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316 [lbo-talk] Rolling Jubilee -- rank: 1000

On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:05 AM, James Leveque <jamespl79 at gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/peoples-bailout/ > > Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but this sounds a little too good to be > true. I obviously don't know much about how debt is bought and sold, > but Strike Debt is saying that they could buy up debt at about 5 cents > on the dollar, which seems really low. Does anybody have any thoughts > about how feasible this is? It could be bought tha ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 9 07:34:29 PST 2012

317 [lbo-talk] Not Sure How I Feel About This: "Dan Quayle was Right" -- rank: 1000

On May 31, 2012, at 8:36 AM, Ismail Lagardien wrote: > Twenty Years Later, It Turns Out Dan Quayle Was Right About Murphy Brown and Unmarried Moms > > On May 19, 1992, as the presidential campaign season was heating up, Vice President Dan Quayle delivered a family-values speech that came to define him nearly as much as his spelling talents. Speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California, he chided Murphy Brown the fictional 40-something, divorced news anchor played by Candice Bergen on ...

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Date:	Thu May 31 07:18:44 PDT 2012

318 [lbo-talk] Tweeters, Twitterers and Twats -- rank: 1000

On May 30, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote: > Sorry I started this ramble, Doug. Not a prob. I'm glad you advertised yourself, and Woj is always amusing when he fulminates. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 30 10:50:28 PDT 2012

319 [lbo-talk] Occupy Student Debt Campaign -- rank: 1000

If Mitch wanted to make a more original contribution, he could share with us his thinking on how the DNA water that WBAI has been hawking might discredit homeopathy. Doug On May 30, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > As a for instance, this is essentially "re-tweet": > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchel Cohen" <mitchelcohen at mindspring.com> > >> This statement is a result of collective work by the >> Occupy Student Debt Campaig ...

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Date:	Wed May 30 09:02:58 PDT 2012

320 [lbo-talk] Tabbi on Goldman -- rank: 1000

On May 29, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: >> From: Chuck Grimes <c123grimes at att.net> > >> How do you buy and sell stock you don't own? > >> CG > > Try pages 29-31 here: > > http://www.wallstreetthebook.com/WallStreet.pdf He that sells what isn't his'n buys it back or goes to prison

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Date:	Tue May 29 13:49:51 PDT 2012

321 [lbo-talk] Boycott The Left Book Fair in Berlin -- rank: 1000

On May 26, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > They are being colonized by neoconservative and > other bourgeois rightists, who appear in the guise of antideutsche > Linke ( anti-german leftists ) or Ideologiekritiker ( critics of > ideology ). So how big a force, numerically, are these characters? And how do they wield so much influence? Doug

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322 [lbo-talk] The changing complexity of congressional speech -- rank: 1000

On May 25, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > Chuck: "Consider that Orwell spent most of his time writing in > extremely plain language. " > > [WS:] He wrote clearly, but I wound not say that he used plain > language. Not an easy read for an average US 10th grader. "Politics & the English Language" comes in at a 12.4 grade level. Doug

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Date:	Fri May 25 07:08:43 PDT 2012

323 [lbo-talk] Rob Johnson on the economists&#65533; collective guilt -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Jim Farmelant writes: > >> If someone were to shoot, say 95% of the economists in the USA >> (leaving aside a few exceptions like Mike Yates, Mike Lebowitz, >> and perhaps, Sam Bowles or Herb Gintis), the world would be a >> better place. > > Can you name a profession for which that kind of thing isn't true? Doctors & nurses. Physicists. Nannies. Bus drivers. Etc.

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Date:	Wed May 23 13:51:15 PDT 2012

324 [lbo-talk] Rob Johnson on the economists&#65533; collective guilt -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2012, at 4:22 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > If someone were to shoot, say 95% of the economists in the USA (leaving aside a few exceptions like Mike Yates, Mike Lebowitz, and perhaps, Sam Bowles or Herb Gintis), the world would be a better place. They owe reparations. They should be forced to do useful work, like cleaning the subway platform with a toothbrush. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 23 13:44:53 PDT 2012

325 [lbo-talk] Fitch memorial -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2012, at 10:10 AM, John Gulick wrote: > Shag: > > "...start writing (more -- JG) long pieces like this. This > is the Doug I fell in love with! Somebody get this man a book contract for > fuck's sake." > > Gulick: > > The votes are in and this seems to be the opinion of the vast majority. This is fabulous stuff, we crave more of it (and the US and the US left _need_ it), even if this comes at the expense of less chatter. (Do as I say, not as I do.) ...

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Date:	Wed May 23 08:50:13 PDT 2012

326 [lbo-talk] Bill Clinton's speaking fees -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > I beg to differ. Fee for service obtains only when one can > legally perform that service in consideration of receiving some value. > One cannot legally perform government services to private parties > while in government office, and when one does one takes a bribe, plain > and simple. My friend Enrique Diaz-Alvarez, who was on this list in its early days, often says that a lot of what politicians do in office can be explained by th ...

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Date:	Wed May 23 08:44:49 PDT 2012

327 [lbo-talk] Fitch memorial -- rank: 1000

On May 22, 2012, at 5:23 PM, nathan tankus wrote: > The closest i can think of is the > single taxers (ie georgists). Bob had a soft spot for them. I tactfully left that out.

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328 [lbo-talk] Fitch memorial -- rank: 1000

On May 22, 2012, at 4:36 PM, michael yates wrote: > Doug, this is a fine memorial for Bob Fitch. Not just informative but warmly personal and moving as well. I think Bob would be pleased. He was a man with no illusions about the unions (and Democrats and anyone with power), and I keep his words in mind when I think and write about labor. Anyway, bravo to you for this! Michael Thanks, Michael. I really enjoyed writing it - and reading some old Fitch to prepare for it. That interview you did w ...

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Date:	Tue May 22 14:36:02 PDT 2012

329 [lbo-talk] Fitch memorial -- rank: 1000

I just posted the text of my talk in honor of Bob Fitch: http://lbo-news.com/2012/05/22/explaining-what-exists-in-memory-of-bob-fitch/

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Date:	Tue May 22 12:07:12 PDT 2012

330 [lbo-talk] Glen Ford on privatization of education -- rank: 1000

On May 20, 2012, at 9:18 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2012 03:13:25 +0000 (UTC) > 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > >> I was skeptical about Glen Ford so far, >> but this has won me squarely over. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/7xok5ge > > GF is a treasure. Indispensable. Something we can agree on! I love Glen Ford. Doug

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