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12886 [lbo-talk] Bush loses Bob Woodward -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Carl Remick wrote: >> ... The book, bought by a reporter for The New York Times at >> retail price in advance of its official release ... > > There were no review copies available? That Woodward misses no > chance to grab a buck. If there are any out there, they're under embargo, to maximize the publicity blast on the official pub date next week. Copies have been shipped to stores so they can be on the shelves in time for the 60 Minutes roll ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 29 06:18:27 PDT 2006

12887 [lbo-talk] Woodward again -- rank: 1000

To see Woodward turning on Bush like this is interesting - it fits the theory of his Watergate reporting that it reflected the shift in elite/security establishment opinion that it was time to pull the plug on Nixon. Gotta wonder whether the big boys have turned against W in a big way now too. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 29 06:02:19 PDT 2006

12888 [lbo-talk] Kurtz on the NYT scooping the WP -- rank: 1000

[the detail about buying the book - which is under heavy publicity embargo - at retail is very odd] <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/ LI2005041100587.html> Trumping Woodward By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, September 29, 2006; 7:54 AM Well, supersleuth Bob Woodward has himself been scooped. Poised to unveil the contents of his new book on Sunday with a triple rollout--"60 Minutes" interview and excerpts in The Washington Post ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 29 05:58:48 PDT 2006

12889 [lbo-talk] Bush loses Bob Woodward -- rank: 1000

New York Times - September 29, 2006 Book Says Bush Ignored Urgent Warning on Iraq By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 The White House ignored an urgent warning in September 2003 from a top Iraq adviser who said that thousands of additional American troops were desperately needed to quell the insurgency there, according to a new book by Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter and author. The book describes a White House riven by dysfunction and division over the war. The warning is ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 29 05:48:00 PDT 2006

12890 Imputing motive (Re: [lbo-talk] rethinking marxism -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > I wish I had a comprehensive theory as to why this is > so prevalent on the left. When I lurk on > right-conservative and far-right boards, I am always > impressed by the patience and understanding shared > between those who disagree on various points. When > someone does not share the hegemonic opinion, the > assumption is that they are confused or insufficiently > informed, not that they are a bad person with bad > ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 15:44:25 PDT 2006

12891 [lbo-talk] rethinking marxism, this time seriously -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 4:23 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > And while we are at that - what is the reason behind the stupid > American > custom of locating their institutions, like colleges or state > capitals, in > little podunks far away from major population centers? Your employer is in Baltimore, no? My alma mater is in a city - as are Harvard, Penn, Columbia, the University of Chicago, many of the University of California campuses, etc.

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 15:41:09 PDT 2006

12892 [lbo-talk] Imputing motive -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 5:20 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > But isn't _everybody_ on a rightwing list a bad person with bad > motives Can't tell whether you're joking or not, but the answer is no.

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 15:39:08 PDT 2006

12893 [lbo-talk] rethinking marxism -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Speaking of it as > continuing issue shows either bad faith Imputing motive or intention again, are you? I thought you frowned on that sort of thing. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 13:11:44 PDT 2006

12894 [lbo-talk] rethinking marxism, this time seriously -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 3:41 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > I wonder what was the thinking (if any) behind organizing a Marxist > conference in a little Podunk hosting an elite college Uh, it's at the University of Massachusetts, which is not an elite college. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 13:01:58 PDT 2006

12895 [lbo-talk] V, meet Double-T -- rank: 1000

[For those of you not familiar with the work of the anal sex pundit, her website is at <http://www.puckerup.com>.] New York Post [Page Six] - September 28, 2006 v' Novelist's Xxx Movie Kin THOMAS Pynchon, the legendarily reclusive author of such celebrated novels as "V," "Gravity's Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49," has a XXX-rated skeleton in the family closet - his brainy niece stars in and directs hard-core porn flicks. Village Voice sex columnist Tri ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 12:36:07 PDT 2006

12896 Curiosity Re: [lbo-talk] NYT editorial on terror bill -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > On 9/28/06, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: >> I would think that newspapers make a difference, if they do make a >> difference, only collectively, over a considerable amount of time, on >> general response to the world, but make no difference whatever on >> specific issues on a specific occasion. It would be interesting to >> try >> to formulate The Message which u.s. papers, collectively, ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 12:31:24 PDT 2006

12897 Curiosity Re: [lbo-talk] NYT editorial on terror bill -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > 1. What percentage of the entire u.s. electorate (not to speak of the > other half of the population) reads as much as the headlines on the > front page of the NYT? Maybe 1%, but oh that 1%! - practically every reporter, TV and radio producer, and politician of consequence. It's a major influence on what people talk about, even if not directly. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 10:43:30 PDT 2006

12898 [lbo-talk] the continuing devolution of Jerry Brown -- rank: 1000

<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=washingtonstory&sid=apZeVOr_8d_o> Jerry Brown, Eliot Ness Fan, Aims to Be California Crime-Buster By Roger Simon Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The Moonbeam has landed. Jerry Brown has come back to Earth. Brown, the mayor of Oakland, California, is standing in the building where he lives and maintains a campaign office in his race for state attorney general. It is an old Sears, Roebuck store with the roof torn off and the inside hollowed out to for ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 08:57:30 PDT 2006

12899 [lbo-talk] NYC events -- rank: 1000

From: Patrick Bond Date: September 28, 2006 6:07:09 AM EDT To: dhenwood at panix.com, lnp3 at panix.com Subject: (Doug, Louis, please let your listserves know about today, Sunday, many thanks - I can't email out to the lists) TWO NYC EVENTS FROM THE CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - TODAY AND SUNDAY 1) BRUTUS LECTURE AT COLUMBIA UNIV. LAW SCHOOL Thursday, September 28, 2006 Dennis Brutus, poet, writer, educator and activist Poetry and Protest: Human Rights in Africa 12:10 - 1:1 ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 28 04:39:43 PDT 2006

12900 [lbo-talk] Political puerility on parade -- rank: 1000

On Sep 27, 2006, at 3:50 PM, J. Tyler wrote: > I hope Stewart's delicate treatment of "President" Musharraf is not > lost > on Chuck. I suppose even if it is not, we will not hear from him, > since > Stewart's comic genius may not be criticized. I don't get why Stewart's comedic talent is getting so confused with his politics. Would Carrol Cox defend Pound's politics? Doug

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