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9241 [lbo-talk] advances in union militance -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> > wrote: > >> Despite being welcomed to the conference earlier in the day and >> given >> space to debate supporters of the CNA and the National Nurses >> Organizing Committee about neutrality organizing agreements > > Fancy that! A workers' organization refuses to treat union-busting as > an academic exercise. I really don' ...

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Date:	Sun Apr 13 17:48:49 PDT 2008

9242 [lbo-talk] advances in union militance -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: > It's becoming increasingly clear that solidarity means nothing to the > campus labor fetishists. You're really into this anti-cultural-elite thing as a proof of working-class cred, aren't you? Doug

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Date:	Sun Apr 13 17:40:35 PDT 2008

9243 [lbo-talk] search terms -- rank: 1000

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Date:	Sun Apr 13 13:44:28 PDT 2008

9244 [lbo-talk] Summers: every Democrat a Friedmanite -- rank: 1000

On Apr 13, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Shane Taylor quoted: > Any honest Democrat will admit that we are now all > Friedmanites," Lawrence H. Summers, the Harvard > economist and former Clinton administration Treasury > secretary... And now (since 2006) with the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. Doug

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Date:	Sun Apr 13 12:58:52 PDT 2008

9245 [lbo-talk] advances in union militance -- rank: 1000

[This is from the CNA, not a neutral source.] A report from the magazine Labor Notes on the SEIU attack on their conference in Michigan Saturday night, with two of their photos, followed by the CNA/NNOC release For Immediate Release April 12, 2008 Contact Chris Kutalik 313-378-2588 or Mischa Gaus 773-627-3205 SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION ATTACKS LABOR GATHERING CONFERENCE-GOERS ASSAULTED Dearborn, MI The Service Employees International Union turned their dispute with the California Nurses Associa ...

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Date:	Sun Apr 13 11:09:04 PDT 2008

9246 [lbo-talk] Soros -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2008, at 10:16 PM, Shane Mage wrote: > For me, > "investing" is purchasing with the expectation of an income steam Yes, that's the standard distinction from speculation. But do you really think that Buffett made most of his nut on dividend payments? Doug

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Date:	Sun Apr 13 05:59:28 PDT 2008

9247 [lbo-talk] Foreign Affairs on The Surge -- rank: 1000

<http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080501faessay87305/steven-simon/the- price-of-the-surge.html> The Price of the Surge How U.S. Strategy Is Hastening Iraq's Demise Steven Simon From Foreign Affairs, May / June 2008 STEVEN SIMON is Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 1994 to 1999, he served on the National Security Council in positions including Senior Director for Transnational Threats. In January 2007, President George W. B ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 12 15:51:14 PDT 2008

9248 [lbo-talk] data revisions -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Michael Pollak wrote: > Is confidence a leading, a lagging or a coincident indicator? Leading, insofar as it's anything. This 1998 study from the NY Fed <http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/epr/98v04n2/9806bram.pdf> found the Conference Board's index a decent predictor of consumer spending, and the Michigan measure not so good. The CB survey asks people their impressions of the job market, while Michigan doesn't, and relies more on questions like "Is ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 12 14:21:33 PDT 2008

9249 [lbo-talk] Soros -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Hedgers participate > because they must Ah but there's always the selective hedgers! Speculators in disguise.

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9250 [lbo-talk] data revisions -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Seth Ackerman wrote: > > Bloomberg yesterday: >> U.S. Economy: Consumer Sentiment Drops to 26-Year Low >> >> By Courtney Schlisserman >> >> April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers fell to a >> 26-year low after employers fired workers and gasoline prices surged, >> threatening the spending that accounts for more than two thirds of >> the >> economy. >> >> The Reuters/University of ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 12 13:02:22 PDT 2008

9251 [lbo-talk] Soros -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Shane Mage wrote: > Warren Buffet has done nearly as well--and over a longer period--with > absolutely *no* speculation. My definition of speculation is buying securities with the hope of selling them later at a higher price (or shorting them with the hope of buying them back at a lower price, but let's bracket that for now). That's exactly what Buffett does. He buys stocks he thinks are "undervalued" through systematic market misperceptions - of ...

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Date:	Sat Apr 12 10:49:14 PDT 2008

9252 [lbo-talk] Soros -- rank: 1000

On Apr 12, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Eric Draitser wrote: > do any of you take issue with the fact that Soros, like Ted Turner > and Bill > Gates, has invested millions and millions of dollars into population > control/eugenics either through the UN or other private groups? I take issue with a lot of things about George Soros. I don't get your point.

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Date:	Sat Apr 12 06:50:03 PDT 2008

9253 [lbo-talk] Soros -- rank: 1000

The NYT profile of George Soros <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/business/11soros.html> reports that his funds averaged 30.5% a year - after fees! - from 1969 to 2000. That's extraordinary. $1 million invested with him in 1969 would have turned into $3,836,417,487 in 2000. It's amazing how he's one of the greatest speculators of all time but he has this weird social dem philosophy.

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Date:	Fri Apr 11 19:34:43 PDT 2008

9254 [lbo-talk] Goldman on housing -- rank: 1000

[this sounds reasonable to me] [Goldman Sachs] US Economics Analyst Issue No: 08/15 April 11, 2008 US Economic Research Group Taking Stock of the Home Price Downturn * We estimate that falling house prices and lower interest rates have eliminated slightly more than half of the 2006 housing market overvaluation. If prices fall another 10% from their (estimated) 2008Q1 level, as we expect, the resulting 25% peak-to-trough decline would bring standard valuation measures roughly back into line with ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 11 19:13:20 PDT 2008

9255 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood podcast: <http://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/radio-feed.php> iTunes: <http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ viewPodcast?id=73801817> or <http://tinyurl.com/3bsaqb> now also broadcast on KPFA, Berkeley! (details below) "Best Music on an Economics & Politics Radio Show" Village Voice Best of NYC 2005 -------------------------------------------------- Newly/recently posted to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserv ...

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