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76 [lbo-talk] Bryan Atinsky -- rank: 1000

Thanks to everyone, I am still devastated, and will be for a long time, but your kind words soften the blow a little. Bryan On 3/10/2010 3:36 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > As do I. > > > On 2010-03-10, at 4:24 PM, c b wrote: > > >> Ira Glazer >> >> To Bryan, my heartfelt condolences >> >> ^^^^ >> >> I say the same to Bryan. >> >> Charles Brown >> ___________________________________ >> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mail ...

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Date:	Fri Mar 12 23:41:47 PST 2010

77 [lbo-talk] dance music -- rank: 1000

MGMT Of Montreal perhaps, Bryan On 6/11/2010 1:59 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > so, this is probably the wrong place to ask but what the hell.... Matt > correctly identified my music collection as stuck in the 90s. > > I love soul/funk and what I consider fun dance music. The kind of > music that makes me want to dance around the house - and the kind to > which I like to ride to work or workout. > > Suggestions for something more up-to-date. > > Thanks! > > sh ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 11 04:22:15 PDT 2010

78 [lbo-talk] The Warrior -- rank: 1000

On 6/1/2010 10:38 AM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > (I think Beni could start a riot single handed with his extraordinary > hard-ass style. That is a perfect assessment of Benvenisti if you ever met him and/or heard him speak. :-) Bryan

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Date:	Tue Jun 1 03:17:47 PDT 2010

79 [lbo-talk] Palestine Think Tank: Jeff Blankfort - Chomsky and Palestine: Asset or Liability? -- rank: 1000

Yah, from my correspondences with Blankfort in the past, I would have to agree with Chip on this. On 7/21/2010 7:00 AM, Chip Berlet wrote: > Really? > > Because Chomsky is even-handed in his criticism of oppressive nation-states and movements and refuses to indulge in cheap antisemitism when he criticizes Israeli government policies he is a liability to the cause of Palestinian Rights? > > It is Blankfort who is the liability. > > -Chip > > > >

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Date:	Wed Jul 21 12:05:58 PDT 2010

80 [lbo-talk] Gaza flooded after Israel opens dam gates -- rank: 1000

That's the problem, I believe Iranian press and Hamas as much as I believe the Israeli authorities.... So, who knows... http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3836334,00.html "In the Eshkol regional council, which borders the Strip, the claims were dismissed. The council said it knew nothing of such a dam. " A few Israelis have died from the floods also, so it is widespread in the south. Bryan Doug Henwood wrote: > [As the Israel gets good press for relief efforts in Haiti...] &g ...

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81 [lbo-talk] Avatar: The Exquisite Horror of The Strange Stranger -- rank: 1000

I thought this was a pretty good review. http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=959 One could go on trying to deconstruct the underlying ideology of the film, etc.,...and the new age gaia spirituality was daft, but..... Ohhhh, the eye candy! "Someone put a lot of thought into Pandora s wildlife; it was beautiful to behold, it was amazingly diverse, it even seemed (for the most part) phylogenetically consistent. Across a wide range of species, everything from nostril placement to jaw structure was ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 8 21:11:24 PST 2010

82 [lbo-talk] Progressively assessed speeding fines in Switzerland (in this case $290, 000 for 35 mph over limit) -- rank: 1000

Wah, that is pretty cool, if I get this right, you are fined in part according to your wealth. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8446545.stm *A Swiss millionaire has been handed down a record speeding fine of $290,000 (£180,000) by a court.* The man was reportedly caught driving a red Ferrari Testarossa at 137km/h (85mph) through a village. The penalty was calculated based on the unnamed motorist's wealth - assessed by the court as $22.7m (£14.1m) - and because he was a repeat offender. It is mo ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 7 09:30:44 PST 2010

83 [lbo-talk] cell phone hell -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > I know everyone hates AT&T, but we're on a family plan with three phones. > Doug Three? One for Ivan? So he can call Elmo and Dora?

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Date:	Thu Jan 7 08:58:54 PST 2010

84 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

Interesting, Yaron Brook the head of the Ayn Rand Institute is an Israeli, could that help to explain the Randy lovers of Zion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaron_Brook http://blog.aynrandcenter.org/the-u-n-goldstone-report-and-just-war/ Where he argues that Israel (and the US) should get rid of any notion of constraint and proportionate response...worry about civilians in a war theater and such) Bryan Joanna wrote: > > > I suppose the only way one would know is to go to one of their &g ...

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85 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

True, but I still think it is a relevant question because when I was 20 something, I didn't know one "Objectivist" personally. Definitely were the tendencies towards Anarchists and TAZ hippie types and perhaps the Ditto Heads or two, but no Randians. Now it seems to me that there is an upsurge in libertarians and Randy sorts, and I even had a friend (my age...40) recently come visit and he was reading The Fountainhead...(though he is a business owner and fancies himself an entrepreneur ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 5 08:09:53 PST 2010

86 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

Yah, I told them that their love of Rand was a pubescent phase. They didn't take too kindly to that... Who'da thunk? Bryan Joanna wrote: > Adolescents will always like Rand because that's precisely the level > of her thought. > > When I was an adolescent I liked Rand because she > > 1) freed me from the guilt I felt toward my parents for supporting my > sorry ass > 2) said it was ok for women to enjoy sex > > When I got older, I was able to see the silliness of it a ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 1 20:13:41 PST 2010

87 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

Well, they are American Jews, and yah, they are libertarians with a love for Zion. With so much contradictory positions (the fact that they go to state universities, that at least one gets health care assistance from the state, etc.) cognitive dissonance on this subject doesn't seem so difficult. Bryan Max B. Sawicky wrote: > Do they reconcile libertarianism with Zionism? How? > Seems like that would be difficult, to say the least. > > > > Bryan Atinsky wrote: >> Oh god. ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 1 18:14:15 PST 2010

88 [lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives....argh... !!! -- rank: 1000

Oh god. Has there been a large surge in Randian and libertarian worship among the 20 something crowd? I ask because my father's sister has has five daughters who had several boys who are now mostly in there early to late 20s, and it seems they are nearly all entranced by Rand, Nozick, and libertarian tripe in general. Lately, some of them have taken to use Facebook as their soap box. It is embarrassing to read their nonsense. I was wondering if others notice this trend, have to suffer this silli ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 1 16:57:09 PST 2010

89 [lbo-talk] The Economy of the Occupation 25: Israel Owes Billions of Shekels to Palestinian Workers -- rank: 1000

To read the booklet, click here <http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2467:the-economy-of-the-occupation-25-israel-owes-billions-of-shekels-to-palestinian-workers&catid=172:economy-of-the-occupation&Itemid=930>. In this report we propose an approximate calculation of amounts that the Department of Payments deducted from the salaries of Palestinian workers from the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) who were employed in Israel, or w ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 23 05:40:46 PST 2010

90 [lbo-talk] Jobless future? -- rank: 1000

Bryan Atinsky wrote: > Sandy Harris wrote: >> Sometimes, though, it is true. I was in the UK a few years back >> at a time when there was much moaning about unemployment. >> >> Talked to an Aussie lass who'd been in the country two weeks >> and had three part-time jobs. Granted, they were all badly >> paid & hard work, but she was making enough to live in some >> comfort & save for a summer in Greece. >> > Sounds like she should have ...

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