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1021 slander of my beloved affiliate on your elist -- rank: 1000

Yea, the corporate state has done things like this many times before to discredit unions. But abuse does occur in these awful snake pits and those of us who follow those stories and know of people who have survived them know that neither unions nor business owners of these snake pit institutions have stopped the abuse of institutionalized persons - including nursing home abuse. An associate of mine who is a university professor in Hawaii and widely published on disability issues recently wrot ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 17 14:43:29 PDT 2001

1022 bourgeois medicine -- rank: 1000

This explains how the Dutch plan is bourgeois medicine. marta http://www.oaklandtribune.com/ Article last updated: Sunday, April 15, 2001 3:18 AM MST 'Dutch Death' makes doctors all-powerful THE Netherlands, by a peaceful and democratic process, just gave its doctors a license to kill. The New York Times, as usual, got the story embarrassingly wrong, calling the new law "aided suicide": "The new law insists adult patients must have made a voluntary, well-considered and lasting r ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Apr 16 16:31:33 PDT 2001

1023 Nursing home strike report -- rank: 1000

If true this is certainly infantile and uncalled for. Marta New York Times-4-11-01 "Hartford:Nursing Home Sabotage" "Allegations of vandalism and sabotage before a one-day strike at Connecticut nursing homes have been substantiated by Chief State's Attorney John M. Bailey. In a report released yesterday, investigators said that they found evidence of 34 incidents at nursing homes before the March 20 walkout by members of the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199 ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Apr 12 10:43:53 PDT 2001

1024 States Rights & employment discrimination -- rank: 1000

For the Constitutional buffs on the list: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Hearing on States Rights and Federal Remedies: When are Employment Laws Constitutional? http://www.senate.gov/~labor/107hearings/april2001/040401wt/040401wt.htm -- Marta Russell

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 10 20:33:54 PDT 2001

1025 Pacifica / LA Meeting -- rank: 1000

Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 22:06:50 -0500 Subject: Pacifica Campaign Update - April 9 From: Pacifica Campaign <info at pacificacampaign.org> To: <mmklomps at yahoo.com> Dear friends, The Pacifica Campaign has been gaining widespread support over the past two weeks. Pacifica management is running scared and has resorted to increasingly desperate tactics in a futile attempt to discredit our growing movement for democracy. Here's a quick run down of what we in the Pacifica Campaign have man ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 10 10:13:47 PDT 2001

1026 Cali power crisis -- rank: 1000

According to Public Citizen, some of our private utilities took generators off line and this is going to be investigated. Seems there is suspicion that some plants were taken off line for manipulation purposes rather than mechanical or other types of failures. There are several power plants being constructed now in CA (with tax payer dollars?) Since LA's public DWP isn't one of the private utilities owing money to all these outside power corps (its got enough generating power) and we've more ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Apr 7 16:16:10 PDT 2001

1027 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

OK kelly I accept your wrist slapping. Next time I will check out every nuance before I post something to the list. I would still like to know why the animal rights group decided Singer was no longer fit for his position there. Singer has been a long time animal rights hero, so if he did not say anything offensive as least as you have explained it here, what is their beef? Marta Marta Kelley Walker wrote: > >Marta > > well, there's an article to read. it does not, in fact, condone ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 3 18:16:26 PDT 2001

1028 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > Did you read Singer's piece? He doesn't say anything like this. > > Doug No, at this point I was responding to Justin's response - as to why I would have posted the original press release. I do wonder still, though why an animal rights group that Singer held a high position in, would think his piece was objectionable enough to force him out of the organization. I mean, these are Singer's animal rights pals....so I will busy myself with reading what he actually wr ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 3 17:47:59 PDT 2001

1029 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

Actually you've not got it Justin. It is the unequal relationship. Singer does condone parents being legally able to kill their disabled offspring. That is an unequal relationship where the infant has no say. Here, the question of consent is equally disturbing. Animals do not have an equal relationship when it comes to human sexual aggression imposed upon them. What are they going to do, take it to court? If anything, I am for the underdog (pun intended) - that's consistent. Marta Justin S ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 3 16:35:43 PDT 2001

1030 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

Kelley Walker wrote: > > At 02:27 PM 4/3/01 -0800, Marta Russell wrote: > > >No joke. The press release was an announcement of the de-throning of > >Singer from his position at that particular animal group organization. > >Sheep, afterall, can't and don't give consent to humans to use them > >for sexual pleasure -- > >so are you saying you condone having sex with animals? That would > >certainly give a new slant on farming. > >Marta > > ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 3 16:15:14 PDT 2001

1031 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

Gordon, while I appreciate many of your points here, I think picking up an animal and engaging it in sex are horses of a different color. As for the consent part with animals, plenty of men think women give their consent in rape cases, so how can an animal speak up for itself when the human is doing the interpreting? Marta Gordon Fitch wrote: > > >From what I heard in the U.S. Army from the farm boys, and > what I read in Kinsey, there's nothing new about having sex > with animals ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 3 16:16:49 PDT 2001

1032 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > > Kelley Walker wrote: > > >At 05:54 PM 4/2/01 -0800, Marta Russell forwarded: > > > >><http://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/>. > > > >hey, it might actually be worthwhile to read the article since it > >really doesn't say much that is terribly absurd and it certainly > >doesn't do what this idiotic press release suggests. > > Thanks for pointing that out. I'd wondered if the press release was a ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Apr 3 15:27:07 PDT 2001

1033 Singer's latest -- rank: 1000

PRESS RELEASE: MARCH 28, 2001 ========================== Professor Gary Francione today called for Princeton philosophy professor Peter Singer to stand down as President of The Great Ape Project International. Francione, who is Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law and author of several books on animal rights, called for Singer's resignation in the wake of Singer's essay on bestiality, available in the March/April edition of Nerve Magazine, <http://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Sing ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Apr 2 18:54:54 PDT 2001

1034 Gore Vidal on the US election -- rank: 1000

Oh yes, he should definitely have written what he meant. It was a bad slip which many will interpret as wrong. It makes him look not credible. marta Max Sawicky wrote: > If he means outlays for all defense, as opposed > to procurement, and if he means as a share of > discretionary, rather than of "the budget" (his > words), then he's in the right ballpark. > But for a guy who is so sharp w/words, his > fuzziness is fair game. > > mbs > > I think Vidal me ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 20 13:42:00 PDT 2000

1035 Gore Vidal on the US election -- rank: 1000

I think Vidal means the discretionary budget. Marta Max Sawicky wrote: > [From today's Salon. Full text at > http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/20/vidal/print.html] > > "The great scandal today is we're still a militarized economy, 51 percent of > the budget goes for the Pentagon for procurement . . . > >>>>>>>>>> > > Actually it's less than three percent, but > let's not quibble. If he means all defense > spending, it ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Sep 20 12:57:46 PDT 2000