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16126 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Change to Win: Stand up for universal health care -- rank: 1000

--- Change to Win <takeaction at changetowin.org> wrote: Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:04:07 GMT From: "Change to Win" <takeaction at changetowin.org> Subject: Stand up for universal health care We believe that the time has come for universal health care -- and you can help make it a reality. The Citizens' Health Care Working Group was set up by Congress to find out how to fix our broken health care system. It is currently talking to average Americans around the country to find ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 14:37:19 PDT 2006

16127 [lbo-talk] Blumenthal: Iran is next -- rank: 1000

<http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/08/03/mideast/print.html> The neocons' next war By secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it. By Sidney Blumenthal Aug. 03, 2006 The National Security Agency is providing signal intelligence to Israel to monitor whether Syria and Iran are supplying new armaments to Hezbollah as it fires ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Aug 9 13:44:09 PDT 2006

16128 [lbo-talk] Conn exit poll -- rank: 1000

So there was an exit poll after all - just not for instant analysis on the TV. Lamont did better among black voters, upper income/more educated voters, union households: <http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/ CBSNews_polls/ctexitpoll.pdf>.

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 13:24:54 PDT 2006

16129 [lbo-talk] Zogby poll of Iran -- rank: 1000

<http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1147> July 13, 2006 Inside Iran Exclusive Reader's Digest / Zogby International Poll of Iranians Reveals a Society in Flux While Iran s nuclear program grabs headlines around the world, a new Reader s Digest-Zogby International survey reports that Iranians (41%) said reforming their national economy so it operates more efficiently is more important than nuclear capability. A smaller number, 27%, said the country s top priority should be to de ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 13:16:52 PDT 2006

16130 [lbo-talk] WP reporter: Israel deliberately not destroying launchers -- rank: 1000

<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3288355,00.html> Reporter: Israel deliberately not destroying launchers Top Washington Post military reporter Tom Ricks severely criticized after suggesting Israel is intentionally leaving Hizbullah rocket launchers intact to maintain moral defense to strike civilian targets in Lebanon Yitzhak Benhorin WASHINGTON - Tom Ricks, military reporter for the Washington Post, accused Israel Tuesday of intentionally failing to destroy a number of rock ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Aug 9 12:57:35 PDT 2006

16131 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I think those complaining about the testing of quackery are confusing > medicine with capitalist medicine. Given the destructiveness of > capitalism, 'standard' medicine really does better than one would > expect > it to. Couldn't agree more. I'd say the same about biotech - I think there's great potential in GM, but I don't trust Monsanto to do it right. Doug

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 10:56:35 PDT 2006

16132 [lbo-talk] Joementum is back! really!! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060807&s=lizza080906> JOE LIEBERMAN'S CAMPAIGN IS JUST STARTING. Vital Signs by Ryan Lizza Last night, Ned Lamont made the first mistake of his general election campaign against independent Democrat Joe Lieberman and token Republican Alan Schlesinger. Having won a historic primary victory against a well-financed, three-term senator and former popular, vote- winning vice-presidential candidate, Lamont should have used his victory speech last night to ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 08:51:47 PDT 2006

16133 [lbo-talk] Hand-wringers and hypocrites -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Marvin Gandall quoted: > Yet, since 9/11 and the second intifada, where suicide bombings and > beheadings have become the calling cards of Arab diplomacy But never..."where guided munitions and indefinite detentions have become the calling cards of U.S. diplomacy..." Doug

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 08:43:28 PDT 2006

16134 [lbo-talk] Americans on social issues: split the difference -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > The middle ground is that abortion should be legal - and moral - > "under some circumstances," which usu means rape/incest or preserving > > [WS:] This is exactly what all but the most fanatical pro-lifers > want. How > is it "middle ground"? Not at all - they want to ban it under all circumstances. You're not keeping up on your fanatics!

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 07:33:28 PDT 2006

16135 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Andy F wrote: > I think a > lot of people prefer the entertainment of chasing some esoteric diet > plan (western or otherwise) than the boring stuff they already know Yup. Cf. the women's mags with their constant barrage of new diets - much more fun than "eat less, exercise more," which is pretty much all the dietary wisdom you need. Doug

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 06:48:13 PDT 2006

16136 [lbo-talk] Americans on social issues: split the difference -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 9:19 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > There is no compromise on abortion because the goal is sexual equality > for women, which means they must have a fool-proof method of birth > control, which means unhasseled and cheap or free abortion must be > available on demand. Anything else is an insuperable barrier to the > elimination of male supremacy. > > There is nothing to argue about except tactics and strategy to make > abortion as handy as a bottle of aspirin. ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 06:26:12 PDT 2006

16137 [lbo-talk] Americans on social issues: split the difference -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 5:57 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > What exactly is a "middle ground" or "compromise" on abortion - that > abortion is "partially" legal? Or that someone should get only "a > little bit > pregnant"? The middle ground is that abortion should be legal - and moral - "under some circumstances," which usu means rape/incest or preserving the life of the mother. Merely not wanting a child isn't enough - other polls rank ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 06:24:45 PDT 2006

16138 [lbo-talk] HRW on same-sexers in Iran -- rank: 1000

http://gaycitynews.com/gcn_530/debatingiran.html Volume 5, Number 30 | July 27 - August 2, 2006 PERSPECTIVE/ INTERNATIONAL Debating Iran BY SCOTT LONG Is there a battle over Iran? In Washington and London, yes. Nations with immense military machines at their disposal argue the merits of peace and war. So why do the differences of a few lesbian and gay activists in New York matter? Because lesbian and gay Iranians are not abstractions, sheltered from politics or missiles. Their lives should ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 06:18:53 PDT 2006

16139 [lbo-talk] Re: Boycott Japan and China -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > On 8/6/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> I see the lead story in the weekend Counterpunch <http:// >> www.counterpunch.org> is a polemic in favor of a boycott of Israel, >> written by an American academic living in S Africa, Virginia Tilley. >> Isn't it odd for an American to call for such, given our support of >> Israel? Should we boycott ourselves? How? > > Boycott Japan an ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 05:56:02 PDT 2006

16140 [lbo-talk] McLemee on Scialabba -- rank: 1000

[George was on this list for a while. I've liked reading his stuff since we appeared in the same issue of Grand Street many years ago. So it's good to read this. And George - why so modest? You should have done a little self-promotion here!] <http://insidehighered.com/views/2006/08/09/mclemee> Divided Mind By Scott McLemee George Scialabba is an essayist and critic working at Harvard University who has just published a volume of selected pieces under the title Divided Mind, issued by ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 9 05:49:00 PDT 2006