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4156 [lbo-talk] Tea Partiers - Univ of Washingto survey -- rank: 1000

On Apr 25, 2010, at 3:29 PM, SA wrote: > This strikes me as a classic example of liberals, incapable of > formulating strong arguments against the Right's view of capitalism > - which is by far the central part of TP ideology - instead focusing > on the TP's much less central racism, which is convenient because it > requires no refutation. Exactly. The statistical claim is that the racial variables are significant for TPers, which we can accept as true if that's what the guy who ...

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Date:	Sun Apr 25 14:21:04 PDT 2010

4157 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 1000

On Apr 25, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Max B. Sawicky wrote: > If New Jersey is anything, it is not one thing. > It's urban, rural, and suburban. It's Jewish, > Italian, Polish, Irish, waspy, Hispanic, African-American, > and more recently Arab and Cuban. Even in the suburbs, > catch the opening sequence of The Sopranos, watch the > progression of houses, from the humble to the suburban > villa. It's a helluva lot more "diverse" now than when I grew up there. Doug

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 22:41:44 PDT 2010

4158 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > No way. Every New Yorker knows that white Southerners are all > illiterate, hate-filled KKK members whose greatest dream is to > diddle a Northern girl. Yeah. It's part of the New York citizenship test that you have to swear to this understanding of the world.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Apr 24 18:13:34 PDT 2010

4159 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > New Jersey is a very hate-filled place I grew up in NJ and thankfully moved away years ago, but sadly still spend too much time there. It is not a "very hate-filled place." Where did you get this from?

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 18:11:25 PDT 2010

4160 [lbo-talk] favor - does anyone have a subscription to the New Republic? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 4:40 PM, SA wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > >>> If asked, I'll say "it was research purposes," like when >>> celebrities are discovered with child pornography. In this case, >>> it happens to be true. >> >> I do. For research purposes of course. > > Whoops. I thought you just needed a subscriber number to get access > to the full digital archives. But now that I look closer, it turns > out you have to have a sp ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 14:25:58 PDT 2010

4161 [lbo-talk] favor - does anyone have a subscription to the New Republic? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 3:38 PM, SA wrote: > If asked, I'll say "it was research purposes," like when celebrities > are discovered with child pornography. In this case, it happens to > be true. I do. For research purposes of course.

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 12:55:53 PDT 2010

4162 [lbo-talk] SEIU -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > What? I just finished listening to a long and detailed interview with > some labor guy on SEIU, Doug did this morning. It was very informative > and cleared up a lot for me. It comes on in the second half: > > http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60521 > > at about 33:11/mins in. That's Steve Early, who added up all the money that Stern spent on his internal and external fights - i.e., within his own union and against other unions ( ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 12:33:33 PDT 2010

4163 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> On Apr 24, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Julio Huato wrote: >> >>> I get the following ranking by state. The top (NJ) has the highest >>> incidence of reported hate crimes in the U.S. AL the lowest. >> >> Maybe in Alabama hate crimes are classed as acts of civic >> responsibility? > > Or maybe the cops do a better job of relieving civilians of that > responnsibility? ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 12:11:52 PDT 2010

4164 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > I get the following ranking by state. The top (NJ) has the highest > incidence of reported hate crimes in the U.S. AL the lowest. Maybe in Alabama hate crimes are classed as acts of civic responsibility? Doug

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 11:12:25 PDT 2010

4165 [lbo-talk] SEIU -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Jim Straub wrote: > Christ, why do people proffer analysis on complex matters they know > nothing > about?! > > Garrrrrrrr lbo whenever I look at it these days it makes me crazy! So, Comrade Straub, enlighten us.

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 10:59:32 PDT 2010

4166 [lbo-talk] Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and the GOP? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2010, at 6:53 AM, James Leveque wrote: > So why does the GOP keep going back to Fannie and Freddie? It's a way to blame poorer people for the problem. Doug

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Date:	Sat Apr 24 04:43:24 PDT 2010

4167 [lbo-talk] SEIU -- rank: 1000

Mary Kay Henry next pres of SEIU. What's this mean, if anything?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 23 18:28:47 PDT 2010

4168 [lbo-talk] perceptions -- rank: 1000

On Apr 23, 2010, at 3:29 PM, SA wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Greenberg Quinlan Rosner a Dem polling firm run by a former Marxist > > > Who, Stanley Greenberg? Yup.

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Date:	Fri Apr 23 14:19:05 PDT 2010

4169 [lbo-talk] perceptions -- rank: 1000

<http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/perceptions/> Greenberg Quinlan Rosner a Dem polling firm run by a former Marxist, so it always asks good questions with a strong class angle reports that public perceptions of the U.S. economy are improving significantly, but with no political impact yet: http://www.citizenopinion.com/wp-content/files/co04152010-ectrack-FINAL.pdf

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Date:	Fri Apr 23 11:14:19 PDT 2010

4170 [lbo-talk] Joni Mitchell opines -- rank: 1000

[via The Awl] <http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-jonimitchell-20100422,0,601452,full.story > JM: My first four albums covered the usual youth problems looking for love in all the wrong places while the next five are basically about being in your 30s. Things start losing their profundity; in middle-late age, you enter a tragedian period, realizing that the human animal isn't changing for the better. In a way, I think I entered straight into my tragedian period, ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 23 08:44:51 PDT 2010