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

On Dec 6, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Sean Andrews <cultstud76 at gmail.com> wrote: > By the way, to beat all those posers on Facebook to the punch tomorrow: > Happy early birthday, comrade! > > Your podcasts and writings enrich my life in ways you may never know, > particularly at this pivotal time in the life of - yes I will risk it > Carrol - The Left. It is very good that you were born. Aww thanks comrade!

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

On Dec 6, 2012, at 2:47 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > 71 years ago today the Chicago Bears were playing the Chicago Cardinals in > the NFL. > > The radio broadcast of the game got interrupted. Except today is Dec 6.

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Date:	Thu Dec 6 11:58:08 PST 2012

723 [lbo-talk] Graeber by Beggs -- rank: 1000

On Aug 31, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > It was Graber's book that inspired my line "An anarchist > is a neoliberal without money." I'm not sure, however, whether this > is a case of an ideology - induced blindness or merely pandering to > the tastes of the audience. I've known David for years. He's totally sincere - he's not pandering in the least. Doug

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Date:	Fri Aug 31 14:54:19 PDT 2012

724 [lbo-talk] Graeber by Beggs -- rank: 1000

On Aug 31, 2012, at 8:28 AM, brandelune at gmail.com wrote: > Question about "privacy" on the list: > > Is it ok or not to put a link on the web to a mail in the archive ? > I'm asking in this thread because I want to link to Wojtek reply below the link to Beggs' critique on "my" FB page. the archives are totally public by design

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Date:	Fri Aug 31 08:15:59 PDT 2012

725 [lbo-talk] Shulamith Firestone, R.I.P. -- rank: 1000

Ah, sad. I met her about 10 years ago at a Socialist Scholars Conference. (I think Carrol Cox was there too.) She was not in good shape at all then. I got a big charge out of that book when I was a youngster - wonder what I'd think of it now. Doug

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726 [lbo-talk] Graeber by Beggs -- rank: 1000

This is a terrific review of Graeber's Debt by list alum Mike Beggs: http://jacobinmag.com/2012/08/debt-the-first-500-pages/ Doug

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Date:	Thu Aug 30 11:32:43 PDT 2012

727 [lbo-talk] Timmy & Ben luv Goldman! -- rank: 1000

On Aug 24, 2012, at 1:08 AM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote: > Today's announcement on ML III follows the successful wind-down of Maiden Lane II LLC (ML II) in February 2012, which resulted in a net gain of approximately $2.8 billion for the taxpayer. It also follows the January 2011 termination of the New York Fed's extension of credit to AIG, which produced approximately $8.2 billion in interest and fees. When taken together, the total net profit to taxpayers from the ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 24 05:01:33 PDT 2012

728 [lbo-talk] :Re: Lenin would support Pussy Riot -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 7:21 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > But when someone is sent to prison on a disorderly conduct > charge someone is damn scared. Can't speak for anywhere else, but the maximum sentence for disorderly conduct in New York is 15 days and almost no one ever actually goes to jail for it. Doug

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729 [lbo-talk] Zizek on Pussy Riot -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Dennis Redmond <metalslorg at gmail.com> wrote: > This nonsense about Asian values is bogus Orientalism Um: "Asian values (which, of course, has nothing to do with Asia and everything to do with the anti-democratic tendencies in today s global capitalism)."

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Date:	Thu Aug 23 14:16:41 PDT 2012

730 [lbo-talk] A PR disaster: Five views on Pussy Riot's war -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/23/the-secret-history-of-pussy-riot/ > > Speaking of Counterpunch, maybe Joe can explain to us the common sense > contained in this lying--"that famous lover-of-art, the US State > Department, paid for their first ever single"-- piece of > church-worship. Israel Shamir is a horror. Why does CP publish this creep?

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731 [lbo-talk] On the whole Pussy Riot discussion -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote: > I think everyone is missing the most important point, which is that this song just fucking rocks: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxvQh02KRcw&feature=youtu.be > > Who would've thought the same old chords to The Stooges "I Wanna Be Your Dog" could be made to sound interesting again? this is much better than other stuff of theirs I've heard

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732 [lbo-talk] Marikana massacre -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:47 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Maybe they could lower the volume....do we really need twenty new articles every day?.....and focus on the quality. Clicks = ads.

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733 [lbo-talk] Lenin would support Pussy Riot -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:45 PM, "Chuck Grimes" <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote: > I find Pussy Riot etc. underwhelming. Their music sucks. But as political theater, you can't beat it.

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734 [lbo-talk] Marikana massacre -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:36 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Good article.... in serious need of proofreading. "That's the way it came in." - Jeff St Clair, explaining why an article didn't have links to quoted pieces

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735 [lbo-talk] A PR disaster: Five views on Pussy Riot's war -- rank: 1000

On Aug 23, 2012, at 1:17 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > Every one is searching for some abstract principle that would decide this > question: it doesn't exist. I defend the right of leftists in the u.s. to > say anything they want to say anyplace. I defend the right of a regime > opposed to the U.S. to suppress any speech that threatens that independence. > The argument has to be political rather than moral or metaphysical. When > free speech thr ...

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