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12511 [lbo-talk] and what are Iraqis victims of? -- rank: 1000

Wolfowitz says victim of smear campaign By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz lashed back at critics on Monday who he said were conducting a smear campaign against him and vowed he would not resign. In a statement to a bank panel looking into whether he broke ethical and other rules in a pay-and-promotion deal he directed for his girlfriend, Wolfowitz said treatment of the issue had become "circus like." "The goal of this smear campaign ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 20:00:08 PDT 2007

12512 [lbo-talk] Network of Sex Work Projects statement on the resignation of the head of USAID -- rank: 1000

Network of Sex Work Projects Urban Justice Center 123 William St., 16th floor, New York, NY 10038 Tel: (646) 602-5600 Fax: (212) 533-4598 PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release Contact: Melissa Ditmore, NSWP, melissa at nomadcode.com Juhu Thukral, SWP, 646/602.5690 jthukral at urbanjustice.org Tuesday, May 1, 2007 ADVOCATES CRITICIZE MORALISTIC POLICY THAT RANDALL TOBIAS ENFORCED (New York City, May 1, 2007) Randall Tobias retired from his position as Director of U. S. Foreign Assistance ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 16:10:47 PDT 2007

12513 [lbo-talk] Bonobo you don't (was was Weath Distribution and hot air something) -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Chris Doss wrote: his sixth post of the day the limit is three

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 15:23:26 PDT 2007

12514 [lbo-talk] Sopranos -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Anyone watching the Sopranos? I saw a David Chase quote where he > said mob stories are always about rise and inevitable fall and he > didn't want the Sopranos to be that. But so far these new episodes > are particularly grim I think. All the references to loss, mostly > due to age and feeling disconnected with a changed world, it's > feeling as dismal as something from post-WWII Europe. Yup. It looks like Tony is heading ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 14:49:53 PDT 2007

12515 [lbo-talk] T-shirt slogans -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Andy F wrote: > I'd like something along the lines of "1/21/09: What then?" That's what CafePress is for.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:05:39 PDT 2007

12516 [lbo-talk] "secular elites" -- rank: 1000

Ok, so now Yoshie tells us to dismiss the huge anti-AKP demonstrations in Istanbul as representing "secular elitists." I've got at least two problems with this. First, in the Turkish context, the Islamists are in large part drawn from the business class. The AKP itself is quite neoliberal and pro- American. (It's interesting to see such sympathetic coverage of AKP in the New York Times, which is not otherwise known for its sympathy to Islamist forces. And it's also interesting tha ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 11:09:20 PDT 2007

12517 [lbo-talk] Claremont Riding Academy -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2007, at 10:33 AM, kevin island wrote: > Why would the stable's customers, affluent enough to > afford the riding lessons and presumably wise in the > ways of money, find it hard to believe that one person > could "take it away"? Because things like that are mostly for other people. They're surprised if it hits them. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 08:41:46 PDT 2007

12518 [lbo-talk] VC rushes into alt.energy -- rank: 1000

New York Times - April 30, 2007 Venture Capital Rushes Into Alternative Energy By MATTHEW L. WALD Money is flowing into alternative energy companies so fast that "the warning signs of a bubble are appearing," according to a report on investment in clean technology by a New York research firm, Lux Research. The report also suggests that companies that make equipment to cleanse air or water, or that process waste, have been overlooked by investors. Matthew M. Nordan, president of Lu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 05:34:48 PDT 2007

12519 [lbo-talk] a million seculars rally in Istanbul -- rank: 1000

One million Turks rally against government By Paul de Bendern Sun Apr 29, 2:50 PM ET ISTANBUL (Reuters) - As many as one million people rallied in a sea of red Turkish flags in Istanbul on Sunday, accusing the government of planning an Islamist state and demanding it withdraw its presidential candidate. Despite the protests and a threat from the powerful army to intervene in the election, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, architect of Turkey's EU membership drive, said he would remain the ruli ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Apr 29 15:49:35 PDT 2007

12520 [lbo-talk] Turkey report -- rank: 1000

[Lou Proyect writes to his list...] My wife is instant messaging with her best friend right now who took part in the 300,000 strong demonstration against the AKP, the Islamic party in power that mixes neoliberalism, pro-imperialist foreign policy and populist rhetoric. She demonstrated with her entire family and states that most people marched under the slogans "No to the military" and "No to Islamic government." She is a lot like most of the people I know in Istanbul: ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Apr 29 15:35:27 PDT 2007

12521 [lbo-talk] Iran's 'fashion police' -- rank: 1000

Why don't you have the same response to Yoshie's musings on Iran? Of what relevance are they to political theory and practice in the U.S., by your oh-so-strict standards? Or does she just get a free pass on everything from you? Doug On Apr 29, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > So? > > Carrol > > > Colin Brace wrote: >> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6605487.stm >> >> Iran ban on 'Western' hairstyles > > ___________________________ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Apr 29 14:09:26 PDT 2007

12522 [lbo-talk] Children losing sleep over global warming -- rank: 1000

On Apr 29, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Jim Straub wrote: > On this 'topic', I think Mike Davis' daughter is a supermodel. Mike Davis' daughter has done some modeling, but was also an intern at The New Press a couple of years ago. She's very smart, charming, attractive - though not quite, I'm sorry to say, a supermodel. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Apr 29 14:05:40 PDT 2007

12523 [lbo-talk] Spitzer refuses to proclaim a day of prayer -- rank: 1000

[This is an ALERT! from Focus on the Family.] New York Governor Snubs National Day of Prayer We want to make you aware of a slap in the face the governor of New York has delivered to people of faith all across the country. Gov. Eliot Spitzer - who just a few days ago promised to sign a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in his state, should one land on his desk - apparently has refused to sign a proclamation supporting Thursday's observance of the National Day of Prayer. The governors of th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Apr 29 07:09:52 PDT 2007

12524 [lbo-talk] children losing sleep over cliamte change -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2007, at 6:39 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Related to Claud Cockburn Son. Brother of Andrew and Patrick. Uncle of Laura Flanders.

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Date:	Sat Apr 28 19:51:24 PDT 2007

12525 [lbo-talk] Children losing sleep over global warming -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2007, at 8:08 PM, joanna wrote: > Rumor then has it he shacked up with a rich woman.... Plural. As some right-winger put it, Alex C's disdain for the great capitalists is matched only by his fondness for their daughters. > I think he still has his usual perch at The Nation, No? Yup. Doug

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Date:	Sat Apr 28 19:50:05 PDT 2007