Article on Venezuela poll

August 15, 2004 U.S. can redeem itself after Venezuelans vote By Elliott Young History News Service http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/08/15/f1.ed.col.venezuela.0815.html Venezuela will face the most important election in its history today. For the first time, Venezuelans will vote on

Over 6, 000 US wounded

most in the Afghan case the Taliban gave aid and comfort to terrorists. Cheers, Ken Hanly U.S. Military Wounded Numbers More Than 6,000, Wash. Post Says Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. war on terrorism has wounded about 6,120 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington Post said. Many soldiers

Re: Economics and law

difference in crash impact. Cheers, Ken Hanly Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "ken hanly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Economics and law > Actually I dont think that th

Re: Economics and law

either. Cheers, Ken Hanly http://www.fordpinto.com/blowup.htm The financial analysis that Ford conducted on the Pinto concluded that it was not cost-efficient to add an $11 per car cost in order to correct a flaw. Benefits derived from spending this amount of money were estimated to be $49.5 million

Re: Economics and law

Actually I dont think that the Pinto Case was one of a straightforward cost-benefit analysis and didnt even include matters such as the cost of lawsuits per se except perhaps indirectly since it included the cost of human lives and of injuries. The human life values were themselves based upon gover

Richard Falk on the ICJ decision on Israeli wall.

Kerry is obviously not a whit better that Bush on this matter..If the Israelis just wanted to protect their own territory they could legally build the wall on their territory instead of within occupied territory. The self defence defence is a non-starter. Cheers, Ken Hanly http://www.miami.com

The West's pursuit of democracy in the Arab world

Toronto Star July 20, 2004 Why tyrants rule Arabs For 60 years, the West has propped up Arab despots, creating poverty and illiteracy where education once thrived By Gwynne Dyer It was just a random statistic, but a telling one: Only 300 books were translated into Arabic last year. That is abou

The New School of the Americas

Apologies if this was posted earlier. It seems that renaming is regarded as a good substitute for doing away with torture and repression. Cheers, Ken Hanly http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/35/news-ireland.php LA Weekly July 23 - 29, 2004 Teaching Torture Congress quietly keeps School of

Re: Bush Using Drugs to Control Depression, Erratic Behavior

Joyful gospel songs? Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Carrol Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Bush Using Drugs to Control Depression, Erratic Behavior > Robert Na

Re: What is the total wealth ?

The BSers of the world have united. The revolutionary result is mainstream economics.. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Wh

1.9 billion of Iraqi money to US firms

$1.9 Billion of Iraq's Money Goes to U.S. Contractors By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 4, 2004; Page A01 Halliburton Co. and other U.S. contractors are being paid at least $1.9 billion from Iraqi funds under an arrangement set by the U.S.-led occupation authority

Re: No Bounce for Kerry

Well I think that Plato argued it a bit earlier..in The Republic.. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Carrol Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] No Bounce for Kerry &g

Walmart costs California

Wal-Marts cost state, study says Retailer refutes UC research that claims taxes subsidize wages - George Raine, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Employment practices at Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer with relatively lower labor costs in the retail sector, cost California tax

Fiske on Iraq

August 01, 2004 The War Is a Fraud Robert Fisk, The Independent, August 1, 2004: The war is a fraud. I'm not talking about the weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist. Nor the links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qa'ida which didn't exist. Nor all the other lies upon which we went to war. I'm

First unionised walmart?

Associated Press Quebec Wal-Mart Could Become Unionized 08.02.2004, 07:41 PM A Wal-Mart store in Quebec may become the retail giant's first unionized outlet after the Quebec Labor Relations Board accredited a union there to represent the workers. The Quebec Federation of Labor announced the accre

Insurgent attacks in Iraq

Here is an article by Fisk that shows the degree to which many attacks go unreported. It also shows the typical targets... http://www.counterpunch.org/fisk07292004.html

Big brother's qualifications...

Administration picks disgraced judge for Homeland Security By Michael J. Sniffen and Leslie Miller, Associated Press | July 28, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) A key overseer of the Bush administration's unsuccessful efforts to create a more comprehensive screening process for airline passengers resigned in

Re: Israel pushing for Kurdish state?

plain wrong to put it politely. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Israel pushing for Kurdish state? > I thought we were drop

Re: Israel pushing for Kurdish state? -

reconstructed Saddamites such as Allawi who front for and co-operate with the imperial occupation. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Israel pus

Re: How Mass is Mass Media?

All I know is that Jesus gets to vote first since he saith: He (sic) who is without sin gets to cast the first ballot.. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Dan Scanlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 5:52 PM Su

Rumsfeld ordered attack on Pentagon?!!!\

Full article at: http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030127/nrummy4.html     Right after Labor Day in 2001, Rumsfeld declared "the Pentagon bureaucracy" a mortal enemy of the U.S. The next day, the Pentagon was attacked by terrorists.

Re: It's not about oil

So the moral is that the war is not about oil but about establishing democracy in Iraq I guess. If democracy is not established in Iraq but the oil fields are run by appointees or lackeys of the Bush government of former oil men then this argument doesnt seem very convincing. Cheers, Ken Hanly

Re: Re: Question

I have an article in the Journal of Business Ethics on Rent Control: Hanly, Ken * The Ethics of Rent Control. * Journal of Business Ethics: jbe. MAR 01 1991 v 10 n 3 Page: 189 Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMA

Activisits going to Iraq from Canada

Rosemary Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:35:05 -0500 Subject: FW: I'm leaving for Iraq with the Peace Team and we need your support."Montreal/Ottawa activists joining the Iraq Peace Team, leaving for Iraq, 26 January" Four members of the Ottawa and Montreal communities w

Rumsfeld the artificial sweet guy...

Thought this was interesting. It is from http://aspartamekills.com/mpvalley/ The website is a mixture of fact fiction and some goofy rhetoric. Did you know that the Gulf War Syndrome is a result of drinking warm diet pop? Cheers, Ken Hanly   On June 1, 1977, Donald Rumsfeld became Chairman

words to banish

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current/default.html

GE Strike over health insurance costs

GE Braces For Strike As It Lifts Co-PaysWorkers' Health Costs To Be Raised TodayBy Martha McNeil HamiltonWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, January 1, 2003; Page E01General Electric Co. plans to increase the share of medical costs paid byits workers starting today -- setting the stage f

Turkey gets10% of oil for backing US?

Turkey and the Iraqi oilIraq-Turkey, Politics, 12/28/2002 The Turkish daily Sabah said yesterday that Turkey informed the US officially that it wants a share of the Iraqi oil at a rate of 10%, noting that in case that Washington approves the said request, Ankara will get a 5.5 billion dolla

Re: Re: Re: : United Airlines and market socialism

Are we to understand that Andie is a reborn Justin? Welcome back... Cheers, Ken Hanly (yet to be born again anything) P.S. What exactly does nachgeborenen mean? - Original Message - From: "andie nachgeborenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon

Encouraginge defections or kidnappings?

inspections. Cheers< Ken Hanly P.S. Why doesnt the US just press Inpectors. Guess it is better than "pressurizing" though. December 6, 2002 U.S. Is Pressuring Inspectors in Iraq to Aid Defections By PATRICK E. TYLER ASHINGTON, Dec. 5 - The Bush administration has stepped up pre

Public Opinion Survey Turkey

83 percent of Turks oppose allowing U.S. to use Turkish military bases to attack Iraq Wed Dec 4, 2:03 PM ET WASHINGTON - The following is a summary of results for Turkey from the 2002 Global Attitudes Survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, based in Washington. Opinion on

US parallel legal system

In Terror War, 2nd Track for Suspects Those Designated 'Combatants' Lose Legal Protections By Charles Lane Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 1, 2002; Page A01 The Bush administration is developing a parallel legal

Re: Re: reply to Jim Devine and Thiago on Chomsky

consultant to Bush on the rights of terrorists. Here is a URL: http://www.geocities.com/rajeevgm/lky/ Cheers, Ken Hanly P.S. The post from Doyle sounds similar to the position that SInger would take. - Original Message - From: "Sabri Oncu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEN

Re: Re: reply to Jim Devine and Thiago on Chomsky

- Original Message - From: "Sabri Oncu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:50 AM Subject: [PEN-L:32753] Re: reply to Jim Devine and Thiago on Chomsky > > The "anti-globalization" movement has leaders? > > > > Ian > > No. I am agains

Americans score low on knowledge of Canada

POSTED AT 9:04 PM ESTSunday, December 1 In the shadow of the elephant Canadian Press Montreal - Canadians are much more informed than Americans when it comes to knowing the identity of their neighbours' political leader, national capital and largest city, an opinion poll suggests. The

Re: Re: Re: John Rawls

be faulted for not showing how it is possible within capitalist society to achieve the sort of just society her imagines but he is hardly just expressing middle class pieties. He sketches out the sort of institutions that would be required. Cheers..Ken Hanly. 3) Background Institutions for

Re: Re: John Rawls

the workers will get a larger slice than if the division were equal and there was no motivation to invest. Hence, egalitarianism of the liberal Rawlsian sort could be made into an apologia for capitalism . Cheers, Ken Hanly The argument for the difference principle The argument for the

Aid to Israel, Turkey and Jordan

>From Ha'arretz (sp?) Cheers, Ken Hanly Tuesday, November 26, 2002 Kislev 21, 5763Israel Time: 17:05 (GMT+2) U.S. expected to approve $14 billion aid request By Moti Bassok Israel will today submit a request for $14 billion in economic aid to U.S. National Security

Attack Inspectors or Not

>From the Mirror...(UK) cheers, Ken Hanly WAR, WHATEVER Bush aide: Inspections or not, we'll attack Iraq Exclusive By Paul Gilfeather, Whitehall Editor GEORGE Bush's top security adviser last night admitted the US would attack Iraq even if UN inspectors fail to find weapons. Dr

Re: Re: Re: Birds of a feather

re infants with disabilities. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Doyle Saylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>I Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: [PEN-L:32388] Re: Re: Birds of a feather > Greetings Economists, > Peter D

The Irrelevance of the UN

acknowledges this. The UN is relevant only insofar as it can be interpreted as supporting US policy of replacing Hussein no matter what.. Cheers, Ken Hanly . Nov. 19 - By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Barely two weeks after the United Nations adopted a new resolution on Iraq, the Bush

More on US policy and Iraq Oil

from Sunday Herald (UK) Official: US oil at the heart of Iraq crisis By Neil Mackay President Bush's Cabinet agreed in April 2001 that 'Iraq remains a destabilising influence to the flow of oil to international markets from the Middle East' and because this is an unacceptable risk to the US

Speakers on Mid-East banned from speaking at Concordia University (Canada)

>From the Toronto Star.. cheers Ken Hanly OTTAWA- Montreal's Concordia University was granted a court injunction yesterday that allowed it to bar NDP MPs Svend Robinson and Libby Davies from using its campus to discuss the Mideast conflict. It was a move condemned by Canada's univer

Re: Re: Polluted Air Increases medical expenses:ken hanly

simply will not be met insofar as they create any serious economic disruption. What is the cost of not meeting them? Bombing by Bush! So some environmentalists will howl. The government can point out that it is the protector of jobs economic growth etc. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message

Re: Re: Iran prof. persecuted

If this fellow is sentenced to death how is that he is also sentenced to exile and banned from teaching for ten years? Is he allowed to return from the dead to teach as long as he doesnt insult Islam? Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Mohammad Maljoo" <[EMAIL P

Polluted Air Increases medical expenses

REDUCING POLLUTION COULD CUT MEDICAL SPENDING, ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN HEALTH AFFAIRS. Using air pollution data from the Environmental Protection Agency and averaged data from 1989-91, a study of 183 metropolitan areas found that air pollution significantly increases Medicare recipients'

UN resolutions and Desert Fox (98) and Sept 96 attacks on Iraq

Were there ever any specific UN resolutions giving authority for these attacks? Or were they just carried out unilaterally by the US (and UK) to punish Iraq for its "transgressions"? Cheers, Ken Hanly

At last--actually existing market socialism!

China Seeks 'Socialist Market Economy' VOA News 10 Nov 2002, 13:49 UTC China's Communist leaders say they are building a "socialist market economy." The minister of the Economic and Planning Commission, Zeng Peiyan, says state-owned companies will remain the backbone of the economy, while pr

Nursing shortage (canada)

Jun. 21, 05:11 EDT Nursing crunch will soon tighten, report says OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's nursing shortage will deepen dramatically in the next three years, Ontario research suggests. Ontario is expected to lose 14,000 of its 81,000 nurses due to retirement alone by 2004, Linda O'Brien-Pallas of the

Bombing of Yugoslavian Industrial Plants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information contact: Sriram Gopal: (301) 270-5500 Nicole Deller:(212) 818-1861 Arjun Makhijani: (301) 270-5500 P R E S SR E L E A S E NEW STUDY RAISES LEGAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OVER NATO'S 1999 "PRECISION BOMBING" OF YUGOSLAVIAN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS United S

Building socialism with Chinese characteristics

that is to say--- creating a smooth transition to capitalism.. CHeers, Ken Hanly China rolls out red carpet for capitalists By Hamish McDonald, Herald Correspondent in Beijing November 9 2002 Chinese leaders and delegates listen to the national anthem at the start of the congress yesterday

Re: Re: Re: Re: re: US needs 1.2 million more nurses by 2010

There is a fact sheet here: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/Backgrounders/shortagefacts.htm cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: [PEN-L:32035] Re

Oregon health care measure etc.

from NY Times...cheers Ken Hanly Advocates of drug policy reform were firmly rebuffed, after >several years of winning initiatives around the country. >Voters in Nevada rejected a proposal to legalize small >amounts of marijuana, 61 percent to 39 percent, and Ohio >residents t

Leaked pics of detainees in transport

This seems absolutely gross humiliation combined with arrogant display of sick patriotism..An accompanying poll puts approval of treatment of detainees at over 80 percent. Fascism next? http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/11/08/detainees.pictures/ Ken Hanly

Re: Re: re: US needs 1.2 million more nurses by 2010

There is probably a lot more poaching by Canada from the UK and particularly South Africa etc. then the US poaches from Canada. Our local hospital has two doctors from South Africa and one from Poland, and that is the total number of doctors there. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message

More double standards?

Of course it is doubtful that the US really disapproves of Israel's action. Just going through politically correct motions. Cheers, Ken Hanly Do as we say, not as we do, U.S. affirms Associated Press Washington - The Bush administration renewed its opposition Tuesday to Isr

Re: Re: Re: Re From Toronto Star_Assaults on Public Health Carein

od depends upon good relationships with governing capitalist parties. CHeers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Carrol Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: [PEN-L:31844] Re: Re: Re From Toronto Star_Ass

Carving up Iraq oil

Carve-up of oil riches begins US plans to ditch industry rivals and force end of Opec, write Peter Beaumont and Faisal Islam Sunday November 3, 2002 The Observer The leader of the London-based Iraqi National Congress, Ahmed Chalabi, has met executives of three US oil multinationals to negotiate

Mistry cancels US tour.

--- POSTED AT 11:56 AM ESTSaturday, November 2 Mistry cancels U.S. tour over racial profiling By COLIN FREEZE >From Saturday's Globe and Mail Rohinton Mistry, one of Canada's most celebrated authors, has cancelled his U.S. book tour, complaining that he has fac

Village guards in Turkey

In Kurdish Turkey, a New Enemy Village Guards, Empowered During War, Turn Guns on Returnees advertisement By Karl Vick Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, October 31, 2002; Page A18 UGRAK, Turkey -- The family name translates as "powerful," but by most accounts the Guclus wielded no

UN resolutions that are not enforced

By Maggie Farley, Times Staff Writer UNITED NATIONS -- When President Bush chastises the U.N. for letting Iraq violate 16 Security Council resolutions, what he doesn't mention is that Iraq is not alone. Nearly 100 U.N. resolutions are being violated by other countries, and in many cases, a r

Balines banned from bombed club

targeted Westerners in a club where Balinese were banned. The operation was well-organised and executed and one of the three bombs went off outside the US consulate cheers, Ken Hanly

Re: Re: Re: What is science

There is no such Platonic argument. Thrasymachus in the Republic argues this and gets a good trouncing for doing so at the hands of Socrates. Where do you think that PLATO argues this? Or do you think that Thrasymachus is actually Plato in the Republic. That is an interesting theory. Cheers. Ken

PBM's

from another list: cheers, Ken Hanly > Mail-order medicine >Pharmacy benefit managers say mail-order prescriptions save patients and >their employers money. But some clients and others question just how cozy >PBMs are with the drug companies. > >By SARA FRITZ, Times Washi

Fw: HHS Seeks Science Advice to Match Bush Views (fwd)

Subject: NEWS: HHS Seeks Science Advice to Match Bush Views (fwd) > >HHS Seeks Science Advice to Match Bush Views > > > >By Rick Weiss > >Washington Post Staff Writer > >Tuesday, September 17, 2002; Page A01 > > > >The Bush administration has begun a broad restructuring of the scientific

Re: Why do they hate us?

for their conclusions or rather slurs. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: [PEN-L:30297] Why do they hate us? The Teleg

Re: Open letter to Michael Berube

Heck Louis 5 out of 43 is just over ten percent. Shows that almost 90 per cent of them have an elementary knowledge of history. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: bankruptcy bill and the real estate bubble

Interesting. I kept getting requests to apply for a card from MBNA. I applied and was rejected. Why? Not enough credit info. I havent had any loans or a credit card for about 7 years. I guess that makes me a bad risk. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Per

US policies partly to blame for 9/11 Canadian PM says

PM says U.S. attitude helped fuel Sept. 11 By SHAWN McCARTHY >From Thursday's Globe and Mail Ottawa - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien says the United States and the West must shoulder some of the responsibility for last year's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington because of their wea

Double standards

US attack on Iraq. Often British media are no better than US media on these matters.. Cheers, Ken Hanly

Re: The reluctant imperialists

This is a good parody of US history. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Sabri Oncu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "ALIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:37 PM Subject: [PEN-L:301

Re: ex-URPE member makes good

Muslim government at least in many Arab countries? Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:53 AM Subject: [PEN-L:30144] ex-URPE member makes good > Common D

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: r.biel@ucl.ac.uk

Louis is wrong, Shiva would not survive. She and her arguments would be cut to pieces. (Of course much that Shiva has to say is correct but has already been said by countless other less adorable people)   Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Devine, James To: '[

Re: Indian questions hi-tech agriculture

country. Years of drought, hoppers, disease, but there is always next year. Stoicism and government support are what make Canadian prairie farming drought resistant. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Louis Proyect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Blandford MSA proposals

If anyone has a critique of these I will forward them to the Healthre list whence it came> CHeers, Ken Hanly In my approach to universal health care, www.his.com/robertb/hlthplan.htm I require that there be a mandatory MSA for workers in the same sense as Social Security is mandatory. Some h

Ashcroft's "camps"

General Ashcroft's Detention Camps Time to Call for His Resignation Nat Hentoff VillageVoice.com September 4 - September 10, 2002 Jonathan Turley is a professor of constitutional and public-interest law at George Washington University Law School in D.C. He is also a defense attorney in nationa

OPEC weighs impact of Iraq strike

OPEC weighs impact of Iraq attack U.S. move to topple Saddam could squeeze producers An Iraqi worker tends to the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline in Krkuk, northern Iraq. Iraq cut off oil shipments for a month this spring to protest the Israeli military offensive against the Palestinians. By John W. Sch

Re: Re: From Julian Simon-ites-To Iraqi Stalingrads-More Hyperbole

d Harvey's distinction? Or does he mean something different that what I described above? Cheers, Ken Hanly > >) > > Neither of these characters have anything to do with Marxism, but they > both figure in debates between Marxists over the ecological crisis. For > example, David

universal welfare accounts

Is this a new trend? What are pen's economists take on this.. Can you explain how they work a bit? Cheers, Ken Hanly > "Assessing Welfare Accounts" > > BY: STEFAN FOELSTER > Confederation of Swedish Enterprise > Swedish Re

Kirkup

>From the Assembly of American Turkish Associations... cheers, Ken Hanly Latest News August 13, 2002 One Iraqi obstacle you haven't heard of Asla Aydintasbas,City Limits,The New Republic, 08.07.02 - As Washington finally begins its long-awaited debate over war with Iraq, skeptics are

Pharmacy Benefit Manager charged..

From another list. Sorry about the formatting. Cheers, Ken Hanly Justice Department Gives Pharmacy Benefit Manager Medco 30 Days To Respond to Whistleblower Charges 08/21/2002 The Justice Department has sent a letter to Medco

Afghan Opium Production Increases

>From the Scotsman. Karzai says: "We are determined, like hell, to fight the cultivation of poppy..." Hmmm..... Cheers, Ken Hanly Afghan opium crop back to record levels CHARLES HANLEY in KABUL THE new Afghan government has "largely failed" in its effort to eradica

Re: Re: RE: Re: PK endorses populism?

still think of the Swedish system as progressive when in actuality the progressive features have been flushed down the sewer for the most part. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Doug Henwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, A

Hardly news

but surprising that a significant media head should admit it. From the Press Gazette (UK) Cheers, Ken Hanly CNN chief claims US media 'censored' war By Julie Tomlin Posted 15 August 2002 12:00 GMT Golden: "a reluctance to criticise" US news organisations "censor

Investment Overhang

Could someone explain what Stiglitz means when he speaks of an investment overhang and how it is a problem? Or is it an investment hangover when the champagne no longer flows and the bubbles burst? Cheers, Ken Hanly

Re: Re: Re: Stiglitz interview

out taking advantage of this expertise. Now that is just plain arrogant and stupid period even in terms of their own agenda it seems to me. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "joanna bujes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 19, 20

Re: Stiglitz interview

ly anti-Marxist ( ie. his remarks about the Marxist regime in Ethiopia--even though it certainly was no paradigm of Marxism.) He is simply more realistic and aware of problems and willing to look at and take account of the negative features of the transition to a market economy. Cheers, Ken Hanly Agai

More on the US buildup in the Gulf

>From NY times International. American Arsenal in the Mideast Is Being Built Up to Confront Saddam Hussein By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER ASHINGTON, Aug. 18 - In the first tangible signs of a logistical buildup around Iraq, the Pentagon is sending weapons and other supplies to the Middle Eas

The Anthrax Investigation

>From BBC News Anthrax killer 'is US defence insider' Prof Don Foster analyses the anthrax letters An FBI forensic linguistics expert believes the US anthrax attacks were carried out by a senior scientist from within America's biological-defence community. Professor Don Foster - who helped con

Iraq attack plans

Here is another article detailing some of the preparations in the Gulf area for an attack. It seems that the forces will be ready to attack soon, but of course that does not mean that it will necessarily happen soon. Perhaps Bush will wait for better political weather conditions. Cheers, Ken

Re: Rumours of war on Iraq

. Sorry about duplication Louis' post. GMTA :) Cheers, Ken Hanly Navy gears up in gulf But says there's no Iraq attack in the works By RICHARD SISK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - The Navy has put out contracts for 10 cargo ships to move Army tanks and other equipment t

US opposition to Iraq's chemical weapons just so much gas

>From NY Times International...cheers, Ken Hanly Officers Say U.S. Aided Iraq in War Despite Use of Gas By PATRICK E. TYLER ASHINGTON, Aug. 17 - A covert American program during the Reagan administration provided Iraq with critical battle planning assistance at a time when Ameri

Pakistan reject UN inspection of nuclear plants

So how come Pakistan isnt part of the axis of evil and attacked for developing weapons of mass destruction and ignoring the UN? Cheers, Ken Hanly Pak rejects UN inspection of N-plants UPI [ SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2002 11:16:44 AM ] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not allow UN monitors to inspect its

Of mice and men...

Pig, goat sperm produced by mice By ANNE MCILROY SCIENCE REPORTER >From the Globe and Mail...cheers, Ken Hanly Thursday, August 15, 2002 - Page A7 Researchers have succeeded in getting mice to produce healthy pig and goat sperm, and they say they soon may get the rodents to churn

Re: Backlash in Saudi Arabia

Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0812/p09s02-coop.html Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Pollak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ken hanly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re:

Countering drug ads etc..

>From another list,,, cheers Ken Hanly> Doctors Hear Alternatives To Drug-Firm Sales Pitches > >By Marc Kaufman >Washington Post Staff Writer >Monday, August 5, 2002; Page A01 > >Marcia Drummond sees doctors for a living. On a typical workday, she may >drive fr

Backlash in Saudi Arabia

Backlash in Saudi Arabia By Nawaf Obaid LONDON - As revealed in a recent front-page story in The Washington Post, "Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies," neoconservatives in the US are gaining a wider audience for their attempts to demonize Saudi Arabia. Such jingoistic talk runs counter to the p

Terror threat overblown

Strange the article doesnt mention that there doesnt seem to have been a significant Al Qaeda terrorist act in the US since Sept. 11, almost a year now. None of the periodic warnings have been followed by attacks. Cheers, Ken Hanly' Terror threat overblown, says expert By Christian Bourg

Quote of the day

from the Globe and Mail: cheers, Ken Hanly George W. Bush's declaration to seek out corporate wrongdoers sounds strangely like a burglar calling for better alarm systems. -- Manish Patwari, Montreal

Re: Re: Re: Industrial farming

issues brought up in Louis' post are addressed. eg. the problem of transportation of radioactive materials. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodirradiation.htm#wastegenerate d The stuff about chest xrays is surely irrelevant and implicitly a scare tactic. Cheers, Ken Hanly P>S&g

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