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7036 [lbo-talk] WSJ assumes "capital strike" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:08 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: > Uh, why is it hard to get a loan? Perhaps because those who own or > control money to lend aren't in a mood to lend it? And why would > that be? "You can't use my money until you make it more worth my > while (which my friends in this administration or the next are about > to do ... one way or another...)"? > > "There's no political content to it at all." Nothing happening here, > folks. Move alo ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 13 07:47:32 PST 2008

7037 [lbo-talk] N. Texas pastor urges married couples to fuck for 7 days -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:45 PM, B. wrote: > http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/11/have_seven_days_of_sex_do_it_f.php > > The video is at the bottom of that URL, above. Really creepy. Yikes. Came across this the other day: <http://christiannymphos.org/>. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 17:55:08 PST 2008

7038 [lbo-talk] WSJ assumes "capital strike" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:38 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote: > From today's WSJ: "With the global economy in recession, and > investors staging a capital strike..." A silly turn of phrase. Investors aren't investing because the economy stinks and it's hard to get a loan. There's no political content to it at all. Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 17:46:37 PST 2008

7039 [lbo-talk] Gay marriage -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Bill Bartlett wrote: > I never really understood what the problem was with civil unions > anyhow. It appears these are the same in law as a religious > marriage. So the only distinction is that the religious element of > marriage is taken away? > > What's the big deal? Forcing religions to accept gay marriage would > amount to government interference in religious doctrine wouldn't it? The state recognizes marriage in the U.S. Religions can say wh ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 17:11:46 PST 2008

7040 [lbo-talk] back to the economy for a sec -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:24 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > also, isn't buying stakes in the banks much more "socialist" than the > bailout plan? or did i miss something? Could be, though Paulson did it in a very hands-off way, explicitly opting for nonvoting stock. That may change with a new admin. I see they've been talking about some sort of czar to oversee the remaking of the U.S. car industry, which is a lot more activist. Circs may force these guys to be a lot more interventio ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 16:49:48 PST 2008

7041 [lbo-talk] back to the economy for a sec -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > hat does this crew think about this? > > http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5VU20081112 By the way, Goldman Sachs's comments on their former co-chair's speech today: > Today financial regulatory agencies and Secretary Paulson revealed a > growing sense of impatience with the extreme reluctance of financial > institutions to lend. Secretary Paulson's statement was more dramatic > because he formally abandoned ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 16:22:03 PST 2008

7042 [lbo-talk] back to the economy for a sec -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > what does this crew think about this? > > http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5VU20081112 Very interesting - quite a turnabout. You have to wonder if the Obama crowd told Paulson to back off on this.

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 16:18:46 PST 2008

7043 [lbo-talk] Uncritical Exuberance? -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > I think some people (not Butler specifically) are mad because a > black guy won. Now they can't say "a black man will never be elected > president, look how evil the US is" AND they want to poo-poo the > accomplishment, "so OK maybe a black guy was elected president, but > so what, it means nothing! We're still evil!" Uh, no. I don't think anyone says it means nothing. And most of us are well beyond the "th ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 16:03:23 PST 2008

7044 [lbo-talk] Judith Butler on Obama -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 4:51 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > hey i posted this yesterday in response to dwayne. ok, i should have > given > it its own thread. > > but i'm just sayin. oops, sorry

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7045 [lbo-talk] Thanks to Jon Stewart, Amity Shlaes continues against Krugman and New Deal -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 3:14 PM, shag wrote: > Deemis too: dark hair, beard... Damn. can't recall > his name but he's become really blatantly conservative these days. Dennis Miller? Piece of crap of a human, that guy.

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 12:23:05 PST 2008

7046 [lbo-talk] Judith Butler on Obama -- rank: 1000

[Thanks to Lou Proyect for pointing this out.] <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/05/18549195.php> Uncritical Exuberance? by Judith Butler Wednesday Nov 5th, 2008 7:19 PM This became most salient in the emergence of the counter Bradley- effect, when voters could and did explicitly own up to their own racism, but said they would vote for Obama anyway. Anecdotes from the field include claims like the following: "I know that Obama is a Muslim and a Terrorist, but I will vote fo ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 12:21:01 PST 2008

7047 [lbo-talk] change -- rank: 1000

The change-i-ness of change, an ongoing saga: Obama asks Albright to meet delegations at G20 1 hr 22 mins ago CHICAGO (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama has tapped former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and a former Republican congressman to meet foreign delegations at the global financial summit in Washington this weekend. Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden said in a statement on Wednesday that Albright and former Republican Rep. Jim Leach would be available for unofficia ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 10:51:46 PST 2008

7048 [lbo-talk] Speaking of fakes (was Re: turnout, GMU e-mail spoof update) -- rank: 1000

On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Joseph Catron wrote: > Who else has seen today's "alternative" New York Times? Not me. They were not handing it out in Fort Greene! Doug

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 08:49:29 PST 2008

7049 [lbo-talk] Golden Notebook Project -- rank: 1000

<http://thegoldennotebook.org/> Welcome to The Golden Notebook Project. Here are answers to some common questions: What is this? It s an experiment in close-reading in which seven women are reading the book and conducting a conversation in the margins. The project went live on Monday 10 November 2008. Why are you doing it? It s part of a long-term effort to encourage and enable a culture of collaborative learning. What do you hope to learn? We don t yet understand how to model a complex ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 12 08:32:33 PST 2008

7050 [lbo-talk] $500b stimulus? -- rank: 1000

<http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2008/11/obama-advisers.html> Obama Advisers Push $500 Billion Stimulus November 11, 2008 7:23 PM President-elect Barack Obama is hearing from private sector economists, and some members of his economic advisory team that Congress should consider -- and he should sign into law in January -- a far broader stimulus package than anyone has publicly discussed to date. Instead of $300 billion dollars, which has been the upper limit, they are now talking abou ...

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