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16606 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >I understand representatives of Move On are still waiting at Penn >Station. They're willing to defer arriving in Washington until late >2006 :) I heard they were waiting for Hillary to come on board. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 11:43:55 PDT 2005

16607 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 11:09:13 PDT 2005

16608 [lbo-talk] FDA mystery -- rank: 1000

((((((((((( GoozNews Update: The Crawford Resignation Mystery ))))))))))) September 24, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <http://www.gooznews.com/archives/000193.html> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ True to form, the administration picked late Friday afternoon to announce that Food and Drug Administration commissioner Lester Crawford resigned. The veterinarian in charge of the world's premier food and dr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 11:07:15 PDT 2005

16609 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >Doug writes: > >> Train (when it's running): $80 >> Plane: $120. > >A 50% premium, but still pretty decent. Note that Acela is $126. You're not counting cab fare, which is about $25-30 each way. Since I have an unlimited ride Metrocard, the subway ride is "free" (i.e., marginal cost = 0). So, roundtrip by train: $160. Roundtrip by plane: $290. Plus I don't have to take my shoes off for the goddam TSA. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 10:57:45 PDT 2005

16610 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >As long as you were primed for vocal outrage, you should have gone >to Penn Station anyway and demonstrated against Amtrak. Some ANSWER-looking person organized a "spontaneous" demonstration (pop.: 20) that featured the chant "Money for Amtrak, not for war." It was kind of embarrassing, so my posse kept its distance. We waited an hour and a half, there was no progress, and I gave up. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 10:54:04 PDT 2005

16611 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: > > Thanks to a power failure, there >> were no trains to DC this morning. > >Too bad you didn't fly! :-) :-) :-) Train (when it's running): $80 Plane: $120. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 08:25:50 PDT 2005

16612 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Well so much for good intentions. Thanks to a power failure, there were no trains to DC this morning. Bring down the war machine for me, whoever's there! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 24 07:19:06 PDT 2005

16613 [lbo-talk] affinity group -- rank: 1000

Anyone interested in an lbo-talk contingent in DC... I should be getting into Union Station around 11:20, and I'll head over to the Ellipse from there. So if it's not too insanely crowded give me a call at 917-865-2813. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 18:13:47 PDT 2005

16614 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Sean Johnson Andrews wrote: >Anyway, I'll be there. Me too. Should we organize an lbo-talk contingent? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 18:10:49 PDT 2005

16615 [lbo-talk] NO: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters -- rank: 1000

<http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/09/22/usdom11773.htm> New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters Officers Deserted a Jail Building, Leaving Inmates Locked in Cells (New York, September 22, 2005) "As Hurricane Katrina began pounding New Orleans, the sheriff's department abandoned hundreds of inmates imprisoned in the city's jail," Human Rights Watch said today. Inmates in Templeman III, one of several buildings in the Orleans Parish Prison compound, reported that as of Mond ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 18:09:26 PDT 2005

16616 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> >> And, more broadly, why are the Dems such pussies on the war? >> Withdrawal is becoming a majority position now, and they're still >> afraid of saying anything? > >They aren't cowards. They simply believe in the policies being followed, >though they would like to see them carried out more efficiently. > >Why don't you believe what the DP leaders say they want: More troops in >Iraq! > >Claim ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 15:39:31 PDT 2005

16617 [lbo-talk] DC -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >I'm sorry. UFPJ chooses to join hands with ANSWER and I don't blame any sane >officeholder from not wanting to have snapshots of linking hands with folks >who think North Korea is just a peachy keen government. > >The idiocy of prioritizing unity with ANSWER over other folks is why, >despite massive disdain for the war, the "antiwar movement" has remained so >marginal. It was depressing two years ago and it's depressing now. I love liberal se ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 12:31:07 PDT 2005

16618 [lbo-talk] Fed kicks it up another quarter -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >I'm glad you're going into this. In the 70s I found myself working on a >case that involved offshore trusts, and got a quick look into phenomenal >amounts of wealth wholly obscured to inquiry - especially governmental >inquiry. Unless there were some convincing showing that the relative >amounts have since decreased or become more available to inquiry (I've >not kept up with this at all), I'd think there'd be a strong argument >that attempts to measure chan ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 12:28:50 PDT 2005

16619 [lbo-talk] Indian food [was: Hey Mr. bitter expat -- rank: 1000

Mark Bennett wrote: >Do you mean to say that you've never developed a taste for that ghastly >delicacy of the American South, boiled peanuts? One of the most revolting things I've ever been exposed to. When I was in Charlottesville, I had a friend from south Georgia (the US state, not Stalin's homeland) who loved them. I was appalled. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 12:17:40 PDT 2005

16620 [lbo-talk] Re: Antifa Critique of German "Left Party" -- rank: 1000

Angelus Novus wrote: >Whenever I discuss any of this with American friends >and comrades, the reaction ranges from bemusement all >the way to outraged indignation to the effect that >Israel is an "apartheid state." I think it's >interesting that most American leftists never seem to >entertain the notion that any nation-state is by >definition an apartheid state. Well not exactly. As fucked up as the US is in so many ways, our official ideology is that anyone can b ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 23 12:15:53 PDT 2005