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26671 [lbo-talk] Joan Jett loves Howard Dean -- rank: 1000

ROCK ICON JOAN JETT TO FILE PETITIONS TO GET HOWARD DEAN ON BALLOT IN NEW YORK On Friday, Jan 2, at 1:15pm, Rock and Roll star Joan Jett will file petitions to get Governor Howard Dean on the New York State Ballot for the March 2 Presidential primaries. Jett will be joined by campaign officials at the Nassau County Board of Elections. Joan Jett, who recorded a number of hits, including "I Love Rock and Roll," is running to be a Howard Dean delegate to the Democratic National Convention ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 31 09:48:15 PST 2003

26672 [lbo-talk] Forward on Judt -- rank: 1000

Forward (New York) - December 26, 2003 Embattled Academic Tony Judt Defends Call for Binational State By NATHANIEL POPPER Tony Judt is a scholar who was until recently best known for his writings on European history. But then, in a 2,900-word essay in the October 23 edition of The New York Review of Books, Judt dropped the intellectual equivalent of a nuclear bomb on Zionism, calling for the dismantling of Israel as a Jewish state. Judt argued in his essay that Israel is quickly on the way to be ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 30 21:32:44 PST 2003

26673 [lbo-talk] sighting... -- rank: 1000

...from today's Page Six: >CHELSEA Clinton bumping and grinding with Mark Wahlberg on top of a >table at the Shore Club in Miami while her hapless boyfriend, Ian >Klaus, looked on...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 30 18:54:14 PST 2003

26674 [lbo-talk] a sex worker on Green River killer -- rank: 1000

San Francisco Chronicle - December 28, 2003 Green River killings point up prostitutes' plight Contrary to popular belief, relatives, customers grieve Tracy Quan, Special to the The Chronicle The Green River Killer has been identified, captured and now convicted, and his peculiar ideas about the women he murdered have been revealed for us to ponder. Some of Gary Ridgway's attitudes are recognized as repulsive, but when he opines about the prostitutes who were his victims, he sounds disturbingly c ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 30 17:56:48 PST 2003

26675 [lbo-talk] Palast laughing off Cuomo suit -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - December 29, 2003 SUED BY MARIO, WANTS DEBATE AUTHOR Greg Palast is laughing off Mario Cuomo's $15 million libel suit and vowing that the former governor "will not intimidate me." Cuomo sued Palast and his publisher, Penguin, earlier this month for accusing him of fixing a court case in the 1980s in Palast's book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." Palast - whose award-winning stories appear on BBC television and the Guardian Newspapers - says of th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 29 09:13:29 PST 2003

26676 [lbo-talk] US profitability -- rank: 1000

kjkhoo at pro.SoftHome.net wrote: >At 6:28 PM -0500 28/12/03, Doug Henwood wrote: >>By my measure (dividing NIPA profits by the Fed's estimates of the >>capital stock, from the flow of funds accounts), which purists >>dismiss as vulgar, profitability peaked in 1997 and declined into >>2001. It's since recovered strongly, though I'll be interested to >>see what it looks like when the new FoF numbers come out in early >>Jan. > >Can you break down into t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 29 09:11:10 PST 2003

26677 [lbo-talk] Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - December 29, 2003 Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting Orders Extend Enlistments to Curtail Troop Shortages By Lee Hockstader Washington Post Staff Writer Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Eagle, an expert on enemy targeting, served 20 years in the military -- 10 years of active duty in the Air Force, another 10 in the West Virginia National Guard. Then he decided enough was enough. He owned a promising new aircraft-maintenance business, and it needed his attention. His retirement ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 29 08:33:44 PST 2003

26678 [lbo-talk] quantity -- rank: 1000

I'm on the road using a slow dialup connection and checking email only sporadically, so I can't be the disciplinarian I'd like to be. A quick examination reveals what looks like rampant violation of the posting limits. Cool it. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 28 15:44:55 PST 2003

26679 [lbo-talk] Atheism -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >I think the conversation so far is well within the limits of lbo-talk. >In fact it's hard to dream up what _would_ be "off topic" on this list. Sports, without any political economy or cult stud angle. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 28 15:28:41 PST 2003

26680 [lbo-talk] US profitability -- rank: 1000

By my measure (dividing NIPA profits by the Fed's estimates of the capital stock, from the flow of funds accounts), which purists dismiss as vulgar, profitability peaked in 1997 and declined into 2001. It's since recovered strongly, though I'll be interested to see what it looks like when the new FoF numbers come out in early Jan. Doug kjkhoo at pro.SoftHome.net wrote: >Recently, it was said that there was a decline in US profitability >in the later 1990s. > >I came across the ff abs ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 28 15:28:41 PST 2003

26681 [lbo-talk] The Economics of Depression (was: Merry Christmas!) -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >the charge >is $100.00 an hour Wow, life is a lot cheaper in the Heartland! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 28 15:28:41 PST 2003

26682 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Over 600,000 have voted on marriage poll -- rank: 1000

[Love the subject heading, which disguises the fact that their side is losing.] Dear Friend of the Family, Participation in Americaâs Poll on Homosexual Marriage at <http://www.marriagepoll.com>marriagepoll.com continues at a steady pace. As of noon Saturday, December 28, the results were as follows: I oppose legalization of homosexual marriage and "civil unions" total votes: 201914 I favor legalization of homosexual marriage total votes: 378691 I favor a "civil union" ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 28 11:14:37 PST 2003

26683 [lbo-talk] Merry Christmas! -- rank: 1000

kelley at pulpculture.org wrote: >does that mean we can overpost and make you all gooey chewy with happiness? that would contradict the fellow-feeling part

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 26 08:42:12 PST 2003

26684 [lbo-talk] Merry Christmas! -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >Same to you Todd. I am happy to see someone posted an >obvious greeting of this sort. Sometimes I think >people on this list are addicted to being glum and >pissed off. Not me. I love the holiday season - fellow-feeling, sociability & excess! Three of the things at the top of any list of what makes life worth living. And the hell with all that grim Rev Billy-style stop shopping stuff. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 26 07:52:17 PST 2003

26685 [lbo-talk] remember all that unilateral stuff, France? well forget it, ok? -- rank: 1000

U.S., Fearing Terror Attack, Seeks Global Cooperation Thu Dec 25, 5:17 PM ET By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has sought cooperation from France and other countries to help guard against the possibility that terrorists could again mount an attack on America using hijacked airplanes, officials said on Thursday. [...]

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 25 17:40:26 PST 2003