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2536 [lbo-talk] looking for data on declining religiosity in U.S. -- rank: 1000

On Apr 3, 2011, at 7:25 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Help. I know I've seen fairly respectable surveys showing that religiosity is declining over all in the U.S. and that tolerance for homosexuality is growing. > > Where should I look for these? I don't even know what to search for? On the first, the buzzwords are "religious identification": http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/. On homosex: http://www.gallup.com/poll/108115/Americans-Evenly-Divided-Morality-Homose ...

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Date:	Sun Apr 3 17:58:17 PDT 2011

2537 [lbo-talk] Trusting the BLS job numbers... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 3, 2011, at 2:50 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > "A couple of things about last Friday s job report. The seasonally adjusted increase was 216,000. The unadjusted number was 25,000. What this comes down to is how much you trust the BLS modeling of what is happening in the economy. My own impression is that it is assuming we are in a fairly standard recession-recovery cycle. I don t think this is the case. The recession wasn t like anything we have seen since the 1930s. And a co ...

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Date:	Sun Apr 3 13:12:35 PDT 2011

2538 [lbo-talk] Von Hayek was wrong -- rank: 1000

On Apr 2, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Mark DeLucas wrote: > Of course, I'm talking to a boomer. So what? Is there something you're trying to say, or is this just some bit of generational foolishness? Doug

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Date:	Sat Apr 2 14:09:46 PDT 2011

2539 [lbo-talk] kids alright -- rank: 1000

On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:20 AM, SA wrote: > "As you may know, Wisconsin and other states have been in the news because of disputes between the > governors and state employee labor unions over collective bargaining policies and the state's budget. ... In states where there are such disputes, would you say you agree more with -- the governors or the state employee labor unions?" > > > Governors State Employees > National adults 39 48 > > > > 18 to 34 years 27 61 ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 2 07:04:54 PDT 2011

2540 [lbo-talk] U.S. pulling out of air war in Libya -- rank: 1000

On Apr 1, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Somebody Somebody wrote: > Moreover, a brief engagement would prove that the U.S. can easily get involved militarily abroad after Iraq, and will only encourage more wars and more ambitious ones at that in the future. You need a Grenada before you can move up to a Persian Gulf War. One, we're not out of Iraq, and two, we're not out of Afghanistan. Talking about redeeming intervention after those disasters may be rushing things. Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 1 12:50:54 PDT 2011

2541 [lbo-talk] U.S. pulling out of air war in Libya -- rank: 1000

[So much for all the heated commentary about a new war. But do they have any idea what they're doing?] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110401/ap_on_re_us/us_us_libya_50 US ending its air combat role in Libya By ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer Fri Apr 1, 3:47 am ET WASHINGTON The Pentagon is about to pull its attack planes out of the international air campaign in Libya, hoping NATO partners can take up the slack. The announcement Thursday drew incredulous reactions from some in Congres ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 1 12:26:31 PDT 2011

2542 [lbo-talk] Prostate screening bad idea.... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 1, 2011, at 1:50 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > This is turning out to be true for mammograms too.... > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12911174 Hmm, it may make sense on a population basis, but tell an individual that.

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Date:	Fri Apr 1 10:57:44 PDT 2011

2543 [lbo-talk] My visit to Bogotá -- rank: 1000

On Apr 1, 2011, at 1:22 PM, michael perelman wrote: > I am leaving for Bogotá tomorrow. The Columbia School of Engineering is holding a three-day conference/seminar on my work. They are generously flying Blanche and myself, to spend a week there. I've never had an opportunity like this before. Congrats. We look forward to a full report. Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 1 10:30:01 PDT 2011

2544 [lbo-talk] highly entertaining, if lacking in redeeming social content -- rank: 1000

http://jezebel.com/5652114/college-girls-power-point-fuck-list-goes-viral-gallery

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Date:	Thu Sep 30 17:03:30 PDT 2010

2545 [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests (correction) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 30, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug wrote: Why is the left irrelevant? Because it confused capitalism's > growing dependence on the state as some kind of social progress. I didn't write that. James Heartfield did. Doug

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Date:	Thu Sep 30 08:46:17 PDT 2010

2546 [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests (correction) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2010, at 7:08 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Doug: 'If you want to think of productive activity that occurs through corporations as done by people, fine - but why not the same for governments?' Yes, I suppose you could say that the $1 trillion the US spends on defence is activity, but productive? Hardly. And what of the $89 billion spent on the Troubled Asset Relief Program? Productive activity, or paying rich people to stay rich? > > Why is the left irrelevant? Because it con ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 29 16:19:16 PDT 2010

2547 [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests (correction) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2010, at 4:27 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > There's something rather peculiar about this statist outlook. After all, in the end, governments don't make anything, people do. Should the people be grateful for the government? They create the wealth that the government disburses (largely to the obscenely wealthy). What are you arguing for? Some sort of autonomist stimulus package? If you want to think of productive activity that occurs through corporations as done by people, fine - but ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 29 13:40:53 PDT 2010

2548 [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests (correction) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Jeez, some people get touchy when you offer weak criticisms of welfare > and state intervention. Are mildly social-democratic mechanisms so > sacrosanct that it can't be looked at? That sort of perspective is great when there's actual political pressure coming from the left and the state is forced to make concessions. That would be a wonderful time to make that sort of point. Now, when all the pressure is coming from the right, and even mi ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 29 13:28:17 PDT 2010

2549 [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests(correction) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Oh well, I'm proud of myself for trying. What are you proud of? Excusing the American population for looking at a flawed stimulus package and concluding we'd have been better of without one? It's not like they're thinking of or talking about anything better. Doug

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Date:	Wed Sep 29 12:26:23 PDT 2010

2550 [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests (correction) -- rank: 1000

On Sep 29, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > With the requisite caveats--that the loudest opponents are absolute > cretins and that the package did quite a lot of good--it's not totally > ridiculous for US workers to be critical of actually existing stimulus > packages: the administration predicted 8% unemployment but it's > settled a bit under 10%; piddling tax cuts and one-time payments for > most people; tax credits (e.g., college tuition) that are useless for > many; ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 29 12:17:53 PDT 2010