[cia-drugs] CNN'S EASON JORDAN RESIGNS
Here is an AP Story. Here is CNN's account. And Howard Kurtz's. See Instapundit. This is the statement Eason Jordan released tonight around 6:00 pm EST: After 23 years at CNN, I have decided to resign in an effort to prevent CNN from being unfairly tarnished by the controversy over conflicting accounts of my recent remarks regarding the alarming number of journalists killed in Iraq. I have devoted my professional life to helping make CNN the most trusted and respected news outlet in the world, and I would never do anything to compromise my work or that of the thousands of talented people it is my honor to work alongside. While my CNN colleagues and my friends in the U.S. military know me well enough to know I have never stated, believed, or suspected that U.S. military forces intended to kill people they knew to be journalists, my comments on this subject in a World Economic Forum panel discussion were not as clear as they should have been. I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise. I have great admiration and respect for the men and women of the U.S. armed forces, with whom I have worked closely and been embedded in Baghdad, Tikrit, and Mosul, in addition to my time with American soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen in Afghanistan, former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Arabian Gulf. As for my colleagues at CNN, I am enormously proud to have worked with you, risking my life in the trenches with you, and making CNN great with you. For that experience, and for your friendship and support these many years, I thank you. I told Howard Kurtz I was surprised and didn't know of any firing offense. Of course I haven't seen the tape. 11pm: Kurt'z story is out: "Eason Jordan resigned last night as CNN's chief news executive in an effort to quell a bubbling controversy over his remarks about U.S. soldiers killing journalists in Iraq." Read it. He quotes me correctly: Jay Rosen [said] he didn't think Jordan "had engaged in a firing offense." Bloggers "made a lot of noise" about the Jordan flap, Rosen said. "But there was basic reporting going on finding the people who were there, getting them to make statements, comparing one account to another along with accusations and conspiracy thinking and the politics of paranoia and attacks on the MSM, or mainstream media." Here's one try at an explanation. The primary sources are my earlier post on Jordan's job being political and diplomatic (the Colin Powell of the news division but very definitely a journalist by tribal affiliation); plus the comments of Rebecca MacKinnon; and this comment from a "veteran journalist" in tonight's thread, otherwise nameless. It also picks up from the terse Glenn Reynolds: "I think we know what the video would have shown, now." It's only a possible explanation, but plausible in my view. The tape had to be a disaster. But what kind? When Jordan and others at CNN looked at it, they must have seen a man making statements that went beyond what the network had been able to prove in its news reporting. He had wandered into the territory of assertion, some hearsay, and of things you feel you know are true even though you can't get anyone on the record to say it. By speaking in this way before an audience of influentials, Jordan allowed there to be (some) daylight between the military reporting the rest of the world had seen on CNN and the "report" that Jordan, its chief news executive, was willing to offer the in crowd in Davos. But there can never be that daylight. As "veteran journo" said: "If the standard of proof wasn't good enough to get it on CNN, it's not good enough to discuss at a forum in Davos." Ordinarily the lapse would not be noticed, and would not become public. That was before the WEF created a participants' blog. Rebecca MacKinnon, who once worked for Eason Jordan at CNN (bio): "I think Eason Jordan resigned because he knew that if the Davos tape came out it would make the situation worse, not better." (Worse because the "lower standard of proof" is plainly in evidence at certain moments.) Her post is a must. I know there are a number of people involved with the World Economic Forum who think the WEF needs to completely re-think its media/blogging and on/off record policies. It was a great thing that the WEF started a blog this year, inviting conference participants to post their impressions and thoughts. I encouraged them to do this. Unfortunately, the WEF's operating norms are not compatible with the age of the blog. Jordan's demise is the frightening result. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send a
Re: [cia-drugs] An Utterly Fascinating Book.
We are working on #2 right now. It will be in stores in November/December. PeaceKrisOn Jul 22, 2005, at 10:29 AM, David Guyatt wrote:Peter's book most assuredly is a fascinating read and I look forward to reading the follow on books (if they are still planned?). Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] Chavez Frias calls on the Bush administration to end failed FTAA attempts
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=42620 Published: Friday, July 22, 2005Bylined to: Bob Chapman Chavez Frias calls on the Bush administration to end failed FTAA attempts THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER editor Bob Chapman writes: Hugo Chavez Frias, Venezuelan President, has called upon the Bush administration to end its attempts to create a Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA). He called it a project that has failed. He also said, "Economic neo-liberalism and FTAA will only lead to the disintegration of the continent with its policies of competition leading to the disintegration of the strongest prevailing over the weakest." "The White House proposal, which was done over 10-years ago, is totally impracticable, unviable, and thanks to God the FTAA is dead and ready for burial." Instead, Mr. Chavez is offering the Bolivian alternative for the Americas, ALBA or a new dawn. This would be a cooperation mechanism for the entire region, economic complementation and not fierce market competition. Venezuela's finance minister sees GDP growing 5% in 2005-2006. Brazil's retail sales rose 2.67% y-o-y and were up 0.40% from April. Brazil will pay back $5.1 billion to the IMF ahead of schedule. It will save $82 million by paying early. The June monthly trade surplus was a record high of $4.03 billion. Over the past 12 months the real is up 28% and it is the biggest gainer against the dollar. Chile, the world's largest copper producer, said exports of the metal in June surged as prices extended gains to a 16-year high. Exports rose 55% to $1.53 billion year-on-year. Peru's GDP grew at the fastest rate since December, up 7.1%. THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER P. O. Box 510518, Punta Gorda, FL 33951, USABob Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [cia-drugs] China currency basket peg to remain secret
yeah, here is what i see: there will be fake oil shocks, based on 'peak oil' and 'increasing chinese demand.' these oil shocks will function as the ones did in the 70s, to create artificial demand for the petrodollar. all nations will need more dollars to buy oil. a side effect of this massive price increase will be the increase in the money supply, with resultant repudiation of much of the outstanding foreign debt. the standard of living in the US will also collapse, but it is possible that much personal debt could be wiped out in the hyperinflation as well. real incomes will plummet, though, even if nominal wages increase. vigilius haufniensis - Original Message - From: Max Robinson To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] China currency basket peg to remain secret I wonder if the secret is being kept to keep the dollar afloat...Madd Maxx-Vigilius Haufniensis wrote: http://www.rte.ie/business/2005/0722/china.html China currency basket peg to remain secretJuly 22, 2005 07:45 A basket of the dollar, euro and yen likely forms the backbone of China's new currency regime but its composition and weighting will likely remain secret as the central bank seeks to outwit speculators, analysts say. China's decision to revalue the yuan yesterday, largely seen as a token gesture to appease international criticism that it was undervalued, was a carefully calculated move meant to protect its still developing economy, they said. By abolishing the decade-old peg to the dollar in favour of an unknown currency basket system, Beijing aims to protect its still rickety financial system against the forces of international speculation. Speculation is a powerful force in today's integrated world economy and sudden, sharp attacks on countries' unit can bring governments to their knees, as happened during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Analysts said the euro, yen and dollar should make up the bulk of China's new basket of currencies, with the units of smaller Asian trading partners such as the Singapore dollar possibly also included. The main trading band, which allows the yuan to move 0.3% either side of a fixed mid-point, has been left unchanged, which theoretically means the currency could move by that maximum on a daily basis fairly quickly to what the market deems fair value. 'The People's Bank of China will make adjustment of the exchange rate band when necessary according to market development as well as the economic and financial situation,' the central bank said in its announcement yesterday. Today it said that the yuan would be allowed trade up or down 1.5% on either side of a mid-point against non-US dollar currencies in the interbank market. Many analysts believe that the yuan, set yesterday at a starting point of 8.11 yuan compared to the previous rate of 8.28, an effective revaluation of some 2%, still remains significantly undervalued. But the main question now is whether China would make use of the newfound flexibility to let the yuan drift gradually higher.-- For liberty in our lifetimes, by ANY means necessary, REVOLUTION NOW! Madd Maxx- Broadcasting ONLY in Hammond, Indiana: "They're Stealing Your Country, TAKE IT BACK! NOW ON Comcast Cable Channel 21!!! Every Wednesday @ 5:30 - 6:30 PM Live call-in every other Wednesday 1(219)852-4723 CST to participate! - Live in Indiana? Visit: http://www.hoosiermaster.com - "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." - Claire Wolfe, Author from "101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution" - "Keep your powder dry" -Randy Weaver, Hero - "And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say goodbye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling in terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand. The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst; the cursed machine would have ground to a halt!"
Re: [cia-drugs] An Utterly Fascinating Book.
Peter's book most assuredly is a fascinating read and I look forward to reading the follow on books (if they are still planned?). - Original Message - From: RoadsEnd To: Cia-drugs Cia-drugs Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: [cia-drugs] An Utterly Fascinating Book. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0975290622/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/103-4859868-5914262?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance An Utterly Fascinating Book., July 22, 2005 Peter Levenda poses a series of provocative questions in the Introduction to his utterly fascinating new book, Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft, the first volume in a series of three. "To what degree does mysticism (including occultism, religious organizations, and secret societies) influence politics? Can it be demonstrated that there is no real separation of church and state, despite most Americans' belief?" Can it be revealed that the "world's political leaders are motivated by (at times bizarre and outrageous) religious or spiritual convictions, thus threatening" the "very nature of the American way of life?" In answering these questions, Levenda-who first got his feet thoroughly wet in esoteric matters with his earlier book, Unholy Alliance, a frightening portrait of obsession and involvement with the occult by Hitler and the Nazis-delved deeply into often overlooked and ignored historical files and archives. Indeed, his research spanned nearly three decades and multiple cities, states, and countries, an arduous undertaking, to say the least. And in the process a strange thing happened to Levenda: He encountered what some writers refer to as the "Coincidence Goblin," a peculiar and recurring phenomena by which one experiences odd and disconcerting coincidences, which quickly lead into still odder coincidences until one gets the overwhelming and unshakeable sense that one has been ordained by some invisible higher power to write his or her book because he or she is part and parcel with it. Other writers brush off this bizarre occurrence as an unavoidable consequence of any serious research into subjects that concern the occult, or those sinister forces that always seen to be at play in worldly affairs. Writers of authoritative volumes, old and new, that deal with the esoteric occasionally publicly remark about their disconcerting experiences related to occult-related research recalling very unusual happenings ranging form long sought-after books mysteriously falling off a library shelf before them to phantom-like visitors from the past or future who appear to share prized knowledge with them. Some writers have found it extremely difficult to cope with such occurrences and have been driven to the edges of sanity and beyond. James Webb, a dashing and brilliant British historian, whose books and writings bear a strong resemblance to Levenda's, is but one sad example. Webb, who wrote two masterful volumes on the impact of the occult, or irrationalism as some would have it, on world affairs, killed himself not long after he completed a third book. According to those close to Webb, the once highly skeptical historian who scoffed at the occult did a complete reversal and concluded there were hidden and secret dimensions of reality that few ever glimpsed. Webb had visions of alternative worlds and said he had "seen molecules." Writer Gary Lachman reported in Fortean Times, "Webb tried to fit what was happening to him into some system, calling on Gnostic notions of `aeons' and Hindu accounts of `kalpas.'" Webb's extraordinary experiences were uncannily close to those of Jacob Boehme, the great Protestant mystic who lived in the late 1500s. In what sounds very much like a modern UFO encounter, Boehme at the age of twenty-five witnessed "a dark metal dish in the sky" which reflected sunlight and whose brightness drove Boehme into a state of mind closely resembling that of an LSD or Ecstasy trip. He reported that he felt he was peering straight into the heart of all nature, of the very universe, and that he suddenly understood the world completely and was fully aware of its full meaning and purpose. Later Boehme was attacked from the pulpit of his church by a pastor who pointed him out and screamed, "Get thee behind me, Satan." Astute readers, at this juncture, may also recall other questionable "suicides" by writers who researched secret matters, perhaps the timeliest ones being those of Danny Casalaro, Gary Webb, Mark Lombardi, and J.T. Hatfield, four dissimilar journalists who took headlong and fatal plunges into the netherworld of the CIA and drug trafficking, and other related matters. Readers may also recall the bizarre experiences of speculative fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Dick, before his untimely death at the age of 54, ha
[cia-drugs] In oil, Venezuela sees fuel for fight with U.S.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/12195959.htm In oil, Venezuela sees fuel for fight with U.S.AS CRUDE PRICES RISE, NATIONS' TIES HIT NEW LOWSBy Monte ReelWashington Post CARACAS, Venezuela - After the rumble of tanks died down and the last soldier high-stepped past the spectators' pavilion, President Hugo Chávez told the thousands attending Venezuela's Independence Day parade July 5 that no invading army could match the fighting force that had just marched by, ``armed to the teeth.'' The hypothetical invasion he invoked was patently clear: Two days before, Chávez had announced the discovery of evidence that the United States had drawn up blueprints to invade Venezuela, a plan he said was code-named ``Operation Balboa.'' American officials dismissed the claim as fiction, just as they have denied Chávez's repeated assertions that the CIA is trying to assassinate him, or that the Bush administration was behind the military coup that briefly toppled his government in April 2002. There is little doubt, however, that relations between Venezuela and the United States, strained for years, are plunging to new lows. Chávez has always been outspoken in condemning what he calls ``U.S. imperialism,'' mocking President Bush as ``Mr. Danger'' and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as ``Mr. War.'' But Venezuelan officials insist that his recent threats to sever ties with Washington -- thereby suspending the export of 1.5 million barrels of oil a day -- are more than the rhetoric of a populist rallying domestic support. ``When the president talks, it is not a joke,'' said Mary Pili Hernández, a senior Foreign Ministry official. ``The only country Venezuela has bad relations with is the United States; with all other countries we have good or very good relations. But with just one word, the U.S. could resolve all of the problems. That word is `respect.' '' Chávez asserts that the 21st-century equivalent of the Cold War is the developed world's thirst for oil -- and its attempts to manipulate weaker governments to secure it. Oil-rich Venezuela sells 60 to 65 percent of its crude oil to the United States, making it the fourth-largest U.S. oil supplier. This year, near-record oil prices have helped Chávez finance a variety of social programs that he vows will make the country more independent of U.S. influence. Observers say the oil revenue also has emboldened Chávez's foreign-policy strategy. He has recently signed oil agreements with Argentina, Brazil and his Caribbean neighbors and has launched efforts to strengthen ties with China through oil accords. Rafael Quiroz, an oil-industry analyst in Caracas, said the Chávez government believes that the conflict between developing countries endowed with such natural resources and nations with high demands will only intensify in coming years. Chávez would like to precipitate that conflict, Quiroz said. ``I think he's correct to try to speed up that kind of confrontation, because the developing world -- where 85 percent of world reserves are -- will stand in a better place after that,'' Quiroz said. ``Every day it is more apparent that oil is fundamental for Venezuela in its international relations, and it is the main ingredient Chávez uses to form strategic alliances.'' Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state patent United state army United state flag United state navy flag United states patent office Central intelligence agency YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] Cuban system gains support in Venezuela
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/12193230.htm Cuban system gains support in VenezuelaTwo polls showed Venezuelans' support for Cuba's form of socialist government is increasing but remains unpopular with the majority.BY PHIL GUNSONSpecial to The Herald CARACAS - Venezuelans' support for Fidel Castro's model of government and the installation of socialism here has been growing, two recent polls show, although a majority remains critical of the Cuban system. The polls suggest that President Hugo Chávez, Castro's closest ally, is succeeding in shifting public opinion toward the left as he pushes his ''revolution'' among a population that historically identified more with the values of Miami than Havana. Chávez, whose own approval rates are running at over 70 percent, makes frequent pro-Cuba speeches, and more than 20,000 Cuban medical personnel and sports instructors work in poor neighborhoods here. A poll released last weekend by the Caracas-based Datanálisis company showed 11.6 percent approved using Castro's Cuba as a model for Venezuela, while 63.2 percent said they were opposed. The percentage of pro-Cuban sentiment represented a significant increase. In July 2002, in response to the same question, only 3 percent expressed support and more than 91 percent were opposed. As recently as this January, the support was under 6 percent. Another nationwide poll, carried out by Seijas & Asociados in late May and early June, showed that about 48 percent of respondents preferred a socialist over a capitalist system, with less than 26 percent preferring the latter. After years of denying that his ''Bolivarian revolution'' -- named after independence hero Simón Bolívar -- was socialist, Chávez now openly calls himself a socialist and attacks what he calls the ''perversions'' of capitalism. Datanálisis director Luis Vicente León warned, however, that the various poll results must be analyzed ''with tweezers'' and do not necessarily mean that Venezuelans want a Cuban-styled system in their country. Venezuelans, León said, associate the Cuban system not with socialism but with communism, which the majority abhors. ''There remains a very high level of rejection of extreme models such as communism,'' he said. ''Chávez has not succeeded with his discourse in diminishing people's association of capitalism with well-being and development,'' León told The Herald. ``Nor has the opposition succeeded in demonizing socialism by reference to Chávez's relationship with Fidel.'' Venezuela and Cuba recently agreed to increase by the end of the year the number of Cuban medical personnel here to 30,000. The Information Ministry has reported that more than 9,000 Venezuelans have been treated in Cuba for everything from cataracts to heart disease. ''Socialism is just another word for the social work the government does,'' said Cuban doctor Angel Sosa, who works in a housing project in western Caracas. ``Some people who come to the clinic are pro-government, others are not. We don't care what they think.'' The government clearly does, however, and has been using its Cuban-inspired health and social welfare programs as a major element in its electoral propaganda. According to the Datanálisis figures, almost one in two Venezuelans does not believe Chávez intends to create a ''second Cuba,'' while about 37 per cent are convinced he does. The poll also showed support for President Bush is running at less than 14 percent and for imitation of the U.S. system at under 16 percent. ''What the majority wants is a home-grown model,'' León said. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [cia-drugs] China currency basket peg to remain secret
I wonder if the secret is being kept to keep the dollar afloat... Madd Maxx- Vigilius Haufniensis wrote: http://www.rte.ie/business/2005/0722/china.html China currency basket peg to remain secret July 22, 2005 07:45 A basket of the dollar, euro and yen likely forms the backbone of China's new currency regime but its composition and weighting will likely remain secret as the central bank seeks to outwit speculators, analysts say. China's decision to revalue the yuan yesterday, largely seen as a token gesture to appease international criticism that it was undervalued, was a carefully calculated move meant to protect its still developing economy, they said. By abolishing the decade-old peg to the dollar in favour of an unknown currency basket system, Beijing aims to protect its still rickety financial system against the forces of international speculation. Speculation is a powerful force in today's integrated world economy and sudden, sharp attacks on countries' unit can bring governments to their knees, as happened during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Analysts said the euro, yen and dollar should make up the bulk of China's new basket of currencies, with the units of smaller Asian trading partners such as the Singapore dollar possibly also included. The main trading band, which allows the yuan to move 0.3% either side of a fixed mid-point, has been left unchanged, which theoretically means the currency could move by that maximum on a daily basis fairly quickly to what the market deems fair value. 'The People's Bank of China will make adjustment of the exchange rate band when necessary according to market development as well as the economic and financial situation,' the central bank said in its announcement yesterday. Today it said that the yuan would be allowed trade up or down 1.5% on either side of a mid-point against non-US dollar currencies in the interbank market. Many analysts believe that the yuan, set yesterday at a starting point of 8.11 yuan compared to the previous rate of 8.28, an effective revaluation of some 2%, still remains significantly undervalued. But the main question now is whether China would make use of the newfound flexibility to let the yuan drift gradually higher. -- For liberty in our lifetimes, by ANY means necessary, REVOLUTION NOW! Madd Maxx- Broadcasting ONLY in Hammond, Indiana: "They're Stealing Your Country, TAKE IT BACK! NOW ON Comcast Cable Channel 21!!! Every Wednesday @ 5:30 - 6:30 PM Live call-in every other Wednesday 1(219)852-4723 CST to participate! - Live in Indiana? Visit: http://www.hoosiermaster.com - "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." - Claire Wolfe, Author from "101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution" - "Keep your powder dry" -Randy Weaver, Hero - "And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say goodbye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling in terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand. The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst; the cursed machine would have ground to a halt!" Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Yada, yada, yada. If this email does not comply with the above listed U.S.C., too bad, tough luck! Sue me for everything I've ever made from being an activist and I'll send you your part of the bill! Madd Maxx- Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] An Utterly Fascinating Book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0975290622/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/103-4859868-5914262?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glanceAn Utterly Fascinating Book., July 22, 2005Peter Levenda poses a series of provocative questions in the Introduction to his utterly fascinating new book, Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft, the first volume in a series of three. "To what degree does mysticism (including occultism, religious organizations, and secret societies) influence politics? Can it be demonstrated that there is no real separation of church and state, despite most Americans' belief?" Can it be revealed that the "world's political leaders are motivated by (at times bizarre and outrageous) religious or spiritual convictions, thus threatening" the "very nature of the American way of life?" In answering these questions, Levenda-who first got his feet thoroughly wet in esoteric matters with his earlier book, Unholy Alliance, a frightening portrait of obsession and involvement with the occult by Hitler and the Nazis-delved deeply into often overlooked and ignored historical files and archives. Indeed, his research spanned nearly three decades and multiple cities, states, and countries, an arduous undertaking, to say the least. And in the process a strange thing happened to Levenda: He encountered what some writers refer to as the "Coincidence Goblin," a peculiar and recurring phenomena by which one experiences odd and disconcerting coincidences, which quickly lead into still odder coincidences until one gets the overwhelming and unshakeable sense that one has been ordained by some invisible higher power to write his or her book because he or she is part and parcel with it. Other writers brush off this bizarre occurrence as an unavoidable consequence of any serious research into subjects that concern the occult, or those sinister forces that always seen to be at play in worldly affairs. Writers of authoritative volumes, old and new, that deal with the esoteric occasionally publicly remark about their disconcerting experiences related to occult-related research recalling very unusual happenings ranging form long sought-after books mysteriously falling off a library shelf before them to phantom-like visitors from the past or future who appear to share prized knowledge with them. Some writers have found it extremely difficult to cope with such occurrences and have been driven to the edges of sanity and beyond. James Webb, a dashing and brilliant British historian, whose books and writings bear a strong resemblance to Levenda's, is but one sad example. Webb, who wrote two masterful volumes on the impact of the occult, or irrationalism as some would have it, on world affairs, killed himself not long after he completed a third book. According to those close to Webb, the once highly skeptical historian who scoffed at the occult did a complete reversal and concluded there were hidden and secret dimensions of reality that few ever glimpsed. Webb had visions of alternative worlds and said he had "seen molecules." Writer Gary Lachman reported in Fortean Times, "Webb tried to fit what was happening to him into some system, calling on Gnostic notions of `aeons' and Hindu accounts of `kalpas.'" Webb's extraordinary experiences were uncannily close to those of Jacob Boehme, the great Protestant mystic who lived in the late 1500s. In what sounds very much like a modern UFO encounter, Boehme at the age of twenty-five witnessed "a dark metal dish in the sky" which reflected sunlight and whose brightness drove Boehme into a state of mind closely resembling that of an LSD or Ecstasy trip. He reported that he felt he was peering straight into the heart of all nature, of the very universe, and that he suddenly understood the world completely and was fully aware of its full meaning and purpose. Later Boehme was attacked from the pulpit of his church by a pastor who pointed him out and screamed, "Get thee behind me, Satan." Astute readers, at this juncture, may also recall other questionable "suicides" by writers who researched secret matters, perhaps the timeliest ones being those of Danny Casalaro, Gary Webb, Mark Lombardi, and J.T. Hatfield, four dissimilar journalists who took headlong and fatal plunges into the netherworld of the CIA and drug trafficking, and other related matters. Readers may also recall the bizarre experiences of speculative fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Dick, before his untimely death at the age of 54, had amazing and mystical encounters that defy explanation. Ioan Couliano, an acclaimed religious scholar who specialized in Gnostic studies, observed that Dick's books were rooted in Jewish-Christian apocalyptic literature. (Couliano's murder in 1991 remains unsolved to this day.) Then, of course, there is Colin Wilson, perhaps the very first writer to really take serious note of the oddities that often plague individuals who dabble in the occult. Wilson, often belittled by critics, is in
Re: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches
You don't realize how much dirt I have on our government. Plus, I have an international boycott of the US, UK, and Israel for products and tourism. Peace, Arlene-Original Message- From: E Bryant Holman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Jul 22, 2005 3:52 PM To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches <> Wait a minute! You are saying that by reading stuff on your website to our heart's content we are going to prevent the NWO from attaining its goals? That sort of assertion in itself would seem to be reason to take whatever is written there with a grain of salt... - Original Message - From: Arlene Johnson To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches Right on Madd Maxx. They're doing this to rattle the people sothey can impliment more NWO goals.To prevent this, log onto my site and read to your heart's content.In peace and solidarity,Arlene Johnson Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state patent United state army United state flag United state navy flag United states patent office Central intelligence agency YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state patent United state army United state flag United state navy flag United states patent office Central intelligence agency YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches
<> Wait a minute! You are saying that by reading stuff on your website to our heart's content we are going to prevent the NWO from attaining its goals? That sort of assertion in itself would seem to be reason to take whatever is written there with a grain of salt... - Original Message - From: Arlene Johnson To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches Right on Madd Maxx. They're doing this to rattle the people sothey can impliment more NWO goals.To prevent this, log onto my site and read to your heart's content.In peace and solidarity,Arlene Johnson Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state patent United state army United state flag United state navy flag United states patent office Central intelligence agency YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] The strengthening of US-India ties
http://rsi.com.sg/english/callfromamerica/view/20050722135649/1/.html The strengthening of US-India ties July 22, 2005 Click to listen to interview Everyone is in love with India now and nobody more so, it would appear, than United States President George Bush. Early this year, his Secretary of State, Dr Condoleeza Rice, went so far as to promise that her country would help India become a great power. This week, with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on a state visit to Washington, Bush Administration officials have been telling the media that India is one of the most important countries to the US. Just rhetoric? The usual palaver of diplomacy? Not quite. The warming ties between India and the US have already produced a result that would have been unthinkable a bare five years ago, when Mr Bill Clinton, a particular favourite in India, was the American president. India, Mr Bush has decided, will gain full US cooperation in its civilian nuclear energy programme. Sanctions that have been in place for more than four decades, in large part because India had refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, are to be lifted. Calling India a responsible state, Mr Bush said that it should acquire the same benefits and advantages as other such states in gaining nuclear technology. India, for its part, has agreed to place its civilian nuclear facilities under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and to cooperate fully in international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear technology. Dr Manmohans visit has all be sealed US acceptance of India as a nuclear power on par with the established nuclear countries the US itself, Russia, Great Britain, France and China. Even Mr Clinton would have baulked at conceding that much. The Bush Administration obviously means it when it says it will help India become a great power. But why? The obvious answer is geopolitics. Bush Administration officials deny that their courtship of India is directed at China, but that is clearly a major consideration in their calculations India, like the US, is a democracy. Like the US, India has fought a war against China the US during the Korean War in 1950, and India during a brief border flare-up in 1961. Both have reasons to watch with concern as China becomes a major power, able to project its power in both the Pacific and Indian oceans. For these and other reasons, some US neo-cons seem to feel, India would make as natural an ally of the US as does Japan. But would it? Is it likely that India would develop the kind of special relationship with the US that both Britain and Japan have? Would any Indian Prime Minister ever be as loyal to the US President as Britains Tony Blair has been? Would India concede to a containment of China? The answer to all these questions is likely to be NO. Dr Singh himself has made it clear India wants no part of an anti-China coalition. For decades during the Cold War, India pursued a policy of Non-Allignment. To be sure, it tilted occasionally ever so slightly towards the Soviet Union, especially during the prime ministership of Indira Gandhi, but it never became a Soviet satellite or ally. Like China, India sees itself as an ancient country that has given much to the world and expects to give much more. Such countries do not make for pliant client states. But that doesnt mean that US-India relations will not be strong. The US has things India wants markets, technology, weapons systems. Similarly, India has things the US wants markets, a highly skilled labour force, a friendly power in the Indian Ocean. There is much to link the two democracies. But whatever some in the US might desire, and some in India might wish for, it is unlikely India will be to America in South Asia what Japan is to it in East Asia a reliable ally and friend, fortress and aircraft-carrier, all rolled into one. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] China currency basket peg to remain secret
http://www.rte.ie/business/2005/0722/china.html China currency basket peg to remain secretJuly 22, 2005 07:45 A basket of the dollar, euro and yen likely forms the backbone of China's new currency regime but its composition and weighting will likely remain secret as the central bank seeks to outwit speculators, analysts say. China's decision to revalue the yuan yesterday, largely seen as a token gesture to appease international criticism that it was undervalued, was a carefully calculated move meant to protect its still developing economy, they said. By abolishing the decade-old peg to the dollar in favour of an unknown currency basket system, Beijing aims to protect its still rickety financial system against the forces of international speculation. Speculation is a powerful force in today's integrated world economy and sudden, sharp attacks on countries' unit can bring governments to their knees, as happened during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Analysts said the euro, yen and dollar should make up the bulk of China's new basket of currencies, with the units of smaller Asian trading partners such as the Singapore dollar possibly also included. The main trading band, which allows the yuan to move 0.3% either side of a fixed mid-point, has been left unchanged, which theoretically means the currency could move by that maximum on a daily basis fairly quickly to what the market deems fair value. 'The People's Bank of China will make adjustment of the exchange rate band when necessary according to market development as well as the economic and financial situation,' the central bank said in its announcement yesterday. Today it said that the yuan would be allowed trade up or down 1.5% on either side of a mid-point against non-US dollar currencies in the interbank market. Many analysts believe that the yuan, set yesterday at a starting point of 8.11 yuan compared to the previous rate of 8.28, an effective revaluation of some 2%, still remains significantly undervalued. But the main question now is whether China would make use of the newfound flexibility to let the yuan drift gradually higher. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[cia-drugs] France reaches out to FARC
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050721-22064800-bc-colombia-france.xml France reaches out to FARC BOGOTA, Colombia, July 21 (UPI) -- French authorities have contacted Colombia's leading left-wing rebel group in hopes of securing the release of a French citizen. The French government -- with Colombia's permission -- has established a dialogue with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, hoping the rebels will free captive Ingrid Betancourt, El Tiempo reported Thursday. Betancourt has been held captive for three years. In addition to being a French citizen, Betancourt is also a one-time Colombian presidential hopeful. The FARC have been battling the Colombian government for more than 40 years. Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches
Right on Madd Maxx. They're doing this to rattle the people so they can impliment more NWO goals. To prevent this, log onto my site and read to your heart's content. In peace and solidarity, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net the home of The Journal of History (La verdad sobre la democracia) Click on the icon that says Magazine. Password for 2005 editions: UN No password is needed to access the editions dated 2001 - 2004. Be sure to click on the icon that says Boycotts We Support too. You'll be glad you did. -Original Message- From: Max Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jul 21, 2005 9:41 PM To: "[Cia-Drugs]" Cc: "[DrugWar]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [cia-drugs] OT? Four blasts shake London in chilling replay - New York to start random searches "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said police will begin conducting random searches of packages and backpacks carried by people entering the city?s subway," Gotta start getting the public used to random searches somewhere huh? Madd Maxx- Four blasts shake London in chilling replay *3 subway stations and bus hit; just one injury reported this time* MSNBC News Services Updated: 3:14 p.m. ET July 21, 2005 LONDON - Explosions struck the London Underground and a bus at midday Thursday in a chilling but far less bloody replay of the suicide bombings that killed 56 people two weeks ago. Only one person was reported injured in the nearly simultaneous lunch-hour blasts, which shocked and disrupted the capital and were hauntingly similar to the July 7 bombings by four attackers. Police that forensic evidence collected from the crime scenes could provide a ?significant break? in the latest attacks. ?Clearly, the intention must have been to kill,? Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair told a news conference. ?You don?t do this with any other intention.? The BBC reported that two people had been arrested, but Blair said those arrests were not connected to Thursday's attacks. He also said it was not clear if the two sets of attacks were connected. Panicked and screaming commuters fled the three affected Underground stations, sometimes leaving behind their shoes. Firefighters and police with bomb-sniffing dogs sealed off nearby city blocks and evacuated rows of restaurants, pubs and offices. *Blair appeals for calm *Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed for calm. ?We can?t minimize incidents such as this,? he said at a joint news conference with the Australian prime minister at No. 10 Downing St. ?They?re done to scare people, to frighten them and make them worried.? He held an emergency Cabinet meeting but said no policy decisions were made. Police Chief Blair called the blasts ?a very serious incident.? ?We know that we have four explosions or attempts of explosions, and it is still pretty unclear as to what has happened,? he said outside Scotland Yard. ?At the moment the casualty numbers appear to be very low ... the bombs appear to be smaller? than those detonated July 7, he said. He added later that not all the bombs went off. * New York to start random searches *President Bush was briefed on the explosions and said the terrorists ?understand when they kill in cold blood it ends up on our TV screens and they?re trying to shake our will. And they?re trying to create vacuums in which their ideology can move.? U.S. mass transit systems remain on code orange, or high alert, since the London bombings two weeks ago, but the rest of the country is at yellow, signifying an elevated risk. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said police will begin conducting random searches of packages and backpacks carried by people entering the city?s subway, which carries about 4.5 million passengers on the average weekday. Officials would not immediately say how frequently the checks would occur. London Transport spokesman Steve Taylor told The Associated Press that it would be impractical to check bags, or to install airport-style metal detectors and X-ray machines in a subway network that carries 3 million passengers a day, or a bus system that carries some 6 million daily. *Pieces of the puzzle *An armed police unit entered University College hospital shortly after an injured person was carried in, Britain?s Press Association reported. Sky News TV reported that police were searching for a man with a blue shirt with wires protruding. Officers asked employees to look for a black or Asian male about 6-foot-2. The attacks, which targeted trains near the Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd?s Bush stations, did not shut down the subway system, only three of its lines. The double-decker bus had its windows blown out on Hackney Road in east London. Witnesses told The Associated Press they did not hear a bang but smelled something similar to an electrical fire at the Warren Street station. Police in chemical protection suits were at the Warren Street station, but no chemical agents were
[cia-drugs] Fw: Emailing: Nuclear_attacks_on_america
It was Mossad which killed Gary Webb. There's a link to it in this message. Worth the find because it's lock tight in its expose. In peace and solidarity, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net-Forwarded Message- From: Godsmystery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Jul 21, 2005 4:52 AM To: Jonathan Demeter* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Emailing: Nuclear_attacks_on_america The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:Shortcut to: http://judicial-inc.biz/Nuclear_attacks_on_america.htmNote: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Nuclear_attacks_on_america.url Description: Binary data
