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26776 [lbo-talk] Tariq Ali's piece at Counterpunch -- rank: 1000

Brian Siano wrote: >if the Iraqis start to investigate the connections between Saddam >and the U.S. more closely They will be arrested or shot! Do you seriously, even for a nanosecond, think that Iraqis could bring the likes of Rumsfeld to justice? If you do, I want some of those drugs. Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 17 09:17:28 PST 2003

26777 [lbo-talk] most lurid story of the year -- rank: 1000

[though it's short, I'm not posting it because it might gross out some readers - but this is a doozie] Savage Love Dan Savage Bernd Brandes was recorded on video in 2001 eating his own penis. Brandes isn't an auto-fellator, like others who've written in, but a man who wanted to be eaten by a cannibal. He found one on the Internet... [rest at: <http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0351/savage.php>]

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Date:	Wed Dec 17 06:44:51 PST 2003

26778 [lbo-talk] busted for selling a vibrator -- rank: 1000

<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/16/MNGEA3O52I1.DTL> San Francisco Chronicle - December 16, 2003 Texas housewife busted for hawking erotic toys Sales rep for Brisbane firm sold vibrator to undercover agents Steve Rubenstein, Chronicle Staff Writer A Texas housewife is in big trouble with the law for selling a vibrator to a pair of undercover cops, and the Brisbane vibrator company she works for says Texas is an "antiquated place'' with more than its share of " ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 15:36:05 PST 2003

26779 [lbo-talk] Randians: Christmas Should Be More Commercial -- rank: 1000

WHY CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE MORE COMMERCIAL Christmas should celebrate reason, selfishness and capitalism By Leonard Peikoff Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as "materialistic"; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist injunctions (e.g., love thy neighbor) that no one takes seriously. In fact, Christmas as we celebrate it today is ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 12:37:30 PST 2003

26780 [lbo-talk] re Saddam captured -- rank: 1000

Kevin Robert Dean wrote: >And someone has already registered the domain > >http://www.freesaddam.com/ Registered to: >Domain Name Owner: >Hippo Campus Enterprises >3920 Kingswood Road >Sherman Oaks, Ca 91403 >US which seems to be an enterprise of one Jonathan Keyes, singer-songwriter <http://www.jonathankeyes.com/>. I lacked the nerve to download the MP3s, though if anyone more enterprising does, please report. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 12:31:18 PST 2003

26781 [lbo-talk] advising Dean -- rank: 1000

JW Mason wrote: > > Actually, Jeff's politics have *not* evolved: They are the same as >> they always were. Press coverage of them has, however, changed... > >Well, you would know better than I. But my perception of a change is based >on his own writing, not press coverage. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Sachs was all about macroeconomic stabilization and controlling inflation. Now he's all about debt forgiveness and the social crisis of Africa. The underlying politics may ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 11:59:28 PST 2003

26782 [lbo-talk] advising Dean -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >Was not he (or his Harvard boys) indicted for helping the Russian mafia >to siphon out the development assistance money? Not him. He wasn't involved in that scandal. And those who were - how to put this gently? - are rather friendly with Larry Summers, who does not get along with Sachs at all. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 10:22:57 PST 2003

26783 [lbo-talk] advising Dean -- rank: 1000

Eubulides wrote: >Isn't the issue Dean could have done a whole lot better Of course. That's what it's like with a Dem. They could always do better, a lot better. But like I keep saying, that's significantly less bad then with the Reps, who are seriously bad. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 10:21:02 PST 2003

26784 [lbo-talk] DLC on Breaux and the South -- rank: 1000

[if you act like a Republican, you can win in the South!] ============================================= THE NEW DEM DAILY, 16-Dec-03 Political commentary & analysis from the DLC ============================================= [ New Democrats Online: http://www.ndol.org ] ----- Make the New Dem Daily EASIER TO READ! Get it in HTML format instead of plain text by changing your preference setting here: <http://www.ndol.org/cobrand/change_profile_login.cfm> ----- Will Democrats Retire From t ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 10:10:56 PST 2003

26785 [lbo-talk] advising Dean -- rank: 1000

JW Mason wrote: >But, Sachs' politics have evolved a good deal since his shock therapy days. He claims he hasn't changed, and he's still a serious prick. But as Josh says, Dean could have done a lot worse. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 10:01:13 PST 2003

26786 [lbo-talk] advising Dean -- rank: 1000

Westrich, James wrote: >I hate to break up these little projection fantasies but . . . > > >* Jeffrey Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth >Institute at Columbia University and has served as an advisor to many >developing nations. Sachs has transformed himself from Dr Shock into Bono's travelling companion. His analysis of world economy is still very conventional, and of, say, Argentina's crisis completely ordinary, but he supports massive debt relief for ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 10:00:01 PST 2003

26787 [lbo-talk] Fw: [DemocraticLeft] Why Zizek Can Not Be Taken Seriously -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: > >--- Shane Taylor <s-t-t at juno.com> wrote: >>his from the man who polemicizes on the >> need >> > to return to Leninism, as Leninism's "total >> project" >> > is indispensable to the revolutionary pose. >> >> No, he spoke of "repeating Lenin," not the same >> thing as a literally >> revival of Leninism. >> >Yes, Shane is right. He has called for a re-reading >of ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 09:48:16 PST 2003

26788 [lbo-talk] US anti-imperialists mourning saddam...Really? -- rank: 1000

Stephen Philion wrote: >Shalom writing in Z Magazine: >Saddam Hussein is one of the world's great monsters. > >--what happened to the claim of Mike, Brian et al that the anti-imperialist >crowd in the US was mourning saddam?....Let's see, any examples from Monthly >Review, Z, Chomsky, Ali, etc.? In interviews on my radio show both Chomsky & Ali described SH as a "monster," a "despot," etc., in very strong terms. Anyone wanting to listen, they're archived ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 09:40:20 PST 2003

26789 [lbo-talk] re Saddam captured -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >This past weekend when I picked up my XMas tree with the kids, the farmers >from upstate who bring the trees down were abuzz about Saddam's capture. One >guy, leaning against a trailer, camo cap tilted back, went on about how we >should put Saddam in a cage and poke him with sticks. Because "we" represent the "superior civilization," no doubt. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 08:15:32 PST 2003

26790 [lbo-talk] the Vatican critique -- rank: 1000

Cardinal Says U.S. Treated Saddam 'Like a Cow' Tue Dec 16, 7:59 AM ET By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A top Vatican (news - web sites) official said Tuesday he felt pity and compassion for Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and criticized the U.S. military for showing video footage of him being treated "like a cow." Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican's Justice and Peace department and a former papal envoy to the United Nations (news - web sites), told a news confer ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 16 08:03:52 PST 2003