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2221 [lbo-talk] Jesus occupies Trinity -- rank: 1000

On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Same Judson as this one, right, or no?: > > http://www.warholstars.org/chron/1964.html Yup, same one. Also very sex-worker-friendly too. And a hotbed of modern dance. Doug

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2222 [lbo-talk] occupy the hood -- rank: 1000

On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:12 AM, petr dann wrote: > it's easy to analyze the statistical data and poll numbers from a distance > and acknowledge that indeed there are some serious and meaningful > discrepancies....but what now, just get over it and stop being so > sensitive???? see yens all at starbucks....can't wait! Ok, aside from showing that Chris Hedges can be kind of an asshole, what are you recommending? Doug

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2223 [lbo-talk] Jesus occupies Trinity -- rank: 1000

December 15, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WILL TRINITY CHURCH TEAR DOWN OWS NATIVITY SCENE? Church and lay activists install guerrilla gift in front of Wall St. church Today at 2pm, prominent New York religious figures along with Occupy Wall Street activists will erect a nativity scene outside Trinity Wall Street Church. The scene which activists are calling a "peace offering" in advance of this Saturday's planned occupation of a sliver of unused Trinity land will feature Joseph, Mary, a ...

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2224 [lbo-talk] Occupy the hood: A black perspective on occupy wallstreet -- rank: 1000

On Dec 14, 2011, at 3:05 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > All I was trying to point out is that black people have every reason to fear the police and the courts, and that OWS may appear to them like a volunteer effort to get involved with cops, courts, and jails. Good thing the civil rights movement didn't think that way.

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2225 [lbo-talk] Occupy the hood: A black perspective on occupy wallstreet -- rank: 1000

Well, yeah, but what's the point of this exactly? I'm guessing that most OWS participants are more aware of what cops are like than the average Joe. That aside, whites shouldn't complain because things could be worse, i.e., they could be black? Some sort of one-upmanship? Please enlighten. Doug On Dec 14, 2011, at 1:58 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Exactly. > > Joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 6:00 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: ...

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2226 [lbo-talk] Gus Hall interview -- rank: 1000

Gus Hall? This reminds me of National Lampoon's posthumous interview with Dan Blocker, which consisted of questions with a lot of whitespace for answers. Doug

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2227 [lbo-talk] A Crisis of Neo-liberalism or a Crisis of Captialism?" by Christopher Carrico -- rank: 1000

On Dec 13, 2011, at 4:05 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > The characterisation of contemporary capitalism as neo-liberalism seems particularly unfortunate to me. On the long trend state spending rose (absolutely and as a share of output) all through the twentieth century. A small state might be important for free market ideology, but capitalist economies have all tended to rely on larger and larger state sectors. Not the U.S. Federal spending has been remarkably flat for a long time. There was ...

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2228 [lbo-talk] Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars: GovernmentAccounting Office says $16 trillion -- rank: 1000

On Dec 12, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > But Charles: you should probably stop misrepresenting GAO on the $16T number. > >> 1) They shouldn't have done it. >> 2) They should have done it but gotten something in return? >> 3) Everyone deserves socialism. >> 4) None of the above. >> >> I'm for 2) and 3). Anyone else? > > I think I'd add: > > 5) They should have done it in a more transparent manner. > > Maybe (5) is part of (2) ...

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2229 [lbo-talk] LBO's censors me -- rank: 1000

On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > Just kidding, Jordan. But it's not the first time that one of my post > disappears on LBO-Talk. It bounced because it was too long: > As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the > following mailing list posting: > > List: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org > From: juliohuato at gmail.com > Subject: Edmund Wilson on Stalin > Reason: Message body is too big: 28495 bytes with a limit of 25 KB ...

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2230 [lbo-talk] Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars -- rank: 1000

On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:27 AM, c b wrote: > Thanks , Marv. Evidently, it was the Government Accounting Office > that counted up to $16 trillion. It includes foreign banks. Foreign banks operate in the U.S., do business with U.S. banks, and need U.S. dollars. What's with this curious nationalism? Doug

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2231 [lbo-talk] Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars: Government Accounting Office says $16 trillion -- rank: 1000

On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:20 AM, c b wrote: > CB: Here's the Government Accounting Office figure of $16 trillion. What's the point of these dueling estimates, anyway? 1) They shouldn't have done it. 2) They should have done it but gotten something in return? 3) Everyone deserves socialism. 4) None of the above. I'm for 2) and 3). Anyone else? Doug

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2232 [lbo-talk] A German Europe -- rank: 1000

On Dec 12, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Waitasecond. When USA Today writes on the eurocrisis, they use you guys as sources? I thought USAT was bland conformist fluff. Do I have to entirely revise my opinion of it? USAT is better than that. There was an alum in Liza's Knight-Bagehot program at Columbia a few years ago. Smart guy with decent politics. We bonded when I said that the paper got a bad rap. But their reporter is a pal of mine - Jason Walsh. He also writes for the Ch ...

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2233 [lbo-talk] A German Europe -- rank: 1000

On Dec 12, 2011, at 6:25 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > When USA Today wants to know what is happening in Europe, they know who to ask > > James Heartfield, a lecturer on EU politics at Queen Mary University in London, says... > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-12-11/europe-financial-crisis/51811684/1 My quote got cut. But it's restored here: http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/blog/1277741-politics-leaves-eu > Just prior to the summit, New York based economic co ...

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2234 [lbo-talk] Edmund Wilson on Stalin -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2011, at 2:34 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > It did produce the witch trials, Mcarthyism, internment camps, Guantanamo, Jim Crow, and genocide. But aside from that, we're really friendly, don't you think?

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2235 [lbo-talk] Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars -- rank: 1000

On Dec 11, 2011, at 8:06 AM, c b wrote: > Bailout Total: $29.616 Trillion Dollars $30 trillion! Do I hear $35t? These numbers are ridiculous. Just last week it was $7t. Funny to hear this coming from Levy. Aren't they of the school that thinks the Fed isn't doing enough? Doug

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