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1261 Economy and Inebriation -- rank: 1000

A while back there was a discussion about social causes of alcoholism. Alec, I think you raised the question. There is an article in the LA Times this morning, "Economy, Inebriation Linked in Mongolia" (Associated Press), making a direct link between increased use of alcohol in Mongolia and the transition from communism to capitalism. It's terribly sad what is happening there, poverty and unemployment have soared. I don't have a scanner or I would post it here. Marta Russell

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Date:	Thu Jan 14 08:04:25 PST 1999

1262 IP in China -- rank: 1000

I always liked the fact that Spike Lee calls his film production company Forty Acres and a Mule. I hope the Conyers proposal is a better deal than the never delivered forty acres and a mule but would highly surprised if anything ever comes to fruition given the government's history of renegging on such promises, including treaties with the Native Americans. Still I am curious about what Conyers is proposing if you care to elaborate. Marta Charles Brown wrote: > Some African American activists ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 13 22:17:16 PST 1999

1263 Incivility -- rank: 1000

Henry C.K. Liu wrote: > Doug Henwood wrote: > > > But what I want to > > see, both here and in the "left" such as it is, is an ability to disagree > > with people without branding them as agents of Satan. > > > > Like many China bashers. > > Henry Henry, People used to think that disability was caused by Satan, either as possession or punishment for evil doings. Some New Age folks still believe this though they call it being controlled by &quo ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 13 21:51:15 PST 1999

1264 tone -- rank: 1000

Louis and all, I think what Doug meant is that some people have objected to him about other participants style of discourse, not to point a finger at you. It is always subjective, what one person finds offensive another may not. Rakesh has said he can handle what Carol said. While some people may feel that "civility" has been breached, I think the last thing we need to do is go into our respective corners about this. Whoever said that the left has traditionally had these problems is ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 11 16:26:07 PST 1999

1265 Banks may be spying soon too -- rank: 1000

I AM NOT a libertarian. Marta > ======================================= > NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY > 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 > Washington DC 20037 > World Wide Web: http://www.lp.org/ > ======================================= > For release: January 8, 1999 > ======================================= > For additional information: > George Getz, Press Secretary > Phone: (202) 333-0008 Ext. 222 > E-Mail: 76214.3676 at Compuserve.com > ======== ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 8 17:56:26 PST 1999

1266 culture and illness -- rank: 1000

Alec, I tried to post you offline (a ramsdell at yahoo.com) but the message gets returned as undeliverable. Please send me your correct email. Marta Alec Ramsdell wrote: > I think my last post regarding psychiatry only addressed one side. > Obviously alcoholics and addicts deserve state-funded treatment, and > treatment can work, even if the high statistics for post-treatment > relapse might lead one to serious doubts. This isn't possible now, of > course, since Clinton removed ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 4 15:35:03 PST 1999

1267 aspartame & methanol & ms. -- rank: 1000

Greg, Thanks for this additional clarification. The talk was given before a gathering of environmentalists, so I think the conspiracy tone, i.e., "they" are doing this or that, is directed at corporate polluters and creators of toxins in general. Marta Russell Greg Nowell wrote: > I was very intrigued by this post. > > 1. It is very true that diet drinks do raise methanol > levels in the body. I'm not sure whether it matters if > the drink is at 86 degrees or not, sinc ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 4 14:35:31 PST 1999

1268 Capitalism eating its own -- rank: 1000

Anita Mage wrote: > Btw, the same article was posted to one of the forums at the LFA website a > couple of days ago. As a lupie who tries to keep track of the latest lupus > literature, I have not run across any reference to aspartame triggering > flares whatsoever. While bad reasons not to drink diet coke may be better > than no reasons, this is obvious crap. > > Anita I don't think we know enough to call it "obvious crap". When you look at the fibromyalgia lite ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 3 16:29:32 PST 1999

1269 Capitalism eating its own -- rank: 1000

There was an investigative story about how aspartame was first developed in chemical weapon research in one of the "progressive" publications some time back, either In These Times or Mother Jones?? maybe... I don't have a site. If I remember correctly, it was a couple of years ago. Marta Russell C. Petersen wrote: > Holy shit! Where did this aspertame story come from... is this true? I > mean, lots of people drink diet Coke that has gone above 86F. I know a MS > researcher.. m ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 2 18:55:13 PST 1999

1270 Capitalism eating its own -- rank: 1000

MONSANTO is at it again. My New Year's Resolution: start 1999 free of brain killing chemicals. States could sue Monsanto to recover Medicaid costs like they did the tobacco industry. Marta Russell Article written by Nancy Markle (1120197) _ (These paragraphs are excerpted from a longer article) I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE _ on "ASPARTAME marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and 'Spoonful"'. In the_keynote address by the EPA, they announced ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 2 14:23:04 PST 1999

1271 Geopolitics of Leftism -- rank: 1000

pms wrote: > Has anyone seen a movie called My Beautiful(Little?) Village? Yugoslav, I > believe. > Wonderful. Socialism seemed to have some place in some people lives, in > some good ways. > But then the Soviet officials in the city are just callous thieves. > But in the village, many people's occupations seemed to be just taking care > of their neighbors. This must be the part of socialism that people feel > nostalgia for. And of course, haveing food and paychecks. & ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 1 16:42:05 PST 1999

1272 in the news -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: > But returning to today, rather than yester year. There are now private > for-profit companies that provide services under various city and > county contracts. None of the ones in LA, that I have heard of are > non-profit community based organization like CIL. Are these city or > county agencies? I don't know. Clearly the political and economic > context is different. Should those workers be unionized. Of > course. Should the disabled manage their own se ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 28 16:19:17 PST 1999

1273 in the news -- rank: 1000

Doyle Saylor wrote: > Doyle: > Some people are, but you know training helps. And respect helps, and good > wages, and a host of things that make for dignity when one works. > Patronizing someone is not in everyone, and it is not done away with by > making someone a pseudo boss. I have seen people fired quads for speaking > their mind. Not for patronizing, but saying something that goes against the > grain of someone. What are we supposed to be, robots, automotons? What ...

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Date:	Sun Feb 28 14:37:48 PST 1999

1274 in the news -- rank: 1000

Yoshie, this may put me over the limit, but what the heck? Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Isn't this question of power differential a bit more complicated, when you > factor in class, race, gender, etc.? Aren't homecare workers mainly people > of color, some of whom are recent immigrants? Don't they tend to be women? Yes, and many of them are excellent care givers. But unfortunately the pool of workers that is available who will work for such low wages also tend to be people who can't get wo ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 27 13:06:38 PST 1999

1275 William Vickery question -- rank: 1000

Michael Yates wrote: > Marta, > > Yes, he was. Vickrey's economics was, as Paul Sweezy put it to me at > luch one day, pretty trivial. However, Sweezy said that the Nobel > committtee (in this case, the Swedish Central Bank, I suppose) must not > have known about Vickrey's politics, which were left of center. Vickrey > was an old New Dealer and quite liberal. He planned to use his Nobel > award to speak out on liberal issues, but poor man, he died soon after > gett ...

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Date:	Sat Feb 27 11:38:34 PST 1999