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1696 [lbo-talk] Wealth distribution -- rank: 1000

On Jun 15, 2011, at 9:01 AM, James Leveque wrote: > http://leninology.blogspot.com/2011/06/us-wealth-distribution-2011.html > > If you look at the second graph from the top, something I don't understand > happens between about 2000 and 2003. The share of wealth for the top 1% took > a nosedive from about 100 percent compared to 1979 to less than 60 percent. > The top 20% also took a mild hit. But the bottom 80% saw an increase - it > was small and was erased by 2004, but it' ...

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1697 [lbo-talk] CNN blogs: Daniel Ellsberg: All the crimes Richard Nixon committed against me are now legal -- rank: 1000

On Jun 14, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jun 2011, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> And today we read in the NYT that Obama's unleashing the FBI. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/us/13fbi.html >> >> He's worse on civil liberties than Bush was. > > And the hits just keep coming. Read this: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/activists-cry-foul-over-fbi-probe/2011/06/09/AGPRskTH_print.html Really, how would Romney be an ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 14 08:31:36 PDT 2011

1698 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Jun 14, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > Obama is calling Weiner to resign. He should flip the finger at Obama... ...and remind him that adulterous presidents have better economic records than faithful ones. Doug

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1699 [lbo-talk] help wanted -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 9:31 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > I assume said person would have to live in NYC? Yes. Requires on-site work.

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1700 [lbo-talk] new article -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:48 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > At 03:53 PM 6/13/2011, Dissenting Wren wrote: >> Heh! So that's a "no thanks" on the offer of an electronic offprint, eh? > > I don't think so since, last I knew, Carrol had to jack up the font size to 72 px or something in order to actually read. He has a hard time reading Web sites and PDFs because, when you jack up the sizes of the font, the layout becomes really distorted. Email is better because, with plain tex ...

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1701 [lbo-talk] help wanted -- rank: 1000

LBO needs a new assistant/intern/researcher. Tasks include maintaining the subscription database, responding to sub queries, making bank deposits, doing various sorts of research. Working conditions are charming, hours short and flexible (5-10 hours a week), and pay is modest but hardly scandalous. If you re interested, send a query with resume to dhenwood at panix.com. Doug Henwood editor, Left Business Observer producer, "Behind the News" KPFA, 94.1 FM Berkeley, Saturdays 10-11 AM 24 ...

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1702 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Gar Lipow wrote: > Nicely put. In addition one I think it is a bad idea to cheer too > loudly when the bad guys are taken down by the worse guys. As with > Clinton taking hits for a blow job, Weiner taking major hits for > sexting helps reinforce American puritanism, something that is already > quite bad enough. And its being used as an excuse to give credibility > to Breitbart. Hell with cheering that shit on. No kidding. And giving it some sort o ...

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1703 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 3:33 PM, SA wrote: > after a while isn't all the steam blown? Of course not. Blowing steam often regenerates steam production.

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1704 [lbo-talk] new article -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > There is no such thing as the "the Marxist Theory of Imperialism." One could speak of the various conceptions of imperialism held by various Marxists, but those theories differ sharply. Havey and Wood disagree on _what_ capitalism is, and hence have sharp differences of opinion on current "imperialism." In fact, many Marxists even doubt that "imperialism" is a currently useful analytic category. Certainly the theor ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 13 11:49:07 PDT 2011

1705 [lbo-talk] David McNally's video on socialism and popular power -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 2:31 PM, // ravi wrote: > You have met me, actually for a few moments, albeit. During a panel at one of those funky bar turned cool spaces in Brooklyn Oh yes, I remember that now. It was very very brief and it was long ago. But if you were that ugly, I'm sure the memory would be more vivid. > And you re for your really? If you can t win em, outdo em? :-) :-) I just noticed that and I'm mortified. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 13 11:35:48 PDT 2011

1706 [lbo-talk] character & judgment -- rank: 1000

[The character & judgment to remain in Congress?!?!!??!!] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Garrett Russo 13 June 2011 202.408.5565 grusso at citizensforethics.org CREW: REP. WEINER MUST RESIGN Washington, D.C. In light of the new information revealed over the weekend regarding Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Executive Director Melanie Sloan r ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 13 11:32:04 PDT 2011

1707 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 1:58 PM, SA wrote: > The Republican who ran against Weiner last year got 40% of the vote. So a hypothetical strong third-party challenger from the left could definitely put a Republican in that seat. That's very hypothetical, and besides, the seat probably won't exist in 2012. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jun 13 11:04:00 PDT 2011

1708 [lbo-talk] David McNally's video on socialism and popular power -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 1:48 PM, // ravi wrote: > It would be a sucky world for me, if some of you could not or would not call me an ugly fucker after a couple of beers. Really? I've never met you, so I can't judge whether you're self-description is accurate, but I can't imagine calling you or anyone "an ugly fucker" even after many beers. Why would it disappoint you if no one did? Doug

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1709 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:34:42 -0400 > Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Michael Smith: "Don't mind CB. He's just upset that another Democrat >> bit the dust." >> >> [WS:] And he has a good reason to be upset. I do not see a "reserve >> army" of socialists ready to step into the positions now occupied by >> Democrats, but I see a "reserve army" of conserva ...

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1710 [lbo-talk] David McNally's video on socialism and popular power -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2011, at 11:11 AM, lbo83235 wrote: > On Jun 13, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> But listening to him talk about LatAm and the Middle East really brings home how backward we in the USA are. The Bolivian teachers, for example, called for the state to pay for uniforms and shoes. Imagine if our teachers unions were doing something similar. It's almost like they want to make the right's task of demonizing them easier. > > This is you at your pithy best, Doug. L ...

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