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5716 [lbo-talk] happiness in place -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:41 PM, martin wrote: > Probably indicates that marriage rates are higher too. Divorce rates are computed as a percent of marriages.

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5717 [lbo-talk] happiness in place -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:10 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Divorce rates are higher in rural areas and small towns than in > major metropolitan areas? > I'm not doubting it but where did you find this information? I was talking about the state level - divorce rates much higher in Bible Belt states than in NY & Mass.

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5718 [lbo-talk] Citi -- rank: 1000

Citigroup stock: $1.61/share. ATM fee for non-Citi customers: $3.

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Date:	Fri Feb 27 09:26:54 PST 2009

5719 [lbo-talk] RNC's Michael Steele: Jindal is theSlumdog Millionaire governor -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Peter Ward wrote: > Here in the ghetto, South Williamsburg/Bushwick (Brooklyn), > 'undercover' cops, dispatched in cars without license plates, > apparently have the right to stop and search back men without > probable cause. The men are so used to it the spred'm without being > prompted. I admit having Carabinari-esque SWATs roaming the Upper > East Side is a bit unsettling but what I've witnessed is an > indignity on a whole other level. Yup. ...

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5720 [lbo-talk] Modern medical "coverage" -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Andy wrote: > One of the factoids I've seen floating around is that some huge > percentage of the cost is incurred in the last months of life Well yeah, but isn't that sort of like saying that a fire department spends most of its budget on burning buildings? Doug

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5721 [lbo-talk] Modern medical "coverage" -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > I left out the keystone of my rant, namely: What on earth would be > the point of making this kind of coverage universal? It's not only > that most people can't budget 6 grand/yr for the standard plan. > They couldn't afford to go to the doctor even if you gave them the > plan for free! I've got an interview with David Himmelstein of PNHP in the can - it'll run on KPFA tomorrow morning, and be up on the web perhaps as soon as ...

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5722 [lbo-talk] happiness in place -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2009, at 10:47 AM, Alan Rudy wrote: > So.... the Real America is unhappy with itself? Yeah, and the Real America is a lot more likely to get divorced than those of us in Unreal America. But facts don't matter - this all operates at the level of collective fantasy or aspiration. Doug

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Date:	Fri Feb 27 08:37:52 PST 2009

5723 [lbo-talk] Human Smoke -- rank: 1000

On Feb 26, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Max B. Sawicky wrote: > being completely fair to Churchill Why would you want to do that? Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 26 20:38:43 PST 2009

5724 [lbo-talk] RNC's Michael Steele: Jindal is theSlumdog Millionaire governor -- rank: 1000

On Feb 26, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >> I've never been creeped out by the NYPD in the 30 years I've lived >> here. > > Never seen a Hercules Team? No. But they're creepy.

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5725 [lbo-talk] RNC's Michael Steele: Jindal is the Slumdog Millionaire governor -- rank: 1000

On Feb 26, 2009, at 9:38 PM, B. wrote: > I was in Tucson briefly some years back and seem to remember a > similar group there, 'cept they had purple berets (?), shops would > hire them as security or something. Felt really creepy to be around > them, creepier than actual cops, even. Someone probably knows what I > am talking about. Yeah. I've never been creeped out by the NYPD in the 30 years I've lived here. Of course, I'm white and look respectable; other experiences may vary. ...

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5726 [lbo-talk] Human Smoke -- rank: 1000

On Feb 26, 2009, at 9:23 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I didn't have a point, other than the Protocols being nutty. Why do > you ask? Thought you might have been trying to rehabilitate the czar.

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5727 [lbo-talk] Human Smoke -- rank: 1000

On Feb 26, 2009, at 6:37 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Even Nicholas renounced the Protocols... Your point being?

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Date:	Thu Feb 26 18:17:24 PST 2009

5728 [lbo-talk] RNC's Michael Steele: Jindal is the Slumdog Millionaire governor -- rank: 1000

On Feb 26, 2009, at 8:08 PM, B. wrote: > Curtis Sliwa has his own radio show on ABC!? Wikipedia says he is a > "populist conservative radio host." Sliwa came to prominence back during the high-crime years in NYC, the 1980s. He ran a vigilante group called the Guardian Angels. He was, and is, a reactionary creep. Doug

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Date:	Thu Feb 26 18:12:04 PST 2009

5729 [lbo-talk] squeeze the banks, let auto go under -- rank: 1000

<http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2009/02/off-the-cliff.html> The Numbers A Run at the Latest Data from ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary Langer Off the Cliff February 26, 2009 3:40 PM G.M. s unhappy news today is countered by two hard-nosed results in our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll the single most popular and the single least popular policy options we tested. Together they suggest the public is not in a forgiving mood. The single most popular policy proposal, endorsed by 76 ...

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5730 [lbo-talk] happiness in place -- rank: 1000

Pew: suburbanites most satisfied with their communities - small towners and hicks least satisfied http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1134/content-in-american-suburbs

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