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8506 [lbo-talk] Obama's latest endorsement: Reese Witherspoon's ex -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/> And in the event anyone cares what Ryan Phillippe thinks--who? Actor. Divorced from Reese Witherspoon, father of her children-- he likes Obama.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 06:43:59 PST 2008

8507 [lbo-talk] Rove: Obama is a far leftist -- rank: 1000

On Feb 22, 2008, at 9:19 AM, John Gulick wrote: It will be interesting to see how Obama responds to the right-wing baiting <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html> Obama once visited '60s radicals By: Ben Smith February 22, 2008 09:27 AM EST In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. While Ayers ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 06:41:38 PST 2008

8508 [lbo-talk] Obama & the white guy -- rank: 1000

On Feb 22, 2008, at 8:42 AM, John Gulick wrote: > "neo-liberalism" (sic, I'm not > sure I find that a useful concept anymore) It's a useful concept of your problem is with a kind of capitalism rather than capitalism itself. Then you can be critical without sound too radical. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 06:01:42 PST 2008

8509 [lbo-talk] another dividend cut for Citi? -- rank: 1000

Jordan will no doubt scoff. From Yahoo's stock summary: "Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney warned on CNBC last night that she believes Citigroup (C) will again need to cut its dividend due to being under reserved."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 05:40:16 PST 2008

8510 [lbo-talk] Save the ATUS! -- rank: 1000

*************************************** *American Time Use Survey Under Threat* *************************************** US President George W. Bush signed the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act at the end of last year which, among other things, will lead to the cancellation of the ATUS. More details of the implications of this legislation can be found at: http://www.bls.gov/bls/budgetimpact.htm Senior time use colleagues in the USA are co-ordinating a campaign to save the ATUS. Details of this ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 05:18:52 PST 2008

8511 [lbo-talk] BHO health care -- rank: 1000

On Feb 22, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > BTW, I hate to be politically correct, but should we be calling > them HRC > and BHO? Isn't it kind of a right wing trope to remind voters of > their > middle names, both of which have baggage? > > Besides, isn't BO funnier? :o) Hey, why not go all the way and adopt Ann Coulter's practice: "B. Hussein Obama"?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 05:05:47 PST 2008

8512 [lbo-talk] gender vs race bias -- rank: 1000

[this sorta thing sounds like a link between "structure" and individual behavior] Boston Globe - February 17, 2008 OPINION/IDEAS Black man vs. white woman Hillary Clinton contends with gender stereotypes, and Barack Obama with racial ones. Which bias runs deeper in the American psyche? The answer does not bode well for Clinton. By Drake Bennett Since Barack Obama emerged as a serious challenger to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, the primaries have beco ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Feb 22 05:03:35 PST 2008

8513 [lbo-talk] editors? bah! content strategists!! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.foliomag.com/2008/meredith-president-we-don-t-hire- editors-anymore> Meredith President: 'We Don't Hire Editors Anymore' Hobbled Jack Griffin at FPS: 'We hire content strategists.' BY DYLAN STABLEFORD 02/21/2008 MIAMI The period of "discontinuous change" and upheaval in the magazine industry has forced virtually every magazine publisher to tear up its playbook, Meredith publishing president Jack Griffin says. And perhaps, with the exception of technology magazines, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 13:19:20 PST 2008

8514 [lbo-talk] Ideal left (was: Obama & the white guy) -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > How come that we want efficient > technicians to perform most specilized tasks of > everyday life - from flying aircraft, to designing our > homes, bridges, or automobiles, to teaching our > children, and to treating our illness - but then we > suddenly settle for bumbling idiots who can play the > crowds when it comes the management of the most > complex institution even created - the state? There are things to be s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 12:59:11 PST 2008

8515 [lbo-talk] what's in a name? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2008, at 1:22 PM, ulisse mangialaio wrote: > could somebody please explain to me the conceptual difference > between a write-down and a bailout of one'own investments, as is > the case with dresdner bank today? Dresdner announced that it will essentially take a structured investment vehicle - one of those fancy off-balance-sheet entities that financed long-term risky loans by borrowing in short-term markets that have now shut down - onto its balance sheet. Since it wasn't ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 12:47:18 PST 2008

8516 [lbo-talk] drama at the Brecht Forum -- rank: 1000

So there's likely to be some drama at the economy panel at the Brecht Forum tonight. One of the board members is outraged that someone from Halstead Realty firm will be speaking, since it's heavily involved in the gentrification of Harlem. There will be leafletting and hostile questions. Hah. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 10:19:46 PST 2008

8517 [lbo-talk] Rove: Obama is a far leftist -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2008, at 1:12 PM, joseph noonan wrote: > On the recurring theme of BHO is to the left of Clinton That was not the consensus of Brit Hume & the Fox All Stars after Obama's 45-minute Wisconsin victory speech. They thought they were virtually identical, and on the left of the Dem Party. That speech did get very specific, and was about as "progressive" as you could imagine a Dem senator being. We'll see if he continues in that mode. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 10:14:18 PST 2008

8518 [lbo-talk] Rove: Obama is a far leftist -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > It seems to me that the asshole is trying to > weigh in Hillary's favor because the repugs know how > to fight her effectively, but they do no quite know > how to fight Obama. When Rove had a piece in the FT last December offering advice to Obama, people thought just the opposite! Doug ---- Financial Times - December 5, 2007 From Mr John B. Crawford. Sir, Oh dear! How could you fall for this old trick - a piece of political p ...

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Date:	Thu Feb 21 10:12:23 PST 2008

8519 [lbo-talk] Rove: Obama is a far leftist -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > Certainly this is a man who knows how to string together cliches. > This is > why he is a genius -- he articulates the necessary cliches for > those who > want them at their fingertips and tongue tip. The guy engineered a vicious numbskull's rise from worthless party boy to chief executive of the world bourgeoisie. He's not Ernest Mandel or Adolph Reed, for sure. > Emptiness, all we get is emptiness. Emptiness from Obama, & ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 10:07:19 PST 2008

8520 [lbo-talk] Hillary's broke -- rank: 1000

On Feb 21, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Bob Morris wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> [from The Note] >> >> The latest FEC numbers provide fresh reasons for Clinton to despair. >> "Hillary Clinton ended January with $7.6 million in debt -- not >> including the $5 million personal loan she gave to her campaign," >> Politico's Kenneth P. Vogel and Jeanne Cummings report. >> > > ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Feb 21 09:57:45 PST 2008