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4846 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > It seems to me that this conversation proceeds on a false assumption: Funny. It started with a whimsical, amusing, and not entirely uninteresting "study." > Volunttarism is for babies on the sidelines. You think? What field are you playing on, big guy? Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 12 12:40:13 PST 2009

4847 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > I was, as shag said, thinking specifically of as a barometer for > transformative politics. But even for Democrats, as I tried to get > across in one of my posts, these opinions aren't barometer of their > politics, since the principles behind them are constantly violated, > without protest. They complain. Ever read The Nation? They don't do anything about it other than complain, though. Doug

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4848 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Andy wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Asad Haider <noswine at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> As Mexican peasants understood, bacon fat is a primary ingredient >> in this >> kind of peak performance. Please move lard to the top of the list of >> revolutionary priorities. > > Bacon and Kalashnikovs? Where do I sign up? Only pancetta for me.

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4849 [lbo-talk] "Bedlamite economics" and the EMH -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Matthias Wasser wrote: > I thought it was the opposite - that EMH's truth rested on there > being lots > of (necessarily non-EMH-subscribing, for certain values of the EMH) > active > traders looking to gain the smallest advantage. If everyone assumed > prices > were correct, there would be a lot of arbitrage opportunities and > EMH would > be false. There are several parts to this. One is - do markets quickly reflect the opinions of trade ...

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4850 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > So I'm serious, pending any detailed research covering a goodly period > of time, voting is a good predictor of voting, and nothing else. So all that research showing different policy preferences - all that means nothing, because the Commissar of the Cornfields has declared otherwise? Doug

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4851 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:52 AM, SA wrote: > shag carpet bomb wrote: > >> *yawn* >> >> i can get this from any old opinion pollster. I come to this list >> for a _reading_ of the barometer -- a prediction of what these >> things mean and not what they mean for democrats, but what they >> mean for a radical left politics.[1] > > Just as a point of information, this all started when Eric asked > skeptically whether voting Democrat is a barometer of a ...

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4852 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:10 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > last i knew, part of being a leftist means questioning these "basic > facts about the political world" as not "elementary" at all. > > "This is what passes for a left now in this country I made a comment about differences in opinion between Dem and Rep voters. They're significant. I don't see how anything you quoted from the BAR is incompatible with that, either.

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4853 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:24 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > what does voting for Dems mean? <http://people-press.org/report/517/political-values-and-core-attitudes> Partisan gaps, D minus R (meaning positive numbers = more Ds favor than Rs), on: gov should help more needy people +36 gov regulation of biz does more harm than good -34 economy needs regulation to serve public +27 gov needs to do more on health care +23 concerned the gov too involved i ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 12 07:54:03 PST 2009

4854 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:05 AM, Eric Beck wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >>> And voting behavior is a very good indicator of what? >> >> Worldview. Political opinions. Cultural affiliations. But you >> probably knew >> that. > > I didn't, actually. I'm not even sure what any of those things mean. > But I am surprised that despite your constantly reminding us of how > much the Demo ...

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4855 [lbo-talk] Foreign investment in China -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > "China has not been experiencing net inflows of capital?" I'm > totally down with the argument that China disproves rather than > proves the Washington Consensus because it broke every rule in the > book. But I thought this came from harnessing FDI, not excluding > it. I could swear that China has been one of top destinations for > FDI for years. No? SA got here first, but some numbers. In 2008, China had a surp ...

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4856 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 11, 2009, at 8:09 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> Well it is, to some degree. I know this annoys James Heartfield, but >> population density is a very good predictor of voting behavior in >> the U.S. - >> the denser, the bluer. > > And voting behavior is a very good indicator of what? Worldview. Political opinions. Cultural affiliations. But you probably knew that. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 11 17:32:35 PST 2009

4857 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

On Nov 11, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Ira Glazer wrote: > the conservative/liberal divide seems to be a proxy for living in (or > at least having been exposed to) a cosmopolitan metroplis Well it is, to some degree. I know this annoys James Heartfield, but population density is a very good predictor of voting behavior in the U.S. - the denser, the bluer. Doug

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4858 [lbo-talk] the politics of food -- rank: 1000

[Not Michael Pollan or Anna Lape style, but ideology correlated with food preferences. No surprises here. Via The Awl.] http://www.hunch.com/media/reports/food/

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4859 [lbo-talk] Republicans ahead on generic Congressional ballot -- rank: 1000

[a swing of 10 points since July...] <http://www.gallup.com/poll/124226/Republicans-Edge-Ahead-Democrats-2010-Vote.aspx > Republicans Edge Ahead of Democrats in 2010 Vote Registered voters prefer Republicans for the House, 48% to 44% by Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans have moved ahead of Democrats by 48% to 44% among registered voters in the latest update on Gallup's generic congressional ballot for the 2010 House elections, after trailing by six points in July and two poi ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 11 08:08:10 PST 2009

4860 [lbo-talk] Recipe for "privatizing" schools -- rank: 1000

On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > Wasn't Hoxby turned out as a neocon of some sort? Or was that in a > different permutation of this argument that I seem to remember going > way > back. She's a fellow of the Hoover Institution, and the recipient of an Olin grant. Doug

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