Re: [PEN-L] US EMpire Better than Alternative - Huh?

. Peter Hollings PS: Here's a pleasing, if archaic, example of human diversity: ** Chris Maser Re-learning what we've forgotten ---The !Kung Bushmen of southern Africa, for example, spent only twelve to nineteen hours a week getting food because their work was social and cooperative, which means

Re: [PEN-L] US EMpire Better than Alternative - Huh?

endangered species. Globalization and empire are forces that favor monoculture, the loss of alternatives in the grand human experiment with civilization. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 5:25

[PEN-L] FW: [PEN-L] PK's lucid column

of negative factors, a perfect storm. Peter Hollings PS: An additional factor is that most of the mortgages were packaged into complex derivative securities (Collateralized Debt Obligations) and sold off. Given the now questionable values of these securities, they can no longer be readily traded

Re: [PEN-L] a golden oldie from Juan Cole

volunteered information on the meeting in Paris. Allegedly because of the late timing, Hamilton declined to pursue that lead. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:28 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU

Re: [PEN-L] Libertarians on the Central Banks

is unconstitutional, that its monetary policies have been actually damaging to our interests (causing the Great Depression, etc.), that the FR Act was passed in a highly secretive and devious manner, etc. See Mullins, Secrets of the Federal Reserve and Griffin's The Creature from Jekyll Island. Peter

Re: [PEN-L] stupid computer problem

suggestion would be to reduce the number of entries in the root by grouping them in folders. Of course, It would not do any good to have a single file in a folder. Peter Hollings On Sep 22, 2007, at 7:05 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: I cannot copy files to the root directory of a flash drive. I can copy

Re: [PEN-L] query: economist as hired gun

after 911, was to allow the DOJ a back door into Windows computers.) Don't know of any compensation that he received. Peter Hollings PS: I'm an alum; but that made me all the more pissed off when it happened. -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim

[PEN-L] Monbiot: How the neoliberals stitched up the wealth of nations for themselves

Source: http://business.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2157199,00.html How the neoliberals stitched up the wealth of nations for themselves A cabal of intellectuals and elitists hijacked the economic debate, and now we are dealing with the catastrophic effects George Monbiot Tuesday August

Re: [PEN-L] the glories of financial engineering

that the future will be like the past, either in the structural or parametric aspects of the model. The belief that they are doing good? This would be explained as a natural result of improving the efficiency of the capital markets. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list

Re: [PEN-L] Court Overturns Turk Officers' Sentences in Blast

A bungled false flag operation, it seems. But, who would want to stir up Kurdish separatists? Certainly not Turkey. Perhaps a country that wanted to split them off to unite with those in Northern Iraq? A NATO led Gladio operation? Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list

[PEN-L] FW: UK military fear: middle class could become revolutionary class

Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17587.htm NEWS YOU WON'T FIND ON CNN Economic Armageddon Is Coming By Joel S. Hirschhorn 04/24/07 ICH --- -- Stop being a compliant consumer. Face the ugly truth. Don¹t get fooled by the stock market. Accept the need for

Re: [PEN-L] question on constitutional changes

, corporate personhood, etc., laws that would be extremely unlikely to pass under the current power relationships. See: http://www.nationalinitiative.us/ http://www.nationalinitiative.us/ . Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Hart

Re: [PEN-L] question on constitutional changes

that not be a strategic first target of the initiative system? Peter Hollings (PS: A note on Gravel: It was he that publicized the Pentagon Papers by reading them into the Congressional Record. Unfortunately, it's little noticed that he's running in the 2008 campaign.) -Original Message

[PEN-L] Quote of the Day

Like the sinking of the Titanic, catastrophes are not democratic . A much higher fraction of passengers from the cheaper decks were lost. We'll see the same phenomenon with global warming. -- Henry I. Miller, of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, tells Andrew C. Revkin of The New

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour [was 911 considered/reconsidered ...]

://www.leftgatekeepers.com/articles/IntoTheRingWithCounterpunchOn911 ByMichaelKeefer.htm http://www.leftgatekeepers.com/articles/KevinRyanDeconsructsCockburnsPhy sicsExperetOnWTCCollapse.htm http://911blogger.com/node/5272 Peter Hollings

Re: [PEN-L] The Great Dollar Crash of 2007

with V, it might create an opportunity for China to come in as a white knight, investing US$ in refineries, etc. -- whatever was needed. All of this is not to negate the fact that the lack of diversification in V's economy reduces flexibility and makes it dependent. Peter Hollings -Original

Re: [PEN-L] Software question

article involve a lot of mutual interaction, brainstorming and feedback, all of which might mitigate the phenomena described by Brooks. Those practices, incidentally, were preached by Deming in Japan as well as here in the Total Quality Management movement. Peter Hollings -Original Message

Re: [PEN-L] Dennis Kucinich On War-mongering With Iran

Question 9/11 - Responsible Criticism of the 9/11 Commission Report, http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/) to be impossible, a crime of such proportion that it must be regarded as one of the most important issues of our time. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto

Re: [PEN-L] Dennis Kucinich On War-mongering With Iran

in it, then, given that frame of mind, I would argue that such a government was the supreme threat to peace. If so, then the only thing is to objectively weigh the evidence concerning the hypothesis. Not doing so seems to me to be giving a free pass to the supreme threat. Peter Hollings

Re: [PEN-L] No rights for aliens at US airports

junior people, you encourage them to rat on their seniors. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ken hanly Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:38 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] No rights for aliens at US airports Although

Re: [PEN-L] Why did Saddam become expendable?

for the hanging as a provision in his sentence. It was rigged, and, although Bush blames the Iraqi government for this, it seems the primary beneficiary of the way it was rigged was himself and the USG. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rui

Re: [PEN-L] Why did Saddam become expendable?

to George H. W. Bush Sons. Source: http://waynemadsenreport.com/ Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rui Correia Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 8:38 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] Why did Saddam become expendable? Other US

Re: [PEN-L] Query on Financial Instruments

in a rational market reduced the underwriting risk for an issuer. Moreover, as Black-Scholes became widely accepted, it increased market liquidity for the instruments because participants shared common assumptions as to value. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto

Re: [PEN-L] query: the opposite of a vested interest

Impartial disinterest? Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rui Correia Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 5:29 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [PEN-L] query: the opposite of a vested interest Concerned interest? Altruistic

Re: [PEN-L] query, query, quite contreery

Good catch, ravi. Yes, I confused the two personalities, both of whom are relevant to our subject. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ravi Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:11 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [PEN-L

Re: [PEN-L] query, query, quite contreery

. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:38 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] query, query, quite contreery how does this sound? is it accurate? the production of Linux and other

Re: [PEN-L] The role of U.S. capitalists in cold war policy

. See http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20060919132553106 , http://www.vivelecanada.ca/staticpages/index.php/20060830133702539 and http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52063 . Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [PEN-L] great spoof Dylan/Bush

Try this: http://-paulhipp-.cf.huffingtonpost.com/SUBIRAQIAN%20HOMESICK%20BLUES%20 4.html . Mine had embedded blank spaces, line breaks and . Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Scanlan Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:22 PM

[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] First review of THE HIDDEN HISTORY of 9-11-2001 is now out

Thanks, Paul -- You have done a real public service in producing this volume. I hope that many people who previously had their minds made up will read at least the reviews and decide that the subject at least merits further consideration. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L

Re: [PEN-L] Cindy Sheehan on our government; 9-11-2001

I put my comments at the end. Peter Hollings Paul Zarembka wrote: Listening to Cindy tells me that she calls things as she sees it (Bush as a 'boil' for a much larger 'infection'). Listening to Cindy tells me that she is capable of deciding for herself whether 9-11 was an inside job. She

Re: [PEN-L] pen-l conspiracy? (and other responses)

many people are unaware of this. Perhaps there was a media conspiracy to downplay the story. :-)! Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:51 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [PEN-L] pen-l

Re: [PEN-L] Hijacking and controlling planes into targets on 9-11-2001

defenses would have been effective on that day, but this is more of a conjecture. There is quite a lot of evidence here and I think it should be brought before the American public. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman

Re: [PEN-L] Wall Street opposed to the war?

As in the Chinese proverb, change is opportunity. The big trading firms (sell side) profit from trading opportunities. Institutional investors (buy side) are challenged by it. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Perelman Sent

Re: [PEN-L] Factoid: Can Iran Build A 'Nuke'?

reason Bush/Cheney/ et al. were out to get her: she was getting close to uncovering some nuclear weapons technology that was being sold to Iran by parties connected to the administration. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh

Re: [PEN-L] the war on Iran

FW.) We must do everything in our power to stop this madness. I recommend signing the petition at http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml . Prehaps others know of additional petitions. Peter Hollings Doyle Saylor wrote on Thursday, April 13, 2006 This article indicates this potential bombing

Re: [PEN-L] US Worried About Chinese Influence in Brazil

, this is a very powerful tool for social change. It would not surprise me if the Chinese would be combining these types of programs along with traditional bi-lateral trade agreements. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Brown Sent

Re: [PEN-L] systemic risk angst at the Fed

Raghu -- Yes, my example was simple and relatively non-controversial. But, my point was to get away from the demonizing (if that was the case) of derivatives by looking at a straightforward example of their utility. A lot depends on the specifics of how they are employed. You bring up synthetic

Re: [PEN-L] systemic risk angst at the Fed

I do think that there is danger. All these trading strategies are based on historical estimates of risks and correlations of events and the assumption that this furnishes a reliable predictor of the future. I think it is fair to say that the means by which derivatives achieve their economic

Re: [PEN-L] systemic risk angst at the Fed

Well, one example is that a lender (or originator) can give a prospective borrower a rate lock. I have seen it done for as much as a year ahead for the purchase of a property under construction. The lender seemingly does this by purchasing a put option or something similar. Go back several

Re: [PEN-L] systemic risk angst at the Fed

) should be standardized just like commodity options and should be traded on public exchanges; the derivatives should be valued based on current market prices; and they should be fully reflected on the public financial statements. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list

[PEN-L] FW: [vivabolivar] FW: The Democracy Center On-Line: BECHTEL VS. BOLIVIA: THE PEOPLE WIN!!

I believe Ann Davis was looking for further info on Bechtel vs. Bolivia. Peter Hollings - Original Message - From: Simon Rios [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:27 PM Subject: [vivabolivar] FW: The Democracy Center On-Line: BECHTEL VS. BOLIVIA

Re: [PEN-L] Fitzgerald and NeoCons

Please don't construe this as a negative comment on Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald, but, whether deliberate or not, his delay and the leaks are creating a feeding frenzy in the media that will guarantee a lot of attention to his case. That is good! Peter H Michael Perelman: This one goes much

Re: [PEN-L] Wag the Frogs: Image of how Amercans are unaware of the political damage they may be suffering

[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hollings Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:41 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] Wag the Frogs: Image of how Amercans are unaware of the political damage they may be suffering I picked this up on another list. The Gardiner paper, Study

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour

Title: Message Sabri Paul -- What I meant about "our planet is shrinking" was that the various states, peoples, etc., were becoming more interdependent. By interdependence, I meanpeoples affecting each other in the broad sense.You canobserve this in a variety of ways: the marginalization

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour

to encourage systems of transnational governance and collaboration. Our planet is shrinking, common problems like finite energy, global warming, and pollution are going to be key and the old model of competing states seems unsuited for these challenges. Peter Hollings Sabri: if by system what is meant

Re: [PEN-L] quotation du jour

Oh, Sabri, with no offense to PEN-Lers, I do believe that the A-LIST is one of my most indispensible sources and that's where I picked up the Brzezinski article a full day before it appeared on Information Clearing House. Peter -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [PEN-L] so what of it, hombres?

) to the list. Also, why not have the posts to the list appear as discussion threads on the website? This way, we have the advantages of a site, permanence, as well as email, interactivity. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ravi Sent

Re: [PEN-L] so what of it, hombres?

. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ravi Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:01 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [PEN-L] so what of it, hombres? Just the other day (23/9/05 3:44 pm), Peter Hollings opined: Also, why not have

Re: [PEN-L] need software recommendation

charts side-by-side on a blank worksheet and select the area including both as the print area. If necessary, you can click either or both charts so that the dark squares appear at the corners and drag them sideways to reduce their width, i.e., compress the horizontal dimension. Peter Hollings

Re: [PEN-L] blog interest?

that websites and email provide different, complementary and synergistic functions within an online community. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ravi Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:37 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re

Re: [PEN-L] query

So, there would be a corresponding negative linkage to the unemployment rate? Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Perelman, Michael Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:33 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [PEN-L] query What

Re: [PEN-L] Comcaste

. Incidentally, if blacklisting was used as a tactic against After Downing Street, then it's likely that Comcast wouldn't be the only ISP affected. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:18 AM

Re: [PEN-L] Fwd from Jim Craven: From Operation Northwoods

A PDF of the JCS Northwoods Plan is available at: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/ . A number of other interesting documents are available at the National Security Archive as well. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [PEN-L] People vs Banks

is called simple interest and it is enshrined in banking laws designed to make the stated rate comport with the reality of a calculation that is rational and fair to both borrower and lender (unlike older, discredited amortization schemes such as the rule of 78ths). Peter Hollings -Original

Re: [PEN-L] The economics of incarceration

considering the costs of crime as well as other solutions such as rehabilitation? Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michael perelman Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:42 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L] The economics

Re: [PEN-L] The economics of incarceration

I almost said that, but for the moral hazard. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Doss Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:06 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [PEN-L] The economics of incarceration --- Peter Hollings

[PEN-L] Why the world's elites gnash their teeth.

This is so bad, it's good. An example of the lack of intellectual integrity that is seemingly acceptable at the Hoover Institute, Rice's former home. Peter Hollings February 04, 2005, 7:50 a.m. The Global Throng Why the world's elites gnash their teeth. Do we even remember all that now

Re: [PEN-L] How does privatization threaten Social Security?

accounts would increase capital available for investment in the economy and they might provide a higher rate of return than that implicit in the existing SS system. (It would be interesting to know what the implied rate of return is in our current system.) Peter Hollings -Original Message

Re: [PEN-L] You Got Game Theory!

' And much to our surprise, no one we asked could come up with a good example... mh Below are some examples. I must admit that theory is ahead of practice. Peter Hollings Game Theory and Business Applications (International Series in ... Game Theory and Business Applications (International

Re: [PEN-L] realized capital gains

for physical goods, such as a manufacturer's inventory, but the same general concepts apply. Peter Hollings -Original Message- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of michael perelman Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:20 PM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [PEN-L