Re: [PEN-L] James Wolcott on pajamasmedia.com

Louis Proyect quoted Wolcott: > and this > inveterate stirpot, whose presence all decent men > and women should shun > until proper disinfectant can be found. In the original "this inveterate stirpot" is a link that takes the reader to a Ledeen's profile at Pajama. Speaking of Creepy Ledeen, cons

[PEN-L] James Wolcott on pajamasmedia.com

(Wolcott used to write for the Village Voice. He knows Corn and Cooper well, I would assume.) http://jameswolcott.com/ Pajama Bottoms Posted by James Wolcott I recognize that it is not always easy to be fastidious about the company one keeps. You can find yourself being introduced to the most aw

[PEN-L] Marc Cooper's co-editor involved with Plamegate

(After I posted about Eric Posner, Danny Postel and Marc Cooper, Tom Walker reminded PEN-L'ers that Cooper is on the same editorial board as Michael Ledeen. http://www.pajamasmedia.com/ has not launched formally yet, but Cooper and fellow Nation Magazine figure David Corn are sharing editorial

Re: [PEN-L] Productivity

Mohammad Maljoo wrote: > It’s really interesting. Well, is there any > theoretical explanation for this > riddle? >> to everyone's surprise there was little (if >> any) fall in production >> and in some factories output actually increased. As a matter of fact there is: S.J. Chapman's 1909 the

[PEN-L] Marc Cooper explains his affinity for Eric Posner

LOL... now crawl back under ur rock Louis.. what a pathetic slug u are!

[PEN-L] Marc Cooper and Danny Postel tout defender of torture and Patriot Act

After spending some more time looking into the background of lawyer Eric Posner whose musings on the trial of Saddam Hussein were endorsed by ex-leftists Marc Cooper and Danny Postel, I discovered that Posner is an outspoken defender of torture and the Patriot Act. Posner on torture:

Re: [PEN-L] Eric Posner and his leftist allies justify kangaroo courts

christ this bad idea has actually got worse since it was proposed in May: http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20050502/008907.h tml even Kudlow, Hugh Hewitt and Glenn Reynolds have apparently had the sense to scarper from this one before they start speaking in tongues. bes

Re: [PEN-L] Productivity

It’s really interesting. Well, is there any theoretical explanation for this riddle? Mohammad Maljoo From: Eugene Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: PEN-L list To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] Productivity Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:19:30 -0800 Further on productivity. Here's a re

Re: [PEN-L] Eric Posner and his leftist allies justify kangaroo courts

Sandwichman wrote: Pajamas Media Editorial Board * Michael Barone * Austin Bay * Tim Blair * Tammy Bruce * Marc Cooper * David Corn * Richard Fernandez * Jose Guardia * Michael Ledeen * John Podhoretz http://www.pajamasmedia.com/ Wow. What a downward s

Re: [PEN-L] Eric Posner and his leftist allies justify kangaroo courts

Lou, Here's another editorial board to sink your teeth into: Pajamas Media Editorial Board * Michael Barone * Austin Bay * Tim Blair * Tammy Bruce * Marc Cooper * David Corn * Richard Fernandez * Jose Guardia * Michael Ledeen * John Podhoretz http://www.pa

[PEN-L] Productivity

Further on productivity.  Here's a recent (?) experience in which productivity jumped when hours were cut.  Margaret Thatcher secured her political future by breaking the coal union during a strike.  But there was an earlier coal strike which the miners won.  The then prime minister, Edward Hea

Re: [PEN-L] personal savings rate

Paul wrote: The treatment of capital gains that Doug mentions creates serious distortions and is a larger example of the problem in a NIPA context (as well as CPS, but not SCF - as Doug shows, it pays to be specific). Since capital gains are not counted as income, *realized* capital gains are n

Re: [PEN-L] Eric Posner and his leftist allies justify kangaroo courts

the argument goes: >Even though the US invasion of Iraq violated international law, it is okay for it to put Saddam Hussein on trial because his evil is equivalent to Adolph Eichmann's. < this kind of logic could get Bush and Cheney into big trouble, if anyone applies it to them. -- Jim Devine "S

[PEN-L] Eric Posner and his leftist allies justify kangaroo courts

As comrades know, I try to keep track of what rightwing social democrats and liberals are saying on the Internet. Sometimes, I feel like I am trudging through the sewer when I look in on red-baiter Leo Casey's mailing list, the "decent left" pro-war blogs, etc. Most days I don't have anything to s

[PEN-L] SCOTUS

I couldn't find this in he media: when Bush announced his appointment of Scalito to SCOTUS on Halloween, was he wearing a hockey mask? -- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.

Re: [PEN-L] merchant capital

Anthony just the capitalism must be seen within the global framework and that manufacturing is not disappearing. He is absolutely correct, but I was writing about -- if not absolutely clearly -- how things are playing out within the United States. Design is certainly moving rapidly toward Asia

Re: [PEN-L] merchant capital

There are couple of more things to consider: research, design, and development. In most production, esp those in the "high tech" sectors, research is still an OECD monopoly. Some design is being done in East Asia (and perhaps India in some areas), and most development where manufacturing is grou

[PEN-L] merchant capital

I just found this regarding my speculation about the disappearing dynamic of US capital. I am thinking of a trajectory in which the US follows the British example of sliding into irrelevance by disrearding the missing part of the C-M-C circuit. Wetor, Paul [Wauwatosa, Wis.] 2005. "Letter to the

Re: [PEN-L] personal savings rate

Thanks to Doug for the response and clarification of my examples (and apologies, as usual, for the delayed response). I believe Doug would agree with the 2 main points (the shakiness of the savings rate figures and the financing of the transition to the New Inequality by Asian surpluses which wil