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26596 003688.html -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: >I'm thinking that we need to submit jpegs or sumpin' and have a "I'm >a Marxist, You're a Marxist, LBO should be Marxist, too!" Pageant! Can some whiz make up one of those online multiple choice tests - like all those fun ones as emode.com - that would reveal whether you're a Marxist or not, and if so, what type? Perhaps it could even be sensitive enough to suss out a Pabloite of the second mobilization! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 8 09:59:58 PST 2003

26597 Vanishing Marxism on LBO-talk -- rank: 1000

SergioL652 at aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 2/7/2003 7:13:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, >furuhashi.1 at osu.edu writes: > >>BTW, I forgot to name Todd Archer, Joanna Bujes, Alexandre Fenelon, >>Christian Gregory, Sergio Lopez, Mark Pavlick, and Albert Sonntag. >>(I reiterate my hope that those included in the "Marxist Camp" above >>won't object to inclusion.) I may be still forgetting some here. >> > > >I don't object, except I can't ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 21:20:32 PST 2003

26598 Sleeping with your kids -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >...so I don't know if you guys saw this, but apparently they're >thinking of taking Michael Jackson to court over his admission that >he sleeps with his children. It's not his kids, is it, it's other people's kids, including the one he supposedly cured of cancer by his close presence. Not that I think this is necessarily criminal, but Jacko is seriously strange. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 15:02:54 PST 2003

26599 employment -- rank: 1000

Brian O. Sheppard wrote: >NYT 2-06-2003: > >"About one million people appear to have dropped out of the labor force >since last summer, neither working nor looking for a job, according to >government figures. > >The surge in discouraged workers is the most significant since the months >immediately after the recession's start. This suggests that the pain of >joblessness has worsened even though the official unemployment rate, which >counts only people looking fo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 14:45:38 PST 2003

26600 employment -- rank: 1000

By the way, today's U.S. employment numbers were deceptively strong. Payrolls rose 143,000, but mainly because of a quirk in seasonal adjustment. Normally, retailers hire just before Xmas and lay off just after; seasonal adjustment is supposed to compensate for this recurring pattern to get a picture of the underlying trend. This year they didn't hire (in fact it was the 4th-weakest Xmas season in retail employment since 1939) - and so this January they didn't lay off as many as usual. The SA ef ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 14:23:36 PST 2003

26601 ex-radical -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >No, but it makes Justin feel good, and that's all that matters. And how it makes you feel to use phrases like "homicide bomber" and "fetus killer" has nothing to do with anything, right? No attempt to shock the pwoggies with your boldness is being made, right? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 13:43:45 PST 2003

26602 Dick Blow: Conservatives have more fun -- rank: 1000

obvious wrote: >so thats how we explain o'reilly's explosion posted the other >day. "vitality". Sad to say, compared to Donohue, he is "vital," in the second dictionary sense of exhibiting vigor or energy. Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 7 13:27:56 PST 2003

26603 partying on the right -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >I think I have the same reaction to this that I have to a good deal of >the criticism of ANSWER from you and from Doug. You are constantly >claiming to be able to read the motives of others. You shit. You said you knew someone was lying and pretty much accused him of being a cop! Next to that, speculating on why people dress the way they do is harmless. What you said is actionable. Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 7 12:10:22 PST 2003

26604 ex-radical -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >So why then bristle at the use of "homicide," simply because the right uses >it? It makes no sense, and using it suggests sympathy with their position. Ask Ari or Peter why they use it. > And there's nothing "unique" about blowing yourself up along with your >enemy. Hamas hardly originated the practice. Who said they did? Suicide bombings are unusual. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 12:07:57 PST 2003

26605 email for peace -- rank: 1000

[dunno if this is at all authentic or worthwhile, but things are desperate] A good friend writes with an encouraging suggestion: I just spoke to the French Mission to the UN, urging them as a U.S. citizen to vote against any resolution authorizing war against Iraq--rather than abstaining, which apparently is what the Bush administration is expecting them to do. The person who answered the phone asked if I would put that in writing--and offered to give me the mission's email address. I fou ...

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Date:	Fri Feb 7 12:05:18 PST 2003

26606 ex-radical -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >I see nothing inaccurate in calling the bombers homicidal, as well as >suicidal. Does pwog resistance to state terminology stretch to deny the >obvious? I ain't no "pwog" but I'll answer anyway. All bombers are homicidal, even Americans dropping them from miles in the air or launching them from half a world away. The unique thing about suicide bombers is they blow themselves up as well, thus the name. So who's denying the obvious? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 10:38:34 PST 2003

26607 ex-radical -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: >Not necessarily. I probably would have a hostile reaction >if someone said I was a flack for suicide-bombers >(or homicide-bombers as they're being called more >and more). Hmm, it started with Ari Fleischer and got picked up by all the Murdoch properties. Good to see you & Hitch are following their lead in word choice. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 09:46:43 PST 2003

26608 Mickey Mouse, racist -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - February 7, 2003 Mickey rat HISTORIANS, Disney fans and racists alike will be clamoring for the latest piece of Mickey Mouse memorabilia hitting the auction block. Walt Disney's racist views were widely overlooked during his lifetime, and many today are unaware of them. But a case in point is the item online collectibles dealer momentsintime.com is offering: a copy of "The 1932 Mickey Mouse Annual," featuring heavy use of the N-word. In one scene, the world's ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 09:43:35 PST 2003

26609 Poland Rejects War -- rank: 1000

dredmond at efn.org wrote: >Adam Krzeminski, writing in the Taz, says opinion polls show two >thirds want no >Polish participation in a potential war at all The "New Europe" doesn't care about public opinion! It shows boldness and leadership and is fearless in the face of carpers, doubters, and critics. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 7 06:59:53 PST 2003

26610 Fwd: [RTSNYC] UFPJ RALLY 1-3PM FRI for Feb15 permit -- rank: 1000

**PLEASE FORWARD** United for Peace and Justice just learned that our hearing tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 7) before Federal Judge Barbara Jones has been rescheduled for an earlier time. The judge will be hearing our legal challenge to New York City's denial of a march permit for February 15. The rally outside the hearing will now begin at 1:00PM -- please come out and take a stand in favor of your right to march on February 15, which may be our last chance to prevent war on Iraq. WHAT: Rally for your ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 6 17:55:35 PST 2003