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20671 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Times are changing in the US and the tidal wave is turning against the >Boobus Americanus - to borrow the nifty catch phrases coined by HL Mencken - >a fellow Baltimorean whose writings I greatly enjoy. The Boobuses know that >and mobilize to fight it, as evidenced by the ferocity of the Bush campaign >- but the numbers are slowly turning against them. They may or may not pull >it in 2004 but they are becoming a minority - very vocal, very angry, and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 27 09:21:21 PDT 2004

20672 [lbo-talk] Riverbend on the elections -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >American Elections 2004... >Warning- the following post is an open letter of sorts to Americans. > >So elections are being held in America. We're >watching curiously here. Previously, Iraqis >didn't really take a very active interest in >elections. We knew when they were being held and >quite a few Iraqis could give an opinion about >either of the candidates. I think many of us >realized long ago that American foreign policy >really had nothi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 27 09:06:01 PDT 2004

20673 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: > >On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>>Why no mention of the Electoral College by your party of social betterment? >> >>It would be nearly impossible to abolish without scrapping the >>whole damn constitution. Not that that's a bad thing, but that >>would be a revolutionary change. > >That's a bit of an exaggeration. Passing a constitutional amendment >is difficult, but it's not a revolution. No more than the am ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 27 08:57:37 PDT 2004

20674 [lbo-talk] Eminem -- rank: 1000

snit snat wrote: >Wow. You'd better see it. It's not a parody. It is advocating revolution. The lyrics. Doug ---- ' [Intro] [I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the Republic for which it stands One nation under God Indivisible? peopleŠthis is itŠIt feels so good to be back..] [Verse1] Scrutinize every word, memorize every line I spit it once, refuel, reenergize, and rewind I give sight to the blind, mind sight through the mind I ostracize my right to express ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 27 06:39:41 PDT 2004

20675 [lbo-talk] exit polls -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >Doug, you mentioned the other night that Carter said the reason he >decided not to send his Center in as a poll observer into Florida >was because it was FUBAR. Do you remember where he was quoted >saying that? I think it was on op-ed in the Washington Post. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 27 06:29:09 PDT 2004

20676 [lbo-talk] John Peel dead -- rank: 1000

<http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/10/2602.cfm> 10 Reasons Why John Peel Was Cool Tuesday October 26, 2004 @ 04:30 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff It is with great regret that we announce that legendary British DJ John Peel has died. Peel was on holiday in Peru with his wife Sheila when he suffered a sudden heart attack. He was 65 years old. Usually we at ChartAttack reserve our special obituaries for musicians, but Peel was particularly integral in the world of alternative music - more so ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 16:43:08 PDT 2004

20677 [lbo-talk] Palast uncovers scandal in Fla -- rank: 1000

Tonight BBC TV to Reveal New Florida Vote Scandal Republican "Caging List" BBC Television News On-Line Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Greg Palast, reporting A secret document obtained from inside Bush campaign headquarters in Florida suggests a plan - possibly in violation of US law - to disrupt voting in the state's African-American voting districts, a BBC Newsnight investigation reveals. Two e-mails, prepared for the executive director of the Bush campaign in Florida and the campaign's na ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 14:44:02 PDT 2004

20678 [lbo-talk] Re: dailykos in The Guardian: Bush is in Trouble -- rank: 1000

For what it's worth, a friend of a friend reports a friend who had lunch with a WSJ editorialist who says they're really depressed over there in Gigot-land because they think Bush is going to lose. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 12:00:13 PDT 2004

20679 [lbo-talk] JDK runs on FreeBSD!!! -- rank: 1000

snit snat wrote: >so, you're claiming that open source is actually some neophyte >alternative economic system that will turn capitalism on its head? And how broadly applicable is it? A lot of the New Economy madness generalized from the cyberworld to the larger world. Opwn source does a similar thing. Can it make microchips or potato chips? Stuff the microchips into boards, or put the potato chips on a plate for serving? Cut hair? Make scissors? Create ads for hairdressers? Etc.? I'd guess ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 11:23:05 PDT 2004

20680 [lbo-talk] Re: Butler on Derrida -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >But Doug fwd it to the list with some silly sneer to the effect, "Take >that, you anti-theorists." But as usual Doug refuses to specify any >particular interlocutor but simply makes up some ghillie or ghostie to >cast his sneers at. They made themselves quickly apparent, Prof Sourpuss. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 11:11:10 PDT 2004

20681 [lbo-talk] Rupe: no bias at Fox News! -- rank: 1000

Murdoch denies Fox bias in US political coverage, backs Bush foreign policy Tue Oct 26, 1:02 AM ET ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) - News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch denies his Fox News Channel is biased towards US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) but says his newspapers will continue to back Republican foreign policy. Fox is the subject of a documentary entitled "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's war on journalism" alleging the news service is slanted against Democrat presidential candid ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 09:28:44 PDT 2004

20682 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson wrote: >Why no mention of the >Electoral College by your party of social betterment? It would be nearly impossible to abolish without scrapping the whole damn constitution. Not that that's a bad thing, but that would be a revolutionary change. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 09:23:54 PDT 2004

20683 [lbo-talk] Re: Butler on Derrida -- rank: 1000

jimi ayler wrote: >all the dungeons i frequent in nyc are >all about the evaporation of meaning into the >immateriality of the text I'm reminded of the thread the other day on cognitive style & politics. "Conservatives" are said to dislike ambiguity and to crave certainty and stability. Seems like some of our left Derrida-haters share that preference. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 07:51:22 PDT 2004

20684 [lbo-talk] $70b more for wars -- rank: 1000

[and they fired Larry Lindsey for saying $100-200b] Washington Post - October 26, 2004 Increase in War Funding Sought Bush to Request $70 Billion More By Jonathan Weisman and Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writers The Bush administration intends to seek about $70 billion in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan early next year, pushing total war costs close to $225 billion since the invasion of Iraq early last year, Pentagon and congressional officials said yesterday. Whi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 07:05:35 PDT 2004

20685 [lbo-talk] Virtually all Dems support Card Check Bill -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >What is striking about the 2004 elections is that, both inside and >outside the Democratic Party, leftists are more divided and can >exercise even less power than before. The "left" had two candidates in the Dem primaries - Kucinich and Sharpton. Neither took off. The "left" has a presidential candidate - Nader (and Cobb if you're feeling generous). No takeoff there either. So wuzzup with this? The dastardly media? Realpolitik judgments by th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 06:50:33 PDT 2004