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11881 [lbo-talk] US adding wing to Gitmo to jail Cubans -- rank: 1000

[As Ned Sublette, who forwarded this, pointed out, "the sprawling terrorism detention and interrogation center" was built by KBR; wonder who'll build this?] Miami Herald - February 16, 2007 <http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/front/16710227.htm> GUANTANAMO BAY The Bush administration will build a new facility to detain migrants in Guantánamo amid stepped-up preparations for dealing with a post- Castro Cuba. By PABLO BACHELET WASHINGTON - Concerned about a possible mass ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 17 14:25:41 PST 2007

11882 [lbo-talk] Bush loses another supporter -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - February 17, 2007 Fickle Finger HE once liked George W. Bush - but not any more. Ricky Martin, 35, who headlined the president's 2001 inaugural ball, showed what he thought of the commander-in-chief's handling of Iraq by giving him the one-finger salute. The snub occurred when the flamboyant singer stuck up his middle finger as he sang Bush's name in his song "Asignatura Pendiente" at San Juan stadium in Puerto Rico. "I will always condemn war and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 17 09:23:12 PST 2007

11883 [lbo-talk] Impeachment Summit this weekend in NYC -- rank: 1000

On Feb 17, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Steve Palmer wrote: > Beats me why people are so keen on making Dick Cheney President ... Whole thing seems like a waste of time. Minimal support, and the guy's out in 703 days anyway. Doug

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Date:	Sat Feb 17 09:04:42 PST 2007

11884 [lbo-talk] Bungalow 8 reflects on Iraq -- rank: 1000

New York Observer - February 16, 2007 <http://www.observer.com/ 20070219/20070219_George_Gurley_pageone_newyorkworld.asp> Bungalowing Iraq By: George Gurley Date: 2/19/2007 Page: 3 It was after midnight last Saturday, and Bungalow 8 was filling up. I wanted to ask the famously exclusive nightclub's regular patrons their thoughts about Iraq. John Flanagan, a 40-year-old nightlife impresario, was sitting with a large group drinking $350 bottles of vodka. "I'm upset for the American l ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 16 15:34:56 PST 2007

11885 [lbo-talk] gendered factoid -- rank: 1000

[from the Pew Center] There is a substantial gender gap in interest in stories about Anna Nicole Smith. Of those who rated Smith's death as the story they followed most closely, 72% are women.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 16 12:07:01 PST 2007

11886 [lbo-talk] parsing Obama on Iraq -- rank: 1000

<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590439,00.html> How to Build a Bonfire Joe Klein Let it be recorded that humility was the first note struck by Senator Barack Obama in announcing his presidential candidacy before a large crowd in Springfield, Ill.: "It's humbling, but in my heart I know you didn't come here just for me; you came here because you believe in what this country can be." It was a note struck repeatedly during his first weekend of campaigning. &q ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 16 07:57:50 PST 2007

11887 [lbo-talk] Iran blast points to ethnic tensions -- rank: 1000

On Feb 16, 2007, at 8:44 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > Speaking to the BBC later, Mr Shahriyari also echoed allegations > made by > some other Iranian officials last year, who maintained that bandit > groups in > Sistan-Baluchestan had links with British and American intelligence > agencies. > > But he offered no evidence to back up such allegations. Still, it's not an outlandish claim, is it? Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 16 07:33:10 PST 2007

11888 [lbo-talk] Soros responds, then Peretz -- rank: 1000

Correspondence George Soros v. Martin Peretz Only at TNR Online | Post date 02.09.07 Discuss this article (106) Printer friendly E-mail this article artin Peretz falsely accused me of having been a "young cog in the Hitlerite wheel" ("Tyran-a-Soros," February 12). I need to set the record straight. In 1944, when the Nazis occupied Hungary, my father arranged false identities for his family. He placed me with an official of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture who claimed ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 15 20:48:01 PST 2007

11889 [lbo-talk] Marty & George -- rank: 1000

[Peretz is insane, but Soros' story about posing as a Christian and participating in the confiscation of Jewish property and feeling no guilt is amazing. "It's kind of like the markets," says George.] The New Republic - February 12, 2007 Tyran-a-Soros by Martin Peretz George Soros lunched with some reporters on Saturday at Davos. He talked about spending $600 million on civil society projects during the 1990s, then trying to cut back to $300 million, and how this year it will be b ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 20:45:20 PST 2007

11890 [lbo-talk] Fwd: for quotation if you want -- rank: 1000

From: "Scott McLemee" <scott.mclemee at Insidehighered.com> Date: February 15, 2007 5:37:50 PM EST To: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: for quotation if you want I've seen some of the discussion so far, but don't really have much to say beyond what was in my Crooked Timber posting on Monday. The Mills quotation there just about clinches it, for me. If somebody wants to call me a cold-war liberal, that's illiterate, but I won't be surprised. I've ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 15 15:42:38 PST 2007

11891 [lbo-talk] war support slips further in US -- rank: 1000

<http://pewresearch.org/pubs/412/war-support-slips-fewer-see-positive- outcome> War Support Slips, Fewer See Positive Outcome New Poll Also Finds Growing Pessimism about Deficit, Rich-Poor Gap February 15, 2007 Public support for the war in Iraq continues to decline, as a growing number of political independents are turning against the war. Overall, a 53% majority of Americans believe the U.S. should bring its troops home as soon as possible up five points in the past month and the h ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 15 12:13:20 PST 2007

11892 [lbo-talk] Leninology on Postel -- rank: 1000

On Feb 15, 2007, at 2:22 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > Is McLemee aware of this critique? If so, what's his > response? I forwarded him Sean's comments. He replied that they were over the top. Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 11:44:28 PST 2007

11893 [lbo-talk] Leninology on Postel -- rank: 1000

[yo Lenin, don't forget us! esp since it started here] <http://leninology.blogspot.com/2007/02/on-bad-leftists-and-nice- liberals.html> Thursday, February 15, 2007 On bad leftists and nice liberals. posted by lenin Danny Postel is one of Anthony Barnett's employees at Open Democracy, a friend of Doug Ireland, and author of a book entitled Reading Legitimation Crisis in Tehran. He has interviewed Ramin Jahanbegloo before he was imprisoned by the Iranian government for four months last y ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 15 10:57:14 PST 2007

11894 [lbo-talk] Sushi -- rank: 1000

On Feb 15, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> what would be "the" American food? > > Well, the US is a big place, so it's not hard to find regional > cuisines. > They spread like the population does (it's not hard to find Buffalo > Wings in Florida), but there are the chowders in coastal New England, > BBQ (both dry and wet) in the south and midwest, Cajun & Creole in > (what's left of) Louisiana, Alice Waters' "California Cuisine", " ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 10:43:25 PST 2007

11895 [lbo-talk] Sushi -- rank: 1000

On Feb 15, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > As to the cuisine - is there such a thing as the American cuisine > as opposed > to "ethnic" cuisines available here? <http://web.naplesnews.com/ceandw/012007/great_plates.html> In 2004 Aqua Grill hired him as executive chef. He built a following and a reputation for nouvelle American cuisine there. His definition: American cuisine is the realm of everything. You have French, you have Italian, you have German, ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 10:22:59 PST 2007