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17101 [lbo-talk] Bush hits 43 in Rasmussen -- rank: 1000

[amazing that even a Republican shop can't flatter Bush anymore - note that the "strongly disapprove" is just 2 points below the combined strongly and somewhat approves] <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm> Tuesday October 11, 2005--Forty-three percent (43%) of American adults now approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. That matches the lowest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports. Fifty-six percent (56%) Disapprove. The Presid ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 11 10:46:13 PDT 2005

17102 [lbo-talk] interviewing W -- rank: 1000

[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review - full text at <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-525-1817008-3049,00.html>] Sunday Times (London) - October 9, 2005 Ireland: I wanted to slap him George W Bush was so upset by Carole Coleman's White House interview that an official complaint was lodged with the Irish embassy. The RTE journalist explains why the president made her blood boil With just minutes to go to my interview with George W Bush, I was escorted to the White House librar ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 11 10:24:48 PDT 2005

17103 [lbo-talk] Japan's booming rustbelt -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - October 11, 2005 Industrial Evolution Japan's Economy Gains Steam From Manufacturing Heartland Nagoya-Area Factories Dodge Woes of U.S. Rust Belt; Autos Lead the Recovery 'Up the Value-Added Curve' By JATHON SAPSFORD Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NAGOYA, Japan -- In this Detroit-like landscape of auto plants, blast furnaces and machine shops, manufacturers have figured out how to produce something their competitors in America's Rust Belt have not: robust growth. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 11 10:08:18 PDT 2005

17104 [lbo-talk] more on the econ Nobel -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, C. G. Estabrook wrote: > >>Ah, another theological argument on LBO: settled religious >>faith in the traditional story v. modern historical >>investigation... --CGE >> > >Okay, I'll bite: any textual or historical evidence to >support the claim? Most of the arguments I've heard are >pretty speculative, to be kind. Hey, remember that this remark comes from a guy who belongs to a church that teaches that a hybri ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 11 09:35:49 PDT 2005

17105 [lbo-talk] I am the evil twin of Michael Pugliese -- rank: 1000

This is really tedious on both your parts. Knock it off. - Doug Michael Pugliese wrote: > Complete buffoon some say. > > > >On 10/11/05, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> --- Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > On 10/10/05, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Actually fs says he ACTS LIKE a former member o ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 11 07:04:15 PDT 2005

17106 [lbo-talk] more on the econ Nobel -- rank: 1000

JC Helary wrote: >>Nobel Prize in Economics Goes to 2 Scholars Who Developed Game >>Theory as Analytical Tool in Public Policy > >Why is it felt necessary on this list to go on calling the price the >"Nobel Prize in Economics" since there is _no_ "Nobel" price in >Economics ? I didn't mention that because it seems like an old point, and I'm not sure of what its relevance is. Is Henry Kissinger's Peace Prize more valuable because it was originally endow ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 10 12:34:50 PDT 2005

17107 [lbo-talk] CLGH: CFP: Sex Work Matters -- rank: 1000

Call for Abstracts Sex Work Matters: Beyond Divides A Conference in Spring 2006 The Sex Work Matters project announces the call for papers for a conference held at the City University of New York and The New School on March 29-30, 2006. The Sex Work Matters project provides scholars, activists and analysts with a platform for multidisciplinary, cross-institutional exchange of ideas and networking. In addition to featuring high profile leaders and scholars, the conference in March 2006 will offer ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 10 11:15:41 PDT 2005

17108 [lbo-talk] envy list -- rank: 1000

[The 25 people Fortune envies most <>] Name Age Title Sergey Brin and Larry Page both 32 Google co-presidents, co-founders Tiger Woods 29 Golfer Paul Allen 52 Yachtsman; co-founder, Vulcan Inc. Mario Batali 45 Chef, Food Network personality Mark Burnett 45 Reality-TV bigwig Andy Grove 69 Senior advisor, former CEO, Intel Anderson Cooper 38 Real news anchor Jon Stewart 42 Fake news anchor Rick Warren 51 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 10 11:04:40 PDT 2005

17109 [lbo-talk] complicated questions about Scooter, Judy, and the gang -- rank: 1000

<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001263179> The Case of the Missing Notebook The latest twist in the Plame Affair only deepens the mystery: What's in the suddenly uncovered notebook that documents the previously unknown Judith Miller/Scooter Libby chat of June 25, 2003? Who told the prosecutor about it? And why, exactly, does he want to talk to Miller again? By Greg Mitchell (October 09, 2005) -- If its recent track record is any g ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 10 07:28:21 PDT 2005

17110 [lbo-talk] Notes on Netporn -- rank: 1000

[via nettime] <http://www.markdery.com/archives/news/index.html#000048#more> Sex Organs Sprout Everywhere You should have been there. Billed by its organizers, Geert Lovink and the Amsterdam-based Institute of Network Cultures in collaboration with Katrien Jacobs and Matteo Pasquinelli, as "the first major international conference on netporn criticism," the Art and Politics of Netporn (September 30-October 1, Amsterdam) made happy bedfellows of Tod Browning and Kraft-Ebbing, Larr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 10 07:17:03 PDT 2005

17111 [lbo-talk] more on the econ Nobel -- rank: 1000

[game theory always struck me as mostly empty wankery - can someone convince me to the contrary? not to be too literal-minded, but what town has five identical tire stores, anyway?] Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - October 10, 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics Goes to 2 Scholars Who Developed Game Theory as Analytical Tool in Public Policy By DAVID GLENN The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded this morning to two scholars who developed the use of game theory to analyze pu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 10 06:56:04 PDT 2005

17112 [lbo-talk] game theory takes a Nobel -- rank: 1000

Israeli, American Share 2005 Nobel Economics Prize Associated Press [via WSJ.com] October 10, 2005 9:25 a.m. STOCKHOLM -- Israeli and U.S. citizen Robert J. Aumann and American Thomas C. Schelling won the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday for their work on game theories that help explain economic conflicts, including trade and price wars. The pair was cited "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis," the Royal ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 10 06:44:51 PDT 2005

17113 [lbo-talk] Middle Class -- rank: 1000

turbulo at aol.com wrote: >On 10/6 I replied to a post by Doug on the above subject. It never >appeared. Have I committed some unforgivable cyber-gaffe? Please let >me know. Are you set to get your own posts? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Oct 9 19:25:00 PDT 2005

17114 [lbo-talk] Middle Class -- rank: 1000

turbulo at aol.com wrote: >On 10/6 I replied to a post by Doug on the above subject. It never >appeared. Have I committed some unforgivable cyber-gaffe? Please let >me know. I never block specific emails for content or anything if they come in under the length limit of 15k - they just go straight to the list. If they're 15k or over,they bounce to me, and I approve them if they're worth it, trash if not. All new subscribers are on moderation; I usually lift that on approving the first po ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Oct 9 19:24:37 PDT 2005

17115 [lbo-talk] make money off climate catastrophe! -- rank: 1000

[every now & then you see something that punches you in the face with a reminder of how pathological capitalism is - wreck the earth, then try to make a buck off it] <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/10arctic.html?ei=5094&en=5da9c78e4db3c539&hp=&ex=1128916800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1128910247-HOLsFDR35J0/4bgoZp0SxQ&pagewanted=print> October 10, 2005 As Polar Ice Turns to Water, Dreams of Treasure Abound By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, STEVEN LEE MYER ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Oct 9 19:14:42 PDT 2005