Weighing the 'Surge'
The U.S. War in Iraq Hinges on the Counterinsurgency Strategy Of Gen.
Petraeus. The Results Have Been Tenuous.
By Sudarsan Raghavan
Washington Post
Tuesday, September 4, 2007; A01
BAGHDAD -- Nearly every week, American generals and politicians visit Combat
Outpost Gator, nest
Reuters.com
N.Korea agrees to disable nuclear program
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL3190702020070903?sp=true
Mon Sep 3, 2007
By Laura MacInnis
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to fully account for and disable
its nuclear program by the end of this year, the top U.S.
I thought the slogan was "nothing is too good for the working class."
On 9/3/07, Eugene Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> Is that ambiguous?
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Jim Devine / "In the years since the phrase became a cliché, I have
received any number of compliments for my supposed ability to 'think
outside th
The New York Times
September 4, 2007
A New Push to Regulate Power Costs
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
More than a decade after the drive began to convert electricity from a
regulated industry into a competitive one, many states are rolling
back their initiatives or returning money to individuals and
busi
Advance IST by 30 minutes, save Rs.10 bn: scientists
Date: Tuesday , September 04, 2007
New Delhi: A group of scientists have suggested that the Indian Standard Time
(IST) be shifted forward by 30 minutes to reduce peak time energy demand and
save at least Rs.10 billion per year.
According
>>President George W. Bush departed from his planned itinerary on
Labor Day to make a surprise visit to reality, later calling the
two-hour stop in the real world "informative."
For Mr. Bush, the visit to reality, while brief, was still significant
because it represented his first visit to the rea
http://www.counterpunch.org/bricmont09042007.html
>A large part of the academic left long ago gave up informing the general
public about the real world in order to debate whether Capital is a Signifier or
a Signified, or worry about their Bodies and their Selves, while preachers
tell their flock
part of the problem is the fact that so much of the anti-war movement
is led by the ANSWER coalition. More important is the fact that so
many people have let that organization's sectarianism deter them from
participating. Of course, another problem is that demonstrations seem
"old hat" and it's har
On 9/4/07, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> part of the problem is the fact that so much of the anti-war movement
> is led by the ANSWER coalition. More important is the fact that so
> many people have let that organization's sectarianism deter them from
> participating. Of course, another p
This photo is somehow funny.
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/122285.html)
Jayson Funke
Graduate School of Geography
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610
"But country music has got to be the supreme example. People work like
dogs, have few or no educational opportunities, live surly lives of
struggle just trying to get by, get their cods shot off for the
amusement of Cheney and Condi, yet, the country music industry sells
even that identity back to
Is Fidel the only person to have actually organized a revolution, and
not lost a grip on reality in the years of retreat, debilitation, and
finally overthrow of the remnants of the October Revolution?
Maybe. Probably.
At the Encounter on Problems of Development, forget if it was the 2nd or
3rd o
*Please forward widely*
Ecological Crisis and Social Transformation:
Joel Kovel speaks on Eco-Socialism for the 21st Century
Friday, September 21
7pm, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings
Room 1900
Admission: Suggested donation $5-10
Joel Kovel is both a scholar and an activist. In the former ca
On 9/4/07, Jayson Funke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This photo is somehow funny.
>
> http://www.reason.com/blog/show/122285.html)
Isn't Wal-Mart the 21st century equivalent of those Satanic Mills that
Marx analyzed?
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Jim Devine / "In the years since the phrase became a cliché, I have
receive
According to Bloomberg, here is at least one instance of a CDO that
was downgraded from AAA all the way down to CCC. This seems a little
extreme even given the excesses of the derivatives markets. Are things
really *that* bad?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSEguZCZ9ZpY
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On Sep 3, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
I don't see how its recent halting moves are directed at
the working class, except in the sense it's waiting to see a more
serious
impact on the the real economy before it eases further, which is
something
less than an declaration of class war.
On 9/4/07, Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The halting moves themselves aren't directed at the working class,
> but the haltingness takes the w.c. in to consideration. That is,
> without the financial crisis, the Fed would be hanging tough, and not
> even the melodramas of recent weeks (w
I think textile/clothing manufacturing in developing countries and
secreted within the developed countries where women make up the bulk of
the production workers are closer than Wal Mart. Or chicken processing
plants. Anywhere.
- Original Message -
From: "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
T
Sounds a little bit like Enron, no? Or even ImClone.
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From: "raghu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:42 PM
Subject: [PEN-L] CDO Speeds to CCC From AAA
> According to Bloomberg, here is at least one instance of a CDO that
> was downgraded fr
Then: "I don't think the administration is about to carry out military
action," he told me. "The military does not want to do this. We will
lose planes if there is a massive air strike over Iran. We'll have
pilots killed and captured."
...Yesterday, I called the official...
Speaking From Experien
In the late 1970s, Paul Volcker "carried in his pocket a little card on
which he kept track of the latest wage settlements by major labor
unions. ... Volcker wanted wages to fall, the faster the better."
--William Greider, Secrets of the Temple, 1987, p. 429 as quoted in
Charles Andrews, From Capi
On 9/4/07, sartesian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sounds a little bit like Enron, no? Or even ImClone.
Oh there is hardly anything unique or special about the financial and
accounting shenanigans at Enron. If only they stopped pretending to be
an energy company and openly admitted what they were
On 9/4/07, raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> debt from structured investment vehicles spawned by Solent Capital
> Partners LLP in London and Avendis Group in Geneva. About $254 million
>
Solent Green is people?
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Sandwichman
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