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18871 [lbo-talk] etymology -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >--- snitsnat <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > >> who be dat? > >To tell the truth, I have only run into it once. I >was up in a hippie community in Humboldt County a few >years ago and one woman insisted on speaking of >"herstory" and insisted that the word "history" was >sexist. Thought it might be the same brilliant >philologist who enlighted Doug about the word >"terrorist". There's always ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 13:03:03 PDT 2005

18872 [lbo-talk] etymology -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >I did -- but the OED isn't that useful for full etymologies. It is more >concerened with the history of the word _in English_. The AHD is better. >I have misplaced my old copy of Webster's New World, which was good on >etymologies. Partridge's _Origins_ didn't help in this instance. What >one needs to satisfy Doug's companions is the IE origin of the words, >which I found in the AHD's Appendix of IE roots. *tera(dry) for terra, >*tres (tremble) for terror. ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 12:44:27 PDT 2005

18873 [lbo-talk] Ever more opportunities -- rank: 1000

Dennis Claxton wrote: >At 01:40 PM 7/1/2005, Leigh Meyers wrote: >>Fuck her, she's a freak. > >So you'll come to the rescue of a woman you called a "mid-priced >prostitute", but this woman is a freak? I don't get it. Hippies can be very judgmental, can't they? Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 12:43:32 PDT 2005

18874 [lbo-talk] great white north day -- rank: 1000

Happy Canada Day to those who celebrate it. Why July 1? And what's the standard celebration? Grilling back bacon?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jul 1 10:31:46 PDT 2005

18875 [lbo-talk] Re: Zapatista - looks like the last part of it. -- rank: 1000

Steven Gotzler wrote: >The statement seems to be too long for the lbo list, its wordy as >hell. Here is a link to the full thing and the last portion of it. I approved it already! I let things like this through, because they're important documents of broad interest. I hate to ask this, since it feels like sacrilege to me (I'm not being ironic with that, either, and these are really meant as questions), but does this statment amount to anything more than pretty words? I was really excited w ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 10:21:23 PDT 2005

18876 [lbo-talk] etymology -- rank: 1000

snitsnat wrote: >At 11:31 AM 7/1/2005, Doug Henwood wrote: >>Any etmyology experts on this list? Some hyper-PC dude on the WBAI >>producers' list claims that "terrorist" comes from the same root as >>"terrestrial" - because terrorist = dirt. Dictionaries do not >>confirm this, but... > > >wow. what an asshole. > >http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=terrorism >move on to the origins of "terror" here: >http://www.et ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 10:08:24 PDT 2005

18877 [lbo-talk] Mailer bloviates -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >I wont comment on his alleged racist statement, >because I dont know what the context was. His >statements MAY have been racist, but I dont see where >he is "bloviating". This statement is undoubtedly >true: > ><<I will remark >> that political correctness is a toxic to American >> freedom. > >PCness puts a straight-jacket on discussion. Yeah, can be, but sometimes remarks really are racist - and I think this qualifie ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 08:44:21 PDT 2005

18878 [lbo-talk] etymology -- rank: 1000

Any etmyology experts on this list? Some hyper-PC dude on the WBAI producers' list claims that "terrorist" comes from the same root as "terrestrial" - because terrorist = dirt. Dictionaries do not confirm this, but...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 08:31:55 PDT 2005

18879 [lbo-talk] Rep congressthug harassing climate scientists -- rank: 1000

[Letters at <http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Letters/06232005_1570.htm>.] Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - July 1, 2005 Congressman Demands Complete Records on Climate Research by 3 Scientists Who Support Theory of Global Warming By RICHARD MONASTERSKY Washington In a sign of how climate science has grown increasingly political, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating three professors whose work suggests that the ea ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 07:42:33 PDT 2005

18880 [lbo-talk] Mailer bloviates -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - July 1, 2005 MAILER RIPS 'TOXIC' P.C. NORMAN Mailer - attacked as a "racist" by Asian American Journalist Association head Esther Wu after he called Times reviewer Michiko Kakutani an "Asiatic, feminist . . . twofer . . . token" - tells PAGE SIX: "While my quarrel is with Kakutani, not Esther Wu, I will remark that political correctness is a toxic to American freedom. Over the last 20 years, it has certainly leeched out much of the initiative a ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 1 07:15:45 PDT 2005

18881 [lbo-talk] prostitution vs. the dole -- rank: 1000

Telegraph (London) - January 30, 2005 'If you don't take a job as a prostitute, we can stop your benefits' By Clare Chapman A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year. Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners - who must pay tax and employee health insurance - were granted access to official databases of jobseekers. The ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 31 14:25:18 PST 2005

18882 [lbo-talk] technical note -- rank: 1000

[I don't recall ever seeing anything quite like this.] <http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/faq/national/microsoft_impact4thqtr.htm> How does the Microsoft special dividend impact the national accounts in the fourth quarter? On July 20, 2004, the Microsoft Corporation announced that it would pay a special dividend of $3.00 per share to shareholders of record as of November 17, 2004. The total payout, which was made on December 2, 2004, was about $32 billion. The dividend payments affect the fourth- ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 31 13:09:42 PST 2005

18883 [lbo-talk] definitive evidence on the housing bubble -- rank: 1000

["If I had any equity left in my house, I probably would, too..."] Philadelphia Inquirer - January 31, 2005 Eagles fans borrowing against their homes for Super Bowl trips By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA -- Some long-suffering Philadelphia Eagles fans are so desperate to get to the Super Bowl that they're borrowing against their homes to pay for the tickets. Take Kevin P. O'Donoghue, a lifelong fan from the suburbs, who told his wife after the Eagles advanced to their first Super B ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 31 12:32:38 PST 2005

18884 [lbo-talk] what's the matter with kids today? -- rank: 1000

USA Today - January 31, 2005 U.S. students say press freedoms go too far Survey reveals some surprising attitudes By Greg Toppo One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released today. The survey of 112,003 students finds that 36% believe newspapers should get "government approval" of stories before publishing; 51% say they shou ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 31 11:11:37 PST 2005

18885 [lbo-talk] Re: Any comments/links re Iraq elections? -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote: > >>Would appreciate any thoughts on the Iraq elections. > ><http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,1399631,00.html> <http://www.juancole.com/2005/01/mixed-story-im-just-appalled-by.html> Sunday, January 30, 2005 A Mixed Story I'm just appalled by the cheerleading tone of US news coverage of the so-called elections in Iraq on Sunday. I said on television last week that this event is a "political earth ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 31 11:07:30 PST 2005