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24361 [lbo-talk] AFA: public schools adopting bible curriculum -- rank: 1000

AFA Action Alert! Public schools adopting Bible curriculum - Yours can too! September 10, 2003 The American Family Association is now working in cooperation with the <http://www.bibleinschools.net/>National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools (NCBCPS) to return Bible curriculum to the public high schools of America, on campus, during school hours, for credit with the Bible as the textbook. The NCBCPS has had great success with school districts over the past eight years with this ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 10 10:40:36 PDT 2003

24362 [lbo-talk] Argentina defaults -- rank: 1000

UPDATE - Argentina defaults on $3 bln IMF debt Tuesday September 9, 8:54 pm ET By Simon Gardner (Recasts with government statement) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Argentina defaulted on a $3 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (News - Websites) on Tuesday, the biggest single missed payment in the IMF's history and likely to further isolate the precarious economy. The default, which comes nearly two years after Argentina racked up the biggest sovereign debt default ever i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 9 22:36:40 PDT 2003

24363 [lbo-talk] Schmidt on Adorno -- rank: 1000

Charles Brown wrote: >From: "Chip Berlet" > >SGksDQogDQpOb3QgYSBjcmltZSwgYnV0IHJlYWxseSBiYWQgam91cm5hbGlzbSBhbmQgY2x1ZWxl >c3MgcG9saXRpY3MgdG8gZmF3biBvdmVyIGhpbSBhbmQgZmFpbCB0byBhc2sgaGltIGFueSBwcmVz >c2luZyBxdWVzdGlvbnMuIEFuZCBpdCB3b3VsZCBiZSBhcHByb3ByaWF0ZSBvbiBQYWNpZmljYSB0 >... >^^^^^ >CharlesB: Is Chip writing us in hieroglyphics ? I think this translates, >roughly, " King Tut's death was not the result of a conspiracy..." Adorno >said .? At ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 9 20:16:11 PDT 2003

24364 [lbo-talk] Onion collaborates with Murdoch -- rank: 1000

[from today's Page Six] FAKE, FUN NEWS THE satirical weekly The Onion teamed up with Fox Searchlight to take its news-report parody to the big screen with a big audition last Friday. One inside favorite is likely to be Comedy Central's "Daily Show" correspondent Rob Corddry. In the meantime, fans of bogus news can slake their thirst with "The Onion Ad Nauseum: Complete News Archives Volume 14" out later this month.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 9 19:57:41 PDT 2003

24365 [lbo-talk] BDL on me on jobs -- rank: 1000

A friend forwarded: >"Fear of Bad Employment Reports >http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/cat_policy_fed.html > >This morning's employment report reduces Doug Henwood to a state of >gibbering terror: Doug Henwood: This morning's U.S. employment >report sucked. The survey of employers showed a loss of 93,000 jobs, >when flat to slightly up was a reasonable expectation. We've now had >seven consecutive months of job loss, something we've never s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 9 19:50:52 PDT 2003

24366 [lbo-talk] Schmidt on Adorno -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > >>Michael Pugliese wrote: >> >>>Pacifica wouldn't do anything like this >>> >>> Too busy doing this, Lyndon LaRouche Interview with Pacifica >>>Radio, August 26, 2003 >>>http://larouchein2004.net/pages/interviews/2003/030826pacifica.htm >>>-- > >What, is it a crime to interview Lyndon LaRouche? It's not a crime, but it's a waste of good airtime ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 9 07:45:48 PDT 2003

24367 [lbo-talk] terrorism? forget about it -- rank: 1000

[via nettime - GBN is something that gets conspiracy theorists going...] GBN Global Perspectives Gwynne Dyer Two Years On: The Score Two years on, September 11th is still a raw anniversary for most Americans, who cannot forget the terrible scenes in lower Manhattan as three thousand of their fellow-citizens died in a terrorist attack. But not one further American has died from Islamist terrorism on home soil since then. Was it all just a flash in the pan? The Bush administration pumps up the ter ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 20:53:51 PDT 2003

24368 [lbo-talk] and you thought Fox was prowar! -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > Doug reprinted Howie Kurtz who cited Robert Lichter... >http://www.google.com/search?q=robert+lichter+accuracy+in+media >http://www.fair.org/reports/lichter-memo.html > >___________________________________ >http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk Yeah, Lichter's a rightwinger, but that shouldn't affect the relative standings of the networks, should it?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 16:10:57 PDT 2003

24369 [lbo-talk] employment -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Doug, are you sure about the class that shops at Wal-Mart? Are they >all barely making ends meet? Not all, but the customer base is disporportionally below-median-income. Over 20% of WMT customers in the U.S. don't have any bank accounts - compared with 13% for the general population. Liza's away now, or she could give a better picture than I, but they're still heavily skewed towards nonmetropolitan areas. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 16:04:21 PDT 2003

24370 Fwd: [lbo-talk] "globalization" is pretty popular -- rank: 1000

Jacob Conrad wrote: >So how about a preview of that chapter, Doug. Can't give it away! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 15:27:49 PDT 2003

24371 [lbo-talk] Re: "globalization" is pretty popular -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >I haven't been able to put my finger on the exact reasons for the >decline of anti-globalization protests in the U.S. You mention 9/11, but also: the boom ended, and so did the Clinton years. Recessions are often bad for political activity, as fear takes precedence over hope. And people are busy opposing Bush and the Republicans; we need another Dem in the WH so they'll start protesting capitalism again. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 15:26:46 PDT 2003

24372 [lbo-talk] and you thought Fox was prowar! -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - September 8, 2003 The Reportage Report Survey Assesses 'Tone' of Iraq Coverage By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer The conventional wisdom is that the media were aggressively skeptical during the war in Iraq, warning darkly of a possible quagmire even as U.S. forces rolled to victory. At other times, critics saw star-spangled networks rallying around the flag. But a new study says the network coverage was -- if we can use this phrase without fear of being sued -- fair ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 14:57:28 PDT 2003

24373 [lbo-talk] Schmidt on Adorno -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >Pacifica wouldn't do anything like this > > Too busy doing this, Lyndon LaRouche Interview with Pacifica >Radio, August 26, 2003 >http://larouchein2004.net/pages/interviews/2003/030826pacifica.htm >-- >Michael Pugliese WBAI's co-running a Sep 11 event at Riverside Church featuring, among others, Mike Ruppert <http://www.wbai.org/about/wbai_events/911_forum9-11-03.php#thurs>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 14:26:18 PDT 2003

24374 [lbo-talk] Schmidt on Adorno -- rank: 1000

[wow German radio is pretty different from U.S. radio - Pacifica wouldn't do anything like this] Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 21:20:21 +0300 (EEST) From: j laari <jlaari at cc.jyu.fi> To: <frankfurt-school at lists.village.virginia.edu> Subject: [FRA:] Schmidt on Adorno Greetings Couple of minutes ago ended a radio program on Adorno, "Zum 100. Geburtstag von Theodor W. Adorno. Karin Beindorff im Gespraech mit Prof. Alfred Schmidt." It was on Deutschlandfunk. The program is a 45-mi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 12:51:58 PDT 2003

24375 [lbo-talk] Re:employment -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >It would really help those of us activists in the trenches if we had >easier access to stats and analysis about what the big stores do to >communities. I mean, people really think they are saving significant >money when they shop at Wal-Mart. They never factor in taxes that >subsidize the Wal-Mart, or all of their personal costs involved in >living in an area where you have to have a car to go shopping. They >don't factor in car repairs into the cost of shoppi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 8 12:49:38 PDT 2003