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8836 [lbo-talk] BHO defends Rick Warren -- rank: 1000

disagree without being disagreeable...what America's about...conversation....etc. <http://wonkette.com/405071/obama-on-rick-warren-uhh-hope> I am not going to spare the "I told you so's." Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 14:16:34 PST 2008

8837 [lbo-talk] celebrity snot on eBay! -- rank: 1000

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220331665273

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 18 13:53:11 PST 2008

8838 [lbo-talk] Credit Suisse bonus: toxic assets -- rank: 1000

<http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4BH5MT20081218> Credit Suisse bonus plan takes on risk of assets By Emma Thomasson ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) will link payouts for its top investment bankers to illiquid assets in an innovative new bonus system that may set an example for others in the industry. The new system will cut the bank's risk exposure by linking bonus payouts for 2,000 investment bankers to some $5 bi ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 13:49:30 PST 2008

8839 [lbo-talk] Newsday, run by dicks -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5113194/newsday-hates-charity> Newsday Hates Charity By Hamilton Nolan, 10:51 AM on Thu Dec 18 2008, 1,405 views Newsday, the little Long Island paper that couldn't, just laid off 100 staffers. And they told the union: On the way out, take your damn holiday "food drive bins" with you. Bah humbug: From a union email to staffers: EDITORIAL UNIT NOTE December 17, 2008 In a move that would make a Grinch green with envy, Newsday management has decided to shut dow ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 18 13:47:34 PST 2008

8840 [lbo-talk] Andy's Team America -- rank: 1000

<http://seiuvoice.org/article.php?id=655> Stern's Team America December 17th, 2008 Andy Stern was featured this week on the NPR show Talk of the Nation. After refusing to answer several questions about SEIU's connection to the "pay-to-play" corruption scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, he spent the rest of the show advocating his vision of a "21st-century," more "American" form of unionism that makes the labor movement a subordinate partner ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 18 13:33:28 PST 2008

8841 [lbo-talk] Meyerson: Hilda Solis is "great" -- rank: 1000

On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:15 PM, B. wrote: > fucking Elaine Chao, the Bush Labor Sec'y Only member of his cabinet to serve all 8 years. And I'll bet not 1 in 500 know her name!

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 13:26:45 PST 2008

8842 [lbo-talk] Meyerson: Hilda Solis is "great" -- rank: 1000

<http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=12&year=2008&base_name=hilda_solis_is_great > HILDA SOLIS IS GREAT. What does Rep. Hilda Solis, Barack Obama s selection for secretary of labor, bring to the job? Only a record of passionate commitment to working people, a high level of political smarts, and some genuine displays of raw guts that could make her a star of American liberalism. In 1996, when she was a back-bencher (and the first Latina) in the California Sta ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 12:48:10 PST 2008

8843 [lbo-talk] Obama stimulus: around 2.5% of GDP... -- rank: 1000

[...but it's only an opening offer] <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122962972741919179.html> Obama Team Aims to Keep Stimulus Under $1 Trillion By JONATHAN WEISMAN President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is crafting a stimulus package to send to Congress worth between $675 billion and $775 billion over two years, according to transition officials, and it expects a final price tag even larger. The transition team has conveyed the figures to Capitol Hill, where the package is likel ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 12:39:42 PST 2008

8844 [lbo-talk] Solis: CTW happy -- rank: 1000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 18, 2008 BURGER STATEMENT ON REPORTS OF SOLIS AS LABOR SECRETARY WASHINGTON, DC The following is a statement from Change to Win chair Anna Burger regarding reports that President-Elect Barack Obama will appoint Rep. Hilda Solis of California as the Secretary of Labor. Change to Win and its affiliated unions would welcome the appointment of Congresswoman Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor, and would be excited to work with her to help restore the econ ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 12:32:21 PST 2008

8845 [lbo-talk] New School occupied -- rank: 1000

On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Charles Turner wrote: > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:17:13 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote: >> [Dunno anything about this, but I've gotten several of these...] > > They could use a hand with their HTML, but the photos (so far) are > available here: > > <http://www.newschoolinexile.com/images/occupation/> <http://www.newschoolinexile.com/images/occupation/PC160002.JPG> If they were Italian, those would be bottles of wine!

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 11:38:37 PST 2008

8846 [lbo-talk] Hilda who? -- rank: 1000

[anyone know anything about her?] <http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Solis_to_Labor.html> Solis to Labor Barack Obama has decided on Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-Calif.) to be his labor secretary, according to Democratic sources, tapping the daugher of Hispanic immigrants to serve in an important post for the Democratic coalition. Solis came to Congress in 2000 in part thanks to organized labor. With financial and organizational support from unions, she knocked off a Democratic i ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 11:36:56 PST 2008

8847 [lbo-talk] Wikileaks and litigious sleazebags -- rank: 1000

WIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE / EDITORIAL Thu Dec 18 9:29:32 GMT 2008 "MPs in uproar after Blagojevich connected billionaire attacks Wikileaks" Wikileaks and the New Statesman are the focus of a legal attack by one of the world's richest men, Nadhami Auchi, a controversal UK-Iraqi billionaire connected to inner circle of the disgraced Illinois Governor, Rob Blagojevich. Yesterday three cross-party British MPs, including Denis McShane (Labour) and Norman Lamb (Liberal-Democrat) responded ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 08:38:07 PST 2008

8848 [lbo-talk] hearty opponent of the Frankfurt school moves on -- rank: 1000

Politico.com Breaking News: ----------------------------------------------------- Conservative icon Paul M. Weyrich, who helped found the Heritage Foundation, died this morning at 66. For more information...http://www.politico.com

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 18 08:24:22 PST 2008

8849 [lbo-talk] New School occupied -- rank: 1000

[Dunno anything about this, but I've gotten several of these...] New York City: New School University is Now Occupied We have just occupied New School University. We liberate this space for ourselves, and all those who want to join us, for our general autonomous use. We take the university in explicit solidarity with those occupying the universities and streets in Greece, Italy, France and Spain. From New York City: We have just occupied New School University. We liberate this space for ourselve ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 18 08:17:13 PST 2008

8850 [lbo-talk] another Dustup -- rank: 1000

I'm doing another one of those LA Times "Dustup" exchanges, this with my pal Brian Doherty of Reason on deflation, bailouts, printing presses, etc. First installment: <http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/sunletters/la-oew-henwood-doherty17-2008dec17,0,2324870.story >. Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 17 18:01:04 PST 2008