Re: [PEN-L] terrorism/arbitrage

2005-07-08 Thread soula avramidis
Terrororist attacks are le like the sting of a wasp inside the armour of the knight. It will not stop the knight's attack it will only make his drive for killing stronger recalling fromAlchemists of Revolution. r. rubensteinAutoplectic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [PEN-L] london bombings

2005-07-08 Thread Chris Burford
and after I had just stuck my neck out claiming that Blair has become the most acceptable face of international finance capital. Yet the London stock exchange hardly wobbled. All other preparatory services seemed to work efficiently. And as I drove into central London in the early evening I

Re: [PEN-L] is Rick Santorum fronting for Tom Walker?

2005-07-08 Thread tom walker
The short answer is no. The male breadwinner model was a problem, it's not a solution. Both mothers AND fathers ought to have the option of working reduced hours at approximately full-time pay so they can spend more time with their kids. The model is Sweden, not Leave it to Beaver America.

[PEN-L] The New Imperialism

2005-07-08 Thread Charles Brown
The New Imperialismby Eric HobsbawmJune 26, 2005The GuardianThree continuities link the global US of the cold warera with the attempt to assert world supremacy since2001. The first is its position of internationaldomination, outside the sphere of influence ofcommunist regimes during

[PEN-L] Rhythm and bullshit

2005-07-08 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/23384/ Rhythm and Bullshit? The Slow Decline of RB By Mark Anthony Neal, PopMatters. Posted July 8, 2005. Yeah, I'm nostalgic: When Mary J. Blige first uttered the opening lines to You Remind Me, it was about making sure that hip-hop remembered that RB came

[PEN-L] Steve Rose

2005-07-08 Thread Max B. Sawicky
The social-democratic constituency, at least traditionally-defined, may be way smaller than you thought . . . http://www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/rose/rose.html Steve is one of EPI's long-standing collaborators in analysis of labor market data, and one of the leading experts on

Re: [PEN-L] Steve Rose

2005-07-08 Thread Doug Henwood
Max B. Sawicky wrote: The social-democratic constituency, at least traditionally-defined, may be way smaller than you thought . . . http://www.emergingdemocraticmajorityweblog.com/rose/rose.html Steve is one of EPI's long-standing collaborators in analysis of labor market data, and one of the

Re: [PEN-L] london bombings

2005-07-08 Thread Shane Mage
Unreal City, A crowd flowed over London Bridge So many. I had not thought death had undone so many. There spied I one I knew And stopped him, crying Tony! You who were with me in the gunship at MyLai! That corpse you planted in your garden-- Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? Oh

Re: [PEN-L] $11 trillion deficit

2005-07-08 Thread Doug Henwood
Not serious at all. Why should the US government, which we can assume for financial if not political purposes to be immortal, use discounted present value accounting? They can tax all they need to. Doug michael perelman wrote: How serious is this?

[PEN-L] new frontiers in law and economics [and a whole lot of other stuff]

2005-07-08 Thread Autoplectic
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070702149.html Bettor Days for Gonzales By Al Kamen Washington Post Friday, July 8, 2005; A21 The money, literally, is moving to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as the pick to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the