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13621 [lbo-talk] Al Jazeera -- rank: 1000

Just subscribed (for $5.95/mo) to the English-language version of Al Jazeera <http://english.aljazeera.net> and caught about 20 mins of it. So far, only a handful of small cable operators are going to carry it in the U.S. - ain't that freedom of the press for you? Oh the outcry when China censors the Internet! Anyway, looks pretty interesting.... Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 16 09:26:09 PST 2006

13622 [lbo-talk] B*r*t -- one more time -- rank: 1000

Speaking of Borat, it was financed by a hedge fund. Today's Financial Times has a piece saying that the success of the movie means more hedge fund cash for Hollywood. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 16 08:48:20 PST 2006

13623 [lbo-talk] the two Virginias -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - November 16, 2006 So Close, Yet So Far Apart Once Solidly Part of the South, the Old Dominion Now Encompasses a Widening Cultural Chasm By Brigid Schulte and Chris L. Jenkins Washington Post Staff Writers Alexandria still has its Jefferson Davis Highway and Springfield its Robert E. Lee High School, but if last week's election showed anything, it's that Northern Virginia is not only different than the rest of the state, it is a different state. And it's no longer in the So ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 16 08:22:05 PST 2006

13624 [lbo-talk] Thesis, antithesis, thesis! -- rank: 1000

On Nov 16, 2006, at 2:05 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug's Puritanical dogmatism about > how leftists _should_ spend their time You're funny. Hope the colonoscopy went well. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 16 07:54:58 PST 2006

13625 [lbo-talk] Ellen Willis dies postscript -- rank: 1000

On Nov 13, 2006, at 6:33 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Read Ellen Willis' obituary in the Guardian today, she sounds much > better than the write up she got on LBO Appreciations of her work were posted here, and links to others were also posted here. Maybe you missed that because of all of Jesse's kvetching. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 16 07:48:01 PST 2006

13626 [lbo-talk] Thesis, antithesis, thesis! ... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug neer has answered my question of what > he learns from watching tv that I remain ignorant of. He merely > blew it > off as riiculous. But there is so much repetition, redundancy, > overlap, > whatever in modern culture that one loses almost nothing by being > innocent or mostly innocent of broad swatches of it. How do you know if you never look? Scores of millions of your fellow Americans, and hundreds of millions of you ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 19:40:25 PST 2006

13627 [lbo-talk] Thesis, antithesis, thesis! ... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2006, at 6:50 PM, bitch wrote: > um. yeah. ok. thanks (i guess) for that Carl. I would have never > paid an ounce of attention to this man were it not for you! grrrrrr. The executive crowd, from the CEO level deep into middle management, takes him very seriously. He does their cognitive mapping. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 16:02:42 PST 2006

13628 [lbo-talk] Thesis, antithesis, thesis! ... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2006, at 6:28 PM, Carl Remick quoted Thomas Friedman: > If George Soros were here, giving a speech from the far left Wow, yesterday it was Tinsley Mortimer, socialist. Today it's George Soros, far leftist. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 15:39:04 PST 2006

13629 [lbo-talk] Iran executes another queer -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: > Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > >> I followed the link and looked at the original Farsi text. Once >> again, it is a case of understanding what " " [lavat] >> means. A >> person who engages in lavat is not necessarily gay, much as a person >> who engages in sodomy is not necessarily gay. Neither lavat nor >> sodomy is identical to consensual same-sex sex, let alone consensual >> same-sex ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 14:32:18 PST 2006

13630 [lbo-talk] homosexual lobby breaks 50% -- rank: 1000

[more from the Greenberg memo] <http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/ Democracy_Corps_November_15_2006_DC-CAF_Memo.pdf> The more gay marriage is debated, the more tolerant the country grows, with a majority now saying that homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society (51 percent), rather than something that should be discouraged by society (42 percent).

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 13:10:31 PST 2006

13631 [lbo-talk] Dems: not revered -- rank: 1000

[this is from Stan Greenberg's polling shop, so it can't be accused of anti-Dem bias] <http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/ Democracy_Corps_November_15_2006_DC-CAF_Memo.pdf> The Democratic Party also ended up being viewed more negatively during this election than in 2004, and slightly more negative at the end in this campaign. With the gap between the parties comparable to 1994, Democrats made big gains, but they are surely not revered. Voters are open to the Democrats, re ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 12:51:08 PST 2006

13632 [lbo-talk] Jury duty -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2006, at 1:04 PM, joanna wrote: > Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > >> I may also add that if the "jury nullification" principle was to >> be the >> norm, I would have zero confidence in the justice system, both >> criminal and >> civil, because that system would be reduced to a mob rule or legal >> lynching. >> In such situation, I would be probably more receptive to the >> position held >> by the NRA that the best protec ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 11:34:34 PST 2006

13633 [lbo-talk] Iran executes another queer -- rank: 1000

From: PGLO - Communications Coordinator [mailto:pglo at pglo.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:42 AM Subject: Iran Executed another person for same-sex relationship Iran Executed another person for same-sex relationship http://www.irna.com/fa/news/view/line-14/8508234483172234.htm Translated by: Hossein Alizadeh This just came in from Iran's state-run News Agency, IRNA: A Delinquent Person was Executed in Kermanshah IRNA: Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006 Shahab Darvishsi, a delinquent person was e ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 11:31:46 PST 2006

13634 [lbo-talk] Fox plans for the new era -- rank: 1000

Fox top: be on the lookout for any sign the Iraqi insurgents welcome a Dem Congress: <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/14/fox-news- internal-memo-_n_34128.html>.

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 11:26:52 PST 2006

13635 [lbo-talk] they've started -- rank: 1000

[how many more of these will we see in the coming weeks & months?] Democrats, Don't Wimp Out by Paul Waldman, TomPaine.com Forget about the center; push progressive ideology and crush the opposition.

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Date:	Wed Nov 15 09:23:07 PST 2006