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4621 [lbo-talk] Cockburn on the peace prize -- rank: 1000

Alex Cockburn in classic form: http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn10092009.html I suppose we should not begrudge Barack Obama his Nobel Peace Prize, though it represents a radical break in tradition, since he's only had slightly less than nine months to discharge his imperial duties, most concretely through the agency of high explosives in the Hindu Kush whereas laureates like Henry Kissinger had been diligently slaughtering people across the world for years. Woodrow Wilson, the liberal ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 10 14:45:11 PDT 2009

4622 [lbo-talk] Progress/Regress vs Contingency+ -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Matthias Wasser wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Chris Doss > <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> What people believe in this Religion of Progress? This hasn't been >> widespread for decades. Its last bastion was probably the USSR. > > Belief in the Inevitablity of Progress is a bit like fucking sheep or > constituting the Balkans. It's difficult to find anyone who will own > up to > the deed, but every communit ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 10 11:36:47 PDT 2009

4623 [lbo-talk] Progress/Regress vs Contingency+ -- rank: 1000

On Oct 10, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Somebody Somebody wrote: > Carrol: In the last three centruies, in which the world (or, to > beging with, a few spots in the West) were plunged into the hrrible > chaos & meaningless ness of capitalism, PROGRESS has come to serve > the same purpose that Moira had served for the Greeks. It gives > meaning to actions otherwise meaningless. > > Somebody: Do people really believe this? There literally isn't a > single country in the world, not ...

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Date:	Sat Oct 10 10:44:14 PDT 2009

4624 [lbo-talk] Hardt/Negri's Commonwealth as reviewed in WSJ -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > My guess is that computers in trucks are part of the deskilling of > that > occupation. Which fits in with the Model of Regress, right?

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Date:	Sat Oct 10 04:11:36 PDT 2009

4625 [lbo-talk] fresh punditry -- rank: 1000

Fresh punditry: job market, constricted credit, dollar panic: http://bit.ly/Q3SFI

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 13:45:09 PDT 2009

4626 [lbo-talk] Hardt/Negri's Commonwealth as reviewed in WSJ -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > At 01:01 PM 10/9/2009, Doug Henwood wrote: > > >> Barney's. Much much more upscale, in other words. > > > Oh. That's very different then. Macy's doesn't list designers on > their web page. > > http://www.barneys.com/Designers/DESIG1,default,sc.html Yup. The idea was, of course, to turn the book into something of a fashion statement. I think Alex Cockburn called it their latte table edition. It was the brainc ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 13:21:50 PDT 2009

4627 [lbo-talk] Hardt/Negri's Commonwealth as reviewed in WSJ -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Some people had trouble with the Verso Communist Manifesto tie-in > with Macy's Barney's. Much much more upscale, in other words.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Oct 9 13:01:08 PDT 2009

4628 [lbo-talk] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:22 PM, ken hanly wrote: > Perhaps Obama could refuse it Ha. Fat chance. This prize makes me wonder what's next - something to Roman Polanski for his work with children? Doug

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 12:57:58 PDT 2009

4629 [lbo-talk] yes, we have no peace -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Many Afghans are illiterate, and people in the countryside, by and > large, had never heard of the Nobel prizes. But even among the > educated elite in big cities such as Kabul, there was some > bemusement over President Obama's selection. > > "I'm not sure I understand -- this isn't for peace here, is it?" > said bank worker Homaira Reza. "Because we haven't got any." Whiner. He should just move to Oslo ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 11:59:34 PDT 2009

4630 [lbo-talk] Hardt/Negri's Commonwealth as reviewed in WSJ -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that truck drivers have computers in their > cabs? Well yeah, but they're still driving trucks.

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 11:41:24 PDT 2009

4631 [lbo-talk] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote: > I think Obama's election may well set back whatever black > emancipatory process has been underway in the US. It will become > easier for the racists to now say: "hey, you (black person) can now > become president. what do you mean by structural impediments" Works both ways. Black people are now less likely to see the U.S. as a violent and exploitative place. I see "I can grow up to be president" t-shirts al ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 09:37:11 PDT 2009

4632 [lbo-talk] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Alan Rudy wrote: > It's true, I'm way too serious these days, kids (do 4 and 7 year old > boys > ever stop fighting/competing/over-reacting?), students (most of whom > have > never heard of reading the syllabus, much less doing the reading > before > class) and career (budget cuts, job search and fear for spouse's job > future) > driving me up a tree, my bad. Hey, think of us as a collective, if virtual, tear-absorbing shoulder.

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 08:22:42 PDT 2009

4633 [lbo-talk] Go Ahead, Walk Away From That Mortgage -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Miles Jackson wrote: > There's something profoundly sad in this: "the place I live is a > commodity, and if the market value decreases, I'm dumping it". I > could care less what the current market value of my house is; I'll > be living in it for many years, and I have no interest playing real > estate mogul and flipping houses for cash. If the value of my home > were to drop 50%, the only real impact on me would be lower property > tax ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 08:22:00 PDT 2009

4634 [lbo-talk] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize -- rank: 1000

On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Alan Rudy wrote: > Wait a minute, you're saying that the Nobel Committee were right to > think > that Kissinger was responsible for ending the war Of course not. Jesus. It was a joke.

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 07:56:03 PDT 2009

4635 [lbo-talk] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize -- rank: 1000

As Adolph Reed just pointed out to me, at least Henry the K got it for *ending* a war. BHO's continuing one and escalating another! On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > [WS:] Exactly! Which further supports my hypothesis of the NPP as an > illocutionary act, at least in certain circumstances (e.g. to push > peace > initiatives during a conflict that resulted in a stalemate, like the > Viernam > war or Afghanistan.) > > Wojtek > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9 ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 9 07:17:51 PDT 2009