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4576 [lbo-talk] the casino that is the WBAI election process -- rank: 1000

["Casino" in the Italian sense of a crazy disorganized thing.] To: Pacifica National Election Committee, Pacifica National Board, WBAI Local Station Board Members and Candidates, WBAI Staff & Stakeholders From: Grace Aaron, Pacifica iED, LaVarn Williams, WBAI interim General Manager, Les Radke, National Election Supervisor, Ethan Young, WBAI Local Election Supervisor Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Dear All, The WBAI Local Station Board election has encountered a major problem. T ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 20 15:05:16 PDT 2009

4577 [lbo-talk] URPE conference in Brooklyn (updated program) -- rank: 1000

On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > If you are going to be in New York City on Saturday, you should > consider attending the conference sponsored by the Union for Radical > Political Economics (www.urpe.org) at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen > Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201. Here's an updated version of the > program: > > http://www.urpe.org/conf/brooklyn/brookprog.html > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listin ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 20 12:45:58 PDT 2009

4578 [lbo-talk] the end of contrarianism? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 20, 2009, at 3:06 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I'm not going to mention any names, but I sort-of know an Economist > writer. She's 22. Not that there's anything wrong with being 22, but > I'm not sure the Economist's readers are aware that the people > writing for the thing are not grizzled intellectuals. I've posted this before, but, hey, why not again? Doug ---- Washington Post - October 6, 1991 Economics of the Colonial Cringe; Pseudonomics and the Sneer on the Face of The Econ ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 20 12:14:54 PDT 2009

4579 [lbo-talk] the end of contrarianism? -- rank: 1000

On Oct 20, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > It's in the blog section. Something like this wouldn't get close to > print. > *The Economist* is awful. It's not just I disagree with them > politically, > but their analysis is never very special and they steal material > from other > sources and just repackage it with some big words and elitist snark. Yup. It's annoying as hell, and its fans are, if anything, more annoying than it is. The photo captions aren't as go ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 20 11:31:48 PDT 2009

4580 [lbo-talk] the end of contrarianism? -- rank: 1000

<http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2009/10/contrarianisms_end_1.cfm > Contrarianism's end? Posted by: Economist.com Categories: Media THE widespread debunking of the contrarian global-warming chapter in Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner's new book "Superfreakonomics" (by Joe Romm, by Brad Plumer, by Matthew Yglesias, by the Union of Concerned Scientists, by Paul Krugman, and by others too numerous to mention except that they include the main climate scientist ci ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 20 10:29:09 PDT 2009

4581 [lbo-talk] inequality league table -- rank: 1000

[I'm not sure these figures are really comparable across borders, but in any case...] Business Week - October 16, 2009 Countries with the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor by Bruce Einhorn The U.N. Development Program recently came out with a report looking, among other things, at income inequality worldwide. The UNDP ranked countries and regions based on a number of factors, including their Gini coefficient, named for Italian statistician Corrado Gini. We have listed the world's most advan ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 20 09:00:58 PDT 2009

4582 [lbo-talk] Americans prefer public option to bipartianship -- rank: 1000

<http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/obama-health-care-abc-news-washington-post-poll/story?id=8863442 > POLL: Obama Holds Steady on Health Reform ABC News-Washington Post Poll: 57 Percent Support Public Option ANALYSIS By GARY LANGER Oct. 19, 2009 President Obama's holding the line at an even division in public views on health care reform, boosted by support for two key elements a personal mandate and a public option and aided by continued weakness in the opposition party. Amer ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 20 08:44:26 PDT 2009

4583 [lbo-talk] WBAI elections -- rank: 1000

If you didn't get a ballot, complain to: Ethan Young <election at wbai.org>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Oct 18 13:16:33 PDT 2009

4584 [lbo-talk] heteronormativity -- rank: 1000

[The Urban Dictionary's word of the day] October 18: broner A slang term used to explain the phenomenon during which a fiercly heterosexual male achieves an erection (or, "boner") for or while in the company of one of his male friends (or, "bros"). This may only occur while engaging in all-male activities, particularly those which include feats of strength or displays of hyper-masculinity. Upon achieving a broner, the man in question is often known to exclaim, "dud ...

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Date:	Sun Oct 18 05:14:51 PDT 2009

4585 [lbo-talk] The new disparity: women vastly outnumber men -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > This may prove to be a situation where everyone on the list who > *actually* > knows anything about economics yells at me, but: > > Didn't the near-doubling of the labor pool have a lot to do with those > falling wages according to a basic supply and demand model? > > I mean, how could it not? It's a factor, but: 1) the labor pool didn't double - the employment/ population ratio rose from 55% in 1950 to 64% at the 2000 p ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 17 18:05:28 PDT 2009

4586 [lbo-talk] term limits -- rank: 1000

A rather moderate review of the effects of term limits in California: http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/rb/RB_1104BCRB.pdf

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Date:	Sat Oct 17 10:52:26 PDT 2009

4587 [lbo-talk] FW: Gore Vidal: Tim McVeigh was "a true patriot, a Constitution man" -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Joanna wrote: > But many of his bon mots were unforgettable. Lou Proyect posted this to his list long ago: > Here's Vidal on running into Henry Kissinger at some kind of > celebration for the American Academy at the Sistine Chapel hosted by > the Angelli's, the Fiat industrialists. > > "The Agnellis had taken over the newly restored Sistine Chapel for > an evening; then dinner for 150 in the Hall of the Statues, a > brilliant long room w ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 17 08:30:58 PDT 2009

4588 [lbo-talk] Term limits -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Shane Mage wrote: >> Aside from being lazy, they increase the power of the legislative >> staff, since the legislators are constantly learning on the job. >> This has actually been proved in political science papers, though I >> can't cite any offhand. > > > In England there are no term limits, and precious little legislative > staff. Same in Japan. The senior civil service decides everything. I think New Labour has changed much ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 17 08:20:59 PDT 2009

4589 [lbo-talk] why the health plan sucks -- rank: 1000

[Don't know where this came from originally. I interviewed Rodberg at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#090716 >.] Is There Any Way Out for Obama? By Leonard Rodberg Progressives worry that, if Obama's health reform plan (hereafter called the "Plan") fails to pass, a latter-day right-wing Gingrich movement will take over the Congress in 2010 and the White House in 2012. What I have not heard, but what I am increasingly coming to believe, is that, if the Plan pas ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 17 08:18:07 PDT 2009

4590 [lbo-talk] Term limits -- rank: 1000

On Oct 17, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Joseph Catron wrote: > As should go without saying, I am opposed to them, and they in favor. > > Can anyone suggest any substantial arguments that may prove > advantageous to me? Aside from being lazy, they increase the power of the legislative staff, since the legislators are constantly learning on the job. This has actually been proved in political science papers, though I can't cite any offhand. Doug

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Date:	Sat Oct 17 06:56:08 PDT 2009