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9916 [lbo-talk] Zionists policing academic discourse -- rank: 1000

<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/335667_academics17.html> Academic freedom at risk on campus By SAREE MAKDISI GUEST COLUMNIST "Academic colleagues, get used to it," warned the pro-Israel activist Martin Kramer in March 2004. "Yes, you are being watched. Those obscure articles in campus newspapers are now available on the Internet, and they will be harvested. Your syllabi, which you've also posted, will be scrutinized. Your Web sites will be visited late at night.& ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 18 06:01:33 PDT 2007

9917 [lbo-talk] The Iraqi resistance -- rank: 1000

On Oct 18, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > http://video.on.nytimes.com/? > fr_story=8e9862a9f3a8216027ef2f9ecd1c3bc5345b4134 That's pretty strong stuff, a persuasive justification of the Iraqi resistance - it's amazing the NYT would host it. It's not what their reporters are writing or saying. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 18 05:56:29 PDT 2007

9918 [lbo-talk] jailed Iranian union leader at risk of blindness -- rank: 1000

[posted to Marxmail] Urgent medical treatment needed for jailed Iranian trade union leader Mansour Osanloo, the jailed leader of the bus workers' union in Tehran, faces the possible loss of his eyesight unless he receives urgent medical attention -- which the Iranian authorities are denying him. Amnesty International has just now launched an online campaign (<http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID34>) calling on the Iranian government to allow Osanloo to receive medical ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Oct 18 05:36:28 PDT 2007

9919 [lbo-talk] paler shade of white: race and current indie rock -- rank: 1000

On Oct 18, 2007, at 6:07 AM, Blackmail wrote: > [Personal favorite, if you can forgive the Mammonism, is that the > New Yorker > publishes what I consider their attempt at sensationalism...and > then they > don't have comments on the blog page, you know, to harness the traffic > that's pounding the I Love Music page. Then I mumble something > about print > media wanting to survive as things go online...] No comments? Zounds! Are there any comments on the vast web that ar ...

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Date:	Thu Oct 18 05:19:31 PDT 2007

9920 [lbo-talk] breaking: Chuck0 near the epicenter of the new hipness -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:17 PM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > I'll tell ya something, tho, that Richard Florida did a lot to > encourage > cities and regions to invest in the arts, etc. thinking that, if they > attract artsy, creative types, their economies will boom. Check out my radio interview with Florida's student, Elizabeth Currid, for a version of that argument that emphasizes the importance of cool clubs to economic vitality! Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 17 15:33:15 PDT 2007

9921 [lbo-talk] 2/3 of Americans want troops home from Iraq within a year -- rank: 1000

<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/ iraq_troop_withdrawal> Iraq Troop Withdrawal 64% Want Troops Home From Iraq Tuesday, October 16, 2007 For the second straight week, a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 64% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. Prior to this week's results, support for bringing the troops home had increased in three consecutive weeks. Twenty-eight percent (28%) who want the troops br ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 17 15:11:09 PDT 2007

9922 [lbo-talk] Vision of a Europe for a Eurasian Century (was Putin in Iran) -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > The struggle today is not so much between the "Left" and the "Right" > -- terms that are difficult to apply in many nations -- as between > those who know what time it is and those who don't. Putin does, but > most Western leftists -- who, lacking in the vision thing, are more > reactionary in the proper sense of the term than even Islamists > dreaming of a Caliphate -- don't. As I was walking down the ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 17 11:42:47 PDT 2007

9923 [lbo-talk] kids today: a bunch of self-indulgent layabouts -- rank: 1000

<http://www.newsweek.com/id/52229> Narcissists in Neverland Gen-Yers say they are willing to make financial sacrifices to make the world a better place. But how long can they really expect to work less, volunteer more--and count on their aging parents to push back retirement? By Emily Flynn Vencat | Newsweek Web Exclusive Oct 16, 2007 | Updated: 5:01 p.m. ET Oct 16, 2007 Since leaving college Felicite has changed jobs more than once a year. The 26-year-old Parisian--who didn't want he ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 17 11:24:21 PDT 2007

9924 [lbo-talk] Ann Coulter finally tells the truth! -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Click it before it goes away ... > > http://www.anncoulter.com:80/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi? > article=214 > > ----- > > An Open Letter to Readers > by Ann Coulter > October 15, 2007 Wow - it's still up! I read about that yesterday. Geeks: what does this mean? > (Admins, check for an e-mail address in the CMS. Find it. I know you > will.)

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 17 11:17:00 PDT 2007

9925 [lbo-talk] Beauty in Islam (was Tariq Ali and the Bolivarian revolutions) -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > What should a feminist, especially a Muslim feminist, do? Don't look > into the Western and Islamist mirrors. Instead, play with Orientalism > and Occidentalism in aesthetic elaboration of Islamic civilization, > inventing a new tradition of beauty in Islam and defamiliarizing it at > the same time. Maybe you've got a future as an advice columnist.

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Date:	Wed Oct 17 10:24:13 PDT 2007

9926 [lbo-talk] Armenian genocide? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Why isn't there anybody in the US lobbying for a > slavery museum? It's kind of weird considering how > many black people there are. Turns out that former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder has been trying to organize one - to be sited at a retail theme park! It's got a website at: <http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org>. It's an uphill battle. ---- Business Week - August 14, 2006 <http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_33/ ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 17 09:51:23 PDT 2007

9927 [lbo-talk] feminism good for hetsex -- rank: 1000

<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071015102856.htm> Feminism And Romance Go Hand In Hand Science Daily Contrary to popular opinion, feminism and romance are not incompatible and feminism may actually improve the quality of heterosexual relationships, according to Laurie Rudman and Julie Phelan, from Rutgers University in the US. Their study* also shows that unflattering feminist stereotypes, that tend to stigmatize feminists as unattractive and sexually unappealing, are ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 17 09:40:00 PDT 2007

9928 [lbo-talk] the greatest movie ever made, all in one place at one time -- rank: 1000

<http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/281/102/> Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz Opening October 21, 2007 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents in collaboration with Kunst- Werke (KW) Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin and the Media Department at The Museum of Modern Art, the first U.S. gallery exhibition that will feature the newly restored version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder s monumental, sequential film Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). Based on Alfred Döblin s 1929 novel, thi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 17 09:25:51 PDT 2007

9929 [lbo-talk] more on Dems raking in the biz bucks -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 10:30 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> There is much to parse in this astounding sentence: "Hillary Clinton >> raised more money on Wall Street last quarter than Barack Obama, Rudy >> Giuliani and Mitt Romney combined," Bloomberg News' Kristin Jensen >> and Julianna Goldman report. > > Why is it so astounding, I wonder? You expect more diversification. It's a prudent portfolio ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 17 09:23:37 PDT 2007

9930 [lbo-talk] breaking: Chuck0 near the epicenter of the new hipness -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/escape-from-new-york/kansas-city-is-the-new- greenpoint-311864.php> escape from new york Kansas City Is The New Greenpoint If you're like us, all you know about Kansas City is that it was nuked by the Russians in 1983 (in some made-for-T.V. movie we saw on the SciFi channel the other night). But they've rebuilt! And they're having a renaissance! Creative types priced out of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Providence, Wilmington, and Colu ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 17 09:14:17 PDT 2007