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14731 [lbo-talk] From Flame Warriors -- rank: 1000

On Jun 2, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/therapist.htm That looks like what's his name, James Lipton, who does those stupid actor interviews on Bravo. Doug

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14732 [lbo-talk] Re: Obscenity Prosecutions -- rank: 1000

On Jun 2, 2006, at 2:15 PM, BklynMagus wrote: > My question is: why prosecute only "American Bukkake 13"? > > Were 1-12 okay? Bukkake is so vulgar - but a crime? There's some prohibition in the Good Book against spilling seed, isn't there? > the prosecution of adult obscenity These people are insane. It's hard to see how anything but religious mania is driving this. Doug

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14733 [lbo-talk] See Slavoj sweat ... -- rank: 1000

On Jun 2, 2006, at 12:02 PM, RE wrote: > "There is nothing more miserable today," Mr. Zizek concludes, "than > those > people who organize their life in order to enjoy themselves." The > linchpin > of his lecture is the notion that if the goal of classic > psychoanalysis was > to liberate people from their repressions, mental health under late > capitalism requires the struggle to free ourselves from the > compulsion to > satisfy an endless and i ...

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14734 [lbo-talk] Germans should stop feeling Holocaust guilt: Ahmadinejad -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 8:09 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > No disagreement here, but otoh I do not think that the > US is much worse than other nations in their ritual > invocations of their national virtues. Europeans do > pretty much the same, albeit with less bombast and > drama. The Latin Americans are heavy flag wavers, and > the Canadians do not leave home without their maple > leaf either. AFIK, the Chinese and the Africans are > quite good at patting themselves on ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 1 17:24:54 PDT 2006

14735 [lbo-talk] 2004 election, again -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 4:28 PM, ravi wrote: > At around 1/6/06 3:37 pm, Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> <http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/ >> was_the_2004_election_stolen> >> > > Link without the carriage return: > > http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/ > was_the_2004_election_stolen > > >> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) > > > Damn Mac users! ;-). Hmm, there was no line break in what I sent or the version I rec ...

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14736 [lbo-talk] 2004 election, again -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 6:26 PM, ravi wrote: > At around 1/6/06 4:28 pm, ravi wrote: >> At around 1/6/06 3:37 pm, Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/ >> was_the_2004_election_stolen >> > > As before, the arguments put forth are quite strong. So, why is nobody > (i.e, Democrats) following up on this? (please, I beg you, no answers > about how Democrats are wimps, etc). They're not "wimps" in the sense of lack ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 1 15:51:22 PDT 2006

14737 [lbo-talk] mixed signals -- rank: 1000

[from the Yahoo! news alert for the phrase "Federal Reserve" Mortgage rates shoot up on inflation fears CNN Money Thu, 01 Jun 2006 8:55 AM PDT Mortgage rates rose higher this week after minutes from the Federal Reserve released Wednesday revealed some members are still concerned about rising inflation, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Stocks higher on inflation-friendly data AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 01 Jun 2006 7:48 AM PDT Wall Street edged higher Thursday as fresh economic data gave Wall ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 1 15:36:05 PDT 2006

14738 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Russia: Investigate Attacks on Gay Pride March -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Chris Doss wrote: his 6th post of the day - the limit remains 3

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Date:	Thu Jun 1 15:32:05 PDT 2006

14739 [lbo-talk] 2004 election, again -- rank: 1000

[just posted to AAPORnet] <http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/ was_the_2004_election_stolen> Robert Kennedy's Rolling Stone article on new evidence suggesting a stolen 2004 presidential election just put online. An excerpt: Indeed, the extent of the GOP's effort to rig the vote shocked even the most experienced observers of American elections. "Ohio was as dirty an election as America has ever seen," Lou Harris, the father of modern political polling, told me. &q ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 1 12:37:29 PDT 2006

14740 [lbo-talk] Germans should stop feeling Holocaust guilt: Ahmadinejad -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Second, guild tripping is nothing more than modern equivalent of > self-flagellation of the crusaders. I'm looking for something more productive than that: some acknowledgment by Americans that our history is full of crimes, instead of the usual ritual invocations of our peerless warmth and generosity. I know that's not likely to happen, but a guy can dream. Doug

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14741 [lbo-talk] The Bird-Watching Businessman -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Carl Remick wrote: >> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> >> >> On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Carl Remick wrote: >> >>> [IMO, there is more individuality among ants than among >>> investment bankers. Here's some recent info on the ultra-mildly- >>> reformist Corzine:] >> >> ... I don't get why he wanted to be governor, except for ego >> grandiosity. ... > > As I said, typical in ...

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14742 [lbo-talk] Germans should stop feeling Holocaust guilt: Ahmadinejad -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > It's also kept Germany almost completely subservient > to US foreign policy until very recently and > reflexively pro-Israel. Germany's hardly alone in this. What's the UK's excuse? > Hannah Arendt demolished the whole Mitschuldigkeit > Cult back in the 1960s. I thought you were against > notions of collective guilt anyway? I have to say I was a little envious of seeing a memorial to the victims of National Socialism in Munich. ...

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14743 [lbo-talk] Germans should stop feeling Holocaust guilt: Ahmadinejad -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > Actually I think he's right (if not for the right > reasons). The German Cult of Mitschuldigkeit is > largely self-flaggelating ritual masochism. It'd be nice if the U.S. went through a few guilt rituals for slavery and Indian genocide. What you call guilt-tripping has kept Germany on pretty good behavior for the last 60 years. Doug

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14744 [lbo-talk] The Bird-Watching Businessman -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2006, at 11:32 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > [IMO, there is more individuality among ants than among investment > bankers. Here's some recent info on the ultra-mildly-reformist > Corzine:] New Jersey's a budgetary mess. Christie Whitman slashed taxes and raided the pension funds to cover the difference. The bills are now coming due. I don't get why he wanted to be governor, except for ego grandiosity. He should have stayed in the Senate - check out his voting record there. Dou ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 1 08:52:03 PDT 2006

14745 [lbo-talk] the Murdoch press warms to Hillary... -- rank: 1000

[...and can Fox be far behind?] New York Post [editorial] - June 1, 2006 HILLARY'S HOPES Hillary Clinton yesterday won the unan imous approval of delegates at the state Democratic Party convention in her bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate. She earned it. The senator's been a hard worker, a good listener, more moderate than many expected and a champion of the state. Plus, New York Republicans - who opened their own convention yesterday in a cavernous, largely empty Long Island meeting hal ...

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