Rebel vote stuns Blair

2003-02-27 Thread Chris Burford
Not the official line - which is that the Government persists with its policy. But Michael White and colleagues are perceptive reporters. Most interesting IMO in this report is the evidence of angry cracks at the top of the government which led to a promise of further votes in the Commons, in

New Peace Plan

2003-02-27 Thread k hanly
[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] Guru would join Pope in front of bombs By Michael Lollar [EMAIL PROTECTED] February 27, 2003 Deepak Chopra, the doctor who is bringing his brand of East-meets-West philosophy to Memphis, proposed Wednesday that the Pope, the Dalai Lama and

Axis of Evil Mutual Defence Pact

2003-02-27 Thread k hanly
Axis of Evil Members Sign Mutual Defence Pact Iran, Iraq, and North Korea announced today a mutual defence pact and have threatened the US with pre-emptive war if it does not immediately destroy its WMD. The US threats and illegal acts such as destroying Iraq's defences in the no-fly zones, the

Two Websites: Anti-war pics/Preparing for fiery death

2003-02-27 Thread Michael Hoover
http://www.hyperreal.org/~dana/ http://www.idlewords.com/biological.html

Mankiw?

2003-02-27 Thread Devine, James
Title: Mankiw? So it looks like Greg Mankiw will head the US President's Council of Economic Advisors. He's a hack (at least to my highly-biased mind), but will he go along with Bush's take-no-prisoners/give-everything-to-the-rich approach to economic policy? Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

open-source teaching?

2003-02-27 Thread Devine, James
Title: open-source teaching? Pen-l alumnus Tavis Barr asks: I've created a lot of my own teaching materials that I put on the web, especially for my stats class, where I have lecture notes, exercises, review sheets, practice exams, etc. I'd love to find a way to share this with other profs

Re: Mankiw?

2003-02-27 Thread Doug Henwood
Devine, James wrote: So it looks like Greg Mankiw will head the US President's Council of Economic Advisors. He's a hack (at least to my highly-biased mind), but will he go along with Bush's take-no-prisoners/give-everything-to-the-rich approach to economic policy? Would he have taken the job

Yunus

2003-02-27 Thread Sabri Oncu
So, can you treat us to some of his (Emre's) poetry? Joanna Yunus Emre (ca. 1238 - 1320) There is a strong challenge inherent in any attempt to describe a great and influential personality like Yunus Emre in a condensed form such as this. We will, therefore only make an attempt to give an

Turkey: Ankara delays vote on deal over US troops

2003-02-27 Thread Sabri Oncu
This is important: Ertugrul Yalcinbayir, deputy prime minister, has threatened to resign and urged colleagues to vote against the government. There are cracks even in the government. They, that is, AKP, postponed the vote to Saturday, March 1, so that they can share the blame with the National

down-sizing gets serious...

2003-02-27 Thread Devine, James
Title: down-sizing gets serious... 2/26/2003 God Quietly Phasing Holy Ghost Out Of Trinity HEAVEN-Calling the Holy Trinity overstaffed and over budget, God announced plans Monday to downsize the group by slowly phasing out the Holy Ghost. Given the poor economic climate and the unclear

Re: open-source teaching?

2003-02-27 Thread Michael Perelman
Remember the suggestion of a pen-l collaborative text. On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 02:11:22PM -0800, Devine, James wrote: Pen-l alumnus Tavis Barr asks: I've created a lot of my own teaching materials that I put on the web, especially for my stats class, where I have lecture notes, exercises,

Naomi Klein article

2003-02-27 Thread k hanly
and hug it while watching the scary terror alerts on CNN. Or you could turn off CNN, refuse to be a soft and cuddly peacenik, get out there and stop the war. Naomi Klein is the author of No Logo and Fences and Windows. http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030227/COKLEIN

If not war then what?

2003-02-27 Thread Chris Burford
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/0,6957,178327,00.html Guardian survey of leftist critics of war.

Newsweek: Iraqi defector says WMD's were destroyed

2003-02-27 Thread Chris Burford
It is very disappointing that this story has not immediately been picked up by the campaigning organisations and by the investigative news media in the UK ahead of the dramatic House of Commons debate, let alone the rest ot the world. When I saw it first on LBO-talk I forwarded it to the email

Newsweek: Iraqi defector says WMD's were destroyed

2003-02-27 Thread Louis Proyect
Exclusive: The Defectors Secrets By John Barry NEWSWEEK http://www.msnbc.com/news/876128.asp March 3 issue Hussein Kamel, the highest-ranking Iraqi official ever to defect from Saddam Husseins inner circle, told CIA and British intelligence officers and U.N. inspectors in the summer of 1995