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8071 [lbo-talk] Jezebel + Alcohol + Stage = Prolonged Tweenage Wasteland -- rank: 1000

On Jul 10, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > I have to admit that this performance reinforced my growing impression > of the two as very smart, but half-assed. For me, the scales were > tipped towards the weary side by what seemed like Moe's 10,000th post > on sorta-politics and maybe-feminism -- distractedly touching on this > and that (China = sweatshop, Middle East = Burka, 'Dudes' = bad, > except when it doesn't, Phila = burning warehouse fires, except when > it ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 10 11:41:06 PDT 2008

8072 [lbo-talk] Americans showing less anti-immigrant feeling -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/108748/Fewer-Americans-Favor-Cutting-Back- Immigration.aspx> Fewer Americans Favor Cutting Back Immigration Public as likely to favor status quo as to favor decreased immigration by Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds 39% of Americans in favor of reductions in immigration, down from 45% a year ago. Currently, the public is just as likely to favor maintaining the status quo on immigration as it is to favor a decrease. Only a relatively sm ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jul 10 10:48:41 PDT 2008

8073 [lbo-talk] BHO on economic development -- rank: 1000

<http://hollerif.blogspot.com/> Early in the campaign year, Obama used one of the oldest racial stereotypes in a speech to black South Carolina state legislators: "In Chicago, sometimes when I talk to the black chambers of commerce, I say, 'You know what would be a good economic development plan for our community would be if we make sure folks weren't throwing their garbage out of their cars'.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jul 10 08:32:42 PDT 2008

8074 [lbo-talk] On The Lighter Side -- rank: 1000

On Jul 9, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > <http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2008/07/who-needs-fourth- > amendment.html> "Get with the winning team. Buy your copy of "Savage Mules" today. It's rage you can believe in." Love it. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jul 10 08:27:32 PDT 2008

8075 [lbo-talk] URPE Summer Conference -- Aug 15-18 -- REGISTER NOW! ORGANIZE A PANEL! -- rank: 1000

From: urpe-moderator at lists.econ.utah.edu Date: July 9, 2008 11:19:48 PM EDT To: URPE Announcements <urpe-announcements at lists.econ.utah.edu> Subject: [URPE] URPE Summer Conference -- Aug 15-18 -- REGISTER NOW! ORGANIZE A PANEL! Dear URPE Members and Friends, This is to remind you that the annual Summer Conference of the Union for Radical Political Economics (www.urpe.org) is coming up in August! PLEASE REGISTER BY AUGUST 1 FOR THE BEST RATE AND TO HELP THE CAMP PLAN MEALS. We invit ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 9 20:03:36 PDT 2008

8076 [lbo-talk] Heidegger -- rank: 1000

On Jul 9, 2008, at 8:08 PM, Chris Doss wrote: Something like his 73rd post of the day. I know you feel strongly about this, but please keep a bit of a lid on, ok? Doug

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Date:	Wed Jul 9 17:42:35 PDT 2008

8077 [lbo-talk] South African poet DENNIS BRUTUS, on Steal This Radio this week -- rank: 1000

Dennis Brutus will also be on my show this Thursday eve on WBAI, and on KPFA on Sat morn. Doug Henwood Producer, Behind the News Thursdays, 5-6 PM, WBAI, New York 99.5 FM Saturdays, 10-11 AM, KPFA, Berkeley 94.1 FM "best music on a show about economics & politics" - Village Voice 38 Greene St - 4th fl New York NY 10013-2505 USA +1-212-219-0010 voice email: <mailto:dhenwood at panix.com> web: <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html> podcast: <http://shout.lbo ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 9 16:07:36 PDT 2008

8078 [lbo-talk] looking for female anarchists -- rank: 1000

[from a list that matches reporters and sources] 13) Summary: LOOKING FOR FEMALE ANARCHISTS Name: Jessica Galliart Email: JessicaGalliart at gmail.com Title: Intern Media Outlet/Publication: Venus Zine Anonymous? No Specific Geographic Region? No Region: Deadline: 12:00 PM CENTRAL - July 20 Query: "In light of the upcoming election, we're looking to profile women voters and activists from all over the United States from different parties. We're currently looking to profile a female anarchis ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 9 14:49:40 PDT 2008

8079 [lbo-talk] presidential economics: D vs R -- rank: 1000

<<http://tlrii.typepad.com/theliscioreport/2008/07/presidential-ec.html>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 9 13:49:53 PDT 2008

8080 [lbo-talk] Drudge "in the tank" for Obama!!! -- rank: 1000

[from the right-wing PR shop Special Guests] CONSERVATIVES IN TANK FOR OBAMA?: Matt Drudge appears to top the List On top of the Drudge Report s censorship of his ads about an Obama- communism link, conservative journalist Cliff Kincaid revealed today that other conservative websites and papers are balking at running ads or stories drawing public attention to Drudge s censorship. It looks like some of the conservative media are in the tank for Drudge, who is in the tank for Obama, Kincai ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 8 17:42:48 PDT 2008

8081 [lbo-talk] India's Economy Hits Wall-Business Week -- rank: 1000

On Jul 8, 2008, at 4:57 PM, Cseniornyc at aol.com wrote: > It wasn't long LBO posted > enthusiastic pro India's neolib policies ,mainly from Sujeet Bhatt > but also > supported with equal faith by Doug Henwood on how India was the > new model for > LDCs Eh? India has had a selective boom in certain sectors and regions. Much of the country remains very poor. Software and outsourced help desks don't offer much hope to a few hundred million peasants. Perhaps you could offer s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 8 14:10:51 PDT 2008

8082 [lbo-talk] Heidegger -- rank: 1000

On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I was thinking, and it strikes me that Marxists, or people > sympathetic to Marx, are not in a particularly good position to > take the "everything Heidegger wrote is infected by dangerous Nazi > cooties" approach. One, while Hitler was not a Heideggerian, Stalin > was in fact a Marxist. I would imagine that the number of large- > scale murders embarked upon by Heideggerians is zero. Two, while > finding the real or ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 8 10:19:07 PDT 2008

8083 [lbo-talk] A poll -- rank: 1000

On Jul 8, 2008, at 5:27 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > Attention good people! > > Over the recent past, I have come to the conclusion that Tahrir > Wood (henceforward to be referred to as "Rover Woof," this being an > instance of the sophisticated rhetorical technique of deliberately > misspelling somebody's name in an insulting and/or dismissive > manner) is an emotionally stunted, possibly psychologically > unbalanced, dickhead, who, for some reason -- probably conne ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 8 06:58:12 PDT 2008

8084 [lbo-talk] New message -- rank: 1000

On Jul 7, 2008, at 9:49 PM, martin wrote: > It's annoying when I can't quote text in a list message and do a > 'reply to sender' with Apple Mail app. Apparently they broke it > with a recent upgrade, they know about the problem, and haven't got > a fix out yet. (I went to their d/l page and found a download of > Messenger for Mac, which looks suspiciously like a microsoft offering. Eh? I can do it. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 7 18:55:05 PDT 2008

8085 [lbo-talk] World Bank: biofuel caused food price spike -- rank: 1000

Guardian (London) - July 4, 2008 Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive Aditya Chakrabortty Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is based on the most detailed analysis of the crisis so far, carried out by an internationally- respected economist at global financial body. Th ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 7 14:27:34 PDT 2008