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1666 [lbo-talk] Liberalism Summed Up In One Anecdote -- rank: 1000

On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:35 AM, SA wrote: > http://jacobinmag.com/blog/?p=446 That's priceless. The CEIP squeezed out Anatol Lieven because he was too critical of Israel and U.S. foreign policy. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jun 17 06:17:26 PDT 2011

1667 [lbo-talk] AARP caves -- rank: 1000

[via Mike Allen] SIREN - WSJ 1-col. lead, "Key Seniors Association Pivots on Benefit Cut," by Laura Meckler: "AARP ... is dropping its longstanding opposition to cutting Social Security benefits, a move that could rock Washington's debate over how to revamp the nation's entitlement programs. The decision, which AARP hasn't discussed publicly, came after a wrenching debate inside the organization. In 2005, the last time Social Security was debated, AARP led the effort to kill Presi ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 17 06:08:55 PDT 2011

1668 [lbo-talk] The epidemic of mental illness -- rank: 1000

On Jun 16, 2011, at 7:37 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > My mother was put on an antipsychotic drug almost fifty years ago. It's called Prolixin. That's some heavy shit. I read an interview done with Gary Gilmore shortly before he was executed in which he described the experience of being shot up with that stuff in prison. One shot every two weeks immobilized him. He said he felt really agitated internally but couldn't move. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jun 16 17:58:26 PDT 2011

1669 [lbo-talk] cultural news -- rank: 1000

Metallica makes album with Lou Reed: http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/57354

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Date:	Thu Jun 16 12:44:22 PDT 2011

1670 [lbo-talk] Republicans: the new peaceniks -- rank: 1000

[Joe Klein surveys the Republican field.] http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2077962,00.html ... This ideological purity worked to the advantage of Michele Bachmann, by making her seem less extreme. Bachmann is often linked with Palin as a Tea Party pinup, but she is a different breed of cat: she knows her stuff. She actually gives factual, informed answers. She lacks Palin's bitter, solipsistic edge. She skillfully framed even her most extreme responses in an amenable way, smothering her ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 16 09:10:04 PDT 2011

1671 [lbo-talk] Target anti-union video done by union actors -- rank: 1000

That Target anti-union video? The actors were AFTRA members - and the union said it was ok: http://www.salon.com/news/the_labor_movement/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/06/16/target_anti_union_ad_starring_union_member

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Date:	Thu Jun 16 09:02:32 PDT 2011

1672 [lbo-talk] lbo-talk Digest, Vol 1603, Issue 6 (Politics in the DP) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 16, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > As opposed to third parties which, as we all know, achieved > stupendous political successes in the US history. Though they haven't won, they've changed the discourse - from Debs to Perot. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jun 16 08:54:47 PDT 2011

1673 [lbo-talk] The epidemic of mental illness -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:38 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Fascinating article about mental illness and psychoactive drugs. > > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why/?page=1 Yes. But what about the possibility that the rise in the frequency of mental illness is socially produced - by alienation and stress? Doug

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Date:	Thu Jun 16 08:44:39 PDT 2011

1674 [lbo-talk] lbo-talk Digest, Vol 1603, Issue 6 (Politics in the DP) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > By an odd coincidence, I just spoke on the phone > with an old acquaintance of mine, guy I haven't > heard from in quite some time, who's a bit of a > political insider in NYC. He told me, for what it's > worth, that the Waggler's colleagues didn't > love him. Arrogant, pushy, presumptuous, thought > everybody was stupider than he was, and let his > thoughts show on his face. I think I read that in the NYT too. Doug

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 19:57:52 PDT 2011

1675 [lbo-talk] lbo-talk Digest, Vol 1603, Issue 6 (Politics in the DP) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > What exactly was so "liberal" about AW, by the way? Single-payer.

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 19:19:36 PDT 2011

1676 [lbo-talk] Dems: not an institution? -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:45 PM, SA wrote: > On 6/15/2011 9:08 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:01 PM, SA wrote: >> >>> So this proves that the Dem leadership controls which Dems are in Congress? Why are they kicking out ultra-Zionist AW but not Kucinich or Conyers? >> Kucinich is getting redistricted away, no? > > That's up to the Ohio legislature, not Nancy Pelosi. But it's a national institution, with similar priorities except maybe at the ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 18:58:06 PDT 2011

1677 [lbo-talk] Dems: not an institution? -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:01 PM, SA wrote: > Oh come on. > > So this proves that the Dem leadership controls which Dems are in Congress? Why are they kicking out ultra-Zionist AW but not Kucinich or Conyers? And Kucinich is a totally ineffectual joke.

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 18:10:24 PDT 2011

1678 [lbo-talk] Dems: not an institution? -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:01 PM, SA wrote: > So this proves that the Dem leadership controls which Dems are in Congress? Why are they kicking out ultra-Zionist AW but not Kucinich or Conyers? Kucinich is getting redistricted away, no?

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 18:08:12 PDT 2011

1679 [lbo-talk] Politics vs the DP -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 8:58 PM, SA wrote: > Not necessarily. The "party within a party" could try to build itself up in preparation for a viable exit from the party. Like the Working Families Party did? Doug

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 18:07:49 PDT 2011

1680 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Re: Politics vs the DP -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Have you been paying attention to what DP is > doing at the state level? In New York, capping property taxes. refusing to extend a tax on millionaires, forcing teacher layoffs and other service cuts, and giving the green light to fracking. Did you have something else in mind? Doug

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Date:	Wed Jun 15 17:56:01 PDT 2011