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5131 [lbo-talk] Greenberg & the FMLN -- rank: 1000

[Hmm, no wonder this guy says he's going to govern as a "moderate."] Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Congratulates Mauricio Funes on Victory in El Salvador Election Washington, DC. March 17, 2009. Greenberg Quinlan Rosner congratulates Mauricio Funes on his historic victory in El Salvador's presidential election Sunday. Funes, a former journalist with CNN En Espaņol, defeated Rodrigo Avila of Arena, marking the end of 20 years of rule for the right-wing party. Funes overcame doubts abou ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 17 08:55:49 PDT 2009

5132 [lbo-talk] AIG: how to break the contracts -- rank: 1000

<http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/those-aig-bonuses-how-to-break-the-contracts/ > So Obama tells Geithner to do something, anything, to make sure the gov can get back the AIG bonuses. Who knows if this is real or a pose? I m now leaning towards the latter, especially after getting this from a friend who works at a hedge fund...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 17 08:46:25 PDT 2009

5133 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000

On Mar 17, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > We're well past the time when it makes sense to bash blogs for not > being news sources. That's yesterday's argument. > > Today's argument is over the future of journalism (the thing worth > defending, newspapers only being a medium) in an environment in which > the flawed, but still useful print giants are shrinking at a startling > rate of speed. Yup. What annoys me, though, is the line that we don't need newspapers be ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 17 08:26:10 PDT 2009

5134 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000

On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:28:45 -0400 > Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> Neither of you would know a damn thing if it weren't for newspapers. > > Not so. We have lbo-talk now. Ha. And where do lbo-talkers learn what they know? I'd love to see someone like Pew do an analysis of where all this info on the web comes from. Bloggers blog and re-blog info ultimately traceable to Reuters and the NYT. Much of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 17 07:58:24 PDT 2009

5135 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000

On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Michael Smith wrote: >> >>> >> At least, until I stopped reading either one. >> Life is, after all, short. > > Indeed. Neither of you would know a damn thing if it weren't for newspapers. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 17 07:28:45 PDT 2009

5136 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000

On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug: "Sheppard Smith's mockery is pretty funny: >> >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu09UAgtW4Q> > > I've never used this comment on e-mail before, but it seems relevant > here: Yawn. Yawning is contagious: yawn. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 17 07:28:08 PDT 2009

5137 [lbo-talk] Glenn Beck breaks down in tears, blubbers on-air AGAIN -- rank: 1000

On Mar 16, 2009, at 9:16 PM, B. wrote: > I'm tempted to start a blog called something like "The Glenn Beck > Blubber Watch," or something. Every time he goes on and breaks down > -- which seems to be more and more common -- a new post goes up. > > Stephen Colbert mocked Beck's emotional instability here, complete > with tight, intense close-up, heh: > > http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/220649/march-04-2009/glenn-beck-s-war-room Sheppard Smi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 16 18:56:15 PDT 2009

5138 [lbo-talk] something's changing re: Israel -- rank: 1000

On Mar 16, 2009, at 8:04 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > What has gotten into the LAT? They're doomed, so they have nothing to lose? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 16 18:41:26 PDT 2009

5139 [lbo-talk] happy 50th, Flavor Flav -- rank: 1000

<http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Flavor_Flav> Flavor Flav Flavor Flav, a.k.a. William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. (born March 16, 1959) is an American rapper, classically trained pianist, reality television star, hype man, member of the seminal hip-hop group Public Enemy, and a dick. Flavor Flav's trademark is a large clock he wears around his neck. Ironically, in recent years, his wrinkly, drug-addled, leather-face has become a better indicator of the passage of time than the gian ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 16 18:39:07 PDT 2009

5140 [lbo-talk] Gawker: seize the banks! -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5170631/obama-now-faces-terrifying-threat-of- populism> POPULISM Obama Now Faces Terrifying Threat of 'Populism' By Pareene, 11:07 AM on Mon Mar 16 2009, 833 views Confused, misdirected populist rage threatens Obama from all sides! And there's really nothing he can do! Well, there's one thing he could do. People are angry! So mad! They're mad at AIG, for taking all the government's money, and then giving out bonuses to the idiots at AIG who made all the mistakes that ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 16 08:47:34 PDT 2009

5141 [lbo-talk] questions on greenhouse gas emissions - for Doug or anyone else -- rank: 1000

On Mar 15, 2009, at 11:53 AM, SA wrote: > I've got a few questions about carbon policy, about which I'm pretty > ignorant. > > Doug wrote somewhere recently that "market-friendly" types prefer > cap-and-trade, whereas a carbon tax would be a better option. The > main reason given was the extreme volatility of carbon prices in the > EU system. So here are my questions: > > First, other than the simple fact that cap-and-trade entails the > creation of a &quo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Mar 15 11:17:42 PDT 2009

5142 [lbo-talk] The real problem: public sector unions! -- rank: 1000

On Mar 14, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> public sector workers are, on average, more educated than >> private sector workers ... > > ... for "jobs of comparable worth" ...? > > I'm not saying he has the numbers to back that up I'll bet he doesn't.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Mar 14 18:58:41 PDT 2009

5143 [lbo-talk] a post-capitalist future -- rank: 1000

On Mar 14, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > nd frankly it's difficult to see how the manufacturing > of things like computers or refrigerators can be so organized. > Of those anarchists who have been willing to confront this issue, > a fair number of them are avowedly hostile towards industrial > society, although it's hard to see how, if we reversed the > Industrial Revolution, we could hope to sustain the six > billion or so human beings that populate this planet. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Mar 14 18:51:18 PDT 2009

5144 [lbo-talk] The real problem: public sector unions! -- rank: 1000

On Mar 14, 2009, at 9:35 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > what does "globalized" mean in the quoted passage? Subject to competition from Mexico and China.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Mar 14 18:45:15 PDT 2009

5145 [lbo-talk] USA and protests -or lack thereof- -- rank: 1000

On Mar 14, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Fortunately, most people don't care what progressive > mailing lists have to say. What do they care about? Are they too busy digging tunnels? Counting up their great successes? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Mar 14 18:28:35 PDT 2009