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8896 [lbo-talk] Roubini -- rank: 1000

Man, they don't make hyper-bears like they used to! This is Nouriel Roubini, from the WSJ's Real Time Economics: "Things are going to be awful for everyday people. U.S. GDP growth is going to be negative through the end of 2009. And the recovery in 2010 and 2011, if there is one, is going to be so weak - with a growth rate of 1% to 1.5% that it s going to feel like a recession. I see the unemployment rate peaking at around 9% by 2010. The value of homes has already fallen 25%. In my ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 12 13:42:06 PST 2008

8897 [lbo-talk] Peggy Noonan: the new dispensation -- rank: 1000

<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122903389043599605.html> Some of the new mood may reflect a certain Puritanism there's always a little of that in the American character. And some of it is mere PR. But not all of it is strategic. Economic collapse concentrates the mind. Some of it is maybe "agenbite of inwit," the Middle English phrase meaning remorse of conscience. The new mood seems to involve a new modesty, and something a little more humane. I am not including our newly ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 12 13:27:16 PST 2008

8898 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright on Bettie Page -- rank: 1000

<http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2008/12/i-was-first-introduced-to-the-radiance-of-bettie-page-in-1983-by-the-editors-of-a-gay-leathermens-magazine-they-lent-me-a.html > or <http://tinyurl.com/5lf7fg> DECEMBER 12, 2008 The Radiance of Bettie Page, 1923 - 2008 I was first introduced to the radiance of Bettie Page in 1983, by the editors of a gay leathermen's magazine, Drummer. John Rowberry lent me a VHS bondage tape of Bettie modeling from the 1950's which was s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 12 11:54:47 PST 2008

8899 [lbo-talk] Homeownership Makes You Fat and Unhappy -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > I've seen numbers comparing renting and owning that show advantages > to renting. I think I saw them here but I can never find them when > I go looking. Anyone know what I'm talking about? It all depends on house prices, rents, interest rates, your tax sitch, your expectations for price appreciation, etc. There are buy vs. rent calculators on the web that help you figure this out. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 12 08:34:35 PST 2008

8900 [lbo-talk] blacks about as morally conservative as Republicans -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:57 PM, Philip Pilkington wrote: > At the risk of getting banned for posting too much... > > > I mean "puritanical moralist" in this very strict sense: > > Namely, applying the moral framework which you've learned from a > certain > segment of society to others which are completely different... which > is a > variation of the following: every culture should be similar and > familiar to > my own... > > I apologise It so mis ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Dec 12 08:13:14 PST 2008

8901 [lbo-talk] blacks about as morally conservative as Republicans -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:41 PM, Philip Pilkington wrote: > I see we both repulse each other... you by your puritanical > moralism... me > by my contrarianism. Is that what it is? Whatever it is, it's getting tedious, so give it a rest. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 12 08:12:31 PST 2008

8902 [lbo-talk] WBAI fundraiser -- rank: 1000

WBAI is in bad financial shape, news! news!, and we're doing an "emergency" fundraiser this week and next. (How peace and justice radio imitates the national security state: the state of exception becomes the norm.) Anyway, I'd appreciate it if any listmembers so inclined would pledge during my shift, 4-6 PM NYC time Thursday. Management does not like me, and a good showing would strengthen my position. I know times are tough, but anything you can spare... You can pledge online, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 10 18:26:19 PST 2008

8903 [lbo-talk] musical torture -- rank: 1000

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28144557/> Musicians don t want tunes used for torture Nine Inch Nails, even Sesame Street theme used for interrogations The Associated Press updated 5:48 p.m. ET, Tues., Dec. 9, 2008 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon. Stains like the blood on your teeth, Trent Reznor snarled over distorted guitars. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 10 11:22:55 PST 2008

8904 [lbo-talk] Greece -- rank: 1000

Anyone know of a good radio guest or two who could talk about what the hell is going on in Greece? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 10 08:58:32 PST 2008

8905 [lbo-talk] JtP: McCain "appalled" me -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16385.html> Joe the Plumber: McCain 'appalled me' By ANDY BARR | 12/9/08 5:22 PM EST Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as Joe the Plumber. Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt dirty after being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place. Recalling a conversation he had with McCain about the $700 billio ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 10 08:07:20 PST 2008

8906 [lbo-talk] calling in gay -- rank: 1000

Don't forget, today's the day to Call In Gay! <http://www.daywithoutagay.org/>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 10 08:03:35 PST 2008

8907 [lbo-talk] Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again -- rank: 1000

On Dec 10, 2008, at 10:06 AM, John Thornton wrote: > For fucks sake, can't people let this go? > Why is this so damned important to some? Liberals keep washing their hands of the radical taint? I'm not a big fan of Ayers, but I thought he struck the right tone in my interview with him - he knows he was wrong, understands how it happened, does his best today, and urges people to question themselves regularly. Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 10 07:22:19 PST 2008

8908 [lbo-talk] cloudy crystal ball -- rank: 1000

[via Mike Allen] THE 10 WORST PREDICTIONS FOR 2008, as chosen by Foreign Policy magazine, under the new editorship of Susan Glasser. The magazine has also posted an explanation of why each 'winner' was so absurd. 1. 'If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she's going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. ... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I'll predict that right now.' -William Kristol, Fo ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 10 07:20:33 PST 2008

8909 [lbo-talk] Andy & Rod -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - December 10, 2008 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/09/AR2008120903057.html > Union Official Allegedly Served As a Go-Between for Governor Blagojevich Apparently Hoped for Job Leading Labor Group By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Among the revelations contained in the complaint brought against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich yesterday was the description of an official with the Service Employees International Union acting as an ap ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 9 19:57:03 PST 2008

8910 [lbo-talk] CtW: not us! -- rank: 1000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 09, 2008 CONTACT: Greg Denier at 202-xxx-xxxx or Noreen Nielsen at 202-xxx- xxxx STATEMENT OF CHANGE TO WIN ON CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH WASHINGTON, D.C. The following is a statement from Change to Win communications director Greg Denier on the federal investigation involving Governor Blagojevich. No one connected with Change to Win ever considered, discussed or promised any position at Change to Win to Governor Blagojevich, his ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 9 14:04:08 PST 2008