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31411 how dare they -- rank: 1000

[Micah Sifry of Public Campaign asked me to forward this] Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 09:58:15 -0500 From: Micah Sifry <msifry at publicampaign.org> Dear friend: I'm outraged by what's going on in Washington right now, which is why I'm sharing this message with you. I apologize if you've already gotten a copy of this--but that means this effort is taking off! (And after you're done reading this, please forward this message to your friends.) The nation mourns, many suffer-and in response a grou ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 09:52:14 PST 2001

31412 Conservative women -- rank: 1000

Rob Schaap wrote: >All ditto in Australia, according to the Roy Morgan polling people. They >have 6% more of men intending to vote Labor. In the U.S., the gender gap in national politics first appeared in the 1980 election. It's stayed in the 5-10 percentage point range ever since; in 1972 and 1976, there was no difference between male and female preferences. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 09:33:34 PST 2001

31413 ObL (not) the target? -- rank: 1000

Voodoo Ergonomics wrote: >(1) ObL is not and has never been a real target. How do you know? Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 09:21:34 PST 2001

31414 MIME 1.0 -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >Personally, I loved the pre-winsock days when I'd just log in to the >Unix server and type commands. No fucking fake buttons or make-believe >desktop. > >Hakki Alacakaptan > >---------- > >Well, all that nostalgia is still available. Get an old box and >install FreeBSD. It will look, feel, and act just like those servers >you remember. Oh, c'mon. This is the geek version of the elite's Veblenesque taste for handmade artifacts. Computers shoul ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 08:58:39 PST 2001

31415 WB plans for Afghanistan -- rank: 1000

News Release No. 2002/122/SAS World Bank Releases Approach Paper on Afghanistan WASHINGTON, November 7, 2001 The World Bank has released an approach paper on Afghanistan as it prepares to co-host a conference on the country's reconstruction with the United Nations Development Programme and the Asian Development Bank. The three-day conference, "Preparing for Afghanistan's Reconstruction," will be held from November 27 to 29 in Islamabad, Pakistan, where the organizers hope to gather no ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 08:41:24 PST 2001

31416 racist follies at Auburn -- rank: 1000

[Hey Christian Gregory, got something to add to this?] Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - November 7, 2001 Auburn U. Considers Expelling 2 Fraternities After Party With Mock Lynching, Blackface By ALEX P. KELLOGG Auburn University has temporarily suspended and may expel two fraternities -- Delta Sigma Phi and Beta Theta Pi -- for throwing parties in late October at which members dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes or wore blackface while mocking a black fraternity on the campus. University of ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 7 06:34:45 PST 2001

31417 good news! -- rank: 1000

[from The Onion] Flood Of Cheap Afghan Heroin To Arrive Just In Time For Recession NEW YORK-The nation's smack addicts received welcome news Monday, when The Wall Street Journal reported that the war in Afghanistan has opened the floodgates for cheap Afghan heroin, just in time for the coming recession. "Even if their stock portfolios are dwindling, America's junkies can take heart in the fact that the Taliban is embarking on a massive heroin sell-off, slashing prices dramatically," Wa ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 17:03:30 PST 2001

31418 Leftists (white) and Black Liberation, was Re: Civil Rights -- rank: 1000

Hakki, could you throttle back on the posting frequency a bit? You're averaging like 12 a day. Three is the suggested maximum. Doug Hakki Alacakaptan wrote: >Thanks for illustrating my point. I won't bother with the anklets, though, >as you might try to pigeonhole their clink as well. I'm bored enough as it >is. > >Hakki > > > || -----Original Message----- > || From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com > || [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Min ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 15:05:53 PST 2001

31419 Oden followup -- rank: 1000

Dennis wrote: >St. Clair's snotty response reflects the Cockburn style -- short, >dismissive, hostile, which is too bad since C-Punch has posted some good >stuff of late, but they've also grabbed at wild stories, like the CNN "fake" >footage and now this. (If you read Claud Cockburn's memoirs, you'll find >that AC's pop had a taste for wild political gossip in the days when he >edited "The Week.") AC and JSC clearly don't like having their judgment >quest ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 13:31:20 PST 2001

31420 yet more Bina -- rank: 1000

From: "Cyrus Bina" <binac at mrs.umn.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:16:47 -0600 Thanks for raising some pretty important questions. First, Saudi Arabia belongs to OPEC, which is a rent-collecting agency. The price of oil is determined globally via the spot and futures markets. So, OIL PRICE DETERMINATION, not attempt to determine prices, belongs to larger forces that are beyond a rent-colleting entity. The US engagement of the early 1990s with Iraq stems from the US reaction ag ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 6 12:54:15 PST 2001

31421 MIME 1.0 -- rank: 1000

Question for all you geeks out there - why isn't there a version of MIME beyond 1.0? Doug

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 12:55:31 PST 2001

31422 Oden followup -- rank: 1000

[via PEN-L] Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:00:39 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Bousquet <chicoexaminer at yahoo.com> IndyMedia has removed the Nancy Oden story from their web site, but CounterPunch is still running it. I'm kind of perplexed by St. Clair's attitude on this. I mean, we all make mistakes, and it's especially difficult to stay on top of articles that are merely re-posted. I pointed out some problems with the article, and instead of addressing those, he attacks me and my efforts. I'm the fir ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 12:44:25 PST 2001

31423 Query -- [Fwd: Does anybody in this country get it?] -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >How firm -- dependable -- is this description (below) of the situation >in Afghanistan. I'm tentatively planning on making it the core of a >letter to the local newspaper (letter limit 300 words). And while I'm >quite willing to be wrong, in fact believe it is crucial to push >strongly enough that one risks being wrong, still I don't want to >suggest the possibility of millions of deaths if it isn't going to come >even close to that. > >Any comments? ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 12:39:51 PST 2001

31424 FOMC -- rank: 1000

[Fed funds - the rate at which banks lend each other money overnight - haven't been 2% since 1961; the discount rate hasn't been 1.5% since 1955. They're scared. And they've left the door open for more. Wall Street pays big money for that kind of Fed-watching analysis, and you get it here for free. All the more reason to send contribs to Village Station - Box 953, NY NY 10014-0704.] <http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/general/2001/20011106/> November 6, 2001 For immediate releas ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 12:18:05 PST 2001

31425 LF's demise -- rank: 1000

Another view of the demise of Lingua Franca: <http://www.mobylives.com/Lingua_Franca_demise.html>.

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Date:	Tue Nov 6 11:51:36 PST 2001