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5011 [lbo-talk] happy 191st -- rank: 1000

Happy 191st birthday to Karl Marx!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 5 05:33:26 PDT 2009

5012 [lbo-talk] bon mot -- rank: 1000

<http://www.theawl.com/2009/05/possible-supreme-court-hispanic-lady-mouthy-dumb > "...Barack Obama has a secret edict to never give another white man a job again unless he works in the financial sector, in which case he s welcome to all the money he can grab...." [Alex Balk]

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 4 13:39:23 PDT 2009

5013 [lbo-talk] more government by Goldman -- rank: 1000

http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/more-government-by-goldman/

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 4 09:03:51 PDT 2009

5014 [lbo-talk] more on the "NAFTA flu": no virus at the alleged source -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - May 2, 2009 <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/721e2356-36b2-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html> Swine flu ground zero yields no clues By Adam Thomson Until a month ago, the village of La Gloria in the cactus-filled hills of Mexico's Sierra Madre, was like any other neglected community: life was quiet, even tedious, and the biggest concern was how the harsh climate would affect the bean harvest. But since Monday, when Mexico's health minister told the world that the community of 3,0 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 4 05:44:23 PDT 2009

5015 [lbo-talk] more on the UAW -- rank: 1000

More on the UAW, its murky finances, and its self-screwing: <http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/uaw-revisited/>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun May 3 11:17:09 PDT 2009

5016 [lbo-talk] flu panic! -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > It should be noted that Joaquin over > at Marxmail points why we should > take the more "optimistic" data > that's now being reported from > Mexico with a grain of salt. Yeah, I read Joaquin's stuff on Marxmail. I'm more inclined to take his reports with a grain of salt. Doug

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Date:	Sat May 2 23:14:49 PDT 2009

5017 [lbo-talk] flu panic! -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Disclaimer: I appreciate and even like Mike Davis, but he > tremendously, often fatally, excitable. I admire Mike Davis a lot, but you're right about his penchant for excitement. A few years ago, it was bird flu that was going to kill us all. A few days ago, it was swine flu. It's always something. Reality can be awful enough - why get all worked up over stuff that turns out not to be true? Doug

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Date:	Sat May 2 16:30:01 PDT 2009

5018 [lbo-talk] flu panic! -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Which hysterical left? <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=50&q=nafta+flu&btnG=Search > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=50&q=mike+davis+swine+flu&btnG=Search >

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 2 16:28:20 PDT 2009

5019 [lbo-talk] flu panic! -- rank: 1000

Man, this swine flu panic has been amazing. The tabloids and the cable TV channels, whipping up a frenzy. And then, of course, the hysterical left joined in with mad apocalyptic stuff. Seems like the end times have been postponed... Doug ---- <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090502/ts_nm/us_flu_177> Lower Mexico flu death toll calms global nerves MEXICO CITY (Reuters) New laboratory data showed fewer people have died in Mexico than first thought from a deadly new influenza strain, a gl ...

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Date:	Sat May 2 04:21:39 PDT 2009

5020 [lbo-talk] How many earths? -- rank: 1000

On May 2, 2009, at 5:14 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > Global footprint network make the extraordinary proposition that the > world's own ecological footprint is bigger than the world. But that > only calls into question what kind of calculation the 'ecological > footprint' actually is. > > The original idea of the global footprint was that it was the area > of land that was needed to produce the resources to live on. But the > actual area that people farm and develop is q ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 2 04:18:27 PDT 2009

5021 [lbo-talk] happy Loyalty Day -- rank: 1000

[Well he got it out late, but here it is. Wasn't up when I checked this morning.] <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Proclamation-Signed-By-The-President-Today-Regarding-Loyalty-Day/ > THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary -------------------------------------------------- For Immediate Release May 1, 2009 LOYALTY DAY, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION More than two centuries ago, our Nation's Founders ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 1 18:31:40 PDT 2009

5022 [lbo-talk] fresh punditry -- rank: 1000

Job market, GDP, and the braindeadness of the UAW: http://doughenwood.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/radio-commentary-april-30-2009/

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 1 13:52:25 PDT 2009

5023 [lbo-talk] Marxmail -- rank: 1000

Today's also the 11th birthday of Lou Proyect's Marxmail. Comradely greetings!

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 1 10:33:23 PDT 2009

5024 [lbo-talk] happy b'day, lbo-talk -- rank: 1000

On May 1, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > Wasn't Michael Moore an original list member? What happened to him? Think he left to join Weight Watchers.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 1 10:07:26 PDT 2009

5025 [lbo-talk] Law Day -- rank: 1000

[Wow, it looks like he skipped the usual proclamation of May 1 as Loyalty Day as well as Law Day. Clinton & Bush didn't.] <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-National-Law-Day/ > THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secrectary For Immediate Release April 30, 2009 LAW DAY, U.S.A., 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In 1958, President Eisenhower established Law Day as "a day of national dedication to t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 1 09:42:27 PDT 2009