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3361 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:30 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:11 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > >> Yes, would be interesting to read something on the phenomenology of >> e-mail. >> >> It's not exactly like a telegram, but conveying tone is almost >> impossible. > > "Well, novelists could do it, no? " > > In an email? You'd have to show me. No - I mean in prose. It's not a limitation of prose, though it might be of e ...

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3362 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:11 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Yes, would be interesting to read something on the phenomenology of > e-mail. > > It's not exactly like a telegram, but conveying tone is almost > impossible. Well, novelists could do it, no?

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3363 [lbo-talk] labor and the White House feuding -- rank: 1000

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38343.html

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3364 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > 123hop at comcast.net wrote: >> >> "Dying" is an euphemism for having an orgasm. >> >> I don't know why Carrol couldn't just say so. > > I was keeping to the tone set by Michael. I pride myself in this list's occasional contradictions in tone. Both Adorno and Lady Gaga should feel right at home. Doug

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3365 [lbo-talk] a collage of lies -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Victor Friedlander wrote: > Gaza is not a sovereign state but only a > break-away district of the State of Israel. You have the most creative way with words. How is an occupation enforced with violence and blockade a breaking away? Doug

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3366 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Likewise, psychoanalysts tell us that humans are invariably > motivated by > envy, egotism, and frustrated desires Hmm. Do you want to talk some more about this?

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3367 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > I have not seen any "inner motives" of other people in my entire life, > but if you or others did, show me. To paraphrase a great wit, you can hear a lot just by listening. Doug

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3368 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner; IS is US -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > That, in Freudian theory, they are said to exist in a location that > doesn't exist, The Unconscious. We've gone over this a number of > times. > Almsot all thought and feeling is unconscious, but the concept of The > Unconscious is more mysterious than the Holy Ghost. Freudian > psychology > is grounded in the metaphor of the steam engine. A worthlesds analogue > for "the mind." Carrol, I don't want to get back in ...

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3369 [lbo-talk] a collage of lies -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2010, at 1:40 AM, Victor Friedlander wrote: > True, the > TV viewing public has a short attention span and the memory capacity > of > sufferers from advanced Alzheimer, so it's probably necessary to > remind your > readers that the fence and the closing of border crossings was a much > delayed response to repeated fatal attacks on - mostly - Israeli > citizens by > the human missiles exported from Gaza to the Jewish heartlands. I love the use of "necessa ...

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3370 [lbo-talk] Bernie Madoff: fuck 'em -- rank: 1000

<http://www.cnbc.com/id/37551164/> Bernie Madoff: F*** My Victims Published: Monday, 7 Jun 2010 | 9:09 AM ET Text Size Bernard Madoff, the author of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, told inmates at the Butner prison where he is serving his 150 years jail sentence that his victims deserved what happened to them, because they were rich and greedy, according to an article in New York Magazine. One evening a fellow prisoner kept asking Madoff about the victims of his $65 billion scheme ...

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3371 [lbo-talk] the BS profession polices itself -- rank: 1000

[I thought what Thomas said was kinda dumb but it's fascinating to watch the perimeters of acceptable opinion being policed.] <http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/06/we_made_too_many_excuses_for_h.html > We made too many excuses for Helen Thomas As someone who has benefited from the trails blazed by Helen Thomas, I am told I should cut her some slack regarding her ignorant remarks about Jews. After all, her successful career -- overcoming now unimaginable sexism -- helpe ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 7 10:58:24 PDT 2010

3372 [lbo-talk] US aid to Israel: $114 billion -- rank: 1000

http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/245-2008-november/3845-congress-watch-a-conservative-estimate-of-total-direct-us-aid-to-israel-almost-114-billion.html

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Date:	Mon Jun 7 08:50:15 PDT 2010

3373 [lbo-talk] Obama sends special forces to 75 countries, leaving Bush in the dust -- rank: 1000

<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7144445.ece > Obama secretly deploys US special forces to 75 countries across world Tim Reid and Michael Evans, Washington President Obama has secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world, with American troops now operating in 75 countries. The dramatic expansion in the use of special forces, which in their global span ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 5 18:11:43 PDT 2010

3374 [lbo-talk] the new official IDF line -- rank: 1000

On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:32 PM, W. Kiernan wrote: > Current events plus arrogance/strength might lead you to predict > different behavior in the near future than the same current events > plus desperation/weakness. So if I wanted to guess what Israel's > government is going to do next, their motivation _would_ be important. In his interview with Russia Today, Norman said that Israel has probably gone from acting like a lunatic state to being a lunatic state. Doug

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3375 [lbo-talk] the new official IDF line -- rank: 1000

On Jun 4, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Wild, lunatic actions can reflect either arrogance grounded in > confidence of one's strenght, OR in the desperation of weakness. > > Which rules in Israel? It would be comforting to think that the > Israelis > feel their position to be weak; it would be even better to know that > it > was in fact weak. But...? Norman F thinks it desperation, but they can do a lot of damage even if they're on the downslope. Doug

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