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33721 Fwd: FYI, an HRW Op-ed on US Labor Rights -- rank: 1000

[via Human Rights Watch] U.S. Workers' Rights Are Being Abused By Lance Compa(**) Published October 30, 2000 in the Washington Post Each year thousands of U.S. workers are fired or suffer other reprisals for trying to organize unions. Millions of workers are excluded from labor laws meant to protect workers' organizing and bargaining rights, and their number is growing. Violations of workers' freedom of association are a strong but hidden undercurrent in the vast American economy. "I know t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 31 15:21:02 PST 2000

33722 City Limits job opportunity -- rank: 1000

From: Alyssa Katz <alyssa at citylimits.org> Reply-To: alyssa at citylimits.org Organization: City Limits X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: City Limits job opportunity Hi friends and colleagues. I'm here to spread very happy word that City Limits is hiring a managing editor. This is a new position, and one that will seriously help us grow as we launch a redesign of both the magazine and web site next year. The job description is below--please spread the word! Alyssa POSI ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 31 10:45:55 PST 2000

33723 Fed confirms K controls work -- rank: 1000

"Capital Controls During Financial Crises: The Case of Malaysia and Thailand" BY: HALI J. EDISON Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Division of International Finance CARMEN M. REINHART University of Maryland School of Public Policy Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=231951 Other Electronic Document Delivery: http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/workingpapers.htm SSRN only offers technical support for ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 31 09:51:00 PST 2000

33724 NYT on Bush judge appointments -- rank: 1000

Justin Schwartz wrote: >Scalia, however, is clearly more than qualified, unlike Thomas,w ho >is rather less than qualified. It's not a disgrace to have voted for >him. --jks But Scalia's a raving reactionary and theocrat. Surely you don't take the position that confirmation votes should be about "competence" and not "politics," do you? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 31 09:23:21 PST 2000

33725 Eric Hobsbawm -- rank: 1000

Justin Schwartz wrote: >pressimistic Better not read so much, then. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 31 09:24:08 PST 2000

33726 more kids smoking pot -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - October 31, 2000 Marijuana Use Among College Students Climbs 22% Over 6 Years By JENNIFER YACHNIN Marijuana use by college students nationwide increased nearly 22 percent from 1993 to 1999, according to a report by Harvard University's School of Public Health. The report also states that use of other illicit drugs saw a similar increase in the same period. Researchers at the public-health school analyzed student drug use by using information from the s ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 31 08:58:17 PST 2000

33727 Bush's abortion -- rank: 1000

Christine Petersen wrote: >In a way I would like to see this come out if Bush wins, in the >month after his election, just to jolt the minds of the people into >the picture of bush with his thumbs (http://www.bushthumbs.com) or >his stupid W gang sign, and his statement about bringing integrity >to the office. Ha. A link from this site produces an amusing redirection: <http://www.bushblows.com/>. Doug

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Date:	Tue Oct 31 08:29:25 PST 2000

33728 Bush's abortion -- rank: 1000

Christine Petersen wrote: >In a way I would like to see this come out if Bush wins, in the >month after his election, just to jolt the minds of the people into >the picture of bush with his thumbs (http://www.bushthumbs.com) or >his stupid W gang sign, and his statement about bringing integrity >to the office. Ha. A link from this site produces an amusing redirection: <http://www.bushblows.com/>. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 31 08:29:25 PST 2000

33729 Why isn't this a stockmarket election, or Bush' bear -- rank: 1000

Lisa & Ian Murray quoted: >Conventional wisdom, though, argues that the main reason >shareholders are not playing a serious political role is that the “investor >class” (to use the term popularised by Larry Kudlow, a Wall Street >economist) has not gained class-consciousness. Hilarious. Which investor class? The people that Larry Kudlow works for, like Wall Street and GE/CNBC? They're the most class conscious social formation on earth. The folks who have $5,000 in a mutual fund ( ...

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Date:	Tue Oct 31 08:34:37 PST 2000

33730 WashPost on Nixon judge appointments (Re: NYT on Bush judge appointments -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >Doug, you have this amazing capacity to act as if we have a caudillo system >where the President (or Governor) has absolute unilateral power, thereby >ignoring the role of the legislature. In Texas, Bush had to get nominees >through a Democratically-controlled state house. Oh yes, and getting a SC nominee who'd want to overturn Roe v Wade through the Senate would be a walk in the woods. I wonder how defenders of abortion read the popular mood, or the prospects ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Oct 30 15:24:00 PST 2000

33731 NYT on Bush judge appointments -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >last one first, I've heard Joe L voted for thomas, >and Gore (along with all other Senators) voted for >Scalia. I think the vote on Scalia was 98-0, or something like that. The Thomas roll call is at <<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/vote1021/vote_00220.html>. Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 15:07:18 PST 2000

33732 NYT on Bush judge appointments -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky quoted: >Recently, Mr. Nader has said that: > >--IF GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN BUSH AND GORE, HE WOULD VOTE FOR BUSH. Mr. >Nader would happily throw the country to the Right, placing the Supreme >Court and the entire executive regulatory system in the hands of the most >retrograde elements in our political life. > >--ENVIRONMENTAL REACTIONARIES SERVE A POSITIVE FUNCTION. Mr. Nader has >argued that past appointments like Reagan's Secretary of the Interior >J ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 14:49:17 PST 2000

33733 NYT on Bush judge appointments -- rank: 1000

Max Sawicky wrote: >Sean Wilentz is circulating a new anti-Nader statement. >Pretty slanderous, albeit in subtle ways. I'll post it >if the masses demand it. Please do. Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 14:15:45 PST 2000

33734 Charlton's Angels -- rank: 1000

Inside.com - October 30, 2000 CHARLTON ARMS HIS ANGELS "When someone makes a major action movie with no guns, a lot of people in America get worried . . .." So begins the pitch for Charlton's Angels, Countingdown.com's Charlie's Angels spoof trailer. It's already a hot link on right-wing Websites like Free Republic. And why not? It's more fun than a barrel of NRA promotional videos. Three air-chopping babes light into a bunch of gun-toting kidnapper heavies. "But the Angels soon ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 14:04:34 PST 2000

33735 NYT on Bush judge appointments -- rank: 1000

[With desperate Gore apologists making the usual impassioned Supreme Court arguments, it's worth dusting this off...] New York Times - July 9, 2000 Bush's Choices For Court Seen As Moderates By JIM YARDLEY AUSTIN, Tex., July 7 - Earlier this year, the Texas Supreme Court stunned social conservatives throughout the state by issuing a 6-to-3 ruling that allowed a 17-year-old high school senior to have an abortion without telling her parents. "It was shocking," said Joe Kral, the legisla ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 13:55:02 PST 2000