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2011 [lbo-talk] Shamir -- rank: 1000

On Jan 4, 2011, at 9:58 AM, c.berlet at publiceye.org wrote: > Doug, > > Shamir violated one of the very narrow conditions used by Neumann for > defining antisemitism--the blood libel. You don't have to convince me - they're all revolting. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 4 08:37:13 PST 2011

2012 [lbo-talk] Shamir -- rank: 1000

On Jan 4, 2011, at 4:22 AM, rob at riseup.net wrote: > On their trivialization of antisemitism see Michael Neumann's "What is Antisemitism?" (http://www.counterpunch.org/neumann0604.html) Who is, by the way, some sort of relative of Franz Neumann. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jan 4 04:35:18 PST 2011

2013 [lbo-talk] More on global capital's Chinese turn -- rank: 1000

On Jan 3, 2011, at 4:33 PM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > So 13% of their loans take a haircut, the rest are reasonably solvent. 13% is a lot in a leveraged business like banking. Deutsche Bank has $2.153 in assets and $2.100 in liabilities, leaving stockholders' equity of $53 million, or 2.5% of assets. This is one reason why Germany is so eager to make the people of Ireland and Greece suffer. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jan 3 13:47:50 PST 2011

2014 [lbo-talk] More on global capital's Chinese turn -- rank: 1000

On Jan 3, 2011, at 11:45 AM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > One of the strange facts about the neoliberal era is that > while Wall Street was running wild, the East Asian banks and Eurobanks > were doing more traditional lending -- which is why Japan's banks are now > solvent and why the Eurocrisis is in the EU periphery, not the core. Dennis, the EU banks lent gobs to the periphery. As of June 2010, German banks were owed $36.8 billion by borrowers based in Greece, $138.6 billion by I ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 3 11:30:19 PST 2011

2015 [lbo-talk] Happy New Year! -- rank: 1000

On Jan 1, 2011, at 10:22 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > And Happy Birthday to Ivan! Wow, he's 5 today! Yup, 5. His party's about to begin, featuring cupcakes in the shape of cars. And Happy New Year to all. What are we calling this decade? The Tens? The Oughts never caught on, did it? Doug

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Date:	Sat Jan 1 07:32:38 PST 2011

2016 [lbo-talk] Breast milk ice cream... -- rank: 1000

This no longer seems very fruitful...

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Date:	Mon Feb 28 17:55:16 PST 2011

2017 [lbo-talk] Breast milk ice cream... -- rank: 1000

On Feb 28, 2011, at 5:55 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > freakin cold stone creamery, where they sing songs to you What? They do? What kind of songs? Who sings them?

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Date:	Mon Feb 28 15:14:58 PST 2011

2018 [lbo-talk] "I Won't Pay" movement grips debt-ridden Greece -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:50 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Yes, I read the Irish piece. The gist of it seemed to be that the Irish went nuts like everyone else, and the European banks subsidized their madness, figuring that eventually, the Irish would make all losses good, which is what it looks like will happen. > > Have I got that right? Yup. That sounds about right. The description of the PM's face is hilarious.

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 12:13:13 PST 2011

2019 [lbo-talk] "I Won't Pay" movement grips debt-ridden Greece -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 2:01 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Michael Lewis had a long article in Vanity Fair that argued Greece's problems stemmed from the universal refusal to pay taxes and an actually bloated govt payroll. Public employees making 3X private incomes. > > I have no idea of any of this is true. Anyone out there have reliable info about the situation in Greece? I interviewed Yanis Varoufakis after that Michael Lewis piece came out. He said some of it's true, some isn't. ht ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 11:43:45 PST 2011

2020 [lbo-talk] "I Won't Pay" movement grips debt-ridden Greece -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > I do not know about Greece, but what is so good about depriving > public transit in this country of its meager funds? Instead of striking, man. Not everyday. Doug

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 09:57:12 PST 2011

2021 [lbo-talk] Yoga -- Not as Old as You Think -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Ira Glazer wrote: > http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/not-as-old-as-you-think > > No one denies that Hinduism s most sacred and ancient texts, including the > Bhagvad Gita, describe different kinds of yogic practices. But what does > this ancient and sacred tradition of yoga have to do with what people all > around the world do in yoga classes in gyms and fitness centres today? Ah, that's by the excellent Meera Nanda. She's got a follow- ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 09:46:36 PST 2011

2022 [lbo-talk] Yoga -- Not as Old as You Think -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> >> Good food, good music, lots of very smart and educated people, and a rich disputatious political culture? > > -Caste system still alive and kicking > -Extremely low literacy rate My god, it's still a very poor country. At least it's coming up in the world, unlike certain South American countries that I'm too polite to name. Doug

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 09:38:19 PST 2011

2023 [lbo-talk] Yoga -- Not as Old as You Think -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I don´t know why there´s this fixation with India by English speaking > westerners. I find very little to like when looking at the country´s > stats (other than cheap labor which is what corporations see). Good food, good music, lots of very smart and educated people, and a rich disputatious political culture? Doug

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 08:41:34 PST 2011

2024 [lbo-talk] Yoga -- Not as Old as You Think -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Ira Glazer wrote: > http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/not-as-old-as-you-think > > No one denies that Hinduism s most sacred and ancient texts, including the > Bhagvad Gita, describe different kinds of yogic practices. But what does > this ancient and sacred tradition of yoga have to do with what people all > around the world do in yoga classes in gyms and fitness centres today? God, I love things like this. Is there a nationalism that do ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 27 08:40:09 PST 2011

2025 [lbo-talk] "I Won't Pay" movement grips debt-ridden Greece -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:35 AM, Ira Glazer wrote: > I recall Doug had a somewhat similar suggestion years ago, that transit > workers in NYC should let people through the turnstiles without paying. Got that idea from Ernest Mandel, actually. But it's a great one. Doug

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