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19411 [lbo-talk] Re: Say BYE BYE to VINYL! -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Bad art is the sea we swim in. Yeah, and I wouldn't be surprised if cavedwellers Ugg and Thugg rolled their eyes whenever the dreaded Bugg started singing too. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 13:39:53 PST 2005

19412 [lbo-talk] Patrick Cockburn on Iraq election -- rank: 1000

Independent (London) - February 1, 2005 IRAQ: ELECTION AFTERMATH: Doubts cast on Allawi's vow to unite the country Patrick Cockburn in Baghdad IYAD ALLAWI, the Iraqi interim Prime Minister, called for unity between Iraqis yesterday, but in the wake of the election for the National Assembly they remain deeply divided. "Starting from today, I will begin a new dialogue to make sure that all Iraqis have a voice," Mr Allawi said as the interim government celebrated an unexpectedly high turn ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 13:17:40 PST 2005

19413 [lbo-talk] Chavez to WSF: transcend capitalism -- rank: 1000

<http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1486> "Imperialism is not invincible" Venezuela's Chavez closes World Social Forum with call to transcend capitalism Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was warmly received at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he said that a radical transformation of society can be made democratically. By Cleto A. Sojo - Venezuelanalysis.com Caracas, Jan 30, 2005 - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was warmly received at the 2005 ed ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 12:39:30 PST 2005

19414 [lbo-talk] Re: Say BYE BYE to VINYL! -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Just think about the fact that peoples and cultures around the world listen >to rather narrow selection of music dished out by MTV and American labels >(mostly of two varieties - singing bimbos a la Britney Spears and >testosterone rage a la c-rap/hip-hop), while their native musical traditions >are all but dead. Does not blood boils in your veins? Not really. There's all kinds of interesting music happening all over the world - Norwegian rap, Indian tec ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 10:22:35 PST 2005

19415 [lbo-talk] The hope for an independent free Iraq -- rank: 1000

philion at stolaf.edu wrote: >Wounded Kentucky Soldier Flees To Canada But you don't understand democracy - Iraqis voted! The act of voting is all that matters; the government that ensues or the society that evolves is just one of those tedious details that carpers and intellectuals worry about. The purple fingertip held high is the symbol of our exhilarating time! Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 10:17:48 PST 2005

19416 [lbo-talk] Mr. Churchill -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >This has actually been one of his more brilliant insights, which I >happen to agree with. Is the line between anarchism and nihilism that fine? Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 10:02:24 PST 2005

19417 [lbo-talk] raw exit poll data online -- rank: 1000

[any numbers geeks out there who can crunch this?] http://www.mysterypollster.com/ NEP Data Available Online Unfortunately, my blogging time is short today but want to quickly pass on one bit of news (thanks to Rick Brady of Stones Cry Out for the tip): The so-called "raw" data from the National Election Pool exit polls are now available on-line through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), based at the University of Michigan. (The same data are al ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 10:01:41 PST 2005

19418 [lbo-talk] Re: Say BYE BYE to VINYL! -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Quite true. The ubiquity of recorded music has diminished the >communal aspect of music making and produced such debased listening >experiences as Muzak. Yes, and back in the old days, when families hung around the piano making music, everyone had beautiful voices and the accompanist could fling arpeggios like a pro. I keep forgetting that everything sucks & is getting worse. Doug

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 09:50:19 PST 2005

19419 [lbo-talk] should WSF take positions? -- rank: 1000

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: The Risks Posed by Success Mario Osava The World Social Forum could become a victim of its own success, as loud calls for translating ideas and talk into action and practical results threaten to generate divisions and frustration. RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 31 (IPS) - Portuguese Nobel literature laureate José Saramago expressed that tension when he called Friday for turning the World Social Forum (WSF) into "an instrument for action" based on concrete proposals and ideas w ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 08:29:24 PST 2005

19420 [lbo-talk] Re: Say BYE BYE to VINYL! -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >I think there's no question that the easy availability of recorded >music discourages people from becoming amateur *and* professional >musicians. Huh? I've never seen any evidence of a musician shortage. In my apartment building, I hear a pianist, a violinist, a trumpet player, and an opera singer regularly, and I'm constantly battered by instrument cases on the subway. Maybe it's just the upper west side. But there's also no shortage of electric guitarists, singer/s ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 08:25:03 PST 2005

19421 [lbo-talk] Bush admin promoting Chalabi? -- rank: 1000

<http://slate.msn.com/id/2112900/> Together, Again Judith Miller and Ahmad Chalabi. By Jack Shafer How did the New York Times botch the weapons of mass destruction story so magnificently? According to the editors' mini culpa of May 26, 2004, many of the stories the Times published during in the run-up to the war shared a common feature. They depended at least in part on information from a circle of Iraqi informants, defectors and exiles bent on "regime change" in Iraq, people who ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 08:19:48 PST 2005

19422 [lbo-talk] Soros, now just investing for income, denounces Kerry -- rank: 1000

Bloomberg - January 30, 2005 Soros Says Kerry's Failings Undermined Campaign against Bush Billionaire investor George Soros, the biggest financial contributor to the failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush in November's election, said Democratic challenger John Kerry was a flawed candidate. Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, spent $26 million in last year's campaign that he said was undermined by the candidate he supported. "Kerry did not, actually, offer a credible and ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 08:08:10 PST 2005

19423 [lbo-talk] WSJ hates Munich -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - December 31, 2005 EDITORIAL BOARD Munich By BRET STEPHENS Steven Spielberg wants you to know one thing about "Munich," his just-released, semi-historical, instantly controversial account of Israel's efforts to avenge the massacre of its athletes at the 1972 Olympics: "I worked very hard," he says, "so this film was not in any way, shape or form going to be an attack on Israel." So why is his movie raising such hackles among Israelis and those g ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 10:13:26 PST 2005

19424 [lbo-talk] GOOG insiders dumping shares -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - December 31, 2005 COMMENT FROM breakingviews Indicators From Internet-Firm Insiders As Large Web Companies See Stock Valuations Soar, Their Leaders Are Selling Investors sure expect a lot of growth from the Big Four of the Internet: Google, Yahoo, eBay and Amazon.com. Do a bit of math, and you can figure out just how much. EBay is the least expensive, at 44 times expected 2006 earnings. The U.S. market trades at about 17 times next year's expected earnings. To justify such ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 10:11:02 PST 2005

19425 [lbo-talk] Morales: Our Struggle is Against US Imperialism -- rank: 1000

<http://counterpunch.org/morales12302005.html> Our Struggle is Against US Imperialism I Believe Only in the Power of the People By EVO MORALES This is the text of a speech given on December 24 at the "In Defense of Humanity" conference. What happened these past days in Bolivia was a great revolt by those who have been oppressed for more than 500 years. The will of the people was imposed this September and October, and has begun to overcome the empire's cannons. We have lived for ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 09:46:04 PST 2005