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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
Document Size: 4713
Author: Doug Henwood
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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Author: Doug Henwood
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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Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 5199
Author: Doug Henwood
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
Document Size: 5078
Author: Doug Henwood
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
Document Size: 4600
Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 5311
Author: Doug Henwood
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
Document Size: 4971
Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 11987
Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 5234
Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 11796
Author: Doug Henwood
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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Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 11345
Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 6751
Author: Doug Henwood
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 ...
Document Size: 11774
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Sat Dec 31 09:46:04 PST 2005
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