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1996 [lbo-talk] you can now trade yuan -- rank: 1000

Markets Alert from The Wall Street Journal Bank of China Ltd., one of the country s four major state-owned banks, has opened trading in the Chinese currency to customers in the U.S., representing a symbolic endorsement by Beijing of foreign trading in the yuan. The move is the first by a state-owned bank into yuan trading in the U.S. Trading in the yuan has ballooned since China first opened it up to offshore trading last July. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487037919045760760821783 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 12:16:00 PST 2011

1997 [lbo-talk] it was punk rock that set him off -- rank: 1000

[this just in from the right-wing PR machine] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 January 2011 CONTACT: Tim Bueler media at timbueler.com (530) 401-3285 RADICAL LEFTIST PUNK BAND INSPIRED ACCUSED GUNMAN Conducting interviews on this topic is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and the Senior Managing Director in the Financial Services Group at Gilford Securities as well as a senior staff writer for WND.com, Dr. Jerome Corsi. Author Profile and Information, Click Here: http://www.redalert.wnd.com Lyric ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 11 12:14:36 PST 2011

1998 [lbo-talk] LaRouche on Arizona -- rank: 1000

[this just in from LaRouche PAC] LaRouche Denounced Media Fraud Following Arizona Shootings: BERWICK, BLAIR, OBAMA AND HITLER LaRouche Denounced Media Fraud Following Arizona Shootings: BERWICK, BLAIR, OBAMA AND HITLER -Lyndon LaRouche today denounced what he called a "widespread fraud, perpetrated by much of the press," attempting to blame former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, among others, for creating the "climate of hate" that led to Saturday's shootings in Tucs ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 11 08:58:55 PST 2011

1999 [lbo-talk] nature has its revenge on the car -- rank: 1000

http://tv.gawker.com/5730099/watch-this-massive-australian-flood-clear-an-entire-parking-lot

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 10 18:21:19 PST 2011

2000 [lbo-talk] Fed: a profit gusher for the Treasury -- rank: 1000

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/20110110a.htm Release Date: January 10, 2011 For immediate release The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced preliminary unaudited results indicating that the Reserve Banks provided for payments of approximately $78.4 billion of their estimated 2010 net income of $80.9 billion to the U.S. Treasury. This represents a $31.0 billion increase in payments to the U.S. Treasury over 2009 ($47.4 billion of $53.4 billion of net income). The increa ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 10 09:20:08 PST 2011

2001 [lbo-talk] JL's YouTube channel -- rank: 1000

The Arizona shooter's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10

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Date:	Sat Jan 8 14:10:07 PST 2011

2002 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood "Best Music on an Economics & Politics Radio Show" Village Voice Best of NYC 2005 opening commentaries at: <http://lbo-news.com/> Note: this show no longer originates at WBAI. For an explanation, see the links on the radio archive page, below. -------------------------------------------------- Just posted to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: January 8, 2011 (return after holiday reruns) Tyson Slocum of P ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 8 12:19:25 PST 2011

2003 [lbo-talk] Arizona congresswoman assassinated -- rank: 1000

http://wildcat.arizona.edu/perspectives/palin-reloads-aims-for-giffords-1.1654164 Palin reloads, aims for Giffords By Nyles Kendall Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 02:09 ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 8 12:01:45 PST 2011

2004 [lbo-talk] Arizona congresswoman assassinated -- rank: 1000

Does this have any political meaning? She was a Blue Dog, for god's sake.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jan 8 11:45:00 PST 2011

2005 [lbo-talk] headline of the week: whew! -- rank: 1000

[from the Financial Times] Lack of riots allays concerns on food price rises

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Date:	Thu Jan 6 13:07:51 PST 2011

2006 [lbo-talk] Steve Forbes lashes out against Keynesian economics: "the whole idea of macroeconomics is a fraud" - Forbes.com -- rank: 1000

On Jan 6, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Another picture for your Bono-worshipping altar. ;-) > > http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tHFCZKBL-bs/TKxa9-gNVTI/AAAAAAAAAnA/SFTdHQYazpY/s1600/Bill+Gates+and+Bono.jpg I saw the two of them together when the World Economic Forum was in New York in January 2002. Gates is far more appealing. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jan 6 11:53:34 PST 2011

2007 [lbo-talk] Steve Forbes lashes out against Keynesian economics: "the whole idea of macroeconomics is a fraud" - Forbes.com -- rank: 1000

On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Ferenc Molnar wrote: > Presidential candidate Steve Forbes made even George Bush, Jr. look less Hapsburgian which was quite an accomplishment. Aside from that he's been presiding over the dismantling of his father's media empire as 40% of its assets have been sold off to a silicon valley venture-capital firm which is no doubt calling most of the company's shots now including the slashing of its editorial staff as well as its regional offices. Continuing my tradit ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 5 20:02:34 PST 2011

2008 [lbo-talk] Tax the wealth of the rich -- rank: 1000

On Jan 5, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Max Sawicky wrote: > That is my view, though I could be biased because > he returns my calls. (Doug, you wanna book him?) Johnston? I've had him on two or three times. Doug

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Date:	Wed Jan 5 14:50:32 PST 2011

2009 [lbo-talk] Tax the wealth of the rich -- rank: 1000

On Jan 5, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > So far he seems much more knowledgeable (and correct) than Barlett and Steele. And he doesn't write in paragraphs consisting of one simple sentence.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 5 14:39:43 PST 2011

2010 [lbo-talk] advances in bag-passing -- rank: 1000

__________________________________ Technology Alert from The Wall Street Journal Interest in shares of Facebook is so strong that Goldman Sachs plans to stop soliciting interest from potential investors on Thursday, after the securities firm received orders worth several billion dollars. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703675904576064210094944044.html

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 5 14:08:30 PST 2011