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15991 [lbo-talk] Tony Cliff on the Muslim Brotherhood -- rank: 1000

On Aug 25, 2006, at 1:32 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: > No, we won't be "disavoying" him any time soon, or even > disinterring him for that matter - if you wanted a more > contemporary and fully worked out analysis of Political Islam that > was written while Cliff was still very much alive and active, you > could have had a look at Chris Harman's "The Prophet and the > Proletariat", which correctly describes Islamism as neither > progressive no ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 11:01:53 PDT 2006

15992 [lbo-talk] new frontiers in criticism -- rank: 1000

<http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=281931&area=/ breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/> New York Times hires man with nose for a story The New York Times has announced the appointment of its first perfume critic, in what the paper describes as a breakthrough for olfactory journalism and a wake-up call for a secretive, hype-driven industry. There are a couple of websites devoted to fragrance and a scent columnist at a Swiss newspaper but, as far as the New Yor ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 09:28:29 PDT 2006

15993 [lbo-talk] WMT goes orgo -- rank: 1000

The Nation - September 11, 2006 Mean or Green? by LIZA FEATHERSTONE A laughing baby is covered in baby food. He's making a gushy mess, as babies do, but having a grand time. A magic word reassures us--before we've had a chance to worry--that the food itself is wholesome. That word, of course, is "organic." More surprising, to many viewers of this advertisement, will be the origin of this virtuous feast: Wal- Mart. This summer, the mega-retailer launched a multimillion-dollar ad ca ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 09:21:40 PDT 2006

15994 [lbo-talk] MEMRI: Anti-Semitism Documentation Project -- rank: 1000

On Aug 25, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Michael Givel wrote: > http://www.memri.org/antisemitism.html Ok, it's a problem, but isn't MEMRI a Zionist shop that's implicitly justifying Israel's warmaking because of endemic antisemitism? Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 07:16:00 PDT 2006

15995 [lbo-talk] Pluto fallout -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - August 25, 2006 Pluto's Demotion Divides Astrologers, Troubles Scorpios The Minor-Planet Faction Takes the News in Stride; Astrolabe Adjusts Charts By JANE SPENCER The ruling by the world's top astronomers to boot Pluto from the planet category is sending shock waves through another set of dedicated stargazers: the world of astrologers, who are already mulling how this turn of events will affect our moods, our lucky numbers and our chances of getting a date on Saturday ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 07:03:51 PDT 2006

15996 [lbo-talk] A question for the anti-"conspiracy"-theoristsabout9/11 -- rank: 1000

On Aug 25, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > So, 911 is a joke in your town, eh, Doug? ;) Hey, I know two guys who were making 9/11 jokes on 9/12. But they're a distinct minority. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 06:48:21 PDT 2006

15997 [lbo-talk] QMT -- rank: 1000

<http://adage.com/article?article_id=111477> Wal-Mart Partners With National Gay and Lesbian Group Also Hires Gay-Marketing Shop as Retailer Works to Alter Image By Mya Frazier COLUMBUS, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- In an unprecedented push, Wal-Mart Stores has hired a gay-marketing shop, joined the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and begun discussions with activist groups about extending domestic-partnership benefits to its employees. The initiative comes as Wal-Mart aims to broa ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 06:46:53 PDT 2006

15998 [lbo-talk] Womyn's Fest tells transgender women to ban themselves -- rank: 1000

On Aug 25, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > Shouldn't the womyn have the self-determination to define themselves ? > Who defines the definers? Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 06:37:35 PDT 2006

15999 [lbo-talk] Class Divide in Iran (was Once Upon a time) -- rank: 1000

On Aug 24, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > Doesn't the issue for the left boil down to whether or not to > support the > Iranians and the Islamist movements, warts and all, in their > confrontations > with Israel and the US? I think they deserve support strictly out > of respect > for the principle of self-determination and non-interference, and > I'd be > surprised if you and most others on the list did not feel likewise. Of course. But it's one thing to sa ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 05:51:17 PDT 2006

16000 [lbo-talk] Bubble 2.0: YouTube for $2b? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/08/24/publiceye/entry1932996.shtml> Most industry watchers predict that it may not be long until someone does pay YouTube a lot. With yesterday s news that Sony Pictures Entertainment bought Grouper, another video-sharing site, for $65 million, it appears only a matter of time before YouTube gets acquired some speculate for as much as $2 billion. While YouTube itself declined to discuss how much it would want or whether it was up for sale, Bus ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 05:44:44 PDT 2006

16001 [lbo-talk] A question for the anti-"conspiracy"-theoristsabout9/11 -- rank: 1000

On Aug 24, 2006, at 11:38 PM, Chuck wrote: A response to Joe Wanzala's 9/11 post. NO MORE 9/11 STUFF!! Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 25 05:38:47 PDT 2006

16002 [lbo-talk] The Hippies! -- rank: 1000

Happened to stumble across Time mag's reprint of its 1967 story on The Hippies: <http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/ 0,9171,899555-1,00.html>. Hilarious.

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Date:	Thu Aug 24 18:53:03 PDT 2006

16003 [lbo-talk] A question for the anti-"conspiracy"-theoristsabout9/11 -- rank: 1000

On Aug 24, 2006, at 7:58 PM, Joseph Wanzala wrote: Some 9/11 stuff. ENOUGH ON THIS ALREADY! Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 24 17:28:46 PDT 2006

16004 [lbo-talk] Class Divide in Iran (was Once Upon a time) -- rank: 1000

On Aug 24, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > It seems to me that the onus is on the regime's critics to identify > alternative forces in Iran which are as committed to its national > independence and to addressing its social inequalities along with > their > more enlightened policies towards women, gays, secular dissidents, > trade > unionists, etc., Yoshie's point is that the more socially progressive > Iranian left, in reaction to the Islamists, has compromised ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 24 17:07:22 PDT 2006

16005 [lbo-talk] Womyn's Fest tells transgender women to ban themselves -- rank: 1000

From: National Center for Transgender Equality [mailto:ncte at nctequality.org] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: Womyn's Fest tells transgender women to ban themselves Advocates Celebrate End of Policy Barring Ticket Sales to Transgender Women August 24, 2006 But Management of Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Insists Transwomen Should Choose Not to Attend Washington, DC After an openly transgender woman was allowed to purchase a ticket at this summer's Michigan Womyn's Music ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 24 16:43:56 PDT 2006