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9361 [lbo-talk] Pacifica news: Nicole Sawaya new ED -- rank: 1000

Word is that Nicole Sawaya is the new executive director of Pacifica, succeeding Greg Guma, who came and went like a puff of smoke and left about as much a trace. Any Bay Area folks know her? I don't. Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 12:13:20 PDT 2007

9362 [lbo-talk] an Iranian socialist writes... -- rank: 1000

<http://www.counterpunch.com/fiyouzat09292007.html> An Anti-Imperialist Case Against a Nuclear Iran Iran's Nuclear Program By REZA FIYOUZAT [...] Because of these increasing threats against Iran in rhetorical and diplomatic forms, with the poised fist of the gunboats parked off the Gulf coast directed at the livelihoods of millions of Iranians and Arabs in the region, a sense of panic has beset a lot of us. In the fog of justifiable panic, some good comrades, friends and allies are pro ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 11:41:53 PDT 2007

9363 [lbo-talk] the prison explosion -- rank: 1000

[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review] WEBB TO HOLD HEARING ON PRISON EXPLOSION [We are seldom stunned by congressional hearing announcements, but this is one of the most hopeful ones we've seen in a long time] SENATOR JIM WEBB (D-VA) will hold a Joint Economic Committee hearing to explore the economic consequences and causes of and solutions to the steep increase of the U.S. prison population. The hearing entitled, "Mass Incarceration in the United States: At What Cost?" - in light ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 10:58:55 PDT 2007

9364 [lbo-talk] Anti-"Appeasement" Rhetoric: From Communism to a Caliphate (was Pat Buchanan on Ahmadinejad) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > I haven't heard anything from you in the department of criticism of > Iran that I haven't heard from the White House, Congress, corporate > media, etc. I won't call you a liar, because that would be impolitic. So instead I'll say that you've become such a one-dimensional propagandist that you'll twist the facts until they fit your purpose. >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood> >>> >>&g ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 10:57:46 PDT 2007

9365 [lbo-talk] Iran, Iraq, Israel -- rank: 1000

Excellent conversation here: <http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/25/142247> In a speech at Columbia University, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended Iran's right to nuclear power but denied Iran was seeking to build nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad's appearance sparked widespread protests at Columbia. We speak with Trita Parsi, author of "Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States" and Baruch professor Ervand Abrahamia ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 10:38:32 PDT 2007

9366 [lbo-talk] Newt! not running!! -- rank: 1000

The Politico.com Breaking News: --------------------------------------------------------- Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008, former Speaker's spokesman says only days before planned launch of fundraising Web site. Full story: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/6084.html

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 10:23:05 PDT 2007

9367 [lbo-talk] sex offenders! sex panic! -- rank: 1000

What looks like an excellent Human Rights Watch report on the madness of U.S. sex offender registration laws. Some 600,000 people now on the list! <http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0907/us0907web.pdf> And a roundup of sex panic news by Debbie Nathan, who is a national treasure: <http://www.debbienathan.com/>.

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 08:40:55 PDT 2007

9368 [lbo-talk] Last Supper, in a leather harness -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 6:35 PM, ravi wrote: > 1. Define "pseudo" in "pseudo-populism"! What other kinds of populism > are available to understand this term by contrast. > > 2. Atheism != freedom from superstition. And luxury (the word I > used) != advantage. And if we are on definitions, lets define > "superstition" and why all of it is a bad thing? > > 3. There is nothing wrong with being educated. Who doubts the value > of education? Not me ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 06:53:07 PDT 2007

9369 [lbo-talk] Last Supper, in a leather harness -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > Socialism no longer has any roots in the urban working class, whose > political colouration is broadly liberal, but religion no more has the > profound influence you ascribe to it today than it had then. Are you talking about Canada? Because in the USA, religion has a hold even on the urban working class. Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 29 06:42:56 PDT 2007

9370 [lbo-talk] Miles Davis anecdote... -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 6:12 PM, joanna wrote: > At one time, Miles was married to Cicely Tyson and, by virtue of that, > was invited to dine with President Reagan at the White House. No one > seemed to know who he was. During dinner chat, Nancy turned to him and > said, "So, Mr. Tyson, what have you done with your life?" > > "I changed the course of music four times." replied Davis in a > gravelly > voice, "What have you done? Beside fucking the pres ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 28 15:18:50 PDT 2007

9371 [lbo-talk] Last Supper, in a leather harness -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > ravi wrote: > > > >> The truth is more probably that atheism is a luxury of over-educated >> comparatively wealthy intellectual brats > > > I don't know. If you're raised with religion it takes a lot of work > to shake it off. It took me years and I began trying long before I > became over-educated. And if I am comparatively wealthy then lord > help my child. Besides, this pseudo-populism annoys me. ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 28 14:51:44 PDT 2007

9372 [lbo-talk] black? African American? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > Camille Cosby - wife of Bill - was on television being > interviewed by a television deity (Barbara Walters? I > don't remember). > > She was talking about an exciting new development in > language use: "Black" was retired, behold "African > American"! Hmm. Adolph Reed's explanation is that "one day, Jesse Jackson called a press conference" to declare that from henceforth and forevermore it'd ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 28 14:24:38 PDT 2007

9373 [lbo-talk] attitudes towards religion -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I know for a fact > that he saved many peoples' lives at the drug rehab > center he ran before retirement. Evil life-saving > minister! You have to be a minister to run a drug rehab center?

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Date:	Fri Sep 28 14:01:14 PDT 2007

9374 [lbo-talk] Yale, well endowed -- rank: 1000

On Sep 28, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > [Boola Boola, or what? Lux, veritas et ROI.] > > September 27, 2007 > Yale Endowment Grows 28%, Topping $22 Billion <http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2006_03/q_a.html> Can Yale be too rich? The Yale Alumni Magazine regularly holds a conversation with Yale president Rick Levin '74PhD to provide a forum in which alumni can learn his views. In this issue, Levin talks about Yale's endowment. March/April 2006 by Kathrin Da ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 28 12:48:48 PDT 2007

9375 [lbo-talk] black? African American? -- rank: 1000

[why is AA not hyphenated, like Italian-American?] <http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=28816>September 28, 2007 Black or African American? "African American" slightly preferred among those who have a preference by Frank Newport GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- One key principle of social science is the often substantial difference in human societies between reality and perception. When it comes to matters relating to racial and ethnic classifications, there are the biol ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 28 12:39:59 PDT 2007