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20866 [lbo-talk] Age -- rank: 1000

Duncan M. Clark wrote: >Instead, let me mention that despite the hype and hagiography and >treatises by middling social historians, and whatever the limitations >of his oeuvre, there is beyond the music itself more than a kernel of >value in the whole Springsteen trip. Oh I agree. I wanna like Bruce - in fact I did for a while in the mid-70s after the first two albums came out. But it didn't wear well on me - too anthemic and repetitive. He's an admirable guy in many ways. But I'd ra ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 8 09:20:48 PDT 2004

20867 [lbo-talk] Al-Qaeda agents in Russia's Caucasus: FSB chief -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >BTW Doug's recent interview with Lieven is good on >this subject. What'd you think of the rest of it? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 8 09:10:30 PDT 2004

20868 [lbo-talk] jobs -- rank: 1000

Rather weak U.S. jobs report this morning - employment up just 96,000 in Sept and Aug revised down by 16,000. Benchmark revisions to March 2004 data just +236,000 - below historical averages. Last report before the election has Bush presiding over a loss of almost 600,000 jobs - the first minus sign since Hoover. See all you conspiracists - the BLS ain't cooking the data (or adjusting the release calendar) for W! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 8 05:51:44 PDT 2004

20869 [lbo-talk] The Face of American Fascism -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >Naturally, American Fascism will come into the world as "anti-fascism". >After all - speaking of sacrilization - did not the US enter WW2 to "fight >fascism"? > >So it must be known be some other name, an alias. "Protest Warror" makes it >clear what that is: "Israel". Seek psychiatric help. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 8 05:47:14 PDT 2004

20870 [lbo-talk] Age -- rank: 1000

Seth Kulick wrote: >Same for Dave Marsh. Why you say that? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 21:07:30 PDT 2004

20871 [lbo-talk] nader and his detractors... -- rank: 1000

Rodrigo Llmar wrote: >You got it right. One thing: In times when a presidential elections is >not so important, it is good to have a national candidate for the >education it brings to voters about the Green Party. > >Have you ever read the Green Party platform? It's an amazing document. So you're voting for Cobb? Or Nader? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 16:06:14 PDT 2004

20872 [lbo-talk] Timing of Tomorrow's BLS Benchmark Revision Politically Motivated ? -- rank: 1000

ira glazer wrote: >What is a benchmark? > >Benchmark revisions, which are usually published in early June, are >a standard part of the payroll survey estimation process. The >benchmark adjustment is a once-a-year reanchoring of the >sample-based employment estimates to full population counts, >available principally through unemployment insurance (UI) tax >records filed by employers with State Employment Security Agencies. >By early November of each year, BLS completes ...

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Date:	Thu Oct 7 16:04:00 PDT 2004

20873 [lbo-talk] U.S. Employment Picture Is Seen Improving -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >"....Friday's release of jobs data for September was expected to >show a steady unemployment rate and creation between about 50,000 to >250,000 new jobs, though uncertainties such as the effects of last >month's hurricanes kept the estimates all over the map, said >Wachovia Corp. economist Mark Vitner...." Historically, hurricanes have really hit employment, sometimes to the tune of six figures. The consensus is around 150k, but the "whisper numb ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 16:02:27 PDT 2004

20874 [lbo-talk] Age -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: > > "One of Springsteen's best songs ... > >I'm not sure that's saying much. Thank you. What bombastic stuff he produces. It's no wonder Alterman loves him so. Doug

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Date:	Thu Oct 7 15:54:17 PDT 2004

20875 [lbo-talk] anti-gay marriage amendment in Michigan -- rank: 1000

Joel Wendland wrote: >COALITION FOR A FAIR MICHIGAN > >SPECIAL UPDATE > >October 6, 2004 > >We have some incredible news to share with you today. > >This afternoon, the Michigan AFL-CIO, which represents over 600,000 >union members from 59 different unions, announced its opposition to >Proposal 2, the so-called "marriage amendment". > >Says the AFL-CIO on their website, "This constitutional amendment, >if passed, would take away some of th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 11:48:33 PDT 2004

20876 [lbo-talk] U.S. religious ID: "none" makes a big gain -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >It is shocking to me that the non-religious side is so small. It was practically non-existent at the time of the first National Survey of Religious Identification in the early 1990s. Now that it's one in six it's getting somewhere. Don't begrudge progress, Michael! The glass is 1/6 full, not 5/6 empty. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 10:03:54 PDT 2004

20877 [lbo-talk] Americans bomb people, save pets -- rank: 1000

[from Popbitch] >> Afghan Cat-astrophe << Americans bomb people, save pets While the Afghan people suffer in their bombed-out ruin of a country, American journalists and army personnel are spending thousands of dollars rescuing stray pets in Afghanistan and shipping them back to the US. (Even though this practice is banned by the US military.) For example, journalist Pamela Constable spent $700 on sending home a three-legged cat called Stumpy. And Major Susan Washington spent even mo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 07:48:37 PDT 2004

20878 [lbo-talk] more on religion -- rank: 1000

More on religious (and non-religious) self-ID: <http://www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/aris.pdf>. Andrew Beveridge reviews the data for New York: <http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/Demographics/20040316/5/915>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 07:35:24 PDT 2004

20879 [lbo-talk] U.S. religious ID: "none" makes a big gain -- rank: 1000

Read the latest: <http://www.jewishresearch.org/PDFs/Religion_Report2.pdf> Approximately one of every six Americans has no religious identity Sixteen percent of United States adults either fail to place themselves in any denominational category (answering "none" or "no religion"), or they describe themselves as secular, humanist, ethical-culturalist, agnostic, or atheist. Individuals who identify with no religion are a growing population Based on a review of survey evid ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 7 07:31:15 PDT 2004

20880 [lbo-talk] 2004-8 (Out of Iraq) -- rank: 1000

Marvin Gandall wrote: >Four more years of war(s) and occupation(s) is quite an ambitious agenda for >a ruling class which already feels trapped in Iraq, wouldn't you agree? As George Soros put it at the CFR a few months ago, they've already "shot their ____ " in Iraq - he was too prim to say "wad," but everyone knew what he meant. But maybe George W is the Johnny Wadd of politics. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 6 18:16:12 PDT 2004