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46 [lbo-talk] EPA may look into fracking... -- rank: 1000

Like from Battlestar Galactica? Bryan Sent from my iPad On Feb 9, 2011, at 15:20, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > http://www.propublica.org/article/epa-wants-to-look-at-full-lifecycle-of-fracking-in-new-study > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk > > > Click here to report this message as SPAM: http://vsp.ateranetworks.com/ReportSpam.php?sid=8907e26fc2ca5e80a301f8c266338285_657d0f05878509aa6b2e85656ee51 ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 9 13:38:12 PST 2011

47 [lbo-talk] Forbes on Google Wallet - the League of Morons -- rank: 1000

Well, in the US, there is Peapod, where you select what you want in their website and then it is delivered to your home. http://www.peapod.com/ Looked into it a while ago, but didn't do a thorough price comparison. Bryan Sent from my iPad On Dec 18, 2011, at 2:33, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > The solution to his "Problems" (if one can call it that) are two: > > 1. Web sites and home delivery. I donīt know about the US of A but > down here ...

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48 [lbo-talk] Christopher Hitchens dead -- rank: 1000

Whether i agreed with him or not on any particular issue of an essay/article, he definitely did have a way with prose... Sent from my iPad On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:43, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > > On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:17 AM, SA wrote: > >> I never really stopped liking him. > > Me either. > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk > > > Click here to report this message as SPAM: http://v ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 16 04:00:50 PST 2011

49 [lbo-talk] Earthquake in NYC -- rank: 1000

Yah, it was 5.8 magnitude... Was on the phone with someone from Verizon in Pittsburgh and she said she felt something and I was also watching news so I told her it was an earthquake...where was the epicenter? Bryan -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Julio Huato Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:56 To: pen-l at lists.csuchico.edu; Lbo Talk Lbo Talk Subject: [lbo-talk] Earthquake in NYC I am in my office in Brook ...

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50 [lbo-talk] Question on LBO #133 front-page chart -- rank: 1000

Hi Doug, Just had a question on interpreting the chart on front page: "worst in 80 years." Is this by U-6 Total unemployed? Second, 2011 is 0% and then the other years are percent change compared to 2011? Do I have this right? (And what is meant by ten-year change...because it shows change over smaller periods than ten-year?)... Sorry, these questions stem from my minimal economics background... Great issue as usual btw... Bryan

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51 [lbo-talk] "Last-place Aversion": Evidence and Redistributive Implications -- rank: 1000

http://www.nber.org/papers/w17234 Why do low-income individuals often oppose redistribution? We hypothesize that an aversion to being in "last place" undercuts support for redistribution, with low-income individuals punishing those slightly below themselves to keep someone "beneath" them. In laboratory experiments, we find support for "last-place aversion" in the contexts of risk aversion and redistributive preferences. Participants choose gambles with the potential ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 17 13:35:31 PDT 2011

52 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

Yah, and having much more background in the Palestine/Israel issue, there organizing "transnationally" has much more practical and integrated application. The "triangle" of organization is Palestinian/Israeli/internationals... both on the ground (doing joint demonstrations), coordinated activities (a day of demonstrations in Israel, Palestine and around the world), and for instance international BDS as a tool. Bryan Sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2011, at 21:40, Carrol Cox < ...

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53 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

I can understand why you call it a transnational struggle. But what does that mean beyond conceptualizing it as a local/transnational struggle. What does it mean that "folks [...] should organize transnationally" on a practical level? Bryan -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Redmond Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:30 To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results ...

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54 [lbo-talk] Wisconsinism -- rank: 1000

well, maybe nationally, but my main interest is for the local population in Wisconsin, and taking back the legislature and reversing even only the draconian aspects of the legislation would have a significant real life impact on Wisconsinites. Do you at least get that point? Bryan Sent from my iPad On Aug 11, 2011, at 15:15, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: . > But from a minimally realistic perspective, the fate of DP candidates is a non-event. The importance of Wisconsin in any ...

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55 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

On the level of local and state legislators, I just don't get this reasoning....in a case when there wasn't a radical candidate that would go as far as you would like to choose from and the Dem was within the range of someone who while you might want them to go further, aren't antithetical to your positions on matters that will most definitely and practically impact education, healthcare, workers' rights, etc. Sent from my iPad On Aug 11, 2011, at 13:27, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> ...

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56 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

Personally, I think that all or nothing is bullshit. There was enough at stake here that Pasch winning would have had real, practical change. It would have allowed the rollback of Walker's legislation. It was an idiotic move by all the one's you praise below. Sent from my iPad On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:32, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > Bryan Atinsky wrote: "... and I met some more green party types who said they just don't care to vote, they don't like Dems. I really don't ...

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57 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

Just one more thing...I did a bit of canvassing to get out the vote on election day, and I met some more green party types who said they just don't care to vote, they don't like Dems. I really don't think anything would have got them to vote... And I met one guy who said to me..."yah, I hate Darling, but I got some things to do today...so I don't think I will vote." I think that is a lot less likely to occur among conservatives... Sent from my iPad

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58 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

I do have to say that while Sandy Pasch is a very nice person, I was annoyed by two things. After taking up the candidacy, she really didn't shoot out the door aggressively and make herself heard until very near the time of the fake primaries...and not to overemphasize the importance of political signage, but I happen to live on a main thoroughfare in her district and it was weeks upon weeks until they even got signs for us, though we asked them repeatedly. Meanwhile, Darling had two huge signs ...

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59 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin recall results -- rank: 1000

Shouldn't we remember that the recall elections were a net gain for the Democrats? All of the recall elections against Republicans were in traditionally strong Republican districts, which had voted for Walker. Two of the six were taken now by Democrats. That is a slight shift in voter trends in areas where you wouldn't expect it. The Dems were stuck running recall elections ONLY in the small number of legislatures that were up for Recall (had been in office more than a year since last elections) ...

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60 [lbo-talk] Right-wing thinktank HCTrends puts out study on benefits and pay of Wisconsin public employees -- rank: 1000

Well, I hope some of y'all are interested in this subject. Anyway, now the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (our only metropolitan daily and it leans right) came out with an article about the HCTrends "study" and a reply from WEAC (our teacher's union). Bryan ------------------ http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/120830359.html " Its report says school districts in the region would save some $221 million a year if their teacher health plans mirrored the average private-sector plan. B ...

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