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23461 [lbo-talk] bonobos in danger! -- rank: 1000

[from popbitch] >> Save The Bonobo! << Randy fuck-monkeys face doom St Augustine claimed that humans were the only animals who had sex for pleasure. But he didn't know about the randy pygmy chimpanzees known as Bonobos. Much like members of Blue, Bonobos have sex to alleviate tension, solve arguments, or simply celebrate a good meal. (The average copulation lasts 13 seconds). It's not all straight sex, either. There are gay and lesbian bonobos (practicing "penis-fencing" an ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 15:17:19 PST 2004

23462 [lbo-talk] Webb shot himself twice -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >Why the gratuitous inclusion of conspiracy theorists? It's a conspiracy!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 13:03:04 PST 2004

23463 [lbo-talk] inaugural dinner -- rank: 1000

<http://swiftreport.blogs.com/news/2004/12/on_the_inaugura.html#more> On the Inaugural Menu: A Dish to Please Every Donor Diners attending any of three candlelight inaugural dinners will be treated to a menu best described as "donor's delight," a compilation of dishes intended to honor major Bush campaign fundraisers. The chef's challenge: 4 courses and 12 brand names, representing millions in donations By Deanna Swift WASHINGTON, DC-Just call him the "Iron Chef" of the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 10:40:47 PST 2004

23464 [lbo-talk] The Case of the Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs: Kissinger, Pinochet and Operation Condor -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >Michael Pugliese wrote: > >><URL: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/ > >>A detailed description of the background to Kenneth Maxwell's >>resignation as book reviewer for the Western Hemisphere at Foreign >>Affairs magazine and as a senior fellow and director of Latin >>America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. This paper >>examines the role of Henry Kissinger, his associate William D. >>Rogers, and the magazine's e ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 15 09:44:06 PST 2004

23465 [lbo-talk] The Case of the Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs: Kissinger, Pinochet and Operation Condor -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: ><URL: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/ > >A detailed description of the background to Kenneth Maxwell's >resignation as book reviewer for the Western Hemisphere at Foreign >Affairs magazine and as a senior fellow and director of Latin >America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. This paper >examines the role of Henry Kissinger, his associate William D. >Rogers, and the magazine's editor, James F. Hoge, Jr. Included here >for the first ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 09:42:03 PST 2004

23466 [lbo-talk] Webb shot himself twice -- rank: 1000

Sacramento Bee - December 15, 2004 Reporter's suicide confirmed by coroner A flood of inquiries about Gary Webb's shooting death prompts statement. By Sam Stanton -- Bee Staff Writer Facing a barrage of calls from the media and the public, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office issued a statement Tuesday confirming that former investigative reporter Gary Webb committed suicide with two gunshots to the head. "The cause of death was determined to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head,& ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 09:33:16 PST 2004

23467 [lbo-talk] US October capital inflows below expectations -- rank: 1000

US net capital inflows $48.1 bln, below forecasts Wed Dec 15, 2004 09:01 AM ET WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Foreign investment in U.S. assets fell sharply in October to the lowest level in a year, according to a Treasury Department report on Wednesday. Net inflows of capital totaled $48.1 billion in October, after an upwardly revised $67.5 billion in September, the Treasury's International Capital report said. That was the lowest level since October 2003, when inflows were $27.5 billion. The r ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 06:41:48 PST 2004

23468 [lbo-talk] Wash Post does Ohio -- rank: 1000

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64737-2004Dec14?language=printer> Washington Post - December 15, 2004 Several Factors Contributed to 'Lost' Voters in Ohio By Michael Powell and Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writers COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tanya Thivener's is a tale of two voting precincts in Franklin County. In her city neighborhood, which is vastly Democratic and majority black, the 38-year-old mortgage broker found a line snaking out of the precinct door. She stood in line for ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 15 06:35:38 PST 2004

23469 [lbo-talk] FOMC statement [silly question] -- rank: 1000

Leigh Meyers wrote: >"The Committee perceives the upside and downside risks to the >attainment of both sustainable growth and price stability for the >next few quarters to be roughly equal." > >Unhh.. Doesn't this mean the odds be 50/50 for sustainable >growth and/or price stability over the next year +- ? This language is intended, and read, as a clue about where the Fed is leaning - towards anxiety about inflation (which means tightening) or anxiety about excessivel ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 14 19:29:26 PST 2004

23470 [lbo-talk] Nader: Mom's Recipes, Dad's Sayings -- rank: 1000

[life was so much less alienated when Ralph was a kid....] Dear Friend, I grew up in a small New England town - Winsted, Connecticut. My father, Nathra Nader, owned and ran a restaurant - the Highland Arms - on Main Street. Mom and Dad were immigrants from Lebanon. At home, dinnertime overflowed with talk of current events, led by my parents - and good old-fashioned Arabic cuisine prepared by my mother - Rose Nader. There was no television playing in the background - because there was no televis ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 14 13:27:44 PST 2004

23471 [lbo-talk] housing bubble bursts! -- rank: 1000

[in Australia, that is] Sydney Morning Herald - December 15, 2004 Investors flee crumbling home market By Jonathan Chancellor, Property Editor Investors have fled the Sydney property market while sales have fallen to their lowest level in more than 15 years. The number of auctions listed for the spring season, just completed, fell by almost 50 per cent and the spring sales were at their lowest since 1988, barring the Olympics year. Prices fell by up to 15 per cent this year, market commentators ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 14 12:52:57 PST 2004

23472 [lbo-talk] class warfare -- rank: 1000

B. wrote: >Rich people >started the class war and they wage it every day >against the rest of us. Hey, that's just unlocking shareholder value! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 14 12:29:18 PST 2004

23473 [lbo-talk] FOMC statement -- rank: 1000

[same language as last time, which means no pause in the steady pace of tightening, but also no acceleration in the pace either] <http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/monetary/2004/20041214/default.htm> For immediate release The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 2-1/4 percent. The Committee believes that, even after this action, the stance of monetary policy remains accommodative and, coupled with robus ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 14 11:36:43 PST 2004

23474 [lbo-talk] slavery not so bad after all, fundies say -- rank: 1000

Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer - December 9, 2004 School defends slavery booklet Critic says text is 'window dressing' By T. KEUNG HUI, Staff Writer Students at one of the area's largest Christian schools are reading a controversial booklet that critics say whitewashes Southern slavery with its view that slaves lived "a life of plenty, of simple pleasures." Leaders at Cary Christian School say they are not condoning slavery by using "Southern Slavery, As It Was," a bookle ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 13 12:50:44 PST 2004

23475 [lbo-talk] Robert Novak is a scumbag -- rank: 1000

<http://www.washingtonian.com/inwashington/buzz/novak.html> Novak Skates While Reporters Sweat Robert Novak often has said and done outrageous things and gotten away with them. According to a profile by Barbara Matusow in the June 2003 Washingtonian, Novak issued an implicitly racist comment about Marion Barry; blamed Israel for the 9/11 attacks; and said on CNN's The Capital Gang that his Thanksgiving dinner had been ruined by the sight of so many homeless people shown on TV that day. Nov ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 13 09:43:16 PST 2004