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23566 [lbo-talk] Hitch to lecture at West Point -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - December 2, 2004 SCRIBE GETS TO THE POINT BILIOUS Brit writer Christopher Hitchens has been asked to lecture U.S. military officers-in-training at West Point. The Vanity Fair columnist, a reformed leftist who backed George Bush's re-election and who now supports the war on terror, will be speaking at the famed military academy on the subject of "Iraq, Afghanistan and democracy in both places," he tells PAGE SIX. Hitchens, who attacks the likes of Bill Clinton ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 14:13:49 PST 2004

23567 [lbo-talk] The Right Not to Work: Power and Disability -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >Monthly Review, Volume 55, Number 10 >The Right Not to Work: Power and Disability >by Sunny Taylor Sunny is a splendid person - smart, talented, & charming. I'm so happy MR published this. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 14:10:35 PST 2004

23568 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >what's to stop Chinese firms from, in time, simply selling direct >and cutting Wal-mart et al out?) Let 'em try. You can disparage WMT for not making anything, but man can they run a supply chain. It's amazing how a bunch of good ol' boys, scornful of city slickers and school smarts, managed to put together this formidable machine of distribution and accumulation. It's the evil genius of American capitalism at its most voracious - making a fortune off poverty. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 13:54:03 PST 2004

23569 [lbo-talk] Marketing Dork & Unemployed Pride -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Where is the unemployment office located in one's locality? How >accessible is it to leaflet distribution? How many days would one have >to leaflet it to reach even a sizeable minority of the unemployed? What >other methods might work to acquaint them with one another? Articles in >the Nation or Against the Current, no matter how beautifully clear or >how wonderful their content, are not going to reach the bulk of the >unemployed. Not sure who ever thought ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 13:15:37 PST 2004

23570 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Jan. 20: Protest Bush's Inauguration -- rank: 1000

ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE http://www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545 =========================================== January 20, 2005: Our Resistance Continues! Protest the Inauguration of George W. Bush On Thursday, January 20, 2005, George W. Bush will be inaugurated as president of the United States. For the millions of us who stand for the values of peace and justice, it is a moment to renew our commitment to resist the Bush Administration and its deadly policies of war and g ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 12:53:52 PST 2004

23571 [lbo-talk] terror update -- rank: 1000

[from Popbitch] >> Terror Idol << It could be you Abu Musab "Keyser Sose" al-Zarqawi's group is taking all the glory in terrorist circles. Surely in no small measure thanks to their shiny, spinning gold logo. All the big terror groups have had famous logos, IRA, Baader Meinhof, PLO ... except poor Al-Qaeda. So Popbitch is launching a big new competition to design a logo for Al-Qaeda... and win an all-expenses paid holiday in Guantanemo Bay. Email hello at popbitch.com. (FYI ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 12:38:27 PST 2004

23572 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17647> Volume 51, Number 20 · December 16, 2004 Inside the Leviathan By Simon Head BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE Wal-Mart: Template for 21st Century Capitalism? edited by Nelson Lichtenstein Papers presented at a conference on Wal-Mart held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, April 12, 2004. New Press, forthcoming in 2005 US Productivity Growth, 1995-2000, Section VI: Retail Trade a report by the McKinsey Global Institute October ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 10:40:41 PST 2004

23573 [lbo-talk] Life In These United States -- rank: 1000

If someone from Adbusters did this it would seem implausibly heavy-handed. On one of the muted TVs at the gym tuned to CNN, I just saw a house ad for an upcoming special on "NUCLEAR TERROR," followed by an ad for the Home Shopping Network. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 2 09:42:24 PST 2004

23574 [lbo-talk] the GOP's precariously small margin of victory -- rank: 1000

[A little late... Pointed out by Ruy Teixeira] Los Angeles Times - November 15, 2004 RONALD BROWNSTEIN / WASHINGTON OUTLOOK GOP's Future Sits Precariously on Small Cushion of Victory Amid all the postelection tumult, it's easy to lose sight of what President Bush did - and did not - accomplish in his reelection victory this month. Bush didn't build as commanding a presidential majority as some coverage has suggested, but he did significantly strengthen the Republican hold on Congress. One key qu ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 14:44:18 PST 2004

23575 [lbo-talk] Iraq, 9/11, Drugs, Cheney, H20GateII -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >A Post-Election Wrap-Up: >Iraq, 9/11, Drugs, Cheney, and Watergate Two Couldn't he work the Kennedy assasination in there? Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 11:57:56 PST 2004

23576 [lbo-talk] Fred Hampton -- rank: 1000

Colin Brace wrote: >Carrol Cox wrote: > >>This Saturday (December 4) will be the 35th anniversary of the murder of >>Fred Hampton by Chicago Police under the direction of the Cook County >>States Attorney. > >FWIW, extensive article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton I'd always assumed he was shot under orders from above, but the Cook County attorney? What's the evidence that he was the source? Why not J Edgar or RMN himself? Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 10:20:46 PST 2004

23577 [lbo-talk] Challenge for leftists of all stripes -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >You need an extended vacation from the east coast :-) In the Land of Schwarzenegger?

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 10:15:40 PST 2004

23578 [lbo-talk] strategic lying through the media -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - Decenber 1, 2004 THE NATION PR Meets Psy-Ops in War on Terror The use of misleading information as a military tool sparks debate in the Pentagon. Critics say the practice puts credibility at stake. By Mark Mazzetti, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON - On the evening of Oct. 14, a young Marine spokesman near Fallouja appeared on CNN and made a dramatic announcement. "Troops crossed the line of departure," 1st Lt. Lyle Gilbert declared, using a common military expression ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 09:44:48 PST 2004

23579 [lbo-talk] Challenge for leftists of all stripes -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >The ones I've met with do. Really? I sure haven't seen it from Richard Grossman, or anywhere in that tedious movie The Corporation. The hero of the latter is an enlightened capitalist. Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 09:37:04 PST 2004

23580 [lbo-talk] Challenge for leftists of all stripes -- rank: 1000

Etienne wrote: >So the point of abolishing corporate personhood isn't to replace >corporations with some other legal form - it's to remove some of the >restrictions on regulating corporations which the current interpretation >of legal personhood forbids. All right then, that's completely dependent on the political environment. The legal interpretation follows today's very capital-friendly politics. You're not going to change that by focusing on the courts. Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 1 09:33:23 PST 2004