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256 [lbo-talk] Religion can be bad for you -- rank: 1000

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe- brooks1oct01,0,5368617.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions The dark side of faith By ROSA BROOKS October 1, 2005 IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a dangerous thing. This is the implication of a study reported in the current issue of the Journal of Religion and Society, a publication of Creighton University's Center for the Study of Religion. The study, by evolutionary scientist Gregory S. Paul, looks at the correlation between leve ...

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257 [lbo-talk] VOTE Time Magazine's Person of the Year -- rank: 1000

To vote for Time Magazine's Person of the Year go to: http://www.time.com/time/personoftheyear/2005/walkup/talkback.html#form Marta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20051123/fe972673/attachment.htm>

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258 [lbo-talk] A sample from Bob Dylan's memoir -- rank: 1000

On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:48 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > > Me, my favorite Bob is the most "narcissistic," > hallucinogenic stuff of the mid-60s, Bringing It All > Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, the Basement Tapes. > That's the stuff I return to again and again from a > really absurd Bob collection (every legit recording > and 50-some bootlegs). > You may be interested in this. My X travelled with Dylan and the Band during the Basement tapes period. Since ...

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259 [lbo-talk] A sample from Bob Dylan's memoir -- rank: 1000

On Nov 18, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > > "Gotta Serve Somebody"? Dylan at his fortune-cookie-wisdom worst. > I find it particularly galling to be lectured on the Great Chain of > Subservience by some wealthy fuck like Dylan who hasn't done > anything but follow his own whim for decades. > > Carl > I will tell you that I have walked past Bob's home in Malibu many a time. I have a friend who lives nearby. He has about 12 acres, you can't see the ho ...

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260 [lbo-talk] Why are we still turning to Dylan forthesoundtracktoour demonstrations? -- rank: 1000

Yes Louis, agreed. Dylan produced some masterpieces. "Pawn in their Game" about Medgar Evers murder. He showed up in Mississippi to sing that at a gathering of some civil rights movement people after Evers was dead. "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" about the shit we have been experiencing since well he wrote this song. The line, "I'll know my song well before I start singing" I think is genius. So that period of his work I admire. Later works, less so mostly be ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 16 19:46:45 PST 2005

261 [lbo-talk] Streisand Impeach Bush -- rank: 1000

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262 [lbo-talk] Gropenator brought to his knees -- rank: 1000

On Nov 9, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Some of defeated measures seemed to have merits- anti-gerrymandering > and to regulation of prescription drugs, no? Also, the anti-union and > anti-abortion measures almost passed - whereas the anti- > gerrymandering and > prescription measures were soundly defeated. > The redrawing of districts was to give Republicans more control. A panel of judges is not independent of politics. The regulation of prescription drugs bi ...

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263 [lbo-talk] Gropenator brought to his knees -- rank: 1000

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-110905elex_lat, 0,1210737,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines THE SPECIAL ELECTION Voters Reject Schwarzenegger's Bid to Remake State Government The governor's four ballot proposals, the foundation of his sweeping plans for change in Sacramento, are halted at the polls. By Michael Finnegan and Robert Salladay Times Staff Writers 9:17 AM PST, November 9, 2005 In a sharp repudiation of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Californians rejected all four of his ballot pro ...

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264 [lbo-talk] Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS Warning -- rank: 1000

Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS Warning All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena risks losing its tax-exempt status because of a former rector's remarks in 2004. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me- allsaints7nov07,0,6769876.story?coll=la-home-headlines -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20051107/90554060/attachment.htm>

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265 [lbo-talk] Fwd: From CDP Chairman Art Torres -- rank: 1000

From CA Dem Chair Art Torres marta Begin forwarded message: > > > Arnold s Job Approval Ratings > All Adults Likely > Voters Registered Voters > 11/2 LAT Approve / > Disapprove 40% - 57% > 10/6 SPRI Approve / Disapprove 31% - > 54% 36% - 53% > 9/29 PPIC Approve / Disapprove 33% - ...

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266 [lbo-talk] 9pm ET Snow protest -- rank: 1000

I was told that the Knight Rider chain of newspapers, which included the San Jose Mercury and the NY Daily News were bought out in a hostile takeover by a right wing collection of businessmen this summer. 9pm ET Snow protest Amy Goodman has reported that a new cable bill will delete public access TV- at 9pm ET for one minute these channels will air snow to protest. Marta

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267 [lbo-talk] National Call-in Week to Save Vital Services -- rank: 1000

**PLEASE FORWARD to your networks and friends** Starting Monday, November 7: the National Call-in Week to Save Vital Services Call your U.S. Representative toll-free: 800-426-8073 Click here for pdf flier with this information: www.chn.org/pdf/ novembercallin.pdf. The House of Representatives is expected to vote during the week of November 7 on proposals to slash assistance for some of the most vulnerable people in America families lacking health insurance; abused and neglected children; si ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 4 09:54:53 PST 2005

268 [lbo-talk] Research on our ignorance in predicting our own adaptation to changes in health status -- rank: 1000

The citation is: Riis, J., Lowenstein, G., Baron, J., Jepson, C., Fagerlin, A., & Ubel, P.A. (2005), Ignorance of Hedonic Adaptation to Hemodialysis: A study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 134, 3-9 >An article was just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: >General by Jason Riis and colleagues (2005) that reviews how people are >terrible predictors of their own changing health status, assuming they would >have l ...

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269 [lbo-talk] Disability bill to provide for federal court review -- rank: 1000

> >Leigh wrote: >No no no... You, and Barney, and Tom, are too busy trying to keep someone >who is techincally dead alive, to be able to concentrate on making sensible >laws fit for a society of the living. You forgot Jesse Jackson and Mel Gibson. PVS is a garbage can phrase that is used when doctors do not know all of the details of a person's condition. Only 40% of PVS diagnosis are correct - that is, fits within their assessment of PVS which as I stated, I believe is risky. I ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 30 20:49:08 PST 2005

270 [lbo-talk] Research on our ignorance in predicting our own adaptation to changes in health status -- rank: 1000

An article was just published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by Jason Riis and colleagues (2005) that reviews how people are terrible predictors of their own changing health status, assuming they would have lower life satisfication in the event of disability for example when in fact this is not the case. This has some serious implications for developing advance directives based on what we *think* we might want without realizing how we will respond/adapt when (not if) our hea ...

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