MONSANTO STUMBLING

2003-12-29 Thread Mike Ballard
Monsanto, the creator of PCBs and Agent Orange and the world's largest purveyor of genetically engineered seeds, has temporarily bowed out of the biopharm industry (genetically engineering plants to grow pharmaceutical drugs). The company says it wants to continue its focus on what it claims to be

Re: MONSANTO STUMBLING

2003-12-29 Thread joanna bujes
good one Mike, thanks. Joanna Mike Ballard wrote: Monsanto, the creator of PCBs and Agent Orange and the world's largest purveyor of genetically engineered seeds, has temporarily bowed out of the biopharm industry (genetically engineering plants to grow pharmaceutical drugs). The company says

Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread dmschanoes
is always in order. Here's some wood for the fire: 1. Dominant position of US in the world economy is NOT dependent on "dollar hegemony." 2.Invasion of Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with Iraq's adoption of the Euro as the currency for oil transactions. 3. Invasion of Iraq had

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Takes me back to when we thought Nixon would cancel the elections. mbs . . . 7. There will be no US presidential election in 2004. Happy New Year, Lock and loadand face front because it's coming head on. dms

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread DMS
Here's the scenario: 1. Police engage in violent assaults on demonstrators at GOP convention 2. Supposed terrorist plot to bomb convention is interdicted or successful 3. Iraq resistance increases. 4. Economy tanks, follows China into black hole. 5. Staged terrorist attack(s) on US on govt

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Michael Perelman
1 3 seem likely. But I wonder what we can gain from wild speculation. Anything can happen, but a powerful terrorist attack would assure Bush victory. Why cancel? I would rather that we discuss whether 4 will happpen before the election or if the economy will be on the upswing then. I liked

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Max B. Sawicky
I saw that movie. Denzel Washington arrests Bruce Willis in the end, and everything goes back to normal. Subject: Re: Heresy Here's the scenario: 1. Police engage in violent assaults on demonstrators at GOP convention 2. Supposed terrorist plot to bomb convention is interdicted or

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Carrol Cox
Max B. Sawicky wrote: I saw that movie. Denzel Washington arrests Bruce Willis in the end, and everything goes back to normal. Very good. As I've said on a number of earlier occasions on several lists in critizing the dissolute use of the label fascism, the danger of this sort of melodrama

Junkie politics of the criminal bourgeoisie: all in the family of the Lord of the Spies

2003-12-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, the swindler and election fraudster, has just dedicated America's first faith-based prison, focused on encouraging the spirituality of inmates (Al Jazeera report). He told its (nearly 800) inmates from 26 faiths that religion can help to keep them from landing in

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 12/29/03 9:34:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I saw that movie. Denzel Washington arrests Bruce Willisin the end, and everything goes back to normal. Comment Nope . . .Denzel plays the role of Alonzo in "Training Day" and screams "King Kong aint got

Arnie sups at Gray's trough

2003-12-29 Thread Dan Scanlan
Title: Arnie sups at Gray's trough http://ArnoldWatch.org Weblog - December 29, 2003 - 10:55 am Shades Of Gray in No-Limits Contribution By Jamie Court and Doug Heller After unseating Gray Davis for his pay-to-play politics, Arnold has accepted an above-the-limits contribution from a company

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread Eugene Coyle
The last place to seek refuge as this unfolds is in Nice. That's where the Marines will land in the first wave of the invasion of France. Gene Coyle Max B. Sawicky wrote: I saw that movie. Denzel Washington arrests Bruce Willis in the end, and everything goes back to normal. Subject:

[Fwd: A view on California electricity

2003-12-29 Thread Eugene Coyle
Here's a perspective from Local Power on the unfolding California electric scene. Gene Coyle Original Message Subject: local power news: REGULATORS DELAY $ MULTI-BILLION UTILITY POWER CONTRACT DECISION UNTIL JANUARY 8 Date: Mon,

Re: Heresy....

2003-12-29 Thread dmschanoes
Name that film: This ain't no movie, MFer The point was to introduce discussion in counterposition to the hegemony/declining hegemony/euro vs dollar/emergence of global south crapola that is circulated ad nauseum by the critiques, prognosticators, etc of the established order, and then

The party of full metal jacket

2003-12-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
Review of Full Metal Jacket In his movie A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick combined otherworldly drama with brutal social commentary. In Full Metal Jacket (1987), Kubrick's critique of the American degradation of human beings continues. Full Metal Jacket was adapted from the first novel by

hypcongrescy

2003-12-29 Thread Dan Scanlan
CONGRESS EXEMPTS ITS E-MAIL FROM SPAM CONTROLS Congressional members send out bulk e-mail aimed at attracting voluntary subscribers to their e-mail lists. These messages are not subject to House rules that impose a 90-day blackout before an election for taxpayer-supported Congressional mass

Useful article on developments in the library world

2003-12-29 Thread Jurriaan Bendien
http://www.hostingtech.com/news/2003/12/12/St_Nitf_Privacy_Porn_and_Public_A ccess_c1210016.9hr.html

Mad Cows and the Market

2003-12-29 Thread Seth Sandronsky
December 27 / 28, 2003 Feedlot Sweatshops Mad Cows and the Market By SETH SANDRONSKY The recent news of mad cow disease in the U.S. was first reported in the nation's mass media as a business story. Such coverage led with the countries that had refused imports of American beef. Stories also

Financial Market Center information

2003-12-29 Thread michael
This is a particularly informative issue. After a long hiatus, the Financial Markets Center has resumed publication of its newsletter FOMC ALERT in an online-only format. With this new format, we hope to tackle somewhat more in-depth pieces, beginning with the Winter 2003 edition, which offers