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61 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:30:09 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: > You're out there in fucking Illinois, where the unemployment > rate is 9%, far from Greece or Spain, where it's like 25%. > Easy for you to say. And you & I live in relatively easy circumstances in fucking New York. Once the stones start flying, the glass house is a shambles in short order. -- -- Michael J. Smith mjs at smithbowen.net http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot ...

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Author:	Michael Smith
Date:	Mon Apr 30 22:44:37 PDT 2012

62 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:55 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > "The outcome is devastation and despair, of course. And it's hard to see the > Germans changing." > > Nonsense. What's to despair? Enjoy the battle, winning or losing. You're out there in fucking Illinois, where the unemployment rate is 9%, far from Greece or Spain, where it's like 25%. Easy for you to say. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 20:30:09 PDT 2012

63 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: >I fucking hated Twitter for quite a while. Then eventually I found the instant response/reinforcement thing very compelling. It's very addictive, that little high when you get responded to, favorited, or retweeted. The thrill lasts about 15 seconds, then you want another. It probably destroys your brain, though not in the same way that cocaine does. > > Sounds like the crack analogy is pretty apt to me. Perhaps we should have a twitter intervention for Doug? Miles

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Author:	Miles Jackson
Date:	Mon Apr 30 20:18:22 PDT 2012

64 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

"The outcome is devastation and despair, of course. And it's hard to see the Germans changing." Nonsense. What's to despair? Enjoy the battle, winning or losing. Or are we talking policy here instead of left politics? Carrol

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Author:	Carrol Cox
Date:	Mon Apr 30 19:55:31 PDT 2012

65 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:18:22 -0800 Miles Jackson <milesvjackson at comcast.net> wrote: > Sounds like the crack analogy is pretty apt to me. Perhaps we should > have a twitter intervention for Doug? Naah, the 140-character thing is a godsend. -- -- Michael J. Smith mjs at smithbowen.net http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com http://cars-suck.org When one does a foolish thing, it is right to do it handsomely.

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Author:	Michael Smith
Date:	Mon Apr 30 19:51:06 PDT 2012

66 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

> Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? Yes, let's do that. I fucking hated Twitter for quite a while. Then eventually I found the instant response/reinforcement thing very compelling. It's very addictive, that little high when you get responded to, favorited, or retweeted. The thrill lasts about 15 seconds, then you want another. It probably destroys your brain, though not i ...

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 18:50:06 PDT 2012

67 [lbo-talk] ***SPAM*** Re: Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On 4/30/12 3:01 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > If this is the future of human communication, I'll be putting my > headphones on now, thanks. The party line on twitter is that it's not communication, it's "social grooming" - picking gnats of inspiration from the matted hide of something or other...

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Date:	Mon Apr 30 17:35:35 PDT 2012

68 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

> The outcome is devastation and despair, of course. C'mon, I was looking for a more juicy detail-filled description of said doom and gloom. # "Ants! Ants! Ants!" # -- Karl-Heinz http://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/90asprockets.phtml

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 17:12:09 PDT 2012

69 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > If he's right, and that's what they are and have been up to, if/when it doesn't work ... what do you think is the outcome? Do you think there's a Plan B? If not, they might never realize/admit that Plan A isn't working until it's much too late ... The outcome is devastation and despair, of course. And it's hard to see the Germans changing.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 17:06:22 PDT 2012

70 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

Doug writes: > I like this piece by Yanis Varoufakis, based on a paper by Joseph > Halevi: > > http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2012/04/25/why-wont-germany-turn-joseph-halevis-insightful-analysis-circa-1995/ Very interesting theory. Troubling implications, of course, if he's right ... If he's right, and that's what they are and have been up to, if/when it doesn't work ... what do you think is the outcome? Do you think there's a Plan B? If not, they might never realize/admit that Plan A i ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 16:31:29 PDT 2012

71 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

I think they call it instant gratification. j ----- Original Message ----- On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? Yes, let's do that. I fucking hated Twitter for quite a while. Then eventually I found the instant response/reinforcement thing very compelling. It's very addictive, that little high when you get responded to, favo ...

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Author:	123hop at comcast.net
Date:	Mon Apr 30 15:47:59 PDT 2012

72 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:31 PM, John Gulick wrote: > Don't get me wrong, I'm not burying the list just yet. Thanks. I'm not either.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 14:01:11 PDT 2012

73 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

Jordan: >Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the problem? John: First of all, I'm no better or worse than anyone else on this list. My participation here, with momentary exceptions, has waned for the same reasons as others. I can get quicker, more, and more customized dialogues through other media (although I won't do Twitter!). As others fall away here like myself, there's less of an i ...

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Author:	John Gulick
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:31:31 PDT 2012

74 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

> Or you could start a thread about something more in line with the charter > of the list ... you know, be part of the solution rather than part of the > problem? > > /jordan I have a theory. At a guess most list members are reading and following threats at work, where they are just fucking off web surfing. That's what I used to do when I had a job. More demanding topics tend to get dropped. Livingston's interview was another good one. I noted one thing belongs with the idea that ...

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Author:	Chuck Grimes
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:30:19 PDT 2012

75 [lbo-talk] Spanish promiscuity or German erectile dysfunction? -- rank: 1000

I like this piece by Yanis Varoufakis, based on a paper by Joseph Halevi: http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/2012/04/25/why-wont-germany-turn-joseph-halevis-insightful-analysis-circa-1995/

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 30 13:18:26 PDT 2012