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256 [lbo-talk] Freedom of Speech -- rank: 1000

On Sep 20, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote: >> I do remember the outrage concerning Robert >> Mapplethorpe's Piss Christ display. > > You're the only one :-) > > (it was Andres Serrano, not Mapplethorpe) Ah, the good old days. Where'd they go? Is no one dunking sacred images in glasses of piss anymore? Or is the thrill just gone? Doug

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257 [lbo-talk] OFFLIST (Leftist books and copyright violation (was: Lefty library of pdfs) -- rank: 1000

> Gimme your snail mail address and I'll send you a hard copy. > > One condition: you have to write a review of it! ;-) > ___________________________________ thanks! Doug Henwood editor, Left Business Observer producer, "Behind the News" KPFA, 94.1 FM Berkeley, Thursdays at noon 242 Greene Ave - #1C Brooklyn, NY 11238-1398 USA +1-347-599-2211 <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com> "blog": <http://lbo-news.com/>

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258 [lbo-talk] Reihan Salam on Reuters: How the Occupy movement may yet lead America -- rank: 1000

On Sep 15, 2012, at 5:16 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote: > Reihan Salam : talk about tool! What's really hilarious is you can see the actual work he's putting into the lies! That's a half-decent piece. You want right-wing lies, check out what they're saying about the dead ambassador to Libya. Doug

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Date:	Sun Sep 16 06:54:54 PDT 2012

259 [lbo-talk] For those following Honduras: "Charter Cities"? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote: > This is exaggerated, right? Please? > > "The Charter Cities initiative cedes city-sized sections of Honduras > to corporations or foreign governments to govern autonomously, > indefinitely. Investors can make their own laws, build their own > police force, administer services and regulate their economy. > > "On September 4, Michael Strong, representing the MKG Group, signed a > ...

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260 [lbo-talk] A message to WBAI -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:36 PM, "Steven L. Robinson" <srobin21 at comcast.net> wrote: > One of the guests on the KPFA Sunday morning show stated that there was a possibility that enough people in Wisconsin might vote for Stein - out of disgust for Obama's silence in the Walker recall election - to throw the state to Romney. The host, Philip Muldry, gasped in shocked disbelief. It seems very unlikely. Intentions to vote for 3rd parties tend toward 0 as November approaches.

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 15:40:46 PDT 2012

261 [lbo-talk] A message to WBAI -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:30 PM, John Wesley <godisamethodist at yahoo.com> wrote: > Pacifica Radio in NYC. Oh, right. I did a show there for 15 years. Glad you're familiar with the forum!

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262 [lbo-talk] A message to WBAI -- rank: 1000

What's WBAI?

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263 [lbo-talk] Adriano Espaillat v. Guillermo Linares -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good link making sense of this race? They're running for NY State Senator in my district. My vague impression based on their endorsements and their positions on Charlie Rangel is that Espaillat is slightly more progressive, Linares more the machine politican. But there is so much overlap, and so much heat, I'm beginning to get confused and think it's just about personal rivalry and the ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 11:17:05 PDT 2012

264 [lbo-talk] "tool" as insult? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:49 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > T.S. Eliot stirred his coffee with his dick? > > That doesn't seem like old T.S. to me. I can't even visualize it. > > Besides, wouldn't it hurt? I think I'm being very thick tonight. It was a joke! You know the line from Prufrock about measuring out my life with coffee spoons?

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Date:	Wed Sep 12 03:46:15 PDT 2012

265 [lbo-talk] "tool" as insult? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:32 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > It seems that the implication is that the "tool" is stupid. Or is it that it's being manipulated by someone? Means you're the passive or inert instrument of a higher or more powerful intelligence. Also, evokes "dick." Reminds me of that great letter to National Lampoon in the mid-70s, signed by Yvor Winters, disclosing that T.S. Eliot stirred his coffee with his tool. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 11 20:39:54 PDT 2012

266 [lbo-talk] factchecking a bourgeois tool -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:24 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > How do you know it got under his skin? The Twitter. Whine whine whine. https://twitter.com/@DylanMatt

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Date:	Tue Sep 11 20:36:46 PDT 2012

267 [lbo-talk] factchecking a bourgeois tool -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:14 PM, // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote: > if not a different theme, please consider upping the font size of the post content at least 3-4 points. At the current size long posts look unappealingly tedious (literally, small print), which would be sad if universal. YMMV, of course. Hmm, quick look does not reveal how to do this with canned theme.

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268 [lbo-talk] factchecking a bourgeois tool -- rank: 1000

Factchecking bourgeois tool and union-hater Dylan Matthews - 4 months out of Harvard. This has really gotten under his skin. http://lbo-news.com/2012/09/11/how-much-do-teacher-strikes-hurt-kids/

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Date:	Tue Sep 11 19:28:34 PDT 2012

269 [lbo-talk] Lefty library of pdfs -- rank: 1000

On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au> wrote: > Perhaps the problem is the writers who expect to get paid for their stuff, Imagine that! No one would seriously suggest that carpenters or nurses shouldn't get paid. But it's ok when it comes to writers and artists? Fuck that noise. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 11 05:42:41 PDT 2012

270 [lbo-talk] Lefty library of pdfs -- rank: 1000

On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> wrote: > Hi LoBsters, > > I wasn't able to find Doug's WALL STREET in this collection; although it should be there. Lots of good stuff though, including Graeber's FIRST 5,000 YEARS OF DEBT. I read LoBster Mike Beggs review of it and some others, Ingo.... Maybe others have works on pdf to add to this excellent online library. There's a submit button. :p > > > http://ebookcollective.tumblr.com/archive ...

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