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30346 the stars say... -- rank: 1000

Arch Crawford is an astrologer who uses the stars to predict the stock market. Here's his latest, um, reading: >Mars will form a square, angle of 90 degrees, fourth part of a >circle, with Uranus early AM. > >DELL Horoscope says: "Turf wars erupt suddenly and cause >splits,losses and damage." > >American Astrology Digest warns:"A violent temper frequently causes >nervous strain...a liability to accidents and even sudden >catastrophes." > >What ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 13:11:50 PDT 2002

30347 lying with ads -- rank: 1000

Wall Street Journal - April 9, 2002 Ad Firm's Wishful Thinking Forces Changes on Billboards By VANESSA O'CONNELL Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NEW YORK -- One of Madison Avenue's most creative agencies may have been just a little too creative. Omnicom Group Inc.'s DDB Worldwide said it would change 82 billboards in the state of New York after a woman featured in advertisements for the New York Lottery accused the ad agency of making up her thoughts about what she'd do if she won $1 ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 13:09:03 PDT 2002

30348 Putin vows to nurture small businesses -- rank: 1000

ChrisD(RJ) wrote: >As I've said before, everybody in Russia, including me, is corrupt to some >extent, if by corruption you mean engaging in extra-legal activities like >paying bribes. Back when I had problems with my housing registration, I >would give little sums of money to cops all the time. It's just less of a >hassle than paying a fine. It's called "doing things po-chelovechestvu" -- >"in the human way." Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, who doubles ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 12:35:45 PDT 2002

30349 Chomsky on Vietnam -- rank: 1000

Bradford DeLong wrote: >>I asked Noam Chomsky if I had remembered correctly that he argues >>that the U.S. didn't lose the Vietnam War. He responds: >> >>>Your memory is right. I had, actually, always assumed that the US >>>would win the war for simple power reasons, just as it wins every >>>war. That is, win the war in terms of its actual aims, even if >>>not its maximal ones. The actual aims, which were always pretty >>>clear I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 12:20:24 PDT 2002

30350 "Had I been Yasser Arafat" -- rank: 1000

Dennis Perrin wrote: >"Had I Been . . ." could become the newest LBO parlor game! My late friend John Liscio used to play a game called "Stalin for a Day" - whom would you shoot/have shot if you had absolute dictatorial powers? Probably not a good game to play on an archived email list in these days of Carnivore. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 11:36:34 PDT 2002

30351 anti-globalization label -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >We neoliberals at least have broad agreement that developing-country >governments are corrupt, Multinational corporations, however, are all fine, upstanding global citizens, who pay human wages, provide safe working conditions, tend carefully to the earth, pay their fair share of taxes, and publish honest accounts. Right? >by and large (East Asia excepted) lack the competence to run >successful developmental states, and hence the best chance is to try >to shrin ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 10:15:26 PDT 2002

30352 Ivy Legacies -- rank: 1000

Marco Anglesio wrote: >That said, is it any harder to get a degree at one university than any >other? My experience of Yale, 1971-75, was that once you were in they made it very hard for you to fail. Anyone who screwed up (and I had a roommate who did, repeatedly) was counseled, given second, third, fourth chances, etc. We always thought that once having admitted you, they didn't want to make it look like they'd made a mistake. My roommate, though, triumphed over all these obstacles and ev ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 07:09:19 PDT 2002

30353 Chomsky on Vietnam -- rank: 1000

I asked Noam Chomsky if I had remembered correctly that he argues that the U.S. didn't lose the Vietnam War. He responds: >Your memory is right. I had, actually, always assumed that the US >would win the war for simple power reasons, just as it wins every >war. That is, win the war in terms of its actual aims, even if not >its maximal ones. The actual aims, which were always pretty clear I >thought and could hardly be denied after the Pentagon Papers came >out, were to preve ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Apr 10 06:50:27 PDT 2002

30354 the value of a Yale degree -- rank: 1000

I'm having a bit of a flamewar with my fellow Yalies on the class of '75 list. A progressive black minister from New Haven, W. David Lee, is running for the aptly named Yale Corporation, the university's board of directors. Normally, the almuni association nominates a candidate who runs unopposed. Lee took advantage of a petition option and got on the ballot. Yale's unions are supporting his candidacy, and Lee has said he wants to represent the interests of workers and the New Haven community (i ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 16:20:04 PDT 2002

30355 Tom the exterminator -- rank: 1000

Michael Hoover wrote: >acheson and nitze's nsc-68 proposals represented imperialism of >international faction of us capital that was powerful but not yet >secure in its hegemony, korean war became legitmizing source for >document - military became top federal budget priority, purge of >left from unions was intensified, isolationist right was 'isolated', >military expenditures in wake of recession that began in 1949 >soared, stimulating economy(eventually becoming permanent s ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 12:28:48 PDT 2002

30356 Tom the Exterminator on the Middle East -- rank: 1000

Naji Dahi wrote: >If that is really what he said, then there might be truth to the allegation >that AIPAC helped defeat Bush SR because he played hardball with Israel and >decided to withhold $10 billion in loan guarantees. For the most part, US >politicians who mess with Israel end up paying for it at the polls. So 2% of the population, which lives mainly in a few concentrated geographical areas that are already largely Democratic, exerts a decisive influence on U.S. elections? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 12:24:09 PDT 2002

30357 Said: Thinking ahead -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> Micheal Ellis wrote: >> >> >wow...am i on the right list? >> >> Would the "wrong" list be one where you disagree with other posters? >> >> Doug > >You must admit that the gulf between Brad & most of the posters to this >list is a tad deep and broad. ...and, moments later... >Addendum: I'm still glad Brad is on the list. He triggers fascinating >posts by other subscr ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 10:17:56 PDT 2002

30358 What to make of this? Tax burdens -- rank: 1000

Kevin Robert Dean wrote: >What do we make of this as compared to the Citizens >for Tax Justice findings? Who is right? > >Tax Burden Falls on the Wealthy >Tue Apr 9, 2:08 AM ET >By CURT ANDERSON, AP Tax Writer Of course rich people pay more taxes than poor and middle-income people. They make more money. Beware of any analysis that says the richest x% pay y% of all taxes - they usually forget to point out that they have z% of the income. >"It's very easy to move into th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 09:11:42 PDT 2002

30359 McReynolds on A20 controversies -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Pollak" <mpollak at panix.com> > >> 20,000 * 12 hours is 240,000 person hours of outreach. Assume that you >> talk to only four people each hour. That one action would reach 1 >> million people directly >-That's very compelling math. Have there been any large-scale outreach >-campaigns like this, that weren't narrowly focused on winning elections or >-strikes, but rather on ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 09:07:57 PDT 2002

30360 Tom the exterminator -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >It's been so long since I read it that I can remember no details nor >correct labels, but I think long ago Chomsky wrote an analysis of a >"National Security" document produced during the Truman administration >that both laid out the contours of what came to be called the Cold War >AND explicitly stated as one of its aims to "prime" the u.s. economy. In >the late '40s there was really widespread fear -- both in public >discussion and ap ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Apr 9 08:59:27 PDT 2002