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

On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > Well, the esteemed moderator of this also moved from the right to the left. Back at Yale, Doug was a member of the Party of the Right. He has long since left that sort of thing behind, but apparently still gets alumni mail from them. I did, until I wrote up the 50th anniversary banquet. http://www.thenation.com/issue/february-17-2003 Earlier story: http://bad.eserver.org/issues/1998/36/henwood.html So, despite being a member for "life ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 23 06:58:01 PDT 2012

782 [lbo-talk] death of a discussion list -- rank: 1000

On Apr 20, 2012, at 8:56 AM, John Gulick wrote: > I also sense that Doug is trying to pull back a little from on-line chatter altogether. Not really. I've been doing other online stuff - blog, FB, Twitter - and had been finding this list exasperating for the last few months. Specifically, the Dynamic Duo of Carrol Cox and "shag" - their chronic bitch and bile act was getting me down. Why put up with that sort of shit? Over the years, I've tried to catalyze conversation, with some su ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 20 07:14:07 PDT 2012

783 [lbo-talk] the Atlantic, and material practice -- rank: 1000

Moe Tkacik has a great takedown of the crappy Atlantic: http://thebaffler.com/notebook/2012/04/omniscient_gentlemen_of_the_atlantic. Privatized version of the CIA's cultural Cold War. Also, this: "The Bradley-subsidized chattering class instinctively knows to tune out altogether more articulate assessments of our plight, such as former Intel CEO Andy Grove s withering indictment of free-market dogma in a summer 2010 Bloomberg Businessweek cover story. Grove blamed the economic malaise on a ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 18 12:32:17 PDT 2012

784 [lbo-talk] compare and contrast -- rank: 1000

On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Joseph Catron wrote: >> But that is one of the >> effects of moral judgment; it is hard to respond to without falling into >> the >> fault attacked. >> > > Noticed that your anti-moralistic screeds typically end in a vapid swamp of > heavy-handed (and often hysterical) moralism, did you? But it's the target's fault. Doug

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Date:	Tue Apr 17 09:10:40 PDT 2012

785 [lbo-talk] Blue Dogs -- rank: 1000

Speaking of the Blue Dogs, as we were a while back, this from Politico's Huddle: > DEATH OF THE BLUE DOGS? -- "Two years after the 2010 midterm elections decimated their ranks, the coalition of conservative Democrats is poised to get pummeled again in November - moving the Blue Dogs dangerously close to extinction," Alex Isenstadt writes for POLITICO this morning. "Of the 24 remaining Blue Dogs, five are not seeking reelection. More than a half-dozen others are facing treachero ...

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Date:	Tue Apr 17 05:58:19 PDT 2012

786 [lbo-talk] GOP sex crap -- rank: 1000

On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:53 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Is it time to reread Reich? > > "The Mass Psychology of Fascism" Except it does seem to be failing.

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Date:	Mon Apr 16 10:57:45 PDT 2012

787 [lbo-talk] Take down of Harvard's Andrei Shleifer -- rank: 1000

Thanks for this. Shleifer is such a pig. On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Neal Meyer wrote: > I'm a little late in sending this out but it was written by some friends of > mine who also participated in the walkout of Greg Mankiw's Ec10 course. It > definitely stands out to me as one of the best take downs of a professor > I've ever read. Hope you enjoy it. > > http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/4/6/tuna-fish-econ/ > ___________________________________ > http://mailman.lbo ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 16 08:17:58 PDT 2012

788 [lbo-talk] compare and contrast -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:36 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > The other thing is, just for the record, he was a very good writer. Pellucid, clear, fairly simple and straightforward. I suspect a lot of the translations make him sound more humbuggy than he really is. > > And I don't even like the guy. You don't have to like him. But he is kind of important.

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Date:	Sun Apr 15 17:40:06 PDT 2012

789 [lbo-talk] compare and contrast -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2012, at 3:18 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Plato is more interesting than Rand. Rand is a Hollywood hack with delusions of grandeur. Her appeal to Americans (and note that she is nothing outside of U.S.) has mostly to do with the fact that this country is still in its adolescent stage and easily affected by an adolescent "philosophy". > > Plato, on the other hand, is a man with significant creative powers who, as a result of his class identification and intere ...

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Date:	Sun Apr 15 17:07:11 PDT 2012

790 [lbo-talk] compare and contrast -- rank: 1000

On Apr 15, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > On Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:55:27 +0000 (UTC) > 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > >> Plato was gone. > > And good riddance, too. In other news, how's the boat? Doug

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Date:	Sun Apr 15 06:03:54 PDT 2012

791 [lbo-talk] National Review Drops Second Contributor In One Week Over Racist Comments -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:54 PM, c b wrote: > Is the National Review following Doug's trajectory ? Ha, no, I doubt it. Frank virulent racism of this sort is bad for the brand. They prefer more subtle sorts for public consumption. Behind closed doors is another story. Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 12 09:58:47 PDT 2012

792 [lbo-talk] Wisconsin State Senator Says Women Are Paid Less Because Money Is More Important For Men -- rank: 1000

On Apr 10, 2012, at 8:59 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > So, if a woman is childless, she should be making as much money as a guy? > > Why do I feel like I've stepped in a time machine....going backwards? This is basically what mainstream economists believe.

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Date:	Tue Apr 10 18:07:48 PDT 2012

793 [lbo-talk] Testing? Yo Jordan -- rank: 1000

On Apr 9, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote: > Has LBO disappeared or just gone to sleep? Hi. Here.

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Date:	Mon Apr 9 17:32:48 PDT 2012

794 [lbo-talk] yakking about the right... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 6, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Wojtek S wrote: > Doug: "A lot of that questioning takes the form of: "They're all full > of shit, so I'm going to tune it all out." It's reflexive disbelief > followed by resignation. There's no actual counter-analysis." > > [WS:] But it has not always been that way, no? People tried and > tried and were getting nowhere because the political system is set > against any reform. So they eventually tuned out. For sure. I agree ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 6 11:50:29 PDT 2012

795 [lbo-talk] yakking about the right... -- rank: 1000

On Apr 6, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Wojtek S wrote: > To play devil's advocate, however, my experience is that the US has a > rather large group of people questioning the status quo - from > politics to morals and everyday life conduct. More so that I've seen > in Europe. A lot of that questioning takes the form of: "They're all full of shit, so I'm going to tune it all out." It's reflexive disbelief followed by resignation. There's no actual counter-analysis. Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 6 07:02:10 PDT 2012