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8476 [lbo-talk] major new Pew survey on religion in USA -- rank: 1000

Unaffiliated up to 16%!!!!! 10% of USA ex-Catholic!!!!! non-Christian religions pretty tiny!!!! <http://pewresearch.org/pubs/743/united-states-religion>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 25 12:16:20 PST 2008

8477 [lbo-talk] Bill Gates's new career -- rank: 1000

[from Page Six's "We Hear..."] THAT guests at LeBron James' second annual Doublemint Two Kings Dinner got a video of Bill Gates rapping Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin', " in which the Microsoft founder belts out, "Big Pimpin', yeah you know me, BG," as Jay-Z looks on and says, "Yes, Bill, you can retire then unretire. Keep 'em guessing" . .

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 25 10:18:18 PST 2008

8478 [lbo-talk] SMART on the SEIU -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Mark Rickling wrote: > What you write (prior to the "actual gains" part) is certainly true, > but there's a very ugly element to what Fitch is arguing which > shouldn't be minimized or dismissed. I wish Bob hadn't put it that way - it is ugly. Especially since it's a gift to SEIU defenders, who can obsess about that and evade his main points - that organizing via contribs to Dem politicians is a different beast from organizing private sector em ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 25 10:00:54 PST 2008

8479 [lbo-talk] Nader math -- rank: 1000

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2008/02/spoilage.html The Numbers A Run at the Latest Data from ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary Langer [by Gary Langer] Spoilage? February 25, 2008 11:28 AM Ralph Nader s announcement of his latest tilt at the presidency promptly launched a fresh round of the parlor game called spoiler this round arguing that Nader could cost the Democratic nominee the presidency in 2008, as he allegedly did in 2000. Allegedly is the operative word. Whether Nader indeed c ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 25 09:57:39 PST 2008

8480 [lbo-talk] SMART on the SEIU -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Mark Rickling wrote: > I do recall him implying that homecare workers > weren't real workers (and thus shouldn't be counted among the ranks of > the organized) since their job was often to care for sick or otherwise > infirm family members, and not presumably something sufficiently > masculine like blue-collar industrial work. No that's not what he said. He said that organizing home care workers was very different from organizing conventional workers. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 18:16:06 PST 2008

8481 [lbo-talk] Moby - nerd, wuss, or dick? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I thought you were a fan of Morrissey! :) He's pompous and self-righteous, but the Smiths were pretty terrific.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 11:47:19 PST 2008

8482 [lbo-talk] what is the new york times/which number is larger -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 1:12 PM, MICHAEL YATES wrote: > I bought the Sunday NYT this morning at a Safeway grocery store in > Tucson. A pleasant clerk, > probably in her late thirties and almost surely a native English > speaker, asked us, "What is the New York Times?" > "Is it just a New York paper?" This surprised me, especially since > she could have looked at a NYT > on any work day. She had no idea what the NYT was. Hey, when Paris Hilton was told a fe ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 11:29:08 PST 2008

8483 [lbo-talk] Moby - nerd, wuss, or dick? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Why do people hate Moby so much? Because he's pompous and self-righteous and his music sucks. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 11:24:10 PST 2008

8484 [lbo-talk] Samantha Power -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 10:49 AM, John Gulick wrote: > Curious how the deeply embedded racism of US > society seems to drive more than a few people of > color of an orthodox Marxist bent to enthusiastically > (and in some cases almost maniacally) embrace > Obama, even though Obamaspeak itself basically > denies the very existence of said deeply embedded > racism! There's got to be a solveable sociological > puzzle there. Weirdly he doesn't have the nerve to do this under his ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 07:59:48 PST 2008

8485 [lbo-talk] the fourth time as...? -- rank: 1000

Politico.com Breaking News: --------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Nader tells NBC's "Meet the Press" he's launching a third- party campaign for president.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 07:41:15 PST 2008

8486 [lbo-talk] Samantha Power -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > If she weren't attached to > the Obama campaign I doubt Abu It's rather astonishing to see Rakesh, who under his real identity was always critical of Democratic politics, engaging in this weird, obsessive campaign. I know that listservs are always to some degree performances, but I don't like false identities assumed mainly to stir shit up. Abu wasn't as racially charged as his earlier Jan Carowan character, but it had hints of that. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 07:34:39 PST 2008

8487 [lbo-talk] SMART on the SEIU -- rank: 1000

On Feb 23, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Steven L. Robinson quoted: > He praises organizing campaigns for janitors and homecare workers > without > any mention that many of these organizing efforts have failed to > produce > substantial increases in wages and benefits. A majority of the Los > Angeles > homecare workers still make barely over minimum wage and receive no > health > benefits. In Illinois, homecare workers paid union dues for years > without > any contract at a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 06:15:44 PST 2008

8488 [lbo-talk] Samantha Power -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 5:57 AM, abu hartal wrote: > Obama supporters some of whose voices the posts submitted under my > name represent Ok, it's moderation time. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 05:59:18 PST 2008

8489 [lbo-talk] Ahmed Rashid -- rank: 1000

On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:16 AM, abu hartal wrote: > http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2008-weekly/nos-10-02-2008/dia.htm#1 > > See interview with Ahmed Rashid. It's obvious that only one > electable candidate has assimilated such a perspective. Found this > piece by checking out Juan Cole's blog, great recent entry on John > McCain's mis-representation of Obama's Pakistan policy. You've made your point. One more of these and you're on moderation.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Feb 24 05:56:33 PST 2008

8490 [lbo-talk] viva obama! -- rank: 1000

On Feb 23, 2008, at 7:23 PM, B. wrote: > That's like the 2nd or 3rd time that "Viva Obama!" vid > has been posted here. ENOUGH!!!!!!!! I'm gonna start putting people on moderation soon.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Feb 23 18:57:02 PST 2008