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11431 [lbo-talk] The Problem of Conspiracy Theorists at the Anti-WarMeeting Yesterday -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:35 PM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > it's a nice answer, that theory is born of practice. problem is, > there are > still a bunch of different theories What's your theory? Do the same people do theory and practice, or do they live in different worlds? Doug

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11432 [lbo-talk] Alterman congratulates self -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:14 PM, bitch at pulpculture.org wrote: > At 08:32 AM 7/11/2007, you wrote: >> I can only hope I do something so generous for >> someone someday. > > it's pretty freakin' sad that, at his age, he hasn't. Well, not only that, his celebration of Rorty's generosity is an act of self-aggrandizement. "See how great I am! A man stepped off his deathbed to write me a letter of recommendation!" Doug

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11433 [lbo-talk] For Progressives who Vote Democratic but Value Human Rights -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Chip Berlet wrote: > The Dems backsliding on reproductive rights and gay rights is too > creepy. Are you surprised? This is what happens when you try to "engage" the religious. There just aren't enough of the Pious Pinkos to matter - the real gravitational pull of that strategy is to the right. Doug

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11434 [lbo-talk] Moody's: The Private Equity emperor has no clothes -- rank: 1000

On Jul 9, 2007, at 10:04 PM, joanna wrote: > Well, Capitalists don't like being looted either. Barron's wrote a few > weeks ago that the only reason PE was going public again was > because it > was starting to lose money and the only way it could squeeze > another few > bucks out of the game was by figuring out another way to spin the > wheel. A rare instance in which The Nation beat Barron's to the punch. By the way, I bet Murdoch would shut Barron's, sad to say.

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11435 [lbo-talk] Whole Foods CEO makes fool of self -- rank: 1000

NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal July 11, 2007 Whole Foods' founder and CEO John Mackey posted many messages on Yahoo's stock forums for about eight years, ending around August 2006, the company confirmed Wednesday. Mr. Mackey used the pseudonym "Rahodeb," an anagram for Deborah, the name of Mr. Mackey's wife. On the boards, Rahodeb routinely cheered Whole Foods' financial results, trumpeted personal gains on the stock, and bashed rival Wild Oats. http://online.wsj.com/arti ...

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11436 [lbo-talk] The Problem of Conspiracy Theorists at the Anti-War Meeting Yesterday -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > Becuase the risk is the whole conversation will end up being about > 9/11 conspiracies, and not about ending the war. It'd be a perfect > COINTELPRO-style strategy, actually. > > Doug > > ^^^^^ > CB; Isn't mention of COINTELPRO conspiracy theorizing ? Not in the same way. But we've been over this a hundred times and since the a/c is not working in the office, I'm not up for 101. Doug

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11437 [lbo-talk] What Retirement? (Was Re: Liberal Intellectuals and the Coordinator Class) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 4:07 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: >> Another change: 25% of the over-65 pop was working >> in 1950, vs. 15% >> today. >> >> Doug >> > > We're working on fixing that. The process is already underway. The only age groups with higher employment/pop ratios now than at the broad employment peak in 2000 are the over-55s. The so-called prime-age (25-54) were at 81.9% in 2000, vs. 80.0% now. For the 55-64s, it was 58.9% then vs. 61.8% no ...

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11438 [lbo-talk] The Problem of Conspiracy Theorists at the Anti-War Meeting Yesterday -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 3:47 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > Yoshie: why not 9-11 conspiracy theorists? Becuase the risk is the whole conversation will end up being about 9/11 conspiracies, and not about ending the war. It'd be a perfect COINTELPRO-style strategy, actually. Doug

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11439 [lbo-talk] Liberal Intellectuals and the Coordinator Class -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Up until the 50s (or maybe even the 60s? Doug), this country did Just > Fine with less than half of the able-bodied adults in the "workforce" The employment/population ratio never went below 55% in the 1950s. But I get your point. More than all of the increase in the EPR has come from women (since the male EPR has declined from 81% in 1950 to 70% today; women's went from 31% to 70%). Another change: 25% of the over-65 pop was ...

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11440 [lbo-talk] NATO/Kosovo: The Liberal's Favorite War -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 1:22 AM, Peter Hart Ward wrote: > But perhaps the breakup wasn't natural at all: it isn't clear, > although I have my suspicions, how significant a US (probably CIA) > role there was in the breakup of the federation. If US interference > turns out to have been significant (as it definitely was in the case > of Kosovo), then we have to consider whether the whole Balkan > conflict wasn't in reality just an eximplery application of the Roman > principle of d ...

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11441 [lbo-talk] Liberal Intellectuals and the Coordinator Class -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > "From each according to his ability, to each according > to his need" seems to say that, Doug. Just taking my > own teenagers as examples, some of the least > contributing members of society seem to have the > greatest needs. Sure. And people who are sick or disabled deserve generous provision. But our friend Bill B has plenty of ability, and just hasn't wanted to work for the last 30 years. Doug

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11442 [lbo-talk] capital punishment around the world -- rank: 1000

New York Times - July 11, 2007 Executions Are Under Way in Iran for Adultery and Other Violations By NAZILA FATHI TEHRAN, July 10 The Iranian government confirmed Tuesday that a man was executed by stoning last week for committing adultery, and said that 20 more men would be executed in the coming days on morality violations. A judiciary spokesman, Alireza Jamshidi, told reporters on Tuesday that a death sentence by stoning had been carried out last week near the city of Takestan, west of ...

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11443 [lbo-talk] Pakistan troubles -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - July 11, 2007 Red line drawn By Jo Johnson and Farhan Bokhari Early yesterday morning, General Pervez Musharraf took a decisionhe had avoided for more thansix months. Pakistan's president ordered soldiers from an elite squad ofcommandos he once led to storm the Lal Masjid religious complex in Islamabad, held by heavily armed radical Islamists with alleged links to al-Qaeda. The crack force encountered fierce resistance. As the crump of explosions and the rattle of gunfire ...

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11444 [lbo-talk] Chinese are getting serious.... -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Mr. WD wrote: > The Chinese certainly aren't squeamish about executing people, but at > least they've developed execution protocols and trained professional > to kill efficiently. A bullet in the back of the head is very efficient, and doesn't require highly trained staff, like our pseudo-medical procedures! I gotta say, I'm no fan of capital punishment, but this guy deserved it more than your run-of-the-mill murderer. Doug

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11445 [lbo-talk] Liberal Intellectuals and the Coordinator Class -- rank: 1000

On Jul 11, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Bill Bartlett wrote: > Wage labour, more or less, it seems to me. You mean, no dole? Heavens, Bill, what would you do? Really - do you think a just society should allow some people to coast by on the labor of others? Doug

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