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11746 [lbo-talk] Bertell on door policies -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/ask-an-intellectual/is-new-socialist-club- socialista-socialist-257166.php> Ask an intellectual Is New Socialist Club 'Socialista' Socialist? As we knew, Armin Amiri, former Bungalow 8 doorman, is opening his own place, called Socialista. In the word of the very voluble Armin, the place will be a "peasant cafe." Now we find out from the Observer's Spencer Morgan that the theme will carry on to the door policy. "What I'd like to be done is a social ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 2 17:23:33 PDT 2007

11747 [lbo-talk] the AFA names it all for you -- rank: 1000

[from a hysterial communication from Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association] This law does not define "sexual orientation," leaving open the definition of the term. To see all the behaviors covered by the term "sexual orientation," please click here <http://www.afa.net/ sexualorientations.asp>. Warning! This listing is offensive.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed May 2 16:26:08 PDT 2007

11748 [lbo-talk] Americans convinced on climate change; want action now -- rank: 1000

<http://gqrr.com/index.php?ID=1922> Americans Feel New Urgency On Energy Independence and Global Warming Al Quinlan and Michael Bocian Center for American Progress Executive Summary This survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for the Center for American Progress shows a heightened demand among Americans for immediate action to tackle global warming and achieve energy independence. Americans are demanding clean, alternative energy and they want their leadership to act now to change our ener ...

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Date:	Wed May 2 12:32:23 PDT 2007

11749 [lbo-talk] Rudy: he's nuts -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> The explanation for what makes Rudy so compelling among people who >> know him best including New York reporters who've covered him for a >> generation, and political pros who've worked for him is simpler: he >> is nuts, actually mad. > > If these commentators wish to use the adverby "actually," then they > should not use such empty slang terms as "nuts" and &qu ...

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Date:	Wed May 2 11:05:34 PDT 2007

11750 [lbo-talk] Rudy: he's nuts -- rank: 1000

<http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/06/wolff200706> Crazy for Rudy Many New York political pros believe Rudy Giuliani former mayor, hero of 9/11, and now presidential candidate is, quite literally, nuts. The author asks whether Giuliani's lunatic behavior could be the ultimate campaign asset. by Michael Wolff There's no politician more fun to write about than Rudy Giuliani. He's your political show of shows driven to ever greater public outlandishness by a do-anything co ...

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Date:	Wed May 2 10:15:38 PDT 2007

11751 [lbo-talk] Abortion in the Irish courts again -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Wendy Lyon wrote: > I am convinced this is due to the > Church's influence because I simply never encountered it in the US or > England - *except* among devout, pacifist Catholics, which is a good > example of an exception proving the rule, I think. Yay! I love a good use of that phrase. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 2 10:00:24 PDT 2007

11752 [lbo-talk] discipline -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > The Iranians are the Jacobins of the Middle East. Which part? Their opposition to the Church, or their love of terror? Doug

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Date:	Wed May 2 08:30:11 PDT 2007

11753 [lbo-talk] how we celebrate May Day in the US -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2007, at 7:04 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Some Weather people did blow up the statue once, but I think it has > been rebuilt. You mean the statue of the cop? Here's what Wikipedia says: Haymarket Square in the aftermath In 1889 a commemorative nine-foot bronze statue of a Chicago policeman by sculptor Johannes Gelert was erected in the middle of Haymarket Square with private funds raised by the Union League Club of Chicago. On the 41st anniversary of the riot, May 4, 1927, a stre ...

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Date:	Tue May 1 16:13:28 PDT 2007

11754 [lbo-talk] how we celebrate May Day in the US -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Funny she doesn't mention Haymarket. As for Haymarket today, looks > like someone thinks there ought to be a law against it. When I visited several years ago, there was no trace of the riot save for a Haymarket Condo down the street.

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Date:	Tue May 1 15:58:00 PDT 2007

11755 [lbo-talk] another way of celebrating Mayday -- rank: 1000

[JT's Stockroom, a sextoy store, offers this celebration of May Day] MAY DAY IS HERE! Commemorating the end of spring and the beginning of summer, this pagan holiday celebrates sex and fertility and is represented by the Maypole. To help you get in the May Day mood, we ve applied a 10% discount on select cock rings to help you join in the May Day fun. Symbolizing the male phallus, the Maypole has inspired many a celebratory dance over the centuries. Traditionally decorated with ribbons, wre ...

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Date:	Tue May 1 15:51:09 PDT 2007

11756 [lbo-talk] how we celebrate May 1 in the USA -- rank: 1000

[We don't celebrate May Day in the US; we celebrate Loyalty and Law!] <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070428-1.html> For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary April 28, 2007 Law Day, U.S.A., 2007 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America Our Nation is built upon the rule of law and guided by our founding promise of freedom, equality, and justice for all. Law Day is an opportunity to celebrate the Constitution and the laws that protect o ...

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Date:	Tue May 1 15:16:57 PDT 2007

11757 [lbo-talk] Bruce Bartett in NRO: vote for Hillary -- rank: 1000

<http://article.nationalreview.com/? q=NzgxMjNlMWMzNzQ1NjlhMWI5YzNiYTM5YzdmZDdiNTQ=> May 01, 2007 Get Ready for Hillary Tough choices for the Right. By Bruce Bartlett As each day passes, it becomes increasingly clear that the Democrats will win the White House next year. It s not quite 1932, but it s getting close to a sure thing. All the energy is on their side, they are raising more money from more contributors, and there is little if any enthusiasm for the Republican candidates ev ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 1 15:11:53 PDT 2007

11758 [lbo-talk] Kerem Kaya and Sinan Ikinci on Turkey -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Surprisingly sensible for WSWS (if you can ignore typical WSWS > formulae at the end). -- Yoshie You mean this part? > The Kemalists represent the corrupt state bureaucracy, army and the > traditional big banks and corporations, while the Islamists represent > newer bourgeois layers who are no less ruthless, but keen to break up > the established structures in order make their own enrichment easier. > There is nothing pr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 1 14:54:02 PDT 2007

11759 [lbo-talk] reserve your place today! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.napm-ny.org/index.html> MONTHLY DINNER MEETING May 15, 2007 Pre-Dinner Forum Topic: Utilizing Strategic Employee Recognition through becoming a 24-Carrot Leader

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Date:	Tue May 1 14:42:23 PDT 2007

11760 [lbo-talk] Bonobo you don't -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2007, at 3:59 PM, tfast wrote: > Yahbut Jerry, Doug never misses a chance to be hostile towards Cox > irrespective of the content of Cox's commentary. In the nine years I've been moderating this list, I've yet to see someone as consistently nasty as Cde Cox. He's the only member of the list who's ever accused another of being a cop - and he's done that twice. Plus all the accusations of incoherence, bad faith, childishness, etc. It gets really tiresome. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 1 13:23:50 PDT 2007