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6361 [lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: >> why do people in LA always call a highway by "the" followed by its >> route number - "The 10," "The 405"? > > I think that's because the names change a lot. The (CA) 101, for > instance, starts out as The Ventura Freeway, changes to The > Hollywood Freeway, and finally The Santa Ana Freeway, all within > about 12 miles. I'm not wondering about the number, but the use of the definite art ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 12:50:04 PDT 2009

6362 [lbo-talk] strange paper -- rank: 1000

<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1338925> The Financial Sector Upheaval of 2008: Sociological Antecedents and Their Implications for Investment Company Regulation Larry D. Barnett Widener University - School of Law Widener Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-07 Hastings Business Law Journal, Forthcoming Abstract: In 2008, the United States experienced a severe contraction in the availability of credit, a marked reduction in the price of common stocks, and a ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 12:49:12 PDT 2009

6363 [lbo-talk] good morning my fellow ecosystems -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: > Why should we hold bovine life in higher esteem than microbial life? Warm blood, eyes, and featured in children's books? Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 12:39:57 PDT 2009

6364 [lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2009, at 2:47 PM, joseph noonan wrote: > On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, shag carpet bomb wrote: >> >> >> My friend, who passed away at a young age, always called Foucault, >> The >> Foucault. Not with any special emphasis on "the" or anything. > > Is this in the same sense as the East Coast working class use of the > definite article when referring to disease? You know: "I've got the > diabetes" or "poor old Mrs. Hannigan ha ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 12:20:15 PDT 2009

6365 [lbo-talk] KPFA -- rank: 1000

Happy 60th birthday to KPFA, the first listener-sponsored radio station in the U.S., and the first of the five Pacifica stations. Pacifica's in more than a little trouble now, but let's hope it comes back stronger than ever for its 100th! Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 11:35:31 PDT 2009

6366 [lbo-talk] good morning my fellow ecosystems -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > Killing animals causes pain and suffering. Therefore... We must intervene to stop the feline slaughter of mice!

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 10:55:24 PDT 2009

6367 [lbo-talk] extremely creative spam -- rank: 1000

From: Western Union Money Transfer <info at westernunion.com> Date: April 15, 2009 9:18:24 AM EDT To: dhenwood at panix.com Subject: World Bank Economic Stimulus via ATM Card Reply-To: westernunionmoneyportals at gmail.com Hello, We wish to notify the owner(s) of the e-mail address receiving this notification that Western Union Money Transfer have an ATM Card loaded with the sum of US$30,000 in your favour for dispatch to you. Your email address drew in the first batch of lucky recipient ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 08:01:12 PDT 2009

6368 [lbo-talk] Laibach writes... -- rank: 1000

VOLKSWAGNER "I feel an enormous desire to realize artistic terrorism." (Richard Wagner) "Whoever wishes to understand national-socialist Germany must first come to know Wagner." (Adolf Hitler) We are announcing VOLKSWAGNER - sonic suite in three acts, based on Richard Wagner's motifs. Collaboration between Laibach and Symphonic orchestra RTV Slovenia, composed and conducted by Izidor Leitinger. April 18th 2009 Gallus Hall, Cankarjev Dom - Ljubljana, Slovenia Read more a ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 15 07:52:16 PDT 2009

6369 [lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right -- rank: 1000

On Apr 14, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: > While what passes for the Left spends is time discussing the nuances > of > "theory," or how many angels can dance on the head of a pin Oh please. I haven't quoted this in seven years, so I'm itchy. From a stupid theory-bashing column by Eric Alterman in The Nation: > "But here's the twist. [Reformist Social-Democratic > Leftist Nelson] Lichtenstein is part of a perfectly > Rortyite reformist Campaign for a Livi ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 14 18:48:53 PDT 2009

6370 [lbo-talk] racial disparity in drug jailings narrowing? -- rank: 1000

Washington Post - April 14, 2009 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041401775.html > Number of Black Americans in State Prisons for Drug Offenses Declines By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white prisoners convicted for drug crimes has increased , according to a r ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 14 11:16:21 PDT 2009

6371 [lbo-talk] who sez American ingenuity is dead? -- rank: 1000

<http://gizmodo.com/5211135/man-builds-chair-that-tweets-his-farts-single+handedly-justifies-twitters-existence > FARTS Man Builds Chair That Tweets His Farts, Single-Handedly Justifies Twitter's Existence By John Herrman, 5:20 AM on Tue Apr 14 2009, 40,873 views You know those guys (and gals?) who are just, like, super proud of their farts? Thanks to this cool guy and Twitter, these assholes can indulge their disgusting habit without wrecking our noses. Known Gentleman Randy Sarafan de ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 14 11:12:46 PDT 2009

6372 [lbo-talk] events in Thailand -- rank: 1000

[forwarded by Richard Barbrook to nettime] Dear nettimers - here's an email which I have just received from a friend in Thailand. =========================== !! please do NOT forward this email without deleting my name and email address, foreigners are ending up in jail here right now for innocuous offences --------- heavily armed troops and fascist paramilitaries are attacking workers across Bangkok. I was at the major demonstration today site and saw tens of thousands of pro-democracy activis ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 13 18:08:02 PDT 2009

6373 [lbo-talk] internally riven -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Chris Doss > <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> You're not getting it Miles. My objection is not to the notion that >> there are social structures that >operate independently of any >> individual (duh). My objection is to the notion that there is ONE >> >structure, with nothing outside it, > > If you think Foucault wasn't concerned with outsides, you reall ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 13 15:47:36 PDT 2009

6374 [lbo-talk] internally riven -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Mike Beggs wrote: > The notion of domination is one that explains what it means > conventionally to say someone is powerful or has power, but in > fact sees power not as a possession, but as a structural difference. > The basic Foucaultian schema of power, including the principle of > reversibility, was included in Foucault s thinking all along, as > demonstrated by this passage from Discipline and Punish: Years ago, I read a paper whose author ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 13 06:20:16 PDT 2009

6375 [lbo-talk] cleansing -- rank: 1000

On Apr 11, 2009, at 11:09 PM, Philip Pilkington wrote: >> You feel free to comment on texts you haven't read, don't you? >> >> > Woah... hang on... > > What exactly did I comment on that I didn't consider empirically > validated? You: > This notion that you can arbitrarily call every stockbroker an > obsessional > (i.e. anal figure) is total nonsense So, like, who did that? Do you even read your own stuff? Doug

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