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6076 [lbo-talk] another liberal peels off: Garry Wills -- rank: 1000

[I don't get the charge of "betrayal," since O is doing just what he said he'd do, but still, this is encouraging. Wills is the fellow who first convinced me of the value of disillusionment with liberals in producing radicals. Yay.] <http://blogs.nybooks.com/post/265874686/afghanistan-the-betrayal> Afghanistan: The Betrayal by Garry Wills December 2, 2009 I did not think he would lose me so soon sooner than Bill Clinton did. Like many people, I was deeply invested in the succ ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 3 12:52:35 PST 2009

6077 [lbo-talk] Jane Hamsher, dissident -- rank: 1000

On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:29 PM, SA wrote: > So in the spirit of that thread: Are these people radicals could > profitably ally with? (Insert your own definition of radical). Sure, why not? That's exactly the sort of productive disillusionment with President Hopey I was looking for. Doug

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Date:	Thu Dec 3 10:45:42 PST 2009

6078 [lbo-talk] strange bedfellows -- rank: 1000

[from Politico's Morning Money] COALITION CALLS FOR FED AUDIT PRIOR TO RECONFIRMATION: Coalition for America's Future sent a letter to senators calling for an audit of the Fed's operations before a vote on Bernanke. The letter is signed by, among others, Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage, Americans for Taxpayer Reform president Grover Norquist, Eagle Forum president Phyllis Schlafly, Campaign for Liberty president John Tate and Center for Economic and Policy Researc ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 3 08:47:16 PST 2009

6079 [lbo-talk] 'Grey Vampirism' Obama's betrayal of hope -- rank: 1000

On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Dwayne Monroe wrote: > After these nearly eight years of (mostly) gentle discourse I think > I've earned -- if not the right then at least the option -- to forgo > earnest replies and links to illuminating essays and mentions of > relevant books and 600 word mini essay posts and, in short, granting > the benefit of the doubt...to cut to the chase and say: dude, you're > fucking with me. That is your right, as an American, and as a member of this list ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 3 08:00:53 PST 2009

6080 [lbo-talk] Jane Hamsher, dissident -- rank: 1000

So they're peeling off.... http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30131.html

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 14:46:32 PST 2009

6081 [lbo-talk] Obama's betrayal of hope -- rank: 1000

On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Max Sawicky wrote: > Even so, I'm still holding out hope for something different. Events > are not > static and can give rise to new thinking. On Obama's part, or on the part of all the once-deluded and now increasingly disillusioned liberals? Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 12:30:54 PST 2009

6082 [lbo-talk] Decline of the West -- rank: 1000

On Dec 2, 2009, at 12:45 PM, farmelantj at juno.com wrote: > There is certainly nothing wrong > with CW writing popular books > or even doing rap albums with > his nephew I agree. But did you ever hear any of that album? Screamingly bad! And popular books are fine - but they don't *have* to be both silly and pretentious at the same time. D.960 indeed. He does the same with a Beethoven sonata in Astra Taylor's movie - gives the full title, sonata number and key and opus number. Hi ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 10:09:55 PST 2009

6083 [lbo-talk] fitness for the left -- rank: 1000

On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:38 AM, MICHAEL YATES wrote: > I don't see why struggling for social justice means that we have to > let our bodies go to seed. > > Nor do I see the need for a new fitness regimen. Why does it take > anything more than a bit of reflection to know that > > if you work out with weights, you need to do flexibility exercises > too? You can do these in a half an hour every day in you apartment > or home. And why would we think that many on the left d ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 08:52:03 PST 2009

6084 [lbo-talk] Decline of the West -- rank: 1000

On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Shane Mage wrote: >> I especially love the (D.960), for those of you keeping track in >> your Deutsch catalog. > > "tempestuous?" Is he thinking of the C Minor (D.958)? Or not > thinking at all? The latter, I guess. Or maybe Brendel, whose performance I just played, missed the emotional complexities that CW finds in the score.

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 08:51:08 PST 2009

6085 [lbo-talk] fitness for the left -- rank: 1000

[Wow.] <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189171881697> Fitness for the Left Kettlebell Strength and Traning(8 Session Class) Host: The Brecht Forum Type: Sports - Sports Practice Network: Global Date: Monday, January 25, 2010 Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm Location: The Brecht Forum Street: 451 West Street (Between Bank and Bethune) City/Town: New York, NY Monday, January 25 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm 8 Session Class Begins Fitness for the Left Kettlebell Strength and Conditioning Gregory Landess Many ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 07:55:07 PST 2009

6086 [lbo-talk] Decline of the West -- rank: 1000

On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Max Sawicky wrote: > Very funny. Convincing too. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee267 > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk Wow: > The basic problem with my love relationships with women is that my > standards are so high -- and they apply equally to both of us. I > seek full-blast mutual intensity, fully fledged mutual acceptance, > full-blown mutual flourishing ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 07:25:53 PST 2009

6087 [lbo-talk] European press reaction to Swiss ban on minarets -- rank: 1000

I wonder if such a referendum would pass in the U.S. Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 2 06:36:49 PST 2009

6088 [lbo-talk] Raleigh, NC -- rank: 1000

On Dec 1, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Nick C. Woomer-Deters wrote: > I haven't posted for awhile (wife had a baby) Congrats! Those baby things do take up some time & attention, don't they? Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 1 20:22:11 PST 2009

6089 [lbo-talk] Obama's betrayal of hope -- rank: 1000

On Dec 1, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/world/asia/02policy.html > > I voted -- and asked people -- to vote for Obama. I made my case on > the grounds of what would better advance the class struggle. I still > think that, with the information then known, it was the best decision. > I didn't think I had high hopes or expectations about him as an > individual. I did think though that, under the right conditions, his > personal ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 1 11:00:47 PST 2009

6090 [lbo-talk] support a worthy documentary project -- rank: 1000

[This was written by a fellow parent and all-around good guy from Ivan's excellent preschool. Please contribute.] Hi again everyone, For anyone interested in the endless Atlantic Yards controversy, local PS 11 parents Suki Hawley and Mike Galinsky have been filming almost every minute of the drama since it began way back in 2003. If they get 2500.00 more dollars in pledges on this website (pasted below), then Kickstarter.com gives them additional matching funds of $25,000.00. Problem is, they o ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 1 10:58:41 PST 2009