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28471 youth smoking less, at least in 2001 -- rank: 1000

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 15:54:12 PDT 2002

28472 Cockburn: Israel and "Anti-Semitism" -- rank: 1000

eric dorkin wrote: > I must disagree: the jewishness of an institution could matter in >some instances and not in others. It seems to me that it is not >corret to say that it is relevant or not relevant without further >argumentation. One reason it is relevant is that it is difficult to >otherwise explain why the NYT lacks sensitivity to the plight of the >Palestinians...a patently true observation. It may be simple >economics -- circulation would be worse witha pro-Pale ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 15:30:09 PDT 2002

28473 inflation question -- rank: 1000

pms wrote: >Isn't all this talk about Fed raising interest rates to curb inflation total >BS? Yup. Unless the economy strengthens dramatically, tightening is months away. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 11:25:16 PDT 2002

28474 inflation question -- rank: 1000

By the way, the Fed has never tightened until after the unemployment rate peaks. Sometimes they wait only a month or two, but as long as U drifts higher - and it seems to be doing just that - they won't raise rates. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 16 11:26:04 PDT 2002

28475 Financial literacy -- rank: 1000

pms wrote: >Hey Doug. I've been wondering if you're really serious about this. If you >wouldn't mind discussing it further, contact me off list? Wiping out this >debt could really tilt me towards a decent self-stuctured retirement. Would >it hurt? I'm answering on the list because I sometimes feel like shouting it from the rooftops. If you have a lot of credit card debt, think seriously about filing. Of course, running up the cards with the intention of filing after a good binge ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 11:22:33 PDT 2002

28476 Secular Dems -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >What about it, Doug? I disagree with most everything Kaus has to say, which >is evident in my original post. I just thought the polling numbers were >interesting. The commentary certainly wasn't. No. He's really an asshole, isn't he? But the numbers are interesting. Why'd you find them so? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 11:23:34 PDT 2002

28477 Cockburn: Israel and "Anti-Semitism" -- rank: 1000

Chris Kromm quoted Ace Cockburn: >These days you can't even say that New York Times is owned by a Jewish >family without risking charges that you stand in Goebbels' shoes. And what's the point of making this point in the first place? How does the NYT's coverage of Israel differ from that of media outlets not owned by Jews (e.g., the New York Post, owned by the grandson of a Presbyterian minister)? And how does their editorial stance differ from that of the Bush administration? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 11:14:51 PDT 2002

28478 Financial literacy -- rank: 1000

pms quoted: >Paige and Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill decried trends of rising >credit-card debt and bankruptcy among college students and other young >adults. O'Neill said that financial education was an essential part of >helping children and young adults prepare for the future. Hey, running up the credit cards and then filing for bankruptcy is a pretty sensible strategy I'd say. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 09:48:54 PDT 2002

28479 antigay amendment -- rank: 1000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2002 CONTACT: Kate Kendell (415) 392-6257 kendell at nclrights.org THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS ANTI-GAY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposed Amendment is an attack on lesbian and gay families WASHINGTON - The National Center for Lesbian Rights condemned the introduction of a proposed federal constitutional amendment that would preclude states from recognizing same-sex relationships. The bill was drafted by the Alliance for Marriage, an anti-g ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 09:43:07 PDT 2002

28480 Secular Dems -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >Scroll down through most of Kaus' customary nonsense to the ME polling data. > >slate.msn.com/?id=2065783 > >-- Luke And just below it... >The paleoliberal magazine The American Prospect, lavishly funded by >the Bill Moyers-led Schumann foundation, was described in a previous >item as "troubled." It turns out I accidentally understated the >case. The Prospect, I've learned, is way more than "troubled" >financially. It seems th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 07:02:20 PDT 2002

28481 FBI celebrity file -- rank: 1000

I never knew this existed: <http://foia.fbi.gov/famous.htm>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 06:56:26 PDT 2002

28482 Pint a Day Raises Pay; Smoking Blows Gain Away -- rank: 1000

"A Pint a Day Raises a Man's Pay; But Smoking Blows that Gain Away" BY: JAN C. VAN OURS Tilburg University Department of Economics Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=311433 Paper ID: CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3308 Date: April 2002 Contact: JAN C. VAN OURS Email: Mailto:vanours at kub.nl Postal: Tilburg University Department of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 16 06:52:47 PDT 2002

28483 Radio Henwood - fundraiser special -- rank: 1000

I'm doing a 2-hour special on the Newest World Order for the WBAI fundraiser today, from 4-6 PM NYC time. Guests include * Njoki Njehu, director of the U.S. 50 Years Is Enough campaign, talking about debt/development issues, from Johannesburg. * Rahul Mahajan, author of The New Crusade, just published by Monthly Review Press. and last but not least * Gore Vidal, in an interview I recorded two weeks ago, talking about his new book, Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace, George W. Bush, the European N ...

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Date:	Thu May 16 06:01:37 PDT 2002

28484 Fwd: BOUNCE lbo-talk at lists.panix.com: Non-member submission from [Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>] -- rank: 1000

>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 15:25:58 -0700 >To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com >From: Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu> >Subject: Moral Philosophy and the Recognition of Israel's Right to Exist >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Justin Schwartz wrote: >> Even the PLO and the PA have recognized Israel's right to exist... > >Has the Palestinian Authority recognized Israel's right to exist? > &g ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 15 15:36:24 PDT 2002

28485 Fwd: BOUNCE lbo-talk at lists.panix.com: Non-member submission from [Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu>] -- rank: 1000

>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:47:48 -0700 >To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com >From: Bradford DeLong <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu> >Subject: RE: Why U.S. supports Israel >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >>How about potential left-nationalist revolutions in Jordan or Lebanon? > >As opposed to, say, a left-nationalist Ba'ath revolution in Syria or >Iraq? Left-nationalist revolutions don't seem of much concern ...

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Date:	Wed May 15 15:33:50 PDT 2002