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24946 [lbo-talk] Re: Dixiecrat Dean? -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Actually I think the people who say that this may be a > deliberate attempt to do a Sista Soulja moment may >be right -- otherwise he's dumber than we thought. jks The quote has a history. Did you read the earlier versions where he made an explicit link between not having health insurance and voting Republican for racial reasons? Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 10:53:56 PST 2003

24947 [lbo-talk] Re: Dixiecrat Dean? -- rank: 1000

Joseph Wanzala wrote: >For his ("shocking!") embrace of Confederate flag wavers, Dean is >risking offending the liberal part of his following (pissing off >blacks and "lefties"), and going for the "big Clinton umbrella". >This move smacked of Clinton, who managed to do all sorts of things >deemed offensive to the black voting bloc, but never really suffered >for it---and grabbed Republicans at the same time...... He phrased it really stupidly this ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 10:00:49 PST 2003

24948 [lbo-talk] Jobless Claims Plunge -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >And notably, last week's "drop" in UI claims was revised, such that is was >equal to or higher than all other weeks in the previous month. They've been revising up the number for several weeks running. Still, there's little doubt that the US job market is "stabilizing," as Greenspan has been saying. Last month, there was a gain of 57k, and tomorrow's report for October should be up a bit more (75-90k). That's very weak for a recovery - in normal re ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 09:23:03 PST 2003

24949 [lbo-talk] Jobless Claims Plunge -- rank: 1000

That was a very good number. But there are some seasonal adjustment quirks in the weekly figures, so don't read too much into one figure.

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 08:10:13 PST 2003

24950 [lbo-talk] Queer Eye Drinking Game -- rank: 1000

Grant Lee wrote: >I mean who has the disposable income to spend on electric >nasal hair trimmers?! Probably anyone above the 40th percentile of the income distribution. They're not *that* expensive. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 06:37:09 PST 2003

24951 [lbo-talk] put Tony Benn on your CD shelf next to Cornel West -- rank: 1000

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/derbyshire/2997424.stm> BBC News - 2003/06/17 14:27:46 GMT Rap album for veteran politician Veteran British politician and former Labour cabinet minister Tony Benn is releasing a collection of his speeches set to rap music. The record - a collaboration between Mr Benn, 78, and rap artist Charles Bailey - was inspired by an anti-war speech given by Mr Benn at Hyde Park. The album is almost finished and will be released at the end of the summer. ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 06:33:51 PST 2003

24952 [lbo-talk] Fwd: CBO New-Document Notification for Wed Nov 05 23:00:16 2003 -- rank: 1000

>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > T H E C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following documents have been added to the CBO WWW and/or FTP site: >Title: Testimony on the Ability of the U.S. Military to Sustain an >Occupation in Iraq >URL: http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=4706&sequence=0&from=7

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 06:26:28 PST 2003

24953 [lbo-talk] me on PBS -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >YAY! congratulations Doug baby! I am declining my friend M's >invitation to a Passion Party and a night out at the Kitty Kat Klub >just to see it! Hmm, dunno if I'd advise that! Sounds like more fun than listening to me drone on about productivity (though I don't think I used the word "hedonic"). More hedonism, less hedonics! Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 05:34:05 PST 2003

24954 [lbo-talk] Re:What should prospective Canadian Managers know... -- rank: 1000

Will Thurber wrote: >There is a lingering anti-Americanism lurking not far beneath the >surface of most Canadians. While using this material might be >cathartic to me, it will only feed into a pre-existing semi-hostile >attitude structure making it more difficult for them to understand >the Yanks and thus work co-operatively with American colleagues, >just the opposite of my goal. Well, we're pragmatic and affable most of the time, which are good qualities in co-workers. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 05:31:56 PST 2003

24955 [lbo-talk] WP: Bremer okays the formation of Iraqi paramilitary units -- rank: 1000

Is this Post-ese for death squads?

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 17:51:32 PST 2003

24956 [lbo-talk] electoral news -- rank: 1000

San Francisco Chronicle - November 5, 2003 Bolinas Supports Nature Bid The quirky coastal hamlet of Bolinas is now officially a nature-loving town that also likes blueberries and bears and even skunks. That, at least, is as good an interpretation as anyone has come up with for Measure G, a stream-of-consciousness initiative that passed Tuesday despite a wide variety of opinions about what exactly it would do for this far- out town north of Stinson Beach. The measure, submitted by a woman who we ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 17:12:46 PST 2003

24957 [lbo-talk] me on PBS -- rank: 1000

I've just been told that the interview I taped several weeks ago with David Brancaccio about After the New Economy will be aired on the next edition of NOW with Bill Moyers. In New York, it's on WNET, Channel 13, at 9 PM on Friday. Other PBS stations may vary. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 16:24:16 PST 2003

24958 [lbo-talk] shop til capitalism drops -- rank: 1000

e-commies do e-commerce: <http://www.cpusa.org/shopping>

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 15:58:10 PST 2003

24959 [lbo-talk] Superprofits -- rank: 1000

Michael Dawson -PSU wrote: >Yes, and China is also the only Second/Third World society that possesses a >ruling class that is consciously copying what Japan started doing after the >Meiji Restoration -- state-led, import-substituting industrial capital >accumulation, with an eye to eventual Great Powerhood. You can be sure >that, if the U.S. had been able to shove its IMF-shod foot through the door >after the socialist roaders self-immolated 25 years ago, China would look > ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 15:28:32 PST 2003

24960 [lbo-talk] RE: San Jose cop... -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >EXACTLY! Of course, there are some NICE >policeman..just as there are NICE CEOs. Hell, >everybody says President Bush is a NICE guy, too. Actually they don't. There are lots of anecdotes about what a mean prick he is. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 5 14:55:37 PST 2003