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5641 [lbo-talk] Guardian: Obama prepared to talk to Hamas -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2009, at 5:12 PM, SA wrote: >> We're of course wildly speculating here, but I wouldn't be surprised >> if a *lasting* political solution is arranged in the Middle East. >> Please mark my words so that, later on, you can all reproach me how >> foolish, how swindled of good sense I was by Obama's sweet talk and >> no >> (or the wrong) substance. >> > > Will do! Gotta be careful with this stuff. Wasn't Dennis Ross the genius behind "Os ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 9 14:24:04 PST 2009

5642 [lbo-talk] Hilda Solis profile -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Hilda Solis' belief in unions runs deep Good thing she's labor secretary and not a member of the "economic team"!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 9 13:50:11 PST 2009

5643 [lbo-talk] ciao, Bobby -- rank: 1000

<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123152743795268785.html> Rubin to Leave Citigroup; Smith Barney on Block Article By DAVID ENRICH Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary who has been sharply criticized over his role in the financial turmoil at Citigroup Inc., is leaving the bank. Mr. Rubin is senior counselor and a director at the New York company, which has suffered $20 billion in losses over the past year and got a government bailout of at least $45 billion. Citigroup's troubles ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 9 13:45:53 PST 2009

5644 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood podcast: <http://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/radio-feed.php> iTunes: <http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73801817 > or <http://tinyurl.com/3bsaqb> "Best Music on an Economics & Politics Radio Show" Village Voice Best of NYC 2005 -------------------------------------------------- Just posted to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: January 10, 2009 David Bacon, author of I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 9 13:33:43 PST 2009

5645 [lbo-talk] Guardian: Obama prepared to talk to Hamas -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:15 PM, SA wrote: > The fact that this was leaked to the Guardian - and within hours of > the news of Ross's selection - tells me it's a bone being thrown to > the Euros. US intelligence is no doubt already talking to Hamas one > way or another. It means nothing unless Hamas' responses are > factored into US policy and can lead to policy adjustments. But > policy is made by diplomats and staffers, not by spooks. And who are > the diplomats? Dennis Ross, H ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 9 12:26:13 PST 2009

5646 [lbo-talk] Guardian: Obama prepared to talk to Hamas -- rank: 1000

On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > This is also part of the complex picture: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/08/barack-obama-gaza-hamas As Sara Roy pointed out in an interview on my radio show yesterday (to be posted to the archive later today), this is less of a change than it appears, because the Bush admin talked with Hamas privately. A public acknowledgment is different, of course, but not as different as Obama enthusiasts hope. And how does that bala ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 9 08:41:42 PST 2009

5647 [lbo-talk] Geithner planning TARP overhaul -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - January 9, 2009 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/08/AR2009010804109_pf.html > Geithner Preparing Overhaul Of Bailout Obama Team Broadens Scope to Secure Final $350 Billion for Rescue By David Cho Washington Post Staff Writer Confronted with intense skepticism on Capitol Hill over the $700 billion financial rescue program, Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy F. Geithner and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team are urgently overhauling ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Jan 9 08:35:22 PST 2009

5648 [lbo-talk] Americans don't wanna get involved in Gaza -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/113707/Americans-Pressing-Bigger-Role-Gaza-Conflict.aspx > January 9, 2009 Americans Not Pressing for Bigger Role in Gaza Conflict Few believe Obama should announce his views before he s president by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- Israel's military action in the Gaza Strip after recent Hamas rocket fire into southern Israel has put international pressure on the United States to advocate an immediate cease-fire; but only 33% of Americans, according to a Jan. 6-7 ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 9 05:19:55 PST 2009

5649 [lbo-talk] WINEP -- rank: 1000

More on Dennis Ross...now a "consultant" to the Washington Institute on Near East Policy, founded by former AIPAC policy guy Martin Indyk. WINEP's board of advisors: <http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=133&newActiveSubNav=Board%20of%20Advisors&activeSubNavLink=templateC11.php%3FCID%3D133&newActiveNav=aboutUs > Warren Christopher Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger Secretary of State Alexander Haig Secretary of State Max M. Kampelman Senior ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 8 18:10:20 PST 2009

5650 [lbo-talk] more changiness: Dennis Ross to be mideast envoy -- rank: 1000

[AIPAC is no doubt smiling...] Financial Times - January 8, 2009 Obama picks Ross as Mideast envoy By Daniel Dombey in Washington Dennis Ross, a former top diplomat for the George H W Bush and Clinton administrations, will become the Obama administration s top envoy on the Middle East, an internal email from Mr Ross s current employer has revealed. Mr Ross, who previously served as the US envoy for the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, is set to take a wider role as Hillary Clinton s top advise ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 8 18:04:37 PST 2009

5651 [lbo-talk] Israel's attack on Gaza: the PR angle -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5126244/the-perfect-media-timing-of-israels-war> FLACKERY The Perfect Media Timing of Israel's War By Hamilton Nolan, 10:48 AM on Thu Jan 8 2009, 2,813 views Is it smart for Israel to blow the hell out of Palestinian civilians past all boundaries of good sense? No. But has Israel timed this war brilliantly, from a PR perspective? No doubt. They launched their strikes against Gaza on Dec. 27, when most of the media was on vacation, and the rest was in a holiday stupor. ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 8 11:04:29 PST 2009

5652 [lbo-talk] Barbie & Ken -- rank: 1000

Apropos the Barbie thread, this just in from today's Popbitch: > Barbie and Ken were named after the kids of Mattel > founders Ruth and Elliot Handler. Ken felt humiliated > by this. He got married and had three kids but was > a closeted gay and died of AIDS in 1994.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 8 10:34:46 PST 2009

5653 [lbo-talk] Roubini -- rank: 1000

On Jan 8, 2009, at 12:04 PM, SA wrote: > I find that argument bullshit, especially because of the particular > developed countries in the sample: Sweden and Finland both have > highly centralized wage bargaining systems. Evidence on that is mixed. IMF stats on average wages in mfg (all that's available) for the five years before and after the crisis hit: real nominal CPI ---- ------- --- Finland Sweden Finland ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 8 09:59:12 PST 2009

5654 [lbo-talk] Roubini -- rank: 1000

On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:31 PM, SA wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > >> >> On Jan 7, 2009, at 8:54 PM, SA wrote: >> >>> Sorry for digging this up from the archives, but I just want to >>> put this on record: I think Roubini is crazy if he thinks >>> unemployment will peak at 9%. I would be shocked if it didn't get >>> into double-digits. >> >> The latest from Reinhart & Rogoff: >> >> <http://www.economics.harvard ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 8 08:34:23 PST 2009

5655 [lbo-talk] Obama picks RIAA's fave lawyer for top Justice job -- rank: 1000

<http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10133425-38.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 > Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post Posted by Declan McCullagh As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama won applause from legal adversaries of the recording industry. Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, the doyen of the "free culture" movement, endorsed the Illinois senator, as did Google CEO Eric Schmidt and even the Pirate Party. That was then. As president-elect, one of ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 8 08:21:35 PST 2009