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13021 [lbo-talk] Neanderthal refugees -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2006, at 9:09 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > The Neanderthals were a proud species. Do not insult > them. ;) And I thought they got a bad rap - they were sweeties, compared to the Cro-Mags, who were even meaner than the band of that name. Doug

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13022 [lbo-talk] 9/11 nuttery going mainstream -- rank: 1000

The 9/11 stuff is tired, very tired, so let's give it a rest. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 13 21:45:14 PDT 2006

13023 God, Positive Paranoia and 9/11 was Re: [lbo-talk] More opiate for the people and 9/11 goes mainstream -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:19 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > "It also revealed that nearly a fifth of Americans believe God favors > the United States in world affairs." Is that all? I'm relieved.

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13024 [lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism in America -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 11:09 PM, Chuck wrote: > Dennis Perrin wrote: >> Jerry M: >> "Pugliese, Why in the hell are you posting this stuff?" To get >> attention, and whatever kicks come with it. > > Michael can be irritating and I've sworn at him a few timew, but > let me say that I appreciate his presence here and his contributions. I think Michael really believes what he posts - I wish he didn't. But I'm glad he's here, even though he can be rough going. ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 13 21:24:45 PDT 2006

13025 [lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism in America -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Chuck wrote: > For anarchist criticism of the Sandinistas, see: Ok, but you'd never say nice things about the "liberal" wing of the contras, would you? Doug

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13026 [lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism in America -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > Nervous, shaky, edgy, hopping, bobbing, weaving, a hidden sense of > paranoia, a directionless intellectuality, a patina of the old > "Partisan Review" style, used to hide his contentless insults > against the likes of Chomsky, Zinn, Elsberg, etc. Yeah, total weasel. Did you see him debate Chomsky on Israel at a Socialist Scholars Conference in the 80s? He came off as a sputtering dork, against Noam's footnoted perfect pa ...

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13027 [lbo-talk] Niall Ferguson bewails US imperial decline -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > Could the U.S. creditor nations collect their debt without causing > a big > crisis which would impact the creditor nations adversely ? They couldn't dump huge quantities of US paper, no, but that's unlikely to happen. Debt is rarely ever "collected" - big companies either roll over their debts and even borrow some more, and countries just roll over their debts in perpetuity. The more serious problem is if China or other ...

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13028 [lbo-talk] Niall Ferguson bewails US imperial decline -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > I think Hudson's thesis is that Japan, China etc. are financing > both the > balance of payment deficits and the budget deficit. That's not Hudson's thesis, that's just a fact. But the budget deficit is not that large by historical standards. The current account deficit is very large. Doug

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13029 [lbo-talk] AA goes chapter -- rank: 1000

<http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/13/air-america-bankruptcy/> Air America To Declare Bankruptcy, But Progressive Radio Remains Strong Air America Radio will announce a major restructuring on Friday, which is expected to include a bankruptcy filing, three independent sources have told ThinkProgress. Air America could remain on the air under the deal, but significant personnel changes are already in the works. Sources say five Air America employees were laid off yesterday and were told t ...

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13030 [lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism in America -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Colin Brace quoted Tony Judt: > Thus Paul Berman, a frequent contributor to Dissent, the New Yorker > and other liberal journals, and until now better known as a > commentator on American cultural affairs, recycled himself as an > expert on Islamic fascism (itself a new term of art), publishing > Terror and Liberalism just in time for the Iraq war. Back in the 80s, that little fucker was an apologist for the contras, and has always done PR for Israel. ...

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13031 [lbo-talk] generic congressional ballot -- rank: 1000

[from a new ABC News poll] All told, 50 percent of registered voters now favor the Democratic congressional candidate in their C.D., 42 percent the Republican a narrower Democratic advantage than the 13-point lead they held all summer, and half what it was last January. It's a similar 51-44 percent among likely voters.

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Date:	Wed Sep 13 11:17:37 PDT 2006

13032 [lbo-talk] Niall Ferguson bewails US imperial decline -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Eric wrote: >> The foreign balance is much more of a problem, reflecting private, >> mainly household, overborrowing. > > Okay, but haven't we been hearing about this problem for at least > five years? When does the orgy of debt reach its denouement? And > why has it been so long in coming? Who knows? Maybe never. It's a risk, but I gave up doomsaying in 1991. Doug

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13033 [lbo-talk] RE: Hillary and the single-digit protest -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:31 PM, Michael J. Smith wrote: > Let's hope it's that low in November. What difference would it make? The winners would still win, the losers would still lose, and the legitimation crisis would be deferred yet again. Am I missing something? Doug

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13034 [lbo-talk] Sujeet's Gandhi's 9/11 -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > --- EverYoung Global Intellectual Enterprises <That is > great!! Really great!!! > For the defence of a shoe-licker of imperialism, for > the justification > of an > unprecedented ugliness--when the road from Amritsar to > Lahore was > filled > with corposes, and vultures ate only the human liver > > -- > > They ate only the liver? I didn't know vultures were > so fastidious. Our new member from Nepal ...

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13035 [lbo-talk] RE: Hillary and the single-digit protest -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:00 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > [Hillary did *not* limit the antiwar protest vote against her to > single digits, yet, mirabile dictu, the NY Times made no mention of > this failure in its coverage:] Turnout barely made it into the double digits - just 13% of registered Dems. The polling place was empty - not a single other voter - when I went through my empty ritual yesterday morning. Doug

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