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25126 [lbo-talk] America gets more comfy with the queers -- rank: 1000

Six out of 10 Americans Say Homosexual Relations Should Be Recognized as Legal But Americans are evenly divided on issue of legal civil unions between homosexuals giving them the legal rights of married couples by Frank Newport GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Attitudes toward homosexuality and homosexual relations continue to be one of the more complex areas of public opinion that Gallup measures. The issue is not only one of significant concern because of its traditional moral and religiou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 15 08:36:12 PDT 2003

25127 [lbo-talk] How Significant Is Deflation? -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >So I turn to those of you schooled in these matters; >how darkly portentious is this news? Moderately, so far. There's a nontrivial possibility of deflation, but it's not a sure bet yet in the U.S. But Mr Yen is worried! Doug ---- Financial Times - May 14, 2003 WORLD NEWS: 'Mr Yen' proclaims new era of deflation By David Pilling Japan is the forerunner ina global shift from an era of structural inflation to one of structural deflation, according to Eisuke Sakakibara, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 15 08:30:27 PDT 2003

25128 [lbo-talk] Lula purges PT -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - May 14, 2003 THE AMERICAS: Lula's party moves to expel reform opponents By Raymond Colitt in Sao Paulo President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Workers' party (PT) has taken the first step towards expelling leftwing dissidents in an effort to isolate opposition to the government's controversial reform plans. The PT's ethics commission put on trial three legislators in Congress who staged public protests against the government's pension and tax reforms. With their refusal yes-terda ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 18:05:32 PDT 2003

25129 [lbo-talk] After the New Economy -- rank: 1000

Amazon's just listed my forthcoming tome, After the New Economy. Pre-order it here, and I get a little commission, for which I'd be deeply grateful: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1565847709/leftbusinessobseA/> Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 16:10:59 PDT 2003

25130 [lbo-talk] AA -- rank: 1000

>As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares for what could be a landmark >ruling on the issue of racial preferences in college admissions, a >new Pew Research Center poll finds a growing majority of the public >supporting the general idea of affirmative action. > >But attitudes on the subject are complicated and sometimes >contradictory. A majority of the public believes affirmative action >in college admissions is a good idea, but fewer believe such >programs are fair. Relati ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 14:03:08 PDT 2003

25131 [lbo-talk] so much for the postwar bounce -- rank: 1000

Alan Jacobson wrote: >Other than a few-hundred increase in the DJI, was >there _any_ economic goodwill created by Bush's Folly? Wow, even "defense" stocks aren't doing all that well! <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^DFX&d=c&k=c1&c=^spx&a=v&p=s&t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=l>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 11:26:30 PDT 2003

25132 [lbo-talk] CPE summer institute -- rank: 1000

Center for Popular Economics 25th Annual Summer Institute August 3-9, 2003 Smith College - Northampton, MA The Summer Institute is a week-long intensive training in economics for activists, educators, and anyone who wants a better understanding of economics. We focus on how economic systems impact our lives and work every day. NO BACKGROUND IN ECONOMICS IS REQUIRED. Although activists from all over the world attend the summer institutes, classes and workshops are taught in English. Special Track ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 10:54:43 PDT 2003

25133 [lbo-talk] KR: 15% profit not enough! must be over 20% -- rank: 1000

Philadelphia Weekly - May 14, 2003 JONATHAN VALANIA "Fear About What Comes Next" Did Inky Editor Walker Lundy resign because Knight Ridder won't stop cutting costs? Shock and awe hit 400 N. Broad St. Monday afternoon when Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Walker Lundy stepped down after just a year and a half on the job. Publisher Bob Hall delivered the news to a stunned newsroom staff. Rumors that Lundy was resigning had been worming their way through the newsroom all weekend. By Monday mo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 10:46:22 PDT 2003

25134 [lbo-talk] Latest Tatu Outrage -- rank: 1000

Chris Doss wrote: >At the risk of overdoing the Tatu thing, there's a fascinating >interview with the group's producer in rather spastic English >translation at >http://eng.tatysite.net/press/press.php?id=669_0_7_40_M > >Actually, the interview shows a lot about Russian culture! Fascinating. So what's with this street? >E: Vanya, you are acting as a true devil. Are you from Voikovskaya St.? >Y: No, simply that some of my friends live there.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 10:16:17 PDT 2003

25135 [lbo-talk] so much for the postwar bounce -- rank: 1000

At 8:36 AM -0400 5/14/03, The Dismal Scientist wrote: >ABC News/Money Magazine Consumer Comfort Index for United States (-24) > >With consumers fretting about the economy and their personal >finances, sentiment continues to slide, dropping to a six-week low >in the latest week. The goodwill generated during the quick >military success in Iraq has now nearly melted away.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 10:07:44 PDT 2003

25136 [lbo-talk] Buffalo spammer arrested! -- rank: 1000

AtNewYork.com - May 14, 2003 'Buffalo Spammer' Arrested By Ryan Naraine Howard Carmack, the notorious 'Buffalo Spammer' accused of sending more than 825 million unsolicited e-mails from illegal EarthLink (Quote, Company Info) accounts, has been arrested and arraigned in New York on four felony and two misdemeanor counts. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer heralded the case as the first criminal prosecution of a spammer under New York's six-month-old identity-theft statute. "Spammers wh ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 09:45:34 PDT 2003

25137 [lbo-talk] fat and class -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >On Tue, 13 May 2003, the Washington Post was quoted as saying: > >> Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30. Being > > overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25. > >[and by this measure] > >> more than half the nation's population is overweight or obese > >I just ran a BMI calculation and it says I'm overweight. But I have a 32" >waist. That just seems silly. Yeah, me too. It says I'm 27 - ove ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 06:45:44 PDT 2003

25138 [lbo-talk] bantustans for Palestinians? -- rank: 1000

Ha'aretx - May 14, 2003 People and Politics / Sharon's Bantustans are far from Copenhagen's hope By Akiva Eldar During his visit two weeks ago to Israel, former Italian prime minister Massimo D'Alema hosted a small group of Israelis - public figures and former diplomats - to a dinner at a Jerusalem hotel. The conversation quickly turned to the conciliatory interviews Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave to the press for their Independence Day editions. One of the Israelis, of the type for whom it's ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 14 06:18:17 PDT 2003

25139 [lbo-talk] SEP in the news -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >South End has got to be kidding, don't they? Apparently not. Do you know the facts of the case? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 13 12:48:22 PDT 2003

25140 [lbo-talk] Hitchens returns to Imus -- rank: 1000

Willy Greenfields wrote: ><http://wfan.com/imusinstantreplay/local_audioclip_132095035.html> > >Checking the box scores I saw that Hitchens is now >doing sports-themed talk radio. Imus actually says at >the start that Hitchens had been there many times >before. > >Some highlights: > >Calls himself a friend of Ahmad Chalabi; enthuses over >the "trucks of mass destruction;" says that Saddam >"could have bought a plutonium weapon off the shel ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 13 12:39:56 PDT 2003