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8131 [lbo-talk] crazy saturday morning -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Matt wrote: > Unfortunately the support for the Internet "stuff" and the support for > the traditional phone "stuff" are not really related, at least based > on my experience with Verizon. The support organizations are not > connected and do not seem to share information. Since probably 80-90% > of users' Internet problems are due to a bad password, a problem with > MS Windows, or a DSL modem or cable failure, the support staff ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 1 08:48:49 PDT 2008

8132 [lbo-talk] Effective political infighting (2) -- rank: 1000

On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Julio Huato wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> What left are you talking about? > > The actually existing left. > > I like Marta Harnecker's definition, which I unfortunately can't quote > now because the pdf files of her _Rebuilding the Left_ have been > removed from the rebelion.org web site. By the way, Marta's > definition is closely related to the issues I'm currently discussing > with Miles. > > Marta tries to include in her de ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 1 08:09:28 PDT 2008

8133 [lbo-talk] scenes from a life -- rank: 1000

[Damn, sometimes I envy Tristan Taormino her life. She writes...] When you read this I will be on my way to Spain where I am speaking at PornoPunkFeminism: Queer Micro-politics and Subaltern Pornographies in San Sebastian.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 06:19:36 PDT 2008

8134 [lbo-talk] sprinting rightwards -- rank: 1000

On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Jim Straub wrote: > Oh and what's with doug calling me some sort of tough guy? He's met > me! I mean, c'mon. You didn't come off as a tough guy in person at all. In fact, as I remember, after the tales of mandatory SEIU organizer bar fights, we had a pleasant conversation about the Frankfurt School. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 06:14:41 PDT 2008

8135 [lbo-talk] BHO hearts welfare reform -- rank: 1000

<http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/obama-shifts-on.html> Obama Shifts on Welfare Reform July 01, 2008 12:19 AM ABC News' Teddy Davis and Gregory Wallace Report: Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform on Monday, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul "slashed the rolls by 80 percent." Obama leaves out, however, that he was against the 1996 federal legislation which precipitated the caseload reduction. "I am not a defender of the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 05:58:08 PDT 2008

8136 [lbo-talk] faith -- rank: 1000

[from Mike Allen] AP's Jennifer Loven reports: 'Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and - in a move sure to cause controversy - support their ability to hire and fire based on faith.'

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jul 1 05:52:01 PDT 2008

8137 [lbo-talk] Effective political infighting (2) -- rank: 1000

On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > By the way, I disagree somewhat with > Krugman's comparison of Obama to Clinton, because I think things are > different now. The left is more self-assured this time around. What left are you talking about? Doug

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Date:	Tue Jul 1 04:57:36 PDT 2008

8138 [lbo-talk] layoffs = death -- rank: 1000

On Jan 31, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > It is a strange superstition among both sports fans and political > commentators that "rooting" for somethinghas a causal effect on > whether > that something occurs or not. You have a point. Much better just to stand aside morosely, and just complain about the behavior of others now & then.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 31 10:30:08 PST 2008

8139 [lbo-talk] layoffs = death -- rank: 1000

[something for those of you rooting for economic collapse to consider] Daniel Sullivan, Till von Wachter NBER Working Paper No. 13626 Issued in November 2007 NBER Program(s): AG This paper uses administrative data on quarterly employment and earnings matched to death records to estimate the effects of job displacement on mortality. We find that job displacement leads to a 15-20% increase in death rates during the following 20 years. If such increases were sustained beyond this period, they ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 31 09:47:34 PST 2008

8140 [lbo-talk] spawn of Satan endorses BHO -- rank: 1000

[This had to come from Rupert - a former Hillary fan - himself. He must think she's going down.] New York Post - January 31, 2008 <http://www.nypost.com/seven/01312008/postopinion/editorials/ obama_for_the_democrats_261880.htm> OBAMA FOR THE DEMOCRATS Democrats in 22 states across America go to the polls next Tuesday to pick between two presidential prospects: Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. We urge them to choose Obama - an untried candidate, to be sure, but preferable to the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 31 07:32:34 PST 2008

8141 [lbo-talk] decoupling -- rank: 1000

On Jan 30, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > Martin Wolf (FT), who -- I believe -- is somewhat sensitive to the > broader interests of "global finance" makes a rather distressed > exhortation for those countries to decouple. By the way, I recorded an interview with him this morning which I'll run on the radio tomorrow - along with Peter Linebaugh, talking about his new book on the Magna Carta.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 30 17:47:22 PST 2008

8142 [lbo-talk] Fidelity, Vanguard going under? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 30, 2008, at 7:55 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote: > What are the chances that money markets (e.g. Fidelity, Vanguard) > would go > under and disappear people's money? Money market funds or whole mutual fund groups? Mutual funds based on stocks can get totally hammered. But the fund groups, and no doubt The Authorities, would do nearly anything to keep a money market fund from "going under." Or even "breaking the buck," i.e., allowing the share price to fall under ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 30 17:04:09 PST 2008

8143 [lbo-talk] decoupling -- rank: 1000

On Jan 30, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Julio Huato wrote: > Doug wrote: > >> rising export dependency really does undermine the decoupling >> argument > > I don't think it does. It's like saying that your relying on your car > undermines the insurance argument -- the argument that you could > insure it against accidents or theft. I'm not sure this metaphor is apt. The stats from Roach show Asia having grown more dependent on exports over the years, not less, suggesting th ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 30 15:12:43 PST 2008

8144 [lbo-talk] Koch on Rudy -- rank: 1000

On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Shane Mage wrote: > Its prowling around out > there, > trying to get a grip on McCain's vice-presidential nomination. Attorney General?

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Jan 30 14:58:44 PST 2008

8145 [lbo-talk] Current piece by Mike Whitney on CounterPunch.org -- rank: 1000

On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Joshua Karpoff wrote: > What do you all think about what this piece lays out, http:// > www.counterpunch.org/whitney01292008.html . > > It's from Mike Whitney, who I feel tends to lean towards "the sky > is falling" end of the opinion spectrum, but I think he does make > some good points about what happens when these bond insurers go under. Typical Whitney - he's working with a solid core of info, but he lays on the heavy breathing in pre ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 30 14:10:50 PST 2008