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16921 [lbo-talk] world stunned by US idiocy, brutality -- rank: 1000

World stunned as US struggles with Katrina By Andrew Gray LONDON (Reuters) - The world has watched amazed as the planet's only superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with some saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American society. World leaders and ordinary citizens have expressed sympathy with the people of the southern United States whose lives were devastated by the hurricane and the flooding that followed. But many have also been shocked by the imag ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 2 09:04:26 PDT 2005

16922 [lbo-talk] natural disaster no excuse for fiscal indiscipline -- rank: 1000

*Sofia News Agency http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=51887 * * IMF Firm on Bulgaria's Restricted Fiscal Spending* _2005-09-01_ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Leader for Bulgaria Hans Flickenschild has completed a visit here meant to introduce him with the new government and its fiscal policy. Last meeting on Thursday was held with Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski who discussed with the Fund's officials the enforcement of the measures as laid down in Bulgaria's agre ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 2 08:57:14 PDT 2005

16923 [lbo-talk] looted vs found -- rank: 1000

www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: >I swear, this is beyond a joke - the richest country in the world >is letting its own people starve and die. Hey, the Mississippi delta was always our own little piece of the Third World. No one in power really give a fuck about 'em. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 2 08:52:01 PDT 2005

16924 [lbo-talk] NYC demo -- rank: 1000

Emergency Protest Today - Union Square THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT! DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME! MOBILIZE FOR NOVEMBER 2! EMERGENCY PROTEST TODAY! UNION SQUARE, SEPT 2, 5:00 PM DEMANDS: 1. STOP THE MASS MURDER THROUGH NEGLIGENCE NOW GOING ON IN NEW ORLEANS AND THE GULF COAST! 2. RESCUE, NOT REPRESSION! 3. THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT! DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME! (See: <http://www.worldcantwait.org/news/hurricane.php>) People are dying on the streets of New Orleans--this is criminal! The cries for help from ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 2 08:49:55 PDT 2005

16925 [lbo-talk] Bush walk -- rank: 1000

Mark Bennett quoted: >"But Bush was avoiding an in-person visit to the worst areas of New >Orleans, mostly drowned in rank floodwaters and descending in many areas >into lawlessness as desperate residents await rescue or even just food >and water. Instead, the president was taking an aerial tour of the city >and making an appearance at the airport several miles from the center of >town." How's this playing? He looks imperious, confused, and removed, but what do I know ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 2 07:02:40 PDT 2005

16926 [lbo-talk] Re :creationism vs...recreationism? -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >ask "blue state" intellectual secularists if they support the >"fact" that the intelligent designer made a real estate deal with >"his" chosen group for the real estate that came to be israel... What the fuck is it with the chosen business? How is that at all relevant? You get a kick out of flirting with anti-Semitism, don't you? Shows how tough you are, not like those PC blue state pussies. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 1 20:46:35 PDT 2005

16927 [lbo-talk] more on the fiscal angle -- rank: 1000

Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bush administration funding cuts forced federal engineers to delay improvements on the levees, floodgates and pumping stations that failed to protect New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, agency documents showed on Thursday. The former head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that handles the infrastructure of the nation's waterways, said the damage in New Orleans probably would hav ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 1 17:43:43 PDT 2005

16928 [lbo-talk] reasons to be cheerful -- rank: 1000

At 5:16 PM -0400 9/1/05, <customerservice at elliottwave.com> wrote: >Pick your trio of tragedies -- recent events offer plenty of new >ammo for the old notion that bad things come in threes. But true to >contrarian form, I now offer the opposite idea for you to consider: >Good things come in threes too, and the opportunities emerging now >in soft commodities offer the evidence. Click below to see a price >chart of cocoa that will open your eyes to an optimistic outlook.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 1 17:38:26 PDT 2005

16929 [lbo-talk] usage notes: jumping the couch -- rank: 1000

At 11:31 AM -0700 9/1/05, popbitch wrote: > >> Parlez-vous Popbitch? << > "Jumping the couch" enters vocabulary > > The phrase "Jumping the shark" has itself > jumped the shark. The new way to describe > something becoming irredeemably shit or > totally over is... Jumping the couch. > > The phrase is inspired by Tom Cruise's > mentalist "I'm so in love" behaviour on > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 1 17:05:43 PDT 2005

16930 [lbo-talk] Presidential priorities? -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Doesn't it seem a bit callous that the president was having lunch >with Greenspan today to talk about the economic effect of the >hurricane? Capitalism first and poor people later? I doubt their discussion was very enlightening or inspiring, but if gas goes to $4 or $5 a gallon, then there are going to be a lot more poor people than there are now. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 1 12:33:10 PDT 2005

16931 [lbo-talk] WSJ: NO sinks deeper into crisis -- rank: 1000

WSJ.com - September 1, 2005 2:16 p.m. New Orleans Sinks Deeper Into Crisis More National Guard Troops Ordered to Gulf Coast States; Some Relief Operations Suspended A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP Unrest mounted across New Orleans on Thursday, as National Guardsmen in armored vehicles poured in to help restore order across the increasingly lawless and desperate city after Hurricane Katrina. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday the federal government is sending in ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 1 11:25:06 PDT 2005

16932 [lbo-talk] Texas preacher killed by baptism -- rank: 1000

[It would, of course, be too easy to make a joke about this horrific tragedy.] <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4394722.stm> Texas preacher killed by baptism A pastor was electrocuted during a baptism in Waco, Texas, after grabbing a microphone while partially submerged. Rev Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in a small pool used for baptisms at the University Baptist Church when he was electrocuted on Sunday morning. Rev Lake reached out to adjust a nearby microphone, which produced an elect ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 31 14:56:47 PST 2005

16933 [lbo-talk] john cage -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: > How do >you say shake your booty in Italian ? According to the translation utility that comes with Mac OS X, "agiti il vostro booty." Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 31 14:39:19 PST 2005

16934 [lbo-talk] Bernanke again -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >Marta Russell quoted Mark Weisbrot: > >>The Fed can cool off a bubble without having to raise interest >>rates and thereby dampen other economic activity. For example, to >>deal with the housing bubble, all the Fed Chairman would need to do >>is explain the reality: since 1996 house prices nationally have >>increased more than 45 percentage points after adjusting for >>inflation. From 1950-1995 house prices increased at the same rat ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 31 12:34:12 PST 2005

16935 [lbo-talk] Bernanke again -- rank: 1000

Marta Russell quoted Mark Weisbrot: >The Fed can cool off a bubble without having to raise interest rates >and thereby dampen other economic activity. For example, to deal >with the housing bubble, all the Fed Chairman would need to do is >explain the reality: since 1996 house prices nationally have >increased more than 45 percentage points after adjusting for >inflation. From 1950-1995 house prices increased at the same rate >as inflation. It is easy to show that this shar ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 31 11:52:44 PST 2005