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16051 [lbo-talk] A Split In the Racist Right -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Michael Givel quoted: > This extraordinary incident marked the beginning of an open rift > between those on the radical right who see blacks, Hispanics and > Muslims as the primary enemy, and those who say "the Jews" are > ultimately behind every evil -- a split that has usually stayed > just below the surface but now threatens a leading institution of > American extremism. While in the past he has managed to bridge this > divide mainly ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 16:13:38 PDT 2006

16052 [lbo-talk] Bush admin pressed Brits to arrest suspects -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:22 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > No. Or maybe, but they'd be much less significant a > force. But a world in which the US and Israel acted > like civilized countries is far removed from ours. > Insofar as the proposal to deal with terrorism is: > make the US and Israel act like civilized countries, > I'm for it, but I'm for socialism too. In the meantime > I don't think we should put off dealing with pressing > issues until those happy days arr ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 15:38:33 PDT 2006

16053 [lbo-talk] Interior and Absence (notes on recent work) -- rank: 1000

[this is pretty funny - via nettime] From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com> Date: August 16, 2006 11:47:27 AM EDT To: nettime-l at bbs.thing.net Subject: <nettime> Interior and Absence (notes on recent work) Interior and Absence (notes on recent work) In an attempt to explain my recent work... This is such an attempt, the attempt already referenced - Every surrounding space is non-existent, that is, every embedding space should be construed as invisible, unless vectored outside ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 14:45:28 PDT 2006

16054 [lbo-talk] NWA to workers: dumpster dive! -- rank: 1000

Northwest advised workers to see treasure in trash NEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Bankrupt Northwest Airlines Corp. advised workers to fish in the trash for things they like or take their dates for a walk in the woods in a move to help workers facing the ax to save money. The No. 5 U.S. carrier, which has slashed most employees' pay and is looking to cut jobs as it prepares to exit bankruptcy, put the tips in a booklet handed out to about 50 workers and posted for a time on its employee Web ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 11:00:59 PDT 2006

16055 [lbo-talk] Iran: World Bank Gender Stats -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: >> And why is one of the world's biggest oil producers a lower-middle- >> income country? Its income & social indicators are on a par with >> Peru. >> >> Doug > > If you check Saudi Arabia's stats on the world bank site you'd > wonder what _they_ did with their oil money: Hey, I hardly see SA as a model regime. But people have been making claims about Iran...

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16056 [lbo-talk] Iran: World Bank Gender Stats -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > In any case, what Iranian women have achieved ought to be publicized > better, so that Americans and others can see that it is worth > defending from the threat of economic sanctions and worse. I'll be interviewing Val Moghadam in about 2 hrs - any questions you'd like me to ask her. One can be object to sanctions without getting starry-eyed about the Iranian regime. Just like Iraq. And why is one of the world's biggest oil produc ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 08:43:25 PDT 2006

16057 [lbo-talk] Bush admin pressed Brits to arrest suspects -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> The Islamists, by contrast are not a power or a >> nation; they do say the things I attribute to them; >> they have done so consistently for 70 years and they >> have never said anything else, and they have acted >> aggressive not to defend their borders, which,a part >> from a brief period in Afghanistan. they have not >> got, >> but t ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 08:34:33 PDT 2006

16058 [lbo-talk] Iran: World Bank Gender Stats -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > The World Bank Gender Stats for Iran should be useful, for it allows > us to compare it with other countries in the "Middle East & North > Africa" and other "Lower Middle Income" countries: > <http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/genderRpt.asp? > rpt=profile&cty=IRN,Iran,%20Islamic%20Rep.&hm=home>. And they're not that impressive - adult literacy for women is 70%, compared with 86% fo ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 16 05:37:15 PDT 2006

16059 [lbo-talk] hedge funds, buyout firms giving to Dems -- rank: 1000

<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601070&sid=abPcaWGJlFwo&refer=home> Hedge Funds, Buyout Firms Favor Democrats With Campaign Money Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats are collecting more than two-thirds of the campaign donations from employees of the biggest hedge funds and buyout firms, as the party taps into one of Wall Street's fastest- growing sources of wealth. Of the $7.4 million contributed by employees of the 100 largest hedge funds and 50 biggest buyout firms in ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 15 16:40:57 PDT 2006

16060 [lbo-talk] that ol' terror magic... -- rank: 1000

...doesn't seem to be working that well for Bush - his approval in the daily Rasmussen poll is up just 3 points over the last week: <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm>.

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Date:	Tue Aug 15 12:15:11 PDT 2006

16061 [lbo-talk] Bush admin pressed Brits to arrest suspects -- rank: 1000

On Aug 15, 2006, at 2:04 PM, Carl Remick wrote: >> From: andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> >> >> > You've simply taken Cold War talking points and >> > cut-and-pasted "Islamic" >> > where the word "Communist" used to be. I have to >> > assume you're saving your >> > creative thinking for the paying customers. >> >> You're full of shit. I was a "revisionist >> Sovietolog ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 15 11:17:42 PDT 2006

16062 [lbo-talk] euphemism of the day -- rank: 1000

[This index has been dropping like a rock - nice use of "tempered."] BUILDER CONFIDENCE SLIDES IN AUGUST WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 - Reacting to what they perceive as increasing consumer uncertainty regarding the market for new single-family homes, builders tempered their views on current and expected sales activity in the Wells Fargo/National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index (HMI) for August, released today. The HMI declined seven points to 32, its lowest level since F ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 15 10:26:03 PDT 2006

16063 [lbo-talk] the war in Lebanon - the archeological angle -- rank: 1000

[A friend has just started a column for Bloomberg on threats to the natural environment and the cultural heritage.] <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601088&sid=aZ.RdJiT_3GY&refer=culture> Israel-Hezbollah War Endangers Archaeological Sites, Ecosystems Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Roman temple complex in the Lebanese town of Baalbek has somehow endured the region's centuries of bloody- minded conflict. But it may not survive the latest bombing raids of Israeli fighter pla ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 15 08:31:36 PDT 2006

16064 [lbo-talk] you can take the Confederate flag pin off the man, but... -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - August 15, 2006 Allen Quip Provokes Outrage, Apology Name Insults Webb Volunteer By Tim Craig and Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writers RICHMOND, Aug. 14 -- Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) apologized Monday for what his opponent's campaign said were demeaning and insensitive comments the senator made to a 20-year-old volunteer of Indian descent. At a campaign rally in southwest Virginia on Friday, Allen repeatedly called a volunteer for Democrat James Webb "maca ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 15 08:29:09 PDT 2006

16065 [lbo-talk] CFR fellow on why they hate us -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - August 15, 2006 Why They Hate Us No, it's not our freedoms. Anti-Americanism isn't going away until the U.S. puts some fairness in its foreign policy. By Julia E. Sweig AMERICA'S MORAL standing in the world has precipitously declined since 2001. For starters, blame the Bush administration's go-it-alone tough talk after 9/11, contempt for the Kyoto accord, war and then chaos in Iraq, secret prisons in Europe and alleged use of torture at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Democrats wo ...

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