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18721 [lbo-talk] Sopranos looking for gay leather extras, BM a + -- rank: 1000

[from another list] I am the background casting director for The Sopranos and I'm trying to circulate the following casting notice to all organizations that might be interested. Melissa Braun Grant Wilfley Casting 212 685 3537 ext. 53501 The Sopranos Seeking men to portray Gay Leather Bar Patron extras on an upcoming episode of the HBO television series, "The Sopranos." Paid compensation for those selected. Tattoos, body piercings, and leather wardrobe a plus. No experience necessary. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 16:18:15 PDT 2005

18722 [lbo-talk] Air (Pax) America(na) -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Just heard on Air America's Al Franken Show: > >(paraphrasing) (Franken interviewing New Yorker writer) > >New Yorker guy: "For the sake of Democrats and future elections, we >must hope for the success of George Bush's foreign policy." > >Franken: "We've been saying all along, we have to make it >(occupation of Iraq) work." I think I've said before, years ago I saw Al Franken in Riverside Park wearing a Bruce Babbitt in '88 t- ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 16:07:27 PDT 2005

18723 [lbo-talk] Identity wars, was fartback -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Doug: >> People who blow themselves up in the course of blowing up others >> aren't leaders, they're footsoldiers. >> > >Franz Fanon was not a foot soldier, yet he advocated blowing others up. He didn't do it himself, did he? Osama gets other people to blow themselves up, which is what makes him a leader. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 14:32:10 PDT 2005

18724 [lbo-talk] Identity wars, was fartback -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >Why was the Cuban revolution led by a Columbia educated >lawyer, and a dentist(...in his homeland that's "doctor"). People who blow themselves up in the course of blowing up others aren't leaders, they're footsoldiers. And it's pretty icky to compare the Cuban revolution to jihad. I think the Cuban revolution was a very good thing, and jihad a very bad thing. Drawing a comparison between the two is pretty icky. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 13:30:34 PDT 2005

18725 [lbo-talk] WBAI crisis -- rank: 1000

Pacifica connoisseurs: Friday's teleconference of the finance committe of the Pacifica national board is mostly about the financial crisis at WBAI. All four glorious hours of it are at <http://kpftx.org/archive.htm#finance050715>. I just listened to about an hour. As CFO Lonnie Hicks put it, WBAI is on the critical list. There's not enough cash on hand to get through September, even with layoffs. A two-week special fundraiser begins tomorrow, but if it's like the last one, it won't help m ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 13:26:31 PDT 2005

18726 [lbo-talk] Identity wars, was fartback -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >I'm overlimit here, so last post. If over limit, why another post? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 12:36:23 PDT 2005

18727 [lbo-talk] What caused the bombers to bomb? -- rank: 1000

Gary? wrote: >"She added: "I have talked with a psychologist who says many Jamaicans >have been mis-diagnosed with schizophrenia when they were merely >expressing themselves in patois." A psychologist friend of mine did some research long ago showing that people of low socioeconomic status are more likely to be diagnosed as schizophrenic, and people of high status, as manic. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 12:11:44 PDT 2005

18728 [lbo-talk] yippee! -- rank: 1000

lbo at inkworkswell.com wrote: >We'll be mentioned and thanked for work on Ehrenreich's book, due in >August. I was surprised about that, but she is a very nice, >thoughtful person. I think she's pretty tremendous all around. She's been pumping out great stuff for what, 30 years, and it keeps coming. Her writing manages to be popular, serious, thoughtful, and entertaining all at once. Is there any better journalist in the US? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 12:06:55 PDT 2005

18729 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright's radio show rerun... -- rank: 1000

<http://susiebright.blogs.com>Susie Bright's Journal - This week's edition of In Bed is a rerun, and for once, I have a fascinating excuse: I was recording my new show at KUSP, our local public radio station, in the little studio next to the air room, when all of a sudden, a VERY LOUD ACCORDION started bleeding into our sound room. We had to abort because of an squeeze box- Isn't that always the way? In any case, this particular vintage audio show, #159, is one of my favorites...The them ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 11:58:46 PDT 2005

18730 [lbo-talk] Identity wars, was fartback -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >To a certain extent this is a distinction without much of a >difference. The current US-Euro imperialism via globalization of the >corporatized and western secular life is a concommittent to the >material and concrete processes of exploitation in foriegn lowest cost >labor markets. The social consequence of these economic processes must >be fairly destructive of the fragile societies they impact. The >fragility (and hence cheap labor) comes from the evid ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 18 10:42:46 PDT 2005

18731 [lbo-talk] Finding the elephant in the room -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> >> >>Carl Remick wrote: >> >>>[Where oh where can that bombing motive be?] >>> >>>Anger Burns on the Fringe of Britain's Muslims >> >>The point of this article is that British Muslims have a long list >>of grievances. The invasion of Iraq is a big part of it ... > >Yes, a big, big part of it ... sort of like Mrs. O'Leary's cow. >There was a lot combu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jul 16 15:38:31 PDT 2005

18732 [lbo-talk] Finding the elephant in the room -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> it's not the whole story. > >Some day a mathematician is going to win a Nobel prize in something or >other by arguing profoundly that the denominator is not the whole story >of fractions. > >This phrase -always, not just sometimes -- is in practice (and probably >in intention) a way to abort discusion because scoring stupid points >about the superiority of denominators to numerators is far more >entertaining. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jul 16 14:32:27 PDT 2005

18733 [lbo-talk] Finding the elephant in the room -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >[Where oh where can that bombing motive be?] > >Anger Burns on the Fringe of Britain's Muslims The point of this article is that British Muslims have a long list of grievances. The invasion of Iraq is a big part of it, but (and this is going out to Carrol Cox) it's not the whole story. You snipped this part: >A recent poll commissioned by The Guardian found that 84 percent of >Muslims surveyed were against the use of violence for political >means, but only 3 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jul 16 13:24:39 PDT 2005

18734 [lbo-talk] Re: Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >I've forgotten the name of the woman who interviewed terrorists >across the world. I want to say it was Jennifer something. I've >posted material from here as has Doug. There was a nice long piece >in the FT, oh about 14-16 months ago perhaps? Doug, do you remember >it? I know what you mean, but I can't find it. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jul 16 12:30:25 PDT 2005

18735 [lbo-talk] Great Whites - Polish jokes not appreciated. -- rank: 1000

Has anyone ever collected Stalin's witticisms? Peter Lavelle wrote: >Yes. (Now the Kremlin - though it won't publicly say >it - sees Poland is "your" problem with great relief). >Good for the Poles, they keep on our toes. > >--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> Did Stalin really say that socialism in Poland would >> be like a saddle on a cow? >> > > Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jul 15 16:27:09 PDT 2005