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14806 [lbo-talk] the enemy of my enemy is my friend (was something else -- rank: 1000

On Jul 26, 2006, at 5:21 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: >>>> <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> 07/26/06 1:05 AM >>> > Carrol Cox wrote: >> the enemy of my enemy is my friend. What the world >> needs, above all, is a United Front of all who can be >> united in opposition to U.S. imperialism. > > In this cretinous statement lies the whole of Maoism. What is so > grotesque is that this type of thinking should ever have become > identified with com ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 26 07:50:44 PDT 2006

14807 [lbo-talk] Hitch finds a new outlet -- rank: 1000

[from Tuesday's Page Six] BUCKLE UP FOR 'PURITAN' RANT CHRISTOPHER Hitchens is following up "As American as Apple Pie," his much-discussed ode to oral sex in Vanity Fair, with an essay in Maxim denouncing the "stupid Puritanism" of modern society. "To be young in America now is to be constantly told to buckle up, wear a bike helmet, wear a condom, avoid risk, watch your intake, show your ID at all times and respect the world of political correctness and safe sex th ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 21:09:55 PDT 2006

14808 [lbo-talk] Dems probe new lows -- rank: 1000

[also from The Note] DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) are circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter to other members of the House, urging House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R- IL) to cancel Wednesday's address to Congress by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the theory that his condemnation of Israeli attacks on Lebanon put him at odds with U.S. policy. The letter reads: "The Speaker's podium reflects our nation's values. ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 19:27:53 PDT 2006

14809 [lbo-talk] Rep Sen candidate unburdens -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> In a story whose backstory and aftermath will be even better than the story itself, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank turns in a must-read on a visit with an anonymous Republican candidate for Senator, who lunched with reporters to deplore the Administration for their work in Iraq and the poor response to Hurricane Katrina. LINK <http:// www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/24/ AR2006072400953.html> Not ho ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 19:25:16 PDT 2006

14810 [lbo-talk] cruise missile left on Lebanon -- rank: 1000

Sooo...I can't bear to do the research myself, so could anyone who has tell me whether the usual gang that finds antiwar movements icky - Marc Cooper, Harry's Place, the Euston tendency - are getting hot & bothered about George Galloway and the undercurrent of Islamofascism in protests against Israel's warmaking? I may not like "We're all Hezbollah," but that's really not the point. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 19:23:43 PDT 2006

14811 [lbo-talk] AP: Israel using phosphorus bombs -- rank: 1000

THE MIDEAST CRISIS Civilians bear fear, injuries, death, grief Fleeing families, ambulances hit in rocket attacks By KATHY GANNON The Associated Press July 25, 2006 TYRE, Lebanon Dirty bandages hid the worst of 8-year-old Zainab Jawad's swollen, bloodied nose Monday. Her arm, fractured in two places, was strapped to her chest. Stretched out on a bed at Najem Hospital, Zainab squeezed her brown eyes shut as memories of the attack flooded back, some of her words muffled as she fought sobs. A ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 19:17:08 PDT 2006

14812 [lbo-talk] Harvard applications recognize 3rd gender -- rank: 1000

On Jul 25, 2006, at 9:16 PM, B. wrote: > Prospective applicants to prestigious > Harvard Business School no longer have to be of the > male or female gender. One pro-family leader in > Washington, DC, is criticizing the school for > legitimizing transgenderism. Capital is endlessly transformative, so why not? Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 19:12:51 PDT 2006

14813 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 25, 2006, at 11:26 AM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > I do get a kick out of annoying political enemies, but y'all aren't > enemies. Are you? Not me. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 19:02:17 PDT 2006

14814 [lbo-talk] volume -- rank: 1000

Several posters seem to have forgotten the 3-a-day rule. Please remember. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 18:51:59 PDT 2006

14815 [lbo-talk] Re: Tikkun/ Horowitz/ divestment -- rank: 1000

On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:02 AM, Aaron Shuman wrote: > your Dad's role in the founding of the state of > Israel Etc. No more personal attacks like this, or queries about Tikkun policy, or any such. Since I'm going to be away all day, I've put you on moderation. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 08:30:55 PDT 2006

14816 [lbo-talk] The anti-capitalism of fools (We're all Hezbollah) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 25, 2006, at 8:49 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: > I don't know how Doug manages to preside over such a cyclical > process without any progression in it whatsoever. I could achieve what History couldn't? Seems unlikely. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 08:24:11 PDT 2006

14817 [lbo-talk] We're all anti-Israeli now -- rank: 1000

On Jul 25, 2006, at 3:26 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: > What does "take up violent revolution" mean to you, Doug? Fucked if I know. Makes no sense in the context of a country like the US anyway. > As for > anger, you are much too mature and level headed ever to show that, I'm > sure. What I had in mind was opposition to the notion of Israel, an > exclusively Jewish state, which discriminates violently on the > basis of > (a) religion, (b) anti-Arab racism, (c) a mumbo-ju ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 08:22:43 PDT 2006

14818 [lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 25, 2006, at 2:32 AM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > I don't much care that you think it's two-dimensional or shoddy. > Glib, smug assertions have never particularly bowled me over. It > is the role of the left to support the oppressed, not without > criticism, distinction or discrimination, but without this > Beautiful Soul narcissism in which one expects oppressed groups to > live up to one's ego-ideal of liberalism. I have no problem with Hezbollah shooting at ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 25 08:11:53 PDT 2006

14819 [lbo-talk] the world as seen from within the Beltway -- rank: 1000

A book that promises to crack the code of how Americans think, based on the insights of BUsh strategist Matthew Dowd, Clinton strategist Joe Sosnik, and AP alum Ron Fournier. The Note loves these guys, esp Fournier, whose work for AP they regard as the stuff of genius. What's important today is to project the gut values of authenticity and community. No one knows more about these things that political strategists and orthodox journalists. Applebee's America: <http://www.applebeesamerica ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 24 16:29:22 PDT 2006

14820 [lbo-talk] Hillary's $3,000 hair -- rank: 1000

[yeah, I know this is kinda sexist, but she's such a product - didn't Bill once close LAX for a fancy haircut? speaking of haircuts, a web designer I used to know back in the bubble days did Phish's site - they were late for a meeting because they were all getting $1,000 h/c's] New York Post - July 24, 2006 HILLARY GATHERS AN ARMY INCLUDES 3G FOR STYLIST By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more t ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 24 16:23:37 PDT 2006