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12616 [lbo-talk] it's ok to kill an unmarried couple walking together -- rank: 1000

On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > On 4/19/07, Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au> wrote: post #5 moderation time again

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12617 [lbo-talk] IWW piece on Iranian labor situation -- rank: 1000

On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > NET EFFECTS of such atrocities This precious remark, plus yesterday's suggestion of committing people to mental institutions based on logit regressions, makes me think you've taken up self-parody, Woj. Because otherwise, this is ghoulish beyond belief. Doug

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12618 [lbo-talk] IWW piece on Iranian labor situation -- rank: 1000

On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: her fourth post of the day, following four posts yesterday any more overposting and it's moderation time again

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12619 [lbo-talk] gender & work time -- rank: 1000

[original NBER WP at <http://www.nber.org/papers/w13000>] <http://www.slate.com/id/2164268/> the dismal science Couch Entitlement Surprise men do just as much work as women do. By Joel Waldfogel Posted Monday, April 16, 2007, at 12:54 PM ET Everyone from economists and sociologists to Oprah knows that women work more than men. Their longer combined hours, at the home and at the office, stop men from taking afternoon naps on the couch and cause fights that end with men spending nig ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 19 10:33:51 PDT 2007

12620 [lbo-talk] it's ok to kill an unmarried couple walking together -- rank: 1000

New York Times - April 19, 2007 Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam's Name By NAZILA FATHI TEHRAN, April 18 The Iranian Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of six members of a prestigious state militia who killed five people they considered "morally corrupt." The reversal, in an infamous five-year-old case from Kerman, in central Iran, has produced anger and controversy, with lawyers calling it corrupt and newspapers giving it prominence. "The psychologic ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 19 06:34:57 PDT 2007

12621 [lbo-talk] ethanol - worse than gas? -- rank: 1000

[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review] STUDY: HEALTH RISK FROM ETHANOL SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - A new study out of Stanford says pollution from ethanol could end up creating a worse health hazard than gasoline, especially for people with asthma and other respiratory diseases. "Ethanol is being promoted as a clean and renewable fuel that will reduce global warming and air pollution," Mark Z. Jacobson, the study's author and an atmospheric scientist at Stanford, said in a statement. ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 18 19:44:10 PDT 2007

12622 [lbo-talk] Australian Gun Control -- rank: 1000

On Apr 18, 2007, at 10:11 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > I suggest we change subjects. Yeah this one's played. Doug

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12623 [lbo-talk] the virginina university massacre -- rank: 1000

On Apr 18, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Have you heard of multiple logistic regression? It predicts the > probability of an event from multiple predictors. If you get that > probability high enough that may warrant various protective measures. You're proposing to incarcerate people on the basis of a regression? Are you serious? Doug

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12624 [lbo-talk] The Rule In Schmuck (Was Re: the virginina universitymassacre) -- rank: 1000

On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > I'm still not convinced. Most weenies I've met are afraid of guns. As "an urban weenie who hates the West" (Ace Cockburn to me, ca. 1999), I admit to being afraid of guns. I don't hate the West, though. Doug

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12625 [lbo-talk] Moktada's al-Sadr's timetable -- rank: 1000

[evidently al-Sadr's partisans don't agree with the "Out Now!" platform - this is from an article by Edward Wong in yesterday's NYT] <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/world/middleeast/17iraq.html? _r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all> But the prime minister resisted Mr. Sadr s demand to press the Americans for a timetable, saying that the issue of American withdrawal was dependent on the readiness of our armed forces to handle the entire security portfolio in all provinc ...

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12626 [lbo-talk] the US peso -- rank: 1000

[a research note from Merrill Lynch chief investment strategist Richard Bernstein] US Peso Because of the US dollar's weakness, we have several times in the past referred to the US dollar as the US peso. As one who is currently traveling in Europe, this reference is currently truly appropriate. We encourage US-oriented investors to review Savita Subramanian's "Foreign Exposure" portfolio in her monthly Quantitative Profiles report. If the US's standard of living is going to fall ...

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12627 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Massachusetts Tweaks Mandatory Health Insurance Law -- rank: 1000

I forwarded Michael Pollak's query to Steffie Woolhandler & David Himmelstein. I can't tell you which one responded, because they have a single email address and didn't sign the comment. But here it is. > Loss of the state tax exemption will result in a tax penalty of > about $200 for anyone who files taxes in the state. > > The second year, the penalty will be half of the value of the > lowest cost policy available to the individual (about $1050 for a > 37 year old). > ...

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12628 [lbo-talk] serious climate crap -- rank: 1000

[Now here's some serious climate bullshit. In researching my contribution to The Nation's climate issue - up on the web on Friday! - I noticed that there was some group promoting offsets for all the WEF attendees at Davos last January. I plugged in a JFK-Zurich roundtrip plus a five-day stay on the fabled mountaintop, and it told me I would contribute about 6 tons of carbon, which I could offset for just $93. Now this gang of frauds says you can offset 7 tons for just $37! Problem is, you ...

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12629 [lbo-talk] Hillary: further adventures in triangulation -- rank: 1000

<http://fleshbot.com/sex/morning-wood/morning-wood-hillary-clinton- does-playboy-sorta-253232.php> Hillary Clinton will take campaign donations from Playboy, but not from Hustler. Does that mean Bill has to cancel his subscription as well? (avn.com)

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12630 [lbo-talk] virginia stuff... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 18, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Pish. Too few episodes to generalize. And besides, > > 1. Everything anyone has said about the u.s. on the basis of it would > still be true if not one such episode had ever happened. Hence > focusing > on them distracts from seeing how destructive u.s. society and state > are. Eh? Pointing out the high level of violence in U.S. society distracts from seeing how destructive the U.S. is? And the U.S. would be just as violent ...

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