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15751 [lbo-talk] Shakespeare a real Mind-fuck -- rank: 1000

On Dec 19, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > I still love Robert Kurz's use of the phrase > "verhausschweinte Arbeiterklasse" Housetrained?

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15752 [lbo-talk] Shakespeare a real Mind-fuck -- rank: 1000

On Dec 19, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > Shakespeare uses a linguistic technique known as > functional shift that involves, for example using a > noun to serve as a verb. So Lucy Kellaway was wrong to be annoyed by the use of "architect" as a verb? Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 19 10:31:56 PST 2006

15753 [lbo-talk] Paradox -- rank: 1000

On Dec 19, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: >> The overwhelming majority of Iraqis wants the US out. Who are we >> to doubt them? > > I don't doubt them. That wasn't the question. The majority of us > want them out too. I'm asking, from a value-neutral (or amoral) > perspective, will it make them better off? And if so, how? Just > out of curiosity and the will to knowledge. There's no way we could ever know. But didn't you post a WashPost piece by their ex ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 19 10:30:46 PST 2006

15754 [lbo-talk] Paradox -- rank: 1000

On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:03 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Most of us feel quite strongly that removing US troops will make > the Iraqi people better off. But I think that might just because > it jibes so well with the vast majority of everyone (the Iraqis, > the US populace and the world) wants. The overwhelming majority of Iraqis wants the US out. Who are we to doubt them? Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 19 06:14:30 PST 2006

15755 [lbo-talk] The Second Looting of New Orleans -- rank: 1000

On Dec 18, 2006, at 6:28 PM, Chuck wrote: > People complain about Counterpunch being a "tabloid" when this list > is having a discussion about Christopher Hitchens' penis? Hey, I'm the list moderator, and I'm the last guy who'd ever use "tabloid" as a term of abuse. Tabloid away, comrades. Doug

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 15:34:57 PST 2006

15756 [lbo-talk] proposed Iranian labor law -- rank: 1000

[an excerpt from a longer article] Middle East Report Winter 2006 [...] A Lose-Lose Game To mollify the critics, the Ministry of Labor submitted draft amendments of the 1990 labor law in 2006. The new draft seems, however, to be strongly influenced by the discourse of the free market. According to neo-liberal economists, the main conflict in worker-employer relations is not so much between labor and capital as between the employed and unemployed: It is not labor in a titanic battle against ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 15:12:24 PST 2006

15757 [lbo-talk] Iranian election results -- rank: 1000

Ahmadinejad allies trail in Iran vote battlegrounds by Aresu Eqbali Mon Dec 18, 12:36 PM ET TEHRAN (AFP) - Ultra-conservative allies of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are lagging in key election battlegrounds after gains by moderate conservatives and a solid reformist showing. Ahmadinejad loyalists trailed in the fight for Tehran city council, well behind moderate conservatives close to the city's current mayor, according to partial results from Friday's voting. Centrist ex-president ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 14:27:29 PST 2006

15758 [lbo-talk] when Hitch's cock talks, he listens -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gawker.com/news/christopher-hitchens/christopher-hitchens- voluble-johnson-does-not-go-unheeded-222662.php> Christopher Hitchens' Voluble Johnson Does Not Go Unheeded Page Six today suggests that Graydon Carter might want to watch his ass, as Maxim "has been quietly dipping into Vanity Fair's talent stable." They provide as examples "sometime VF contributor George Gurley," who interviews Val Kilmer in the current issue, and Christopher Hitchens, who has ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 13:16:45 PST 2006

15759 [lbo-talk] the Shell company song -- rank: 1000

[from Lucy Kellaway's FT page] That Shell company song This is an award for Company Song So Awful I Was Positive It Was a Spoof. The outstanding winner in this category is Shell. Its song is called Growing and Winning and is set to We Are the World . - Dec 18 2006 song: <http://media.ft.com/cms/35dd55f6-8e80-11db-a7b2-0000779e2340.mp3>

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 12:38:09 PST 2006

15760 [lbo-talk] twaddle -- rank: 1000

[Who says theoryheads have the edge when it comes to bad prose? From the creator of Martin Lukes...] Financial Times - December 18, 2006 A distinct lack of value-add from this year's top twaddlists By Lucy Kellaway Every year at about this time, I make a prediction for the year ahead. Every year the prediction is the same. Every year it turns out to be wrong. It goes like this: all trends ebb and flow, and the trend in business cant and gibberish has been flowing so long it is time for some ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 12:33:46 PST 2006

15761 [lbo-talk] Bono steals pensions -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gawker.com/news/rumors/irresponsible-rumormongering- forbes-the-pensions-stripped-bare-what-does-bono-care-222650.php> Irresponsible Rumormongering: 'Forbes', The Pensions Stripped Bare, What Does Bono Care? Usual caveats apply, but a tipster writes: You know that a few months ago [Bono's] investment company Elevation Partners bought a chunk of Forbes. It's not really Bono as much as it's Roger McNamee, the Silicon Valley guy who runs Elevation. But the two of them love to ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 11:35:49 PST 2006

15762 [lbo-talk] Judith Regan -- rank: 1000

With Judith Regan in the news, again, Vanity Fair has posted a profile of her that's a real hum-dinger: <http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2005/01/regan200501? printable=true&currentPage=all>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 11:30:30 PST 2006

15763 [lbo-talk] Iraq petition -- rank: 1000

[these things always strike me as a bit wankery, but what the hell...] *****please SIGN and CIRCULATE widely**** http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow/ Why we stand for immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq THE U.S. occupation of Iraq has not liberated the Iraqi people, but has made life worse for most Iraqis. Tens of thousands of U.S. service people have been killed or maimed, and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis have lost their lives as a result of the U.S. invasion in ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 10:54:11 PST 2006

15764 [lbo-talk] for immediate release: statement from sex worker org., PONY -- rank: 1000

SEX WORKER GROUP URGES ATLANTIC CITY POLICE TO IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON PROSTITUTION ARRESTS TO HELP SOLVE MURDERS Statement by the Prostitutes of New York (PONY) Dec. 17, 2006; New York City "Four women have been murdered by a serial killer who preys on street workers in Atlantic City, NJ. The Prostitutes of New York (PONY) calls upon the FBI and police not to repeat the mistakes of other cities. We can't afford to let the body count rise. The actions of investigators and police will d ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 18 08:33:47 PST 2006

15765 [lbo-talk] Rafsanjani Back in Charge? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 18, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > BTW, I love Hamid Dabashi, as well as Ervand Abrahamian and Valentine > Moghadam. Is Professor Dabashi cute? Quite handsome, elegant, and charming. Doug

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