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13351 [lbo-talk] wackos infighting -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238&page=3> In her look at Gov. Mitt Romney's (R-MA) Mormon religion, the Los Angeles Times' Elizabeth Mehren gets Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, to say that evangelicals are "appalled" by customs such as marrying people after they have died and converting the dead. LINK More Haggard: "We evangelicals view Mormons as a Christian cult group. A cult group is a group that claims ex ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 13:16:54 PDT 2006

13352 [lbo-talk] Why Richard Hofstadter Is Still Worth Reading -- rank: 1000

Which elites, exactly? The Fortune 500, or ball-bearing manufacturers in Wisconsin? Doug On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Chip Berlet wrote: > Hi, > > Matt and I adopt Rogin's position in our book (with cites). > > See also this resource: > http://www.publiceye.org/tooclose/populism.html > > Chip Berlet > > ________________________________ > > From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org on behalf of Jesse Lemisch > Sent: Tue 10/10/2006 3:32 PM > To: lbo-talk at ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 10 13:03:37 PDT 2006

13353 [lbo-talk] Boddi's claims about Ramanujan -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Alex wrote: > --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> I'm waiting for the anti-Google backlash. They know what you search, >> they know what's in your mail - yikes! > > Isn't this true of every search and e-mail provider? People keep their mail on Google's servers; they don't do that with most others, do they? In any case, they're so much bigger than anyone else. They've got so much on us!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 10 12:57:06 PDT 2006

13354 [lbo-talk] Bush approval -- rank: 1000

Gallup's latest Bush approval, based on polling done Oct 6-8, is 37%. They helpfully put this in context. Approval rating of re-elected presidents in the second October of their second term Bush 37% Clinton 65% Reagan 63% Johnson 44% Eisenhower 57% Truman 40% The average of all in this list pre-Bush is 54%; the average for all presidents since FDR at all times is 56%. Bush's 37% is dismal.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 10 12:12:39 PDT 2006

13355 [lbo-talk] Boddi's claims about Ramanujan -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:43 PM, ravi wrote: > My problem is being > caused by some seriously annoying "features" in Gmail. I'm waiting for the anti-Google backlash. They know what you search, they know what's in your mail - yikes!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 10 12:01:55 PDT 2006

13356 [lbo-talk] Bush and gas prices: trend shifting? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Miles Jackson wrote: > I use Doug's Bush approval-gas price association as an example of > bivariate regression in my methods course. It's an uncanny, strong > relationship. However, as gas prices fall, the trend doesn't seem > to be following Doug's regression line. Bush's ratings are back > down to the low 30s, when the regression model predicts a > significantly higher approval rating. Residual error, or > meaningful shift in the trend? W ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 12:00:45 PDT 2006

13357 [lbo-talk] Why Richard Hofstadter Is Still Worth Reading but Not for the Reasons the Critics Have in Mind -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > http://hnn.us/articles/30629.html I've just read five of Hof's books, and I gotta say Jon Wiener is deeply, but all too typically, unfair in this paragraph: > Hofstadter's argument that the historical roots of McCarthyism lay > in the Populist tradition, on the other hand, is simply wrong. He > argued that the Populist movement of the 1890s was deeply > irrational and essentially proto-fascist. The Populists saw the > pri ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 11:45:13 PDT 2006

13358 [lbo-talk] hedge funds and oil prices -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Sean Andrews wrote: > a few weeks ago on your show you said that part of the reduction in > gas prices could be because hedge funds were finally selling off their > overpriced futures in that area (or something like that.) Is this > your informed observation or are there data out there that would > indicate it was the case? I mentioned this to a friend who works at a > hedge fund and he seemed to get his feelings hurt that hedge funds get > pic ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 10 11:32:00 PDT 2006

13359 [lbo-talk] Boddi's claims about Ramanujan -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 12:50 PM, ravi wrote: > Additionally I am on moderation on LBO, perhaps > because of change of address. I took you off moderation when I approved your first post from this address. All newly subscribed addresses are automatically on moderation - and Mailman can't tell if you're an existing subscriber merely changing addresses, so don't take it personally. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 10:19:36 PDT 2006

13360 [lbo-talk] Fwd: AFL-CIO Now: Find Out Why Machinist Rona Elliot Is Getting Out the Vote -- rank: 1000

[My god, the AFL-CIO is pathetic. This is their featured "blog" material? Campaigning for Dems and hawking a credit card?] Begin forwarded message: > From: "AFL-CIO Now blog" <aflcioblognews at aflcio.org> > Date: October 10, 2006 3:29:18 PM EDT > To: "" <dhenwood at panix.com> > Subject: AFL-CIO Now: Find Out Why Machinist Rona Elliot Is Getting > Out the Vote > Reply-To: notice-reply-e7ez97x756d at unionvoice.org > > Oct. 10, 2 ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 08:34:33 PDT 2006

13361 [lbo-talk] once a star... -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - October 10, 2006 Tarzan Chimp Cops Attitude IN Hollywood, even the chimps can act like divas. When Mame McCutchin, host of Voom Gallery HD Networks' upcoming TV series, "Artland: USA," went to visit Cheeta, the simian pal of Tarzan, for a segment on the show, she was shocked. Cheeta, 74 - now in a Palm Springs "retirement" home - refused to talk to her. "I always loved the old Tarzan movies so I was strangely excited about meeting Cheeta ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 08:29:06 PDT 2006

13362 [lbo-talk] Madsen -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > http://waynemadsenreport.com/ >> ...October 7/8, 2006 -- The rumors about another top GOP member of > the House being involved in sexual encounters with young "men for > hire" are confirmed to WMR by well-placed sources in Washington's gay > community. The member in question is House Speaker Dennis Hastert, > whose "alternate" life style is the primary reason for him and his > staff covering up th ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 08:20:10 PDT 2006

13363 [lbo-talk] Re: Scientistism -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:39 AM, Daniel Davies wrote: > It is actually incredibly interesting, because it confirms a > prejudice of mine; > that it is possible to understand all of this science stuff at the > highest > level without going through the details of how to calculate the > equations, as > long as you keep a clear head and are prepared to apply yourself. That's sorta what I've been trying to do with economics! Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 06:43:32 PDT 2006

13364 [lbo-talk] Madsen -- rank: 1000

I just read this on another list: > Commentary > Was Moon behind timing of N. Korea nuke test to sway vote on next > UN chief? > By Wayne Madsen Really. When did Madsen go around the bend? Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 10 05:41:30 PDT 2006

13365 [lbo-talk] WP does Judt -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - October 9, 2006 In N.Y., Sparks Fly Over Israel Criticism Polish Consulate Says Jewish Groups Called To Oppose Historian By Michael Powell Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 9, 2006; Page A03 NEW YORK -- Two major American Jewish organizations helped block a prominent New York University historian from speaking at the Polish consulate here last week, saying the academic was too critical of Israel and American Jewry. The historian, Tony Judt, is Jewish and directs N ...

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