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22381 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan -- Killer, Coward, Conman -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >In fact if you follow the arguments over the last few >months, you will see that the ABB people themselves do not believe there >is any analogy, for they are increasingly using arguments for Kerry that >would apply equally to _any_ election. That is, the ABBs are >increasingly using the same arguments that were used in every election >for the past 40 years. Not me. I voted for Ralph in '96 and '00 and urged others to do the same. Seymour Hersh said this in a ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 9 06:39:11 PDT 2004

22382 [lbo-talk] grist for the cultural angst mill -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Some time ago there was an article in The Nation saying that Kolata is a >corporate hack that twists scientific research to fit the corporate >propaganda line and for that reason many researchers refuse to interview >with her. The piece you posted seem to fit that mold. The sister of Judi Bari, as isn't widely known. Doug

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Date:	Wed Jun 9 06:34:21 PDT 2004

22383 [lbo-talk] grist for the cultural angst mill -- rank: 1000

snit snat wrote: >Dr. Friedman points to careful statistical analyses of the >changes in Americans' body weights from 1991 to today by >Dr. Katherine Flegal of the National Center for Health >Statistics. At the lower end of the weight distribution, >nothing has changed, not even by a few pounds. As you move >up the scale, a few additional pounds start to show up, but >even at midrange, people today are just 6 or 7 pounds >heavier than they were in 1991. Only with the mass ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 9 06:33:52 PDT 2004

22384 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan -- Killer, Coward, Conman -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Eubulides wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dennis Redmond" <dredmond at efn.org> >> >> Capitalists can be bargained with. Ringwraiths cannot. The Kerry campaign >> is the feint drawing out the oil-orcs from their fastness in Barad-dur. >> Anything to keep $auron's eye from a tiny pair of Eurohobbits... >> >> -- DRR >> >> >> ========== ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 9 05:49:22 PDT 2004

22385 [lbo-talk] torture memo -- rank: 1000

At 8:54 PM -0400 6/8/04, WSJ.com Editors wrote: >Read sections of the Pentagon's March 2003 policy report on >interrogation methods. > >http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/military_0604.pdf

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 20:28:46 PDT 2004

22386 [lbo-talk] Larry Kramer on Ronnie -- rank: 1000

[A bit over the top, but Kramer's never been known for moderation.] ADOLF REAGAN By Larry Kramer (The following piece will appear in The Advocate issue dated July 6th, which will be on sale from June 22nd.) Our murderer is dead. The man who murdered more gay people than anyone in the entire history of the world, is dead. More people than Hitler even. In all the tributes to his passing, as I write this two days after his death, not one that I have seen has mentioned this. The hateful New York Tim ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 16:07:28 PDT 2004

22387 [lbo-talk] query: calculating historical wages -- rank: 1000

Jeet Heer wrote: >A question for you economists. I'm working on an article about an >early 20th century U.S. artist. I know that he earned $10,000 in >1919; $15,000 in 1921; and $22,500 in 1925. I know this is a large >salary for that era but I'd like to be able to place the figures in >some sort of context. Was he on the top 10% or the top 1%? Is there >any reliable source that tracks average salaries in 20th century >America. Thanks. Jeet Just on the basis of the CPI, that ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 15:36:04 PDT 2004

22388 [lbo-talk] jobs -- rank: 1000

Jordan Hayes wrote: >Yeah, Bosnia, Somalia and "No Fly Zones" [oh let's be fair and call GWI >"the 90s" shall we?] count as "peace" . . . It wasn't peace, but the military share of GDP was 6.4% in 1990, and 3.8% in 2000.

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 15:10:57 PDT 2004

22389 [lbo-talk] jobs -- rank: 1000

R wrote: >the USA doesn't >seem to be able to survive as currently constituted under a "peace" economy. The 90s? Remember the 90s?

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 14:58:09 PDT 2004

22390 [lbo-talk] more religion in politics -- rank: 1000

[a followup to the bit from Ruy Teixeira that Michael Pollak posted the other day, from today's Gallup Tuesday Briefing] Among churchgoing Protestants, 56% favor Bush and 38% Kerry -- that 18-point gap is significantly greater than the 9-point gap among all Protestant registered voters. The gap is even larger among Protestants who attend church on a weekly basis. Among churchgoing Catholics, 49% support Kerry and 43% support Bush -- a six-point advantage that is slightly smaller than his eight-p ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 13:25:41 PDT 2004

22391 [lbo-talk] Great moments in legal three card monte -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >This administration is amazing. It's not only made a mockery of >international law. It's brought law itself to a point beyond parody. They're embracing a new set of doctrines, which Judith Butler explores in her little nwe book from Verso. The president doesn't follow law - the president is the law. Of course, this is monarchic or dictatorial, but it's a novelty in American thought and practice. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 13:13:36 PDT 2004

22392 [lbo-talk] Re: Reagan's conservatism -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >Reagan was entirely a product of his time and place. As are all of us, no? But somehow he catalyzed serious changes in the policies and ideologies dominating the U.S. and much of the world. We didn't. It's a mistake to underestimate his role. I hate the fucker, but I take him seriously. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 13:06:55 PDT 2004

22393 [lbo-talk] Morrissey: Bush should have died, not Reagan -- rank: 1000

<http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/119/119107_bush_should_have_died_not_reagan_morrissey.html> Monday, 7th June 2004 'Bush should have died, not Reagan': Morrissey MANCHESTER music legend Morrissey sparked controversy when he announced Ronald Reagan's death live on stage during a concert - and then declared he wished it was George Bush who had died instead. Thousands of fans at Dublin Castle, in Ireland, cheered when the ex-Smiths frontman made the announcement that the former Ameri ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 12:28:11 PDT 2004

22394 [lbo-talk] new levels of televised stupidity -- rank: 1000

[Kathy is, of course, the mother of Paris and Nicky] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: James M Dowd 212-664-5019 Jim.Dowd at nbcuni.com National recruiting tour arrives at New York's legendary Tavern on the Green restaurant Saturday, June 12 WANT THE CHANCE TO LIVE LIKE A HILTON AND ENCOUNTER THE NEW YORK HIGH LIFE? KATHY HILTON TO INTERVIEW PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES IN NEW YORK FOR HER NEW NBC/ENDEMOL USA UNSCRIPTED DRAMA National recruiting tour arrives at New York's legendary Tavern on the Green re ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 8 12:21:45 PDT 2004

22395 [lbo-talk] Ronnie & race -- rank: 1000

[Roger Wilkins on the Lehrer Snoozehour last night] ROGER WILKINS: Well, Reagan was an incredible combination of a person who was very optimistic, upbeat, but underneath there were some really ugly parts of his politics. He was, I said once before on this program, he capitalized on anti-black populism by going to Philadelphia, Mississippi, for example, in the beginning of his campaign in 1980. Nobody had ever heard of Philadelphia, Mississippi outside of Mississippi, except as the place where th ...

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