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14701 [lbo-talk] politics of SSM -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Chip Berlet wrote: > More sophisticated poll analysis suggests that issues such as > abortion and same sex marriage DID play a role in certain key > states that voted for Bush. > > http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/RINVol8No1/WhyMoral% > 20ValuesDidCount.htm > [...] > > Matt Dowd and Grover Norquist are dubious at best at the ability of > same-sex marriage initiatives to drive turnout, reports Newsweek's > Rosenberg. LINK > No on ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 10:09:29 PDT 2006

14702 [lbo-talk] further proof that Jerry Brown is a creep -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/us/05brown.html?_r=1&oref=slogin> This Time, Jerry Brown Wants to Be a Lawman -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: direct.gif Type: image/gif Size: 42 bytes Desc: not available URL: <../attachments/20060605/77967510/attachment.gif> -------------- next part -------------- By JESSE McKINLEY Published: June 5, 2006 OAKLAND, Calif., June 2 ? In his nearly four decades in American politics, Jerry Brown ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 09:59:32 PDT 2006

14703 [lbo-talk] Gore on Iraq: stay the course -- rank: 1000

<http://www.slate.com/id/2142693/> Al Disappoints Arianna Plus--McCain Blowing It, Part II. By Mickey Kaus Updated Monday, June 5, 2006, at 7:03 AM ET Gore Pulls Out ... of Kosistan: The striking thing about Al Gore's appearance on ABC's "This Week" program Sunday was that he did not call for any sort of deadline-driven withdrawal from Iraq. Quite the opposite--he was careful to emphasize the potential of a pullout to make the situation worse. From ABC: "I would pursue t ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 09:56:20 PDT 2006

14704 [lbo-talk] message confusion -- rank: 1000

[more from The Note] Gay-rights messages took up much of the valuable real estate on the DNC's home page on Friday and Saturday which warned GOPers, "Don't Trample on LGBT Americans for Partisan Gain," to which a "shocked" House Democratic official replied, "Wow! That's way off our message."

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 08:46:55 PDT 2006

14705 [lbo-talk] self-injury epidemic -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> <http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/06/05/injury> >> >> Self-Injury Epidemic > > What such "epidemics" usually mean is that someone (reporter, scholar) > has decided to give publicity to something that has existed for a long > time. Did you read the piece before sharing that opinion? Doug

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14706 [lbo-talk] politics of SSM -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> Although Bush's profane "friend" told Newsweek that, uhm, the President doesn't care a whit about the issue. Which isn't true. LINK <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13121953/site/newsweek/page/2/> [full quote: "I think it was purely political. I don't think he gives a s-- t about it. He never talks about this stuff."] Matt Dowd and Grover Norquist are dubious at best at the ability of same-sex marriage initi ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 08:37:32 PDT 2006

14707 [lbo-talk] Liberalism and preemptive evil -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > [A couple of items here about Peter Beinart, champion of a > resurgent liberalism that recognizes the evil of the new > totalitarianism emanating from radical Islam, which requires > liberals to take all actions necessary to combat this evil "even > when their moral purity is compromised in the effort." Beinart is > an excellent example of what irredeemable assholes liberals are, > and he is a timely reminder that ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 08:14:53 PDT 2006

14708 [lbo-talk] "We Won't Forget!" by Ilya Ehrenburg -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Chris Doss wrote: his third post of the day, filling the quota

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 07:48:03 PDT 2006

14709 [lbo-talk] US companies boost share of economic pie -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > If you start your comparison in mid-2001, much of the rise of profits > is due to (limited) economic recovery. Profits are quite pro-cyclical > (and fell drastically from 2000 to 2001). This gain in profits, though, is unprecedented, or nearly so. All the benefits of productivity growth have gone to profits and upper- bracket incomes - unlike the late 90s, when real wages rose for a few years. Doug

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14710 [lbo-talk] Courageous Reformist Arab Personalities (CRAP) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 9:53 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > Thomas Sowell A South African friend of ours, who's "colored" under their racial taxonomy, had to endure a (white) US immigration officer telling him how great Sowell is. Our friend had to keep silent, so he didn't jeopardize his residency application. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 07:43:07 PDT 2006

14711 [lbo-talk] Lest we forget.... -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Mike Ballard wrote: > On this day, June 6th 1637, American settlers launched a surprise > attack on a > Pequot Indian camp at Mystic, Connecticut, slaughtering or burning > alive between 500 and 600 inhabitants. But now they have this real nice casino <http://www.foxwoods.com/>, so all is well! Doug

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14712 [lbo-talk] self-injury epidemic -- rank: 1000

<http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/06/05/injury> Self-Injury Epidemic In the latest incarnation of MTV's The Real World still one of the most popular shows for the college-age population a woman on the cast has some serious scabs on her arms. Throughout the season, she's had violent arguments with cast mates, often after raucous nights of drinking. When she awakens on many a morning after, usually oblivious to her previous night's travails, the camera frequently catches her pick ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 5 06:25:03 PDT 2006

14713 [lbo-talk] Vote 2004: Why Kennedy and Rolling Stone Are All Wet -- rank: 1000

On Jun 4, 2006, at 6:50 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Just out of curiosity -- I assume they must have posted this short > hand-out link of their boiled down arguments to the AAPOR list. > Anybody bite? I don't recall seeing it there, but with few exceptions, they've dismissed all challenges to the official line. Ron Baiman - whom I know through URPE conferences - was on a panel at the AAPOR conference in Montreal last month. (Guess Quebec is part of "America" for the organi ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 4 16:09:29 PDT 2006

14714 [lbo-talk] Vote 2004: Why Kennedy and Rolling Stone Are All Wet -- rank: 1000

By the way, the AAPORites are extremely dedicated to believing the official story on Ohio - which is weird, since you'd think that they might want to defend the accuracy of exit polls. But clearly the desire to avoid a constitutional crisis and the desire to preserve the legitimacy of The System trumps their professional pride. Doug

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14715 [lbo-talk] constitutional law question -- rank: 1000

On Jun 4, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Seth Ackerman wrote: > Every Frenchman you talk to will immediately bring up the fact that > the president says God Bless America ...a fairly recent innovation <http://reason.com/rauch/99_06_26.shtml> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: dotclear.gif Type: image/gif Size: 43 bytes Desc: not available URL: <../attachments/20060604/79cc4028/attachment.gif> -------------- next part -------------- McGod Ble ...

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