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2446 [lbo-talk] 10 charts... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 22, 2011, at 3:14 PM, // ravi wrote: > Hesse. Does anyone over the age of 21 read him? Doug

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2447 [lbo-talk] New labor plan: Nationwide protests -- rank: 1000

On Apr 22, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > And the electoral alternative in 2012 is what exactly? Compared to the > "protests are European, let's lobby inside the Beltway more" approach, it's > hard to say that this isn't a positive development. If it lures people in only to deliver them to the DP in 2012 - which looks to be the drift of a lot of the stuff in Wisconsin is devolving into - it's not all that positive a development. Doug

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2448 [lbo-talk] great ledes of our time -- rank: 1000

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/tax-cuts-for-the-rich-on-the-backs-of-the-middle-class-or-paul-ryan-has-balls-20110407 Paul Ryan, the Republican Party s latest entrant in the seemingly endless series of young, prickish, over-coiffed, anal-retentive deficit Robespierres they ve sent to the political center stage in the last decade or so, has come out with his new budget plan. All of these smug little jerks look alike to me from Ralph Reed to Eric Cantor to Jeb Hensarling to ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 22 11:54:15 PDT 2011

2449 [lbo-talk] New labor plan: Nationwide protests -- rank: 1000

On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:47 PM, SA wrote: > The plan does not revolve as centrally around the 2012 elections as the SEIU s political program did in 2008, when it was the largest outside supporter of candidate Obama. It does, however, aim to organize public campaigns for economic issues around national flash points including this August s recess, corporate shareholder meetings next spring, and the debates and conventions next year. Henry was elected last year with a promise to reorient the unio ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 22 10:56:49 PDT 2011

2450 [lbo-talk] 10 charts... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 22, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Alan Rudy wrote: > And I forgot to add to my last note that the fact that the bourgeoisie has > made peace with vegetarians is hardly an endorsement given that they have > mostly made peace with torturing human beings, neoliberalism and more. There are more people and more organizations devoted to defending animals than farm workers, right? Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 22 08:24:08 PDT 2011

2451 [lbo-talk] John McCain Lauds Anti-Gadhafi Force During Libya Visit -- rank: 1000

On Apr 22, 2011, at 10:50 AM, fernando cassia wrote: > "They are my heroes," McCain said of the rebels as he walked out of a Benghazi hotel. A few Libyans waved American flags as his vehicle drove past. > > McCain, The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, is the highest level American official to visit the rebel-held east, giving a boost to the anti-Gadhafi forces. Details of the trip were shrouded in secrecy due to heightened security in a country fiercely d ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 22 07:59:01 PDT 2011

2452 [lbo-talk] 10 charts... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 22, 2011, at 6:14 AM, Somebody Somebody wrote: > I blame Marx for an obsessive focus upon what makes humanity singular. Jesus, hasn't the poor guy been blamed for enough? I dunno, language, music, buildings, warfare? Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 22 07:17:04 PDT 2011

2453 [lbo-talk] Lenovo Sucks: My Computer Held Hostage -- rank: 1000

On Apr 21, 2011, at 9:11 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > According to my sys admin, a hard drive can fail at any time. Always back up important data!!! I do, obsessively.

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Date:	Thu Apr 21 18:17:57 PDT 2011

2454 [lbo-talk] Lenovo Sucks: My Computer Held Hostage -- rank: 1000

On Apr 21, 2011, at 8:55 PM, michael perelman wrote: > Yes, it was amazing. Now I am up the creek without a paddle. Wow. I've never had an Apple laptop fail on me like this. I had the CD/DVD drive fail after a couple of years, but that's about it. Now I'm afraid I'm going to jinx the thing. Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 21 18:03:59 PDT 2011

2455 [lbo-talk] Lenovo Sucks: My Computer Held Hostage -- rank: 1000

On Apr 21, 2011, at 8:00 PM, michael perelman wrote: > When I had a > problem, I could send it back overnight, have it repaired the next day > and have it come back on the following day. This happens often? You make it sound routine. Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 21 17:46:43 PDT 2011

2456 [lbo-talk] Gold: the next bubble -- rank: 1000

On Apr 21, 2011, at 5:56 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Talk of gold going to 5000/oz. And discussion of how this would be the result of inflation. > > http://money.msn.com/investment-advice/why-gold-could-hit-5000-dollars-mirhaydari.aspx > > But I don't see inflation. I see a deflationary spiral, reflecting the race to the bottom. > > So, if it's not inflation related, it would just be the next bubble, yes? The whole commodity complex looks to be in a bubble. There's no ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 21 15:06:00 PDT 2011

2457 [lbo-talk] Barrington Moore on Catonism -- rank: 1000

On Apr 21, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Dissenting Wren wrote: > From time to time I've wondered why Barrington Moore's term, "Catonism" never caught on as an epithet for certain kinds of antiliberalism. Good question. But doesn't a lot of this sound like small-is-beautiful, localist quasi-leftism too? Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 21 13:47:13 PDT 2011

2458 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 21, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Andy wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > >> Really, you should read it. Everyone should. The whole thing is miraculous. George Gilder, Men and Marriage (revised and expanded version of Sexual Suicide). Used copies from $2.25 up on Amazon. You will never again wonder why the right wing is so obsessed with these things. > > Aw, hell, you should have mentioned that the book is an example of the ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 21 11:26:45 PDT 2011

2459 [lbo-talk] Watch Christopher Hitchens Get Waterboarded (VANITY FAIR) -- rank: 1000

On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:41 PM, c b wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPubUCJv58 That's really old and the guy is now dying of cancer.

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2460 [lbo-talk] Ellen Willis thing in NYC -- rank: 1000

[Even though she once denounced Bob Fitch as a "Marxist motherfucker," I still love her writing.] Hi all, We just upped to a room for 450 people, moving from the Jschool to the Law School auditorium. Now we have more than enough room for everyone. Please come! Please spread the news! Sex, Hope & Rock n Roll: The Writings of Ellen Willis A conference and book launch at NYU April 30, 2011 9:30am-5pm Free and open to the public RSVP HERE: http://clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu/object ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 19 14:37:19 PDT 2011