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2611 [lbo-talk] how Republicans party -- rank: 1000

With white VIPs dressed like Confederate generals and black extras dressed as slaves: http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/09/14/how-republicans-party/

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Date:	Wed Sep 15 07:52:39 PDT 2010

2612 [lbo-talk] small biz: it's not taxes, it's sales -- rank: 1000

Uh-oh, Peter & Opp, better get on the horn! http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/whats-holding-back-small-businesses Much of the debate about how to spur growth and encourage hiring has focused on making the tax picture temporarily more business-friendly. But as you can see, the portion of small businesses citing taxes as their superlative problem has remained about the same mostly in the 17-22 percent range, say for about a decade. Additionally, lending help for small businesses ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 14:19:03 PDT 2010

2613 [lbo-talk] Cuba to lay off 500, 000 state workers: The beginning of the end of Cuban socialism -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Somebody Somebody wrote: > In a few years Cuba will be a thoroughly mixed economy - but even this characterization will be deceptive, since it will obscure the trajectory of the country. It's interesting to me that here we have a case of the founding generation of a socialist revolution dismantling their own system. I don't know how anyone's supposed to take such Third World revolutionary projects seriously ever again. You don't know where this is going. No one do ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 12:15:19 PDT 2010

2614 [lbo-talk] Lady Gaga's meat dress: it wasn't even good meat -- rank: 1000

Via Gawker: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/09/14/2010-09-14_shes_lady_tartare_in_this_moomoo.html

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 14 12:13:45 PDT 2010

2615 [lbo-talk] Paglia on Gaga -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: > I suppose my ears are just tired - or > reactionary There's always new stuff lurking in the canon. In all the years I've been listening, I only recently discovered the wonders of Haydn's piano sonatas and string quartets. Never liked his symphonies much so I never went any further. But, man, what lovely stuff. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 12:04:58 PDT 2010

2616 [lbo-talk] new blog post: a nation in decline?: part 3: anunhealthy nation -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Ricky Page wrote: > Once again a working-class socialist is fucked by the intelliectual types. > Please give our movement back to us, and shut the fuck-up for once, no one is > interest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lenin & Trotsky thought the working class should aspire to the highest levels of literacy. I think they had a point. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 11:54:03 PDT 2010

2617 [lbo-talk] Goldberg & Sweig on Cuba -- rank: 1000

I participated in a media conference call with Jeffrey Goldberg and Julia Sweig (of the CFR) yesterday about their visit the other week with Fidel. I just noticed that the CFR has posted the audio: http://www.cfr.org/publication/22942/media_conference_call.html It's well worth listening to. I ask a question of Sweig about 30 or 40 minutes in. Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 11:37:18 PDT 2010

2618 [lbo-talk] Paglia on Gaga -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: > All music seems to have hit a dead end. No it hasn't! Have you tired of life? > There seems to only so much you can do with three chords and a chorus, or even an orchestra and a score. I just happen to be listening to Diane's show on WFMU right now and she's playing something by a band called Sex Church, a song called "209." I never heard of them, and probably never will again, but it's pretty good. Nothing spectacular but it's ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 11:23:58 PDT 2010

2619 [lbo-talk] press release of the day -- rank: 1000

Press Passes are now Being Issued for the 2010 North American Bed Bug Summit Summit Organizers Have Begun 30 Full-Access and Limited-Access Press Passes for the 2010 North American Bed Bug Summit held in Chicago, IL.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Sep 14 10:05:24 PDT 2010

2620 [lbo-talk] Paglia on Gaga -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2010, at 8:21 AM, B. wrote: > Without having read the Paglia piece, I've felt reflexively that Gaga's shtick > seems like a well-worn modern pop star formula Long ago, the Village Voice had a headline on a Roxy Music review: "Having fun with 'fun.'" I love Roxy Music and only sorta like Lady Gaga, but that's the spirit of it, no? Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 14 09:58:33 PDT 2010

2621 [lbo-talk] new blog post: a nation in decline?: part 3: an unhealthy nation -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2010, at 5:03 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > But then you wonder why *they* (leftists and anti-capitalists) are > sitting on their hands. Shouldn't the question be, why is everyone > sitting on their hands? And are "leftists" really "sitting on their hands"? A lot of them are out agitating, leafletting, going to meetings, getting petitions signed, etc. I don't think Chuck was really fair. Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 13 14:13:11 PDT 2010

2622 [lbo-talk] new blog post: a nation in decline?: part 3: an unhealthy nation -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Chuck: "of hard to be involved with any kind of activism if you are working > several jobs or are unemployed, looking for work and money." > > [WS:] Or may be it is that activism is a delusion of social engineering for > the poor - a belief that a group of individuals can change society if not at > will then by pushing the right buttons without the backing of powerful > institutions. Most people do not have such delus ...

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Date:	Mon Sep 13 14:06:21 PDT 2010

2623 [lbo-talk] Galileo was wrong -- rank: 1000

Now that the Enlightenment is over, it's time to revive Geocentrism! http://www.galileowaswrong.com/galileowaswrong/

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Date:	Mon Sep 13 14:01:01 PDT 2010

2624 [lbo-talk] new blog post: a nation in decline?: part 3: an unhealthy nation -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Chuck Munson wrote: > I'm always trying to get my brain around the fact that so many > leftists and anti-capitalists out there spend so much time sitting on > their hands. Is this because of "analysis paralysis"? What should people get off their hands and do, Chuck? Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 13 10:35:02 PDT 2010

2625 [lbo-talk] Fidel on dolphins & the Cuban model -- rank: 1000

On Sep 10, 2010, at 11:23 PM, Sean Andrews wrote: > someone really needs to start Carrol a Twitter account, "Stuff Carrol > Cox Says" sort of like the "shit my dad says" one. This seems like a > good candidate for a post. Excellent idea! He'd have 10,000 followers inside a week. Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 11 04:37:21 PDT 2010