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6991 [lbo-talk] 89% full department -- rank: 1000

[or 11% were insecure at some time... from the USDA] Below is a link to the new Economic Research Service study Household Food Security in the United States, 2007. Eighty-nine percent of U.S. households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2007 (access at all times to enough food). Rates of food insecurity were essentially unchanged from 2005 and 2006. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR66/ This and other reports from the Economic Research Service can provide background and i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 17 11:33:37 PST 2008

6992 [lbo-talk] Sumitomo Mitsui licensed to establish Hanoi branch -- rank: 1000

On Nov 17, 2008, at 2:06 PM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote: > November 17, 2008 > > Sumitomo Mitsui licensed to establish Hanoi branch > http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/business/171108/business_s.htm > > Nhan Dan Online - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has been > licensed to establish its Hanoi branch. Tran Minh Tuan, deputy > governor of > the State Bank of Vietnam has presented the license to SMBC Asia > Pacific > General Director Koichi Danno, the SBV ha ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 17 11:23:53 PST 2008

6993 [lbo-talk] speaking of social conservatism... -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5090339/prince-says-god-against-homosexuality> Prince Says God Against Homosexuality By Ryan Tate, 7:50 AM on Mon Nov 17 2008, 7,426 views It's been known for more than five years that Prince is a Jehovah's Witness who goes door-to-door trying to win converts to the austere faith, as mentioned in this week's New Yorker. Less appreciated: the musician's growing distance from the liberal artistic values that pervade show business, despite his move to Los Angeles seven ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 17 09:34:49 PST 2008

6994 [lbo-talk] US hunt for OBL "phony" -- rank: 1000

<http://www.juancole.com/2008/11/afghan-article-says-us-bin-ladin-hunt.html > Afghan article says US Bin-Ladin hunt phoney The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian Afghan press alleging that French troops were at one point close to capturing Usamah Bin Ladin in Afghanistan, but that American forces stopped them from doing so. It says that a forthcoming French documentary containing interviews with the French soldiers provides proof for the allegation. The argu ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 17 09:05:37 PST 2008

6995 [lbo-talk] Taylorism today -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - November 13, 2008 Stores Count Seconds to Cut Labor Costs By VANESSA O'CONNELL SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Daniel A. Gunther has good reason to keep his checkout line moving at the Meijer Inc. store north of Detroit. A clock starts ticking the instant he scans a customer's first item, and it doesn't shut off until his register spits out a receipt. To assess his efficiency, the store's computer takes into account everything from the kinds of merchandise he's bagging to how ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 18:10:38 PST 2008

6996 [lbo-talk] Zizek on Obama -- rank: 1000

On Nov 16, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > "Faith" is not really the correct word here, but I'll accept it for > present purposes. It is _precisely_ this "faith in unforeseen > happenings" for which Doug has endlessly attacked and mocked me for 10 > years No. What I've attacked is your consistent fatalism that there's nothing that any of "us" can do now, because we have to wait for circumstances to ripen - and ripen not like the pears I put in a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 15:31:03 PST 2008

6997 [lbo-talk] more Goldner -- rank: 1000

: Loren Goldner <lrgoldner at yahoo.com> Date: November 16, 2008 12:01:37 PM EST To: dhenwood at panix.com Subject: Another one Reply-To: lrgoldner at yahoo.com Hi Doug- I've just added a new text to the Break Their Haughty Power web site "Social Reproduction for Beginners: Bringing Reality Back In": http://home.earthlink.net/~lrgoldner/socreprod.html as a supplement to "The Biggest October Surprise of All" and "Fictitious Capital for Beginners". Comments and ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 16 10:57:57 PST 2008

6998 [lbo-talk] Why Blacks opposed Prop 8 -- and a simple way -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Is Race the totem around which all Americans gather to worship? Uh, not exactly, but it's kind of a big thing in our history, no? I'd have a hard time thinking of a significant aspect of American life that isn't touched by race. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 19:54:46 PST 2008

6999 [lbo-talk] Clinton post... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I don't quite understand having opinions one way or the other on > Obama's > appointment of a Secretary of State: Whoever he/she is we KNOW the > most > important fact in advance: The Secretary of State will be a war > criminal. Why draw fine distinctions among managers of mass murder? Damn, I keep forgetting about that. Thanks for the reminder! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 18:22:02 PST 2008

7000 [lbo-talk] Zizek on Obama -- rank: 1000

On Nov 15, 2008, at 6:46 PM, John E. Norem wrote: > Why Cynics Are Wrong > > > The sublime shock of Obama s victory > > > By SLAVOJ ZIZEK <http://www.inthesetimes.com/community/profile/70> > > Obama s victory is a sign in which the long past of slavery and the > struggle for its abolition reverberates. > > Days before the election, Noam Chomsky told progressives that they > should vote for Obama, but without illusions. I fully share > Cho ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 15 18:12:31 PST 2008

7001 [lbo-talk] Why Blacks opposed Prop 8 -- and a simple way -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Example? Except for race, of course. Kind of a big exception, no?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 14 20:41:32 PST 2008

7002 [lbo-talk] Mike Huckabee on gay marriage: worse than al Qaeda -- rank: 1000

New York Post [Page Six] - November 14, 2008 MIKE Huckabee will have gays on the war path when his new book, "Do the Right Thing," hits stores next week. "[Heterosexual] marriage matters . . . nothing in our society matters more," writes the ex- Arkansas governor, whom some see as the GOP front-runner to take on Barack Obama in 2012. "Our true strength doesn't come from our military or our gross national product; it comes from our families. What's the point of keepi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 14 15:07:06 PST 2008

7003 [lbo-talk] fun with The Jew -- rank: 1000

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/14/oxford-students-bring-a-jew-party > Guardian - November 14, 2008 Oxford students in 'bring a fit Jew' party row Rugby squad said to have worn Orthodox Jewish dress and been asked to carry bags of money to curry house party Jessica Shepherd Oxford University is investigating after students allegedly held a party at which they were told to arrive dressed as Orthodox Jews carrying bags of money. Students in the under-21 rugby squad are said ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 14 14:52:49 PST 2008

7004 [lbo-talk] More premature Obama/FDR comparisons, this time from Newsweek -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:24 PM, RCu8598882 at aol.com wrote: > I quite agree with this observation. It's premature to say that > nothing > progressive will come out of Obama before he even takes office. I > know that > Alexander Cockburn wrote him off in The Natiion before the > election because of > the economists that Obama was talking to, but Alex has little > regard for > liberals (and the American left, for that matter). I think that its > interesting > that ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 14 14:43:41 PST 2008

7005 [lbo-talk] Ayers on GMA -- rank: 1000

On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:18 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > Is this a son of Mario Cuomo? Yeah. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cuomo>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 14 14:29:02 PST 2008