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24271 [lbo-talk] vodka-dripping member? seal that tape! -- rank: 1000

Ex-Tyco Chief's Wants Party Tapes Sealed Fri September 19, 2003 03:54 PM ET By Jeanne King NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for former Tyco International Ltd. Chairman Dennis Kozlowski on Friday requested to seal videotapes of a raucous $2 million party on Sardinia to ensure that potential jurors don't see footage before Kozlowski's criminal trial begins later this month. The issue surfaced during a pretrial hearing on Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Kozlowski's defense also wants to prevent pro ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 14:44:28 PDT 2003

24272 [lbo-talk] US papers ignore Bush admission -- rank: 1000

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >As far as the occupation of Iraq is concerned, though, I think that >print journalism has not been shabby. I've found lots of useful >news items. That's true. It's coverage of the top levels of government that's the worst. Though the coverage of the war itself was shamelessly credulous. But...there's also growing elite worry about the occupation, so the journos are following that lead. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 14:08:33 PDT 2003

24273 [lbo-talk] US papers ignore Bush admission -- rank: 1000

Peter Lavelle wrote: >I agree, but what is the materal and meaningful differerence? A system that relies on bribes rather than internal mechanisms of self-censorship is probably a bit less stable. Bribe recipients are always vulnerable to a higher bidder. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 13:57:34 PDT 2003

24274 [lbo-talk] offshoring -- rank: 1000

Goldman Sachs writes in its weekly economic commentary: >* We estimate that relocation of US production to overseas affiliates >accounts for 300,000-500,000 job losses over the past three years. This >trend historically has been confined to the factory sector, but cheap >telecommunications and huge potential savings will encourage offshoring of >service functions to grow rapidly. >* Even so, international relocation is quite small compared to the >size of the US economy-wort ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 13:39:46 PDT 2003

24275 [lbo-talk] US papers ignore Bush admission -- rank: 1000

Peter Lavelle wrote: >In Russia, if you are interested in politics and how the regime >functions, you learn to pick out who is paid off to write what for >whom The U.S. system is so advanced that journalists don't even need to be bribed to do the admin's work. The professional culture, an ingrained deference to power, and the eagerness to preserve "access" do the trick. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 19 13:38:45 PDT 2003

24276 [lbo-talk] US papers ignore Bush admission -- rank: 1000

Editor & Publisher Online - September 19, 2003 Bush 9/11 Admission Gets Little Play Story Doesn't Make Many Front Pages By Seth Porges NEW YORK -- Updated at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time For months leading up this year's war on Iraq, the Bush administration implied that Saddam Hussein had a hand in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The argument was well-received by Americans, and might have been the single leading factor behind public support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. An oft-cited poll co ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 12:31:32 PDT 2003

24277 [lbo-talk] name -- rank: 1000

I had no idea that this was the official name. From a Council on Foreign Relations press release: >MEDIA ADVISORY >COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS > >***THIS MEETING IS ON THE RECORD*** > >Hamid Karzai >President, Islamic Transitional State of Afghanistan Transition to what? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 11:55:13 PDT 2003

24278 [lbo-talk] IMF warns the US -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >I'm curious as to how professional economists, >mainstream and off the beaten track, are responding to >this IMF statement. I don't know about professional economists, but the reactions among pundits and Wall Street types fall into a couple of basic categories: * It's all true, and the day of reckoning will come soon. A minority view. * It's bullshit, because America is mighty, and the envy of the world, and foreigner pour their money into our economy because they ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 11:54:12 PDT 2003

24279 [lbo-talk] Re: No evidence... -- rank: 1000

Jon Johanning wrote: >Another reason for this failure of US-ers (especially white ones) to >think entirely rationally about war and foreign policy, I think, is >that they have enjoyed a geographical separation from enemies, for >the most part, unlike other parts of the world, especially Europe >and Asia, where wars were fought on the home territories of the >populations in question. Yes, but...the poll numbers on whether the war in Iraq increased the likelihood of terrorist att ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 11:39:29 PDT 2003

24280 [lbo-talk] Participatory Economics and the Self-emancipation of the Working Class -- rank: 1000

Chuck0 wrote: >Please make him go away. People should join this list as regular >people, not as leftist superstars coming down from the mountain to >talk to the masses. Of course, Doug, it's your list, but I'm going >to flame Albert if he shows up. Chuck, I didn't ask him to do this because he's some superstar. I did it because he's written a lot of stuff about a plausible postcapitalist economic model that some people like, some people don't, and some can't make up their minds. Flam ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 11:17:05 PDT 2003

24281 [lbo-talk] take my life, please -- rank: 1000

Kelley wrote: >hate to break it to MT, but just by going into this profession, some >folks would say he's regularly knee-deep in the most foul smelling >sludge. :) > >ya gotta read this. it's a hoot. didn't anyone tell this kid that a >lengthy cover letter was a bad idea? > >http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mstoll1.html I just read it - it's a beaut. He quotes Ayn Rand on the first page, of course. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 19 11:12:12 PDT 2003

24282 [lbo-talk] IMF warns the US -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >I suppose Stiglitz threw my memos away too... Didn't you have some nasty things to say about Stiggy on your website recently? Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 19 11:00:41 PDT 2003

24283 [lbo-talk] Participatory Economics and the Self-emancipation of the Working Class -- rank: 1000

Sepaking of which, Michael Albert is standing by to join the list for a discussion of parecon. I'd like to do that but I thought I'd ask - how much interest is there here? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 08:03:16 PDT 2003

24284 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: Johnny Cash and Southern Post-Reconstruction History] -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >This post, fwd to the Science-for-the-people list, gives an interesting >perspective on Cash. I particularly liked the observation on Cash's >non-romanticization of "farm livin," since 60 years ago I was as anxious >to get away from midwestern "farm livin" as Cash was from the southern >version. Nothing like obituaries and memorials to help you catch up on a life you followed only casually. Bravo reran their Cash bio the other night, where I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Sep 19 07:46:58 PDT 2003

24285 [lbo-talk] Redmond's Euro-boostering -- rank: 1000

boddhisatva wrote: >In the long run, Estonia was right and Sweden was wrong. As my radio guest yesterday, Larry Siedentop of Oxford, argues, the two votes are actually quite consistent. Estonia voted to join a federation, not an entity evolving into a single nation-state, and Sweden voted to keep the EU a federation. Doug

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Date:	Fri Sep 19 07:41:36 PDT 2003