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12436 [lbo-talk] Capitalism and Collapse -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > ...and If I may be permitted to once more promote the > work of Michael Heinrich, readers may wish to consult > the following article on MRZine, on why capitalism is > not going away anytime soon: > > http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/heinrich280707.html > > "...the period of the economic miracle also dominates > the perceptions of the more radical left, as the > development of capitalism since the miracle is &g ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 12:39:56 PDT 2007

12437 [lbo-talk] Here comes the Big One? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 1:48 PM, ravi wrote: > Without endorsing the glee, I have some thoughts in response: > > * [a large part of] the people are already in step with the jackboots, > especially when it comes to xenophobia. Come now. It's pretty mild compared to what could be. The U.S. is a lot more welcoming to immigrants than Western Europe or Japan. > * the poor are mostly asset free and income starved, so the brunt of > any collapse (I am guessing) would be borne by th ...

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12438 [lbo-talk] Here comes the Big One? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > Since Glblzn is widely associated with > "free trade" laws like NAFTA and WTO, and since these > have pummelled American workers, should we support the > reverse of free trade, i.e. restrictive tariffs, > protectionist measures, tax breaks for domestic job > creation, etc.? Will these, as conventional wisdom > has it, lead directly to a collapse of global trade, > and Depression, as they did in the 30's? Not i ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 12:34:01 PDT 2007

12439 [lbo-talk] Here comes the Big One? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > I know, I know. A cheap thrill. But I love it. Quoting myself <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/LBOAt20.html>: Let's get back to the 1987 crash, and the smashup that didn't happen. In 1991, this newsletter predicted that the 1990s would not be a rerun of the 1930s after all. Banks were failing, indebted corporations were going under, but things never cascaded into crisis like they did sixty years earlier. A friend who's a long- ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 10:15:33 PDT 2007

12440 [lbo-talk] Here comes the Big One? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > I know, I know, I'm a giddy optimist. So you're rooting for panic and depression? Eager to put scores of millions out of work? Or what? Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 09:36:25 PDT 2007

12441 [lbo-talk] Climate Change as Liberation Hydrology -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > In a subscriber-only article over at New Scientist, > NASA climate scientist James Hansen describes what the > planet might look like after a "runaway collapse" of > the West Antarctic ice sheet. New York Times - August 10, 2007 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/science/earth/10arctic.html> Analysts See Simply Incredible Shrinking of Floating Ice in the Arctic By ANDREW C. REVKIN The area of floating ice in the Ar ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 07:10:15 PDT 2007

12442 [lbo-talk] Fed makes soothing noises -- rank: 1000

[A day late, but hey. It's odd they cite the exact fed funds target, as if underscoring their intention of keeping it there.] <http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/monetary/2007/20070810/ default.htm> For immediate release The Federal Reserve is providing liquidity to facilitate the orderly functioning of financial markets. The Federal Reserve will provide reserves as necessary through open market operations to promote trading in the federal funds market at rates close to the ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 06:30:26 PDT 2007

12443 [lbo-talk] climate change denial -- rank: 1000

Ok James, you've given up on rational argument and you're just making tendentious lists instead? The faith must be wavering.... On Aug 10, 2007, at 1:23 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > On the side of justice: > > "Al Gore" > "Sen. Barbara Boxer" > "Arnold Schwarzenegger" > "titans of corporate America" > "nine leading corporations-including Alcoa, Caterpillar, Duke > Energy, Du > Pont and General Electric" > "mai ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 05:57:07 PDT 2007

12444 [lbo-talk] Venezuela: is Hugo Chávez in control? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 10, 2007, at 6:04 AM, james daly wrote: > Who is ira, and why does he post poison from Open Democracy? 1) Dunno, 2) dunno. My appetite for material from "Open Democracy" is severely limited, though. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 10 05:50:38 PDT 2007

12445 [lbo-talk] Bush: border crackdown -- rank: 1000

[this is so depressing] The Politico.com Breaking News: --------------------------------------------------------- Bush to order new crackdown on U.S. border After loss on new law, administration to announce plan to secure Mexican border, deter undocumented workers. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0807/5323.html

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Date:	Thu Aug 9 18:14:38 PDT 2007

12446 [lbo-talk] exiting -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 unsub'd. Evidently the thing to do when you find smart people disagreeing with you is not to listen to their reasons, but leave the room. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 9 16:27:14 PDT 2007

12447 [lbo-talk] LA Times 8/7/07: Behind enemy lines -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Chuck wrote: > Doug and Max talk to white progressives. I do a radio show on a station with a large proportion of black staff and listenership, few of whom have the educational background I do. So you're wrong. Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 9 15:33:49 PDT 2007

12448 [lbo-talk] climate & chaos -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote: > Predictable band-aid approach. 50% of the costs will > come from excess profits through no-bid crony > contracts. Just as Homeland Security has a "store" on > its website, with lists of projects and grants to bid > on, the Department of Climate Mitigation will have > wide-open doors for businesses eager to cash in. > > It would be so much cheaper, more socially productive, > to develop a national alternate e ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 9 12:44:42 PDT 2007

12449 [lbo-talk] climate & chaos -- rank: 1000

On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > This was a strange, disturbing event. I was amazed to see NYC's > rainstorm > top ABC's World News last night. For all its woes in recent > decades the NYC > subway has almost always avoided extreme flooding. Even weirder: there was a tornado in Brooklyn that did some serious damage. > Re climate change, I would have to assume that serious planning > must be > taking place to figure out how to protect NYC from inundation ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 9 11:20:40 PDT 2007

12450 [lbo-talk] imperialism: the celebrity view -- rank: 1000

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