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7906 [lbo-talk] LAT does Sal Rosselli -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - June 1, 2008 A nasty rift in a powerful union Local head Sal Rosselli is fighting national leader Andrew Stern over how to make the SEIU even bigger. By Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer OAKLAND -- Sal Rosselli had been hardened by nearly three decades of front-line unionism. Time and again he staged insurgent organizing drives and do-or-die strikes, staring down major corporations. Now he blinked away tears as he huddled with supporters in his Oakland headquar ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 1 14:19:15 PDT 2008

7907 [lbo-talk] NYHC '95: Meatheads, gangstas, and spiritual tough guys -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2008, at 1:01 PM, B. wrote: > Unfortunately, this is still what a lot of people > think of when they hear the word "hardcore." Thanks, > NYC. :) Ha. Well, there were the Cro-Mags & Agnostic Front, as you say. And all that great stuff that was on Pat Duncan's WFMU show throughout the 80s. Doug

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Date:	Sun Jun 1 11:15:48 PDT 2008

7908 [lbo-talk] The Nation does CNA-SEIU -- rank: 1000

On Jun 1, 2008, at 12:03 AM, Mark Rickling wrote: > And this is a rather cynical interpretation > of union members using their resources to elect pro-worker politicians > to office, no? Of course, we must not forget that for Fitch homecare > isn't real work, right Doug? Man, that's like a Republican talking point. The issue isn't whether they're real workers or not but the conditions under which they work and are organized. A lot of the workers are family members who are compensat ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 1 07:15:13 PDT 2008

7909 [lbo-talk] Stern's vision: press 1 if you have a wage grievance, press 2 for sexual harassment... -- rank: 1000

New York Times - June 1, 2008 A Union President Presses for Growth Amid a New Round of Criticisms By STEVEN GREENHOUSE As 2,000 convention delegates gather in Puerto Rico, the Service Employees International Union is about to jettison a time-honored union tradition having members go to their union representatives with their questions and grievances. The delegates are expected to vote to have union members rely on call centers instead to handle their problems. Union officials say these 24-h ...

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Date:	Sun Jun 1 06:26:36 PDT 2008

7910 [lbo-talk] breaking: there isn't one middle class, there's four! -- rank: 1000

[Since the self-i.d.'d "middle class" is just over half the pop, divide all the percentages by two to get the share of the whole U.S. pop. Of the remainder, slightly more than a quarter i.d. as something like "lower," and slightly less than a quarter as something like "upper."] <http://pewresearch.org/pubs/911/americas-four-middle-classes> America's Four Middle Classes by Richard Morin, Senior Editor, Pew Research Center July 29, 2008 There isn't one Ameri ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jul 31 13:22:57 PDT 2008

7911 [lbo-talk] Nina Hartley in LA! -- rank: 1000

[from Fleshbot] If you're looking for something to do in Los Angelestonight, consider popping over to Freddy and Eddy for the latest installment of the In The Flesh erotic reading series: word on the street is that porn luminary Nina Hartley will be shocking the audience with a tale of sexy surprise, and you'll also be treated to an appearance by one of Fleshbot's very own. (And if you're not in Los Angeles? Well, we guess you can just catch up on Nina'sother artistic endeavors. Oh, and ke ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 12:42:34 PDT 2008

7912 [lbo-talk] FOX News poll: 49% of Americans know someone else who is "scared" of Obama -- rank: 1000

On Jul 31, 2008, at 3:32 PM, B. wrote: > *Fox News Poll: Do You Have A Neighbor Who Says Obama > "Scares Them"?* > [Sleazy way to word a poll -- if you *know someone > else* that says they're scared of Obama. Graciously > lets the respondent off the hook. - B.] It's also a pollster's trick for probing what people think themselves but don't want to admit to. E.g., "are you too racist to vote for a black guy? How about your neighbor/uncle?" Saw one of those re: ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 12:41:28 PDT 2008

7913 [lbo-talk] Christian Parenti on China -- rank: 1000

The Nation - August 18, 2008 <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080818/parenti> [posted July 30, 2008] Class Struggle in the New China by CHRISTIAN PARENTI The countryside around Da Ba village in southwestern China's Chongqing province is steep and verdant but swathed in the bitter smog of many small, coal-fired factories and power plants. These mountains are rich with veins of lignite, and because the area is only a few hours from Chongqing--the eponymous provincial capital and mega-city ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 12:24:35 PDT 2008

7914 [lbo-talk] mea culpa -- rank: 1000

I renounce all my previous jokes at the expense of "hipsters." Sorry. Doug ---- <http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html> But after punk was plasticized and hip hop lost its impetus for social change, all of the formerly dominant streams of counter-culture have merged together. Now, one mutating, trans-Atlantic melting pot of styles, tastes and behavior has come to define the generally indefinable idea of the Hipster. An artificial appropriation of different styl ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 12:10:19 PDT 2008

7915 [lbo-talk] skinniness, self-hatred, and the bottom line -- rank: 1000

<http://adage.com/article?article_id=130021> Study: Skinny Women Better for Bottom Line Researchers Find Thin Models Make Viewers Like Brands More, but Themselves Less By Jack Neff Published: July 30, 2008 BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Thin is still in for advertising, new research suggests, unless you're trying to sell cookies or self-esteem. Women who had just seen thin models were nearly four times more likelyto turn down a snack pack of Oreo cookies offered as thanks for their parti ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 12:01:58 PDT 2008

7916 [lbo-talk] Ann Coulter writes... -- rank: 1000

Is Wall Street Liberal? Dear Fellow Conservative, Do you know which special interest has given more money to the Obama and Clinton campaigns than any other? If you guessed "trial lawyers" -- well, okay, that's too easy. But can you guess which special interest came in second? Labor unions? Nope. The Green Lobby? Nope. AARP? Wrong, again. NEA? Nyet. Give up? Okay, here's the answer: Wall Street. That's right. According to CNNMoney.com, Wall Street securities and investment firms hav ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 09:06:20 PDT 2008

7917 [lbo-talk] Gossip -- rank: 1000

On Jul 31, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > "Or, as some might say," Vietor said, repeating lyrics from a Spears > song, "Oops, I did it again." That's pretty funny. In other news, the Hilton family has given heavily to McCain. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 08:40:00 PDT 2008

7918 [lbo-talk] Furman: we'd cut the corporate tax rate, maybe -- rank: 1000

<http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/07/30/obama-furman-taxes-biz-beltway-cx_bw_0731furman.html > Politics Obama's Taxing Policies Brian Wingfield, 07.31.08, 6:00 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. - Here are two things you don't often hear mentioned in the same sentence: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and a lower corporate tax rate. But it appears the Illinois senator is at least considering such a measure. "He would like to cut the corporate tax rate, and it's a question that we ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 07:41:04 PDT 2008

7919 [lbo-talk] ironies -- rank: 1000

[from Mike Allen] DRIVING THE DAY: NYT'S Jim Rutenberg on the McCain team's strategy to define Obama as 'arrogant, out of touch, and unprepared for the presidency.' 'I would say that it is beyond dispute that he has become the biggest celebrity in the world,' Mr. Schmidt said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. 'The question that we are posing to the American people is this: 'Is he ready to lead yet?' And the answer to the question that we will offer to the American people is ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 07:35:08 PDT 2008

7920 [lbo-talk] Ludacris weighs in -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] "The first black president is destined and it's meant to be . . . Paint the White House black and I'm sure that's got 'em terrified / McCain don't belong in ANY chair unless he's paralyzed." -- Ludacris, in a charming little ditty that also takes on Hillary Clinton, President Bush, and Jesse Jackson. "This song is not only outrageously offensive to Senator Clinton, Reverend Jackson, Senator McCain, and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are tryi ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 31 06:35:04 PDT 2008