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20116 [lbo-talk] more AD -- rank: 1000

There's a long and interesting thread on Andrea Dworkin at Susie Bright's blog: <http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2005/04/andrea_dworkin_.html>. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 13 11:31:50 PDT 2005

20117 [lbo-talk] Salon on Andrea Dworkin -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Substitute "The Left" for "entire class of people" and you have a >perfect description of the generalizations that infect a substantial >proportion of the "criticisms of the left" that have appeared on >lbo-talk over the years. Right. Pick up any left journal and you'll see mostly sparkling writing, fresh thought, and lovely graphics. Or flip on a Pacifica station and you'll hear the aural equivalent. Can't imagine what people have bee ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 13 10:07:54 PDT 2005

20118 [lbo-talk] Andrea Dworkin dead -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> amadeus amadeus wrote: >> >> >Yep, you know, those intractable women. Can't contain >> >'em. Always gotta put the apple in their mouth. Whooo-whee. >> >> Could you explain what the fuck that means? >> > >I presume he/she is being sarcastic. I presumed that too, but the point was not self-evident. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 13 08:40:22 PDT 2005

20119 [lbo-talk] Janet Jackson nearly killed The Onion -- rank: 1000

<http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=35787&ntpid=0> Capital Times (Madison, Wisc.) - April 12, 2005 Jackson almost killed Onion, editor reveals By Samara Kalk Derby Janet Jackson nearly took down the newspaper that made Madison famous. During a University of Wisconsin-Madison campus lecture Monday night, former Onion Editor in Chief Robert Siegel said the singer nearly took the satirical newspaper to court after a crude 1990s story about a boy who was supposedly bein ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 13 07:19:30 PDT 2005

20120 [lbo-talk] Andrea Dworkin dead -- rank: 1000

amadeus amadeus wrote: >Yep, you know, those intractable women. Can't contain >'em. Always gotta put the apple in their mouth. Whooo-whee. Could you explain what the fuck that means? Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 13 07:13:29 PDT 2005

20121 [lbo-talk] Why can't you guys learn to quote and attribute properly? -- rank: 1000

John Bizwas wrote: >(Oh, just to nip it off in the bud, are you going to trust an oil >exec. about how much oil they have? Bingo. A lot of peak oil partisans are oil industry types, looking for tax breaks and a rollback of environmental regs - and to justify high prices. Funny to see leftists so quick to sign up with the program. Well not so funny, given apocalyptic temperaments. Also - I couldn't agree more with the quote and attribute thing. There are hundreds of subscribers and probably ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 13 06:33:55 PDT 2005

20122 [lbo-talk] Re: albert the socialist -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Now I wonder, how many other working class people have similar >interests that don't reflect their immediate, daily problems but >rather, their intellectual concerns and artistic passions? > > >I'd guess the answer is just about everyone. Yeah, and don't we want a society where people can develop those interests instead of stifling them? Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 16:19:40 PDT 2005

20123 [lbo-talk] Re: albert the socialist -- rank: 1000

frank scott wrote: > >"This is the most egregious example of left-wing drivel that I have >heard in many years. Are you seriously contending that Einstein's >ideas on "socilaism" are more significant than his contribution to >Physics?" > >yes...they certainly would be to most of humanity (if they knew >about them) since that group is composed of a much larger number >than might ever use a word like "egregious"... > >which is why i s ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 14:51:14 PDT 2005

20124 [lbo-talk] Inflation: Why You're Not Getting A Raise This Year -- rank: 1000

John Adams wrote: >What I was curious about was alternative explanations for the lack >of real pay raises this year. The explanation given (inflation) >struck me as, well, odd. Yeah, that doesn't really explain anything. The simple answer is that the labor market is still relatively weak and labor is on its back. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 14:45:56 PDT 2005

20125 [lbo-talk] CFP: Sex and Disability -- rank: 1000

CFP: Sex and Disability Anthology Disability and sex come together in multiple ways. In the popular imagination, however, the terms "sex" and "disability" are, if not antithetical, then certainly incongruous. To many, the idea of people with disabilities as sexual or sexy remains largely unthinkable. We are soliciting proposals for a cultural studies anthology of essays that will challenge such conceptions, examining, revising, and extending the myriad ways that disability an ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 14:09:27 PDT 2005

20126 [lbo-talk] Frum on Dworkin -- rank: 1000

Jacob Segal quoted: >(Click here for an uneuphemistic obituary in the New York Sun) New York Sun - April 12, 2005 Andrea Dworkin, 58, Feminist Thinker Wrote Against Pornography, Violence BY STEPHEN MILLER - Staff Reporter of the Sun Andrea Dworkin, who died in her sleep at her Washington, D.C., home Saturday night at age 58, was the uncompromising crusader against pornography and violence toward women, whose vituperative writings helped to polarize feminism while casting her in an unattractiv ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 14:07:13 PDT 2005

20127 [lbo-talk] Inflation: Why You're Not Getting A Raise This Year -- rank: 1000

John Adams wrote: >As an economist, I figure this guy is a pretty good technical >writer. Any comments on him as an economic thinker? >http://news.com.com/2061-10786_3-5663927.html?part=rss&tag=5663927&subj=news The critique of the CPI is a bit overheated. "Heavily manipulated" sounds sinister, but the BLS has a very hard job to do, assembling thousands of prices of constantly changing products into a single comprehensive index. They probably went too far in accommodat ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 14:02:49 PDT 2005

20128 [lbo-talk] USS Titanic Takes On More Water -- rank: 1000

Brad Mayer wrote: >And Feb. is a 'short' month.. The figs are seasonally adjusted, and Feb is always a short month. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 12:46:25 PDT 2005

20129 [lbo-talk] the 100 -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >Assuming this list is in order of decreasing magnitude No, I don't think it is (you have to subscribe to Time to get the details). They're in batches - "leaders & revolutionaries," "arts & entertainers," "wankers & heroes," etc. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 12:25:21 PDT 2005

20130 [lbo-talk] Bush's domestic approval slipping -- rank: 1000

Michael Perelman wrote: >I saw a graph, I can't remember where, that showed a close negative >correlation between his >approval & gas prices. Should we root for peak oil? Dunno about that, but the correlation coefficient is -0.81! See <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Bush&gas.gif>. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 12 12:22:42 PDT 2005