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28021 Tabloids and Taliqueers -- rank: 1000

Catherine Driscoll wrote: >My son and I love Fox News. It's fucking hilarious. >God, I've even forgotten that American women don't swear. What American women are you thinking of? I know plenty who do, starting with the one who's sitting six feet away from me. >It just occured to me that any minute now I'm going to get the >specialised Henwood you-have-sent-too-many-(or at least not >sufficiently antologised)-posts post. God I've missed that. Sadly, the script that produced that me ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 1 08:59:13 PDT 2002

28022 Tabloids and Taliqueers -- rank: 1000

Daniel Davies wrote: >You realise that in the tabloid newspapers of The Greatest Newspaper Market >On Earth, that would be like just a normal day's editorial comment? I >swear, one day, someone is going to launch credible competition for Murdoch >and he won't be able to price them out of business. Then he is going to >give you guys a dose of real tabloid journalism and it will blow your >minds. The difference between British tabloids and American tabloids is >like the differ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 1 08:12:30 PDT 2002

28023 lbo-talk-digest V1 #6775 -- rank: 1000

billbartlett at dodo.com.au wrote: >Come to think of it, that last electrician I called, promised to >come around last Saturday, AFL Grand Final day, HOW GULLIBLE CAN I >GET? Maybe the electrician got sick of working and went on the dole. Wouldn't that be inconvenient? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 1 08:06:12 PDT 2002

28024 The nature of anarchism (Lefty Despair etc.) -- rank: 1000

catherine.driscoll at adelaide.edu.au wrote: >Well this depends on what you actually mean by "differences". If you >mean social differences -- in the conflicts of interest sense -- I >think there's a valid argument that differences between men and >women are class differences. That is, in the sense that we actually >use the term "class" today, which is in a more general sense >descriptive of "economic" inequalities rather than class in Marx's >m ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 1 08:01:47 PDT 2002

28025 Fwd: Holidays in the sun.....NOT -- rank: 1000

[sent to me rather than list - Paul, please correct your address book!] >X-From_: npchilds at connect.ab.ca Mon Sep 30 22:29:05 2002 >X-Sender: npchilds at pop3.connect.ab.ca >Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:27:47 -0600 >To: owner-lbo-talk-digest at lists.panix.com >From: N P Childs <npchilds at connect.ab.ca> >Subject: Holidays in the sun.....NOT >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >I knew Americans were travelling abroad for their vacations less and >less these days, but this i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 1 07:54:09 PDT 2002

28026 Workers of the world...relax -- rank: 1000

billbartlett at dodo.com.au wrote: >I'm doing my bit, I refuse to work at all. Sorry to sound like a scold, but what if everyone did that, young man? Who produces the resources you buy with your dole check? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 1 07:52:32 PDT 2002

28027 Hitchens slams appointment of Kissinger to chair 9/11 inquiry -- rank: 1000

Jacob Segal wrote: >On the one hand, he lives with those who believe in the >absolute goodness of American power, and on the other he still writes about >the awful reality of the use of that power. But all compartmentalized in the person of Kissinger now. And he won't entertain any broader systemic critique that sees Kissinger as an individual embodiment of a structure of power. A particularly vile individual, for sure, but still... Doug

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Date:	Sat Nov 30 14:20:23 PST 2002

28028 marx's revenge for our times? -- rank: 1000

Verso asked me to look over Desai's book for a blurb. Couldn't do it - it's a "capitalism is the true revolutionary force today so Marx would be a capitalist" argument. Who needs it? I'd rather read Hayek. Doug Michael Perelman wrote: >Desai says that Marx would be a follower of Hayek today. > >On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 04:40:51PM -0600, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: >> browsing shelves at borders today and came across two >> interesting-looking books i hadn't seen before: ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 30 13:14:00 PST 2002

28029 Hitchens slams appointment of Kissinger to chair 9/11 inquiry -- rank: 1000

Peter K. quoted Hitch: >There is a tendency, some of it paranoid and disreputable, for the >citizens of other countries and cultures to regard President Bush's >"war on terror" as opportunist and even as contrived. I myself don't >take any stock in such propaganda. But can Congress and the media be >expected to swallow the appointment of a proven coverup artist, a >discredited historian, a busted liar, and a man who is wanted in many >jurisdictions for the vilest o ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 28 06:52:23 PST 2002

28030 Gore reveals what turned the press against him: postmodernism -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > In, "Earth In Balance, " Gore cited Walter Benjamin's, "Work Of >Art In The Age Of Mechanical Production." A friend who worked in Congress when Gore was writing the book told me his staff swore he wrote it all himself - and refused all assistance. This confirms the LaRouche theory about the Frankfurt School being the source of the cultural sickness that is America today, of course. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 16:52:33 PST 2002

28031 Arab frustration -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - November 27, 2002 Arab frustration at US spills into violence Roula Khalaf in London and Charles Clover in Kuwait Khalid al-Shimmari, a Kuwaiti policeman who wounded two US soldiers on a highway last Thursday, was originally described by police as mentally disturbed - the favoured explanation in the Middle East for any act of violence. On Sunday, however, several Kuwaiti newspapers leaked his testimony to police, revealing that his motive was that he hated Americans and Jews. W ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 27 15:35:12 PST 2002

28032 Gore reveals... -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >Or as my shop philosopher buddies put it, ``what do you expect from a >guy who squats to pee?'' What? Does Tipper have him in a chastity belt? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 27 14:30:02 PST 2002

28033 Bush Names Kissinger to Head 9/11 Probe -- rank: 1000

Peter K. wrote: > >I just emailed Hitch for a comment. I wonder if Henry admires W's >>Texas six-shooter as much as our errant comrade. >> >>Doug > >And you wonder why he doesn't reply. Or is that an affectation? Actually he did reply. Called it "a gross insult" and promised to write a piece for Slate about it. That six-shooter remark was a bit over the top, don't you think? Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 14:21:53 PST 2002

28034 new WBAI GM: Don Rojas -- rank: 1000

[Pacifica content - delete if uninterested. Don's an encouraging choice - Maurice Bishop's former press secretary.] We are delighted to inform you of Dan Coughlin's announcement to the WBAI staff this afternoon that he has invited Don Rojas to be the new general manager of WBAI-FM. The invitation has been accepted. Dan will let us know shortly when Don Rojas will begin his new job. Susan Lee and Janet Coleman

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 27 14:19:16 PST 2002

28035 France: Strikes, Protests Mount vs. Austerity Measures -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >History is determined by the charisma of isolated individuals >manipulating the mob? No, but it helps. I know you're into big historical forces and all that, and so am I, up to a point. But people like Reagan have to win elections. Even though the U.S. bourgeoisie was aching to break labor and boost the profit rate, it needed a candidate who could win enough votes to accomplish the task. Reagan did. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 12:03:59 PST 2002