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22246 [lbo-talk] WWP split -- rank: 1000

[ex-leftist Greg Yardley, formerly Mr CommieWatch, writes of the WWP split:] If the split is clean, and International ANSWER as a whole (coast to coast) is taken over by the west coast (+ Brian Becker) WWP split, then relatively little will change. La Riva and the Becker brothers still hate the Dems, and I don't believe for a second that people with such long tenures as communist-cult-bosses are suddenly going to embrace an open principle of organizing. That said, I don't think the split is cle ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 21 14:39:04 PDT 2004

22247 [lbo-talk] The Politics of Conspiracy Theory -- rank: 1000

Chip Berlet wrote: >What is it with conspiracy theorists and the failure to do even basic >fact-checking? It's so, you know, boring! When there are so many other things to do, like ask tendentious questions. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 14:07:39 PDT 2004

22248 [lbo-talk] The EU vs the US -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >If the European Union were a state in the USA it would belong to the >poorest group of states. France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany have >lower GDP per capita than all but four of the states in the United >States. In fact, GDP per capita is lower in the vast majority of the >EU-countries (EU 15) than in most of the individual American states. >This puts Europeans at a level of prosperity on par with states such as >Arkansas, Mississippi and West Virg ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 21 13:21:10 PDT 2004

22249 [lbo-talk] The Politics of Conspiracy Theory -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >Doug is still in political bed with the despicable Chip Berlet. Why? Because Chip does good work, he's persuasive in presenting it, and he's right about the fundamentally toxic effects of conspiracism. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 12:49:22 PDT 2004

22250 [lbo-talk] celebrate Kerry with the Bon Jovi & Dave Matthews -- rank: 1000

For Immediate Release June 21, 2004 Kerry Campaign and Democratic National Committee Announce Performers for New York Victory 2004 Concert Washington, D.C. - The Kerry campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced today that the New York City concert benefiting the "Kerry Victory Committee 2004" is now officially rescheduled for July 8, after having been postponed for President Ronald Reagan's funeral. The NY Concert will feature performances by Dave Matthews Band, Mary J. B ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 21 12:36:09 PDT 2004

22251 [lbo-talk] Ralph taps Camejo as VP candidate -- rank: 1000

Nader selects Camejo as running mate WASHINGTON (AP) - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader selected longtime Green Party activist Peter Camejo to be his running mate on Monday, a move sure to boost his chances of winning the Green Party's endorsement this week and its access to ballot lines in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Camejo, an investment adviser from Folsom, Calif., had been one of two leading contenders for the Green Party's presidential nomination. The announcement ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 21 11:10:00 PDT 2004

22252 [lbo-talk] China's Top 10 trade partners -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >People's Daily Online > >Business > >June 20, 2004 > >Top 10 trade partners of China's mainland > >The Chinese mainland's trade with its top 10 partners from >January to April, with the value in million US dollars and change on a >year-on-year basis: >http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/20/eng20040620_146951.html Interesting. Do the math and you find the following trade balances: Japan -7,664 USA 18,02 ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 10:16:08 PDT 2004

22253 [lbo-talk] TNR: we were wrong -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - June 19, 2004 New Republic Editors 'Regret' Their Support of Iraq War By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Ever since the New Republic broke with liberal orthodoxy by strongly supporting President Bush's war with Iraq, the magazine has been getting a steady stream of e-mails from readers demanding an apology. Now the left-leaning weekly has admitted that it was wrong to have backed the war based on the administration's claims that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of m ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 10:07:35 PDT 2004

22254 [lbo-talk] Michael Moore On Letterman Last Night -- rank: 1000

Alan Jacobson wrote: >Seemed to me that he was saying he would even work for >Fox for a chance to go Big. But the context was more >like for a chance to work in the USA. Yes, I figured something like that, but that comes off as strange in the context of AJ's reporting of U.S. brutality of the sort our own press corps ignored. It was hard to tell if there was a touch of irony in what he was saying, or none at all. Which, along with the complex young Marine, was a reason the movie was so ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 21 09:58:01 PDT 2004

22255 [lbo-talk] Fwd: DETAILS Interview Opp: Swinging in the Suburbs - The New Organized Business & Marriage Trend -- rank: 1000

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY Swinging In the Suburbs: The Latest Big Business Marriage Trend DETAILS Magazine investigates the new organized business of America's suburbs Thought that swinging ended decades ago? Or maybe you thought it was a suburban myth? DETAILS investigates the newest trend, an updated version of the key parties and wife-swapping of the seventies with thousands of members. The suburban swinger, a breed that national organizers closely estimate at 3 million strong, fill countless hot ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 21 09:47:52 PDT 2004

22256 [lbo-talk] consider the following: -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >Inidentally Hopsicker was recently interviewed by Jeanene Garafolo >on Air America: No more. Finito. Die Ende. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 09:40:05 PDT 2004

22257 [lbo-talk] cultural notes -- rank: 1000

[via Gawker] Phish, Era Ended, Blah Blah # We hope that, if you trudged out to Coney Island this weekend for the allegedly last Phish show, that you went for the right reasons: easy women and great pot. Dori, from Saran Warp, evidently got so stoned that A) she missed Jay-Z sitting in with the band, and, B) she can barely type: As i wandered through the Phish parking lot, I was amazed at how incredibly filthy it all was... Some things never change about those parking lots tho - after we smoked t ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 08:14:04 PDT 2004

22258 [lbo-talk] AP: Kerry Vacations With Wealthy in Nantucket -- rank: 1000

Ah, times change... <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/18/politics/main607234.shtml> "The Clintons turned vacations into a political exercise; let's poll and see where people think we should go," presidential historian Stephen Hess said. The politics of presidential vacations was certainly taken to new heights when Dick Morris took a poll for Bill Clinton. The Clinton chief political adviser actually asked Americans where the president should rest up. It revealed the obvious ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 07:59:06 PDT 2004

22259 [lbo-talk] Clinton blows his top -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >FORMER US President Bill Clinton lost his temper with David Dimbleby after >he repeatedly questioned him about his affair with Monica Lewinsky in a BBC >interview to be aired this week. Man, I don't blame Bill. Who fucking cares? Why the unending obsession? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 07:33:15 PDT 2004

22260 [lbo-talk] Michael Moore On Letterman Last Night -- rank: 1000

alanjacobson wrote: >BTW, I saw Control Room this evening. Awesome. Yup, it is, isn't it? The American press corps - what a bunch of servile clowns! The young Marine was an interesting character. The AJ guy who was more or less the star of the show was on The Daily Show the other night and said the Marine had been reassigned. Not a reliable hack, apparently. And what was with the AJ guy who said he'd accept a job offer from Fox? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 21 07:32:08 PDT 2004