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24646 [lbo-talk] Re: Black Music Makes History -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >One thing >that make me tolerant of it, though, was the fair certainty that _my_ >kid will go to college and his infatuation with juvenile contumacy >expressed in much of pop culture (especially punk and hip hop) will be >soon forgotten. I went to Yale, did three years of graduate English at Virginia, am publishing my third book, am 50 years old, and still love and liste to punk and hip hop. Is there any hope for me Dr Sokolowski? Contumacious in Manhatta ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 14 12:12:45 PDT 2003

24647 [lbo-talk] more on Gallup in Baghdad -- rank: 1000

(10-13) 22:29 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Gallup set out recently to poll Baghdad residents, the biggest surprise may have been the public's reaction to the questioners: Almost everyone responded to the pollsters' questions, with some pleading for a chance to give their opinions. "The interviews took more than an hour to do, people were extremely cooperative with open-ended questions," said Richard Burkholder, director of international polling for Gallup. "People went on and on.&q ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 14 12:06:27 PDT 2003

24648 [lbo-talk] Hellfire Nation -- rank: 1000

Shane Taylor wrote: >Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History by >James Morone To be a guest on my radio show sometime in November. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 14 11:13:29 PDT 2003

24649 [lbo-talk] Re: recall, camejo vote -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: >kpfa's morning show, amy goodman, and most commentators on the station >all were purveying the dem party line about the sex-fiend-nazi, carrying >ridiculous tales of his hitler worship, and entertaining far fetched >views that found - according to one woman - that maria shriver was a >"victim" of the groper... The Hitler stuff comes from Arnie himself - how he admires the guy, etc. And the groping stories come from a lot of women. Arnie's own wife wa ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 14 11:12:16 PDT 2003

24650 [lbo-talk] culture of dependency -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY > >Another Challenge in Iraq: Giving Up Food Rations > >By JOHN TIERNEY A true-believing libertarian, and, I'm sad to say, yet another product of Yale. Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 17:40:34 PDT 2003

24651 [lbo-talk] Re: Pollan/Obesity in Canada -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >1. Does food just refer to groceries? Or does it include eating out? >(no jokes please) Jokes? Can't imagine what you're talking about! It's all food, home and away. They do break it out separately, but I don't have those stats in the spreadsheet. >2. Is the same basket of items being counted? or are we talking >about "functional substitutes." That is, does the 2000 basket >include hamburger for the 1970 new york steak? Not at all. It's based on diar ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 17:14:04 PDT 2003

24652 [lbo-talk] Myth Making on Schwarzenegger's victory -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >If the recall has told us anything, it is that it is time for the >Democrats to jettison the DLC/Clintonista miliue. If so, why did Camejo and Huffington fall so flat? Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 16:05:44 PDT 2003

24653 [lbo-talk] Re: Pollan/Obesity in Canada -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >"I don't have the stats in front of me, but I'm certain the relative >price of food and its share of consumption expenditures has been >falling for a very long time. So Pollan's "cheap food" explanation >would have to contend with that." > >Frankly, I want to see that data. Prices where I am have been going >up...especially in the last three years. I haven't updated my spreadsheet in a while, but according to the BLS's Consumer Expend ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 14:56:33 PDT 2003

24654 [lbo-talk] Arnie's masquerade -- rank: 1000

San Francisco Chronicle - October 13, 2003 Celebrity status gave Schwarzenegger options James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer Santa Monica -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's dramatic announcement on "The Tonight Show" Aug. 6 that he was running for governor of California was, to all appearances, a bolt out of the blue. Jay Leno gasped and the Tonight Show audience erupted in applause. Schwarzenegger's advisers insisted he had made the decision at the last minute. But, campaign officials now ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 13:31:38 PDT 2003

24655 [lbo-talk] Pollan/Obesity in Canada -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >Corporate capitalism is an engine of mass obesity in its richer >areas. The bottom line requires fatter butts. It's one of the last >frontiers of unexhausted "growth opportunities." But the upper classes aren't fat. This gives new meaning to accumulation! >IMHO, Pollan does a major disservice by diverting attention from >such basic realities. Changing ag policy would do little or nothing >to slow the food marketing juggernaut. I don't ha ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 11:59:54 PDT 2003

24656 [lbo-talk] Rev Al's b'day -- rank: 1000

[from ABC News's daily political memo, The Note] >Reverend Sharpton is in New York City today with no public events >scheduled. Tomorrow, he will go to his big birthday fundraiser with >P. Diddy, Russell Simmons, and Jay-Z in New York City.

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 09:21:19 PDT 2003

24657 [lbo-talk] Myth Making on Schwarzenegger's victory -- rank: 1000

Gregory Geboski wrote: >Note that there was in fact a large gender gap on the Schwarzenegger >vote. I am not convinced he would have been elected in a straight >gubernatorial race. These results pinpoint the organizational skill >of the Republicans, both in forcing the recall and in getting a >disciplined vote out to the polls. It was also a case of assymetrical passions: Davis was widely hated, but the only replacement who excited strong positive feelings was Arnie. Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 09:12:13 PDT 2003

24658 [lbo-talk] the charming Rev Phelps -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - October 12, 2003 Intolerance Chiseled in Stone Hits City Hard Casper, Wyo., faces the prospect of having to allow a monument that condemns gay murder victim Matthew Shepard. By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer CASPER, Wyo. - The Rev. Fred Phelps plans to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Matthew Shepard's murder in his own unique style. The 73-year-old Topeka, Kan., pastor has designed a granite monument engraved with Shepard's face followed by these word chiseled in the st ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 07:30:06 PDT 2003

24659 [lbo-talk] Myth Making on Schwarzenegger's victory -- rank: 1000

Gregory Geboski wrote: >The exit poll data don't show breakdowns for candidates by sex, only >for the recall. And if the party affiliation data were broken >out--well, I suspect that you would see a large gender gap in the >Gropenfuhrer vote. The link that Michael Pug sent to the Wash Post's exit poll page (duplicating one I sent several days ago) was only for the recall. The LA Times has more detailed data on the recall, the top three candidates, and the propositions at <http://w ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 07:01:27 PDT 2003

24660 [lbo-talk] Re: Manufacturers Cheer Dollar's Decline... -- rank: 1000

Mike Ballard wrote: >I wonder how much the increase in the value of the >Euro vis a vis the US dollar is tied to relative snlt >in European commodities, compared with say, the more >conservative lending policies of the many of the major >European banks? The move in the euro/dollar rate so far is mostly financial - short-term portfolio shifts. Productivity differentials take a longer time to work out. >You're right, if the books on wealth production are >being cooked, trouble ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 13 06:44:24 PDT 2003