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16141 [lbo-talk] But some stupid with a flare gun..... -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 4:44 PM, mike larkin wrote: > Lieberman blames 'dirty politics' for Web site disruption Whois sez: > http://www.networksolutions.com > > No match for "WWW.JOE2006.COM". >

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16142 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 4:10 PM, Colin Brace wrote: > Your assertion that "cancers take a long time to develop" does not > gibe with the veritable plague of childhood cancers and breast cancers > among middle-aged women these days. According to this <http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/ results_merged/topic_inc_mor_trends.pdf>, cancer mortality rates have been declining among those 64 and under in the US. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 13:47:24 PDT 2006

16143 [lbo-talk] Americans on social issues: split the difference -- rank: 1000

[note the table showing virtually identical opinions among men & women on abortion] <http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=283> Pragmatic Americans Liberal and Conservative on Social Issues Most Want Middle Ground on Abortion Released: August 3, 2006 Summary of Findings Americans cannot be easily characterized as conservative or liberal on today's most pressing social questions. The public's point of view varies from issue to issue. They are conservative in opposing ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 12:46:59 PDT 2006

16144 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:06 PM, joanna wrote: >> Why? The real comparison should be to the efficacy of "mainstream" >> medicine (henceforth referred to as professional-racket-medicine), >> especially as a ratio of public and individual dollars spent. >> Setting aside the silly anecdotes (man I would love to take the >> guy who introduced this style of writing -- Jane Ficklebottom of >> Wasatch knows the other side. Her family of five, including >> ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 11:42:30 PDT 2006

16145 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:53 PM, ravi wrote: > Huh?! I am not "mocking" you or Doug! In fact the bulk of my posts > were > made before you even entered the discussion! And I did not > introduce the > word "hippie" into the discussion: I'm guilty of introducing the word, and I'm not repentant. And I never see anything Ravi writes as "mocking" - sometimes teasing, but not with the edge of nastiness that mocking implies. I've never seen him denounce anyon ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 11:38:44 PDT 2006

16146 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Andy F wrote: > On 8/8/06, ravi <gadfly at exitleft.org> wrote: > >> But greater improvements in life expectancy and health were achieved >> through public health (which has nothing to do with Western >> medicine or >> the doctor-drug-company-complex) than modern pills. BTW, aren't >> cancer >> rates up too? > > Vaccines and germ theory have nothing to do with Western medicine? Evidently epidemiology & public ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 11:37:14 PDT 2006

16147 [lbo-talk] FOMC statement -- rank: 1000

[this is pretty dovish, despite this morning's news of an acceleration in unit labor costs - the June 29 statement mentioned moderation in ULCs as a reason to expect inflation to decline - they dropped that language for obvious reasons, yet still expect inflation to decline] <http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/monetary/2006/20060808/ default.htm> For immediate release The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 perc ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 11:25:22 PDT 2006

16148 [lbo-talk] Connecticut results -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Jesse Lemisch wrote: > Have the networks stopped doing exit polls? I doubt it; they need > the data. Not for these state races - they're too expensive. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 09:44:51 PDT 2006

16149 [lbo-talk] Dorothy Healey, RIP -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - August 8, 2006 OBITUARIES Dorothy Healey, 91; Lifelong Communist Fought for Working People By Dennis McLellan Times Staff Writer Dorothy Healey, a onetime labor organizer, civil rights activist and Marxist radio commentator who was chairwoman of the Southern California district of the Communist Party USA from the late 1940s through the 1960s, has died. She was 91. Healey, dubbed "the Red Queen of Los Angeles" by headline writers during her heyday, died Sunday of ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 09:43:31 PDT 2006

16150 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 12:09 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I was no fonder of the so-called "hippie culture" than anyone on this > list, but the use of "hippie" in this thread is probably more > misleading > than is the sloppy use of "post-modern" by many writers. The sort of > medicine being (for the most part rightly) sneered at is no more > connected with hippies than it is with Iowa farmers or detroit auto > workers. Thanks, Matthew Arnold, for remind ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 09:41:02 PDT 2006

16151 [lbo-talk] Lebanon: An Open Country for Civil Resistance -- rank: 1000

[I'll be interviewing Rasha on my radio show this Thursday.] Press Release-Lebanon: An Open Country for Civil Resistance Beirut August 7, 2006 Press Contacts: Rasha Salti +961 3 970855 Huwaida Arraf +961 70 974452 Samah Idriss +961 3 381349 Wadih Al Asmar +961 70 950780 On August 12, at 7 am, Lebanese from throughout the country and international supporters who have come to Lebanon to express solidarity will gather in Martyr s Square in Beirut to form a c ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 08:12:52 PDT 2006

16152 [lbo-talk] rappers for Lamont -- rank: 1000

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/07/ AR2006080701230.html> One theory for Lamont's slipping support was that he has been damaged by Lieberman radio ads on black stations hitting the challenger for his longtime membership, terminated this year, at an exclusive Greenwich country club. The Lamont campaign responded by seeking out rap artists to phone black stations and remind listeners that Lieberman had once targeted rap music for promoting violence and drug ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 08:06:44 PDT 2006

16153 [lbo-talk] Connecticut results -- rank: 1000

For those of you who care about such things, since there are no exit polls in Connecticut today, the most timely reports of results will be on the state election site: <http://www.sots.ct.gov/LEAD/ LeadIndex.htm> and <http://www.statementofvote-sots.ct.gov/ StatementOfVote/>. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 08:05:36 PDT 2006

16154 [lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test -- rank: 1000

On Aug 8, 2006, at 10:37 AM, ravi wrote: > What you are talking about above is a result that may demonstrate that > professional-racket medicine is more successful than hippie- > medicine and > placebos. Well, if so, why not? Billions are spent on > professional-racket medicine, not to forget (as I mentioned), that > professional-racket medicine borrows at will (and to enormous profit) > from hippie-medicine (tribal remedies, ayurveda, etc). One would > expect > it to ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 08:00:52 PDT 2006

16155 [lbo-talk] WBAI pier party -- rank: 1000

[never been to one of these, so I can't vouch for its fun potential, but it sounds pretty good] It's that time of year again! Please join WBAI producers, hosts and staff at our Annual Pier Party, featuring Reggae and Latin bands, a live Jazz Combo and Silky Sax & Hai-Resolution; a professional aggregation of old school and acapella doo-wop singers. Compete in our Latin dance contest, buy arts and crafts and vie for dozens of spectacular raffle prizes. Vendor spaces also available. Sund ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 8 07:50:48 PDT 2006