[PEN-L] Fwd: Israel's Maximal Option

-- Forwarded message -- From: Cole, Juan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Israel's Maximal Option My article on the political and military aims of the Israeli government and of Hizbullah is out at Salon.com. Excerpt: Israel has a range of options. It has already made one raid into the south

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

David Shemano: If the imbalance of military power favors the Israelis, why do the Israelis have to give up so many more prisoners than what they receive in exchange? Should it not be the opposite if military power determines the terms of the trade? the exchange shows that the value of an Israel

Re: [PEN-L] the new US DP foreign policy doctrine?

the author (Robert Wright) was once accused of "Marxism" and I wondered what in heck the basis for that barb was. I guess it's his hard-core "base determines superstructure" vision. He seems to believe in a linear causation (with no feedback) from "growth of the world market inside nations" to "de

[PEN-L] quotation du jour

"The situation [in Iraq] seems far more stable than when I was here two or three years ago. The security seems better, people are more relaxed." -- U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, to the NYT while hanging in the Green Zone in Baghdad. -- Jim Devine / "You need a busload of faith to get by."

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour

On Jul 19, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Jim Devine wrote: "The situation [in Iraq] seems far more stable than when I was here two or three years ago. The security seems better, people are more relaxed." -- U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, to the NYT while hanging in the Green Zone in Baghdad.

Re: [PEN-L] Another 9-11 conspiracy

When the Boss Gets Option Grants, It's Time to Buy July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Want to profit like a chief executive officer? Then buy shares in their companies as soon as the CEOs are given stock options. An investor who purchased shares of companies, including Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Yahoo!

[PEN-L] Galloway

Watch out, Iran An axis of aggression links Tel Aviv and Washington, with London at the midpoint. And it has Tehran in its sights. George Galloway July 19, 2006 04:05 PM Imagine that Lebanon destroyed every bridge in Israel, blew up the international airport, seized the airspace and turned it i

[PEN-L] alternative quotation du jour

Patrick Buchanan commenting on George Bush: "How much must America pay for the education of this man?" Source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14044.htm (last sentence)

Re: [PEN-L] Another 9-11 conspiracy

On 7/19/06, Jayson Funke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When the Boss Gets Option Grants, It's Time to Buy July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Want to profit like a chief executive officer? Then buy shares in their companies as soon as the CEOs are given stock options. An investor who purchased shares of compan

Re: [PEN-L] Galloway

On 7/19/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Watch out, Iran An axis of aggression links Tel Aviv and Washington, with London at the midpoint. And it has Tehran in its sights. George Galloway July 19, 2006 04:05 PM And it is not just Israel, of course. Barely commented on in the British

Re: [PEN-L] Another 9-11 conspiracy

Once this strategy becomes known, executives could use it to game the system. I have 10,000 stock options. I would like to exercise them pretty soon. To bump the stock up, I get the board to announce that they're giving me a thousand more options. Investors rush in. The stock goes up. I cash

Re: [PEN-L] Another 9-11 conspiracy

Michael Perelman wrote: Once this strategy becomes known, executives could use it to game the system. I have 10,000 stock options. I would like to exercise them pretty soon. To bump the stock up, I get the board to announce that they're giving me a thousand more options. Investors rush in.

[PEN-L] How the free market works.

A couple weeks ago, I forwarded article from the Washington Post describing the perverse nature of farm subsidies going to people who live on land where they no longer farm. Darryll Ray is an excellent agricultural economist who put that program in context. Here is his article: FARM PROGRAM STAT

[PEN-L] An ISR article by Samuel Farber

Sam Farber is a Cuban-American professor at Brooklyn College who basically writes Sovietology and Cubanology type material in the name of socialism. For 3rd camp tendencies such as the British SWP, the American ISO and the intellectuals and the journal New Politics, Farber is an indispensable e

[PEN-L] Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden: Things Come Round Posted on Jul 18, 2006 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060718_tom_hayden_things_come_round/ By Tom Hayden Editor's note: In this essay, veteran social activist Tom Hayden, drawing upon his own rude political awakening to the reality of Israeli and Middle Eas

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

Doug Henwood writes: >> > If the imbalance of military power favors the Israelis, why do the >> > Israelis have to give up so many more prisoners than what they >> > receive in exchange? Should it not be the opposite if military >> > power determines the terms of the trade? >> >> There's no doubt

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

Obviously, the Israelis value their lives more than Arab lives, just as the Arabs value their lives more than Israeli lives, just as every nationality values the lives of its nationals more than the lives of other nationalities, so what is the point? That the Israelis act like a nation-state and

[PEN-L] Just Foreign Policy News, July 19, 2006

Just Foreign Policy News July 19, 2006 In this issue: 1) United States to Israel: you have one more week to blast Hizbullah 2) Israel Violates Law on U.S. Weapons in Mideast 3) An Embodiment of Iran's Long Shadow: Missiles for Hezbollah 4) U.S. Appears to Be Waiting to Act on Israeli Airstrikes 5

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

Are the two statements by David Shemano below consistent? Is he contending that the Arabs (justifiably!) "prefer their own nationals" or agree mutually with the Israeli valuation that 1 Israeli life=20 Arab lives? I agree with Louis: this is ugly stuff.-raghu.>> Hezbollah previously traded one Isra

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

On 7/19/06, David B. Shemano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... the Israelis value their lives more than Arab lives, just as the Arabs value their lives more than Israeli lives ... so what is the point? That the Israelis act like a nation-state and prefer their own nationals? I just don't underst

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

Jim Devine wrote: the point is that the Israelis have the power to impose their valuation on the Arabs. -- Jim Devine / "You need a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed. . Thank you... http://snipurl.com/Peace_out

Re: [PEN-L] Lebanon news from Juan Cole

The ugly stuff is that David is correct. More Iraqis die in a few weeks than the US looses in 3 years. I don't think either party would count one of their lives to be worth one vote in November. At this point, I doubt that the Palestinians put much value on an Israeli life -- If I were in their

[PEN-L] Partition Lebanon?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel Lebanon demands compensation from Israel . Despite international appeals, the Bush administration has refused to press Israel for a prompt end to its campaign against Hezbollah. Instead, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is

[PEN-L] James Petras on the crisis of capital versus the crisis of labor

Crisis of US Capitalism or the Crisis of the US Wage and Salaried Worker? by James Petras www.dissidentvoice.org July 18, 2006 Introduction Progressive, leftist, radical and even a few 'Bearish' Wall Street pundits have been arguing for years about the coming collapse, decline or demise of US ca

[PEN-L] From An American Teacher/Blogger Based In Lebanon On "bullying".

One of the analogies we have used at ACS is that bullies often work “under the radar” of teachers. They cleverly do their dirty work while no one is watching, during the odd moments when the teacher’s attention is diverted. Here’s a message to the world: ISRAEL IS A BULLY. And what do we elemen

[PEN-L] Gaza - Chomsky Interview

YouTube on page: Noam Chomsky reveals facts like the abduction of the two Gaza civilians June 24, BEFORE the Israeli soldiers were captured. Learn the background that the mainstream media doesn't report. http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2006/07/lebanon-israel-facts-media-isnt.html The b

[PEN-L] Mazen Kerbaj, "We Resist: Real News from Beirut"

Mazen Kerbaj's thoughts and drawings from Beirut: -- Yoshie

[PEN-L] Random Information

I don't have this book yet, but I heard her radio interview yesterday and it sounds fascinating. The argument is that slavery was a major factor in determining the system of taxes in the United States. Einhorn, Robin L. 2006. American Taxation, American Slavery (Chicago: University of Chicago P

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

Michael Perelman wrote: Iceland agriculture is doing far better as the glaciers melt. More opportunity for summertime activities too!

[PEN-L] belated response to Gil re Yet another labor-power question

Sorry about the delay in responding to Gil's extensive answer to me on the labour-power question. (As I apologised to him privately, I had to finish up a paper for a conference in Sao Paulo-- for which I leave tomorrow). Gil stressed that his position has evolved since our exchange

[PEN-L] "...an all-out assautl on the Constitution" - Congressional restrictions on judicial review of "The Pledge"

ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_go_co/pledge_protection_7 The House, citing the nation's religious origins, voted Wednesday to protect the Pledge of Allegiance from federal judges who might try to stop schoolchildren and others from reciting it because of the phrase "under God.

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

On 7/19/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't have this book yet, but I heard her radio interview yesterday and it sounds fascinating. The argument is that slavery was a major factor in determining the system of taxes in the United States. Einhorn, Robin L. 2006. American Tax

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

sorry, eighteenth. On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 04:52:52PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: > On 7/19/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have this book yet, but I heard her radio interview yesterday and > > it sounds > > fascinating. The argument is that slavery was a major factor in

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

Sorry again. Greenland. On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 04:47:14PM -0700, Leigh Meyers wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > > Iceland agriculture is doing far better as the glaciers melt. > > > > More opportunity for summertime activities too! -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State Uni

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

Michael Perelman wrote: Sorry again. Greenland. Leigh Meyers wrote: More opportunity for summertime activities too! Also See: Tiny Airborne Particles are a Major Cause of Climate Change A new paper by Dr. Ilan Koren of the Weizmann Institute Environmental Studies and Energy Research Depa

[PEN-L] Fwd: The Wrong Way to Boost Jobs and Incomes

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Wrong Way to Boost Jobs and Incomes Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:12:36 -0400 From: The Bullet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: PHPMailer [version 1.73] X-Mailer: PHPlist v2.10.2 X-MessageID: 18 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with a

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

On Jul 19, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: I just read yesterday's front-page story Wall Street Journal: Lauren Etter. 2006. "Feeling the Heat: For Icy Greenland, Global Warming Has a Bright Side." Wall Street Journal (18 July): p. A1. After years of denying that global warming exis

[PEN-L] Real socialism in action

The following is a post I made to a different forum earlier today. Here is the amazon link for the book I refer to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815339062/sr=8-1/qid=1153188622/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6614545-4382518?ie=UTF8 - All of the following is based upon Han Dongping's The Unknown Cu

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

I don't know about the newspages as a whole, but this was a front page story. Global warming is extending the growing season. The people see the melting glaciers as a hydro power source The story quotes some people that say that the net effect will be negative, but the overall thrust is tha

[PEN-L] stem cell patents

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights is suing to overturn the the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation patents on stem cells. The organization site gives the URLs for the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times articles. The former is especially good http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/n

[PEN-L] a modest blog

I have started a modest blog. So far, just some material that I have posted here. I doubt anyone will find it outside of the list, but Lou tried to set one of for me years ago, & I just let it wither. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel

Re: [PEN-L] a modest blog

If one goes to Google and types in "modest blog" will yours come up? Dan On Jul 19, 2006, at 8:36 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: I have started a modest blog. So far, just some material that I have posted here. I doubt anyone will find it outside of the list, but Lou tried to set one

Re: [PEN-L] a modest blog

URL? > I have started a modest blog. So far, just some material that I have > posted here. I doubt anyone will find it outside of the list, but > > > Lou tried to set one of for me years ago, & I just let it wither. > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State Universit

Re: [PEN-L] a modest blog

I am not good at this sort of thing. http://michaelperelman.blogspot.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

Re: [PEN-L] a modest blog

don't do it Michael! you know that fantastic indexing tool you have, which helps you to maintain an extraordinary rate of productivity? A blog is the opposite. best dd -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent: 20 July 2006 04:50 To: P

Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

Gobal warming is always a mixed blessing -- some benefit, others (the majority) lose.  Here, in Canada, the results are almost uniformly negative from the extinction of the polar bears to the devastation of the pine forests.  This week in my area the temparatures are forcast to rise to plus 40