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16651 [lbo-talk] loser liberals -- rank: 1000

New York Times - September 21, 2005 Urban Miss By JOEL KOTKIN THE votes are all in, and Fernando Ferrer has won New York's Democratic mayoral nomination, narrowly avoiding a runoff (even a nominal one) with Representative Anthony Weiner. That sounds like great news for the Democrats, who can now focus on trying to defeat Mayor Michael Bloomberg. But in truth it's the opposite: what New York's Democrats need isn't hand-holding - it's bloodletting. Without a challenge from Mr. Weiner, Mr. Ferrer w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 21 08:04:24 PDT 2005

16652 [lbo-talk] white Americans think Kanye West is wrong -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >I am tired of living in this country, Charles, and facing the copious >bullshit it oozes day after day every day - and one way of dealing with it >is ranting about what annoys me. You're in Baltimore - try the Mencken approach for a bit, and just laugh at the zoo animals. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:50:17 PDT 2005

16653 [lbo-talk] Fed kicks it up another quarter -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Don't the most sophisticated financiers make money on falling stock >markets as well as rising, and on financial crises too. They can, but short selling is risky, and kind of disreputable. (Short sellers are like Wall Street's gangsta rappers.) More people make more money on the way up. But didn't Rhett Butler say you can make a fortune more quickly when something's falling apart? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:47:43 PDT 2005

16654 [lbo-talk] white Americans think Kanye West is wrong -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >So, Kanye West is so right on it's not funny. What he is saying is obviously >true, been true, important to keep saying, whatever. I finally got to see the video clip of his statement and was amazed how nervous he looked. A big star like him, staring into the camera like a first-timer. I guess criticizing the president and talking about race is enough to make anyone nervous. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:45:41 PDT 2005

16655 [lbo-talk] Invitation to WB and Pentagon Wedding: September 22 at noon -- rank: 1000

Press Advisory September 20, 2005: For Immediate Release Contact: Dr. Vineeta Gupta, Stop HIV/AIDS in India Initiative 202-538-1069, <mailto:vineeta at shaii.org> or Basav Sen, Mobilization for Global Justice 202-997-0479, basav at igc.org ************ World Bank, Pentagon to Marry: Links Between War and Privatization Common Struggle in the Global South: India, Afghanistan, Africa or Iraq ************* You are cordially invited to wedding ceremony of the World Bank and Pentagon Rev. Paul ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:16:19 PDT 2005

16656 [lbo-talk] Re: a new look at Trotsky -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >[thanks to Michael Pug] > >Leon Trotsky, top: ><http://www.spankingblog.com/2003/06/11/leon-trotsky-whipping-two-nude-girls/>. ...gives new meaning to "party discipline"

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:11:21 PDT 2005

16657 [lbo-talk] a new look at Trotsky -- rank: 1000

[thanks to Michael Pug] Leon Trotsky, top: <http://www.spankingblog.com/2003/06/11/leon-trotsky-whipping-two-nude-girls/>. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:03:46 PDT 2005

16658 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: A World Turned Upside Down by George Monbiot] -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Monbiot thinks there is a way. He even claims, in the last paragraph >that he can show how how it can be done politically. ?? (The technical >argument is irrelevant of course until the political way is discovered >in practice.) I think you're underestimating the flexibility of capitalism by saying there's no way climate change can be dealt with without a revolution. It would require heavy state intervention, of course, but with a business coalition made up of finan ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 21 07:01:50 PDT 2005

16659 [lbo-talk] Jon Stewart defies the odds -- rank: 1000

John Adams wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > >> Comedy is really male. > >Extremely, commonly, or intrinsicly? Commonly. The professional kind, I mean. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 21 06:35:30 PDT 2005

16660 [lbo-talk] Jon Stewart defies the odds -- rank: 1000

Gar Lipow wrote: >I missed Emmys but my Mom commented to me; "In NY city he couldn't >find any funny women to write jokes for him?". Comedy is really male. Maybe Dennis could explain. My former trainer, an aspiring standup, said that most male comics couldn't handle a funny woman - it was like a challenge to their masculinity. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 20 20:43:35 PDT 2005

16661 [lbo-talk] Chavez: "I Would Like to Shake Hands With Chomsky" -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >via cursor > >"....The U.S. people have a major role to play to >solve, to save this planet. Because we're talking >about the government. I was reading recently, Noam >Chomsky, I read him very frequently. And in one of his >most recent books, Chomsky, I would like very much to >shake hands with Chomsky. I've been reading him for a >while....." Not to mention on this list, yesterday: At 11:33 PM -0400 9/19/05, Doug Henwood wrote: >I was ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 20 19:52:33 PDT 2005

16662 [lbo-talk] burning food -- rank: 1000

[with some thanks to Kelley] <http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16147117&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=exclusive--58--up-in-flames-name_page.html> Mirror (London) - September 19, 2005 EXCLUSIVE: UP IN FLAMES Tons of British aid donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims to be BURNED by Americans From Ryan Parry, US Correspondent in New York HUNDREDS of tons of British food aid shipped to America for starving Hurricane Katrina survivors is to be burned. US red tape is ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 20 17:41:25 PDT 2005

16663 [lbo-talk] American consumers plunge into gloom -- rank: 1000

[there's always the contrarian point of view: December 1991, the point of comparison below, was just two months before the employment trough of Feb 92] ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST CONSUMER INDEX - 9/18/05 EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AFTER 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005 Economic Pessimism Spikes Economic pessimism spiked this week to its worst in more than 13 years, punctuating a steep five-week decline in consumer confidence that's been deepened by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and $3 gas. Public ra ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 20 14:15:40 PDT 2005

16664 [lbo-talk] Fed kicks it up another quarter -- rank: 1000

tfast at yorku.ca wrote: >My paranoia has me waiting for a massive period of inflation so the US can >discount its current twin deficits and debt. You'd have to euthanize a bunch of domestic rentiers first! Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 20 14:09:43 PDT 2005

16665 [lbo-talk] Bush approval on Katrina lower than before speech -- rank: 1000

<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2005/Katrina_September%2018.htm> Bush Katrina Ratings Fall After Speech Survey of 1,000 Adults September 16-17, 2005 September 18, 2005--Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans now say that President Bush has done a good or excellent job responding to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. That's down from 39% before his speech from New Orleans. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 41% give the President poor marks for handling the crisis, that's up ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 20 13:52:09 PDT 2005