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26161 Buckley and Posner -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: > Even >Judis in his Buckley bio, details Buckley's failed effort to write >a book offering a coherent philosophy for the right. That effort >failed because Buckley simply was lacking in any such coherent >philosophy. One of his triumphs as an ideologue was to finesse the right-wing split between the free marketeers and the traditionalists. Most people on the right don't like to talk about how capitalism undermines Trad Vals - and how most religions find ca ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 20 10:42:17 PST 2003

26162 Fwd: NYT ad: "Oppose Saddam Hussein & US War on Iraq" -- rank: 1000

Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 19:39:53 -0500 From: Joanne Landy <jlandy at igc.org> Subject: NYT ad: "Oppose Saddam Hussein & US War on Iraq" Dear Friend, Thank you again for your signature on our statement, "We Oppose Both Saddam Hussein and the U.S. War on Iraq: A call for a new, democratic U.S. foreign policy." We are writing to report to you on the statement's progress, and to ask for your help bringing it to the attention of a broader audience. We may have very little ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 20 10:38:07 PST 2003

26163 Fwd: Dissident economists fight to be heard -- rank: 1000

[I'm not forwarding the full article becuase it's part of the Chronicle's free access, and because it's quite long.] Chronicle of Higher Education - January 24, 2003 Taking On 'Rational Man' Dissident economists fight for a niche in the discipline By PETER MONAGHAN How do you start a fire under a huge wet blanket? A faction of disgruntled economists says that is their predicament. Their efforts to open the field to diverse views are smothered, they say, by an orthodoxy -- neoclassical economics ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 20 06:59:42 PST 2003

26164 Inconsistent standards -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >And I've moved on. But I do find it interesting that instead of engaging me >over the matter (Justin aside), a few just want me booted. They don't want >to talk about what I brought up (never did), and I don't blame them. That may be because taunting variants on "fuck you" aren't conducive to discourse, and because the topics have been beaten beyond death. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 20 06:25:14 PST 2003

26165 Inconsistent standards -- rank: 1000

Jim Farmelant wrote: >I would concur in this. While I realize that everyone has their own >moderation style, I would least expect to see a certain degree >of consistency in moderation standards. And I would >think that any list moderator would be interested in maintaining >a minimal level of civility. DP certainly has his rights to >freedom of expression, but he need not necessarily exercise >those rights here on this particular list. I fail to see the need >for humor ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jan 20 06:09:24 PST 2003

26166 Judis and the left (and Ronald Radosh too) -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >Not that there's anything wrong with torture, right Carrol? Dennis, this is extremely well-trod ground. There's no reason for a return visit. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 19 19:03:22 PST 2003

26167 It's not about oil -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: >John Judis is a good reporter and I wonder if this breaking of >the party line will cause him to be denounced as a fan of Bush >or for drifting rightwards. Judis "drifting" rightwards? He's a smart guy and a good journalist in a lot of ways, but he's been leaning rightish forever. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 19 08:38:28 PST 2003

26168 Rent this space -- rank: 1000

Uh, perhaps I wasn't clear enough. "They were a catalyst for something much larger than themselves" and they were "greatly upstaged by all the other people at the rally" together mean the same as "they organized something significant." It was very wonderful to see all those people there, and they wouldn't have been if ANSWER hadn't done the logistical work. But making people stand around for three hours in some serious cold and then ambling two miles in the same col ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 19 08:37:24 PST 2003

26169 Rent this space -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >This has pissed off a lot of local activists and is sure to create >some interesting disputes later today. This *is* something new and >demonstrates the arrogance that has taken hold among the IAC >puppetmasters in ANSWER. Believe it or not, there are some activists >within ANSWER who aren't happy about this. ANSWER's predeliction for organizing rallies that involve three hours of standing around listening to mostly dull speakers is annoying enough, but when the win ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jan 19 08:14:31 PST 2003

26170 build your own GPS jammer! -- rank: 1000

Computerworld - January 17, 2003 Homemade GPS jammers raise concerns By Bob Brewin JANUARY 17, 2003 Government officials and communications experts are assessing the public safety and security implications of a newly posted online article that provides directions for making cheap devices that can jam Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. Information in the article that appears in the current issue of the online hacker magazine Phrack potentially puts at risk GPS devices used for commercial na ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 17 14:27:29 PST 2003

26171 NYC plutocrat's charisma dims -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >Doug wrote: >> Not me! Didn't vote for mayor. I couldn't vote for Mark Green, though. > >Why not? He's repulsive. Vain, arrogant asshole with excessively perfect white teeth. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 17 11:52:27 PST 2003

26172 NYC plutocrat's charisma dims -- rank: 1000

Kevin Robert Dean wrote: >I seem to remember that Doug admitted to voting for this >guy. Not me! Didn't vote for mayor. I couldn't vote for Mark Green, though. Interestingly, the NGO/nonprofit crowd is rather fond of Bloomberg because he's open to "new ideas" and willing to act "above politics," meaning that he has no popular base to speak of, so he doesn't owe anyone anything. Further evidence of how alienated these people are from the masses. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 17 10:55:27 PST 2003

26173 Longest recession in 70 years? -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >[From CBS MarketWatch] > >Recession redux? > >By Dr. Irwin Kellner > >NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Here's a splash of cold water: The National >Bureau of Economic Research, the widely acknowledged umpire of the >business cycle, has just said that the U.S. may still be in the >recession that began nearly two years ago. > >Either that, or we may have double-dipped into a new recession. ... That's not exactly what they said. What they said was more li ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 17 09:54:31 PST 2003

26174 Rambo v Osama -- rank: 1000

The Sun (London) - January 17, 2003 Y'Osama, where you bin? By JACQUI SWIFT Showbiz Reporter RAMBO is back - and he's gunning for terror chief Osama bin Laden. Hollywood veteran Sylvester Stallone is returning as the warrior hero after writing a script himself. Rambo IV is expected to hit cinemas next year, featuring action in Afghanistan and battles with the Taliban. A movie insider said: "The original story had Rambo killing bin Laden single-handed, but even Sly thought that was beyond th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 17 08:27:17 PST 2003

26175 The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest -- rank: 1000

JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote: >Carrol, taking me literally, writes: >>Jenny, in order to carry out the survey you suggest, how many survey >>people would it take? How many hours from each? How much would the cost >>of surveyors cost? >> >>How much would it cost (and how many people) to work out an accurate >>selection of people to question? >> >>How many people would you question? (Presumably in the thousands) > >Shucks. I was just trying ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 17 07:58:05 PST 2003