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18736 [lbo-talk] Sexual orientation and sociobioligy -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >However, what's good for onself >(and others) needn't necessarily be good for one's genes. Why? Gay people reproduce. My niece the daughter of lesbian moms is in town this weekend, in fact. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 15:58:56 PDT 2005

18737 [lbo-talk] Great Whites - Polish jokes not appreciated. -- rank: 1000

Did Stalin really say that socialism in Poland would be like a saddle on a cow? Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 15:52:51 PDT 2005

18738 [lbo-talk] Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >So the Krueger paper is interesting but a bit beside the point to >most issues of terrorism and global support. Why, because it presents actual evidence instead of conjecture? >>They review other studies showing no relation between unemployment >>over time and region and the incidence of hate crimes. There's >>evidence that a combination of rising educational attainment and >>declining economic prospects can lead to terrorism. > >The conn ...

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18739 [lbo-talk] Sexual orientation and sociobioligy -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >Why think that homosexuality is any different from Huntington's disease or >myopia? I'm guessing that's an ironic question, but you can never tell. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 15:07:46 PDT 2005

18740 [lbo-talk] housing -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >So is there a housing bubble or isn't there? What re >the best sources to read up for and against? See the imminently forthcoming LBO 111. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 14:33:36 PDT 2005

18741 [lbo-talk] Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >Can you really say with a straight face that you think the British war on >Iraq had nothing to do with the motives of the London bombers ? Like I said it had something to do with it, but it's not the whole story.

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18742 [lbo-talk] housing -- rank: 1000

[from an analysis by Greenwich Capital] It is, of course, an open question whether housing is poised for a precipitous decline. One finds cause for alarm in the fact that mobile homes in Malibu are trading for more than $1mm. Remember, with a mobile home, you generally don't own the land, you still pay rent for your lot, and mortgage financing is hard to come by. On the other hand, you do get preferred seating at the Jerry Springer Show.

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 13:50:18 PDT 2005

18743 [lbo-talk] more on Santorum staffer -- rank: 1000

>Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:12:10 -0400 (EDT) >From: Rex Wockner >Subject: NC20149: Much more on Santorum staffer > > >From a well-placed reader in D.C. > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:53:33 -0400 >Subject: Much more on Santorum staffer > >Rex: The staffer in question is not just Santorum's spokesman. He >is Deputy Chief of Staff to Santorum and, perhaps more importantly, >Director of Communications for the Senate R ...

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18744 [lbo-talk] more on the bisex flap -- rank: 1000

<http://gaycitynews.com/gcn_428/firestormover.html> Gay City News - Volume 75, Number 28 | 14 - 20 July 2005 Firestorm Over Bisexuality in Times GLAAD, Task Force assail story suggesting most bis not owning up to their orientation By ANDY HUMM The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has joined bisexual advocacy groups in condemning a front-page story in The New York Times' science section on July 5 titled "Straight, Gay or Lying?: Bisexuality Revisited." The article said that a n ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 11:57:12 PDT 2005

18745 [lbo-talk] Democraphics and economics -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >This is addressedto Doug or anyone to knows something >about financial markets. Read a theory, arguing >against SS privatization and more generally on the >reliance of American retirement security on the stock >marjet, that in about 10-15 years, when the second >wave of boomers (my cohort, 1955-65) retires and >starts to cash in their IRAs & 401(k)s, this being the >first generation to rely more on these and not to have >pensions, that t ...

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18746 [lbo-talk] AP: Rove Learned CIA Agent's Name From Novak -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >On Friday, July 15, 2005 8:19 AM [PDT], >ravi <lbo at kreise.org> wrote: > >> >>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CIA_LEAK_ROVE?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT >> >> Rove Learned CIA Agent's Name From Novak >> >> By JOHN SOLOMON >> Associated Press Writer > >That seems to be the current consensus. Today's NY Daily News reports that Ari Fleischer might have been invovled too. Doug

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18747 [lbo-talk] Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Wojtek-- while the terrorism/poverty connection is weak in regards >to who performs terrorist acts, it's pretty damn strong on who >SUPPORTS it around the world. Actually Krueger's paper reviews polling data among Palestinians. If anything, there's less support for "terror" attacks on Israelis among the poor and less educated. Surveys elsewhere in the Middle East show, in the words of one, that poverty prevails among the apolitical mass. They review other ...

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18748 [lbo-talk] Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >There is no conflict between _Hindus and Muslims_in India. The >conflict is between secular Indians (Hindus + Muslims + Sikhs + >Christians + Jains + Budhhists) and non secular/fascist Indians >(Hindus + Muslims etc.). I met a hedge fund dude a couple of weeks ago who's of Indian origin. He referred to "Bombay." I asked, "you don't say Mumbai?" He emphatically said "no!" Is that language part of that secular-religious conflict? H ...

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18749 [lbo-talk] Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >even though Krueger is right-wing, don't lefties and liberals >overdo the poverty breeds terrorism line? Krueger isn't right wing; he's fairly liberal as economists go. And yes, people do overdo the poverty -> terrorism line. Doug

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18750 [lbo-talk] FW: Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" ) -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >It is not difficult to think of British youth of color identifying the >racism they experience at home with the racist, imperialist wars on the >south Asian countries with religion and ethnicities related to theirs. So they blew up people of many ethnic groups? I think Palestinians suicide-bombing in Israel is a bankrupt tactic, but at least you can figure out the bombers' point. The point of the London bombs isn't obvious. >It is not really hard to believe or u ...

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