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35266 The heart of a leftist -- rank: 1000

Gordon Fitch wrote: >Yoshie Furuhashi: >> ... >> You grew up in America, and that's why you don't notice how odd this >> country is. > >JKSCHW at aol.com: >> Oh, I certainly do notice how odd this country is.... > >Odd compared to what? Seems odder than, say, Canada and Mexico, to pick two nearby examples. Both have richer political cultures, as far as I can tell, and fewer religious crackpots in public life. Doug

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35267 Fwd: [fc.network] FC Sporadic for Friday, July 7, 2000 -- rank: 1000

The FC Network - http://www.fuckedcompany.com Okay, So the first ever "FC Honorary Fuck" award for excellence goes to... drum roll please..... DiarrheaSolutions.com! Yeah! Let's chat about diarrhea! The site hasn't even launched yet, but you have to give credit to ideas like this -- for without them there would be no FuckedCompany.com. Check it out: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000705/ca_shaman_.html A tiny sample of today's featured fucks: Chairman loans himself 3.5 million Apparently th ...

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35268 Netscape, snoop? -- rank: 1000

TheStandard.com - July 7, 2000 Lawsuit Says You Can't Escape Netscape The latest lawsuit accuses America Online's subsidiary of illegally tracking Web surfers. By Keith Perine WASHINGTON - America Online (AOL) is the target of a class action that accuses its Netscape subsidiary of violating federal privacy laws. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by Abbey, Gardy & Squitieri on behalf of Christopher Specht, alleges that AOL is illegally tracking We ...

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35269 Fwd: Notice of Intellectual Property Symposium of the Americas -- rank: 1000

_______________________________________________________________________ [Federal Register: July 6, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 130)] [Notices] [Page 41639-41641] Taken from the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr06jy00-46] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark O ...

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35270 J.G. Ballard on Ralph Nader -- rank: 1000

[someone just sent me this 1971 piece - you can sort of understand why the author of Crash mightn't like the author of Unsafe at Any Speed...] The Consumer Consumed by J. G. Ballard Could Ralph Nader, the consumer crusader and scourge of General Motors, become the first dictator of the United States? The question isn't entirely frivolous. Now in his sixth year as the most articulate and determined champion of the ordinary consumer, Nader already reveals an ominous degree of self-denying fanat ...

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35271 Chelsea, smoking -- rank: 1000

[from Inside.com, the still-breathing media news & gossip site] CHELSEA'S SMOKING GUN First Daughter Chelsea Clinton was spotted ''smoking like a chimney'' at a Washington coffee shop this weekend, a ''source'' tells MSNBC. ''I can't believe she would do it in such a public place -- especially now that she's out stumping for her mother's (Senate) campaign,'' says the source. ''It's particularly ironic since Hillary campaigned so loudly against smoking. I guess Chelsea takes after her dad in ...

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35272 broke? borrow! -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >>From: Peter van Heusden <pvh at egenetics.com> >> >>Why is Grant politically suspect? > >As I recall, Jim Grant fetishizes sound money to an inordinate >degree and may well be a gold bug. His heroes seem limited mainly >to bankers who say no to easy credit. He's a libertarian and goldbug. He sometimes calls himself a (Grover) Cleveland Democrat. Doug

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35273 broke? borrow! -- rank: 1000

Peter van Heusden wrote: >Doug, are you >covering credit in 'The New Economy'? Only a bit. Can't repeat Wall Street too much! Doug

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35274 Question for LBOers -- rank: 1000

Chris Kromm wrote: >Why is the Labor Party so ineffective? One answer: you're being impatient. They've got a long-term strategy of building membership first. Another answer: they're based in union movement that won't cut its ties with the Dems. So they get the endorsement of a few small unions, but the big ones won't sign on. So far, though, the AFL-CIO has done nothing to hurt the LP, which it could, if it wanted to. Doug

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35275 broke? borrow! -- rank: 1000

Peter van Heusden wrote: >btw. has anyone written a history of >consumer credit from say, 1900 or 1920 to today? Haven't read this, only heard about it: Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit, by Lendol G. Calder (Princeton Univ Pr, 1999). A search for "consumer credit" on Amazon.com turns up mostly books about how to get out of debt, how to erase a bad credit history, and bankruptcy... Doug

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35276 Limits of Red-Green Alliance: Ozone Treaty opposed by Black/Latino Unionists -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Did the A16 folks contact these groups, as opposed to >just calling the AFL-CIO leadership? Njoki's not around to answer, but as I remember, their outreach work was to grassroots groups in & around Washington, not AFL-CIO bosses. >That LCLAA and A. Phillip Randolph feel more comfortable making coalitions >with the Black and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce than with the Seattle >protest networks should be disturbing to most progressives, but I have a >sus ...

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35277 help wanted -- rank: 1000

July 5, 2000 Job Announcement: Media Coordinator (Half-Time Position) The Institute for Food and Development Policy -- also known as Food First -- is a progressive, independent, non-profit organization engaged in analysis, research, advocacy and education-for-action on hunger, poverty and environmental degradation, with a commitment to food as a human right. Overview We are seeking a half-time media coordinator to provide leadership in communications, media, publicity, outreach and to increase t ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 5 17:10:16 PDT 2000

35278 Limits of Red-Green Alliance: Ozone Treaty opposed by Black/Latino Unionists -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >But it definately shows why the failure of outreach into communities of >color by the Seattle-DC organizing model is such a problem. Is that really what it is? Njoki Njoroge Njehu of 50 Years Is Enough described extensive "outreach" for the A16 mobilization. Maybe it was the wrong kind of outreach - or maybe "communities of color" just don't care about the issue very passionately. Maybe they're more concerned about not getting shot by cops or payin ...

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35279 FW: [Fwd: pho: Rifkin: The Age of Access] -- rank: 1000

Eric Beck wrote: >But I was amused by this sentence from Jane Slaughter's (excellent) review: > >>Many of the readers of this magazine doubtless spent some time as >>young protesters themselves, in the last great wave of youth >>activism. > >The past tense proves that The Nation knows its brand niche. Actually young protesters read the Nation in surprisingly large numbers, as Liza Featherstone discovered while researching her piece on student activism for the magazi ...

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35280 FW: [Fwd: pho: Rifkin: The Age of Access] -- rank: 1000

Steve Perry wrote: > > > http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20000703/t000062700.html >> >> Monday, July 3, 2000 >> He May Be Prophet or Pessimist, but Should Be Heard >> >> Jeremy Rifkin's new book describes a world shifting to 'hypercapitalism,' >where >> cultural experiences are chief commodity. > > >> By GARY CHAPMAN >> >> Jeremy Rifkin has another "big idea," which he describes in great detail > ...

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