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19936 [lbo-talk] why save? we'll just borrow from the Chinese! -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >On Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:56 AM [PDT], >Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> At 12:44 PM +0000 8/2/05, MarketWatch Alerts wrote: >> >>> Breaking News Bulletin: U.S. personal savings rate falls to 0% >>> http://marketwatch.com/r.asp?g=2237C31ADC6F42989A34C063BE1ACED0&d=bnb > > >That's good! Isn't this figure usually a negative number? > >I believe it has been, over the last 10 years or so... &g ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 3 06:13:20 PDT 2005

19937 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI scores with holocaust denalist's premium -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >KPFA touts itself as 'free speech radio' With no fundamental perspective? Would you give the Minutemen a show? Why not give Eric Hufschmid an hour a week to talk about the population of ovens at Auschwitz? Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 20:00:35 PDT 2005

19938 [lbo-talk] Anti Latin American Postings -- rank: 1000

Cseniornyc at aol.com wrote: >The posting on Botero's work Iraq and US torturers took place about >2-3 months ago actually, by some bilious guy called Michael Dawson >who quit the list soon after. Bilious was practically his middle name. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 19:56:38 PDT 2005

19939 [lbo-talk] still a premium -- rank: 1000

WBAI still has the Hufschmid video as a premium: <https://www.wbai.org/cart/product_info.php?products_id=1068&osCsid=fec8f52e8868316bfe06ca7b33ec1a61>. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 17:29:13 PDT 2005

19940 [lbo-talk] Anti Latin American Postings -- rank: 1000

B. wrote: >Hey now, I have posted, with admiration, news of >Venezuela's plan to sieze idle factories. I also >recently posted about Mexican peasants' struggles >against deforesting. This post got no response, which >is not my fault. Nor is it a sign of lack of appreciation. A lot of times people read stuff and there's no need to comment. But it'd be nice to see more info & discussion on LatAm. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 17:20:30 PDT 2005

19941 [lbo-talk] Anti Latin American Postings -- rank: 1000

Cseniornyc at aol.com wrote: >I know this is a list in which most members care more about what's >going on in Kyrzigistan than on their own backyard south of the >border, Not by my preference. I'd love to see more on Latin America. > but it is of interest how the few postings on Latin America carry >an anti Left taste. Last week it was Frank Scott criticizing the >left that opposes the racist Minute Men in Texas. Although it >provoked a swift response by Dough Henwood, no ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 16:34:46 PDT 2005

19942 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI scores with holocaust denalist's premium -- rank: 1000

A depressing thought: we're the marginal ones. This stuff is the mainstream of the American left, such as it is, whatever it is. Doug

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 16:16:59 PDT 2005

19943 [lbo-talk] WMT disciminates disabled workers -- rank: 1000

[bouced because original text was appeneded, pushing it over length limit] From: Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart's PR war Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 09:45:48 -0700 Wal-Mart also discriminated against disabled persons/employees. I wrote something for Znet on this a while back. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=4987 In fact they discriminate constantly and disability certainly should be mentioned. Marta

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 11:08:32 PDT 2005

19944 [lbo-talk] executive pay question -- rank: 1000

John Lacny wrote: >I was reading recently (in Modern Healthcare's executive compensation >survey, actually) that because of the new accounting rules that require >stock options to be counted as an expense, stock options are now declining >as a percentage of the "long-term incentives" component of executive pay. >Any word on what's replacing them? Can't say I've seen anything on that yet. You could pose as a journalist and ask some headhunter of compensation consultant (J ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 08:48:39 PDT 2005

19945 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart's PR war -- rank: 1000

<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/02/walmart/> Wal-Mart's P.R. war Activists against the behemoth think this is their year: Two new national campaigns, a critical upcoming documentary and more stores thwarted. But can they force America's largest private employer to change its ways? - - - - - - - - - - - - By Liza Featherstone Aug. 2, 2005 | Firing whistleblowers. Discriminating against women (and, most recently, black truck drivers). Violating child labor laws. Locking workers ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 07:10:33 PDT 2005

19946 [lbo-talk] Israeli doc helped Saudi royals get it up -- rank: 1000

New York Post - August 2, 2005 JEWISH DOC SECRETLY MADE LIMP PRINCES POTENT-ATES By URI DAN JERUSALEM - Did you hear the one about the Jewish doctor who helped the Saudi crown prince make it big-time with ravishing Riviera babes? Well, it's no joke. A prominent Israeli urologist regularly slipped into Saudi Arabia dressed in Arab garb to secretly treat King Fahd, who died yesterday, and other royal princes for their impotency problems. Dr. Moshe Many told The Post he made frequent top-secret med ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 07:00:07 PDT 2005

19947 [lbo-talk] The Donald, the Doll: 10 cents on the dollar -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - August 2, 2005 TRUMP DISCOUNT NOT everything Donald Trump touches turns to gold. Macy's has stacks of Donald dolls originally priced at $25 but now being unloaded for $2.49 apiece. The Trump toy speaks 17 different phrases, including "You're fired!," when you press his button. A Macy's spokesman pointed out the doll was introduced as a novelty gift for the holidays last fall. "We have Donald Trump suits and watches and shirts and they are all doing pheno ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 06:53:24 PDT 2005

19948 [lbo-talk] why save? we'll just borrow from the Chinese! -- rank: 1000

At 12:44 PM +0000 8/2/05, MarketWatch Alerts wrote: >Breaking News Bulletin: U.S. personal savings rate falls to 0% >http://marketwatch.com/r.asp?g=2237C31ADC6F42989A34C063BE1ACED0&d=bnb

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Date:	Tue Aug 2 05:56:19 PDT 2005

19949 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI scores with holocaust denalist's premium -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >since that subject heading has been used repeatedly, can anyone tell >me what this person said about the holocaust? or does it not matter? >is the label enough? Always so quick on the anti-Semitism question, eh Frank? Links were provided. E.g.: At 12:22 PM -0400 7/31/05, Doug Henwood wrote: >I mentioned the other day that WBAI scored big with 9/11 conspiracy >videos as fundraising premiums. Turns out one of them is produced by >a Holocaust denier, Eric Hufsc ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 1 16:49:30 PDT 2005

19950 [lbo-talk] India: Marx invoked to break Lefts FDI barrier -- rank: 1000

Jim Devine wrote: >The effort to raise profit rates suppresses >consumer demand, which causes a surplus of capital. (cf. >http://www.lines-magazine.org/articles/chris.htm) Profit rates rose in the U.S. from the early 1980s through 1997, and the consumption share of GDP rose as well (from around 62% to 66%). Profit rates fell between 1997 and 2001, and the consumption share rose to almost 69%. Profit rates have risen since 2001, and the consumption share is now over 70%. Maybe this is a ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 1 14:31:53 PDT 2005