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11296 [lbo-talk] taking the PJ to camp -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nypost.com/seven/06042007/news/regionalnews/ jet_set_kids_regionalnews_sharri_markson.htm> New York Post - June 4, 2007 JET SET KIDS FLYING OFF TO CAMP By SHARRI MARKSON The city's youngest high-fliers are pampered campers whose parents are paying big bucks to jet them off in style to their summer vacations. In some cases, parents are spending thousands to save kids a bus ride of less than an hour. The charter company Revolution Air has assigned more than 20 private jets to ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 4 09:03:02 PDT 2007

11297 [lbo-talk] Eric Alterman busted for crashing spin room -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/entitled-white-man.s-self_centered-paranoia- validated%21/eric-alterman-arrested-265529.php> entitled white man's self-centered paranoia validated! Eric Alterman Arrested Professional liberal gasbag Eric Alterman was arrested in New Hampshire on Sunday at the Democratic debates. He was charged with criminal trespass, after venturing uncredentialed into some fussy media VIP room. Police say he was asked by an executive at the party if he was invited to the privat ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 4 08:43:08 PDT 2007

11298 [lbo-talk] Support for Iraq war by income? -- rank: 1000

On Jun 3, 2007, at 4:27 AM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > Well, this is the weird thing: all the polling organisations tell you > that they break down their audience by social class to get a > representative sample, but they don't present their results along > those lines. The info should already be there, but because it's owned > (I assume) by ABC or CNN or whatever, the info only comes out in the > ways they permit. They present exit polls and presidential preference by income, but ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jun 3 06:33:57 PDT 2007

11299 [lbo-talk] new Nation web video duo -- rank: 1000

[Astra and Laura brought you Zizek!] Begin forwarded message: From: Astra Taylor Date: June 2, 2007 12:49:23 PM EDT Subject: first web-doc for The Nation Hi friends, Apologies for the mass email. Laura Hanna and I just did our first clip as official producers for VideoNation, the web documentary component of The Nation magazine. It's about the Iraq Veterans Against the War and we're hoping to get this piece out far and wide to spread the good word of the IVAW. If you know any folks or blog ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jun 2 16:35:55 PDT 2007

11300 [lbo-talk] Iraq war & income -- rank: 1000

Further to Lenin's Tomb's query... Jeff Stonecash has an interesting paper at <http://www.apsanet.org/ imgtest/PSJuly06Stonecash.pdf>. He shows sharp divisions within income classes on Iraq, He's at Syracuse and easy to find so I'm sure he could give you more info. He also offers evidence countering the standard line that the differences between the two parties have narrowed; by his measures, they've never been so wide. And there's this: <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p17187_index ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jun 2 16:12:08 PDT 2007

11301 [lbo-talk] Support for Iraq war by income? -- rank: 1000

If you pay Gallup $50 or $100 they'll do a custom run for you. Doug On Jun 2, 2007, at 5:57 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > I don't know if anyone can help with this, but I'm looking for some > polling evidence on the distribution of support for the Iraq war among > Americans by social class or income. Most of the reports draw > attention to gender, lifestyle and party differences, but only a few > reports have even mentioned income as a factor. > ___________________________________ ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 2 15:27:50 PDT 2007

11302 [lbo-talk] Paris getting ready for jail -- rank: 1000

On Jun 2, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I've never agreed with this division. Rentiers are a subsection of the > capitalist class, not another class. They do own capital, and their > use > of it may always shift. Surely David Rockefeller and John D. > Rockefeller > III wre not in different classes. Class, or subclass, is partly what you do. There's a difference between being actively engaged in production in some sense and purely living off income. Their interests are ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 2 15:26:56 PDT 2007

11303 [lbo-talk] Paris getting ready for jail -- rank: 1000

On Jun 2, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > This raises a general question about all members of a capitalist > ruling > class: having more than they can (or even their heirs) can possibly > spend, why do they still struggle for MORE MORE MORE. A capitalist > _firm_ (whether corporate or 'privately' owned) has to try to grow to > stay even -- that is the central dynamic of the system. But > individuals > within the class don't, and yet many of them do! Many also don't ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 2 15:21:48 PDT 2007

11304 [lbo-talk] Paris getting ready for jail -- rank: 1000

On Jun 2, 2007, at 12:04 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > Would a million dollars make any marginal difference > to Paris Hilton? Would it even be a statistically > significant change in her net worth? I seem to recall that she's "worth" about $20 million, so it's about 5%. But the way she spends, she's gotta keep replenishing. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jun 2 09:46:25 PDT 2007

11305 [lbo-talk] hedge-funders for Dems -- rank: 1000

<http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2007/06/01/how-thompson-could-roil- field-of-republican-hopefuls/> Democrats collected 75% of the $1.1 million in presidential campaign contributions by top hedge-fund executives in first quarter, according to Absolute Returns magazine and PoliticalMoneyLine . Senate Banking chairman Dodd led with $347,000 received . Most generous fund was Fortress Investment Group, which gave ex-employee Edwards $226,000.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jun 2 08:12:08 PDT 2007

11306 [lbo-talk] Paris getting ready for jail -- rank: 1000

New York Daily News - June 1, 2007 Rush & Molloy Before the slammer, Paris planning some glamour Paris Hilton is getting ready for her closeup. Sources say the jail-bound heiress has ordered a hair and makeup team to meet her at her Hollywood Hills home at 9 a.m. Monday. It's understood that the glamorous inmate-to-be plans to turn the perp walk into a catwalk, and she wants the media to see her looking her best. "The timing is to make sure she makes all the celebrity weeklies," ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jun 2 07:58:20 PDT 2007

11307 [lbo-talk] celebrity: the universal equivalent -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - June 3, 2007 Media Darlings "IT" girl Tinsley Mortimer has found a soulmate in porn star Jenna Jameson. The publicity-loving duo bonded last weekend at the Life Ball in Vienna. The blondes first met in first-class on the flight over to Europe's largest AIDS charity event and decided they would maximize their press if they were photographed everywhere together - which explains why they were joined at the hip. Less flash-worthy were Adam Brody, Lance Bass ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jun 2 07:23:08 PDT 2007

11308 [lbo-talk] Capt. Beefheart's paintings in NYC -- rank: 1000

<http://www.antonkerngallery.com> ANTON KERN GALLERY [532 W 20th St New York NY 10011] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) 1985 - 1995 May 31 July 6, 2007 May 4, 2007 For the first time in six years, the work of Don Van Vliet, who is best known under his musical moniker Captain Beefheart, will be shown in two New York galleries, Michael Werner and Anton Kern Gallery. The exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery will present 15 paintings and a group of drawings form 1985 t ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 1 13:30:12 PDT 2007

11309 [lbo-talk] iMac question -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2007, at 1:11 PM, joanna wrote: > Is DVD2oneX2 a utility that comes with iMac? <http://www.dvd2one.com/index.php>

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Date:	Fri Jun 1 11:44:37 PDT 2007

11310 [lbo-talk] the beauties of capitalism -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Sean Andrews wrote: > s that what this category refers to? Owners of various IPR? Would, > for instance, Michael Jackson, who I understand owns a lot of Beatles > copyrights, fit within this category? Do they still qualify if they > are like Microsoft and also make something with the IPR they hold? > Finally, is this a new category or is it just something Doug noticed > today? Not new at all - I just paid attention to it for the first time today. ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 1 11:41:13 PDT 2007