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25651 [lbo-talk] (no subject) -- rank: 1000

uvj at vsnl.com wrote: >I get the impression from the Leftwing mailing lists that North >American "Leninists" don't know much about the socalled Third World. >They don't have the theory and they don't have facts. What are they missing? I know that's a big question, but if you've got a few, it'd be good to hear. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jun 15 19:52:32 PDT 2003

25652 [lbo-talk] Notes on the UFPJ Conference (June 6-8, Chicago) -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > Given the UK Stop The War Coalition being dominated by the UK SWP >which, as the Weekly Worker of the CPGB has spent considerable >coverage and polemics on, has a very solicitous alliance with the >MAB, the Muslim Alliance of Britain, theologically Wahhabiite and >full of the most blatent anti-semitism, I'm not surprised. > The Weekly Worker and the publications of the Alliance for Workers >Liberty are read by some of the old Trotskyists in Soli ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 13 17:17:18 PDT 2003

25653 [lbo-talk] stimulative -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >Also, what about the anti-stimulative effects of state >budget cuts/tax increases that Krugman talks about? I >was having a nice doom and gloom day until I read >this! That's a factor too. And one which Goldman also noted. Japan has had plenty of fiscal stimulus over the last decade, at least on paper. But one should always keep one's mind open. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jun 13 14:01:50 PDT 2003

25654 [lbo-talk] stimulative -- rank: 1000

Seth Ackerman wrote: >But the effect of the stimulus depends on the marginal propensity to spend, >no? Didn't a couple economists recently estimate that the bulk of the last >tax cut -- what was it? 75%? -- was saved? Yes that's a factor, and Goldman noted that in the full piece. Still, it's a lot of fiscal stimulus in a short time - and its maximum impact could be felt around, oh, November 2004. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jun 13 13:59:27 PDT 2003

25655 [lbo-talk] stimulative -- rank: 1000

Goldman Sachs Economics writes: >* Together with previously passed fiscal measures, our best estimate >is that the latest federal tax cut package will provide stimulus of >about $70 billion in 2003 and $50 billion in 2004 (calendar years). >The impulse is heavily concentrated in the next 12 months. That's about 1.2% of GDP, spread over two years. Significant, but not gigantic. But all you gloomsters out there better add this variable to your mental models. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jun 13 13:14:30 PDT 2003

25656 [lbo-talk] Homer Simpson, the greatest American -- rank: 1000

Bill Bartlett wrote: >Everyone would love to wake up one morning and discover that America >and Americans had just been a bad sitcom, now mercifully cancelled. Everyone except me, my beloved, and most of those we know & love.

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Date:	Fri Jun 13 11:07:38 PDT 2003

25657 [lbo-talk] vehicle news -- rank: 1000

P. Diddy Rolls Out Sean John Designer SUV By Barry A. Jeckell NEW YORK (Billboard) - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has partnered with Lincoln to design a Limited Edition Sean John Navigator. He was seen showcasing the $85,000 luxury ride at last week's MTV Movie Awards and his private after-party. Restricted to a production run of just 100, the vehicle will be available beginning July 1. The special edition SUV will boast such standard features as exclusive Sean John wheels, a platinum coated ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 12 11:09:23 PDT 2003

25658 [lbo-talk] American expats against Bush -- rank: 1000

Open Invitation to the Inaugural Congress of American Voices Abroad, July 4-6, Berlin, Germany American Voices Abroad is a non-partisan coalition bringing together Americans abroad in opposition to Bush's foreign and domestic policy. After September 11, we experienced an unprecedented outpouring of sympathy in our host countries, only to see it squandered by Bush's aggressive unilateralism and disregard for world opinion. In cities such as Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Prague and Beirut, we ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 12 10:08:55 PDT 2003

25659 [lbo-talk] toponyms -- rank: 1000

nobidicus at chilton.com wrote: >In a business observation vein, how about: > > Detroit (to refer to the American Auto industry) > Hollywood (synonymous with the American film industry) and... > Wall Street. ...and Madison Ave, and in the interests of Canadian content, Bay St. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jun 12 09:51:01 PDT 2003

25660 [lbo-talk] was press asleep? -- rank: 1000

[I love this - the admin was lying and diplomats were raising questions, but the press wasn't on its own. Gotta admire the aggressiveness of American hacks!] Editor & Publisher - June 12, 2003 Was Press Asleep on Pre-War WMD Issue? Strupp Talks to 5 Top Editors By Joe Strupp Opinion Last week, profound questions arose concerning the Bush administration's key reason for invading Iraq: the threat posed by that country's huge stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. Reporters and commentators ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 12 09:45:23 PDT 2003

25661 [lbo-talk] another Bush landing -- rank: 1000

At 7:48 PM -0400 6/11/03, PROGRESSIVE REVIEW wrote: >BUSH LANDS AGAIN > >THE ONION - With more than 5,400 jubilant Marines and sailors cheering him >on, President Bush landed on the deck of the USS Harry S Truman in a Navy >jet Monday to preside over a historic veterans-benefits-cutting ceremony. >"Your brave and selfless service to your country will not soon be >forgotten," Bush told the recently returned Operation Iraqi Freedom >soldiers. "At least, not f ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 11 17:14:41 PDT 2003

25662 [lbo-talk] Another Poll -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Lull before the storm. With the progressing unification of Europe, US >will find tougher competition and eventual decline of the hegemonic >position in the financial markets. Stopping that by peaceful means was >virtually impossible. Iraq war was throwing a monkey wrench into the >process in several ways: by kicking European interest out of Iraq, by >tighter control of oil which would affect predominantly Europe and >Japan, and by getting Europea ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 11 14:04:46 PDT 2003

25663 [lbo-talk] Another Poll -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >There is little doubt in my mind that the 2000 election was rigged - >that the ruling class had decided in advance that they would not put up >with another four years of Democrats upseting their plans for the empire How did the Dems undermine Empire? The Clinton/Rubin admin did more for free capital flows than any government in human history. There were no significant challenges to U.S. power. It looked like capitalist Nirvana in 1999. There's just no evidence ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 11 13:40:52 PDT 2003

25664 [lbo-talk] cannibals -- rank: 1000

Someone just posted this to my Yale class of 75 list: >Today the Associated Press reported (early in a very conservative count) >over 3,000 confirmed Iraqi civilian deaths in our celebrated little war. > >So the number of innocent people we killed by attacking Iraq far surpasses >the number of innocent people killed by the terrible 9/11 attacks. > >As Montaigne says in his essay on cannibals, "I am not sorry we note the >barbarous horror of such an action, but grieve ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 11 13:31:30 PDT 2003

25665 [lbo-talk] Another Poll -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Given that I argued exactly both points in August 2000 and won a very nice >book from Seth making that combined argument, I feel quite comfortable >continuing to blame Nader for ushering in the last three years of rightwing >rule. Dealing with the inadequacies of liberals is part of the strategic >landscape that radicals have to take into account; Nader and his supporters >failed to do so and helped usher in Bush's wars, union-busting and giveaways >t ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 11 11:17:42 PDT 2003