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5356 [lbo-talk] Juan Cole: preliminary reactions to the Iranian vote totals -- rank: 1000

Also, in that poll: * 77% want direct election of the Supreme Leader * Over 70% favor opening Iran to international weapons inspections and a guarantee not to develop nuclear weapons in return for outside aid/ investment * 77% want normal relations and trade with the U.S. * 70% favor Western aid & investment, and 80% favor Western medical, eduational, and humanitarian assistance

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 15 07:41:17 PDT 2009

5357 [lbo-talk] Juan Cole: preliminary reactions to the Iranian vote totals -- rank: 1000

On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Robert Naiman of Just Foreign Policy >> <www.justforeignpolicy.org> was quoted saying: > >> But the evidence that has been presented so far that the election was >> stolen has not been convincing.... > > <snip> > >> The poll was conducted between May 11 and May 20 > > A month ago! All the other polls changed drastically in the last > month. > > There's dat ...

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Date:	Mon Jun 15 07:38:15 PDT 2009

5358 [lbo-talk] the 18th Brumaire of Barack Obama -- rank: 1000

<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-18th-brumaire-of-barack-obama/article1179757/ > The 18th Brumaire of Barack Obama The means of production are being seized though for the sake of the ruling class Ian Brown From Saturday's Globe and Mail, Saturday, Jun. 13, 2009 08:22AM EDT When I announce that I am a socialist, I guess it is no surprise because we are all socialists now. We just bought General Motors The fact is that we now have Marxism realized. We own the means of ...

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Date:	Sat Jun 13 08:49:06 PDT 2009

5359 [lbo-talk] Liza on freeing the students -- rank: 1000

The Nation - June 29, 2009 <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090629/featherstone/single> Out of Reach by LIZA FEATHERSTONE "Open the doors to all," declared City College founder Townsend Harris in 1847. "Let the children of the rich and poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct and intellect." And indeed, all students attended City College free until 1976. Like the neo-Gothic campus--stunning, as if from the pages o ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 11 10:07:25 PDT 2009

5360 [lbo-talk] Obama visits Denny's, suffers crisis of vision -- rank: 1000

[via Wonkette] http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_drastically_scales_back?utm_source=videoembed

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Date:	Wed Jun 10 10:53:25 PDT 2009

5361 [lbo-talk] munchers -- rank: 1000

On Jun 10, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: >> >>> After all, right up the to present day the most important >>> functions of language are phatic. >> >> Really? Is this a widely accepted belief? Or just your own opinion? > > I've made this point before -- and the last time I made it you > responded > agreeing with me. Have you changed your mind? I agree the ...

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Date:	Wed Jun 10 08:15:16 PDT 2009

5362 [lbo-talk] Stratfor on Obama, Yahoo and Natural Growth -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Eric Beck wrote: >> >>> Maybe all these foreign claims on the U.S. are a sign of decay. And >> maybe >>> it's a bunch of sharpies .... > > Who wrote this Me.

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 16:05:51 PDT 2009

5363 [lbo-talk] me & the Iranians -- rank: 1000

Iran's PressTV does me for 25 minutes: <http://www.presstv.com/programs/player/?id=97539>

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 11:36:14 PDT 2009

5364 [lbo-talk] Stratfor on Obama, Yahoo and Natural Growth -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2009, at 1:58 PM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > As for Empire repair -- China's CIC owns 10% of Morgan Stanley, and > the > BRICs just added $70 billion or so to their reserves. That and $2.25 will get them on the subway (for a few more weeks). How much does this really mean? Buying stuff from American financiers has, historically, proven to be not such a good move. Mississippi bonds in the 19th century, Rock Center in the late 1980s - who ended up holding those empty bags? ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 11:33:24 PDT 2009

5365 [lbo-talk] munchers -- rank: 1000

I'm confused by the subject heading. Was this thread ever about lesbians?

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 10:28:32 PDT 2009

5366 [lbo-talk] munchers -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > After all, right up the to present day the most important > functions of language are phatic. Really? Is this a widely accepted belief? Or just your own opinion?

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 09:52:48 PDT 2009

5367 [lbo-talk] Stratfor on Obama, Yahoo and Natural Growth -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Marv Gandall wrote: > You also have to think that similar retroactive assessments by the > Israelis > of their operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza > have also > curbed their appetite for a much riskier and dangerous adventure > against > Iran. Hey, Obama defeated Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to Vijay Prashad, he strengthened the hand of the Congress party vs. the right and left in India. Empire repair is already well un ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 08:49:58 PDT 2009

5368 [lbo-talk] Contents of lbo-talk digest vol 889,issue 4 -- rank: 1000

On Jun 9, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Aaron Stark wrote: > -Aaron (sorry for the extra-long post, back to lurking) No apology necessary!

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 07:55:44 PDT 2009

5369 [lbo-talk] Houston, home of the bottoms; New York, of the tops -- rank: 1000

[missed this when it first came around - graph at orig] <http://gawker.com/5272100/if-you-live-in-houston-youre-probably-a-bottom > If You Live In Houston, You're Probably a Bottom By Richard Lawson, 1:55 PM on Thu May 28 2009, 21,255 views So say statistics, anyway! Gayblog TheSword recently compiled some Craigslist data, and figured out that when men are looking online to do sex with other men, certain cities trend heavily toward the receiving end. Chief among them is Houston where 70 ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 06:48:37 PDT 2009

5370 [lbo-talk] Obama no Trotsky -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/5283642/obama-not-being-trotsky-in-disguise-good-or-bad > POINT/COUNTERPOINT Obama Not Being Trotsky in Disguise: Good or Bad? By Pareene, 5:57 PM on Mon Jun 8 2009, 2,346 views The Times Magazine had a good story by Matt Bai (who's always annoyed us and we don't even really know why) about how Obama's philosophy of government is all about, in Rahm Emanuel's phrase, "the art of the possible." You will read it, and feel better about how Obama is not doing thi ...

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Date:	Tue Jun 9 06:31:31 PDT 2009