[PEN-L] Slick connections: US influence on Iraqi Oil

This has a really good chronological account of different events in which the US influenced the development of Iraq's oil industry. Cheers, Ken Hanly Slick Connections: U.S. Influence on Iraqi Oil Erik Leaver and Greg Muttitt | July 17, 2007 Editor: FPIF Foreign Policy In Focus

Re: [PEN-L] is that your stuff?

The best is last: Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees,

[PEN-L] Solution to the transformation problem--hallelujah!

http://www.marxist.com/reclaiming-marx-capital-refutation-myth-inconsistency190707.htm

[PEN-L] WSJ reporters apprehensive about Murdoch takeover

NY Times, July 19, 2007 At The Gates Murdoch’s Arrival Worries Journal Employees By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA On May 14, more than 100 reporters, editors and executives clustered in The Wall Street Journal’s main newsroom to mark the retirement of Peter R. Kann, the longtime leader of their corporate

[PEN-L] Turkish music on the Internet

I have been meaning to say something about German Radio WDR’s Turkish Language programming, which is about 80 percent music and 20 percent news and phone calls from listeners. You can listen to it from Itunes. Just select Radio from the main menu and then International from the radio menu.

[PEN-L] Rightwing billionaire publisher questions Bush's mental stability

* From: David B. Shemano I would assume that with respect to most things in life, if Richard Scaife had an opinion about it, you would cite Scaife's support as a reason to be against. So, logically, we should assume that Scaife questioning Bush's mental stability means that Bush is likely

[PEN-L] Calculate this

http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=353441 Seth Sandronsky _ Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1

[PEN-L] Marbury versus Jordan

Michael Jordan was no doubt the greater basketball player, but Stephon Marbury's $14.95 basketball shoes elevates him socially and ethically. This makes me all the more determined to root for the NY Knicks even though I expect another disappointing season.

[PEN-L] Young Republican chickenhawks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/generation-chickenhawk-t_b_56676.html

[PEN-L] Tort Reform: More Chicago Contortions

Cass Sunstein is a moderate by today's right wing standards. Here is an example of moderation: Happiness research show that people tend to adjust to traumatic events. At first their self-reported happiness declines and then it move back near where it was before the trauma. I suspect that

[PEN-L] Turkish music on the Internet

Nice review Louis. I am glad that you discovered Dario Moreno. His Mustafa is nice but he has a much greater hit, which is Deniz ve Mehtap, which means Sea and Moon, although Mehtap means more than Moon because of its assoiation with romance and love. Almost everybody in Turkey knows that song