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16 [lbo-talk] enemy's turf -- rank: 1000

Sometimes I wish there was the ability to do a Facebook type "like" on LBO-Talk posts... Like Bryan On Oct 27, 2011, at 16:00, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote: > > Just don't try bringing it to Palestine! (I've heard whispers of an > ill-fated "Occupy Ramallah" experiment ...) > > >

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Date:	Thu Oct 27 14:31:48 PDT 2011

17 [lbo-talk] The Generationally 1% -- rank: 1000

I have been reading in some discussions of the OWS movement, a statement going along the lines of "Those born of parents in the one percent are almost guaranteed to remain part of the 1%, whereas those in the 99% are almost guaranteed not to become part of the 1%." I was just wondering who has good data on generational perpetuity of wealth. Bryan

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18 [lbo-talk] To Doug -- rank: 1000

What's sad is not that he posts these blurbs, but that he never adds anything to the discussion. Knowing Jonathan, I think he could add something to the debate...but it is just unconnected blurbs about their own publications. Bryan Sent from my iPad On Oct 23, 2011, at 0:23, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote: > At 03:55 PM 10/22/2011, Jonathan Nitzan wrote: > > >> Since this is your own list, the decision is up to you. I hope reason prevails > > > Me ...

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19 [lbo-talk] Doug: lecture at OWS tonight at 6? -- rank: 1000

Sadly, at the Milwaukee Demo yesterday, I saw a few people with Ron Paul signs... I wanted to ask them what the hell they were thinking, but I know that trying logic on a libertarian is wasted energy... No pics of the Ron Paul signs, but I took these at the demo: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150314926666367.336465.563576366&type=3 Bryan Sent from my iPad On Oct 16, 2011, at 7:30, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Michael P ...

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20 [lbo-talk] Zizek speech to OWS -- rank: 1000

And as far as I could see, he said that the current dominant ideological marriage between capitalism and democracy is reaching a divorce... Not a question of "first time ever" Sent from my iPad On Oct 10, 2011, at 10:15, Bryan Atinsky <bryan at alt-info.org> wrote: > China isn't? > > Bryan > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:57, John Gulick <john_gulick at hotmail.com> wrote: > >> But when he sounds off about China, he sounds like a right-wing social democrat. ...

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21 [lbo-talk] Zizek speech to OWS -- rank: 1000

China isn't? Bryan On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:57, John Gulick <john_gulick at hotmail.com> wrote: > But when he sounds off about China, he sounds like a right-wing social democrat. All that crap about today's remaining communists being the most ruthless capitalists, and now (for the first time ever, huh?) capital accumulation being severed from bourgeois democracy. Great, just what you want to > tell > a crowd where more than a few need to be weaned off sub-literate (and sometimes > ...

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22 [lbo-talk] Questions about Osama Bin Laden -- rank: 1000

Doug, That's just way too simple and reasonable an explanation. What's the fun in that? Bryan -----Original Message----- > Bin Laden would have had little value as a captive, and would have been a > serious liability. I think the question is, why kill him now? Because they only just found him now?

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23 [lbo-talk] Comments on WSJ article "The Price of Taxing the Rich" -- rank: 1000

Thanks Sean, Those are all good answers, but for a slightly different argument. What I thought was novel about the argument in the article, was that it attacks the issue of taxing the rich from another position. It somewhat sidesteps or anticipates our usual counterarguments and argues that the volatility of a tax base that relies on the income of the wealthy is problematic, not so much that taxing the wealthy in and of itself stifles the economy (though there are hints to that in the article). ...

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24 [lbo-talk] Comments on WSJ article "The Price of Taxing the Rich" -- rank: 1000

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704604704576220491592684626.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird Hi all, I would be interested on critiques of the argument and data presented in this article. "Nearly half of California's income taxes before the recession came from the top 1% of earners: households that took in more than $490,000 a year. High earners, it turns out, have especially volatile incomes their earnings fell by more than twice as much as the rest of the populatio ...

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25 [lbo-talk] Chavez jumps the shark -- rank: 1000

He jumped the shark several seasons ago... Bryan Sent from my iPad On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:24, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > [from Lou Proyect's Marxmail] > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/venezuelas-chavez-offers-supports-to-syrian-leader-amid-protests-blames-us-forunrest/2011/03/26/AFFCkteB_story.html > > or > > http://liten.be//bZFNt > > AP - March 26, 2011 > > Venezuela's Chavez Offers Support to Syrian Leader Amid Protests, Blames ...

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26 [lbo-talk] Achcar's latest -- rank: 1000

There is a difference between Libya and Israel though. Israel is directly under the patronage of the US. If enough people/states demand a no-fly zone and the US feels the need to play the impartial policeman it pretends to be, they will just say (like Bush Sr. did regarding Shamir's statement that he would funnel US funds directly to the settlements), you are embarrassing us and you will stop, and Israel will complain but follow orders. Bryan Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:31, Doug Hen ...

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27 [lbo-talk] Libya -- rank: 1000

I am very well aware of how dumb smart-bombs are, and I know the potential for civilian carnage...I do think that your equation of fully fueled jet liners with missiles is a bit inaccurate...they are different ordnance. Whatever is done...actively taking out Ghadaffi's forces or standing back will result in some, most likely a lot, of civilian death and destruction...so that can't be the deciding factor...it lies above that in what social and political long term results will stem from this...wha ...

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28 [lbo-talk] Libya -- rank: 1000

But can you accurately say that they are bombing the living shit out of the entire country? Or hitting tanks, Ghadaffi's offensive units and air forces? Should they be doing this even if that is "all" they are doing? I REALLY do not want to sound as if I am supporting US/EU actions, because I am very queasy about it, but I want to be accurate in assessment and description of what is going on. I think what the US/EU are doing is definitely not out of altruistic interests, it is a dange ...

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29 [lbo-talk] Libya -- rank: 1000

Sent from my iPad On Mar 22, 2011, at 10:44, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > It would be good that a nation fights out its internal affairs without > intervention from the U.S. and/or NATO. Every time there is an intervention, > there are leftists who wobble on this, they see complexities, they see "bad > guys" on the other side, they want to be good guys. Are there ever cases when there really are bad guys on one side and not so bad guys on the other? Also, ...

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30 [lbo-talk] Libya -- rank: 1000

I'm seriously interested in your understanding of this. If the US and company didn't intervene and the uprising was completely crushed, that would be good? Let them fight it out and if they are crushed, we anti-imperialist leftists can at least say we truly supported their autonomy...it resulted in defeat, but yeah spirit...hooray for giving it your all!! ?????? Bryan Sent from my iPad On Mar 22, 2011, at 8:20, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > FWIW, my own take on the event ...

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