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27961 Ace vs. the UN, World Court, and fetus-killing -- rank: 1000

[would one of the dwindling band of Cockburn admirers please convince me this is, um, you know, ironic - down to the fetuses as disposable protoplasm remark] New York Press - October 9-15, 2002 Wild Justice Alexander Cockburn Dwarf-Throwing & the Threat of World Government Here's why I'm against the UN. This just in from Geneva, Switzerland, via the Reuters wire: "U.N. upholds French ban on 'dwarf throwing'." It turns out that a diminutive stuntman who had protested against a Frenc ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 13:21:36 PDT 2002

27962 filibuster -- rank: 1000

I hate the Senate, and the fillibuster is one of the reasons. And Byrd, who keeps a tattered copy of the consitution in his pocket, is a ridiculous figure. But, hey, anything that impedes the forced march towards war is a good thing. How can anyone think otherwise? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 12:44:40 PDT 2002

27963 Bush goes to court to open docks -- rank: 1000

[via WSJ.com] Bush Will Seek Injunction To Stop Port Shutdown Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Bush will seek a court injunction to stop a West Coast dock shutdown for an 80-day "cooling off" period, administration officials say. A board of inquiry hand-picked by President Bush told the White House Tuesday that a labor standoff between West Coast longshoremen and shipping companies has no chance of ending soon, handing Mr. Bush ammunition to seek the injunction. A senior admini ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 11:13:47 PDT 2002

27964 Gallup on Iraq -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr021008.asp> Top Ten Findings About Public Opinion and Iraq Public still supportive of Iraq invasion, but with reservations by Lydia Saad GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- President Bush's Monday night address on Iraq was delivered to an American audience that has thus far been highly supportive of him personally, and in general agreement with the possibility of invading Iraq and removing Saddam Hussein from power. But the same public tuned in with ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 08:33:28 PDT 2002

27965 prime job cutting season upon us -- rank: 1000

[and job insecurity can be a good thing, don't forget!] DATE October 8, 2002 FOR Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. For Release Upon Receipt Fourth Quarter Is Job Judgment Period JOB LOSS ODDS UP 54% BEFORE NEW YEAR The odds of being downsized increase by as much as 54 percent in the last three months of the year as employers pare budgets for the coming year, according to a survey of job-cut announcements released Tuesday by international outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 08:17:38 PDT 2002

27966 time to worry? -- rank: 1000

Dennis Robert Redmond wrote: >On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Worried? Yeah, a bit. We may already be in the big one and not know it >> fully. > >Normally I'd disagree with you Normally I'd disagree with myself. I'm not comfortable being deeply bearish. But truck sales are up! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 07:42:03 PDT 2002

27967 Sex for Peace -- rank: 1000

Kevin Robert Dean wrote: >Italian Porn Star's ''Indecent Proposal'' to Saddam >Hussein: Sex for World Peace!! > >http://albawaba.com/headlines/TheNews.php3?sid=229306&lang=e&dir=entertainment > >Italian porn star and former parliament member, Elona >Staler, has announced her willingness to give herself to >Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, for the sake of world >peace. Again? Didn't she do that last time too? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 07:41:06 PDT 2002

27968 Enigma vs Tractatus (was Re:Left wing blogs -- rank: 1000

It is not neecessary to quote 3k of material to post a one-line response. This stuff wastes bandwidth and fills people's mailboxes with useless bytes. Doug Justin Schwartz wrote: >Thanks, my recollections of this stuff are years old and rather dim >(obviously). jks > > >>From: "John K. Taber" <jktaber at tacni.net> >>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com >>To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> >>Subject: Re: Enigma vs Tractatus (was Re:Left w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 8 07:30:01 PDT 2002

27969 Tony Mazzocchi dies -- rank: 1000

PACE International Union - 3340 Perimeter Hill Drive - Nashville, TN 37211 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2002 PACE International Union Mourns Loss of Labor Activist and Health & Safety Pioneer Tony Mazzocchi Nashville, Tenn. - Working people lost one of their greatest champions of workplace and health and safety rights with the death of Tony Mazzocchi, 76, of pancreatic cancer on October 5. Mazzocchi was a member of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers (PACE) Intern ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 17:25:32 PDT 2002

27970 top 10 places to live in US for lesbians -- rank: 1000

[hey, they said to post it widely] >Forwarded by Request > >Please Post Widely > >**************************************** >Top 10 >The Girlfriends magazine November 2002 edition lists these cities as >the top 10 Best Lesbian Places to Live for 2002: >1. Madison, Wis. >2. Bloomington, Ind. >3. Northampton, Mass. >4. Ithaca, N.Y. >5. La Crosse, Wis. >6. Denver, Colo. >7. Missoula, Mont. >8. Cambridge, Mass. >9. Baltimore, Md. >10. Santa Fe, N. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 16:26:45 PDT 2002

27971 working on the Cheney gang -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >But (a) Didn't WW 2 revive the economy (1945 and after) by destroying so >much capital rather than through the pump-priming effect of war >production itself WW II got the U.S. out of the depression because of truly massive military spending. Here's the military share of GDP for the war years: >1941 11.3% >1942 31.6% >1943 42.4% >1944 43.1% >1945 36.8% The Clinton-era low was 3.8% in 2000; we're up to 4.2% this year. With demobilization there were great ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 14:58:44 PDT 2002

27972 Byrd fillibuster? -- rank: 1000

Dunno if this is true, but... >>Dear Friends, >> >>Senator Robert Byrd is offering to filibuster the proposal that >>would allow president Bush to attack Iraq, if Byrd gets enough >>calls and emails. All of his contact information is below. Next, >>call your Senators again, and finally forward this message on to >>everyone on your email list. >> >> >>From Byrd's web site: >> >>Fax your letter to my Charleston office at 304- ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 14:34:58 PDT 2002

27973 time to worry? -- rank: 1000

Christian Gregory wrote: >So, Doug you think the Fed won't be able to manage the next big one? Is this >just an public form of denegation--no, no really, the banks are really sound, >despite that big sucking sound . . .? Are you really worried? Yeah, I was just playing psychoanalyst, and also applying (Claud) Cockburn's law - never believe anything until it's officially denied. Worried? Yeah, a bit. We may already be in the big one and not know it fully. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 14:12:38 PDT 2002

27974 working on the Cheney gang -- rank: 1000

Ulhas Joglekar wrote: >I don't know much about the economics of oil industry. But you mean it is >not in the US interest to weaken, if not break-up, OPEC?After Iraq is >subjugated, the focus could shift to Iran. With Central Asia already under >the US hegemony, the entire area would be open for the US oil interests. >With the US Navy dominating Indian ocean, the US would strengthen its power >vis-a-vis Japan, China. This is very much the conventional view of the US >policies ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 13:23:59 PDT 2002

27975 Pope grants sainthood to Opus Dei founder -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >More good news from the wonderful world of religion: > >http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=340202 Hey Chip, what do you make of this? Is OD still mucking about in far right-wing politics like they were during the Contra era? Or are they too busy in rituals of self-flagellation to bother? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 7 13:17:45 PDT 2002