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18301 [lbo-talk] Unocal, China and the Middle East -- rank: 1000

Mycos wrote: >They took the opportunity presented by 9/11 to put a pipeline >friendly government in place in Afghanistan. Hence Karzai. Someone >mentioned that because he only controls Kabul that this is some kind >of proof that there hasn't been an effort by the US to put in an >*OIL* pipeline. That means nothing. We were supposed to be out of >Iraq in 6 weeks as well. Are you seriously suggesting that because >Karzai's power is limited, that this is what the US wants? The ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 28 06:36:20 PDT 2005

18302 [lbo-talk] Santorum blames "liberalism" for Catholic priest scandals -- rank: 1000

John Lacny wrote: >"B." writes: > >> Of course, this is the senator who compared consensual >> gay sex with bestiality. > >Next year we have a serious chance of taking him out. > >http://www.bobcaseyforpa.com So most of what we know about Casey is that he's against abortion. What else about him? Doug

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Date:	Tue Jun 28 06:29:40 PDT 2005

18303 [lbo-talk] sick gays! -- rank: 1000

[from a right-wing PR house] Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:46:12 UT From: "Special Guests" <office at specialguests.com> To: dhenwood at panix.com CONTACT: To schedule an interview, call: Special Guests/630-848-0750. CDC: "GAYS MORE LIKELY THAN STRAIGHTS TO BE MENTALLY ILL?" Dr. Paul Cameron, Chairman of the Family Research Institute in Colorado Springs is conducting talk shows to discuss a suppressed a new study that concludes homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 21:27:14 PDT 2005

18304 [lbo-talk] now podcasting -- rank: 1000

Ok, thanks to Jordan's technical assistance, I think I've got the podcasting thing down for my radio show. Before I unleash it on the wider world, could a few listmembers test it out? Links at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 17:18:00 PDT 2005

18305 [lbo-talk] Suck.com -- rank: 1000

The history of Suck.com, as its 10th anniversary approaches: <http://www.keepgoing.org/issue20_giant/the_big_fish.html>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 15:39:31 PDT 2005

18306 [lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn's poverty wages -- rank: 1000

joanna wrote: >Is $16,000 a lot of money? In Bolivia, maybe.

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 15:25:48 PDT 2005

18307 [lbo-talk] happy Stonewall -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >I watched as a couple of guys got to rocking a parking meter back >and forth until it came up with it's concrete "plug" still attached. >They proceeded to run it through an empty police car's windshield. I'm in awe. And the then-straight & married Richard Goldstein was up in the Village Voice's office, which was over the Stonewall Bar. Seeing the ruckus outside, he said to colleagues, "I hope those people get what they want." Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 13:07:07 PDT 2005

18308 [lbo-talk] Nike Shoes steals Minor Threat's artwork for corporate campaign -- rank: 1000

B. wrote: >Nike Shoes blatantly steal graphics and artwork from >Minor Threat / Dischord Records, the band and label >co-founded by Ian MacKaye of Fugazi and The Evens. A bunch of people have offered their own suggestions for similar appropriations: <http://ilx.p3r.net/thread.php?msgid=5942033#unread>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 12:11:57 PDT 2005

18309 [lbo-talk] welcome back -- rank: 1000

The server that hosts this list (along with my radio archives and MaxSpeak) was down for the last 30-36 hrs. It's back now. Missed it terribly. Thanks to all those who wrote inquiring after its health. And thanks again to list-host Jordan for his hospitality. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 11:54:10 PDT 2005

18310 [lbo-talk] happy Stonewall -- rank: 1000

At 8:46 PM -0600 6/26/05, Thomas Allen Heald wrote: >The Pridelets Files for June 27 > On this day in 1969, nine plainclothes policeman enter the Stonewall >Inn at 53 Christopher Street intending to shut down the bar for >operating without a liquor license. They arrest a bartender, doorman, >and three transvestites and then try to leave. The key word here being >"try." An angered crowd begins throwing bricks, bottles and even coins >at the officers who retreat in ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 11:45:51 PDT 2005

18311 [lbo-talk] When is private property NOT? -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >That goes to the merits of a particular development, whcih should be >debated during elections. The question is what is the legal >standard for allowing unelected judges appointed by the President to >override local land use decisions. I thought at least part of the legal dispute was a definition of "public benefit." Do we want the enrichment of private developers to be construed as a public benefit? Do we really have that much faith in "local la ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 11:44:28 PDT 2005

18312 [lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn's poverty wages -- rank: 1000

[Joseph Paff is the brother of Ken Paff, of Teamsters for a Democratic Union.] <http://mediacrity.blogspot.com/2005/06/poverty-on-moonbat-row-sniff-sniff.html> THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 Poverty on Moonbat Row (sniff sniff) Just $15,900 in 2003? Oh no! If you ever wondered why there's something a bit "off" about the Counterpunch spewings of Moonbat-in-Chief Alexander Cockburn--that they are, I dunno, a little cheap, a little, scummy, I think I have found the answer. He is paid peanu ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 27 11:38:29 PDT 2005

18313 [lbo-talk] Unocal, China and the Middle East -- rank: 1000

Mycos wrote: >Now here's something you can be sure has the neocon's full >attention. Many, including myself, feel that a great deal of US >behaviour in the Middle East, particularly Afghanistan and Iraq, can >be traced back to the Unocal pipeline that is being proposed to run >through those very areas. Oh really? Can you think of any sane businessperson that would invest billions in a pipeline across Afghanistan, one of the least stable places in the world (and with little hope fo ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 26 08:25:54 PDT 2005

18314 [lbo-talk] Blair's son to intern with closeted Republican -- rank: 1000

New from DIRELAND, New from DIRELAND, June 26, 2005 TONY BLAIR'S SON TO INTERN WITH CLOSET-CASE DAVID DREIER The Daily Telegraph reports today that Tony Blair's 21-year-old son, Euan (below, with his mother), has snared a prestigious internship in Washington working under Republican Congressman David Dreier, the powerful conservative chairman of the House Rules Committee (and a hypocritical gay closet case who supports the Republicans' homophobic political agenda). And Democrats aren't happy abo ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 26 08:16:38 PDT 2005

18315 [lbo-talk] When is private property NOT? -- rank: 1000

Michael Hoover wrote: >dictatorship of the clever inherited from turn of 20th century u.s. >progressives fascinated with administration and calling for >"non-political" solutions to social problems... michael hoover X [original name redacted for discretion's sake] thinks if you just get all the smart people together on the Vineyard, you could solve the world's problems. - Adolph Reed

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Date:	Sat Jun 25 21:22:35 PDT 2005