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4456 [lbo-talk] Antichrist not only alive, He's about to make His Move -- rank: 1000

[from the right-wing PR shop, Special Guests] NEW WORLD DISORDER: Is There Really an Antichrist in Our Midst? (guest in Central Time) An economic meltdown that based on its global scope is even worse than the Great Depression . . . A nuclear-ambitious Iran that threatens to change the entire political and military dynamic of the world . . . A far-leftist U.S. leadership making a play for socialist government control . . . A Wall Street and Washington landscape riddled with corrupt individua ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 10 18:02:21 PDT 2009

4457 [lbo-talk] WBAI and 9/11 "Truth" -- rank: 1000

On Sep 10, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > Has anyone been catching those ads on WBAI for a new 2 hour show by > a 9/11 > truther? > > I thought the station was on the uptick. I basically just tune in for > Doug's show nowadays. I was stunned. The interim program director came in during my show and instructed the engineer to play a promo for the show. During the fundraiser, he pitched chemtrails and miracle cures, too. I'm quite worried. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 10 16:02:02 PDT 2009

4458 [lbo-talk] progress: deteriorating somewhat less -- rank: 1000

On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:11 AM, Matthias Wasser wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> [from Dismal.com's writeup of this morning's unemployment claims >> figures.] >> >> Jobless Claims for United States: 550,000 >> >> Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 26,000 to 550,000 >> for the >> week ending September 5, a larger decline than expected. Meanwhile, >> continu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 10 08:34:28 PDT 2009

4459 [lbo-talk] progress: deteriorating somewhat less -- rank: 1000

[from Dismal.com's writeup of this morning's unemployment claims figures.] Jobless Claims for United States: 550,000 Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 26,000 to 550,000 for the week ending September 5, a larger decline than expected. Meanwhile, continuing claims decreased by 159,000 to 6.088 million for the week ending August 29, more than offsetting the prior week's gain. The labor market continues to deteriorate, but at a more modest pace than several months ago.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 10 07:54:08 PDT 2009

4460 [lbo-talk] Andy Stern weighs in -- rank: 1000

SEIU For Immediate Release September 9, 2009 Contact: Lori Lodes, (202) 368-6584 SEIU: America Can and Must Do Better This is our moment to make healthcare affordable and within reach of every American. Washington, D.C. SEIU President Andy Stern released the following President Obama's address to the Joint Session of Congress tonight. "Everybody knows someone that is at the mercy of America's broken healthcare system. "Someone like Pat Dejong from Libby, Montana, who lost her fam ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 9 18:30:41 PDT 2009

4461 [lbo-talk] me "liveblogging" BHO -- rank: 1000

I'll be "liveblogging" BHO's speech tonight: http://bit.ly/dXQpv

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 9 11:36:08 PDT 2009

4462 [lbo-talk] another fam vals Rep busted -- rank: 1000

http://gawker.com/5355322/hot-mic-catches-gop-lawmakers-graphic-ooze+filled-sex-talk

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 9 08:01:45 PDT 2009

4463 [lbo-talk] Vicente Navarro: Obama's Mistakes in Health Care Reform -- rank: 1000

On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > > I thought this was an excellent essay. Thanks for posting it. Doug had > somebody from Black Agenda (Bruce Dixon?) Yes, Bruce Dixon. > on his Saturday radio show who > discussed Obama and the Democrats in similar but more scathing terms. > The guy on the show knew Obama and worked under him in some Chicago > based voter registration org. He said, Obama knows what's going on in > your head...meaning the way the `left' thi ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 8 14:46:31 PDT 2009

4464 [lbo-talk] um, cass sunnstein? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > Noam's take was that you allow genuine dissidents on, but keep the > overall structure in place. They come off as caricatures -- maybe > not to you and me, but to those who watch Fox for their info, which > includes much of my family, I'm afraid to say. And Bill himself doesn't come across as a caricature? I'm skeptical that Noam has ever watched O'Reilly.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 13:37:09 PDT 2009

4465 [lbo-talk] um, cass sunnstein? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > As Noam has suggested, and I think that O'R and others largely > prove, inviting dissidents to appear on camera while maintaining > existing media filters is an effective way to discredit dissent. > O'R's not interested in "genuine engagement" -- he's tossing red > meat to his audience, as any serious entertainer would. Watch some > of Bob Hope's Vietnam shows to see a more extreme version of this. How's that? O'Reill ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 13:12:55 PDT 2009

4466 [lbo-talk] um, cass sunnstein? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > it's a good point. i think this is why jon stewart probably actually > does > watch o'reilly's show. i just wish bill-o's having them on actually > meant or > resulted in some kind of genuine engagement. Engagement, well where does that happen? But last night's show, a rerun from mid-August, included some pretty lively exchanges bewteen people who don't agree with each other. It was fun, if you like that sort of thing. That's ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 13:11:34 PDT 2009

4467 [lbo-talk] um, cass sunnstein? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Left-Wing Wacko wrote: > On the other hand, I find Sunsara Taylor rather attractive. :) Ha - three of the four top Google image searches on her name are screen shots from The O'Reilly Factor. One thing you gotta hand to O'Reilly - he has lots of guests who disagree with him. Compare and contrast the usual gang of tedious liberals that Olbermann has on ever night. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 12:43:06 PDT 2009

4468 [lbo-talk] Massing: The News Biz attempts to stabilize the patient -- rank: 1000

On Sep 8, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > > Long, details, but interesting if you're into this sort of thing: > > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23050 From which, this: "Such moves rankle advocates of free access to the Internet. Among the most vocal is Arianna Huffington, the cofounder and editor in chief of the popular Internet news-and-blog site The Huffington Post." A multimillionaire with lots of VC money who pays almost none of her writers. Easy for her ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 10:24:47 PDT 2009

4469 [lbo-talk] further evidence that Twitter = end of civilization -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5354369/facebook-makes-your-brain-big-twitter-doesnt> Facebook Makes Your Brain Big. Twitter Doesn't. By Andrew Belonsky, 3:46 AM on Tue Sep 8 2009, 3,919 views Need an excuse to eschew the so-called Facebook exodus? Well, here's one: the site makes you smart! Twitter, meanwhile, turns you into an aggressive, drooling knuckle-dragger. According to Tracy Alloway, a doctor, Facebook and its expansive networks help humans hone their "working memory," which help ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 06:26:37 PDT 2009

4470 [lbo-talk] Fwd: NYC-Area Study Group on Marx's Capital and Crisis -- rank: 1000

From: Loren Goldner <lrgoldner at yahoo.com> Date: September 8, 2009 12:42:04 AM EDT To: dhenwood at panix.com Subject: NYC-Area Study Group on Marx's Capital and Crisis Dear Doug- We're at it again. Would you mind posting this on your list? Thanks Loren FALL-SPRING STUDY GROUP ON CAPITALIST CRISIS Following our (just concluded) summer class, Howie Seligman and I will again be doing a study group in the New York City area on Marxian theory and the current crisis. If you are interested, r ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 8 05:13:45 PDT 2009