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1366 Evolution of FED thinking--humor -- rank: 1000

Brad De Long wrote: > The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is supposed to be much more so. You > see, many countries keep their gold reserves in the FRBNY basement (a habit > that they started back around WWII). When one country wants to sell gold to > another, they are supposed to send a forklift into the basement to pick up > the bars from one pile and move them to another... And the New York Fed is storing millions in bricks of gold that came from Nazi loot - melt down of perso ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Oct 14 10:35:09 PDT 1998

1367 Kalecki on full employment -- rank: 1000

Doug Henwood wrote: > [I just posted this excerpt from Michal Kalecki's "Political Aspects of > Full Employment" (1943) to the Post Keynesian Thought list. I'm posting it > here because I think he's right - and because he shows why there is so > little fundamental disagreement between rentiers and industrialists over > employment policy. - Doug] OK but after reading this I am unclear about what you are saying. The example given is that of full employment in fascist Germa ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Oct 9 14:43:51 PDT 1998

1368 Kevorkian on 60 Minutes -- rank: 1000

Upon request I am posting something re the Svengalian Kevorkian's advertisement for euthanasia on 60 minutes written by Wesley Smith. Marta Russell > Wall Street Journal, November 25, 1998 > > A Snuff Film Comes to Prime Time > > By Wesley J. Smith, a lawyer for the International > Anti-Euthanasia Task Force and author of "Forced > Exit: The Slippery Slope From Assisted Suicide to Legalized Murder" > (Times Books, 1997). > ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 30 08:06:41 PST 1998

1369 Singer -- rank: 1000

I wanted to give one resource on the "cutting us out of the herd" front. Wesley Smith wrote a book called "Forced Exit" which traces the issue of assisted suicide from the standpoint of what is already going on in hospitals across the nation. I quote Smith in my book, and have written a warning about the perils of an economic order which is eliminating all of no use to building more wealth. The costly, the nonprofitable, the unproductive, those of no use to capital. These a ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 23 11:03:50 PST 1998

1370 Fwd: American Bioethics Advisory Commission Demands... -- rank: 1000

> Jim wrote: > > That is true but I would be more impressed if the Church had similarly > > stood up against the murder of Jews, Gypsies, communists, gays > > etc. as well. Since in fact both the Catholic and Protestant churches > > were not only avid supporters of Hitler's election as chancellor in > > 1933 but remained strong supporters of the regime long afterwards > > perhaps Marta can forgive me if I seem less than impressed with > > the humanit ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Nov 23 10:25:42 PST 1998

1371 happy little angels with Down's syndrome (Re: Teeny tiny small point (Re: Singer) -- rank: 1000

Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote: > I read your post, Marta, and I was reminded of the arguments I used to > have with a friend who did (academic) stuff on disability. She had CP, and > ws writing primarily about stuff that concerned people with physical, > rather than mental disabilities. She admitted that the groups had > different concerns, but wouldn't admit that it was problematic to talk > about "disabilities." My brother, for example, has mental retardation, is > ...

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Date:	Mon Nov 23 10:13:53 PST 1998

1372 Singer -- rank: 1000

JKSCHW at aol.com wrote: > Probably common enough when it happens, but birth defects are rare. Also, > some, particularly neurological ones like Down's don't show up till after it's > too late for infanticide, and in peasant societies, physical defects might > merge into (c), that is, the problem si not that the baby is crippled in some > way per se, but that the family can't afford someone who will never be able to > contribute. I'm just talking about people's motivations, you ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sun Nov 22 18:25:28 PST 1998

1373 Teeny tiny small point (Re: Singer) -- rank: 1000

Frances Bolton (PHI) wrote: > Has anyone seen the new Benetton ads? A few years ago they did they ad > with the guy who was just about to die of AIDS. Now they've got a 2 page > color ad of a laughing child with Down's, and another of a child who looks > like s/he might have CP, cradled in the arms of a woman. > This kind of positive image about disability is the result of years of hard work to promote the image of disabled people as "people" not subhuman things. I work ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sun Nov 22 18:03:09 PST 1998

1374 Fwd: American Bioethics Advisory Commission Demands... -- rank: 1000

James Farmelant wrote: > I have been wondering why Marta chose to forward this piece > of nonsense from the religious right but since she has I for the > fun of it decided to go through it and critique some of the choicer > parts. I agree with you that some of it is nonsense, but think I can answer one question you raised: > >> > >> "Each and every one of us, including Peter Singer has from 5 to 50 > >defective sequences of DNA from the moment of fertili ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 20 16:17:18 PST 1998

1375 Fwd: American Bioethics Advisory Commission Demands... -- rank: 1000

Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote: > Uh, Marta, I have to agree with J. Noonan on this one. > I am not particularly a fan of Singer's views on > infanticide. But, are we really supposed to be impressed > that a bunch of jackbooted "pro-lifers" are demanding his > resignation from Princeton? I can only say that I hope > that the administration at Princeton has enough backbone to > stand up to this kind of pressure from these jerks. > Barkley Rosser Barkley, Th ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 20 15:53:13 PST 1998

1376 Fwd: American Bioethics Advisory Commission Demands... -- rank: 1000

> Subject: American Bioethics Advisory Commission Demands... > Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:30:57 EST > From: AOLNews at aol.com > > American Bioethics Advisory Commission Demands Resignation Of Princeton > Professor > > WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- "The American Bioethics Advisory Committee > is demanding the resignation of Princeton professor of Philosophy Peter > Singer," said ABAC president Father Joseph Howard. > > Dr. Singer has held the ap ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 20 09:21:54 PST 1998

1377 Singer -- rank: 1000

JKSCHW at aol.com wrote: > So, then why on earth would someone carry a baby to term and then > kill it if they did not want ANY baby at all? The reason one would want to > kill > an infant after it was born would most likely be because they did not like > the *particular* baby they got. > > Actually in human history the three main reasons are (a) the baby is a girla > and not a boy; (b) the mother is unmarried and would be disgraced, or (c) > there isn't enough fo ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 20 09:16:01 PST 1998

1378 Singer -- rank: 1000

JKSCHW at aol.com wrote: > Singer's not singling out disabled babies. He thinks that it's as OK to kill > _any_ one-month old, disabled or not, as it is to kill any nonrational animal. > His point is line-drawing is hard. From a moral point of view--obviously he's > not arguing law, since he; not an idiot; he recognizes that legallys peaking > killing a newborn is murder--but from a moral point of view, it's very hard to > say why late term abortion should be OK and infanticide ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 19 08:59:29 PST 1998

1379 Review of Sokal & Bricmonts' _FASHIONABLE NONSENSE_ in NY Times Book Review -- rank: 1000

Doyle Saylor wrote: Frances got on my case about this same sort of thing when I > brought this disability as the metaphor for the margin up to Max. You know > it is funny, but Max listened to me with respect, and he respectfully call > me a builder of mountains out of molehills. I guess that is all I want is > respect for my point of view. What is the harm. There is no harm that I can see. If there was greater public awareness of the points you have made that would be one thing, ...

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Date:	Thu Nov 19 08:28:16 PST 1998

1380 Productive Labor and Disabilities -- rank: 1000

Randy, You explained this better than I have ever seen it explained. Thank you. Marta Russell Randy Stone wrote: > Productive labor under capitalism refers to the production of surplus > value near or above the prevailing rate of exploitation (S/V). In > effect, the prevailing rate of exploitation (S/V) determines who is > "disabled" and who is not. > > Discrimination has less to due with prejudicial attitudes then an > accountant's calculation of the present cost ...

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Date:	Wed Nov 18 15:46:09 PST 1998