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10231 [lbo-talk] "MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 26, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > Seriously, I notice Malecki's ICL link. Is he a Spart? That would > explain his apparent lack of any sense of humor. He always presented as a sympathizer but not a member. I suspect he's too weird for them even.

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Date:	Mon Nov 26 09:45:43 PST 2007

10232 [lbo-talk] malicious liar -- rank: 1000

On Nov 26, 2007, at 2:48 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: >>> <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> 11/25/07 6:30 PM >>> > > From: bhandari at berkeley.edu > Subject: [lbo-talk] malicious liar > Almost without exception the economists have rejected both of Kliman's > argument. I think that's a terrible mistake. > > But it can surely be taken as a compliment, can't it? After all, the > critique of political economy was never intended to make friends and > infl ...

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10233 [lbo-talk] "MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > Ah, Cockroach, a Magazine for Poor and Working > People... What a title... Oh yes, I remember great disputes with Malecki over this. Some of us thought it was insulting to identify "poor and working people" with revolting insects, but Malecki just said that was our middle class elitism at work. Doug

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Date:	Mon Nov 26 05:35:00 PST 2007

10234 [lbo-talk] No Quest for the New (Re: Wish I Was ... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 26, 2007, at 2:04 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: > Mediocre artists borrow; great artists steal. Wasn't that T.S. Eliot?

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Date:	Mon Nov 26 04:32:31 PST 2007

10235 [lbo-talk] "MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 25, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:46:21 -0500 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > writes: >> >> On Nov 25, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Chris Doss wrote: >> >>> --- Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote: >>> Bob Malecki ... actually >>>> debated the Swedish PM on Swedish radio, >>> >>> You're kidding, right? >> >> No, really. Malecki got designated the official ...

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10236 [lbo-talk] "JERRY LEVY, -- rank: 1000

On Nov 25, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Charles Brown wrote: > Isn't Mr. Kliman an advocate of Marxist-Humanism, Raya Dunayevskaya's > philosophy ? He is. That was the source of one of his disputes with the Brecht Forum; they said in his bio that he wrote for News & Letters, and that pissed him off.

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10237 [lbo-talk] "MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 25, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > --- Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote: > Bob Malecki ... actually >> debated the Swedish PM on Swedish radio, > > You're kidding, right? No, really. Malecki got designated the official spokesman of the Swedish poor or something. Such is hegemony. Malecki allegedly got radicalized by a single leaflet, became an anti- Vietnam War activist, got busted for trying to blow up a power plant in Cleveland, and ran off t ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 25 12:46:21 PST 2007

10238 [lbo-talk] Elizabeth Kucinich: My Husband Would "Absolutely"Consider Running With Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > You and Doug belong in a graduate seminar in political science, not > in a > political discussion. You're funny. For a guy who loves to throw around the word "incoherent," you think there's nothing at all odd about a social democrat pairing up with a libertarian goldbug? It would have comic potential, no doubt about it, but the joke would be on us. Doug

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10239 [lbo-talk] "JERRY LEVY, MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 25, 2007, at 1:00 AM, Seth Ackerman wrote: > Check out this page (actually, a series of pages) from the website of > the Marxist economist Andrew Kliman, who somehow has a job teaching at > Pace University. It concerns a personal dispute between himself and > Jerry Levy, another Marxist economist who also teaches at schools in > NYC. I have never - ever - read anything more crazy, unintentionally > hilarious (yet vaguely unnerving) than this. Really, don't stop > read ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 25 05:17:05 PST 2007

10240 [lbo-talk] "JERRY LEVY, MALICIOUS LIAR" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 25, 2007, at 1:14 AM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > somehow, i think I know Jerry Levy from somewhere. Jerry Levy was on those delightful early Marxism lists. He once denounced me as a "petit bourgeois exploiter of youthful labor," because I have interns/research assistants. But I think we've since made peace. Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 25 05:08:10 PST 2007

10241 [lbo-talk] thought of the day -- rank: 1000

[via Popbitch] "I've gained no wisdom. There's nothing good about aging. You just deteriorate and die" - Woody Allen

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Date:	Sat Nov 24 12:22:09 PST 2007

10242 [lbo-talk] Elizabeth Kucinich: My Husband Would "Absolutely" Consider Running With Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

Jesus, the American left is braindead. Would someone just administer the coup de grace?

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Date:	Sat Nov 24 11:03:40 PST 2007

10243 [lbo-talk] LBO sub crisis resolved -- rank: 1000

The guy who did the LBO subscriber maintenance, who'd been withholding addresses and then the full file for nearly a month, finally handed it over on Wednesday evening, giving the household reason to be thankful on the holiday. Thanks to those of you who emailed and/or called the vendor, whose name is now consigned to the mists. Doug

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Date:	Fri Nov 23 12:50:54 PST 2007

10244 [lbo-talk] twin studies & IQ -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: > Explaining sociostructural factors in terms of individual qualities is > essentially American. The rich are rich and the poor are poor because > of their individual traits. But redemption and self-improvement are part of the whole package. My chuck-out shelf is full of books like that. Obviously this shit has big appeal though. I was just reading some op-ed rant by Watson that wants to use genetic testing to filter loons out of the ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 23 12:45:49 PST 2007

10245 [lbo-talk] help wanted -- rank: 1000

PART-TIME JOB VACANCY - APPLICATIONS INVITED The Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) seeks applications for a part-time Office Manager. Founded in 1968, URPE is a membership organization of academics and activists who share an interest in a radical analysis of political and economic topics. URPE's members use their analysis to advance various progressive political and social agendas. (For more information on URPE visit: www.urpe.org.] Applicants should have the experience necessary ...

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