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18031 [lbo-talk] Finkelstein Slimed -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >This is really low -- > ><http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=13652> > >Read toward the end. The fuckers never give up. >DP > Yuck. What revolting creeps. Let's all send a complaint to <chronwatch at aol.com.> Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 13:18:06 PST 2005

18032 [lbo-talk] 15 clams+ -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Why are housing prices so high? According to the CES, people are spending a smaller share of income on housing now than in the mid-1980s. Interest rates are a lot lower now than then, but they must also be stretching out maturities. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 12:37:38 PST 2005

18033 [lbo-talk] 15 clams+ -- rank: 1000

jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com wrote: >I think the problem with looking at percentages is that it doesn't >scale. What someone with a $50k income can afford is not half what >someone with a $100k income can afford: if you make more, you're >often more willing to devote a larger percentage of your budget to >housing, since getting twice as much house doesn't (typically) mean >you pay twice as much for gas. > >I think it's a lot more useful to try to figure actual [net-of-tax] ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 12:27:20 PST 2005

18034 [lbo-talk] dumbest spam of the day -- rank: 1000

Eugene Vilensky wrote: >Are you sure it's dumb? There was that study that proved that people >can read words that have all the right letters but only the first and >last are in the right order, almost as easily as proper words. And >this got past your spam detector. And I fricken read part of it. In >fact, it's been quite successful as far as "eyeballs" go. Hmm. Would you ever act on such a thing, though? It practically shouts "I'm a fraud!"

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18035 [lbo-talk] 15 clams+ -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >At 11:46 AM 3/23/2005, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> > Who the fuck is making all the money that they can >>> afford the $500k and up houses in this area? >> >>Affording a $500k house isn't such a big deal. But having the >>downpayment and credit score typically is. IMHO, the $500k purchases >>are probably being made by people trading up. A mortgage costs about >>$500/$100k/month these days, and if you can make that "median i ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 10:39:53 PST 2005

18036 [lbo-talk] the monetization of family life -- rank: 1000

At 1:34 AM -0800 3/23/05, VersionTracker wrote: >Family Bank 1.0.4.5 (Update - 03/22/2005) >manage financial transactions between family members >http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25716

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 09:37:36 PST 2005

18037 [lbo-talk] dumbest spam of the day -- rank: 1000

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 09:22:23 PST 2005

18038 [lbo-talk] the real power law -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Yes, I've been wailing about this shift from real (political) >democracy to bogus (shareholder) democracy since the Age of Reagan. When was this golden age of "real" democracy? Doug

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18039 [lbo-talk] the Green Nazi platform -- rank: 1000

[this is the most fascinating thing I've read all morning!] <http://www.nazi.org/nazi/national_socialism/> PLATFORM Concept Environment: Transfer all funds from public welfare system and extraneous government into environmental cleanup. Restrict the amount of land that can be used. Redevelop inner cities. Reward with tax breaks those with few electrical appliances. End frivolous and pointless industries, and force widespread recycling in detail. Culture: By localizing, we give each area a ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 07:29:01 PST 2005

18040 [lbo-talk] Re: terri schiavo -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >So Americans get a break to commiserate, and not wonder about the >tens of thousands of dead Iraqis (I wonder if they were bulemic?) or >(quickly approaching) thousands of dead US soldiers. Hey, we're too busy affirming our "culture of life" to give a damn about dead Iraqis! Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 23 07:24:58 PST 2005

18041 [lbo-talk] LNSG statement -- rank: 1000

[What a curious ideological lifeform - though not unrelated to a strand of antiglobalist green thinking] <http://www.nazi.org/nazi/policy/weise/> LNSG condemns modern society in school shooting by Steve Martinez Tue, Mar. 22, 2005 Nationalist News Network AUSTIN, TX (NNN) - The Libertarian National Socialist Green Party, on whose messageboard Jeff Weise posted one year before shooting people at his Minnesota high school, today refused to wring hands over a "tragedy," instead poin ...

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18042 [lbo-talk] debate: Featherstone vs. apologists for evil -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> >> Which was a response to Simon Head's excellent review article in the >> NYRB last December. Took 'em some time. I've already recorded an >> interview with Head for this Thursday's radio show - I'm about to go >> edit it. >> > >How soon will it be available in text My interview with Head? Probably never, unless someone undertakes to transcribe it. Transcriptions take a lot of time. His NYRB essa ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 18:01:10 PST 2005

18043 [lbo-talk] debate: Featherstone vs. apologists for evil -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >That must be the first time that Wal-Mart has ever >advertised in the NYRB. Next thing you know, >they will offering specials geared to intellectuals. It's the first time anyone can remember that someone took out an ad to slam a book review rather than writing a letter. It didn't come cheap, I hear. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 17:58:56 PST 2005

18044 [lbo-talk] Paul Krugman on Motive-Mongering -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >**** >I'm sorry that Kotlikoff and Burns were so miffed by my review that they >felt compelled to attack my motives rather than deal with the substance >of what I said. Maybe that's why they think that I did the same >thing—that I accused them of "hawking" Social Security privatization, >when no such accusation appears in my article.**** >(New York Review of Books, April 7, 2005, p. 85 -- Reply to Kotlikoff & >Burns.) > >This is prec ...

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18045 [lbo-talk] Paul Krugman on Motive-Mongering -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >**** >I'm sorry that Kotlikoff and Burns were so miffed by my review that they >felt compelled to attack my motives rather than deal with the substance >of what I said. Maybe that's why they think that I did the same >thing—that I accused them of "hawking" Social Security privatization, >when no such accusation appears in my article.**** >(New York Review of Books, April 7, 2005, p. 85 -- Reply to Kotlikoff & >Burns.) > >This is prec ...

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