Extractions: Other People's Money : Beyond business stereotypes For starters, Other People's Money has a really sharp script, based on an off Broadway play. A movie about the philosophy of market economics might not sound likely to be dramatically interesting, but they built this around strong characters and plot. They mostly show, not tell. It turns out to be a charming romantic comedy with a lot of philosophical nuance. Danny DeVito stars as Larry the Liquidator, a corporate raider who makes money for his shareholders by finding badly run companies with strong assets, and getting rid of the dead weight. Gregory Peck plays his counterpart, Andrew Jorgenson. Jorgenson runs an old family business, New England Wire and Cable Company. As an old New England stalwart, he sees himself as the paternalistic protector of his workers and community. The larger corporation overall is doing great, but the original business, the factory, has been losing bunches of money. Yet Jorgenson insists on keeping the thing open, losing big money day after day. Larry wants to get control of the company and shut down the white elephant factory, spinning off the other assets in an economically rational manner. Naturally, he gets portrayed in the community as a bad guy who doesn't care about the poor workers.
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Extractions: russian>> portuguese>> pravda.ru sites ... News from Russia /English/ PhotoReports /English/ Forum /English/ FunReports /English/ Pravda.Ru /Portuguese/ Pravda.Ru /Russian/ News /Russian/ Forum /Russian/ Politics /Russian/ World /Russian/ Culture /Russain/ Science /Russian/ Economics /Russian/ Society /Russian/ Districts /Russian/ Accidents /Russian/ Sport /Russian/ Market /Russian/ Lady Pravda.Ru /Russian/ Fark.Ru /Russian/ Health /Russian/ Front page Russia Science and Health World ... Russia and China stood up for Iran at the session of the IAEA council. It is an open secret that the European Union has been concerned about the Iranian dossier for a long time. As a result, Great Britain, France and Germany submitted a draft resolution to the council of the International Atomic Energy Agency. In the document the EU accuses the Iranian administration of violating obligations in the nuclear field More...
Congressman Pumphrey The People's Friend John T. McCutcheon's 1907 novel about political corruption in Washington, illustrated with cartoons by the author. http://www.boondocksnet.com/mccutcheon/index.html
Extractions: document.write(' '); Citation: McCutcheon, John T. Congressman Pumphrey, the People's Friend (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1907; BoondocksNet Edition, 2000). http://www.boondocksnet.com/editions/mccutcheon/ document.write('(' + ShortDate + ').'); Today's date BoondocksNet Editions Biography Book Store Cartoons Cartoonists ... Political Cartoons and Cartoonists , edited by Jim Zwick
Independent American Party - National Home Believes that no people can maintain freedom unless their political institutions are founded upon faith in God and belief in the existence of moral law. http://www.usiap.org/
Extractions: Home Beliefs Action Items Activist Network ... Chat Room Prayer Alert! National Chairmans Letter Prayer Alert September 17, 2005 During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress often called for a day of thanksgiving, fasting, and prayer. Congress' purpose was to implore God to give inspiration and help to the forces fighting for Freedom. Americas' prayers were heard and a Free government was established, a governmental system which has since been taken to many parts of the world. Basic Freedoms are under attack again in our nation. Checks and Balances, so carefully crafted by the Founders, are the keystone of Americas' Freedom. Socialists and other totalitarians are attempting to strip Congress of Legislative power, collecting this power in the office of the President. Legislative, Judicial, and Executive power, concentrated in the office of the President, is the very definition of a dictator, a tyrant. America again needs Divine Intervention to turn back the tide of the collectivists. Will you join us this weekend in a day of thanksgiving, prayer, and if your religious observance includes it, fasting, so that our Freedom may be preserved. Specifically, we ask you to pray for the following:
Slashdot: News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters Most of those same news sources, however, missed the recent condemnation of Darwinian people who borrow your books and set wet glasses on them. http://politics.slashdot.org/
Extractions: from the johnny-5-gets-a-gun dept. christchurch wrote to mention the story of a plucky Korean robot that has been built for combat . From the article: "According to design blueprints released during a meeting of science-related ministers, the robot will have six or eight extendable legs with wheels allowing it to move like an insect over uneven terrain. The robot will be armed with various weapons and will operate both by remote control and its own artificial intelligence system"
Summer Training Academy Campus Green Vote's Summer Training Academy is an intensive 6day program that trains young people on political skills to protect the environment. http://www.envirocitizen.org/sta/2002/index.html
Federation Of Gay Games The Gay Games is a quadriennial athletic and cultural event which brings together people from around the world. Based on the principles of inclusion and participation, the Gay Games welcomes all people without regard to their sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, political belief, physical ability, athletic/artistic ability, or HIV status. http://www.gaygames.org/
Michelle Malkin He also reports that Franken s political views are more eclectic than you might imagine. Joining us from Washington, FOX news analyst Michelle Malkin. http://www.michellemalkin.com/
Extractions: - Ronald Reagan A DAY AMONG THE MOONBATS By Michelle Malkin September 24, 2005 05:10 PM I spent the afternoon at Sheehanapalooza in D.C. under overcast skies, in a haze of hemp-scented paranoia, steeped with fetid Bush hatred. Am uploading a bunch of photos of moonbats in action at my Flickr site . Here's a sample: Update The Political Teen has video of Cindy Sheehan's speech. I have video clips of Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, and the death cries of the moonbats on my Treo 650, which I'll be attempting to upload later tonight. Kris at Reflections of a Libertarian Republican was also photoblogging the rally/march. Excellent photos and narrative.
E-vote - Direct Democracy For A Global Society Maintains lists of email addresses of political leaders and encourages people to write them regarding certain global issues. http://andy.evot.org/evot/
Extractions: write e-mails to recipients from our lists use your e-mail footer e.g. like this: to support [campaign name] append [campaigns URL] footer to your e-mails help to maintain lists of reasonable recipients. The campaigns list is not intended to be a consistent global political program. Campaigns are independent from each other. There is no membership nor any list of supporters. Just choose a theme and write when you feel like it.
Screenshots... Reader Alex T sent in two sets of digital images to BBC news this Post it in your blog, let the people in the south know the condition in Penang, he http://www.jeffooi.com/
Extractions: Screenshots... This is a follow-up from Eric Chang , a Malaysian expat held-up in Houston when Hurricane Rita made the landfall yesterday, 90 miles east of the Texan city, and weakened to category 3 (125mph) when it landed. Here's a photo of the minimal damage in his neighborhood. Meanwhile, according to The Independent scientists now say the next target for a hurricane could be New York, which is rated by The National Hurricane Centre as the fifth most vulnerable Hurricane-prone area in the US. The top four have all been hit in the past two years. Jeff, You probably already know this. The hurricane's eye shifted and made landfall in Beaumont/Lake Charles area close to the border between Texas and Louisiana. This is about 90 miles east of Houston and the hurricane has weakened to category 3 (125mph) when it landed. While Houston area lucked out and largely escaped major damage, this is very unfortunate for people in Beaumont/Lake Charles area. I attempted to contact a Sarawakian living in Beaumont this morning but have not establish contact. Sporadic looting has been reported in Beaumont.
Untitled Document Left wing political party which fight for the right of selfdetermination for Corsican people. http://www.manca-naziunale.org/
NPR : National Public Radio : News, Arts, World, US. news Briefings. Rachelle Golan has came to Gaza to support Jewish settlers resisting the Israeli pullout; political Junkie. Ken Rudin. by Ken Rudin http://www.npr.org/
Extractions: @import "/include/css/mainstyles.css"; @import "/include/css/insettwocol.css"; @import "/include/css/bucket_facelift.css"; Skip Navigation Programs and Schedules All Programs A-Z All Schedules MOST VISITED PROGRAMS All Songs Considered All Things Considered Car Talk Day to Day The Diane Rehm Show Fresh Air with Terry Gross Morning Edition The Motley Fool Radio Show On the Media Performance Today Talk of the Nation Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday World Cafe SCHEDULES NPR Stations' Schedules NPR.org Program Stream NPR Worldwide NPR on Sirius Satellite Radio Soaked Gulf Coast Takes Stock Rita was downgraded to a tropical storm by mid-afternoon Saturday, but not before walloping the coasts of Texas and Louisiana with nearly 120-mph winds and heavy rains. In its wake, several towns key to the oil industry are assessing damages, while Houston breathes easier. At right, a man walks through floodwaters in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday. Lessons from History?
The Power Of Words Emotional appeals, fallacies, manipulations, disinformation, misdirection, political correctness and the nature of truth. How some people get others to agree with their point of view, give them what they want, do what they ask and buy what they are selling. http://www.aniota.com/~jwhite/words.html
Extractions: Generally, when people get their own way with others, they do it with words; they want others to agree with their point of view, give them what they want, do what they ask and buy what they are selling. From the car salesman's hard sell, the hammering of TV commercials, the relative's request for a loan, the doctor's diagnosis to the child's pleading to stay up late, the seduction and/or assault of words is continuous. In these verbal contests between one person's desires and another's, some people find they always lose, convinced they must be wrong, while others consistently win; their logic, their reasons are so powerful, so compelling, they almost force others to change their opinions, their beliefs and their behavior to comply with what's being asked. This enormous power is in the meaning of the words, what they mean to the person who hears them. Far more than simple communication, truth, falsehood and the infinite shades between them, words have the power to manipulate other people's thinking and behavior. These powers have been defined as fallacious arguments. There are 20 or so of these misleading and deceptive arguments. Their tremendous power lies in the fact that they elicit emotional responses in those who hear them. While the arguments appear to relate to the subject under discussioon, they do not. In most cases they have little to do with the subject at all.
Bad Subjects: Political Education For Everyday Life Bad Subjects seeks to revitalize progressive politics. It was the same on March 11, 2004, when bombers sent death to people from the workingclass http://bad.eserver.org/
Extractions: @import url(http://bad.eserver.org/ploneColumns.css); @import url(http://bad.eserver.org/plone.css); @import url(http://bad.eserver.org/ploneCustom.css); Skip to content. EServer Home Search Sections Welcome to Bad Subjects. Bad Subjects seeks to revitalize progressive politics. We challenge progressive dogma by encouraging readers to think about the political dimension to all aspects of everyday life. We seek to broaden the audience for leftist and progressive writing through a commitment to accessibility and contemporary relevance. The Floating Corpse of New Orleans Floating corpses, dehydrated babies, fires, National Guard soldiers with shoot-to-kill orders. This is a state of emergency. It is this the state of exception that, according to Giorgio Agamben, characterizes our current political order. The state of exception has become the rule not only in far-off lands and isolated prisons, but even in the center of the American heartland. The London Attacks Our world is divided into masters and slaves, rich economies and poor economies, those with opportunity and those with nothing but despair. But it is not the masters who suffer from terror blasts: it is the âcommonâ people, those in the street, simple folk who die and are maimed. It was the same on March 11, 2004, when bombers sent death to people from the working-class Madrid suburb of Alcala de Henares, and for years before in bombings of the open-air market of Jerusalemâs Mahane Yehuda that tore through people searching for cheap tomatoes. Those who love London, in all of its cosmopolitan humanity, share the mourning and anger of its citizens today.
Peoples' Voice Cafe Offering affordable performances with a political, leftwing focus. http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org/
Extractions: The Peoples' Voice Cafe is an alternative coffeehouse offering quality entertainment. We provide a space for the artistic expression of a wide variety of humanitarian issues and concerns. The cafe is run as a not-for-profit collective, and is not affiliated with any political organization. New participating members are always welcome. ACCESSIBILITY: The Peoples' Voice Cafe has a wheelchair accessible entrance (doors are wide enough for a chair, and there is no step, but note, the doors do not open automatically). Unfortunately the bathrooms are not 100% accessible (doors not wide enough). We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Keats Bicentenary An article from the Socialist Review published December 1995 which looks at the political aspects of the author's works. http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr192/cox.htm
Extractions: A generation of poets was inspired by the French Revolution of 1789, but by the time England defeated France at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 these poets had become extremely conservative. Years of acute social crisis followed Waterloothe years of the Luddite risings, the Pentridge rebellion and the reform movementwhich shaped the work of a new generation of radical poets: Shelley, Byron and Keats. The political works of all these poets have been systematically buried, but John Keats's reputation has probably suffered the most. The facts of Keats's lifehis unfulfilled love for Fanny Brawne and his early deathconfirm him as the archetypal poet. His contemporaries believed his death was hastened by his sensitivity when he read bad reviews of his work. Byron wrote sneeringly but with typical wit, 'Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle/Should let itself be snuffed out by an article.' Even Shelley, who admired Keats, described him as, 'Like a pale flower by some sad maiden cherished'. In reality John Keats was a passionately committed political writer, whose life was a battle against poverty and ill health. He was the son of a stable hand, left school at 14, was apprenticed to a doctor at 16 but gave up this job to write poetry. He was poor all his life, too poor to vote, or marry Fanny or deal with the tuberculosis which killed many of his close family, including his beloved brother Tom in 1818, and eventually himself. He refused to be ashamed of his origins despite the vicious attacks of his reviewers who were as offended by his low birth as by his politics.
MS-CW For anyone with a genealogical, historical, or political interest in the role of Mississippi and its people during the Civil War. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/MS-CW.html
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Standing Deer Presente! The Web Site Of Standing Deer Official site of expolitical prisoner Standing Deer. It is edited by Standing Deer himself, Bonnie Kerness of American Friends Service Committee and Anna Standing Deer. Includes many entries by other political prisoners, incarcerated prison activists and outside support people. http://www.geocities.com/standingdeer1/index.htm
Extractions: August 26, 1932 - January 20, 2003 This prison site created by Standing Deer Bonnie Kerness and Anna Standing Deer is dedicated to all prisoners and Standing Deer's Oklahoma family: the Wilsons, his sister, Janie, Bill. his brother and his wife Joan , Susan and her husband, Kevin Standing Deer's baby girl, Vicki and her husband, Joseph and grandchildren, Misti, Windi, Emili (Susan's children), Megan and Justin (Vicki's cildren) and Ben and Carnes (our grandchildren)and Judy Krullwithout whom we would have been no where.... a friend for life. Edited by IN MEMORY OF STANDING DEER WITH EVERLASTING LOVE We have tragic news for all of you who loved Standing Deer. On January 20, 2003, Standing Deer crossed over to the Spirit World. We will miss his laughter, sharp wit and beautiful smile, but for many of us he still remains by our side. I have displayed on this page a compilation of photos he gave me since his release on September 4, 2001. For those of you who did not know him, I know you will come to see his beauty as much as all of us who travelled on the road beside him throughout the years.
Otterbein College Error Page Research study examining people's reactions to the Y2K situation as a function of psychological, political and social factors. http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/psyc/y2k/
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