economic warfare spreads to Saudi Arabia

2004-05-30 Thread Chris Burford
It is clear that the attack in Khobar is part of a new pattern. These are not mainly excitatory terrorist activity (although dragging the dead Brit's body through the streets for a couple of miles before putting it on display, is clearly for political purposes). It is economic warfare. The

Re: economic warfare spreads to Saudi Arabia

2004-05-30 Thread soula avramidis
It is very difficult to distinguish between elements that have ties to a Zionist agenda that wants an apocalyptic environment so that the crisis in the state of Israel is diluted within a more chaotic sectarian in-fighting milieu or a clear Islamic working class movement that aims to retain

EARLY WARNING: Venezuela's radical opposition will ignore CNE decisions on recall referendum

2004-05-30 Thread Paul Zarembka
See what may be the outlines of the U.S.-led coup in preparation: http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=21394 Attention in the article is upon the radical-right opposition, rather than upon the government's preparations, and gives a feel for what the government and the Venezuelan masses

Re: Options expensing

2004-05-30 Thread Devine, James
it seems that options expensing is easy if firms are able to count options as a cost in their taxes (if I remember what Nomi said correctly). Simply count them as an equal cost when calculating profits for the stockholders. It's reminiscent of a land reform program I heard about (perhaps a

che and nytimes

2004-05-30 Thread Michael Hoover
May 26, 2004 Dear Editor, As the publisher of the book The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara, I was somewhat mystified by Larry Rohter's Che Today? (May 26, 2004) and references to its suppression in Cuba. The book has in fact been published in Cuba -- one edition published by the

npr's conservative sources

2004-05-30 Thread Michael Hoover
Published on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 by the Long Island, NY Newsday Watchdog Group Report: Most NPR Sources are Conservative by Peter Goodman Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, the majority of its sources are actually Republicans and conservatives, according to

facing south/28 may 2004

2004-05-30 Thread Michael Hoover
F A C I N G S O U T H A progressive Southern news report May 28, 2004 * Issue 81 Fingers _ INSTITUTE INDEX * America, Idle? (the sequel) Number of votes cast for the TV talent show, American Idol, this week in millions: 65 Number of U.S. citizens aged 18-35 in the year 2000, in millions:

Re: Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II

2004-05-30 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Charles Brown wrote: Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II Analysis by Shea Howell Special to The Michigan Citizen http://www.michigancitizen.com/ A new monument opens in Washington, D.C. this Memorial Day, honoring the sacrifices of Americans during World War II. The dedication of this

Re: Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II

2004-05-30 Thread sartesian
His description of the memorial sounded as though tis creators wanted to build amonument to power rather than a just struggle against the fascists. Joel Wendland And that is exactly why the memorial is so appropriate to the struggle- because it was NOT just a just

Re: Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II

2004-05-30 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Carl wrote: WWII, the good war, lends itself to this kind of abuse, and I welcome it receding in history. Stealing Images of the Good Fight Geoffrey M. White, professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i and senior fellow at the East-West Center, writes that the 'new' American patriotism

Re: [Marxism] Stealing Images of the Good Fight

2004-05-30 Thread Louis Proyect
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: Geoffrey M. White, professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i and senior fellow at the East-West Center, writes that the 'new' American patriotism being produced in the post-9-11 era frequently invokes earlier forms of patriotism, especially in images of World

Somebody's not right

2004-05-30 Thread sartesian
http://thewolfatthedoor.blogspot.com/

Re: Martha Stewart and 18 USC 1001

2004-05-30 Thread andie nachgeborenen
Right, the lesson is, don't lie to the feds. In a criminal case, you don't even have to talk to them unless they immunize you. I was fairly flabbergasted when I learned a out 1001 in my White Collar Crime class. And like all laws, it poses a greater danger to the poor, because the poor aren't

money, sex, happiness

2004-05-30 Thread Perelman, Michael
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald. Money, Sex, and Happiness: An Empirical Study. NBER Working Paper No. w10499 Issued in May 2004 Another version can be found at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~blnchflr/papers/sentScanJEsexmoneyhappinessj une2003.pdf This paper studies the links between income,

A US General: I Don't Care If They Are Innocent

2004-05-30 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
The New York Times obtained an unpublished Army report (completed on November 5, 2003) by Maj. Gen. Donald J. Ryder, which confirms the Red Cross's findings: General Ryder, the Army's provost marshal, reported that some Iraqis had been held for several months for nothing more than expressing

Re: Options expensing

2004-05-30 Thread Shane Mage
James Devine wrote: it seems that options expensing is easy if firms are able to count options as a cost in their taxes (if I remember what Nomi said correctly). Simply count them as an equal cost when calculating profits for the stockholders. Of course. It's reminiscent of a land reform program I

Re: Options expensing

2004-05-30 Thread Michael Perelman
Right, I believe Guatamala did the same thing -- but that government was less successful. On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 09:21:36PM -0400, Shane Mage wrote: James Devine wrote: it seems that options expensing is easy if firms are able to count options as a cost in their taxes (if I remember what Nomi

money, sex, happiness

2004-05-30 Thread Julio Huato
pooled cross-section equations in which it is not possible to correct for the endogeneity of sexual activity. The statistical results should be treated cautiously Right, chicken and egg... because we happy people tend to attract and have significantly more sex than the grumpy ones. :-)