Israel Shrugs Off Warning That US May Trim $9bn Loan Guarantee Package

* Israel shrugs off warning that US may trim $9bn loan guarantee package By Harvey Morris in Jerusalem Published: September 18 2003 5:00 | Last Updated: September 18 2003 5:00 The Israeli government has said it would not be swayed by Washington's warning that it would trim a $9bn (E8bn, £5.7b

S&P: Floating Renminbi would wreck China's banking system

Financial Times; Sep 16, 2003 S&P warns China on floating currency By James Kynge in Beijing Standard and Poor's, the international ratings agency, warned yesterday that allowing China's currency to float would imperil the country's banking system and damage its creditworthiness. The rating agenc

Of barbie dolls and hubris

(I was reading this in Marrakech last week, thought I would post it anyhow even if it's now a bit dated) Maureen Dowd: A lesson in the dangers of hubris By Maureen Dowd (NYT) Friday, September 12, 2003 WASHINGTON: The Saudi religious police are harassing Barbie. The Commission for the Promotion o

Happiness of the Katakuris

Takashi Miike is a Japanese director who seems to make films based on William Blake's precept "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom". His "Dead or Alive" concludes with a cop and a gangster blowing up the world at the climax of a "High Noon" type duel. (http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/myd

belated thanks re Eisenhower

Michael Hoover, Thanks for your post about the Caro book. I wrote a thank-you to you via Pen-L but it never appeared as far as I can tell and I can't find that I actually sent it. Apologies if this is repetitive. The gist of what I said was that I'd heard about Caro and the LBJ destruction of

David Noble versus Simon Fraser U.

Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 18, 2003 Union Chastises Simon Fraser U. for Withdrawing Appointment of Technology Critic By BROCK READ Administrators at Simon Fraser University unfairly restricted David Noble's academic freedom when they rejected a proposal to hire the professor, known for hi

Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

The New York Times, September 18, 2003 Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11 By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 - President Bush said today that he had seen no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as the White House tried to correct an asse

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

Does anybody have a clue about why the Bushies are backtracking? Why is Germany caving and agreeing to help? What does Turkey have to gain by sending troops? Everything seems murky to me at this time. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

- Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Does anybody have a clue about why the Bushies are backtracking? = The Hutton inquiry in Britain is probably making them very anxious and they want to pre-empt any possible moves by Congress to go after th

Yegor Gaidar in Baghdad

NY Press, Sept. 18, 2003 Shock the Monkey Yegor Gaidar brings his heavy bag of instruments to Iraq. by Matt Taibbi I interrupt my campaign diaries to bring the people of New York a startling Holy-Shit-O-Gram from Moscow. Early last week it was announced that the U.S., in the person of L. Paul B

Mike Davis on the California recall

Californian election: is it just about Schwarzenegger? 'People are living on a mountain of sewage' Voters in California were set to go to the polls on 7 October, until the election was postponed this week. When it does take place, the two-part ballot will ask whether state governor Gray Davis sho

Re: China

John and the rest of the gang, I would like to see more about this attitude. I have heard about it, but seen nothing solid. Thanks. John Gulick wrote: > I think the State Department highly frowns on Chinese investment in the > U.S., especially fixed capital investment. Remember a few years back

Re: Some economic comments on disk storage

I found this very interesting. The idea that it is cheaper to send data by ups, wrapped in a computer, rather than over the internet does not jive with the jive about the weightless economy. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

Michael Perelman wrote: Does anybody have a clue about why the Bushies are backtracking? Are they really backtracking? But they're up to their necks in muck, with little propsect of getting out soon. They're going to need some help. Why is Germany caving and agreeing to help? I just interviewed

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

--- Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > > >Does anybody have a clue about why the Bushies are > backtracking? > > > I just interviewed Anatol Lieven, who said he didn't > see much chance > of serious help coming from Europe. And why should > they? He noted > that the

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

>> What does Turkey have to gain by >> sending troops? > > An IMF loan? > > Doug Maybe! But I think it is more complicated than that. First of all, the question is ill-posed. It is not Turkey that is interested in sending troops, if by Turkey what we mean is those 67 million people living there.

Costs of the Occupation (was Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11)

At 7:17 PM -0400 9/18/03, Doug Henwood wrote: I just interviewed Anatol Lieven, who said he didn't see much chance of serious help coming from Europe. * The United States is pushing hard to raise as much as $10 billion for Iraq at a donors' conference in Madrid next month. But the European Un

Turkey (was Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11)

>> What does Turkey have to gain by sending troops? An IMF loan? Doug Maybe! But I think it is more complicated than that. First of all, the question is ill-posed. It is not Turkey that is interested in sending troops, if by Turkey what we mean is those 67 million people living there. Majorit

A question on Indonesia

I know that John Gulick is watching China closely and I was wondering if there is anyone here who watches Indonesia as closely as John watches China. I stopped paying attention to Indonesia about two years ago but was aware of this: "Despite the problems, Indonesia has regained some favor with ov

Turkey

Yoshie: > What are the major Turkish anti-war/anti-occupation activist > organizations/coalitions/networks that US activists should > be aware of? How do we get in touch with them? Try this web site: http://www.peace-initiative-turkey.net They should be able to answer all of your questions. T

20 questions

Title: 20 questions  Editor's Note | The following article appeared in a large, well-known daily newspaper. This, in and of itself, is important. The questions are also important, and deserve answers. - wrp   Go to Original   Why Don't We Have Answers to These 9/11 Questions?   By William Bunch

Howard Zinn on Occupied Iraq, US

http://www.progressive.org/oct03/zinn1003.html An Occupied Country by Howard Zinn The Progressive October 2003 It has become clear, very quickly, that Iraq is not a liberated country, but an occupied country. We became familiar with the term "occupied country" during World War II. We talked of Ger

Re: Some economic comments on disk storage

I found this very interesting. The idea that it is cheaper to send data by ups, wrapped in a computer, rather than over the internet does not jive with the jive about the weightless economy. -- Michael Perelman I heard a rumor from the local healthcare grapevine yesterday that the health care d

Rakesh's notes on the transition

Rakesh thought that these notes might interest the list. I share my attempt to figure out the propositions which are being advanced in the new transition debate between Joseph Inikori, Kenneth Pomeranz, Bin Wong, Jack Goldstone, Philip Huang, Christopher Isett, Robert Brenner, Ellen Wood and other

IMF warns the US

Full report at: < http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2003/02/index.htm > IMF warns trade gap could bring down dollar Charlotte Denny and Larry Elliott Friday September 19, 2003 The Guardian The International Monetary Fund yesterday warned that the colossal United States trade deficit was a

about those steel tariffs

Steel Tariffs Appear to Have Backfired on Bush Move to Aid Mills, Gain Votes in 2 States Is Called Political and Economic Mistake By Mike Allen and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, September 19, 2003; Page A01 In a decision largely driven by his political advisers, President

China: real estate...........

< http://www.feer.com > PROPERTY The Danger of Blowing Bubbles A flood of capital is pouring into property development in China and prices are spiralling upward. Part of the boom is real. But part of it is speculation. If the good times should turn bad, look out By Ben Dolven/SHANGHAI Issue cover

Russia: political ecology

It's Europe's lungs and home to many rare species. But to Russia it's £100bn of wood Sale of forests to private loggers could create ecological crisis Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Friday September 19, 2003 The Guardian A plan by the Kremlin which would allow Moscow to sell off the 843m hectares of

Re: Bush Reports No Evidence of Hussein Tie to 9/11

In a message dated 9/18/03 2:16:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anybody have a clue about why the Bushies are backtracking?  Why is Germany caving and agreeing to help?  What does Turkey have to gain by sending troops? Everything seems murky to me at this time. I