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22876 [lbo-talk] Free Martha! -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >Finally, this, too: Why should yet another multi-millionaire get to >obstruct justice? If a common street criminal set up a similar fake alibi, >s/he would get 10 extra years without the blink of an eye. > >If the evidence of obstruction is there, then send Martha to jail. Two >wrongs don't make a right. So if prosecutors railroad an unpopular figure to make a point, it's ok if she's famous, because they do it to street criminals too? Evidently tw ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 20 15:14:52 PST 2004

22877 [lbo-talk] Re: Wacky endorsements (was The Penances) -- rank: 1000

Curtiss Leung wrote: >Apropos a Kerry vs. Dubya contest, Doug wrote: > >> 322, man. > >Huh? I don't get it. The "secret number" - obviously not so secret - of Skull & Bones. Speaking of which, my stint on the WBAI fundraising marathon is this Thursday, 3-6 PM. I've got a short interview with Alexandra Robbins, author of Secrets of the Tomb, a history of Skull & Bones, commenting on Bonesman Kerry's victory in Iowa and the possibility of a Bones vs Bones elec ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 20 15:11:51 PST 2004

22878 [lbo-talk] ADMINISTRIVIA - Latest upgrade to mailing list and archive software -- rank: 1000

And once again a million thanks to Jordan for hosting the list. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jan 20 14:18:44 PST 2004

22879 [lbo-talk] Free Martha! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040209&s=henwood> Posted January 20, 2004 Free Martha! by Doug Henwood It was almost four years ago that the great stock market bubble burst. Despite revelations of systematic fraud across Wall Street and corporate America, the criminal consequences have been surprisingly minimal. The Wall Street banks, at the heart of the chicanery, mostly got off with a $1.4 billion settlement deal with the authorities, less than 4 percent of their profits betw ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 20 13:47:08 PST 2004

22880 [lbo-talk] Re: Wacky endorsements (was The Penances) -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Comparing the looks of the top three choices in the Iowa caucus with >those of the rest, I'd have to conclude that Iowa Democrats are >shallow voters easily swayed by conventionally better looks. It's all Skull & Bones's doing. They manipulated Iowa so that it'll be a Bones vs. Bones race in November. They win either way! 322, man. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 20 12:47:42 PST 2004

22881 [lbo-talk] journos political contribs -- rank: 1000

[This article doesn't note that Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel gave $26,500 since 2000 to: Baldwin, Tammy; Byrum, Dianne Yvonne; Coyne-McCoy, Kathleen; Emily's List; Flanagan, Edward Sawyer; Keenan, Nancy; McCollum, Betty; Rivers, Lynn N; Schakowsky, Jan; Schwartz, Allyson Y; Voters for Choice/Frnds of Fam Planning; and Wellstone, Paul.] Washington Post - January 18, 2004 Journalists Not Loath to Donate To Politicians Media Companies' Policies Vary Widely By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Sta ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 19 09:33:26 PST 2004

22882 [lbo-talk] Indology in Digest 2221 -- rank: 1000

Hari Kumar wrote: >Doug asks of John Mage, who wrote: >The rest of the agenda should >concentrate on ntegration across oceans and time zones; for example, >mulling over the >prospect of a youngster enjoying dual citizenship >of India and the US, and marrying a Guatemalan of mixed Greek-Slav >extraction. >>Should our political aspiration be generalizing that as a right for >>all, or concentrate instead on national integration, or something >>else? > > ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 19 07:15:36 PST 2004

22883 [lbo-talk] me in London -- rank: 1000

The site of my London appearance has changed. Still on Wed Jan 28 at 7 PM, but now it's at: 72 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3JL (Nearest tube: Old Street). Hope to see some of you there! Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 19 06:56:05 PST 2004

22884 [lbo-talk] Indology: Vandalism and preservation -- rank: 1000

John Mage wrote: >The rest of the agenda should concentrate on >integration across oceans and time zones; for example, mulling over the >prospect of a youngster enjoying dual citizenship of India and the US, >and marrying a Guatemalan of mixed Greek-Slav extraction. Should our political aspiration be generalizing that as a right for all, or concentrate instead on national integration, or something else? Doug

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Date:	Sun Jan 18 15:26:37 PST 2004

22885 [lbo-talk] Indology: Vandalism and preservation -- rank: 1000

John Mage quoted: >Nobody is bothered, or bothered too much. The inhabitant of London could order by telephone, sipping his morning tea in bed, the various products of the whole earth, in such quantitiy as he might see fit, and reasonably expect their early delivery upon his doorstep; he could at the same moment and by the same means adventure his wealth in the natural resources and new enterprises of any quarter of the world, and share, without exertion or even trouble, in their prospective ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 18 14:24:49 PST 2004

22886 [lbo-talk] skirted men to gather at area museum -- rank: 1000

January 13, 2004 Million Skirted Men To Gather in NYC Bravehearts meet for the Braveheart:Men In Skirts Exhibition at the New York Metropolitan Museum We are inviting all skirted men to converge on the New York Metropolitan Museum the weekend of February 7th and 8th to show support for the exhibition, the clothes designers who are exhibiting there and to make a statement to the world that men want the option of a MUG (male Unbifurcated garment) in their wardrobe. Wear your kilts, skirts, sarongs ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 18 13:53:24 PST 2004

22887 [lbo-talk] militarizing space -- rank: 1000

U.S. Eyes Space as Possible Battleground By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites)'s plan to expand the exploration of space parallels U.S. efforts to control the heavens for military, economic and strategic gain. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld long has pushed for technology that could be used to attack or defend orbiting satellites as well as a costly program, heavily reliant on space-based sensors, to thwart incoming warheads. Under a 1996 space policy adopted by ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 18 10:44:36 PST 2004

22888 [lbo-talk] arrest Congresspeople for treason? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.insightmag.com/news/2003/12/23/National/When-Does.Politics.Become.Treason-574556.shtml> Insight Magazine - December 23, 2003 When Does Politics Become Treason? Posted Dec. 10, 2003 By J. Michael Waller Even outraged leaders within its ranks say that the Democratic Party has been playing with treason in an attempt to destroy the nationīs wartime Republican president. "Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are sab ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 18 10:33:37 PST 2004

22889 [lbo-talk] Mitofsky on Iowa -- rank: 1000

[Warren Mitofsky is usually credited as the inventor of the exit poll; he's a major bigfoot in the public opinion world.] IOWA'S CAUCUS - ONCE AGAIN by Warren J. Mitofsky A meaningless caucus is once again set to kick-off our presidential selection sweepstakes on January 19th in Iowa. It isn't that Iowa doesn't represent the nation; the few who participate in the Iowa Caucus don't even represent Iowa. In 2000, Iowa Democrats turned their back on the caucus. On average, only 28 participants atten ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Jan 17 15:18:47 PST 2004

22890 [lbo-talk] Investment question... -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Why is it that financial pundits are saying that fixed income funds >are a bad idea going forward? If the current decade 2000-2010 is >similar to the 1970-1980 decade, which it seems to me it kind of is, >why wouldn't a fixed income fund do well? Interest rates are very low. Bonds were in a bull market from 1981 until, oh, mid-June, and haven't fallen much since. Interest rates could go lower, esp if you believe in a depression/deflation scenario, but otherwise, ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 17 15:03:37 PST 2004