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3511 [lbo-talk] progress in disillusionment -- rank: 1000

In what Mike Allen calls a "17,000-word agenda setter," Eric Alterman announces his disappointment in Obama's presidency. http://www.thenation.com/print/article/37165/kabuki-democracy It's mostly about the mess Bush left behind, the obstructionist GOP, the right-wing media machine, and special interests. Obama just can't let his inner pwog run free. Nothing structural about the Dems. Still, this is progress of a sort. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jul 8 06:46:36 PDT 2010

3512 [lbo-talk] meat -- rank: 1000

On Jul 8, 2010, at 8:15 AM, Matt wrote: > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 07:27:29AM -0400, shag carpet bomb wrote: > >> So how the hell is it that we, in the US, ostensibly eat nearly a lb of >> meat a day? Most people eat a grain-based breakfast. Even if they eat some >> kind of meat sandwich for breakfast (e.g., mcmuffin), that's still only >> adding about 2-4 oz of bacon or sausage to the day. Assuming a 10 oz steak >> at dinner, and 6 oz of lunch meat or somethin ...

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Date:	Thu Jul 8 05:59:14 PDT 2010

3513 [lbo-talk] a high school in Tennessee takes on evolution -- rank: 1000

http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2010/07/9588/

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Date:	Tue Jul 6 09:35:24 PDT 2010

3514 [lbo-talk] Goldman sez: more stim, please -- rank: 1000

On Jul 6, 2010, at 12:24 PM, c b wrote: > Those marches "at" Wall Street might be working...or Krugman's columns ? Hatzius is a smart guy and not at all politically cretinous. Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 6 09:31:17 PDT 2010

3515 [lbo-talk] Obama channels Bush -- rank: 1000

Los Angeles Times - July 3, 2010 <http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-speech-20100704,0,5267110.story> Obama's immigration speech echoes Bush in policy, rhetoric Both presidents took a centrist position while calling for more border security. They also favored a path to citizenship for immigrants and opposed rounding up those who were in the U.S. illegally. By Peter Nicholas, Tribune Washington Bureau Though he is quick to deride former President George W. Bush's per ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 5 18:29:36 PDT 2010

3516 [lbo-talk] Goldman sez: more stim, please -- rank: 1000

1. Friday's jobs numbers were disturbing. At best, they show an economy that is growing only quickly enough to keep the unemployment rate flat near 10%. At worst, they suggest that the labor market is once again turning down. Both the manufacturing workweek (the only part of the employment report included in the index of leading indicators) and the employment/population ratio (the broadest job market measure in the household survey) dropped significantly in June. Given the noise in these ser ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 5 18:09:05 PDT 2010

3517 [lbo-talk] guy meets Sarah Palin, gets boner -- rank: 1000

http://gawker.com/5579842/this-man-is-inappropriately-excited-to-meet-sarah-palin

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Date:	Mon Jul 5 14:24:25 PDT 2010

3518 [lbo-talk] Laura somebody sucks -- rank: 1000

On Jul 4, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Eric Beck wrote: > On 7/3/10, Peter Ward <nevadabob at hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> But perhaps taking the best action >> (in order to stop imperialism) isn't what's at stake. What's at stake is >> academic reputation. > > Bzzzzzt. Oh, I'm so sorry, that's not right. But thanks for playing. > We have some fine parting gifts, such as this handcrafted hairshirt. > No professional activist should be without this lovely item. &g ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 4 07:23:45 PDT 2010

3519 [lbo-talk] lefty on futbol -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: >> Noam Chomsky's take is the same as Eagleton's, almost word for word: >> >> Well, in our society, we have things that you might use your intelligence on, like politics, but people really can't get involved in them in a very serious way--so what they do is they put their minds into other things, such as sports. You're trained to be obedient; you don't have an interesting job; there's no work around for you that's creative; in th ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 2 12:34:15 PDT 2010

3520 [lbo-talk] When Empires Lose It -- rank: 1000

On Jul 2, 2010, at 5:24 AM, Angelus Novus wrote: > Why would domestic austerity hurt German export markets? Aren't Germany's low-wage policies the key to its export success? Germany has kept a lid on wage increases, but its wage levels aren't exactly low. That aside, I meant the effect of imposing austerity - deep recession - on the rest of Europe, and pressing for broader austerity within the G20. Won't that put German exports at risk? Doug

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Date:	Fri Jul 2 04:58:55 PDT 2010

3521 [lbo-talk] When Empires Lose It -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Angelus Novus wrote: > Or how else would you explains the inconvenient reality that Angela Merkel is now the voice of neoliberal austerity against Obama's watered-down Keynesianism? How would you explain it? Well, I more or less understand Obama, but what are the forces in Germany pushing austerity? Isn't anyone worried about the hit to German export markets? Doug

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Date:	Thu Jul 1 20:27:22 PDT 2010

3522 [lbo-talk] RCP->LM->IoI, etc. -- rank: 1000

Via Lou Proyect, this link to a history of James Heartfield's comrades: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n13/jenny-turner/who-are-they James, any reactions? Doug

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Date:	Thu Jul 1 18:28:43 PDT 2010

3523 [lbo-talk] FYI -- rank: 1000

On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > (I might mention that even in private communications Yoshie > has never expressed "hatred" for anyone.) Well gosh, I could say the same about myself. That is a fairly low bar, though.

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Date:	Sun Jan 31 12:56:45 PST 2010

3524 [lbo-talk] FYI -- rank: 1000

On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > There is no distinction betwen Monthly Review and MRZine. Any attack > on > the latter is an attack on the former. The attempt to seprate MRZine > from Monlyly Review in order to turn a political debate into a > personal > attack on an individual is vile. Fine. It's a disgrace that an institution as distinguished as MR puts out this crap. > I am > just interested that debate over political conflict over the > int ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 31 11:01:56 PST 2010

3525 [lbo-talk] What to do next -- rank: 1000

On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Joanna wrote: > -- Lack of time: after work (8 hrs/day + commute) and child-care/ > family time, there is simply not much time/energy left. I hear this a lot, but: 1) Do we really have less free time now than people did in the 19th century, when workers were organizing rebellions and farmers were organizing the populist movement? and 2) According to the BLS <http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm> we have an average of 5-6 hours of free time a d ...

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