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28036 Gore reveals what turned the press against him: postmodernism -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >He's doomed. Any politician who could even mention >terms like "postmodernism" and "nihilism" in this >context is so far out of touch one wonders how he got >to be a Senator or a VP. Hey you missed Stanley Aronowitz' gubernatorial campaign. Where else could you see a candidate in a stained shirt and shorts promising to address the repression of both inner & outer nature? Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 12:01:51 PST 2002

28037 sex league tables -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >Didn't you once say that the Statisticians have been testing these >web polls and, because of the huge numbers, they aren't actually >terribly bad or much different from the accuracy of typical >1000-1500 N surveys of random individuals? What I remember the AAPOR-ites saying was that web polls were turning out to be more accurate than they should be, but no one could figure out why, since they're totally unscientific. That was a couple of years ago, though - I haven't ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 11:51:36 PST 2002

28038 sex league tables -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >In an NYRB review Richard Lewontin pointed out that this discrepancy >needs to be accounted for. There followed an exchange between him and >the book's authors (some U. of Chicago sociologists I believe). I don't >recall the exact arguments on either side. In general, I remember, >Lewontin doubted the "scientific" status of such surveys. This is especially unscientific - it's a web poll conducted by a condom company. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 11:06:51 PST 2002

28039 France: Strikes, Protests Mount vs. Austerity Measures -- rank: 1000

budge wrote: >Every time a hear a 40K/yr white male office worker call in >to an AM radio show and denounce the injustice of the "death >tax" (that they will NEVER be in danger of paying one dime >of), I think about just how successful he was. And I >despair of the left ever being able to compete with such >thorough brain pollution. I've just been reading through the latest NYT/CBS poll - the one published in yesterday's paper that showed Bush & the GOP (a phrase ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 11:06:03 PST 2002

28040 Bush Names Kissinger to Head 9/11 Probe -- rank: 1000

I just emailed Hitch for a comment. I wonder if Henry admires W's Texas six-shooter as much as our errant comrade. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 10:57:02 PST 2002

28041 France: Strikes, Protests Mount vs. Austerity Measures -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >In a word, "free market" espouses the very same ideals that >"communism/socialism" did 60-80 years ago. It is a sad commentary on >the state of the left and labor politics today - not only did they loose >political power, but the battle for the "hearts and minds" as well. This is related to the point I was making about Reagan recently - that he projected optimism and possiblity. But everyone said this wasn't true, he was really ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 09:59:43 PST 2002

28042 Rushdie on Islamic fundamentalism -- rank: 1000

Peter K. quoted Rushdie: >(Germaine Greer and other British-based feminists, unhappy about >Miss World's decision to move the event to London, preferred to >grouse about the beauty contest. The notion that the killers, >looters and burners should be held accountable seems to have escaped >notice.) Is this actually true? Or is this a Hitchens-ish caricature? Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 09:56:12 PST 2002

28043 Ted Nugent loves America! -- rank: 1000

[No doubt Ted's experience of the record industry, a hotbed of ethical practice, shaped his view of American business!] Wall Street Journal - November 27, 2002 America Rocks By TED NUGENT JACKSON, Mich. -- As the war on terrorism continues and as war with Iraq appears to loom ominously in the not so distant future, Americans must be equally vigilant to remain thankful that we live in the greatest country the world has ever known. Thanksgiving is a very important holiday and celebration in the Nu ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 06:47:10 PST 2002

28044 sex league tables -- rank: 1000

New York Post - November 27, 2002 'SEXIEST' NATIONS By BILL HOFFMANN Americans love sex - and hop into the sack about 138 times a year, a new survey has revealed. But, believe it or not, we're far from the horniest nation in the world. Britain, Germany, Poland and even Canada score substantially higher when it comes to bravado in the bedroom, according to the 2002 Global Sex Survey. And while the United States number is certainly good, it's actually one bonk below the world average of 139 shagfe ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 06:41:26 PST 2002

28045 life on campus -- rank: 1000

Catherine Driscoll wrote: >I very often have US >students in my classes and while they are generally more >conservative they seem >just as aware that political opinions are voiced in H&SS subjects. >Am I missing >something? Here in America, we don't believe in ideology or partianship - we just want the Truth, and What Works. America is just one giant No Spin Zone. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 27 06:35:05 PST 2002

28046 that bridge to the 21st century -- rank: 1000

[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review] CLINTON LIBRARY - Don't miss the opportunity to have the first edition 2002 Clinton Library Commemorative Ornament (shown above in a unique gift box) which will be the first of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center's Collection of Holiday Ornaments. By making a contribution of only $35, you will receive the 24kt. Gold finish ornament. Any additional ornaments that you would like can be ordered for $17.50. <http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.com/2002 ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 26 16:48:19 PST 2002

28047 Dems losing union vote? -- rank: 1000

Business Week - December 2, 2002 WASHINGTON OUTLOOK Are Democrats Losing Their Grip on the Union Hall? By Richard S. Dunham The AFL-CIO's President, John J. Sweeney, had the business community sweating when he promised an unprecedented get-out-the-vote effort in 2002. But when the ballots were counted, there was good news and bad news for labor. Yes, union workers turned out in near-record numbers--but fewer voted Democratic than in recent years. Election Day surveys by Democratic pollster Stanl ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 26 15:38:27 PST 2002

28048 Bad guys and burdens of proof (Was H Rap Brown) -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >Beg to differ, Reagan was mean, but he knew how to look friendly. Some of >you may recall his response after James Rector was shot during the >People's Park uprising in Berkeley. "If it takes a bloodbath ..." I'm not talking about his actual policies and politics, but the psychology of his appeal. He radiated optimism and sunniness - like Clinton, but unlike W. W radiates a punitive cruelty. The place feels different now from the way it felt then. Do ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 26 11:37:18 PST 2002

28049 passing the torch -- rank: 1000

[from Romenesko's Media News] >Columnist Savage buys Lederer's typewriter, desk ><http://www.nwherald.com/spider/NWH/news/278750227712429.shtml> > >Northwest Herald >Syndicated columnist Dan Savage paid $200 for Eppie Lederer's >typewriter and $175 for her desk at last weekend's auction. "A >Channel 2 reporter covering the event for the 10 o'clock news put >down her microphone to place a winning bid on a handful of Landers' >journalism awards," writes D ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 26 11:03:53 PST 2002

28050 Bad guys and burdens of proof (Was H Rap Brown) -- rank: 1000

budge wrote: >Ronald Reagan was not a Texan, but a Californian, and I can >hardly think of a more archtypical Cowboy than RR. Reagan played at being a cowboy, clearing brush and all. Bush really thinks he's one, and unlike RR, who lived in some pretty posh places, retreats to a blasted patch of earth in Texas in some flight from his Yankee roots. And there's soemthing mean about W - RR was always sunny, optimistic, all about possibility and the future. W looks like he loves killing & j ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 26 08:42:50 PST 2002