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19696 [lbo-talk] links on economic impact of Katrina -- rank: 1000
[sent by ThatRogersWoman, who's over limit] Business Week on Katrina's impact on economy: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/aug2005/nf20050830_8693_db035.htm Impact on airlines/travel: http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/30/news/katrina_air/index.htm?section=money_topstories Companies who stand to benefit: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3330823
Document Size: 5170
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 15:18:23 PDT 2005
19697 [lbo-talk] a poem -- rank: 1000
[This poem was written by the Fed watcher at Pimco, the biggest holder of US government bonds <http://www.pimco.com/LeftNav/Late+Breaking+Commentary/FF/2005/FF+September+2005.htm>.] free dumb 'tis often said that the truth will set you free but for the fomc freedom is just another word for a free pass to play dumb as they fight lenders lending for free to the dumb who anticipate still dumber to take them out of roofs never intended to shelter from the rain but to relieve the pain of saving ...
Document Size: 5976
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 15:12:40 PDT 2005
19698 [lbo-talk] ABC/WP poll -- rank: 1000
[full at <http://abcnews.com/pollvault.htm>] ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL: BUSH/IRAQ - 8/28/05 EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AFTER 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 Bush Approval at a Career Low; Iraq Ratings Negative, but Stable George W. Bush's job approval rating slipped to a career low 45 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, damaged both by discontent with the war in Iraq and broad unhappiness with the price of gasoline at home. Views on Iraq, while stable, are not good: Fifty-thr ...
Document Size: 17446
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 14:36:43 PDT 2005
19699 [lbo-talk] Regarding NOLA, Mississippi and Alabama -- rank: 1000
ThatRogersWoman wrote: >The survivor stories coming out are gut wrenching. I don't think the >rest of the nation is comprehending, yet, the ramifications of this >cataclysmic disaster, save the rapid rise at the gas pump. We were channel-surfing last night to catch up. MSNBC incongruously had Tucker Carlson anchoring disaster coverage. Fox was absolutely idiotic; at one point, they had a reporter standing with a road atlas she'd evidently just bought at a gas station or something, poin ...
Document Size: 5686
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 13:12:55 PDT 2005
19700 [lbo-talk] everybody send positive vibes -- rank: 1000
Chuck0 wrote: >I think I'm at the point were I'm willing to consider an honest >profession such as becoming an online pornographer. Good luck. The Bush admin would be after your ass, unless you moved offshore.
Document Size: 4776
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 12:43:55 PDT 2005
19701 [lbo-talk] $3 gas by next week? -- rank: 1000
michael perelman wrote: >What is autumn grade gasoline? I think it allows for higher sulfur content than summer-grade. Doug
Document Size: 4684
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 11:58:53 PDT 2005
19702 [lbo-talk] Vegetarianism -- rank: 1000
Carl Remick wrote: >First cheesesteaks, now this. What will Pennsylvania think up next? Pretzels & mustard? Doug
Document Size: 4517
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 11:36:46 PDT 2005
19703 [lbo-talk] $3 gas by next week? -- rank: 1000
Wholesale gasoline tops $3 a gallon on Gulf Coast By Bernie Woodall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wholesale gasoline prices on the Gulf Coast broke $3 a gallon on Tuesday -- far higher than prices at most U.S. pumps -- as major refineries remained shut after Hurricane Katrina, trading sources said. This could spell a huge spike in retail prices for drivers throughout the United States in the coming days and in particular those in the Southeast, where prices are typically the lowest in the country. The sp ...
Document Size: 7361
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 11:25:21 PDT 2005
19704 [lbo-talk] getting by on $600k/yr -- rank: 1000
Financial Times - August 30, 2005 Can a good fund managerget by on $600,000 a year? By James Altucher A few days ago I was having breakfast with a friend of mine who runs a successful long/short hedge fund with about $60m in assets. He seemed stressed. "It's hard to make ends meet in this business," he told me. "What do you mean? Your business has been doing great," I said, "You've beaten the market every year. Your business is growing." "Listen," he said, ...
Document Size: 9867
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 11:13:18 PDT 2005
19705 [lbo-talk] "stay the course" becoming unacceptable -- rank: 1000
[Frank Newport, Gallup ed-in-chief, writes in this week's commentary] Iraq What do Americans want Bush to do about Iraq? We asked Americans last week: "If you could talk with President Bush for 15 minutes about the situation in Iraq, what would you, personally, advise him to do?" Consistent with other polling, a majority of Americans support extricating America from Iraq. This broad category of responses includes those who would tell the president to pull the troops out and come home ( ...
Document Size: 5905
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 10:59:49 PDT 2005
19706 [lbo-talk] Gallup: union membership -- rank: 1000
Gallup.com - August 30, 2005 Americans in Labor Unions Who wears the union label? by Joseph Carroll, Gallup Poll Assistant Editor Last month, the AFL-CIO split, with more than 4 million members of the Teamsters union, the Service Employees International Union, and the United Food and Commercial Workers union disaffiliating themselves from the labor federation. About 1 in 10 Americans currently say they belong to a labor union. A review of historical Gallup Poll data shows that represents a decre ...
Document Size: 9904
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 10:53:35 PDT 2005
19707 [lbo-talk] Voice-New Times merger: alt.weeklies run by VCs? -- rank: 1000
<http://www.sfbg.com/Extra/merger.html> San Francisco Bay Guardian - August 24-30, 2005 Merger on the march Exclusive: Internal Village Voice documents detail plans to create 18-paper alt-press chain. By Tim Redmond THE NATION'S TWO largest alternative newspaper publishers have been in intense negotiations over a merger that would create an 18-paper chain controlled to a significant extent by venture capitalists, new documents obtained by the Bay Guardian show. The documents, which appear ...
Document Size: 12723
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 10:46:02 PDT 2005
19708 [lbo-talk] NYFB -- rank: 1000
[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review <http://prorev.com>] SHEPARD SMITH: You're live on FOX News Channel, what are you doing? MAN: Walking my dogs. SMITH: Why are you still here? I'm just curious. MAN: None of your fucking business. SMITH: Oh that was a good answer, wasn't it? That was live on international television. Thanks so much for that. You know we apologize. [video: <http://thepoliticalteen.com/video/noneofyourfuckingbiz.wmv>]
Document Size: 4929
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 10:38:06 PDT 2005
19709 [lbo-talk] Standing vs. Sitting -- rank: 1000
ThatRogersWoman wrote: >But I have to admit, the supervisor demanding toll booth workers >stand all the time is oppressive. What did he expect? Were the toll >booth workers supposed to clean windows, rotate the tires and pat the >car on the trunk on it's way out? No, we were just suposed to appear at maximum alert to passing drivers, like they cared. Most people ignore a toll collector (which, by the way is a miserable job - boring, smelly, noisy). Believe me, nothing brightens a t ...
Document Size: 5097
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 08:17:43 PDT 2005
19710 [lbo-talk] lbo, a den of right-wingers? -- rank: 1000
Carl Remick wrote: >That's a quaint list now that society -- having steeped in >right-wing stupidity for the last 30 years -- has learned to accept >quite different unacceptable things, ranging from imperial wars >overseas to a police state at home. Palmer Raids? Vietnam? Lynchings? Doug
Document Size: 4906
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Tue Aug 30 08:06:55 PDT 2005
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