[PEN-L] Chipping Away at Roe vs. Wade

Chipping Away at Roe vs. Wade The Los Angeles Times | Editorial Sunday 28 November 2004 With no hearings or debate, the Republican majority this month grafted the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act onto the $388-billion appropriations bill, approved last week. Although the name implies it prot

Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar

The dollar, of course. Devine, James wrote: buy what? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine From: PEN-L list on behalf of Doug Henwood Sent: Sun 11/28/2004 3:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar Hmm with all thi

[PEN-L] What the bleep do we know ? movie on quantum mechanics

"Devine, James" IMHO, the movie's main message is based on the assertion that "since we really don't understand quantum mechanics, new age religion must be okay." Then they throw in a lot of valid ideas such as that habits have a biochemical basis. To liven it up, there put in gee-whiz graphics a

[PEN-L] Jesse Jackson demands Ohio presidential recount, blasts GOP election officials, and says Kerry supports the process

Jesse Jackson demands Ohio presidential recount, blasts GOP election officials, and says Kerry supports the process by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman November 29, 2004 COLUMBUS--Preaching to a packed, wildly cheering central Ohio citizen congregation, Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted the presidential

Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar

Buying? With all this talk about selling? > -Original Message- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Doug Henwood > Sent: maandag 29 november 2004 15:47 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar > > The dollar, of course. > > Devine, James w

[PEN-L] From Black Reconstruction to Operation Dixie

I'm not sure if "circuits of capital" are geographically constituted, but could there be some grid of circuits of capital in the U.S. that isomorphically or homeomorphically maps 1860 to 2004 ? Charles Critical Montages "Method of this project: literary montage. I needn't say anything. Merely

Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar

Leon Kuunders wrote: Buying? With all this talk about selling? Exactly. When else do you buy except when everyone else is selling? Was it better to buy stocks in 1929 or 1932? 1999 or 2002? Doug

Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar

With what? Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ > -Original Message- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug > Henwood > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dolla

Re: [PEN-L] What the bleep do we know ? movie on quantum mechanics

CB: >I saw the movie. The commentators in the movie in no uncertain terms (no pun), consciously argue that QM supports subjective idealism, and refutes the existence of objective reality.< How can you be sure they do so? JD

Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar

> >Buying? With all this talk about selling? > > Exactly. When else do you buy except when everyone else is selling? > Was it better to buy stocks in 1929 or 1932? 1999 or 2002? 2004 or 2006?

Re: [PEN-L] Decline of the dollar

Devine, James wrote: With what? The gold you bought at $250 in 2000, of course. It's $450 now. Doug

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't think that this movie is "immers[ed] in ... the philosophy of Ayn Rand." Nor is it "fascist" as some leftist mag described it. It presents the standard individual (family) vs. society theme (along with the good guys vs. bad guy theme) that shows up

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

On Monday, November 29, 2004 at 16:16:08 (+) Carl Remick writes: >>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>I don't think that this movie is "immers[ed] in ... the philosophy of Ayn >>Rand." Nor is it "fascist" as some leftist mag described it. It presents >>the standard individual (famil

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

From: Bill Lear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Monday, November 29, 2004 at 16:16:08 (+) Carl Remick writes: >>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>I don't think that this movie is "immers[ed] in ... the philosophy of Ayn >>Rand." Nor is it "fascist" as some leftist mag described it. It prese

Re: [PEN-L] Kerala question

Why hasn't equality in Kerala generated more economic growth? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Response Jim C: As someone who has lived and taught in Kerala for several years and as someone w

[PEN-L] Declining Dollar AND what Marx seems clearly to have gotten wrong

Experts on Marx, have a look at this please. The history of the world in Marx’s time was the dawn of capitalism. Capitalism’s bourgeoisie so repelled Marx (as it did Abraham Lincoln, whose famous quote about “monied corporations” and his fear of their upsurgence “until all wealth is aggregate

[PEN-L] No Sharing

Michigan Supreme Court has a majority who are members of Federalist Society. They recently overruled the "Poletown" case precedent in which a previous Michigan Supreme Court upheld a taking of private real property for public purpose in which the "public" purpose was to build a General Motors plant

[PEN-L] ASEAN free trade bloc

HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Business Nov. 29, 2004, 7:11AM World's biggest free trade bloc created in Asia Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos - Southeast Asian nations and China signed an accord today to create the world's biggest free trade area by removing ta

Re: [PEN-L] Celso Furtado

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/2004 4:35:39 PM >>> Obituary Celso Furtado i benefitted greatly from reading several of his books - _economic growth of brazil_, development and underdevelopment_, _economic development of latin america_ re. third book cited above, includes great discussion of chilean

[PEN-L] Debunking free trade

Counterpunch, November 29, 2004 A Look at the Numbers Globalization and Economic Inequality By MATT VIDAL The integration of economic activities across national borders that goes under the name of globalization is effected primarily by economic actors in the private sphere (mainly multinational c

Re: [PEN-L] Thomas Frank book review

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/28/2004 1:50:48 PM >>> In today's NY Times, Thomas Frank reviews a number of books that attempt to come to terms with the USA's recent political evolution, especially around the question of "blue states" versus "red states." <> boston globe/msnbc pundit mike barnic

[PEN-L] online source on German left affairs

for those who read German - the online edition of Neues Deutschland reports on labour and leftist issues in Germany. The reporting is pretty good and the editorials are worth reading at times. http://www.nd-online.de/

[PEN-L] Imperial amoeba digests Ukraine

First assessments of the balance of forces were the Orange camp had peaked too soon and had run out of options. On the contrary it is clear they have the initiative and the agenda. As events unfold, it is clear there is a background only part of which we will ever know. The protesters are well orga

[PEN-L] Farmers and the election

Today's WSJ has a story that to me, at least, was news. "Farmers are happier than they've been in years. Net farm income across the US is expected to jump 24.5% this year." I was unaware of this geographically broad prosperity and now wonder it it might explain much of the red state votes? O

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

Carl writes: > Capitalism's will to mediocrity may not be all there is to the system, but it is one of its worst aspects. Capitalism sucks the creativity out of everything it touches. It's unbeatable in its drive to routinize and stultify.< I don't know about "unbeatable." It's true that capital

Re: [PEN-L] Kerala question

[I am not at all well read in this area but...] 1) Kerala's colonial legacy might be compared to Cuba's colonial legacy - large plantations with a "proletarianized'" work force, well educated and politically mobilized population by regional standards. 2) In Kerala's case this helped lead to high i

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Carl writes: > Capitalism's will to mediocrity may not be all there is to the system, but it is one of its worst aspects. Capitalism sucks the creativity out of everything it touches. It's unbeatable in its drive to routini

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

The existence of science reflects the resistance by scientists. But increasingly much of that has been co-opted by science-for-profit schemes, as in the pharmaceutical industry, or by science-for-war schemes. Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ > -Origi

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The existence of science reflects the resistance by scientists. But increasingly much of that has been co-opted by science-for-profit schemes, as in the pharmaceutical industry, or by science-for-war schemes. Except th

Re: [PEN-L] Kerala question

Just a quick response to point 1. Kerala's colonization cannot be compared to Cuba's. Kerala's govt was historically shaped largely by its autonomy from the colonial govt. The subregions of Travancore and Cochin were ruled by locals who were more socially responsive to their subjects. There are

Re: [PEN-L] online source on German left affairs

Thanks. Perhaps you would draw attention to a particular article from time to time and briefly say why. I see Bisky advises caution about PDS prospects in 2006, despite the successes earlier this year. Chris Burford - Original Message - From: "g kohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

At 5:09 PM -0800 11/28/04, Devine, James posted: November 5, 2004 MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE INCREDIBLES' Being Super in Suburbia Is No Picnic By A. O. SCOTT Like their parents, the children are forced to conform to a society where "everyone is special, so no one is." In the movie's view of things, this

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

Who is it who has painted capital as omnipotent? Not I. Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ > -Original Message- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Eubulides > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L] New Hampshire vote count

I'm forwarding this from the Nader campaign. Dan Scanlan Hello, this is Michael Richardson with the Nader campaign.  I'm here in Concord, New Hampshire at the Legislative Office Building, right outside the State Capital.  We're in the middle of the official r

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

a good movie may be one that provides a mirror for everyone's differing ideology... Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/

[PEN-L] data anyone?

This web site may be of interest. Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ -Original Message- From: James K. Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Friends, The web-site of the University of Texas Inequality Project (UTIP) has an entirely new look,

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

Jim says: a good movie may be one that provides a mirror for everyone's differing ideology... Over on LBO-talk, Brian, who identifies himself as a "queer Buddhist resister," says that The _Incredibles_ is pro-queer [!], celebrating the right to be different, and Justin holds that the movie reflects

Re: [PEN-L] data anyone?

Unfortunately, when I click on the title links to James' papers, I get the message "This page cannot be displayed." Paul P Devine, James wrote: This web site may be of interest. Jim Devine, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ -Original Message- From: James K. Galb

Re: [PEN-L] Kerala question

Just a quick response to point 1. Kerala's colonization cannot be compared to Cuba's. Kerala's govt was historically shaped largely by its autonomy from the colonial govt. The subregions of Travancore and Cochin were ruled by locals who were more socially responsive to their subjects. There are

[PEN-L] November 29, 1947

"November 29, 1947": -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: * Greens for Nader: * Bring Them Home Now! * OSU-GESO: * Calend

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a good movie may be one that provides a mirror for everyone's differing ideology... - A Rorschach blot

Re: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"

- Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know about "unbeatable." It's true that capitalism drives to control all skill, to destroy worker-controlled skills, i.e., to deskill labor (following Marx & Braverman). But workers develop new skills. So the class stru

Re: [PEN-L] spam

I'm playing fast and loose with the term 'multiplier'. In this case, I'm not just thinking of the economic activity that results from spending the revenues generated by advertising but I have in mind both the purposes of the advertising to stimulate greater purchasing (at higher prices) and also in

[PEN-L] good old fashioned budget cuts

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/30/politics/30spend.html November 30, 2004 Congress Trims Money for Science Agency By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 - Congress has cut the budget for the National Science Foundation, an engine for research in science and technology, just two years after endorsing a

[PEN-L] "Proud of Britain": Googlebombing New Labour

"'Proud of Britain': Googlebombing New Labour": -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: * Greens for Nader: * Bring Them Home Now! *

[PEN-L] Saudi Arabia to increase oil production

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=588138 Saudis to soothe oil fears with 37% production boost By Philip Thornton, Economics Correspondent 30 November 2004 The current oil price boom is "significantly" different from the politically driven price spikes of the 1970s, Saudi

Re: [PEN-L] spam

Sounds more like tax burden than multiplier. >I'm playing fast and loose with the term 'multiplier'. In this case, I'm not > >just thinking of the economic activity that results from spending the >revenues generated by advertising but I have in mind both the purposes of >the advertising to stimula

[PEN-L] capital as an unbeatable telos/dream

[was: RE: [PEN-L] "the Incredibles"] I wrote: >>I don't know about "unbeatable." It's true that capitalism drives to control all skill, to destroy worker-controlled skills, i.e., to deskill labor (following Marx & Braverman). But workers develop new skills. So the class struggle isn't totally ove

Re: [PEN-L] capital as an unbeatable telos/dream

I was responding to issues raised in the thread, which had *multiple* participants. Please don't overinterpret everything I write as responding directly to *you*. Jeebus - Original Message - From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2

[PEN-L] "Marx seems clearly to have gotten wrong"

Marx was clearly wrong if he ever suggested physical uprising was the only way to change<< He did not. But he considered that capitalist power is inseparable from the potential use of force. It is usually the bourgeoisie that puts the bayonet first on the agenda. It is a fair reading of Marx that h