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20746 [lbo-talk] Way 3.5 -- rank: 1000

Times (London) - October 16, 2004 After the Third Way, where next? Anthony Browne in Budapest. The diminished ranks of the Centre Left are stumbling on their quest for a new agenda, writes Anthony Browne in Budapest In a former Habsburg royal palace, all Corinthian columns and golden statues of Greek goddesses, besuited delegates from five continents plot the future of the world. Their aim is to control the global political agenda for the next decade. One enthuses about the "tremendous oppo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 20:35:27 PDT 2004

20747 [lbo-talk] 9-11 Secret in CIA's Back Pocket -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >The 9/11 Secret in the CIA's Back Pocket I.e., they fucked up, they weren't complicit. Big difference, but an explanation for which there's no room in the conspiratorial worldview, where all the pieces always fit together perfectly. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 13:40:08 PDT 2004

20748 [lbo-talk] RE: Nader and His Detractors -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >It is pathetic that no leftwing website probably gets one-hundredth as much >traffic every day, but the militant liberals are kicking the left's ass on >organizing right now. I'm with you on this up to a point - but what's the post-electoral strategy? Because if Kerry wins, it can't stop. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 12:11:05 PDT 2004

20749 [lbo-talk] "antidemocratic" -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >By the way, Michael Ruppert will be on KPFA's Flashpoints today, >5-6PM, interviewed by Catherine Austin Fitts. That should be enlightening. That's not an interview - that's a duet, and more in unison than harmony. The last conversation I had with Dennis Bernstein was being interviewed on his program back when D'Amato was the chair of the Senate Banking Committee. Bernstein wanted me to say that D'Amato was running the world. I kept saying, no, it's a bit more compli ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 09:35:20 PDT 2004

20750 [lbo-talk] shed a tear for Tucker Carlson -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - October 20, 2004 CNN HOST RIPS CRANKY COMIC CNN's Tucker Carlson is still swatting at "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart in the wake of their angry on-air clash on "Crossfire" Friday night. The conservative commentator yesterday described Stewart's behavior as "bizarre" on the program - during which a stone-cold serious Stewart bashed "Crossfire," called Carlson a "d- -k" and made fun of his trademark bow tie. What's mor ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 10:29:32 PDT 2004

20751 [lbo-talk] RE: Nader and His Detractors -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >Evidence: Where was the antiwar movement in this election year? Where was the antiwar movement last year, after the war began? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 09:58:00 PDT 2004

20752 [lbo-talk] the Nader organization -- rank: 1000

[love the woman who's surprised W is a Republican] New York Times - October 20, 2004 OUR TOWNS On the Campaign Trail, With Trail Mix By PETER APPLEBOME U nion City, N.J. - WE'RE just following the traditions of our forefathers,'' said Paul Gilman yesterday as he brandished a copy of the United States Constitution under the inflated green alien hanging from the dome light in Ralph Nader Corporate Crime Fighting Unit No. 4. "And our foremothers,'' corrected his partner, Don Hickok. "Righ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 09:27:44 PDT 2004

20753 [lbo-talk] Dumb and Dumber: The Million Worker March, October 17 -- rank: 1000

John Lacny wrote: >A loutish, pontificating fool who doesn't know how to shut his goddamn >professorial mouth when he doesn't know the first thing about what he's >talking about farted the following out of his ass: > > > Lacny is a DP dupe, Have an argument, that's fine with me, but dispense with the fucking insults, please. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 20 09:40:15 PDT 2004

20754 [lbo-talk] letter from Michael Yates -- rank: 1000

[Michael Yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> asked me to post this.] An Open Letter to the AFL-CIO, Member Unions, and All Union Members Dear Brother and Sisters, As it does every four years, organized labor is pumping tens of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours into electing the Democratic Party candidate for President of the United States. Four years ago it was Al Gore; this year it is John Kerry. I understand the desire of organized labor to defeat George W. Bush. The Bush adm ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 08:53:21 PDT 2004

20755 [lbo-talk] "antidemocratic" -- rank: 1000

Hey Wanzala, your gang posted Sasha Lilley's remarks to this list on a wacko website <http://www.peoplesradio.net/antidemocratic.htm>, with the following intro: >Here is a posting by one of the anti-democratic staff group, Sasha >Lilly, that makes clear that they do not want democracy or the >involvement of those that have supported the station for so many >years, "gray haired" folks that regularly attend the LSB meetings. >The community LSB members that consistant ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 20 06:43:11 PDT 2004

20756 [lbo-talk] how was the MWM turnout? -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >But quality, not size, was always the issue for me. Was there some assay that allowed you to measure the quality of the participants? Must have been very high, to compensate for a turnout of 0.5-0.8% of the advertised million. >In particular, Earl Silber of the Midwest MWM gave an excellent speech. So that's the measure of a successful rally? The speeches? I can see this is the stuff of which mass movements are made. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 19 20:39:53 PDT 2004

20757 [lbo-talk] Bush's pilot -- rank: 1000

pretty funny, even if you don't understand German: <http://www.ndr.de//cgi/media/003366/7B9AB5/BDCFDE/info/extra3/video/vs/20041014_230003_tv_extra_3_2305_bush_mann.rm>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 19 16:23:17 PDT 2004

20758 [lbo-talk] gender and polling stuff -- rank: 1000

Jim Westrich wrote: >Could I add a smallish critique to your list? One of the things I notice in >looking at random digit dialing surveys/polls is that women answer >the phone by >a 2 to 1 margin (after all, answering the phone is housework and >women still do >a disproportionate share of housework). Now, I am sure they >reweight by gender >but that would definitely increase the margin of error for men (by >weighting the >responses they do get more). There seems ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 19 15:24:41 PDT 2004

20759 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

Just added to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: October 14, 2004 Sebastian Mallaby, author of The World's Banker, on James Wolfensohn and the institution he heads, The World Bank * Patrick McCully of the International Rivers Network responds to Mallaby's claims about IRN and NGOs in general October 7, 2004 Njoki Njehu of the 50 Years is Enough campaign on the World Bank/IMF meeting and the state of the global justice movement * Corey Robin, author of Fear, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 19 13:51:39 PDT 2004

20760 [lbo-talk] more polling stuff -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >Yes, I've noticed that people tend to have way too much faith >in the precision of these polls. It's important to keep in >mind that the pollsters are trying to estimate the voting >patterns of tens of millions of voters with a sample of >1000-1200; sampling error is unavoidable here. If the poll >estimate is within a few percentage points of the actual vote, >that's actually quite impressive. This year could prove very interesting - some of the AAPOR ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 19 13:04:43 PDT 2004