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4021 [lbo-talk] blog post: a nation in decline? part 1: a passive/aggressive people -- rank: 1000
On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:45 PM, MICHAEL YATES wrote: > Full at http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2010/08/27/a-nation-in-decline-part-1/ I gotta say, the mood in NYC doesn't seem that dark. Has all that TARP money narcoticized us? Doug
Document Size: 5282
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Aug 27 10:43:22 PDT 2010
4022 [lbo-talk] "I Graciously Accept Rolling Stone's Obnoxiousness Award - Now Where's My Check?" -- rank: 1000
On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:18 PM, double bluff wrote: > The Truth-Deniers are much smarter instead. > They know the truth and the good reasons to deny it. > That is why I despise them. You make no fucking sense.
Document Size: 5252
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Aug 26 17:49:51 PDT 2010
4023 [lbo-talk] letter to editor -- rank: 1000
On Aug 26, 2010, at 2:16 PM, SA wrote: > I'd be interested in hearing an explanation of how the Cold War influenced Truman's decision on desegregating the armed forces. If I'm remembering right, I read it in a book by the late economist Lynn Turgeon. It must have been State and Discrimination: The Other Side of the Cold War (Sharpe, 1989). Doug
Document Size: 4797
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Aug 26 11:45:38 PDT 2010
4024 [lbo-talk] "I Graciously Accept Rolling Stone's Obnoxiousness Award - Now Where's My Check?" -- rank: 1000
On Aug 26, 2010, at 2:05 PM, double bluff wrote: > Brilliant, by Kevin Barrett: > > > > Thursday, August 26, 2010 > > > I Graciously Accept Rolling Stone's Obnoxiousness Award - Now > Where's My Check? > <http://truthjihad.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-graciously-accept-rolling-stones.html> What's brilliant about this? It's stupid Truther crap.
Document Size: 5749
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Aug 26 11:18:15 PDT 2010
4025 [lbo-talk] letter to editor -- rank: 1000
On Aug 25, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > Also, wasn't the military desegregated by Truman? Yes, and that was almost certainly Cold War-related. Ditto some of the deseg moves of the 1950s. Those concessions by the ruling class put the masses in a more demanding mood, perhaps? Doug
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Aug 25 18:47:32 PDT 2010
4026 [lbo-talk] letter to editor -- rank: 1000
On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > I agree. There's a whole Hobsbawm-perspective that sees socialism/leftism > as an outside force that influenced the West during the 20th century, as > opposed to emerging from internal contradictions and struggles. How about this - the activism brought internal pressure, but the Cold War put the ruling class in a more compromising mood than it would otherwise have been. Doug
Document Size: 4911
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Wed Aug 25 18:45:57 PDT 2010
4027 [lbo-talk] post-enlightenment America -- rank: 1000
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=9D4FB06C-18FE-70B2-A816122D08B32D83 Obama in Disinformationland By: Neal Gabler August 23, 2010 04:28 AM EDT The recent Pew Research Center poll revealed that 18 percent of respondents believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and a whopping 43 percent are unsure exactly what religion he practices. This is disheartening on many levels not least that it illustrates an astonishing degree of ignorance. It is unlikely, however, that Americans are dumbe ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Mon Aug 23 12:23:04 PDT 2010
4028 [lbo-talk] WikiLeaks: What is it good for? -- rank: 1000
On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Andy wrote: > I'm curious what you all think of the significance of WikiLeaks. > > It occurred to me that the Afghanistan documents and Iraq video don't > really reveal anything except details of what is already known in > general. It's not as if the callous killing of innocents in Iraq is > going to surprise anybody. I think you're basically right. It's always nice to have a document that proves something you suspected, but almost everything we ne ...
Document Size: 5196
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Sun Aug 22 08:07:49 PDT 2010
4029 [lbo-talk] Bill Gross's mass gov't refi proposal -- rank: 1000
On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:57 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Famed Investor Bill Gross Calls For Massive Taxpayer-Backed Mortgage > Refinance Initiative Wonder how this proposal would affect PIMCO's portfolio? Doug
Document Size: 4884
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Sun Aug 22 08:03:54 PDT 2010
4030 [lbo-talk] kids re-enact Grenada invasion -- rank: 1000
Wall Street Journal - August 21, 2010 At Reagan's Presidential Library, the Kids Are in Control They Try to Learn From History by Repeating It; No Eating Jelly Beans, 'You'll Break a Tooth' By TAMARA AUDI SIMI VALLEY, Calif. Locked in a war room with military officials shouting at each other about the impending invasion of Grenada, Gen. John Vessey, President Ronald Reagan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, rose from his chair. "People! People!" he shouted. "Gen. Vessey has ...
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Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Sat Aug 21 07:46:11 PDT 2010
4031 [lbo-talk] profits -- rank: 1000
On Aug 20, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > Of course, what the > church does is turn Paul into a theorist, when in fact he was way more > interested in concrete "organizing." And he has a rep, like Lenin's, of turning Jesus's charming message into a rigid doctrine. Doug
Document Size: 4680
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Aug 20 18:00:06 PDT 2010
4032 [lbo-talk] mass dementia -- rank: 1000
On Aug 20, 2010, at 2:48 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > I remember reading somewhere that the persecution of witches had a lot to do with discrediting herbal-based remedies to make room for "modern" medicine. Modern medicine didn't begin until a couple of centuries later. Doug
Document Size: 4779
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Aug 20 12:20:57 PDT 2010
4033 [lbo-talk] A theatrical gesture -- rank: 1000
On Aug 20, 2010, at 5:01 AM, Joseph Catron quoted: > Welcome to the fail. This use of "fail," please, can we send it on vacation?
Document Size: 4622
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Fri Aug 20 09:12:27 PDT 2010
4034 [lbo-talk] where we are -- rank: 1000
On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:56 PM, Jay R wrote: > This is interesting but the problem with comparing stock performance > is that it only shows the % change since of start of the recession and > doesn't reflect valuation multiples (so for example if the US stock > market was more overvalued going into the recession, it would make > sense that the % decline was sharper). But valuation norms also differ. So you'd have to normalize valuations, which would be a big pain in the ass. Doug
Document Size: 5040
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Aug 19 20:19:51 PDT 2010
4035 [lbo-talk] mass dementia -- rank: 1000
On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:02 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: > Isn't this just another example of "The Paranoid Style"? How is it > significantly different than the "Bush Knew!" mob? It's not, really. They've just dialed up the numbers and intensity. Doug
Document Size: 4698
Author: Doug Henwood
Date: Thu Aug 19 17:55:48 PDT 2010
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