[PEN-L] Harry Magdoff, 1913-2006

2006-01-02 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
John Bellamy Foster's working on a tribute to Harry Magdoff, but in the meantime, here's a list of Harry Magdoff's articles available online, interviews with Magdoff, and books by Magdoff. http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/harrymagdoff.html I have only had a few opportunities to correspond with

[PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
Warning: This film review will reveal the surprise ending of Woody Allen's latest film. If you've seen Annie Hall, I am sure you will remember the scene when Woody (Alvy) and Diane Keaton (Annie) are walking down a city street discussing how dysfunctional their relationship is. They then

[PEN-L] GWB's N.S.A Info Vacuum Backfires

2006-01-02 Thread Leigh Meyers
http://snipurl.com/bush_calling [mp3 Stereo 0:52 min] A new year... A new day. Leigh www.leighm.net Have you seen my newsfeeds?: http://leighmdotnet.blogspot.com/ Got RSS?: http://www.furl.net/members/leighm/rss.xml

Re: [PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Jim Devine
hey, Louis, it's bad form to give away crucial plot-twists, especially those toward the end of the film. However, your review is spot-on. On 1/2/06, Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warning: This film review will reveal the surprise ending of Woody Allen's latest film. If you've

Re: [PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
At 11:10 AM 1/2/2006, you wrote: hey, Louis, it's bad form to give away crucial plot-twists, especially those toward the end of the film. However, your review is spot-on. But I distinctly said at the beginning: On 1/2/06, Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Warning: This film review will

Re: [PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Jim Devine
okay. I forgot that part. They're testing the fire alarms in my office building. My mental state is a lot like Harrison's in the middle of Vonnegut's dystopic Harrison Bergeron, where he is smart and so has to wear a klaxon on his head to make him equal to others. (That short story is a favorite

Re: [PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Carrol Cox
Jim Devine wrote: hey, Louis, it's bad form to give away crucial plot-twists, especially those toward the end of the film. However, your review is spot-on. I've always preferred to know the ending of books, plays, or movies, and have never myself gotten any particular pleasure about

Re: [PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, LP I don't care if you put the ending in. I don't want to see your analysis shorted circuited by clumsy demands about commercial movies. thanks, Doyle On Jan 2, 2006, at 8:12 AM, Louis Proyect wrote: At 11:10 AM 1/2/2006, you wrote: hey, Louis, it's bad form to give away

[PEN-L] King Kong

2006-01-02 Thread Jim Devine
WARNING: I give away a crucial plot detail below. Yes, the ape dies at the end. Whew! that's over. Despite its extreme length, this is an extremely good flick, the reason why God invented popcorn. The special effects, the plot, much of the script, and even the acting are very good. The main

Re: [PEN-L] King Kong

2006-01-02 Thread Walt Byars
Its hard to believe that the movie portrayed Denham as bad as it did the natives. He was a money loving opportunist, and tricked everyone on the boat (although I think to an extent its portrayed as he is the smart guy with a brilliant idea that everyone else won't realize so he'll just have to

[PEN-L] Swans Release: Jan. 2, 2006

2006-01-02 Thread Louis Proyect
http://www.swans.com/ January 2, 2006 Note from the Editor: No New Year's edition would be complete without our Infamous Predictions™ -- a collection of mostly irreverent, sometimes silly, often wishful-thinking forecasts for the year ahead, contributed -- under the present circumstances -- by

[PEN-L] Statisticians Note - Who's Counting: Flu Deaths, Iraqi Dead Numbers Skewed

2006-01-02 Thread Leigh Meyers
ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/print?id=1432589 Who's Counting: Flu Deaths, Iraqi Dead Numbers Skewed The Nobel Prize in Economics, the Stock Market, and Subterranean Information Processing Jan. 1, 2006 — - Fear of an avian-flu pandemic is widespread and growing. It is, of course,

Re: [PEN-L] King Kong

2006-01-02 Thread Jim Devine
On 1/2/06, Walt Byars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its hard to believe that the movie portrayed Denham as bad as it did the natives. He was a money loving opportunist, and tricked everyone on the boat (although I think to an extent its portrayed as he is the smart guy with a brilliant idea

Re: [PEN-L] what's in store in 2006?

2006-01-02 Thread Dan Scanlan
Cliff, You can use Liquid Paper to put a dot on the fifth and seventh fretes. Some instruments also do the third, tenth and/or twelfth frets. It's up to you. Dan On Jan 1, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Jim Devine wrote: [from Juan Cole] Amazing Predictions for 2006 *Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri,

Re: [PEN-L] what's in store in 2006?

2006-01-02 Thread Dan Scanlan
On Jan 2, 2006, at 7:30 PM, Dan Scanlan wrote: Cliff, oops. hit the wrong send button.

Re: [PEN-L] Match Point

2006-01-02 Thread Carl Remick
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] Warning: This film review will reveal the surprise ending of Woody Allen's latest film. Great, now I don't have to watch the thing :) ... Dreiser was a stern critic of the wealthy and even joined the Communist Party at the very end of his life. ... No

[PEN-L] John Bellamy Foster, The Optimism of the Heart: Harry Magdoff (1913-2006)

2006-01-02 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
John Bellamy Foster, The Optimism of the Heart: Harry Magdoff (1913-2006): http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/foster020106.html Yoshie Furuhashi http://montages.blogspot.com http://monthlyreview.org http://mrzine.org