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24511 [lbo-talk] tending to the wounded -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - October 29, 2003 In a Tent Hospital, A Close-Up View Of Attacks in Iraq Doctors Face Rising Toll Of Badly Injured Troops By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BALAD, Iraq -- Shortly after 11 a.m. last Thursday, the crackle of the radio brought the first of the day's bad news to the U.S. Army's 21st Combat Support Hospital. "Two U.S. soldiers injured," a helicopter pilot said on the radio. "Six minutes to landing." An armored amb ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 29 08:55:29 PST 2003

24512 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

I've just added new material to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>. The Huws interview (October 2) is one of the best I've ever done (not because of my interviewing skills, but because she's so good). The shows are: October 16, 2003 MARATHON SPECIAL Special program for the WBAI quarterly fundraising marathon. Hugh Hamilton, host of Talkback, interviews Doug Henwood about his new book, After the New Economy <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D15658477 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 15:11:41 PST 2003

24513 [lbo-talk] Fwd: GREEN ADVISORY Reporters warned about story on NH Green endorsement of Kucinich -- rank: 1000

["six individuals" in a coffee shop - it's so hard to take the GP seriously sometimes] GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Contacts: Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen at acadia.net Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org GREENS WARN ABOUT MISLEADING NEWS STORY ON GREEN ENDORSEMENT OF KUCINICH WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Co-chairs of the Green Party of the Green Party of the United St ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 13:16:48 PST 2003

24514 [lbo-talk] worker suicides in SK -- rank: 1000

[from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions] Do not kill any more" - Two more workers burn themselves after late Kim Joo-Ik 27th October, 2003 It had been less than a week since Kim Joo-Ik, President of Hanjin Heavy Industries Union committed self-immolation, that Lee Hae-Nam, President of Sewon Tech Union (affiliated to the Korean Metal Workers Federation) also attempted to burn himself to death. Lee Hae-Nam lies in a hospital, in a very critical condition. Only a few days have passed, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 13:04:48 PST 2003

24515 [lbo-talk] WhiteHouse.gov blocks search engines -- rank: 1000

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:28:03 -0700 Subject: Whitehouse.gov blocks search engines From: Matt Herr <mherr at wyoming.com> WHITE HOUSE WEB SITE BLOCKS SEARCH ENGINES The White House is blocking search engines from accessing much of the White House web site, particularly web pages relating to Iraq. As a result, these web pages cannot be directly accessed through external search engines such as google.com. The White House employs a "robots.txt" file which "disallows" sear ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 11:59:07 PST 2003

24516 [lbo-talk] Fed leaves rates unchanged -- rank: 1000

[They're still worried about deflation, and promising to keep rates low for quite a while. The markets don't fully believe them, thinking the U.S. economy is accelerating into a robust recovery. The FOMC's language - "firming," "stabilizing" - is more cautious than that. They're probably right.] Release Date: October 28, 2003 For immediate release The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 1 percent. The Committee continue ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 28 11:49:07 PST 2003

24517 [lbo-talk] RE: one view of the Greens -- rank: 1000

Brian Siano wrote: >And there's the chance that, by supporting a local business, you'll >help it build until it becomes one of those massive, international >businesses. Then, you can render all those _other_ local economies >irrelevant. E.g. Starbucks, which is obnoxious in many ways, but has improved the quality of coffee available in much of the palate-challenged USA. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 10:44:43 PST 2003

24518 [lbo-talk] Fwd: [DEBATE] : After Theory...what? -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: ><<Aren't there more interesting and inspiring things >for us to be thinking about than bodies?>> > >Yes, let's talk about all the grand political theories >that ignore bodies. Once again, let me make it perfectly clear (I just like to say that because I'm such a Nixon fan): I didn't write the quoted words. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 28 10:32:51 PST 2003

24519 [lbo-talk] Fwd: [DEBATE] : After Theory...what? -- rank: 1000

[of unknown origin, posted to the Debate list by a Living Marxism sympathizer] After Theory...what? by Sandy Starr As an academic pursuit, cultural theory seems to be more popular today than ever. But according to After Theory, a new book by the prominent left-wing literary theorist Terry Eagleton, 'the golden age of cultural theory is long past'. While cultural theory has run out of ideas, Eagleton argues that in the wake of 9/11 and the war on Iraq, 'a new and ominous phase of global politics ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 09:53:04 PST 2003

24520 [lbo-talk] RE: one view of the Greens -- rank: 1000

Shane Taylor wrote: >Seems to me that the local scale means the high costs of production for >many modern goodies are spread over a smaller market. So rather than >spreading the costs of a handful of plants over a massive market, you >duplicate many of those costs unnecessarily (even at smaller capacities) >and spread them over markets so small they may not even be able to >sustain the process. Yup. Of course, if the aim is to deindustrialize and deurbanize, then localism make ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 28 07:54:21 PST 2003

24521 [lbo-talk] 41 v 43 -- rank: 1000

The Columbus Dispatch - October 17, 2003 Bush father-son split over U.S. policy becomes clear GEORGIE ANNE GEYER It's not as though Osama bin Laden gave a Jihad Award to Ariel Sharon, or Donald H. Rumsfeld gave his Good Pal Award to Condoleezza Rice. It's not even as though Dick Cheney gave his Favorite Foreigners Citation to the French. But nearly astonishing is the news from College Station, Texas, this week: The First Father, former President George H.W. Bush, has given his own most treasured ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 28 07:21:51 PST 2003

24522 [lbo-talk] RE: one view of the Greens -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Doug wrote: > >"And why is keeping trade in the neighborhood so desirable, anyway? >That sounds cramped, xenophobic, and suffocating." > >1. reduces driving, reduces energy consumption >2. makes seller more accountable to buyer >3. locally grown stuff, according to some, is healthier >4. customizes market to buyer I should have also said that these are specific instances where the local may be preferable to the non-local (though I'm skept ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 28 07:08:15 PST 2003

24523 [lbo-talk] RE: one view of the Greens -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: > >"And why is keeping trade in the neighborhood so desirable, anyway? >That sounds cramped, xenophobic, and suffocating." > >1. reduces driving, reduces energy consumption >2. makes seller more accountable to buyer >3. locally grown stuff, according to some, is healthier >4. customizes market to buyer Before there were national markets, buyers often faced local monopolies. In a small market, there can't be much specialization, either. So loc ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 28 06:59:06 PST 2003

24524 [lbo-talk] Ranking Intellectuals -- rank: 1000

Jeet Heer wrote: >What is interesting are what those hits actually refer to -- I just >discovered that there is a reference to Doug Henwood in Tracy Quan's novel >Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl. The lead character, a sex trade worker of >course, is interviewed by Doug on his radio show.... Yup. Fact-based. I interviewed Tracy years ago, and when she was writing the novel, she asked if it was OK to use my name. Of course, I said, finding both the publicity and the context irresistibl ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 28 06:45:14 PST 2003

24525 [lbo-talk] Ranking Intellectuals -- rank: 1000

Brian Siano wrote: >Doug Henwood: 73 hits Hey, I just got 135! DOUG

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Date:	Mon Oct 27 21:11:08 PST 2003