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18466 [lbo-talk] O'Reilly cruise flops -- rank: 1000

[cf. The Nation cruises!] <http://www.gawker.com/news/media/commentary/index.php#bill-oreilly-cruise-cancelled-dozens-of-americans-reschedule-vacation-plans-106741> Filed under Media : Commentary Bad news, gang: Your fantasy vacation, the Battle For American Values cruise featuring Bill O'Reilly, has been destroyed. While the cruise will still set sail, Our Heavenly Father of Fox News will not be in attendance, nor will any of the scheduled speakers or events take place: According to the T ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 7 07:52:16 PDT 2005

18467 [lbo-talk] Desert Graves in Northern Iraq Yield Evidence to Try Hussein -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/international/middleeast/07trial.html >>...Investigators have also authenticated Iraqi government documents >and audiotapes seized by Kurdish militias in the early 1990's. In a >June 1987 document, Ali Hassan al-Majid, one of Mr. Hussein's cousins >and top deputies, commanded Iraqi troops "to carry out random >bombardments using artillery, helicopters, and aircraft at all times >of the day and night in order ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 7 07:19:23 PDT 2005

18468 [lbo-talk] fighting Coke -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - June 7, 2005 Virtual Battle How a Global Web of Activists Gives Coke Problems in India Mr. Srivastava Uses Internet To Fuse Protest Groups; Court Order on Pesticides Company Sees 'Brandjacking' By STEVE STECKLOW Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Amit Srivastava doesn't own a car or a house. He runs a nonprofit, activist organization in California that has only one full-time employee -- himself. But he has been helping shake up one of the world's biggest corporations ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 7 07:01:44 PDT 2005

18469 [lbo-talk] Dean stiffing the moneybags? -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> Dean's Democrats: The Hill's Bolton follows up on our reporting here yesterday with this lead: "Three top fundraisers at the Democratic National Committee have resigned at a time when its chairman, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, has come under fire from fellow Democrats for controversial comments and his Republican counterpart has raised more than twice as much money." "Democratic sources link the resignations to Dea ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 7 07:12:11 PDT 2005

18470 [lbo-talk] theorize the Hummer -- rank: 1000

[the vehicle, not the sexual act] Call for Proposals The Hummer: Myths and Consumer Culture (please circulate) We are now accepting submissions of papers on issues relating to the Hummer SUV vehicle for a book publication to be released Fall 2006. We are particularly interested in research and writing that explores perspectives on the function of the Hummer as a cultural object. The book is intended as a primary or supplemental text for classes in a multiplicity of areas, including Cultural Stud ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 7 06:57:24 PDT 2005

18471 [lbo-talk] happy slaps -- rank: 1000

>Subject: Happy slaps >Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 19:09:56 +0100 >From: "Graham Barnfield" <G.Barnfield at uel.ac.uk> >To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> > >Dear LBOers, >A while ago (15 May) I appeared on the list blaming Jackass and Dirty Sanchez >for the so-called happy slapping craze. I don't - it's a quote used out of >context after I said the footage looked similar, but with the consent of >participants all making the difference. >Full story h ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 7 06:55:37 PDT 2005

18472 [lbo-talk] WBAI details -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >>Chuck0 wrote: >> >>>1) Establish nice offices at a cheaper location in the NYC area; >> >> >>They could probably save no more than $100,000/yr, on a budget >>that's now abt $4 million. > >That is still a huge reduction in rent. How are rents in the burbs of NYC? Much lower, but the staff mostly lives in the city, and commuting to a suburban location would be massively inconvenient. It's also much easier to ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 7 06:41:11 PDT 2005

18473 [lbo-talk] WBAI details -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >1) Establish nice offices at a cheaper location in the NYC area; They could probably save no more than $100,000/yr, on a budget that's now abt $4 million. >2) Cut payroll costs, especially if they are paying any of the on air staff? That's a rich target, but no one really knows who's getting what. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 21:07:20 PDT 2005

18474 [lbo-talk] bending young saplings to the right -- rank: 1000

<http://www.worldaheadpublishing.com/titles/index.php> Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! A Small Lesson in Conservatism by Katharine DeBrecht Illustrations by Jim Hummel 8x6 hardcover(color illus.) - Aug. 2005 - 0-9767269-0-4 - $15.95 $12.99 This news-making book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing se ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 18:19:21 PDT 2005

18475 [lbo-talk] WBAI details -- rank: 1000

Liza Featherstone wrote: >While I don't know what BAI's rent is at 120 Wall Street, so I am speaking >from some ignorance, I would doubt they could have gotten a much better >deal elsewhere. There are many nonprofits in that particular building so I >would guess it is partially zoned for that use, and may have been more >reasonable than many uglier spaces. In NYC you can pay quite a lot for a >space that looks like shit. The rent is $25,000/mo, or $300,000/yr. That's high, of c ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 14:45:17 PDT 2005

18476 [lbo-talk] WBAI details -- rank: 1000

Steven Gotzler wrote: >There is alot to be said for professionalism. If that's what it is. >The move to Wall Street has not, aside from the facilities, improved >the station as far I can tell from listening. The move has saddled >the station with a few hundred thousand dollars a year in higher >rent for the next decade or so. The major financial problem at WBAI now seems to be the explosion in payroll costs, esp for "consultants." I say "seems" because manage ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 13:05:37 PDT 2005

18477 [lbo-talk] Yahoo! News Story - Poll: Religious Devotion High in U.S. - Yahoo! News -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >Thomas Seay (entheogens at yahoo.com) has sent you a news article. >(Email address has not been verified.) >------------------------------------------------------------ >Personal message: > >Frightening! > >Poll: Religious Devotion High in U.S. - Yahoo! News >http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050606/ap_on_re_us/religion_ap_ipsos_poll An excerpt from the full poll: U.S. Can Mex SKor Australia I don't believe in God 2 6 1 ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 11:43:58 PDT 2005

18478 [lbo-talk] Matt Taibbi in the news -- rank: 1000

http://www.gawker.com/news/media/index.php#matt-taibbis-persecution-complex-106576

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 09:24:28 PDT 2005

18479 [lbo-talk] Re: The relative autonomy of the masses (Was: Social Democrats) -- rank: 1000

[HTML coding increased the size of this from 7k to almost 18k, pushing it over the length limit. Please please please: plain text!] From: "Marvin Gandall" <marvgandall at rogers.com> To: "LBO-Talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: The relative autonomy of the masses (Was: Social Democrats) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:32:02 -0400 Turbulo wrote: I don't think social democracy plays a treacherous role simply because its leaders are craven or corrup ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 07:37:54 PDT 2005

18480 [lbo-talk] political branding: Sanity vs. Populism -- rank: 1000

Time - June 5, 2005 Which Brand Would You Buy? In the marketplace of politics, two new choices are being tested By JOE KLEIN As I've watched the deep foolishness that has marked the first months of George W. Bush's second term as President-both parties seem zealously intent on ignoring the common good-I've been thinking about a fellow I used to know, a marketing whiz named Jim Matson. Jim invented Heartland Natural Cereal, the first mass-market granola, which came in a sepia-toned box. It was a ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 6 07:34:20 PDT 2005