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9736 [lbo-talk] RR on W -- rank: 1000

Damn, you can't even trust a professor of political science these days. On Sep 2, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > This is not from RR's diary. It was published as a joke/parody in The > New Republic[an] ...see > > My Lunch With Reagan > by Michael Kinsley > Post date 06.29.07 | Issue date 07.02.07 > > On 9/2/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> [a friend writes...] >> >> Reagan on Bush II (tragic, but funny) >> >> ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Sep 2 09:35:27 PDT 2007

9737 [lbo-talk] Patrick Hughes in New York -- rank: 1000

On Sep 2, 2007, at 5:42 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > New York Lobsters should enjoy Patrick Hughes' exhibition > Perspectrum, at > 1000 Madison Avenue, T + 1 212 439 1700 > > Opening is Thursday, 6 September, 6-8pm > > Exhibition continues till 20 October 2007, Tuesday to Saturday 10am > - 6pm > > www.patrickhughes.com which oddly redirects to: <http://groups.google.com/group/expressive> Did someone hijack the site, James? Doug

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Date:	Sun Sep 2 07:54:54 PDT 2007

9738 [lbo-talk] RR on W -- rank: 1000

[a friend writes...] Reagan on Bush II (tragic, but funny) In case you haven't read yet the Ronald Reagan diaries, the following entry for May 17, 1986 includes the following: "A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne'er-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Sep 2 07:41:36 PDT 2007

9739 [lbo-talk] working class authenticity -- rank: 1000

On Sep 1, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Pish. No one ever complained about Chaplin not living like The Clown, > and 10,000 other examples of performers not bothering to imitate their > performances in their private lives. Jesus, Carrol - it's funny. It's not a moral critique. Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 16:11:40 PDT 2007

9740 [lbo-talk] Iran's Dylan -- rank: 1000

[how many people have been named the "Bob Dylan of _____"? - the father of Iraq deserter Camilo Mejia was known as the Bob Dylan of Nicaragua, e.g.] New York Times - August 31, 2007 Iran's Dylan on the Lute, With Songs of Sly Protest By Nazila Fathi TEHRAN HE plays the setar, a traditional Persian lute, and is a master of classical Persian literature and poetry. But the sounds he draws from the instrument, along with his deep voice and his playful but subtly cutting lyrics about g ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 10:01:28 PDT 2007

9741 [lbo-talk] Fwd: final comment on the mortgage crisis -- rank: 1000

[Bob Wrubel, who had to sign off for a bit because of personal issues, sent this along.\ Begin forwarded message: > Doug, > This comment by GBS on the mortgage crisis comes from Fabius > Maximus, a writer on Defense In the National Interest. Give him a > hat-tip if you use it. > > Bob > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------- > > > (George Bernard Shaw said it earlier and better. The f ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 09:50:19 PDT 2007

9742 [lbo-talk] Mirror neurons -- rank: 1000

On Sep 1, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Chris Doss wrote: > Cats and dogs, not just hoidy-toidy > gorillas, appear to have empathy. I have something like 45 cat-years of experience (having lived with 2 for 20 years, and 1 for 5), and I've never seen a trace of empathy in them. They are consummate narcissists, which, as Freud theorized, is part of their charm (like children and criminals). Doug

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 09:47:13 PDT 2007

9743 [lbo-talk] working class authenticity -- rank: 1000

I dunno, I think it's kind of funny that a guy who built reputation as a gritty guy from the mean streets of Joisey would watch his daughter competing at horse-jumping in the Hamptons, and then retire to hold court at Bobby Van's, surrounded by a bunch of hedge fund hotshots. Maybe you don't. Doug > So? > > Carrol > > Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> [from the Post's Page Six "Sightings" feature] >> >> BRUCE Springsteen, in Bridgehampton to see daugh ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 09:44:28 PDT 2007

9744 [lbo-talk] working class authenticity -- rank: 1000

[from the Post's Page Six "Sightings" feature] BRUCE Springsteen, in Bridgehampton to see daughter Jessica compete in the Hampton Classic, posing with fans after dining in a back corner of Bobby Van's . . .

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 07:45:20 PDT 2007

9745 [lbo-talk] Radar article on "Security" Profiteers -- rank: 1000

On Sep 1, 2007, at 12:54 AM, 3.3.3. wrote: > Anyways, I'm curious why articles like this aren't more common > http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/06/ > george_tenet_paul_bremer_richard_perle_freeh_downing_woolsey.php > > > I'm not a huge fan of NY Media Snark anymore, or Radar actually, > but why are > they the only people doing really clear and easy to understand > articles like > this? They also did the > Neocons-that-were-wrong-but-still-make-mon ...

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Date:	Sat Sep 1 07:24:59 PDT 2007

9746 [lbo-talk] back...again -- rank: 1000

So it looks like the server is back again after going AWOL again. Let's hope it sticks around for a while. Doug

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Date:	Wed Oct 31 19:15:02 PDT 2007

9747 [lbo-talk] The region formerly known as Persia -- rank: 1000

On Oct 31, 2007, at 8:13 PM, Jerry Monaco wrote: > How about calling the topic the intersection of "the set of all those > countries the U.S. is threatening to bomb" with "the set of all of > those > countries that it is too divisive for 'us' to talk about." Not that either. No.

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Date:	Wed Oct 31 18:38:07 PDT 2007

9748 [lbo-talk] 'American kids, dumber than dirt' -- rank: 1000

On Oct 31, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Miles Jackson wrote: > Flynn and other IQ researchers have used a lot of sneaky techniques to > document this. One example: give people a modern version of the > Stanford-Binet and the 1920s version, and assess their score on each > test relative to the validation sample in each time era. What you > find > is that someone who scores average on the modern test scores much > higher > than average on the 1920s test, when compared to people who ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 31 18:18:37 PDT 2007

9749 [lbo-talk] 'American kids, dumber than dirt' -- rank: 1000

On Oct 31, 2007, at 12:58 AM, Miles Jackson wrote: > IQ performance is increasing, but this is obscured by the fact that IQ > tests are standardized so that the average score remains 100, > regardless of raw score. Thus IQ test scores cannot be meaningfully > compared over decades, because the meaning of 100 is always relative > to what the average performance is at a given time. So how do you/we/they know that IQs are rising?

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Date:	Wed Oct 31 09:34:07 PDT 2007

9750 [lbo-talk] Info needed... foreign investment in US assets -- rank: 1000

The official stats on foreign investment in the U.S. are at: <http://www.bea.gov/international/index.htm#bop> and <http://www.bea.gov/international/index.htm#iip>. The BoP data covers flows, and the IIP, stocks (levels, not equities). Right below the IIP section are links to info on MNCs. Doug On Oct 31, 2007, at 9:27 AM, 3.3.3. wrote: > seconded, interested in UK investment or Western European trends... > > On 10/30/07, ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote: >> ...

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Date:	Wed Oct 31 09:23:36 PDT 2007