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11521 [lbo-talk] Growth -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 7:00 PM, ravi wrote: > On 2 Jul, 2007, at 18:47 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> It is far from impossible that we could get forms of energy that >> pollute little or not at all, which would entirely change the >> picture. >> > > I am curious: what gives you the above belief/hope/suspicion? A naive faith in scientific progress? Because Gar Lipow says so? I just get suspicious when people say something is inevitable. Maybe it won't happen, a ...

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11522 [lbo-talk] Growth -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > My assumption is that human survival beyond the next century requires > the complete (and probably permanent) cessation of economic growth. > (Reduced population might make growth possible -- but that is > speculation on the far future.) In the developed nations any social > order replacing capitalism must make make this reduction in energy use > and production of goods a major consideration. Is this view very > widely > sh ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 2 15:47:22 PDT 2007

11523 [lbo-talk] good news! -- rank: 1000

Wall Street's favorite economist, Ed Hyman, often pastes (literally) headlines (literally) on the front page of his daily newsletter, under columns labeled "good news" and "bad news." (That's one reason my late friend John Liscio nicknamed him "Newsboy" in Barron's.) Today, bad news greatly outweighs the good. In the good column: "GM up on painful wage cuts."

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11524 [lbo-talk] This just in ... Lesbian Gangs Terrorizing the Nation -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Chuck wrote: > Yeah. I hear he was a supporting actor in "Logjammin". Speaking of porn titles, this is a beaut: <http://fleshbot.com/sex/this-week-in-porn-titles/-274332.php> "OMG, I Fucked A Tranny!"

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11525 [lbo-talk] Nietzsche -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 4:21 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > wrobert > To start off, neither Doug, andie, or I are liberals. > > ^^^^ > CB: Ok , you are redbaiting _like_ liberals. Charles, that's ludicrous. Make an argument, don't throw around smears.

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11526 [lbo-talk] This just in ... Lesbian Gangs Terrorizing the Nation -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: >> The "expert's" name is, no kidding, Rod Wheeler. Rod. Heh-heh. >> >> Doug > > And this, no kidding, is his website: rod007.com > > http://www.rod007.com/index1.htm To his credit, O'Reilly seemed deeply skeptical of this guy. He actually said at one point that he thinks of gays and lesbians as a social movement not a criminal movement. Doug

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11527 [lbo-talk] This just in ... Lesbian Gangs Terrorizing the Nation -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:33 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > O'REILLY: When they recruit the kids, are they indoctrinating them > into > homosexuality? > WHEELER: Yes, as a matter of fact, some of these kids have reported > being forced into performing sex acts and doing sex acts with some of > these people. Hey, I posted a report of this just after having seen the O'R segment! The "expert's" name is, no kidding, Rod Wheeler. Rod. Heh-heh. Doug

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11528 [lbo-talk] Sara Roy on Hamas (and censorship) -- rank: 1000

<http://mepc.org/journal_vol14/0707_roy.asp> BOOK REVIEW Hamas: Politics, Charity and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt. Yale University Press, in cooperation with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2006. 324 pages, $26.00, hardcover. Sara Roy Senior research scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University Author's Note: This review, published here in its entirety, was originally commissioned by The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, the offi ...

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11529 [lbo-talk] terror spectacular -- rank: 1000

[I love these "secret docs" that somehow become non-secret - esp when revealed by a GOP-leaning outfit like ABC News.] Secret Document: U.S. Fears Terror 'Spectacular' Planned Official Cites Resemblance to Warnings and Intelligence Before 9/11 By BRIAN ROSS, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and RICHARD ESPOSITO July 1, 2007 A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer, according to ...

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11530 [lbo-talk] Nietzsche -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Miles Jackson wrote: > Yes, I agree, it's important to recognize and analyze the pernicious > psychological effects of our capitalist society. But that's distinct > from the task of analyzing social structure. Miles, I don't think anyone would disagree with that, except maybe Carrol, who seems to think psychology itself is a waste of time. I don't get who you're arguing with (or should I say "with whom you are arguing"?). Doug

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11531 [lbo-talk] Lieberman still a hawk -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Monday 02 July 2007 10:59, andie nachgeborenen wrote: >> I suppose he thinks >> this somehow benefits Israel > > This would appear to be the consensus view in the Looby, would it not? Then the "Looby" is really at odds with those whom they purport to represent. <http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=26677> February 23, 2007 Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War Opposition goe ...

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11532 [lbo-talk] Lieberman still a hawk -- rank: 1000

<http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/Story?id=3105288&page=2> Republicans may be abandoning President Bush on the war, but Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is sticking with the president's strategy -- and sounding more combative than Bush himself these days. "You might say that, in Iraq, we've got the enemy on the run, but for some reason, in Washington, a lot of politicians are on the run to order a retreat by our troops even as they are beginning to succeed," Li ...

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11533 [lbo-talk] Doug & Liz to go on a boat ride -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2007, at 1:58 PM, farmelantj at juno.com wrote: > I noticed in the latest issue of the Nation, an ad for the annual > Nation cruise. This time featuring Doug & Liz Not to be a pedant or anything but it's Liza. > as among the featured > Nation writers to be on the cruise. Given the fact that it was on > such > a cruise that Alex Cockburn met that scientist who convinced him that > global warming is a bog hoax, can we expect more such hijinx with Doug > Henw ...

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11534 [lbo-talk] Castro: family jewels a smokescreen -- rank: 1000

Castro charges CIA more murderous than ever 1 hour, 5 minutes ago HAVANA (Reuters) - Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro charged on Sunday the release of classified CIA documents detailing past abuses was a smoke screen behind which the Bush administration hoped to hide even worse methods. "I think that this action could be an attempt ... to make people believe that these methods belong to another era and are no longer used," Castro wrote in an editorial published by the com ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 1 18:47:54 PDT 2007

11535 [lbo-talk] more on the psychology of money -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: >> Schwarzman's need for more is shaped by American capitalism, for >> sure, but his need for more - every deal Blackstone has done has >> affected the lives of many thousands of people - shapes the world we >> live in too. > > Perhaps this specific example can clarify my point: sure, individual > thought and behavior shape society and the world. However, in > order for > Schwarzman's psychological tendencie ...

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