If I sent a note to the American Economic Association and said 'I have solved the
neoclassical autism problem and I want to talk about it' do you think they'd buy it,
and just go on my reputation?
Guess not.
NewScientist.com
Hawking cracks black hole paradox
19:00 14 July 04
Exclusive from
Hello, I am working on the idea of Venture Communism, which I describe
below, I would very much appreciate the critical feedback of the group.
Don't wory about nitpicking, all comments are welcome, I want the language
and ideas to be clear and economicaly sound. Also references to other,
related
But you're not Hawkings
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From: Gassler Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Hawking black hole
If I sent a note to the American Economic Association and said 'I have
solved the neoclassical autism
In view of the recent discussion that brought up
alleged ties between the ISI and Chechen militants, I
thought this might be of interest. This is from a
Chechnya-themed news server I subscribe to. CD
Author Calls for Serious Steps To Improve
Pakistan-Russia Relations
Islamabad NDC Journal in
--- Chris Doss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In view of the recent discussion that brought up
alleged ties between the ISI and Chechen militants,
I
thought this might be of interest. This is from a
Chechnya-themed news server I subscribe to. CD
This is also of interest. From the same list.
F A C I N G S O U T H
A progressive Southern news report
July 15, 2004 * Issue 84
_
INSTITUTE INDEX * The Two Americas
Amount that job growth is lower than Bush Administration predicted in February 2004,
in millions: 1.5
Of 13 Southern states, number that have had a net job gain since
(Thomas Frank's new book What's Wrong With Kansas argues implicitly
that the Democrats lose elections because they are identified with the
wrong side of the culture wars. This is the same sort of position that
Michael Moore argued in the Nation Magazine in 1997 and that Richard
Rorty put forward
for them, it's not a problem.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
From: PEN-L list on behalf of Gassler Robert
Sent: Fri 7/16/2004 12:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Hawking black hole
If I sent a note to the
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Thomas Frank's new book What's Wrong With Kansas argues implicitly
that the Democrats lose elections because they are identified with the
wrong side of the culture wars. This is the same sort of position that
Michael Moore argued in the Nation Magazine in
Carl Remick wrote:
I think _What the Matter With Kansas?_ is a great book, but Frank doesn't
really provide any explanation for conservatives' amazing, Lamont
Cranston-style ability to cloud men's minds and substitute preposterous
cultural issues for economic concerns that have life-and-death
Charles Brown wrote:
Perhaps a scientific worldview enhances achievement of
self-determinaton
through greater mastery of necessity and thereby freedom. Radical
acknowledgement of objective reality implies the existence of
subjective
reality.
Darwin, Lewontin, Levin and Gould's work concern an
Carl says:
From: Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Thomas Frank's new book What's Wrong With Kansas argues
implicitly that the Democrats lose elections because they are
identified with the wrong side of the culture wars. This is the
same sort of position that Michael Moore argued in the Nation
(Thomas Frank's new book What's Wrong With Kansas argues implicitly
that the Democrats lose elections because they are identified with the
wrong side of the culture wars. ... Frank himself would probably describe himself
as a Marxist, but not on the Charlie Rose show...)
I heard part of
That's only half of Frank's argument.
I've been blazing through the book this
week. It's a lot of fun to read. Frank
also says Clintonesque center-hugging on
economics -- free trade, labor rights,
privatization, etc. -- causes the culturally-
conservative worker's decision to hinge solely
on
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
I haven't finished the book yet. So far Frank's
argument begs the question of why we don't see a
politics that is culturally conservative and
economically progressive, like the old populists
100 years ago.
Culturally conservative and economically progressive? That sounds
mbs writes: Frank
also says Clintonesque center-hugging on
economics -- free trade, labor rights,
privatization, etc. -- causes the culturally-
conservative worker's decision to hinge solely
on God, guns, and gays.
both the GOPsters and the Dems these days are pushing different versions of
Max wrote:
Frank also says Clintonesque center-hugging on economics -- free
trade, labor rights, privatization, etc. -- causes the culturally-
conservative worker's decision to hinge solely on God, guns, and
gays.
That's a good point. Since the top Democrats are so economically
neoliberal that
any oil experts on this list? or any referrals to same?
i need to ask someone questions like
when analysts or journalists refer to millions of barrels of oil produced
per day, what products are they typically including?
thanks in advance for any assistance.
--
Robert Naiman
Senior Policy Analyst
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 12:26:55PM -0400, Robert Naiman wrote:
--
Robert Naiman
Senior Policy Analyst
Venezuela Information Office
733 15th Street, NW Suite 932
Washington, DC 20005
t. 202-347-8081 x. 605
f. 202-347-8091
(*Please note new suite number and telephone*)
::: ::: ::: ::: :::
The basic underpinnings of your scheme, as I understand it, is an
investment plan whereby venture communists buy back the world from
capitalists by investing in the production of goods that require the kind
of labor the venture communists have grouped together amongst themselves.
The actual
I'm not an oil analyst, but a good broker knows a little bit of everything
...
barrels per day, when used in that context, is usually barrel of oil
equivalent (boe). BOE is a unit of energy, like BTUs. It's equal to about
6 billion joules, which is the energy you would release by burning a
Hegel Marx
by Ted Winslow
Whitehead's ontology is a scientific worldview. It's a sublation of
the scientific materialist form of science that includes, for instance,
a sublation of relativity and quantum theory.
^
CB: So what is overcome and what is preserved ?
The sublation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/16/04 10:13 AM
(Thomas Frank's new book What's Wrong With Kansas argues implicitly
that the Democrats lose elections because they are identified with the
wrong side of the culture wars.
nah, mainstream poli sci guys christopher achen and larry bartels have
much better
L: Nader's only about 30 percent of the way there,
though he's trying hard. The template is
absolutely anti-abortion, anti-gun control,
anti-gay marriage, etc. Nader appears at best
lukewarm or agnostic in dimensions like these
from a cultural-conservative standpoint. He's
still in
michael hoover (reporting from birkenstock, i mean
ann arbor, where forum on third parties this weekend includes
representative of the righteously named - and no doubt - growing group,
league of pissed off voters)
Isn't that another front group for the Democrats?
--
Yoshie
* Critical Montages:
Hi Michael,
Funny, though I only lived in Ann Arbor 1955-59, it is still the only
spot on the map reference to which gives me a slight jab of something
like homesickness! I haven't been back there since the New University
Conference there in the summer of 1970. (And already it had changed
almost
Sorry, that last post was intended to be off-list to Michael.
Carrol
Carrol Cox wrote:
Sorry, that last post was intended to be off-list to Michael.
when i saw off-list in the subject and pen-l in the recipient list, i
realized the mistake, and looked with great eagerness into the message,
expecting to find some embarassing snafu or revelation ... the contents
From: Michael Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/16/04 10:13 AM
(Thomas Frank's new book What's Wrong With Kansas argues implicitly
that the Democrats lose elections because they are identified with the
wrong side of the culture wars.
nah, mainstream poli sci guys christopher achen
Hmm, well I think we can rule out shark attacks as a factor in the decline
of the Kansas left. The American heartland remains shrouded in mystery.
Carl
-
what about land sharks?
Candygram!
jd
Just added to my radio archive
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html:
July 15, 2004 Nomi Prins, investment banker turned journalist, on
Martha's sentencing, Ken Lay's indictment, and sex discrimination on
Wall Street * Charlie Komanoff, car-hater, on why we use so much oil,
and how we
also, Kerry and Edwards were the
only senators who abstained from voting on the Federal Marriage
Amendment)
Chicken-hearted donkeyducks.
The Iraqi leader seeking a peaceful path to liberation
A new party unites Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians
Jonathan Steele in Baghdad
Friday July 16, 2004/The Guardian [U.K.]
While the latest damning reports on intelligence provoke new argument in
Britain and the US on whether the war made
Title: Today's Papers
From today's MS
SLATE:
The NYT runs a startling editorial regretting its near silence in the face of
shaky Bush administration claims about Iraqi WMDs. The edit board spanks itself
for failing to thoroughly consider the weapons issue and those who maintained
that the
Dmytri Kleiner wrote:
As I'm sure most of you have noticed US labour productivity has been the
talk of
the economics blog world of late.
..
I can't resist asking which ones you read or would reccomend. I am aware
of DeLong and Sawicky - any others that focus seriously on economics or
The cover story of the same issue of Business Week describes the massive
effort being undertaken by US corporations to divest themselves of their
pension obligations to their employees and retirees. Most of the attacks are
aimed at the defined-benefit plans negotiated by once-strong unions in the
The July 19th issue of Business Week reports that US corporations, stuffed
with record profits, remain reluctant to invest their mountains of cash,
which might be interpreted as a vote of non-confidence in the durability of
the current recovery. Inventories are at a record low and the pace of
Devine, James wrote:
The Iraqi leader seeking a peaceful path to liberation
A new party unites Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians
Jonathan Steele in Baghdad
Friday July 16, 2004/The Guardian [U.K.]
Iraqis are looking for security, and can be seduced by hope. Extreme
dictatorships are
I especially appreciated the reference to the Spring hiring binge.
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929
In a few years will the Times be admitting that its their own
pro-withdrawal arguments should have come earlier and faster? Perhaps
after 5000+ u.s. deaths and about 1 million Iraqi deaths it will become
apparent that no stability can be achieved in Iraq until after the
unconditional withdrawal of
Angry Bear
The Big Picture
Kautilyan
ArgMax
D-Squared Digest
Nathan Newman
Billmon (Whiskey Bar)
You can get the links on my site (on the left)
lots of right-wing ones too, some knowledgeable,
some loony.
max
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From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Title: Corrine Brown
FL
Congresswoman Corrine Brown Censured re 2000 election coup
d'etat speech http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/top...
Florida Congresswoman, concerned about the integrity of the 2004
elections, especially in her home state of Florida, speaks from floor
of the House re
Title: Today's Papers
I am somewhat short of startled, though
it's
a good sign.
http://maxspeak.org/mt/archives/000623.html
mbs
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On Behalf Of Devine, JamesSent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:11
PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: A Cronkite
moment?
From
has below been in news...
Summary of Complaint against Rep. Tom DeLay
Filed by Rep. Chris Bell
June 8, 2004
On June 8, 2004, Congressman Chris Bell (D-TX) submitted a complaint to the House
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct regarding the conduct of House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay. The
Title: Monkey see, monkey do
Monkey see, monkey do:
Iyad Allawi, the
new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as
six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days
before Washington handed control of the country to his interim
government, according to two
Title: Just in time for the election?
WAR WITH CHINA: Just in time for the election?
Sailing Toward a
Storm in China
U.S. maneuvers could spark a war.
By Chalmers Johnson
LOS ANGELES
TIMES
July 15, 2004 Los Angeles Times -- Quietly and with
minimal coverage in the U.S. press, the Navy
i need to ask someone questions like
when analysts or journalists refer to millions of barrels of oil produced
per day, what products are they typically including?
thanks in advance for any assistance.
_
Usually used to mean petroleum, natural gas liquids, condensates.
Maybe this is helpful, for those who haven't read it, in analyzing causes
for continuing moderate/conservative success, a short, thoughtful and
well-grounded article by Michael Lebowitz on the mystification of capital
and how that systemic obfuscation enhances the perception of dependence on
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