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6586 [lbo-talk] Fed does nothing -- rank: 1000

On Sep 16, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Andy F wrote: > Is there an upside risk to growth? Yeah - if you're growing fast and accelerate from that, there's the risk of "overheating."

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Date:	Tue Sep 16 12:02:36 PDT 2008

6587 [lbo-talk] Fed does nothing -- rank: 1000

[a cut wouldn't have done much of anything, but it's a little surprising that they're sounding so tough] <http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20080916a.htm> September 16, 2008 For immediate release The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent. Strains in financial markets have increased significantly and labor markets have weakened further. Economic growth appears to have slowed recently, partly reflectin ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 16 11:44:01 PDT 2008

6588 [lbo-talk] Palin bubble losing air? -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] As for Palin -- some fresh credibility problems emerge. This is campaigning on mythology, though not facts: "The teleprompter got messed up, I couldn't follow it, and I just decided I'd just talk to the people in front of me," Palin said in a fundraiser Monday in Canton, Ohio. "It was Ohio." It may have been Ohio -- but the story is simply false. "This struck many of us -- who, as she spoke, followed along with her prepared remarks, and noted how cl ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 16 11:06:06 PDT 2008

6589 [lbo-talk] McCain pulls ahead on Intrade -- rank: 1000

McCain 52, Obama 47. <http://www.intrade.com/>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 15 13:10:34 PDT 2008

6590 [lbo-talk] New McCain/Palin TV ad: "Crisis," about the economy -- rank: 1000

On Sep 15, 2008, at 2:54 PM, B. wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-pMhboEX4 Wow. That's stupid. "Change." "Reform." This is less content than Obama even. Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 15 13:00:02 PDT 2008

6591 [lbo-talk] Endgame in the banking sector -- rank: 1000

On Sep 15, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Eubulides wrote: > Well I don't read the newspapers... Kids today. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 15 12:22:35 PDT 2008

6592 [lbo-talk] Lindsay Lohan, cultural elitist -- rank: 1000

<http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=29730276&blogID=432883808 > Sunday, September 14, 2008 UH OH! Current mood: shocked I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin. I couldn't be more supportive of a woman in office, but let's face it, it comes down to the person, and their beliefs, male or female. Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Sep 15 10:52:42 PDT 2008

6593 [lbo-talk] who wrote Palin's speech? -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5048659/the-man-who-programmed-sarah-palin> RED MEAT The Man Who Programmed Sarah Palin Sarah Palin burst on to the national scene with that lovely speech about how Barack Obama wasted his time helping "communities" while she personally destroyed the Bridge Over the River Nowhere. Everyone loved it, and the nation fell in love with the cheerfully bitchy makeup- plastered trollop. Ever since that day, every time we see Sarah Palin she is delivering the exact ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 13:20:39 PDT 2008

6594 [lbo-talk] authentically working class -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM, rayrena <rayrena at realtime.net> wrote: > > But, but... even if this is true, things don't work so >> neatly along state lines. In Texas, for instance, the >> poorest pay for the rich's education and roads and the like >> through an effective 20% state tax on their income while the >> richest pay 5%. You can't reduce this to urban state vs. >> rural states. > > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 12:59:24 PDT 2008

6595 [lbo-talk] Woman Auctions Off Her Virginity -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2008, at 2:46 PM, B. wrote: > It's okay; Hurricane Ike will probably kill me anyway, so I'll need > back-up posters.... Head for high ground! But it's not supposed to hit Austin so hard, is it? Anyone around Houston? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 11:56:22 PDT 2008

6596 [lbo-talk] Pacifica no longer circling the drain... -- rank: 1000

...but heading down? This is from Greg Guma, who had an unimpressive tenure as Pacifica's exec director (but his recent commentary has been pretty good). News that Nicole Sawaya is resigning, again, says to me that the place may well be doomed. Doug ---- http://muckraker-gg.blogspot.com/ Quiet Meltdown on Planet Pacifica by Greg Guma Two years ago it looked as if Pacifica Radio, the original listener- supported network, was on the road to reconciliation and renewed relevance after a decade o ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 10:53:04 PDT 2008

6597 [lbo-talk] Obama and us -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > I do not get you, Doug. You argued elsewhere that a 'standard > issue' Democrat is still better than a "standard issue" Repug. So > Obama is a net gain vis a vis the status quo or MacCain, no? So why > are you so upset about the hope hoopla? For one reason, it's so far proving impotent against the Republican hate machine. Since it has so little programmatic content, and a relatively ephemeral popular base, it's bl ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 08:48:42 PDT 2008

6598 [lbo-talk] Palin makes US TV interview debut -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > She sounds like a schoolgirl being examined by a professor. Is > that is what makes middle Amerika so excited? Bet she got sympathy because Charlie was a smartypants who asked hard questions. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 08:43:46 PDT 2008

6599 [lbo-talk] transcend the tyranny of either/or! -- rank: 1000

Celebrate Bisexuality Day September 23rd This event is observed annually on September 23 by members of the bisexual community and their allies. The goal of Celebrate Bisexuality Day is to raise visibility and awareness about an often overlooked or misunderstood community. Celebrate Bisexuality Day September 23rd http://www.binetusa.org/ Tired of the heterosexual AND the homosexual assumptions, BiNet USA's Wendy Curry of Maine, Michael Page of Florida and Gigi put their heads together (in cy ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 12 08:42:20 PDT 2008

6600 [lbo-talk] Obama and us -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Julio Huato wrote: >> the opposition from the left is essentially me, Michael Smith, Carrol >> Cox, and a couple of hippies in Oregon. How can we prevail and what >> impact can we have? > > Don't be so modest, ravi. And you should include Louis Proyect and > Doug Henwood. Louis' blog almost single-handedly unhinged Obama's > campaign. Hey, I'm not "opposition." I've said he's basically a standard issue Democrat, unworthy of ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 11 13:35:58 PDT 2008