Re: [CTRL] Flaw in Capitalist system]
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: MONKEY BOY!!! NAVEL LINT!!! Listen here you wayward wad of whapit. The best part of you streamed down the pigs thigh. It contained the chromosomes with the instructions to develop a brain. How do you write this shit anyway? Who can stand you enough to push the keys for you? Does your poor mom know your up? - J2 - no, but yours knows i am. and yes the best part of me did stream down her leg, son. and yes i know that i often repress people with my literary acuity. and no i do not even need anyone to push my keys as i am still fairly handy at pushing them myself. so what do you do when you are not PR ing for a halfwit. you will never find the other half if you keep up that yammering, son. and i will have you keep a civil note when addressing me, if you please to stay on the list. try to control yourself a little more, as that could develope into incontenance and you won't be able to go outside with out a diaper if that developes. have a nice day smilin' 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Purification
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune ""In talks with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov of Russia, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright insisted recently that every Serb soldier and policeman has to leave the rebellious province."" Paris, Saturday, May 8, 1999 Formula to Keep Peace: Troubling Ambiguities --- - By Barton Gellman and Steven Mufson Washington Post Service --- - WASHINGTON - The United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies realized a major ambition with Russia's consent to a formula to end the war in Kosovo. But it remains to be established whether the formula is compatible with NATO's war aims against the government in Belgrade. Russia and the alliance's main powers bridged fundamental disagreement with ambiguity. U.S. officials stressed that the joint statement by the Group of Seven nations and Russia was ''consistent with'' the alliance's core demands for the removal of Yugoslav troops in Kosovo Province and their replacement with a well-armed force led by NATO. But on its face, the agreement is equally consistent with abandonment or softening of both demands. Whether the deal becomes a reversal or a triumph for NATO - and, conversely, for Russia - will not be decided until events give meaning to the ''general principles'' it sets out. Major points of silence include whether all of Belgrade's troops have to leave Kosovo or only some, who will decide the orders and armaments of the foreign troops intended to become Kosovo's effective governors and what role will be played by the United Nations Security Council. On central features of Kosovo's political and military landscape that NATO insisted until now were not negotiable, the text of Thursday's statement calls for endorsement, adoption or decision by the Security Council, where Russia and China hold vetoes. Much of the meaning of the agreement hangs on the interpretation of words such as ''effective'' - to describe the ''civil and security presences'' meant to lay down the law in Kosovo - and the absence of words like ''all'' -- to describe the Yugoslav forces required to withdraw. On this fundamental question - who will rule Kosovo - the text specifies neither which troops have to leave Kosovo nor which troops will come in to keep the peace. The United States and its allies have used ambiguity to their advantage before, obtaining Security Council, and therefore Russian, assent to broad language that they later deemed adequate to authorize the war in Kosovo and, before that, punitive expeditions against Iraq. But if they do hold firm on their substantive demands, as U.S. and allied officials said they would, the central question remains what it has been for more than a month: Whether NATO will lose its taste for bombing before its demands are accepted, in turn, by Moscow and then Belgrade. Because Russia has been Yugoslavia's major patron, some U.S. and allied officials portrayed Thursday's statement by the Group of Seven leading Western industrialized countries plus Russia as the harbinger of an important new lever against President Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia. ''It definitely will help in pressuring Milosevic,'' said a high-ranking White House official. ''I also think it's conceivable that as we move forward with this, not only can they pressure him more but it's easier for Milosevic to say yes to the G-8 than to NATO.'' Other policymakers put more emphasis on Washington's determination to prevent collapse of pro-Western forces on Russia's political scene, where analysts foresee gains by angry nationalists in the election of the State Duma, Russia's legislature, in December. Productive negotiations with Viktor Chernomyrdin, the Russian special envoy to the Balkans and former prime minister, mark much improvement over Moscow's threats last month to send an aircraft carrier to the Adriatic Sea and to pull its peacekeeping troops out of Bosnia. ''No one wanted to see progress made in U.S.-Russian relations fall apart because of Milosevic's irresponsible actions,'' said an American official, describing the view of President Bill Clinton and President Boris Yeltsin. ''There is much more at stake in the U.S.-Russia relationship.'' There was an internal alliance motive as well, since many of the European allies insisted during the recent NATO summit conference in Washington that Moscow's participation in Kosovo must be an overriding priority. As a U.S. official put it, ''You need to keep enough diplomacy alive so that the allies and Russians feel you're serious that you're trying to get a good deal, and not lose your soul in the process.'' In talks with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov of Russia, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright insisted recently that every Serb soldier and policeman has to leave the rebellious province. Other U.S. and allied officials said, as a
Re: [CTRL] Michael: Flaw in Capitalist system]
-Caveat Lector- Liz Schumacher wrote: -Caveat Lector- joshua, u and some others may vent away--all i know is, if push comes to shove, i can take care of myself-and my family can you? (besides verbally i mean, and u cant eat those) tho--u may eat those,too someday.--watch those spicy expletives tho--theyll kill ya Well I'm not sure what you are referring to here. I'll assume it's about guns. I can take care of my family too. I don't want to harm your family or anyone else's, and I don't know why you think that. As for spicy expletives, they go well with spicy food and spicy sex. Not everyone is blessed with whitebread tastes. 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] News of Nietzche's Death Causes Turmoil (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- NEWS OF NIETZCHE'S DEATH CAUSES TURMOIL === (CNNS, 05/08/99) -- Subsequent to a report two days ago by this news service, in which we pointed out that Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzche, reputed philosopher, is dead, vast turmoil has erupted throughout the world. Millions of "well educated" persons are struggling to cope with the news of Nietzche's death. With their anthropological deity misconceptions and post-modern chic fashionabilities now crushed, this has led to a new rash of angst, as shown in items below. Since the props against their inner emptiness, founded on the bulwark of Nietzche-ism, now lie in ruins, international Yuppie-ism is undergoing a profound spiritual crisis. The inner abyss of Neo-liberal thinking, now unchained by news of Nietzche's death, is suddenly manifesting in various locales: ** When an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit Iran on Friday, killing 8 people, hollow sophisticates bravely struggled with the news. "The truth is relative," many were heard to say. But when, shortly thereafter, a quake measuring 6.1ontheRichterscalerockedAlaska,smug pseudo-intellectualism crumbled. In India, hundreds of thousands are now sleeping in the open, having deserted their homes, "following predictions of an impending apocalypse on Saturday. Vast majorities of people fear that their houses may collapse in a massive earthquake now that a number of astrologers have predicted a doomsday catastrophe." [1] ** According to a report in the Washington Post which appeared yesterday, huge rumors are sweeping the Maryland area that "something" will happen on May 10th. The Post, notably, nowhere in its story provides specifics on the contagious "rumor." "Nobody knows where the rumor came from, and nobody knows what it means. But the vague message that 'something will happen' at a school or schools May 10 has many local parents unnerved, police preparing to patrol campuses and Maryland state officials even postponing an annual standardized test." [2] Note how this story directly follows the previous CNNS report on Nietzche's death. ** NATO pilots are flipping out following their sudden realization that Nietzche, arguably the anti-Christ, has died. On May 7th, now-crazed NATO pilots inexplicably turned their bombs against a Serb hospital and a civilian market. Reuters reports that 15 harmless Serbs are dead and 70 are wounded. [3]. Not long thereafter, NATO pilots, their inner realities crushed by news of Nietzche's death, turned their spiritual turmoil outward by destroying the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. And the Chinese themselves, also experiencing a values crisis following reports of the death of the famous reputed philosopher, reacted with "rage and incomprehension." [4]. A special United Nations meeting was called to deal with the erupting crisis. In light of explosive worldwide reaction to the CNNS report of May 6, 1999, in which this news service pointed out that Nietzche is dead and that God is still alive, critics are appearing and protesting that CNNS should never have emphasized the news. But we stand by our reportage, even while we lament the subsequent crises. --- Notes --- [1] "Doomsday prediction grips India." UPI, 5/7/99. [2] "May 10 Rumors Rattle Region's Schools," by Linda Perlstein. Washington Post, 5/7/99, Page A01. [3] "NATO Bombs Hospital, Market, 15 Dead-Serbs," by Philippa Fletcher. Reuters, 5/7/99. [4] "Shocked Beijing Residents Turn On NATO Over Attack," by Benjamin Kang Lim. Reuters, 5/8/99. -- CNNS (Conspiracy Nation News Service) is an INDEPENDENT news outlet, not owned by anyone. (But of course, we would say that, wouldn't we?) BEWARE THE CFR! BEWARE THE CIA! BEWARE THE KNIGHTS! http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cnns.html 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy
[CTRL] Weathering Mass Destruction
-Caveat Lector- From Reagan.CoM THE REAGAN INFORMATION INTERCHANGE Picture Picture SEARCH TERMS: www.reagan.com Thank you for your support! Picture It's OK To Describe Suffering from Oklahoma Tornadoes but NOT NATO Bombs Reporting News is Not Propaganda but Manipulation of the News to Deceive the Public IS Propaganda - Not! By: Mary Mostert, May 7, 1999 Berry Tramel, a staff writer for the Oklahoman, in Oklahoma City, wrote describing the devastation caused by tornadoes that swept through Oklahoma City and it surrounding areas: "I've stood in Arlington National Cemetery. I peered through the fence at the Murrah Building. I've interviewed dying children. Nothing sobered me like a walk down Windemere Drive. "Look south, and homes by the dozens are leveled. Look north, and no home still stands. Block after block after block, nothing but piles of rubble, interrupted only by trees stripped of limb and leaf. Piles with people si fting for valuables. "I've seen footage of tornado damage. I've seen footage of this tornado damage. I've never seen anything like this. This looked like something out of World War I. This was a barren land." A flurry of stories chronicled the suffering of the people, left without electricity, housing, telephones, and water in some cases and explained the complexities of removing the debris left by the tornadoes, and the pain at the losses suffered: "Mother and son survived the storm in a neighbor's cellar. "He came out of the cellar and said, 'Mama, you don't have a house.' Then he looked down the street and said, 'Mama, I don't have one, either,'" Delma Whitaker said. As Carpenter sat on the rain-stained mattress in the sunshine and open air of what had once been her childhood bedroom, she began to cry. Her mother sat beside her, pulling her close and offering wordless comfort. "Carpenter shook her head as she looked at the devastation around her." On Fox News yesterday, the Big Story was the tornado damage. With 41 known dead, and some towns totally wiped out, damage was described by one talking head as "looking like the area had been bombed back to the Stone Age." Through the pictures and written descriptions of the suffering caused by the tornadoes, the American people are sympathetic to the suffering described. Does that constitute "propaganda" - which the dictionary describes as the "systematic effort to spread opinion or beliefs." Are the stories repeated hour after hour in an effort to get the American people to think about the tornado victims in a certain light - and, if so, is that bad? Simultaneously with the tornadoes, a natural disaster, there is another swath of destruction taking place in Yugoslavia by design as bombers and missiles rein down on the people of Yugoslavia, where Bill Clinton and his f riends in NATO are determined to "bomb the Serbs" back to the Stone Age, unless they agree to surrender their sovereignty as a nation. Descriptions of the suffering of the people who are actually being bombed back to the Stone Age are considered "propaganda" by some and they complain. For example, the following e-mail protesting articles about the impact of NATO bombs prompted one of Mike Reagan's listeners to write: Mike: Love the show and site. Good info, but am perturbed by excessive Serbian propaganda at site. Sure clinton is the C-in-C from Hell, but if we blow this, it's not just him that goes. If we can't defeat a two-bit tinho rn like this, much of what your Dad achieved will be dissipated. I'm with Sen. McCain.- Very Respectfully, David Crow Apparently Crow believes that descriptions of suffering caused by bombs is "propaganda" - but descriptions of suffering caused by tornadoes is not. The destruction, and the resultant suffering of the injured and the dying , the lack of food , water, heat - and in some instances - housing are the same. For example, from Ivanka, a 74 year old writer in Belgrade to her daughter in America: "May 5th-(Phone) Power goes on, power goes off. No el ectricity at Olga's right now. Our showers are cold, laundry is dirty, and food is getting spoiled. I am afraid to use elevators, as power failures are so unpredictable that people are getting stuck and have to be rescued . Considering that my building is almost empty, who knows how long I'd have to wait for help if that happened. I have no idea how my 90 year old neighbor is handling it all - I've spent most of the time at Olga's. "It's frustrating, not being able to watch the news, nor access the Internet. I wonder if that was the reason for strangling of our power lines - killing journalists has proven too costly in Public relations points... Rea listically, the army depends the least on our country's power grid. They have batteries and generators, as I am sure NATO knows very well if even I can think of it. "The food in the stores is getting
[CTRL] EBooks
-Caveat Lector- From Slate.CoM browser I Have Read the Future: At dinner. In a taxi. On the john. With my electronic book. By Jacob Weisberg Since the launch of Slate nearly three years ago, we've joked about how you'd know when online magazines were ready for mass consumption. It would be when you could take them, like print magazines, to the bathroom. Well, I'm here to tell you: I've read Slate on the john. Among the other places I have been reading Slate, Salon, an electronic version of the Wall Street Journal, and the e-texts of various novels and short stories, in last couple of weeks: Aloud to my wife in a car at night In a taxi, again at night While brushing my teeth On a plane without an overhead light Standing on the subway In bed While eating Chinese food with chopsticks These are situations in which reading is ordinarily either awkward or impossible. They present no challenge, however, to my new favorite gizmo, the Rocket eBook. I'm not what you would call an early adopter when it comes to consumer electronics. I don't have a DVD player, an MP3 player, or a Palm Pilot. But I'm ready to blow $499 on a Rocket as soon as I have to send my demo model back. This chunky little device, which weighs just under a pound and a half, actually deserves that overused epithet "revolutionary," because it has the power to change something as basic to human civilization as the way people read. A lot has happened since I wrote about e-books and libraries last fall. You can now actually buy two different models. One is the Softbook, which at $299 appears less expensive than the Rocket but actually costs more because you must commit to spending $479 on books over two years as part of the package. The Softbook is a writing-tablet-size screen with a leather cover that gives off what someone must have imagined to be the musty scent of an old book (but is actually the smell of a new shoe). The Softbook's one big advantage is that you don't need a PC to use it. You buy books directly from Softbook and download them into the reader via a phone line. But the Softbook has two big disadvantages. The first is that it's poorly designed. The screen is hard to read, navigating text is clumsy, and the whole device has an unbalanced feel. The second drawback is it doesn't work. After reading a bit of preloaded text--The Sea Wolf, by Jack London--I couldn't download anything else, and my Softbook soon purged its preloaded content as well. The only other person I know who has a Softbook reports a similar failure. By contrast, the Rocket, which is made by a Silicon Valley start-up called NuvoMedia, is ergonomically sound, with the pleasing heft of a folded-over paperback. The screen is superb, and you get a choice of large or small print as well as a variety of lighting settings. You can orient the text horizontally or vertically and position the grip for left- or right-handed use. And because it doesn't need to be held open, you can read the Rocket one-handed. In fact, you can even prop it up and read no-handed if you're eating something greasy or shaving. All you need is one clean finger to click the "forward" and "back" buttons that move the text a page at a time. The battery lasts for some 30 hours before needing to be recharged. And while the process of getting stuff to read on the Rocket is a bit involved, it actually works remarkably well. First, you load the Rocket software onto your PC. Second, you register your eBook and get an ID and a password. Third, you go to the Barnes Noble Web site, which is (but won't be for long) the exclusive distributor of Rocket-formatted content, and make your e-purchase. Fourth, Barnes Noble sends you an e-mail message with a Web link that allows you to download what you've purchased into the "Rocket Library" on your PC. Fifth, you transfer your book from your PC's Rocket Library to your Rocket, which has 4 mb of memory (enough to hold 20 medium-length novels). The only hitch I encountered in this procedure was that Barnes Noble took a few hours to e-mail the link I needed to download books I bought. (I understand that this is not an uncommon problem.) Instant gratification is an important part of the appeal of e-books, and I found this delay slightly maddening. There are other drawbacks of the sort you would expect from any infant technology. Barnes Noble stocks only 524 eBook titles at present, an unfortunately large number of them in the business and self-help categories. You can buy Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales and Life Without Stress: The Far Eastern Antidote to Tension and Anxiety (which would seem to cancel each other out) but not Uncovering Clinton or The Ground Beneath Her Feet. Recent publications are gratuitously overpriced. The discount price of Angela's Ashes is $10.40 in paperback, $17.50 in hardcover, and $20 for the eBook
[CTRL] [ma] Washington state decriminalizes anarchy
-Caveat Lector- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- /\/\eta-axio/\/\ Mailing List -=-=-=- Source: a-infos Sender: belgrave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ Law against anarchy thrown out Wobblies of the world, relax. It's OK once again to be an anarchist in Washington. Gov. Gary Locke on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 5671, repealing an 80-year-old law that had been passed in reaction to the home-bred Industrial Workers of the World, radical labor activists better known as the Wobblies. Under the law, it was illegal to advocate anarchy, defined as "the doctrine that organized government should be overthrown by force or violence." It was also illegal for people to "assemble for the purpose of advocating or teaching the doctrines of criminal anarchy," or even to possess or display "emblems of seditious and anarchistic groups." Displaying the letter "A" surrounded by a circle, for example, was a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The law was passed in 1909 and updated in 1919. It never mentioned the IWW, but the union movement was the clear target. "People couldn't distinguish between a Communist and a Wobblie," said Tacoma historian Ron Magden. "There was a great fear in the general public -- especially in the West -- because they could blow you up. The law made them feel safer." It didn't help that the Wobblies were central to two of the more notorious incidents in state history. In 1916, a contingent of Wobblies was met at the dock in Everett by a sheriff intent on keeping them from helping striking shingle weavers. The Everett Massacre left seven dead and 50 wounded. In 1919, IWW members and American Legionnaires faced off in a gun battle now known as the Centralia Massacre. An IWW member was later pulled from jail and lynched. After the bill was approved, though, the Wobblies paid little attention to it, and there were few prosecutions. Sen. Adam Kline, D-Seattle, could find only four cases that reached the state Supreme Court, the most recent in 1941. But Kline said that even though the statute was an unconstitutional violation of the right to free expression, it was better to get rid of it -- because it might get used. "The law goes after speech, the display of emblems, parades," Kline said. "The right and the left have a right to do it."' "Call me a paranoiac, but history is cyclical." Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We welcome your feedback. The A-Infos News Service COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- /\/\eta-axio/\/\ Mailing List ~~ PROFIT COPYRIGHT ~~ a [S]F[M]H[P] Project http://sfmhp.pasdex.com.au/meta-axiom -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] UNHCR / G8
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.unhcr.ch/news/media/kosovo.htm 8 May 1999 AT A GLANCE Thousands of refugees arrive in Albania; officials say they will accept as many as one million refugees if necessary amid reports of a continuing influx from Kosovo. Only a handful of refugees arrive in Macedonia despite assurances in Skopje that the borders are open. Departures under the humanitarian evacuation program in the FYR of Macedonia yesterday were 1,914, bringing the total to more than 34,000. The estimated number of refugees and displaced people has reached more than 718,000, including 230,900 in the FYR of Macedonia, 407,000 in Albania and 62,000 in Montenegro. Major Developments ALBANIA More than 5,000 refugees arrived in Albania through the Morini crossing on Saturday and the influx was continuing at midday. They came in tractor-wagons from the Pec area in western Kosovo and repeated similar stories which previous arrivals had told of mass killings and attacks by Serbian troops using artillery to empty villages. Arrivals through Morini on Friday totalled an estimated 900. Also on Friday, UNHCR Special Envoy Dennis McNamara paid a flying visit to Kukes and announced that Albania would accept as many as one million refugees if necessary. McNamara also said that the tented camps in Kukes, within easy artillery range of nearby Serbian positions, must be emptied as quickly as possible and all of the refugees moved to safer areas. After high level discussions in the Albanian capital of Tirana and with local officials in Kukes Mcnamara said that "The Albanian government has agreed to take as many refugees as necessary, as many as one million people if that is what it takes." "The Albanian government's gesture and decision is extremely important to the whole humanitarian effort at this time," McNamara said, especially given the fact that neighboring Macedonia wants to shift as many of the Kosovar refugees there to other countries as soon as possible. McNamara said the first 6,000 refugees would probably be moved from Macedonia to the Korce region of Albania within the next several days, with possibly tens of thousands of others to quickly follow. Albania already hosts the bulk of the Kosovar refugees, around 400,000 compared with nearly 200,000 in Macedonia. Tirana has repeatedly said it welcomes refugees to stay in the country. McNamara said the issue of security in the Kukes area was high on his agenda during his talks in Kukes and Tirana and that both the government and UNHCR had agreed "these tented camps should not be here. We are doing everything possible to persuade the people in the camps to leave as soon as possible." "We are really going to press the refugees very firmly to move to other facilities in other parts of the country." He added, "We won't close the tents on top of the refugees but we will use every method we can to persuade them to move. We are going to tell them that at a certain point, these camps will not be here. The services they currently enjoy will not be here. We do not want camps near military areas. "'The refugees should move immediately. They should not be here," he said. Mcnamara also stressed UNHCR's difficult financial condition while trying to tackle one of the biggest and most complicated emergencies in its history. The agency, he said, faced an immediate shortfall of at least 40 million dollars as it tried to grapple with a still expanding emergency. FYR of MACEDONIA Only a handful of people crossed to Macedonia on Friday, including a heavily pregnant woman and a man with a Slovenian passport. For all practical purposes, all border crossings from Serbia to Macedonia are closed to Kosovo refugees. Those few who arrived say there may be up to 3,000 people stuck on the Serbian side of the border, including some 200-300 who came by train from Pristina Friday morning. Meanwhile, at the Blace transit center, UNHCR is hastily putting up tents and preparing the ground for a possible new influx. On Thursday, Macedonian officials gave UNHCR assurances that refugees from Kosovo will be allowed into the country. This followed meetings in Skopje in which UNHCR said its staff late Wednesday witnessed an estimated 1,000 Kosovo refugees being prevented from entering the FYR of Macedonia. They were subsequently forced to go back to Kosovo. HUMANITARIAN EVACUATION PROGRAM Departures under the humanitarian evacuation program from the FYR of Macedonia to third countries totaled 1,914 on Friday, including 103 to Austria, 242 to Canada, 112 to the Czech Republic, 162 to Denmark, 157 to Norway, 114 to Poland, 235 to Spain, 160 to Sweden, 222 to Turkey and 407 to the United States. So far, 34,239 refugees have departed under the program in which UNHCR has received offers for 135,000 places in 39 countries. KOSOVO DISPLACEMENT STATISTICS Information as at 8 May 1999, 06:00 GMT Total recent displacement includes figures in Tables 1 and 2. It is emphasized that
[CTRL] Fwd: CIA's Richard Mellon Scaife
The Washington Post Scaife: Funding Father of the Right By Robert G. Kaiser and Ira Chinoy Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, May 2, 1999; Page A1 Mellon Scaife. (AP) First of two articles One August day in 1994, while gossiping about politics over lunch on Nantucket, Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh billionaire and patron of conservative causes, made a prediction. "We're going to get Clinton," Joan Bingham, a New York publisher present at the lunch, remembers him saying. "And you'll be much happier," he said to Bingham and another Democrat at the table, "because Al Gore will be president." Bingham was startled at the time, but in the years since - as Clinton has struggled with an onslaught from political enemies - Scaife's assertion came to seem less and less far-fetched. Scaife did get involved in numerous anti-Clinton activities. He gave $2.3 million to the American Spectator magazine to dig up dirt on Clinton and supported other conservative groups that harassed the president and his administration. The White House and its allies responded by fingering Scaife as the central figure in "a vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president," as Hillary Rodham Clinton described it. James Carville, Clinton's former campaign aide and rabid defender, called Scaife "the archconservative godfather in [a] heavily funded war against the president." But people who know him well say that although Scaife is fond of conspiracy theories of many kinds, he is incapable of managing any sort of grand conspiracy himself. And months of reporting produced no evidence of his orchestrating any effort to "get" Clinton beyond his financial support. Indeed, focusing on his role in the crusade against Clinton can obscure the 66-year-old philanthropist's real importance, which is not based on his opposition or support for any individual politicians (though he once gave Richard M. Nixon $1 million). His biggest contribution has been to help fund the creation of the modern conservative movement in America. By compiling a computerized record of nearly all his contributions over the last four decades, The Washington Post found that Scaife and his family's charitable entities have given at least $340 million to conservative causes and institutions - about $620 million in current dollars, adjusted for inflation. The total of Scaife's giving - to conservatives as well as many other beneficiaries - exceeds $600 million, or $1.4 billion in current dollars, much more than any previous estimate. In the world of big-time philanthropy, there are many bigger givers. The Ford Foundation gave away $491 million in 1998 alone. But by concentrating his giving on a specific ideological objective for nearly 40 years, and making most of his grants with no strings attached, Scaife's philanthropy has had a disproportionate impact on the rise of the right, perhaps the biggest story in American politics in the last quarter of the 20th century. His money has established or sustained activist think tanks that have created and marketed conservative ideas from welfare reform to enhanced missile defense; public interest law firms that have won important court cases on affirmative action, property rights and how to conduct the national census; organizations and publications that have nurtured conservatism on American campuses; academic institutions that have employed and promoted the work of conservative intellectuals; watchdog groups that have critiqued and harassed media organizations, and many more. Together these groups constitute a conservative intellectual infrastructure that provided ideas and human talent that helped Ronald Reagan initiate a new Republican era in 1980, and helped Newt Gingrich initiate another one in 1994. Conservative ideas once dismissed as flaky or extreme moved into the mainstream, and as the liberal National Committee for Responsive
[CTRL] Fwd: S99-70, Day 46, Update 1 (May 8; 0:15AM EDT) - A Special TiM GW Bulletin on NATO's War on Serbia
FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA The Special Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletins on NATO's war on Serbia, such as the one enclosed below, can also be accessed at our Web site: www.truthinmedia.org which is being updated throughout the day. Issue S99-70, Day 46, Update 1 --- May 8, 1999; 0:15AM EDT HEADLINES Nis1. NATO Hits Nis Hospital, Street Market, Killing at Least 16 People Belgrade 2. NATO Sets Chinese Embassy Ablaze; Alliance to Unravel in Next Week or Two? Moscow 3. An American in Moscow: "Govorite samoy po ruski;" Russian Military Prepares for War against NATO Finland4. A Finnish-American: Thank You for Returning Me to My Roots -- 1. NATO Hits Chinese Embassy; Hospital and Street Market in Nis, Killing at Least 16 People and Wounding over 70 BELGRADE, May 8 - One day after Russia sold Serbia down the river in, what the NATO leaders termed a new "peace plan" (see S99-69, Day 42, Update 1, Item 1, May 7), NATO intensified its attacks on Serb civilians targets. An F-16 bomber hit a hospital and a street market in Nis, Serbia's third largest city of 250,000, some 200km (125 miles) south of Belgrade, using cluster bombs (which explode in the air, causing widespread damage to buildings and residents). At least 16 people - all civilians - were killed, and over 70 injured. After several hours of stonewalling even its lapdog western media, some of which (e.g., MSNBC) had irrefutable footage of this latest Clinton-Clark-Blair, etc. crime against humanity, NATO finally fessed up to this mass murder. In a tersely worded statement, the NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana, confirmed that NATO aircraft carried out an attack, supposedly on an airfield two miles away (!) from the residential area which was bombed. "Unfortunately, it is highly probable that a weapon went astray and hit civilian buildings," Solana said in a written statement. --- TiM Ed.: You mean to say, Mr. Solana, that you and your NATO "supermen," like Gen. Wesley Kanne Clark, who early in this war exalted at the "surgical precision" of your supposed "smart bombs," cannot come even within two miles of your target? Which means that if someone asked you to bomb the White House, for example, you might just as easily hit the National War Memorial at Arlington, Virginia? Or the Reagan National Airport? At the very least, the U.S. taxpayers should demand a refund for the trillions of OUR dollars which the Pentagon has spent on, what turns out to be, a technology which is not even as accurate as the WW II bombs. Unless, of course, there is a different explanation. That Serb civilian targets were deliberately hit. In which case, add the term "PREMEDITATED" mass murder to the war crimes charges that one of these days you, Mr. Solana, along with Gen. Clark and all other NATO leaders are likely to face (see a related story about the Canadian lawyers' filing of such a lawsuit at the Hague). 2. NATO Sets Chinese Embassy Ablaze; Alliance to Unravel in Next Week or Two? BELGRADE, May 8 - NATO bombs hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade shortly before midnight Friday (May 7), setting the two-story building on fire. No deaths were reported initially, though a number of people were injured in this NATO "mother of all blunders" (so far). The sources which TiM contacted by phone, who live near the scene of the attack, reported hearing several strong detonations which also damaged some nearby apartment buildings. "Our whole building shook and many windows were broken," said one resident. The parking lot of the hotel "Jugoslavija" was also reportedly hit. But since NATO had once again struck the Serb power grid, before attacking downtown Belgrade, the city is in the dark at this moment, and our sources are unable to confirm visually the extent of the damage, or the casualties of this bombing (3:00AM local time). Nevertheless, our sources in Serbia report that at least three Chinese citizens were killed in NATO's bombing of the embassy, including Beijing's news agency correspondent, according to a Serb TV report as of about 6:30AM local time (yes, power had been restored by that hour). --- TiM Ed.: By the way, contrary to the map of Belgrade which MSNBC, for example, kept showing its American TV viewers all evening, the Chinese embassy is located in the midst of a residential area in New Belgrade, across the river Sava, and at the opposite end of town from that which the MSNBC map showed. That's as if NATO were to hit a target in, say New Jersey, while aiming at one in Queens, NY. Which only goes to show us that not only is the NATO military prowess grossly exaggerated, but the NWO lapdog media, who have helped build up NATO's alleged omnipotent image, can't even tell one bank of a Serb river from another.
[CTRL] OEN 5/8/99
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Gold Market Gold Price Plunges as Britain Announces Sale of Reserves Central Bank Overhang Goes On and On Britain is to sell more than half its $6.5bn gold reserves over the next few years, dealing another blow to the metal's diminishing role in the international monetary system. In response the gold price fell more than $8 at one stage to less than $280 a troy ounce. Gold mining companies saw their share prices fall sharply, with the currencies of gold producing nations also suffering. The Treasury said it would sell 125 tonnes of gold in this financial year. Similar amounts will be sold in succeeding years until official holdings have been reduced from 715 to 300 tonnes. Gold has long enjoyed a near mythical importance in the minds of central bankers, as a hedge against inflation and a symbol of monetary stability. But a new generation thinks it more important to increase the return that reserves earn. The Treasury will replace the gold with foreign currency assets, mainly government bonds. These will be split into roughly 40 per cent US dollars, 40 per cent euros and 20 per cent Japanese yen - in line with the existing composition of reserves. Gold's share in the government's $15bn net reserves will fall from nearly half to around 20 per cent. Studies cited by the Bank of England last year suggest this proportion "provides a reserve composition exposed to least risk". The European Central Bank holds 15 per cent of its reserves as gold and the UK would have had to contribute 140 tonnes had it chosen to join the euro. Initially gold will be auctioned every two months from July. Buyers will be offered 400-ounce bars held in vaults beneath the Bank of England. The Bank would prefer buyers to leave the gold there, although it says "physical collection . . . will be possible". Kelvin Williams, marketing director of South African mining group Anglogold, argued the UK had "given everyone an opportunity to speculate against them upfront". He was puzzled at the choice of sales method, but is confident the market will absorb the sales "comfortably". Yesterday's unexpected move prompted nervousness about sales by the world's first division gold holders. Switzerland has already signalled its willingness to sell 1,300 tonnes after severing the franc's formal link to gold. The International Monetary Fund is also likely to sell up to 10 per cent of its $30bn holdings to finance poor country debt relief. Traders are now looking nervously to the other big players - the US, Germany, France and Italy - who have so far shown no inclination to sell. "The ultra-negative view, which is justifiable, is that the British are looking to sell before everyone else," said Kamal Naqvi, analyst at Macquarie Equities. Gold's official role in Britain dates back at least to 1717, when Sir Isaac Newton established the country's first gold standard. By the beginning of this century nearly 60 countries had backed their currencies with gold, with Britain then leading an exodus in 1931. Gold relinquished its formal role as anchor of the international monetary system in 1971, but by the end of that inflationary decade its price had risen to $850 an ounce. Despite robust private sector demand, the price has fallen two-thirds since as central banks have sold or lent to the market. The Financial Times, May 8, 1999 Der Fuhrer Invades Yugoslavia NATO Bombs Chinese Embassy We turned Belgrade light into darkness! We're Number 1! The Chinese embassy was hit and set alight in heavy air raids on Belgrade last night, as Nato stepped up pressure on Yugoslavia to yield to latest international peace plans for Kosovo. More than 20 Chinese embassy staff were taken to hospital, but officials said none were seriously injured. The embassy was hit a few hours after air raid sirens announced the end of a three-day lull in Nato attacks on the capital. Flashes came from the direction of power plants and the city was plunged into darkness. The attacks came as Nato prepared a diplomatic offensive to narrow remaining differences with Russia and as the United Nations emerged from the Kosovo sidelines with the naming of two special peace envoys and a plan to despatch a humanitarian team to Belgrade. Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general, named Carl Bildt, the former Swedish premier who in 1996 and 1997 led the civilian effort to implement a peace agreement in Bosnia, and Eduard Kukan, Slovakia's foreign minister, as envoys to the region. Mr Bildt said his first plan was to create an open framework for dialogue between the UN, the European Union, Russia and the US. "There must be more co-ordination of strategic aims," he said. "The campaign has so far failed to stop the war and create the conditions for refugees to return." Mr Annan earlier said he believed Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslav
[CTRL] CounterPunch - Is the Russian Embassy Next?
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.counterpunch.org/ A HREF="http://www.counterpunch.org/"Welcome to CounterPunch/A - Is the Russian Embassy Next? ''Just let Clinton, a little bit, accidentally, send a missile. We'll answer immediately! We don't want such impudence! To unleash a war on a sovereign state. Without the Security Council? Without the United Nations? It could only be possible in a time of barbarism.'' Boris Yeltsin, at Kremlin ceremony, May 8 INSIDE: 57 Reasons This War Sucks Click Here For the Top Ten! JUST PUBLISHED ON MAY 5! A special double issue of CounterPunch on NATO's war against Yugoslavia, including: Meet the Real John McCain: The Senate's leading warmonger. Read a psychological profile of McCain from his time as a POW, which concludes he got thrills from killing in Vietnam. WAR DIARY: Day-to-day coverage of the war, it's leaders, it's targets, its victims. Find out why Nato war planners and the White House are desperate for a way out of the war. Recent CounterPunch Stories Now Online: CounterPunch's Coverage of the War On Yugoslavia Did the CIA Drug Paul Robeson?: New documents suggest that the black actor and activist may have been a victim of the Agency's MK-ULTRA program. The War at Pacifica's Flagship Station: Open war has broken out over the future of the Pacifica station. The general manager and popular hosts Larry Bensky have been fired. Others staffers are risking their positions by violating the station's gag order. Driving While Black: Every day police across the country pull over black drivers based on racial profiles. The stops lack probable cause and often result in illegal searches and arrests. CounterPunch surveys the latest evidence from across the nation. Arkansas Bloodsuckers: During Bill Clinton's term as governor, the Arkansas prisons made money by selling tainted blood from inmates to international plasma dealers. Now thousands are dying around the world from AIDS and hepatitis. CIA Poisoner Dies: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA's master chemist, died on March 10. During his tenure, Gottlieb performed the tasks of assassin, poisoner and pimp. Ten Who Do Good: CounterPunch rounds up ten of the best progressive groups in the country and tells why they do such a damn good job. A Vain, Pompous, Brown-noser Meet the Real Gen. Clark Anyone seeking to understand the bloody fiasco of the Serbian war need hardly look further than the person of the beribboned Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley K. Clark. Politicians and journalists are generally according him a respectful hearing as he discourses on the "schedule" for the destruction of Serbia, tellingly embracing phrases favored by military bureaucrats such as "systematic" and "methodical". The reaction from former army subordinates is very different. "The poster child for everything that is wrong with the GO (general officer) corps," exclaims one colonel, who has had occasion to observe Clark in action, citing, among other examples, his command of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood from 1992 to 1994. While Clark's official Pentagon biography proclaims his triumph in "transitioning the Division into a rapidly deployable force" this officer describes the "1st Horse Division" as "easily the worst division I have ever seen in 25 years of doing this stuff." Such strong reactions are common. A major in the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado when Clark was in command there in the early 1980s described him as a man who "regards each and every one of his subordinates as a potential threat to his career". While he regards his junior officers with watchful suspicion, he customarily accords the lower ranks little more than arrogant contempt. A veteran of Clark's tenure at Fort Hood recalls the general's "massive tantrum because the privates and sergeants and wives in the crowded (canteen) checkout lines didn't jump out of the way fast enough to let him through". Clark's demeanor to those above is, of course, very different, a mode of behavior that has earned him rich dividends over the years. Thus, early in 1994, he was a candidate for promotion from two to three star general. Only one hurdle remained - a war game exercise known as the Battle Command Training Program in which Clark would have to maneuver his division against an opposing force. The commander of the opposing force, or "OPFOR" was known for the military skill with which he routinely demolished opponents. But Clark's patrons on high were determined that no such humiliation should be visited on their favorite. Prior to the exercise therefore, strict orders came down that the battle should go Clark's way. Accordingly, the OPFOR was reduced in strength by half, thus enabling Clark, despite deploying tactics of signal ineptitude, to triumph. His third star came down a few weeks later. Battle exercises and war games are of course meant to test the fighting skills of commanders and troops. The
[CTRL] Ninth Circuit Affirms Bernstein Decision - Prohibition of crypto exports is prior restraint of free speech.
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Partial file; total file is 85KB. Ninth Circuit Affirms Bernstein
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Office of the Circuit Executive
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case
Name:
BERNSTEIN V USDOJCase Number:Date Filed:97-1668605/06/99
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DANIEL J. BERNSTEIN,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE; UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE;
DEPARTMENT OF STATE; UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNITED
STATES ARMS CONTROL AND
DISARMANENT AGENCY; NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY; UNITED STATES
No. 97-16686
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; CENTRAL
D.C. No.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY; MADELINE E.
CV-97-00582
ALBRIGHT, United States Secretary of
MHP
State; WILLIAM M. DALEY, United
States Secretary of Commerce; OPINION
WILLIAM COHEN, United States
Secretary of Defense; KENNETH A.
MINIHAN, Director, United States
National Security Agency; JOHN B.
HOLUM, Director, United States Arms
Control and Disarmanent Agency;
WILLIAM G. ROBINSON; GARY M.
ONCALE; AMBASSADOR MICHAEL
NEWLIN; CHARLES RAY; MARK KORO;
GREG STARK; DOES 1-100,
Defendants-Appellants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of
California
Marilyn Hall Patel, District Judge, Presiding 4215
Argued and Submitted
December 8, 1997--San Francisco, California Filed May 6, 1999
Before: Myron H. Bright,* Betty B. Fletcher, and Thomas G. Nelson, Circuit
Judges.
Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher; Concurrence by Judge Bright; Dissent by Judge
T.G. Nelson 4251
COUNSEL
Scott R. McIntosh (argued), Douglas N. Letter, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants- appellants.
Cindy A. Cohn (argued), McGlashan Sarrail, San Mateo, California, and Lee
Tien, Berkeley, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.
Ivan K. Fong, Covington Burling, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae
Electronic Privacy Information Center; Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union;
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California; Center For Democracy
and Technology; Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility; Economic
Strategy Institute; Free Congress Research and Education Foundation; Human
Rights Watch; Independence Institute; International Information System
Security Certification Con- sortium; Internet Mail Consortium; Internet
Society; National Association of Manufacturers; Privacy International; U.S.
Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing; Dr. Whitfield
Diffie; Dr. Peter Neumann; and Dr. Ronald Rivest.
Garrett Epps, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, for amicus
curiae Silicon Valley Software Industry Coalition; Professor Keith Aoki;
Professor Margreth Barrett; Professor James Boyle; Professor Garrett Epps;
Professor Peter Jaszi; Professor David Lange; and Professor Eugene Volokh.
Brian Conboy, Wilkie Farr Gallagher, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae
Maynard Anderson; D. James Bidzos; 4221
National Computer Security Association; Mark Rasch; RSA Data Security, Inc.;
Dr. Eugene Spafford; and Dr. Ross Stapleton-Gray.
J. Joshua Wheeler, Charlottesville, Virginia, for amicus curiae Thomas
Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.
Richard D. Marks, Vinson Elkins, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae
Association for the Advancement of Science.
_ OPINION
B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
The government defendants appeal the grant of summary judgment to the
plaintiff, Professor Daniel J. Bernstein ("Bernstein"), enjoining the
enforcement of certain Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") that limit
Bernstein's ability to distribute encryption software. We find that the EAR
regulations (1) operate as a prepublication licensing scheme that burdens
scientific expression, (2) vest boundless discretion in government officials,
and (3) lack adequate pro- cedural safeguards. Consequently, we hold that the
challenged regulations constitute a prior restraint on speech that offends
the First Amendment. Although we employ a somewhat nar- rower rationale than
did the district court, its judgment is accordingly affirmed.
BACKGROUND
A. Facts and Procedural History
Bernstein is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics,
Statistics, and Computer Science at the Univer- sity of Illinois at Chicago.
As a doctoral candidate at the Uni- 4222
versity of California, Berkeley, he developed an encryption method -- "a
zero-delay private-key stream encryptor based upon a one-way hash function"1
-- that he dubbed "Snuffle." Bernstein described his method in two ways: in a
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Nazi Influence in Littleton
-Caveat Lector- Are you sure these kids weren't just hero worshiping Bill Clinton..kill the innocents, the unarmed, the kids and their parentsfrom Jonesboro to Littleton - same stuff, Littleton just had more victiims. Most anybody is capable of murder; some call it executions, some call it justifiable homicidebut what do you call bombing Serbia on the orders of a sodomist who had an affair (oh pardon, a friendship) with a potential Mossad agentwho is making big money now for disgracing the office of the Presidency. If Clinton were not so dangerous, he would be laughable.disarm him, and watch the yellow streak back to Arkansas. Colleen 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Rolling Stone: Star Wars
-Caveat Lector- from: http://stage.rollingstone.com/aolny/starwars/aolwars.htm A HREF="http://stage.rollingstone.com/aolny/starwars/aolwars.htm"Rolling Stone: Star Wars /A - Star Wars- Episode 1: The Phantom Menace Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman Written and directed by George Lucas You'll need the free RealPlayer to see the video. You can download it here. Then click PLAY above. By Peter Travers The actors are wallpaper, the jokes are juvenile, there's no romance, and the dialogue lands with the thud of a computer-instruction manual. But it's useless to criticize the visual astonishment that is Star Wars - Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. With this epic and the trilogy that preceded it, George Lucas has built a pop-culture monument that packs all of history - war, religion, myth, art, science and those old reliables, good and evil - into a mystical grab bag that plays like a kiddie cartoon. There's a less fancy explanation for why Phantom Menace will inspire fetishistic worship: It's loaded with cool stuff. And reasonable facsimiles thereof are on sale at your local Force emporium. Episode I is set thirty years earlier than the original saga, Episode IV: A New Hope, but some things never change. A royal babe is in trouble. Not Princess Leia; this time it's Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman). The Trade Federation sends battleships to her planet, Naboo, to persuade her to sign a dodgy treaty. To her rescue come two Jedi k nights: old pro Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). You'll recall that Alec Guinness played Obi-Wan the first time, and McGregor does a deft job of matching up with him vocally. When Federation types send in droids for the kill, the Jedis link up with Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), a nine-year-old slave who will grow up to marry the queen, father the twins Luke and Leia, and turn from the Jedi cause to the dark side as Darth Vader. Got that? Good; here's what else you should know: Phantom Menace, which cost $115 million, lacks the crude freshness that Lucas lavished on the low-budget ($10 million) original in 1977 and the fluid storytelling that director Irvin Kershner brought to The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 - still the best in the series. But Menace is light-years ahead of the uneasy mix of furry Ewoks and Freudian psychology in Richard Marquand's 1983 Return of the Jedi. As for Lucas' directing skills, his work with actors still belongs to the "Don't emote, just stand there" school. But in terms of visual sophistication, already discernible in 1973's American Graffiti, Lucas ranks with the masters. He has always been more articulate with images than with words. Harrison Ford, who played Han Solo in the original, has famously chided Lucas, "You can type this sh--, George, but you sure can't say it." McGregor is saddled with lines like, "I have a bad feeling about this." And Neeson must answer, "Be mindful of the living Force, my young Padawan." Ouch! Is it a coincidence that Phantom Menace and James Cameron's Titanic - whose box-office record ($1.8 billion worldwide) Lucas is chasing - were made by men with a poet's eyes and tin ears? Comic relief - and, boy, does this movie need it - arrives with scene-stealer Jar Jar Binks, a gangly, floppy-eared Gungan, voiced hilariously by Ahmed Best but otherwise a fully digital creation. Jar Jar is an alien amphibian who lives in an underwater city and speaks in a pidgin English that still gets the point across. "Mesa in bombad troubles," says Jar Jar as he nabs food off plates with his long tongue and guides the Jedis in a submarine that gets chewed by a killer fish. Digital marvels abound, along with appearances by old favorites such as Jabba the Hutt and Yoda, who leads the Jedi Council on the planet Coruscant, along with Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson). Lucas surpasses himself in the creature department. Jar Jar's nemesis, Boss Nass, is a wonderfully odious menace. And Watto, the slave driver, is a fat-slob fly who manages to levitate on tiny hummingbird wings. The human element is hard put to keep up. Neeson has a natural warmth but too few opportunities for humor. Portman, a beauty and a gifted actress at eighteen, is stuck with an underwritten character - at least Carrie Fisher was allowed to bring her verbal snap to Princess Leia. And McGregor, a live wire in Trainspotting and Velvet Goldmine, spends the film's first half trailing Qui-Gon like a lap dog. Happily, McGregor comes into his own in the final scenes, suggesting that the next two episodes, due in 2002 and 2005, will let him cut loose. For now, the human focus is on Anakin, and the demands of the role - a messiah and an anti-Christ - put undue pressure on Lloyd, who was eight at the time of filming. You will search Lloyd's face in vain for the Darth Vader to come or for the agony of a boy forced to leave behind his slave mother, Shmi (Pernilla August), to begin his Jedi training. Lloyd shines in the
Re: [CTRL] Flaw in Capitalist system]
-Caveat Lector- Okay you guys.this is Mother Jones talkingknock it off. Moo Moo Never thought I would raise such children. 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] MSG, Canola, Fats
-Caveat Lector- MSG http://www.annapolis.net/members/holland/food.txt CANOLA Another assult on our neurotransmitters? Canola Healthy? - http://www.1999.com/canola/ NEEDED FATS "Oils Vegetable and Animal - Health Risks from Processed Foods and Trans. Fats: Enig, Ph.D." # http://www.healthy.net/library/articles/passwater/enig01.htm # If you have more please send them to me, and I will add them to http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/chem.htm 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] (c)1998 - Purple Pigs and Stunted Crops {long}
-Caveat Lector- EPA probing purple pigs and stunted crops A malady plagues some farms in western Montco and the mid-Atlantic region. More tests are planned. By Matt Stearns INQUIRER SUBURBAN STAFF Deformed calves. Discolored crops. Purple pigs dying by the hundreds, then decomposing quickly. It isn't some Old Testament pestilence. It's a here-and-now mystery that has driven one farmer in western Montgomery County out of business and has others in the area scared for their own businesses -- and for their health. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials will visit at least four farms today as part of a continuing effort to figure out what is going on, said Carrie Deitzel, an EPA community-involvement coordinator. Thus far, the long series of reported problems, first noted in the early 1990s, has confounded environmental and agricultural officials. The EPA did its most recent round of soil and water testing on the farms in January, and more tests will be run in the next few weeks. "The data we've got back so far do not indicate any kind of environmental or human health emergency out there," Deitzel said. "We're looking at what needs to be done from here on out." Deitzel acknowledged that the lack of environmental danger did not mean the lack of an environmental problem. And the problem does not appear to be restricted to these parts. "This isn't an isolated thing," said Lynn Campbell Wingert, an EPA spokeswoman. "Throughout the mid-Atlantic region, farm animals are dying, and we don't know why. We're going to make any connection we can to figure out what is going on here." One farmer, Wayne Hallowell of Douglass Township, said there was no real way to know how many farms were involved locally because it was unlikely every farmer would be willing to cooperate with investigators. "A lot of farmers with something wrong won't tell anyone," Hallowell said. "They don't want the government coming in and shutting them down, or they're trying to sell their land. They're very tight-lipped on that." But problems there are -- enough that Tom Yarnall, a farmer for 30 years, finally gave up raising pigs on his Gilbertsville spread. Yarnall still grows some corn, but spends most of his time these days as a carpenter. "I had almost 1,000 pigs when this thing started," Yarnall said. "In the spring of '92, it all went downhill. We had whole litters die when they were born." More than 200 pigs died during a two-month period in 1993, Yarnall said. All displayed similar symptoms: turning a purplish color, with newborns just not growing to maturity. His crops also turned purple, and have been stunted for several years, Yarnall said. "The yields are way down," he said. "They just don't do well." The pigs' bodies decomposed in about half the normal time, Yarnall said. Generally, dead pigs decompose in two to seven days, depending on the surrounding climate and other variables, said Arlen Wilbers, a large-animal veterinarian at the Quakertown Veterinary Clinic who examined livestock at Yarnall's farm. "Whatever was in their system broke down their fat," Yarnall said. "They'd turn into slop." Kenneth Kephart, an associate professor of animal science at Pennsylvania State University, investigated the goings-on at Yarnall's farm. "We went at it from a lot of different directions, and unfortunately we came up with zero," Kephart said. "Whatever it was seemed to be pretty persistent. It's extremely rare that you can't find at least some evidence of what's going on." Kephart added that livestock management might have accounted for some of the problems. But Yarnall is not the only local farmer facing unexplained and unusual disease among his livestock. Merrill Mest said he had had a decade's worth at his farm, just a few miles from Yarnall's. "I've had health problems with cows," Mest said. "They just waste away. They don't grow right. Couldn't live, couldn't die. Kind of in-between." Other cows on Mest's farm have had displaced stomachs and cystic ovaries, he said. Wilbers, who is also Mest's veterinarian, said that some of the problems again might be chalked up to livestock management. "Some of the stuff kind of rings true" as being caused by external problems, Wilbers said. "But there's nothing I could specifically say. Nothing seems to crop up" as a definitive cause. Down the road at Hallowell's dairy farm, three deformed calves were born in a year and a half in the mid-1990s -- after nearly 50 years without any deformed calves being born on the land. One newborn calf weighed three times the typical birth weight. Another was born with both a testicle and a vagina. A third was born without a neck, without a tail and with reversed leg joints. During the same period, Hallowell said, several calves on his farm would not grow. "They more or less just deteriorated on us," he said. "If we hadn't gotten rid of them, they would
[CTRL] Book: Dutch banks made billions trading stolen Jewish property
-Caveat Lector- 5/8/99 -- 10:59 AM Book: Dutch banks made billions trading stolen Jewish property AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch banks made billions of dollars trading property stolen by Nazis from the nation's Jews during World War II, according to a book to be released in the Netherlands on Monday. The claims reach the top of the Dutch banking system. Those accused of profiting from the Holocaust are forerunners of the powerful banks ABN AMRO and ING Groep, which rank among the world's largest financial institutions. The Netherlands' Central Bank and Amsterdam Stock Exchange were also aware of the activities, author Gerard Alders said in interviews with Dutch media published Saturday. In his Dutch-language book, ``Robbery, the Theft of Jewish Belongings During World War II,'' Alders asserts that the issue was covered up by government officials after the war for fear of a backlash. Alders, a historian with the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, said nine years of research prove the banks ``knew it was property theft ... of that I am absolutely positive.'' He said $500 million - now worth $7 billion - was stolen by Nazis and sold by a group of 140 stock and bond traders from over half a dozen banks. The traders were fully aware that their activities were illegal, Alders said. Over 75 percent of Dutch Jews - more than 100,000 people - perished in the Holocaust. ABN AMRO spokesman Theo van Dijk said it was too soon to comment on the book's claims. He added that its findings might be taken into account in an ongoing government investigation into the role of banks during the war. Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] News of Nietzche's Death Causes Turmoil (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Is Generalissimo Francisco Franco still dead? -- Mark McHugh 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] OEN 5/8/99
-Caveat Lector- Richard Shelby, the Republican chairman of the committee, said yesterday: "Officials in the Administration and certain US aerospace companies joined in a conspiracy of carelessness and recklessness that allowed unlicensed, unauthorised transfers of technology." A CONSPIRACY of "carelessness and recklessness"? How do we parse that? A "reckless and careless conspiracy"? 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] UN Reaction
-Caveat Lector- From AP Security Council Shocked by Blast By Nicole Winfield Associated Press Writer Saturday, May 8, 1999; 8:45 a.m. EDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council today expressed shock and concern over the damage and casualties caused by a NATO missile strike on China's embassy in Belgrade. China, Russia, Yugoslavia and their allies condemned the incident as a ``barbaric'' attack that violated international law and the Geneva Conventions protecting diplomats. China called an emergency late night meeting that continued until the early morning. While apologizing for the loss of life, the United States and its NATO allies countered that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic bore the blame for any casualties from the NATO raids because he had refused to comply with international demands for a peaceful settlement in Kosovo. China's state-run news agency Xinhua said three people were killed. The sparring came during nearly five hours of tough closed-door negotiations and sometimes acrimonious public debate. The session indicated that the incident was certain to complicate efforts to reach a peace agreement in Yugoslavia. China is a permanent member of the Security Council, where the United States and Russia are seeking approval of a Kosovo peace plan. NATO spokesman Jamie Shea admitted the alliance had hit the wrong building. ``We explained to the Chinese authorities this is an accident. We offered our sincere regrets,'' Shea told a morning briefing at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. NATO bombs were targeting a weapons warehouse that coordinates Yugoslavia's weapons imports and exports, close to the Chinese Embassy during the heaviest night of bombing in Belgrade. Shea could not explain how the embassy was mistaken for the Yugoslav government building. Chinese Ambassador Qin Huasun said NATO should be punished for the ``indiscriminate attack,'' and should also stop its air campaign immediately and unconditionally. Yugoslavia's U.N. representative, Vladislav Jovanovic, said the bombing was not an accident. ``This is one accepted crime by those who have decided to stage a total war against Yugoslavia, against a part of Europe, against Europe as a whole,'' Jovanovic said. ``NATO would never target civilians and NATO would never target an embassy,'' Deputy U.S. Ambassador Peter Burleigh told the council. Burleigh urged council members to ``look at the big picture, and the big picture is this: One man alone is responsible for this crisis ... and his name is Slobodan Milosevic.'' An exasperated Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov rejected his claim, saying the ``big picture'' was that NATO was exploiting a humanitarian crisis in Yugoslavia to ``destroy the present world order,'' which is based on int ernational law and the charter of the United Nations. Arriving in Germany on a trip aimed at finding a political solution to the conflict, Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin sharply criticized the embassy bombing. Chernomyrdin was expected to go to Belgrade to follow up on a proposed peace plan worked out by the Western powers and Russia. Diplomats are hoping Russia, now taking a stance closer to the West, would be able to exert pr essure on Yugoslavia to accept a peace deal. China called the emergency meeting, hoping to condemn what it called a ``barbaric'' NATO missile attack on its embassy as a ``serious violation of international law.'' Instead, a consensus statement reached after nearly three hours of closed-door negotiations expressed the council's ``shock and concern'' over casualties and damage. The statement, which carries no legal weight and is merely a reflection of the council's thinking, expressed the council's sympathy and condolences to the Chinese government and the families of the victims. U.S. officials said they were pleased with the final statement. But they then had to sit through an open council debate in which not only Yugoslavia's allies in the Kosovo conflict but Iraq and Cuba, too, condemned Washin gton. Iraqi Ambassador Saeed Hasan said the attack on the embassy was similar to the ``aggression'' Iraq was suffering at the hands of Washington -- a ``pattern of the American behavior which flouts international law and the rights of nations and peoples.'' Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said it was ``deplorable'' that the embassy was hit. He said Japan would work to find peace in the Balkans as soon as possible. Vietnam, a longtime rival of China with which it fought a bloody border war in 1979, said the embassy attack was a ``serious violation of international law.'' The Southeast Asian nation called for an ``immediate stop'' to the bombing campaign and a ``settlement of the issue through negotiations.'' © Copyright 1999 The Associated Press Now as I research my recollection for the specificity of facts concerning embassy bombings, isn't there some precedent for retaliatory actions against the perpetrators of the
[CTRL] [21] The Strange Death of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: The Strange Death of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT A History of the Roosevelt-Delano Dynasty America's Royal Family Emanuael M. Josephson©1948 CHEDNEY PRESS 127 East 69th Street New York 21, N. Y. --[21]-- CHAPTER XXI F.D.R.'S "NEW DEAL FOR THE MASSES" "SOCIAL SECURITY" AND "LABOR'S GAINS" The War, which Roosevelt and his Dynastic bosses had worked so systematically to bring about, offered the ideal approach to grooming of the United States and the world for dictatorship and monopoly. The regimentation of industry which the NRA had failed to attain, the war "emergency" made inevitable. Likewise political dictatorship under the Commander-in-Chief was unavoidable and regimentation of the nation within and without the armed forces was a "must." The wartime regimentation of the nation avoided revealing the true purpose, fostering national and international trusts and monopolies of a private character and frank dictatorship. Such "trusts" had been and still were the pet hates of the Marxist, Communist and selfstyled "liberal" elements. The error of the NRA and the first New Deal had been that its monopolistic purposes were too obvious to dissemble and that was an important cause for its failure. The conspirators now went to the opposite extreme of pretending to fight the very things that they intended to bring about. That was the truly Machiavellian cunning of the plan that so thoroughly deceived the public regarding purposes of the later Dynastic activities. The first, peacetime New Deal had openly turned over the latchstring to the public purse to the Dynastic bankers, to Dynastic industrialists and to relatives. They were given the cream of the graft. To the rank and file of the nation, especially to poorer classes, it had thrown a sop in the pattern of the Gracchi and other demagogues of history, in the form of Relief, which was bribery for purchase of votes and a spoils system on a vaster and more corrupt scale than has been dreamed of or dared in all of human history. The mob was given the skimmed milk of the graft. Historically there was nothing in Roosevelt's, or Bismarck's, New Deal that was not an integral part of the New Deal launched by the Gracchi in ancient Rome. There was nothing missing in FDR's program of the laws of Rome except one. In Rome the receipt of Relief was made a hereditary privilege for 500 years. There was, however, an added wrinkle to FDR's appeal to the mob that was uncalled for in Rome's. He offered to restore prosperity by abolishing prohibition. It was soon found, as was expected by the more sober citizenry, that prosperity was thereby restored to the liquor industries and vendors only; and the balance of the community was richer only in glowbut poorer in purse. The Dynasty and its allies are heavily interested in the liquor industries. They grew richer. Their depression was relieved, as in all other instances where the Dynasty was involved. For the rest of the nation the depression rolled on unrelieved by the flow of liquor, except in spirits. The unemployed were placed on Relief through the WPA, the PWA, and a host of alphabetic and constantly changing bureaucratic agencies which in their multiplicity and confusion justified numerous irregularities which were introduced by deliberate plan. The dole was openly designed to discourage people from working so as to hold down the production that would arise from greater employment. Relief agencies such as the WPA were frankly created and administered for the purpose of purchasing or extracting supporting votes from the recipients. Politically influential reliefers got more in Relief than they had earned ever before in their lives; and they lived on the fat of the land. But the great minority received scarcely enough to hold body and soul together. They lived on the verge of starvation, seeing neither butter nor meat for week after week. Malnutrition among them rose to heights which had never before been seen in the history of the country. In 1934, the author reported on the basis of schoolchildren visiting New York Ci[t]y Board of Health eye clinics, most of whom we're on Relief, that more than a sixth were suffering of malnutrition that was so severe that it seriously impaired their vision. The particular type of malnutrition involved was a deficiency of vitamin A which previously had been known to exist on so wide a scale only in poverty stricken China. Following the appearance of this report, the author's scientif[i]c publications were stopped by a rigid censorship, to prevent the facts becoming known. Two years later after temporary restoration of employment had resulted in improved diets and material improvement in nutrition, the Administration and social service acknowledged the existence of the conditions which the author had described. Workers under NRA were extended a minimum wage of $12 to $15 a week and kudoes were rendered to the "right of collective bargaining." They were
[CTRL] Fwd: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] The Two Mikes
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Steve Smock, here's a Porter Goss type thing again with
brRep. Henry Hyde.
p[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
blockquote TYPE=CITEMike:
brHenry Hyde,/blockquote
See below material on Charles Hayes re everybody's favorite
brsurrogate grand-dad, Rep. Henry Hyde. Keep in mind that
brCharles Hayes seems to be affiliated with a group of hackers
brwho deposed 60 corrupt congressmen by reminding them of
brwhere they had put their money. Hayes may have deliberately
brkept Hyde for an ace in the hole, or Hyde could be paralyzed.
blockquote TYPE=CITEand possibly even Janet Reno/blockquote
Her job was a pay-off for saving two mafia hit-men and their
bremployers from getting caught for doing Aronow, the cigarette
brboat racer/designer/manufacturer/dealer in Florida. Meyer
brLansky.
blockquote TYPE=CITEand FBI Director Judge
brFreeh??/blockquote
He may be playing Mutt-and-Jeff about releasing a memo
brre Chinagate, nice guy and Reno tough guy, since he was
brpromoted for doing Waco the way it was intended. Was he
brpromoted the day Foster was assassinated?
blockquote TYPE=CITECarlos Marcellos?/blockquote
Daniel Hopsicker explains.
p-Bob
pabout Henry Hyde:
pa
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pnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;
How You Can Help Charles Hayes
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by J. Orlin Grabbe
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pnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Please send cards and letters to Chuck Hayes at the
following address:
pnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Charles S. Hayes
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 05930-032 Wake Forest Unit
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; F.C.I., P.O. Box 1000
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Butner, NC 27509
pnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Contact Henry Hyde, Chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee.
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; This committee has the authority to investigate
the activities of the
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Department of Justice and the FBI in Kentucky (as
well as
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; elsewhere). Ask them to look into Criminal Case
No. 96-00060,
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; The United States vs. Chalmer C. Hayes, in the Eastern
District of
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Kentucky. Explain to the Honorable Mr. Hyde that
there are
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; improprieties in this case. (SAMPLE LETTER SHOWN
BELOW.)
pnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Rep. Henry Hyde
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Chairman, House Judiciary Committee
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Room 2138 Rayburn Building
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Washington, D.C. 20515
pnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Phone/Fax Numbers:
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; House Judiciary (202) 225-3951
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Rep. Henry Hyde (202) 225-4561
brnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Fax to Rep. Hyde (202) 225-1166
brnbsp;
pHonorable Henry Hyde
brChairman, House Judiciary Committee
brRoom 2138 Rayburn Building
brWashington, D.C. 20515
pRe: United States of America
brvs
brChalmer C. Hayes
brCase No. 96-00060
brEastern District of Kentucky
pa href="http://www.europa.com/~johnlf/cn/cn11-68
"http://www.europa.com/~johnlf/cn/cn11-68/a
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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 11nbsp; Num. 68
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pAsian and Worldwide Financial Commotions
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THE PEREGRINE AFFAIR
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By Sherman H. Skolnick
pPeregrine is going to give you a migraine.nbsp; The background of the
brheadache:
pEarly in 1997 we began investigating a worldwide enterprise which
brhas hadnbsp; anbsp; lownbsp; profilenbsp; outsidenbsp; ofnbsp;
thenbsp; banking and brokerage
brindustries:nbsp; PEREGRINE INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD. Anbsp; lotnbsp;
ofnbsp; their
brbusinessnbsp; was centered in Chicago, through a commodity brokerage,
brPEREGRINE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
pFew at the time had ever heard of Peregrine except those in their
brfield.nbsp; Knowledgeable sources insisted that Peregrine, in one
way
bror another, was closely linkednbsp; tonbsp; the American CIA.nbsp;
As critics
brof the spy agency, we naturally were interested.
pIt should come as no surprise thatnbsp; financialnbsp; intermediariesnbsp;
of
brvariousnbsp; stripes have been linked to or have fronted for the U.S.
brspy apparatus, ornbsp; fornbsp; foreignnbsp; versionsnbsp; ofnbsp;
thenbsp; same.nbsp; In spy
brjargon, they are called proprietaries.nbsp; Fornbsp;
[CTRL] Presidential Treason 101
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nidlink.com/~bobhard/treason101.html PRESIDENTIAL TREASON 101 102 The Creating Conditions for Presidential Treason . . . Connecting the Dots . . . (These summaries were prepared by: Gretchen Glass, Treason 101 April 17, 1999 and Treason 102 May 6, 1999) What would a President have to do to create an "enabling environment" for the accomplishment of a mission he (or "they") had in mind...??? I. Review current mission statements of intelligence organizations to assure direct presidential control. A. Agencies whose mission statements give total control to the President. 1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 2) National Security Agency (NSA) B. Agencies or entities whose mission statements could cause problems for the President's future plans; they have to be modified or changed, and/or key appointees must be placed in high level positions to increase presidential control. 1) The Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI which reports directly to the DOJ, and the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB) which reports to the DOJ and the President. a) Appoint a new director of the FBI - 9/1/93. b) Position a key figure in the DOJ c) Issue Executive Order #12863 - 9/17/93 which revoked EO #12537 - 10/28/85 that established the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) and EO #12334 - 12/4/81 which established the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB). Clinton's new EO establishes the IOB as a committee of the PFIAB and states that the IOB "shall consider and take appropriate action with respect to matters identified by the Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency or other agencies of the Intelligence Community." It is at the discretion of the IOB to report, or not report, to the Attorney General activities that the IOB believes may be unlawful or contrary to Executive order or Presidential directive. d) Issue Executive Order #13070 -12/16/97, an amendment to EO #12863, which moves the authority from the Chairman of the PFIAB to the President for the appointment of the Chairman of the IOB. It further bypasses the Chairman of the PFIAB by making the IOB report directly to the President. This makes the IOB Chairman the top figure in the intelligence network. e) Position a key figure as Chairman of the IOB who now has the discretionary authority over intelligence information brought before the PFIAB. 2) National Security Council (NSC). a) Position a key figure as the National Security Advisor. II. Select the key figures for future placement in critical positions supporting the mission. A. National Security Advisor: Samuel R. Berger, a paid lobbyist for the Chinese while he was a partner in the international law firm of Hogan and Hartson where he headed the firm's international trade group. Mr. Berger is still listed as an attorney with Hogan and Hartson, therefore, as a partner, he is still receiving benefits, directly or indirectly, from dealings with China and Russia. B. Chairman of the IOB: Anthony S. Harrington, is a senior partner of the international law firm of Hogan and Hartson (with Berger) and, as a senior partner, receives benefits, either directly or indirectly, from dealings with China and Russia. Mr. Harrington is still listed as an attorney with Hogan and Hartson. C. Chairman of the PFIAB: Warren B. Rudman, is a partner in the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison with offices in Communist China and who, as a partner, receives benefits, either directly or indirectly, from dealings with Communist China. D. Department of Justice with jurisdiction over the FBI 1) Appoint Assistant Attorney General Webster Hubbell whose strong ties to the Chinese Communists and John Huang (formerly of the Commerce Department) and his other criminal activity are well documented. 2) Inspector General of the DOJ: Michael R. Bromwich who is/was a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Mayer, Brown Platt. The firm has offices in Moscow and Beijing, with emphasis on Communist China. If he is still a partner, on leave of absence or not, he is benefiting from the firm's dealings with China and Russia. III. Further revamp Executive Branch to create an "enabling environment" for easy transfer of sensitive technology - legal or covert. A. Issue Executive Order #12938 - 11/14/94 Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, where Sec.3. reads: "Sec. 3. Department of Commerce Controls. (a.)The Secretary of Commerce shall prohibit the export of goods, technology, or services subject to the Secretary's export jurisdiction that the Secretary of Commerce determines, in consultation with the Secretary of State." B. Load the Commerce Department with loyal 'appointees'. 1) The Washington Post 1/23/97: "revived allegations that the department is a dumping ground for political appointees." 2) The Washington Post 1/24/97: "Federal personnel data suggests that the Commerce Department may have been overstocked with political
Re: [CTRL] News of Nietzche's Death Causes Turmoil (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Why no, I just read an article on him recently.Is he dead again? Colleen 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Population Control, Nazis, and the U.N. New World Order
-Caveat Lector- Population Control, Nazis, and the U.N. New World Order by Anton Chaitkin ROCKFELLER AND MASS MURDER The Rockefeller Foundation is the prime sponsor of public relations for the United Nations' drastic depopulation program, which the world is invited to accept at the UN's scheduled September conference in Cairo, Egypt. Evidence in the possession of a growing number of researchers in America, England, and Germany demonstrates that the Foundation and its corporate, medical, and political associates organized the racial mass murder program of Nazi Germany. These globalists, who function as a conduit for British Empire geopolitics, were not stopped after World War II. The United Nations alliance of the old Nazi rightwing with the New Age leftwing poses an even graver danger to the world today than the same grouping did in 1941. Oil monopolist John D. Rockefeller created the family-run Rockefeller Foundation in 1909. By 1929 he had placed $300 million worth of the family's controlling interest in the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (later called "Exxon") to the account of the Foundation. The Foundation's money created the medical specialty known as Psychiatric Genetics. For the new experimental field, the Foundation reorganized medical teaching in Germany, creating and thenceforth continuously directing the "Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Psychiatry" and the "Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Eugenics and Human Heredity." The Rockefellers' chief executive of these institutions was the fascist Swiss psychiatrist Ernst Rudin, assisted by his proteges Otmar Verschuer and Franz J. Kallmann. In 1932, the British-led "Eugenics" movement designated the Rockefellers' Dr. Rudin as the president of the worldwide Eugenics Federation. The movement called for the killing or sterilization of people whose heredity made them a public burden. The Racial Laws A few months later, Hitler took over Germany and the Rockefeller-Rudin apparatus became a section of the Nazi state. The regime appointed Rudin head of the Racial Hygiene Society. Rudin and his staff, as part of the Task Force of Heredity Experts chaired by SS chief Heinrich Himmler, drew up the sterilization law. Described as an American Model law, it was adopted in July 1933 and proudly printed in the September 1933 Eugenical News (USA) with Hitler's signature. The Rockefeller group drew up other race laws, also based on existing Virginia statutes. Otmar Verschuer and his assistant Josef Mengele together wrote reports for special courts which enforced Rudin's racial purity law against cohabitation of Aryans and non-Aryans. The "T4" unit of the Hitler Chancery, based on psychiatrists led by Rudin and his staff, cooperated in creating propaganda films to sell mercy killing (euthanasia) to German citizens. The public reacted antagonistically: Hitler had to withdraw a tear-jerker right-to-die film from the movie theaters. The proper groundwork had not yet been laid. Under the Nazis, the German chemical company I.G. Farben and Rockefeller's Standard Oil of New Jersey were effectively a single firm, merged in hundreds of cartel arrangements. I.G. Farben was led up until 1937 by the Warburg family, Rockefeller's partner in banking and in the design of Nazi German eugenics. Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Standard Oil pledged to keep the merger with I.G. Farben going even if the U.S. entered the war. This was exposed in 1942 by Sen. Harry Truman's investigating committee, and President Roosevelt took hundreds of legal measures during the war to stop the Standard-I.G. Farben cartel from supplying the enemy war machine. In 1940-41, I.G. Farben built a gigantic factory at Auschwitz in Poland, to utilize the Standard Oil/I.G. Farben patents with concentration camp slave labor to make gasoline from coal. The SS was assigned to guard the Jewish and other inmates and select for killing those who were unfit for I.G. Farben slave labor. Standard-Germany president Emil Helfferich testified after the war that Standard Oil funds helped pay for SS guards at Auschwitz. In 1940, six months after the notorious Standard-I.G. meeting, European Rockefeller Foundation official Daniel O'Brian wrote to the Foundation's chief medical officer Alan Gregg that "it would be unfortunate if it was chosen to stop research which has no relation to war issues" so the Foundation continued financing Nazi "psychiatric research" during the war. In 1936, Rockefeller's Dr. Franz Kallmann interrupted his study of hereditary degeneracy and emigrated to America because he was half-Jewish. Kallmann went to New York and established the Medical Genetics Department of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry published Kallman's study of over 1,000 cases of schizophrenia, which tried to prove its hereditary basis. In the book, Kallmann thanked his long-time boss and mentor Rudin. Kallmann's book, published in 1938 in the USA and Nazi Germany,
Re: [CTRL] UN Reaction
-Caveat Lector-
Alamaine Ratliff wrote:
-Caveat Lector-
From AP
Security Council Shocked by Blast
By Nicole Winfield
Associated Press Writer
Saturday, May 8, 1999; 8:45 a.m. EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Security Council today
expressed shock and concern over the damage and
casualties caused by a NATO missile strike on China's
embassy in Belgrade.
[snip]
Now as I research my recollection for the specificity
of facts concerning embassy bombings, isn't there some
precedent for retaliatory actions against the
perpetrators of the bombings? (E.g., Kenya) There was
a book written some years ago, either Fahrenheit 451
or Failsafe {some 'F' book} in which an 'accidental'
bombing of a Russian city occurred; the behind the
scenes agreement included a tit-for-tat on New York.
AER
~~~
I'm not sure if "Failsafe" was a book, but I do have the film on video on my
shelf. An early 60s flic with Henry Fonda as the President dealing NYC away to
avoid total nuclear war. A very good movie!
--
Mark McHugh
One Step Beyond!
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[CTRL] Fwd: The Chemtrail Investigation
Here is something I pulled up that seems to have about everything in it from the contrails to weather modification - and the stuff they are spreading over California. Steve probably has this - but this is all in one piece for those who can pull it up. Is some of this stuff killing the cattle and the other animals and spreading all this disease.more people in this area have thise strange bronchitis or some kind of a disorder - however, thought I would pass this on. I do know one thing.the book THE WEATHER CHANGERS which came out prior to the classification of the weather program which I think wiped out a lot of Oklahoma recentlyI believe they mention the one thing these oil companies and people fear the most, is law suits. Well, if they can pay the Chinese Embassy, and the people of Serbia for the damage they have done and will do, etc., perhaps enough law suits filed against William J. Clinton personally, will sufficeand note it shows the states engaged in weather modification. the Govern of Oklahoma knows what happened. Weather for a Weaponwell, the Soviet Union has the woodpecker Elf stuff, and whatever that stuff is up there...I just remember out astronauts being awakened by the Woody Woodpecker Song, which was an inside jokevery funny.\ colleen http://www.islandnet.com/~wilco/investsky.htm
[CTRL] REFLECTIONS OF A MOTHER
-Caveat Lector- REFLECTIONS OF A MOTHER I gave you life, but cannot live it for you. I can teach you things, but I cannot make you learn. I can give you directions, but I cannot be there to lead you. I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it. I can take you to church, but I cannot make you believe. I can teach you right from wrong, but I cannot always decide for you. I can buy you beautiful clothes, but I cannot make you beautiful inside. I can offer you advice, but I cannot accept it for you. I can give you love, but I cannot force it upon you. I can teach you to share, but I cannot make you unselfish. I can teach you respect, but I cannot force you to show honor. I can advise you about friends, but cannot choose them for you. I can advise you about sex, but I cannot keep you pure. I can tell you the facts of life, but I can't build your reputation. I can tell you about drink, but I can't say "no" for you. I can warn you about drugs, but I can't prevent you from using them. I can tell you about lofty goals, but I can't achieve them for you. I can teach you about kindness, but I can't force you to be gracious. I can warn you about sins, but I cannot make you moral. I can love you as a child, but I cannot place you in God's family. I can pray for you, but I cannot make you walk with God. I can teach you about Jesus, but I cannot make Jesus your Lord. I can tell you how to live, but I cannot give you eternal life. I can love you with unconditional love all of my life . . . and I will!!! Always, Mom 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] [4a] Revelations of an International Spy
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: Revelations of an International Spy I. T. T. Lincoln Robert M. McBride Company©1916 New York --[4a]-- CHAPTER IV EDWARD VIII's INTRIGUES FOR THE ISOLATION OF GERMANY AT the time of her brilliant victory over France in 1871, Germany had no navy worth mentioning, nor had she an inch of colonial possession anywhere in the world. The consciousness of her power, so vividly demonstrated in 1870-71, gave a great impetus to German industrial developmentaided forcefully by the huge war indemnity exacted from France. In a few years I time the world woke up to the fact of a new world-powerUnited Germany. As long as Bismarck guided Germany there did not exist a settled colonial policy, although in 1878 Germany acquired the Marshall Islands and in 1884 Luederitzbay, New Guinea, Togoland, and the Cameroons. Bismarck was averse to any colonial schemes. His aim was to encourage France in her colonial aspirations and to support her in them, hoping thereby to make France forget the loss of Alsace-Lorraine and thus pave the way for an understanding with her. In 1884 it was Germany and France cooperating that prevented the ratification of a treaty which England concluded with Portugal and which would have made England supreme in the Congo Basin. In the same year Bismarck placed himself in agreement with Baron de Gourcel, then French Ambassador in Berlin, on the question of opposing English policy in Africa. It was in agreement with Baron de Gourcel that Bismarck summoned the Congo Conference of 1884. In the next year (24th of December) Bismarck signed a delimitation treaty respecting French and German colonies in West Africa. Germany honestly and sincerely tried to make friends of the French Republic. It is very important to bear this in mindfor the right understanding of later events of which I have first-hand information. In 1887 Bismarck could declare openly in the Reichstag that "the two governments [France and Germany] had full confidence in the sincerity and loyalty of their mutual relations." Nowwe must allude to just another cardinal point of German policy. Kaiser Wilhelm II, as well as Bismarck, not withstanding Germany's alliance with Austria (1879) which in 1882 by the adhesion of Italy became the Triple Alliance, earnestly strove to preserve their friendly relations with Russia. On the 14th of September, 1884, the emperors of Germany, Russia and Austria met at Skiernewice (the Emperors' armies met here during the present war, but on a different mission) to proclaim the agreement reached six months previous between the three countries. This also is important to remember, i.e., cooperation between Russia, Germany, and Austria. For when England, during and after the Boer War, found her "splendid isolation" a great peril to her, she deliberately embarked on a policy of sowing distrust and enmity between Germany and France on the one hand, in order to draw France into the orbit of her diplomacy and to create antagonism between Austria and Russia on the other, in order to break the traditional friendship between Russia and Germany and thus use Russia and France for her own selfish endsthe isolation and destruction of Germany. I shall, in later chapters, disclose many of the secret schemes and plots emanating from Downing Street for the accomplishment of this diabolical scheme. Here I merely allude to it to point out the importance and full meaning of Germany's honest endeavors toward friendliness with all her neighbors. Many people trace Germany Is newer policy, her "warlike" tendencies, her "militarism," to the ascension of the present Emperor, William II. His whole history, life, and deeds belie all such groundless insinuations. In 1888, before the death of his grandfather, William I, the Kaiser said: "I am quite aware that among people in general and especially abroad, I am accused of frivolous desires of warlike fame. I indignantly spurn these unworthy imputations." It is true that he did not agree with Bismarck Is policy of "non-colonization," but he continued Bismarck's policy of drawing nearer to France and keeping good friends with Russiawhilst at the same time putting forth every endeavor to remove causes of possible friction between his country and England. On the 14th of June, 1890, an Anglo-German treaty was signed, acknowledging Great Britain's supremacy over the whole basin of the Nile (complement to Fashoda agreement with France). In 1891, on December 4th, the Kaiser in a public speech referred to France as "the chivalrous enemy." It was France who did not respond to the many offers and attempts of friendship; she harbored thoughts of hatred and hopes of revenge. She went far out of her way to prepare for them. In spite of the political, religious, moral, social, and military gulf that separates the two countries, France and Russia entered into an alliance (known as the Dual Alliance) in 1895. Still the present Kaiser continued his advances toward France
[CTRL] [4b] Revelations of an International Spy
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: Revelations of an International Spy I. T. T. Lincoln Robert M. McBride Company©1916 New York --[4b]-- It was here that we had our secret meeting with one of the adjutants of King Frederick VIII, Count K. I vividly remember Count K___, tall, slim, of military bearing, which was accentuated by his exceptionally high and stiff collar (he came in civil dress). He was always faultlessly dressed, according to the latest London fashion, even to the single eyeglass. He looked as if he had just been turned out of some high-class Bond Street establishment. He was a pompous man with a tremendous self-esteem. He used to talk to us on international matters like a schoolmaster to his boys, much to our amusement and profit. The great advantage in Secret Service, of dealing with a vain-glorious man, is obvious. He is fair game for the practised interrogator when he is full of himself, his favorite topic. From the Count I learned many things. The negotiations proceeding between England and Russia were proceeding slowly for three reasons: The first was Persia, the second reason was the antagonistic viewpoints, the third was the Dardanelles. Russia was quite willing to enter into a general treaty with England, but wanted to give it a more definite character than Grey could do on account of the House of Commons and the Cabinet. Grey's standpoint was that public opinion in England would not at that time support or even permit more than a treaty removing differences and "Reibungsflache." But he let it be understood in St. Petersburg that this treaty might and should become the basis of a wide arrangement. Russia, just worsted by Japan, wanted Persia as her sphere of influence, and an alliance, or at any rate, a military convention. She also wanted free hand on the Balkans or a promise of Constantinople. Grey's reply was as follows: He could not possibly plead in the House of Commons for a treaty handing over Persia to Russia; indeed, he anticipated difficulties in any case. He then suggested a division of Persia into three spheres, Russian, neutral, and British; it being clearly understood that Russia was to have a free hand for Pacific penetration in her sphere. As far as the Balkans were concerned, it should not be included in the treaty at all, as that would rouse Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. It might, indeed, prompt these Powers to wage a war for the protection of their interests, and, as yet, they (France, Russia, and England) were not ready. It might furthermore arouse the suspicion of Roumaniathen a distrusting neighbor of Russiaand the other Balkan States. Again, the deflection of Italy from the Triple Alliance not yet being complete, owing to divergence of opinion between France and Italy on Mediterranean questions, this question should be held over, it being understood that Great Britain would support the Russian hegemony in the Balkans. But Russia should try to get closer to Italy, which she did. Do you remember the Tzar's visit to the King of Italy?[1][ 1.This is by no means a summary of what Grey said in my own words but is a resume of what Grey actually said and wrote to several British Ambassadors in his despatches.] Constantinople was also to be left out for the same reasons. Russia, humbled and beaten by Japan, accepted these promises. It was on this basis that the negotiations went on. It is therefore evident that Grey deceived the House of Commons and the people of Great Britain. The treaty negotiated with Russia was meant by him to serve as a blindbehind it lay his further warlike preparations to settle accounts with Germany, Russia to be thrust into the Balkans, no mention of military matters to be made in the treaty, but relegated to the secret military missionsthis is how Grey circumvented the opposition, the distrust of parliament. There was a strong anti-English party in St. Petersburg, working against the consummation of this anti-German policy. They were not unwilling to enter into a treaty with England to remove rivalry and friction, but they were not willing to pull the chestnuts out of the fire for England. One of their papers, the Nasha Zhizn, thus spoke on the 4th of July, 1906: "The Russian people would welcome a peaceful alliance with Great Britain. She sees, however, in the attitude of the British towards Russia only a desire to isolate Germany." This was the comprehensive scheme confirmed by Mr. Wyndham. to enlist Italy and the Balkans. It can be truthfully said that Grey is responsible for converting the German-Russian friendship of centuries standing into an acute rivalry and antagonism. He brought Russia from the Far East, he pushed Russia into the Balkans, his policy unleashed the mad dogs of Panslavism. Just a word to my readers. I have made just now, and in prior chapters, sensational statements of exceptional gravity, claiming for them absolute authenticity. I have made a challenge and a proposal in my Preface. Meanwhile, I
[CTRL] Fwd: 05.08.99 RMNews--NATO Purposely Targeted Chinese Embassy
= ==RUMOR MILL NEWS AGENCY == = NATO Purposely Targeted Chinese Embassy 05.08.99 RMNews "NATO purposely targeted the Chinese Embassy", says a usually reliable Rumor Mill News Source. "It was done to derail the peace initiative being put forward by the Russians and the Chinese." The Source went on to say that the Big Three socialist leaders, United States, President Clinton, Britain's Prime Minister Blair, and Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, need to win in Yugoslavia no matter what the costs. The precedent being set by this action will forever put an end to national sovereignty and will usher in the One World Government. Countries will no longer be in charge of what happens inside their borders. An international watch dog group will oversee everything from farming to religion. If a country refuses to comply with international treaties put forth by the United Nations, it will face the Serbian Solution. Jesse Jackson threw a monkey wrench in the Big Three's bid to bring Milosevic to his knees. Not only did Jackson go against his old friend, Bill Clinton and travel to Belgrade, but he did it under the threat of death from NATO bombs. The mission was successful. So successful, in fact, that Jesse Jackson became the senior statesman and diplomat who suggested a course of action which would end the killing. Russian leaders agreed to broker a peace agreement between NATO and Milosevic. When it appeared that the Russian agreement was going to be successful in stopping the "ethnic cleansing" of Kosovo, the Big Three had to act and act fast. The Russian agreement had Kosovo staying part of Serbia, with no autonomy. If this were let to stand it would mean the Milosevic had won. He had successfully cleansed part of Kosovo of Muslims. The Muslims would not be able to turn Kosovo into a Muslim nation with its own language, alphabet, schools, religion, army and police force. The solution proposed by Russia would mean that all countries would be able to control what went on within their own borders. It would mean that California would be able to call out the National Guard or the Army if the Atzlan Liberation Army demanded autonomy for southern California. This solution did not fit into the plan for a one world government with no borders and no national sovereignty. Therefore the plan had to be derailed immediately. With the tensions rising between the United States and China, it was decided that by striking the Chinese Embassy, the already rocky relationship between the two countries would be further inflamed. The more Chinese killed, the better. The second reason behind the choice of the Chinese Embassy was to push China into attacking Taiwan and reclaiming the island of Formosa and making it part of China once again. RMNews will soon be reissuing an article written in 1996 about the coming war with China. The Kosovo autonomy plan being put forth by the Big Three does not sit well with either China or Russia. China still believes Taiwan belongs to them. Russia is still having problems with provinces like Chechnya that want to break away and become their own country. If NATO's Serbian Solution is successful, all groups of ethnic people, no matter where they are living, will be able to break away from their countries and form their own autonomous and independent nations. Imagine what New York City will look like if the Big Three's Serbian Solution is successful. The Puerto Ricans will declare themselves an autonomous nation, as will the Haitians, the Russians, the Italians, the Chinese. Each new nation will draw its own borders and if there are border disputes, wars will erupt. What is the purpose for such planned chaos? Tribal war, the destabilization and depopulation of the world. After several years of chaos, confusion and mass ethnic cleansing, the United Nations will be asked begged to come in and bring stability and order to the world. The Hegelian dialectic theory of an evolving history is being played out here with a New World Order slant. The Thesis is a world full of sovereign nations. The Antithesis is ethnic tribes wanting to breakaway and form their own nations. The Synthesis becomes worldwide wars which cause famine, pestilence, and massive death. After a period of time, the survivors will beg for an end to the wars. Out of the chaos brought about by the Synthesis of the old Thesis and Antithesis comes the new Thesis. The new Thesis will be a world with no borders, no sovereign nations, and no ethnic tribes of people. The New World Order will finally have the One World Government they have been trying to achieve for millennia. It will be one based on their needs and it will have very little to do with the desires or needs of the common people. The coming world will seem more like the company towns or feudal kingdoms of
[CTRL] Fwd: * The SPYder Web -- the REAL X-FILES *
Interesting site when you really get into it. For anyone who is interested. Colleen Come into my parlour. http://www.seasurf.com/~radioman/index.html
[CTRL] Fwd: PSI TECH, Inc. Technical Remote Viewing - Oklahoma City tornado ranked as most powerful (CNN 5-07-99)
The government, from William Jefferson Clinton to Madeline Albright to Cohen, to the Governor of Oklahoma know the weather modification program was responsible for the most devastating tornado in the history of Oklahomahere in Ohio, we are now virtually in tornado alleyXenia, Governor John J. Gilligan knew the bible belt at that time was the experimental station These people...oh so secretthey are so stupid, but when they know this program is in full force, and the people are not adequately warnedin areas where they are not prepared or homes built for htis type of a disasterthey are accomplices to murder.give all of the money they want to Oklahoma to rebuildsome are told in flood areas, get out if you do not like it.FEMA stands in line, and I imagine Mrs. Dole will be there too with tears in her eyesno hand guns, but it is okay to send out weather war upon an unsuspecting public. Your news media knows about this program and remain silent; in Viet Nam they brought on monsoons 6 months early using weather for a weapon..Congressmen are elected every two years..that is where you get good representation Only on the internet have I been able to pick up this weather stuffyet back in 1986, people who know play their little games and suppress the truth - why, because his program has been classified..that is why - and cui bono - well, not the USA - but remember, the United Nations has a Resolution, where we are to "share" our weather with the poor underdeveloped countries only they willl not hve to pay for any portion of this program, the USA will... Colleen http://www.trv-psitech.com/tornado2.htm
[CTRL] Am Legion Lettre
-Caveat Lector- From www.legion.org/yugoltr.htm President William J. Clinton The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: The American Legion, a wartime veterans organization of nearly three-million members, urges the immediate withdrawal of American troops participating in Operation Allied Force. The National Executive Committee of The American Legion, meeting in Indianapolis today, adopted Resolution 44, titled The American Legions Statement on Yugoslavia. This resolution was debated and adopted unanimously. Mr. President, the United States Armed Forces should never be committed to wartime operations unless the following conditions are fulfilled: That there be a clear statement by the President of why it is in our vital national interests to be engaged in hostilities; Guidelines be established for the mission, including a clear exit strategy; That there be support of the mission by the U.S. Congress and the American people; and That it be made clear that U.S. Forces will be commanded only by U.S. officers which we acknowledge are superior military leaders. It is the position of The American Legion, which I am sure is shared by the majority of Americans, that three of the above listed conditions have not been met in the current joint operation with NATO (Operation Allied Force). In no case should America commit its Armed Forces in the absence of clearly defined objectives agreed upon by the U.S. Congress in accordance with Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States. Sincerely, HAROLD L. BUTCH MILLER National Commander Att: Resolution #44 cc: Secretary of Defense Secretary of State Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Leadership, House and Senate Chairman and Ranking Democratic Member, House and Senate Armed Services Committee NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA May 5-6, 1999 Resolution No. 44: The American Legion Statement on Yugoslavia Origin: Resolutions Sub-Committee Submitted By: Resolutions Sub-Committee WHEREAS, The President has committed the Armed Forces of the United States, in a joint operation with NATO (Operation Allied Force), to engage in hostilities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia without clearly defining Americas vital national interests; and WHEREAS, Neither the President nor the Congress has defined Americas objectives in what has become an open-ended conflict characterized by an ill-defined progressive escalation; and WHEREAS, It is obvious that an ill-planned and massive commitment of U.S. resources could only lead to troops being killed, wounded or captured without advancing any clear purpose, mission or objective; and WHEREAS, The American people rightfully support the ending of crimes and abuses by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and the extending of humanitarian relief to the suffering people of the region; and WHEREAS, America should not commit resources to the prosecution of hostilities in the absence of clearly defined objectives agreed upon by the U.S. Congress in accordance with Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, By the National Executive Committee of The American Legion in regular meeting assembled in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 5-6, 1999, That The American Legion, which is composed of nearly 3 million veterans of war-time service, voices its grave concerns about the commitment of U.S. Armed Forces to Operation Allied Force, unless the following conditions are fulfilled: 1.That there be a clear statement by the President of why it is in our vital national interests to be engaged in Operation Allied Force; 2.Guidelines be established for the mission, including a clear exit strategy; 3.That there be support of the mission by the U.S. Congress and the American people; and 4.That it be made clear U.S. Forces will be commanded only by U.S. officers whom we acknowledge are superior military leaders; and, be it further RESOLVED, That, if the aforementioned conditions are not met, The American Legion calls upon the President and the Congress to withdraw American forces immediately from Operation Allied Force; and, be it further RESOLVED, That The American Legion calls upon the Congress and the international community to ease the suffering of the Kosovar refugees by providing necessary aid and assistance; and, be it finally RESOLVED, That The American Legion reaffirms its unwavering admiration of, and support for, our American men and women serving in uniform throughout the world, and we reaffirm our efforts to provide sufficient national assets to ensure their well being. Copyright©1999 by The American Legion AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Re: [CTRL] SKEPTICS RE: [SC] Skeptic News - Friday #2
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Jason Tiscione [EMAIL PROTECTED] # LANDMARK RULING ON ENCRYPTION. A presidential order limiting encryp- tion exports is ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals panel ... www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/politics/story/19553.html You can be grateful that it took this long. If strong encryption were made available just a few weeks earlier, people would be finding ways to blame it for the Littleton high school massacre. Jason Tiscione "Damn you, Marilyn Manson!" Whereas it was actually Marilyn Manson and Gumby using stego-PGP on their messages to Harris Klebold that allowed the latter to accumulate their weapons cache via Net.merchants - if only the NSA had more funding, this whole mess could have been prevented. It's likely that the HAARP firings coinciding with the Columbine incident were accidentally triggered by Def Leopard tapes played in RSA-encrypted format, broadcast by improperly- grounded EMF generators near the USAF Academy - these inadvertent hi-Q patterns interfaced with Harris Klebold's alien implants, activating their deep-black programming. This proves that the best protection for US citizens is to enclose everybody in body-snug Faraday cages, so no spurious electrical signals will ever propagate. The Reptilioids and their Republican dupes must be rooted out and neutralized too, of course. Ric "Bother, said Pooh, as Cthulhu rose from the mists" Carter 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Tiananmen's Evil Twin
-Caveat Lector- U.S. Consulate Building Set Ablaze By RENEE SCHOOF .c The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Protesters broke into and severely burned a U.S. consulate building in southwest China in the worst attack yet in two days of protests outside U.S. buildings across China, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Sunday. A large number of people broke into the consulate compound in Chengdu and severely burned the consulate general's residence, said Tom Cooney, an embassy spokesman in Beijing. No U.S. staff were injured and Chinese police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, he said. The demonstrators were protesting the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. Cooney also said that U.S. officials in Beijing, where the embassy was surrounded by protesters again Sunday, were not getting adequate protection. ``We feel that we are under a state of siege here. We don't have adequate security,'' he said. The embassy had made a strong protest to Chinese authorities Saturday to provide better protection. ``We don't have the ability to move between our buildings like we should,'' Cooney said. All U.S. diplomatic offices in China, except in Hong Kong, would be closed Monday and Tuesday, Cooney said. The communist government generally bans protests for fear they will escalate into unrest. But officials apparently felt that stopping people from publicly expressing outrage over the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia could further inflame them and possibly turn emotions against the government. More than 20 were injured and one person was missing in Belgrade, China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said. A Xinhua reporter and two reporters for a national newspaper, Guangming Daily, were killed, it said. NATO spokesman Jamie Shea said NATO forces mistakenly hit the embassy with ``precision guided munitions.'' He said NATO offered ``sincere regrets'' to Chinese authorities. On Saturday, U.S. officials in Beijing advised staff and other Americans in the Chinese capital ``to raise their security awareness,'' said spokesman Bill Palmer. An embassy notice said there was ``the possibility for acts of retaliation against Americans and American interests worldwide.'' Students said they were outraged because they believed NATO intentionally targeted the Belgrade structure. Protesters at the Chengdu consulate Saturday night scaled walls and broke windows to break in to the building, he said. Police dispersed the crowd only after they had ransacked the building. ``It was scary and there was a lot of damage,'' he said. On Saturday and Sunday, more than 1,000 protesters in Beijing hurled rocks and lumps of concrete at embassy buildings and cars in Beijing. Demonstrators also protested outside the British Embassy. Not since the government crushed democracy protests at Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, have students and other Chinese marched through Beijing streets in large numbers with banners and slogans. Police pushed back demonstrators Saturday night when they tried to ram a van and hurl a burning American flag through the U.S. Embassy's main gate. Windows at the American compound were broken, and at least four cars belonging to staff members were smashed. A group of protesters tried to ignite one car and then started shoving police who stopped them. Police stood in cordons at least six people deep in front of the main embassy building to keep crowds back. Demonstrators broke through at least once. Early Sunday, another wave of buses -- apparently arranged by universities -- arrived with more students. Hundreds of police regulated the flow of protesters but did not stop the demonstrations. Signs Sunday along the protest route showed demonstrators which way to march. The demonstrations in Guangzhou, a large city in southern China, involved tens of thousands of students from more than 10 universities who converged Saturday on the U.S., British, French, Italian and Dutch consulates, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. China's entirely state-controlled news media have heavily reported civilian casualties from the NATO strikes, but have not reported on attacks by Yugoslav forces on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. State-run television news reported the protest, a sign the government sanctioned it. China has its own restive ethnic regions and fears NATO has set a dangerous precedent by attacking a sovereign nation without U.N. authorization. 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
[CTRL] Belarus NOW Sorry It Gave Up Nukes
-Caveat Lector- Belarus Keeping Nuclear Facilities .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Belarus has kept its nuclear missile facilities even though it has given up all its atomic warheads, its president said Saturday according to a news report. President Alexander Lukashenko has lamented Belarus's decision to relinquish its nuclear weapons after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. He gave up the last of the weapons at the end of 1996, expressing regrets that have only grown stronger since. On Saturday, he said ``all launch pads have been preserved despite pressure on the part of both NATO and Russia,'' the Interfax news agency reported. Lukashenko made the statement in response to a reporter who asked whether Russia would deploy nuclear missiles in Belarus if the two countries merge. Lukashenko added that the two sides hadn't discussed the issue. He has pushed hard to unite his nation with much larger Russia, but many Russians are wary of the idea because Belarus' economy is one of the least reformed among the former Soviet states and most of its 10 million people are poor. 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Skeptic News - Saturday #2
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SkeptiNews 990508b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question
: Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion.
: Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning.
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# Global warming solution hopes dampened. (BBC) Experiments carried out from
a submarine three kilometres under the ocean have poured cold water on an
ambitious scheme to deal with global warming. The idea was to store carbon
dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels under the ocean, stopping it
from getting into the atmosphere and adding to the greenhouse effect. In
theory this would reduce the rate of global warming, but now a report in the
journal Science suggests that putting the idea into practice may not be so
simple. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_338000/338745.stm
# Also: Antarctic ice crumbling rapidly -- Bangkok overheating -- Climate
threat to coral reefs -- Greenland ice warning -- Climate change a real
worry -- Can iron cool the world? -- Saving the world's climate --
: Who'll gain most when Terrestrial greenhouse changes become irreversible:
Tibetans, Reptilioids, Bilderbergers, jellyfish, ants, gerbils, snakes, me?
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# Pentagon confirms depleted uranium use. (BBC) The US Dept of Defense has
confirmed that its aircraft are using depleted uranium weapons in the Kosovo
conflict. DU is both radioactive and toxic, though Nato insists that it is
no more dangerous than any other heavy metal. Linked to Gulf War syndrome?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_337000/337855.stm
@ Links: The Military Toxics Project: http://www.miltoxproj.org/
@ Department of Defense News Briefing
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/docs99/t05031999_t0503asd.htm
@ The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
http://www.rec.org/Default.shtml
@ The Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia
http://www.natureprotection.org.yu/intro.html
: Does dropping radioactive munitions qualify the Kosovo mess as a nuclear
war? If DU hit the Chinese Embassy, is that the same as nuking China? Are
somebody's alien implants misfiring? Is NATO possessed by demons? Are you?
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# Pope prays for murdered Catholics. (BBC) Pope John Paul II, on the second
day of his visit to Romania, has visited a Roman Catholic cemetery at Bellu
in the south of the capital Bucharest to pay homage to people murdered for
their beliefs. Later, the Pope celebrated a Greek Catholic mass. Party on,
dewd: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_338000/338577.stm
: Does the pope give a sh!t about murdered Atheists, Pagans, Baha'is, JWs,
Freemasons, Moslems, Buddhists, Abductees? Do you? Do you pray for anyone?
Does it help? Do they spring back to life? Is that what you prayed for? Why?
@ Links: The Holy See: http://www.vatican.va/
@ Orthodox Christian Information Centre: http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/
# And: Analysis: A 1,000-year divide:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_337000/337784.stm
# Pope calls for Christian unity:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_337000/337942.stm
# Mission to heal religious rift:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_337000/337579.stm
: Is Xian unity possible, desirable, fantastic? Who would run a unified Xian
church? How long would it last? Would it be taken over by fundys, humanists,
Reptilioids, Republicans, advertisers, Nestorians? Who would be purged? How?
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@ Interception Capabilities 2000 ("IC2000"). The IC2000 report on communica-
tions interception and ECHELON was approved as a working document by the
Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel of the European Parliament
(STOA). Key findings of the IC2000 report: Comprehensive systems exist to
access, intercept and process every important modern form of communications.
... The report is available at http://www.gn.apc.org/duncan/stoa_cover.htm
: Who intercepts your communications? Do you purposefully generate random
noise to confuse them? Does it work? If coherent, are you compromised? How?
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SansComment:
# Did the CIA Drug Paul Robeson?: New documents suggest that the black
actor, singer, lawyer and activist may have been a victim of the Agency's
MK-ULTRA program. Poisoned: http://www.counterpunch.org/robeson.html
# Pope and Orthodox patriarch appeal for end to Kosovo conflict. (CNN) Pope
John Paul II and Romania's Orthodox Christian patriarch combined their moral
authority Saturday in a joint appeal for an end to the Kosovo conflict, con-
demning both forced expulsions and "murderous bombings." Totally ignored, of
course: http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/08/romania.pope.02.ap/index.html
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SkeptiLinks:
@ UFO Mind: Area 51: http://www.ufomind.com/area51/
@ Area 51 Random Link: http://www.nauticom.net/users/ata/random.html
@ Area 51: Top Secret:
[CTRL] Oops! Too Bad, Shit Happens [Repeatedly]
-Caveat Lector- "In a[n admitted] handful of other high-profile mistakes, errant NATO weapons have killed or harmed civilians. The latest example was Friday, when cluster bombs struck a hospital Nis, killing more than a dozen people.". Targeting To Blame in Embassy Hit By ANNE GEARAN .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unlike previous mistakes in the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia when bombs or missiles misfired or landed in the wrong spot, the precision-guided weapon that hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade apparently did just what it was told. The problem, NATO officials admit, is that the alliance thought its warplanes were hitting a different building. The error suggests a problem with targeting, or the original identification of what to hit, although NATO officials would not specifically say so. The NATO plane that hit the embassy building Friday night was supposed to bomb a Yugoslav government building called the federal Directorate of Supply and Procurement, NATO and Pentagon spokesmen said Saturday. The hit from an unspecified precision weapon reportedly killed four people. It came during NATO's most concentrated onslaught on the Yugoslav capital since launch of the first of approximately 17,000 air strikes seven weeks ago. In a handful of other high-profile mistakes, errant NATO weapons have killed or harmed civilians. The latest example was earlier Friday, when cluster bombs accidentally struck a residential neighborhood and hospital grounds in the Yugoslav city of Nis, killing more than a dozen people. Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said he ``would not challenge'' the premise that in the instance of the embassy, the weapon operated correctly. NATO's military spokesman, German Gen. Walter Jertz, said that through ``an error in the process,'' the embassy building got mixed up with the directorate building. Military officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the fault likely lies with NATO military planners in Brussels rather than with the pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb. ``You're given a set of coordinates. If the coordinates are for the wrong building, the pilot is not going to know,'' one official said. NATO is still investigating the mishap, and Bacon said the alliance would eventually provide a fuller explanation. But alliance and Pentagon officials have said repeatedly the identification and pursuit of targets is a painstaking process involving common sense as well as a variety of high-tech intelligence and reconnaissance tools. In the case of fixed targets, such as buildings, decisions about what to hit and when are typically made far in advance. The choice is part political and part military, and in the case of the NATO campaign involves representatives of numerous countries. Satellite imagery, photos from reconnaissance planes, intercepted enemy documents or conversations, publicly available documents such as maps and information from people on the ground all play a role, although NATO officials will not discuss their methods in detail. Once a target is picked, the team of pilots, navigators and support crews spend hours preparing for flight. Pilots get a ``target folder'' from planners ahead of the mission, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Wald, a strategic planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former fighter pilot. Target identification and pilot preparation would have been extensive in this case, because of the military importance of the intended target and because Belgrade is heavily defended by Serb forces, Wald said at a briefing for reporters. ``The way targeting works ... the higher the threat, the more valued the target, the more time you would study it. The more time you have to study it, the better,'' Wald said. 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Pope Joins Orthodox in Stop the Bombing
-Caveat Lector- Pope, Orthodox Leader: Stop Bombing By VICTOR L. SIMPSON .c The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Pope John Paul II and Romania's Orthodox Christian patriarch combined their moral authority Saturday in a joint appeal for an end to the Kosovo conflict, condemning both forced expulsions and ``murderous bombings.'' John Paul and Patriarch Teoctist appealed ``in the name of God'' to those ``who in one way or another are responsible for the current tragedy'' to return to the negotiating table. The statement was issued on the second day of John Paul's historic visit to Romania, a mainly Orthodox country that borders on Serbia. Before the visit, some in Romania questioned inviting a religious leader from the West while NATO was bombing fellow Orthodox in Yugoslavia. Since the NATO attacks began March 24, John Paul has issued a series of statements condemning the bombing as well the expulsions of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. The expression of solidarity with ``those expelled from their homes, their land, separated from their loved ones, who know the cruel reality of the exodus,'' was considered one of the strongest statements by an Orthodox leader on Serbia's campaign against ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. The Russian patriarch, Alexy II, mentioned the plight of refugees during a visit to Belgrade last month. The two leaders mentioned expulsions in their statement before expressing solidarity with the ``victims of murderous bombings.'' However, they didn't specifically say that the ethnic Albanians were the victims of expulsions or name NATO. They called for a resumption of dialogue that would lead to a ``just and lasting'' peace and permit the return of refugees. The visit by John Paul was the first by a pope to a mainly Orthodox country in nearly 1,000 years. Before returning to Rome on Sunday, the pope and the patriarch will attend a Catholic and an Orthodox religious service. The 78-year-old pope was bearing up well, despite a heavy schedule, although he leaned on a silver staff for support during the morning Mass. The pope began the second day of his visit with a stop at Belu cemetery in southern Bucharest, where Catholic clergymen killed during the Communist regime are buried. He knelt in prayer for 10 minutes before the tombs, occasionally looking up at the photographs of seven Catholics who have been proposed for beatification, the last stage before sainthood. Tensions between Catholics and Orthodox in Romania have come into the open since the fall of communism, particularly with the re-emergence of Eastern Rite Catholic churches, which retain Orthodox-style liturgy but are loyal to the pope. Communists in Romania and elsewhere in Eastern Europe suppressed the Eastern Rite, turning over its property to the Orthodox. The pope presided at an Eastern Rite service Saturday in a crowded St. Joseph's cathedral. Organizers had handed out some 2,000 tickets for only 1,000 places in the small church and many of the faithful stood on pews to get a glimpse of the pope. Just before the pope arrived, an ambulance crew carried in Cardinal Alexandru Todea, 86, who has been confined to wheelchair for years. The cardinal spent 43 years in prison or house arrest during the Communist rule, which ended in 1989. ``They tried to silence your liberty, to suffocate it, but they didn't succeed,'' the pope said in his homily. The pope agreed as a price for his visit not to travel to Transylvania, where Catholics predominate. Orthodox feared their authority might be undercut. 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Ted Turner Says Nuclear War Possible
-Caveat Lector- That idiot hasn't sobered up yet.someday when he does, he will realize he sold out all his principles...but then, I always thought he was a front man for orgnaized crime anywy. Goodbye Tedand take Jane with you. Goodbye and good riddance. Colleen 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. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] China's Wheel of the Law
-Caveat Lector- China Sees Threat in Secret Sect By CHARLES HUTZLER .c The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Shocked by throngs of meditating protesters on their front door, Chinese leaders are preparing a methodical campaign to discredit and rein in the martial arts sect they now see as a threat to Communist Party power. President Jiang Zemin has formed a high-level task force to monitor the group, and government operatives have started taking names and infiltrating the sect, Chinese sources inside and outside the party said. The swift preparations underscore how rattled senior leaders were by the sudden sight of thousands of silent practitioners of Falun Gong, the Wheel of Law, outside party headquarters on April 25. At once, the group was transformed from an obscure school of Yoga-like exercises and meditation into a challenge to the communist hold on China's future. During the daylong protest, the devotees sat on the sidewalks around the dark red-walled Zhongnanhai. At a late-night meeting with Premier Zhu Rongji, demonstrators suggested that they, not communism, could save China, said a party source who spoke on condition of anonymity. ``I'm an atheist,'' the source quoted Zhu as saying. ``You can't force me to believe your teachings.'' It was the largest demonstration in Beijing -- internal police estimates put the crowd at 30,000 -- since the military crushed student-led democracy protests on Tiananmen Square 10 years ago, and it came six weeks before the sensitive anniversary of the crackdown. On top of that, the protesters surrounded Zhongnanhai, something the students of 1989 did not dare. Unnerved by their brazenness, Jiang wrote a seething directive chiding security agencies and provincial leaders for being caught unaware and undermining a five-month clampdown on dissent to ensure peace this year. ``We called for `stability above all' but our stability has fallen through,'' the party source quoted Jiang's letter as saying. ``Our leaders must wake up.'' The Wheel of Law has been considered politically neutral. It is one of the many forms of qigong, a blend of Buddhist and Taoist ideas and slow martial-arts exercise that channel unseen forces to benefit health and clear the mind. The Wheel of Law has become one of qigong's most popular schools since it was founded in 1992 by Li Hongzhi, an ex-soldier who has since left China for the United States. The Chinese government estimates its devotees number 10 million to 70 million. Wheel of Law followers state total faith in ``Master Li'' and are convinced practicing his teachings makes people healthier and more moral citizens. His lectures hint of dark forces at work in the universe and suggest expert practice brings clairvoyance and other supernatural powers. After a magazine article by an eminent scientist warned Chinese youths to stay away from the Wheel of Law, followers thought their practice was under threat. They converged on Beijing from several provinces to demand legal protection for the Wheel of Law. But the party source contends their demands went far beyond that: The small group of demonstrators who confronted Zhu wanted state media coverage of their teachings and special meeting areas -- privileges granted only to party-approved groups. Organizers of Wheel of Law activities in Beijing reached by telephone declined comment on the Zhu meeting or the demands. One said all participants in the meeting had left the capital. Party leaders are convinced by the demonstration that the group is disciplined and well-organized, despite its claims to have no hierarchy. In their eyes, the Wheel of Law verges on the semi-religious secret societies that sought to overthrow unjust emperors. Leaders will have to move carefully against the group. Unlike the cults they dealt with ruthlessly in the past, the Wheel of Law is prominent in big cities -- where unemployed workers are already angry with government policies, said Wang Shan, an author and political commentator. A special task force headed by Vice President Hu Jintao and Luo Gan, the party's senior law-and-order official, is coordinating strategy against the Wheel of Law, the party source said. Officials ordered qigong practitioners and masters to register with authorities in the early 1990s, said Nancy Chen, an anthropologist at the University of California at Santa Cruz. One Beijing resident said police have already started doing so in a village on the city's outskirts. State media are likely to begin publicizing stories to show the dangers of the Wheel of Law. According to the source, one says that a female devotee in northeastern Chaoyang city jumped to her death from a building, shouting Li Hongzhi's name. 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
[CTRL] Int'l Criminal Tribunal
-Caveat Lector- From From http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~maicl/index.htm begin excerpt Submission to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, requesting the investigation and indictment of Prime Minister Tony Blair, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and Defence Secretary George Robertson of the United Kindgom for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia Back to the Introduction Requests for information BACKGROUND 1. On 24 March 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) commenced military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with the stated aim of deterring human rights violations in the Kosova region of Yugoslavia. Operations began at 8p.m. Manned aircraft were used from the start of the military mission, initially in concert with ship-launched cruise missiles. During the first few days of military operations, attacks were directed largely against the air-defence systems of the Federal Republic, including anti-aircraft missile batteries, radar and command-and-control facilities. By the end of March, NATO aircraft were mostly attacking wider military targets, including army headquarters, ammunition dumps, and airfields. However, as the Yugoslav government continued to refuse to accede to NATOs demands, the list of targets was enlarged to include fuel depots, oil refineries (specifically those in Novi Sad and Pancevo) and government offices; and by 4 April 1999, power stations and communications links, including roads, tunnels, bridges and railway links were openly targeted, including those not inside the region of, or in the vicinity of, Kosova. By 23 April, attacks were being launched against television studios and transmitters. This shift from attacking military targets to attacking civilian infrastructure and objects is apparent in both announcements of the NATO spokesman and NATO Heads of Government on the one hand, and also in the nature of the sites in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia attacked on the other. On 20 April 1999, Mr Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said in the Press Conference at NATO HQ in Brussels: "I think it is extremely important that all of us do everything in our power to make sure that the economic measures that we are taking against Serbia are effective and our attacks of course have done immense damage to the lines of communication, the lines of supply, the oil refineries and the oil supplies of the Milosevic regime." (emphasis added) Mr George Robertson, UK Secretary of State for Defence, stated: "At the outset of the air campaign, NATO Ministers collectively agreed to certain categories of targets--the first of which was, self-evidently, the Yugoslav air defences. We subsequently agreed to widen the range of targets to include strategic assets such as bridges, barracks and headquarters." (House of Commons, 19 April, Hansard, col.667, p.830). Dr James Shea, Spokesman of NATO and Deputy Director of Information and Press, made similar statements on attacking economic and telecommunications targets shortly afterwards. On 21 April 1999, also at NATO HQ in Brussels, Dr Shea said: "[A]ny aspect of the power structure is considered as a legitimate target by NATO, the power structure, and of course in dictatorial societies it becomes progressively impossible to distinguish between the party and the state, as we all know, they become conflated with each other, and this is also the party headquarters which contains the propaganda too of the ruling socialist party and that is enough for us to consider that to be a wholly legitimate target." More clearly, the increased volume of attacks on civilian infrastructure can be detected in the chronology of NATO attacks, which forms Annex I to this submission. The first attacks on bridges occurred on 1 April 1999, with the strikes on the Varadin Bridge over the Danube. On 3 April, the Republican and Federal Ministry of the Interior in Belgrade was severely damaged by NATO attacks, and damage was done to the building of the Institute for Security of the Ministry of the Interior in Banjica. On 4th and 5th April, numerous road and railway bridges throughout the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were directly targeted. Electric power stations, oil refineries and fuel storage sites were also targeted. Industrial sites and factories were primary targets on 15 April, and have continued to be so. TV transmitters and the Radio Televizija Srbija (RTS) Studio were targeted later in April. Such instances will be described in greater detail below (see paragraph 7), and a case will be made that many such attacks constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law, amounting to a breach of a rule protecting important values, and with grave consequences for persons with interests in the infrastructure so destroyed. A further stage in NATO's campaign can be seen on the night of 2 May 1999, when five major electricity
[CTRL] American Foreign Policy
-Caveat Lector- From May, 1999: American Foreign Policy At The Crossroads Synopsis Reaffirmation of Kosovo article; point by point refutation of Clinton/Blair/NATO rationalizations; motivations for NATO aggression; Serbian references to "Adolph" Clinton; the Tyrants' Four Step; traditional Washington/Je fferson foreign policy based upon mutual respect and unentangled freedom not isolationism; applicability of same to Twenty-First Century; American Sovereignty, the real issue. ** Usually, when a writer publishes an initial assessment of a fast breaking world development involving multiple players within three or four days of its outset, he has many reasons to wish that he could recall and revise l ong before five weeks have passed. But with regard to the Clinton-Blair-NATO aggression in the Balkans, the subject of our April essay posted March 28th, we find no need for revision. It remains on our current page. This update but builds on what we say there. The most common rationalization for the five plus weeks of horror, which the Clinton-Blair-NATO axis have been able to perpetrate in Serbia--however stretched by the reality--has remained that of saving the Albanian eleme nt in Kosovo from Serbian atrocities. The problem, as pointed out earlier, is that the Serbian reaction to the NATO bombing was literally programed by the self-anointed "altruists." Being pounded from the skies by nations with populations outnumbering them 70 or more times over--nations armed with technically superior weapons;--it was totally predictable that the Serbs would lash out in a frenzy at those with whom their attackers publicly identified. Thus where hundreds might have been the victims of cruelty before; within days of the assault, hundreds of thousands became victims. It is asinine for those who planned this war to deny culpability in what ha s happened. Bear in mind that those planners are well educated men, who knew the Serbian tradition for defying ultimatums; knew that until we started this aggression, we--even as the Serbs--had classified the K.L.A. as a terrorist bo dy; knew that the ultimate ultimatum being defied (allowing an army of occupation on their soil), was one that no freedom loving person in the world could find acceptable. It is not the claimed despotism of the socialists in Belgrade, but the intemperance of the socialists in Washington and London, which keeps this War going. The secondary argument was that the Serbs, unrestrained by an army of occupation, were going to "destabalize" the Balkans. We leave it to any fair minded person, whether the Balkans seem more stable today than before the bombs began to fall! When assailed at home by Conservative forces within their several populations, for the poor planning as well as the despicable nature of this War, the perpetrators of deliberate internationalized aggression--including the draft evader in the White House--fell back upon appeals to the National pride of the respective NATO members. We are "in this now," we were told; we have to "see it through to a successful conclusion." But nothing could be more fatuous! That such an argument could even be used by men who had insisted on our humiliating retreat from Viet Nam--a just war, fought to stem the tide of international Communism in Asia--has more than a few outra geous aspects. Yet the most outrageous aspect lies in the fact that there is no possible honor to be had in subduing a nation more than 70 times out-numbered by nations with superior weaponry and no legitimate interest in the nation bei ng subdued! The NATO attack on Yugoslavia, thus far, demonstrates the same type of heroism as the Italian air attacks on the primatively armed warriors of Emperor Haile Silassie in Ethiopia in 1935. (Mussolini, like Clint on and Blair was interested in a new World Order! He sought his in an alliance with another European Socialist, Adolph Hitler.) One of the most far fetched arguments to justify NATO aggression in the Balkans was offered by French President Chirac (whom one would have thought would know better than to get in bed with the Social Democrats on this on e), when he sought to justify the aggression as France's way to avoid another Munich! Of course, he has it backwards. It was the German--not the Allied position--at Munich, that German intervention in Czechoslovakia was r equired to protect an ethnic minority! The Internationalists The NATO Bureaucracy Since the beginning of this century, British intellectuals, of one stripe or another, have been trying to entangle America in their interests-- to ensnare us in some form of new world order. For example, in the first deca de of the century, the Will of the famous empire builder Cecil Rhodes established a program of scholarships for bright young British, American, German South Africans to study at Oxford--the avowed intention to provide a n intellectual
[CTRL] Early Returns
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Observer/Story/0,3879,48806,0 0.html Jordan to slam dunk boring Gore Basketball stars shoot for presidential nomination By Ed Vulliamy in New York Sunday May 9, 1999 Already they're calling it the 'basketball election'. Michael Jordan, wizard of the slam dunk, is considering a role as front man in a campaign to dislodge Vice-President Al Gore from the Democratic presidential nomination he regards as his right. There are reports that Jordan has already given $1,000 to the war chest of former basketball pro Bill Bradley. If so he would join a host of other basketball stars who have piled in behind him. Bradley played for the New York Knicks team in the 1970s. Now the team mates who helped him win two NBA championship medals are falling in line to speak at fundraisers, among them Phil Jackson. Jackson was Bradley's room mate on tour with the Knicks and became the most celebrated and successful coach in the game - the man who took the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships, the unchallenged zenith of basketball, before retiring last year. Jackson is the only man in the world with any sway over Michael Jordan - when Jackson quit after winning the Bulls their third consecutive championship, Jordan caused a stir by following suit - saying that he would only r eturn to the Bulls if his coach came back, too. There was an almighty row that went something like this: does a manager choose a team or vice versa? On his way into politics, Bradley kept his basketball career in the background, preferring to emphasise his Rhodes scholarship. But now that Bill Clinton has turned the US presidency into a pop celebrity cult, Bradley has , as he puts it, 'loosened up'. He is using the Clintonian postures of pop politics to challenge Clinton's man. The reason for the Bradley challenge - and for many Democrats supporting him with millions of dollars - is that the polls suggest the unthinkable: Al Gore could lose to the Republicans. For weeks the polls have shown Gore trailing Texas Governor George Bush Jr, and even sometimes Bush's challenger, Elizabeth Dole. Women - Clinton's bedrock of support - are the problem: they don't like Gore. It is as thou gh Gore, the Washington insider, was stuck with the job of treating the sewage of the Clinton Administration without the charm, charisma or luck to overcome the stench. By playing it safe, Gore has managed to make few enemies, and few friends. He was loyal to the President, but without too much conviction in case things went horribly wrong. He was not right-wing enough for the Right, but in courting them he lost his environmentalist support on the left. Enter Bradley, a flash-in-the-pan. There are no other contenders. For 11 months it will be one-on-one, as they say in basketball. As a player, Bradley was well known for his positioning, his quick-footedness off the ball. And he seems to have maintained this skill. Bradley is thus able to wander the farms of Iowa and the flats of Florida sounding rather like Bill Clinton did in 1991 - assailing poverty and low standards in schools. He cou nters questions about his limited political experience with answers about 'my life experience'. There is the added advantage of Mrs Bradley - or Professor Ernestine Misslebeck Schlant - a woman of high calibre who provides a startling contrast to her opposite number, Tipper Gore. Professor Schlant is a sharply dress ed don of literature who has survived breast cancer and speaks five languages. On Bradley's other arm is Bulls coach Jackson, who called Bradley 'something real special' while smooching with the AFL-CIO union conglomerates in Florida. Jackson stumped for him at a college in Crete, Nebraska, explaini ng 'I'm recognisable to young people who may not know who Bill Bradley is', before quoting Harry Truman in one breath, then telling the kids how he dealt with wild man Dennis Rodman in the next. On the other side of the court, defending his political hoop, is George W. Bush - or just plain 'W'. Although he has yet to declare his candidacy, Bush is a clear front-runner. A 'conservative with a conscience', 'W' can stand for wishy-washy or wise, depending on who you are. He insists that he is cast in a different mould from Dad, but has signed up many of his father's staff. Navigating a centre line, 'W' has the advantage of being a Republican who is for things rather than just against whatever President Clinton does; he has a way of being an avid free-marketeer who is also preoccupied with ' social promotion' for the working class. Bush's opposition is slight: Liddy Dole draws big crowds but would find it harder to raise big money than her husband's Viagra-enhanced assets. The billionaire-nerd Steve Forbes has the funds, but is too extra-terrestrial for mainstream voters. Dan Quayle put his foot in it as usual the other day, saying he hoped Clinton would not use the Littleton disaster
