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3241 [lbo-talk] Disappoint With #125 -- rank: 1000

On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > The problem here is that research faculty and pro-Big Science and > university-industry collaboration/technology transfer agreement > administrators argue that the overhead brought in by Big Science > grants pays > for the research, the overhead, the auditing and more... that big > research > grants fund general education... when, in fact - and Chuck is right > on this, > big research grants (and athletics) draw down the ...

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3242 [lbo-talk] Disappoint With #125 -- rank: 1000

On Mar 11, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Max Sawicky wrote: > Like in economics. Is econ the worst of all the academic disciplines? I'm tempted to say yes, but maybe I don't know the others well enough. Doug

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3243 [lbo-talk] salary guide, University of Illinois -- rank: 1000

On Mar 11, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Medical costs include insurance, cost of > administration of insurance, office ovehead for physicians in handling > insurance, etc etc. Perhaps Doug or someone knows the factual material > here, but my impression is that the medical professionis being > gradually, and in some instances rapidly, proletarianiszed. ER > physicians work killing hours and I'm not sure their pay isall that > high. Medical costs are inflated in every ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 11 12:37:38 PST 2010

3244 [lbo-talk] Disappoint With #125 -- rank: 1000

On Mar 11, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Chuck Loucks wrote: > If a tenured track professor is hired mainly to do research, why > should undergrads > have to pay the cost of that research for the length of time said > professor spends on > research? Because maybe research makes better professors and enriches human knowledge?

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Date:	Thu Mar 11 12:31:45 PST 2010

3245 [lbo-talk] looking out for the future of the Jewish people -- rank: 1000

On Mar 11, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Max Sawicky wrote: > "All a Jew wants to do is doodle a Christian girl." -- William S. > Burroughs But, as they say, shiksas are only for practice, right?

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3246 [lbo-talk] looking out for the future of the Jewish people -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5490785/bar-rafaeli-should-dump-leo-and-date-a-nice-jewish-boy-says-bubbe-mafia > Bar Rafaeli Should Dump Leo and Date a Nice Jewish Boy, Says Bubbe Mafia by Maureen O'Connor Israeli nationalist organization Lehava "provides assistance to Jewish girls in relationships with non-Jews," helping "extricate" them from goyim relationships. Their latest target: Israeli supermodel and Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriend Bar Rafaeli. The leader of Lehava (Hebrew f ...

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3247 [lbo-talk] a health insurance parable -- rank: 1000

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Date:	Wed Mar 10 11:08:32 PST 2010

3248 [lbo-talk] oppression -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > He's a mixed bag. I'm pretty sure I lost by never getting around to > read > his Lineages of the Absolutist State, though I suspect I might have > disagreed with quite a bit of it. And for all my grouching at it, he > published quite a bit of good stuff over the years in NLR Oh yes. NLR has published a lot of great stuff, Verso's a terrific publishing house, and we'd be a lot worse off without the whole formation. But, as one of ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 10 09:52:20 PST 2010

3249 [lbo-talk] FYI & Comment if you Wish -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote: > Just incidentally, having made the decision in 1995, that I would > quit journalism to return to graduate school, > I was asked to join the government in the office of Trevor Manuel... > (snip, snip)... > Trevor Manuel was at the very fine edge of the blue wedge that gave > in to foreign pressure and > opt for an internally implemented structural adjustment loyal to the > Washington Consensus Yes, there was internati ...

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3250 [lbo-talk] Disappoint With #125 -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Chuck Loucks wrote: > My point is spending per student at Universities is way up, but the > students are not the beneficiaries of that spending. Universities > have dual roles, research and instruction; the money spent by > Universities does not have to benefit student instruction. Public > universities should not be raising tuition at rates higher than the > CPI, period. They have no choice if state aid is cut back, which it has been for the l ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 10 09:35:18 PST 2010

3251 [lbo-talk] Laura Augstin in NYC tonight -- rank: 1000

Wish I could go, but I can't. If you can, please do. She's excellent, and needs support in case NOW sends hecklers. Trafficking, migration and the sex industry: Framing the questions, Providing the proofs Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:45pm - 9:00pm Rockefeller University, Weiss Building Room 305 York avenue at 66th St: Enter the campus at 66th Street Subway: Lexington Avenue Local #6 to 68th Street/Lexington Avenue Station; walk east Buses: M31 (York Avenue/57th St crosstown) and M66 (68th St cr ...

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3252 [lbo-talk] oppression -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Marv Gandall quoted Perry Anderson: > For the root determinant of this tradition was its formation by > defeat the long decades of set-back and stagnation, many of them > terrible ones in any historical perspective, undergone by the > Western working class after 1920. "Perry is afraid of the working class. They might scuff his floors." - someone who's known him for decades

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3253 [lbo-talk] Query re Teacher Firings in the U.S. -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2010, at 11:14 AM, ken hanly wrote: > Obmaa is supposed to be pro-union I thought. The unions will think > twice about support him in future at this rate. On the first, not really. We'll see if he does the recess appointment of whosis to the NLRB. On the second, don't bet on it. They've shown a remarkable ability to get pissed on and come back for more. Doug

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3254 [lbo-talk] FYI & Comment if you Wish -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Ismail Lagardien wrote: > Would people on these two lists care to give me their views on the > blog post. I am not doing this for publicity - hell no. > But I kinda respect people on these two lists... You can comment on > the page, or on this forum. What you say looks hard to argue with. The whole story is important beyond SA. As revolutionary movements go, they don't come much better than the ANC - in the real world, at least. Yet while the transitio ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 10 08:14:39 PST 2010

3255 [lbo-talk] Disappoint With #125 -- rank: 1000

On Mar 9, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Chuck Loucks wrote: > I have a simple question, since LBO #125 shows a graph showing the > inflation rate for tuition beats out even medical cost increases, > why should state aid be required to keep up with such a voracious > appetite for cash? Tuition in the CPI is the price paid by consumers, not states. States are paying relatively less, and consumers more. So I don't get your point. Doug

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