Search LBO-Talk Archives

5956 [lbo-talk] cost of a failed underwear bombing: 49 civilians -- rank: 1000

<http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091220/world/yemen_unrest_qaeda> 49 civilians killed in air strike: local Yemeni official Sun Dec 20, 10:21 AM SANAA (AFP) - A local Yemeni official said on Sunday that 49 civilians, among them 23 children and 17 women, were killed in air strikes against Al-Qaeda, which he said were carried out "indiscriminately." Exiled southern leader Ali Salem al-Baid had accused the Yemeni authorities of killing at least 62 civilians in Thursday's air strik ...

Document Size:	7273
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 29 18:25:02 PST 2009

5957 [lbo-talk] re-fleeced again redundancy? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 29, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Alan Rudy wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/opinion/29herbert.html In which we learn: > I asked Richard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., about this. > (Labor unions are outraged at the very thought of a health benefits > tax.) I had to wait for him to stop laughing to get his answer. Of course, the AFL-CIO did close to nothing on this issue, as I just heard from two people deeply involved in the politics of health reform. It did whatever ...

Document Size:	5452
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 29 06:52:58 PST 2009

5958 [lbo-talk] The Danger of Overcapacity -- rank: 1000

On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:26 AM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > TARP was the tip of the rentier subsidy iceberg. True cost of the > bailout: > $14 trillion (Nomi Prins, bless her soul, has the gory details: > http://www.nomiprins.com/bailout.html). An awful lot of that total is Federal Reserve magic money - guarantees, supports, facilities, etc. etc. I really don't understand just what the economic significance is of these sorts of things. I do know that they don't really represent the ...

Document Size:	5353
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 28 18:34:32 PST 2009

5959 [lbo-talk] Cockburn on AGW? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Peter Ward wrote: > I think that's probably shallow, and corps are in fact the primary > culprits, not crew cab driving rednecks I really don't know how many fucking times I have to say this. Yeah, I fucking know that people's choices are fucking constrained. But that doesn't mean that the way we live our fucking lives doesn't have to change. That is, we can't keep fucking driving big fucking cars all the fucking time to get a fucking quart of milk from a ...

Document Size:	5033
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Dec 27 08:07:42 PST 2009

5960 [lbo-talk] Fear and Loathing at St. Vincent College -- rank: 1000

On Dec 26, 2009, at 11:43 AM, MICHAEL YATES wrote: > Some awful things have been going on at my alma mater, St. Vincent > College in Latrobe, PA. > > I have written about them at http://www.counterpunch.org/yates12252009.html > Please spread the word. Man, every time I'm tempted to ease up on The Church, something like this comes along. Or, this, from today's NYT. The Catholic hierarchy in the U.S. is opposing the Senate health bill because it's too easy on abortion. The trad ...

Document Size:	5888
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 26 08:58:07 PST 2009

5961 [lbo-talk] Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009 -- rank: 1000

On Dec 26, 2009, at 7:40 AM, Patrick Bond wrote: > In mid-2008, Doug did a brilliant interview with Dennis on WBAI: http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html > (July 10 edn) Ooops, just forwarded this myself. Sorry for the duplication. I'm going to re-run this interview on my next show. Doug

Document Size:	4893
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 26 07:50:26 PST 2009

5962 [lbo-talk] Dennis Brutus, RIP -- rank: 1000

[sad news...] From: Patrick Bond <pbond at mail.ngo.za> Date: December 26, 2009 7:31:26 AM EST To: DEBATE <debate-list at fahamu.org> Subject: [Debate] Dennis Brutus is no more (Dennis left us this morning, surrounded by loving relatives, without pain. His final period in Durban, about six weeks ago, reminded all of us of the courage and 'stubborn hope' - and of the need not to mourn, too long, but to celebrate. If anyone would like to assist with memorials, in whatever city and sett ...

Document Size:	13570
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Dec 26 07:49:15 PST 2009

5963 [lbo-talk] TARP to turn a profit? -- rank: 1000

[from Politico's Morning Money] PROFIT TO BE MORE THAN $16 BILLION, according to Treasury: 'TARP programs aimed at stabilizing the banking system will earn a profit thanks to dividends, interest, early repayments, and the sale of warrants. Total bank investments of $245 billion in FY2009 that were initially projected to cost $76 billion are now projected to bring a profit. Taxpayers have already received over $16 billion in profits from all TARP programs and that profit could be considerab ...

Document Size:	5124
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Dec 24 18:35:29 PST 2009

5964 [lbo-talk] Cockburn on AGW? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:44 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Doug writes: > >> The rhetorical tactic of blaming corporations >> evades the fact that driving to work all alone, >> or living in 3000 sq ft houses, or a whole lot >> of other things are just not sustainable. > > Individuals can make little changes, but unless the economy -- and > really this means the menu of "choices" that consumers can make -- > changes first, you're just talking about a fe ...

Document Size:	5898
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 23 05:38:17 PST 2009

5965 [lbo-talk] Cockburn on AGW? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 22, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Gar Lipow wrote: >> You can talk about the constraints on >> people's choices, but a lot of the problem comes from the way >> Americans >> live, and it's evasive not to admit that. >> >> DOug > > > But how much of the auto consumption is really "choice" in the sense > you say? We had a decent light rail system in the U.S. It was shut > down. Massive amounts of public subsidy went to building highways and &g ...

Document Size:	5808
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 22 13:23:38 PST 2009

5966 [lbo-talk] Angier: Plants Don't Want to Die Either -- rank: 1000

On Dec 22, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Matthias Wasser wrote: > If an alien could speak, would we understand it? Or, would it taste better grilled, sauteed, or braised? Doug

Document Size:	4846
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 22 08:51:51 PST 2009

5967 [lbo-talk] victory over the "left"! -- rank: 1000

[from The Note's review of the politics of health care, which is mostly about the challenges to Obama & the Dems] One early victory: The White House and its allies appear to have contained the damage on the left, despite Howard Dean's defection, and the efforts of MoveOn.org and the Netroots.

Document Size:	4854
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 22 08:34:04 PST 2009

5968 [lbo-talk] Angier: Plants Don't Want to Die Either -- rank: 1000

On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Sorry, Vegans: Brussels Sprouts Like to Live, Too But they're so tasty when shredded, sauteed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice. Or roasted with bits of pancetta.

Document Size:	4904
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Dec 22 04:36:10 PST 2009

5969 [lbo-talk] Sachs: on climate law, Obama has done more damage than Bush -- rank: 1000

On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:03 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > One cannot remove a major hypothetical > phrase from a statement, then plausibly argue that the difference > equals the > minuend. It's clear that Obama has junked the whole UN negotiating framework. It's all about the big boys now. Doug

Document Size:	5232
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 21 17:22:08 PST 2009

5970 [lbo-talk] Sachs: on climate law, Obama has done more damage than Bush -- rank: 1000

On Dec 21, 2009, at 7:44 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > One can argue with Sachs, but I don't think Doug's subject line > misrepresents what he thinks. I just recorded an interview with Lucia Green-Weiskel, who works with an NGO that follows Chinese climate policies, for broadcast on my next radio show. I don't want to give too much away ahead of time but it's clear that Obama came off as a raving imperial asshole in Copenhagen. Even the alleged stylistic change from Bush hasn't happened. ...

Document Size:	5416
Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Dec 21 17:21:17 PST 2009