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12106 [lbo-talk] some guy on subprime -- rank: 1000

I can't bear to watch myself on video, but if anyone has any interest... <http://www.therealnews.com/web/index.php? thisdataswitch=0&thisid=676&thisview=item>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 13:23:49 PST 2007

12107 [lbo-talk] heavyweight SEIU locals endorse Hillary, friend of the toiler and the sick -- rank: 1000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2007 Contact: Press Office, (703) 875-1271 press at hillaryclinton.com SEIU Locals 1199 And 32BJ Endorse Clinton More than a dozen unions, nearly 6 million members now behind Hillary The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsement of Service Employees International Union Locals 1199 and 32BJ. Combined, the two unions represent more than 400,000 members in the health care and property service sectors across the Northeast. "Throughout her decades in ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 13:21:12 PST 2007

12108 [lbo-talk] the thoughts of Huckabee -- rank: 1000

[The Jan/Feb ish of Foreign Affairs will have articles by Mike Huckabee and Bill Richardson on their foreign policy vision. These are some of Huckabee's incomparable thoughts.] -------------- next part -------------- Huckabee's Vision: Open Up, Reach Out, Defeat Evil On Bush: "The Bush administration's arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. My administration will recognize that the United States' main fight today does not pit us against the world but p ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 12:35:06 PST 2007

12109 [lbo-talk] Rothbard: the New Left was great (before it collapsed) -- rank: 1000

<http://www.mises.org/story/2762> The New Left Was Great (Before It Collapsed) By Murray N. Rothbard Posted on 12/14/2007 [This article is excerpted from the final chapter of The Betrayal of the American Right, now available in the bookstore.] <http://www.mises.org/store/Betrayal-of-the-American-Right-The- P434C0.aspx> For years now, Leonard Liggio and I had been looking for a "left," for an antiwar movement, with which we could ally ourselves. Then suddenly, as if by ma ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 10:16:24 PST 2007

12110 [lbo-talk] guess we'll have to wait until it's 40% for it to matter -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/103261/Three-Postponed-Medical-Treatment- Due-Cost.aspx> December 14, 2007 Three in 10 Have Postponed Medical Treatment Due to Cost Most deferred treatment for serious condition by Magali Rheault PRINCETON, NJ -- While Gallup's annual Healthcare survey shows that a majority of Americans say they are satisfied with the amount they pay for healthcare, the survey also reveals that a substantial minority of respondents report postponing medical treatment for them ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 09:56:28 PST 2007

12111 [lbo-talk] Martial law -- rank: 1000

On Dec 14, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >> The Pentagon has scenarios for everything. > > Except, of course, for invading Afghanistan. Or invading and holding > Iraq. Do we actually know that? Weren't there generals who thought the Iraq invasion force was way too small? They must have based that on something. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 09:53:01 PST 2007

12112 [lbo-talk] RIP Allan Berube -- rank: 1000

PRIDE AT WORK Today, Pride At Work takes a moment to mourn the passing of an LGBT- labor leader, Allan Berube. Allan Berube, a great historian of gay working class life died December 11, 2007 at the age of 61. Allan presented his amazing research on queer labor history in a slide show about the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, CIO (1930s and 1940s) at PAW's convention in Oakland CA in 1996. He co-led a workshop with Miriam Frank on recording union history at that same meeting and the next d ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 08:15:42 PST 2007

12113 [lbo-talk] Martial law -- rank: 1000

On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Michael Perelman wrote: > The subject was how the banks would make sure that credit card > transactions would > continue after a nuclear attack. That sounds ludicrous, but say it were just an attack on one or two cities. The rest of the country would still have to carry on in some sense, no? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 07:57:47 PST 2007

12114 [lbo-talk] Goldman Sachs walks on water; its clients, not so lucky -- rank: 1000

On Dec 14, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > CB: Isn't it a pretty safe bet that risky home loans will fall in > value Apparently not everyone on Wall Street shared Goldman's view. The standard opinion in the spring, if I'm remembering right, was that the worst of the housing bust was behind us, or was at least very close to an end. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 07:28:14 PST 2007

12115 [lbo-talk] Martial law -- rank: 1000

The Pentagon has scenarios for everything. I wouldn't be surprised if they've got detailed plans on how to invade Canada. And in the event of serious civil disorder, who'd doubt that Washington has plans for martial law? What government wouldn't, really? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 06:14:38 PST 2007

12116 [lbo-talk] Goldman Sachs walks on water; its clients, not so lucky -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - December 14, 2007 How Goldman Won Big On Mortgage Meltdown A Team's Bearish Bets Netted Firm Billions; A Nudge From the CFO By KATE KELLY The subprime-mortgage crisis has been a financial catastrophe for much of Wall Street. At Goldman Sachs Group Inc., thanks to a tiny group of traders, it has generated one of the biggest windfalls the securities industry has seen in years. The group's big bet that securities backed by risky home loans would fall in value generated nea ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 14 06:04:31 PST 2007

12117 [lbo-talk] home-school mom to head SC Board of Ed -- rank: 1000

[this is from Special Guests, a right-wing PR shop] HOMESCHOOL MOM NAMED TO HEAD SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION: She Never Sent Her Children to Public School! CONTACT: To schedule an interview, call Special Guests, 630-848-0750, Lynne Campbell, Shauna Whitlock. Television inquires: Jerry McGlothlin, 212-699-2518. The South Carolina Board of Education, by a vote of 9 to 7, has just elected as its new head a woman who has never sent her children to public school! (See South Carolina ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 13 20:48:07 PST 2007

12118 [lbo-talk] Bakhtin (was Shakespeare -- rank: 1000

On Dec 13, 2007, at 3:28 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > And now, that's probably enough talking about "dead white men". Heavens no. Why do you think that? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 13 12:40:49 PST 2007

12119 [lbo-talk] The Rights of Baby Boys -- rank: 1000

On Dec 13, 2007, at 3:26 PM, ravi wrote: > So, while it may be possible to have orgasms without penile > stimulation Especially if you're a woman!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 13 12:39:47 PST 2007

12120 [lbo-talk] The Rights of Baby Boys -- rank: 1000

On Dec 13, 2007, at 11:59 AM, ravi wrote: > So, ask only those adult men who: > > * were recently circumcised > * are sexually active and have been in the recent past But adult men get circumcised because they've converted to a new religion, or who knows what else - to please a sexual partner? Since you couldn't hold those things constant, the comparison is meaningless. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 13 09:22:53 PST 2007