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12001 [lbo-talk] Noam does New York -- rank: 1000

Noam Chomsky will be speaking at several different events in New York City on Monday, February 5 at Columbia University and Saturday, February 17 at a conference and a reception * MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007 4:00 pm Teatro at Casa Italiana Columbia University Amsterdam Avenue and 117th Street Philosophy Colloquium: "The Mysteries of Nature: How Deeply Hidden?" Lecture followed by Q&A with audience. Admission to this event is free and open to the general public on a first come first s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 2 16:34:04 PST 2007

12002 [lbo-talk] pinko Soros: US ripe for de-Nazification -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - February 2, 2007 A Fan Obama Doesn't Need SEN. Barack Obama might want to tell George Soros to shut up, now that the Hungarian-born billionaire has equated the George W. Bush administration with the Third Reich. Soros, who spent $26 million trying to beat Bush two years ago, is a key supporter of the media- darling Illinois Democrat's presidential campaign. But last week at Davos, Soros made folks like Gwyneth Paltrow and Sean Penn look downright patriotic. After ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 2 12:58:33 PST 2007

12003 [lbo-talk] even SC Republicans believe global warming is a problem -- rank: 1000

[well, there's still James Heartfield!] <http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2007/02/survey_gop_vote.html> Survey: GOP voters see global warming problem A majority of Republican voters in South Carolina believe global warming is occurring, but is a problem people can resolve, according to a new survey. Ayres, McHenry and Associates surveyed 500 Republicans likely to vote in the 2008 presidential primary. It found most respondents support a cap on carbon emissions and incentives for ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 2 10:17:00 PST 2007

12004 [lbo-talk] IPCC -- rank: 1000

The summary of the IPCC report on global warming is up at: <http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf>. Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 2 09:57:37 PST 2007

12005 [lbo-talk] MySQL to go public -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2007, at 8:00 PM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > Doug isn't some idiotic nay sayer. he'd like just as much as anyone > else to see some signs that there is an alternative economy > blossoming out there -- if I may speak for him. Well, fuck, I don't > care if he wants me to or not. Go ahead! You're doing a fine job of it. Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 2 09:50:30 PST 2007

12006 [lbo-talk] MySQL to go public -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2007, at 7:28 PM, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote: > Note that movies, books, music, etc, are quite similar in this > respect. Hence the "Free Culture" movement. Also small sectors. And if you give it all away, then programmers, filmmakers, writers, and musicians will never get paid for their work. Shouldn't they? > But anarchists warn about this ancient line of discussion. David > Graeber writes: > > - - - - > Anarchist: Okay, then. There have been all sort ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 2 09:48:58 PST 2007

12007 [lbo-talk] MySQL to go public -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2007, at 7:22 PM, joanna wrote: > You'll have to elaborate on that. If you mean that the number of > people directly involved in creating hw/sw is small, sure. But the > number of people and businesses using it is huge. I meant computer professionals, not the users of computers. The design, production, and sale of computer hardware and software accounts for well under 5% of U.S. employment. Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 2 09:44:56 PST 2007

12008 [lbo-talk] Mallaby to CFR -- rank: 1000

[this guy's a pretty slick dude, and not in the good sense - listen to Patrick McCully eviscerate him at <http:// www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio_1.html#041014>] COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS News release February 1, 2007 Washington Post Columnist and Author Sebastian Mallaby Named Head of Geoeconomics Center and Deputy Director of Studies Sebastian Mallaby has joined the Council as Director of theMaurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies (GEC), Deputy Director of the Studi ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 13:17:19 PST 2007

12009 [lbo-talk] Vista -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Matt wrote: > With Garcia dead Q: What'd the Grateful Dead fan say when he ran out of pot? A: This band sucks!

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 13:12:46 PST 2007

12010 [lbo-talk] Gawker gets serious (!) -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/molly-ivins/and-now-shes-dead-molly- ivins-233074.php> And Now She's Dead: Molly Ivins <quote> The Legislature provides us with an array of verbal treasures. During a debate on a bill to stop out-of-wedlock children from getting welfare, Bob Eckhardt said, "It is not so much the natural bastards I worry about as the self-made ones." Craig Washington, filibustering one of those idiot flag-burning amendments, said, "I prefer those who would b ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 13:01:56 PST 2007

12011 [lbo-talk] Christian rawk! -- rank: 1000

[from Popbitch] >> "France - wrong!" << >> Christian rockers claim Bush was Right Now and again you find a new band or tune that just takes your breath away. Meet The Right Brothers, Tennessee right-wing Christian Linkin Park-wannabes. Their canon includes Stop Global Whining and I'm In Love With Ann Coulter, but their finest moment is Bush Was Right, a redneck version of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire. Chorus - "Bush was right, Cheney was right, Rummy was ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 12:04:55 PST 2007

12012 [lbo-talk] MySQL to go public -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Colin Brace wrote: > Where is the bubble? The name - and I'm not kidding - to start with. MySQL sounds a lot like MySpace. Investors will buy the stock for that alone. But that aside, Carrol's right about the internal combustion engine. What's the big deal about open source in this case? MySQL Enterprise Platinum goes for $4,995 per server per year. Which may be a reasonable price, I dunno. But it sure sounds like capitalist social relations to me. Even the lo ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 11:59:15 PST 2007

12013 [lbo-talk] Free Sex Change and Same-Sex Unions to Come in Cuba -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > <http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php? > progreso=Cuban_Radar&otherweek=1170309600> > Change of sex will be free Gotta love 'em. So all the Fidel critics who accuse Cuba of homophobia - what do you say now? Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 11:36:31 PST 2007

12014 [lbo-talk] China attacks Marxists.org! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.marxists.org/incidents.htm> Attack Log January 10 - 13: Sporadic reports come in from volunteers in Australia and Asia that the MIA is not accesible for a few hours, and then comes back. First attack January 15: MIA detects a series of DoS (Denial of Service) SYN floods from various Chinese networks. Unlike the attacks of the previous few days, these are constant. These attacks cause our server to have a kernel panic and crash. Just as soon as the server reboots, the SYN ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 11:33:06 PST 2007

12015 [lbo-talk] Clinton, Edwards to work same AIPAC meeting -- rank: 1000

New York Sun - February 1, 2007 <http://www.nysun.com/article/47843> Clinton, Edwards Will Square Off At Aipac Tonight BY JILL GARDINER - Staff Reporter of the Sun Two of the leading Democratic candidates for president will compete head-to-head tonight for money and support from the same pro-Israel group. Senator Clinton and John Edwards are scheduled to appear at a dinner for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Mrs. Clinton will delive ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 1 09:30:49 PST 2007