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361 [lbo-talk] Fukushima reactor No. 4 vulnerable to catastrophiccollapse -- rank: 1000

I really have no idea what that means. On May 8, 2012, at 11:19 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Please, please can we stop now....? > > joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Carrol and Kelley with acolytes. Now that is funny. I myself was a choir boy, serving God with my pretty soprano voice and not the priest who said the mass. > > > > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk > ___________________ ...

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Date:	Tue May 8 20:26:58 PDT 2012

362 [lbo-talk] Fukushima reactor No. 4 vulnerable to catastrophiccollapse -- rank: 1000

On May 8, 2012, at 2:03 PM, John Gulick wrote: > I didn't buy it before, but I'm starting to buy it now: your remonstrations, politically pointless although disguised as protests against pointlessness, are driving people away from the list. Including me, the moderator. He and "shag" together have soured me on this thing. Ornery pointless bullshit. Doug

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Date:	Tue May 8 16:12:54 PDT 2012

363 [lbo-talk] Fitch lecture -- rank: 1000

I'll be giving the first Robert Fitch memorial lecture at LaGuardia College, Queens, Monday 5/21, 5-7 PM, Rm E500. Be nice to see some familiar faces there. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 7 10:13:23 PDT 2012

364 [lbo-talk] Socialist Francois Hollande wins French presidency -- rank: 1000

On May 6, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > On 5/6/2012 2:04 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > > >>> Let me see if I understand this. > >> I strongly advise you not to try. > > Let me see if I understand this. Everybody's an idiot to you, right? Either that or everything is a joke.

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Date:	Sun May 6 16:53:19 PDT 2012

365 [lbo-talk] BTN on James Galbraith -- rank: 1000

On May 5, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > Anyway, go listen to the show. It was one of the greats. Thank you Chuck. It's up in my archive as a podcast but with no webpage link yet. But you can listen via: http://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/RadioArchive/2012/12_05_05.mp3 or RSS: feed://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/radio-feed.php Doug

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Date:	Sat May 5 13:37:32 PDT 2012

366 [lbo-talk] from David Roediger -- rank: 1000

Oh yes. On May 3, 2012, at 11:20 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > A possible interview? > > Joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- >> Hi. Could you post this on LBO-Talk? >> >> *The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. >> History* by David Roediger and Elizabeth Esch is available via Oxford >> University Press. Also available is a new edition of the *Haymarket >> Scrapbook. * Check www.davidroediger.org for more ...

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Date:	Fri May 4 04:07:08 PDT 2012

367 [lbo-talk] from David Roediger -- rank: 1000

> Hi. Could you post this on LBO-Talk? > > *The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. > History* by David Roediger and Elizabeth Esch is available via Oxford > University Press. Also available is a new edition of the *Haymarket > Scrapbook. * Check www.davidroediger.org for more information.

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Date:	Thu May 3 20:03:51 PDT 2012

368 [lbo-talk] Good bio of Marilyn Monroe? -- rank: 1000

On May 3, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > Don't back down now, comrade. Pissing on the > Kennedys is always in order. I love that sport. I just like to make sure my aim is true. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 3 11:29:49 PDT 2012

369 [lbo-talk] Good bio of Marilyn Monroe? -- rank: 1000

That was partly a joke, but not entirely. But I'm rather underinformed on the life of MM. On May 3, 2012, at 12:56 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > I suspect you're right. > > J > > ----- Original Message ----- > > On May 3, 2012, at 12:42 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > >> Thanks. Apparently she spent most of her money on books. And I have no doubt, judging from her writing, that she read them. > > Her biggest mistake may have been getting involved with ...

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Date:	Thu May 3 10:00:29 PDT 2012

370 [lbo-talk] Good bio of Marilyn Monroe? -- rank: 1000

On May 3, 2012, at 12:42 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Thanks. Apparently she spent most of her money on books. And I have no doubt, judging from her writing, that she read them. Her biggest mistake may have been getting involved with the Kennedy family. Bunch of snakes. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 3 09:49:36 PDT 2012

371 [lbo-talk] Debt -- rank: 1000

On May 3, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > "Cannot be cancelled by death" is absurd on its face - how > is a dead person supposed to pay off his/her debt? In Japan, during the 1980s bubble, there were "two-generation" mortgages, in which children inherited the debts of their parents. Doug

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Date:	Thu May 3 07:44:11 PDT 2012

372 [lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland reports and pics -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2012, at 10:06 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > and the thing to do with violent people is to put them in a prison where they continue to be brutalized because, you know, they *deserve* to be treated like scumbags. Yeah, right. They should be suspended by their toenails, really, and pissed on by mean gorillas too. For some reason, I made an exception and read this contribution of yours instead of deleting it unread. I regret my error. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 2 19:17:01 PDT 2012

373 [lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland reports and pics -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2012, at 9:59 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >> It's the best we've got. > > No doubt. But: it's neccessarily an undercount. > > In the exact same way that the total prison population is necessarily an overcount of those who belong there. > > Why is this controversial? Surveyors call up people. They ask, "Were you the victim of a crime. If yes, what kind?" The technique isn't perfect, but how do you know it yields an undercount? People ...

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374 [lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland reports and pics -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Wojtek pointed out some of the reasons earlier, but the big one is that nowhere near all violent crime gets reported. It's a survey of people, not cop reports, which are very unreliable. It's the best we've got. No less than the research director of the Police Foundation told me that. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 2 18:26:58 PDT 2012

375 [lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland reports and pics -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >>> Per year. >> Numbers published last fall say 3.8 million for 2010, down 34% between 2001 and 2010: > > Which is a necessary undercount. Right? Why? The NCVS is the best info we have. Police reports are very unreliable. Doug

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Date:	Wed May 2 18:12:39 PDT 2012