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61 [lbo-talk] the nonsense of public opinion -- rank: 1000

On Feb 27, 2015, at 12:08 PM, martin schiller <mschiller at pobox.com> wrote: > So I guess I have wondered if Doug had altered his stance re winning the police to the side of the people. I suppose there are circumstances under which pigs could fly too.

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62 [lbo-talk] Next issue of LBO? -- rank: 1000

Sooner than 2020, Jim, unless I'm struck by lightning.

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63 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 1000

On Feb 3, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > The Democrats are supported by the urban masses, their activists drawn from the ranks of organized workers, blacks, Hispanics, and other national minorities, liberal intellectuals, feminists, gays, environmentalists, etc. Increasingly the latter more than the former, as the party dropped its labor/social democratic side in favor of courting professional-managerial class suburbanites. Lily Geismer has a new book o ...

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64 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 1000

On Feb 3, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: > In recessions doesn't wealth return to its rightful owners? The original quote is about bear markets.

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65 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 1000

On Feb 2, 2015, at 8:59 PM, Charles Brown <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: > They represent monopoly capital . The biggest capitalists make the most killings in recessions when failing companies can be bought on the cheap. One capitalist always kills many capitalists . So, yes they want recession for their vulture capitalist masters. That was written more than 2 1/2 years ago by a rank Democratic apologist. The economy didn't crash. And this is just isn't true. They want growth - just grow ...

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66 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 24, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > When in 2004, when everyone was drooling over Obama's Convention speech, Carl Estabrook and I were called purists for our dubts. I never liked Obama from the first. So this critique doesn t apply to me.

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67 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 23, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote: > > If they overrode the primary voters it might well be to choose Frau Clinton, which would be the best possible outcome since it would unleash a Green Wave in the actual election and put an end to the Demoncrudic gang. No it wouldn t. Loyal Dems will jump and shout stop the fascist threat! Vote for Hillary! Charles Brown is doing that already.

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68 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > He is an unqualified scoundrel and a perfect exemplum of The More Effective > Evil. Actually he s a qualified scoundrel. Why can t you see him as somewhat better than nothing right now, and his support as something to work with over the longer term?

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69 [lbo-talk] The question of superdelegates -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 7:10 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > So, is it the case that Sanders can't win because Hillary has the super delegates all sewn up? Not really. They're a problem, but not an insuperable obstacle. Historically, pundits say, they've always gone with the primary winner, though Bernie may be an exception.

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70 [lbo-talk] Thank dog, intelligent conversation again. -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 5:20 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > > Thanks all... don't jinx it!

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71 [lbo-talk] this list -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 14, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > It s called LOB Alum. Kelley started it. It s more active than the list is right now. That's pretty funny, given that her annoying behavior was half the reason I seriously lost interest in the list. I've blocked her on Facebook so this is the first I've learned of it. Doug

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72 [lbo-talk] Lestor Thurow? -- rank: 1000

> On Dec 13, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote: > > What ever happed to Lestor Thurow? I remember back in the 1980's, he was ubiquitous. He was always on TV, he always had op-ed pieces in the NY Times, his books were on the bestseller's lists. During those days, he was one of the Democrats' leading point men on economic policy. > > Nowadays, you hardly ever hear a peep from him or about him. What happened? I've wondered the same thing myself. He' ...

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73 [lbo-talk] this list -- rank: 1000

Is there any reason to keep this list going? It's almost dead, and Jordan tells me there are fresh technical challenges (e.g. Yahoo thinks posts are spam). Doug

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74 [lbo-talk] The Chinese stock market collapse in global context -- rank: 1000

China's GDP is up 2,500% since 1980, 300% since 2000. People who go on about stagnation and the crisis of capitalism, how do you explain that?

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75 [lbo-talk] On Jacobin's unfriendliness to the visually impaired -- rank: 1000

> On Aug 4, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > > Can someone provide me with the email address for the editor of Jacobin. I forwarded your email to him.

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