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706 [lbo-talk] Value of the dollar -- rank: 1000

On Feb 1, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> Because it's endless and never satisfying. You update, link, >> and it's as if it never happened, because you have to update >> and link again. It's a romance with the void. > > That's a good description of life as we know it. Not exactly, at least the writing part of it. You write a book, it's finished. It goes out in the world and people react. It has some staying power (which is why the CIA used to ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 1 05:51:19 PST 2012

707 [lbo-talk] Why High French Unemployment Rate? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 25, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > So being discouraged is not subjective? It does not depend how respondents > feel about their prospect of finding a job? No. You're classed as discouraged if you haven't looked for work in the last month but have in the past year - and looking for work doesn't mean just farting into the couch saying, "gee I sure would like a job." You have to make calls, send resumes, etc. etc. If you haven't looked in a ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 25 14:01:24 PST 2012

708 [lbo-talk] A view from the left on gun control -- rank: 1000

On Dec 25, 2012, at 11:24 AM, "Jordan Hayes" <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote: > Thanks Doug, I'm going to keep my eye on Ames. Ames is great. Going Postal is a very fine book. I interviewed him on last week's radio show. Doug

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Date:	Tue Dec 25 09:45:36 PST 2012

709 [lbo-talk] Why High French Unemployment Rate? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 25, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > If person A does not bother to look for a job, he is not counted as > unemployed but if person B is looking - he his. These subjective > differences may also be a source of variations in unemployment rates, There's not much subjective about the BLS questions. Were you employed during the week of the 12th? If not, did you want a job? If yes, then did you actively look for work - answering an ad, knocking on doo ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 25 07:49:44 PST 2012

710 [lbo-talk] A view from the left on gun control -- rank: 1000

Mark Ames, unlocked for another 14 hours: http://www.nsfwcorp.co/3oki2u

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Date:	Mon Dec 24 20:04:22 PST 2012

711 [lbo-talk] US firefighters shot dead -- rank: 1000

On Dec 24, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20838925 > > [WS:] It looks like mass shootings are no "rare events" any more - > they become a "normal" part of life in this country. Of course this wouldn't have happened had the firefighters been carrying machine guns and grenade launchers. Doug

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Date:	Mon Dec 24 12:34:52 PST 2012

712 [lbo-talk] Why High French Unemployment Rate? -- rank: 1000

On Dec 22, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Jason Hecht <jayhstata at gmail.com> wrote: > Some money manager on Bloomberg was going on a rant about how France > has had an unemployment rate above 9% since 1992 (according to the FED > FRED database, it has averaged 9.3% from 1992-2011) . > > Is this because the France have a more accurate "official" measure, > equivalent to our all-in "U-6" (1994-2011, 10.2%)? Or is there a > more nuanced reason? The OECD and the ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 22 19:06:18 PST 2012

713 [lbo-talk] Collective idiocy.... -- rank: 1000

I've been letting this all go by without comment, but a few interesting facts I cam across today: How the NRA et al suppressed research into gun violence: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470. Which includes references to articles including: People carrying a gun 5x more likely to be shot than the unarmed: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2008.143099 Purchase of a gun doubles risk of death from suicide or homicide: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/a ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 21 17:58:26 PST 2012

714 [lbo-talk] Collective idiocy -- rank: 1000

On Dec 17, 2012, at 6:44 PM, James Heartfield <james at heartfield.org> wrote: > Of sociology and psychology, Doug writes 'What kind of distinction is that?' > > You are kidding, right? Or are you really saying that you don't know the difference between psychology and sociology. Would you ask a sociologist to organise a series of experiments in cognition or memory; or to treat an anorexic? Would you ask a Rogerian therapist to oversee a crime survey? The reason there are two diffe ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 17 17:00:32 PST 2012

715 [lbo-talk] Collective idiocy.... -- rank: 1000

On Dec 17, 2012, at 4:45 PM, James Heartfield <james at heartfield.org> wrote: > I think that David Brooks has a point when he says Never an auspicious beginning. > "The crucial point is that the dynamics are internal, not external. These killers are primarily the product of psychological derangements, not sociological ones." What kind of distinction is that? Psychology is shaped by social circumstances. How can you separate them like this? Doug

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Date:	Mon Dec 17 14:23:11 PST 2012

716 [lbo-talk] Collective idiocy.... -- rank: 1000

On Dec 17, 2012, at 3:03 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote: > I had to deal with a psychopath who was stalking and threatening to kill me and my husband. I'm not much inclined to listen to what you have to say = having dealt with one up close and personal. Thanks for the attempt to school me dude, but I know more about these fuckups than you'll ever know reading third and fourth hand acconts of whatever it is that you read. Don't social scientists call this the "I ...

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Date:	Mon Dec 17 12:20:11 PST 2012

717 [lbo-talk] bit rate change -- rank: 1000

I m thinking of changing the bit rate for the hi-fi versions of my radio show from 64kbps to 128kbps (mono). It would double the size of the file from about 25 megs to 50 megs. Would this trouble anyone? My iPhone has no trouble with 128kbps on the AT&T network and of course it d be a piece of cake on WiFi. I d still keep the 16kbps lo-fi version for people with slow dialup connections. Thoughts? Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 14 08:52:04 PST 2012

718 [lbo-talk] Great interview w Jane McAlevey -- rank: 1000

http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S120612 On Dec 9, 2012, at 3:43 AM, Sayan Bhattacharyya <bhattach at umich.edu> wrote: > Did you mean to provide the link? > > On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 11:17 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: >> Made my day. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Joanna >> ___________________________________ >> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk > ___________________________________ > http://mailma ...

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719 [lbo-talk] Great interview w Jane McAlevey -- rank: 1000

Thanks - she's terrific. Too bad no one in the labor movement will listen to her - even radicals like Steve Early. Doug

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Date:	Sun Dec 9 05:34:43 PST 2012

720 [lbo-talk] December 7 -- rank: 1000

On Dec 6, 2012, at 7:21 PM, "Chuck Grimes" <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote: > Same here. And as long as we are on the subject, Doug played a really > interesting and good interview with Jane McSomething. Wow was she > smart or what? It's about organizing on the ground to form a strong > do-something-for-a-change union. Thanks. She's Jane McAlevey. Her book is terrific: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1113-raising-expectations-and-raising-hell Her arguments are that un ...

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Date:	Thu Dec 6 16:30:25 PST 2012