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18631 [lbo-talk] Rep data geeks kicking Dem ass -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - July 24, 2005 Parties Are Tracking Your Habits Though both Democrats and Republicans collect personal information, the GOP's mastery of data is changing the very nature of campaigning. By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten Times Staff Writers, Times Staff Writers COLUMBUS, Ohio - At first glance, Felicia Hill seems to fit the profile of a loyal Democrat: She is African American, married to a General Motors union worker and voted for Dukakis, Clinton and Gore in past presidentia ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:58:51 PDT 2005

18632 [lbo-talk] Kim Scipes on AFL-CIO -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >On the eve of the AFL-CIO's quadrennial convention in Chicago, Labor >historian and activist, Kim Scipes, examines the role of US labor in >supporting US global policies from the Mexican War through the Cold >War to the attempted coup in Venezuela. To listen to my interview on >KZYX (27 min.; 20 sec.) made Wednesday, 7/20/5 please click >on:http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13410. > >Jeff Blankfort Man, that's really getting to the heart of t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:45:37 PDT 2005

18633 [lbo-talk] The Note on the AFL-CIO split -- rank: 1000

[The political cynics who write The Note <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> have been following the AFL-CIO split closely, because it has potentially big effects on the Dems. PS: How can a guy go through life with a name so close to Shitburger?] House of Labor: The AFL-CIO was set to rupture on the eve of its 50th anniversary celebration, as two of its largest and most important unions, the Service Employees and the Teamsters, said they will formally withdraw from the ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:41:52 PDT 2005

18634 [lbo-talk] DLC in Columbus -- rank: 1000

Yoshie, you gonna drop by the DLC meeting in Columbus? The Note <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238> is very excited: >That leaves the DLC meeting, where today, some of the nation's top >political reporters will kick the tires on some possible >presidential candidates and, just as important (really) look to see >if the organization that has done more to give the Democratic Party >both a chance to win presidential elections and have serious and >popular ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:37:20 PDT 2005

18635 [lbo-talk] Nixonian Socialism -- rank: 1000

Nixonian Socialism by Murray N. Rothbard <http://www.mises.org/story/1875>[Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005] [This important essay was published in the Libertarian Forum (1969-1984), the <http://www.mises.org/journals/libertarianforum.asp>entire archives of which are now online at the Mises Institute. It appeared in the <http://www.mises.org/journals/lf/1971/1971_01.pdf>January 1971 issue, before Nixon’s price and wage controls and many other interventions over the course of his ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:32:53 PDT 2005

18636 [lbo-talk] China's growth -- rank: 1000

Mike Ballard wrote: >As world oil supplies meet ever increasing world demand, both the price >and the environmental consequences of continued carbon based fuel >burning will create a need for clean, non-nuclear alternatives. All of >which doesn't mean that existing petroleum cannot or would not be >useful to market for purposes other than mere burning. Marketing these >technologies, while creating an efficient transportation >infrastructure, (and the "how-to" kno ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:27:53 PDT 2005

18637 [lbo-talk] Re:equal rights, for some -- rank: 1000

Frank Scott wrote: >and while israel comes in for its share of political crit , i >don't recall any slurring of judaism here...some religious >groups-philosophies are less trashable than others... I hear Jews drink the blood of Christian babies as part of their secret religious rituals. Is that the sort of thing you're looking for? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 07:25:16 PDT 2005

18638 [lbo-talk] A time of doubt for atheists -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >I'd like to see less religion in society. Amen. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 06:46:17 PDT 2005

18639 [lbo-talk] A time of doubt for atheists -- rank: 1000

W. Kiernan wrote: >Wow, the seven percent of us have really got the ninety-three >percent of you all runnin' scared, don't we? It's doubled to 14% now on the latest reading <http://www.gc.cuny.edu/faculty/research_briefs/aris/key_findings.htm>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 06:38:48 PDT 2005

18640 [lbo-talk] A time of doubt for atheists -- rank: 1000

Jim Devine wrote: >Maybe some people feel personally attacked when religion is attacked >(as with "f*ck god")? So am I not allowed to say that religion is a crock because the religious might be offended? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 06:36:57 PDT 2005

18641 [lbo-talk] Descended into chaos... -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >No significant element in the u.s. ruling structure gives a damn about >what happens to the Iraqi people. Of course not. But you can't pump oil when things are blowing up all over the place. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 06:30:39 PDT 2005

18642 [lbo-talk] Why Not Sell WBAI? -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Let me make a stupid point, again. I know that running a project >such as a radio station requires money for different things, but is >anybody getting paid at WBAI who is doing on air shows? If people >who have shows are getting paid, why can't WBAI replace them with >people who will do programming for free? How about dropping >syndicated programming? It would make more sense to tighten belts >than to sell a progressive station. A handful of people who do show ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 25 06:25:02 PDT 2005

18643 [lbo-talk] Fwd: FLASH--Four Union Walking out of Convention -- rank: 1000

From: "Jonathan Tasini" <jtasini at economicfuturegroup.com> To: <jtasini at economicfuturegroup.com> Subject: FLASH--Four Union Walking out of Convention Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 12:29:18 -0400 Colleagues: not a surprise, but four unions-the Teamsters, SEIU, UNITE HERE and the UFCW-have made decisions not to attend the AFL-CIO convention that opens tomorrow. They have not yet announced whether they will also disaffiliate in the future. More now at Working Life blog and more ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 24 21:25:20 PDT 2005

18644 [lbo-talk] China's growth -- rank: 1000

Mike Ballard wrote: >Chris Doss wrote: >> >>> What would you recommend if you were the Kremlin's >>> economic advisor? I mean this question seriously. > >1. "Grow" the hemp industry in all its facets. > >2. Use the vast scientific-technological base leftover from Soviet >times to research and develop non-carbon based energy sources. Why would a country with huge oil reserves want to do this? Doug

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Date:	Sun Jul 24 07:25:01 PDT 2005

18645 [lbo-talk] Descended into chaos... -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >Saturday, July 23, 2005 >Sunday Independent(UK): > >Patrick Cockburn : >Iraq has descended into chaos way beyond West's worst-case scenario It was a little surprising to see two stories in today's NYT that concede things are getting really bad: <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/international/middleeast/24insurgents.html?hp> >Defying U.S. Efforts, Guerrillas in Iraq Refocus and Strengthen > >By DEXTER FILKINS and DAVID S. CLOUD > >BAGHDAD, ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 24 07:23:47 PDT 2005