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8116 [lbo-talk] Americans respond to $4 gas: drill drill drill!; on Iraq, confused -- rank: 1000

<http://pewresearch.org/pubs/884/gas-prices> Gas Prices Pump Up Support for Drilling Support for Conservation and Environmental Protection Declines, More Favor Drilling in ANWR July 1, 2008 Amid record gas prices, public support for greater energy exploration is spiking. Compared with just a few months ago, many more Americans are giving higher priority to more energy exploration, rather than more conservation. An increasing proportion also says that developing new sources of energy - ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 13:48:10 PDT 2008

8117 [lbo-talk] more on expectations -- rank: 1000

Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg, one of the more bearish voices on Wall Street, weighs in on the post-ADP consensus revision. Note the parenthetical remark: they're actually forecasting the ADP number too! > The potential for down 140-150k > ADP private payrolls sagged 79,000 in June (consensus was > -20,000). Considering that this metric has overstated private > payrolls in the NFP report by an average of 93,000 so far this > year, it would mean that we could actually ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 13:00:05 PDT 2008

8118 [lbo-talk] Obama hearts Powell? -- rank: 1000

<http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/07/ on_call_exclusi.html> July 01, 2008 On Call Exclusive: Obama Met Privately With Powell At His Office Sen. Barack Obama and retired Gen. Colin Powell met privately two weeks ago in Powell's personal office in Alexandria. Peggy Cifrino, Powell's spokeswoman, confirmed that the presumptive Democratic nominee and the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chatted June 18, one-on-one for about an hour at the Armed Forces Benef ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 10:48:58 PDT 2008

8119 [lbo-talk] Hitchens gets waterboarded -- rank: 1000

[thanks to Lou Proyect for the link] http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/video/2008/ hitchens_video200808

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 10:06:22 PDT 2008

8120 [lbo-talk] the madness of traders -- rank: 1000

So tomorrow morning brings the monthly U.S. employment report, the data release that moves the markets more than any other. The consensus as of yesterday was something like a loss of 60,000 jobs. ADP, the payroll processor, puts out an estimate based on the number of checks they print that has a good historical record of predicting the number, but hasn't worked so well in real time lately. This morning they said the number would be -79,000. Everything in the market moves on deviations fro ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 10:05:56 PDT 2008

8121 [lbo-talk] sprinting rightwards -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 9:59 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> You didn't come off as a tough guy in person at all. In fact, as I >> remember, >> after the tales of mandatory SEIU organizer bar fights, we had a >> pleasant >> conversation about the Frankfurt School. > > The next time Jim's in town, we should have a thugs vs. wonks bowling > night. (Or some activity more c ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 08:07:39 PDT 2008

8122 [lbo-talk] Obama camp signals robust approach on Iran -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - July 2, 2008 Obama camp signals robust approach on Iran By Daniel Dombey and Edward Luce The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is the biggest threat facing the world, according to one of Barack Obama's senior foreign policy advisers. He also signalled that the US Democratic presidential candidate would push Europe to agree tougher sanctions against Tehran. In an interview with the Financial Times, Anthony Lake, a former US national security adviser who has worked with Mr Oba ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 06:41:14 PDT 2008

8123 [lbo-talk] WSJ: Obama as Bush -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Jounral - July 2, 2008 Bush's Third Term We're beginning to understand why Barack Obama keeps protesting so vigorously against the prospect of "George Bush's third term." Maybe he's worried that someone will notice that he's the candidate who's running for it. Most Presidential candidates adapt their message after they win their party nomination, but Mr. Obama isn't merely "running to the center." He's fleeing from many of his primary positions so markedly an ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jul 2 05:08:08 PDT 2008

8124 [lbo-talk] sprinting rightwards -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > I know all the Cassandras > here who know the future for sure are not being listened to, but > how do > they really know for sure that Obama is going to do the wrong > thing ? I > really wonder how they know with such certainty. Oh, the class structure and institutional arrangements of American society maybe? Just guessing. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 14:40:54 PDT 2008

8125 [lbo-talk] crazy saturday morning -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Matt wrote: > I do not mean to imply Doug was like this - but what we find with a > lot of our users is that they want to have absolutely no understanding > of how their complicated technical widget works One of the things that made me want to scream - no, strike that "want to," I screamed many times - was that they assumed I was a moron who barely knew where the on-off switch was. It got so I told them that I've been working with computers for 3 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 13:59:53 PDT 2008

8126 [lbo-talk] crazy saturday morning -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Matt wrote: > Sometimes they are not permitted, directly or indirectly. > "First-level call resolution rate" is a big metric for these places. I must have been hell on their metrics. Sometimes I'd get a really helpful person, who didn't really know what he or she was talking about. They'd spend 30 or 40 minutes on the phone, waiting for the line to go down so they could test it. Or they'd wait while I change the modem, change the cables, changed th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 13:14:17 PDT 2008

8127 [lbo-talk] omigod! Commies 4 Obama!! -- rank: 1000

[from the M. Sliwa PR agency] Marxists, socialists, communists form group to plot on official campaign blog June 30, 2008 8:44 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein WorldNetDaily JERUSALEM Marxists, socialists and communists have created a safe space online to congregate, exchange ideas including a stated revolution against the U.S. "oppressive" regime and support their favored presidential candidate. Their meeting spot? Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign website, which allows regist ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 13:04:42 PDT 2008

8128 [lbo-talk] sprinting rightwards -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > The likelihood of voting Republican rises with income. A majority of > whites start voting Republican at a household income of $25,000. So > that means a lot of white workers vote Republican. Why do you think > that is? > > Doug > > ^^^^^ > CB: They buy the ideology developed by Nixon and Buchannan in the > "Southern Strategy", turbo boosted by Reagan. According to Bartels' analysis of the ANES, they mostl ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 12:16:09 PDT 2008

8129 [lbo-talk] Effective political infighting (2) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > I think the Obama campaign may be badly miscalculating the number of > committed ground troops it might lose for every independent or > Republican > brought into the fold. Never underestimate the powers of self-deception. E.g.: Erroneous AP Report: Obama to Support "Hiring And Firing Based On Faith" <http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/7/1/94032/60595>. Excerpt from the AP story (and $500m is a risible amount): > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 10:13:29 PDT 2008

8130 [lbo-talk] global poll on Israel-Palestinian conflict: don't take sides -- rank: 1000

International Poll: Most Publics--including Americans--Oppose Taking Sides in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Israeli, Palestinian, American and Arab Leaders All Get Low Marks On Efforts to Resolve Conflict Most Favor UN Playing Robust Role in Peace Enforcement A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 18 countries finds that in 14 of them people mostly say their government should not take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Just three countries favor taking the Palestinian side (Egypt, Iran ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 09:10:08 PDT 2008