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9601 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 190

I'm inclined here to take Kalecki's discussion of what he called political business cycles as a starting point. In his famous 1943 article, "Political Aspects of Full Employment" (http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/kalecki220510.html), he wrote: "This state of affairs is perhaps symptomatic of the future economic regime ...

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Author:	Jim Farmelant
Date:	Tue Feb 3 12:56:33 PST 2015

9602 [lbo-talk] Washington State Democratic Party's Central Committee passed a resolution opposing Common Core State Standards -- rank: 190

Nice gesture, but as Batyushka Stalin quipped, how many divisions does the Washington State Democratic Party's Central Committee have? A far more effective approach would be organizing a referendum that legally bans high stake standardized testing in the state, or better yet - makes them meaningless by allowing people to opt ...

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Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Tue Feb 3 06:51:08 PST 2015

9603 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 190

... Feb 3, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: > In recessions doesn't wealth return to its ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Feb 3 06:39:07 PST 2015

9604 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 190

... 2, 2015, at 8:59 PM, Charles Brown <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > They represent monopoly capital . The biggest capitalists make ...

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Author:	Andy
Date:	Tue Feb 3 06:31:46 PST 2015

9605 [lbo-talk] Republicans want recessions -- rank: 190

... 2, 2015, at 8:59 PM, Charles Brown <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote: > They represent monopoly capital . The biggest capitalists make ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Feb 2 18:24:59 PST 2015

9606 [lbo-talk] Reuters on the Biden-Ukraine connection -- rank: 190

"On the methodological point, I was merely trying to bring into sharp relief the gulf that exists between assuming that political actors are trying to influence outcomes (which is obvious and trivial) and assuming that they orchestrate outcomes (which is paranoiac, Protocols-of-the-Elders-of-Zion fantasy). And I ...

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Author:	socialismorbarbarism
Date:	Thu Dec 31 11:31:09 PST 2015

9607 [lbo-talk] Reuters on the Biden-Ukraine connection -- rank: 190

... 28, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > By his own half-joking admission, Joe Biden ...

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Author:	Dennis Redmond
Date:	Wed Dec 30 08:29:10 PST 2015

9608 [lbo-talk] Reuters on the Biden-Ukraine connection -- rank: 190

... 28, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh my. Frighteningly mentally deranged. I can live ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Tue Dec 29 06:53:31 PST 2015

9609 [lbo-talk] Reuters on the Biden-Ukraine connection -- rank: 190

... 28, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh my. Frighteningly mentally deranged. I can live ...

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Author:	MM
Date:	Mon Dec 28 20:08:30 PST 2015

9610 [lbo-talk] Reuters on the Biden-Ukraine connection -- rank: 190

... 28, 2015, at 7:29 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > illustrating how the country's calamitous domestic and ...

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Author:	MM
Date:	Mon Dec 28 17:48:53 PST 2015

9611 [lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially religious ends -- rank: 190

... 24, 2015, at 8:07 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:58 ...

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Author:	Carl G. Estabrook
Date:	Thu Dec 24 19:01:07 PST 2015

9612 [lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially relig ious ends -- rank: 190

Well, Buddhism would certainly argue that good/evil belong to the illusionary world of dualism. So yeah. Joanna ----- Original Message ----- You begin by assuming what is to be argued. "The Good" does not exist, nor does "The Evil." They have no foundation. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo ...

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Author:	JOANNA A.
Date:	Wed Dec 23 17:36:39 PST 2015

9613 [lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially relig ious ends -- rank: 190

You begin by assuming what is to be argued. "The Good" does not exist, nor does "The Evil." They have no foundation. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of JOANNA A. Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Wed Dec 23 17:19:13 PST 2015

9614 [lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially relig ious ends -- rank: 190

This is where it feels that we're playing with words because the realms of the good are discontiguous. And why suppose the good must be immutable? That's why Buddhism is the only thing that has ever made sense to me, because it admits change. So, ultimately, Lenin and Buddha ...

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Author:	JOANNA A.
Date:	Wed Dec 23 17:02:38 PST 2015

9615 [lbo-talk] The misuse of political movements for essentially religious ends -- rank: 190

I would have been pretty isolated politically for the last 45 years or so were it not for radical Christians (esp. Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, & Methodist) Until the prick of a Bishop in Peoria exiled him Father Joe Kennedy was absolutely central to anti-imperialist politics in Bloomington/Normal. And it was ...

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Wed Dec 23 16:44:15 PST 2015