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15256 [lbo-talk] Re: Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

joanna wrote: >Not all, but many do. It's partly fear of women as the birth/death >giver and partly womb envy. Don't forget multiple orgasm envy. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 18:23:40 PST 2006

15257 [lbo-talk] public is very worried about government spying -- rank: 1000

[via the AAPOR list] <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/weekinreview/01schwartz.html?8hpib> [...] [A] poll conducted for Mr. Ponemon last month may show that people hold different views on commercial and government privacy issues. Conducted after The New York Times revealed the N.S.A. surveillance, it suggested great concern. Of those polled, 88 percent expressed concern, and 54 percent said they were "very concerned," he said. "It was, 'Wow,' " Mr. Ponemon said. The 88 ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 18:13:53 PST 2006

15258 [lbo-talk] co-sleeping & sex -- rank: 1000

Ok, but what does this co-sleeping thing do to the sex life?

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 18:11:40 PST 2006

15259 [lbo-talk] Re: Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

divinegracie at earthlink.net wrote: > > Oh yes. Couldn't have been anywhere else. I was by far the most unskilled >> labor in the room, so mostly I watched - but it's inexpressibly glorious >> to watch a tiny human emerge from someone you love. >> > > Doug > >Birth is the most numinous, sacred event there is, and it happens everywhere But it's also very raw fleshy - I love the bag that collects all the blood and stuff. >: refugee camps, high tech hospi ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 18:03:51 PST 2006

15260 [lbo-talk] Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >A local friend of mine named her son Ivan, too. It's an up-and-coming name. > >219th in the 1980s: ><http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1980s.html> >163rd in the 1990s: ><http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names1990s.html> >135th from 2000 through 2004: ><http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names2000s.html> There's a fun website that uses that raw data to track names over time (requires pretty up-to-date ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 2 07:24:52 PST 2006

15261 [lbo-talk] Re: Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >A new life begins! I am talking about for Doug and >Liza. Hoping Doug was in the room to experience it. Oh yes. Couldn't have been anywhere else. I was by far the most unskilled labor in the room, so mostly I watched - but it's inexpressibly glorious to watch a tiny human emerge from someone you love. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jan 1 19:21:23 PST 2006

15262 [lbo-talk] Re: Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >we Epicurians (swerves not caviar!) may perhaps not believe in >metempsychosis, but if there were souls Harry's would not be a bad one >for Ivan to have... I had a similar thought - Harry was a really wonderful guy. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jan 1 19:19:32 PST 2006

15263 [lbo-talk] Re: Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

divinegracie at earthlink.net wrote: >Welcome to this world, little Ivan! I hope it was a low >intervention birth with a midwife? No midwife, but a very charming male ob/gyn. No drugs during delivery though, and only some ibuprofen after. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jan 1 12:14:58 PST 2006

15264 [lbo-talk] Harry Magdoff dies -- rank: 1000

From: Fred Magdoff Subject: Harry Magdoff Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 13:16:22 -0500 I have taken names from Harry's computer for this message. Dear Family and Friends, This is a note to let you know that Harry died peacefully early this morning surrounded, literally on his bed, by myself, my wife Amy, and his long time care giver Joan. His good friends Percy and Gladys Brazil were with him most of these last few days. Harry was able to enjoy their presence and even spent time talking to them on Frida ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 1 10:49:58 PST 2006

15265 [lbo-talk] Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Is the middle name just TK TK = journalese for "to come"

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15266 [lbo-talk] Liza & Doug have a kid -- rank: 1000

Born in New York City, January 1, 2006, 7:36 AM: Ivan Henwood (middle name TK), 8 lbs 2 oz. All parties are sleepy, but otherwise doing quite well. Doug

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15267 [lbo-talk] CFR fellow calls for US withdrawal from Iraq -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >><http://cfr.org/publication/9320/iraq_will_stabilize_only_if_we_pull_out.html> >> >>Iraq will stabilize only if we pull out >>Author: Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies > >Did anybody download this? The link had a very short expiration date. Newsday - December 1, 2005 Iraq will stabilize only if we pull out BY RAY TAKEYH In a defiant speech yesterday, President George W. Bush assured a nation uneasy about the war in I ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 28 20:44:11 PST 2006

15268 [lbo-talk] bling on Vanderbilt -- rank: 1000

A hip-hop themed party at the NYC Yale Club - yikes! Complete with appalling pix: <http://www.gawker.com/news/yale/sorta-party-crash-blazers-bling-at-the-yale-club-157492.php>. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 28 18:50:54 PST 2006

15269 [lbo-talk] dealing with climate change -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gawker.com/news/vogue/we-might-suggest-bathing-suits-157467.php> We Might Suggest Bathing Suits READ MORE: VOGUE, CONDE NAST, FASHION, WEATHER From the table of contents in the current Vogue: 303 The heat is on. As climate change continues apace, the world may be saying goodbye to the season as we know them. So how will this affect the way people dress? Vogue travels to Dubai, California, Brazil, and Russia for the fashion weather report. By Robert Sullivan Hey, if the apocalyp ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 28 15:17:45 PST 2006

15270 [lbo-talk] China's dark side -- rank: 1000

[bounced for excessive length - and FP is produced by Carnegie - it's Foreign Affairs that's produced by the CFR] From: "Jim Devine" <jdevine03 at gmail.com> [FOREIGN POLICY is produced by the Council on Foreign Relations, no? In any event, it's an establishmentarian viewpoint.] The Dark Side of China's Rise By Minxin Pei March/April 2006 China's economic boom has dazzled investors and captivated the world. But beyond the new high-rises and churning factories lie rampant corrupti ...

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