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766 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > If he's right, and that's what they are and have been up to, if/when it doesn't work ... what do you think is the outcome? Do you think there's a Plan B? If not, they might never realize/admit that Plan A isn't working until it's much too late ... The outcome is devastation and despair, of course. And it's hard to see the Germans changing.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 17:06:22 PDT 2012

767 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:31 PM, John Gulick wrote: > Don't get me wrong, I'm not burying the list just yet. Thanks. I'm not either.

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 14:01:11 PDT 2012

768 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

I like this piece by Yanis Varoufakis, based on a paper by Joseph Halevi: http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2012/04/25/why-wont-germany-turn-joseph-halevis-insightful-analysis-circa-1995/

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:18:26 PDT 2012

769 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? Yes, let's do that. I fucking hated Twitter for quite a while. Then eventually I found the instant response/reinforcement thing very compelling. It's very addictive, that little high when you get responded to, favorited, or retweeted. The thrill lasts about 15 seconds, then you want anoth ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:15:21 PDT 2012

770 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Twitter is descent to barbarism. I hope Cde Cox has added it to his list. Doug

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 12:16:38 PDT 2012

771 [lbo-talk] Livingston interview -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Very interesting was Livingston's take on Gompers. Indeed. I had no idea that Gompers saw the AFL as some sort of embryonic new society forming in the womb of the old. Doug

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 10:55:12 PDT 2012

772 [lbo-talk] Switching Sides -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2012, at 3:03 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Frankly, the only place in the U.S. where I have found people to be uniformly decent and real is NYC. Really? Not the Bay Area at all?

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Date:	Sat Apr 28 14:25:29 PDT 2012

773 [lbo-talk] Switching Sides -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2012, at 2:27 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > The United States is materially comfortable. But socially, emotionally it's an unending wasteland. Not unending, really. Please. There are all kinds of rich human relationships here. Fucked up stuff in mega-size, for sure, but really, if it were that hopeless, why bother getting out of bed? Doug

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Date:	Sat Apr 28 11:38:52 PDT 2012

774 [lbo-talk] Switching Sides -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > What Buckley wanted to stop was an illusory train rushing towards socialism. > What Benjamin wanted to stop was a very real train heading deeper and deeper > into barbarism. (Note: I don't say "towards" barbarism: we have it already.) Oh please. The world is more barbaric now than it was during the days of slavery, Indian genocide, colonialism, early industrialization, mass slaughter in two world wars, Auschwitz, etc.? This is ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 28 09:49:34 PDT 2012

775 [lbo-talk] Switching Sides -- rank: 1000

On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > I still believe that change is on the whole evil -- unless absolutely > necessary. It is necessary for human survival to destroy capitalism. And > this is relevant to the debate over austerity. Austerity is the NORMAL > condition of capitalism, violated for a short time after WW2. Normal > processes of change ("Progress") after 1970 returned capitalism to its > normal state. How did that quote from Benjamin go, re stop ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 28 06:56:51 PDT 2012

776 [lbo-talk] Philadelphia School District announces its dissolution -- rank: 1000

On Apr 26, 2012, at 12:13 PM, // ravi wrote: > On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: >> On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Seth K wrote: >> >>> There were of course one or two comments on Facebook along >>> the lines of "we should applaud this because public education is a tool of state indoctrination." >> >> I just got that from some fucking "anarchist" on FB. Sometimes I think that neoliberalism couldn't dream up a better ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 26 09:48:08 PDT 2012

777 [lbo-talk] Philadelphia School District announces its dissolution -- rank: 1000

On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Seth K wrote: > There were of course one or two comments on Facebook along > the lines of "we should applaud this because public education is a tool of state indoctrination." I just got that from some fucking "anarchist" on FB. Sometimes I think that neoliberalism couldn't dream up a better opposition than "anarchism." Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 26 07:11:00 PDT 2012

778 [lbo-talk] Philadelphia School District announces its dissolution -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2012, at 1:05 PM, SK wrote: > http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Philadelphia-School-District-announces-its-dissolution-.html > > > Philadelphia School District announces its dissolution > > Philadelphia public schools are on the operating table, reeling from a > knockout blow of heavy state budget cuts. It was too much to bear > after decades of underfunding and mismanagement at the hands of > shortsighted Philadelphians and mean-spirited politicians ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 24 12:43:25 PDT 2012

779 [lbo-talk] Philadelphia School District announces its dissolution -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2012, at 1:41 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > You keep saying this. And, interestingly, it is the obverse but parallel argument made by Michelle Rhee. Carrol's position is ludicrous and indefensible. Teachers and students have many common interests - testing and charters are bad for both - and politically it's a loser to say that teachers are first and kids last. Carrol just likes to say things that sound militant and uncompromising, and since he doesn't really care about persua ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 24 12:38:34 PDT 2012

780 [lbo-talk] Lovelock admits he was 'alarmist' about the impact of climate change -- rank: 1000

On Apr 24, 2012, at 7:49 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > 'I made a mistake': Gaia theory scientist James Lovelock admits he was 'alarmist' about the impact of climate change > > British scientist admits he had 'extrapolated too far' in earlier book > Claims other environmental commentators such as Al Gore did the same Yeah, nothing to worry about. Gas up the SUV and drive drive drive!

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Date:	Tue Apr 24 05:28:19 PDT 2012