Emergency in Mexico

1994-12-12 Thread D Shniad
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 05:45:02 -0800 From: La Mujer Obrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Friends: The following is an urgent request we received last night. Therefore we are now asking the caravan to focus as much as possible on these medical supplies. To coordinate with the US groups on the carav

internet left-resources faq

1994-12-12 Thread Jonathan P. Beasley-Murray
I'm revising the information sheet for the marxism list, and wanted to put down a list of other resources for "left-stuff" in cyberspace. At the moment I have the lists left-l, pen-l and marx. I know there's a gopher site for the marx and engels library somewhere, but any other information wo

Entry #1049 of LISTS.TCH-ECON

1994-12-12 Thread Marshall Feldman
Global capitalism under the informational mode of production reaches new heights! Entry #1049 of LISTS.TCH-ECON - Posted on 9 Dec 1994 at 21:33:42 by TELEC List Distributor (011802) Good luck (fwd) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 20:57:24 -0500 (EST) From: "John

Entry #1053 of LISTS.TCH-ECON

1994-12-12 Thread Marshall Feldman
More late breaking news on vertical integration! Entry #1053 of LISTS.TCH-ECON - Posted on 10 Dec 1994 at 19:46:45 by TELEC List Distributor (011802) Re: Good Luck (fwd) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 16:38:12 -0800 (PST) From: "Richard M. Porter" <[EMAIL PROTE

why Jocelyn Elders was fired

1994-12-12 Thread anonymous
why Bill Clinton fired Surgeon-General Jocelyn Elders: he believes that sex belongs in sleazy motel rooms, as God intended.

MICROSOFT AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

1994-12-12 Thread Arthur MacEwan
MICROSOFT Bids to Acquire Catholic Church By Hank Vorjes VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In a joint press conference in St. Peter's Square this morning, MICROSOFT Corp. and the Vatican announced that the Redmond software giant will acquire the Roman Catholic Church in exchange for an unspecified number of

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread kevin quinn
I agree. It's important to see, though, that the taxes paid by the Fed are more than offset by interest payments going the other way--the "more than" serving as operating funds and for the odd ice-sculpture--so that the Fed is in this respect, as a "taxpayer", in a class of its own. (This igno

Re: Announcement for an RRPE Special Issue (fwd)

1994-12-12 Thread haideh
Mark: I think I'm already committed to too many things to be able to contribute to the RRPE special issue on "the future of capitalism". Thanks for the sugges tion! haideh

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread Jim Devine
Kevin Quinn writes: "Isn't most of this the interest earnings on the government securities in its portfolio? So except for earnings on discount loans, we're talking about one hand of the government paying the other hand and then getting it back at the end of the year?" The Fed isn't really "part

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread Doug Henwood
On Mon, 12 Dec 1994, kevin quinn wrote: > Isn't most of this the interest earnings on the government securities in > its portfolio? So except for earnings on discount loans, we're talking > about one hand of the government paying the other hand and then getting > it back at the end of the ye

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread Doug Henwood
On Sun, 11 Dec 1994, Helene Jorgensen wrote: > from 7.5 percent in 1990. I am really surprised, how does the Fed make > this huge amount of money? Just from lending money to commercial bank? If you could conjure money out of thin air and buy T-bonds with it, you too could make lots of money!

Re: federal Reserve taxes

1994-12-12 Thread kevin quinn
Isn't most of this the interest earnings on the government securities in its portfolio? So except for earnings on discount loans, we're talking about one hand of the government paying the other hand and then getting it back at the end of the year? On Sun, 11 Dec 1994, Helene Jorgensen wrote: