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11896 [lbo-talk] FOX News produces comedy show to compete w/ Daily Show &Colbert -- rank: 1000

On Feb 15, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > Fox would be better served to just let Dennis Miller or Colin Quinn > do the > fake news. Miller's got a regular spot on O'Reilly now, and it's not funny. Was he ever funny? Colin Quinn is pretty reactionary, and seems like a bit of an asshole, but he is funny. Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 10:00:32 PST 2007

11897 [lbo-talk] 40-60 Reps peeling off -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - February 15, 2007 GOP Looks Beyond War Measure to Fight on Funding By Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writer With Republicans speaking out against President Bush's war policy on the House floor yesterday, GOP leaders and the White House conceded defeat on a resolution opposing sending additional U.S. troops to Iraq and began looking toward the coming battle over the war's funding. On the second day of a four-day showdown over the nonbinding resolution, Democrats look ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 07:47:19 PST 2007

11898 [lbo-talk] Edwards v. Vilsack -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238&page=3> 2008: Democrats: Vilsack vs. Edwards on Iraq: On Wednesday, Vilsack opponent John Edwards proposed capping the amount of money for troops in Iraq to pressure the Bush Administration not to send any more. The Des Moines Register's Tom Beaumont Notes, however, that the former North Carolina senator "stopped short of calling on Congress to refuse to pay for combat in Iraq as former Gov. Tom Vilsack has done sayi ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 15 07:41:21 PST 2007

11899 [lbo-talk] Postel responds to Leninology -- rank: 1000

On Feb 14, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Sean Andrews wrote: > I can barely get past his playing the rusty trombone of > liberalism to pay attention to what's actually going on there. So it looks like Open Democracy is neither open nor democratic. Be liberal like me or begone! Doug

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11900 [lbo-talk] Pat on Vlad -- rank: 1000

February 13, 2007 Does Putin Not Have a Point? By Patrick J. Buchanan "A soft answer turneth away wrath," teaches Proverbs 1:15. Our new secretary of defense, Roberts Gates, seems familiar with the verse. For his handling of Saturday's wintry blast from Vladimir Putin at the Munich security conference was masterful. "As an old Cold Warrior, one of yesterday's speeches almost filled me with nostalgia for a less complex time," said Gates, adding, "Almost." A forme ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 14 14:02:27 PST 2007

11901 [lbo-talk] Postel responds to Leninology -- rank: 1000

From: "Danny Postel" <danny at postelservice.com> Date: February 14, 2007 3:58:20 PM EST To: "'Doug Henwood'" <dhenwood at panix.com> Cc: "'Scott McLemee'" <scott.mclemee at insidehighered.com> Subject: RE: Why the left should take the Iran issue back from the neocons Please forward the following message to the member of the British SWP: I am indeed aware that Appiah, Bauman, Chakrabarty, Chomsky, Coetzee, Eco, Habermas, Kolakowski, Laclau, Mouff ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 14 13:02:58 PST 2007

11902 [lbo-talk] Rudy -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0212072giuliani1.html> Rudy Giuliani's Vulnerabilities Secret study cited "weirdness factor" among candidate weaknesses FEBRUARY 12--As he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, Rudolph Giuliani will have to contend with political and personal baggage unknown to prospective supporters whose knowledge of the former New York mayor is limited to his post-September 11 exploits. So, in a bid to educate the electorate, ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 14 12:46:49 PST 2007

11903 [lbo-talk] the Dems' antiwar strategy -- rank: 1000

<http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm? uuid=BD39EBC6-3048-5C12-003A373431FADEAE> House Democrats' New Strategy: Force Slow End to War By: John Bresnahan February 14, 2007 01:06 PM EST Top House Democrats, working in concert with anti-war groups, have decided against using congressional power to force a quick end to U.S. involvement in Iraq, and instead will pursue a slow-bleed strategy designed to gradually limit the administration's options. Led by Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and sup ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 14 10:54:48 PST 2007

11904 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Why the left should take the Iran issue back from the neocons -- rank: 1000

[I don't really get what the western left has to offer, besides rhetoric and gestures. From: "Danny Postel" <danny at postelservice.com> Date: February 14, 2007 11:27:22 AM EST To: <danny.postel at opendemocracy.net> Subject: Why the left should take the Iran issue back from the neocons http://insidehighered.com/views/2007/02/07/mclemee Feb. 7 Legitimation Crisis By Scott McLemee Imagine that there is a reactionary and theocratic regime somewhere in the world one that r ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 14 10:06:06 PST 2007

11905 [lbo-talk] The Fall, Buzzcocks promote Mitsubishi SUVs and AARP -- rank: 1000

On Feb 13, 2007, at 5:11 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Don't mourn. Listen to Jonesy. The other Jonesy is the surpassingly great Glen Jones, who hosts a Sunday afternoon show along with his sidekick X-Ray Burns <http:// www.wfmu.org/jones/jonesmain.html>. They do a Jersey boy schtick and play music you'd never otherwise hear on WFMU (as one caller marveled several years ago, "the only guy on FMU with the *balls* to play Journey!"). Best stuff on radio. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 13 14:42:12 PST 2007

11906 [lbo-talk] unsecured car loan -- rank: 1000

Yes you can get an unsecured car loan. <http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp? articleID=17137> Get Extreme Flexibility Through Unsecured Auto Loan Financing! Sarah Dinkins November 24, 2006 Requesting an auto loan is similar to requesting a personal loan. There are both secured and unsecured auto loans just like with personal loans. Unsecured Car Loan financing is more expensive and approval is more difficult but you don t risk repossession on your vehicle and you ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 13 13:18:38 PST 2007

11907 [lbo-talk] housing news -- rank: 1000

On Feb 13, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > I was thinking the person was getting a loan for 13K on a car already > purchased. In that case, the sticker price would have to be > considerably more. Like a car equity loan? Now that would be an interesting financial product, given how rapidly the things depreciate.

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11908 [lbo-talk] housing news -- rank: 1000

On Feb 13, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: >> Speaking of housing stories, I read one yesterday of a woman who was >> taking out a $13,000 car loan to pay her mortgage. > > > On what kind of car can you get that much money? I know people get > talked into things, but you also have to wonder about choices. If > you're buying a $300K or more home, shouldn't you dial back a little > on the car expenses? Can you get a car loan without buying a car?, was what I ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 13 12:37:02 PST 2007

11909 [lbo-talk] housing news -- rank: 1000

Speaking of housing stories, I read one yesterday of a woman who was taking out a $13,000 car loan to pay her mortgage. The low payment was adjusting upwards, but since the loan was greater than the value of the house, she couldn't refinance. Doug

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11910 [lbo-talk] Fwd: pricing carbon emissions: tax or cap-and-trade? -- rank: 1000

> From: Charles Komanoff > Date: February 13, 2007 2:26:42 PM EST > Subject: pricing carbon emissions: tax or cap-and-trade? > > Colleagues -- > > Yesterday, Bill Chameides of Environmental Defense posted > a piece on Gristmill urging environmentalists to support > a cap-and-trade system rather than a carbon tax: > http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/2/12/102851/837 > > Here is Dan Rosenblum's and my response on behalf of CTC, > posted today: > http:// ...

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