This is one of the most useful listservs. Its weekly posts are quite
short and invariably interesting.
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Forwarded by our good friend Jane:
Memo from a Blonde Y2K Programmer:
I hope I haven't misunderstood your instructions, because to be honest,
none of the panic surrounding this "Y" to "K" date problem makes any sense
to me. My assignment has been completed on time, and way under budget.
At
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Curious George Talks the Market
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THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM:
Open Society Endangered.
By George Soros.
The epic, slow-motion crisis unraveling the global economic system
continues to gather momentum, taking down Southeast Asia, Japan,
Russia,
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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:16:17 +0900
From: Hendrik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [NS] Food shortages ahead?
This is a digest of 3 messages sent by Hendrik:
NORTH KOREANS RESORT TO CANNIBALISM TO SURVIVE
By Hyun-Sung Khang Yanji
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I agree completely with everything you say. Wearing my cynical hat
today, I would say that those who buy the major parties abhor nothing
more than the thought that an un-bought party might get some say.
They're already spinning oiver the Green inspired phaseout of nukes in
germany.
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Subject: [NS] Will Humans Overwhelm the Earth?
-- forwarded article: --
New York Times
December 8, 1998
Will Humans Overwhelm
obfuscation usually reveals a muddled mind, often a mind that is more
comfortable parroting jargon than formulating its own thoughts.
And not one economist in the lot!
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Full text at:
http://www.cybereditions.com/aldaily
We are pleased to announce winners of the
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(Anent the Chomsky article posted by Hendrik on listsource and
forwarded by me to futurework)
I don't know if its because I'm jaded or what, but almost everything
Chomsky says has for me the ring of truth. And you sure don't hear any
of it in the regular media. As I see it, there are only 2
With apologies to the World Federalists of Canada list, I am forwarding
this to the full listsource list, and a few others, some opf whom may
be on listsource. Apologies for double posting.
Caspar Davis
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:00:45 +0900
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catalogue of books by and about Henry George and his legacy.
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PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST, NOT BECAUSE IT IS UNTRUE BUT BECAUSE THE
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harmonious with modern Geonomists like Jeffery Smith.
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At 9:40 PM -0800 12/31/98, Tom Walker wrote:
This is very similar to Thomas Paine's proposal in his Agrarian
Justice and
reflects the principal political commandment of the Old Testament -- the
"Sabbath of the Land".
The a
Dear Friends,
Here is the official release of our CITIZENS' PUBLIC TRUST TREATY. It
is being circulated world wide in English, Spanish, and French, for
signature.
Please circulate it and post it anywhere you have not yet seen it.
Caspar Davis
THE CALL:
We call upon the nations of the world
This explains a lot in a short space.
Caspar Davis
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Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 20:29:40 +0900
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Subject: currency speculation
Hi...
for your information: here is an intersting article - source
eory results only in the sucking up and
retention of wealth by those at the top.
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accumulation.
I'm not holding my breath. In the meantime, I believe that the best we
can do is learn to be more flexible an resilient, boith as individuals
and as communities- see http://www.resilientcommunities.org
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ment both existing and new international obligations,
commitments and expectation to ensure the realization of the global
Public Trust. This treaty will provide an effective means of counteracting
corporate globalization that threatens to undermine over 50 years of
international Public Trust agreements.
Contact
fferent by this time next year, let
alone two years from now.
"A wall of infinite dimension stands before the course of human evolution.
It is the finitude of the earth and its resources."
--Steve Morningthunder
Particularly the finitude of its ability to absorb wastes.
Caspar Davis
This brief statement by Mike Nickerson summarizes the thinking behind
the "Seventh Generation Bill" that he and Joe Jordan, Liberal MP, are
working on for eventual tabling as a private member's bill. It is one
of the more promising initiatives around.
Caspar Davis
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A friend of mine, visiting Seattle from Palo Alto in the mid 70's, when
Seattle was still a reasonable sized city, observed that "courtesy and
civility vary inversely with the population per square foot."
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typically
subtract expenditures on "bads" like crime fighting, fire fighting,
removing graffiti, costs of divorce and disease, etc.
If you need steering to such data, I can help some.
Caspar Davis
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This may only be a published
Thanks, Judyth. Both would be really nice.
Caspar
At 9:15 AM + 12/12/98, Judyth Mermelstein wrote:
Caspar Davis,[EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
A copy of my letter is appened at the bottom.
And right on the button, as usual, Caspar.
Now, my question is "Did you want me to fo
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Read this, and let it really sink in...Then choose how you start your
day tomorrow...
Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood
and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him
how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were
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PUBLICATION GLOBE AND MAIL
DATE: THU DEC.10,1998
Secret memo shows Liberal push on Candu
Loan approval came despite Ottawa's earlier
concern over extending credit to Turkey
SHAWN McCARTHY
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Ottawa
t Associates and Contributors: Dave Cull, Peter
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Ontario; James Gibb Stuart, Scotland; Philip Lyth, New Zealand.
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. Please read it if you haven't seen it yet. If you have,
I apologize for duplication.
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ESSAY: ON COMMUNITY COMPLIANCY
[The following edited excerpts are taken from a nine-page special report
by Karlos deTreaux, Kauai, Hawaii which was sent to all those on the
NHNE mailing list a few
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McCarthyism in America isn't dead, it's
re wasteful and
sociopathic we are the shorter it will be. Yet even I, looking out the
window at trees shrubs and even a few flowers have trouble grokking
what my mind tells me...
Caspar Davis
Victoria, B.C., Canada
A wall of infinite dimension stands before the course of human evolution.
It is the
For those not familiar with Wayne Grytting, he is one of the most
entertaining internet digesters. The firstr story below (not in the
same order Wayne sent them in) is an interesting followup to the
Burston-Marstellar article.
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Excerpt from Top NEWSPEAK Stories of the Month #104
Michael Spencer recently noted (on the futurework listserv) the
sociopathic nature of the publicly-held corporation. The correct word
is sociopath ("a person who lacks social or moral responsibility
because of a mental illness"- World Book Dictionary), not psychopath,
which merely means a person
I thought some might be interested in this comment on Angell Dust:
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Hi Caspar,
some background information on Professor
The global revolt against corporate globalization has begun:
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This article contains very little that is new but it does serve to
remind us of why commodity prices are so low, while retail prices
remain high. It should also give food for thought to those who still
believe that corporate free trade is a boon to all.
Caspar Davis
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With farmers burning Monsanto's test fields of GM cotton and this
boycott, the rebellion against the corporate enclosure of genetic
material has begun. I urge all Georgists and other right thinking
people to participate in any way that they feel is appropriate.
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rded to me by the redoubtable Hendrik,
seems most relevant.
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 23:08:17 +0900
Subject: Burson-Marsteller: PR For The New World Order
by Carmelo Ruiz
The public relations (PR) business is one of the fastest growing
industries
in
n a month of jet lagged travel,
and it costs very little and has little environmental impact.
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Is this for real? Who is this guy? I plead ignorance, but I need to
know if this is straight or satire. And if straight, who he is and what
his sphere of influence.
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employed (and indeed many
of the incarcerated are working for multinationals at less than third
world wages), nor are the 1.5 million in the military.
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* This is the highest per capita incarceration rate in history.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Progressive
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Global Response, this my come
as a pleasant surprise. Global Response is a sort of
Environmental/Human Rights imitator of Amnesty International, and I
think you will enjoy reading of their successes.
Apologies to p[eople already on their list.
Caspar
w and even foreign "investors" to export their wealth today even
as the people languish.
Nevertheless I take Jay's point.It is hard to see how our species can
escape the Reckoning when we are so firmly in the grip of denial.
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finally rises up and probably smashes everything (as
many are doing in Indonesia even as I write)-- which won't really help
anyone.
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A legal battle over whether MICROSOFT CORP legally can fill its
offices with contract workers who are not eligible for company
medical benefits or
afford these fear-driven prejudices.
Caspar Davis
At 3:07 PM -0500 11/20/98, Don Chisholm wrote:
... or by Bertrand Russell, about that time:
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - Friend or Foe
Suppose that, at a given moment, a certain number of people are
engaged in
the manufacture of pins
anadian civil servants who seem to be present in some
force. I better understand the respect in which the Canadian civil
service used to be held, and lament the fact that it has largely been
usurped by neo-classical ideologues, aspecially in the centers of power
like the finance ministry.
I hope that
Giving credit where it's due is as important as assigning blame.
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important than their names sound.
It is so hot in some parts of the world that the people there have to live
other places.
Caspar Davis
Victoria, B.C., Canada
A wall of infinite dimension stands before the course of human evolution.
It is the finitude of the earth and its resources
Here are some intereesting tidbits from the latest issue of the
Georgist News, The Georgist News # 10 - 11/3/98:
snip
Saturday, Oct. 31, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a
major newspaper there, not only endorsed a Georgist
candidate for office, but specifically mentioned the land
tax as a
Forwarded Message, thanks to Michael P:
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:11:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CHOMSKY responds to 11 questions on IRAQ
This post came from Ben et fils nets [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the mai-not sub.
list. Thanks .
I rejustified it to be readable bt text-only browsers, and I fwded
This came to me under the heading, " did someone hijack the new york
times I?"
I think it may be a significant sign that the pendulum has begun to
swing back from totalitarian capitalism.
Protecting the Losers in the Global Spread of Capitalism
By ROGER COHEN
BERLIN -- In Western capitals
Can it be that human curiosity, creativity and cooperation will
overthrow the Titan of Greed?
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Its free and it works.
By John Naughton
London OBSERVER Sunday
I previously sent this to the one list, but I think it bears wider
dissemination and am therefore sending it to some other lists.
Apologies for duplication.
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 17:43:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Weissman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of list
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY AS APPROPRIATE.
While I have been in Australia my message has been honed. Here's my best,
shortest version:
-- We are living in a time when levels of uncertainty have increased by
at least an order of magnitude and will continue to do so. We shall
live in the rapids of
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FINANCIAL WARFARE TO LEAD TO DEMISE OF CENTRAL BANKING?
By Michel Chossudovsky (professor of economics at the University of Ottawa,
and author of "The Globalisation of Poverty, Impacts of IMF and World Bank
Reforms", Third World Network, Penang and Zed Books, London, 1997.)
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Below is a background info about my book. I will very much appreciate
if you pass it on to concerned groups and activists. I am really
depending on you for publicity. Zed Books, London and Fernwood
Books, Canada have asked me for the people to whom they should
contact
There is much in this (especially trhe firstr article) of interest to
the most dedicated Y2K ostrich:
From: "Douglass Carmichael" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Y2K Week" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:55:47 -0500
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Forwarded message:
CNN is conducting a poll on whether you would eat genetically
engineered food. All you have to do is click "yes" or "no"-- it takes two
seconds.
Please vote!
Just click on the link below (or copy it to the address bar of your
Internet
Browser):
"The Terminator will allow companies like Monsanto to privatize one of
the last great commons in nature --the genetics of the crop plants that
civilization has developed over the past 10,000 years."
A remarkable story of further enclosure of the commons, and total
abdication by goernment.
also has a homepage at
http://www.enterprise.k12.ca.us/chrysalis/Paul_Krapfel/welcome
Caspar Davis
Victoria, B.C., Canada
A wall of infinite dimension stands before the course of human evolution.
It is the finitude of the earth and its resources.
--Steve Morningthunder
.
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go to society a sa whole.
It is in large part because most economists ignore or justify such
things that they earn so much opprobrium. It is as if engineers decided
to ignore gravity and proclaim friction a boost to energy.
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At 2:15 PM -1000 10/9/98, Jay Hanson wrote:
It's time to acknowledge the obvious fact that economics is
inextricably a branch of politics, and can never be a science.
Indeed.
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Theobald, an
admirer of Henry George, and have little use for ideologies of any stripe.
Caspar Davis
Victoria, B.C.
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