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36601 Lederman on Rudy -- rank: 1000

[Thanks to Robert Lederman for striking the right note.] Sympathy For the Devil: Giuliani Gets Cancer by Robert Lederman ["4/27/2000 NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced on Thursday he had prostate cancer, but it was unclear if his condition would affect his probable Republican candidacy for the U.S. Senate against first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton."] Let me start by saying I sincerely hope Mayor Giuliani recovers from prostate cancer and does so quickly ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 09:21:43 PDT 2000

36602 Slavoj on Lenin -- rank: 1000

All you Leninists out there may be glad to hear (or maybe you won't, since it might confound your paradigm) that at a reading last night in NYC, Slavoj Zizek said that it was time to go back to Lenin. "Everyone" now is talking about Marx, but that's too easy; we all know about alienation and the "fetishism of merchandise." What we need now, he said, is someone who'll cut off some heads. By the way, to a questioner who implied he was guilty of Eurocentrism, Slavoj said "Y ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 09:36:25 PDT 2000

36603 Rudy Guiliani has prostrate cancer -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: >Well if it's in a very, very early stage there's no problem: he just >starts taking his estrogen shots and lives for decades and decades... I love the idea of a feminized Rudy. Will he mellow out or just get bitchy? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 09:37:05 PDT 2000

36604 Nader -- rank: 1000

brad.hatch wrote: >Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Jeff St Clair's been forwarding me some stuff reporting that Ralph >> Nader is about to cross the picket line and talk to the Detroit Free >> Press, universally regarded in union circles as a scab paper. >> >> Gotta admire the guy: runs for president but doesn't even mention >> that or the party he's running on at the A16 rally; friend of labor >> who crosses picket lines. >> > >So you a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 09:43:28 PDT 2000

36605 putting the e- back in Europe -- rank: 1000

Financial Times - April 27, 2000 Europe to get first online pizza service By Tom Burns in Madrid Europe looks set for its first online pizza delivery service with the signing of an e-commerce alliance between Telepizza, a local dial-a-pizza company, and Terra Networks, the internet service provider of Telefónica. Telepizza's venture with Terra mirrors similar ones in the US like Kozmo.com and Urbanfetch.com, which is considering a move into Europe. These ventures offer customers the chance to or ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 09:56:22 PDT 2000

36606 peeping cops -- rank: 1000

Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - April 28, 2000 Students Object to Late-Night Dormitory Inspections at U. of Montevallo By NINA WILLDORF When several women at the University of Montevallo failed to react to the sight of a peeping Tom, officials responded with what students view as more peeping: surprise, middle-of-the-night inspections of dormitory rooms, looking for students violating the ban on guests of the opposite sex. More than 40 students now face charges for violating the rule ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 10:03:54 PDT 2000

36607 M2K in London -- rank: 1000

Agence France Presse Police expect wild May Day weekend protests in London Similar protests last year LONDON (AFP) - - Guerrilla gardening, anti-capitalist protests in London's financial district and a bicycle rally to combat auto pollution are among the events expected to vex London police during the May Day weekend. Anarchists, environmental activist and anti-globalization demonstrators started to gather Friday in London after widespread calls for protests were sent out by various groups via t ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 10:04:48 PDT 2000

36608 Vatican hits US, EU on HIPC debt; Meltzer op-ed -- rank: 1000

[from the World Bank's clipping service] VATICAN SLAMS US, EU OVER DEVELOPING NATIONS' DEBT. The secretary of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Irish archbishop Diarmuid Martin, yesterday slammed the US and the EU for not delivering on promises to reduce the debt of developing countries, reports Agence France-Presse. Only $11 billion of the $100 billion that the G7 decided to allocate to reduce the debt of developing countries had been provided, the archbishop said while a ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 10:24:30 PDT 2000

36609 Slavoj on Lenin -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >That! is Leninism????????? My Lenin is the one who (in opposition >to Trotsky) insisted that a revolution in Russia depended on there >being thousands more Father Gopins. That is, my Lenin is the one >who put spontaneous action by masses of people. led mostly by >non-marxists, at the center of all revolutionary activity. The best >commentary on Lenin (the best guide on how to use Lenin's >collected works) is Mao's *Report on an Investigation of the >Pea ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 10:48:23 PDT 2000

36610 blow against MP3.com -- rank: 1000

Dow Jones Newsire - April 28, 2000 Court Finds MP3.com Liable For Copyright Infringement By COLLEEN DEBAISE Dow Jones Newswires In a major blow to MP3.com, a federal judge ruled Friday that the online music distributor is liable for copyright infringement. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff granted partial summary judgment in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America, which in January accused MP3.com's music database service of violating industry copyrights. Shares of MP3.com plummet ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 11:12:49 PDT 2000

36611 Nader -- rank: 1000

JKSCHW at aol.com wrote: >I wrote the Nader campaign about this, and they replied that Ralph >is NOT going to cross any picket lines or interview with the scab >papers. he is going to Michigan to talk to labor, his campaign >manager says. There was a nasty little snipe about, N satnds by >labor, but will lanor stand by him? But sniping is one thing, >crossing picket lines another. Yup, news came down yesterday or today that Ralph changed his plans. As for Ralph and labor, the g ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 28 13:09:06 PDT 2000

36612 Jude defends Mugabe -- rank: 1000

Patrick Bond wrote: >What a curiousity piece, Doug! What does one do when >there's so much cutting-edge truth mixed with such bad agit-prop? That's Jude Wanniski for you. Son of a CP member who considers himself something of a Marxist, despite his love for the gold standard, tax breaks for capital, the Vatican, and Pat Buchanan. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 27 12:03:44 PDT 2000

36613 Summers' memo -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: > What I guess I'm not clear on is whether >everyone on this list considers this the transparent excuse of a man who >got caught saying something outrageous on the record, or whether some >allow that Lant Prichett and he might really have thought of this along >the lines of Swift's _A Modest Proposal_. From my brief exposure to Summers on A15, I'd say it was "irony" used to cloak his & Pritchett's real sentiments. (Pritchett, as LBO reported re ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 27 11:46:15 PDT 2000

36614 Jude defends Mugabe -- rank: 1000

Polyconomics' Daily Memo on the Margin (commentary taken from http://www.polyconomics.com) April 27, 2000 In Defense of Mugabe To: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. [D-IL] From: Jude Wanniski Re: Another Viewpoint on Zimbabwe Over a track of time, Congressman, you may notice that when the Western political establishment decides to cut loose from a favored foreign leader who has been doing its bidding, it first demonizes the fellow so that his removal by force, if necessary, is comforting to the western pop ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 27 09:53:37 PDT 2000

36615 Nader -- rank: 1000

Jeff St Clair's been forwarding me some stuff reporting that Ralph Nader is about to cross the picket line and talk to the Detroit Free Press, universally regarded in union circles as a scab paper. Gotta admire the guy: runs for president but doesn't even mention that or the party he's running on at the A16 rally; friend of labor who crosses picket lines. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Apr 27 09:44:25 PDT 2000