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10681 [lbo-talk] Iran: the case for invasion -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/curveball/is-iran-about-to-genocide-the- metrosexuals-259936.php> curveball Is Iran About To Genocide The Metrosexuals? 655 Views Hold on to your pomade, the Islamofascists are coming! The ever- strengthening case for war against Iran became nigh-airtight this morning with the Wall Street Journal's front- page story detailing the Islamic Republic's latest assault on freedom. Religious police, reports Andrew Higgins, are cracking down with unprecedented brutality ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 12 13:34:57 PDT 2007

10682 [lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn discloses who the fearmongers are -- rank: 1000

<http://www.counterpunch.com/cockburn05122007.html> In fact, when it comes to corporate sponsorship of crackpot theories about why the world is getting warmer, the best documented conspiracy of interest is between the Greenhouser fearmongers and the nuclear industry, now largely owned by oil companies, whose prospects twenty years ago looked dark, amid headlines about the fall-out from Chernobyl, aging plants and nuclear waste dumps leaking from here to eternity. The apex Greenhouse ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 12 11:17:08 PDT 2007

10683 [lbo-talk] Why Is America So Violent? -- rank: 1000

On May 12, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Mr. WD wrote: > > To the extent that American families are being torn apart, etc. The > problem isn't a lack of God, or spirituality, or too much materialism > -- it's that average people need to work longer and harder and they > don't see their families as often. When everyone worked a 40 hour > week, there was plenty of time for civil society (bowling leagues, > rotary club, coaching your kid's baseball team...). Those kinds of > activit ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 12 11:10:27 PDT 2007

10684 [lbo-talk] My Day in the Land of Oppression -- rank: 1000

On May 12, 2007, at 6:23 AM, Chris Doss wrote: >>> >> Never mind Perry Anderson, but life in Moscow is not >> the equivalent of >> life in Russia, right? >> >> Joanna >> > > I was taking the piss, not being serious! > > Not even life in Russia is equivalent to life in > Russia. The place is huge. It's like talking about > "life in America." You can't answer this now, because you've already hit your daily quota, but you're ...

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Date:	Sat May 12 07:02:07 PDT 2007

10685 [lbo-talk] Putin Promises More Focus on Projects -- rank: 1000

Elsewhere, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > In the seven years of Putin's presidency, analysts estimate that > Russia has earned US$750 billion (euro550 billion) from sales of oil > and gas, amid record world prices. Russia's current dollar GDP in 2005 was $763 billion, according to the World Bank. Obviously, then, oil is a big part of Russia's recovery. According to WB stats, about half of Russia's exports from 2000-2005 were fuels, and exports were 35-40% of GDP. Just 9% of exports in 200 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 16:11:52 PDT 2007

10686 [lbo-talk] who is the most racist? -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Of course not. No more than any modern astronomer argues that Galileo > was right. There was a huge literature on this in the '60s and > '70s. Go > look it up. I'm certainly not going to rehearse it here. It's simply > established beyond the need for argument. The only arguments are over, > given this fact, how do we proceed strategically and tactically. Ok. I understand now. By the way, who's this "we" you talk about? ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 15:56:29 PDT 2007

10687 [lbo-talk] Pervert's Guide to Cinema -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thepervertsguide.com/> Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire' - Slavoj Zizek THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncov ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 14:49:43 PDT 2007

10688 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 5:30 PM, B. wrote: > Wow, I have to admit, those bikes are pretty kick ass, > esp. the "Gear Up 750" model! You gotta love a product that traces its history back to Uncle Joe <http://www.imz-ural.com/factory/>: "Early in 1941, the first trial samples of M-72 motorcycles were shown to Stalin, who immediately approved production of the motorcycles."

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Date:	Fri May 11 14:41:11 PDT 2007

10689 [lbo-talk] who is the most racist? -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 4:53 PM, BklynMagus wrote: > In fact, the only two things we have in common is > an incredible/indelible fabulousness and the knowledge > that "Gypsy" is the greates piece of musical theater > ever composed. Sometimes you just go too far, Brian! >> Then there's the problem Carroll pointed out, that > the discussion places too much emphasis on individual > attitudes. > > But unless individual attitudes are changed you are never > goin ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 14:12:40 PDT 2007

10690 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 4:08 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: His 9th post of the day. Last warning; next stop, moderation.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 13:15:07 PDT 2007

10691 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 4:02 PM, tfast wrote: > Doug, why don't you try crossing that border to find out just how > unguarded > it is? I can remember crossing into the US without so much as > showing a > drivers licence. Those days are gone, the US is an armed camp. I've done so many times, most recently in July and December 2006. Yeah, it's not as mellow as it used to be but there's a long history of peaceful relations between the two countries. > I raised the Canadian model p ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 13:09:16 PDT 2007

10692 [lbo-talk] My Day in the Land of Oppression -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Chris Doss wrote: His sixth post of the day. Rampant overposters get put on moderation.

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Date:	Fri May 11 12:48:51 PDT 2007

10693 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 2:58 PM, tfast wrote: > More seriously the question of Russian economic development might be > usefully posed in terms of whether or not Putin has in mind a > staples based > strategy fro economic development. The Canadian model would be more > instructive than any of the Asian, SEA NICs. Wouldn't that require moving Russia so that it had a 3000-mile unguarded border with the U.S.? Doug

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Date:	Fri May 11 12:38:26 PDT 2007

10694 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 1:58 PM, ravi wrote: > I am curious... what has China created in a global scale? State > sponsored knock-offs like Huawei and ZTE? I can't think of any > (mostly due to my ignorance of China). Do they have a GM, Honda, > Boeing, Citibank, Pepsico, Monsanto, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, GE, > Viacom/Murdoch, Nokia, Microsoft, Google, 3M, .....? They've got Lenovo and Haier, but it was a nation of rice paddies 25 years ago!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 11:18:00 PDT 2007

10695 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > What companies > have India and China created that count for anything > on a global scale? Lenovo took over IBM's PC division, for heaven's sake. Haier is spreading around the world. Mittal is of Inidian origin, if not literally Indian. But Russia shoulda/coulda done better, if it had managed the Soviet inheritance better. Leave aside the company question. What are the leading sectors of the Russian economy? Here's what the World Bank ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 11:16:36 PDT 2007