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16711 [lbo-talk] Chavez at the UN -- rank: 1000

Speech by President Chavez at UN General Assembly, Thursday September 15, 2005 <http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=46000> Your Excellencies, friends, good afternoon: The original purpose of this meeting has been completely distorted. The imposed center of debate has been a so-called reform process that overshadows the most urgent issues, what the peoples of the world claim with urgency: the adoption of measures that deal with the real problems that block and sabotage the efforts made ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 17 07:23:19 PDT 2005

16712 [lbo-talk] NO pollution far worse than admitted -- rank: 1000

Independent (London) - September 11, 2005 Cover-up: toxic waters 'will make New Orleans unsafe for a decade' By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Correspondent Toxic chemicals in the New Orleans flood waters will make the city unsafe for full human habitation for a decade, a US government official has told The Independent on Sunday. And, he added, the Bush administration is covering up the danger. In an exclusive interview, Hugh Kaufman, an expert on toxic waste and responses to environmental disasters ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 17 07:20:03 PDT 2005

16713 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >Regarding Doug's quibble about my rather cold take on Galloway, >saying that GG was a nice guy in the 30 mins you spoke with him, >remember that you were in media mode -- of course he's gonna be nice >to you. You're granting him added exposure. I somehow doubt, >however, that if you differed with GG over a pint in a pub that he >would remain so charming. He's too good at invective to keep a lid >on it when things go against him. Just my sense, anyway. I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Sep 17 07:13:37 PDT 2005

16714 [lbo-talk] the other Times does Hitch v Galloway -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >BTW, did they ever explain why this thing was an hour and a half >late? You poor guys who went in person. It was half an hour late. You were supposed to get there by 6 for a 7 opening. But Baruch wanted metal detectors, so it took forever to get in. And the ticket distribution was a casino, as the Italians say. So the debate started a little after 7:30. By the way, Hitch was annoyed that an ISO person did a partisan intro. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 20:20:40 PDT 2005

16715 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >why do you _want_ to explain the decline of Hitchens Ok, there's a personal angle. I used to like him. He gave me a nice blurb when I first started LBO ("a charm against the priest and warlocks of pseudo-science"). He was charming and friendly. Still is, sometimes, I think. But he was also very talented - a very good writer and magnificent on TV. He was more or less on our side. We don't have many like that on the left. It's a loss, and you kind of want to figure ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 18:35:15 PDT 2005

16716 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Lance Murdoch wrote: >On 9/16/05, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: >> >> This language is as despicable as the n... & c.... words. Someone who >> uses it can't have much of importance to say to other leftists. > >Yaa, have fun with your academic circle jerk. Bye. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 18:28:20 PDT 2005

16717 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Lance Murdoch wrote: >When I see Gore Vidal >I think he is a fat, WASP, upper class liberal fairy Your first or second post was some sort of homophobic rant, and now this. What the fuck is wrong with you? Can you give me a good reason why I shouldn't boot you for bigotry? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 18:27:15 PDT 2005

16718 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >Well, some of you here have known him personally, and >so perhaps I should just cede the point. However, it >occurs to me, when I hear about how his drinking is to >blame for his recent behavior, that this is a far too >facile explanation. It reminds me of all the jokes >about how stupid Bush is, as if the current US policy >were just the sound and fury of an idiot. No it's not the whole explanation by any means. But if you built a multivariable model t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 16:39:12 PDT 2005

16719 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >Speaking of which, here's my take on the Big Debate: > ><http://redstateson.blogspot.com/2005/09/lower-still.html> Nice piece, as usual. Just one quibble - you say: >Galloway does nothing for me, no matter what he says about Iraq or >Bush or even Hitchens. He seems utterly full of himself and must be >insufferable to be around for more than 10 minutes. I spent about 30 minutes yesterday interviewing him - not sure yet when I'll run it - but I found h ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 16:35:17 PDT 2005

16720 [lbo-talk] Re: demonology, death tolls, dementia -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >On Friday, September 16, 2005 2:03 PM [PDT], >Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Leigh, you are really enraging me now. >> The families of those executed, many mothers and children among the >> men, were presented w/ invoices for the bullets afterwards. >> The photos have bullet holes in the skulls. Oh, but, silly me, they >> must have been self inflicted like when >> Carlos the Jack ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 15:28:05 PDT 2005

16721 [lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon" -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >Are these references to his drinking necessary? When >he was on the Left, would you have brought this up? >This question is not just for Paul, since I see that >many of you refer to his drinking habit. I'm a fan of alcohol myself, so this is not coming from some temperance type. But Hitchens drinks enormous amounts of booze. Monumental. I really think it's damaged his brain. It's not a moral issue, it's a physiological one. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 14:06:05 PDT 2005

16722 [lbo-talk] Destroying "car culture" -- rank: 1000

jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote: >Why should driving my car >be made as uncomfortable, expensive, inconvenient as possible for me Leigh? Hey, everybody should be a hippie living on $10,000 a year. And if you're not, well, we have ways of making you conform!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 13:39:59 PDT 2005

16723 [lbo-talk] get it before it's gone -- rank: 1000

here are the kissinger pix: <http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/kissinger-nose.htm>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 12:32:53 PDT 2005

16724 [lbo-talk] get it before it's gone -- rank: 1000

joanna wrote: >This is absurd. People need to shit and people pick their nose. How >is this a political subject? In Henry KIssinger's case, anything that makes him look like a buffoon is welcome. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 12:21:04 PDT 2005

16725 [lbo-talk] global warming & hurricanes -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - September 16, 2005 Hurricanes Have Grown More Intense Since 1970, Researchers Say, and Global Warming Is a Prime Suspect By RICHARD MONASTERSKY The number of intense hurricanes developing around the globe has climbed markedly in the past 35 years, according to researchers who mined storm data from the tropical ocean basins and are publishing their findings in a paper in today's issue of Science. While the total number of tropical cyclones has waxed and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 16 12:19:04 PDT 2005