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10606 [lbo-talk] NYPD docs -- rank: 1000

On May 17, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Chuck wrote: > I'm going to post my thoughts on the docs to the NYC Anarchists > lists. I > can post something similar here if anybody is interested. Of course.

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Date:	Thu May 17 15:41:38 PDT 2007

10607 [lbo-talk] NYPD docs -- rank: 1000

The NYT website has the files on NYPD surveillance of groups planning for demos during the 2004 Republican convention: <http:// www.nytimes.com/ref/nyregion/RNC_intel_digests.html>.

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Date:	Thu May 17 12:28:46 PDT 2007

10608 [lbo-talk] The Dems have their own radio network! -- rank: 1000

[too bad it's going to be duller than Fox] Begin forwarded message: NEW OWNERSHIP "RELAUNCHES" AIR AMERICA RADIO WITH NEW WEBSITE, LINEUP, LOOK & SLOGAN Network begins "I'm an Air American!" campaign with Paul Newman ad. AAR Hosts interview 30+ Headliners for Official ReLaunch on May 21-22, including: Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Richardson -- as well as Steinem, Sorensen, Newman, Nader, Stephanopoulos, Spitzer, Bloomberg, Waxman. Nancy Scola hired as chief blogger. NEW Y ...

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Date:	Thu May 17 11:49:52 PDT 2007

10609 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 17, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > Saying Muscovites are priviliged > beings is like saying the sun is a giant ball of > fusing hydrogen. Duh. But you keep talking about how prosperous Moscow is, as if it were representative of Russia. I could talk about all the snazzy boutiques in Soho, too, but that wouldn't be very representative of life in the USA either. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 17 08:47:22 PDT 2007

10610 [lbo-talk] Remembering Jerry Falwell -- rank: 1000

On May 17, 2007, at 1:37 AM, Steven L. Robinson wrote: > Soulforce cofounder Mel White knew two Jerry Falwells: the evangelical > preacher who spewed hate from the pulpit and the family man who > wasn't so > bad once you got to know him. So what? He could have been the nicest guy in the world in private, but his public role was entirely toxic. Ann Coulter is reported to be pretty nice too. It works the other way around, as well: Marx was a prick in private, but who cares?

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Date:	Thu May 17 08:45:45 PDT 2007

10611 [lbo-talk] Running Mixed Economy (was Junkyard dog hits Motown) -- rank: 1000

On May 17, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > But instead of those, the topic that is > most worth discussing may be how to run and develop mixed economy > while creating socialist culture, since mixed economy is what you'll > run in the interim even if you are actually aiming for socialist > economy in the end. I'm afraid you're right. Which means spending intellectual energy on keeping the tech and management slots filled with people who are both competent and politi ...

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Date:	Thu May 17 08:30:39 PDT 2007

10612 [lbo-talk] Edwards, populist -- rank: 1000

<http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&page=1> For Edwards, the questions have already begun mounting about how he squares his work for Fortress [hedge funds] with his campaign message of championing the poor. As ABC's David Muir points out, while Edwards distances himself from Fortress' sub-prime lending and Cayman Islands tax status, he's still got strong financial ties to the hedge fund, with as much as $7.5 million invested in various Fortress funds -- i ...

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Date:	Thu May 17 08:03:47 PDT 2007

10613 [lbo-talk] Junkyard dog hits Motown -- rank: 1000

On May 16, 2007, at 9:01 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > They're smart enough about getting ahead in business, but that has a > very loose connection, if any, with making a good product. You can > see this > every day. Gone into a Duane Reade lately? Almost every day - where I've gotten Pampers, Crest, unscented Dove, Ivory dish detergent Duracell batteries - all of which work very well. I have stayed away from the $3 umbrellas, though, because they're crap. I don't see the point of t ...

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Date:	Thu May 17 05:28:14 PDT 2007

10614 [lbo-talk] Junkyard dog hits Motown -- rank: 1000

On May 16, 2007, at 7:28 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> Changing these kinds of practices takes a long time, apparently > > Don't tell that to the NUMMI folks! > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_United_Motors%2C_Inc. > > - Toyota/GM co-ownership > - Makes "US" and "Japanese" cars > - UAW represented > - Up and running for over 20 years GM was supposed to learn how to be Toyota from that experience. But the rest of GM still sucks. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 16 16:49:10 PDT 2007

10615 [lbo-talk] Junkyard dog hits Motown -- rank: 1000

On May 16, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Mr. WD wrote: > FWIW, about a month ago, I put this question to an industrial engineer > who works for a company that produces parts for American and Japanese > automakers. He said the culture on the assembly lines in the American > automotive plants is totally different from the Japanese automotive > plants. The Japanese plants (i.e. those plants run by Toyota, Honda, > etc. but not necessarily located in Japan), he said, have carefully > chor ...

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Date:	Wed May 16 16:21:05 PDT 2007

10616 [lbo-talk] Junkyard dog hits Motown -- rank: 1000

On May 16, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Michael Smith wrote: >> So why doesn't this apply to Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Apple, Hewlett- >> Packard, Nokia, Procter & Gamble....? > > Never worked in any of these places. I'm not 100% convinced that > they're all > equally on-the-ball Man, those capitalists are dumb, aren't they? How'd the ever end up running the world? Doug

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Date:	Wed May 16 14:55:00 PDT 2007

10617 [lbo-talk] CFR: save the IMF! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=c7q,s9pl,21q8,3jxw,4pky, 3pf4,eskj> View this newsletter as a web page on CFR.org U.S. Should Support Strong IMF, Urges New Report Developing Countries Need More Voting Power The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) legitimacy and status must be strengthened now so that it can be an effective manager when the next global crisis breaks out, urges a new Council Special Report. "Economic and financial conditions can change with alarming speed, ...

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Date:	Wed May 16 14:40:18 PDT 2007

10618 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 16, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > It's not that Russians CAN'T do it -- it's that > they're NOT SUPPOSED TO. :) Not according to me. Who says this? > Average incomes in Russia are almost twice those in > China and three times those in India, if that factors > into the matter anywhere. Found the answer to the question I couldn't get you to answer (or if you did, I missed it). Moscow incomes are three times those of the rest of Russia, and the top decile has an inco ...

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Date:	Wed May 16 13:22:25 PDT 2007

10619 [lbo-talk] Chinese art has come a long way from the Cultural Revo -- rank: 1000

<http://fleshbot.com/sex/exhibitionism/hairong-tiantian-art-in-a-box- with-crotchless-fishnets-260996.php> Hairong Tiantian: Art In A Box (With Crotchless Fishnets!) Remember that female blogger in China who asked men to send her pictures of their flaccid penises? Yeah, us neither, but the Shanghaiist does and he checks in with an update on her latest saucy adventure. First of all, her name is Hairong Tiantian and for the last few weeks she's been living on the street in Beijing. Actua ...

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Date:	Wed May 16 13:05:25 PDT 2007

10620 [lbo-talk] Junkyard dog hits Motown -- rank: 1000

On May 15, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Jim Straub wrote: > I think it is true that a fight directed at the larger financial > instiutions > involved might help (I recall reading that in the 76 NYC crisis the > powers > that be were most disturbed and agitated at some early raucous > demos that > happened on wall street and outside the banks themselves--- a > tactic that > was dropped by the union leadership) A march on Wall Street made more political sense in that situation bec ...

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Date:	Wed May 16 12:38:39 PDT 2007