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7936 [lbo-talk] the beauties of Twitter -- rank: 1000

[via Valleywag] <http://twitter.com/MissRFTC/statuses/871803775> I am totally serious. My Ob/Gyn was IN my vagina and an earthquake started rattling the room! about 3 hours ago from mobile web <http://twitter.com/MissRFTC/statuses/871891564> Was just interviewed via phone by senior writer at CNet about my vaginal earthquake experience. about 2 hours ago from web

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 29 14:50:38 PDT 2008

7937 [lbo-talk] variety -- rank: 1000

For those of you who think porn is all about men dominating women, two items from today's Fleshbot: <http://fleshbot.com/5030233/shes-on-top-top-ten-women-in-charge-sex-videos > She's On Top: Top Ten Women In Charge Sex Videos Though some people prefer women who like to lie back and take it, we've always preferred girls who know exactly what they want and who aren't afraid to take it too. From femdoms to bondage queens to gals who just know how to make things happen, today's video roun ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 29 13:58:48 PDT 2008

7938 [lbo-talk] LA quake -- rank: 1000

So you Los Angelinos - how was the shake-up? Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 29 13:51:14 PDT 2008

7939 [lbo-talk] advances in policy entrepreneurship -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5030437/the-new-civil-rights-keeping-wal+mart-happy> FLACKERY The New Civil Rights: Keeping Wal-Mart Happy The story we're about to bring you is sad on so many levels. Well, two levels. First, it illustrates the disappointing and kind of disgusting decline of a legendary civil rights institution, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), former home of Martin Luther King, Jr. Second, it shows what a farce half of the things you see on editorial pages are, ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 29 08:31:53 PDT 2008

7940 [lbo-talk] Richard Perle, oilman (and part-time resident of...France!) -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - July 29, 2008 Perle Linked to Kurdish Oil Plan Iraq War Advocate Denies Taking Part In a Consortium By SUSAN SCHMIDT and GLENN R. SIMPSON Influential former Pentagon official Richard Perle has been exploring going into the oil business in Iraq and Kazakhstan, according to people with knowledge of the matter and documents outlining possible deals. Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein about a d ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 29 06:57:26 PDT 2008

7941 [lbo-talk] Active Grannies are the new Soccer Moms -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12117.html> 'Active grannies' the new soccer moms By: Mark J. Penn July 29, 2008 07:49 AM EST Despite all the talk about this election being driven by the youth vote, America as a nation has never been older and the power of the senior vote has never been greater. In the relentless quest to find the soccer moms of this election, perhaps the answer will be found in the active granny vote empty- nesters who have found a new freedom in their l ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 29 06:51:38 PDT 2008

7942 [lbo-talk] Roubini: Worst Financial Crisis Since the Great Depression and W -- rank: 1000

On Jul 29, 2008, at 3:19 AM, Cseniornyc at aol.com wrote: > Doug Henwood says:"The leading indicators are negative, but mildly > so. Even > Roubini doesn't expect armageddon - I personally heard him say this > to the > Council on Foreign Relations. Like I say, it could get worse, but > given all the > blows the U.S. economy has taken, you'd think that GDP was running > at -2%, > and not around 0%. " > ^ > ^ > ^ > ^ > ^ > ^ > ^ > ^ &g ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 29 06:06:03 PDT 2008

7943 [lbo-talk] the American mind -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/109132/Assessing-Impact-Obamas-Trip.aspx> PRINCETON, NJ -- Could John McCain benefit from Barack Obama's much- publicized foreign trip? Several observations from the just-completed USA Today/Gallup poll suggest that this is a possibility.

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Date:	Tue Jul 29 05:10:35 PDT 2008

7944 [lbo-talk] Noam on Porn -- rank: 1000

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:12 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Lenin's Tomb wrote: >> I'm just alarmed by the energetic disavowals here. I promise I'm >> not trying >> to dampen anyone's ardour. > > > I'm just as alarmed by puritanical condemnations of fantasy sexual > outlets. > > What percentage of porn is, in your words: > > "ass-spanking, slapping, name-calling, face-jizzing and various > other techniques of asserting dominance" > > You w ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 11:38:26 PDT 2008

7945 [lbo-talk] political expression in the USA -- rank: 1000

Tennessee church shooter angry at "liberals": police NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A man who opened fire inside a church, killing two people with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case, was frustrated at being unable to find a job and blamed liberals and gays, police said on Monday. "It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred of the liberal movement," Knoxville Police ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 09:23:37 PDT 2008

7946 [lbo-talk] Noam on Porn -- rank: 1000

On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > >> Surely it is glaringly apparent that the *vast majority* of >> pornography does indeed revolve around the degradation of women, in >> the specific sense that he states: women are reduced to vulgar sex >> objects, conforming to male fantasies of super-lubed, inflatable >> fuck-machines with embryonic personalities. > > As opposed to the men in it, who are . ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 09:18:27 PDT 2008

7947 [lbo-talk] take that, PETA -- rank: 1000

<http://fashionintelligentsia.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/carine-puts-the-f-u-in-fur >

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 09:12:13 PDT 2008

7948 [lbo-talk] j'ism today -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5029928/huffpo-brings-you-news-the-msm-was-too-afraid-to-bring-you-twice > JOURNALISMISM HuffPo Brings You News The MSM Was Too Afraid To Bring You Twice Score one for speaking truthiness to power. Over at the Huffington Post, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Brendan Demelle have a column entitled "Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report," which relies, in almost every instance of a supposedly ignored but worthwhile story, on articles th ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 09:04:12 PDT 2008

7949 [lbo-talk] Rep Congressman calls FBI on Al Jazzeera -- rank: 1000

<http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/07/28/2008-07-28_exgi_candidate_finds_election_battle_all.html > [Rush & Molloy] Ex-G.I. candidate finds election battle all too real Monday, July 28th 2008, 4:00 AM Retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West thought he'd left behind the specters of Iraq when he decided to run for Congress in Florida. But a recent interview request lead him to suspect he was a target for kidnapping. West's combat instincts flared a few days ago when his campaign office ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 07:08:55 PDT 2008

7950 [lbo-talk] Noam on Porn -- rank: 1000

On Jul 28, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > One wonders what type of recreation or entertainment he'd approve of > in an anarcho-syndicalist society. We wouldn't need entertainment, because we wouldn't be alienated anymore. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 28 06:50:33 PDT 2008