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13816 [lbo-talk] Batdyke -- rank: 1000

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5030518.stm> Batwoman hero returns as lesbian Comic book heroine Batwoman is to make a comeback as a "lipstick lesbian" who moonlights as a crime fighter, a DC Comics spokesman has confirmed. Batwoman - real name Kathy Kane - will appear in 52, a year-long DC Comics publication that began this month. In her latest incarnation, she is a rich socialite who has a romantic history with another 52 character, ex-police detective Renee Monto ...

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Date:	Wed May 31 07:15:04 PDT 2006

13817 [lbo-talk] breaking news: Gore to win in 2008! Hillary will be crushed!! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.research-live.com/index.aspx?pageid=30&e=t&newsid=1965>

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Date:	Tue May 30 14:47:42 PDT 2006

13818 [lbo-talk] Playboy's 25 Sexiest Novels of All Time: Georges Bataille, Pauline Reage, JG Ballard, other writers Playboy readers don't read -- rank: 1000

On May 30, 2006, at 2:38 PM, B. wrote: > Anyone have their own Top 25? I need stuff to add to > my Amazon wish list! Just 1, not 25, and not a novel but a collection of stories: Macho Sluts, by Pat Califia. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 30 11:46:21 PDT 2006

13819 [lbo-talk] Tasini nicks Hill -- rank: 1000

New York Daily News - May 29, 2006 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: odot.gif Type: image/gif Size: 67 bytes Desc: not available URL: <../attachments/20060530/66316479/attachment.gif> -------------- next part -------------- Hillary pays a price BY DAVID SALTONSTALL DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Some Manhattan Democratic clubs are launching a backlash against Sen. Hillary Clinton amid some of her recent shifts toward the right. Once a liberal fa ...

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Date:	Tue May 30 07:24:31 PDT 2006

13820 [lbo-talk] strap on the barf bag -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> Asked whether there is anything that connects her different interests and positions, Sen. Clinton told Balz: "What's framed all the work I've done in the Senate and all the years before that is my belief that our most important obligation is to take care of our children . . . and that as a nation, America should remain as a symbol of freedom and hope around the world."

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Date:	Tue May 30 07:19:23 PDT 2006

13821 [lbo-talk] Punk as left cultural force (was Bob again, Nat'l Review) -- rank: 1000

On May 29, 2006, at 7:47 PM, B. wrote: > Yes, there were dumb numbskulled attitudes early on in > punk Yes there were. I used to listen to Pat Duncan's punk/hardcore show on WFMU <http://wfmu.org/playlists/PD> a lot, and was creeped out by how much reactionary stuff was on it in the early 1980s. That changed as the decade went on, and it pretty much disappeared. But there was plenty in the early Reagan years. A lot of it was anti-hippie, a position I'm sympathetic with, but in a ...

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Date:	Mon May 29 17:01:45 PDT 2006

13822 [lbo-talk] Chom v Fouc -- rank: 1000

also on bittorrent: <http://www.chomskytorrents.org/>

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Date:	Mon May 29 16:34:46 PDT 2006

13823 [lbo-talk] Noam v Michel -- rank: 1000

Someone on another list just posted the link to a video of the Foucault-Chomsky debate: <http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ CHOMSKY/video/143726>. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 29 16:32:16 PDT 2006

13824 [lbo-talk] $105 oil? -- rank: 1000

On May 28, 2006, at 10:31 PM, ThatRogersWoman wrote: > --- Doug quoted: > >> Oil could top $105 in major supply outage: expert > > The resulting gas prices from $105 oil would, among so many other > things, gut the ability of workers to get to jobs in major > metroplexes that are geographically spread out $105 oil would translate into gas prices of $4.15-5.50 a gallon, based on historical price relationships. The markup now, despite all the complaints about gouging, is ...

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Date:	Sun May 28 19:53:36 PDT 2006

13825 [lbo-talk] $105 oil? -- rank: 1000

Oil could top $105 in major supply outage: expert By Haitham Haddadin Sun May 28, 12:52 PM ET KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS - news) projection that oil prices could top $100 a barrel in the event of a major supply disruption could be conservative in the current tight market, said a senior executive with the investment bank. Other energy experts told an energy forum late on Saturday in Kuwait that global oil market fundamentals point to generally higher energy prices as demand ...

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Date:	Sun May 28 19:07:37 PDT 2006

13826 [lbo-talk] Ward Churchill responds to U. of Colorado investigation] -- rank: 1000

On May 27, 2006, at 6:58 PM, jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote: > If the left is looking for a "Churchill of the right" to go after > it is Dr. Patrick Michaels, Professor of > Climatology at the University of Virginia. He publishes mostly > books for general readership and shrill op-ed > pieces. Except that Churchill's story of genocide is essentially true, if off on the details; Michaels is spreading malignant nonsense. Doug

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Date:	Sun May 28 19:00:06 PDT 2006

13827 [lbo-talk] search strings -- rank: 1000

the top 20 search strings in the lbo-talk archive so far this May, in descending order, many of which make very little sense to me: lbo-talk police brutality statistics iraqi sniper jimmy hendricks russian cartoons christian aguilera mp34all police brutality stats colbert backlash dangerous professors naked broads punk stencils roseneft google locator red dye scare south american revolution elona staler robert ferro sexsexsexsexsexsexsexsexsex understanding mobility in america

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Date:	Sun May 28 18:44:29 PDT 2006

13828 [lbo-talk] Bob Again (Was National Review's Top 50 ) -- rank: 1000

On May 29, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > So, in other words, you meant that a bunch of minor-league white > skinhead racist punk bands sang racist, queer-bashing songs. In other words, they're coming from a place you don't like, so they don't really count. Since there were so few Nazi punks, there was really no need for them to fuck off. Doug

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Date:	Sun May 28 12:59:54 PDT 2006

13829 [lbo-talk] Bob Again (Was National Review's Top 50 ) -- rank: 1000

On May 29, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > Which bands? Wikipedia provides a helpful list <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi- Skinheads>: Aggravated Assault Aggressive Force Arresting Officers Aryan Avalon Bagadou Stourm Blackshirts Blood and Honour Blue Eyed Devils Bound for Glory Brigade M Brigada NS Brutal Attack Bulldog Breed Bully Boys Bunker 84 Celtic Warrior Cross Day of the Sword Definite Hate Division 250 Division Germania Downright Hateful DMS Empire Falls Extreme Hat ...

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Date:	Sun May 28 12:11:56 PDT 2006

13830 [lbo-talk] O'Reilly -- rank: 1000

In response to my suggestion that a bunch of profs review O'Reilly's facts, the listmember known as "B" pointed me to this FAIR review of his nonsense. Since it's four years old, the trail of nonsense must be much much longer. Doug <http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1108> Extra! May/June 2002 The "Oh Really?" Factor Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics By Peter Hart If it s spin to back up your arguments with bogus facts and statistics, and to dismiss numbers t ...

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Date:	Sun May 28 11:34:52 PDT 2006