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166 [lbo-talk] Invertebrate tool use -- rank: 1000

I also go by the IQ criteria of what I eat. Haven't been eating octopus since I watched a documentary on them some years ago which highlighted their intelligence. I also try to avoid mammals due to their cuteness and being in the same taxonomic class as me...though I stray if someone invites me over and has already cooked it... Overall, I am a poultrinarian (only eat vegetables, poultry and fish). Does that make me depraved? Bryan Miles Jackson wrote: > Sean Andrews wrote: >> So do i h ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 15 08:30:38 PST 2009

167 [lbo-talk] A timely quote from a source I never thought I would post here -- rank: 1000

Superficially, that is like saying "If you really believe that smoking causes cancer, you would quit smoking" forgetting the addiction factor. Taking these words at face value, it is saying, if you really want to save society, you would destroy it. Bryan Joseph Catron wrote: > "If we really believed what scientists are telling us about global warming, > the fire engines of every fire department would sound their sirens and race > to the nearest factory to extinguish its f ...

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Date:	Sun Dec 13 05:21:19 PST 2009

168 [lbo-talk] Antisemites, how human rights activists became public enemies (Translated from the Hebrew weekly Ha'ir) -- rank: 1000

This was translated from the original hebrew article by the folks at the Coteret (hebrew for "Headline") website. Quite a good website in general for coverage of the Israeli media. Bryan http://coteret.com/2009/12/10/israeli-cover-story-antisemites-how-human-rights-activists-become-public-enemies-with-call-for-support/ -------------- * Anti-Semites * *How human rights activists became public enemies* *Their families disown them, the universities persecute them, the Shabak wiretaps the ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 10 18:36:14 PST 2009

169 [lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: > Somebody Somebody wrote: >> Suicide rates in the U.S. have been on a slight uptick in recent >> years (5% over ten years ago), but they're still much lower than they >> were up until the 90's... when antidepressants began to be widely >> prescribed. I doubt this is a coincidence. The rise in acceptance of >> both talk therapy and prescriptions for mental illness has been a >> progressive historical development. > The antidepressant ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 27 08:48:53 PDT 2009

170 [lbo-talk] vacating; therefore, in need of fiction -- rank: 1000

But what would definitely be a worthy read is Blindsight by Peter Watts, or anything by him, and while I would say go ahead and purchase the book, if you would like to check it out, Peter has been so kind as to put it up online, along with all his other books (including his quite good Rifters 'trilogy' ) at: http://www.rifters.com/real/shorts.htm

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Date:	Sun Aug 23 18:31:12 PDT 2009

171 [lbo-talk] vacating; therefore, in need of fiction -- rank: 1000

Yah, I am in the midst of reading "Terror"... happened upon it by chance when I found it in hardcover at a garage sale for a buck a few weeks ago... Good read so far. Remind me not to ever try to find the Northwest Passage...or eat from canned foods soldered with lead...or get scurvy... Bryan Chris Doss wrote: > Dan Simmons, Ilium. Dan Simmons, Terror. Dan Simmons, Hyperion. Hell anything by Dan Simmons. > > --- On Sun, 8/23/09, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 23 18:17:01 PDT 2009

172 [lbo-talk] Zizek: Quiet slicing of the West Bank makes abstract prayers for peace obscene -- rank: 1000

Hey all, I checked and didn't notice that anyone had linked this latest from Zizek on Israel/Palestine... so sorry if I somehow repeat posted: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/18/west-bank-israel-settlers-palestinians Bryan On 2 August 2009, after cordoning off part of the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families (more than 50 people) from their homes; Jewish settlers immediately moved into the emptied houses. Although ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 20 07:05:49 PDT 2009

173 [lbo-talk] A Letter From the Nebraska Republi..er..Democratic Party -- rank: 1000

From: http://www.thedarkstuff.com/2009/08/letter-from-nebraska.html The message was sent to all registered Dems in the state, and it was sent at the direction of Senator Ben Nelson. The friendly note essentially tells liberals to back off attacking Nelson over his obstruction of health care reform, and to continue to support Nelson. Here are some choice sections (emphasis mine): "It's true that Sen. Nelson is not a lockstep Democrat, which makes perfect sense because Nebraska is not a locks ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 15 07:14:00 PDT 2009

174 [lbo-talk] The extreme Google brain -- rank: 1000

Well, though I want to rip my hair out everytime I get one of those all to often BSODs, to me ugly is the creepy Apple fanboy culture, hello fanboys, its a friggin' machine... Luckily the only times I had to enter one of the Apple stores was to exchange my broken iPod Touch for a new one (the wifi wouldn't work anymore) while it was on warranty, but having to make an appointment at the Genius Bar with one of the "geniuses," the whole aesthetics of the store and the corporate cultural ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 30 06:20:22 PDT 2009

175 [lbo-talk] Did Pirates Create The Credit Crunch? -- rank: 1000

Did Pirates Create The Credit Crunch? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081015110751.htm Dr Peter Hayes, Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of Sunderland. ScienceDaily (Oct. 15, 2008) - As the world's money markets do their best to combat the Credit Crunch, a University of Sunderland politics lecturer has discovered that the root of modern democracy's money woes may lay with the first corporations - pirates. Dr Peter Hayes is Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of ...

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Date:	Thu Oct 16 03:49:51 PDT 2008

176 [lbo-talk] No bailout needed -- rank: 1000

Hi Doug, Have you thought about inviting Dean on your radio show? I think it would be interesting to hear you two discuss the ins and outs of your differences on this issue. Bryan Doug Henwood wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:34 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: > >> House Prices Continue to Decline as Talk >> of Credit Crisis Spins Out of Control >> October 1, 2008 >> By Dean Baker >> >> "The root cause of the crisis is the deflating ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 1 13:09:15 PDT 2008

177 [lbo-talk] Israeli generals' wages shot up by whopping 94.1% over last 14 years -- rank: 1000

IDF generals' wages shot up by whopping 94.1% over last 14 years By Moti Bassok, TheMarker http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1037121.html The monthly salaries of Israel Defense Forces major generals shot up over the last 14 years by a whopping 94.1 percent, reaching NIS 48,419 in 2008, according to a recent Finance Ministry report. In contrast, the average salary in Israel only rose by 26.8 percent in real terms between January 1994 and January 2008. The report proves what the army has been de ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 13 03:38:37 PST 2008

178 [lbo-talk] Hamas says met Obama advisors in Gaza -- rank: 1000

Yah, and it seems that Obama's advisers are also denying it... http://www.thestar.com/World/Columnist/article/535239 and http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081112.HAMAS12/TPStory/TPInternational/America/ but Yousef still says it happened and that they are ongoing: "Speaking from Gaza today, Ayman abu Leilah, a spokesman for Mr. Yousef, confirmed these statements as true, adding that the most recent meeting took place in early October, "one month before the election.&quo ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 04:42:51 PST 2008

179 [lbo-talk] Hamas says met Obama advisors in Gaza -- rank: 1000

Question will be how does Obama's team react to the statements, ending the status quo of only communicating through deniable backchannels is likely part of what Yousef and Hamas are looking for. Perhaps to test the waters, see if they will deny it, or if there will be some practical difference between them and the previous (current) administration. Also, may be tied to the meeting that Haniyah just had with the EU Parliament members that came to Gaza a few days ago. They are trying to put on a f ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 11 06:53:34 PST 2008

180 [lbo-talk] Hamas says met Obama advisors in Gaza -- rank: 1000

But then there is this (let's see if there is a denial or not from the Obama team): http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3620833,00.html Hamas says met Obama advisors in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh's political advisor says Islamist group met with US president-elect's aides in Strip following online correspondence; 'they told us not to come out with any statements so as not to harm Obama's campaign,' Ahmad Yousuf says Roee Nahmias Published:  11.11.08, 09:40 / Israel News Ahmad Yousuf, Hamas leader ...

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Date:	Tue Nov 11 02:16:41 PST 2008