Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: FDA conflicts of interest (USA Today)]
-Caveat Lector- I think just about everyone on this list knew this already but it is good and about time that this has made it into national news. How about we talk now about conflict of interest in the judicial system as well? On Tue, 26 September 2000, Nurev Ind Research wrote: -Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: FDA conflicts of interest (USA Today) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:36:02 -0500 (CDT) From: MichaelP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; http://www.usatoday.com/news/washdc/ncssun06.htm 09/25/00- Updated 12:24 AM ET FDA advisers tied to industry By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY More than half of the experts hired to advise the government on the safety and effectiveness of medicine have financial relationships with the pharmaceutical companies that will be helped or hurt by their decisions, a USA TODAY study found. These experts are hired to advise the Food and Drug Administration on which medicines should be approved for sale, what the warning labels should say and how studies of drugs should be designed. The experts are supposed to be independent, but USA TODAY found that 54% of the time, they have a direct financial interest in the drug or topic they are asked to evaluate. These conflicts include helping a pharmaceutical company develop a medicine, then serving on an FDA advisory committee that judges the drug. The conflicts typically include stock ownership, consulting fees or research grants. Federal law generally prohibits the FDA from using experts with financial conflicts of interest, but the FDA has waived the restriction more than 800 times since 1998. These pharmaceutical experts, about 300 on 18 advisory committees, make decisions that affect the health of millions of Americans and billions of dollars in drugs sales. With few exceptions, the FDA follows the committees' advice. The FDA reveals when financial conflicts exist, but it has kept details secret since 1992, so it is not possible to determine the amount of money or the drug company involved. A USA TODAY analysis of financial conflicts at 159 FDA advisory committee meetings from Jan. 1, 1998, through last June 30 found: At 92% of the meetings, at least one member had a financial conflict of interest. At 55% of meetings, half or more of the FDA advisers had conflicts of interest. Conflicts were most frequent at the 57 meetings when broader issues were discussed: 92% of members had conflicts. At the 102 meetings dealing with the fate of a specific drug, 33% of the experts had a financial conflict. "The best experts for the FDA are often the best experts to consult with industry," says FDA senior associate commissioner Linda Suydam, who is in charge of waiving conflict-of-interest restrictions. But Larry Sasich of Public Citizen , an advocacy group, says, "The industry has more influence on the process than people realize." == *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Feel free to distribute widely but PLEASE acknowledge the source. *** A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives
[CTRL] Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States
-Caveat Lector- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "conspiracy posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html Subject: Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States Hash: SHA1 ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization September 7, 2000 Alert: New Group Targets Police State Policies in America Totally new and ready to go - the organization dedicated to stopping and reversing America's steady drift toward a police state. It's Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States - we call it CCOPS. What is a police state? Basically, you have a police state when you have a large central government power structure that tells the people what to do. In a police state, you are required to do certain things - and you are prohibited from doing most anything else. You live in fear of failing to do what's required, and of being caught for doing something that's not allowed. Aren't all governments like that? No. The Founders' vision was a government that protected the rights of individual citizens to life, liberty and property. They built a nation of laws that established the rules of the game in which free people function and interact voluntarily. That means freedom in the home, freedom in the marketplace, freedom in your backyard. A society with a limited government, whose job is to keep the peace among free people, is not a police state. What does CCOPS do? CCOPS has one broad purpose: to oppose the formation of police states anywhere in the world. It especially focuses on the United States and North America, because that is where CCOPS is based. Opposing police states and preventing them from arising are powerful ways to protect every individual's rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. Why was CCOPS formed? CCOPS is not limited to charitable or educational functions, so CCOPS can advocate or criticize legislation and political candidates. While JPFO remains dedicated by law to its vital educational purpose, CCOPS can charge onto the battlefield on many issues without legal concerns forced upon us by the government. CCOPS bought its freedom from government control by giving up the tax exempt charitable/educational status. People have clamored for JPFO to take positions on political issues and candidates, but JPFO must not do that. CCOPS can - CCOPS will. Does America need CCOPS? Absolutely yes. At this moment CCOPS is gathering together the data showing how America's society and government are taking on the qualities of a police state. Speech codes. Political correctness. Persecution of disfavored minorities. Central government dictating the details of the lives and conduct of private citizens. Agencies developing technology and arming agents to track, snoop, restrict, license, tax, regulate, register and harass the citizens. Campaigns of coordinated disinformation. Destruction of core values that support individual liberty by engines of the state. CCOPS changes the way people see the problem. Most Americans don't know anything about the Bill of Rights. Showing that government edict or program violates the Bill of Rights doesn't seem to excite too many Americans. But whether they consider themselves leftist or rightist, nearly all Americans will understand when CCOPS unmasks a "police state policy." And that's exactly how CCOPS can generate public outrage - and action. Does CCOPS attack police officers? No. CCOPS applauds the police officers who carry out their vital duties to keep the peace in our society. CCOPS welcomes and actively seeks members from the ranks of the police and military services. When necessary, CCOPS will not hesitate to expose individuals who trample our Bill of Rights. Most of the men and women who serve as peace officers and in the armed forces understand their key role in our society, and they respect the limits of their duties. The more these people understand how a free society operates and the dangers of a police state, the safer we all become with their help. Why should people join CCOPS? To take a stand against police state policies. To stop Big Brother before he moves in permanently. To combat the fascist and socialist ideas that underlie the seemingly endless expansion of big government. To protect ourselves, our children and our nation from the horrors that befall a land that allows itself to become a police state. If you are against Sarah Brady, Charlie Schumer and other freedom-haters, then you are for CCOPS. You must choose: Will it be a police state? Or will it be an America run for and by the Bill of Rights? Join us. Sign up today. Click on http://www.ccops.org/ Thank you, Aaron Zelman P.S.: Be sure to sign up for the CCOPS internet e-mail alerts. Many CCOPS messages will be too political for JPFO to send. The only source of all CCOPS
[CTRL] False Memory Foundation.Michael Aquino and other
-Caveat Lector- Stalking Curio Jones - An Open Letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune By Alex Constantine The stalkers have arrived with bells on. "Armed with a telephoto lens and a laptop computer with a hidden camera," San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Mark Sauer informs us, "Michelle Devereaux headed south from San Francisco on a mission to find Curio."1 Ms. Devereaux, a vociferous member of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF), and Barry, a friend, "camped out for hours at the computer lab in San Diego State University's Love Library," patiently waiting for Curio to arrive and log on at the library's computer lab. Devereaux, 43, has, according to Sauer, "a plethora of tattoos and body piercings and an extraordinary knowledge of cyberspace after 20 years in the computer business." She and her fellow "cyber-sleuth" hoped to catch "Curio" in the act - not of a crime, mind, not even a misdemeanor, but of posting documentation on organized child molestation and expressing opinions on the same in the Internet's Usenet newsgroups, a public forum. What's up with that? "In her zeal to protect 'young victims,'" Sauer explains, "Curio has posted extensive information about notable individuals who worked hard over the years to debunk the notion of satanic-ritual abuse." Among the "notables" targeted by Curio, count ... · DR. RALPH C. UNDERWAGER - Former director of the FMSF, forced to resign in 1993 after it was widely reported that he'd opined in Paidika (³Darling,² in Greek), a journal published by and for pedophiles, that they should proclaim it "God's will" that adults engage in sex acts with children. Nevertheless, he is often quoted in the media and has appeared as an "expert" in over 100 child abuse trials. In 1988, a New York State court decision held that Underwager was "not qualified to render any opinion as to whether or not [a child] was sexually molested." This was painfully clear on December 19, 1993, when the London Times reported his reference to unspecified ³scientific evidence² that demonstrated ³60% of women sexually abused as children reported that the experience had been GOOD for them. He contended the same should be true for boys involved with pedophiles.² Underwager blames feminists for the current climate of rancor toward pedophiles because they are ³jealous² of ³men¹s ability to love other men or children and have stirred up hysteria over pedophilia.²2 · MICHAEL AQUINO - A former military intelligence officer with top-security clearance at the Pentagon and the disgraced high priest of the Temple of Set in San Francisco, a quasi-Satanic sect that dabbles in Nazi occultism and "invisibility," among other quack pursuits. In 1984-85, Curio wrote in one of her Internet postings, "there were reports of sexual-ritual abuse at Jubilation Daycare, operated by Barbara and Sharon Orr in Fort Bragg, Northern California. This case was investigated by Mendocino County Sheriff deputies. Eventually some 400 pages of reports were submitted, but the DA declined to prosecute, resulting in no criminal charges filed against the Orrs. Due to the fact they had a history of complaints against their daycare center, some of which were upheld and one cited a child experiencing unusual punishment, the Orrs ultimately surrendered their childcare license in 1984." (The case is detailed in Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse, by Pamela Hudson, a therapist who provided counseling to children allegedly abused at the daycare center.) Aquino was implicated in a related scandal at the Presidio Army base, but the SFPD abandoned the probe in August 1988. Michael Aquino insists there was no substance to the charges, and the Pentagon dropped them. However, says Curio, the Army's public position "is in stark contrast to their actual stated position as described in a transcript of the hearing on the motion to dismiss dated May 31, 1991. He sued the Army in part because they refused to remove his name from the titling block or amend their report stating he was the subject of an investigation for sexual abuse and related crimes. The court document notes that several members of the Army thought there was probable cause to 'Title' Aquino with offenses of indecent acts with a child, sodomy, conspiracy, kidnapping, and false swearing."3 Aquino has twice attempted to sue ElectriCity, Curio's ISP server, and twice the case was tossed out of court, "with prejudice." ELIZABETH LOFTUS - Another board member of the FMSF. Loftus's academic interests have long fueled suspicions that the organization, which defends accused child abusers and pedophiles in the courtroom and the press, is more concerned with supporting the accused than ferreting out the facts. Before she joined the FMSF, Loftus testified in 150 criminal cases, always on behalf of defendants. Critics, she concedes, find her "research" to be "highly prejudicial." (Mark Sauer, however, claims that Loftus is "an internationally
[CTRL] In praise of Bayes - more a religion than a science
-Caveat Lector- http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/index_st4832.html In praise of Bayes Bayesianism is a controversial but increasingly popular approach to statistics that offers many benefitsalthough not everyone is persuaded of its validity It is not often that a man born 300 years ago suddenly springs back to life. But that is what has happened to the Reverend Thomas Bayes, an 18th-century Presbyterian minister and mathematicianin spirit, at least, if not in body. Over the past decade the value of a statistical method outlined by Bayes in a paper first published in 1763 has become increasingly apparent and has resulted in a blossoming of Bayesian methods in scientific fields ranging from archaeology to computing. Bayess fans have restored his tomb and posted pictures of it on the Internet, and a celebratory bash is planned for next year to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth. There is even a Bayes songbookthough, since Bayesians are an academic bunch, it is available only in the obscure file formats that are used for scientific papers. Proponents of the Bayesian approach argue that it has many advantages over traditional, frequentist statistical methods. Expressing scientific results in Bayesian terms, they suggest, makes them easier to understand and makes borderline or inconclusive results less prone to misinterpretation. Bayesians claim that their methods could make clinical trials of drugs faster and fairer, and computers easier to use. There are even suggestions that Bayess ideas could prompt a re-evaluation of fundamental scientific concepts of evidence and causality. Not bad for an old dead white male. Previous convictions The essence of the Bayesian approach is to provide a mathematical rule explaining how you should change your existing beliefs in the light of new evidence. In other words, it allows scientists to combine new data with their existing knowledge or expertise. The canonical example is to imagine that a precocious newborn observes his first sunset, and wonders whether the sun will rise again or not. He assigns equal prior probabilities to both possible outcomes, and represents this by placing one white and one black marble into a bag. The following day, when the sun rises, the child places another white marble in the bag. The probability that a marble plucked randomly from the bag will be white (ie, the childs degree of belief in future sunrises) has thus gone from a half to two-thirds. After sunrise the next day, the child adds another white marble, and the probability (and thus the degree of belief) goes from two-thirds to three-quarters. And so on. Gradually, the initial belief that the sun is just as likely as not to rise each morning is modified to become a near-certainty that the sun will always rise. In a Bayesian analysis, in other words, a set of observations should be seen as something that changes opinion, rather than as a means of determining ultimate truth. In the case of a drug trial, for example, it is possible to evaluate and compare the degree to which a sceptic and an enthusiast would be convinced by a particular set of results. Only if the sceptic can be convinced should a drug be licensed for use. This is far more subtle than the traditional way of presenting results, in which an outcome is deemed statistically significant only if there is a better than 95% chance that it could not have occurred by chance. The problem, according to Robert Matthews, a mathematician at Aston University in Birmingham, is that medical researchers have failed to understand that subtlety. In a paper to be published shortly in the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, he sets out to demystify the Bayesian approach, and explains how to apply it after the event to existing data. Patients in clinical trials will soon benefit. Bayesian methods offer the possibility of modifying a trial while it is being conducted, something that is impossible with traditional statistics. Andy Grieve and his colleagues at Pfizer, a drug firm, are intending to do just that. Traditionally, dose-allocation trialsin which the aim is to establish the most effective dose of a new druginvolve giving different groups of patients different doses and evaluating the results once the trial has finished. This is fine from a statistical point of view, but unfair on those patients who turn out to have been given non-optimal doses. Rather than analysing the results at the end of a trial, Dr Grieves method will evaluate patients responses during it, and adjust the doses accordingly. The advantage of this over the traditional approach that it maximises the medical benefit to all participants. It also means that fewer people are needed to conduct a trial, because participants on non-optimal doses can have those doses changed to increase the amount of data collected near the optimal dose. Pfizer is intending to conduct a trial using this new method, and the plan is to
[CTRL] The Star Children
-Caveat Lector- The Star Children By Mary Rodwell In this article the Australian Close Encounter Resource Network (ACERN) open its files on research into 'the New Humans', Homo noeticus, 'the Star Children', or 'the new kids on the block', and compares that Australian evidence with the latest research from America and the United Kingdom. There is a quote from the last chapter of the book The Aliens and the Scalpel (1999) by surgeon Dr Roger Leir who writes, "I believe that any mother that looks at her recently-born child in comparison with children born twenty years ago, will testify that there is a tremendous difference. Some look upon the differences in the 'new humans' and say the reasons for this have to do with better prenatal care etc. In my opinion this supposition is nonsense, and in light of my more recent studies and exposure to the alien abduction phenomenon, I have come to the conclusion that the rapid advancement of the human species is due to alien intervention in our bodies and minds. UFO researcher Bob Dean has spoken many times of the development of a new humanity called Homo noeticus. This is a term coined by noted author John White who has been doing research into parapsychology and noetics (the study of consciousness) for many years" (Leir, p.191). Some of the unusual qualities Leir is referring to are: 1) The ability of babies to read written print. 2) Sign language being used to communicate with toddlers not old enough to speak. 3) Advancements in crawling or age of speech. "The question is why? I suggest the answer involves alien manipulation of human genetics" (Leir, p.192). More research will obviously be needed to conform these claims before the scientific and medical world will accept them. We first need to establish whether more gifted children than normal are being born and what their range of abilities are, and then we would need to eliminate other causes for such abilities such as better nutrition and parenting. Unfortunately, proving that an increased incidence of genius-level children is the result of alien intervention is made even more difficult in a society that denies that UFOs, aliens, and paranormal abilities even exist. Another respected researcher, Colin Wilson, in his book Alien Dawn (1998, p.309) writes, "Not long before Andrija Puharich's death, I was asked to write an article about him, and rang his home in America. When I asked him about what he was working on, he told me he was working on the study of supernormal children. 'You wouldn't believe how many of these kids are out there. They seem to be on genius level. I know dozens, and there are probably thousands'." Wilson ends his book by writing, "And this, I suspect is the beginning of the change that the UFOs are working on" (p.309). Richard Boylan, psychologist, clinical hypnotherapist, and secretary of the Academy of Clinical Close Encounter Therapists (ACCET) in America, not only acknowledges the evidence for Homo noeticus, but has a name for them. He calls them 'Star Kids'. He believes they exist in sufficient numbers to run workshops for both them and their parents. These workshops are called 'Helping Children Explore their ET Encounters' and are designed for those: "special children, and their parents, who have been touched by a heritage from the Stars. They often seem like little adults in children's bodies. They often have a gaze, a knowingness that belies their years. Telepathic down-loading, often during the night, in what are made to seem like 'dreams' increases the range and perspective in which these children operate. The children seem at home with complex devices, which their parents struggle to master. Some of these children are what I call Star Kids. Defined as a child with both human and extraterrestrial origin. The extraterrestrial contribution to the child's make-up may come from reproductive material, from genetic engineering, from biomedical technology, and telepathic consciousness linking, as well as from directed incarnation of an ET into a human body" (Boylan, 1999). He continues: "The child is conceived from parents who are themselves 'experiencers'. And the genetic material is in part extraterrestrial, or they have at least had their human genome altered by ET bio-engineering to bring out abilities beyond the average. These children are either much brighter, more cosmically minded, more psychic, or all three, than their human peers. Some invariably remember a previous life in which they have lived with their ET family. I have found they have volunteered for a round of incarnation as a human on Earth, particularly at this pivotal time. These kids are often confused at first by the primitiveness of Earth, their dense physical bodies, and often witless thinking and behaviour of their age mates, not to mention the adults they observe. These children really unnerve their parents when they talk about where they came from, or their 'real' ET parents 'up
[CTRL] More than 200 Olympic threats
-Caveat Lector- From the SMH website http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/news/2000/09/30/FFXN9PNEQDC.html More than 200 Olympic threats 2:14PM, Sep 30 Police had received more than 200 threats against the Sydney Olympic Games, New South Wales Police Commissioner Peter Ryan said today. All of the threats had been checked and most were determined to be hoaxes, said Commissioner Ryan, who heads security for the Games. No explosive devices had been found. ''We received somewhere on average of about 12 different threats a day,'' he said. ''Many of them were hoaxes, others it was difficult to say, but remedial action was taken by the police and by the defence force working with the police in terms of the bomb disposal and search teams to make sure any threat was thoroughly analysed and neutralised before it became a reality. ''We did in fact respond with bomb search teams to the venues and the places where those threats were made against. ''There were no explosive devices found or dealt with - there were no explosive devices.'' Several people had been interviewed about the threats but no charges had been laid, Commissioner Ryan said. Olympic Security Commander Paul McKinnon said a typical case involved an extortion and bomb threat against Stadium Australia where the perpetrator was caught quickly after a detective traced the call to the north coast of NSW. ''He rang the local cops at Casino, they drove around and the silly bugger was still in the phone-box,'' he told reporters. ''Mainly that was the sorts of things we dealt with. ''The person was taken into custody about a week ago and we were advised by the locals that he had a long history of psychiatric care and it would have been inappropriate to proceed with the matter.'' Commissioner Ryan said that some of the threats had been delivered via the internet. ''We have received threats by the internet which we have traced back to source despite that fact that one of them tried very hard to disguise its source of origin by hiding it through different countries, but we are good enough to be able to track that down,'' he said. ''It turned out it was sourced back to Australia but it bounced all over the world to get here, trying to hide to footprints in the sand, but we got there before the tide came in and that person is helping us with our inquires into that matter.'' Commander McKinnon later said the level of threat received had been comparable to the number usually received during university or HSC exams and had been mainly made by ''fruit loops''. AAP A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] More on smear in anthropology
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This is an open email from Dr. Samuel Katz, sent to numerous
individuals, including the original recipients of the Turner/Sponsel
email:
Because I was the co-developer (with John F. Enders, Nobel laureate)
of measles vaccine, I have been the recipient over the past 10 days
of numerous phone calls and e-mails regarding the Yanomami and
Patrick Tierney's accusations (Darkness in El Dorado). I am neither
an anthropologist nor a geneticist. I am a pediatrician-vaccinologist
who has spent the past 44 years in studies of various vaccines,
especially measles.
Among the materials sent me is a memo (undated) from Terry Turner and
Leslie Sponsel to Louise Lamphere and Don Brenneis. Their comments
regarding Neel's use of measles vaccine are totally incorrect.
Edmonston B vaccine which Neel administered at a time when an
epidemic of measles was already underway (Amer J Epidemiology, 1970,
91:418-429, Neel et al) was a scientifically established and proven
method of attempting to interrupt an outbreak. Nearly 19 million
infants and children between 1963 and 1975 in the US and
internationally received this licensed (by FDA) vaccine with or
without immune globulin. Vaccine virus has never been transmitted to
susceptible contacts and cannot cause measles even in intimate
contacts. Drs. Turner's and Sponsel's memo indulges in hyperbole as
well as errors ("virulent vaccine", "counterindicated by medical
experts", "greatly exacerbated and probably started the epidemic of
measles", etc.). Who are the unnamed "medical experts" they cite?
Once again, I cannot comment on Neel's style, goals or objectives,
but the use of Edmonston B vaccine in an attempt to halt an epidemic
was a justifiable, proven and valid approach. In no way could it
initiate or exacerbate an epidemic. Continued circulation of these
charges is not only unwarranted, but truly egregious.
Yours very truly,
Samuel L. Katz, MD Wilburt C. Davison Professor Chairman Emeritus
Department of Pediatrics
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[CTRL] The professor of lies
-Caveat Lector- THE TRUTH AND EDWARD SAID By Jeff Jacoby September 28, 2000 Edward Said, the world's most renowned Palestinian intellectual, was exposed as a fraud last summer. The experience apparently taught him nothing. For decades Said had passed himself off as an exile-an Arab born and raised in Jerusalem only to be driven out by the Jews in the runup to the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. He had told the story often, lacing his narrative with poignant detail. "I feel even more depressed," he reminisced in March 1998, "when I remember my beautiful old house surrounded by pine and orange trees in Al-Talbiyeh in east Jerusalem." In a BBC documentary he recalled his years at St. George's, an Anglican prep school in Jerusalem; he and a boy named David Ezra, Said recollected, used to sit together in the back of the classroom. He told another interviewer in 1997 that he could still identify the rooms in his family's former house "where as a boy he read 'Sherlock Holmes' and 'Tarzan,' and where he and his mother read Shakespeare to each other." All this was lost when his family fled from Talbiyeh in December 1947, driven out, as he explained, by the "Jewish-forces sound truck [that] warned Arabs to leave the neighborhood." But as Justus Reid Weiner showed in Commentary, the influential journal of opinion, Said's tragic tale was largely a fabrication. The Saids, it turned out, had lived in Egypt, not Palestine. Edward Said grew up and went to school in a posh neighborhood in Cairo, where his father had a thriving business. Now and then the family would visit cousins in Jerusalem; Edward was born during one such visit in 1935. But on his birth certificate, the Saids' place of residence was listed as Cairo; the space for indicating a local address in Palestine was left blank. Weiner looked into the expulsion of Talbiyeh's Arabs in 1947. It never happened. He checked the student registries at St. George's. There was no mention of Edward Said. He even interviewed David Ezra, the student with whom Said sat in the back of the room. Because of his bad eyesight, Ezra told Weiner, he had always sat up front. Said occupies a lofty perch in the world of letters: He holds an endowed chair in English and literature at Columbia University, he is a highly sought-after lecturer, and he has served, at various times, as president of the Modern Language Association, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. But he is known above all as a zealous champion of the Palestinian cause. For many years he sat on the Palestine National Council, the PLO's "parliament in exile," and was a close advisor to Yasser Arafat. He has savaged Israel and pressed the Palestinians' case in every forum imaginable, from op-ed columns to radio broadcasts to congressional testimony. And his words were accorded great moral force, for wasn't Said himself a victim of Zionist usurpation? Hadn't he himself suffered displacement and exile? When the world learned that he wasn't and he hadn't, his moral authority shriveled. It was as if, one observer put it, "we found out that Elie Wiesel spent the war in Geneva, not Auschwitz." One might have thought that the embarrassment of it all would convince Said to stop lying about himself. And yet his fabrications continue. During a visit to Lebanon in July, Said was seen hurling rocks over the border into Israel. Throwing stones at Israelis has been a popular pastime among Arab tourists in southern Lebanon ever since Israel withdrew in May. This stoning has drawn little international attention, even though several Israelis have been wounded, some permanently. But when Agence France Press released a photo of the world's most famous Palestinian intellectual joining in the violence, it made the papers everywhere. Said was sharply condemned, even in quarters where he is normally only praised. The Beirut Daily Star was appalled that a man "who has labored . . . to dispel stereotypes about Arabs being 'violent'" would let himself "be swayed by a crowd into picking up a stone and lofting it across the international border." On Said's own campus, the Columbia Daily Spectator blasted his "hypocritical violent action" as "alien to this or any other institution of learning." His response was to shrug off the incident as merely "a symbolic gesture of joy"-and to lie. His rock, he said, had been "tossed into an empty place." Witnesses told a different story. London's Daily Telegraph reported that Said "stood less than 10 yards from Israeli soldiers in a two-story, blue-and-white watchtower from which flew five Israeli flags." As for the damning AFP photograph, Said professed surprise: "I had no idea that media people were there, or that I was the object of attention." But AFP had a very different explanation-as two Columbia professors, Awi Federgruen and Robert Pollack, found out when they contacted the press agency. What they learned, they wrote in the Spectator, was
[CTRL] Fwd: [The_Spike] Texaco agrees to settle oil royalty suit for $43 million
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the Kristeen Young show Thursday night. On my way to CB's 313 Gallery, somebody drove right up my rear bumper and kept flashing his lights like a maniac. I signaled him to keep off my rear and he just kept driving up my rear bumper and flashing his brights. Finally, I flipped him the bird. He turned out to be a cop. He gave me a ticket for improper hand signal. Before I continue- Wow!!! Su'mer speaks six languages! Which ones? I learned Spanish as a second language back in the day, but every time I used it, everyone answered me in English. Very frustrating. The settlements stem from charges made by two whistleblowers in a 1996 lawsuit against 18 large oil companies. I don't know if this is news to anyone, but a few years ago, an effort was made to repeal the Whistleblowers Act on the claim that it was unfair to businesses. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an effort made against the Whistleblowers Act again in the future. Or tie it in with the label of "government waste" or the slogan of "downsizing big government". I remember a few years ago on Nightline Sen. Al D'Amato and a few other Republicans were asked what they meant by downsizing big government. The first answers they all gave was getting rid of "unnecessary environmental regulations". They also mentioned either decreasing the role of or the getting rid of government regulatory agencies like the EPA and one or two of the Republicans in the interview made the comment that the businesses have been around long enough to know what's safe and what isn't and should be given the right to regulate themselves. When I was an environmental manager for Clean Water of New York, Inc., I used to receive newsletters that were always talking about the "oppressive Big Brother" environmental regulations that all the "little businessmen" had to abide by and was always mentioning phrases like "less government" and "more freedom". Today, whenever I hear people use terms like "government waste" and "excess regulatory measures", I become suspicious that they must be in the same league as the writers of the newsletters that were delivered to Clean Water of New York, Inc. For those who might be wondering about my scenario and stay at Clean Water of New York, Inc., I was hired to be the environmental manager of a barge facility that would clean out vessels and reclaim the oil from the sediment and sell it. They chose to do everything from a barge predominantly so that they would be regulated by the Coast Guard, which, at least at the time, had less demanding standards to abide by when compared with other regulatory agencies. The state of New York did start to include passages in their environmental law books that would make mention of docked off shore facilities in their rules and regulations to include them in the laws laid out for everyone else "on land", probably as a result of the existence of this barge facility. My stay there went sour when the Coast Guard visited the facility and asked me questions regarding the facility. It really turned out to be nothing; they were confused about the change of the names of the barges there and were wondering if a few barges had turned up overnight. What I didn't like was that my direct supervisor, who was the head of the facility, practically ducked and took cover under his desk during the coast guard visit. He had once made the comment to me that not everyone would take a position where "their neck could be on a chopping block" and after the Coast Guard visit I found out that there were things going on behind my back that I was not aware of and did not approve of, ranging from nobody performing enough or any sample testing to the facility itself running without a required permit. At that point I felt like a turkey about to be introduced to the chopping block and relations between myself and my supervisor quickly grew hostile and in the end I was no longer with the facility. This actually turned out to be a good thing. Six months after I was no longer there, the parent company, Eklof Marine, wanted one of their barges to be sent to Rhode Island. On the way to Rhode Island, the barge and the accompanying tugboat encountered a storm. Instead of waiting the storm out, they decided to go ahead and travel through the storm. The end result created the largest oil spill in the history of Rhode Island. Eklof Marine was fined seven million dollars. From what I understand, their insurance paid for the fine. If anyone was curious and wanted to know more about this incident, here's a few pages that have the story: http://www.house.gov/transportation/cgmt/03-24-99/03-24-99memo.htm Look under the criminal liability section for the story. http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/boston/pressrel/1997/eklofmarine.htm Yep. This attracted the FBI's attention. http://www.corporatepredators.org/top100.html It's #39 on this list. I think
[CTRL] NW: The Bush Family and the Medicine Man
-Caveat Lector- "Federal and state campaign records show that, as his troubles escalated, so too have Braswell¹s campaign contributions. " - - - The Bush Family and the Medicine Man A Florida ³natural remedies² magnate and convicted felon is now a big financial supporter of the GOP By Michael Isikoff NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE September 29 As Florida Gov. Jeb Bush mobilizes for an all-out push to carry his state for brother George W.¹s presidential bid, his cause has gotten a big financial boostfrom a controversial direct-mail promoter of ³alternative² health care products whose business practices are under scrutiny by federal law-enforcement officials.A. GLENN BRASWELL, a Florida-based mail-order magnate who once served seven months in federal prison for perjury and mail fraud, has contributed $220,000 to Republican causes during the past two yearsincluding $25,000 to George W. Bush¹s gubernatorial re-election campaign in 1998 and another $125,000 in ³soft money² donations to the Florida Republican Party, federal and state records show. During the same period of time, Braswell has gotten some unusual promotional help for his health care business-from Jeb Bush. A recent edition of the Journal of Longevitya monthly magazine that serves as an advertising vehicle for anti-aging formulas, sex-drive enhancers and other Braswell health productsfeatured an article that ran under the byline of the Florida governor. Moving quickly to quell any controversy about the relationship between Braswell and the Bush family, a spokesman for Texas Gov. Bush told NEWSWEEK today that Bush¹s gubernatorial campaign is returning the $25,000 contribution that Braswell made in 1998. The spokesman, Dan Bartlett, said Bush had a standing policy of refusing campaign contributions from ³convicted felons.² In the July, 2000 article in the Journal of Longevity, Jeb Bush touts his commitment, and that of George W. Bush, to new health-care approaches that meet the needs of senior citizens. One of the most important, he writes, is greater emphasis on ³alternative² medical treatments, citing the ³growing popular demand² for natural ³therapies and nutrients²the same sort of products that Braswell markets in his direct-mail business. The article is accompanied by a color photo of the Florida governor standing side by side with a beaming George W. Bush. ³This is unfortunateit¹s endorsement by association,² said Dr. Stephen Barrett, the chairman of Quackwatch, a group that monitors health industry claims. Barrett noted that, over the past two decades, Braswell¹s companies have been repeatedly chastised by federal regulators for their advertising and labeling practices. By agreeing to appear in Braswell¹s magazine, the Florida governor was implicitly lending his name and prestige to his companies¹ product lines, Barrett said. ³Here you have a prominent and popular governor who is appearing to endorse these products,² said Barrett. But Katie Baur, Jeb Bush¹s communications secretary, said that the Florida governor hadn¹t done any special favors for Braswelland may even have been misled himself by the GOP campaign donor. ³This office receives hundreds of requests for articles like that and we attempt to answer all of them,² said Baur. ³This request was like every other.² Baur said that after the article appeared, Bush¹s office complained that the Journal of Longevity had altered the version approved by the governor¹s staff and inserted passages that seemed to more directly promote some of Braswell¹s health products. ³We were very disappointed that they would take liberty with the article we sent them,² she said. ³There was an implied endorsement of products that in no way shape or form was intended.² But exactly when, and why, Bush¹s office complained about the alterations is unclear. Asked for a copy of any letter of protest the governor¹s office sent the Journal of Longevity, Baur instead faxed NEWSWEEK a copy of a brief memo that was written by Ron Tepper, editor of the Journal of Longevity. In the memo, Tepper apologized for an ³editing error² that resulted in the magazine publishing a version of the article ³that was not the version approved by Governor Bush.² The letter was dated August 23, 2000, the day after a NEWSWEEK reporter showed up in the offices of the Journal of Longevity in Marina Del Ray, Calif. and inquired about Braswell¹s ties to Jeb Bush and George W. Bush. Tepper said he had not received any complaints from Bush¹s office prior to that. He also described the changes as small, involving the insertion of one paragraph. Bush¹s reference to ³therapies and nutrients²the kinds of products offered by Braswellwas contained in the original version of the article supplied to Newsweek by Jeb Bush¹s office. The Jeb Bush article ran under the heading ³Health Care Reform.² But the story of how it came about appears to say as much about
Re: [CTRL] Turks and Armenians corner Jews in debate over genocide
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 09/28/2000 6:01:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : The bill was endorsed a week ago by a subcommittee of the House : of Representatives, and is expected to be debated in the committee : plenum. The law calls upon the president to "define as genocide the : systematic and intentional murder of a million-and-a-half Armenians," : and asks the State Department to pass on this material to American : diplomats. The Armenians are of course seeking to obtain American : recognition for the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey in 1915. : The Armenian initiative did not make waves in the American media, : and has little chance of passing the coming stages of legislation. : The : State Department even published a condemnation of the decision in : the House of Representatives. "Historians, not lawmakers, are the : ones who should be concerned with this matter," explained the State : Department spokesman. "We are prepared to assist the efforts of the : Turkish and Armenian experts, together with academics from other : countries, to study their joint history." The State Department is right. I've no idea why this has become a matter constantly brought up in Congress. I don't think they made a fuss in 1915, but they've been carping on it for at least the last ten years. The Turks and Armenians truly understand the issue. It has been a kind of magnified blood feud ever since it happened. When I looked into the matter some years ago, it seemed that this all came up when Russia and Turkey were fighting. At that time, the Armenians were a fairly large population in Eastern Turkey, where even today many Armenians are to be found. At that time, they had magnificent churches, monestaries, and they were especially noted for their skill as silversmiths. They did fine work in other metals as well, and were excellent businessmen. They wanted their own country, and the Russians said that if they would fight on the side of Russia, that when Russia won the war, they would be given their own country. Unfortunately for the Armenians, the Russians lost and went home, leaving the Armenians to reap the wrath of the Turks who to this day consider treason the worst sin there is. A similar state of affairs happened in VietNam when the Americans took to their heels and left the South Vietnamese to face the wrath of the North. We have not yet taken the North Vietnamese to task for their treatment of the South Vietnamese, and yet we had much more to do with that matter. The Government of the United States should keep its nose out of the business between the Turks and Armenians. Our voiced opinions (whatever they may be) will add nothing positive to this problem. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] A Man's Home is his Castle and he is the King
-Caveat Lector- Well Kris I think the "elites" are the peons most of whom through criminal conduct have made a fortune.So I send this as a reminder that they are the peons and an albatross on the back of every citizen in this country.when you see how Hollywood and Clinton work together, and see these people buying up America and hogging land intended for people, not parasites - I always remember the Barons who put the King in his proper place, or it would have been off with his head...this little item by Senator Byrd is a nice item.and as for going through the eye of the needle - the eye is beginning to close now...Huzzah. Saba National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons Electronic Newsletter, August, 2000 TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY MAGNA CHARTA DAMES AND BARONS Information - June 11 - 20, 2001 Lost Charta Dames and Barons [Congressional Record: June 15, 2000 (Senate), Page S5182, From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:cr15jn00-96] MAGNA CARTA Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, today is a very special anniversary. One will not find it noted on most calendars. Although it lacks the familiarity of the anniversary of the writing of the Constitution, for example, it is a day well worth remembering. The 15th day of this month deserves our attention for one very fundamental reason which is quite important to this Republic and to those of us in this Chamber. It marks the birth of the idea that ours is a government of laws and not of men, and that no man, no man is above the law. Seven hundred and eighty-five years ago, on June 15, 1215, English barons met on the plains of Runnymede, on the Thames River near Windsor Castle, to present a list of demands to their king. King John had recently engaged in a series of costly and disastrous military adventures against France. These operations had drained the royal treasury and forced King John to receive the barons' list of demands. These demands--known as the Articles of the Barons--were intended as a restatement of ancient baronial liberties, as a limitation on the king's power to raise funds, and as a reassertion of the principle of due process under law, at that time referred to in these words, ``law of the land.´´ Under great pressure, King John accepted the barons´ demands on June 15 and set his royal seal to their set of stipulations. Four days later, the king and barons agreed on a formal version of that document. It is that version that we know today as Magna Carta. Thirteen copies were made and distributed to every English county to be read to all freemen. Four of those copies survive today. Several of this ancient document's sixty-three clauses are of towering importance to our system of government. The thirty-ninth clause, evident in the U.S. Constitution's Fifth and Fourteenth amendments, underscores the vital importance of the rule of law and due process of law. It reads ``No freeman shall be captured or imprisoned . . . except by lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.´´ Beginning with Henry III, the nine-year-old who succeeded King John in 1216, English kings reaffirmed Magna Carta many times, and in 1297 under Edward I it became a fundamental part of English law in the confirmation of the charters. (An original of the 1297 edition is on indefinite loan from the Perot Foundation and is displayed in the rotunda of the National Archives.) In 1368, that would have been under the reign of Edward III, a statute of Edward III established the supremacy of Magna Carta by requiring that it ``be holden and kept in all Points; and if there be any Statute made to the contrary, it shall be holden for none.´´ In the early 1600s, the jurist and parliamentary leader Sir Edward Coke interpreted Magna Carta as an instrument of human liberty, and in doing so, made it a weapon in the parliamentary struggle against the gathering absolutism of the Stuart monarchy. As he proclaimed to Parliament in 1628, ``Magna Carta will have no sovereign.´´ Unless Englishmen insist on their rights, another observed, ``then farewell Parliaments and farewell England.´´ By the end of that century, through the course of civil war and the Glorious Revolution, the rights of self-government, first acknowledged in 1215, became firmly secured. As settlers began their migration to England's colonies throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, they took with them an understanding of their laws and liberties as Englishmen. Magna Carta inspired William Penn as he shaped Pennsylvania's charter of government. Members of the colonial Stamp Act Congress in 1765 interpreted Magna Carta to secure the right to jury trials. After the colonies declared their independence of Great Britain, many of their new state constitutions carried bills of rights derived from the 1215 charter, Magna Carta. As University of Virginia law professor A.E. Dick Howard notes in his classic study of the
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: HoffmanWire: 9 Days to Lieberman's Kol Nidrei
-Caveat Lector- William Shannon wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/29/00 7:30:37 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "All vows, prohibitions, oaths, consecrations or equivalent terms that we may vow, swear, consecrate, or prohibit upon ourselves from this Yom Kippur until the next Yom Kippur, may it come upon us for good - regarding them all, we repudiate them henceforth. They all will be abandoned, cancelled, null and void; they will be without power and without standing. Our vows shall not be valid vows; our prohibitions shall not be valid prohibitions; and our oaths shall not be valid oaths." I don't know what he thinks this means, do any of you? Now here's the clincher: we have from today until Oct. 8 to take this information and hector the media, the clergy, the professors and the Democrats (and even revisionist publications and allies who thus far have been silent). Keep the message pithy and brutally direct. Ask a simple question which only Michael A. Hoffman II has thus far dared to ask, and the media --including the kosher-conservative media -- refuse to ask: How can a man who performs the Kol Nidrei rite and recites the words of the preceding text - invalidating all the oaths he will make in the coming year -- be trusted to uphold the oath he will make to the Constitution should he be elected Vice-President of the US? Oh I get it now. Lieberman has found a Jewish legalistic way out of a secular oath which means he can't be trusted. This presumes that Jewish law overrides secular law. This presumes wrong. But what can one expect from the idiot who brought the " Khazar " theory to half baked bigots? So you DO get it...and this sums up the entire jist of this article...like Hoffman or not this is a valid and interesting point! Bill. (NOT an Xian either!) No it's not Bill. He's an ignorant prick who hates Jews and looks for ways to demonize them for profit. His whole idea here is wrong. He doesn't understand what he is saying. His presentation is superficial and he has concocted this silly conspiracy to hook his audience of Christian bigots who will gladly pay for his " materials." I don't want to explain the details of what the Kol Nidre is saying. But you people must understand that Jews have lived in foreign countries for a long time. The primary directive of Jewish law is to comply with the laws of the host country UNLESS THOSE LAWS FORCE CONVERSION OR MURDER. Looking for phrases in the vastness of the literature to prove anything can be easily done when taken out of context. The case he makes for Kol Nidre's negation of oaths was taken out of context and actually means the opposite of what Hoffman says it means. Because Hoffman is an idiot with a truly ignorant audience, he can tell them any kind of nonsense and they are happy to believe it. That he claims to have " unearthed " the Kol Nidre is so absurd that it's quite funny. It's like saying Columbus discovered a land where people came out to greet him. It's like discovering the name Jesus in a Christian hymnal. Joshua2 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Fwd: ISRAELI ARMY TARGETS PALESTINIANS throughout occupied territories and Jerusalem
Sounds just like home..soon will it be our police vs. the guestapo? A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy ___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ PALESTINIANS UNDER FIRE EVERYWHERE http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! - - - - - - - - - - To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISRAEL ARMY SNIPERS AIM TO KILL AND MAIM MID-EAST REALITIES - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 30 September 2000: Throughout the occupied territories, including Gaza, the Israeli army remains present and in charge. In recent days the army even entered the limited areas supposedly under the complete control of the "Palestinian Authority" under the guise of "chasing terrorists". This summary of what took place yesterday in Jerusalem comes from The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees. Today, Saturday, reports are coming in of Israeli Army shootings of Palestinians throughout the occupied territories as well as in Gaza and Jerusalem. 400 PALESTINIANS INJURED, 5 KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES JERUSALEM - September 29, 2000, 9:30 PM - Following yesterday's provocative visit to the Haram Al-Sharif (Dome of the Rock complex) by former defense minister and Member of Knesset Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Defense Forces and police increased armed presence in and around Al-Aqsa mosque and throughout the Old City of Jerusalem. Today, as worshippers exited Al-Aqsa mosque after the Friday noon prayer, they were confronted by Israeli police officers and soldiers who refused to allow them to exit peacefully. Instead, many worshippers were stopped, searched and humiliated at the gates of the complex. As a result of this further provocation by the Israeli authorities, clashes erupted between the civilians and army and police personnel. Soldiers and police fired high-velocity ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas indiscriminately at the worshippers for more than two hours. Some worshippers were shot while still inside the mosque. Snipers with live ammunition fired directly into the crowd. Over two hundred civilians were injured, and of those, six were shot in the head. As of now, five Palestinians have died from injuries sustained at the hands of the Israeli forces. Following the violence in the Old City of Jerusalem, demonstrations and clashes broke out in other parts of East Jerusalem, as well as in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem, Ramallah, Ar-Ram, Hebron, and the Qalandia refugee camp. At these locations, Israeli soldiers used severe force in an attempt to disperse the civilian demonstrators. As of 6 P.M., over 400 Palestinians throughout the West Bank and East Jerusalem have been injured. Many received on-site first aid treatment from fellow Palestinians. The most severely injured were transferred to area hospitals. Our teams in the hospitals examined victims wounded by both rubber bullets and high-velocity ammunition. Among the wounded are elderly men like Mohammed Abu-Libdi, age 68, Issa Zawahneh, age 70, and many older women including Noha Khader, age 49. Some of the injured received multiple gunshot wounds, including Adel Hussein Odeh, age 25, who was hit by three bullets in the wrist and both legs. Our teams also report that six people lost eyes. The army has surrounded Al-Maqassed and Augusta Victoria hospitals and is preventing the injured and their family members from accessing the facilities. - THIRD DAY OF VIOLENCE ROCKS MIDEAST JERUSALEM (Sept. 30), Reuters, by Wafa Amr - Israeli troops and Palestinian police exchanged fire in a third day of clashes on Saturday, further damaging chances of securing an Arab-Israeli peace deal. About 200 Palestinians were wounded in the violence sweeping the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the death toll rose to at least seven from violence earlier this week. It started after right-wing Israeli politician Ariel Sharon -- a figure of hatred for Palestinians -- visited a site in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday that is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. Witnesses said Palestinian police and Israeli soldiers opened fire during clashes near a Jewish settlement in Gaza on Saturday, and medical sources said more than 70 Palestinians had been injured in the violence there. Israeli security forces also opened fire in the West Bank city of Nablus when hundreds of Palestinians marched towards an army checkpoint. Witnesses reported three people hurt. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the divided West Bank city of Hebron. Some threw stones and others hurled petrol bombs at Israeli soldiers and at least 60 people were injured. In Jerusalem, Israeli police said Palestinians threw stones at cars and buses and, as a security
[CTRL] Digital Angel, Spying on Salmon-Scan this News 9/30/00
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: "ScanThisNews" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 8:32 AM Subject: [FP] FW: Digital Angel == SCAN THIS NEWS 9.30.2000 -Original Message- From: phillip hudok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 7:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Digital Angel Digital Angel Microchip implants for humans may eliminate autonomy any day - - - - - - - - - - - - by Katherine Mieszkowski and staff reporters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) BoulderWeekly.com Worry no more, doting parents! Whether it's your little pumpkin's first day walking home from school by herself or the millionth time you've lost her at the mall, the Babysitterª will track your sweetpea's location using a jellybean-sized microchip implant, discreetly tucked under the skin of her collarbone. You'll be able to chart her every move. What better way to give her independence, and put your mind at ease? Also available: The Constant Companionª lets you keep a watchful eye on grandma and grandpa, even when you can't be by their side; The Invisible Bodyguardª offers freedom from fear so you can enjoy the fauna and foliage when eco-tourism takes you to kidnapping-hot spots around the globe. Coming soon: The INS Border Patrollerª; the Maximum Security Guardª; the Personal Private Eyeª; the Micro-Managerª. Alas, this is not as far-fetched or as futuristic as it sounds. The whoa-dude notion of surveillance chips being installed in human beings is poised to cross over from the realm of science fiction into everyday reality, and soon. One technology with the deliciously sci-fi name of the "Digital Angel," a prototype of which will be unveiled next month, could be implanted under the skin and used to monitor not only the chip-wearer's location, but vital signs like heart rate and body temperature. Other devices, worn externally like bracelets or pagers, are already in use and invite us to embrace electronic monitoring in specific environments like a theme park, college campus or construction site for our fun, health or safety. The technology was born in Boulder, where Destron Corporation invented the microchip implant for pet and livestock identification. Unlike the Digital Angel, which evolved from animal implant technology, the Destron chips are designed transmit only a few feet to a scanner. -- Spying on salmon Today, the chips and a variety of imitations, are in millions of American dogs and cats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service implants them in salmon to track their migration habits and survival trends in the Snake and Columbia Rivers. Ducts that bypass hydro-electric dams have been outfitted with scanners that collect data as the fish swim by. Although Destron never intended for chips to be implanted in humans, the company's technology led to it. "On one hand, society has a tremendous need for a practical identification system for humans," says Bob Stewart, of Boulder, who was the head of engineering for Destron before the company moved to Minneapolis in 1992. "More than a half million Americans have their identities stolen every year. On the other hand, implanting chips into humans brings up serious issues of privacy and Big Brother. It conjures images of Nazis branding Jews for easy identification." What's also disturbing is just how quickly these devices, which only recently would have been laughed off as a cyborg fantasy, are becoming accepted. Amazingly, it was but two years ago that a British cybernetics professor pulled what then seemed like a futuristic stunt: temporarily installing electronics in his arm to control his computer remotely. Now having a personal chip is becoming, well, not quite the norm but a ready possibility. Kevin Warwick, the cybernetics prof, says, "As the topic becomes more accessible in the media, people get used to the idea; it's not such a frightening thing...If it's not there this year, it's only a year or two downstream." A Japanese firm is already testing chips to track lost relatives. And the New York Times, in a nod to what its editors imagine the future might hold now that the human genome project is complete, asked several designers to suggest how we might carry around a chip encoded with our unique genetic sequence "for perfect identification in matters medical, official, criminal or otherwise." Some of the possibilities portrayed in the July 9 Sunday magazine: a "decoder" ring, an implant in the human iris to be read with a retinal scanner, even an oval-shaped "genegg" for the belly button. Stewart agrees that implant
Re: [CTRL] A LITTLE LIST OF PROHIBITED IMPORTS INTO IRAQ
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 09/29/2000 7:50:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is a step forward away from sheer : genocide. The Security Council's conception of Iraqis is : nevertheless that they are not human beings but a herd of : 20 million sheep whose minimal needs are reduced to : foodstuffs, medicines and some undefined 'essential : civilian needs' to be determined at a closed committee : meetings by well-groomed gentlemen in New York. Not a pretty picture, but it shows what happens when you interfere with the Bush family oil interests. Two other countries Cuba and Libya had the temerity to take over the possessions of wealthy individuals and corporations. Seems they don't do too well either. Such an interesting measure of diplomatic allies, isn't it? Any country worthy of friendship should learn how to purse its lips whenever those with more power and wealth bend over. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Violence Casts Shadow on Jewish New Year
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 09/29/2000 7:50:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israelis marked the Jewish new year at sundown Friday with festive family meals, dipping apples in honey to usher in a sweet year, but the celebrations were marred by deadly Israeli-Palestinian clashes. In Jerusalem, the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, normally packed with worshippers during high holidays, stood deserted Friday after confrontations erupted between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli riot police at the adjacent mosque compound. The rioting left four Palestinians dead, 175 injured, and 44 Israeli policemen hurt. Well, when one sews the wind, one reaps the whirlwind. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Fujimori Confident Stability will be Preserved
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 09/29/2000 7:50:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fujimori made the comment to reporters after Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told him she supported his decision to convene early elections and urged him to use his remaining months in office to promote democratic reform. What he really meant was that it would be a cold day in Hell before he intended to promote democratic reform. What a creep. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] How it's done: Elites protect each other.
-Caveat Lector- The Duvaliers, Ferdie Marcos, Boris Yeltsin, Idi Amin, the Shah of Iran, Pinochet, and now Suharto will get away with massive theft and mass murder. How can this be? The Elites have decided that no *effective* law applies to a head of state. Since any country's legal system is often and integral part of elite political control, they always get off. At the highest levels power and wealth are interchangeable. If you attain one, you use it to get the other. All elites understand and admire this. Elites would not punish other elites for doing their job properly. Their job is to keep wealth and power in the hands of the elites. The system employed is irellevant. Screw the people, they are a means to an end. This is why democracy does not, and can not exist in conjunction with elitism. Ordinary people hold ALL people to the common laws. You MUST control your elites. The solution is democracy. If democracy is negated, then hisory shows that either some form of slavery, or violent revolt against the elites have been the result. Nurev $$ UBER ELITES:INDONESIA:COURTS:SUHARTO:CHARGES?DISMISSED $ Suharto Ruling Prompts Protests By GEOFF SPENCER JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)--Hours after a court dismissed corruption charges against former President Suharto, thousands of students battled Indonesian police Thursday in a swirl of tear gas, rocks and gasoline bombs. At least one person was killed and dozens injured in battles on Jakarta's rain-swept streets after five judges ruled Suharto's health was too frail for him to face trial on charges of stealing at least $583 million from the state. Mobs, indignant Suharto never set foot in court, set fire to cars, buses and an office belonging to the former leader's old political party, Golkar. Police, carrying Plexiglas shields and wielding bamboo staves, charged several hundred students who pelted them with stones and at least one gasoline bomb, TV footage showed. At one point, an officer shot a tear gas launcher into the face of a man crouching on the side of a road and covering his head with his hands. The round burst in yellowish white flash. The blast pitched the young man over his side, and 10 other officers began kicking and beating the prostrate protester. One officer tried to smash the man with another grenade launcher, which discharged covering the group in a cloud of gas. Bleeding and semiconscious, the man was hospitalized. Scores of riot police guarded the 79-year-old Suharto's central Jakarta home while about 800 protesters and 200 Suharto supporters threw rocks and bottles at one another. As motorcycles burned, demonstrators threw rocks and gasoline bombs at officers. Bloody protests by students pushed Suharto from power in 1998, but with his trial abandoned, students fear he will never face a court for abuses during his more than three decades in power. ``Suharto ruined this country. Now he is going to get away with it. If we don't stop him, who will? This is not democracy,'' protester Siong Dede said. The court accepted the findings of a 23-doctor medical team that brain damage from three strokes reduced Suharto's intelligence to that of a third grader. The court also ignored demands by prosecutors that Suharto be tried in absentia--an alternative favored by the government. The court freed Suharto from house arrest and lifted other travel restrictions. Suharto's corruption trial had been regarded as central to efforts by the year-old government to clean up endemic graft and make amends for past human rights abuses. Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said prosecutors would appeal the court's decision. ``There is no real will to give justice to the people,'' Darusman said. Thursday's decision came as President Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia's first democratically elected head of state in 44 years, was on an official visit to South America. Disappointment with the failed attempt to try Suharto could further erode Wahid's strength, already weakened by scandals and infighting as well as outbreaks of religious and ethnic violence across the sprawling nation of 17,000 islands. The proceedings against Suharto cast a shadow over Jakarta, which has been rocked by a series of deadly blasts, including a Sept. 13 explosion at its stock exchange that killed 15 people. Speculation is rife that the explosions were the work of Suharto supporters and elements of the security forces opposed to Wahid's democratic reforms. At least 30 people have been arrested. == Memnoch sum malus tuus genius. +$+$+$+$+$+$+$+$+$=;- - videbo - = + Attitudes of the Rich and Famous... The American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it Capitalism, call it what you
[CTRL] NAFTA at work
-Caveat Lector- The NAFTA ruling on Metalclad vs. Mexico - - The Broader Context - Gerard Greenfield Two weeks ago (August 25) the NAFTA Tribunal for the case of Metalclad Corp vs. Mexico ruled in favour of Metalclad, ordering the Mexican government to pay US$16.7 million in compensation. It is the first ruling in an investor-to-state lawsuit under NAFTA. BOX 1: Metalclad vs. Mexico In October 1996, Metalclad Corporation, a US waste-disposal company, accused the Mexican government of violating Chapter 11 of NAFTA when the state of San Luis Potosi refused it permission to re-open a waste disposal facility. The State Governor ordered the site closed down after a geological audit showed the facility would contaminate the local water supply. The Governor then declared the site part of a 600,000 acre ecological zone. Metalclad claimed that this constituted an act of expropriation and sought US$90 million in compensation. An earlier suit against the Canadian government by US-based Ethyl Corp. was settled before a ruling was made. BOX 2: Ethyl Corp vs. Canada In 1997 the US chemicals giant, Ethyl Corp, used NAFTA Chapter 11 to sue the Canadian government for a ban imposed on MMT, a gasoline additive produced by Ethyl which is toxic and hazardous to public health. Ethyl claimed that the ban "expropriated" its assets in Canada and that "legislative debate itself constituted an expropriation of its assets because public criticism of MMT damaged the company's reputation." Ethyl sued the Canadian government for US$250 million. A year later, in June 1998, the Canadian government withdrew environmental legislation banning MMT, and paid Ethyl Corp US$13 million to settle the case. Three more suits are outstanding against the Canadian government, three against the Mexican government and two against the US government. The case against the US by a Canadian corporation, Mexthanex, also gained attention on the weekend, with an article in The National Post (September 5) announcing that Methanex will seek US$970 million in compensation from the US government for environmental laws in Califorina which are "tantamount to expropriation." All of these cases are based on the "rights" of investors guaranteed in NAFTA's Chapter 11, where a broad definition of "expropriation" is combined with the right of investors to directly sue governments for compensation (under 'investor-to-state' dispute resolution). An article in the The Globe Mail (September 1) on the Metalclad ruling (again) drew attention to the threat posed by NAFTA Chapter 11 to government regulations protecting the environment and public health. Similar articles will be published in the coming weeks. This may even add to the ongoing (though low-key) debate on whether the wording of investment rules under Chapter 11 should be revised. However, it is important to understand the Metalclad ruling in its wider context. It is not only significant in terms of the assault on environmental regulation, but in the politics of government regulation as a whole. Local struggle as the root of the 'problem' In most reports on the Metalclad vs. Mexico case the 'problem' was that state legislation caused Metalclad to lose the value of its investment. The debate is then carried out in terms of the validity of the legislation in protecting the environment and public health. However, we should remind ourselves that this kind of legislation does not just appear out of thin air. Nor is it the result of the kindness of government officials or 'common sense.' As with most social and environmental regulation protecting the rights and interests of working people, it was the result of sustained local struggle. BOX 3: "Metalclad wants to re-open and expand a toxic dump site in Guadalcazar County in the northern part of the north-central state of San Luis Potosí. That the company might succeed in doing so - despite the opposition of many local officials and citizens - has kept Guadalcazar residents on edge. Residents do not trust the federal government to enforce environmental laws. When the Mexican company that Metalclad bought its toxic dump from refused to obey federal orders to close down in 1991, local residents - brandishing machetes - enforced the order themselves." Multinational Monitor (October 1995) BOX 4: "When local authorities ignored the complaints of outraged community members, citizens brandishing machetes mobilized in September 1991, preventing tractor trailers from unloading more toxic wastes." Multinational Monitor (October 1995) From this perspective it is clear that the 'problem' began not with the environmental regulations banning the toxic waste disposal plant planned by Metalclad, but with a well-organised protest by the local community. This struggle from below forced the municipal government of Guadalcazar to impose the ban, which in turn forced the state governor to respond. What this means is that the NAFTA ruling in favour of
[CTRL] [Fwd: Peru - Fujimori]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: Peru - Fujimori Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 21:41:13 -0500 (CDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stratfor.com's Global Intelligence Update - 19 September 2000 _ Know your world Uneasy Partners: China and Russia http://www.stratfor.com/asia/commentary/0009190125.htm Russia: Military Quiet as Leaders Wrangle over Balanced Budget http://www.stratfor.com/CIS/commentary/0009190047.htm South Africa Looks for More Lucrative Arms Market http://www.stratfor.com/MEAF/commentary/0009190105.htm _ Fujimori Capitulates - Washington Exhales Summary Last week, a videotape was released showing Vladimiro Montesinos, head of Peru's National Intelligence Service (SIN), bribing an opposition congressman. The release of the video is most likely connected to the delivery of arms to a Colombian guerrilla group one year ago. The disclosure of the videotape was likely an inside job by a highly placed mole who may have been working for a U.S. intelligence agency. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has dissolved the SIN and announced new presidential elections. The unexpected decision has diverted public interest from an arms scandal that could potentially embarrass the United States, as Montesinos' SIN and military intelligence services had been cooperating with the United States in the drug war. Analysis On Sept. 16, President Alberto Fujimori announced new general elections, in which he will not be a candidate, and dissolved the feared National Intelligence Service (SIN) headed by his longtime political associate Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori's bombshell announcement came 48 hours after Fernando Olivera of the opposition political party Frente Independiente Moralizador (FIM) released a videotape of Montesinos handing $15,000 in cash on May 5 to congressman Alberto Kouri of the opposition Peru Posible party. Kouri was one of 17 opposition legislators who switched parties after the April 9 elections in which Fujimori's party won only 52 of 120 congressional seats. Olivera claimed he has five more tapes that show Montesinos paying cash bribes to four more congressmen who switched parties and to a television media owner. ___ Promote global intelligence. Forward this newsletter to your colleagues and friends! __ Fujimori blamed the release of the videotape on forces opposed to his policies. Olivera said he received the six tapes directly from "patriotic" army intelligence officials. The tapes, however, were probably given to him by a civilian official of the SIN and not by army intelligence officers. The Peruvian military does not have a tradition of loyalty to democracy. In fact, the country's top generals, all of whom are intelligence veterans hand-picked by Montesinos for their loyalty, were clearly stunned by the release of the videotapes. Further, the Peruvian military did not have direct access to the videotapes. Someone with top-security clearance within the SIN, and with direct access to Montesinos, likely gave Olivera the tape. The six videotapes were originals taken from a library of more than 2,500 tightly-guarded, clandestine videotapes made by the SIN that reportedly compromise Peruvian and foreign diplomats, politicians, businessmen and journalists. Olivera's party, the party of opposition presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo, made the videotapes public three weeks after an Aug. 21 press conference given by Fujimori and Montesinos. Fujimori announced that the SIN had smashed an international gang that fraudulently purchased 10,000 AK-47 rifles from the Jordanian army by posing as Peruvian military officers. The weapons were later air-dropped to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) in southern Colombia. Fujimori said the gang planned to sell the FARC another 40,000 rifles. He also charged that Jordan's former military chief, Abdul Hafez Mureji Kaabneh, and two other Jordanian generals were involved. __ For more on Colombia, see: http://www.stratfor.com/hotspots/colombia/default.htm _ Montesinos, who had never before appeared at a press conference, added that senior Peruvian military officials must have been involved and that the SIN tipped off the Colombian government about the arms smuggling. In fact, the press conference was a staged attempt by Montesinos to cover up the fact that individuals close to him had carried out the arms deal with the FARC. But the cover-up attempt unraveled quickly. The arms smuggling ring was detected at the end of 1999 by Colombia and the United States after the CIA traced the serial numbers of AK-47 rifles captured from the FARC by Colombian army forces in
[CTRL] Fw: Re: [CTRL] Fwd: HoffmanWire: 9 Days to Lieberman's Kol Nidrei
-Caveat Lector- Well said, J2. I doubt those seeking a demonization of the text will listen but you have put this simply enough for anybody to understand. This country has existed on Judeao-Christian beliefs this long (albeit questionably at times) and demonization of a candidate's religion right before the election is certainly a cheap shot. Interesting how this supposed religious scholar has a whole two files on the subject. Compare and contrast that to those who have devoted their entire lives to this study and not come to this conclusion. The original post sounds like a religious "screed' to me. Kennedy had some of this as the first Catholic presidential candidate. Now tell us more of LeDuke if you have the information since there is virtually NO media coverage of her. Amelia - Original Message - From: "Nurev Ind Research" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Fwd: HoffmanWire: 9 Days to Lieberman's Kol Nidrei -Caveat Lector- William Shannon wrote: "All vows, prohibitions, oaths, consecrations or equivalent terms that we may vow, swear, consecrate, or prohibit upon ourselves from this Yom Kippur until the next Yom Kippur, may it come upon us for good - regarding them all, we repudiate them henceforth. They all will be abandoned, cancelled, null and void; they will be without power and without standing. Our vows shall not be valid vows; our prohibitions shall not be valid prohibitions; and our oaths shall not be valid oaths." Keep the message pithy and brutally direct. Ask a simple question which only Michael A. Hoffman II has thus far dared to ask, and the media --including the kosher-conservative media -- refuse to ask: How can a man who performs the Kol Nidrei rite and recites the words of the preceding text - invalidating all the oaths he will make in the coming year -- be trusted to uphold the oath he will make to the Constitution should he be elected Vice-President of the US? Oh I get it now. Lieberman has found a Jewish legalistic way out of a secular oath which means he can't be trusted. This presumes that Jewish law overrides secular law. This presumes wrong. But what can one expect from the idiot who brought the " Khazar " theory to half baked bigots? So you DO get it...and this sums up the entire jist of this article...like Hoffman or not this is a valid and interesting point! Bill. (NOT an Xian either!) No it's not Bill. He's an ignorant prick who hates Jews and looks for ways to demonize them for profit. His whole idea here is wrong. He doesn't understand what he is saying. His presentation is superficial and he has concocted this silly conspiracy to hook his audience of Christian bigots who will gladly pay for his " materials." The primary directive of Jewish law is to comply with the laws of the host country UNLESS THOSE LAWS FORCE CONVERSION OR MURDER. Looking for phrases in the vastness of the literature to prove anything can be easily done when taken out of context. The case he makes for Kol Nidre's negation of oaths was taken out of context and actually means the opposite of what Hoffman says it means. Because Hoffman is an idiot with a truly ignorant audience, he can tell them any kind of nonsense and they are happy to believe it. That he claims to have " unearthed " the Kol Nidre is so absurd that it's quite funny. It's like saying Columbus discovered a land where people came out to greet him. It's like discovering the name Jesus in a Christian hymnal. Joshua2 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Toys Of The Super-Rich
-Caveat Lector- Toys Of The Super-Rich By Arik Hesseldahl and Charles Dubow This year there are 32 new entrants on the Forbes 400 list, which means there are 32 new billionaires in the world with the ability to buy almost anything they want. And, like everybody else, they like to buy toys. The main difference is that they can afford to buy really, really expensive toys. By "toy" we mean nonessential objects that give pleasure to the owner. No one truly needs a yacht, a private island, polo ponies or a 10,000-bottle wine cellar. However, when one has over a billion dollars in the bank, one no longer has to worry about need; all that matters is what one wants. Most of the people included in the Forbes 400 list this week earned their wealth and, being smart businessmen and women, are likely to spend their money on things that will enhance, not detract from, their wealth. So, while what they buy may seem to the rest of us to be "toys," to the super-rich these possessions may actually be rather practical. What they are really buying is convenience. Many very wealthy people are also very busy people. They don't want to waste time flying commercial airlines or being stuck in traffic. Owning a helicopter or private jet makes for good business. Seen in this light, having homes around the world is also practical. What executive doesn't tire of staying in hotels all the time, no matter how luxurious they may be? Even a billionaire likes to sleep in his own bed. But most billionaires also have their toys. They wouldn't be human if they didn't. But very few of them acquired their money in order to buy bigger, better, more expensive toys than everyone else. With great wealth also comes great responsibility, as well as great headaches. If they want to fly their private helicopters to their private islands, watch their own sports team on television, do a little sailing and unwind in their 50-room mansions after an exquisite meal prepared by their private chefs, that's fine. They've earned it. Here's what billionaires spend their money on: Private Planes Private planes are to billionaires what Ferraris are to programmers who have cashed in their stock options: The thing they've always wanted and now can finally afford. The Gulfstream-V (G-V), which retails for around $40 million, is among the most popular models. Satisfied customers include Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs and Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO) unit Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban, who both own G-Vs. Cuban is said to have purchased his through the Internet, which would make him the biggest e-commerce customer of all time. Sports Team Call it repressed adolescent fantasies when rich guys who could never play sports in high school can now afford to buy the whole team. Several members of the Forbes 400 now own their own professional sports club. Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen owns two teams--the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trailblazers. Mark Cuban reappears thanks to his recent purchase of his hometown roundball team, the Dallas Mavericks. And fellow Texan Robert C. McNair paid $700 million for an expansion team to bring football back to Houston in 1999. Collecting Many of the veterans of the Forbes 400 list--such as the Rockefellers, Gunds and Gettys--have been collecting for years, but for the more arriviste high-tech billionaires, it's a more recent passion. Bill Gates, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft, was one of the first and has made several headlines through his purchase of celebrated works of art, the most important of which was when he paid approximately $30 million in 1994 for Leonardo Da Vinci's
[CTRL] SlickMisc: Rep. Traficant-Allowing Janet Reno to Get Away With Treason
-Caveat Lector- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "conspiracy posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html From: "Rich Martin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SlickMisc: Rep. Traficant-Allowing Janet Reno to Get Away With Treason Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:17 PM From the Home of Rich Peggy Martin Grand Prairie, TX 75050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice. ___ INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Rep. Traficant-Allowing Janet Reno to Get Away With Treason "The Only Time She Said 'Yes' Was to Helping Communist China House of Representatives September 18, 2000 [Page: H7655] GPO's PDF (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, when faced with solid evidence that China funneled cash illegally to the Democrat party, Janet Reno turned her back. When 100 witnesses took the fifth amendment before Congress, Janet Reno said no to the independent counsel. Janet Reno, as reports now say, even said no to an FBI request to wire-tap a suspected Chinese spy. Now, if that is not enough to prop up Communism, even when the CIA told Janet Reno China had missiles pointed at us, Janet Reno said no. Beam me up, Congress. We are allowing Janet Reno to get away with treason. She has betrayed America before our very own eyes. The only time she has said yes was to helping Communist China. I urge Congress to pass H.R. 5161, mandating a thorough investigation into this Chinese communist business. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the treason with reason I believe I can prove of Janet Reno. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Want to know about the Reform Party, state activities, what we stand for? Each month read about the issues, the candidates, government waste, UN plans for America and more generally center right news. Subscribe today: RP Monthly P.O. Box 698 Oxford, Maine 04270 Make check for $18 payable to RP Monthly ^^^ Cut out the middlemen. Send donations to: Boys Scouts of America National HQ 1329 Walnut Hill Ln. Irving, TX 75162 http://www.SaveOurScouts.com Join the Slick discussion list. Send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove your address from this list, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No muss, no fuss. Have a great day. Rich Martin ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL]
[CTRL] [Fwd: Shielding Children]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: Shielding Children Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 00:29:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Ruskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: http://www.essential.org/alert/ To: undisclosed-recipients:; Commercial AlertSeptember 23, 2000 Following is a op-ed by Susan Linn and Diane Levin about the commercial assault on children, in the Sept. 22 edition of the Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/09/22/fpcon-edit.shtml Shielding Children By Susan Linn and Diane E. Levin It's rare that an award ceremony should be cause for alarm. But the third annual Golden Marble Awards, the advertising industry's celebration of successful marketing to children, ought to worry anyone concerned about our children's well-being. This year the ceremony was held in New York on Sept. 14 the same day the federal government published a report documenting the rapid growth of marketing in schools, and four days after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its findings that media companies deliberately market violence to children. Marketing to children has become so pervasive that the ad world apparently thinks it warrants a separate awards ceremony. These awards honor artistry without questioning the ethics of marketing to children. The annointed commercials may be brilliantly designed and executed, but the praise is bestowed without regard for the way ads manipulate children or for how the products affect children and families. Kids are barraged with advertising from the moment they wake up until bedtime. Corporations spent more than $12 billion in 1999 marketing to children. They're bombarded with products linked to TV characters, toy giveaways at fast-food chains, and product placements in movies and television. Children see 30,000 commercials annually on television alone. And there's growing evidence that it's harmful to them. Last month, after reviewing 1,000 studies conducted over 30 years, a coalition of professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, linked violent media to aggressive behavior. Yet professional wrestling programs, which are rated TV-14, and violent movies such as "X-Men" (rated PG-13) peddle violent action figures to preschoolers. As the recent FTC report confirms, the entertainment industry intentionally markets violent content to children through products it officially rates as unsuitable. At a time when childhood obesity has become a major public health problem, the fast-food industry is the biggest advertiser on television. McDonald's alone spends $6 million a year on advertising. Studies show that obese children are more susceptible to the "feel good" messages embedded in advertising. At the same time, advertisers present children with models who are impossibly slim. Over one-third of girls in grades 5 to 8 report dieting in the last year, and studies document that discontent with body images rises with exposure to fashion magazines. Advertising even affects the way children play. The most advertised, bestselling toys are linked to media programs. Yet children often play less creatively with toys based on characters from television and film. Young children are vulnerable to marketing exploitation. They tend to believe what they see, they don't understand that ads are meant to sell them something, and they have trouble differentiating between commercials and programming. The deregulation of children's television in 1984 made it possible to use programs to promote toys, further blurring the line between ads and shows. In addition, companies now wield increasingly sophisticated technology, extensive market research, and the expertise of child psychologists. Today, children influence purchases totaling about $500 billion a year a sure sign of corporations' success. The ubiquitous media, combined with virtually unrestricted marketing practices, makes obsolete the conventional wisdom that parents can protect their children from commercial culture. To some extent, parents can mitigate the effects of marketing, but unless families retreat to the woods, children are exposed at friends' houses, on the street, the playground, supermarkets, and even in school. That companies get awards for doing the best job of manipulating children into buying things is emblematic of a consumer culture that is out of control. Parents need help from policymakers to protect children from this unprecedented assault. The White House should lead the way by convening a conference on corporate marketing and its effects on children to serve as a springboard for national dialogue and lay the groundwork for creating appropriate policy. The National Institutes of Health should fund research on the psychosocial and health consequences of intensive marketing to children. Children pay for advertising. They pay with their safety, their health, and their creativity. Why should the industry reward itself for
[CTRL] OEN 9/30/00
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - US Stocks Apple's Stock Price Falls 50% in One Day And that's the good news . . . CUPERTINO, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Apple Computer shares plunged 52 percent Friday after the company issued a quarterly earnings warning that cast a shadow over the broader computer industry. "This is a further erosion of confidence that the PC market is healthy and growing," said Bill Meehan, investment strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald. "It is very hard to believe -- given Intel's comments and other signs that demand for handheld devices and computers is decelerating -- that this is company-specific." Analysts reverse field Apple's warning, issued after the market closed on Thursday, prompted some backpedaling by analysts. The stock was cut to "neutral" from "attractive" at PaineWebber and was slashed to "neutral" from "buy" at Salomon Smith Barney. Both firms cut their 12-month price targets to $35. Apple shares were also lowered at Merrill Lynch, SG Cowen, Bear Stearns and Banc of America. Merrill's take was that this warning was just the beginning of more bad news to come from Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif. The analysts' recommendation changes were cold comfort for many investors who wondered about their tardiness. "If the stock is a 'buy' at $50 a share and it plunges to $25 a share, it should be a screaming buy now, shouldn't it?" asked John Kinsey, a portfolio manager at Toronto-based Caldwell Securities. "A downgrade after the fact doesn't help anyone." The shares (AAPL: news, msgs) plunged $27.75 to $25.75 on trading of 132 million shares compared with an average daily trading volume of 5 million shares. The stock had dropped as low as $23.19 at the opening bell. Friday's slide wiped out about $9 billion of Apple's market cap. Apple said it expects to earn between 30 and 33 cents a share in the quarter ending Sept. 30. Apple was expected to earn 45 cents a share, according to the average estimate of analysts surveyed by First Call. Apple earned 31 cents a share in the same period a year earlier and 55 cents a share in the third quarter. The company said revenue would range from $1.85 billion to $1.90 billion. Apple made $1.34 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. Growth targets cut In light of the slowdown, the company said it would cut growth targets for the next fiscal quarter and the year. Apple said it would provide new earnings estimates when it reports fourth-quarter results on Oct. 18. Apple's chief financial officer, Fred Anderson, pointed to lower-than-expected back-to-school sales, while receipts for the company's Mac G4 Cube have gotten off to "a slower-than-expected start." Apple's warning comes amid a torrent of earnings and revenue warnings in recent days that have pummeled the tech sector, sending the Nasdaq Composite Index down 13 percent in the last month. Intel, the world's largest maker of computer chips, warned last week that its revenue would slow due to sluggish European markets. Apple's warning "plays into what we've been looking at for a while," said Rob Schumacher, chief investment strategist at Van Kampen Funds, which oversees about $80 billion in assets. "We believed that as economic activity slows, we would see PC sales slowing down." "Overall, while back-to-school sales are still growing, they are not growing as quickly as was built into share prices" across the computer-maker industry, Schumacher said. Interest rates Apple's warning seemed to ratify expectations among some analysts and investors that rising interest rates and raging oil prices have sapped the economy of some of its strength. Higher rates deter consumers and companies from taking out loans for large purchases. Oil prices at 10-year highs mean more money leaving consumers' pockets for gas tanks and home heating, with less money left over for shopping. It also means higher production costs for companies, regardless of the industry. "Oil is squeezing profit margins everywhere," Meehan said. "Even companies that don't use a lot of energy sell to companies that do." "People believed that technology stocks were impervious to a slowdown in the economy, impervious to everything," Meehan added. "But that holds true only if they sell their products to each other." CBS Market Watch, September 29, 2000 - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time
[CTRL] Tight Supply, Logistical Bottlenecks to Push Oil Prices Higher
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.stratfor.com/MEAF/commentary/0009201050.htm Click Here: A HREF="http://www.stratfor.com/MEAF/commentary/0009201050.htm" Tight Supply, Logistical Bottlenecks to Push Oi /A - Send this page to your friend Tight Supply, Logistical Bottlenecks to Push Oil Prices Higher 1050 GMT, 000920 Summary Rising energy consumption, stagnant production of crude oil, low reserves and capacity constraints along the supply chain will combine to keep crude prices at current high levels, $35 to $40 per barrel, at the very least until spring, even if Saudi Arabia increases production as much as possible and nothing disrupts the supply chain. Any disruption will immediately spike prices higher, and without any slack in the system they will be very slow to come off new highs. The world will soon have to accept $45 as the bottom-end price for a barrel of oil. Analysis Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, the countrys heir apparent and de facto leader, stated on Sept. 18 that Saudi Arabia could increase oil production immediately to bring down oil prices. But any Saudi production increase could only keep pace with surging demand. The stage is set for a very tight oil market for at least the next year. Of all of the worlds oil-producing states, only Saudi Arabia currently producing 8.5 million barrels per day (bpd) has any meaningful extra capacity. Kuwait, Indonesia, Iran and Nigeria cannot even meet the new quotas allotted to them at OPECs Sept. 10 meeting. Irans production actually dropped slightly last month. Algeria, Libya, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, while meeting their new quotas, have now essentially maximized production, as has Iraq. That leaves Venezuela. While insisting the country has spare capacity, Venezuelan Oil Minister Ali Rodriguez stated on Sept. 13 that OPECs total spare capacity was 2 million bpd almost exactly the spare capacity for Saudi Arabia alone. Clearly, Saudi Arabia will have to pump most of the 820,000 extra barrels a day. While this will still leave Saudi Arabia with approximately 2 million bpd of reserve capacity, that amount will be just enough to meet expected demand growth. Global oil consumption is increasing by roughly 1 million bpd a year. The Northern Hemisphere winter usually boosts consumption by at least another 1 million bpd, and so far that trend continues this year. Combine that with the fact that current consumption is already outpacing production, and it looks as if the production-consumption ratio will remain unchanged during the depths of the 2000-2001 winter and thats assuming Saudi Arabia opens the taps all the way. Normally, new fields would come on stream to alleviate any shortage of oil. But the 1998 oil crash deterred petroleum firms from new capital investments, and oilfields take years to develop. Many projects are underway including deepwater wells off the west African coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as new fields in Central Asia and the Russian Arctic but only the Central Asian fields will start producing before 2002. And because of congested shipping lanes through the Bosporus, most of this oil will be trapped in the Black Sea, unable to reach world markets. Production is not the only step in the supply chain under stress. Global stocks of crude oil are critically low the U.S. reserve amounts to less than 60 days consumption. Stocks of refined products are even scarcer. American outrage at high gasoline prices this summer led refineries to favor fuel production over heating oil. Consequently, despite government attempts to establish a 2 million gallon heating oil reserve, stocks are still 20 percent lower than they were a year ago and last year they were at a 10-year low. Complicating matters, oil tanker transport rates have roughly doubled in the past two years, reflecting the scrapping of aging fleets. Tanker rates typically add another $1 to $2 per barrel to the cost of oil in major Western markets. The crude carrier market will remain very tight as the dismantling of old ships outpaces new supply over the next two years. This will push up transport rates and make oil markets even more susceptible to disruption. Furthermore, use of global refining capacity is running close to flat-out. The United States, the largest refining nation, has been working its refineries at over 90 percent since 1995. Other states face similar shortages in refining capacity. As a result, even if a glut of crude oil suddenly appears on world markets, prices for refined products would stay high. Unlike the shipping shortage, the refinery shortage will stay with us for years. It takes several years to add significant refinery capacity. The 1998 oil crash dissuaded investment in refineries as well as new fields. Most projects begun this year will not operate until 2002. Compounding that transport crunch, most of the West relies on overseas refining for 10 to 25 percent of petroleum products. Any
[CTRL] Napster's D-Day Approaches
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39146,00.html Click Here: A HREF="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,39146,00.html" Napster's D-Day Approaches/A - Napster's D-Day Approaches by Brad King 3:00 a.m. Sep. 29, 2000 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Napster heads back to a federal appeals court here on Monday in an attempt to save the company from extinction. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments from lawyers representing Napster and the Recording Industry Association of America. The case continues just two months after those same judges stopped a district court from shutting down the controversial file-trading service. The court will likely address whether U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Patel correctly applied the 1984 Betamax decision, the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act when she issued a temporary injunction to shut down Napster. The Betamax case is the most important legal decision the court faces, said Fred von Lohmann, an associate with San Francisco's Morrison Foerster. In that case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that as long as a new technology had substantial, non-infringing uses, it could not be held accountable for illicit uses. Since Napster isn't a manufactured product such as a VCR, Patel ruled that the software application isn't protected under the law. Patel also rejected Napster's claim that it had substantial, non-infringing uses. "(Patel's) ruling has the potential to affect a lot of technology companies," von Lohmann said. "The idea that you can distribute a technology with a substantial non-infringing use depends on some extent to the Betamax decision." The appellate judges will also determine whether Patel correctly ruled that the safe harbor provisions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act do not apply to companies that commit contributory copyright infringement. When the DMCA was drafted, von Lohmann said, the technology and content companies compromised on several key issues that give certain protections to Internet service providers and search engines. The "safe harbor" protections allow companies like AOL and Yahoo to operate without fear of being slapped with copyright-infringement lawsuits. Patel's ruling could undermine those clauses in the DMCA. "Patel's ruling says the Internet players didn't get as good a deal as they had thought," von Lohmann said. "Even though the safe harbor protections probably don't apply to Napster, the appellate court could narrow the safe harbor decision Patel made and allow other Internet players to breathe much easier." The third issue facing the court is whether the Audio Home Recording Act applies to the Napster case, said Whitney Broussard, entertainment lawyer at New York's Selverne, Mandelbaum Mintz. That section of the U.S. Copyright Act states that manufacturers are not liable for the making and distribution of analog recording devices like a tape recorder or digital recording devices such as portable digital music players that are made with serial copy management systems. A serial copy management system prohibits people from making a digital copy of a file from another digital file copy. "The RIAA has argued that consumers and manufacturers are liable if they are making non-commercial copies on devices other than SCMS-compliant digital hardware or analog tape records, such as their computer," Broussard said. "If the courts find that the RIAA's position is correct, it would put companies like Dell, which make computers, at serious legal risk from the recording industry." It would also put consumers at risk as well, as they would be liable for $150,000 per infringement. Broussard said that would be a misinterpretation of copyright law. "Copyright law is a trade regulation law. It was never meant to be used against consumers," Broussard said. More likely, Broussard said, the court will try to determine whether using a computer to make digital copies falls under the "fair use" doctrine. Once Monday's proceedings are completed, one judge will be assigned the duty of writing the court's opinion. The decision will be circulated among the entire panel, allowing the option for either a unanimous decision or a dissenting opinion filed by one of the judges. Sources from both sides, along with many in the legal community, believe this case will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. The RIAA originally filed its lawsuit against Napster in December 1999, on the grounds that the Napster application had created a safe haven for Internet music piracy. The application was scheduled to go offline July 26, after Patel ruled that the company was likely to lose its copyright infringement case against the music industry's top record labels. However, two days later, the 9th Circuit granted the company a stay . Monday's arguments are expected to start at 9 a.m. PDT, with each side allotted 20 minutes. Copyright © 2000 Wired Digital Inc., a
[CTRL] OCTOBER SURPRISE?
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! OCTOBER SURPRISE? With the presidential elections just around the corner, rumors are running rampant in Washington that the Clinton White House is contemplating an "October Surprise" to enhance the flailing candidacy of Al Gore. Kenneth R. Timmerman of the Western Journalism Center suggested this week that the Clinton administration is hoping to negotiate a "package deal" with the government of Iran in time for the elections that would lead to renewed diplomatic relations, and give President Clinton a much sought-after "legacy" in foreign affairs. "If successful," Mr. Timmerman reported, "the deal would restore complete commercial ties between the two countries, allowing U.S. oil companies to invest in Iran and to buy Iranian crude oil while allowing President Clinton and Vice President Gore to claim credit for "resolving" the current oil crisis, all in time for the elections." He added, "To win the approval of the Iranian government - the main sticking point for the scheme - the Clinton administration has taken extraordinary steps to protect Iranian government assets in the United States from being used to compensate the families of victims of Iranian-backed terrorist attacks. In a series of successful lawsuits brought under a 1996 anti-terrorism law, the families have won awards totaling more than $1.6 billion against the Iranian government." Another October Surprise could involve the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. "Nowhere is Pollard's freedom a more sensitive issue than in New York, where prominent Jewish leaders have called for his immediate release," Mr. Timmerman reported. "They argue that Pollard was sentenced to life for a crime he was never accused of committing - and they are right. Pollard was indicted for illegally divulging classified documents to a U.S. ally, but at the last minute, the government introduced a still-classified damage assessment written by then Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, which accused him of treason. President Clinton has twice reviewed Pollard's case and refused to grant him clemency, at the urging of successive CIA directors. But Hillary Rodham Clinton, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate in New York, has called on the government to reopen his file and make public the charges against him." Of course, the timing of a potential Pollard release could seriously impact the New York Senate race. A third potential October Surprise, which was reported to me by a veteran Washington insider, suggests that President Clinton may feign an illness with only days to go prior to the election. This contrived sickness would permit Al Gore to sit in the Oval Office, allowing him to appear to be serious, solemn and the calming force of stability during such a rare crisis - just before the consequential election. (This is admittedly far-fetch and even I doubt Mr. Clinton would stoop this low.) Since this is the most unscrupulous White House in history, we should expect virtually anything from them as Mr. Clinton attempts to prolong his alleged legacy through the candidacies of Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Gore. I hope if the White House is foolish enough to enact one of these October Surprises that our fellow Americans will be able to see it for what it is - a desperate act by immoral and power- hungry leaders. STANDING WITH 'DR. LAURA': The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is continuing their assault on Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Sadly, GLAAD and other homosexual-rights groups have convinced a host of advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of Dr. Schlessinger's new television show, "Dr. Laura," as well as her popular radio broadcast. The reason Dr. Schlessinger has been targeted by these groups is simply because she advocates Judeo- Christian values and is vocally outspoken against all sexual activity outside the bonds of traditional marriage. Presently, Dr. Schlessinger's television show is on hiatus while producers reformat it. GLAAD Executive Director Joan M. Garry said, "GLAAD hopes that the "Dr. Laura" hiatus is a permanent one, and that Paramount will disassociate itself from Schlessinger's messages of hurt and intolerance. Hiatus or not, GLAAD will remain vigilant in monitoring the program and working across the country with advertisers who are supporting the program. Schlessinger should not have been given a new platform for her campaign of misinformation and defamation of our community." GLAAD is presently seeking out two major advertisers - Pillsbury and International Home Foods (maker of Chef Boyardee foods, Gulden's Mustard, Pam Cooking Spray, and many other products) - urging them to drop sponsorship of "Dr. Laura." Both companies recently began advertising on the television show after Paramount lowered advertising rates to enlist new advertisers. Ms. Garry
[CTRL] AF News 30 Sep 00
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! 001497. Now showing: Oct. 2 edition of Air Force Television News SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) -- The Air Force mission on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, and the island's role in the development of nuclear weapons, highlights the latest edition of Air Force Television News. In a special "Eye on the Air Force," Senior Airman Israel Aviles visits Johnston Island, one of four that make up Johnston Atoll, to chronicle the island's history. The Air Force will soon turn the island over to the Interior Department, which will manage the area as a bird refuge. Tech Sgt. Dean Padgett and Senior Airman Marty Rush team up to show the expanded use of "smart bombs" on the Air Force's B-2 Spirit and F-16 Falcon fleets. Staff Sgt. Rolla Suttmiller and Senior Airman Matt Lomba go to the former eastern block republic of Moldova to spotlight an Air Force-led delivery of medical supplies and equipment. Senior Airman Eric Kerr talks to one of three Air Force surgeons capable of using a unique new treatment for skin cancer, and Army Sgt. Ken Robinson goes along with a Texas Army and Air National Guard group helping the city of Corpus Christi get rid of its crack houses. Customers receiving a VHS version of this program will also receive on their tapes the new Air Force television commercials, as well as an eight-minute production showing how the new commercials were made. Customers receiving Beta copies of the program will now be getting a 30-second promotional announcement for each program. Air Force Television News, now available in closed captioning, is a biweekly production of Air Force News Service. It is distributed on videotape to more than 3,000 military and civilian outlets worldwide, and is seen on more than 700 cable outlets worldwide. The program can also be accessed on the Internet at either www.af.mil or www.broadcastairforce.com. Viewers can comment on the program by sending e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 001504. Mission critical, high-risk people first in line for flu shots by Leigh Anne Redovian Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. (AFPN) -- The Department of Defense has announced its plan to prioritize influenza immunizations in response to the national delay in the availability of the vaccine for the upcoming influenza season. Mission critical military personnel and high-risk medical individuals will be vaccinated first in an effort to maintain optimal military readiness and protect the military's most vulnerable populations. "We encourage others to be patient and wait to get vaccinated until those at highest risk can be protected," said Col. Dana Bradshaw, chief of preventive medicine at the Air Force Medical Operations Agency. Currently available supplies will be administered first to operational military personnel, health-care workers with direct patient contact, and defense enrollment eligibility reporting system enrollees (both active duty and non-active duty) who have high-risk medical conditions. To the extent possible, these groups will be done simultaneously. Next in order of priority will be military trainees, groups in close contact with high-risk personnel, all other military members in priority for deployment, other active-duty members and mission critical DOD civilians at overseas facilities, and all other beneficiaries. Individuals with high-risk medical conditions, including the elderly and women in their second or third trimester pregnancy, should contact their health care provider for more information on how to obtain the shots. According to Bradshaw, pneumococcal vaccination is also indicated for many of the same high-risk persons for whom influenza vaccine is recommended. Individuals with an indication for pneumoccocal vaccine should be sure they are up to date for this shot, although it is not a replacement for the influenza vaccine. The delay has been created by two factors -- a slow-growing component of this year's vaccine formulation, along with production problems at two of the four pharmaceutical companies licensed to produce influenza vaccine in the United States. DOD will delay organized influenza vaccination campaigns until early to mid-November, pending receipt of adequate supplies of vaccine. As additional doses become available later in the fall, regular influenza vaccine campaigns will resume. The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration estimate the full amount of vaccine required nationwide should be available no later than December. "Influenza epidemics in the United States typically occur in winter to early spring," Bradshaw said. "We expect that even with the delay, we will have time to adequately protect all of the beneficiaries for whom we are responsible." "While influenza can cause mild to moderate illness lasting two to seven days in otherwise healthy individuals, by far the greatest number of
[CTRL] Fwd: Jonathan Pollard Was No Jewish Patriot
Well Bill Richer: This is interesting item re Pollard where it is alleged he caused the death of CIA agents overseas as the death of Welch was blamed on Henry Kissinger, KGB Agent Code Name Bor. Don't you think everything should be brought to the light about this case? Was Pollard really selling secrets to KGB as the Walker spies had so done? Joseph Lieberman in the past has always protested release of this man. It is said by certain people Pollard held dual citizenship; he was charged but not convicted of treason, if this is correct - but he caused a lot of trouble and evidenly a lot of lives. Big question is how in the world did this guy ever get into the intelligence fieldwasn't too smart for he also got caught. If they loose him, send him back to Israel and let the Israelies deal with him. Saba [Email Reply to Eric Margolis] Jonathan Pollard Was No Jewish Patriot by Eric Margolis The Toronto Sun, Jan. 14, 1999 The case of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Jay Pollard has again reared its ugly head. American Jewish groups, Hollywood celebrities and Israel have renewed pressure on the besieged Clinton administration to free the man they call "the Jewish Dreyfus." Pollard has served 13 years of a life sentence. President Bill Clinton is loath to antagonize America's politically powerful Jewish community, which strongly supports the Democratic party. But the president is also under intense pressure from the national security community not to free the Israeli spy. CIA director George Tenent has threatened to resign if Pollard is pardoned. Seven former U.S. secretaries of defence, some of whom are Jewish, also demanded Pollard remain in prison for life. After years of denials, Israel finally admitted Pollard, a U.S. Navy civilian analyst, was not a "rogue agent," as it originally claimed, but a spy for Israeli intelligence. Pollard caused enormous damage to U.S. national security. He gave Israel top-secret U.S. military intelligence and diplomatic codes; names of nearly 100 U.S. agents in the Mideast, who were then "turned" by Israel; NSA code-breaking techniques and targets; intercepts of foreign communications; and U.S. war-fighting plans for the Mideast. According to CIA sources, Pollard provided Israeli intelligence with names of important American agents inside the former Soviet Union and Russia who had supplied information on East Bloc weapons and war plans. How the agents' names were linked to the secrets they supplied - a major breach of basic intelligence security - remains a mystery. Some of the enormously sensitive secrets stolen by Pollard may have been either sold, or bartered, by Israel to the Soviet Union. A number of key CIA agents in the East Bloc were allegedly executed as a result of Pollard's spying. The KGB likely gained access to top-secret U.S. codes - either directly from Israel, or through spies in Israel's government. In short, Pollard's treachery caused one of the worst security disasters in modern U.S. history. FBI investigators discovered Pollard was being directed to steal specific secret data by a senior administration official, known as "Mr. X." But the White House, unwilling to stir up a domestic political storm, quashed the investigation. To my knowledge, three previous cases of high-ranking U.S. government officials caught passing top-secret information to Israel have been similarly hushed up. Two were senior defence department officials under Ronald Reagan, one a top state department official in a previous administration. None was prosecuted. Pollard's defenders claim he, like French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus in 1894, is a victim of anti-Semitism in the military. They maintain Pollard was "only" spying for a friendly country, motivated solely by concern for Israel's security. These assertions are patently false. Pollard was suspected for some time of spying. Investigation was held off precisely because of fears of raising cries of anti-Semitism. Pollard took large sums of money and jewelry from Israeli agents in payment for spying. With remarkable chutzpah, Israel, which receives up to $5 billion in U.S. aid annually, refuses to return documents stolen by Pollard, or allow U.S. intelligence to debrief Mossad agents who ran Pollard in order to learn the full extent of the disaster. While Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu kept calling for Pollard's release on "humanitarian" grounds, he refused to free prisoner of conscience Mordechai Vanunu, now serving 18 years in solitary confinement in Israel for telling a British newspaper about Israel's nuclear arsenal. Pollard is no Jewish patriot. He is a traitor who sold out his country, and fellow intelligence officers, for money, then claimed he was being persecuted by anti-Semites. Victim he is not. To the contrary, Pollard is a poster boy for anti-Semitism. His treason unfairly exposes all American Jews to hate, and accusations of doubtful loyalty. Jonathan Pollard is a traitor of the worst kind - not a
[CTRL] [BRIGADE] CC: Bush Weasels Out - Pat Stands Strong
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Dear Brigade, Today, while GW Bush was weaseling out of speaking up for Life, Pat Buchanan was praying at an Abortion Mill in Metairie, Louisiana. Since my email last night I have not had a confirmation that Pat and Ezola will be at the Christian Coalition convention this Saturday. But, the article below says they will be there. Even though they have told Pat he is not welcome, I hope he will go anyway. The members of the Christian Coalition love Pat and this will give them an opportunity to see and hear him and know that he stands 100% with them on Life and all our issues. I'm planning on going and hope every Brigader in the DC-MD-VA-PA-DE-WV area will join me. Saturday Sept. 30 - 1:00 PM - til?? Washington Hilton 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW FTC-Linda Thursday September 28 6:09 PM ET Bush, Buchanan to Miss Christian Coalition Event By Michael Carney WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some familiar faces will be missing when the Christian Coalition, a leading U.S. conservative group, gathers on Friday for its preelection convention. Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush (news - web sites) will not come, and Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan (news - web sites) was not invited. ``Bay Buchanan called (Christian Coalition founder) Pat Robertson three times in the last couple of weeks,'' a senior Buchanan aide told Reuters on condition of anonymity. ``She was led to believe that the situation would be resolved.'' Buchanan, who was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996 before switching to the Reform Party this year, has booked a hospitality suite at the coalition's hotel, where he and running mate Ezola Foster plan to fete members on Saturday. In past years, the coalition has given Buchanan a warm welcome. Though not a member of the group, Buchanan's conservative stance on social issues and opposition to abortion had been welcomed by leading members of the religious right. An aide told Reuters, ``This is the first time we have not had a formal invitation.'' One critic said this is further evidence that the coalition favors Republicans. ``The Christian Coalition proves itself to be just an arm of the Republican Party by denying a popular speaker who happens to be running for president the opportunity to speak,'' said Barry Lynn of Americans United, which opposes the religious right. ``This is more evidence that this is a Bush rally.'' If the weekend gathering is a Bush rally, it is one the Republican candidate will not attend. In past years the Christian Coalition convention has been a must-stop for Republican presidential candidates, including Bush's father President George Bush in 1992 and 1996 candidate Bob Dole. This year however, Bush has decided not to address the group. His spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said he will be at his Texas ranch preparing for his Tuesday debate with Democrat Al Gore (news - web sites), the first of three such televised events. Americans United's Lynn said, ``I think that Governor Bush is concerned that he could give the appearance of being in the pocket of the religious right if he shows up at this event.'' Lynne Cheney, wife of Republican vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney and former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will represent Bush at the coalition convention. In past years, the Coalition has mounted vigorous get-out-the- vote efforts on behalf of Republican presidential tickets. The New York Times quoted Coalition Chairman and founder Pat Robertson as saying his group would be even more active helping the Republican ticket this year. Lynn's group announced on Thursday that it was sending letters to 285,000 religious groups, warning the nation's churches, synagogues and mosques not to distribute the Coalition's voter guides. ``Any strength the Christian Coalition has is in those voter guides,'' said Lynn. ``If they can't distribute the famed 75 million voter guides then they will not have an influence on the election in November.'' The Coalition convention agenda reads like a conservative ''Who's Who,'' with congressional Republicans like House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott joining firebrands like Phyllis Schlafly and radio host Oliver North. Alan Keyes and Steve Forbes, unsuccessful candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, are also scheduled to address the ``Road to Victory 2000.'' --- end - ~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~ *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref.
[CTRL] Buchanan Denounces RU-486 Decision
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Buchanan Denounces RU-486 Decision NEW ORLEANS, LA - Reform Candidate Patrick J. Buchanan released the following statement in response to the FDA's decision to approve RU-486: "Today, our government certified the culture of death in an easy to swallow tablet. No moral country should ever make killing a child as casual as curing a headache, but the FDA's approval of RU-486 turns a new page in America's national tragedy. Millions more will perish, and their blood will stain our nation's soul. "The best George W. Bush can do is admit that the decision was 'wrong.' I say it is an affront to all that is right in America and an abomination before the God who authored these unborn lives. As President, I will wage all-out political warfare on behalf of the unborn child, and no Buchanan agency or appointee will compromise the right to life." *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ** *** A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan! Today, candor compels us to admit that our vaunted two-party system is a snare and a delusion, a fraud upon the nation. Our two parties have become nothing but two wings of the same bird of prey... Patrick Buchanan A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Navy, Air Force spare-parts crisis
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Navy, Air Force spare-parts crisis Pentagon says new procedures 'eliminated war reserve levels' -- -- By Jon E. Dougherty © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com An internal Pentagon report says that Clinton-era changes to the Department of Defense accounting and inventory procedures have "virtually eliminated war reserve levels of spare parts for both the Navy and the Air Force," reversing a decade-long effort of steady investment in vital military components. The report, dated May 11, says "despite ... current initiatives" that were only implemented last budget year to remedy the Pentagon's spare parts problems, "the [Defense Department] is likely to face parts challenges for the foreseeable future." Released from the office of the director for Readiness Programming and Assessment, the eight-page report said "spare parts shortages have been a major factor in lower reported equipment levels, particularly in ... aviation communities, for the last five to seven years." A high-level Pentagon source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told WorldNetDaily that though other "peace dividend reductions" were originally implemented in 1989, "from then until 1991, readiness was not affected." The report said that while more money has been added to the Defense budget to resolve the spare parts problem, the "funds have not added to the overall stockage level, but rather prevented the inventory from shrinking further. In effect, we are purchasing more parts in order to maintain the current inventory level," which has shrunk. "New [military] missions added are now part of the baseline requirement," the Pentagon official said, "but there is no room to fund real readiness improvements unless the top line is increased or the missions decrease." The report "documents large reductions in [the Pentagon's] overall spare parts inventory since the early '90s," as well as "a number of business practice changes that ... reduced our ability to monitor spare parts inventories and forecast problems." Spare parts problems will continue, the report said, because "many of the root causes of the current situation have not been remedied." The report said the Defense Department's current spare parts inventory is valued at $64 billion, up from its 1980 level of $43.4 billion -- the final budget year of the Carter administration's "hollow military" years, analysts said. By 1989, however, the Pentagon's spare parts inventory had climbed to $109.4 billion "primarily due to an expanded force structure and a concerted effort to increase spare parts." After the department initiated "a series of business and financial management reforms" to comply with the Pentagon's "Base Force" restructuring plan, "the Department established a plan to reduce 'excess' inventories." "In the early '90s, Congress quickly added to this movement by imposing legislative constraints on what the Department could purchase for its wholesale inventory," the report said. In 1990, Congress imposed a 90 percent material replacement limitation, followed by an 80 percent limitation in 1991. But from 1992 to 1995, Congress imposed a 65 percent material replacement level. At the same time, throughout the Clinton-Gore administration, military deployments and missions have more than doubled from deployment levels seen in the 15 years between the U.S. exit from South Vietnam and the end of the Cold War 11 years ago. "Because of these initiatives, the DOD spare parts inventory, when adjusted for price changes, has been reduced in the last decade by approximately 50 percent for both wholesale (depot level) and retail (held at the local base) levels," said the report. "The reduction virtually eliminated war reserve levels of spare parts for both the Navy and Air Force and lowered the amount (retention levels) for slow moving or inactive inventory," the report said. "There were $7 billion in 'peace dividend' savings generated from 1992 to 1994," the Pentagon official said, "and about $9 billion since then from operation purposes, including drug-war missions, increases in peacekeeping, counterintelligence" and other frontline and combat-oriented missions. "The administration has ordered all these new missions without increasing the 'top line' of the DOD's budget." The root causes of the Pentagon's spare parts and readiness problems "were generally good ideas," the official said, "but they were used to justify taking far more funding than they saved." The report said Clinton administration officials at the Pentagon changed the re-supply and spare parts inventory systems from one of actively keeping necessary stockpiles of highly used spare parts to a "just-in-time" delivery system used by corporate America to keep its inventories low. But as parts suppliers go out of business or stop manufacturing spare
[CTRL] ts Time to Re-think Americas War on Drugs
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Itâs Time to Re-think Americaâs "War on Drugs" By Chuck Baldwin September 29, 2000 America is fighting its "war on drugs" the way it fought the Vietnam War: as a deliberate no-win war. Not only are we not winning the war on drugs, we are surrendering our constitutional liberties in the process. Like any war, the only way to win is to want to win. Our government has no intention of winning the war on drugs. The reason? Too much of our economy and too many "big shots" are profiting from the trafficking of illegal drugs. Iâve talked with several Vietnam veterans that have said they personally saw our government dealing drugs in Southeast Asia. Men like L.D. Brown have testified to having personally observed our government run drugs out of places like Mena, Arkansas. Powerful, influential businessmen all over America are enjoying the financial and political fruits of this corrupt industry. In fact, there is significant evidence to support the proposition that one of the chief reasons Americaâs military was used to bomb Yugoslavia into the stone age was to provide open corridors for Albanian drug lords to transport their illegal wares into Europe. Furthermore, in the name of fighting drugs, America is sacrificing its constitutional liberties at a pace never seen before. Since President Reagan signed the National Security Decision Directive in 1986, the Fourth Amendment guarantee against "unreasonable searches and seizures" and The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 (which prevents the use of U.S. military forces being used against American citizens) have been practically eviscerated. You will recall that our government manufactured a non-existent methamphytamine plant in the Branch Davidian communal home that served as the facade for U.S. military forces (including tanks) being used in the assault that killed over 80 American citizens, most of whom were old men, women and children. Using the magic "war on drugs," government agents have kicked down the doors of untold numbers of innocent, unsuspecting Americans leaving hundreds of honest, law-abiding folks traumatized, or dead. Pat Buchanan and Howard Phillips know what needs to be done, but few people are paying attention to them. There is only one solution and itâs not that difficult to figure out. We must close that border with Mexico because that is where most illegal drugs are coming from. However, neither Bush nor Gore wants to close our southern border. In the name of "free trade" and "immigration" they desire to keep a wide-open, unrestricted border. So, drugs keep streaming across that border at a rate impossible for American law enforcement to restrain. Corrupt politicians and businessmen continue to bask in the luxury of drug-inspired wealth and prosperity. American citizens continue to see their constitutional liberties obliterated. And, the "war on drugs" drags on. NOTE *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ** *** A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan! Today, candor compels us to admit that our vaunted two-party system is a snare and a delusion, a fraud upon the nation. Our two parties have become nothing but two wings of the same bird of prey... Patrick Buchanan A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A
[CTRL] Fwd: FROM MELBOURNE TO PRAGUE: THE STRUGGLE FOR A DEGLOBALIZED WORLD
By now, even the most obtuse in many of our networks of friends, acquaintances colleagues are realizing that the globalization of capitalism is economic warfare (sometimes carried out with soldiers, bombers, and tanks) organized by and for the growth, protection and profit of the soul-less "legal entities" known as corporations, which have acted over the past 150 years+ to compromise and completely dominate world governments, abridging "human rights" in favor of "free" (depraved, amoral, unethical, and outright criminal) "enterprise." In the window of time where the science of controlling dissent is not-quite perfected and absolute, there is opportunity for a critical mass of aware individuals to effect some changes in the order of "business as usual." In the U.S., home to many of the most virulent examples of the plague of the Corporation, the letter and the intent of U.S. Constitutional Law has been ignored, subverted (subversion: criminal treasonous acts), and hacked at by corporate owners, lawyers, and judges bribed in various fashions. Simply enforcing the Law of the Land, the U.S. Constitution, would make an end of the monster that eats it's young: the corporation; the killer of species, the pillager of forests, the horizon of doomsday: the corporation; that which must die; the legal fiction with the knife to the throat of the world; the MegaCorporation. Dave Hartley, Pres Asheville Computer Tri-Cities Computer 86 N. Lexington Ave.200 W. Oakland Ave. Asheville, NC 28801 Johnson City, TN 37604 (828) 285-0240 (423) 952-0983 http://www.asheville-computer.com/ Senior VP http://www.earthcomp.com === FROM MELBOURNE TO PRAGUE: THE STRUGGLE FOR A DEGLOBALIZED WORLD Walden Bello TNI Fellow Talk delivered at a series of engagements on the occasion of demonstrations against the World Economic Forum (Davos) in Melbourne, Australia, 6-10 September 2000 _ We are, here in Melbourne in the next few days and in Prague in two weeks' time, participating in an historic enterprise: that of creating a critical mass to turn the tide against corporate-driven globalization. For years, we were told that globalization was benign, that it was a process that brought about the greatest good for the greatest number, that good citizenship lay in accepting the impersonal rule of the market and good governance meant governments getting out of the way of market forces and letting the most effective incarnation of market freedom, the transnational corporation, go about its task of bringing about the most efficient mix of capital, land, technology and labor. The unrestricted flow of goods and capital in a world without borders was said to be the best of all possible worlds, though when some observers pointed out that to be consistent with the precepts of their 18th century prophet, Adam Smith, proponents of the neoliberal doctrine would also have to allow the unrestricted flow of labor to create this best of all possible worlds, they were, quite simply, ignored. Such inconsistencies could be overlooked since for over two decades, neoliberalism or, as it was grandiosely styled, the 'Washington Consensus' had carried all before it. As one of its key partisans has nostalgically remarked recently, 'the Washington Consensus seemed to gain near-universal approval and provided a guiding ideology and underlying intellectual consensus for the world economy, which was quite new in modern history.' (1) GLOBALIZATION UNRAVELS I: The Asian Financial Collapse The unrestricted flow of speculative capital in accordance with Washington Consensus doctrine was what our governments in East Asia institutionalized in the early 1990s, under the strong urging of the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury Department. The result: the $100 billion that flowed in between 1993 and 1997 flowed out in the bat of an eyelash during the Great Panic of the summer of 1997, bringing about the collapse of our economies and spinning them into a mire of recession and massive unemployment from which most still have to recover. Since 1997, financial instability or the constant erosion of our currencies has become a way of life under IMF- imposed monetary regimes that leave the value of our money to be determined day-to-day by the changing whims, moods, and preferences of foreign investors and currency speculators. GLOBALIZATION UNRAVELS II: The Failure of Structural Adjustment The Asian financial crisis put the International Monetary Fund on the hotseat, leading to a widespread popular reappraisal of its role in the Third World in the 1980s and early 1990s, when structural adjustment programs were imposed on over 70 developing countries. After over 15 years, there were hardly any cases of successful adjustment programs. What structural adjustment had done, instead, was to institutionalize
[CTRL] HoffmanWire: 9 Days to Lieberman's Kol Nidrei
-Caveat Lector- But what about the jew Josephus? I read his book years ago, and in it I was quite surprised to read his teachings about the Gentiles, that they are dogs, that it's not a sin for a jew to kill a Gentile, and other similar things like this. I think it's because of these types of orthodox jewish teachings why Hoffman, and so many others, have a problem with the jews. I understand, of course, there are different grades of jewishness, like reformed, conservative, orthodox, and one or two others. But aren't all jews basically taught the same thing anyway about Gentiles, to begin with? I've heard and read things also about how most marxist/leninists/communists/socialists are mostly jews, if not all of them. They could even be atheistic marxist/leninist/etc. jews, but jews nonetheless. Of course, in conspiracy theory, all these marxists/leninists/communists/socialists are out to destroy Amerika, hence it's the jews who are out to destroy Amerika. Karl Marx was a jew, for one. Also, a person might say they are marxist/leninist/etc., but the religious connection is usually hidden behind the political label. I'm only asking these questions because this jewish thing keeps cropping up and I don't know what to think about it. I read Hoffman's Wire too, just as part of my interest in conspiracy theory. However, I think he certainly brings up valid points about what the Talmud, not to mention early jewish commentary, teaches the jews about Gentiles, and the reprehensible names that are given to Gentiles, and how to treat Gentiles. Hoffman goes into more detail than I can, but I too have always been curious what today's jews have to say about what the Talmud teaches, and what historical jewish commentators like Josephus teaches. I'd also like to know the religion of people who are marxist/leninist/socialist/communist. I suspect they are mostly jews myself. The jews do seem to have a background in these political theories, more so than any other group, I think. For the longest time, too, jews have been the biggest racists going by not allowing any intermarriage with the mud races, I think Gentiles are, or were, called. So, no offense to any jews on the list. I'm just trying to understand. Justine No it's not Bill. He's an ignorant prick who hates Jews and looks for ways to demonize them for profit. His whole idea here is wrong. He doesn't understand what he is saying. His presentation is superficial and he has concocted this silly conspiracy to hook his audience of Christian bigots who will gladly pay for his " materials." I don't want to explain the details of what the Kol Nidre is saying. But you people must understand that Jews have lived in foreign countries for a long time. The primary directive of Jewish law is to comply with the laws of the host country UNLESS THOSE LAWS FORCE CONVERSION OR MURDER. Looking for phrases in the vastness of the literature to prove anything can be easily done when taken out of context. The case he makes for Kol Nidre's negation of oaths was taken out of context and actually means the opposite of what Hoffman says it means. Because Hoffman is an idiot with a truly ignorant audience, he can tell them any kind of nonsense and they are happy to believe it. That he claims to have " unearthed " the Kol Nidre is so absurd that it's quite funny. It's like saying Columbus discovered a land where people came out to greet him. It's like discovering the name Jesus in a Christian hymnal. Joshua2 __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Regulatory State
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: Our republic though battered still stands and as more and more of us understand and stand-up and encourage others, change will happen . . . and for the better. This goes WAY beyone any single country, even ours. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fw: Is Aspartame Making Young People More Violent?
-Caveat Lector- *** Is Aspartame Making Young People More Violent? ** (An article by Michael Goodspeed. This content has been provided by Dr. Lendon Smith and edited by Dorothy McDonald.) ** Is There Any Evidence That Aspartame Causes Physical Health Problems? ** NutraSweet is one form in which we consume aspartame. Over the past 15 years, dozens of independent researchers have compiled anecdotal evidence linking aspartame (aspartame) to a variety of devastating physical ailments -- tinnitus, glaucoma, migraines, short-term memory loss, even brain tumors are thought by many doctors to be directly caused by NutraSweet consumption. This has been a matter of public record for three decades. ** How Does Aspartame Intake Affect Our Levels of Serotonin? ** One of the more serious effects thought to be caused by aspartame is the lowering of serotonin levels in the brain. In the foreword to Mary Nash Stoddard's book, Deadly Deception-Story of Aspartame, Dr. Lendon Smith, one of the country's most respected doctors, outlines the devastating impact this can have on a person's state of mind: It is interesting to note that the serotonin levels in hyperactive children are inherently lower than in normal kids. Their hyperactivity is lessened when their serotonin levels rise. ** Does Aspartame Consumption Also Cause Mental Disorders? ** Less widely-known, however, are the data suggesting that aspartame may have caused an exponential increase in both mental illness and violence, particularly in young people. The MENTAL SYMPTOMS that aspartame can produce in a person is thought to be related to the increase in violence and suicides in our population. aspartame causes a blockage of the formation of serotonin in the brain. Since tryptophan has been taken off the market by the FDA, there are many people who cannot make enough serotonin from their food, and they are more susceptible to insomnia, depression, and/or PMS. If these genetically deficient people are also swallowing aspartame, they will more readily have headaches, insomnia, depression, hostility, anxiety, and a host of other negative symptoms. "When you see someone sitting on the sidewalk, tired, alone and depressed, ask him if he is drinking soft drinks. Chances are, aspartame IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF SICKNESS AND CRIME. It is not what Mother Nature wants us to eat. " One has to wonder about the epidemic of tragic school shootings and other youth violence currently ravaging our country. Young people consume far more soft drinks and sugarless chewing gum than the adult population. (Permission to reprint given if the following resource box is included.) == Dr. Lendon Smith of television fame provides the content for Alternative Health Tips ezine. To get your FREE subscription to AAA Alternative Health Tips put SUBSCRIBE in the BODY of an email to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] == A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Bolivia Soldiers Disobey Order to Shoot Journos
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: "Al Giordano" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 2:44 PM Subject: [narconews] Bolivia Soldiers Disobey Order to Shoot Journos Today's Press Briefing September 30, 2000 "Filming is Prohibited!" "Soldiers, Shoot Them!" Read the translated account from today's Los Tiempos in Cochabamba, Bolivia, along with other stories about how the Bolivian and US governments have "Narco-tized" the social conflict that has that country paralyzed: http://www.narconews.com/pressbriefing.html When the US Media sleeps, we stand alert, The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Who was Jesus ? A conspiracy in Jerusalem
-Caveat Lector- : Christ came from Arabia? : By Khaled Ahmed : : Book Reviews : : WHO WAS JESUS? A CONSPIRACY IN JERUSALEM : by Kamal Salibi : I.B. Tauris; Distributed by Vanguard Books Lahore; : Pp200; Original Price £12.95; Special Price £6.50 : : Kamal Salibi is a Lebanese-Christian scholar who first became known for his book The :Bible : Came from Arabia in 1985. His expertise lies in knowing the towns and villages of :Saudi : Arabia and Yemen closely enough to equate them with the place-names featuring in the : Bible. He repeats his claim once again in the present book based on St Paul's :Epistle to : the Galatians in which Paul writes that, after converting miraculously from a : Christian-baiting Jew, the first place he visited was Arabia and not Jerusalem. :Salibi : claims that he went to Hijaz in Saudi Arabia to consult the single Aramaic injil :(Gospel) : mentioned in the Quran and noted by Hadith as being in the possession of Varaqah bin : Nawfal in the times of Muhammad PBUH 500 years later. : : This happened 500 years before the advent of Islam. It is known that the language :spoken : by Christ was Aramaic which was the idiom then current in Arabia. The Bible says that : Jesus or Jeshu came from Galilee (al-Jalil in Arabic) which is located by the Jews in : Israel. According to Salibi, al-Jalil is a town in present-day Taif in Hijaz, and :this is : where Jeshu was born as a Jew. From here he went to Jerusalem to announce his :prophethood : among the Jewish nation awaiting their Messiah. Salibi examines the verses of the :Quran to : conclude that the prophet Issa mentioned in the Quran was not Jeshu of the Bible but : another prophet who proclaimed himself 400 years earlier than Jeshu. The Quran :described : Issa as a virgin-born prophet who liberalised the strict faith of the Torah and fell :foul : of the Jews. It was Issa who also predicted the coming of Ahmad, the other name of : Muhammad PBUH. : : The book is a fascinating examination of the four Gospels of the New Testament. It :relies : on modern Christian scholarship to point out the contradictions contained in them. It : analyses the contents of the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles of Paul to conclude :that : the New Testament 'joined' the two narratives of Jeshu and Issa for reasons of :politics : among the disciples of Christ. It is well known that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, :Luke : and John are not compatible in their detail and that the first three are called :Synoptic : because of their minimal concordance while the Gospel of John is treated separately : because of its radical departure. The Gospels mix Jeshu, who has a father and :brothers, : with Issa, who has no father and no brothers. John goes so far as to not even :mention the : name of Maryam as Jeshu's mother while others admit his carpenter father while :bowing to : the Quranic version of the virgin birth. : : The Issa of Varaqah bin Nawfal was the one known to Muhammad PBUH, and the injil :mentioned : in the Quran was a single document. The other source confirming the presence of this :injil : was the Negus of Ethiopia who recognised Muhammad as the new Prophet on the basis of :its : text. The reference in the Quran to the changing of injil by Christians is actually a : reference to the fusion of Jeshu and Issa in the four Gospels of the New Testament. :This : has resulted in the Muslim faith in the one injil (no longer extant) mentioned in the : Quran and narrated to Muhammad PBUH by Varaqah bin Nawfal, a close relative of his :wife : Khadija. This injil was written in Aramaic, the mother tongue of Christ, and was :relied : upon by Varaqah in lieu of the four originally Greek injils then followed in Hijaz :among : orthodox Christians. Salibi thinks that unless one separates the two persons known as : Jeshu and Issa the problem of the double narrative in the Gospels cannot be resolved. : : Christ is also called Nazarene connecting him to Nazereth in present-day Israel. :Salibi : thinks that Issa and his followers were called Nazerenes because of the town in :Hijaz they : came from, al-Nasira, which still exists in Saudi Arabia. Jeshu is claimed to be :from the : line of David and therefore entitled to be the king-prophet of Israel. Internal :evidence : also suggests that he was from the tribe of Levi. In the post-crucifixion politics :that : developed between Paul on the one hand and James the brother of Jeshu and the :disciples on : the other, royal descent became an important factor. Since Paul was spreading the :message : among the Gentiles of the West, his thinking was different from James and the :apostles of : Jerusalem. One difference that became marked in later times was Paul's refusal to :accept : circumcision for his Western converts insisted upon by James. Paul states in Epistle :to : the Galatians that the apostles in Jerusalem composed their differences with him only : after he offered them the much-needed
[CTRL] World's most expensive Kabuki show
-Caveat Lector- : Camp David II: World's most expensive Kabuki show : By Eric S. Margolis 23 July 2000 : WASHINGTON - Last week's supposed cliffhanger negotiations at Camp David between :Israel : and the Palestinians remind this old, cynical Mideast hand of Japan's highly stylized : kabuki drama. Lots of yelling, arm-waving and theatrics, but a predictable outcome. :Only : the cost of Camp David II remains unknown. American taxpayers should pray Clinton's :last : show flops. : The two main issues confronting Israel and Palestine - to use the name of the new :state : that will inevitably come into being - are Jerusalem and Arab refugees. Neither is :likely : to be resolved at Camp David II. At best, these two extraordinarily difficult issues :will : be finessed, deferred, or paper-over with sham compromises. : Israel vows it will never give back the Old City of Jerusalem, which it conquered in :the : 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Palestinians, the 1.2 billion-strong Muslim world, the :Vatican, : Europe, and the UN insist the Old City return to Muslim-Christian rule as capital of : Palestine. Pope John Paul II reiterated this point over the weekend, calling for the : internationalization of the holy city. : Israel refuses any right of return to Palestinian refugees expelled from their homes :in : 1948 and 1967, though it welcomed one million Russians and still keeps its doors :open for : new immigrants. The original Palestinian refugees and their descendants now total :nearly 4 : million. Israel says it will never force 140,000 Jewish settlers on the West Bank, :Gaza, : and Golan to leave. : End of story? Not necessarily. The president of the United States has the power to :break : this impasse. In 1956, Israel, in collusion with France and Britain, invaded Egypt :and : seized Sinai. When Israel refused to withdraw at war's end, President Dwight :Eisenhower : and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles ordered Israel to vacate Sinai or face :cut-off : of all US aid and an end to the tax-deductible status of contributions to Israel. :Israel : vacated Sinai. : What the Palestinians and Jews needs right now is a strong, courageous American :president : who will force Israel into the necessary concession it cannot now make: granting :some form : of tangible and/or shared sovereignty over the Old City to Palestinian Muslims and : Christians. : Without a fair deal over Jerusalem, and at least some Palestinian refugees returned :to : Israel, there will be no permanent Mideast peace. Israel's embattled PM Ehud Barak :may : want to do just this, but his coalition is near collapse. Israel's powerful right, :backed : by hard-line Zionists in the US and Britain, refuses to concede an inch and is busy : undermining Barak with hysterical and preposterous claims that Israel's very :existence is : in peril. : He who pays the piper should call the tune. Israel has received $100 billion in aid :from : the US since 1948. Every year, US taxpayers give Israel $5 billion in open and :hidden aid. : Egypt is paid $2 billion annually not to confront Israel. Half of all US foreign aid :goes : to Israel and Egypt. Israel's military is dependant on US equipment and technology. :Only : the oft-used US veto prevents Israel from facing UN sanctions over its refusal to :withdraw : form the West Bank and the Old City. : Now should be the time for Washington to press Israel to accept a deal that would be :good : for Jews, Arabs and US Mideast interests. Instead, what we have is a flabby Bill :Clinton : who is thinking more about November elections, Democratic campaign financing, and :his next : career move to Hollywood than America's strategic position. : There will be no real pressure on Israel to compromise. Every senior position in the :State : Department and National Security Council responsible for Mideast policy has been :filled : with strong American supporters of Israel who are virtually part of Israel's :political : establishment. : The three senior American diplomats at Camp David II have all been involved with the :US : Israel lobby; two were Israeli residents. It's as if the entire US delegation at : American-brokered talks on northern Ireland were militant Catholic-Americans and IRA : backers. The powerful Israel lobby has warned Congress, `no pressure on Israel.' : Politicians recall that President George Bush's attempts to press Israel into halting : settlements brought charges of `anti-semitism' that contributed to his failure to get : re-elected and to Clinton's upset victory. : The only `pressure' the US will exert is offering Israel more money. Camp David I :has cost : US taxpayers $160 billion - the price of nine complete aircraft carrier battle :groups. The : recent, never fully implemented Wye River agreements engineered by Clinton cost :taxpayers : nearly $2 billion. : Israel is reportedly asking Washington for US $15-27 billion to relocate military : facilities from the
[CTRL] Iran seizes drugs, arrests 25 smugglers
-Caveat Lector- : Iran seizes drugs, arrests 25 smugglers : TEHRAN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iranian police have seized more than 600kg : (1,320-lb) of opium and arrested 25 smugglers and dealers in raids : across the country, the official IRNA news agency said on Saturday. : Some 500 kg of the haul were found and 20 drug dealers detained in : four separate busts across the capital Tehran. Another 128 kg were : confiscated in the central province of Yazd and five traffickers were : arrested. Iran lies on the main drugs transit route from Afghanistan : and Pakistan, the so-called "Golden Crescent," to the lucrative : markets of Europe and oil-rich Arab states. The country also faces a : domestic drugs problem with around two million addicts and casual : users in a population of around 63 million. The United Nations has : recently increased its aid programmes to Iran in an effort to help : police patrol the county"s eastern borders. But officials say the : foreign assistance is not enough to help keep thousands of : combat-ready police troops permanently on the long and porous : frontiers. More than 170 policemen were killed in gun battles with : drug traffickers in the year to March 2000. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Alleged Putin Assassination Bid Foiled
-Caveat Lector- Bid to assassinate Putin at summit 'was foiled by agents' By Patrick Cockburn in Moscow http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/ 13 September 2000 An attempt to kill the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, during a conference in the Crimea last month was foiled by security agents tipped off by foreign secret services, the head of Ukraine's security service said yesterday. Leonid Derkach, the head of the Ukrainian service, gave few details of the assassination plan but the Russian leader's bodyguards confirmed that they knew about a would-be attempt on his life while he was attending a summit of former Soviet states in the Crimea, which is part of Ukraine. Mr Derkach said earlier that four people from Chechnya and several others from the Middle East had been involved in the plot. Mr Putin was able to attend only the first day of the summit on 18 August before he had to return to Moscow in the aftermath of the sinking of the Kursk nuclear-powered submarine in the Barents Sea. As with the sinking of the Kursk, the Russian government was unable yesterday to give a clear picture of what had happened. Both Russian and Ukrainian security services would only confirm there had been a plot, which they had dealt with effectively. Mr Putin is an obvious target for Chechen separatists because he is the architect of the year-old war in Chechnya. The Russian security agencies have had singularly little success in bringing to book those responsible for many acts of violence across the country, including the bomb explosions in Moscow and other Russian cities, which killed more than 300 people a year ago. Federal prosecutors now say that a bomb placed in an underpass near Pushkin square in Moscow, which exploded on 8 August killing 12 people and injuring 108, was probably planted by somebody settling a business dispute. At the time it was widely assumed the bomb had been planted by Chechens. Vladimir Zinchenko, the deputy head of the Interior Ministry's department for economic crimes, was quoted as saying that evidence was accumulating against businessmen "whose interests are concentrated at Pushkin square". He was presumably referring to gang wars between the different groups that control stallholders selling cheap goods in the underpasses. The sheer number of state security agencies in Russia also makes it easy for them to deny knowledge of or responsibility for any particular event. Three months ago, for instance, Russian forces in Chechnya sent in helicopters and armoured vehicles to arrest Ruslan Alikhadziyev, the moderate speaker of the Chechen parliament, but now deny they ever held him or know where he is. Chechen rebels claim he has been tortured to death. In a separate development, Yevgeny Adamov, Russia's Minister for Atomic Energy, said yesterday there was no reason to raise to the surface the Kursk submarine. The Kursk has two nuclear reactors, which shut down automatically when the front end was ripped apart by an explosion. Immediately after the disaster, the navy said it would raise the Kursk, which is in 350 feet of water. Mr Adamov said that might be more dangerous than leaving it where it was. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Ecstacy blamed for 6 new deaths in Florida
-Caveat Lector- PMA/PMMA burns out the central nervous system by raising the users body temperature to nearly 108 degrees. TIM MOORE Florida police commissioner THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT of Law Enforcement issued a statewide warning that no tests could reliably determine the presence of the highly toxic additives in pills sold as the illegal stimulant ecstasy, or MDMA. The deaths were attributed to tablets that in addition to the usual ecstasy ingredients also contained either PMA (paramethoxyamphetamine) or PMMA (paramethoxymethamphetamine). Both are powerful stimulants that cause the user to sweat profusely and the body temperature to soar. PMA was blamed for three deaths in the Chicago area in May, Florida police said. PMA/PMMA burns out the central nervous system by raising the users body temperature to nearly 108 degrees, Florida police Commissioner Tim Moore said in a news release. HIGH BODY TEMPERATURES Five of the Florida victims died in the Orlando area, where the Orange County Medical examiner recorded their temperatures at 106 to 108 degrees at the time of death. Advertisement Quick Gifts Swimwear Books Music Video Computing Electronics Toys Games More . . . A 19-year-old woman who died in nearby Lake County in August after taking the drug had a temperature of 104 degrees five hours after she died, the medical examiner said. Two of the Florida deaths were attributed to toxicity from the drug alone, while the others involved multiple drugs. Investigators have not determined where the pills were made or how the victims got them. They said the dead users apparently believed they were taking ecstasy or ecstasy laced with heroin or cocaine. Ecstasy is popular at music and dance parties known as raves. People that normally take two pills, if they take two of these ecstasies it could kill them, a spokeswoman for the Orange County medical examiner said. © 2000 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Darker Mr. Potato Head draws complaints of racism
-Caveat Lector- : Darker Mr. Potato Head draws complaints of racism : September 29, 2000 : WARWICK, Rhode Island (AP) -- A 6-foot Mr. Potato Head statue, one of : dozens dotting Rhode Island as part of a tourism campaign, will be : taken down because of complaints that the grinning, brown-skinned : figure appeared racist. : The "Tourist Tater" was painted dark brown to appear suntanned and : wore an ill-fitting Hawaiian shirt, glasses and a hat. : The fiberglass figure had been on display since May, but no one had : complained until its photo appeared Thursday in a newspaper. : Tourism officials decided Friday to take it away from outside City : Hall. : "The whole Potato Head campaign is supposed to encourage people to : visit. Obviously, we did not intend to offend anyone," Mayor Scott : Avedisian said. : East Providence affirmative action officer Onna Moniz-John said she : thought the statue resembled the antique figurines she collects that : portray blacks as buffoons, such as Little Black Sambo. : "If you look at this potato head, the only thing missing is a : watermelon," Moniz-John said. : Tom Schumpert, head of the state Economic Development Corp., which is : directing the Mr. Potato Head campaign, said the statue seemed more : offensive in the photo. : "If I saw it first, I would have said, 'We need to correct this,"' : said Schumpert, who is black. : Kathy Szarko, the artist who designed "Tourist Tater," said that she : meant no offense and that several other spud statues are a similar : color. : "He's a potato. That's why he's brown," Szarko said. : The statues for the "Birthplace of Fun" campaign are based on the toy : created by Hasbro Inc., which is based in Pawtucket. : Other figures include the "Salty Spud," dressed in bright orange rain : gear and carrying a fishing net, and "Edgar Allen Poe-tato," honoring : the writer, who lived in the state for a short time. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Girl, age 10, files for divorce
-Caveat Lector- : Iran 10-year-old files for divorce from her 15-year-old husband :Tue, 26 Sep 2000 5:20:19 PDT : ClariNet Communications Corp. :TEHRAN, Sept 26 (AFP) - A 10-year-old Iranian girl has filed for :divorce from her 15-year-old husband after only eight days of : marriage :on grounds of mistreatment, the government-run Iran paper said :Tuesday. : :It quoted the boy as saying that the day after the wedding they had :had a fight because she wanted to play with her dolls. :"On the last day, I beat my wife and my mother-in-law and ran off to :my mother's house," the paper quoted him saying, while the girl said: :"I was married before, but not any more." : :Iran's reformist-dominated parliament last month approved a motion to :allow the judiciary and not parents to decide whether boys under 17 :and girls under 14 years of age can marry. : :Several religious MPs belonging to parliament's conservative minority :expressed their disapproval with the motion, saying that Islam's :sharia law which sets the marriage age at nine for girls and 14 for :boys should apply. :Before the 1979 Islamic revolution, the age of majority for both : sexes :was 16 years. : :Iranian officials regularly propagate marriage as a means to prevent :"social corruption" among young people. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Regulatory State
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 9/30/00 11:32:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This goes WAY beyone any single country, even ours. Yes, so true. But as an American, that is my frame of reference and the only political unit I have any real exposure to. How I see it is that the US has been set-up as a caricature of capitalism and the USSR was set up as a caricature of communism/socialism set in place for control of the natural resources of the world. The human population included. All "leads" point to an european controlled conspiracy playing many varying levels of the Hegelian playbook. There have been many generations of hoodwinks, it varies per discipline and field but most of our "culture-building" mechanisms have been co-opted in one form or another. Some is just organic change that comes with time - that just happens, but much of our waking world is spent living within a falsely contstructed dialectic. The paradigm of oil energy is a controlled system, keeping us peons in tow. A funny thing is, that if ya follow the ships, first, slaves, sugar and rum then some ships did duty in opium, then coolies, and last as oil tankers. some ramblings. MHO Om K A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Fwd: Michael Aquino
http://mercury.spaceports.com/~persewen/illum_index.htm Latest News Satanic subversion of the U.S. Military by Jeffrey Steinberg On February 5, 1999, in U.S. District Court in Lincoln, Nebraska, an extraordinary hearing occurred in Paul A. Bonacci v. Lawrence E. King, a civil action in which the plaintiff charged that he had been ritualistically abused by the defendant, as part of a nationwide pedophile ring liked to powerful political figures in Washington and to elements of the U.S. military and intelligence establishment. Three weeks later, on February 27, Judge Warren K. Urbom ordered King, who is currently in Federal prison, to pay $1 million in damages to Bonacci, in what Bonacci's attorney John DeCamp said was a clear signal that "the evidence presented was credible." During the February 5 hearing, Noreen Gosch stunned the court with sworn testimony linking U.S. Army Lt. Col. Michael Aquino (ret.) to the nationwide pedophile ring. Her son, Johnny, then 12 years old, was kidnapped off the streets of West Des Moines, Iowa on September 5, 1982, while he was doing his early-morning newspaper deliveries. Since his kidnapping, she has devoted all of her time and resources to finding her son, and to exposing the dangers that millions of children in American face from this hideous, literally Satanic underground of ritualistic deviants. "We have investigated, we have talked to so far 35 victims of this said organization that took my son and is responsible for what happened to Paul, and they can verify everything that has happened," she told the court. "What this story involves is an elaborate function, I will say, that was an offshoot of a government program. The MK-Ultra program was developed in the 1950s by the CIA. It was used to help spy on other countries during the Cold W ar because they felt that the other countries were spying on us. "It was very successful. They could do it very well." Then, the Aquino bombshell: "Well, then there was a man by the name of Michael Aquino. He was in the military. He had top Pentagon clearances. He was a pedophile. He was a Satanist. He's founded the Temple of Set. And he was a close friend of Anton LaVey. The two of them were very active in ritualist sexual abuse. And they deferred funding from this government program to use [in] this experimentation on children. "Where they deliberately split off the personalities of these children into multiples, so that when they're questioned or put under oath or questioned under lie detector, that unless the operator knows how to question a multiple-personality disorder, they turn up with no evidence." She continued: "They used these kids to sexually compromise politicians or anyone else they wish to have control of. This sounds so far out and so bizarre I had trouble accepting it in the beginning myself until I was presented with the data. We have the proof. In black and white." Under questioning from DeCamp, Gosch reported: "I know that Michael Aquino has been in Iowa. I know that Michael Aquino has been to Offutt Air Force Base [a Strategic Air Command base, near Omaha, which was linked to King's activities]. I know that he has had contact with many of these children." Paul Bonacci, who was simultaneously a victim and a member of the nationwide pedophile crime syndicate, has subsequently identified Aquino as the man who ordered the kidnapping of Johnny Gosch. In his February 5 testimony, Bonacci referred to the mastermind of the Gosch abduction as "the Colonel." A second witness who testified at the February 5 hearing, Rusty Nelson, was King's personal photographer. He later described to EIR another incident which linked King to Aquino, while the Army special forces officer was still on active reserve duty. Some time in the late 1980s, Nelson was with King at a posh hotel in downtown Minneapolis, when he personally saw King turn over a suitcase full of cash and bearer-bonds to "the Colonel," who he later positively identified as Aquino. According to Nelson, King told him that the suitcase of cash and bonds was earmarked for the Nicaraguan Contras, and that "the Colonel" was part of the covert Contra support apparatus, otherwise associated with Lt. Col. Oliver North, Vice President George Bush, and the "secret parallel government" that they ran from the White House. Just who is Lt. Col. Michael Aquino (ret.), and what does the evidence revealed in a Nebraska court hearing say about the current state of affairs inside the U.S. military? Is the Aquino case some kind of weird aberration that slipped off the Pentagon radar screen? Not in the least. Aquino, Satan and the U.S. military Throughout much of the 1980s, Aquino was at the center of a controversy involving the Pentagon's acquiescence to outright Satanic practices inside the
Re: [CTRL] A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Regulatory State
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: Yes, so true. But as an American, that is my frame of reference and the only political unit I have any real exposure to. Then allow me to suggest that you expose yourself to the other 94% of humanity. A good place to start is: http://www.indymedia.org/ How I see it is that the US has been set-up as a caricature of capitalism and the USSR was set up as a caricature of communism/socialism set in place for control of the natural resources of the world. As I see it they are both capitalism. One is private monopoly capitalism. The other is state monopoly capitalism. But a boss is a boss is a boss. In neither case do ordinary people like you and I have real power over everyday life. In both cases the few control the many, and exploit us to their own advantage. The human population included. We're livestock. Nations are just glorified livestock paddocks. Borders are fences that our owners use to keep us separated into managable sized herds. Our rulers themselves care not a fig for nationalism, except as a tool to manipulate us. Capital has no borders. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Corey HamAsSki'S DC WEATHER REPORT
-Caveat Lector- COMRADES: cory hamasaki's DC Weather Report September 30, 2000 - Y2K plus 272 days. - WRP140 http://www.kiyoinc.com/current.html - Final - $5.00 Cover Price. (c) 1999, 2000 Cory Hamasaki - I grant permission to distribute and reproduce this newsletter as long as this entire document is reproduced in its entirety. You may optionally quote an individual article but you should include this header down to the tearline or provide a link to the header. I do not grant permission to a commercial publisher to reprint this in print media. This entire document is a Year 2000 Information Disclosure as defined in the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, S2392. tearline - In this issue: 0. WRP information 1. The Bully of the Bay 2. Winter's Here 3. Intel 4. So what's the deal with the market 5. --WRP Information-- Most of the WRP material is now flowing through our listserv. It's still open to all and subsidized by the members. I'm cutting back on the web WRPs and concentrating on the listserv. Join the open Weather Report mailing list, Click to subscribe to dc-y2k-WRP When you get there, you should select the digest option. At some point, we might close the list but for now it's still open. --The Bully of the Bay-- There's a major threat to the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay. This living disaster is ripping the eco system, digging the sea grass, and beating up on the ducks and other birds. What is this horrible savage beast, an alligator? A giant rodent? A toothy sea going gar? No. The name of this monster is the Mute Swan. The Mute Swan, graceful, silent, poetry in motion but not a native to the Chesapeake, it's crowding its way into the ecology, eating everything in sight, pushing aside smaller sea birds, and they're all smaller than the Swan. Two local environmental groups have gone public about the Mute Swan, kill it, KILL THE BEAST, get rid of it, we don't want its kind in our neighborhood. The solution is simple. I have pals who'll hunt anything that moves, autoloading shotguns, radio controlled dogs, jet propelled boats, just declare open season on the Mute Swan and the ecology will be saved. They'll want a BIG deep fryer and what, three pounds of corn meal and five gallons of peanut oil? Things are not always what they appear to be. --Winter's Here-- Winter's starting right on schedule. Massive snow drifts out west, rain where it's warmer. We've got night time temps in the 40's in DeeCee. The TeeVee news reported upper 30's in September! Meanwhile, Prince Albert trying to get out of the can, begged Maximum-Bill to release the emergency oil from the Strategic Reserves. And amazingly, he's doing it. Makes sense to me. No problems with oil, gas was plentiful all year, no inflation but as the election gets closer, the possibility that you might be inconvenienced slightly becomes a National Emergency! You mean, I might have to pay an extra 20 cents! Shocking. Did you have trouble buying oil or gas? I didn't. Well, I did goggle at the pump numbers. For a few weeks, I drove a truckasaurus, a Dodge Ram 1500 4X4, 4 door, Magnum V-8. I drove it down to Paul Milne's place, it was fun. The truckasaurus took $38 to fill up and I was using the cheapest regular that I could find. Big difference between the truckasaurus and the cory-mobile, an economical 4 cylinder sedan with a 5 speed transaxle. The cory-mobile gets 30+ mpg and it takes about $18.00 to fill the 13 gallon tank. The Baron's Jetta TDI gets 45 mpg on Diesel. But winter's here. If this is a half-way exceptional winter, I'll see my monthly heating bill triple and so will everyone else. Our Yuppie pals with their 5 bedroom tract mansions and inefficient all electric heat will drop into "resistive back-up mode" when the air temps fall. They'll see their bills quadruple, quintuple, or n-tuple as we say in the computer science business. Some of them could see one month's heating bill exceed one thousand dollars. Here's the reason. DeeCee in recent times has had fairly warm winters. In the 1970's, I saw the Potomac River freeze solid and that winter, a pal with a gas heated mega-size townhouse had a $600 heating bill. In historic times, DeeCee was much colder. There's an ice house under Monticello, Jefferson's mansion south of here in Virginia. Where did he get the ice from? He got it from ponds. It used to be colder. If the temperatures stay above 40, a heat pump is a pretty good compromise heating system. Our winters have been above 40 for decades, there were one or two exceptions but they were brief. The indications are that this coming winter will be colder than normal. This is not scientific. This is just my weather sense. It's little clues like, August temps in the 50's, September temps in the upper 30's, the snowstorm out West. I call this a
[CTRL] Fw: Dick Cheney resigns???
-Caveat Lector- FWIW... And of course, caveat lector. - Original Message - From: "Joan Norman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 2:57 PM Subject: [July30] Dick Cheney resigns??? July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com Hi We've all been waiting breathlessly for the usual October Surprise that the Republicans are famous for, two weeks before a Presidential election. I've received several emails to the effect that this year's October Surprise is going to happen on October 15!!! Dick Cheney's "history" is no longer going to be a liability to the ticket...because he is going to resign ...with a trumped up "threat to his health" or a "dire heart problem" that will take him out of the race!! Colin Powell or John McCain is going to rush in a "save the ticket"!! Evidently, this has been in the works since the high oil prices began to get our attention. Two oil barons on one ticket didn't look so cool. Do you have any information on this latest rumor?? Joan Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] CommentMax: Tyranny Is Here
-Caveat Lector- COMRADES; CommentMax Tyranny Is Here Paul Craig Roberts Sept. 27, 2000 Tyranny is creeping up on us. If you don't believe it, consider the most prominent hallmarks of the Nazi and Communist regimes, which sought to supplant democracy in the 20th century. In National Socialist Germany and the Soviet Union, there were no First Amendment rights. No one could voice an opinion contrary to the politically correct views enforced by the Gestapo and the KGB. Media and education were used to instill politically correct thinking and bring denunciation upon anyone who departed from politically correct thinking. This is precisely the situation that exists today in the vast majority of American colleges and universities. Verbal and facial expressions that are contrary to political correctness result in sensitivity training (a form of brainwashing) or expulsion for the offender, who may have done nothing more than laugh. If the source of mirth is an ethnic joke, a blonde joke or a hilarious claim by a multiculturalist, the hapless offender discovers that his constitutional protections do not exist. In Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, there were victim groups that were championed and oppressor groups that were suppressed. In Germany, the "victims" were Aryans, who were said to be under the financial hegemony of Jews. In the Soviet Union, the hegemonic group was the bourgeoisie, who allegedly held sway over an oppressed proletariat. In both countries, victims were permitted to exercise violent language and actions against oppressors. In the United States today, white heterosexual able-bodied males constitute the hegemonic group. Everyone else is a member of a victim group. In Germany and the Soviet Union, the abstract and imaginary group roles of oppressor and victim were given a frightful reality by ideologues. Race and class categories became the basis for discrimination and new legal systems that favored victims' groups with preferences. On American campuses, multicultural ideology has revived the concepts of race and class oppression, and added new ones based on gender and sexual orientation. Men oppress women, and heterosexuals oppress homosexuals. According to multiculturalists, our culture and values reflect nothing but the arbitrary domination of society by white heterosexual males. University of Pennsylvania professor Alan Kors says that, thanks to multiculturalism, "half a century after the defeat of Nazism, we distinguish by blood and we equate blood with culture." We now think like Nazis and explain our society and culture in terms of race (and gender) hegemony. Tyrannical states attack the family. Both the Nazis and Communists are infamous for state intrusions in family affairs. In the United States, similar bureaucratic and political intrusions come from family courts. Most Americans are unaware of the existence of these relatively new "courts." Howard University professor Stephen Baskerville is the leading authority on these courts. He says family courts are "the most dangerous institution posing a threat to constitutional rights in our society. The only parallels are the ideological-bureaucratic dictatorships of the last century." Family courts claim immunity from the Constitution and from scrutiny by federal courts. Baskerville describes them as follows: "Their proceedings are secret and unrecorded. Their orders are enforced by bureaucratic police who do not wear uniforms and whose sole responsibility is to conduct surveillance over families and private lives. As such, these police are akin to secret police. By the very nature of their jurisdiction, these courts and police are the most intrusive and invasive arm of government, and yet they are accountable to virtually no one. Such an institution is intolerable in a free society." Recently a family court judge ordered the parents of a 7-year-old boy in Berne, N.Y., to put their child on Ritalin, a behavior-control drug. The alternative was to be found guilty of "educational neglect," an offense that would open the possibility of their child being seized by Child Protective Services - a Hillary Clinton "village" institution straight from the pages of the Gestapo. The child suffered serious side effects from the drug, but parents no longer have the right to decide what is best for their children. Tyrannical states assault the individual in the inner recesses of his consciousness. He is not permitted to think certain thoughts or to express a prohibited thought privately to anyone. Recently, Janice Barton encountered a Spanish-speaking couple while leaving a restaurant in Manistee, Mich. She turned to her mother and said, "I wish these (ethnic slur) would learn to speak English." An off-duty deputy sheriff overheard the private remark, followed the woman to her car and noted her tag number. Janice Barton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for her thought crime. This couldn't happen in a free country. Dr. Roberts' latest
[CTRL] [21] Treason's Peace
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: Treason's Peace Howard Watson Armbruster©1947 A Crossroads Press Book Beechurst Press New York 438 pps. -- First/Only Edition -- Out-of Print --[21]]-- CHAPTER XX I Another Farben Peace SENATOR KILGORE in October, 1945, publicly expressed his concern at reports that high officials were planning a revival of I.G. Farben's export trade instead of dismantling its facilities. In December, after his committee bad assembled and made public voluminous records extracted from the I.G. Fa'rben files in Germany which proved its war guilt beyond question, the Senator called as a witness Col. Bernard Bernstein, formerly Treasury Counsel, who, as Director of the Division of Investigation of Cartels and External Assets in the O. M. G., had recently returned to the United States, having been sent back, according to report, because he was too insistent in his efforts to uncover the part Farben played in the war and in searching for the accomplices through whom its assets were still hidden. Colonel Bernstein, in a lengthy statement prepared from original documents with meticulous care, brought out the startling fact that 87 percent of Farben's industrial war machine was ready to operate, and instead of being destroyed as required by the Yalta and Potsdam Agreements, was actually being put back into operation. His testimony showed conclusively that the German war machine could not have functioned without Farben, and that Dr. Carl Krauch, pre-war Nazi Chief of Germanys entire chemical industry, and chairman of Farben's board of directors, along with the other Farben leaders, bad long known of the Nazi plan of aggression. The witness expressed the hope that the criminal role played by Farben's officials would result in their indictment and .conviction as war criminals. Vain Hope. Shortly after this, Col. Bernstein resigned from the Government service. His successor in the O. M. G. set-up in Germany, Russell A. Nixon, a former member of the Harvard faculty, let loose a blast in Berlin, saying that Farben's high officials who had been arrested were being released, their plants were not being destroyed, and the uncovering of their hidden assets abroad was being hindered by State Department officials. So Mr. Nixon was also returned to the United States and he, too, gave his testimony before the Kilgore Committee. Mr. Nixon was now out of the Government service and was free of official restraints. He minced no words in stating that O. M. G. officials directly engaged in carrying out Order No. 2 of July 5. 1945, were deliberately violating it, and that the I.G. Farben war potential was being actually rebuilt and reintegrated instead of being destroyed. Among high points of Mr. Nixon's testimony were detailed charges that: no I.G. Farben plants bad been destroyed, those widely heralded as having been blown up were in, reality government-owned plants. No law to destroy cartels in Germany bad been promulgated and no policy existed in this respect. Farben officials and employes who had been arrested had then been released from custody-in some cases were actually assisting in the activities of the 0. M. G. The instructions for a complete mobilization of Farben's external assets had not been earned out. Farben's stock had gone up and up on the Munich and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges (from 68 to 142-1/2) because the German people on the spot knew what was going on. The State Department and the British Foreign Office had acted together in preventing the seizure of Farben's foreign assets. Possibly the most significant item in Mr. Nixon's story was his statement that Farben's re-growth followed closely the expectations which had been expressed by the notorious Max Ilgner, in a letter discovered by the 0. M. G., which Ilgner wrote in 1944 to several of his associates and in which this Farben foreign-espionage head confidently advised his pals to stick together because he, Ilgner, could assure them that the American authorities would eventually came to their rescue and permit I.G. Farben to resume business as usual. Mr. Nixon not only minced no words in denouncing the official malpractice by which every order to destroy Farben was being aborted, but named some of those individuals in the O. M. G. set-up in Germany whom he believed to be responsible for this ghastly repetition of the sabotage of Allied control of this same German dye trust in the years following World War I. Among those Mr. Nixon indicated had taken the attitude that the Morgenthau plan was hysterical or impracticable were Ambassador Robert D. Murphy, representing the State Department; General William H. Draper, Director of the Economics Division; Col. E. G. Pillsbury, control officer; Major Petroff, former attorney for General Motors; Laird Bell, Chicago attorney who had been outspoken in his disagreement with Potsdam and J. C. S. 1067; and Col. Joe Starnes, former member of the noxious Dies Committee of the House of
[CTRL] CommentMax: Tyranny Is Here
-Caveat Lector- KOMRADES: I know this is going to sound a bit confused, but I find what is happening today with politikal korrektness and activists going at it every which way to be konfusing as to who is behind it all mostly. So bear with me, and any insights are greatly appreciated. Studying, as much as possible, all sides of the spectrum, from the left to the right, and the middle classes in between (otherwise known as the "Sheeples"), from what I see the "left" consists of liberals, well-meaning some, but behind the liberals seem to be mostly jewish/marxist/leninist/communist/socialists. I listen to WBAI-FM on the East Coast, and I saw on Channel 13 an hour documentary on the history of the flagship station called Pacifica. These two stations are the only two on the radio which promote all of the activist agendas. I thought at first this was great, because corporations were merging left and right and getting way too big and having way too much power. I think Eutrice Leeds (not sure if that's the correct spelling) is brilliant in explaining "The Man" and "The System". However, of late I've noticed that she, and all the other activists on the other programs seem to all for minority rights only. All the activists on WBAI, although I cannot see what race they are, most sound like young white females and males (mostly females). So, what are white activists so concerned about nothing but minority rights, here and all around the world? There are white people suffering too. I'm a tax slave, and who is talking for me? So, as I wonder just who these young white activists are, it seems now probably they are jewish/marxist/leninist/communist/socialists. The things they say are most certainly of a socialist-type bent, and how many times have I heard about the jews who pit one segment of society against the other, and after things have reached a pitch, they, the jewish marxists/leninists, etc., just step in. Look at how media, like Jerry Springer, a jew, caters to the worst elements of society. You don't see ANY jews on his show as guests. So maybe all these Amerikcan activists who headed for Prague to lend a hand are these very jewish socialists, etc., who are attempting to topple democracy and capitalism? Not to mention doing all possible for minority rule over, most especially, whites? On the other hand, maybe marxist/leninist/socialists/communists have a point? Big government and big corporations, and IMF, WTC, etc., even democracy, have done nothing for me as a tax slave living in Amerika. So maybe all these socialists are right, and maybe politikal korrektness is right, so that minorities get rule more around the world, including Amerika? Or that the "People" rule? Incidentally, the early Pacifica radio station gave voice to communists and two of them even had programs on. Just the other day I was listening to WBAI, and they were interviewing a communist politician, a homosexual too. Just thoughts, because I sure wish I could figure all this out. So far, the only activists from either spectrum I praise and pray for are the animal rights activists. God Bless Them. Any person who feels for the suffering of the Animal Kingdom, I KNOW they have a true HUMAN heart straight down the line. So, is CTRL mostly made up of marxists/leninists, etc., or what? Justine SIG HEIL! In Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, there were victim groups that were championed and oppressor groups that were suppressed. In Germany, the "victims" were Aryans, who were said to be under the financial hegemony of Jews. In the Soviet Union, the hegemonic group was the bourgeoisie, who allegedly held sway over an oppressed proletariat. In both countries, victims were permitted to exercise violent language and actions against oppressors. In the United States today, white heterosexual able-bodied males constitute the hegemonic group. Everyone else is a member of a victim group. __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL
Re: [CTRL] information on Aquino
-Caveat Lector- Hi ! Below please find legal information on Aquino. Sincerely, Neil Brick All accusations are alleged. This may be triggering for survivors of abuse excerpts from http://www.illusions.com/opf/aquino02.htm "MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEPENDANT'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE RECORD STATEMENT OF THE CASE" "This is an action brought pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. S 552a(g), in which plaintiff alleges that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) has refused to amend a Report of Investigation (ROI) which states that plaintiff was the subject of an investigation for sexual child abuse and related crimes." "1. Plaintiff Michael A. Aquino is a Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) in the United States Army Reserve. His name appears in the title block of a CID report of investigation (ROI) for indecent acts with a child and related offenses. Government Exhibit (G.E.) D at 1-4." "5. FBI Agent Foreman interviewed Kinsey at 9 P.M. the next day, August 13th. She told him that "Mikey wears Army clothes like my daddies [sic]", and that "Mikey" put his penis into her mouth, bottom, and vagina just like "Mr. Gary." Kinsey also told FBI Agent Foreman that she went with "Mr. Gary" to his house and "Mikey" and "Shamby" were there. Id. at 9. Kinsey told her mother that "Mikey" was the "blood man," because he had put blood on her and licked it off." "11. On January 3, 1988, plaintiff made a written sworn statement denying the allegations against him and preferring sworn charges against CPT Adams-Thompson for conduct unbecoming an officer." "13. On August 12, 1988, the San Francisco district attorney's office closed its investigation of child abuse at the Presidio CDC. It filed no charges against plaintiff or anyone else." "17. On May 15, 1989, CID agents and legal advisors met with LTC Craig Schwender, Staff Judge Advocate for the Presidio, and viewed the investigation and evidence with him. LTC Schwender opined that there was probable cause to title LTC Aquino for the offenses of indecent acts with a child, sodomy, conspiracy, kidnapping, and false swearing.(F3) G.E. D-16 at 113." "A. Plaintiff May Challenge Facts, But Not subjective Judgments Such As a Titling Determination. Plaintiff is not entitled to relief because the proposed amendment pertains to the accuracy of subjective judgments and determinations, not to the accuracy of factual, historical data." "After discussing the evidence and reviewing the investigation, the Presidio staff judge advocate, LTC Craig Schwender, opined that probable cause existed to place plaintiff's name in the title block of the ROA. G.E. D-16 at 113." excerpts from : UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION MICHAEL A. AQUINO... PLAINTIFF, Civil Action v. No 90-1547-A THE HONORABLE MICHAEL P. W. STONE Secretary of the Army Department of the Army Washington, D.C., DEFENDANT, Also Serve The Attorney General Of the United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C. and The United States Attorney 1101 King Street,Suite 502 Alexandria, Virginia FACTS 1. Plaintiff, then an active duty Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, was titled by the U.S. Army CID, on August 11, 1989 for Conspiracy, Kidnapping, Sodomy, Indecent Acts or Liberties With a Child, Indecent Acts, False Swearing, Intentional Noncompliance With Article 30, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Maltreatment of a Subordinate and Conduct Unbecoming an Officer. 2. Plaintiff sought to amend the titling action and requested that Plaintiff's name be removed from the title block. 3. The CID granted relief in part and denied relief in part. Plaintiff remains titled for Conspiracy, Kidnapping, Sodomy, Indecent Acts and False Swearing." "that "(t)here was sufficient evidence from which the Army decision maker could determine that probable cause existed to believe that [Aquino] committed the offenses" and that therefore the Army's decisions to create the report and not amend it were not arbitrary or capricious." "In its initial decision to include Aquino in the title block of the report of investigation, the CID relied principally upon the testimony of CPT Adams-Thompson's daughter that "Mikey" had sexually molested her, on her identifications of Aquino as "Mikey" and of the Aquinos' apartment building as the location of the alleged crime, and on other evidence from Aquino's apartment partially matching the child's descriptions of the locale of the crime. The Army denied Aquino's request to amend the report on the basis that Aquino's "evidence of alibi," the testimony of the men working in the Aquino's apartment at the time of the alleged offenses, was not persuasive. The Army's considerations in both decisions clearly were relevant and their factual bases not so wholly unreliable as to render either decision arbitrary or capricious."
Re: [CTRL] lacter article on ritual abuse
-Caveat Lector- Dear List, I received this letter recently and thought it important to forward. I have edited it for length, but the full text is at the urls below. Sincerely, Neil Brick all accusations are alleged "Problems for Victims of Ritual Abuse in San Diego, California" http://truthbeknown2000.tripod.com/Truthbeknown2000/ Link in upper right corner to "Problems for Victims of Ritual Abuse in San Diego, California" It's web-page is: http://truthbeknown2000.tripod.com/Truthbeknown2000/id2.html PROBLEMS FOR VICTIMS OF RITUAL ABUSE IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Opinion Piece Submitted to the San Diego Union-Tribune, by Ellen Lacter, Ph.D. on 9-29-2000 Mark Sauer's 9-24-00 article, "A Web of Intrigue", in the San Diego Union-Tribune is his most recent in a series of articles misrepresenting the facts on the subject of child ritual abuse and attacking advocates for ritual abuse victims Sauer's factual misrepresentations of 9-24-00 are as follows: 1. Sauer claims the debate over satanic ritual abuse ended in the mid-1990's when it was "discredited by mental- health experts and the courts". The truth is that psychological and legal evidence of the existence of satanic ritual abuse is substantial and that the debate is alive and well. A review of the empirical evidence of ritual abuse can be found in a book by James Randolph Noblitt and Pamela Sue Perskin (Cult and Ritual Abuse, 2000, Chapter 6). One national survey of 2709 clinical psychologists showed that 30% claimed to have seen at least one case of "ritualistic or religion-based abuse" and 93% of these psychologists believed the harm actually occurred (Reference: Goodman, Qin, Bottoms, and Shaver, 1994, "Characteristics and Sources of Allegations of Ritualistic Child Abuse: Final Report to the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect"). The American Psychiatric Press published a text in 1997 explaining the importance of correct assessment and treatment of ritualistic abuse survivors (The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists, edited by G.A. Fraser). Numerous court decisions (criminal, family, juvenile, and civil) have been based on findings of ritual abuse. For example, on February 27, 1999, the Honorable Warren K. Urbom, Senior United States District Judge, Omaha, Nebraska, awarded a million dollar civil judgement to Paul Bonacci against Larry King (not the well-known talk-show host, Larry King), based on King's sexual abuse (including pornography and orgies) and false imprisonment, of Bonacci as a child, in the infamous Franklin satanic cult/sex/drug ring case. Further information on this case can be found in the book, "The Franklin Cover-Up", by John De Camp The court finding list is archived, periodically updated, and published on the world-wide web by "Karen Curio Jones". Under this pseudonym, "Jones" has devoted herself to raising public awareness of child ritual abuse on the Internet for the past five years. Sauer claims to expose "Jones'" identity in his 9-24-00 article. Sauer globally denies the existence of satanic ritual abuse while our recent history is marred with undeniable cases of mass suicide/homicide by other kinds of cults and underground groups. This past summer, almost 1000 people were found murdered by an underground cult in Uganda, "Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God". Last year, in Rancho Sante Fe, 39 people suicided from the cult, "Heaven's Gate". In Jonestown, 22 years ago, more than 900 people mass-suicided and were murdered of "The People's Temple". Devastating world events originate in underground groups, such as the Third Reich and Ku Klux Klan. High school students are taught to remember the Nazi death camps lest such atrocities repeat themselves 2. Sauer cites the McMartin Pre-school acquittals as evidence that ritual abuse does not exist. He omits any mention of the post-trial geological survey under the school's foundation that yielded convincing corroboration of the children's reports of being taken through underground tunnels (See "The Dark Tunnels of McMartin", by Summit, R.C., 1994, The Journal of Psychohistory, 21(4), 397-416.) 3. Sauer cites the "10-year investigation" by Special FBI Agent Ken Lanning that concluded that satanic ritual abuse does not exist. Sauer fails to mention that Lanning is a very controversial figure. Noblitt and Perskin (2000, see above) state: "In reality, there is no such study... my office contacted the FBI and requested a copy of the alleged study. The bureau responded in writing indicating that no such study existed." (See page 179 of their book). 4. Sauer refers to the 1991-1992 San Diego County Grand Jury "that blasted the child protection system after investigating wide-ranging allegations of zealous social workers removing children from their homes without cause". Sauer has widely publicized the findings of that Grand Jury over the years. Sauer fails to mention the 1992-1993 San Diego
Re: [CTRL] west and government projects
-Caveat Lector- Dear List, I am sending this to the list because I was recently removed from another list (an "anti-cult" list) on the web because I refused to stop sending data to the list about Dr. West. IMO, I had broken no list rules, I sent substantiated data, such as the data below. The comoderators on the list compared my data and tactics (simply sending urls and quotes) as similar to an alleged well known cult, simply because the same data was used. They refused to acknowledge that the data could have and probably did come from source material that the writers below and the alleged cult probably researched. I explained this to the list that this was in essence a logical fallacy, a type of propaganda. In effect, I was censored by my removal from the list. I was asked several times to back up my data with source documents and to even state in the post whether I agreed with the url or not. No one else on this list was required to do this. There were posters that post pro-false memory articles and they were not asked to verify their data, neither was their data compared to any alleged cults or other groups. IMO, there was no "freedom of mind" nor speech on this list, at least for those that take the position that mk-ultra existed and that West may have been connected to it. How can we empower people to think for themselves, when we censor those we disagree with ? Sincerely, Neil Brick Below please find urls with info on project monarch and Dr. West. This may be triggering for survivors of abuse. The following articles have proof showing the existence of Project Monarch. CIA Experiments with Mind Control on Children by Jon Rappoport http://www.netti.fi/~makako/mind/child.txt http://www.radix.net/~jcturner/anat-1.html This article is extremely well footnoted with government documents, hearing reports, etc. ""This review of the CIA's actions in the United States and Canada demonstrates how completely unprincipled was the Agency's original brainwashing program, as well as its course of legal manoeuvers years later when it was required to answer for its misconduct. The story of the brainwashing suit and the barriers that were overcome before the CIA's victims were finally compensated, illustrates both the formidable hurdles presented and the unique satisfactions gleaned in a public interest law suit." http://members.aol.com/smartnews/fivecases.htm A LOOK AT THE LAW AND GOVERMENT MIND CONTROL THROUGH FIVE CASES - CIA VS SIMS - UNITED STATES VS STANLEY - ORLIKOW, ET AL VS UNITED STATES - KRONISCH VS UNITED STATES ET AL - HEINRICH, ET AL VS SWEET, ET AL - August 15, 1999 - by, HELEN L. McGONIGLE - ATTORNEY AT LAW "MEMORANDUM FOR SUBPROJECT 84 On the MKULTRA institutional notification list attached to Brief for Respondents In No. 83-1075 and Brief for Petitioners in No. 83-1249, pp. 1a-10a, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts is listed next to subprojects 84 and 92. John Mark's states: "Martin Orne's work for the Agency was described in Subproject 84. He contributed a chapter to the Society-funded book, The Manipulation of Human Behavior, edited by Albert Biderman and Herbert Zimmer (New York: John Wiley Sons; 1961), pp. 169-215. Financial data on Orne's Institute for Experimental Psychiatry came from a filing with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Attachment to Form 1023". Other contributors to this book include Lawrence Hinkle, M.D. of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Hinkle was identified by the New York Times, together with Dr. D. Ewen Cameron, Dr. Robert Hyde, Dr. Louis Jolyon West, Dr. Harris Isbell, Dr. Harold Abramson, Dr. Carl Pieiffer and Dr. Charles Geschikter as all being involved in CIA backed research under Bluebird, Artichoke and MKULTRA. Described as a "Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School", Orne's chapter in The Manipulation of Human Behavior, is entitled "The potential uses of hypnosis in interrogation" and indicates "this paper is based in part upon work under a grant from the Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology, Inc.", p. 169. The Interim Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments is available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. The stock number is 061-000-00819-5, for $9.00. Telephone orders: 202-512-1800, fax 202-512-2250 (8-4 EST), mail orders US Gov't Printing Office, P O Box 371954, Pitts., PA 15250-7954. Information from these hearings alleged that members of the Advisory Board for the False Memory Syndrome Foundation allegedly have CIA backgrounds, including Louis Jolyon West and Martin Orne, many FMS board members allegedly have military backgrounds and/or University ties where the CIA has funded drug and mind control experiments. It has been alleged that Louis Jolyon West has connections to CIA LSD experiments Further information on this can be found in "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control" page 63.
[CTRL] Tax and Spend = Pack up and Leave
-Caveat Lector- THE TELEGRAPH ISSUE 1955 Sunday 1 October 2000 Ambitious Kiwis take flight to escape high tax by Mark Chipperfield in Sydney The Press (New Zealand news) FEARS over New Zealand's economic and political future are driving record numbers of young, educated people abroad, despite government pleas for them to stay. In the past year 71,600 have left the country permanently. A survey by TV New Zealand last week found increasing disenchantment with the pro-welfare, high-taxing Labour government led by the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. One in five New Zealanders is considering settling elsewhere. Most of the emigrants settle in Australia, to which New Zealanders have unrestricted entry. A smaller number go to Britain. A television presenter said: "If you're a Kiwi with any sort of ambition, having a crack at Australia seems like a natural step." Richard Wilkins, one of 350,000 Kiwis now living in Australia said "Australia lurks a three-hour flight away as the great land of opportunity." The Prime Minister, who last year made an emotional plea for expatriate New Zealanders to return home and rebuild the economy, has dismissed the latest emigration figures as a "blip" which will soon correct itself. She said: "It's the middle of winter, people sometimes think about a warmer climate, but if they're thinking of Australia I don't think the unemployment rate is any more attractive there and, of course, the tax rate is considerably higher." The Opposition claims that at least 10,000 professionals, mainly doctors, engineers, scientists, business managers and computer experts, have left New Zealand since Labour came to power last November. It estimates that the brain drain has cost the New Zealand economy £1.1 billion in wasted education and training, and gave a warning that there is worse to come. Penny Webster, an immigration spokesman for the Right-wing ACT Party, said thousands of new university graduates have been fleeing the country without repaying their student loans. She said: "Not only are they taking their skills with them, they're leaving New Zealand with a massive debt." The latest estimates suggest that the government is owed £37 million in unpaid university loans to students - double the previous year. About one-fifth of all new migrants to Australia arrive from New Zealand. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] article on memory
-Caveat Lector- Dear List, Below please find an article on memory. Sincerely, Neil Toward Freedom Online Magazine - Editorial - The Politics of Memory by Greg Guma Discusses the Memory issue and West http://www.towardfreedom.com/aug98/editorial.htm A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Kursk Update
-Caveat Lector- .. From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "conspiracy posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html From: "Ian Goddard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kursk Update Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:49 AM According the Russian media source Venik's Aviation, Russian investigators are still claiming that the Kursk, the Russian submarine that recently sank, was struck by a US submarine, specifically, the USS Memphis. They are said to claim the USS Memphis was tracked leaving the area headed toward a Norwegian port where it has been receiving repairs. Russian investigators have allegedly asked to inspect the exterior of the USS Memphis but the Pentagon will not allow them to even look at the Memphis, the exterior of which apparently has become a top-secret despite its having been openly photographed in the past. Another Russian media source recently caste doubt on the sub-collision theory: http://Gazeta.ru/manilodka.shtml Michael Rivero has a page devoted to the sub-collision theory: http://whatreallyhappened.com/KURSK/kursk.html Here's a recent report (9/11/00) from Venik's Aviation: http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/kursk001.htm As of Sept. 11, 2000, Russian investigators believe that Kursk collided with the USS Memphis of the US Navy. This submarine is an experimental platform used by the US Navy to test new weapons and other systems. It was manufactured in 1977 and modified for special-purpose operation in 1989 and again in 1994. The collision was registered by Norwegian and Russian seismologists as a weak "seismic event," which was followed by a powerful explosion 2 minutes 15 seconds later. There is a number of scientifically-valid explanations as to how a collision could have caused an explosion aboard Kursk 135 seconds later. The exact mechanism of such a process is now being studied. The USS Memphis was detected by the Russian nuclear cruiser Peter the Great at the bottom of the sea not far from Kursk. The American submarine released a rescue buoy and transmitted a coded emergency radio signal on NATO frequencies, requesting an emergency entry to a Norwegian naval base. The USS Memphis was able to recover from the collision (it was not as heavily damaged as Kursk, because the collision did not result in any explosions aboard the American submarine) and, after pulling down the rescue buoy, left the scene of the accident. The submarine's departure was also registered by the Russian cruiser. The USS Memphis was initially tracked by a Kamov antisubmarine helicopter based aboard Peter the Great. Later, two Il-38 antisubmarine aircraft, piloted by Lt. Col. Dergunov and Lt. Col. Dovzhenko, deployed hydro- acoustic buoys and detected the USS Memphis traveling at only 5 knots. The submarine was continuously tracked by Russian vessels, aircraft and satellites until it reached the Norwegian port in Bergen. During the last reconnaissance flight of an Il-38 on August 18, the aircraft's pilot - Lt. Col. Dergunov - was unable to detect the submarine due to strong EM and hydro-acoustic interference from NATO defenses. Later that day the USS Memphis docked in Bergen. The Russian Military Prosecutor General's office announced that they are prepared to charge the senior crew members of an unnamed vessel that collided with Kursk in accordance with the Article 263 of the Russian Criminal Code. The name of the vessel is know to the investigators but has not been made public. It was mentioned that the Pentagon has denied the official request by the Russian government to inspect the outer hull of the USS Memphis. After staying in Bergen in a dock for a short period of time the USS Memphis left for a British naval base. Again, the American submarine was tracked by the Russian Navy and by satellites. Even the most furious opponents of the collision theory are bewildered by the Pentagon's refusal to allow an external visual inspection of the USS Memphis. This old submarine has been seen at public events, photographed, videotaped and at least its external features ceased to be a secret many years ago. Clearly, if the USS Memphis did not collide with Kursk, even a brief inspection of its hull would be quite enough to lift any suspicions. Such an inspection could have been carried out quickly and easily, because the USS Memphis was sitting in a dock in Bergen. Americans refused a simple and reasonable request from Russia. This is viewed by many as a de facto admission of guilt. The situation is aggravated by the fact, that the Pentagon officials lied about the number of American submarines observing the Russian Navy exercise in the Barents Sea: the US military officials stated that there were two submarines, while there were three submarines. At this moment, Russian prosecutors base their conclusions on four major facts: 1. The is a history of
[CTRL] WP: FBI Looks at Bush Team in Widening Tape Probe
-Caveat Lector- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52558-2000Sep30.html FBI Looks at Bush Team in Widening Tape Probe By Mike Allen and Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday , October 1, 2000 ; A08 AUSTIN, Sept. 30 While continuing to investigate whether an employee of Texas Gov. George W. Bush's ad firm mailed confidential debate materials to Vice President Gore's camp, FBI agents are looking at whether she was acting at the behest of campaign superiors, an official involved in the case said today. The FBI interviewed Bush's chief strategist, Karl Rove, here this afternoon. Rove was the only member of Bush's inner circle who was not questioned a week ago. The interview came three days before the first presidential debatean indication of how the case has become a distraction at a critical time. A videotape of a Bush debate rehearsal was mailed from Austin to the Washington office of a Gore debate coach. Investigators said forensic evidence links the package to Juanita Yvette Lozano, an assistant to Mark McKinnon, Bush's top media consultant. Bush's campaign expressed full confidence in Lozano today. "We have every reason to believe Ms. Lozano is telling the truth and we stand by her," spokesman Dan Bartlett said. "She is a longtime personal family friend of Mark'seven baby-sitting his own children for yearsand we believe she is supportive of Governor Bush. She's worked for him for over a year and we believe what she's sayingthat she was mailing a pair of pants on behalf of Mark." Chris Gunter, an Austin lawyer retained by Lozano, said he believes the FBI will go at a measured pace. He compared his client with Richard Jewell, the security guard falsely accused of planting a bomb during the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. "I think they've learned from past mistakes that it's not wise to do things too fast and jump to conclusions," Gunter said. Federal authorities acknowledge that even if the evidence links Lozano to the package, many questions remain. Federal sources said that even if Lozano's fingerprints are on the materials, it would not necessarily prove she had mailed the package, because she might have handled it earlier. Top Bush officials, even though they are among those being investigated, applaud the expanded investigation because they believe it will force the FBI to look beyond the inside-job theory and consider other possibilities, including the involvement of Democrats, according to campaign aides. Bush officials say the tape probably was copied from one kept at Maverick Media, the Austin firm McKinnon heads. They remain convinced that security could have been breached from the outside. Although publicly the campaign has pointed to Gore headquarters as a potential perpetrator, Bush officials privately allow for the possibility that Democrats in Austin got hold of the materials and mailed them to former House member Tom Downey, who was Gore's sparring partner in practice debates. The Gore campaign released new information received from Downey's lawyer. A typed, unsigned message on plain paper that accompanied the tape said something along the lines of: "Here's some material that might be helpful to you. I'll call in a few days to see if you need anything else." Bush, at his ranch near Crawford, Tex., said today, "I'm confident that nobody who supports my candidacy would have mailed the tape. Somebody that thinks I ought to be president wouldn't have done that." Gore told reporters in Washington, "I have full confidence in the FBI." © 2000 The Washington Post Company = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL
