Re: [Marxism] The Nuclear Power Trojan Horse

2010-02-02 Thread Shane Mage
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:45 PM, S. Artesian wrote: Fossil fuels provide 98% of the

[Marxism] Trees grow at fastest rate in 200 years

2010-02-02 Thread brad bauerly
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Global warming makes trees grow at fastest rate for 200 years By Steve Connor,

Re: [Marxism] Bourgeois worries over debt

2010-02-02 Thread brad bauerly
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == It only amounts to attempts to justify the skewed austerity policies being

Re: [Marxism] Bourgeois worries over debt

2010-02-02 Thread Louis Proyect
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == brad bauerly wrote: It only amounts to attempts to justify the skewed austerity

[Marxism] Cairo Station

2010-02-02 Thread Louis Proyect
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Btw, I discovered that the film with English subtitles can be viewed on Youtube:

Re: [Marxism] glaciergate

2010-02-02 Thread Mark Lause
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Arguments from authority may be correct or incorrect. The point is evaluating what

Re: [Marxism] The Nuclear Power Trojan Horse

2010-02-02 Thread Louis Proyect
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == nada wrote: The Western NGO and Green movement are purveyors, generally, of the

[Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread Waistline2
All of these systems are very easy-to-use from a customer standpoint, they are fast, and they lower the cost of doing business and should therefore lead to lower prices. All of that is good, so these automated systems will proliferate rapidly. The problem is that these systems will

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread Ralph Dumain
I refuse to use self-checkouts under any circumstances. Well, I've done it on Amtrak, but not in supermarkets or drug stores. Hopefully, live cashiers will not be eliminated completely. At 12:12 PM 2/2/2010, waistli...@aol.com wrote: Robots like these will come into our lives much more

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 2/2/2010 9:29:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, _rdum...@autodidactproject.org_ (mailto:rdum...@autodidactproject.org) writes: I refuse to use self-checkouts under any circumstances. Well, I've done it on Amtrak, but not in supermarkets or drug stores. Hopefully, live

[Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread CeJ
Re:Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain It used to be we would lament the massive loss of higher-paying jobs. Now we are supposed to display our solidarity with all the people affected by the loss of lower-paying, non-union jobs. Here in Japan there has been much shift away from normal retail into

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread CeJ
I remember Johnstown, PA and its male population all having styled haircuts (variations on the 70s shag with waves, that made them all look strangely enough like Canadian hockey players). I should have explained, this profusion of styled hairdos was a result of so many wives, girlfriends and

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Setting the record straight

2010-02-02 Thread CeJ
JF:Also, the US by the mid-1970s was being perceived as starting to lose the cold war. Soviet-backed national liberation movements were making progress in Africa, Latin America and elsewhere. The Vietnam War itself, had left the US exhausted with the American public less than eager to see US

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread CeJ
Marshall Brain describes an experience being repeated millions of time by the American people as a whole. An experience and leap in thinking that was the results of a visit to McDonald's. We argued over McDonalds on this very list, as this corporation revolutionized its instruments of production

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Robotic Nation by Marshall Brain

2010-02-02 Thread CeJ
One more thing about McDs. At the retail level, guess what makes them the most money? Well, you might think large-sized set meals, and that is getting close. But the most profitable item is soft drinks. But think about it, they share the profits with Coca Cola and its distributors, and yet soft