[PEN-L:4290] Ze Music Regulations
This one comes courtesy of Ray Korona.
Rather scary, actually
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Here is an actual set of rules from Germany,
DANCE BAND RULES AND REGULATIONS DURING THE 3RD REICH
(unfortunately this is not a joke!)
1) in the repertoire of light orchestras and dance bands, pieces in
fox-trot rhythm (so-called swing) are not to exceed 20%;
2) in the repertoire of this so-called jazz type, preference is to be
given to compositions in a major key and to lyrics expressing joy in
life ("Kraft durch Freude"), rather than Jewishly gloomy lyrics;
3) as to the tempo, too, preference is to be given to brisk
compositions as opposed to slow ones (so-called blues); however, the
pace must not exceed a certain degree of allegro commensurate with
the
Aryan sense for discipline and moderation. On no account will negroid
excesses in tempo (so-called hot jazz) be permitted, or in solo
performances (so-called breaks);
4) so-called jazz compositions may contain at the most 10%
syncopation; the remainder must form a natural legato movement devoid
of hysterical rhythmic references characteristic of the music of the
barbarian races and conducive to dark instincts alien to the German
people (so-called "riffs");
5) strictly forbidden is the use of instruments alien to the German
spirit (e.g. so-called cowbells, flex-a-tone, brushes,etc.) as well
as
all mutes which turn the noble sound of brass-wind instruments into a
Jewish-Freemasonic yell (so-called wa-wa, in hat, etc.);
6) prohibited are so-called drum breaks longer than half a bar in
four
quarter beat (except in stylized military marches);
7) the double bass must be played solely with the bow in so-called
jazz compositions; plucking of strings is prohibited, since it is
damaging to the instrument and detrimental to Aryan musicality. If a
so-called pizzicato effect is absolutely desirable for the character
of
the composition, let strict care be taken lest the string is allowed
to patter on the sordine, which is henceforth forbidden;
8) provocative rising to one's feet during solo performance is
forbidden;
9) musicians are likewise forbidden to make vocal improvisations
(so-called scat);
10) all light orchestras and dance bands are advised to restrict the
use of saxophones of all keys and to substitute for them
violon-celli,
violas, or possibly a suitable folk instrument.
Signed,
Baldur von Blodheim
Reichsmusicfuhrer und Oberscharfuhrer SS
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[PEN-L:4291] Re: Lafontaine
Jim Devine quotes the New York Times, But Lafontaine contributed to the slide by raising doubts about the independence of the new European Central Bank and perhaps even backing it into an overly rigid policy just to prove its independence. The Wall Street Journal noted that with Lafontaine gone the European Central Bank was now more likely to lower interest rates. Political extortion. regards, Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm
[PEN-L:4294] Re: Japan stares down Uncle Sam's 'Big Three' [fwd]
Brad De Long wrote, Hmmm. Liquidating U.S. Treasury bonds means that the price of Treasury bonds and other denominated assets relative to yen assets falls, which means that the yen rises, which means that U.S. demand for Japanese products falls. This means that (with the U.S. no longer serving as the importer of last resort) Japan falls deeper into recession. Am I missing something? What's the alternative theory by which raising your exchange rate expands your economy? Sounds strange, eh? I couldn't begin to give an explanation, but I did have an explanation given to me. Something about the high exchange rate promoting more discriminating investment in higher productivity activities. Kind of like Meidner's Swedish model. But as for losing the U.S. as importer of last resort -- wouldn't the loss of export volume to the U.S. be offset (to ? extent) by whatever alternative use Japan found for the cash from the liquidated U.S. Bonds? Couldn't Japan conceivably get "more bang for its yen" by priming the Asian pump rather than by propping up the American bubble? regards, Tom Walker http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm
[PEN-L:4317] Re: Re: civil society
Then there's socalled "civilization". Sometimes it is said to be arise coincident with the origin of the state, writing and antagonistic classes. Charles Brown Carrol Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/12/99 07:05PM Jim Devine wrote: I think it's okay to use the phrase "civil society." Marx used it (it's a translation of "burgerlicte gesellschaft" of course he spelled it correctly). After all, and he was right once and awhile. But it's important to be extremely clear to be clear what we mean by it. "Civil society" ideas come from folks like John Locke, referring to the consensus in bourgeois society in favor of the property system. When I used it in the title of an article some years ago I had in mind the difference between tributary social orders, in which social relations were visible and (as it were) willed and a capitalist order in which social relations came into existence behind the backs of the actors. But that does not at all conflict with Jim's definition. The consensus in (say) European feudal society was as to the absolute power of the past over the present -- the present merely having the task of passing on the structure which it had inherited. In civil society as I understood/understand it (i.e., capitalism) reality shifts to an unpredictable future (as in the metaphor/reality of "investment.") Carrol
[PEN-L:4297] Trojan Horse Warning
** WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE OF A LARGE WOODEN HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT It is EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE and will overwrite your ENTIRE CITY! The "gift" is disguised as a large wooden horse about two stories tall. It tends to show up outside the city gates and appears to be abandoned. DO NOT let it through the gates! It contains hardware that is incompatible with Trojan programming, including a crowd of heavily armed Greek warriors that will destroy your army, sack your town, and kill your women and children. If you have already received such a gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! Take it back out of the city unopened and set fire to it by the beach. FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! Poseidon ** RE: Greeks bearing gifts Laocoon, I hate to break to you, but this is one of the oldest hoaxes there is. I've seen variants on this warning come through on other listservs, one involving some kind of fruit that was supposed to kill the people who ate it and one having to do with something called the "Midas Touch." Here are a few tipoffs that this is a hoax: 1) This "Forward this message to everyone you know" business. If it were really meant as a warning about the Greek army, why tell anyone to post it to the Phonecians, Sumerians, and Cretans? 2) Use of exclamation points. Always a giveaway. 3) It's signed "from Poseidon." Granted he's had his problems with Odysseus but he's one of their guys, isn't he? Besides, the lack of a real header with a detailed address makes me suspicious. 4) Technically speaking, there is no way for a horse to overwrite your entire city. A horse is just an animal, after all. Next time you get a message like this, just delete it. I appreciate your concern, but once you've been around the block a couple times you'll realize how annoying this kind of stuff is. Bye now, Hector * * *
[PEN-L:4296] Re: Civil Society
Jim Devine wrote,
But there's a bigger meaning of "civil society": it often means society
outside of the state. Within this realm, it's possible we could have a
"proletarian (or oppositional) civil society." But for clarity, we have to
use a term like counterhegemony (following Gramsci).
Henry Carter Adams ("The State and Industrial Action," 1887):
"It is futile to expect sound principles for the guidance of intricate
legislation so long as we over-estimate either public or private duties; the
true principle must recognize society as a unity, subject only to the laws
of its own development."
Adams' discussion is based on distinctions between public finance and
private finance. He uses "public duties" and "the state" interchangably and
"private duties" and "individual industrial activity". There is no
autonomous "third way" except as it expresses an organic unity of public and
private duties (or public and private finances).
Adams, by the way, gives a magnificent critique of the doctrine of laissez
faire, *from an individualist perspective*, showing that as a "scientific
principle" of classical political economy it was based on faulty premises
but that as a tempered "maxim of strong presumption" it is based on no
principles whatsoever.
"Much of the confusion that now surrounds the question of the appropriate
duties of government," Adams writes in 1887,". . . is due to the failure to
distinguish between laissez faire as a dogma and free competition as a
principle. The former, as we have seen is a rule or maxim intended for the
guidance of public administration; the latter is a convenient expression for
bringing to mind certain conditions of industrial society. . ."
regards,
Tom Walker
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm
[PEN-L:4293] Re: Japan stares down Uncle Sam's 'Big Three' [fwd]
http://www.afr.com.au/content/990308/world/wtokyo.html "Kenichi Ohmae . . . believes Japan is being 'micro-managed' by the United States. "In particular, he says it is being run by the 'Committee of Three' - Federal Treasury heads Robert Rubin and Larry Summers and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. "Their motives, according to Ohmae, are not so much to keep Japan under the thumb as to provide a constant diet of alternative resuscitation measures - such as quantitative easing in monetary policy - so Japan won't be tempted to do what it actually needs to do to revitalise: liquidate assets, including holdings of US treasury bonds." Hmmm. Liquidating U.S. Treasury bonds means that the price of Treasury bonds and other denominated assets relative to yen assets falls, which means that the yen rises, which means that U.S. demand for Japanese products falls. This means that (with the U.S. no longer serving as the importer of last resort) Japan falls deeper into recession. Am I missing something? What's the alternative theory by which raising your exchange rate expands your economy? Brad DeLong
[PEN-L:4292] Re: Re: Lafontaine
But Lafontaine contributed to the slide by raising doubts about the independence of the new European Central Bank and perhaps even backing it into an overly rigid policy just to prove its independence. The Wall Street Journal noted that with Lafontaine gone the European Central Bank was now more likely to lower interest rates. Political extortion. In other words, the Eurobank was punishing Europe because Germany allowed Lafontaine some power. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/JDevine.html
