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7186 [lbo-talk] Goldman Sachs on immigration -- rank: 1000

[GOLDMAN SACHS] Global Economics Paper No. 168 Immigration and the North American Economy * Immigration to the United States has surged over the past decade, with most of the increase outside legal channels. Immigrants boosted US labor force growth by about half a percentage point per year over the past decade. * Though immigrants appear to have a very limited impact on US wage levels, most immigrants themselves realize a large economic gain with further benefits accruing to the second generati ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 27 18:19:29 PDT 2008

7187 [lbo-talk] factchecking some claims -- rank: 1000

[skip this if you find psephology a waste of time] Voter-group analysis in the Democratic contest has been flying thick and fast lately. Among the arguments: Barack Obama has a problem with white voters. And/or with Jewish voters. And/or with supporters of Hillary Clinton. Each can use a second look. See the ABC News blog at http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2008/05/ democratic-vote.html

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 27 09:31:16 PDT 2008

7188 [lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology -- rank: 1000

On May 27, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I have never known anyone as skillful as Doug in killing a > conversation. > We will not forget about intellectual and manual labor and focus on > the > Soul of W.D. I dunno, moderating a list that averages something like 70 posts a day isn't what I'd call skill at killing conversation. In any case, you clipped the rest of the post, which addressed on intellectual and manual labor. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 27 07:13:30 PDT 2008

7189 [lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology -- rank: 1000

On May 26, 2008, at 10:55 PM, WD wrote: > But I do > suspect physical labor nevertheless has some sort of inherent (if > intangible) value. I think Adorno already addressed this point better than I ever could, but I hear the guilt of an intellectual talking here. > Argument from authority aside, criticizing alienated (physical) labor > without ever having, e.g., worked on an assembly line does seem a > little odd. The summer I spent before college sanding metal filing > ca ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue May 27 05:45:42 PDT 2008

7190 [lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology -- rank: 1000

On May 26, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Angelus Novus quoted Adorno: > It is a human > right, not to torture one's self physically, but > rather to develop one's self mentally. Jerry won't like this, but Adorno's my hero.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 26 15:22:40 PDT 2008

7191 [lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology -- rank: 1000

On May 26, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Avery Ray Colter wrote: > I think that is where the backlash comes from, > truly. If we're going to think of the world in > materialist terms, it seems like you'd get a > better bead on it from your neighborhood mechanic > than a Theory professor. Man, if that isn't a statement produced by pure ideology, I don't know what is. Just what does "your neighborhood mechanic" say about the world? He - and they're, what, 99% male, right? - is quite ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 26 13:11:05 PDT 2008

7192 [lbo-talk] Clinton's remark and the new media culture -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10604.html> Media hype: How small stories become big news By JOHN F. HARRIS | 5/25/08 11:02 AM EST The signature defect of modern political journalism is that it has shredded the ideal of proportionality. Important stories, sometimes the product of months of serious reporting, that in an earlier era would have captured the attention of the entire political-media community and even redirected the course of a presidential campaign, these days ca ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon May 26 09:08:05 PDT 2008

7193 [lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology -- rank: 1000

On May 25, 2008, at 9:45 PM, B. quoted: > Much of what now passes for higher education across a > broad spectrum of academic disciplines in the aptly > named liberal arts, amounts in fact to a publicly > funded conglomeration of Theory factories > (universities), mass-producing Marxist/feminist > propaganda, postmodern gibberish and the > indoctrination and consent of young minds. If only that were true. This article sorta reads like it came out of a time capsule. Doug

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Date:	Mon May 26 04:58:33 PDT 2008

7194 [lbo-talk] McCain blowout! -- rank: 1000

[this one's for Jerry - from Mike Allen] 3) Politico's David Paul Kuhn, 'GOP strategists mull McCain 'blowout' ': 'It sounds crazy at first. Amid dire reports about the toxic political environment for Republican candidates and the challenges facing John McCain, many top GOP strategists believe he can defeat Barack Obama - and by a margin exceeding President Bush's Electoral College victory in 2004. ... But the contours of the electoral map, combined with McCain's unique strengths and the n ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat May 24 10:46:59 PDT 2008

7195 [lbo-talk] SEIU staff union not happy -- rank: 1000

Someone sent me a PDF of a resolution by the staff union within SEIU objecting to management's (i.e., Andy Stern's) actions against United Healthcare Workers West (i.e., cracking down on their independence for the chutzpah of criticizing management for being too friendly with the boss). The staff union says the repressive actions violate their contract with Stern & Co. Unfortunately, it's a scanned document, so I can't copy and paste the text here, but I've posted it here for anyone w ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 23 18:57:57 PDT 2008

7196 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > Try putting down the > Socrates for a while and buy yourself a tv. It might make you take > yourself a tad less seriously. To steal a quote from Alex Cockburn, initially applied to rumors that Rupert Murdoch would sell the NY Post: "It would be like Dracula selling his coffin."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 23 17:50:55 PDT 2008

7197 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > Jerry Monaco writes about discussion of the election: > >> Smart people become dumber according to their >> ideological and political committments. There are certain kinds of >> _ideological activity_ that makes a person less intelligent and >> more blind >> to the world, just as their are certain kinds of _theoretical >> activity_ >> that >> makes a person more intelligent and able to see ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 23 15:14:12 PDT 2008

7198 [lbo-talk] more Juan Gonzalez on SEIU in PR -- rank: 1000

<http://i1.democracynow.org/2008/5/23/juan_gonzalez_on_the_puerto_rico> But the other interesting thing, I think, is that, you know, the SEIU, as we've covered on this broadcast, is in a major internal battle over its own democracy. And on May 31st, the day before the primary, SEIU's national convention is going to be down in Puerto Rico, and Obama is going to be leading a march or a rally, since they have endorsed Obama, on Saturday, May 31st. And the teachers' union of Puerto Rico, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 23 14:21:23 PDT 2008

7199 [lbo-talk] Chris asks another obscure question -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2008, at 5:43 PM, John Thornton wrote: > How does this person host a blog anonymously in prison? "About me: Thor Presario is a knowledge-worker professional currently serving a 90 day sentence in the Work Release block of a County Prison."

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 23 14:08:27 PDT 2008

7200 [lbo-talk] Rove map -- rank: 1000

On May 23, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > Since your soul is an imaginary entity, or perhaps a bad metaphor, > neither > of us can determine its condition. It is what ever story you wish > to tell > about it. Force the minuscule back into its residence, Jerry! Maintain those distinctions and subordinations! Ok, now that I've met two deadlines, I can respond to all this at greater length. You may remember that I've taken a lot of shit, much of it on this list, for sayin ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 23 14:03:47 PDT 2008