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18121 [lbo-talk] distinctions -- rank: 1000

The diff between a neoliberal & neoconservative: James Wolfensohn, outgoing World Bank president, had no development experience but came out of the financial markets. Paul Wolfowtiz, Bush's nominee to succeed him, has no development experience, but came out of statecraft and warmaking. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 09:29:34 PST 2005

18122 [lbo-talk] Fwd: American Indian crime and justice statistics -- rank: 1000

From: NewsFromNCJRS at ncjrs.org Subject: American Indian crime and justice statistics Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:58:48 -0500 "American Indians and Crime: A BJS Statistical Profile, 1992-2002" is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/aic02.htm. This 56 page document summarizes data on American Indians in the criminal justice system and reports the rates and characteristics of violent crimes experienced by American Indians. ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 09:27:05 PST 2005

18123 [lbo-talk] Bush to tap Wolfowitz as new World Bank president -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Too bad, I had my heart set on Bono. Who wrote the foreword to Jeffrey Sachs new book. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 09:19:17 PST 2005

18124 [lbo-talk] Gas prices 2nd highest level ever -- rank: 1000

B. wrote: >Govt: Gas prices 2nd highest level ever: > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/energy_gasoline_price_dc > >Good thing? Bad thing? "A little bit o' both"? Good if it discourages consumption. Bad if it screws the working class. Last year, Wal-Mart was saying that high gas prices were costing their average customer $7 a week, which was enough to depress sales noticeably. For most of last year and the first two months of this year, Wal-Mart sale ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 07:26:12 PST 2005

18125 [lbo-talk] neocon schism! -- rank: 1000

www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: >True, neoconservatism is more than unapologetic support for and >defense of Israel and in that sense my thought was misplaced. >However, it is also broader than the narrow historical outgrowth >that DeLong describes, which is why it doesn't seem to me a >particularly good reason to say that Summers is *not* a >neoconservative. Maybe it's pedantic of me to insist on honoring the distinctions in bourgeois thought, but nominating Wolfowitz to b ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 07:23:49 PST 2005

18126 [lbo-talk] Wolfie II: the FT's quickie version -- rank: 1000

[The National Security Council?] FT.com - March 16, 2005 Wolfowitz to be named to lead World Bank By FT Reporters Paul Wolfowitz, US deputy secretary of defence, is to be nominated by president George W. Bush to replace James Wolfensohn as the president of the World Bank. The nomination of Mr Wolfowitz, one of the chief architects of the Iraq war and a former US ambassador to Indonesia, would likely be highly controversial, and could raise new questions about the process by which the World Bank ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 07:19:05 PST 2005

18127 [lbo-talk] Chavez: From Third Way to Socialism -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >CB: Don't kid yourselves. Negroponte and all the rest have been spooking >Chavez since he polled high in the first presidential election he won in ? >'99 ? I think they're about to rise to a new level of seriousness. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 07:14:26 PST 2005

18128 [lbo-talk] Bush to nominate comb-licker as WB pres! -- rank: 1000

[It seemed that this one was laughed out of court when it was first floated, but evidently not. It's hard to see how the rest of the world could accept this.] Bush to Tap Wolfowitz as New World Bank President WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) has decided on Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, one of the main advocates for the Iraq (news - web sites) war, as his choice for World Bank (news - web sites) president, administration officials said on Wednesday. Wolfowitz wo ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 16 07:11:46 PST 2005

18129 [lbo-talk] Fwd: The Carol Lang Case at CCNY -- rank: 1000

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:40:59 -0800 (PST) From: Loren Goldner Subject: The Carol Lang Case at CCNY Dear Doug: I don't know if this is appropriate material for yur list, but I'd appreciate it if you'd post it. Thanks Loren Carol Lang, long-time clerical employee of CUNY and former shop steward of DC 37, was arrested last Friday (Mar. 11) in her office by four plainclothesmen. She had been caught up in a scuffle with campus security on Wednesday the 9th, when security attacked a group (includin ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 22:03:15 PST 2005

18130 [lbo-talk] neocon schism! -- rank: 1000

www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote: >Whether Summers is a neoconservative or not, I cannot say. But >inferring it from his position on Israel is not an unreasonable step >given that its unapologetic defense is precisely the most crucial >cynosure of neoconservatism at the moment. Eh? That would include virtually the entire mainstream spectrum of U.S. opinion. When a label becomes that broad, it becomes nearly useless. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 15:25:03 PST 2005

18131 [lbo-talk] Chavez: From Third Way to Socialism -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >It's a damn good thing that the dean of US Latin >American "containers," John Negroponte, has a >prior commitment in Iraq and will be unable to >apply that old black magic that he weaves so >well to Chávez. Have you forgotten that Negroponte is our first Director of National Intelligence, where he'll be ideally positioned to fuck with Chavez? Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 14:28:22 PST 2005

18132 [lbo-talk] poll of USers on Iraq -- rank: 1000

ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL: THE WAR IN IRAQ - 3/13/05 Two Years After War's Start, Deeper Doubts About its Cost Two years after the shooting began, Americans are deeply conflicted about the costs and benefits of the war with Iraq - and broadly reluctant to enter into any similar military confrontation with either Iran or North Korea. The public sees some benefits of the war - but more for Iraq than for the United States, and, for many, not enough to justify its costs. Seven in 10 call the ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 14:17:08 PST 2005

18133 [lbo-talk] California samesex Sup marriage ruling -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >:-) Perhaps we can hope that the Gay Marriage issue will finally destroy >the Democrats. At the very least it should put Ohio and Pennsylvania >forever beyond the DP's reach and perhaps even call Illinois into >question. Delightful. Um, uh, and what will replace these Democrats? A bunch of baying homophobes? Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 13:00:37 PST 2005

18134 [lbo-talk] RE: Rifkin's latest biotech angst -- rank: 1000

John Bizwas wrote: >RE: Rifkin's latest biotech angst > >>> The first chimeric experiment occurred many years ago when >>> scientists in Edinburgh fused a sheep and goat embryo - two >>> unrelated animal species that are incapable of mating and >>> producing a hybrid offspring. The resulting creature, called a >>> geep, was born with the head of a goat and the body of a sheep.>> > >Does anyone do basic fact checking at the Guard ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 12:40:41 PST 2005

18135 [lbo-talk] Rifkin's latest biotech angst -- rank: 1000

Autoplectic wrote: >Chimeric experimentation is producing animal-human hybrids. This time, >science really has gone too far > >Jeremy Rifkin Guess the foundations are interested in this topic again. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 15 12:37:39 PST 2005