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586 [lbo-talk] lefty on futbol -- rank: 234

Jordan wrote my thoughts probably better than I would have but I also think that critical/left people have forgone all kinds of opportunities relative to sport and politics. My students are always stumped when I ask why the resent A-Rod getting all that money but don't question Steinbrenner ...

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Author:	Alan Rudy
Date:	Fri Jul 2 13:08:45 PDT 2010

587 [lbo-talk] lefty on futbol -- rank: 234

... soap. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy The Sopranos or Mad Men. Heck, most art museums and dance companies ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Fri Jul 2 12:42:37 PDT 2010

588 [lbo-talk] Enough With the China Shtick Already! -- rank: 234

... version of "who me?" http://www.movietranscriptions.com/271358_The_Sopranos.html You want to watch One True Thing, fine. At ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Tue Feb 2 19:14:42 PST 2010

589 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 234

... Even in the suburbs, > catch the opening sequence of The Sopranos, watch the > progression of houses, from the humble to the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Apr 24 22:41:44 PDT 2010

590 [lbo-talk] Quick question on U.S. hate crime stats by state -- rank: 234

... Even in the suburbs, catch the opening sequence of The Sopranos, watch the progression of houses, from the humble to the ...

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Author:	Max B. Sawicky
Date:	Sat Apr 24 22:11:23 PDT 2010

591 [lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks -- rank: 234

... I think what's important about The Wire and The Sopranos is they got some heavy criticism out there that was ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Tue Apr 6 11:44:32 PDT 2010

592 [lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks -- rank: 234

... they have their sensibilities > honed by complicated shows like The Sopranos, The Wire and Mad Men, > and they go on to ...

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Author:	Eric Beck
Date:	Tue Apr 6 11:28:26 PDT 2010

593 [lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks -- rank: 234

Output has risen more or less continuously, but employment has fallen in absolute terms, roughly since 1979. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Sean Andrews <cultstud76 at gmail.com> wrote: > on the one hand, isn't it a falsehood that we don't make shit?  there > is still ...

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Tue Apr 6 07:49:28 PDT 2010

594 [lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks -- rank: 234

on the one hand, isn't it a falsehood that we don't make shit? there is still a pretty substantial manufacturing sector, but the idea that we don't have one keeps it impoverished in the national imaginary. On the other hand, there are plenty of people who are participating ...

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Author:	Sean Andrews
Date:	Tue Apr 6 06:16:36 PDT 2010

595 [lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks -- rank: 234

... they have their sensibilities honed by complicated shows like The Sopranos, The Wire and Mad Men, and they go on to ...

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Author:	James Leveque
Date:	Tue Apr 6 05:48:03 PDT 2010

596 [lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness -- rank: 234

... other well known side effect, discussed, for >example, on the Sopranos. For that reason I switched over to a Wellbutrin >analog ...

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Author:	shag carpet bomb
Date:	Mon Sep 28 18:25:54 PDT 2009

597 [lbo-talk] let's argue about the cause of mental illness -- rank: 234

I haven't read Let Them Eat Prozac. (I also haven't read the rest of the thread.) I distrust medical studies, especially those run by MDs. In part that is because MDs are not really trained in scientific research, even if they do it. It's like lawyers and scholarship ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Mon Sep 28 00:00:05 PDT 2009

598 [lbo-talk] french love of thugs (with style) -- rank: 234

... Jacksons, John D. Rockefellers. And now the semi- fictional Tony Sopranos. Our most recent thug-with-style, Bernie Madoff, will never ...

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Author:	Shane Mage
Date:	Sat Nov 14 18:42:13 PST 2009

599 [lbo-talk] Real American -- rank: 234

... league baseball.... ever since the strike!" Artie Bucco on the Sopranos after a batter on his team strikes out.

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Thu Oct 30 11:58:26 PDT 2008

600 [lbo-talk] Things I will never understand: Fear of Tax -- rank: 234

ISTR that, years ago, Alan Wolfe drew on data showing increasing rates of tax evasion in Scandinavian countries in the book, _Whose Keeper?_. He said that people were increasingly looking for ways to dodge their tax burden as the power of the narrative that helped people understand why it's important ...

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Author:	shag
Date:	Mon Oct 20 18:04:09 PDT 2008