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11656 [lbo-talk] Pervert's Guide to Cinema -- rank: 1000

<http://www.thepervertsguide.com/> Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire' - Slavoj Zizek THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA takes the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made. Serving as presenter and guide is the charismatic Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst. With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncov ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri May 11 14:49:43 PDT 2007

11657 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 5:30 PM, B. wrote: > Wow, I have to admit, those bikes are pretty kick ass, > esp. the "Gear Up 750" model! You gotta love a product that traces its history back to Uncle Joe <http://www.imz-ural.com/factory/>: "Early in 1941, the first trial samples of M-72 motorcycles were shown to Stalin, who immediately approved production of the motorcycles."

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Date:	Fri May 11 14:41:11 PDT 2007

11658 [lbo-talk] who is the most racist? -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 4:53 PM, BklynMagus wrote: > In fact, the only two things we have in common is > an incredible/indelible fabulousness and the knowledge > that "Gypsy" is the greates piece of musical theater > ever composed. Sometimes you just go too far, Brian! >> Then there's the problem Carroll pointed out, that > the discussion places too much emphasis on individual > attitudes. > > But unless individual attitudes are changed you are never > goin ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 14:12:40 PDT 2007

11659 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 4:08 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: His 9th post of the day. Last warning; next stop, moderation.

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Date:	Fri May 11 13:15:07 PDT 2007

11660 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 4:02 PM, tfast wrote: > Doug, why don't you try crossing that border to find out just how > unguarded > it is? I can remember crossing into the US without so much as > showing a > drivers licence. Those days are gone, the US is an armed camp. I've done so many times, most recently in July and December 2006. Yeah, it's not as mellow as it used to be but there's a long history of peaceful relations between the two countries. > I raised the Canadian model p ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 13:09:16 PDT 2007

11661 [lbo-talk] My Day in the Land of Oppression -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Chris Doss wrote: His sixth post of the day. Rampant overposters get put on moderation.

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Date:	Fri May 11 12:48:51 PDT 2007

11662 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 2:58 PM, tfast wrote: > More seriously the question of Russian economic development might be > usefully posed in terms of whether or not Putin has in mind a > staples based > strategy fro economic development. The Canadian model would be more > instructive than any of the Asian, SEA NICs. Wouldn't that require moving Russia so that it had a 3000-mile unguarded border with the U.S.? Doug

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Date:	Fri May 11 12:38:26 PDT 2007

11663 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 1:58 PM, ravi wrote: > I am curious... what has China created in a global scale? State > sponsored knock-offs like Huawei and ZTE? I can't think of any > (mostly due to my ignorance of China). Do they have a GM, Honda, > Boeing, Citibank, Pepsico, Monsanto, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, GE, > Viacom/Murdoch, Nokia, Microsoft, Google, 3M, .....? They've got Lenovo and Haier, but it was a nation of rice paddies 25 years ago!

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Date:	Fri May 11 11:18:00 PDT 2007

11664 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > What companies > have India and China created that count for anything > on a global scale? Lenovo took over IBM's PC division, for heaven's sake. Haier is spreading around the world. Mittal is of Inidian origin, if not literally Indian. But Russia shoulda/coulda done better, if it had managed the Soviet inheritance better. Leave aside the company question. What are the leading sectors of the Russian economy? Here's what the World Bank ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 11:16:36 PDT 2007

11665 [lbo-talk] Iraq: pressure for withdrawal grows -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Does any of the discussion constituting this pressure focus _at > all_ on > the many permanent bases, costing billions of dollars, that are being > built. Withdrawal from from all the cities of Iraq would NOT be > withdrawal at all if troops remained at those bases. No it wouldn't but they'd be under constant threat of attack, and maybe even under constant attack, so they would not be immune to the pressure for withdrawal. More im ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 10:59:06 PDT 2007

11666 [lbo-talk] Iraq: pressure for withdrawal grows -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] On the other big political issue of the week Iraq Karl Rove and company are steamed that Tuesday's meeting between President Bush and House Republican moderates became public knowledge, the Hill's Jonathan Kaplan reports. LINK But no reading of the riot act will change underlying concerns about the war, and the list of fed-up Republicans is only growing. LINK Perhaps it's a coincidence that the president is now talking for the first time about accepting "benchmarks& ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 10:19:04 PDT 2007

11667 [lbo-talk] Iran's Economic Change (was Russia's economy) -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > In other words, after the reduction of inequality in the early phase > of the revolution, neoliberal reforms began, with the Rafsanjani > administration, which made the inequality of individual earnings rise > sharply, and if the overall inequality has been stable despite that > rise, it is only because of the redistributional impact of the > government's expenditures on entitlements, social programs, and the > like. Th ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 10:14:49 PDT 2007

11668 [lbo-talk] Iran's Economic Change (was Russia's economy) -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > There are many books and articles by Iran Studies scholars that are > worth reading. See, for instance, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani (a professor > of economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University), > "Revolution and Redistribution in Iran: Poverty and Inequality 25 > Years Later," August 2006, > <http://www.filebox.vt.edu/users/salehi/Iran_poverty_trend.pdf>. See, > especially, "Tab ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 09:50:31 PDT 2007

11669 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 3:22 AM, James Heartfield wrote: > Doug: > > "but who said that Russia is just a third world > country being sucked dry of its oil?" > > Maybe I misread, but that did seem to be the tenor of Andie's > contribution. > > "The argument is that Russia is not creating any new industries or > investing > in the capital infrastructure necessary for future prosperity. It's > growing, > but not developing." > > It is not ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 09:45:49 PDT 2007

11670 [lbo-talk] Russia's economy -- rank: 1000

On May 11, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Marvin Gandall wrote: > Politically, it seems to me the Putin regime has played the same > historical > role in relation to emergent Russian capitalism as the TR > administration in > relation to the bucaneering US robber barons. It's easy to forget the intense working class militancy that led the U.S. bourgeoisie into the progressive era. There were populists, socialists, and labor radicals who severely disturbed the peace, and TR & Co. were in ...

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Date:	Fri May 11 09:42:22 PDT 2007