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13411 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright on Foley etc -- rank: 1000

On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:59 AM, Michael Hoover wrote: > why would anyone expect anything more/less (take your pick) than > 'unprincipled crap'... No reason. It just feels good to be hating Democrats again.

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Date:	Wed Oct 4 09:18:50 PDT 2006

13412 [lbo-talk] Canada: imperialist or vassal? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > I, for one, welcome our new Canadian overlords. Will we have to call it back bacon now?

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13413 [lbo-talk] prescription -- rank: 1000

On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Carl Remick wrote: >> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> >> >> What was I thinking? It's way too early in the morning. It must >> be that the Master class has lost some of its bearings. Why does >> the Yale Club have to tell people what to wear? They should >> know, shouldn't they? > > The master class may be effective at replicating its genetic code, > but it doesn't seem to have been very good at perpetu ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 4 09:00:23 PDT 2006

13414 [lbo-talk] queer republicans -- rank: 1000

[from today's Note] For years and years, there have been many semi-open and fully closeted homosexuals at senior staff and elected positions in the Republican Party. The heterosexual members of the Leadership and in the White House have maintained different levels of awareness and tolerance of this. Behind the scenes, this is a big deal.

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Date:	Wed Oct 4 08:26:51 PDT 2006

13415 [lbo-talk] Lemisch on Aptheker -- rank: 1000

[this bounced because formatting and attached graphics pushed the length to 64k - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONVERT MATERIAL TO PLAIN TEXT!!!!!!] From: "Jesse Lemisch" <utopia1 at attglobal.net> Date: October 4, 2006 9:46:03 AM EDT About the Herbert Aptheker Sexual Revelations By Jesse Lemisch Mr. Lemisch is Professor of History Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. My first reaction to the shocking news in Bettina Aptheker's book that her fa ...

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13416 [lbo-talk] prescription -- rank: 1000

On Oct 4, 2006, at 7:19 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Michael J. Smith wrote: > >> I remember wondering at the time how to understand this >> managerial obsession with couture. How would old Karl have >> accounted for it? In its own small way, it's a fine case study >> in the profound irrationality of the enterprise, at least if >> you define "rationality" in a purely economic way. > > It's about discipline, class ...

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13417 [lbo-talk] prescription -- rank: 1000

On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Michael J. Smith wrote: > I remember wondering at the time how to understand this > managerial obsession with couture. How would old Karl have > accounted for it? In its own small way, it's a fine case study > in the profound irrationality of the enterprise, at least if > you define "rationality" in a purely economic way. It's about discipline, class discipline - the Master class knows what to wear, and the Slaves have to be told. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 4 04:19:52 PDT 2006

13418 [lbo-talk] prescription -- rank: 1000

<http://www.yaleclubnyc.org/Default.aspx? p=DynamicModule&pageid=228744&ssid=78385&vnf=1> DRESS CODE The following guidelines should help you determine what is and is not business casual dress. If you have any doubt as to whether you are dressed appropriately, you probably are not. It is also important to note that our business casual dress code applies to all seven days of the week. There is no longer a separate code for Fridays or weekends. Business casual dress consists ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 3 20:01:54 PDT 2006

13419 [lbo-talk] RM 2006 -- rank: 1000

The Rethinking Marxism 2006 conference program is up at <http:// 69.16.243.137/%7erethinki/conferences/2006/i/RM06-Oct3.pdf>; Liza on Thursday evening, me on Friday afternoon. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 3 18:49:15 PDT 2006

13420 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright on Foley etc -- rank: 1000

On Oct 3, 2006, at 9:24 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > THAT is the creepy part. Creepiness isn't a crime. Doug

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13421 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright on Foley etc -- rank: 1000

On Oct 3, 2006, at 6:48 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > Vis a vis 18 and maybe 20 year olds, 16 year olds > aren't _entirely_ kids. (They are largely kids -- you > will see, Doug!) I'm not sure parents, or someone in a parental role, is the best judge of this. > Vis a vis 50 year olds, I think they > are just plain kids. Lines are hard to draw but > there's a difference between 16-18 year olds and 12-13 > year olds and younger. It's futile to expect teens not > to bof ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 3 16:07:49 PDT 2006

13422 [lbo-talk] Open borders -- rank: 1000

On Oct 3, 2006, at 6:37 PM, boddi satva wrote: > I think this is why the reliance of a barter/planned/rationing economy > is a failed model. Depends on your definition of failure. Having 2 billion people in the world living on less than $2 a day sounds like failure to me, but it's not usually presented as such. Doug

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13423 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright on Foley etc -- rank: 1000

On Oct 3, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Charles A. Grimes wrote: > Anyway, there is an ethical issue here. If you find nothing wrong with > Foley or his boyfriends, is it really a valid ethical position to > castigate him? See, I have this conflict. I hate jerks like Foley who > have made use of homophobia and some indistinct public > fear/fascination with sexuality. It would great fun to destory him and > the Repugnants with such faux scandals. But somehow that is just as > perverse a ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 3 15:01:19 PDT 2006

13424 [lbo-talk] Limbaugh: Democrats "set Foley up " -- rank: 1000

On Oct 3, 2006, at 4:41 PM, Charles Brown wrote: > Limbaugh: Democrats "set Foley up ... it's all coordinated" Charles, I see you & Rush share a thing for conspiracy theories! Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 3 13:49:13 PDT 2006

13425 [lbo-talk] Susie Bright on Foley etc -- rank: 1000

<http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2006/10/ i_am_having_an_.html> I am having an unexpected reaction to Congressman Foley's sex scandal. Not surprised that a gay-bashing, flag-waving, "save-the-children" Republican turns out to be a closeted chicken hawk who harasses cute boy pages in the House of Representatives. Not taken aback if the entire House leadership knew about it, tolerated it, and for all we know, ordered in the beer. "Foley gets triple bonus ...

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