[PEN-L:12764] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-10-03 Thread Richardson_D
News note: You may have noted that when the Senate passed Fast-Track in committee, only Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) was opposed. As it turns out there were several others who would have voted no save for a simultaneous vote on the Senate floor. Nonetheless, the Senate is more and more a

[PEN-L:12765] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-10-03 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1997 Growth in the manufacturing sector continues in September, but at a slower pace, reflecting slower expansion of production and new orders, the National Association of Purchasing Management reports (Daily Labor Report, page A-11)_The

[PEN-L:12768] Blessings of Year 2000 computer problem

1997-10-03 Thread Louis Proyect
GAO sounds Y2K alarm on Army procedures Sharon Machlis (Online News Story, 10/01/97) The U.S. Army may not be able to properly buy, maintain or transport military equipment after Jan. 1, 2000, if its year 2000 efforts don't improve, a congressional watchdog agency has warned. The Army's

[PEN-L:12766] In These Times review of Doug Henwood's Wall Street

1997-10-03 Thread Louis Proyect
NO STOCK ANSWERS A review of Doug Henwood's "Wall Street" James North In These Times, October 19, 1997 Every few months, the Wall Street Journal pits a small group of highly paid financial experts against a dartboard. The Journal tosses its darts at a stock table and then asks the

[PEN-L:12769] How to _really_ get the dirt out

1997-10-03 Thread valis
Is everybody aware of the Bangor [Maine] Clean Clothes Initiative, passed on June 9th? Bangor scooped such to-be-expected precursor towns as Berkeley and Eugene in banning the sale of sweatshop-produced clothing; the first such resolution to actually succeed in North America. See

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1997-10-03 Thread Joe Medley
I thought that some of you would find this note from China News Digest interesting given recent discussions: (1) Workers to Face Tough Times in State Enterprise Reforms [CND, 10/01/97] Premier LI Peng said in his National Day speech on Tuesday that the re-structuring of China's economy and the

[PEN-L:12772] Hegel

1997-10-03 Thread James Devine
Ajit writes:Hegel is a totalizing thinker. Once you get inside of it, there is no way out--there is nothing outside of it. ricardo answers: I think this is a valid criticism; and I think you are correct that pursuing this issue in any complex way will demand a detailed reading of Hegel,

[PEN-L:12773] Re: In These Times review of Doug Henwood's Wall Street

1997-10-03 Thread Tom Walker
The In These Times review of Doug Henwood's "Wall Street" digressed, To use one of the sports metaphors they are so fond of, .199 hitters should get sent down to the minor leagues, not be rewarded with huge contracts. Perhaps this is one great attraction of sports. Sport is the ONLY place I can

New PEN-L Address

1997-10-03 Thread Kevin Batt
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Thanks for this, Max

1997-10-03 Thread Sid Shniad
http://www.eusceptic.org/welcome.html GROUP OBJECTIVES The Group will work on the basis of the following Constitutive Declaration and eventual annexes: EUROPE OF NATIONS - is a practical coordination group open to parliamentarians and groups who support the United Nations Declarations on

UA: PPHI banned, SBSI may soon foll (fwd)

1997-10-03 Thread Sid Shniad
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[PEN-L:12770] Re: truth

1997-10-03 Thread Ricardo Duchesne
Date sent: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 02:45:47 -0700 (PDT) Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ajit Sinha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PEN-L:12722] Re:deconstruction Ajit writes: How can reason be dogmatic, if it is reasonable? ;) I'm not against "critical reason", if by which you

[PEN-L:12767] Mean Greens

1997-10-03 Thread Louis Proyect
In recent weeks the newspaper La Tribuna has reported the emergence of a new group called the Ecological Armed Front (FEA), made up of approximately 60 men, including former members of the Sandinista army, the Ministry of the Interior, the Resistance, and the re-armed contra group

UA: PPHI banned, SBSI may soon foll (fwd)

1997-10-03 Thread Sid Shniad
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 20:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: robert strang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Strang [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Sid Shniad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UA: PPHI banned, SBSI may soon foll (fwd) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN;