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1186 [lbo-talk] Jobs -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > So do you mean the advances in thin laptops are because of Apple? > Thatīs news to me. I thought it was due to lower power requirements of > Intelīs ATOM chipsets. Most people don't give a fuck about chipsets. They want a computer that looks nice and is easy to use. That's where Apple's real innovations are. Doug

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1187 [lbo-talk] Fetish of "Innovation" -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 7:38 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Most innovation, like most mutations,is destructive. Praising innovation is praising the destructiveness of capitalism. The bourgeoisie has through its exploitation of the world market given a cosmopolitan character to production and consumption in every country. To the great chagrin of Reactionists, it has drawn from under the feet of industry the national ground on which it stood. All old-established national industries have been destroyed or ...

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1188 [lbo-talk] Jobs -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Nathan S. wrote: > Bracketing that and focusing on JobsApple the Randoid Superhero, I'm glad to read that he was hostile to the word "innovation". The idea of running a stable UNIX-derived kernel on a heavily-controlled hardware base (hence the system's stability) is so 20th-century, as in, it's a Fordist production model, that it's amazing that Apple had to practically go bankrupt before doing it and that no one else did at all. You can have a Mac that w ...

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1189 [lbo-talk] zizek, lenin, parties, srsly? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 5:02 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > So, what is the LBO take on this building a party business? The Lenin > business? We need some kind of party/parties. Organization. Not democratic centralist, but more organized than a circle of twinklers, for sure. Doug

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1190 [lbo-talk] OWS: the far-right view -- rank: 1000

[from Human Events] Thursdays with John Hayward 10.06.11 Three weeks into the Occupy Wall Street protests, the disorganized mob of shiftless protesters is receiving fresh shock troops from Big Labor. An article at Business Insiderlists the new arrivals: United NY, SEIU 1199, United Federation of Teachers, Working Families Party, andMoveOn.org. The Transit Workers and AFL-CIO are also expected to participate. The protesters romantically bill themselves as anarchists, which has attracted some ...

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1191 [lbo-talk] Great piece by Doug on What Would Keynes Do -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Michael Pollak quoted me (and thanks for that, Michael): > Joan Robinson said that it was a pity that Keynes talked so much about > investment without talking about what investment should be for. Does anyone know where she said that, and the exact quote? It's been 15 years, and I don't trust my memory for quotes. Doug

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1192 [lbo-talk] David Graeber interview on OWS -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Last night Keith Olberman read this declaration on the air. This motherfucker has a great voice, and it bears on the "rhetoric" idea. When he gets done with it, it sounds like it rings from the hills: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8o3peQq79Q&sns=fb No, please, anything but him. Sorry. Doug

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1193 [lbo-talk] David Graeber interview on OWS -- rank: 1000

This is kind of funny. David comes off as something of an old statesman, a little cautious about the kids. Old fart that I am, I can understand where he's coming from. But he's 50 now, so he's getting into the old fart demographic himself. Doug

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1194 [lbo-talk] Jobs -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > they did it as scientific research. Science is open and peer reviewed. With gobs of public money. Yeah, in the U.S., public investment is ok if it's part of the death machine. But there would be no internet as we know it without the Pentagon. Or computers, for that matter. I think even the mouse and the GUI are traceable to DARPA. Doug

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1195 [lbo-talk] worldview -- rank: 1000

Wall Street's favorite economist, Ed Hyman, likes to annotate headlines and news snippets. In today's morning report, he groups some under "depressing" and others under "encouraging." Depressing: Unions Join Wall St Protest (NYT) Senate Democrats proposed a 5% surtax on incomes over $1m (WSJ) Encouraging: Merkel Ready to Aid Banks (IBD) The BoE expanded its bond-purchase plan to $420b from $300b (Bloomberg) IMF Considers Plan to Purchase European Bonds (WSJ) Gotta love that s ...

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1196 [lbo-talk] Jobs -- rank: 1000

On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Just remember that the Internet youīre using to write that e-mail and > send it wasnīt created by monopolists the likes of Bill Gates or Steve > Jobs, but by the likes of Tim Berners Lee and Vint Cerf. With the assistance of the Pentagon. Doug

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1197 [lbo-talk] Jobs -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:56 PM, // ravi wrote: > Was just going to post this - don t know why, but it makes me sad. And that s not just because my AAPL is going to take a beating tomorrow when the markets open. Wasn't his death priced in when he resigned? It was clear that he was on the way to the bus, to steal a phrase from Wallace Stevens. It makes me sad too. Like these damn things. Like I said on his resignation, he was like the last remaining innovator in the U.S. economy. Now it's just char ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 5 17:01:08 PDT 2011

1198 [lbo-talk] explaining climate denialism -- rank: 1000

On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > Thanks very much for not noting the disciplinary background of these two... > its unhappy-making from where I sit (as, in many ways, is where folks like > me tend to stand within the terrain the these guys' subdiscipline). Dunno about their social science - I just relished Balk's gloss. A lot of it is about their dicks. Doug

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1199 [lbo-talk] explaining climate denialism -- rank: 1000

http://www.theawl.com/2011/10/white-males-scared White Males Scared Alex Balk @ 4:00 pm Science, why are conservative white males more likely to be climate change skeptics than other groups? > The white male effect could stem from the notion that, historically, white males have faced fewer obstacles in life, said McCright. But another school of thought sees the adoption of risk tied to personal values. "It has to do with their identity as an in-group," he said. "Something that ...

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1200 [lbo-talk] no Palin -- rank: 1000

> POLITICO Breaking News > ------------------------------------------------- > Sarah Palin will not enter the 2012 Republican race. "I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States. As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision. When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order," the former Alaska go ...

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