I've mentioned to friends I've known before law studies the plethora of
suits involving electric space heaters -- apparently a sort of a
chew-toy for tort lawyers.
There is an implied (depends how you read it) acceptable death rates
formula in tort. That Learned Hand Formula? Anyone read about
by Kenneth Campbell
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Calculate the number of deaths resulting from, say, a space heater (P)
and multiply that by the average out of court settlement (P). If those
estimated losses from defective products are less than the cost of
removing those deaths through product improvement (B), then
The Michigan Supreme Court is dominated by Federalist Society members, i.e.
rightwingers. However, here we have their conservatism/libertarianism
turning into its opposite, in defense of small private property against
monopolies.
Charles
http://www.michigancitizen.com/images/ptrans.gif
I'm trying to formulate arguments for progressive taxation. Does
anyone have good references to share?
My take is that the wealthy benefit disproportionately from society.
Michael Dell gains much more from roads and educated workers than
does an elementary school teacher, it seems to me, but has
Whither the Fed? (Doug Henwood comments on US economy: just 32,000
new jobs, way way below both recent trend and expectations -- and
earlier months were revised down. Is the Fed still committed to a
series of quarter-point hikes -- including one in September -- over
the next 18 months? Then,
I would guess that the Fed -- led by Dubya's close friend Alan, who visits
the White House more than weekly-- is going to surprise the financial
markets by standing pat on August 10th. (I'll be out of the country, so I won't
be able to stop them.) This policy will be justified by something
I would guess that the Fed -- led by Dubya's close friend Alan, who
visits the White House more than weekly -- is going to surprise the
financial markets by standing pat on August 10th. (I'll be out of
the country, so I won't be able to stop them.)
blockquoteThe Fed holds its next interest rate
Drought of Migrant Labor
Beijing Review | 5 aug
by Fan Ren
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/200431/Nation-200431(A).htm
This year has seen the flood of migrant laborers, who traditionally
travel to thriving coastal provinces in search of work, reduced to a
trickle. As a result, many private companies
NewsScan Daily, 6 August 2004 (Above The Fold)
FINLAND DISMISSING 'NET-ADDICTED' CONSCRIPTS
A growing number of conscripts have to be dismissed from Finland's
armed forces every year due to an Internet addiction that makes them
unsuited for service. A Finnish official says: It's an
Yet another oil question. Does anyone know anything about the Middle East
Economic Survey? Is it considered a standard source?
I ask because: in Peter Millard's Dow Jones article Venezuela 's PdVSA
Ramps Up Publicity Ahead Of Recall (July 30), the second-to-last paragraph
reads:
The government
This is a very fascinating article, displaying the contradictions in
Chinese development on a far deeper level than the loud discussion that
followed the mention of the article by Marty Paul.
At first it did not make sense at all. How could China have great
unemployment a shortage of workers?
Remembering the Korean Atom Bomb Victims (Among the 350,000 to
400,000 who were attacked by the atom bomb and/or exposed to the
lethal post-explosion radiation, at least 50,000 were people from the
Korean peninsula who had been forcibly sent to Japan as mobilized
workers and soldiers, or who had
... and make the next POTUS John Kerry a weak
president without a big mandate at the same time.)
Is there a subtle flaw here? If either Kerry or Bush is elected they
will have a big mandate. It just won't be from the people, but the
corporate purchasers. I fear the people's mandate can no longer
http://ArnoldWatch.org Weblog August 6, 2004 2:00 pm
Questions Jay Leno Should Ask Arnold Tonight
Jay Leno has a tradition of using viewer-contributed material on the
air. In honor of Governor Schwarzenegger's return to Leno tonight to
mark the one year anniversary of his historic announcement
Title: Let The Voter Beware
Los Angeles
Times
August 6, 2004
COMMENTARY
Democratic Party Should Live Up to Its Name
Nader deplores political skulduggery aimed at keeping him off the
ballot.
By Ralph Nader
Though the Democrats have the right to robustly oppose my independent
presidential
(The following is from Doug Henwood's LBO-list. I may have missed Doug also
posting it here. If so, my apologies for duplicating it. But a case can be
made for reading Tariq Ali's comments twice. Ali, the radical British
political commentator and playwright, has IMO succinctly grasped what is
Marvin Gandall wrote:
(The following is from Doug Henwood's LBO-list. I may have missed Doug also
posting it here. If so, my apologies for duplicating it. But a case can be
made for reading Tariq Ali's comments twice. Ali, the radical British
political commentator and playwright, has IMO
I don't see any more reason to demonize ABB people than to demonize Nader people.
Both sides see themselves as promoting the left albeit by different routes.
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:05:05PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote:
Despite my problems with State Capitalist ideology, I feel much more of
Michael Perelman wrote:
I don't see any more reason to demonize ABB people than to demonize Nader people.
Both sides see themselves as promoting the left albeit by different routes.
I am sorry, Michael. This is not demonizing:
Frankly, I consider the ABB phenomenon to be almost unparalleled on the
Good people disagree on the Nader/Kerry decision. I think that we all know the
rationale for each choice. I don't think that either side comes out well, if you
only look at what some of their supporters have done -- denying Nader his right to
run through dirty tricks or cavorting with the right.
Marvin Gandall wrote:
(The following is from Doug Henwood's LBO-list. I may have missed Doug also
posting it here. If so, my apologies for duplicating it. But a case can be
made for reading Tariq Ali's comments twice. Ali, the radical British
political commentator and playwright, has IMO
Louis Proyect on Tariq Ali:
this is Browderism raised to the level of art.
No, its garden-variety Pabloism.
war in Iraq...is very much a neocon agenda,
dominated by the need to get the oil and appease the Israelis. (as
if Kerry wasn't gung-ho to appease the Isrealis!)
TA: We're talking about the government which took the United States
to war. Had Gore been elected, he would have gone to war in
Afghanistan, but I doubt he would have gone to war in Iraq. This is
very much a neocon agenda, dominated by the need to get the oil and
appease the Israelis.
Washington
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