[PEN-L] Shrimp farming and the tsunami

LA Weekly, OCTOBER 22 - 28, 2004 The Shrimp Factor Did disappearing mangrove forests contribute to the tsunami’s severity? by Judith Lewis Various ecological theories have been floated in the wake of last week’s lethal tsunami, which killed more than 150,000 people and left areas of South and

[PEN-L] Michael Moore decline continues

Q: What do you think of those who say Americans don't trust Democrats on national security? MM: Think it's a problem. The country was brutally attacked. People were afraid. In those conditions, understandable that people want a crazy motherfucker on their side, the guy who will kick ass. Americans

Re: [PEN-L] Michael Moore decline continues

From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q: What's the one-liner for Dems? MM: Hmmm. Maybe, 'We're Going to Kick some Ass. In that case the Dems can start by kicking Michael Moore himself. This is Moore's dopiest collection of remarks ever. BTW, in response to his suggestion for finding our Arnold

[PEN-L] Boxer to Stand With Conyers

Boxer to Stand With Conyers By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Report Thursday 06 January 2005 Sources with Rainbow-PUSH have confirmed that Senator Barbara Boxer of California will stand with House members to protest 'irregularities' during Ohio's presidential election. Details and

[PEN-L] Conspicuous consumption

ECONOMIC SCENE NY Times, January 6, 2005 Doctoral Thesis Says Rich People Spend More on Conspicuous Things By ALAN KRUEGER LONG before Thorstein Veblen coined the term conspicuous consumption, economists from Adam Smith to Karl Marx had argued that people choose to buy some goods because of what

Re: [PEN-L] Conspicuous consumption

Louis Proyect wrote: ECONOMIC SCENE NY Times, January 6, 2005 Doctoral Thesis Says Rich People Spend More on Conspicuous Things By ALAN KRUEGER Now, Ori Heffetz, a doctoral student in economics at Princeton University, has developed the first broad-gauged index of product visibility. Sure

Re: [PEN-L] Michael Moore decline continues

If he was on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here, I might vote for him to eat beetles, if that counts? dd -Original Message- I will state categorically that I for one would not vote for Hanks in any capacity from here to eternity.

[PEN-L] Documentaries on Gay and Lesbian Arabs and Muslims: I Exist and In the Name of Allah

_I Exist_ and _In the Name of Allah_: Documentaries on Gay and Lesbian Arabs and Muslims: http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/01/i-exist-and-in-name-of-allah.html -- Yoshie * Critical Montages: http://montages.blogspot.com/ * Proud of Britain: http://www.proudofbritain.net/ and

[PEN-L] From the Guy Who Brought You the End of History

How Academia Failed the Nation: The Decline of Regional Studies by Francis Fukuyama With the decline of regional studies, many U.S. leaders find themselves unprepared for the demands of foreign policy in the new century. September 11, 2001, was a wake-up call*not just concerning the threat

[PEN-L] Virno #4: Abolition of the wages system?

In post-Fordism, however, since the life of the mind is included fully within the time-space of production, an essential homogeneity prevails. CB: I'm interested in this thesis, but the above seems factually inaccurate. ( I mean if most work in 2004 is in post-Fordism).

Re: [PEN-L] British exceptionalism

There have been many factors, which in my opinion are broadly in conformity with a framework of historical materialism, but it should also be said that the English have been lucky. Randomness is part of a pattern of probability. Chris Burford Quoting Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Leandro

[PEN-L] new radio product

Finally, after a long postscript-writing and holiday merrymaking, five shows have been freshly posted to my radio archive http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html. They are: December 30, 2004 Leslie McCall, professor of sociology women's studies at Rutgers, on inequality in the U.S.

[PEN-L] Stone Age Meterology

Early warning? Ask Nicobar's stone-agersBy Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI - Stone-age tribes living on India's remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands not only survived the devastating December 26 tsunami - triggered by an undersea quake whose epicenter was close to their homelands - but may actually

[PEN-L] overcapacity underestimated in automobile industry.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1384935,00.html Put the brakes on, car firms told Global overcapacity risk revealed Mark Milner, industrial editor Friday January 7, 2005 Guardian The world's car makers are underestimating the extent of overcapacity within the industry, according