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21586 [lbo-talk] AP: Video Seems to Show Beheading of American -- rank: 1000

Man, this war has brought out the best in everyone, hasn't it?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 11:20:49 PDT 2004

21587 [lbo-talk] Drudge on Greenspan -- rank: 1000

Any of you Drudge followers out there notice a report on his site that Greenspan had cleared a rate hike with Bush in June and then no more until after November? It's not up there now. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 08:52:47 PDT 2004

21588 [lbo-talk] Bush's numbers eroding seriously -- rank: 1000

May 11, 2004 Iraq, Bush Approval, Election by Frank Newport, Editor in Chief The Gallup Poll It appears that the relentless tide of grim news from Iraq, perhaps coupled with the public's disappointment in the progress of the U.S. economy, has resulted in a gradual -- but not sudden -- erosion of support for both President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. If Americans have been bending over backward to give the president and his policies the benefit of the doubt in recent months, it's clear no ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 07:05:58 PDT 2004

21589 [lbo-talk] SCI-Greene & Abu Ghraib -- rank: 1000

Gary? wrote: > A nation incomparably more civilised >than forty years ago wouldn't have allowed the conditions that encouraged >this torture . FIrst of all a comparison is different from a level - "more civilized" isn't the same as "highly civilized." But did you read the full context of Chomsky's quote? In Vietnam 40 years ago, our gov was dropping chem weapons on food crops and herding people into concentration camps, and there wasn't a peep of protest. Now, reve ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 06:52:16 PDT 2004

21590 [lbo-talk] Gallup: majority of Americans now say war was a "mistake" -- rank: 1000

[wasn't worth it, but still not a mistake!] American Public Opinion About the Situation in Iraq Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Basic War Support Forty-four percent of Americans say it was worth going to war in Iraq, according to a May 7-9 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, while a majority of Americans, 54%, say it was not worth it. The current results show a six-point decrease in the public's support of the war since the beginning of May, and the lowest level of support that Gallup has recorded since the war in ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 06:48:00 PDT 2004

21591 [lbo-talk] SCI-Greene & Abu Ghraib -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >While I have indicated reservations about the claim, the fact that >"these actions" are being publicized could be evidence _for_ the claim >of an improvement in "civilization." Correctly so, perhaps. My >reservations concern the ridiculousness of the adverb (such extravagance >weakens the claim) and the ideological role which the terms "civilized" >and "progress" or "progressive" play in popular culture in the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 06:41:17 PDT 2004

21592 [lbo-talk] a very special month -- rank: 1000

As a relief from all the grim news, a reminder - May is National Masturbation Month. One way of celebrating: At 6:06 PM -0700 5/10/04, Babeland Briefs wrote: >Babeland Briefs Win the Big Book of Masturbation--Send In Your >Favorite Tips Now! ><http://www.babeland.com/salon/masturbatathon.html>Masturbation May >is here, so get in the mood by entering our Toy Tips contest. There >are only a few days left. It`s easy: just write a short paragraph >describing your favorite mas ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 11 06:31:20 PDT 2004

21593 [lbo-talk] Building a Movement That Outlasts the Occupation -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Somewhat belated, but here's a response to the questions that you >raise: "Building a Movement That Outlasts the Occupation," ><http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/05/building-movement-that-outlasts.html>. >I use Max's call to fight the right-wing scapegoating of the >rank-and-file soldiers and go after the biggest war criminals of all >as the starting point of the post. Ok, no more free advertising for the blog. From now on, I want $10 pe ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 14:27:46 PDT 2004

21594 [lbo-talk] Hersch [sic] an (unwitting) mouthpiece? -- rank: 1000

SergioL652 at aol.com wrote: >I read the article and I don't see where Douglas Valentine (not AC) >accuses Hersh of being on the CIA payroll. Payroll is figurative, but this is Valentine's phrase: "Company Men like Seymour Hersh." Company, as every intelligence buff knows, is the CIA's nickname. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 14:26:16 PDT 2004

21595 [lbo-talk] rape photos -- rank: 1000

Steve Perry wrote: >I've seen the ones you refer to, doug, and my hunch is they're fake--else >why would the "soldiers" all be painted with face camouflage? yeah that seemed weird, unless they wanted to disguise themselves for the photog

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 13:10:44 PDT 2004

21596 [lbo-talk] Coke vs. Arsenic -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >great letter from Kimberley Cohen in response to Jeff Cohen! I wish >people like Cohen were not so impervious to it. The ABB epidemic >wherein people who should know better are rationalizing support of >Kerry is like that movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, everytime >you turn around another progressive is afflicted with that faraway >'must... vote...for...Kerry' look in their eyes. If everybody who >said they agreed with Nader just voted for him, he ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 11:55:36 PDT 2004

21597 [lbo-talk] rape photos -- rank: 1000

Curtiss Leung wrote: >Chris Allbritton, of the weblog Back to Iraq has seem some rape photos >and and thinks they're fake: > >http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/000762.php > >Don't know if they're the same ones you've seen, and Chris doesn't have >any links to or copies of the photos on his site. The ones I have are the uncensored versions of those displayed at <http://www.aztlan.net/iraqi_women_raped.htm>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 11:18:37 PDT 2004

21598 [lbo-talk] rape photos -- rank: 1000

I just got a series of about 10 photos showing what looks like U.S. soldiers committing gang rape. Has anyone seen/heard of these circulating? Any talk about whether they're genuine? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 10:46:14 PDT 2004

21599 [lbo-talk] Racial Economics of Renaming Streets for Martin Luther King, Jr. -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >The rest of the posting is at <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/national/10MLK.html>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 09:22:35 PDT 2004

21600 [lbo-talk] manna for bears -- rank: 1000

The Eliiott Wave Theorist <http://www.elliottwave.com>, my not-to-secret vice, which uses an astrology-like system to analyze the financial markets, says a major stock market crash is underway that will carry the market much lower over the next couple of weeks. Unlike 1987, this isn't a corrective move within a larger bull trend, but a bear market of historic proportions. Enjoy! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 10 08:24:37 PDT 2004