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226 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Feb 25, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote: > Bartlett seems to think he has a rule for consensus - > any group not subject to class conflict Maybe, but on what planet does such a thing exist?

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227 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Feb 25, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to answer Barlett below. But I should point out that my > Quaker example was not an example of the failure of consensus, but the > high price sometimes paid for success. I'm also curious. I seem to be > the only one on this list who thinks elevating consensus to a general > principle, whether it is Barlett's principle or some other, is a > serious error. Does nobody else think that whethe ...

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Date:	Mon Feb 25 12:54:04 PST 2013

228 [lbo-talk] Marta Russell, RIP -- rank: 1000

On Dec 20, 2013, at 5:09 PM, michael yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote: > I wish I had had the chance to meet her. Life really sucks sometimes. It sure does. I met her once, when she was in New York. Sweet and gracious person, not to mention the good stuff she wrote. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 20 14:17:03 PST 2013

229 [lbo-talk] Marta Russell, RIP -- rank: 1000

On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > According to FB postings, she took her own life on December 16. Yes. Scrolling down the page, I see that was widely noted. The person who told me said that her family was angry that people were saying that, so I censored myself. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 20 07:53:59 PST 2013

230 [lbo-talk] Marta Russell, RIP -- rank: 1000

I recently learned that list alum Marta Russell, the disability rights activist, died sometime in the last week or so. That's all I know, but she would have been 62 today. Doug

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231 [lbo-talk] with a whimper, not a bang -- rank: 1000

On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > "An anarchist is a neoliberal without money." Did you coin that?

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Date:	Tue Dec 17 05:45:25 PST 2013

232 [lbo-talk] Bloch quote on FB -- rank: 1000

On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:02 AM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: > Lemme try something here. > > Regarding Doug's recent post: > > https://www.facebook.com/doug.henwood/posts/10151931955411475 > > I kind of thought foodie meant gourmand instead of health food enthusiast. > But that aside, how safe is the assumption that the latter is peculiar to > people with money? "Foodie" wasn't my word - it was Remeike Forbes's. I wouldn't use it - I don't like the wo ...

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233 [lbo-talk] with a whimper, not a bang -- rank: 1000

On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > No present or past > teacher of Freshman Comp can tolerate the phrase "these days." Nico's version of the Jackson Browne song is pretty damn great though.

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Date:	Mon Dec 9 06:52:05 PST 2013

234 [lbo-talk] Pearl Harbor attack vs. Doug Henwood's birth -- rank: 1000

> Alex Cockburn used to say that the two greatest disasters that befell U.S. power in the twentieth century were the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Chomsky's birthday, both on December 7. Didn't he know about your birthday, Doug? Evidently not. But both those events greatly outclass me.

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Date:	Sat Dec 7 11:35:29 PST 2013

235 [lbo-talk] Pearl Harbor attack vs. Doug Henwood's birth -- rank: 1000

Thanks. Also the birth of Noam Chomsky, Ellen Burstyn, Willa Cather, and Tom Waits!

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Date:	Sat Dec 7 10:37:48 PST 2013

236 [lbo-talk] with a whimper, not a bang -- rank: 1000

On Dec 7, 2013, at 8:11 AM, John Gulick <john_gulick at hotmail.com> wrote: > apparently... Would you prefer a bang? Or maybe a page lifted from the life of Lazarus?

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237 [lbo-talk] The Pierre Omidyar Trojan horse -- rank: 1000

On Dec 1, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Eleutherios <eleutherios.rizooto at gmail.com> wrote: > For a longer history and more analysis, this blog > http://ohtarzie.wordpress.com/ Oh yes, Park Slope's leading anarchist!

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238 [lbo-talk] Bridges -- rank: 1000

On Aug 29, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Chuck Grimes <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote: > Doug had a nice interview with the principal (Anna Allanbrook?) Yup, that's how it's spelled. > of Brooklyn New School (PS 146), where his son will go for second grade. The school has a website to visit and I went to the gallery section to see the place. Best of show for me went to the 2an Grade project, Bridges. The kids built bridges out of guess what? High tech cutting edge glue and ice cream sticks, .... ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 29 18:03:10 PDT 2013

239 [lbo-talk] WMD redux -- rank: 1000

On Aug 28, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote: > The dollar story makes no sense to me. Assad could exterminate every last > one of his dissidents and the dollar trade would go on just fine. There is > no likely replacement for it in sight. Graeber loves this dollar line. I've never seen any evidence for it, but who needs evidence?

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Date:	Wed Aug 28 13:00:55 PDT 2013

240 [lbo-talk] Check your privilege? -- rank: 1000

On Aug 16, 2013, at 3:25 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > The renunciation of Privilege by one group, even if possible, would not help > those who are deprived of it. You rolleth on.

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