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22651 [lbo-talk] Nader vs. CBC -- rank: 1000

The Hill - July 14, 2004 Nader angers CBC with demand for apology By Hans Nichols and Peter Savodnik Tensions between Ralph Nader and the Congressional Black Caucus flared again yesterday, after a let ter from the independent presidential candidate to the caucus chairman, Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), demanded an apology for an "obscene racial epitaph" at a tense meeting last month. Black lawmakers reacted to Nader's letter with a combination of anger and disdain, questioning his mental hea ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 14:39:51 PDT 2004

22652 [lbo-talk] U.S. hiding prisoners? -- rank: 1000

[via the WashTimes Insider] July 14, 2004 Red Cross suspects U.S. prisoner stash From the World section Naomi Koppel ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA -- The international Red Cross said yesterday it suspects the United States is hiding detainees in lockups across the globe, though the agency has been granted access to thousands of prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere. Terror suspects reported by the FBI as captured have never turned up in detention centers, and the United States has failed to reply to agency ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 14:37:17 PDT 2004

22653 [lbo-talk] infoshop.org -- rank: 1000

I really don't want to see this become a forum for sectarian disputes from elsewhere. Enough of this. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 14:02:55 PDT 2004

22654 [lbo-talk] [Autonogram] Critical Art Ensemble press release -- rank: 1000

July 8, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: mailto:media at caedefensefund.org FBI HARRASSMENT OF ARTIST AND SCIENTIST CONTINUES Kurtz and Ferrell face 20-year charges of mail and wire fraud in federal court arraignment Dr. Steven Kurtz, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Buffalo, was arraigned and charged in Federal District Court in Buffalo today on four counts of mail and wire fraud (United States Criminal Code, Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1341 and 1343), which each ca ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 14:01:53 PDT 2004

22655 [lbo-talk] satiety -- rank: 1000

I think we've had enough of Ralph Nader and Michael Moore for now. As a college friend put it once, it's a fine line between a groove and a run. We're definitely on the rut side now. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 13:00:40 PDT 2004

22656 [lbo-talk] Santorum lives up to his name... -- rank: 1000

"I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the balance because the future of marriage hangs in the balance," said Sen. Rick Santorum, a leader in the fight to approve the measure. "Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?"

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 12:37:14 PDT 2004

22657 [lbo-talk] most frightening title of the week -- rank: 1000

>Stephen E. Flynn >Author, America the Vulnerable >Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies, >Council on Foreign Relations

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 12:10:16 PDT 2004

22658 [lbo-talk] Why Support Nader/Camejo? -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >We could have buried the Democratic Party over the past four years >and then proceeded to bury the Republican Party (which is imploding >by the hour). If the progressive left wants to have any relevancy >and build *any* kind of alternative, it has to rise above the >Anybody But Bush bandwagon, either the 1992 or 2004 editions. I have a lot of sympathy with your position, but we disagree with the timing. I'm all for making the Dems the enemy - on Nov 3. And, after Ja ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 06:41:02 PDT 2004

22659 [lbo-talk] Kerry and the economists: attack of the policy wonks.......again............ -- rank: 1000

Kerry advisors not named in this piece include Joseph Stiglitz and Joel Slemrod.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 14 06:39:12 PDT 2004

22660 [lbo-talk] Americas Vichy Left vs. Michael Moore -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Yes, but...they didn't attack Erenreich; they didn't attack Doug. She's famous (and our beloved lurker Brad DeLong has attacked her, repeatedly). I'm totally obscure. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 13 17:43:07 PDT 2004

22661 [lbo-talk] Americas Leftists, Michael Moore, and Ralph Nader -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >votes for Nader/Camejo, whether the ticket wins or loses, registers >American dissent from the bipartisan consensus for wars, >occupations, and empire Loses is as certain as tomorrow's sunrise. Regardless of that, isn't it a bit risky to view the Nader/Camejo vote as a referendum on "wars, occupations, and empire"? Those unpleasant things are likely to get a 97% endorsement from the U.S. electorate, since you find it impossible to believe that anyone w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 13 17:41:25 PDT 2004

22662 [lbo-talk] delay the election? not us! -- rank: 1000

November Elections Won't Be Delayed, Official Says By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not cancel or suspend the presidential election this November in the event of a terror attack or other catastrophic event, the government's top elections official said on Tuesday. Individual states may suspend or reschedule elections if disaster strikes, but that would not change voting in other states, said DeForest Soaries, chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. " ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 13 17:14:23 PDT 2004

22663 [lbo-talk] Bush crackdown on foreign media -- rank: 1000

Guardian (London) - July 8, 2004 Journalists hit by new US visa rules Owen Gibson, chief reporter A crackdown by US authorities on issuing visas to foreign journalists threatens to cause chaos for overseas broadcasters and newspapers just five months before the presidential election. The new rules, which come into force next week, will ban overseas reporters and news crews stationed in the US from renewing their visas without leaving the country first. Just five months before American voters dec ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 13 16:53:59 PDT 2004

22664 [lbo-talk] Americas Vichy Left vs. Michael Moore -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >I don't understand Doug's contempt for Pacifica given that he has a >program ona Pacifica station. Contempt isn't the right word at all. Disappointment is more like it. We could do so much better with the resource we have, instead of talking to such a small audience. Craving a small audience, really, because it's proof of authenticity. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 13 15:18:41 PDT 2004

22665 [lbo-talk] Americas Leftists, Michael Moore, and Ralph Nader -- rank: 1000

snit snat wrote: >which is what the k-wattage is all about. it's not about principled >criticism, but about criticizing something you believe is in >opposition to your desires which is: electing Kerry. Finally it comes clear. After all the thousands of words Yoshie's filed on F911 - a quick count is something like 16,000 words, or roughly 40 book pages - I was struggling to find the point of it all. Was it that Moore is anti-Arab (despite the sympathetic portrayal of Iraqis)? Was it tha ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 13 14:21:03 PDT 2004