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20461 [lbo-talk] going long on kerry -- rank: 1000

ira glazer wrote: >Btw, is Kerry listed on the NYSE or the NASDAQ ? What's his ticker symbol ? He's listed on the Iowa Electronic Market: <http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/markets/>. Doug

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20462 [lbo-talk] another fundie homo? -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - September 12, 2004 Televangelist Paul Crouch Attempts to Keep Accuser Quiet A former worker at TBN threatened to disclose an alleged 1996 homosexual encounter. By William Lobdell Times Staff Writer Televangelist Paul Crouch, founder of the world's largest Christian broadcasting network, has waged a fierce legal battle to prevent a former employee from publicizing allegations that he and Crouch had a sexual encounter eight years ago. Crouch, 70, is the president of Trinity Bro ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 12 10:51:17 PDT 2004

20463 [lbo-talk] a must-read for friends & foes of Wal-Mart -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - September 12, 2004 Readings Wal-Mart's legal troubles are the stuff of corporate legend -- one attorney estimates the chain is sued at least twice a day in U.S. federal court alone. Now comes Wal-Mart's biggest court challenge to date: a class-action lawsuit, filed on behalf of 1.6 million female employees, accusing the company of widespread sexual discrimination. In Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart, due out in November, freelance reporte ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 12 09:13:32 PDT 2004

20464 [lbo-talk] found poetry -- rank: 1000

These are the most popular search strings in the lbo-talk archive so far this month. I can't imagine why some of them appeared once, much less multiple times. Top 20 of 2075 Total Search Strings # Hits Search String 1 11 0.46% kvetcher 2 11 0.46% liberal websites 3 9 0.37% bush off the wagon 4 9 0.37% kerry bumperstickers 5 9 0.37% rauda morcos 6 6 0.25% ap presidential poll 7 6 0.25% lbo-talk 8 ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 12 09:00:06 PDT 2004

20465 [lbo-talk] FT: time to consider withdrawal from Iraq -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - September 10, 2004 Editorial Time to consider Iraq withdrawal This week a macabre milestone was passed in Iraq. More than 1,000 American soldiers have now been killed since the US-led invasion of the country began nearly 18 months ago. The overwhelming majority lost their lives after President George W. Bush declared major combat operations over in his now infamous "Mission Accomplished" photo-opportunity in May last year. In that time, an unknown number of mostly civ ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 12 08:43:35 PDT 2004

20466 [lbo-talk] allowing murders to change our world -- rank: 1000

R wrote: Four posts Saturday; four, Friday; five, Thursday. andie nachgebgorenen wrote: Four posts so far today; seven on Saturday; four on Thursday. Chris Doss wrote: Five posts Friday; four, Wednesday; eight, Tuesday (having since repented). The limit is three. Doug

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Date:	Sun Sep 12 07:51:51 PDT 2004

20467 [lbo-talk] Powell's outburst -- rank: 1000

Observer (London) - September 12, 2004 The Observer (London) Sunday September 12, 2004 A fur ious row has broken out over claims in a new book by BBC broadcaster James Naughtie that US Secretary of State Colin Powell described neo-conservatives in the Bush administration as 'fucking crazies' during the build-up to war in Iraq. Powell's extraordinary outburst is alleged to have taken place during a telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. The two became close friends during the ...

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Date:	Sun Sep 12 07:45:43 PDT 2004

20468 [lbo-talk] life on the Upper West Side -- rank: 1000

A friend writes... >The following is a true story related to me by the counter boy at the >Broadway and 76th Street Crema Lita. > >His back was to the counter and he did not see that a woman had pushed >her way ahead of another woman waiting to be served so he served the >woman who pushed her way to the head of the line before serving the >woman behind her. As she walked out of the store, the woman behind her >whipped pout her camphone and snapped a pic of her. The woman ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 19:38:20 PDT 2004

20469 [lbo-talk] Wanniski: if Kerry were president, Saddam would still be in power -- rank: 1000

If Kerry Were President, Saddam Would Still Be in Power! Sep 10 2004 Memo To: Bill Kristol From: Jude Wanniski Re: At last we agree!! Dear Bill. Someone sent me your September 8 commentary in The Weekly Standard about how Saddam Hussein would still be in power if John Kerry were president. Holy Smokes!! For the first time in several years, I agree with you. Of course, it means you are forced to admit that "Bush went to war to remove Saddam," not to disarm him of weapons of mass destr ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 19:36:03 PDT 2004

20470 [lbo-talk] makeover -- rank: 1000

For all you Paris Hilton fans out there: <http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/005189.html#5189>.

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 14:43:36 PDT 2004

20471 [lbo-talk] A question I was asked, and another I've got for Doug -- rank: 1000

John Adams wrote: >Second, the one I have for Doug: I'm reading _One Market Under God_ >right now, and am finding Frank's connection of counter-culture >figures with market populism intriguing (if not universally >convincing--kinda like reading Ehrenreich on the Beats). Yeah, I think Tom overdoes this a bit - there was some counter in the counterculture, and the cultural changes it promoted have had a lasting and mostly good impact. > I'm curious about _After the New Economy_ (wh ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 13:10:29 PDT 2004

20472 [lbo-talk] peace & queerdom -- rank: 1000

Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide - September 2004 Peace activism and GLBT rights. Liz Highleyman AS GAY MEN AND WOMEN have come out of the closet and achieved basic civil rights, many in the movement have focused most of their attention on gaining full equality, including the right to serve in the armed forces. But GLBT people have also played a vital role in peace and antiwar activism, speaking out against military conflicts from World War I to the current war in Iraq. One of the earliest U.S ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 13:02:23 PDT 2004

20473 [lbo-talk] AFP: "Bush gets a whipping in fetish lingerie video" -- rank: 1000

B. wrote: >Bush gets a whipping in fetish lingerie video Too good for him, he doesn't deserve it.

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 13:05:02 PDT 2004

20474 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: Re: [IRR] Cheney: economic stats miss EBay sales] -- rank: 1000

Joseph S. Barrera III wrote: >http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2004-2_archives/000154.html > >the $2 billion in ebay domestic revenues are already counted in the GDP. And it equals 0.02% of pretax personal income. Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 12:53:54 PDT 2004

20475 [lbo-talk] Brooks on class treason... -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Why is it enough for a right winger to be a moron to get published in the NYT? The page has a distinguished history of hosting morons: Flora Lewis, Anthony Lewis (no relation), C.L. Sulzberger (the subject of one of the best things Alexander Cockburn ever wrote), Tom Friedman... Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 12:33:58 PDT 2004