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11746 [lbo-talk] more on the gasoline conspiracy -- rank: 1000

[the Bush admin seems to be losing control of the post-election gas price run-up] 1/10/2007 10:35:59 AM ET Breaking News Bulletin: Crude prices continue sell-off as U.S. distillate and gasoline inventories rise http://marketwatch.com/r.asp? g=023BB0E5D4214E50A7ACE0FD270F3266&d=bnb

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Date:	Wed Jan 10 08:41:37 PST 2007

11747 [lbo-talk] 1199 -- rank: 1000

Hey, you 1199 experts - does this item from today's Page Six mean anything? "Jennifer Cunningham, the political power behind health- care union 1199, is jumping ship to KnickerbockerSKD, the firm run by Mayor Bloomberg consultant Josh Isay."

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Date:	Wed Jan 10 06:43:01 PST 2007

11748 [lbo-talk] US military attacks village in Somalia -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > On 1/9/07, double bluff <mullah_omar at email.it> cited: > http://www.theinsider.org/ > > Oh kewl, another reliable source, The Insider | Conspiracy Theory > News: New World Order, Conspiracy Theories, News, Government, Secret > Societies, Freemasons, Extraterrestrials, War... Well in this case it's true, isn't it? Doug ==== "Many dead" in U.S. strike at al Qaeda in Somalia By Guled Mohamed Tue Jan 9, 2:33 ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 14:40:44 PST 2007

11749 [lbo-talk] John Leonard on Tillie Olsen -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070122/tillie_olson> In Praise of Tillie Olsen by JOHN LEONARD [posted online on January 5, 2007] It's been more than forty-five years since Tillie Olsen <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillie_Olsen> appeared, in trousers, in the radio studio at KPFA in Berkeley, California, to record two stories from her Tell Me a Riddle collection: "I Stand Here Ironing" and "Hey Sailor, What Ship?" A third, "O Yes," needed at least a ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 13:19:25 PST 2007

11750 [lbo-talk] Class and Kink -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Not to mention cool, imperious authority and disdain. > > [WS:] Cool or dull? The impressions I get from films like Renoir's > "Rules > of the Game" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_r%C3%A8gle_du_jeu > or Altman's "Gosford Park" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosford_Park > is that of monumental dullness, pretentiousness and idiocy. The > servants > make much more colorful and interesting ch ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 13:15:54 PST 2007

11751 [lbo-talk] Fed makes $28.6b in 2006 -- rank: 1000

<http://federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/other/2007/200701092/ default.htm> The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced that the Federal Reserve Banks distributed approximately $28.547 billion of their $37.838 billion total income to the U.S. Treasury during 2006. Federal Reserve System income is derived primarily from interest earned on U.S. government securities that the Federal Reserve has acquired through open market operations. This income amounted to $36.452 billion in 2006 ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 13:11:24 PST 2007

11752 [lbo-talk] Class and Kink -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > an image of aristocratic life can represent a fantasy > of life beyond not only exchange value but also use value Not to mention cool, imperious authority and disdain.

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 12:25:08 PST 2007

11753 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Balkan tour diary -- rank: 1000

[List alum John Lacny, who left in a huff, writes...] Begin forwarded message: > From: "John Lacny" <jlacny at earthlink.net> > Date: January 9, 2007 2:43:42 PM EST > To: <jlacny at earthlink.net> > Subject: Balkan tour diary > > I recently posted travel diaries from my honeymoon/tour of the > Balkans at my > website. They include a lot of social and political observation, > not just > tourist stuff. If you're interested, I recommend starting w ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 11:56:41 PST 2007

11754 [lbo-talk] US public opposed to "surge" -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:08 AM, Mr. WD wrote: > 13. (Asked of adults who say the war in Iraq has gone worse than > expected) How much do you blame for the war going worse than > expected a great deal, a fair amount, not much, or not at all? > > 24 percent said they blamed the U.S. news media "a great deal" > 28 percent said "a fair amount" These must be mostly Republicans, who need someone to blame for the failure of their grand plan. Speaking of disa ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 09:31:47 PST 2007

11755 [lbo-talk] US public opposed to "surge" -- rank: 1000

USA Today - January 9, 2007 <http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-01-08-gallup-poll_x.htm> Most say no to Iraq buildup By Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON President Bush will outline his "new way forward" in Iraq on Wednesday to a nation that overwhelmingly opposes sending more U.S. troops and is increasingly skeptical that the war can be won. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday shows a daunting sales job ahead for the White House, which is considerin ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 07:25:08 PST 2007

11756 [lbo-talk] Fwd: BREAKING Real News -- CIA and Bush Sr. -- rank: 1000

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY TO YOUR LISTS A Real News Exclusive CIA Role in Bush Sr. Oil Company Revealed By Russ Baker and Jonathan Z. Larsen | The Real News Project January 8, 2007 NEW YORK--Newly released internal CIA documents assert that former president George Herbert Walker Bush's oil company emerged from a 1950's collaboration with a covert CIA officer. Bush has long denied allegations that he had connections to the intelligence community prior to 1976, when he became Central Intelligence ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 07:13:06 PST 2007

11757 [lbo-talk] naked Ivies -- rank: 1000

The Scotsman - January 8, 2007 <http://thescotsman.scotsman. com/international.cfm?id=36832007> BIRTHDAY-SUIT PARTIES ALL THE RAGE FOR IVY LEAGUE STUDENTS By Craig Howie Students at America's prestigious Ivy League universities are rebelling against their colleges' stuffy reputations, casting off society's norms along with their clothes to hold naked parties. The Pundits, a secretive society at Yale University, initiated the events -- which profess to be non-sexual in nature -- in the ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 07:06:52 PST 2007

11758 [lbo-talk] The other war, at home -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Eubulides wrote: > What I've been trying to wrap my head around yet have been too time- > poor > to accomplish -- I'm hoping some of the econ. pros on the list can > help - > is clarifying/explaining the differences in numbers beyond the use of > sources in the work by Sum et al from 2004 and Dean Baker's recent > report. What's the issue?

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 05:59:10 PST 2007

11759 Privelege Was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Maoist cleanup drive hits -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:52 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >>> >> In one, the recipient of abuse asks for it, even craves it. In the >> other, s/he doesn't. How could it be more different? > > Bad word choice. The word _abuse_ connotes non-consensual activity. All right, bad word choice. So beat me!

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 05:47:35 PST 2007

11760 (Privelege Was Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Maoist cleanup drive hits -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:19 PM, joanna wrote: > As the resident prude, here goes. I have no problem with whatever > happens between consenting adults. The only thing I have taken > issue with is the idea that fetishes are a sign of sexual freedom; > they are, to me, the very opposite. Freedom is not scripted. We're all following a script to some degree. The fact that you or anyone else finds a person, a gesture, or an act exciting has a history in the culture and in your personal exper ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 9 05:36:05 PST 2007