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13516 [lbo-talk] Gallup: Lebanese don't want Hezbollah simply disarmed -- rank: 1000

November 20, 2006 Few Lebanese Want Hezbollah Militia Simply Disarmed Almost half want forces integrated with Lebanese national army by Richard Burkholder Director, International Public Opinion Research GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Following the recent 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah paramilitary forces, there were widely differing interpretations of the outcome from international observers. Among the Lebanese people, however, there is a degree of consensus that Hezbollah pre ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 24 14:09:21 PST 2006

13517 [lbo-talk] Article on WBAI dollar woes -- rank: 1000

On Nov 24, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Auguste Blanqui wrote: > Not that a great a piece, but does contain some info on the station > finances. The author claims to have seen the listenership figures, > says they're really down, but doesn't get much more precise than > that. (Do they share that with you, Doug?) > > I have to admit I don't listen at all other than for Doug, the FAIR > show, and Democracy Now. I think the station would do so much > better with more shows like tha ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 24 13:39:19 PST 2006

13518 [lbo-talk] another view of Seinfeld -- rank: 1000

Danny Hoch talks about his experience as a failed supporting towel boy on Seinfeld - he's gotta be Ramon, talk with a Spanish accent - and Jerry says let's do the next scene in blackface! <http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/11/danny-hoch-on-seinfeld.html>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 23 19:53:54 PST 2006

13519 [lbo-talk] Why the French Resistance Is Not the Model for Iraq -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Both those, like Tariq Ali, who have hailed resistance to the > occupation of Iraq and those, like Doug, who have had nothing but > negative comments on it What I said just yesterday: > In a better world, there'd be a unified Iraqi resistance that > didn't kill members of rival militias or sects that could > successfully drive the US out and lead to the creation of a > democratic socialist independent Iraq. I know that w ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 23 16:49:17 PST 2006

13520 [lbo-talk] David Walsh on Robert Altman -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > I think Altman was overrated One of the reasons I like & value you, Carl, is that you make me feel like an optimist and an enthusiast. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 23 16:15:43 PST 2006

13521 [lbo-talk] Resistance in History (was [Fwd: video]) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 22, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > <blockquote>[T]he punishment of those who had collaborated with the > Nazis began immediately after liberation of occupied territories. > French Resistance forces summarily executed, after cursory trials, > about 10,000 accused collaborators as a part of "justice at the > cross-roads." (Euna Lhee, "Changing Memories of French Collaboration > and Resistance in World War II: A Film Analysis," > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 22 19:32:27 PST 2006

13522 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: video] -- rank: 1000

On Nov 22, 2006, at 9:07 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I'm still wondering what are the politics behind Doug's bit of war > news. What a coincidence - I'm still waiting for that detail on just whom the French resistance killed? Did they execute untold numbers of Huguenots? Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 22 18:24:53 PST 2006

13523 [lbo-talk] Richards turns to Jackson, Sharpton for help; But anti-semitic remarks reported -- rank: 1000

On Nov 22, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > Richards just hired publicist Howard Rubenstein Wow. I guess he's got the money, from all those Seinfeld residuals. That Letterman interview was painful to watch - I had to stop halfway though; I've never seen anyone who looked so destroyed. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 22 17:45:09 PST 2006

13524 [lbo-talk] who's more credible? cop or hedge-fund dominatrix? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/ NEWS01/611210351/1023/NEWS07> 'Dominatrix' alleges bizarre sexcapade with cop By ROB RYSER AND SHAWN COHEN THE JOURNAL NEWS Editor's note: The following report relates graphic testimony from an ongoing court case involving an alleged sexual encounter. GREENBURGH - In X-rated testimony as graphic as a porno flick, a former dominatrix yesterday described a bizarre sexual encounter in the woods she claims to have had with ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 21 19:59:22 PST 2006

13525 [lbo-talk] going to the Bronx -- rank: 1000

<http://fleshbot.com/sex/wet-spots/wet-spots-why-dont-we-do-it-in-the- bronx-216534.php> A sex worker testifies about her run-in with an alleged crooked cop: "He wanted to go to a motel in the Bronx where I would defecate on him, but I told him I was uncomfortable going to the Bronx." The Bronx? Yeah, that's sick freak stuff. (thejournalnews.com)

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Date:	Tue Nov 21 19:50:25 PST 2006

13526 [lbo-talk] AFA claims victory over WMT & the homo agenda -- rank: 1000

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION Action Alert November 21, 2006 Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends. Wal-Mart Says It Will Not Make Corporate Contributions To Support Or Oppose Controversial Issues Send Wal-Mart a "Thank you" for its statement. Dear dhenwood at panix.com, You have made a difference! Wal-Mart has announced they "will no longer make corporate contributions to ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 21 19:35:59 PST 2006

13527 [lbo-talk] Qaeda at Work (was the Iraqi resistance at work) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2006, at 7:11 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > > Doug wrote: > >> Because they really believed their own propaganda. Because they were >> a small, self-reinforcing circle of know-it-alls. They didn't listen >> to people who knew anything because they thought it was going to be a >> "cakewalk." Remember? I didn't think this was controversial, but >> evidently it is to some. > > I remember that this was Bush administration ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 21 16:36:01 PST 2006

13528 [lbo-talk] Qaeda at Work (was the Iraqi resistance at work) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2006, at 6:01 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > So, to be clear, they deliberately refused to hear from those who > told them > not to do what they were planning, because it was obvious what > would happen. > Now why would they have done this? Because they really believed their own propaganda. Because they were a small, self-reinforcing circle of know-it-alls. They didn't listen to people who knew anything because they thought it was going to be a "cakew ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 21 15:18:35 PST 2006

13529 [lbo-talk] Qaeda at Work (was the Iraqi resistance at work) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2006, at 5:31 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > Other point is, the American government isn't stupid: they know > full well > what happens when you destroy the central institutions of the state, We could debate this point forever, but as far as I and many better- informed people would tell you, yes the Bush admin was indeed very stupid and really had no fucking idea what they were getting into. They put 25-year-olds in charge of privatization, to take one random ex ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 21 14:41:47 PST 2006

13530 [lbo-talk] Re: Re: Qaeda at Work (was the Iraqi resistance at work) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2006, at 5:09 PM, Daniel Davies wrote: > I don't know whether either Yoshie, Carroll or Doug has a > material fanbase in Iran or Iraq People listen to my radio show all over the damned place. The numbers aren't big, I have to concede, but the tally isn't complete either. Here are the countries represented so far for November (not including the US): Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Netherlands No ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 21 14:26:54 PST 2006