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7096 [lbo-talk] labor? -- rank: 1000

This is from The Note: > Bold-faced names are here to help: "On Friday, Obama is expected to > meet with his 'transition economic advisory board,' which includes > business leaders like Warren Buffett, Richard Parsons, Time Warner's > board chairman, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, and political > leaders such as Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm," ABC's Jake Tapper > reports. > > Also at the meeting: Larry Summers, Paul Volcker, Robert Reich, > Robert Rub ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 10:12:13 PST 2008

7097 [lbo-talk] and you thought the DLC was dead? -- rank: 1000

Obama may have rejected the DLC during the campaign, but not in the transition. From the DLC's daily email blast: > "Congressman Rahm Emanuel Named Chief of Staff > to President-elect Obama," > Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama appointed Congressman > Rahm Emanuel, co-chair of the DLC's Bi-Partisan Congressional > Debate Series, and co-author, with DLC President Bruce Reed, of > "The Plan: Big Ideas for America," as White House chief of staff.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 09:41:40 PST 2008

7098 [lbo-talk] Down with progress(Was Re: Obama picks . . . .)( -- rank: 1000

On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > plunge into an orgy of empirical data Heavens, not that. Don't let me take away your despairing master narrative. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 08:23:56 PST 2008

7099 [lbo-talk] dumbass spam -- rank: 1000

McCain Lawyer Impeach Obama! McCain has reached an agreement with the Obama lawyers that makes Obama resignation effective November 11. Barack Obama can lost President's Chair. McCain video report 7 November: Proceed to the election results news page>> 2008 USA Government Official Web Site.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 07:25:37 PST 2008

7100 [lbo-talk] Ahmadinejad's letter to BHO -- rank: 1000

[via Nettime] Here is a Washington Post translation of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to Barack Obama: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Mr. Barack Obama President-elect of the United States of America I congratulate you on having gained the majority of the votes of those who took part in the election. As you know, the chances that God gives to his subjects pass swiftly. They can be used for the perfection of humanity and to the benefit of nations or, God forbid ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 06:32:00 PST 2008

7101 [lbo-talk] call for help -- rank: 1000

[via the Marxist Literary Group] Subject: SOS from the Marxist Reading Group Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:43:23 -0500 (EST) From: Wesley Beal <wbeal at ufl.edu> I'm writing on behalf of the Marxist Reading Group to ask for your help. After 10 hugely successful years featuring keynote addresses from Hardt, Spivak, Jameson, and many others, the MRG conference faces a major budget shortfall. This year, our budget was cut by more than 60%. We were informed of this cut only recently, and we have n ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 06:31:03 PST 2008

7102 [lbo-talk] Change: now it's a domain! -- rank: 1000

The official website of The Transition: <http://change.gov/>

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 6 18:22:19 PST 2008

7103 [lbo-talk] financial crisis update -- rank: 1000

[From Popbitch. This is London's Soho, not New York's.] The credit crunch has hit the real economy: Soho cocaine dealers have started selling by the half gram.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 6 17:55:43 PST 2008

7104 [lbo-talk] moderation -- rank: 1000

On Nov 6, 2008, at 3:35 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Have there been many new list members within the last few days? > Do elections generally increase subscription rates to this list? I'm not getting the subscription notices either, so I can't easily tell.

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 13:01:18 PST 2008

7105 [lbo-talk] Ralph: Obama an Uncle Tom -- rank: 1000

On Nov 6, 2008, at 2:35 PM, Lenin's Tomb wrote: > James Heartfield wrote: >> Don't be so gay, as we say, over here. > > No, we don't. We don't say that over here at all. High school kids say it here. The same-sex lobby is trying to discourage it. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 6 12:00:39 PST 2008

7106 [lbo-talk] Obama's victory -- rank: 1000

On Nov 6, 2008, at 2:15 PM, B. wrote: > parthasarathy kalalesrinivasaranga wrote: > > "I wonder ..it is twenty four hours since the result ..of Obama's > election.. but till now no postings on this group !" > > > > ============== > > Okay, how's this: That was a joke on PK's part, right? There were 90 posts containing the word "Obama" yesterday and so far today. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 11:36:33 PST 2008

7107 [lbo-talk] Ralph: Obama an Uncle Tom -- rank: 1000

On Nov 6, 2008, at 1:54 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Perhaps it is just that I am not victim to the peculiarly American > belief that it is words, not sticks and stones that hurt you. Maybe we should ask the Micks and Wogs if they agree. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Nov 6 11:15:45 PST 2008

7108 [lbo-talk] moderation -- rank: 1000

For some reason I still don't understand I haven't been getting the notices of posts pending moderator approval, so there's quite a backup. (All new subscribers and first-time posters are automatically on moderation.) Please don't take this personally. I'll get to the queue soon. Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 10:43:55 PST 2008

7109 [lbo-talk] Obama picks Rahm Emanuel, free trade fanatic & welfare "reformer" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 6, 2008, at 9:18 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Aside from the constant (and for the most part destructive) > revolutionizing of production endemic to capitalism, the growth in > science and technology (intertwined with but not identical with > capitalism) from the 16th century on of course contributed to the > apparent reality of Progress. If it weren't for such "Progress" you'd be dead by now, right? Doug

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 09:00:06 PST 2008

7110 [lbo-talk] Obama picks Rahm Emanuel, free trade fanatic & welfare "reformer" -- rank: 1000

On Nov 6, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Michael Smith wrote: >> --- On Wed, 11/5/08, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Don't you think Marx believed in progress in some >>> sense? > > > The "some sense" is an important qualification. He doesn't > seem to have believed in the kind of Whig idea of linear > progress -- each stage an "improvement" on the last -- > that most of our contemporary Pwogwe ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 6 08:59:19 PST 2008