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13786 [lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death -- rank: 1000

On Nov 2, 2006, at 2:54 AM, B. wrote: > *-Doug Henwood wrote: > > "Yikes, that'll win friends & influence people." > > The Dead Kennedys might not have won friends and > influenced people by saying people were "chickenshit > conformists like their parents," either. Punk bands > that have won friends and influenced people include > Green Day. True, and god knows I sure like some obnoxious offensive stuff. But did the DKs ever say anyting like fi ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 2 11:24:10 PST 2006

13787 [lbo-talk] Russia surrounded by a ring of EEEEVIL! -- rank: 1000

On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Chris Doss wrote: A post with a new subject heading that was a response to a message with a different subject heading, thereby screwing up my thread index. Please, if you want to introduce a new subject heading, do so with a new message, not a reply. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 2 11:04:03 PST 2006

13788 [lbo-talk] Seymour Hersh: There has never been an American army as violent and murderous as the one in Iraq -- rank: 1000

On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:20 AM, B. wrote: > Wow, Sy Hersh rushes to World Burns to Death's > defense. But, like Doug asked, "Why not blame civilian > bosses instead"? One of the many reasons that Occupation: Dreamland is such a good movie is that it shows what happens when you put a bunch of ordinary people in a horrific situation: they lose all their decency and do monstrous things. It would happen to almost anyone, I'll bet. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 2 11:02:04 PST 2006

13789 [lbo-talk] Moroccan wins Iran's Holocaust cartoon contest -- rank: 1000

On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:48 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > "The taboo is broken now. People should not think that by > questioning the > Holocaust, they are committing a crime," the minister said. The > Moroccan > cartoonist won $12,000. Lovely. Questioning the reality of millions of death is the equivalent of (stupid) cartoons about a prophet? Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 2 08:54:52 PST 2006

13790 [lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death -- rank: 1000

On Nov 2, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Folks are often soft on the empire's soldiers but hard on the soldiers > of its state and non-state enemies. Eh? Like who's hard on whom?

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Date:	Thu Nov 2 07:25:47 PST 2006

13791 [lbo-talk] Circulation Plunges at Major US Newspapers -- rank: 1000

On Nov 2, 2006, at 12:38 AM, tfast wrote: > you all are lost in the mf desert! Lead us out, Travis. Into the valley of temptation, or some such. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 1 21:44:51 PST 2006

13792 [lbo-talk] travails of the Yalie -- rank: 1000

Yale Daily News - November 1, 2006 http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=34068 Future I-bankers face grueling interview cycle By Christina Pryor Staff Reporter While most students cannot see the invasion, some are certainly feeling its effects. One student slips into his afternoon seminar each week and furiously undoes his tie before opening his backpack. Another senior returns from New York, weighed down by a briefcase and garment bags from his whirlwind of interviews, while o ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 21:36:00 PST 2006

13793 [lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death -- rank: 1000

On Nov 1, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Alex wrote: > --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> I agree except for SUV drivers. Industry research proves they're >> antisocial and paranoid people. > > How does industry research determine who is antisocial and paranoid? You know, psychographic profiles of the sort that market researchers use. I've got the book here in some pile or other.

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 18:25:49 PST 2006

13794 [lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death -- rank: 1000

On Nov 1, 2006, at 8:09 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > But the same thing goes for SUV drivers, > homeowners, suburbanites, Bush voters, fundamentalists & evangelicals, > chain-restaurant customers, football fans, Oprah's audience, assistant > professors, 204Bs, Red Lobster managers, copywriters, construction > workers . . . . . I agree except for SUV drivers. Industry research proves they're antisocial and paranoid people. At some point, people have to take responsibility for them ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 17:20:04 PST 2006

13795 [lbo-talk] My interview w/ World Burns to Death -- rank: 1000

On Oct 31, 2006, at 7:48 PM, B. quoted: > World Burns to Death does not ask for permission. We > are anti-American. Fuck the troops. Bring them home in > body bags. Fucking brainless murderers. Yikes, that'll win friends & influence people. Yeah, some of them might be brainless murderers. But a lot of them are complicated people who find themselves in Iraq because of forces a lot larger than themselves. Why not blame their civilian bosses instead? Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 16:48:14 PST 2006

13796 [lbo-talk] The Blue Fund -- rank: 1000

This is hilarious - a "Democratic" mutual fund, with investments in such noted progressive forces at 1-800-FLOWERS, Boston Properties (Mort Zuckerman's real estate vehicle), Family Dollar, The Gap, Nike, PG&E, and Whole Foods: <http://www.bluefund.com/>. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 16:30:57 PST 2006

13797 [lbo-talk] Continued GOP Control of Congress, Courtesy of John Kerry -- rank: 1000

On Nov 1, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > I'm reading that Kerry was referring to Bush himself, not to > soldiers in Iraq. Keith Olberman said on his show last night that > Kerry called the Bushies stupid and they were too stupid to know he > called them stupid. But Kerry is so fucking boring and convoluted > who can pay attention long enough to know what he's saying anyway? Besides, Kerry had a lower GPA at Yale than Bush! Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 15:56:01 PST 2006

13798 [lbo-talk] Continued GOP Control of Congress, Courtesy of John Kerry -- rank: 1000

On Nov 1, 2006, at 6:01 PM, mike larkin wrote: > http://www.humanevents.com/enpr/current_enpr.html#1 Maybe, but of course they're going to say that. I doubt an entire election, which had the GOP down like 15 points in the polls, would turn on one stupid remark by that wanker Kerry. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 15:12:24 PST 2006

13799 [lbo-talk] Republican party -- rank: 1000

New York Observer - November 6, 2006 The Evening of Greed The New York Young Republican Club hosted an 80 s-themed party last week. Leaders described it as an attempt to reinvigorate members, declaring that this is a time when it s "frustrating" to be a Republican in New York. The Capitalist Ball was held at downtown's premiere bridge-and-tunnel hotspot, Culture Club, and offered an opportunity according to the press release to "harken back to one of the greatest eras in Amer ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 10:07:12 PST 2006

13800 [lbo-talk] Circulation Plunges at Major US Newspapers -- rank: 1000

On Nov 1, 2006, at 11:33 AM, ravi wrote: > Perhaps a few of you on this list are capable of > it (Dennis seems to do a good job of it, and Woj can compete with > Carrol > for the Rooney spot, but you -- Doug -- are too much of a Chomsky > type I > am afraid ;-) > A friend of mine once claimed that all humour is at the cost of > somebody (I gave him a joke that I thought was not so: "1+1=2 even for > large values of 1", but he responded that that is a joke abo ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 1 08:56:35 PST 2006