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31 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

It is not a myth that the economy is dominated by the Financial leaders of America, especially since the early 20th Century. Presidents - including Bush most recently - are scapegoated for the state of the economy, so that the actual controllers of economic conditions are not held responsible. ^^^^^^^ CB: Bush, Clinton and ...

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Author:	c b
Date:	Wed Jun 15 09:01:25 PDT 2011

32 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

> Anyone who tried that would not be smart. It continues to amaze me the number of supposedly sophisticated leftists who don't know the first rule: Never try to outwit cops. This was true even before those vicious laws were passed making it illegal to lie to the police. Carrol ...

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Author:	brad
Date:	Wed Jun 15 08:22:01 PDT 2011

33 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

martin schiller c b wrote: > It is NeverNeverland notion that elections won't play a big role > in any successful shift of the US to socialism or major left reforms. I've been betting on economic collapse to do the job. 'Successful shift' though ? ^^^^^ CB: The economic collapse will only do ...

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Author:	c b
Date:	Wed Jun 15 08:00:46 PDT 2011

34 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

CB: Do Presidents really have significant effect on the economy ? Isn't this actually a private enterprise system with private sector decisions determining "the economy" ? [WS:] It is far more complicated than that - it really depends on the circumstances. To make a long story short, presidents do not make the economy ...

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Author:	c b
Date:	Wed Jun 15 07:10:48 PDT 2011

35 [lbo-talk] Chalmers Johnson on Tim Weiner on the CIA -- rank: 773

and it's history from the beginning to the end. This is long by web standards but well worth reading IMHO. I think people who know lots about the CIA will like it even more than people who know little: http://www.alternet.org/story/58164/ Michael

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Author:	Michael Pollak
Date:	Sat Jul 28 19:39:32 PDT 2007

36 [lbo-talk] Thoughts on Affirmative Action from Michael "Savage" Weiner -- rank: 773

My recollection was that he wanted the Dean of Journalism Job. On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 12:53:12PM -0700, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > >From his website: I like the idea that he is qualified > because he is a white male, and therefore entitled to > teach at Berkeley, where he says ...

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Author:	Michael Perelman
Date:	Wed Jul 9 13:01:42 PDT 2003

37 [lbo-talk] Thoughts on Affirmative Action from Michael "Savage" Weiner -- rank: 773

.From his website: I like the idea that he is qualified because he is a white male, and therefore entitled to teach at Berkeley, where he says he got a PhD. Would he think that I, a white male, am qualified to teach at Michigan (where I got mine), despite ...

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Author:	andie nachgeborenen
Date:	Wed Jul 9 12:53:12 PDT 2003

38 [lbo-talk] "East Coast" Bob Foster v. Michael "Savage" Weiner -- rank: 773

Wednesday, July 9, 2003 San Francisco Chronicle Savage says he's sorry -- but stays fired Talk show host insists epithets not aimed at people with AIDS Dan Fost, Chronicle Staff Writer <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/09/MN158024. DTL> Michael Savage, the outrageous ...

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Author:	Shane Taylor
Date:	Wed Jul 9 12:23:29 PDT 2003

39 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

DRR wrote: > NATO didn't attack Libya. The United Nations authorized a limited intervention > to save millions of unarmed Libyan civilians from being slaughtered by thugs -- > thugs armed to the teeth with billions of dollars of weapons purchased from > European suppliers, no less. The US-led NATO coalition dominates the UN ...

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Author:	Julio Huato
Date:	Wed Jun 15 06:27:12 PDT 2011

40 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

On 6/14/2011 11:34 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote: > >> > But a smart alleged criminal who knows that this is the game can use >> > the good cop and the dynamic to their advantage. No? > > Anyone who tried that would not be smart. It continues to amaze me the number of supposedly ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Wed Jun 15 05:25:33 PDT 2011

41 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

> > But a smart alleged criminal who knows that this is the game can use > > the good cop and the dynamic to their advantage. No? Anyone who tried that would not be smart.

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Tue Jun 14 21:34:34 PDT 2011

42 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:38 PM, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote: > C.f. Wojtek: > > Kvetching about Democrats seems to fit that mold, >> but it also smacks of juvenile contumacy - I will stomp my feet and >> curse at my mom because she did not give me what I ...

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Author:	Alan Rudy
Date:	Tue Jun 14 19:18:12 PDT 2011

43 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid -- rank: 773

On Jun 14, 2011, at 4:43 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > There's hope for some of the foot soldiers, though. > Which is why I try in my modest way to disenchant > them with the old Whore of Babylon. What's the bait?

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Author:	martin schiller
Date:	Tue Jun 14 17:52:39 PDT 2011

44 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid -- rank: 773

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:14:08 -0400 brad <babscritique at gmail.com> wrote: > How can you talk of the DP as monolithic. There's a fairly straightforward distinction to be made between the institution on the one hand, and the individuals who make it up on the other (particularly ...

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Author:	Michael Smith
Date:	Tue Jun 14 16:43:41 PDT 2011

45 [lbo-talk] Weiner unhid! -- rank: 773

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:38:53 -0400 SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/14/2011 4:32 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > > > No. The only thing you can do is lawyer up and > > refuse to talk to them. > > You mean give them the silent treatment? Actually, I mean ...

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Author:	Michael Smith
Date:	Tue Jun 14 16:26:48 PDT 2011