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46 [lbo-talk] Taibbi on Friedman -- rank: 166

<http://www.nypress.com/article-19271-flat-n-all-that.html> Flat N All That MATT TAIBBI takes on porn-stached New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman s greenish ways. By Matt Taibbi When some time ago a friend of mine told me that Thomas Friedman s new book, Hot ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 15 09:45:26 PST 2009

47 [lbo-talk] CJR praise for the Kunstler Cast -- rank: 166

Shane Taylor wrote: You're omitting those of us who prefer our lives without the car and simply enjoy walkable cities. I can remember those fleeting exceptions where driving is still a pleasure, but I can't live in those exceptions. The only exception I can live in is a walkable ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Fri Dec 19 07:44:45 PST 2008

48 [lbo-talk] Here comes more cheap SUV Juice! -> ExxonMobil Plans $1B In Refinery Upgrades -- rank: 527

ExxonMobil Plans $1B In Refinery Upgrades http://www.globest.com/news/1309_1309/other/175837-1.html

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Author:	Fernando Cassia
Date:	Wed Dec 17 06:39:48 PST 2008

49 [lbo-talk] who's gonna take the hit in auto -- rank: 166

... in such bad positions through their policies of concentrating on SUV's (a policy some inside opposed) forfeit their jobs anyway ...

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Author:	John Thornton
Date:	Thu Dec 4 13:45:31 PST 2008

50 [lbo-talk] Keep The Change! Palin 2012 -- rank: 166

... one for each car, whether it's your gas guzzlin' SUV, pick-up truck, or "hockey mom" minivan! Non-residue. Weather ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 8 12:01:29 PST 2008

51 [lbo-talk] At one with my inner herbivore (was: Pollan: WITBD to reform the industrial food system) -- rank: 166

... kind or another.  Anxiety of safety drives the marketing of SUV, an

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Tue Oct 14 13:37:32 PDT 2008

52 [lbo-talk] Bernard-Henri Levy Meets Slavoj Zizek: Conceptual Ass Kicking Ensues -- rank: 166

On September 16th, the New York Public Library hosted a debate between Bernard-Henri Levy and Slavoj Zizek. NYPL link (with audio) -- <http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=4685> As every schoolchild should know (and would, in a Willy Wonka-ish alternate universe), Bernard-Henri Levy, or ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Thu Sep 25 12:33:08 PDT 2008

53 [lbo-talk] Yves Smith's very grim view of the bailout's chance ofsuccess -- rank: 166

[from the article Michael Perelman posted]: We have said before that this program is an inefficient, covert way to recapitalize the financial system. If I were a foreign central bank, I'd have a lot more confidence if the US imposed regulatory reform, took over dud banks, got rid of ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Wed Sep 24 07:55:20 PDT 2008

54 [lbo-talk] Speaking of female candidates... -- rank: 166

At 07:48 AM 9/8/2008, Matt wrote: >On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 02:58:54PM -0600, John Thornton wrote: > > > Palin claimed she was a "hockey Mom". > > I've been told by someone from Michigan that, at least where she lives, > > Hockey Mom is code for white suburban mom ...

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Author:	shag
Date:	Mon Sep 8 06:23:47 PDT 2008

55 [lbo-talk] Chavez courts capitalists -- rank: 166

[via Lou Proyect's Marxmail] <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601109&sid=a3lPdagjmVJw&refer=home> Chavez Pleads for Investment as Falling Output Fuels Inflation By Daniel Cancel and Matthew Walter July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wore a suit for the occasion, and, grinning at about 300 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Jul 20 17:47:36 PDT 2008

56 [lbo-talk] Saturday, Doug, Reed, and Heritage on poverty -- rank: 166

[In response to Chuck Grimes' relaying the Heritage Foundation's assertion that Americans in poverty have VCRs, TVs, etc. -- an old right-wing theme, that the poor of today live like kings when compared to, say, the 18th century well-to-do -- well, they have a lot of convincing to ...

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Author:	B.
Date:	Sun Jul 20 16:44:23 PDT 2008

57 [lbo-talk] UAW Uses Small-Vehicles Push To Its Advantage -- rank: 166

UAW Uses Small-Vehicles Push To Its Advantage By Sharon Terlep Wall Street Journal July 18, 2008; Page B5 Detroit auto makers' most critical vehicles are proving valuable bargaining chips for the United Auto Workers as the union fights to organize the largely non-union parts industry. A strike at a ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Fri Jul 18 22:36:54 PDT 2008

58 [lbo-talk] Adolph Reed on BHO -- rank: 166

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Julio Huato <juliohuato at gmail.com> wrote: > Miles wrote: > >> The crucial step [leading to the desegregation in the South] was >> political activism that led to institutional change; the change >> in public consciousness came later. > > Again, it's chicken and egg. > > How did ...

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Author:	WD
Date:	Thu Jul 17 18:36:22 PDT 2008

59 [lbo-talk] UAW strikes sting GM dealers -- rank: 262

... rear axle parts to repair a customer's Chevy Suburban SUV. But General Motors Corp., hit by a parts shortage created ...

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Author:	Steven L. Robinson
Date:	Mon May 12 22:56:10 PDT 2008

60 [lbo-talk] Adolph Reed's latest -- rank: 166

Progressive May 2008 Obama No By Adolph Reed Jr., May 2008 Issue I've never been an Obama supporter. I've known him since the very beginning of his political career, which was his campaign for the seat in my state senate district in Chicago. He struck me then as a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 5 09:32:43 PDT 2008