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11206 [lbo-talk] Pynchon Don't Sell Likwe He Used To -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> When Amazon first started selling used books, I used to unload all >> the review copies I get of crappy business/management books for >> decent coin. But after a while, prices collapsed, and now it's not >> worth the trip to the post office (since you have to hand all >> packages 16 oz. and over to a human clerk - part of the war on >> terror, you know!). $7.00 is kind of high, actually. > > Do you thi ...

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11207 [lbo-talk] Taibbi (was Re: Fwd: Antioch College Closing!) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > How about: (1) universal and affordable health care, (2) guaranteed > living > wage jobs for everyone, (3) elimination of poverty and cultural > dysfunctions > it creates, (4) equal educational opportunity for everyone, (5) > proportional > political representation free of corruption and monied interests > (public > funding of election), (6) clean environment for everyone and > rational use of > natural res ...

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11208 [lbo-talk] entertainment news: a t.A.T.u. movie! -- rank: 1000

<http://www.beatrice.com/archives/002109.html> From Russia With Love by Dibs! Russia s most successful recording act ever, t.A.T.u., comprises two young Muscovites, Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova, who were selected at ages 15 and 14, respectively, after massive auditions in 1999 by a producer who thought he could become rich by creating and marketing a teen-girl duo. He was correct. The pair s astounding success was fueled by award-winning dance-beat singles (the one best-known to Eng ...

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11209 [lbo-talk] Web 2.0: how meta can you get? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.calacanis.com/2007/06/06/you-know-facebook-is-on-fire-when/> You Know Facebook is on fire when.... They have a group for another social networking site with 3,500 members!!! How meta is that!?!?!? Facebook features are so tight that people from ASmallWorld would rather network on Facebook with the ASW icon.... wow. Like wow wow.

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11210 [lbo-talk] Pynchon Don't Sell Likwe He Used To -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2007, at 11:25 AM, BklynMagus wrote: > I was on amazon and looked up Pynchon since > earlier posts brought him to mind. > > AGAINST THE DAY is selling for $7.00. What > is that about? When Amazon first started selling used books, I used to unload all the review copies I get of crappy business/management books for decent coin. But after a while, prices collapsed, and now it's not worth the trip to the post office (since you have to hand all packages 16 oz. and over ...

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11211 [lbo-talk] Alex Balk on KvH -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/liberal-fantasies/katrina-vanden-heuevel- wants-a-pony-268988.php> liberal fantasies Katrina Vanden Heuevel Wants A Pony Nation editrix Katrina Vanden Heuevel, whose commitment to liberalism is almost as strong as her commitment to snuffing out all forms of humor or excitement in her magazine, offers her take on the Dan Rather-Katie Couric kerfuffle. Guess who's to blame? Big corporations! "Recently, NBC News led its evening news program with two-and-a-half ...

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11212 [lbo-talk] Obamagirl "may" vote for Obama -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3279937&page=1> Obamagirl Says 'We'll See' to Voting for Obama Viral Music Video Star Undecided on Whether Obama Gets Her Vote During the Primary By JAKE TAPPER June 14, 2007 Model/actress Amber Lee Ettinger, who depicts "Obamagirl" -- a lustful admirer of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, in an increasingly popular music video posted online this week -- says she isn't sure if the presidential candidate will get her vote during the Ne ...

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11213 [lbo-talk] A question regarding list member identities... -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2007, at 1:15 AM, Jim Straub wrote: > Hey speaking of TRP, is anyone reading the new Pynchon book Against > The > Day? I love it love it love it; but I'm a big Pynchonite already. > His most > explicitly political book ever tho I think. So what do your working class housemates make of this? Doug

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11214 [lbo-talk] Big Three have it out for UAW -- rank: 1000

On Jun 14, 2007, at 6:25 PM, Mark Rickling wrote: > It's contract time for the United Auto Workers and the Wall Street > Journal is working hard to build the case for big pay cuts. The paper > tells us that compensation for UAW members is in the range of $70-$75 > an hour. That's not exactly what the piece said: "they pay union workers $70 to $75 an hour, when wage, health-care and pension expenses are factored in." It may not be fair to attribute that to current workers ...

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11215 [lbo-talk] Big Three have it out for UAW -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - June 14, 2007 Detroit Pursues Sweeping Cuts In Union Talks Big 3 Cite Wide Cost Gap With Asian Auto Rivals; Threat to Export Jobs By JEFFREY MCCRACKEN Detroit's Big Three, facing their worst crisis in decades, are seeking unprecedented concessions from the United Auto Workers union in a bid to narrow what they say is a $30-an-hour labor-cost disadvantage against Asian rivals like Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., auto executives say. The unusually tough stance by ...

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11216 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Antioch College Closing! -- rank: 1000

On Jun 14, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Jim Straub wrote: > I live in OH now, in columbus. All my housemates other than me are > native > buckeyes, from blue-collar backgrounds (parents former factory > workers or > truckers). Each of the three reacted the same way to the antioch > news the > same way: with glee. Could not have been happier. In fact the > news was > toasted and laughed at uproariously. So, Jim, what is the ultimate point of trying to organize the working cla ...

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11217 [lbo-talk] race -- rank: 1000

[this is written by a list lurker] <http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070611&s=chowkwanyun061307> Why genes don't determine race. Race Against History by Merlin Chowkwanyun It seemed like just another harmless moment on daytime TV: Oprah Winfrey began an "Ask Dr. Oz" segment with the physician Mehmet Oz, and the two arrived at the subject of excessive sweating. Oz cited high blood pressure as a major cause and then asked Winfrey if she knew why black Americans experienced h ...

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11218 [lbo-talk] why Journey? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1562182/20070611/journey.jhtml> "It's heavy, very heavy," said Journey's founding guitarist, Neal Schon, who is a fan of the show but had not yet seen the finale. "It's one of those feel-good songs that's not going to go away." As to why he thinks Chase picked it, Schon chalks it up to the song's moral core. "I think it's just the basic message," he said. "Don't stop believin' in yourself, don't stop believin' in the ...

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11219 [lbo-talk] Glen Ford on Barack Obama -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > Or to put it differently, what is so great about undermining an > electable > candidate who, while certainly not perfect, offers a refreshing > difference > from the same old, same old, business as usual crap that we have > seen thus > far in the ranks of both parties? The point is that it is the same old, same old, just in a light brown package. Doug

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11220 [lbo-talk] Lapham's Ruling Class -- rank: 1000

Libby Handros, producer of Lewis Lapham's film The American Ruling class, writes: > Our film The American Ruling Class has been a work in progress, and > I am very pleased to let you know that the final version that is > making its theatrical review and will have a special one time > showing on The Sundance Channel July 4th at 8pm does include the > wonderful scene with you. It was our mistake to have omitted it > initially, and it is one that I am glad we corrected. > > ...

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