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2491 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 14, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > if you read Andrew Ross' No Collar (uh-oh, > have I blasphemed by bringing him up?!) Heavens no. I'm a fan of his, and a friend too. > or have lived in the Bay Area, you > also know that tech workers aren't always representative of the US populace > as a whole, no? No. They're often more macho and more individualist. And these guys were in *Dallas*. Doug

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2492 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > But in the end what I was saying was that neoconservatism and neoliberalism > have conspired to reinscribe a "traditional" masculinity In her book, A Company of One, Carrie Lane reports that unemployed tech workers in Dallas had no problem about being dependent on their wives for support, and were actually proud to be such evolved feminists. Interview: http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S110409 Bonus with that interview ...

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2493 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:38 PM, // ravi wrote: > On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:03 PM, John Wesley wrote: >> Unfortunately, it's never considered "politically correct" to raise these >> issues, legitimate concerns though they be. >> We're still supposed to be subscribed to the mythology of girls not being able >> to "compete" with males, particularly in math and science. >> > > What are you saying, man? Political correctness compels us to subscribe ...

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2494 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:22 PM, John Wesley wrote: > ...but there's a "surplus" population of unattached males, a factor regarded as > undesireable for whatever reason... Because they're crude & icky?

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2495 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Somebody Somebody wrote: > One of the reasons for concerns about the decline of men is that in major cities like New York and Chicago, where many writers reside, young women are on average well in advance of their male counterparts. They are more likely to be college graduates, have a post-graduate education, and have higher incomes in their 20's than men of the same age. In other words, without the decaying prop of patriarchy, men are toast?

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2496 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Alan Rudy wrote: > Un-readable - though I challenged myself against this reporting > Red-in-Tooth-and-Claw just to prove that I can claim the water's not only > cold but deep, too... What turdy reporting and "scholarship." Huh? The reporter was making fun of this nonsense. Doug

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2497 [lbo-talk] the decline of men -- rank: 1000

"It's hard being a man living in a garbage pail..." http://www.observer.com/2011/daily-transom/its-raining-men-homo-lacrimans-conference-male-studies

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2498 [lbo-talk] Shades of Bacchus! -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Ferenc Molnar wrote: > The numbers might be right. What I'm less inclined to trust is the reason they're being presented. As with most think tanks the numbers are being presented to influence public policy. The Williams Institute has done studies in the past that have sought to challenge the myth of LGBT urban white affluence with a goal towards increasing support for pro-LGBT legislature and funding. It's an admirable aim on the surface but I'm wary about ho ...

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2499 [lbo-talk] Shades of Bacchus! -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Ferenc Molnar wrote: > Anyways, toppling empires with homosexuality is a lot harder than you'd think. I've been trying for years. But it does remind me of Nixon's famous quote from the Oval Office tapes: > > > Nixon: Do you know what happened to the Romans? The last six Roman emperors were fags. The last six. Nero had a public wedding to a boy. Yeah. And they'd [unintelligible]. You know that. You know what happened to the Popes? It's all right that, po ...

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2500 [lbo-talk] Good riddance -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > the US, which can be thought of as a penal colony with a > smiley face painted all over it Nice. Doug

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2501 [lbo-talk] Found Wisconsin votes don't add up -- rank: 1000

Maybe the masses just can't get excited about voting for Democrats.

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2502 [lbo-talk] Fed driving commodities bubble? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Shane Mage wrote: > Price counts for many things--but whatever the price the identity of long and short intersts remains. So what? If buyer and seller agree to a price today that's 3% higher than yesterday, the identity remains, but the price is up. And when thousands of new buyers come in, prices tend to rise. But of course, it violates a certain Vol. 1 fundamentalism that finance can influence the real world.

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2503 [lbo-talk] Found Wisconsin votes don't add up -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:35 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > [h/t to Milwaukee-ite Bryan Atinsky] > > http://www.politicususa.com/en/wisconsin-math > > April 8, 2011 > PoliticusUSA > > Clerk Kathy Nickolaus' Fuzzy Math Doesn't Add Up in Wisconsin Race > By Sarah Jones It's not just Silver: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/09/wisconsin-election-bombshell_n_847000.html http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119442229.html Thanks to the AAPOR gang... Doug

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2504 [lbo-talk] Found Wisconsin votes don't add up -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:35 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > [h/t to Milwaukee-ite Bryan Atinsky] > > http://www.politicususa.com/en/wisconsin-math > > April 8, 2011 > PoliticusUSA > > Clerk Kathy Nickolaus' Fuzzy Math Doesn't Add Up in Wisconsin Race > By Sarah Jones Nate Silver doesn't agree: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/vote-counting-error-in-wisconsin-points-to-incompetence-not-conspiracy/

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2505 [lbo-talk] Fed driving commodities bubble? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Shane Mage wrote: > Every position has two sides. The same graph would show an identical correlation > between the number of short positions by index traders and IMF food price index. Of course, price and open interest don't count for anything, right? Doug

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