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901 [lbo-talk] Is Obama Depressed? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 15, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: > Hey, he admires Reagan; let's call him "The Great Capitulator". If he admires RR, he's not capitulating - he's following. emulating, promoting.

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Date:	Thu Sep 15 12:40:33 PDT 2011

902 [lbo-talk] language -- rank: 1000

["Purpose-Built Communities"????] http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/interspire/news/2011/09/11/former-mayor-franklins-privatization-schemes-go-national.html Former Mayor Franklin's Privatization Schemes Go National Written By: MATTHEW CARDINALE9-11-2011 (APN) ATLANTA -- Former Mayor of Atlanta Shirley Franklin is now the CEO of an organization called Purpose-Built Communities, whose goal is to promote demolitions of low-income housing and privatization of publicschools, in emulation of ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 15 10:10:40 PDT 2011

903 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Ferenc Molnar wrote: > DH wrote: "Ah Brooklyn." > > FM: The district straddles both Queens and Brooklyn. It does, but Turner got a lot of votes from the Brooklyn side, which is heavily Orthodox. Mike Allen: > THE NARRATIVE -- "For Democrats, It's 2010 All Over Again," by Nate Silver, NYT's "FiveThirtyEight" guru: "There are good reasons to think that local issues may have loomed especially large in [the Weiner district ] ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 14 10:31:55 PDT 2011

904 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 1000

On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:47 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20110613/006642.html > > Doug writes: > >>> The lesser-evil argument seems to be of that class which one >>> either finds persuasive or one doesn't, for reasons not always >>> clear even to oneself. >> >> Except that in Weiner's district, the likelihood of a Republican >> winning is approximately 0. > > Don't forget your mat ...

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Date:	Wed Sep 14 03:58:54 PDT 2011

905 [lbo-talk] Green jobs numbers -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 9:45 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > But I don't necessarily see the need for lifting heavy things or striding tall buildings. Just use of the hands and a certain quality of attention. Well I write with my hands. Is that manual labor? Doug

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 18:59:01 PDT 2011

906 [lbo-talk] Green jobs numbers -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 9:26 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2011, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>> http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/the-green-jobs-numbers >>> >>> Nutshell: They're cheaper to create on average than other jobs, plus the long lasting benefits. >> >> But there's the pansy problem. Real men punch holes in the earth and leave behind a lot of grime. > > I wonder if that's true anymore. People used to say confidentialy in ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 18:34:00 PDT 2011

907 [lbo-talk] jobs bill: the legislative process -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 2:00 PM, John Gulick wrote: > Back to the original topic: I was mildly shocked to see Obama's jobs bill propose an end to carriedinterest. He probably figures it won't survive sausage making. But still... it will rankle his hedgie patrons.What am I missing? Here's what I don't get. Obama's bill says those tax changes would take effect should the deficit supercommission fail to come up with an additional $450 billion in "savings" beyond the $1.5 trillion it's alre ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 11:11:52 PDT 2011

908 [lbo-talk] jobs bill: the legislative process -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Why do you dislike him so much? I mean, he's not Swift or Mencken or > anything, but he's got some pretty funny lines and his work's not > totally watered-down lib critique. Sure as hell is more cutting, in > his way, than limp noodles like Tom Tomorrow. Dunno, but there's something too yuk-yuk about it.

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 10:59:29 PDT 2011

909 [lbo-talk] jobs bill: the legislative process -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > The Borowitz Report Omigod, not Andy Borowitz!

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 10:38:23 PDT 2011

910 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood "Best Music on an Economics & Politics Radio Show" Village Voice Best of NYC 2005 Freshly posted to my radio archive: September 10, 2011 Mike Lofgren, former Congressional staffer author of this spirited farewell to his long-time party, describes the furious insanity of the GOP Jonathan Kay, author of Among the Truthers, andKathy Olmsted, UC Davis prof and author of Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, on conspiriacism, esp t ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 09:36:24 PDT 2011

911 [lbo-talk] Is Obama Depressed? -- rank: 1000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 9:09 AM, James Leveque quoted Gawker: > We're told by a source inside the *Times* that the paper is preparing a > story arguing that Obama no longer finds joy in the political > back-and-forth, has seemed increasingly listless to associates, and is > generally exhibiting the litany of signs that late-night cable commercials > will tell you add up to depression. I've thought all along that the guy has narcissistic personality disorder. All politicians do to some ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 06:21:26 PDT 2011

912 [lbo-talk] jobs bill: the legislative process -- rank: 1000

[from Politico's The Huddle] NUMBER OF THE DAY: 11 -- That's how many committees received a referral of the president's American Jobs Act after it was transmitted to the House last night. From the House clerk's Web site: 'The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President transmitting the legislative proposal, the 'American Jobs Act of 2011,' together with a section-by-section analysis of the legislation - referred to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce ...

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Date:	Tue Sep 13 06:06:09 PDT 2011

913 [lbo-talk] Green jobs numbers -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Links to analysis based on the pitiful little that was in the ARRA: > > http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/the-green-jobs-numbers > > Nutshell: They're cheaper to create on average than other jobs, plus the long lasting benefits. But there's the pansy problem. Real men punch holes in the earth and leave behind a lot of grime. Doug

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Date:	Mon Sep 12 17:18:10 PDT 2011

914 [lbo-talk] Occupy Wall Street on 9/17/2011 -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2011, at 1:48 PM, John Gulick wrote: > I'm taking an elementary Mandarin course at Baruch College in the early evenings. On weekday evenings, > Park and Madison in the high 20's and low 30's are absolutely flooded with the most unsavory characters. > The transformation of Murray Hill into a post-frat/-sorority enclave and the uber-gentrification of the entirety > of Manhattan didn't seem to be enough to explain it. But I guess this does? I think it's been this way for quit ...

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Date:	Mon Sep 12 10:56:40 PDT 2011

915 [lbo-talk] Occupy Wall Street on 9/17/2011 -- rank: 1000

On Sep 12, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Deutsche Bank is still on Wall Street proper: 60 Wall. Yup, and they've got the creepiest-looking guards out front in paramilitary dress. > Also, the NYSE is still there, at the corner of Broad. That sort of makes it the spiritual home of global finance if not the actual physical center. But there's almost no one left on the floor, is there? Doug

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