--- On Sun, 2/1/09, Jenny Brown <jbrown72073 at cs.com> wrote:
> From: Jenny Brown <jbrown72073 at cs.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Carl Remick
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 10:32 AM
> Ah, it's February 1. I dipped a teaspoon into the
> archives and came out with:
>
>
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2003/2003-March/007742.html
> //
> >/Doug wrote:/
> >/... 70% isn't 90%. 24% opposition at this stage is
> pretty high, and a lot /
> >/of that 70% is soft. In other words, it could be much
> worse. /
>
> IMHO, that's straw-grasping, Doug. Much like saying
> it's a relief there aren't Five Horsemen of the
> Apocalypse.
>
> Carl
>
> *****
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2002/2002-November/026916.html
>
> >/November 17, 2002 /
> >/By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN and TODD S. PURDUM /
> >/ /
> >/... In December 1962, after Jacqueline Kennedy
> complained that /
> >/he seemed "depressed" from taking
> antihistamines for food /
> >/allergies, he took a prescribed antianxiety drug, /
> >/Stelazine, for two days. At other times he took
> similar /
> >/medications regularly. /
>
> Jesus, talk about burying your lead. Stelazine?! That's
> a bit more than an "antianxiety" drug, as one web
> source notes: "Trifluoperazine ( Stelazine ) is an anti
> psychotic drug of high-potency. Used in the treatment of
> disorganized and psychotic thinking. Also used to help treat
> false perceptions (e.g. hallucinations or delusions.)"
> Too bad JFK wasn't taking the stuff a couple of months
> earlier, during the Cuban Missile Crisis ;-)
>
> Carl
>
> *****
>
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2002/2002-December/028310.html
>
> "Great article. There was also an excellent piece in
> the NY Times today (below) about the growing sense of
> alienation being experienced by middle-aged white-collar New
> Yorkers due to prolonged economic weakness. I can personally
> certify that long-term unemployment is both a
> consciousness-raising and ego-razing experience."
>
> ____
>
> Jenny Brown
>
>
> >>>>/ missing Carl Remick. /
> >>>/ /
> >>/ We just missed the anniversary of his death -
> January 7, 2008. I didn't /
> >>/ learn of it, or announce it to the list, until
> February 1. We could /
> >>/ have a collective, secular Jahrzeit on the 1st. /
> >/ /
> >/ That's a great idea. A virtual community like
> ours should have virtual /
> >/ ritual holidays, and this one suits us perfectly. How
> should we mark /
> >/ it? /
>
> >Here's a suggestion. Carl was one of the funniest
> and pithiest writers lbo-talk ever had. On Feb 1, each of us
> who is >interested will search down a favorite Carl post
> and repost it. It'll be an excuse to read through them
> and remember him.
>
> >Michael
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