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5161 [lbo-talk] sex at the margins -- rank: 1000

On Mar 12, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > OF COURSE MOST STRIPPERS ARE GOING TO INSIST THAT THEY ARE NOT > PROSTITUTES, ALMOST THE MOST HUMILIATING PROFESSION, IN SOCIETY'S > VIEW, THERE IS. HAVE YOU PEOPLE LOST YOUR MINDS? Ah yes, common sense. That's always the clincher. You might find some prostitutes who disagree, but I know you're just typing off the top of your head. Doug

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Date:	Thu Mar 12 11:57:13 PDT 2009

5162 [lbo-talk] Jack Welch: "never mind!" -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - March 12, 2009 <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/294ff1f2-0f27-11de-ba10-0000779fd2ac.html> Welch rues short-term profit obsession By Francesco Guerrera in New York Jack Welch, who is regarded as father of the shareholder value movement, has said the obsession with short-term profits and share price gains that has dominated the corporate world for over 20 years was a dumb idea . In an interview for the Financial Times series on the future of capitalism, the former Gener ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 12 11:39:23 PDT 2009

5163 [lbo-talk] hard times at Goldman -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5168753/goldman-sachs-bankers-forced-into-fleabag-hotel > RECESSIONOMICS Goldman Sachs Bankers Forced Into Fleabag Hotel By Hamilton Nolan, 11:44 AM on Thu Mar 12 2009, 2,794 views When Ghostface said "The glorious days are gone, and everybody's doing bad," he was referring to the day (today) when Goldman Sachs bankers would be forced to stay in the fucking Embassy Suites. It's bullshit. Historically Goldman guys in New York, along with their big swinging di ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 12 10:11:03 PDT 2009

5164 [lbo-talk] Americans' faith in the future unshaken -- rank: 1000

[Greenberg Quinlan Rossler] Research Focuses on Economic Mobility in Time of Economic Crisis Washington, DC. March 12, 2009. America is in the midst of an economic crisis, yet Americans remain resilient, optimistic about their own future and confident in their ability to succeed. A new study commissioned by the Economic Mobility Project of the Pew Charitable Trusts takes an in depth look at Americans' sense of economic mobility in the current climate. This study was executed by the Democrat ...

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Date:	Thu Mar 12 08:39:58 PDT 2009

5165 [lbo-talk] more Americans deny reality -- rank: 1000

So clearly there must be nothing to worry about! On Mar 11, 2009, at 7:05 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > How many years left to save the planet? > > Five, according to the World Wildlife Fund in 2007 (i.e. by 2012) > http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641265731?f=rss > > Seven according to Bill McGuire in 2008 (i.e. by 2015) > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/20/politics.roundupreviews > > Eight, according to Andrew Simm in 2008, (i.e ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 11 16:16:33 PDT 2009

5166 [lbo-talk] DLC celebrates BHO -- rank: 1000

========================================= THE DLC/PPI BUZZ "The voice of the New Democrat movement" ========================================= [www.DLC.org] | [www.ppionline.org] March 11, 2009 --------- Ideas --------- "YES HE IS: Obama Calls Himself a New Democrat, And Shows What It Means" By Bruce Reed for Slate.com For conservatives still trying to fit Barack Obama into their old tax-and-spend-liberal box, Tuesday was a very bad day. In the morning, the president gave a to ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 11 16:09:35 PDT 2009

5167 [lbo-talk] more Americans deny reality -- rank: 1000

<http://www.gallup.com/poll/116590/Increased-Number-Think-Global-Warming-Exaggerated.aspx > March 11, 2009 Increased Number Think Global Warming Is Exaggerated Most believe global warming is happening, but urgency has stalled PRINCETON, NJ -- Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. This represents the highest level of public skepticism about main ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 11 11:46:35 PDT 2009

5168 [lbo-talk] sex at the margins -- rank: 1000

On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:17 AM, SA wrote of Cde Cox: > This stuff is hilarious. Half your posts decry the "horror" wreaked > by capitalist-imperialism. The other half decry other people's > "moralism. He'll probably ignore this of course. I'm still waiting for him to explain: 1) how and where does the "capitalist point of view," which he confidently disclosed yesterday, get formed, and how is it turned into state policy?, and 2) why white leftists should follow ...

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Date:	Wed Mar 11 09:56:01 PDT 2009

5169 [lbo-talk] signs of the times -- rank: 1000

[from a news list run by Michael Munk - a large portrait of Bernie Madoff didn't sell, but...] A NYTimes report <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/nyregion/09painting.html > on this year's Armory art show found "lower energy," "thinner crowds" and prices "up to 30% off" But one "decidedly pleased exhibitor was Vladimir Ovcharenko of the Regina Gallery in Moscow. On Saturday, he sold a neon sign by a French artist, Claire Fontaine, for $20,000. It rea ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 16:47:03 PDT 2009

5170 [lbo-talk] the Dow's welcome for new presidents -- rank: 1000

[somewhat repurposed data originally provided by Dow Jones Index PR] Dow Jones Industrial Average change during presidents' first 50 days in office chronological ------------- McKinley 1 -8.45% McKinley 2 10.18% T Roosevelt 1 -3.60% T Roosevelt 2 6.63% Taft 6.68% Wilson 1 0.16% Wilson 2 -2.83% Harding 3.19% Coolidge 1 0.23% Coolidge 2 -3.78% Hoover -1.19% F Roo ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 14:33:01 PDT 2009

5171 [lbo-talk] another Obama appointee walks away -- rank: 1000

[Ha. No job for Chas after all.] Chas Freeman pulls out The controversial appointee to chair Obama's National Intelligence Council walks away from the job. read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19856.html

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 14:20:10 PDT 2009

5172 [lbo-talk] Big rise in cannabis factories -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Yes. But WS is wrong when he says, "make perfect sense from a > capitalist > point of view, it would increase both profits." Profits motivate each > specific enterprise. They do NOT motivate the "capitalist point of > view," which is focused on maintaining the framework within which > profit-making proceeds. Hence the importance of control, the > irrelevance > of the profits that particular capitalists ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 14:03:49 PDT 2009

5173 [lbo-talk] Roubini's unemployment call now up to "well above 10 percent into next year" -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2009, at 5:20 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> On Mar 10, 2009, at 1:25 PM, SA wrote: >> >>> "We are in the 15th month of a recession," said Nouriel Roubini, >>> a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, >>> told CNBC in a live interview. "Growth is going to be close to >>> zero..." >> >> See, he's still an optimist! >> >>> [I recall some ta ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 13:34:03 PDT 2009

5174 [lbo-talk] right going nuts over Chas -- rank: 1000

[Freakin' out they are. Love the "related links" at the bottom of the page.] <http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gaffney_freeman_council/2009/03/10/190345.html > Frank Gaffney: Chas Freeman Unfit, Beyond the Pale Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:37 PM By: Frank J. Gaffney Jr. Rarely has a second-tier government appointment been more momentous than Team Obama s decision to entrust the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to Charles Chas Freeman. After all, by so doing, Mr. Obama would ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 13:07:39 PDT 2009

5175 [lbo-talk] it's over - now the destruction really begins -- rank: 1000

On Mar 10, 2009, at 2:44 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Interesting too that of those that got off lightly, Britain and > Italy were both lacklustre performers in the post-war era Not exactly. Italy had a great run during the Golden Age of 1950-73, the third best of 17 rich countries (the UK was last, the US, 13th). If you rank the performance of those 17 from 1929-1950 and from 1950-1973, you get a correlation coefficient of -0.53 between the two lists, suggesting a decent, but far fro ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 10 12:01:42 PDT 2009