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13636 [lbo-talk] Hillary will save GOP: toe-sucker -- rank: 1000

<http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Comment/DickMorris/ 111506.html> DICK MORRIS Ultra-liberals rise on moderate wings The results of the 06 election are in. The left wing of the Democratic Party has taken over Congress. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D- Calif.) is the Speaker. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is the new chairman of the Ways and Means panel. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is majority leader, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) runs the Environment Committee. The left is empowered. But ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 15 06:40:01 PST 2006

13637 [lbo-talk] HMO Medicaid -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - November 15, 2006 Healthy Industry In Medicaid, Private HMOs Take a Big, and Profitable, Role Managing Care for the Poor, They Prosper by Cutting Beleaguered States' Costs Dr. Polack Seeks an Antibiotic By BARBARA MARTINEZ Some 55 million poor and disabled Americans are covered by Medicaid. With an annual price tag topping $300 billion, it's among the biggest government programs around. It's also a lucrative business for some private companies that act as middlemen betwe ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 15 05:44:37 PST 2006

13638 [lbo-talk] Jury duty -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:22 PM, John Thornton wrote: > A friend just finished jury duty in Federal court and had a > difficult time reaching a verdict. It was a drug case involving > transporting meth. The problem she had was that she felt the police > lied and tampered with some of the evidence to strengthen their > case but that they did so unnecessarily. She believed the defendant > was shown to be guilty even without the questionable evidence. Her > question was basically w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 19:50:01 PST 2006

13639 [lbo-talk] WMT still supporting the homosexual agenda! -- rank: 1000

[these guys are nuts but it is interesting that Wal-Mart feels it has to do this] AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION Donald E. Wildmon Founder and Chairman November 14, 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 Gives $60,000 To Homosexual Group To Support Homosexual Agenda In Workplace Company Goes On Record As An Advocate For The Homosexual Agenda ----------- Wal-Mart has gone on ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 19:46:16 PST 2006

13640 [lbo-talk] people are talking about... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote: > The > exhortation here to Willis, several days after her death, to see a > shrink > illustrates the barriers to communication between some parts of the > left and > feminism. Don't be a dweeb. You're citing one post - against many that took Willis seriously. The numbers are against you. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 19:26:25 PST 2006

13641 [lbo-talk] people are talking about... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote: > The rapid movement of information about a conversation I had with > Todd at > Ellen Willis's funeral To use someone's funeral as an forum for moral self-promotion seems a little vulgar, don't you think? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 19:25:15 PST 2006

13642 [lbo-talk] who said socialism is dead? -- rank: 1000

New York Post - November 14, 2006 <http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142006/entertainment/ the_socialist_entertainment_maureen_callahan.htm?page=0> THE SOCIALIST FAMOUS FOR NOTHING, READY FOR ANYTHING: HOW TINSLEY MORTIMER BECAME N.Y.C.'S NEW SOCIETY QUEEN By MAUREEN CALLAHAN TINSLEY Mortimer remembers the first time she ever appeared in Vogue. "I was wearing this hot pink - so perfect, 'cause pink's my favorite color - Givenchy dress. It was pink and it had these little crystal butto ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 13:10:34 PST 2006

13643 [lbo-talk] people are talking about... -- rank: 1000

Soooo, Jesse, my man, I just heard from a friend who'd heard from Todd Gitlin who'd heard from you that we were all dis'ing Ellen Willis within hours after her death. Aside from the fact that the dis'ing is entirely of your invention (and I'm still waiting for some sign of all that feminist outrage you swore existed) I thought that was a pretty funny transmission path. Did you tell Gitlin you were dis'ing him here, even though he's not dead yet? I'm sure he'd be reassured to learn that you ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 14 12:57:21 PST 2006

13644 [lbo-talk] choices [was: trash talking the lumpenproletariat] -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > [WS:] Oh, no, this has nothing to do with the State or the raw > treatment the > fellow received, which is a non issue to me. This was just a hot > button to > set Claxton off without confronting him directly, which would be > too lumpen > to my taste. I did it in response to his personal attack, and it > worked. Now boys, take this outside if you must.

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Date:	Tue Nov 14 12:09:08 PST 2006

13645 [lbo-talk] Caldwell: the Congressional Repugs will head farther right -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2006, at 1:58 PM, Michael Pollak quoted Chris Caldwell: > Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform diagnosed the > conservative movement as "perfectly healthy". As I recall, there is an RLC that's trying to do the same thing for the Reps that the DLC did for the Dems. Evidently it's not working. But on the other hand, the Reps actually have a political philosophy, unlike the Dems, who are all over the place. Speaking of Norquist, I meant to forward this the other ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 11:25:18 PST 2006

13646 [lbo-talk] high expectations for Dems -- rank: 1000

USA Today - November 14, 2006 Public expects the Democrats to deliver Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY WASHINGTON Americans are pinning their hopes for the country's future on the incoming Democratic Congress and its largely unfamiliar leaders, the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. In the poll taken Thursday through Sunday, just after Democrats swept to majorities in the House and Senate, those surveyed said by nearly 2-to-1 that they want Democrats to have more influence than President Bush on ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 10:58:33 PST 2006

13647 [lbo-talk] bedfellows -- rank: 1000

New York Times - November 14, 2006 Purpose-Driven Candidate? By ANNE E. KORNBLUT Senator Barack Obama, Democrat of Illinois, has a date next month with Rick Warren, the megachurch pastor and best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life, a move that could give Mr. Obama, who is black, exposure to millions of white churchgoers as he decides whether to run for president in 2008. Mr. Obama will appear, alongside Bono and Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, at World AIDS Day at Mr. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 10:55:47 PST 2006

13648 [lbo-talk] Hitch on Borat -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > Not really. I disagree with some of H's conclusions, but I'm Borat- > ed out, and trust I'm not the only one. I'll spare everyone the thumbsucker in today's LAT condemning journalists for playing along with interviewing SBC in character.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 10:50:00 PST 2006

13649 [lbo-talk] Judy Miller worries about blogger ethics -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gawker.com/news/judith-miller/judith-miller-almost-keeps- a-straight-face-while-questioning-blogger-ethics-214594.php> Judith Miller Almost Keeps a Straight Face While Questioning Blogger Ethics "I'm worried about bloggers," she said. "(A post) starts as a rumor and within 24 hours it's repeated as fact." That'd be New York Sun freelance book critic and soi-disant First Amendment martyr Judith Miller, who finally reveals something that's bigger than her ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 14 08:21:54 PST 2006

13650 [lbo-talk] KJ: the infant view -- rank: 1000

Recent talk about Killing Joke inspired me to try some on the infant (10-month) Ivan. He likes 'em. He smiles and dances to their music. Other faves: Satoshi Tomiie and high-end piano music (Bach, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Schubert). He doesn't like The Exploited, though. Doug

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Date:	Tue Nov 14 06:25:02 PST 2006