Search LBO-Talk Archives

4126 [lbo-talk] inscos to give up rescission? -- rank: 1000

The health insurance industry says it's going to give up the practice of dumping people when they get sick: http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=459296D4-18FE-70B2-A8AF6A0AEA3D7CF0 This sounds too good to be true. Doug

Document Size:	4845
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 29 07:38:36 PDT 2010

4127 [lbo-talk] Burger gives up the fight -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/Burger_withdraws_candidacy_backs_union_sister.html?showall > Burger withdraws candidacy, backs 'union sister' [Ben Smith] SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger has withdrawn her candidacy to head the union, ending a surprisingly bloodless succession fight in a group that is also one of the most important political organizations in the country. In a letter to the union's international executive board, Burger warmly endorsed her rival and rejec ...

Document Size:	10709
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 14:33:25 PDT 2010

4128 [lbo-talk] TX gov. blasts coyote with laser-guided .380 Ruger -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > How much of the idiocy is that he carries a .380 with hollow > points... to > shoot snakes... sure, it doesn't start or end there, but that's > ridiculous... unless they are illegal snakes... I hope he asks for their papers first. I'm really not all that big on gun control, but sometimes, really, I wonder when this country will grow the fuck up. Armed jogging. Jesus.

Document Size:	5232
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 10:56:32 PDT 2010

4129 [lbo-talk] M.I.A. on Lady Gaga and more -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > I don't mind her either, but she's not shooting at the same basket as > M.I.A. Oh, heavens no. MIA is terrific. And now, with all that Bronfman money, she's unstoppable! Doug

Document Size:	4807
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 10:31:43 PDT 2010

4130 [lbo-talk] Liza on WMT -- rank: 1000

A Wal-Mart Worker's Horror Story by Liza Featherstone Passed over for promotion in favor of teenagers? Subject to sexual innuendo from a supervisor? Liza Featherstone on Dee Gunter, the plaintiff behind the largest sex discrimination case in U.S. history. rest: <http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-27/a-wal-mart-workers-horror-story/ >

Document Size:	4951
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 10:13:12 PDT 2010

4131 [lbo-talk] Andy Stern: a plague that won't go away -- rank: 1000

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/26/obama-deficit-commission_n_552459.html > [by Sam Stein] And on Monday, one of the top progressive figures on the [president's deficit reduction] panel, departing SEIU president Andy Stern, derided the "the Washington assassins of change" who are discrediting the panel. "If this group of people reaches a conclusion on almost anything, it will mean something," Stern said, in an interview with the Huffington Post. "Forgett ...

Document Size:	7574
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 08:00:56 PDT 2010

4132 [lbo-talk] what's left -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > In social movement literature it is called "frame bridging." What it > means is that movement activists try to link their cause to those of > other > participants. Gay marriage may have nothing to do with capital, but > if you > "bridge" their cause to a an anti-capitalist agenda and thus broaden > your > anti-capitalist movement. But that's just not true. Aside from the fact that it looks opportunisti ...

Document Size:	5451
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 07:57:17 PDT 2010

4133 [lbo-talk] what's left -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2010, at 9:48 AM, brad wrote: > Take gay marriage. The left supports it because it both thinks it is > correct to oppose the oppression of same sex couples, but also as a > means to > build a movement and chip away at the forces of capital. How does same-sex marriage undermine capital? I don't see it at all. Doug

Document Size:	4768
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 07:11:55 PDT 2010

4134 [lbo-talk] M.I.A. on Lady Gaga and more -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2010, at 1:31 AM, Mike Beggs wrote: > But anyway, Lady Gaga really just plain sucks. Dunno, I kind of like her. Catchy stuff. Though, as Gawker pointed out recently, not as good as La Roux, if you like that sort of thing. But then I like Madonna too. But as for this: > There's been a bit of an eruption in a corner of the internet I read > after Mark Dery wrote a piece a week or so ago saying basically what > MIA said - Lady Gaga was a weak, bland and 'not not dumb' itera ...

Document Size:	5678
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 06:46:35 PDT 2010

4135 [lbo-talk] 911 -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2010, at 1:07 AM, Alan Aeschliman wrote: > Would it be at all appropriate to focus on the physical evidence > around 911? No. Not here. Never. Doug

Document Size:	4540
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 28 04:39:34 PDT 2010

4136 [lbo-talk] forcing 9/11 "balance" at Pacifica -- rank: 1000

On Apr 27, 2010, at 3:50 PM, martin wrote: > I guess I just don't understand the resistance (to the discussion). > I can understand why Doug might not want it to take place on this > list. And on WBAI too, since his show is a big part of his identity. > But the resistance seems to be to the idea of the discussion itself, > and makes me wonder. Why? Because it's an achingly stupid waste of time, that's why. Max put the political point very well: > The narrative of U.S. historic ...

Document Size:	5908
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 27 13:08:17 PDT 2010

4137 [lbo-talk] forcing 9/11 "balance" at Pacifica -- rank: 1000

On Apr 27, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > At 11:29 AM 4/27/2010, martin wrote: > >> Why would you rather blame Islamic radicals than Cheney? > > > Isn't it most important to recognize what happened as a singular > crime and treat it accordingly? That's such a breathtakingly stupid question that I ignored it the first time around. Blame Cheney for what Cheney did; blame AQ for what AQ did. Is there some pre-cooked balance sheet of blame we're supposed to adhe ...

Document Size:	5261
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 27 12:04:47 PDT 2010

4138 [lbo-talk] forcing 9/11 "balance" at Pacifica -- rank: 1000

On Apr 27, 2010, at 2:29 PM, martin wrote: > I'd be curious to know whether it was the resistance to air truther > views on WBAI, or the internecine disagreement among staff that > resulted in the (assertions by Condon of) large exodus of support > for the station. No. 9/11 premiums make the phones ring at fundraising times. Though the pledgers frequently don't come through with the actual cash, because they're either broke or insane.

Document Size:	5177
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 27 11:43:24 PDT 2010

4139 [lbo-talk] Levin v. Goldman -- rank: 1000

Also here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2005/04/12/VI2005041201139.html Nothing will come of this, but it's still lots of fun.

Document Size:	4662
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 27 11:28:40 PDT 2010

4140 [lbo-talk] forcing 9/11 "balance" at Pacifica -- rank: 1000

On Apr 27, 2010, at 1:45 PM, martin wrote: > The iconic status of 9/11 in justifying the wars in Iraq, > Afghanistan and Pakistan seem to make it pivotal in undermining > public support for those wars. Undermining public support for war is > a left issue. So since we didn't have much success on the merits, let's promote a batty theory that Cheney did it.

Document Size:	5093
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 27 11:05:04 PDT 2010