[CTRL] Jim: God Bless You, Bill and Hillary!
-Caveat Lector- Jim: And I thought I was the only one who had been forgotten by the mother ship! If anyone had told me, say, 20 years ago, that I would be besieged with news reports of my president's latest blow jobs and treasonous/murderous activities, I would have told them squarely that they were NUTZ! Alas, who's the nut now? We live in a culture which daily surpasses the bizarre! Edward Did she say whether or not he was a good lay?... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. I'm losing my sense of decorum. . Sometimes I play a little mind game with myself - I go back 20 or 25 years or so and have an imaginary time traveler approach me and describe my life (and the world) as it is today. Then I laugh uproariously at the stupid time traveler. Can any of this really be happening? No, really!?! Wait a minute! Who is that guy over there smoking the cigarette and talking to somebody I don't see? My god, it's him! It's Rod Serling! I knew it all along. And I feel much better now. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om []===[] "Go for goats, Bill. They don't talk." Yasser Arafat http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5285/connector1.html Talk to the planet. Subscribe to Reality Pump: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Reality_Pump2 []===[] DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Liars Butler, Clinton, and Cohen destroyed re: Iraq At...
-Caveat Lector- I want to be on record at this time as considering the below comments by Jerry Harp absolutely ridiculous and desperate. Always the personal attack -- this time against Scott Ritter, who still supports dethroning Saddam (I'd go for that too, as Saddam was originally a CIA asset) and also supports the UN's "snoopy nose" operation inside Iraq (which I do not). I might modify or reverse the above comments if Mr. Harp can produce evidence that Ritter was "defanged" for being a hothead. As I recall, he was not fired -- he quit for other reasons long before this incident. Ritter nails the coffin shut on the "dead on arrival" claim by Clinton, Cohen, and Butler that the timing of the bombing had nothing to do with the impeachment vote. Clinton hoped to postpone it past Christmas hoping some other strategy could be worked out, as all democrats demonstrated by saying "We can't vote on impeachment with our boys in harm's way" --- but Hyde went ahead anyway. And what a different attitude for the Dems that they exhibited during the Vietnam war! Nobody worried about criticizing the Prez with 500,000 boys REALLY in harm's way, not the phony "harm's way" involved in the recent "push button" way, to steal a phrase from pundit Robert Novak (Capital Gang, CNN). Jim Condit Jr. On Monday, December 21, 1998 12:44 PM, Gerald Harp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/21/98 9:35:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ritter told The Post yesterday. "This was designed to generate a conflict that would justify a bombing." Scott Ritter is beside himself with the me mees. Ritter wanted to touch off the bombing and he is pissed that he was defanged for being a grandstanding hot head. Jerry DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] The Joshua Report
-Caveat Lector- Lets turn this on its head. Don't you think that people who propagate this sort of propaganda, are trying to create disorder, and collapse unity in the world. That these people are looking for an excuse to infiltrate and poison our minds to create unrest, therefore weakening society to such a state that they can manipulate it to their own nefarious means. It's a classic double cross syndrome, perpetuated to break the very foundations of society. Mark -Original Message- From: MShrum [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 December 1998 23:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] The Joshua Report File: Column12.txt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Di ?
-Caveat Lector- I think he says the following:- "Hi it's me, is it done? "Is it done? "That's all I needed to know, O.K. "Is she definitely dead "?...'bout the boyfriend? "That's rather good either "O.K." or "I don't care" "I suppose Harrods is going to be closed down for a couple of days "Speak to you later" That is what I think it says, there are bits that I can't make out 100% because of that annoying noise, like rustling paper. Mark -Original Message- From: Jim Condit Jr. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 December 1998 08:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Di ? -Caveat Lector- Regarding that sound bite e-mail that might refer to DI and Dodi -- what is being said on it? Can someone provide a transcript. I couldn't understand it all. On Sunday, December 20, 1998 10:50 PM, MARK [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I received this by anonymous email a couple of days ago, somebody obviously knows that I am getting close now I don't know whether it's real or not, or even about Di, the only reference is re: Harrods Di-maybe.wav File: Di-maybe.wav DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. == == To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Di ?
-Caveat Lector- Regarding that sound bite e-mail that might refer to DI and Dodi -- what is being said on it? Can someone provide a transcript. I couldn't understand it all. It's very hard to make out. I thought it said something about Harrods being closed down? It certainly sounded very suspicious. The voice seemed to be confirming that something had been carried out? I don't know, maybe i'm wrong. I know for a fact that M.A.R.K. is currently writing a book concerning the death of Diana and as well as this anonymous phone message, many strange things have been happening to him. M.A.R.K., if you are reading this please can you elaborate on your recent e-mail when you said 'life is becoming increasingly difficult of late, i cannot continue with the book for a while'. Richard B. Jim Condit Jr. wrote: -Caveat Lector- On Sunday, December 20, 1998 10:50 PM, MARK [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I received this by anonymous email a couple of days ago, somebody obviously knows that I am getting close now I don't know whether it's real or not, or even about Di, the only reference is re: Harrods Di-maybe.wav File: Di-maybe.wav DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om RFC822 header --- Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from lists.aol.com ([152.163.216.26]) by zag.workstation.org.uk (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA278 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:30:26 + Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by lists.aol.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 3:41:41 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by LISTSERV.AOL.COM (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 20003712 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:41 -0500 Received: from enterprise.fuse.net (enterprise-qe1.fuse.net [206.230.21.11]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA04409 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from jimcondi (intrepid-155.fuse.net [216.68.40.155]) by enterprise.fuse.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA06360 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:42:49 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:28:14 -0500 Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Jim Condit Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: temp Subject: Re: [CTRL] Di ? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Di ?
-Caveat Lector- It's true, I have received many pieces of information regarding a cover-up of huge proportions. However, at present I am unable to comment on these until futher verification has been carried out. Yes, I have had to suspend writing on the book, due to some unusual 'phone calls, and certain things that have happened. 3 times in the last 2 months my credit cards have been cancelled for no apparent reason. I have been stopped for "random checks" in my car by the police on what seems like a weekly basis, and have only just managed to scupper rumours that have been set in motion to discredit me. Life is, indeed, becoming increasingly difficult for me, however, I will persevere, because I know that once the information that I have is released, nothing will be quite the same again. Mark -Original Message- From: Source - Richard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 December 1998 09:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Di ? -Caveat Lector- Regarding that sound bite e-mail that might refer to DI and Dodi -- what is being said on it? Can someone provide a transcript. I couldn't understand it all. It's very hard to make out. I thought it said something about Harrods being closed down? It certainly sounded very suspicious. The voice seemed to be confirming that something had been carried out? I don't know, maybe i'm wrong. I know for a fact that M.A.R.K. is currently writing a book concerning the death of Diana and as well as this anonymous phone message, many strange things have been happening to him. M.A.R.K., if you are reading this please can you elaborate on your recent e-mail when you said 'life is becoming increasingly difficult of late, i cannot continue with the book for a while'. Richard B. Jim Condit Jr. wrote: -Caveat Lector- On Sunday, December 20, 1998 10:50 PM, MARK [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I received this by anonymous email a couple of days ago, somebody obviously knows that I am getting close now I don't know whether it's real or not, or even about Di, the only reference is re: Harrods Di-maybe.wav File: Di-maybe.wav DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. = === To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om RFC822 header --- Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from lists.aol.com ([152.163.216.26]) by zag.workstation.org.uk (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA278 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:30:26 + Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by lists.aol.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 3:41:41 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by LISTSERV.AOL.COM (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 20003712 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:41 -0500 Received: from enterprise.fuse.net (enterprise-qe1.fuse.net [206.230.21.11]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA04409 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from jimcondi (intrepid-155.fuse.net [216.68.40.155]) by enterprise.fuse.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA06360 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:42:49 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:28:14 -0500 Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Jim Condit Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: temp Subject: Re: [CTRL] Di ? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with
Re: [CTRL] Di ?
-Caveat Lector- Thank you for responding. May i just say on behalf of myself and (i presume) the rest of the list, that you have our full support and our wishes are with you and your family (who i'm sure are also suffering) at this time. The truth needs to be exposed and that's why we are here. All the best. Richard B. MARK wrote: -Caveat Lector- It's true, I have received many pieces of information regarding a cover-up of huge proportions. However, at present I am unable to comment on these until futher verification has been carried out. Yes, I have had to suspend writing on the book, due to some unusual 'phone calls, and certain things that have happened. 3 times in the last 2 months my credit cards have been cancelled for no apparent reason. I have been stopped for "random checks" in my car by the police on what seems like a weekly basis, and have only just managed to scupper rumours that have been set in motion to discredit me. Life is, indeed, becoming increasingly difficult for me, however, I will persevere, because I know that once the information that I have is released, nothing will be quite the same again. Mark -Original Message- From: Source - Richard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 December 1998 09:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Di ? -Caveat Lector- Regarding that sound bite e-mail that might refer to DI and Dodi -- what is being said on it? Can someone provide a transcript. I couldn't understand it all. It's very hard to make out. I thought it said something about Harrods being closed down? It certainly sounded very suspicious. The voice seemed to be confirming that something had been carried out? I don't know, maybe i'm wrong. I know for a fact that M.A.R.K. is currently writing a book concerning the death of Diana and as well as this anonymous phone message, many strange things have been happening to him. M.A.R.K., if you are reading this please can you elaborate on your recent e-mail when you said 'life is becoming increasingly difficult of late, i cannot continue with the book for a while'. Richard B. Jim Condit Jr. wrote: -Caveat Lector- On Sunday, December 20, 1998 10:50 PM, MARK [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I received this by anonymous email a couple of days ago, somebody obviously knows that I am getting close now I don't know whether it's real or not, or even about Di, the only reference is re: Harrods Di-maybe.wav File: Di-maybe.wav DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. = === To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om RFC822 header --- Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from lists.aol.com ([152.163.216.26]) by zag.workstation.org.uk (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA278 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:30:26 + Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by lists.aol.com (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 3:41:41 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.AOL.COM by LISTSERV.AOL.COM (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 20003712 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:41 -0500 Received: from enterprise.fuse.net (enterprise-qe1.fuse.net [206.230.21.11]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA04409 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from jimcondi (intrepid-155.fuse.net [216.68.40.155]) by enterprise.fuse.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA06360 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:41:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:42:49 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:28:14 -0500 Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Jim
Re: [CTRL] Brian, Furby Update It's Worse than We thought !!!
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, MARK wrote:
Lets not forget that last year in the UK you couldn't buy a Tellytubby
toy for love nor money, or a Tickle Me Elmo.
Actually, it was obvious earlier in the year that Tellytubbies were being
positioned to be the 'fad' toy of the holiday season here in the U.S. --
but then Tiger Industries released the first Furbies in September, and
Tellytubbies are completely ignored, sitting forlornly (some may argue,
'deservably so') in a corner of the store while people riot over the few
Furbies available...
And to keep OT with the conspiracy speculation, for those who aren't
familiar with Tellytubbies, they are in some ways very similar to Furbies
--when pressing their stomach, they babble their own language...but they
aren't as 'interactive' as the Furbies (neither do they have fur coats,
blinking eyes, wiggling ears, etc.), and so lost this year's holiday
competition...
At least Tellytubbies don't fart...but it was reported that one
particular type of Tellytubby was repeatedly stating the word 'faggot',
initiating a recall a few months ago...
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[CTRL] Polling
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Re: [CTRL] The Joshua Report
-Caveat Lector- This report is farfetched. The 7 mystery kings, 1 is fallen and 1 is left, is all in Daniel. Babylon Assyria Persia Greece Rome Revived Rome I'm leaving one out, but I don't know which one. The mystery kings are much BIGGER than little ole Clinton and Hillary. Jamie File: Column12.txt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The New Australian
-Caveat Lector- Here's an interesting defense of laissez-faire capitalism. What he doesn't mention is that the people who bought the bonds to develop the railroads, power plants, etc. got the cash from drug trafficking, just as they do today. Linda - from: http://www.newaus.com.au/wash.html Natural resources don't make you rich. Some of the poorest nations of Africa have cornucopias of diamonds, gold, minerals, rubber, and other resources, but their people still fall asleep hungry each day. Education doesn't make you rich. The Soviet Union produced armies of engineers and scientists for decades, and the population's life expectancy at the end of the socialist 'experiment' was lower than it had been in Czarist times. Socialism certainly doesn't make you rich, its record this century has been one of unspeakable horror, if only the solidly unionized left in our teaching institutions and newspaper offices would ever bother to notice. The factors necessary are a relatively high degree of political and economic liberty, with limited government, hard money, and low taxes. Even a limited period of laissez-faire can raise a country's standard of living for decades after: an unlimited period, which should have been our inheritance, would produce wealth on an unimaginable scale. Within living memory, a high degree of laissez-faire with no government interference transformed Hong Kong, a tiny, hilly, rocky outcrop with no natural resources, into the most enterprising and productive city on earth, and a great financial center. The specter of the 'robber baron' was invoked again recently by the merger of Mobil and Exxon, two companies which once formed part of the Standard Oil Trust. There is even talk that Texaco may become part of the merger, and gutter journalists are writing of the vampire-like reemergence of John D. Rockefeller from the grave. Well, we can only hope. Economically, this country is running on empty, and the only people who can raise the living standards of the poorer people in America are the Rockefellers, the Carnegies, the Morgans and the Fricks : Hillary Clinton can't do it. She never could. Do you know that Rockefeller's production once equaled one sixty fourth of the whole gross domestic product of the United States? That one man could produce such an enormous surplus of wealth is extraordinary and how was he thanked for it by the government? I hope all of the old Standard Oil reconsolidates: it will be justice, albeit belated. Without the encroaching and enfeebling statism which has exhausted this country's inventive minds and creative spirits more and more, especially since FDR's presidency, we would be enjoying the same growth, the same sense of excitement and creative adventure, as the old Hong Kong. And our standard of living would, today, be at a height beyond conceiving, because we already had the industrial infrastructure and investment capital, while HK started from next to nothing after World War II. And yet, as the Microsoft antitrust case shows, the American government is still at it; still trying to punish the successful for the heinous crime of success. To clearly state the fact once more: the difference between you and a starving beggar in the streets of Delhi is, more than anything else, a difference created by the robber barons not because they made the beggar poor, he was always poor, and pretty much represents Man's living state before the industrial revolution. But their great industry did make you rich. And I hope you are thankful. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Capitol Punishment
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/22/98 7:01:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Four Republican congressmen who voted to impeach President Clinton joined with those seeking presidential censure Tuesday by urging the Senate to consider options short of removal from office. I'm afraid that i have to agree with those rabid Republicans who referred to these 4 gentlemen as sniveling hypocrites. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Sex Scrutiny Casts Pall Over U.S. Public Office (Reuters)
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/22/98 7:02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The closer scrutiny of politicians' sex lives is making private acts increasingly public as a sex magazine publisher Tuesday threatened to expose more lawmakers over alleged transgressions. The news media take here in Monicaland is that Flynt is lower than a snake to do these investigations. This may seem like an odd reaction from the crowd who couldn't put forth enough sexual material and speculation about Clinton. Understandably, the media masters do not care to have their fellow faithful servants exposed. I think it is a good thing to end the pretense, i.e. to end the prattling about family values from those who hold to such values neither personally nor in voting. Pour it on Flynt, and let he who first cries hold... Jerry DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Capitol Punishment
-Caveat Lector- Censure, what a joke! We've spent millions of dollars holding congressional meetings and investigating the president because of HIS wrongdoings and all they want is to tell him he's been a bad bad boy... What LOSERS! Jamie Four Republican congressmen who voted to impeach President Clinton joined with those seeking presidential censure Tuesday by urging the Senate to consider options short of removal from office. I'm afraid that i have to agree with those rabid Republicans who referred to these 4 gentlemen as sniveling hypocrites. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Capitol Punishment
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: Four Republican congressmen who voted to impeach President Clinton joined with those seeking presidential censure Tuesday by urging the Senate to consider options short of removal from office. I'm afraid that i have to agree with those rabid Republicans who referred to these 4 gentlemen as sniveling hypocrites. no. they are sniveling, cover their asses, thumb-in-the-dyke politicians, with exposes just about to spill over into the media. the whole game in washington is what's going to get out about whom. with blackmail stacked on top of extortion stacked atop of more blackmail, atop of even more extortion; what we in the public get is the result of a chess game played by many that come down to a loser or losers who lose the game. why expose someone's dirty laundry when you can carry them around in your pocket. with whom you may twist their arms with it whenever you need to have your way with them. it is a dirty, stinking, filthy, nasty business but somebody has to do it. chris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Steamshovel Press
-Caveat Lector- I would like to make one other comment on this issue, that I inadvertently asked Kris to scan for us without thinking. There definitely is at least one thing that we can do to keep issues before the public eye and hopefully cause some things to be brought into the light of day, and that is to support magazines like Steamshovel Press by buying it and spreading the word so that it will stay in production. I used to subscribe to it back before the printer problems and was greatly impressed with it's content and am sure that Kenn has kept up the same level of writing. I have all of my magazines still and often refer back to them. Kenn please post the address and subscription information again, and tell us if any back issues are available. PS How is the Maury Island book thing going? Did you get any good info. on Crissman (sp?)? I will definitely buy the book when I see it in the store. Teo1000 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Capitol Punishment
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/23/98 11:34:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: no. they are sniveling, cover their asses, thumb-in-the-dyke politicians, with exposes just about to spill over into the media. the whole game in washington is what's going to get out about whom. with blackmail stacked on top of extortion stacked atop of more blackmail, atop of even more extortion; what we in the public get is the result of a chess game played by many that come down to a loser or losers who lose the game. why expose someone's dirty laundry when you can carry them around in your pocket. with whom you may twist their arms with it whenever you need to have your way with them. it is a dirty, stinking, filthy, nasty business but somebody has to do it. chris Precisely!! A game, but the real players remain unseen so far. They should all be shot and let God sort them out. Teo1000 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The Finders' Keeper: An Interview with Marion Pettie
-Caveat Lector- an article from: Steamshovel Press #16 1998 POBox 23715 St. Louis, MO 63121 $23/4 issues $28/4 overseas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISSN 1060-3795 - A GREAT job of reporting by esteemable CTRL member Mr. Kenn Thomas. Lots to think about. The players, but no game say Mr. Pettie,... maybe? Hmmm... Lots of other great articles and pixs. Go out and find, if you are serious. Merry Christmas, Ted. Om K - The Finders' Keeper: An Interview with Marion Pettie By Kenn Thomas and Len Bracken,©1998 A 1994 reference work- on utopian communities refers to the Finders as "a rather spontaneous non-organization ... Their overall approach to life is to make it into a game--a challenging and educational process where the rules change from week to week, day to day, sometimes even by the hour." Contrast that with investigator Ted Gunderson's handwritten description, attached to Treasury Department memoranda on the Finders that Ted Gunderson circulates in a info-packet about the group: "the Finders are a "CIA front established in the 1960s. It has TOP CLEARANCE and PROTECTION in its ASSIGNED task of kidnapping and torture-programming young children throughout the US. Members are specially trained GOVERNMENT KIDNAPPERS known to be sexual degenerates who involve children in Satanic sex orgies and bloody rituals as well as murders of other children and slaughter of animals." The Finders group found itself in the news in February 1987 when an anonymous caller phoned police to report two formally dressed men (Michael Houlihan and Douglas Ammerman) supervising six casually dressed children--according to police, they were unkempt, disheveled and bruised--at Myers Park in Tallahassee, Florida. The police charged the men, members of the Finders, with child abuse, and Detective Jim Bradley of the metropolitan police in Washington, DC, used the arrest as a pretext to raid one of the Finders' properties there, Bradley's men seized evidence they said may have been indicative of an organized ring of pedophilic child kidnappers who made animal sacrifices to Satan. A report by Customs Special Agent Ramon J. Martinez claimed that documents found at the Finders property "revealed detailed instructions for obtaining children for unspecified purposes. The instructions included the impregnation of female members of the community known as the Finders, purchasing children, trading, and kidnapping. One telex specifically ordered the purchase of two children in Hung Kong to be arranged through a contact in the Chinese embassy there-" Martinez also reported that the seized Finders evidence included "numerous photos of children, some nude, at least one of which was a photo of a child 'on display' and appearing to accent the child's genitals ... a series of photos of adults and children dressed in white sheets participating in a "blood ritual." The ritual centered around the execution, disembowelment, skinning and dismemberment of the goats at the hands of the children, this included the removal of the testes of a male goat, the discovery of a female goat's 'womb' and the 'baby goats' inside the womb and the presentation of a goat's head to one of the children." Despite this, charges against the men in Tallahassee were dropped, the children were sent home to their parents unharmed (although the court attached conditions to the return of two of them), and prosecutions were not pursued in DC. Police authorities both in DC and Florida complained that the case was mishandled because the Finders work for the CIA. When Martinez went to meet with Detective Bradley to review the case, he was directed to a third party who advised that all the passport data from the seized Finders material check out as legal According to Martinez, "the individual further advised me of circumstances which indicated that the investigation into the activity of the Finders had become a CIA internal matter. The MPD (DC metropolitan police) report has been classified secret and was not available for review. I was advised that the FBI had withdrawn from the investigation several weeks prior and that FBI Foreign Counter Intelligence Division had directed MPD not to advise the FBI Washington Field office of anything that had transpired." The Justice Department released Martinez's report and other documents about the Finders when it opened a new investigation into the group's activities in 1993, in part to determine if the CIA had put the kibosh on the 1987 investigation. One memo claimed that the "CIA made one contact and admitted to owning the Finders organization as a front for a domestic computer training operation, but that it had gone bad." The operation, called Future Enterprises, had hired a Finder, but dismissed him when his connection to the group was exposed. North Carolina's Democratic representative Charlie Rose and Florida's Republican representative Tom Lewis supported and publicized that investigation, as did a former CIA
Re: [CTRL] The Joshua Report
-Caveat Lector- How so? The OUTLAWLADY Stopforth, Jamie wrote: -Caveat Lector- This report is farfetched. The 7 mystery kings, 1 is fallen and 1 is left, is all in Daniel. Babylon Assyria Persia Greece Rome Revived Rome I'm leaving one out, but I don't know which one. The mystery kings are much BIGGER than little ole Clinton and Hillary. Jamie File: Column12.txt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Business News--FindLaw
-Caveat Lector- from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [12/22] RJR unit says guilty of aiding cigarette smugglers WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International Inc. affiliate pleaded guilty to aiding cigarette smuggling and agreed to pay $15 million in fines and compensation, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. Northern Brands International Inc. pleaded guilty to helping customers avoid more than $2.5 million in U.S. excise taxes on cigarettes. "Today's guilty plea may be the first time an affiliate of a major tobacco company has been convicted of a federal crime in the United States," U.S. Attorney Thomas Maroney of the Northern District of New York said in a statement. Customers of Northern Brands smuggled Canadian made cigarettes, designated for export to Estonia or Russia, back into Canada from free trade zones in the United States, Justice Department officials said. More than 25,000 cases of Northern Brands cigarettes were smuggled this way in 26 shipments between August 1994 and June 1995. The cigarettes were carried from New York into Canada across the Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation, which straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. Northern Brands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., was established to take advantage of this lucrative trade, Maroney said. He declined to comment if officers of R.J. Reynolds were aware of the scheme. U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy, who sentenced Northern Brands, ordered the company to pay $5 million in criminal fines and $10 million into the U.S. Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund, which can be used to help defray the cost to agencies involved in this investigation. In addition to today's guilty plea, the four-year-long investigation has resulted in more than 20 individual felony convictions for smuggling. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is a unit of RJR Nabisco Holdings Co. [RN]. Last Updated: 12/22/98 18:07 EST === [12/21] AMA asks Justice to block Aetna-Prudential deal CHICAGO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The American Medical Association said Monday it has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to block Aetna Inc.'s proposed $1 billion purchase of Prudential Insurance Co. of America's health care business and creation of a new medical insurance giant. AMA executive vice president E. Ratcliffe Anderson said in a letter to Joel Klein, head of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, that the huge new firm would dominate the market, reducing competition and restricting patients' access to quality health care. ``The market power that would be created or exacerbated by this merger would limit the choices of patients and employers, reduce competition and further erode the ability of physicians to make medical decisions based on science and the medical needs of their patients, not share price,'' Anderson said. Aetna agreed on Dec. 10 to acquire Prudential's health care business in a deal that would make it the country's largest managed care company, with 18.4 million members. In his letter, Anderson said the new firm would be large enough to dictate prices and plan options to employers and patients. A spokeswoman at Aetna's Hartford, Conn., headquarters disputed the AMA's conclusions as a ``misperception'' of Aetna's commitment to quality. The spokeswoman said the company was disappointed that the AMA was seeking to block the deal. She said Aetna had met with AMA representatives several times to try to address the association's concerns, but AMA had not contacted Aetna before writing to the Justice Department. ``We don't really see that the facts bear out any of their statements,'' the spokeswoman said. ``From our perspective, we have very strong competition in managed care, both from national players as well as some very strong local health care plans. We are really concerned about their misperception about our commitment to quality.'' AMA's Anderson said the deal would allow the new company to drive medical decisions based on financial and stockholder expectations and to diminish patients' ability to receive quality care. ``Aetna has used its current market position to impose unreasonable contract provisions on physicians that define medically necessary services as 'the least costly of alternative supplies or levels of service','' Anderson said. Anderson said that, unlike Aetna, AMA shares its medical standards with the public so that they can be subject to critical review. ``The medical policies adopted by Aetna and other payers are frequently proprietary and secret and, therefore, cannot be critically evaluated,'' Anderson said. ``Moreover, Aetna's ultimate responsibility is to its shareholders, not to the medical needs of each patient. We are convinced that 'bigger' in the health care marketplace does not always result in 'better' outcomes for patients,'' he said. Shares of Aetna were up $1.25 at $80.94. Last Updated: 12/21/98 15:01 EST == [12/18] Halliburton unit settles suit with Amoco HOUSTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Landmark Graphics
[CTRL] OEN 12/23/98
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Many embedded links at site. Om k - Impeached POTUS Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's Articles on Clinton The White House whips out its hackneyed "conspiracy theory" smear Profile: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The Monica Lewinsky scandal/The impeachment crisis Hillary Clinton The death of Vince Foster The Oklahoma bombing Whitewater Other issues of interest ET letters Starr lists all the president's lies [includes the full Starr report, the White House rebuttal and detailed Telegraph reporting and analysis] E-mail Electronic Telegraph THIS page is designed to give readers easy access to ET's archive of material written by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the Sunday Telegraph's ex-Washington correspondent, from 1994 - 97. His articles on the Clinton administration have created enormous interest in Britain and the US and have been widely quoted on the Internet. Last year, Mr Evans-Pritchard's notoriety with the White House reached a peak when he was accused of delving into the murky realms of conspiracy theorism. In a 331-page report, its legal office attacked journalists whose unflinching focus on scandal was wrecking President Clinton's reputation. According to the report, "right-wing" think tanks and British newspapers fed "conspiracy theories and innuendo" to scandal-hungry UK journalists in America. The resulting articles were then picked up on by US mainstream press, and fed to the public as "real" stories. Mr Evans-Pritchard was singled out as a trouble maker who was part of a well-organised "media food chain" of events. His response was swift. He responded to the "shameless propaganda", which accused him of working for a London "tabloid", with: Why is Clinton persecuting me? written on Jan 12 1997. He wrote: "Once again, it seems that the White House is willing deliberately to propagate outright lies. . . "They have been caught using the office of the presidency to run a smear campaign against journalists and political opponents, turning the White House into an adjunct of the Democratic National Committee. "Even Richard Nixon, at the height of Watergate, was cautious not to venture so far out into these perilous waters." But the White House was not the first to publicly question Mr Evans-Pritchard's journalistic credibility. In 1995, the Washington Post, in a front page article on the "Foster conspiracy theorists", attacked the Sunday Telegraph and its outspoken correspondent. In response, he turned the tables on the US newspaper with the article: America's top newspaper has pointed the finger at our man in Washington. Now it's his turn, written on July 10. Candid as ever, he wrote: "My straitjacket is buckled tight. The foam is wiped off my mouth. A bottle of sedatives sits at hand. I am cool, calm and ready to answer on behalf of all "conspiracy theorists". And I say to the powers of the Washington Post: 'J'accuse.'" It is not just the political manoeuvrings of Bill Clinton that have been subjected to Mr Evans-Pritchard's steely gaze, however. He has also written on the alleged drug use of the president, America's partial birth abortion industry, which he describes as "essentially infanticide", and on the controversial issue of "child abuse witch-hunts". These are to name but a few. On his departure from his position as Washington correspondent in April 1997, the White House breathed a collective sigh of relief. It was quoted as saying in George magazine: "That's another British invasion we're glad is over. The guy was nothing but a pain in the ass". But with this statement barely hot off the press, Mr Evans-Pritchard took up the gauntlet with the article: Goodbye, good riddance on April 20 1997: "Critics tell me that I have invested too much emotion in my quarrel with the Clintons. To that I plead guilty. It comes from befriending so many of their victims. "I am content to be blacklisted as the "mad scribbler" - as the Washington Post called me this week - for I am confident that one day historians are going to view Clinton as a the last great cad of the 20th century, or worse." Ambrose Evans-Pritchard continues to comment on the Clinton saga, as our wealth of links will testify. The London Telegraph, Dec. 22, 1998 Chinese Politics China Defends Arrests, Lashes out at U.S. Dissidents are traitors BEIJING - China mounted a rigorous defense Tuesday of the harsh sentences it imposed on three opposition activists this week, singling out ''the media and figures'' in the United States for ''whipping up opinion against'' China. In editorials, public statements and a lengthy tirade published by its state-run press service, China sought to equate its crackdown on the first attempt to establish an opposition party in China with American laws against treason. On Monday and Tuesday, Chinese courts sentenced three men to prison for ''plotting to
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-Caveat Lector- "A.C. Szul" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wager that if we were to ask everyone on this list --about 400 plus-- and folks on the other lists (MC, REPUB, RUSH, XPOLT, etc.) you'll find not one person who has been "polled" or "interviewed" by Gallup or any of its sister polling organizations. Hey, Mr. Andy Kohut, polling guru, who are you calling anyway?! snip I've been polled by both Gallup and Roper--not in the immediate past, granted, but within the last year. People, like it or not, statistical sampling *does* work. Go ask a business major at your local college. The sample may seem small, but it really does indicate how the entire population feels. Just because the poll results don't jibe with your own preferences doesn't invalidate the poll. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: 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. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Polls?]
-Caveat Lector- I wager that if we were to ask everyone on this list --about 400 plus-- and folks on the other lists (MC, REPUB, RUSH, XPOLT, etc.) you'll find not one person who has been "polled" or "interviewed" by Gallup or any of its sister polling organizations. Hey, Mr. Andy Kohut, polling guru, who are you calling anyway?! snip I've been polled by both Gallup and Roper--not in the immediate past, granted, but within the last year. People, like it or not, statistical sampling *does* work. Go ask a business major at your local college. The sample may seem small, but it really does indicate how the entire population feels. Just because the poll results don't jibe with your own preferences doesn't invalidate the poll. Bob If these polls are accurate then it's not a new president we need... It's a new country... It's funny yet frustrating how the people that have less interest in what actually is going on are the ones who have the power to vote in what they desire because of the simple fact that the ignorant outnumber the truth seekers. I don't think when they formed the majority rule law, they didn't expect the majority to blinded like they are now. Jamie DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Missing Chemicals Found in Bin, Ending an FBI Investigation (AP)
-Caveat Lector- Missing Chemicals Found in Bin, Ending an FBI Investigation AP 23-DEC-98 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Twenty-five tons of ammonium nitrate that disappeared from a farm supply store in July has reappeared in the same bin from which it vanished, ending an FBI investigation that initially focused on a possible terrorist threat. The stolen chemical was returned last month to Bruceton Farm Services in Bruceton Mills, FBI spokesman Bill Crowley said Tuesday. The ammonium nitrate was believed stolen for use as fertilizer for a local farmers' field. But the FBI initially considered more ominous possibilities, such as that it was being used to make terrorists' bombs, and at one point offered $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the theft. "We did not find any link to terrorism, and we have closed our investigation," Crowley said. Ammonium nitrate was a key ingredient in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. The explosion killed 168 people and injured hundreds of others. Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: 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. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] India's Christians Say Intolerance Rising under Hindu Nationalists (AP)
-Caveat Lector- India's Christians Say Intolerance Rising under Hindu Nationalists AP 23-DEC-98 RAJKOT, India (AP) -- They stormed in without warning, 300 men who burned Bibles and told Hindu students that their Christian school was trying to subvert their religion. "They said, 'This religion is not worth following,"' said Vibha Ghare, 15, a Hindu who attends the I.P. Mission School. The school is run by Christians, but two-thirds of its students and staff are Hindu. This western Indian city is better known as the hometown of Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu and India's messiah of nonviolence and religious tolerance. But lately, Rajkot and surrounding Gujrat state are becoming known for what Christian leaders say is growing intolerance linked to the rise to power of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. The mob that ransacked the school was searching for copies of the New Testament that had been distributed by a traveling Christian group. As the children watched, the attackers made a bonfire of 400 Bibles and told the students, all girls, that the school was conspiring to make them marry Christian men so they would be forced to become Christian. "This is completely false," said S.H. Desai, an Indian Christian who is principal of the 103-year-old school in Rajkot. "They think, 'These are Christians, very few in number, let's intimidate them,"' Christians make up just 2.5 percent of India's nearly 1 billion people, while Hindus account for 80 percent of the population and Muslims 12 percent. Despite their small numbers, Christians have a certain prominence because schools founded by missionaries are among the most prestigious in India. Hindu parents compete to enroll their children. The attack on the I.P. Mission School was one of more than 90 violent incidents aimed at Christians in 1998, according to the United Christian Forum for Human Rights, a group of lay Christians. The group says that was more than in any other year since India's independence in 1947. The forum blames what it says is an atmosphere of intolerance that has accompanied the Bharatiya Janata Party's political rise. The party won national elections in March and heads the national governing coalition. It also controls the state government in Gujrat. Despite the troubles, the Christian community appears festive as Christmas approaches. For now, fear of assault has eased. The government, under political pressure, has tried to curb attacks during the holidays. On Dec. 4, Christian schools across India closed for a day in protest over the violence. The Roman Catholic archbishop of New Delhi, Alan de Lastic, addressed 5,000 demonstrators at a rally in the capital. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condemned attacks on Christians. But his government also denies there is any orchestrated anti-Christian campaign and questions the United Christian Forum's numbers of such attacks. In some cases, violence described as anti-Christian may have other explanations. For instance, several men broke into a convent in a remote area in central India in September and raped four nuns; police later arrested 24 suspects, half of them Christians and half Hindus. But the forum and Indian news media have recounted serious violence toward Christians. In April, a mob razed a Catholic church in western India. Earlier, a priest in the eastern state of Bihar was beaten and paraded naked by a mob who accused him of sodomizing a boy. Christians maintain the violence is being fanned by Hindu right-wing groups closely linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party -- the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or World Hindu Council, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or National Volunteer Corps. "The Christians are making a fuss because they are afraid that Hindus who have converted to Christianity want to return to their religion," said Kishorebhai Mangalpara, a Hindu activist in Rajkot. Hindu groups say missionaries take advantage of the poverty and backwardness of lower caste Hindus and tribal groups, beguiling them into becoming Christians at revival meetings where they claim to work miracles. Although there are no overt calls for conversions at Christian schools, subtle pressures exist. In Catholic schools run by nuns and priests, prayers are held several times a day. In boarding schools, non-Christian children sometimes are required to pray and are encouraged to go to chapel and read the Bible. Lower-caste Hindus considered social pariahs in their own religion and indigenous peoples have been drawn to Christian missionaries who run schools, hospitals and homes for the poor. Many conversions occurred in tribal areas where extreme poverty goes hand in hand with exploitation by upper-caste Hindu landlords. Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from
[CTRL] UN Warns of Further Famine in Southern Sudan
-Caveat Lector- UN Warns of Further Famine in Southern Sudan Africa News Service 23-DEC-98 NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA, 12/23/98) - The United Nations warned Wednesday here that famine could threaten millions of people in southern Sudan again next year unless the government in Khartoum and rebels agree to extend an existing partial ceasefire in the country's civil war. Although millions of dollars from donors helped to alleviate the effects of famine in southern Sudan in 1998, the food situation remains fragile, said Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS), a UN-created organ grouping several relief agencies which operates from northern Kenya. "Many people are surviving on a fragile base which insecurity could easily shatter," said Philippe Borel, head of the OLS which cordinates most humanitarian relief efforts in Sudan. A six month old cesefire between the governemnt and the rebels of the southern Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which applies only to the worst affected southern province of Bahr el Ghazal, expires 15 January. Borel said in a statement that a renewal of the ceasefire was essential to avert another famine in 1999. He appealed for its scope to be extended. OLS said more than four million Sudanese in the Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile regions of the south and Kassala in the north faced a bleak 1999. The UN World Food Programme says that more than two million people will need 150,000 tonnes of food between now and October 1999. According to OLS officials, UN agencies alone have spent around 200 million US dollars in Sudan in 1998, most of it in the south, to fly and air-drop food and medical help in the drought and war striken region. Although malnutrition rates in the Bahar el Ghazal region have dropped sharply, the crisis is not yet over - especially after drought gave way to some of the worst flooding in the latter part of 1998. SPLA rebels of the mainly Christian and animist south have been fighting the muslim-dominated Khartoum government since 1983 in a civil war that is estimated to have cost more than 1.5 million lives. = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: 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. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] AIDS Herbs Cocktail Said to Cure AIDS-related Ailments
-Caveat Lector- AIDS Herbs Cocktail Said to Cure AIDS-related Ailments Africa News Service 23-DEC-98 BLANTYRE, Malawi (PANA, 12/23/98) - The Catholic Church in Malawi claims a number of AIDS patients in the country have been cured of AIDS-related illnesses through the use of local herbs such as aloe vera, frangipani, guava leaves, sweet potatoes and okra. Sr. Lilia Conol of the AIDS Patients Home-Based Care Unit of the Church told reporters the use of a cocktail of the herbs have successfully cured AIDS-related ailments like shingles. "People have been cured of shingles and mouth sores after using these herbs," she said. Conol, therefore, called for concerted efforts between the government and other stakeholders to promote the use of herbal medicines instead of relying on "very expensive cocktails from the West." Gracian Namanja of the same project said they are already working on treatment guidelines. Plans are also underway to establish gardens in all the seven dioceses in the country for further research. The church will work hand-in-hand with the National AIDS Control Programme, the ministry of health and the World Health Organisation to persue the discovery. "We know that if indeed these are certified as cures they will be very accessible and affordable to the common man hence our interest to persue the initiative," Namanja added. Malawi has one of the highest AIDS figures. Recent reports say that over 900,000 people in the country have been tested HIV-positive. The Catholic church's claim for a cure come three years after that of 1995 when a 79-year-old local medicine man caused a flurry of excitement when he claimed to have dreamt of a cure for AIDS. For six months, many Malawians and people from as far as the US, England and neighbouring countries flocked to his hitherto little-known village in the southern district of Machinga to sip the herbal concoction. The government issued a cautious warning against believing the cure but some people still claim to have been cured todate. By Raphael Tenthani, PANA Correspondent = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: 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. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] French Citizen Suit Targets ''Baby Doc'' Duvalier (Reuters)
-Caveat Lector- French Citizen Suit Targets ''Baby Doc'' Duvalier Reuters 23-DEC-98 PARIS, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Exiled former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has been ordered to appear in court in March to answer a private citizen's complaint that he lacks French residency papers, a lawyer said on Wednesday. Lawyer Christophe Wacquet, representing Jacques Samyn of France's Picardie region, said Duvalier would be required to attend a March 11 hearing on his residential status before a French court in Grasse, southern France, his last known address. Normally, such a demand would be made by the state. But French law allows private citizens to file a complaint in the event the state fails to act, and the state prosecutors in Grasse are obliged to act on the complaint, Wacquet said. Duvalier's lawyer Herve Cabeli, contacted by Reuters, called the move "judicially absurd" but declined to say whether his client would appear. The complaint about Duvalier's residency status was the second legal action under way in France against the former dictator. The arrest of former Chilean ruler Augusto Pinochet in Britain on an extradition request by Spain mobilised Haitians in both Haiti and France earlier this month to prepare a similar case against the former Haitian leader. Duvalier, who took power in Haiti in 1971 on the death of his father, Francois Duvalier or "Papa Doc," has been living in France since he was overthrown in 1986 and flown to exile by the U.S. military. His current whereabouts are unclear but his lawyer said recently that he is still in France. Paris has turned down his request for political asylum. If Duvalier were found by the court to be living in France illegally, he could be sentenced to up to a year in prison, fined up to 25,000 francs ($4,500) and banned from French territory. Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited.All rights reserved. = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: 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. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Venezuelan President-Elect Vows to Shake up Oil Monopoly (AP)
-Caveat Lector- President-Elect Vows to Shake up Oil Monopoly AP 23-DEC-98 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- It's one of the world's largest oil companies and an island of efficiency in a country wracked by bureaucratic anarchy. But President-elect Hugo Chavez is vowing to shake up Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, the state-owned oil monopoly he claims has become an elitist, money-squandering giant accountable to no one. "PDVSA has become a state within a state," he said at a news conference hours after his landslide Dec. 6 victory. "That is going to end in the administration of Hugo Chavez Frias." His plans for the No. 1 foreign supplier of oil to the United States and the franchiser of 14,500 U.S. gas stations through its Citgo Petroleum Corp. are alarming PDVSA executives who fear he will dismantle the company that is Venezuela's biggest source of export earnings. They worry a government shakeup will derail or slow a multibillion-dollar expansion plan involving Mobil Corp., Exxon Corp., Atlantic Richfield Co. and others. "There is no company that is more supervised, controlled or audited than PDVSA," said Luis Giusti, the company's highly regarded, University of Tulsa-trained president. He boasts of PDVSA's international reputation for excellence. Chavez, who led a failed 1992 coup attempt against the government, already has announced that he will fire Giusti, divert some of PDVSA's profits to social spending and rein in plans to sharply boost production. At the election-night press conference, he denounced the company's "Saudi-style use of airplanes, out-of-control costs and gold-card culture" in a country where public hospitals lack needles and bandages and well over half the population lives in poverty. Giusti scoffs at the attack. "A CEO of Exxon earns $5 million a year. We earn $250,000 a year," he said, adding that he's received job offers that "maybe will allow me to live like a rich man." Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, booting out international companies and giving PDVSA exclusive control over the world's largest proven oil reserves outside the Middle East. The foreign companies that are now permitted to pump Venezuelan oil must sell all of their output to PDVSA. But Chavez and other critics claim PDVSA has hijacked the nation's oil policy, creating tax havens for its own benefit and blocking external audits. "There is no control, not by the Ministry of Energy and Mines ... nor the Congress, nor the comptroller general, not even the president of the republic," says Chavez. One result is that the company maintains overseas operations such as Tulsa, Okla.-based Citgo and Veba Oel AG in Germany that barely turn a profit, he says. "It's a mystery." Giusti defends Citgo, the fourth-largest gas station chain in the United States in terms of market share, as providing a guaranteed distribution outlet for Venezuelan oil, and rejects charges that PDVSA escapes government oversight. Citgo reported earnings of $211.2 million on revenue of $8.5 billion for the first nine months of this year. Industry experts say PDVSA has become highly independent partly by default because the government is so disorganized. The government often turns to PDVSA's huge pool of professionals for help on everything from setting up a foreign exchange control system to solving the Year 2000 computer problem. PDVSA officials fear Chavez may appoint inexperienced people who could ruin the company. They also fear he may raid its coffers to finance a growing national budget deficit now estimated at $5 billion. Oil accounts for about three-quarters of Venezuela's export earnings. "You could quickly wreck the company, which would be disastrous," said Robert Gay, Latin America strategist at New York-based investment bank BT Alex. Brown. PDVSA "is the golden goose." Chavez and PDVSA also are clashing over the company's plans to boost output capacity of 3.8 million barrels a day to 5.8 million barrels a day by the year 2007. To help meet that goal, Venezuela is inviting back industry giants such as Mobil, Exxon and Conoco Inc., which are lining up billions of dollars to invest in joint ventures with PDVSA. Chavez says the plan is too much, too fast, and he wants the foreign companies to focus on refining crude oil and producing petrochemical products instead of just drilling wells and exporting crude oil. He argues that a worldwide cut in production orchestrated by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is what's needed to boost prices that this year hit a 12-year low. That collapse in oil prices not only has hit PDVSA, but also forced Venezuela to slash its national budget by $2 billion as revenue from the oil monopoly dried up. PDVSA, which has a long history of cheating on OPEC production limits, says long-term production cutbacks would be unrealistic. Its officials argue the days of strictly enforced OPEC quotas are over. If Venezuela cuts its production
[CTRL] OPINION POLLING -- MASS POLLUTION WITH AN AGENDA
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excerpts from:
http://www.harborside.com/home/j/jollyroger/darkage.txt
OPINION POLLING -- MASS POLLUTION WITH AN AGENDA
Under Marxism, the term "politically correct" referred to
any large scale government injustice that had to be to be
whitewashed to look necessary. "Politically correct" was a way
to make excuses for being afraid of the rational search for
truth or the use of common sense. Modern political correctness
has been tamed somewhat, it is now merely a means for
brainwashing and indoctrination, a way to keep people from
saying "that's criminal!"
The single, most important organizational component of this
conspiracy was a Communist thinktank called the Institute for
Social Research (I.S.R.), but popularly known as the Frankfurt
School.
Here, then, were some potent theories of social control.
The great possibilities of this Frankfurt School media work were
probably the major contributing factor in the support given the
I.S.R. by the bastions of the Establishment, after the Institute
transferred its operations to America in 1934. In 1937, the
Rockefeller Foundation began funding research into the social
effects of new forms of mass media, particularly radio.
Despite the official gloss, the activities of the Radio
Project make it clear that its purpose was to test empirically
the Adorno-Benjamin thesis that the net effect of the mass media
could be to atomize and increase lability -- what people would
later call "brainwashing."
The efforts of the Radio Project conspirators to manipulate
the population, spawned the modern pseudoscience of PUBLIC
OPINION POLLING, in order to gain greater control over the
methods they were developing.
Today, PUBLIC OPINION POLLS, like the television news, have
been completely integrated into our society. A "scientific
survey" of what people are said to think about an issue can be
produced in less than twenty-four hours. Some campaigns for high
political office are completely shaped by polls; in fact, many
politicians try to create issues which are themselves
meaningless, but which they know will look good in the polls,
purely for the purpose of enhancing their image as "popular."
Important policy decisions are made, even before the actual vote
of the citizenry or the legislature, by poll results.
This snowball has not stopped rolling since. The entire
development of television and advertising in the 1950's and
1960's was pioneered by men and women who were trained in the
Frankfurt School's techniques of mass alienation. Frank Stanton
went directly from the Radio Project to become the single most-
important leader of modern television.
The idea of "PUBLIC OPINION" is not new, of course. Plato
spoke against it in his {Republic} over two millenia ago; Alexis
de Tocqueville wrote at length of its influence over America in
the early nineteenth century. But, nobody thought to {measure}
public opinion before the twentieth century, and nobody before
the 1930's thought to use those measurements for decision-making.
It is useful to pause and reflect on the whole concept.
The belief that public opinion can be a determinant of truth is
philosophically insane. It precludes the idea of the rational
individual mind. Every individual mind contains the divine spark
of reason, and is thus capable of scientific discovery, and
understanding the discoveries of others. The individual mind is
one of the few things that cannot, therefore, be "averaged."
Consider: at the moment of creative discovery, it is possible,
if not probable, that the scientist making the discovery is the
{only} person to hold that opinion about nature, whereas everyone
else has a different opinion, or no opinion. One can only
imagine what a "scientifically-conducted survey" on Kepler's
model of the solar system would have been, shortly after he
published the {Harmony of the World}: 2% for, 48% against,
50% no opinion.
These psychoanalytic survey techniques became standard, not
only for the Frankfurt School, but also throughout American
social science departments, particularly after the I.S.R. arrived
in the United States.
The key to the entire Frankfurt School program, from
originator Lukacs on, is the "liberation" of Aristotelian {eros},
to make individual 'feeling states' psychologically primary.
When the I.S.R. leaders arrived in the United States in the mid-
1930's, they exulted that here was a place which had no adequate
philosophical defenses against their brand of {Kulturpessimismus}
[cultural pessimism]. However, although the Frankfurt School
made major inroads in American intellectual life before World War
II, that influence was largely confined to academia and to radio;
and radio, although important, did not yet have the overwhelming
influence on social life that it would acquire during the war.
Students are being taught that
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II. The Establishment Goes Bolshevik:
"Entertainment" Replaces Art
Before the twentieth century, the distinction between art and
"entertainment" was much more pronounced. One could be
entertained by art, certainly, but the experience was active, not
passive. On the first level, one had to make a conscious choice
to go to a concert, to view a certain art exhibit, to buy a book
or piece of sheet music. It was unlikely that any more than an
infinitesimal fraction of the population would have the
opportunity to see {King Lear} or hear Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
more than once or twice in a lifetime. Art demanded that one
bring one's full powers of concentration and knowledge of the
subject to bear on each experience, or else the experience were
considered wasted. These were the days when memorization of
poetry and whole plays, and the gathering of friends and family
for a "parlor concert," were the norm, even in rural
households. These were also the days before "music
appreciation"; when one studied music, as many did, they learned
to play it, not appreciate it.
However, the new technologies of radio, film, and recorded
music represented, to use the appropriate Marxist buzz-word, a
dialectical potential. On the one hand, these technologies held
out the possibility of bringing the greatest works of art to
millions of people who would otherwise not have access to them.
On the other, the fact that the experience was infinitely
reproducible could tend to disengage the audience's mind, making
the experience less sacred, thus increasing alienation. Adorno
called this process, "demythologizing." This new passivity,
Adorno hypothesized in a crucial article published in 1938, could
fracture a musical composition into the "entertaining" parts
which would be "fetishized" in the memory of the listener, and
the difficult parts, which would be forgotten. Adorno continues,
The counterpart to the fetishism is a regression of listening.
This does not mean a relapse of the individual listener into an
earlier phase of his own development, nor a decline in the
collective general level, since the millions who are reached
musically for the first time by today's mass communications
cannot be compared with the audiences of the past. Rather, it is
the contemporary listening which has regressed, arrested at the
infantile stage. Not only do the listening subjects lose, along
with the freedom of choice and responsibility, the capacity for
the conscious perception of music [t]hey fluctuate between
comprehensive forgetting and sudden dives into recognition. They
listen atomistically and dissociate what they hear, but precisely
in this dissociation they develop certain capacities which accord
less with the traditional concepts of aesthetics than with those
of football or motoring. They are not childlike ... but they are
childish; their primitivism is not that of the undeveloped, but
that of the {forcibly retarded}.
This conceptual retardation and preconditioning caused by
listening, suggested that programming could determine preference.
The very act of putting, say, a Benny Goodman number next to a
Mozart sonata on the radio, would tend to amalgamate both into
entertaining "music-on-the-radio" in the mind of the listener.
This meant that even new and unpalatable ideas could become
popular by "re-naming" them through the universal homogenizer
of the culture industry. As Benjamin puts it,
"Mechanical reproduction of art changes the reaction of the
masses toward art. The reactionary attitude toward a Picasso
painting changes into a progressive reaction toward a Chaplin
movie. The progressive reaction is characterized by the direct,
intimate fusion of visual and emotional enjoyment with the
orientation of the expert With regard to the screen, the
critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide. The
decisive reason for this is that the individual reactions are
predetermined by the mass audience response they are about to
produce, and this is nowhere more pronounced than in the film."
At the same time, the magic power of the media could be used
to re-define previous ideas. "Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Beethoven
will all make films," concluded Benjamin, quoting the French
film pioneer {{Abel Gance}}, "... all legends, all mythologies,
all myths, all founders of religions, and the very religions
themselves ... await their exposed resurrection."
Social Control: The "Radio Project"
Here, then, were some potent theories of social control. The
great possibilities of this Frankfurt School media work were
probably the major contributing factor in the support given the
I.S.R. by the bastions of the Establishment, after the Institute
transferred its operations to America in 1934.
In 1937, the Rockefeller Foundation began funding research
into the social effects of new forms of
[CTRL] Fwd: Clinton Cabinet Contemptible
Judge Threatens Babbitt, Rubin WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge is threatening to hold Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin in contempt for the government's delay in producing records of Indian trust funds. The Interior and Treasury departments are being sued over the mishandling of 300,000 Indian accounts worth an estimated $500 million. Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs was ordered two years ago to turn over statements, checks and other documents on accounts held by five Indians who are the lead plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit. So far, only a small amount of the documents have been produced. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, who has frequently clashed with the Clinton administration, last week set a contempt hearing for Babbitt and Rubin for Jan. 11. ``They've meddled with the wrong person here as far as stonewalling and ignoring his orders,'' an attorney for the Indians, Robert Peregoy, said Wednesday. In a separate case, Lamberth on Tuesday accused Commerce Department officials of illegally destroying evidence in connection with charges that the agency sold slots on trade missions for donations to Democratic candidates. He's the same judge who earlier fined the administration $286,000 for making inaccurate statements about the makeup of its health care task force. At a Dec. 15 hearing in the Indian case, government lawyers gave him a variety of reasons for failing to turn over the records, including possible viral contamination of two storage facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and rodent infestation at another site. The government hopes to have the material by the hearing next month, said Ed Cohen, an Interior Department lawyer. ``The plaintiffs have been aggressive in seeking records. We're doing the best we can in producing them. We're doing this all at the same time that we're trying to fix the system,'' he said. The records that have been turned over have raised more questions about the accounts. Of 67 checks issued by the government, only 11 had been endorsed by the account holder, Peregoy said. The records also indicate one of the plaintiffs was not awarded her portion of her deceased father's land until more than 15 years after he died, according to auditors hired by the plaintiffs. The 300,000 accounts belong to individual Indians who receive royalties and other income from their land. As much as $1 million has flowed through some of the accounts in a single year, while others receive only a few dollars.
[CTRL] Fwd: Blair's Campaign Strategist Out -- Impropriety
Top Blair Aide Resigns Cabinet Post LONDON (AP) -- Peter Mandelson, the master strategist behind Prime Minister Tony Blair's 1997 election win, resigned from the Cabinet on Wednesday following questions about a big loan from a colleague. Mandelson was instrumental in reviving a Labor Party battered into irrelevance in the 1980s by internal feuding and unpopular policies. His departure left a little mud sticking to a government that prided itself on high standards. Mandelson, 45, resigned as secretary for trade and industry a day after The Guardian newspaper disclosed that he had received a home loan of $625,000 in 1996 from fellow legislator Geoffrey Robinson. Mandelson hadn't told Blair about that until last week, and he hadn't told his department when it started investigating some of Robinson's business interests. Hours after Mandelson stepped down, Robinson, 50, resigned as paymaster general at the Treasury. ``We are all going to sleep easier because if it had carried on festering horrendously over Christmas, the government would have suffered,'' said Rhodri Morgan, a Labor lawmaker from Wales. However, The Guardian said questions were now being raised about Robinson's financial support for Gordon Brown, the Treasury chief, before last year's election. The Treasury refused Tuesday to answer questions on that issue, The Guardian said. Robinson apologized to the House of Commons last month for failing to disclose some of his financial interests, including a stake in an offshore trust. Mandelson protested that he had not transgressed Blair's code of conduct, but the case produced hostile headlines Wednesday. The Sun, the largest- circulation tabloid, quoted Blair's past calls for Labor to be ``purer than pure,'' and headlined: ``So how the hell can Mandy stay?'' ``I should not, with all candor, have entered into the arrangement,'' Mandelson said in a resignation letter to Blair. ``I should, having done so, have told you and other colleagues whose advice I value.'' Mandelson remains in Parliament and many expect him to return to prominence after a period of penitence on the backbenches. Stephen Byers, already in the Cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury, will replace Mandelson, Blair's office said. Defending himself on Tuesday, Mandelson described himself and Robinson as ``fairly publicity-friendly, controversial, fairly exotic personalities.'' Robinson was controversial because of the way he used his wealth, and sheltered it from taxes; Mandelson because of his power and his closeness to Blair. Mandelson gave Labor a new red rose symbol in the 1980s, and he masterminded the lavish Millennium Dome now rising in Greenwich that symbolizes Blair's aspirations for Britain's future. There was a media uproar last month when a columnist claimed on television that Mandelson was gay. The claim was hardly new, but the BBC's order to its reporters to not repeat it insured that it was widely reported everywhere else. Labor has stumbled before on money matters. After Blair backed an exemption for Formula One racing from a proposed European ban on tobacco advertising in sports, it was disclosed that Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone gave the party $1.7 million before the election. Labor refunded his contribution. Derek Draper, a former sidekick of Mandelson, was fired from a lobbying firm after journalists caught him boasting that he could offer his paying clients access to powerful figures in government. Mandelson was born to politics. His grandfather, Herbert Morrison, was a member of Winston Churchill's wartime Cabinet and briefly foreign secretary under Labor Prime Minister Clement Attlee. Mandelson won a seat in the House of Commons in 1992, and was promoted to the Cabinet earlier this year.
[CTRL] Fwd: Clinton Pal Planned to Flee Country
Trie May Have Planned To Flee U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) -- A fund-raiser who is at the heart of the investigation into foreign donations to Democrats may have planned to flee overseas, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. The attorney for Yah Lin ``Charlie'' Trie argued that his client -- upset over his legal troubles and his wife's recent death -- simply made a mistake when he applied for a Taiwanese passport, and the judge declined to jail Trie but ordered new restrictions on his freedom. Trie applied for the passport two weeks ago -- a day after he was last in court for a hearing on federal conspiracy, obstruction of justice and witness tampering charges related to his work for the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. Justice Department attorney Geoffrey Hobart said the FBI ``got lucky'' when it received a tip about the passport application and that unless Trie is jailed there is little to stop him from trying again. Trie, a Clinton friend and former restaurateur in Little Rock, Ark., is free pending the first of two trials on campaign-related charges. ``The timing is very odd,'' Hobart argued at a hurriedly scheduled hearing. ``It's beyond comprehension that Mr. Trie was unaware he was not supposed to have a passport.'' Trie, who was born in China and has relatives in Taiwan, fled overseas when congressional fund-raising investigations began in 1997. He returned voluntarily in February and pleaded innocent to the charges. He was released on a personal recognizance bond and surrendered his U.S. passport, along with an expired Taiwanese one. Defense lawyer Reid Weingarten said Trie blundered by applying for a new passport, but never intended to flee. Trie instead hoped to get paperwork started for an eventual permanent move to Taiwan when his legal troubles are over, Weingarten said. ``Locking him up right now in anticipation of this trial, I think, is grossly unfair and inappropriate,'' Weingarten argued, and an overreaction ``to a mistake in judgment based on his lack of understanding of the system.'' Trie, who opened an international consulting business after Clinton's election, is unemployed, essentially friendless and living as a houseguest with a sister in Virginia Beach, Va., Weingarten said. Trie is dejected at his legal plight and despondent over the recent death of his wife, Weingarten told the judge. ``His life is shattered. He has no life.'' Trie is charged with giving and arranging illegal contributions to the Democratic National Committee to buy access to Clinton and other top officials. Trie also faces a separate trial in Arkansas in April for allegedly ordering an associate to hide documents subpoenaed during a Senate campaign finance investigation. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman mused aloud that his trust might be misplaced but refused to jail Trie. Friedman, who will oversee Trie's trial in September, did order new restrictions, including a curfew. ``I'm troubled by this. If I'm wrong in placing my faith in him, then the consequences are that he may leave the country and we may not be able to get him back,'' Friedman said. Trie is one of several foreign-born business owners charged as part of the Justice Department's investigation into campaign finance abuses. Trie opened an international business consulting company after Clinton became president and frequently attended Democratic fund-raising dinners that featured Clinton or Vice President Al Gore. Democrats returned $645,000 that Trie either donated or raised after determining the money came from questionable and possibly illegal sources. Clinton's former legal defense fund returned $640,000 in contributions from Trie.
[CTRL] Fwd: Kidz in Japan
"A Liberal Democratic Party government panel on juvenile law proposed that the minimum age for criminal punishment be lowered to 14 from the current 16." Japanese Youth Crime on the Rise TOKYO (AP) -- The number of serious crimes, including murder, committed by Japanese youths surged during the first 11 months of this year, according to a police report published Tuesday. A total of 144,228 young people between the ages of 14 and 19 were arrested or taken into protective custody for alleged criminal offenses through November, the report said, up 3.1 percent from the same period last year. The report also said 257 were arrested for serious crimes, including murder and attempted murder. That figure was the highest since police began compiling such statistics in 1972. Rising juvenile delinquency has led to a new round of soul-searching about Japan's education system and the way children are raised. Previous discussions have cited the tremendous pressure on Japanese children to conform, and to do well in highly competitive school examinations. In one of the most prominent cases this year, a 13-year-old junior high school student in Tochigi prefecture, or state, north of Tokyo, stabbed his teacher to death in January after being scolded for tardiness. The report did not provide any analysis for the rise in juvenile crimes. The report came one day after a ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel on juvenile law proposed that the minimum age for criminal punishment be lowered to 14 from the current 16. Last week, the Education Ministry said reported cases of beatings and other violence committed by school children at Japanese schools, jumped to 29,000 last year, up from about 11,000 in 1996.
[CTRL] Koreana: Stability?
-Caveat Lector- From Christian Science Monitor WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1998 S. Korea hit by a wave of military mishaps US still 'comfortable' with key ally. But did South Korean soldiers tell secrets to North? Michael Baker Special to The Christian Science Monitor SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA Despite the modern bustle of South Korea, ringing with Christmas carols and jammed with holiday shoppers in these festive days, America's Army considers it a "war zone." The sacrifices made by US troops defending South Korea - some 36,000 US personnel are stationed there - are most acute during the holiday season, when soldiers think of families not allowed to accompany them on this "hardship tour." Efforts to defuse the political tension on this peninsula are under way. Next month's "four party" peace talks represent another attempt by the US, China, and the two Koreas to wrap up Korea's half-century conflict. PictureGETTING IT RIGHT: South Korean soldiers practiced a beach landing southeast of Seoul last month during annual joint exercises with the US military. (AHN YOUNG-JOON /AP) Complications still surface. Last Friday, in the wee hours, South Korea sank a North Korean spy boat during a chase. The small win buoyed spirits in South Korea's military, and perhaps reassured the US. But a month of blunders and new allegations about cross-border contacts between soldiers have South Korea's armed forces in the headlines and under fire. Since mid-November, 11 servicemen have been crushed by tanks, been killed in explosions, or have committed suicide. Another two killed each other in a fight. In Inchon, a major city west of Seoul, an antiaircraft missile accidentally launched, self-destructed in midair, and rained debris on civilians and cars. The military blames faulty wiring for the accidental launch. But as with the flare bomb that landed on an elderly woman's house, and the officers who fiddled with a 90-mm shell in their lounge until it exploded, outsiders have blamed military incompetence. A month earlier, five South Korean boats ran aground while pursuing a North Korean spy ship. Most damaging, perhaps, are allegations that South Korean soldiers have been accepting gifts from North Korean soldiers - and perhaps divulging information - during illegal meetings in Panmunjom, the diplomatic village straddling Korea's demilitarized zone. A certain Sergeant Kim met North Koreans 30 times between July and December 1997, allegedly receiving contraband goods including cigarettes. Another soldier got a Rolex watch. In February, Kim's commanding officer died in suspicious circumstances. When news of the contacts emerged this month, the National Assembly reopened the investigation, suspecting the senior officer was murdered. An earlier inquiry unconvincingly concluded it was suicide. "Can we trust the military?" asked an editorial in The Korea Herald. The defense minister and others have been reprimanded, and a few relieved of command. But the string of incidents has aroused concerns about South Korea's military that are reminiscent of 1996. Then, during South Korea's most recent large-scale operation, 60,000 troops combed the countryside for 25 North Korean commandos who had fled their grounded submarine. Discipline problems hampered the search. The government essentially sent "[university] students in uniform to hunt North Korean special forces," notes Michael Breen, a North Korea expert based in Sussex, England. Every able-bodied South Korean male must dedicate two years and two months to the armed services, and eight years in the reserves. But many middle-class recruits detest conscription, feeling it is a waste of their time. Some university students complain that South Korea's military is unprofessional. One reservist recounted that at refresher training this summer it was raining, so they watched videos all day. Many envy America's volunteer army, and hope someday South Korea can have a professional army. "In Korea, being a soldier is not a good job," says one ex-soldier. It wasn't always so. In the 1950s, graduates of the Korean Military Academy took top jobs, including the presidency. Until the mid-1970s, the military was the leading edge of technology, education, and administration, attracting the best and brightest. But society and business have since overtaken the military. Vietnam was the last war South Korea fought in, and its military has bureaucratized. These days it can't easily retain quality personnel in lower ranks. And commanding officers are often not fully respected by conscripts, who often have better educations. Top American officials acknowledge some shortcomings but say they feel they would be comfortable fighting side by side again with South Korea. "We train 'joint and combined' every day, and our training equates to a very high readiness," says US Army spokeswoman Lee Ferguson. The US has supported South
Re: [CTRL] Homogeny
-Caveat Lector- And I keep thinking about a Dennis Hopper line in a movie (with Keefer Sutherland) in which he says in the final scene something to the effect, "The 90s are going to make the 60s look like the 50s." AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust -- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homogeny : Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 10:52 AM : : -Caveat Lector- : : In a message dated 12/23/98 9:44:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, : [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : US media downplays links between congressional Republicans and fascists : : Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott praised white supremacist group : : : The fascist infiltration of government is the real story behind the story, it : is no wonder that such is not discussed in the mainstream media. The : republicans are in the forefront in carrying on their agenda BUT the democrats : are just as much in the bag too. : Teo1000 : : DECLARATION DISCLAIMER : == : CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic : screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters : and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright : frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects : spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL : gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; : be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and : nazi's need not apply. : : Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. : : : To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: : SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: : SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Arabiana: 12-23
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM One NOTE: Wasn't Turkey (who is now aligned with Israel) just recently embroiled with Syria over some political issue or another? Further escalation between Damascus and Washington, London Syria, Politics, 12/23/98 The US embassy in Damascus has officially decided to indefinitely suspend granting tourism visas in an adverse impact on the bilateral relations between Washington and Damascus for the demonstrations which targeted the headquarters of the US embassy and other affiliated centers in Damascus in objection to the US bombardment of Iraq. This new American step came following the strong US criticism of Damascus over what it called the "failure" of Syrian security forces in controlling demonstrators who attacked the embassy headquarters and caused damage to the consular section of the embassy and to the residence of US ambassador Ryan Crocker and the American school. A statement released by the embassy explained that the embassy's activity "has been relatively restored," but the consulate section which was damaged "has suspended for an indefinite time the granting of visas." Meanwhile, a correspondent from the Lebanese daily al-Nahar in Damascus said that the strong security measures by the Syrian security forces continued on Tuesday around the British and US embassies in Damascus as well as the houses of the two countries' ambassadors. It was rumored that most of the US diplomats moved temporarily to a building in al-Mezza district until Syrian security forces were able to control youths who attacked the US facilities in a Saturday demonstration in protest of the British and US air raids against Iraq. On Tuesday night, diplomatic sources in Damascus said that a statement circulated among embassies accredited in Damascus said the British ambassador to Syria, Basil Eastwood, left Damascus for London. Arab League chief calls for new formula in dealing with Iraq Regional, Politics, 12/23/98 Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid called on Tuesday for a new mechanism to restore confidence between Iraq and the UN Security Council. The AL's assistant secretary general in charge of the Iraqi file, Ahmad Bin Hali told reporters that Abdul Meguid sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan over the US-UK strike on Iraq. Bin Hali said the letter called for a new and acceptable formula in dealing with Iraq in line with UN resolutions. He said the new formula might be able to resolve the pending problems between Iraq and the UN and help Iraq in lifting the UN sanctions while safeguarding its sovereignty and regional unity. Bin Hali said that Abdul Meguid assigned the head of the AL mission in New York to coordinate with the Arab group in leading the Security Council "to shoulder its full responsibility towards Iraq." Abdul Meguid sent similar letters to the foreign ministers of China, Russia and France, Bin Hali said. Meanwhile, Abdel Meguid urged the executive office of the Arab ministers of health to provide medical assistance to the Iraqi people in the wake of the U.S.-British strike. Regional efforts continue regarding Arab summit on Iraq Regional, Politics, 12/23/98 Yemeni diplomatic sources said that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will direct messages to leaders, kings and presidents of the Arab states, inviting them to convene an urgent Arab summit to deal with the developments in the Arab states, including the US - British attacks on Iraq. It is expected that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Bajmal will make an Arab tour in support of Yemen's call to convene the summit. Algerian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Aziz Saba declared his country's support for the Arab summit called for by Yemen after the US - British strikes against Iraq. El-Saba said his country urges convening an organized Arab summit to maintain a minimum of solidarity and guarantee the Arab people's rights that these summits are for the benefit of all the countries. The spokesman referred to his country's position denouncing the strikes, which are outside international legitimacy. He added that the Algerian Red Crescent Society will provide food and medical aid to express the Algerian people's solidarity with the Iraqi people. MAP reported that the Moroccan Chamber of Advisors stressed Tuesday the need to hold an Arab summit over the crisis in Iraq following US-British missile strikes. The upper chamber of the parliament, which held an extraordinary session in solidarity with the Iraqi people, also stressed the importance of reconciliation among Arab states and denounced "the coward aggression" that would not have been possible were it not for the "weakness" of the Arab nation. The Moroccan advisors joined their colleagues at the house of representatives (lower chamber) who called on Monday for an extraordinary Arab summit to adopt a unified position on the anti-Iraq aggression and embargo. The house which held an extraordinary
Re: [CTRL] The New Australian
-Caveat Lector- The author of these comments is correct in his belief that capitalism creates huge amounts of wealth and he is also correct in praising J.D. Rockefeller for creating the modern oil industry and dramatically lowering the cost of petroleum products. Is this meant in the same sense that Christian Anamanpour meant when she said Iraq was having a "dramatic" night when the bombs were killing its citizens? kt DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] AIDS Herbs Cocktail Said to Cure AIDS-related Ailments
-Caveat Lector- BLANTYRE, Malawi (PANA, 12/23/98) - The Catholic Church in Malawi claims a number of AIDS patients in the country have been cured of AIDS-related illnesses through the use of local herbs such as aloe vera, frangipani, guava leaves, sweet potatoes and okra. Sr. Lilia Conol of the AIDS Patients Home-Based Care Unit of the Church told reporters the use of a cocktail of the herbs have successfully cured AIDS-related ailments like shingles. "People have been cured of shingles and mouth sores after using these herbs," she said. First off, I'm extremely supportive of 'alternative' medical options, including the use of herbs... That said, it SHOULD be pointed out that both shingles AND oral canker sores have the same cause, namely the herpes zoster virus (same one as causes chicken pox)... One is never 'cured' of this virus...once infected, the person always has it present, albeit in remission... So before jumping on the 'we found an herbal cure' for these things, I'd make doubly sure that the patients with these conditions didn't just go into remission, as normally happens with these conditions... June \|/ Best wishes for a --O-- /|\MAGICAL HOLIDAY //|\\ ///|\\\ and a | /|\ HEALTHY and HAPPY O O ||| O O __|||__NEW YEAR! *---* revcoal AT connix DOT com *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] THE MONEY MASTERS
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.themoneymasters.com/how.htm A HREF="http://www.themoneymasters.com/how.htm"Synopsis / Chapter Headings /A - THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning sophistication the secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths fraudulently to accumulate wealth. With the formation of the privately-owned Bank of England in 1694, the yoke of economic slavery to a privately-owned "central" bank was first forced upon the backs of an entire nation, not removed but only made heavier with the passing of the three centuries to our day. Nation after nation, including America, has fallen prey to this cabal of international central bankers. The success of the central banking scheme developed into a far-reaching plan described by President Clintons mentor, Georgetown Professor Carroll Quigley, "to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the system was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the worlds central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central banksought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the levels of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world." Several short-lived attempts to impose the central banking scheme on the United States were defeated by the patriotic efforts of Presidents Madison, Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren and Lincoln. But with the passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, America was firmly lashed to the same yoke, so that a small number of very rich men have been able to lay upon the masses a yoke little better than slavery itself. That yoke inevitably grows heavier with ever-compounding interest, and totals over $20 trillion of debt owed by the American people today ($80,000 per American) ultimately to these bankers. This vast accumulation of wealth concentrates immense power and despotic economic domination in the hands of the few central bankers "who are able to govern credit and its allotment, for this reason supplying, so to speak, the life-blood to the entire economic body, and grasping, as it were, in their hands the very soul of the economy so that no one dare breathe against their will." A worldwide tyranny is gradually being imposed, hidden to most, by THE MONEY MASTERS. Segments: The Problem; The Money Changers; Roman Empire; The Goldsmiths of Medieval England; Tally Sticks; The Bank of England; The Rise of the Rothschilds; The American Revolution; The Bank of North America; The Constitutional Convention; First Bank of the U.S.; Napoleons Rise to Power; Death of the First Bank of the U.S. / War of 1812; Waterloo; Second Bank of the U.S.; Andrew Jackson; Abe Lincoln and the Civil War; The Return of the Gold Standard; Free Silver; J.P. Morgan / 1907 Crash; Jekyll Island; Fed Act of 1913; J.P. Morgan / WWI; Roaring 20s / Great Depression; FDR / WWII / Fort Knox; World Central Bank; Conclusions. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] TOWARDS IDEAL MONETARY REFORM LEGISLATION
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.themoneymasters.com/article.htm A HREF="http://www.themoneymasters.com/article.htm" http://www.themoneymasters.com/article.htm/A - TOWARDS IDEAL MONETARY REFORM LEGISLATION An Introduction to Monetary Reform Principles by Patrick S.J. Carmack, B.B.A., J.D. Why draft model reform legislation with little to no chance of enactment under the present circumstances? Nobel Laureate in Economics, Milton Friedman, offers two reasons: ...it is worth discussing radical changes, not in the expectation that they will be adopted promptly but for two other reasons. One is to construct an ideal goal, so that incremental changes can be judged by whether they move the institutional structure toward or away from that ideal. Similarly, Pope John Paul II mentions another yardstick for measuring economic reform proposals: [by] determining their conformity with or divergence from the lines of the Gospel teaching... Friedman continues: The other reason is very different. It is so that if a crisis requiring or facilitating radical change does arise, alternatives will be available that have been carefully developed and fully explored. Further, modern history is replete with instances in which the Hegelian dialectic has been applied to the political and economic orders to manipulate or soften-up governments to change in ways contrary to the public good. This method usually involves the artificial (i.e. coldly calculated) initiation of conflict of some kind after careful conditioning of the elements of the society who could either obstruct or implement the planned change; followed by a crisis (e.g. an economic or political anomaly such as the stock market crash of 1929 or the oil crises of 1974 and 1979); which is then "interpreted" by controlled mass media to direct the responses to the crisis into pre-planned avenues and away from correct responses such as careful analysis of the causes and criminal indictment of the perpetrators (Manipulation on the personal/psychological order follows a similar pattern of stress, emotion, counseling). Orwell noted this in 1984: In governing the populace, unrest cannot be averted. Therefore, it must be channeled and cultivated. The following quotation of David Rockefeller, then Chairman of Chase Manhattan bank, speaking at the June, 1991 Bilderberger meeting in Baden Baden, Germany (a meeting attended by then-Governor Bill Clinton) is illustrative of the media control mentioned above: We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. He went on to explain: It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries. In light of such scheming, it surely makes sense to attempt to anticipate the dangers involved and to prepare means of escaping them. If man lets himself rush ahead without foreseeing in good time the emergence of new social problems, they will become too grave for a peaceful solution to be hoped for. - Pope Paul VI Also, such a discussion can encourage the development of authentic reform movements based on the conclusions reached, which would otherwise have no focus or rallying point. Finally, though the mass media would blind us to the sufferings of the 3rd, and now 4th, world by ignoring it and redirecting our interests to sports and fantasy and our compassion to seals and snail darters, nevertheless we will always have the poor with us on this planet, those who suffer the ravages of extreme poverty while we dwell in relative plenty. The number of unemployed people has grown rapidly around the world and was estimated by the International Labor Organization to be over one billion by 1994. In fact, the present debt-based monetary system inevitably results in vast accumulations of wealth in fewer and fewer hands, which necessitates extreme poverty for vast numbers of mankind. In 1997, 441 billionaires owned as much of the worlds wealth as the poorer one-half (50%) of mankind (2.4 billion people). Consistent with ones state-of-life, we must come to the aid of the increasing multitudes of our impoverished fellow men. Let us all set to work, for at this time a grave duty is imposed upon the consciences of all; a duty for all, employers and employees, citizens and farmers, moralists, pastors and their flocks, to help resolutely in the solution of the economic problem that distresses us. Universal suffering puts it in the front rank and bestows upon it a character of sacredness. These words of French Cardinal Verdier during the Great Monetary
Re: [CTRL] Kidz in Japan
-Caveat Lector- I wonder if this could be attributed to overcrowding and the lack of meaningful occupation of time. Or, am I mistaken in the assumption that gangs are generally confined to the bored in the cities (as opposed to those who have ties to farms, e.g.) ? Occupation of time for youth is generally reserved for 'recreation' rather than a bonafide 'occupation' (i.e., job). There could be some tie-in to the financial uncertainties some of the Japanese face (under- or un-employment, earners spending more time at work than at home, the lure of the easy life of the gang (e.g., Yakuza), the yearning for youth to burn off energy / demonstrate their "power", and so forth) ... availability of genuine alternative avenues may be lacking or nonexistent -- kind of like when the rich can stave off the final breaths by virtue of their $$$ (until said $$$ runs out or loses its value or meaningfulness); except in this case the $$$ (Yen) may have masked underlying social ills that are now becoming visible with Japan's economic woes. Money of any kind makes wonderful papier-mache' or origami: can be lookin' good but not real solid nor, in reality, real. Pop density Japan (islands): 861/sq mile Pop density Nashville, TN: 1066/sq mile Pop density Dallas, TX: 2987/sq mile Pop density Philadelphia, PA: 11,282/sq mile Pop Density NY, NY: 23,740/sq mile (Source: World Almanac Book of Facts, 1997) And from Agence France Presse (via Yahoo!) Tuesday December 22, 4:30 PM Suicide among Japanese youth surges TOKYO, Dec 22 (AFP) - Suicides among Japanese children have surged more than 50 percent amid an economic recession and rampant bullying at school, officials and social workers said Tuesday. A total of 581 people aged between 14 and 19 killed themselves in the 10 months to October, up 53 percent from the same period last year, according to the national police agency. Economic woes are hurting youngsters as well as their parents, said a spokesman for a welfare organisation operating a "lifeline telephone" network to prevent suicides. "Youngsters are infected with a sense of insecurity prevalent among middle-aged and older generations ... The social and economic anxiety in today's Japan seems to be related," he said. Suicide among adults has also risen, with many killing themselves to escape financial difficulties. Young people tended to withdraw into themselves with electronic gadgets and the Internet, the spokesman said. "We receive about 80 calls a day, mostly from the younger generation in their 20s and 30s. I think six percent of the total are teenagers," he said. "Teenagers today are poor at expressing their feelings and cannot communicate with others," he said. Many deaths linked to school bullying have been reported. In the latest case a 13-year-old boy was found hanged at his home in the eastern prefecture of Ibaraki last week. "I can't stand it any more," he said in a suicide note. Teachers were aware of fewer than one in three bullying cases at public schools for children aged 15 or younger, the government's management and coordination agency said Tuesday. Bullying was found in almost all schools, with a total of 2,631 cases discovered for the three years to March 1997 at 156 schools out of 165 inspected, it said. Juvenile crime was also rising. Arrests of young people for serious offences such as murder numbered 257 in the 11 months to November, the highest figure since the agency started compiling such data in 1972. AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust -- : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Kidz in Japan : Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 3:37 PM : : "A Liberal Democratic Party government panel on juvenile law proposed : that the minimum age for criminal punishment be lowered to 14 from the current : 16." : : : Japanese Youth Crime on the Rise : : TOKYO (AP) -- The number of serious crimes, including murder, committed by : Japanese youths surged during the first 11 months of this year, according to a : police report published Tuesday. : : A total of 144,228 young people between the ages of 14 and 19 were arrested or : taken into protective custody for alleged criminal offenses through November, : the report said, up 3.1 percent from the same period last year. : : The report also said 257 were arrested for serious crimes, including murder : and attempted murder. : : That figure was the highest since police began compiling such statistics in : 1972. : : Rising juvenile delinquency has led to a new round of soul-searching about : Japan's education system and the way children are raised. : : Previous discussions have cited the tremendous pressure on Japanese children : to conform, and to do well in highly competitive school examinations. : : In one of the most prominent cases this year, a 13-year-old junior high school : student in Tochigi prefecture,
[CTRL] [2] Star Fire - The Gold of the Gods
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.peg.apc.org/~nexus/starfire2.html A HREF="http://www.peg.apc.org/~nexus/starfire2.html"Star Fire Part 2/A - STAR FIRE - The Gold of the Gods Once the Anunnaki departed Sumeria, the preselected Master Craftsmen developed a substitute for Star Fire: a mystical bread made from the alchemical white powder of gold. Part 2 of 3 Extracted from Nexus Magazine, Volume 6, Number 1 (December 1998 - January 1999). PO Box 30, Mapleton Qld 4560 Australia. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +61 (0)7 5442 9280; Fax: +61 (0)7 5442 9381 From our web page at: http://www.peg.apc.org/~nexus/ From a lecture presented by Sir Laurence Gardner, Kt St Gm., KCD, KT St A. at the 1998 NEXUS Conference held in Sydney, 25endash26 July Transcript © Sir Laurence Gardner 1998 (to Part 1) It was this very concept of 'being' or 'self-completeness' which posed the ultimate problem for Enlil-Jehovah. In contrast, his brother Enki knew that humans who partook of the Tree of Knowledge (the Anunnaki wisdom) and of the Plant of Birth (the Anunnaki Star Fire) could themselves become almost like gods. Even Jehovah was said to have recognised this, and Genesis states that when Adam had taken the fruit of the Tree, Jehovah said, "Behold, the man is become as one of Us". Enki the Wise, Guardian of the Tree of Knowledge, also had another name in the Hebrew tradition. They called him Samael (Sama-El) because he was the designated Lord of Sama in northern Mesopotamia. The teachings of the early mystery-schools were very specific about the Trees of Life and Knowledge, and they emulated the very teachings of Enki himself. It was said: Nothing is obtained simply by wanting. And nothing is achieved by relinquishing responsibility to a higher authority. Belief is the act of 'beliving', for to 'be live' is to 'believe' - and Will is the ultimate medium of the Self. The Sumerian records relate that Cain's son, King Etana, partook of the Plant of Birth in order to father his own son and heir, King Baali - and the Plant of Birth was directly associated with individual longevity and the office of Cainship, or Kingship. It was itself related to Star Fire and to pineal gland activity, and partaking of the Plant of Birth was the ritual of ingesting the Star Fire - the pure Anunnaki female essence, the Nectar of Supreme Excellence. In this regard, the Anunnaki 'flow-er' (flower or lily) was held to be the Cup-bearer, the transmitter of the Rich Food of the Matrix. In this capacity, she was called the Rose of Sharon (from the word Sha, meaning 'Orbit', along with the words Ra and On, relating to the ultimate temple of 'Light'). The significance of this highly venerated station is actually made apparent in the Bible's esoteric Song of Solomon wherein the Messianic Bride proclaims to the King, "I am the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the valleys". A Star Fire recipient King was considered to have become qualified for Kingship when he reached a pre-destined state of enlightened consciousness - a state when his aptitudes for wisdom and leadership had been enhanced to a realm of Kingship called the Malkû. It was from this Mesopotamian word Malkû that the Hebrews derived their words Malchus (King) and Malkhut (Kingdom). Only in very recent times have medical scientists identified the hormonal secretion of the pineal gland, finally isolating it in 1968. The essence was called melatonin, which means 'night worker' (from the Greek, melos, meaning 'black', and tosos, meaning 'labour'). Those with a high melatonin output react strongly against sunlight because it affects their mental capability; they are essentially night operatives. Melatonin is called the 'hormone of darkness' as it is produced only at night or in the dark. Exposure to an excess of sunlight actually makes the pineal gland smaller and lessens spiritual awareness, whereas darkness and high pineal activity enhance the keen intuitive knowledge of the subtle mind while reducing the stress factor. At this stage, it is of interest to note how it was that the Christian Church eventually demolished the true significance of the Star Fire ritual by manoeuvring it into the realm of sinister Gothic legend. In the old tradition, the ultimate holders of the Malkhut were known as Dragons or Pendragons, and the reigning head was always known as Draco. By virtue of their bodily conditioning through supplementary melatonin and other hormonal secretions, they were in fact Princes of Darkness; and they gained their heightened awareness, above-normal powers and longevity from the Star Fire - the lunar blood of the Anunnaki Queens and the priestly Scarlet Women. As detailed in Bloodline of the Holy Grail, the brutal Catholic Inquisitions of the Middle Ages were set against all the so-called heretics who in one way or another
[CTRL] How the Terminator terminates: an explanation for the non-scientist of a remarkable patent for killing second generation seeds of crop plants
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.bio.indiana.edu/people/terminator.html A HREF="http://www.bio.indiana.edu/people/terminator.html"How the Terminator Terminates/A - How the Terminator terminates: an explanation for the non-scientist of a remarkable patent for killing second generation seeds of crop plants by Martha L. Crouch, Associate Professor of Biology Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] This paper is one in a series of essays meant to stimulate and inform discussion of the subject. The author invites readers to correspond with her directly if they have comments or questions about her interpretation of the Terminator patent. revised edition©1998 an occasional paper of The Edmonds Institute 20319-92nd Avenue West Edmonds, Washington 98020 USA published with the help of grants from: The HKH Foundation The Funding Exchange C.S. Fund Introduction Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have become a commercial reality in agriculture. For example, it is estimated that in 1998 over 18 million acres in the United States will be planted in Roundup Ready® soybeans, which were first introduced in 1996 (Horstmeier 1998). These soybeans are engineered by Monsanto Corporation to contain a bacterial gene that confers tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate, or Roundup® , also made by Monsanto. Only two years after the introduction of Roundup Ready® soybeans, over 30% of the corn and soybeans planted in the United States, and close to 50% of the canola planted in Canada, have been genetically engineered to be either herbicide or pesticide resistant. Monsanto and the other companies that have invested heavily in biotechnology in the last two decades are starting to make some money after years of promises without products, and they are aggressively protecting their patented seeds. In a recent issue of the Farm Journal (Monsanto 1997), Monsanto ran a full page advertisement asking farmers to respect the company's property rights: It takes millions of dollars and years of research to develop the biotech crops that deliver superior value to growers. And future investment in biotech research depends on companies' ability to share in the added value created by these crops. Consider what happens if growers save and replant patented seed. First, there is less incentive for all companies to invest in future technology, such as the development of seeds with traits that produce higher-yielding, higher-value and drought-tolerant cropsIn short, these few growers who save and replant patented seed jeopardize the future availability of innovative biotechnology for all growers. And that's not fair to anyone. In the future, companies and government breeders who genetically engineer crops may not have to ask for such compliance. If the procedure outlined in a recent patent comes to fruition and is widely used, plant variety protection will be biologically built into the plants themselves. In March of 1998, a seed company later to be purchased by Monsanto, Delta and Pine Land Company, in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture, was awarded U.S. Patent Number 5,723,765: Control of Plant Gene Expression. Although the patent is broad and covers many applications, one application favored by the patent's authors is a scheme to engineer crops to kill their own seeds in the second generation, thus making it impossible for farmers to save and replant seeds. This "invention" has been dubbed the "Terminator Technology" by Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), and that group of researchers have analyzed some of the technology's serious social, economic and environmental implications (RAFI 1998). However, many of the consequences of Terminator cannot be fully appreciated without an understanding of the science behind the invention. In this paper, I outline the steps involved in engineering Terminator Technology into a specific crop. After explaining the process, I then discuss which details might have the devil in them. Overview To help describe the Terminator procedure, I have confined the explanation to only one of the many possibilities covered by the patent. The example I have chosen is cotton seed, which previously has been genetically-engineered with a unique trait, herbicide tolerance. In my discussion, I have assumed that to ensure that the descendants of the herbicide tolerant seeds are not used without compensation to the seed company, the company has additionally genetically engineered the cotton with Terminator. Although this is a hypothetical case -- Terminator cotton is not yet on the market, after all -- all the components of the procedure have been shown to function, at least in the text of the patent for Terminator. Cotton is not often sold as a hybrid seed, and is thus a
Re: [CTRL] The New Australian
-Caveat Lector- The point was not what "the writer" said but who the writer is. Step back a few paces and focus on who this organization is against and who it's aligned with. It helps to put into perspective how the world works. If you haven't read what Kris has recently posted on Scarlet and the Beast, look at it and then decide whether this writer may be propounded a Masonic agenda, and if so, which one. Linda -Original Message- From: Gerald Harp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] The New Australian -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/23/98 10:57:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Socialism certainly doesn't make you rich, its record this century has been one of unspeakable horror, if only the solidly unionized left in our teaching institutions and newspaper offices would ever bother to notice. The author of these comments is correct in his belief that capitalism creates huge amounts of wealth and he is also correct in praising J.D. Rockefeller for creating the modern oil industry and dramatically lowering the cost of petroleum products. The author is incorrect in assuming that unons are socialism. The writer doesn't know what socialism is. The writer is so enamored in his ism that he doesn't realize that unregulated capitalism leads to ever greater concentration of wealth. While the wealthy may believe that is just fine, some of us know that the growing wealth/income gap is not a good idea and will stop dead in an unfortunate manner when folks realize they are getting screwed (actually a few are so brained washed that they see their poverty as justice). The trick is to harness the enormous wealth creating power of capitalism but so regulate it that there is a reasonable distribution of the goodies. That does not mean no rich people but it does mean no poor. Impossible? Tell that to the Danes. Jerry DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Perpetual motion: An Ancient Mystery Solved?
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.free-energy.co.uk/ A HREF="http://www.free-energy.co.uk/"Perpetual motion: An Ancient Mystery Solved?/A - An Ancient Mystery Solved? You will have come here for anyone of number of reasons, but this site exists for only one - to discover the means by which Johann Bessler utilized the earths gravitational field in his so-called perpetual motion machine in the year 1712 - and ultimately provide a solution to the energy crisis. The question mark at the end of the title indicates that the discovery process is all but done, there remains one small query to solve and then we shall have the solution - I hope! My book -Perpetual Motion - An Ancient Mystery Solved? contains all the evidence which I have accumulated over a number of years. This book is now available through this site. To counter accusations that this is a scam or that I am three bricks short of a load or that I am an eccentric trying to promote some strange philosophy, I have provided in these pages facts and arguments extracted from my book. These will, I hope, go some way towards ameliorating such thoughts. I have set out firstly to prove that Johann Bessler was not a fraud, and secondly to prove that his machine did not contradict nor debase current scientific theory and practice and the laws which govern them. The arguments are persuasive and I believe that an unprejudiced reading of them will arouse in most people a feeling that History has wrongly convicted an innocent man. As for my credentials - I have worked within the engineering industry for over thirty years in various capacities. I have studied the subject of Johann Bessler for most of that time, firstly as a hobby but latterly in a more ordered way. I felt compelled to unearth everything I possibly could about him because of the slowly dawning realisation that he was sincere and therefore there had to be some explanation for the success of his machine. Since advertising on the internet I have been amazed to discover that all around the world there are people who have independently arrived at the same decision as I have - that Bessler was genuine - and who have been working on their own theories as to how he achieved the results that he did. I hope that this book will be of value to those mentioned above and also to others who perhaps are unaware of this mans life, but who nevertheless would like to see a solution to the energy problems that beset us at the end of this millennium. = An Ancient Mystery Solved? Is a solution to the energy crisis imminent? An alternative energy? Is there an inexaustable supply of free energy waiting to be tapped? Is this new energy? Is a 90% fall in the consumption of the earths natural resources possible? Is a 90% decrease in pollution achievable? Is there an alternative to solar energy, wind energy and tidal energy? Is there an alternative to nuclear energy or the burning of fossil fuels? Did an 18th century inventor discover a new way of generating power? Are there any conditions under which perpetual motion might be possible? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? YES! A new investigation into the legend of Besslers wheel On the 6th June, 1712 Johann Bessler announced to the world that he had discovered the secret of perpetual motion and had constructed a machine which demonstrated his claim. For many reasons this claim has been put aside and the originator of it has been consigned to the dustbins of history along with all the other frauds, fabulists and fakers whose lives occupy the archives of many a dusty shelf in museums throughout the world. The reasons for this fact are not hard to find. For a start Perpetual Motion is regarded as impossible. Science does not acknowledge the possibility of designing a machine which will acquire sufficient energy of itself, to drive other machines, without accessing that energy from outside itself - and neither do I. However. . . the first time I read an account of the legend of Besslers wheel I noticed a glaring error, one that should have been obvious to anyone who read the account closely. And there was not just one area of concern, as I began to study the story I realised that there were several inconsistencies. These led me on an investigation that has occupied me for several years, and has taken me to archives in the UK, Germany and Russia. Despite the fact that I was unable to speak or understand these languages, I was so convinced that I had stumbled on something of tremendous importance, that I paid to have these various texts translated, with the outcome that this is probably the fullest account of Besslers life that has been written to date. There is one simple fact to be taken into consideration at this point. My investigations enable me to state unequivocally, that it would not be possible to recreate a similar machine today, using 18th century technology
[CTRL] Tom Cats?
-Caveat Lector- From Washington (DC) Times: Female bombers achieve milestone in 'Desert Fox' By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES Picture: Female aviators made history in Operation Desert Fox, but the Pentagon public affairs apparatus isn't trumpeting the event in order to keep things gender-neutral. "All of the female pilots have been declining interviews," said a Navy officer at the Pentagon. "They don't want to be highlighted as female pilots. They want to be known as naval aviators." Of the 12 female combat aviators on the carrier USS Enterprise, three piloted the F/A-18, a fighter bomber. Their missions marked the first time female pilots put bombs on target in war, Navy officials say. One woman piloted an F-14 Tomcat air-to-air fighter, -- Continued from Front Page -- while others served as naval flight officers aboard airborne jammers and early warning radar planes. No military briefer announced the achievements during six straight days of Desert Fox press conferences at the Pentagon. No Navy official would talk on the record about female fliers. Asked by a reporter about the historical significance of women flying bombers in war, Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, Desert Fox commander, said, "Well, my answer would be, so what? We don't even count -- I mean, somebody asked me today, 'How many female pilots or navigators?' -- I have no idea. I can't find anybody that counts. So if you want a sign of the times, there it is." Navy Lt. Kendra Williams, 26, was the first of the three female F/A-18 pilots to fly a strike mission, the Associated Press reported from the carrier Enterprise. Lt. Williams, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, graduated from jet training in 1997 at the Naval Air Station in Kingsville, Texas. "Women have only been in combat aviation a few years," she said last year. "It's going to take time for people to adjust." Aboard the Enterprise, she issued a terse "I was just doing my job" before rejoining fellow fliers in a squadron nicknamed "Gunslingers." Two other female pilots on the Enterprise, Lyndsi Bates and Carol Watts, also flew the F/A-18 over Iraq. The Air Force put fighters and strategic bombers into action, but none was piloted by a woman, according to Lt. John Hutcheson, a spokesman at Air Force Air Combat Command. "There were no Air Force female pilots that participated in combat," he said. "We did have one electronic warfare officer who flew aboard a B-52." The Vietnam-era heavy bomber was used to fire 2,000-pound warhead cruise missiles at targets that make up Saddam Hussein's military industrial complex. The Navy's blase approach is in sharp contrast to a public relations extravaganza in 1994 when the first female combat pilots sailed aboard the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Congress repealed a ban on women flying combat aircraft that year, based in large part on the many support roles that women carried out in the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The Navy ferried journalists, politicians and their wives to the Eisenhower as part of a campaign to improve the Navy's public image after the Tailhook sexual-abuse scandal. But a Navy inspector general's report in 1997 may have dampened publicity. The IG's report on the integration of female aviators on the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln criticized the Navy for bumping women ahead of men who were waiting for a shot at qualifying as carrier pilots. The IG report also warned the Navy to "exercise an increased sensitivity for the potentially disruptive influence the media has when it is covering a story." Women have served on support ships since the 1970s but were banned from combat ships like the Enterprise until three years ago. "It's what the Navy said all along," a retired Navy officer said yesterday. "It works, and they're just another pilot. The Navy has finally realized among the ranks this is a positive event, and it's commonplace. They're treating it not blase, but they're treating it as they do all other events." While Desert Fox was a milestone, it was not the first time female fliers saw combat. Navy women have flown combat jets over Bosnia-Herzegovina to enforce a cease-fire and over southern Iraq to enforce a no-fly zone. In December 1989, Army police women exchanged gunfire with Panamanian soldiers during the U.S. intervention to capture strongman Manuel Noriega. Military police are classified as support personnel, not combatants. AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy
[CTRL] Steamshovel #16
-Caveat Lector- Some other good reason to track down a copy. The pictures of Marion Pettie and other articles are more than worth the price. Give your brother-in-law a sub, while your at it. Merry Christmas to all. And I am sorry to cause our fellow researcher grief. Mr. Kenn Thomas is hard working, and a sober thinker in a land of 'interesting' folks'. So Merry Christmas and to the best of futures Steamshovel Press SIXTEEN, 1998 ISSN 10602-3795 Subscriptions/ Back Issues: $23.00 for four issues ($28 overseas); $6 for a single issue ($8 overseas). Back issues 5 and 7-10 are still available for $6 each ($8 overseas), but issues 6, 11 and 12 are only available as photocopies for $10 each. Issue #13 is available only in the Popular Alienation anthology, also a good place to get most of the rest of the back issue material. What's Inside: The Finders' Keeper; An Interview with Marion Petty by Kenn Thomas and Len Bracken, pages 1--10 Paranoiac Iconography by Max Well., pages 11 - 12 Project Mind Kontrol: Did the U.S. Government Actually Create Programmed Assassins? by Curt Rowlett, pages 13-23 The Manhattan Project to Manufacture the First Yuppies by Martin Kauffman, pages 25-30 Saucer Section; Flying Saucers Over Los Angeles Book Excerpt, pages 31-33 JFK Redux: The Strange Business of Dan Griffith, pages 34-37 Conspiracy 101: An Interview with John Coleman by Uri Dowbenko, pages 38-47 Caries, Cabals and Correspondence, pages 49-56 Book Reviews: Pynchon's Mason Dixon, pages 57-61 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: An opinion about Oliver Stone
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From: DSharp673 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: An opinion about Oliver Stone
I'm not telling anyone not to ask for other people's points of view, but
I went into convulsions, and I*m not joking.
James MacRyland Crary
I just rented the movie JFK and watched it twice within the last two
nights. I
believe Stone was right on the money regarding the domestic conspiracy, and
so
was Garrison. But I have two criticisms of the film:
1. It moved two fast, covered too much information too quickly and didn't
make
enough of an effort to help the viewer follow the sequence of events. Some
of
the details could probably have been left out.
2. Stone neglected to mention the link to Israel via Centro Mondiale
Commerciale ("World Trade Center") which was mentioned in the scene where
Garrison brought Clay Shaw in for questioning. Centro Mondiale Commerciale
was
the parent company of another shadowy firm named Permindex. Both
corporations
were founded by Louis Mortimer Bloomfield, a powerful Jewish international
lawyer from Montreal with strong ties to Israel. Bloomfield had
international
spy connections (British Intelligence, OSS, CIA, likely Mossad) and was an
ardent Zionist who, as a lawyer, represented billionaire Sam Bronfman,
another
Zionist and friend of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, a
zealot--and
Father of Israel--who clearly hated Kennedy and feared he was anti-Semitic
like
his father Joseph Kennedy, Sr. President Kennedy and Prime Minister
Ben-Gurion
locked horns over Israel's nuclear reactor in Dimona. Ben-Gurion resigned
on
June 16, 1963, just six days after Kennedy's most powerful speech of his
life:
"Strategy of Peace," delivered at American University. In that speech,
Kennedy
called for a halt to the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the
U.S.S.R.
He extended an olive branch to Khrushchev in a quest of a lasting, genuine
world peace, an end to the Cold War.
I suspect Stone may have left out the Israeli connection because: (1) He
didn't
know how Israel was connected to the big picture and (2) He recognized the
marketing implications of indicting Israel in his movie. Organized Jewry
casts
a large shadow over the American news media and entertainment business.
Bronfman money abounds everywhere. Stone's movie would likely not have
been
distributed had he taken on organized Jewry by accusing Israel.
Stone was critical of the press in the movie. The news media as a
collective
body was clearly an accomplice. It pushed the phony cover story that Lee
Harvey Oswald was a lone assassin who killed Kennedy.
Ask yourself: What one ethnic group has an unbalanced but powerful monopoly
over the U.S. news media?
Be careful how you respond. You may not like the answer.
Dave Sharp
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[CTRL] Fw: Clinton the rapist?
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: GLC1173 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 4:33 PM Subject: Clinton the rapist? Is the Scumbag a rapist? That explosive accusation - involving an alleged victim named Juanita Broderick a/k/a "Jane Doe #5" for the purpose of the Paula Jones lawsuit - was discussed on NBC News 3/28/98. It details a "date rape"-type incident in which the Scumbag allegedly raped Broderick - and then intimidated her in order to hush up the incident. The alleged incident happened while the Scumbag was Attorney General of Arkansas. Count on Juanita Broderick being subpeonaed to the upcoming Senate trial of the Scumbag's impeachment. Reason: if the Scumbag denied under oath during the deposition in the Paula Jones case - or during any other phase of the Jones case - that the incident happened, that's MORE perjury he committed while president should the incident prove to have happened. And no kneepad-wearing liberal can brush it off as "consenting adults" if it happened, either. === Last February, the DRUDGE REPORT alerted readers who were following the Paula Jones sex case that there was great interest swirling around a woman named "Juanita." She was code named "Jane Doe #5." A month later, NBC NEWS star Lisa Myers explored the "Juanita" story in a nightly news shocker: A woman claims she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton back in the 1970s! The White House called that allegation, "Outrageous." The following is a flashback to the first Myers report on "Juanita" that aired on the NBC national news on Saturday, March 28, 1998: "The explosive new allegation tonight is that President Clinton sexually assaulted a woman 20 years ago in Arkansas. It involves an alleged encounter at this Little Rock hotel in the late 1970s, between then Attorney General Bill Clinton and campaign worker, Juanita Broaddrick. In court documents today, Jones' lawyers claim Clinton quote 'forcibly raped and sexually assaulted' Broaddrick, then quote "bribed and intimidated her" to remain silent. Sources say that Broaddrick, now 54, recently denied under oath that such an assault occurred. But Jones' lawyers claim she had told their investigator she had suffered a quote 'horrible thing' at the hand of Clinton, and did not want to relive it. And NBC NEWS has talked to four people from Arkansas who say Broaddrick told them of such an assault years ago. Today's charge is largely based on a letter from this man, Philip Yoakum, a friend and business associate of the alleged victim. In a letter to Broaddrick, written in 1992, Yoakum, a Republican writes, I was particularly distraught when you told me of your brutal rape by Bill Clinton, how he bit your lip until you gave into his forcing sex upon you.' In an interview with NBC NEWS, Yoakum said Broaddrick told him that Clinton invited himself to her hotel room, allegedly to discuss her nursing home business. Unidentified Reporter: She told you in 1981 that Bill Clinton assaulted her? Mr. PHILLIP YOAKUM (Arkansas Businessman): Mm-hm. Yes, 1981 is when she told me. Reporter: Did you believe her at the time? Mr. YOAKUM: I believed her. MYERS: Yoakum admits he is no fan of the president and that he unsuccessfully tried to get Broaddrick to tell her story when Clinton first ran for president. Mr. YOAKUM: And she says, Who would believe me, little old Juanita from Van Buren?' MYERS: There was another woman at that hotel that day, a nurse and friend of Broaddrick who says she iced her friend's face after the assault. In a telephone interview with NBC News, this woman, who admits she dislikes Clinton, said Broaddrick was distraught, her lips were swollen at least double in size. She told me they had intercourse against her will.' Again a White House spokesman dismissed the charge as outrageous, false, and the work of the president's long-time political opponents.' The White House also noted that Broaddrick herself already denied the allegation under oath. Tonight, Broaddrick had no comment === FREE REPUBLIC rally to demand Monica's Boyfriend be voted out of office - 1/23/99, Capitol steps, D.C. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat
[CTRL] Larry Flynt
http://www.ufobbs.com/txt3/2753.ufo I was the author, in 1975, of "A Skeleton Key to the Gemstone Files", available on CompuServe and must reading for anyone who wants to understand how and why our society has deteriorated to the point it has. The story BEHIND the Gemstone story is one of the most incredible you will ever come across, and it can be thoroughly documented. As time and finances permit, we will begin uploading thousands of pages of documentation to substantiate the claims made in the Gemstone Files. These files were the reason behind the famous Watergate burglaries. Richard Nixon wanted to find out just how much we knew and who we had shared this information with. Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt (yeah, I know, he's a drugged out sleazeball), offered me $1 million for what I had on the JFK murder. I sent him the Gemstone Files. Two days after I discussed the story with his staff he was permanently crippled by a would-be assassin. The story was rejected - then in February 1979, Hustler published it - without paying for it - and even misspelled the same words I had deliberately misspelled as protection. I went to Charles Galbreath, former Tennessee Appellate Court Judge and a friend of Flynt's. I wanted to know what was going on. Galbreath wanted to sue. The story got even stranger at that point. Hustler admitted they had received the story from me and offered a $2,000 out- of-court settlement, which I rejected. (Maybe, in retrospect, I should have accepted it). Suddenly, Galbreath backed off, after saying Flynt was being controlled by sinister powers. The Gemstone Files was widely published - but heavily censored - and was made into a movie and a book by a CIA front corporation. Their objective was to present it as fiction, so people would never again regard it for what it was - FACT. The corporation that published it was, in fact, a CIA proprietary airline like Air America. It was their only venture into publishing. One of their agents tried to take credit for the work. SUBJECT: THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION FILE: UFO2753 Welcome to the Phoenix Foundation Many of you have probably at one time or another watched MacGyver, the popular TV series (no longer in production) about the guy who works for the Phoenix Foundation. There is a real Phoenix Foundation, incorporated in 1981. I've been told by a reliable source (who has been an actor on the series) that the show was inspired by a copy of a newsletter, The Omega Report, that is produced by the real Phoenix Foundation. The television show paralleled many of our real-world projects: UFOs, power lines, espionage and politics. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about the Phoenix Foundation and invite you to join as a member. We will also be uploading the texts of our newsletter, The Omega Report, to various CompuServe Libraries. We are, to my knowledge, the only non-profit institute in America (at least) that is dedicated to the study of Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) energy. ELF affects every one of us every day. Our brains operate on the ELF frequency band (0-3000 hertz). So do the brains of every living creature on earth. Even the earth itself oscillates at an ELF frequency. I have testified in federal court as an expert witness on power line radiation. If any of you are concerned about high-voltage power lines or substations near your home or office, or about their environmental effects, you definitely need to know more about the Phoenix Foundation. We have received calls and letters from around the country on this growing problem (which a secret utility memo compares to the asbestos crisis), and we would like to form an international network of citizens, organizations and researchers interested in identifying the risks and the causes, and in finding solutions that are fair and equitable to all, including the utilities. In fact, we invite electric utility participation. The story of the Phoenix Foundation goes back beyond 1981. I personally carried out a lot of the research since 1961, and founded the Phoenix Foundation as a formal organization to further my own personal research. The Phoenix Foundation - just like MacGyver indicates - is involved inmany things:weapons research,paraphysicsresearch, extraterrestrial research, biophysics, psychotronics, electronics, agriculture,journalism,AIDS research, conflict
Re: [CTRL] vs. socialism, vs. capitalism, what now?
-Caveat Lector- "M. A. Johnson" wrote: -Caveat Lector- At 05:18 AM 12/21/1998 -0500, Jim Condit Jr. wrote: -Caveat Lector- May I suggest that all who are disaffected by Socialism on the one hand, and "vulture" (Pat Buchanan's phrase) or "loan shark" capitalism (which we have in the US now) snip MJ: May I recommend an education in terminology before one attempts to malign 'a rose by ANOTHER name'? America has NOT a capitalist economy but a MIXED economy with Government controls, regulations and planning to its detriment. Regard$, --MJ Typical Libertarian bullshit. America has a slightly mixed economy which is firmly in the hands of Capitalists. The very worst of both possibilities. It's the Capitalist Elites who enjoy the fruits of Socialism by owning the government. And it's the poor and working class who enjoy the bitter leftovers of capitalism. Joshua2 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
