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4981 [lbo-talk] the NYT's gloomy future -- rank: 1000

[Printed in a paper owned by a guy who'd like to destroy the Times if he can't own it, but still...] New York Post - May 11, 2009 <http://www.nypost.com/seven/05112009/business/run_out_of_times_168615.htm > RUN OUT OF TIMES SULZBERGERS' FIRM-BASED INCOME SLIPS TO $4.5M By PAUL THARP The family that controls The New York Times empire has lost more than 86 percent of its fortune and may have sell their controlling stake to get out of debt. The Ochs-Sulzberger family, which has run the ven ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 11 08:27:28 PDT 2009

4982 [lbo-talk] pricing nationality -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nodo50.org/Laura_Agustin/exotic-sex-diversity-ethnicity-whiteness-and-local-prices-in-this-case-in-hong-kong > or <http://bit.ly/76qy4> Exotic sex: diversity, ethnicity, whiteness and local prices 11 May 2009 by laura agustin Chinese Girl 250 Hong Kong Girl 250 Malay Girl 200 Philippine Girl 200 Russian Girl 590 Following up on whiteness and diversity in New Zealand s sex industry, here s a reminder of the variability of the exotic and its consequent pricing. In anoth ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 11 06:17:09 PDT 2009

4983 [lbo-talk] RNC Clown College -- rank: 1000

On May 8, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > ... a flickr set! > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/30835791@N07/sets/72157614241935013/detail/ > > Happy Friday! :-) Wow. Who sez Americans lack for leisure time? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 9 04:34:23 PDT 2009

4984 [lbo-talk] Are AIG employees using bailout money to pay selected off counterparties in order to get jobs with them? -- rank: 1000

That's a market rumor. Not "paying off" but unwinding trades at prices unfavorable to AIG and favorable to the counterparties. "Unfavorable to AIG" = the gov picks up the tab. Dunno if this is true, though.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 9 04:18:23 PDT 2009

4985 [lbo-talk] Bush on Alan Keyes -- rank: 1000

<http://wonkette.com/408429/bush-obamas-shared-joy-hating-alan-keyes> WE READ BOOKS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO Bush & Obama s Shared Joy: Hating Alan Keyes So we re finally getting around to reading Obama s second book, The Audacity of Hope, because we didn t want to read it before the election and get all pissed off at the guy for writing some bullshit hardcover pamphlet about the Politics. His first book, I Dream of Africa, was pretty good! All the more reason to be wary of the one he ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 8 18:28:20 PDT 2009

4986 [lbo-talk] what a country -- rank: 1000

On May 8, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > I was going to write the same thing... Doug's position implies, on > the one > hand, that eight-to-thirty years of damage to already largely- > dysfunctioning > bureaucracies could be reasonably expected to be repaired in four > months They could stop kicking people out of trailers tomorrow. Today, if they're in a hurry.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 8 12:45:01 PDT 2009

4987 [lbo-talk] fresh punditry -- rank: 1000

Radio commentary, etc.: (un)employment, recession typologies, de- stress testing: <http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/radio-commentary-plus-and-minus-may-7-2009/ >

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 8 11:36:41 PDT 2009

4988 [lbo-talk] what a country -- rank: 1000

On May 8, 2009, at 12:00 PM, socialismorbarbarism wrote: > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08trailer.html> > > FEMA official: " Everyone s been offered housing up to this point > several times. And for various reasons, they have not accepted it.'" > > So, the guy with the cans? See, it's his own damn fault. He *chose* to > live that way. > > Is it considered tacky to point out that the trailer repossession > program is taking place under the Ob ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 8 09:46:29 PDT 2009

4989 [lbo-talk] Christian right: gay justice OK -- rank: 1000

<http://www.americablog.com/2009/05/top-religious-right-group-has-no.html > Thursday, May 07, 2009 Top religious right group has no problem with a gay Supreme Court justice by John Aravosis (DC) on 5/07/2009 05:29:00 PM They're lying. But this is still huge. In a move that will surprise gay activists and liberals, a spokesperson for Focus on the Family, a top religious right groups, tells me that his organization has no problem with GOP Senator Jeff Sessions' claim today that he's open ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 8 08:47:20 PDT 2009

4990 [lbo-talk] what a country -- rank: 1000

Check out the pic that goes with the article (via Ned Sublette): <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08trailer.html>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 8 07:57:42 PDT 2009

4991 [lbo-talk] more on the UAW-Chrysler deal -- rank: 1000

How 55% = 0%: <http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/the-uaws-chrysler-stake-how-55-0/ >

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 7 09:12:44 PDT 2009

4992 [lbo-talk] hmm, another reason for budget cuts at SEIU? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/06/18593215.php> Lawsuit details SEIU surveillance effort An unexpected lawsuit has provided dramatic new details about who SEIU is hiring - and how much money it's spending - to carry out its trusteeship of SEIU-UHW. On Friday, an international security company sued SEIU in federal court for failing to pay all of its $2.2 million in bills for surveillance and security services related to the trusteeship. The company, called the OSO Group, is ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu May 7 08:40:36 PDT 2009

4993 [lbo-talk] SEIU learns boss-speak -- rank: 1000

On May 6, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Mark Rickling wrote: > In Dolan's case the SEIU Healthcare division came in way over budget > for > 2008 and we had a ton of people on staff relative to other divisions. Would that have anything to do with the UHW melodrama? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 15:22:23 PDT 2009

4994 [lbo-talk] SEIU learns boss-speak -- rank: 1000

Yeah. But what's with the SEIU layoffs? On May 6, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Mark Rickling wrote: > I'll be sad to see Mike, scourge of the anarchists, go. > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: >> [The things you learn from Facebook status updates. This is from Mike >> Dolan's. When I queried him about it, he said he was just repeating >> what >> they said. "There has been a restructuring."] >> >> ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 14:42:53 PDT 2009

4995 [lbo-talk] SEIU learns boss-speak -- rank: 1000

[The things you learn from Facebook status updates. This is from Mike Dolan's. When I queried him about it, he said he was just repeating what they said. "There has been a restructuring."] "In accordance with the realignment imperatives of the Justice for All campaign, ~40 managers' positions at SEIU have been eliminated."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 6 11:50:48 PDT 2009