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136 [lbo-talk] Adolph Reed Reconsidered -- rank: 1000

On May 28, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > I think, when we debated Adolph Reed a year or two ago the debate got off to > the wrong foot by focusing too much on Tim Wise, WBAI cat fights, etc. Hence > the debate from the beginning invoked a sense of "racism" that Reed was > trying in a number of articles to deny. The article excerpted below is one > of his more recent efforts, and I think defines the issues much more > precisely than ...

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Date:	Tue May 28 06:53:07 PDT 2013

137 [lbo-talk] Iraq war (was: stupidity is most dangerous in people with high IQ) -- rank: 1000

On May 25, 2013, at 11:12 AM, michael yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote: > Doug says St. Clair is an Edward Abbeyist. What does this mean? Out here in the sticks, we really like Abbey. A serious minority of the U.S. population lives in the sticks. As many people live in NYC as in the 10 smallest states combined - in Brooklyn as the 4 smallest states. You are not the Real America. The Abbey agenda has nothing serious to offer the 80% of the U.S. pop that lives in metro areas.

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Date:	Sat May 25 11:14:10 PDT 2013

138 [lbo-talk] Iraq war (was: stupidity is most dangerous in people with high IQ) -- rank: 1000

On May 24, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > Below is a rather overwrought illustration in today's Counterpunch of the idealist pessimism of the US left which I alluded to in my previous post. The cry of despair by the magazine's editor, Jeffrey St. Clair attributes the "somnambulism" of the masses to their "betrayal" by cowardly and wrongheaded liberals and DP-oriented leftists - a favourite theme of Carrol's and others on this and rel ...

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Date:	Fri May 24 18:19:24 PDT 2013

139 [lbo-talk] stupidity is most dangerous in people with high IQ -- rank: 1000

On May 16, 2013, at 2:51 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > The present situation in Iraq is as good for world capital as can be realistically expected. How's that?

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140 [lbo-talk] stupidity is most dangerous in people with high IQ -- rank: 1000

On May 15, 2013, at 10:47 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > 1. There are no longer any US military bases in Iraq. > > 2. The permanent presence of US troops in the Middle East is small - about 5000 troops, mostly in the Gulf states and Turkey - and their deployment predates the invasion of Iraq by the Bush administration. > > 2. Following the invasion, American oil companies were not given privileged access to Iraqi oil by the al-Maliki government, which awa ...

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Date:	Thu May 16 04:46:15 PDT 2013

141 [lbo-talk] HB -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not among those who have taken permanent leave of the list, BTW. Glad to hear it. Hi Marv!

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142 [lbo-talk] Chris Burford obituary -- rank: 1000

Yes, sad. I used to tease him for being such a softie, but he was a decent guy. And not so old, eek.

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Date:	Wed May 1 16:31:07 PDT 2013

143 [lbo-talk] HB -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2013, at 1:53 PM, "Jim Farmelant" <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote: > In the case of both LBO-Talk and Marxmail, the fact that both lists have managed to survive for as long as they have has been due to the work of their respective moderators who have striven to keep discussions focused and to the point. Thank you. List quality swooned because I stopped paying so much attention last year - though that was in part because of serial annoyances by people I didn't feel lik ...

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Date:	Wed May 1 11:01:14 PDT 2013

144 [lbo-talk] HB -- rank: 1000

Happy 15th birthday to lbo-talk (and to Lou Proyect's Marxmail, coeval with this list). It's not as busy a thing as it once was, but 15 years is durable for a listserv, especially in the Twitter era.

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145 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Progressive Investment -- rank: 1000

On Mar 28, 2013, at 2:56 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > I'm always happy when I can second a post by Doug. This puts it succinctly. Thanks. Also, we're not that far apart on the Dems, either. Doug

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146 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Progressive Investment -- rank: 1000

When asked this question I always say invest conventionally for safety and return and do the right thing with the rest of your life. It's impossible to keep your hands clean in a dirty world. Besides, the "ethical" stuff all depends on the nasty stuff. Those socially screened portfolios that exclude oil and weapons still depend on oil and weapons. Doug

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Date:	Thu Mar 28 11:43:42 PDT 2013

147 [lbo-talk] Glenny -- rank: 1000

That was from last week. The latest plan has senior bondholders taking a hit too. On Mar 26, 2013, at 1:20 PM, knowknot at mindspring.com wrote: > On 3/25/2013, Doug Henwood wrote: > > > A quote from that Glenny piece in case it's behind > > the FT's paywall: * > > Walking back from Cyprus > > In their brief 20 March 2013 "Walking Back From Cyprus" analysis/critique, Lee C. Buchheit (Cleary-Gottlieb) and Prof. Mitu Gulati appear to suggest that the larger ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 26 12:09:59 PDT 2013

148 [lbo-talk] Glenny -- rank: 1000

On Mar 25, 2013, at 2:48 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > But if this is all true, why didn't Russia rescue them? Not sure but some of those thugs aren't Putin favorites. But Russia wants a piece of the gas off Cyprus. Saw a Russian banker quoted the other day about not wanting to put money into Cyprus purely for business reasons.

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Date:	Mon Mar 25 12:00:20 PDT 2013

149 [lbo-talk] Glenny -- rank: 1000

A quote from that Glenny piece in case it's behind the FT's paywall: But the most visible Russian presence was to be found in and around the Middle East. Dubai and Israel were both cherished, the former for commercial reasons, the latter on cultural grounds. In relative terms, however, Cyprus was by far the most popular. It had everything the Moscow elite loved Mediterranean sun, tax-haven status and a deeply incurious police force. The attraction of Cyprus s Eastern Orthodox culture was also ...

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Date:	Mon Mar 25 11:40:49 PDT 2013

150 [lbo-talk] 40 percent haircut ? -- rank: 1000

On Mar 25, 2013, at 1:50 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Naked Capitalism has pretty good info on all of this. For some reason, Naked Capitalism is trying to deny that Cyprus was a tax shelter and money laundry. Misha Glenny - who is a serious guy who knows what he's talking about - has a piece in today's FT convincingly arguing that it was. No doubt some innocent parties are getting clipped, but a lot of shitheads are too. Glenny: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5c96868a-923a-11e2-851f-001 ...

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