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17446 [lbo-talk] people still wonder if JT LeRoy exists -- rank: 1000

<http://www.wwd.com/issue/article/102563?page=0> Memo Pad: Deadwood Piece Killed DEADWOOD PIECE KILLED: In the oddest footnote yet to The New York Times' post-Jayson Blair/Judith Miller credibility saga, editors at the Times Magazine recently scrapped a piece by author J.T. LeRoy over concerns he may not exist. LeRoy was first commissioned by the Times to write about Disneyland Paris for the Sept. 25 edition of T: Travel Magazine. After the story was published, his editors encouraged him t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 11 10:09:35 PST 2005

17447 [lbo-talk] does W's mom think he's stupid? -- rank: 1000

[from Popbitch, so who knows if it's true?] >> Family fortunes << George W Bush's mother troubles It's hard to believe it was only one year ago that George W Bush was re-elected President. Since then he seems to have lost almost every single friend. Even his own family. One Popbitch reader was at a Texas dinner party recently and sat next to a friend of Barbara Bush, Dubya's mother. Over the meal she confided that the Bush family only ever called the President by his rather patronisi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 11 06:44:29 PST 2005

17448 [lbo-talk] defend Rush! it was only eight pills a day... -- rank: 1000

[from the NewsMax PR people] From: Sandy Frazier <sandy at newsmax.com> To: dhenwood at panix.com Subject: Latest on Rush Limbaugh Dear Doug Henwood, <mailto:Sandy at NewsMax.com?subject=NewsMax Guest Request> The Political Prosecution of Rush Limbaugh By Jim Meyers, NewsMax.com It has been more than two years since news first broke that Rush Limbaugh had an addiction to painkillers. That news led to a criminal investigation of Limbaugh by Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krisc ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 11 06:21:54 PST 2005

17449 [lbo-talk] Cindy Sheehan and others in Berkeley -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > An ex-Trotskyist tells me Sheehan is on the National Advisory Board of PDA, >http://www.pdamerica.org/ > As does this web page: <http://pdamerica.org/about/board.php>. Along with Medea Benjamin, Jeff Cohen, and the hippie mom from Dharma & Greg. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 11 06:19:52 PST 2005

17450 [lbo-talk] Political Science Degree from Accredited Christian College. -- rank: 1000

Michael Hoover wrote: >hey doug: > >noticed banner ad at top of lbo-talk page, link took me to regent >university, founded by pat robertson, do you have any control/say >re. ads that appear... mh > >check it out: >http://www.regent.edu/acad/undergrad/academics/majors_polisci.cfm?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_content=gene--polit-science-a1&utm_campaign=gene--polit-science&gclid=CLmmuZWTqIECFQx_OAodHC7Quw Nope. It's all keyed by google to words on t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 21:04:12 PST 2005

17451 [lbo-talk] let's not see who's torturing people, let's see who leaked the story! -- rank: 1000

House panel to probe Post story on CIA prisons By David Morgan 25 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives intelligence committee, which is examining a series of national security leaks, will investigate a Washington Post story on a secret CIA global prison system, officials said on Thursday. The committee's Republican chairman, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, said the committee would look at a number of highly publicized disclosures of secrets, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 16:11:25 PST 2005

17452 [lbo-talk] Re: question re gallup poll -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >was that supposed to be the first *through* the third trimester, or >was there some reason to exclude the second trimester? It was part of a poll about the dreaded "partial birth" procedure, which is why the third trimester was there. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 15:31:42 PST 2005

17453 [lbo-talk] tinfoil helmets: government plot? -- rank: 1000

[thanks to KRD & MPug] <http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/> On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study Ali Rahimi1, Ben Recht 2, Jason Taylor 2, Noah Vawter 2 17 Feb 2005 1: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, MIT. 2: Media Laboratory, MIT. Abstract Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet desig ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 11:48:32 PST 2005

17454 [lbo-talk] 2008: the Bilderberger angle -- rank: 1000

<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=IPQ41D0UQVI9> Warner's Star in Presidential Politics Rises on Virginia Vote By Heidi Przybyla Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Party has a model for success in presidential politics: a business-friendly Southern governor able to appeal to moderate and conservative voters who have been flocking to the Republicans. The Nov. 8 elections may have provided a candidate in the flesh: former venture capitalist and soon-to-be ex-V ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 10:08:15 PST 2005

17455 [lbo-talk] Anonymous is a Republican -- rank: 1000

[an anonymous Repub strategist in today's WP - actually the economy isn't doing so great - someone should tell him] <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110902276.html> 'We're tapped out on taxes,' he said, asking not to be identified to offer a more candid analysis. 'We failed on Social Security. We're nowhere on health care. Medicare didn't do it. The war's not going well. The economy's in fact going well, but we're not getting credit for it.'"

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 07:18:27 PST 2005

17456 [lbo-talk] Reps lose edge on key issues -- rank: 1000

[consumer warning: generic "Democrats" often poll better than actual candidates] Wall Street Journal - November 10, 2005 Republican Edge on Key Issues Is Slipping Amid Party's Setbacks By JOHN HARWOOD Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Republicans, wincing from losses in two governors' races this week and President Bush's current political weakness, face a broader problem as well: Some of the party's most potent traditional advantages appear to be eroding. Amid their failure Tue ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 10 04:52:48 PST 2005

17457 [lbo-talk] Re: Russian revolution results: 74% approval rating -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >Results of the lbo-talk Russian revolution poll: > >Russian revolution - a good thing? > >Yes 46 74.2% >No 8 12.9% >Too soon to tell 8 12.9% >-------------------------------- > 62 100.0% I should say I'm happy to see this.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 9 16:16:13 PST 2005

17458 [lbo-talk] Google weirdness -- rank: 1000

The Russian revolution poll page, and now the results page <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/lbo-talk-RussRevoPoll.html>, mysteriously both harvest the following google text ad: >Republican VoiceBroadcast >Let a Republican owned firm make your automated robo calls. Russian revolution indexes Republican? Has it come to this? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 9 16:15:03 PST 2005

17459 [lbo-talk] Russian revolution results: 74% approval rating -- rank: 1000

Results of the lbo-talk Russian revolution poll: Russian revolution - a good thing? Yes 46 74.2% No 8 12.9% Too soon to tell 8 12.9% -------------------------------- 62 100.0%

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 9 16:03:37 PST 2005

17460 [lbo-talk] Astra Taylor on mrzine -- rank: 1000

Michael Hoover wrote: >didn't marcuse say that folks can't attribute every problem they >have with their partner to the capitalist mode of production >(although hm probably referred to a guy and his girfriend)... mh But to quote the Gang of Four: "Is this so private/Our struggle in the bedroom?" Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 9 14:43:36 PST 2005