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18046 [lbo-talk] repressive eBay pigs spoil all the fun! -- rank: 1000

Billionaires For Bush Efforts to Auction Off Social Security Foiled by eBay New York, New York. Tuesday, March 22, 2005, After 25,000 hits in 24 hours, Online Auction Site Protects America's Most Revered Institution from Scheming Robber Barons Washington D.C. March 24, 2005 -- eBay, the famous online auction site, has struck a blow against plutocracy by barring Billionaires For Bush (B4B), advocates for the corporate elite, from auctioning off Social Security to Wall Street. To the shock and dis ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 15:47:20 PST 2005

18047 [lbo-talk] debate: Featherstone vs. apologists for evil -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >In the current NYRB the Evil Empire itself -- Wal-Mart >-- has two-page spread justifying itself in terms of >its service to the community. 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. Along with Head on this Thursday's show will be three staffers from Spread Magazine, the first pub for sexworke ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 15:20:52 PST 2005

18048 [lbo-talk] Schiavo: case closed, sez WashPost -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - March 22, 2005 Medical, Ethical Questions Largely Decided, Experts Say By Shankar Vedantam and Rick Weiss For all the political controversy over whether Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state and should be allowed to die, neurologists and ethicists said yesterday that the case presents few scientific and legal ambiguities. Congress, President Bush and others have sought to place the case in the context of a broader ethical and political struggle to define when life e ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 15:08:02 PST 2005

18049 [lbo-talk] Re: terri schiavo -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >Yesterday, there was a guy on the radio confirming what my mother >has told me, as has a woman who had her mother and MIL in hospice >care. People don't really feel a whole lot of pain or hunger when >they're dying. They often ask, "Shouldn't I feel hungry?" This is >also the case in starvation studies. The body simply shuts down and >doesn't feel hungry. > >My mom's a nurse in a geriatic ward and this is her passion, so I >trust her. She ge ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 14:49:50 PST 2005

18050 [lbo-talk] AFP vs. GOOG -- rank: 1000

[from Poynter's E-Media Tidbits] Google News stops using AFP The battle between the aggregated news sites and the "old media" is far from over. The French news agency AFP has recently sued <http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us>Google News for US$ 17.5 million, for using photos, headlines and leads. According to a <http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120125,00.asp>PC World Google has now decided to remove all AFP stories from Google News. The big question is of ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 14:16:39 PST 2005

18051 [lbo-talk] FOMC statement -- rank: 1000

[They kept the word "measured," the major suspense about this meeting. That suggests no acceleration in the pace of tightening. The language about inflation expectations is new, however and a sign of modest worry - though it's quickly qualified by the "not notably fed through" bit. The markets' immediate reaction was to take the linguistic innovation as hostile, though it shouldn't have been a surprise.] <http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/monetary/2005/20050322 ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 12:04:50 PST 2005

18052 [lbo-talk] postponed -- rank: 1000

Damn, my chance at Fox stardom has been postponed - they're "holding off" on the Greenspan segment, and they'll be back in touch when they "revisit" it. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 10:58:20 PST 2005

18053 [lbo-talk] Covering Protests: the Iraq War and the Terri Schiavo Case -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >I realized that conservative protesters in the Terri Schiavo case >got the front page treatment in the national edition. Well, they've got about 30% of the US pop, huge church organizations, a big chunk of Congress, and the White House on their side. It's not just the protesters - it's a well-organized movement with a large social base. If we had that, we'd be on the front page too. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 10:53:51 PST 2005

18054 [lbo-talk] About making Wall Street available -- rank: 1000

Adam Souzis wrote: >actually, what's cool and original about what lessig is doing is not >that he's just putting it online for free but that he's letting >readers collaboratively revise it online and will then release a >revised print edition. > >it'd be interesting to see what would happen to Wall Street if you >went down that path. Sorry, I'm too rigid for that. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 10:51:55 PST 2005

18055 [lbo-talk] debate: Featherstone vs. apologists for evil -- rank: 1000

Dear EmailNation Subscriber, We wanted to invite you to the sixth in our series of debates between The Nation and The Economist on Wednesday, April 6 at Manhattan's New York Society for Ethical Culture. We'll also be web-casting the event so watch this space for info on that as well as TV and radio broadcast times. What's Good for Wal-Mart is Good for America? A Debate between The Nation and The Economist A battle of ideas between two of the world's oldest weekly magazines featuring: Liza Feathe ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 10:48:23 PST 2005

18056 [lbo-talk] Tour London with David Horowitz, Christopher Hitchens and Paul Johnson -- rank: 1000

Lance Murdoch wrote: >the >Nation's idiotic cruise I've heard only good things about those cruises. A lot of the cruisers are old Commies, with politics to the left of many of the mag's staff. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 08:43:29 PST 2005

18057 [lbo-talk] Hundreds hit the streets in Olympia, Washington -- rank: 1000

tully wrote: >On Tuesday 22 March 2005 09:56 am, Doug Henwood wrote: >>Jordan Hayes wrote: >>>Hey, the standard for "big house" is now down to 2000 sq. ft!? >> >>My car-hating pal Charlie Komanoff says 3000. > >Are you serious? You don't see a 2000 sq. ft. house for 2 people as a >terrible waste? Sorry, I don't really have a sense of house sizes. I've been living in a 550-sq ft Manhattan apartment for the last 25 years. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 08:24:28 PST 2005

18058 [lbo-talk] me on Fox -- rank: 1000

I'm going to be on the Neil Cavuto show on Fox sometime between 4 & 5 making fun of Alan Greenspan. Yippee! Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 08:23:26 PST 2005

18059 [lbo-talk] Hundreds hit the streets in Olympia, Washington -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >Hey, the standard for "big house" is now down to 2000 sq. ft!? My car-hating pal Charlie Komanoff says 3000. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 06:56:25 PST 2005

18060 [lbo-talk] the Beadle on the Wolfpack -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - March 22, 2005 COMMENTARY The Bush Shake-Up-the-World View By FRED BARNES When the rumor erupted in the press recently that Carly Fiorina, the deposed CEO of Hewlett-Packard, was being considered for the presidency of the World Bank, it prompted guffaws at the White House. President Bush was not conducting a job search for the World Bank post. There was no short list. He'd selected his nominee, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, many weeks before. "There was an e ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 22 06:49:57 PST 2005