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4726 [lbo-talk] more noxious crap -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:46 PM, SA wrote: > But then, the progressives don't really have intellectuals, do they? Eric Alterman? Jonathan Schell? Melissa Harris-Lacewell?

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 09:54:49 PDT 2009

4727 [lbo-talk] Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret (shhhhh....no one knows...) -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Bryan Atinsky quoted: > Under the understanding, the U.S. has not pressured Israel to > disclose its nuclear weapons or to sign the nuclear Non- > Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which could require Israel to give up > its estimated several hundred nuclear bombs. But of course were Iran to build a single bomb, the world would be under a dire threat!

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 09:53:39 PDT 2009

4728 [lbo-talk] more noxious crap -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > Does this go for Republicans too? Of course not. You can never bash Republicans enough, from the minutely detailed to the global.

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 09:51:54 PDT 2009

4729 [lbo-talk] more noxious crap -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Eric Beck wrote: > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM, shag carpet bomb > <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote: > yeah. but the point in contention is doug's argument that liberals > would >> never get to the point of dogging _any_ democrat out of principle, >> no matter >> how unpopular. > > I didn't see that as being the point of contention, but I completely > agree with it. Conservatives at least had the nerve to eventually > ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 08:55:49 PDT 2009

4730 [lbo-talk] Gaddafi the liberator -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Eric Beck wrote: > On 10/1/09, Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm in stunned disbelief at this question. Recommended >> http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-revolution-delayed-10-years-of-hugo-chavezs-rule/ > > > Since my lost post was written after several Guiness and thus > incoherent, I'll second Bhaskar's recommendation of this piece. It's > excellent. Has there ever been a left regime anywh ...

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4731 [lbo-talk] more noxious crap -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Eric Beck wrote: > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:05 AM, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Yes and no. A lot of serious conservatives are uncomfortable with >>> mass, >>> unaccountable wiretapping and snooping at library records. And most >>> conservatives, serious and hacky, were scandalized by Bush's >>> spending >>> habits. I can't count how many press releases I get from right- >>> wing ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 08:43:54 PDT 2009

4732 [lbo-talk] more noxious crap -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 11:05 AM, SA wrote: > Yeah, you get those press releases now. What were they saying in 2003? Not 2003, of course. But by 2005, yes.

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4733 [lbo-talk] more noxious crap -- rank: 1000

On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:19 AM, SA wrote: > But Bush really was the instrument of the conservative movement, > more so even than Reagan. Yes and no. A lot of serious conservatives are uncomfortable with mass, unaccountable wiretapping and snooping at library records. And most conservatives, serious and hacky, were scandalized by Bush's spending habits. I can't count how many press releases I get from right-wing PR shops explaining the Republicans' troubles as a departure from true conser ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 2 07:39:20 PDT 2009

4734 [lbo-talk] Polanski -- rank: 1000

On Oct 1, 2009, at 11:01 PM, mart wrote: > good luck but you got a list sortuh lke trash Bye.

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Date:	Thu Oct 1 20:24:16 PDT 2009

4735 [lbo-talk] what makes the Dems so great -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/27809.html> ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called the public option a "relative term," and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, "There is not one way to Rome; there are lots of ways to Rome." "Remember, a public option is a relative term," Reid said. "There's a public option, there's a public option, and there's a public option. And we're going to look at each of them." ...

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4736 [lbo-talk] Polanski -- rank: 1000

Enough on the Polanski, already.

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4737 [lbo-talk] Brazil -- rank: 1000

On Oct 1, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Michael McIntyre wrote: > Not even close to accurate. Take a look at Peter Evans, Dependent > Development, to get a sense of the generals' developmental model. Could you give us a hint?

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Date:	Thu Oct 1 08:48:27 PDT 2009

4738 [lbo-talk] depressed people miss trees for forest -- rank: 1000

[via The Awl - test image at http://web.mit.edu/~jgolomb/www/drifting.gif ] <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427365.000-the-world-looks-different-if-youre-depressed.html > The world looks different if you're depressed 30 November 2009 by Jessica Hamzelou DEPRESSION really does change the way you see the world. People with the condition find it easy to interpret large images or scenes, but struggle to "spot the difference" in fine detail. The finding hints at visual tra ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 30 13:18:10 PST 2009

4739 [lbo-talk] waste -- rank: 1000

<http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007940 > The Progressive Increase of Food Waste in America and Its Environmental Impact Kevin D. Hall*, Juen Guo, Michael Dore, Carson C. Chow* Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from decomp ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 30 12:53:38 PST 2009

4740 [lbo-talk] Seattle, 10 years ago -- rank: 1000

On Nov 30, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Anybody know if there are any Lesbian Avengers still around? Ha! http://www.lesbianavengers.org/

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