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6946 [lbo-talk] Ivy wit -- rank: 1000

[from the Harvard Club of Atlanta, posted to my college class listserv] THE GAME: 125TH ANNIVERSARY Date: November 22, 2008 at 12 pm Location: Fox Sports Grill in Atlantic Station 261 19th Street Atlanta, GA 30363 404.207.1369 Kids welcome! Game Forecast for Cambridge--High 32, Low 20 Game Forecast for New Haven--Heavy Tears Followed by Profound Boredom Game Forecast for Fox Sports Grill--High 60s, hot wings, cold beer. WARNING! In past years we have had complaints that Yalies, knowing their fo ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 10:29:18 PST 2008

6947 [lbo-talk] On the Threat from Religion -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Philp Pilkington wrote: Yet another post. The limit is three. Doug

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 10:03:41 PST 2008

6948 [lbo-talk] On the Threat from Religion -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Philp Pilkington wrote: > His 9th post of the day. Yesterday, there were 13. The limit is 3. Doug

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 09:41:58 PST 2008

6949 [lbo-talk] On the Threat from Religion -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 9:44 AM, farmelantj at juno.com wrote: > Richard W. Miller in his book, *Analyzing Marx* argued > that Marxism does not attempt to apply what moral philosophers > would call the "moral point of view" to social systems > like capitalism. So therefore while for Miller, Marxism > does make normative judgments concerning social practices > and institutions, it does not necessarily make moral > judgments. The distinction between moral judgments and ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 08:18:45 PST 2008

6950 [lbo-talk] WFP update -- rank: 1000

Dear WFP Supporter, Results for the Working Families Party from this year's elections are still coming in, but it's already clear that our growth only continued in 2008, thanks to all our hard work together. We thought we'd share with you a short memo recently sent to the WFP's leadership. To: Executive Committee & Chapter Leaders Fr: Dan Cantor, WFP Executive Director & Bill Lipton, Deputy Director Re: 5 Quick Facts on WFP Performance in the 2008 Elections This month's elections ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 08:14:17 PST 2008

6951 [lbo-talk] Joint Experts' Statement on WITDB about Iran -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I begin to find > the whole project of "influencing" Obama almost annoying. Begin? Almost? You doing transcendental meditation now? Doug

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 08:07:18 PST 2008

6952 [lbo-talk] GMAC, Cerberus, and ResCap -- rank: 1000

On Nov 20, 2008, at 4:02 PM, martin wrote: > On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Well no shit, dude. But that's not the way consciousness really >> works in a competitive, individualistic society, is it? > > Competitive and individualistic is not a society, though, is it ? Of course it is. Marx: "The individual carries his social power, as well as his bond with society, in his pocket."

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 13:10:34 PST 2008

6953 [lbo-talk] right-wing pinup girls! -- rank: 1000

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 12:36:20 PST 2008

6954 [lbo-talk] GMAC, Cerberus, and ResCap -- rank: 1000

On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Few groups are unanimous in their responses. Hence what is true about > _most_ Walmart workers most of the time, will not be true of _all_ > Walmart workers, under any conditions. Well no kidding again. But why are you so resistant to expressing any kind of central tendency?

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 12:28:03 PST 2008

6955 [lbo-talk] GMAC, Cerberus, and ResCap -- rank: 1000

On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > Why not? As I recall, a majority of New Yorkers supported TWU Local > 100 > during the 2005 strike, despite one of the best-orchestrated anti- > labor > media campaigns in history. People don't perceive subway and bus workers as massively compensated. It's hard, often dirty work, and no one pulls down six figures for it.

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 11:37:22 PST 2008

6956 [lbo-talk] GMAC, Cerberus, and ResCap -- rank: 1000

On Nov 20, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> how much sympathy would a Walmart worker have for >> someone making $50-70/hour? > > Conceivably a lot. Walmart workers do have minds you know, and I would > not be totally amazed if I found a few who used their minds. Well no shit, dude. But that's not the way consciousness really works in a competitive, individualistic society, is it?

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 10:46:12 PST 2008

6957 [lbo-talk] Green/BNP crossover -- rank: 1000

Didn't one of the founders of the German Greens go over to the far right during the early 1990s? As I recall, both sides of him found affinity with the "Germany for the Germans, Turkey for the Turks" slogan. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 10:40:31 PST 2008

6958 [lbo-talk] Randian Personal Ads -- rank: 1000

On Nov 20, 2008, at 11:17 AM, Andy wrote: >> Actually Katrina's quite charming. I don't think that Alterman has >> been on a >> cruise in ages, for the obvious reasons. > > What, people keep asking him to do something about that scraggly > beard? No. He's a noxious prick.

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 08:30:58 PST 2008

6959 [lbo-talk] good news for the earth: Dingell out -- rank: 1000

NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2008 California Rep. Henry Waxman has won the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, unseating Michigan Rep. John Dingell. The result highlights a potential shift in the Democratic caucus towards a more-aggressive approach to cutting the greenhouse- gas emissions, which has been favored by Rep. Waxman. FOR MORE INFORMATION, go to: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/?mod=djemalertNEWS

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 08:14:24 PST 2008

6960 [lbo-talk] Randian Personal Ads -- rank: 1000

On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Dennis Perrin wrote: > I'm surprised that the combined egos of KVH and Alterman haven't > weighed down and sunk those cruise ships. Good gourd, what a fucking > nightmare that must be, trapped at sea with those two. Enough to > bring out one's Hart Crane. Actually Katrina's quite charming. I don't think that Alterman has been on a cruise in ages, for the obvious reasons. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 20 07:49:03 PST 2008