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10801 [lbo-talk] How to explain things to (right-wing) libertarians -- rank: 1000

On Mar 31, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > Gee, if only AFL founder Samuel Gompers had known that the "win/ > win" POV is the key to sucess, he might have been an effective > labor advocate. It's a pity he was mired in an adversarial frame > of mind reflected by comments like: > > * "We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want > more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have > received the results of our labor." ...

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10802 [lbo-talk] How to explain things to (right-wing) libertarians -- rank: 1000

On Mar 31, 2007, at 12:44 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > Actually, I envy your fund of folk wisdom. Unfortunately, I grew > up in > Massachusetts, where a robust public school system ensured there > were few > people with "no education at all," so I'm deficient in colorful > colloquialisms. Having literally just ordered lunch from three teenagers at a deli in Gloucester, Mass., I have my doubts about the present state of the state's public school system. Doug

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10803 [lbo-talk] Brits' shit fit over seized sailors misfires -- rank: 1000

On Mar 31, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >>> What the the hell business does the Royal Navy have fiddle-farting >>> around in Iranian/Iraqi waters? >> >> Either spying, or trying to provoke an incident, no? > > Er, they are there under a UN mandate, UNSCR 1723. > > http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ > ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1032786073584 Eh? > Q: What does UNSCR 1723 mean for the ...

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10804 [lbo-talk] Brits' shit fit over seized sailors misfires -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 10:30 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > What the the > hell business does the Royal Navy have fiddle-farting around in > Iranian/Iraqi waters? Either spying, or trying to provoke an incident, no? Doug

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10805 [lbo-talk] Russian Economic Boom Factoids -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > When I got here in 2000, it was 35 rubles to the > dollar. Now it is 26. > > I jyst had a couple of beers with Scott Spires (from > the Untimely Thoughts list) and we discussed > Hellevig's per capita GDP figures. We came to the > conclusion that his high-end figures (for the present) > are probably right, but that his figures for 1999 are > off. The figure he gives for 1999 (or was it 2000?) > would be far too low, a ...

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10806 [lbo-talk] How to explain things to (right-wing) libertarians -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > In SoVa, we say, "Virginia starts at Fredericksburg." But that's > always open for debate. As a former resident of C'ville - sorry, I took the harlot out of Charlottesville - is that part of the real Virginia? Doug

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10807 [lbo-talk] Russian Economic Boom Factoids -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 2:47 PM, tfast wrote: > Those figures are listed in US dollars. The WB figs are in PPP US$ Doug

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10808 [lbo-talk] Russian Economic Boom Factoids -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > The Russian GDP in dollar terms has increased fivefold > during Putin s term from 2000 to 2006. What's happened to the ruble-dollar exchange rate over that period? Doug

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10809 [lbo-talk] Narmada Dam (was Arundhati Roy etc.) -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 9:59 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > If subsistence farming is the left's idea of development, you can > keep it. > I ain't buying. It's not up to me, you, or the World Bank, is it? Shouldn't the people themselves be consulted? Doug

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10810 [lbo-talk] Russian Economic Boom Factoids -- rank: 1000

On Mar 30, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > Per capita GDP in Russia (real inflation-adjusted) in: > > 1999 $1334 > 2005 $5346 > 2006 $6879 > 2007 $8350 (projected) > > Source: Deutsche Bank That just doesn't sound plausible - it works out to a growth rate of 25% a year, more than twice as fast as China, something like three times India. The World Bank has Russian per capita GDP up about 7% a year (real, PPP) up an average of 7% a year from 1999-2 ...

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10811 [lbo-talk] Hillary: timeout on trade deals -- rank: 1000

Clinton Breaks With Husband's Legacy on Nafta Pact, China Trade By Kristin Jensen and Mark Drajem March 30 (Bloomberg) -- One of President Bill Clinton's enduring legacies was his hard-fought push for trade deals with Mexico and China. His wife is heading in another direction. Senator Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, wonders why the North American Free Trade Agreement is ``continuing to drive hundreds of thousands, even millions, of people f ...

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10812 [lbo-talk] Narmada Dam (was Arundhati Roy etc.) -- rank: 1000

As I recall, though I haven't looked at this in a few years, private capital does not like large dam projects anymore - too risky, too low a return. Which is why it's up the public sector, insofar as the World Bank is the public sector, to finance them. Doug

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10813 [lbo-talk] CNA affiliation statement -- rank: 1000

www.calnurse.org For Immediate Release March 9, 2007 California Nurses Association/NNOC Joins AFL-CIO following Endorsement of Single Payer Healthcare, Affiliation Unites 325,000 RNs in Federation The California Nurses Association, and its national arm, the National Nurses Organizing Committee was granted a charter Thursday to join the AFL-CIO, uniting 325,000 registered nurses into the leading voice of America's working people. CNA/NNOC represents 75,000 RNs in all 50 states. Significantly, ...

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10814 [lbo-talk] Tinsley Mortimer speaks! -- rank: 1000

A stunning interview with top NYC socalist (as the NY Post called her in a headline) Tinsley Mortimer: <http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid271529994/ bctid713242158>. Doug

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10815 [lbo-talk] How to explain things to (right-wing) libertarians -- rank: 1000

On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:55 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > I'd way rather talk to a lib than to a > mainstream Bushie con or a sectarian leftie. Yeah Liza & I had a chat the other night with Nick Gillespie, editor of Reason. He's an earnest and thoughtful fellow who tried hard to find common ground with us. I couldn't imagine a chat with a Spart like that. Doug

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