewish identity raises Observer hackles. by Philip Weiss A year and a half ago, I resolved to become a blogger. As a lifelong writer, I had produced journalism through a host of technologies, from carbon copies on manual typewriters to e-mail, and I didn t want the world to leave me behind. Besides, I was excited by the form. The writers were ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 12:19:12 PDT 2007

11277 [lbo-talk] Bono does Africa for Vanity Fair -- rank: 1000

[20 covers, not a single African among them!] Independent (London) - June 6, 2007 <http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2619132.ece> How Bono made Africa the focus of several Vanity Fair covers First, it was The Independent. Now Bono has guest-edited the world's glossiest magazine. David Usborne tells the inside story of Vanity Fair's Africa Issue - and how its 20 stunning covers were created By David Usbourne For a moment, it seems that Graydon Carter, the veteran editor of Vanit ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 6 11:48:49 PDT 2007

11278 [lbo-talk] Dallas could elect its first gay mayor -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2007, at 11:06 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > As to Doug's comment - there are many things that are > wrong in this world and for many reasons. The ones > that you mention are just a tiny subset of them. So > when that tiny subset is being put in my face time and > again, I get bored. Normally I don't like to throw people's resumes at them, but really, Woj, you give me no choice. You're a PhD employed at a professional job by an elite university in the richest, most ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 11:33:56 PDT 2007

11279 [lbo-talk] Capitalists & the Rich, Apologies & the Middle Classes -- rank: 1000

On Jun 6, 2007, at 10:56 AM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > The interests and power of the capitalists are the > gravitational mass around which government, law, and > social structure are warped in capitalist society. > Their core interests are unchallengeable short of > major social upheaval, whereas it is not even 100% > clear what the core interests of the PMMC are, and > maybe they are not, unlike the those of capitalist > class, unitary. Riffing off Mills, I've been t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jun 6 11:31:32 PDT 2007

11280 [lbo-talk] FT article on hedges and PE -- rank: 1000

On Jun 6, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Simon Archer wrote: > I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the financial markets, but > this > article sounds like a description of the late 1980s, even some of > the names > are the same. Are there more critical comparisons out there (of > 1987 to > 2007)? <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/LBO_current.html>

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Date:	Wed Jun 6 11:06:36 PDT 2007