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4276 [lbo-talk] The Coming Post-Election Chaos -- rank: 149

Wanna bet? If leftists have predicted 11 of the last 2 crises, Ruckusers have launched 200 of the last 1 upheavals. Civil war? Chaos? It would probably help everybody if you matched your level of eagerness for smashing windows with a modicum of realism about your own society. PUH-LEASE... -----Original ...

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Author:	Michael Dawson
Date:	Fri Oct 29 09:57:46 PDT 2004

4277 [lbo-talk] The Coming Post-Election Chaos -- rank: 149

The Bring the Ruckus website has been updated with the following articles: -After the Election, Then What? by Joel Olson -What's Left? Anti-Electoralism and Moving Beyond the Political Spectacle by Roy San Filippo -Anti-PAN Work: Engaging with Communities of Color by Shiu-Ming Cheer and Luis Fernandez -Los ...

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Author:	Mike Kramer
Date:	Fri Oct 29 09:24:00 PDT 2004

4278 [lbo-talk] Legitimation Crisis? (washingtonpost.com: Don't Ask Me) -- rank: 149

Doug wrote: >Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > >>Why are Kerry supporters on LBO-talk so lacking in motivation as to >>require round-the-clock discussion of disputable polls in a tight >>race before they can make up their minds to show up? If they want >>to win, they should be getting ready to ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Oct 29 07:12:54 PDT 2004

4279 [lbo-talk] Legitimation Crisis? (washingtonpost.com: Don't Ask Me) -- rank: 149

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com, Fri Oct 29 00:49:09 PDT 2004: >And for that purpose, these polls couldn't be better for our side. >If the polls were all saying Kerry would win, a lot of us wouldn't >make that extra effort to get up early and ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Oct 29 05:56:11 PDT 2004

4280 [lbo-talk] Israeli Refusers Tour the US -- rank: 149

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:07:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Refuser Solidarity Network <info at refusersolidarity.net> Subject: Convicted Five USA Tour is coming your way... RELEASED FROM PRISON, NOAM BAHAT AND SHIMRI ZAMERET TOUR THE U.S.! We are excited to announce the upcoming tour of Noam Bahat and ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Oct 29 04:31:34 PDT 2004

4281 [lbo-talk] cart before the horse -- rank: 149

At 7:39 PM -0700 10/26/04, R wrote: >i believe people committed to reforming the democratic party are >self deluded and wasting time which could better be used elsewhere >-- including learning to knit or crochet, taking up golf, applique, >reading, walking, or painting a room. For some people who ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed Oct 27 20:12:24 PDT 2004

4282 [lbo-talk] History of Immigration, Australia, Canada, & the USA (Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California) -- rank: 149

Doug wrote: >>Why do you think that the United States is more welcoming of >>immigrants than Australia? The proportion of the foreign-born in >>Australia is double that in the United States: > >From having been there, gazing at pedestrians on the streets and >finding them a lot less "diverse" than those ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed Oct 27 15:39:17 PDT 2004

4283 [lbo-talk] Wanniski: Kerry for pres -- rank: 149

Seems like a remarkably high incidence of GOP actions that objectively aid the Iranian Islamic fundamentalists. Since 1980. There was the inconsistency of the Saddam interlude, but amends have been made for that. mbs -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk ...

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Author:	Max B. Sawicky
Date:	Wed Oct 27 15:10:03 PDT 2004

4284 [lbo-talk] Wanniski: Kerry for pres -- rank: 149

... for Kerry, or to help them decide between Kerry and Nader. Or from my Wall Street clients urging me to vote ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Oct 27 14:45:07 PDT 2004

4285 [lbo-talk] A Big Stipend Gap! (Vive Jacques, Le Moor ! Vive la differance !) -- rank: 149

>Carl Remick wrote: > >>I'm saying simply that the left would not be in its current >>moribund state if more energy had been spent on politics since the >>Vietnam war era instead of playing dweeby word games. > >Hmm, perhaps you overlooked the Eric Alterman passage I've posted >several times ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed Oct 27 12:43:40 PDT 2004

4286 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 149

Doug wrote: >Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >>Let's be real - who gives a shit about criminals and immigrants? > >I think this is too pessimistic. Americans pay lip service to this >being a nation of immigrants, and sometimes they even mean it. We're >certainly more welcoming than Australians, Japanese, or Europeans. Why ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed Oct 27 12:25:16 PDT 2004

4287 [lbo-talk] Prop. 62 Would Squelch Third Parties in California -- rank: 149

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Doug Henwood wrote: >>>> Why no mention of the Electoral College >>> >>> It would be nearly impossible to abolish >> >> That's a bit of an exaggeration. Passing a constitutional amendment is >> difficult, but it's not a revolution. > > You'd have to get the small states to give ...

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Wed Oct 27 11:27:12 PDT 2004

4288 [lbo-talk] Virtually all Dems support Card Check Bill -- rank: 149

... Sharpton. Neither took off. The "left" has a presidential candidate - -Nader (and Cobb if you're feeling generous). No takeoff there ...

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Author:	Nathan Newman
Date:	Tue Oct 26 07:16:13 PDT 2004

4289 [lbo-talk] Virtually all Dems support Card Check Bill -- rank: 149

... Sharpton. Neither took off. The "left" has a presidential candidate - Nader (and Cobb if you're feeling generous). No takeoff there ...

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Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Tue Oct 26 06:54:57 PDT 2004

4290 [lbo-talk] Virtually all Dems support Card Check Bill -- rank: 149

... Sharpton. Neither took off. The "left" has a presidential candidate - Nader (and Cobb if you're feeling generous). No takeoff there ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 26 06:50:33 PDT 2004