[CTRL] RadTimes # 72
-Caveat Lector- RadTimes # 72 - October, 2000 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- QUOTE: " The so-called "defense" corporations are multinational conglomerates that have no great loyalty to the United States; they are in fact no longer U.S. corporations but transnational entities loyal only to themselves. " --John Stockwell, former CIA official and author --- Contents: --- --Critics of global economy meet in Tijuana --Probers Hunt Facts Faces --Mideast violence prompts rallies in U.S. cities --Citizens protest closed debate --Cold War Warriors Turn Circus Performers --NRLB Ruling on Temps Could Shake Up Silicon Valley Linked stories: *Trafficking in human flesh *Married ... With Email --- Begin stories: --- Critics of global economy meet in Tijuana By Diane Lindquist STAFF WRITER, Union-Tribune Publishing Co. October 15, 2000 TIJUANA -- More than 150 globalization critics gathered yesterday in Tijuana, declaring the city and the local border region "the open wound" of a worldwide corporate system that operates on profit and greed. On the third day of a four-day meeting called Festival of the Globalphobics, attendees focused on Baja California's maquiladora industry, illegal border crossings, environmental deterioration, indigenous population, and violence and public safety. The event was sponsored by at least a dozen organizations on both sides of the border, including Amnesty International, the Committee for Solidarity in the Americas, the Environmental Health Coalition, Global Exchange and the Red Action Front Against Free Trade. In the past year, some of the groups took part in demonstrations at meetings of the World Trade Organization in Seattle and the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, D.C., and Prague, Czech Republic. Because of those events, said Gerry Condon of the San Diego chapter of the Committee for Solidarity in the Americas, "the whole consciousness about globalization has reached a higher level." Many of those attending said they were there to spread more understanding about individuals on the lowest rungs of the global market system. Eliseo Jimenez, a Nahuatl Indian, said he is one of those at the bottom. "For 50 years, we have been discriminated against," said Jimenez, 33. "There are many reasons for this, but it denies us much of the basics." Jimenez, an artisan and father of three, sells hammocks and woven baby cribs on the streets of Ensenada, where he moved with his wife 15 years ago from the village of Copaillo in Guerrero. When tourists are few and living is difficult, he takes jobs in the city's maquiladora factories. "The indigenous don't need a lot of money to live well -- some food and schools for our children," he said. "But we're left out. We need markets in the United States and all over the world for our goods. There's free trade for everyone but us." Dan La Botz, a meeting organizer and director of Global Exchange's human rights program in San Francisco, said groups taking part favor a more just and sustainable globalization that puts equity, nondiscrimination, human rights, economic justice and the environment above commercial interests. "This is a conference to give the bottom-up view," he said. Another reason was simply to build cross-border relations. "This is pretty much a new thing," Condon said. "Here we are in Tijuana, which has had some ugly ramifications where corporations have come to make profits. I think we have to have some resistance to that." Enrique Dávalos, Condon's Tijuana counterpart, said: "What is most important is to have communication between both sides of the border. It's not easy for us because of the culture and the linguistics." Dávalos said a network of individuals, artists and social activist organizations could affect local issues as well as join larger mobilizations, such as demonstrations planned for April in Quebec for a multinational meeting to extend the North American Free Trade Agreement throughout the hemisphere. The issues already are on the political radar, judging by the presence of two staffers -- one with the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, the other with the California Senate's Select Committee on California's Role in Global Trade Policy. Jeffrey Pilch said the House panel is aware of activities and incidents in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. The maquiladoras, environment, undocumented migrants -- all attract attention. "We
[CTRL] AP: Barry McCaffrey to Leave White House Job [as Nation's Drug War Director]
-Caveat Lector- [This guy (and this Nation's "war on drugs") is just plain ludicrous.] AOL Members can click here for a copy of this story: aol://4344:30.L100Qofv.5258486.656176168 McCaffrey To Leave White House Job By ANJETTA McQUEEN .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Barry McCaffrey, the military strategist and commander who has directed the nation's war on drugs for nearly five years, plans to leave in early January. He says he's considering teaching offers, including a return to West Point. ``I'm enormously proud of what we've done,'' McCaffrey said Monday in an interview. ``We had exploding rates of adolescent drug use and we've reduced it.'' His resignation as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy is effective Jan. 6, two weeks before President Clinton leaves office. By law, McCaffrey's term is indefinite. He said announcing his intentions now gives the presidential hopefuls a clean slate to shape their policies on drug abuse. ``It's important for me to put up the notion that my name's off the table,'' he said. McCaffrey, a retired Army general, has been President Clinton's director of national drug control policy since 1996 and previously was head of the U.S. Southern Command. In the mid-1970s, he was an associate professor at West Point, teaching courses in American government and national security. ``In the nearly five years (Gen.) McCaffrey has led our war on drugs, we have made significant progress both at home and abroad,'' President Clinton said in a statement Monday from emergency peace talks in Egypt. Critics who include Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush have said the Clinton administration consistently undermined McCaffrey's efforts to control drug abuse. McCaffrey dismissed that notion and any suggestion that's he's leaving out of frustration. He said that federal funds to fight drugs have increased and that adolescent drug abuse has fallen since he was appointed: ``We've taken important strides in addressing a problem that costs our society 52,000 deaths and more than $100 billion a year.'' The White House job was created in 1988 by Congress to reduce the number of illegal drug users - especially among youth. The office coordinates efforts among federal agencies and state and local law enforcement officers and health officials. When McCaffrey assumed the helm, he brought a military background that raised hopes the office would gain purpose and focus, and be less political. Some of his critics said Monday that his policies have been harsh and costly. ``His fight against medical marijuana has caused untold pain and suffering among the seriously ill,'' said Chuck Thomas, spokesman for the Washington-based Marijuana Policy Project, which seeks to decriminalize the drug. McCaffrey's also backed rigorous drug-testing programs in sports and a plan in which the office once reviewed television scripts for anti-drug messages before the shows aired. Recently McCaffrey had been overseeing a controversial $1.3 billion U.S. aid package to Colombia that includes combat helicopters, weapons and training by the elite U.S. Special Forces to stanch the flow of drugs out of the country. = 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 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] Scientist 'killed Amazon indians to test race theory'
-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: "Alex Constantine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Lloyd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Scientist 'killed Amazon indians to test race theory' Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:25 PM -- From: cynthia ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:12:58 -0700 -- Scientist 'killed Amazon indians to test race theory' Geneticist accused of letting thousands die in rainforest Paul Brown, Environment correspondent The Guardian, London Saturday September 23, 2000 Thousands of South American indians were infected with measles, killing hundreds, in order to for US scientists to study the effects on primitive societies of natural selection, according to a book out next month. The astonishing story of genetic research on humans, which took 10 years to uncover, is likely to shake the world of anthropology to its core, according to Professor Terry Turner of Cornell University, who has read the proofs. "In its scale, ramifications, and sheer criminality and corruption it is unparalleled in the history of anthropology," Prof Turner says in a warning letter to Louise Lamphere, the president of the American Anthropology Association (AAA). The book accuses James Neel, the geneticist who headed a long-term project to study the Yanomami people of Venezuela in the mid-60s, of using a virulent measles vaccine to spark off an epidemic which killed hundreds and probably thousands. Once the epidemic was under way, according to the book, the research team "refused to provide any medical assistance to the sick and dying Yanomami, on explicit order from Neel. He insisted to his colleagues that they were only there to observe and record the epidemic, and that they must stick strictly to their roles as scientists, not provide medical help". The book, Darkness in El Dorado by the investigative journalist Patrick Tierney, is due to be published on October 1. Prof Turner, whose letter was co-signed by fellow anthropologist Leslie Sponsel of the University of Hawaii, was trying to warn the AAA of the impending scandal so the profession could defend itself. Although Neel died last February, many of his associates, some of them authors of classic anthropology texts, are still alive. The accusations will be the main focus of the AAA's AGM in November, when the surviving scientists have been invited to defend their work. None have commented publicly, but they are asking colleagues to come to their defence. One of the most controversial aspects of the research which allegedly culminated in the epidemic is that it was funded by the US atomic energy commission, which was anxious to discover what might happen to communities when large numbers were wiped out by nuclear war. While there is no "smoking gun" in the form of texts or recorded speeches by Neel explaining his conduct, Prof Turner believes the only explanation is that he was trying to test controversial eugenic theories like the Nazi scientist Josef Mengele. He quotes another anthropologist who read the manuscript as saying: "Mr. Tierney's analysis is a case study of the dangers in science of the uncontrolled ego, of lack of respect for life, and of greed and self-indulgence. It is a further extraordinary revelation of malicious and perverted work conducted under the aegis of the atomic energy commission." Prof Turner says Neel and his group used a virulent vaccine called Edmonson B on the Yanomani, which was known to produce symptoms virtually indistinguishable from cases of measles. "Medical experts, when informed that Neel and his group used the vaccine in question on the Yanomami, typically refuse to believe it at first, then say that it is incredible that they could have done it, and are at a loss to explain why they would have chosen such an inappropriate and dangerous vaccine," he writes. "There is no record that Neel sought any medical advice before applying the vaccine. He never informed the appropriate organs of the Venezuelan government that his group was planning to carry out a vaccination campaign, as he was legally required to do. Fatalities "Neither he nor any other member of the expedition has ever explained why that vaccine was used, despite the evidence that it actually caused or, at a minimum, greatly exacerbated the fatal epidemic." Prof Turner says that Neel held the view that "natural" human society, as seen before the advent of large-scale agriculture, consists of small, genetically isolated groups in which dominant genes - specifically a gene he believed existed for "leadership" or "innate ability" - have a selective advantage. In such an environment, male carriers of this gene would gain access to a disproportionate number of females, reproducing their genes more frequently than
[CTRL] NYP: WOULD BILL LAUNCH MISSILES TO PULL AL FROM THE FIRE?
-Caveat Lector- WOULD BILL LAUNCH MISSILES TO PULL AL FROM THE FIRE? Sunday,October 15,2000 By ROD DREHER NOW is the time for all medicine factory employees in the Muslim world to stay home from work. At least until after Tuesday night's final presidential debate. Given the Clinton administration's shameful record, there is every reason to expect Third World blood to be shed to save Al Gore's flagging bid for the presidency. To be sure, the prospect of Osama bin Laden and his fanatical cohorts turned into terrorist tartare by U.S. bombs is deeply satisfying to contemplate. And the cowards who murdered the men and women of the USS Cole have given the United States every reason to hit the guilty back hard, as we must. But who can trust Clinton to do it right, to act on hard facts and clear principle unsullied by selfishness? Our dog-wagging commander-in-chief is no stranger to committing acts of war to protect himself politically. As Christopher Hitchens points out in his devastating anti-Clinton screed "No One Left to Lie to," this president fired cruise missiles three times at foreigners on days when impeachment news was bad. * On Aug. 20, 1998, as Monica Lewinsky prepared to go before the grand jury and three days after Clinton's non-apology TV apology fell flat, the president ordered a missile attack on a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The administration said the factory was used to make chemical weapons. That turned out to be a lie - too late, alas, for the suffering Sudanese who depended on medicine made at that plant. * That same night, Clinton sent a barrage of expensive cruise missiles against purported terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. There was minimal damage, and one wonders why, if not for political reasons, a costly, fruitless attack was ordered in such haste. * On Dec. 15, 1998, Clinton ordered a missile attack on Baghdad, ostensibly to punish Saddam Hussein for not complying with U.N. weapons inspectors. Did Saddam have it coming? Absolutely. But he had it coming for a long time. It was curious indeed that the missiles went flying as the House was set to take up the impeachment debate, which was postponed for a few days. Strangely enough, the missiles stopped falling after the House impeachment vote showed Republicans would not be intimidated. Now, here we are less than a month away from Election Day, with the Mideast crisis putting Gore in a bad position on several fronts. Military readiness, for one. As The Post's Bob McManus discussed in his column Friday, the Cole incident indicates a Navy stretched too thin, and unprepared to counter threats in the post-Cold War world. Second, the prospect of a wider Mideast war is causing oil prices to spike and the stock market to tremble. A new Arab-Israeli war could cause the OPEC nations to shut off the West's oil pipeline. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, released by Clinton to shield Gore from SUV drivers angry over high gas prices, was supposed to be for emergencies like this. As the Mideast situation deteriorates, that Clinton decision looks to have imperiled national security for the sake of a self-serving political stunt. Don't be surprised if the U.S. military strikes what we will be told is a terrorist target sometime between now and the start of Tuesday's debate, which should have an unusually large audience given the events of last week. Any attempt by George W. Bush to use the Mideast debacle to make sober, legitimate criticism of Clinton-Gore military and geopolitical policies will be met with pious demagoguery by scoundrel, pseudo-patriotic Democrats. I hope I'm wrong. But we have learned by now never to put anything past Clinton when his political legacy is at stake, as it certainly is in the Bush-Gore referendum. Team Bush had better be ready. So should the American people. = 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
[CTRL] AP: Court To Clarify Indian Suits
-Caveat Lector- WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to clarify whether state officials can be sued in Indian tribal court over actions taken on an Indian reservation. The court said it will hear four Nevada wildlife officials' argument that they are immune from being sued in tribal court over the seizure of bighorn sheep head trophies from a man's home on a reservation. Floyd Hicks is a member of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe and lives on its reservation near Reno in western Nevada. In August 1990, a Nevada game warden got a warrant from state and tribal courts to search Hicks' property for evidence of the killing of California bighorn sheep. Killing the sheep is a misdemeanor under state law. A tribal judge limited the search to ``exterior premises and any vehicles.'' The game warden and a tribal police officer took a mounted sheep's head trophy from Hicks' home. Officials later returned it because it was of a different species than the California bighorn. In June 1991, the warden conducted another search with state and tribal court approval, and took at least one sheep's head trophy from Hicks' home. Again it was determined that the trophies were not evidence of a crime and they were returned to him. Hicks sued four Nevada wildlife officials in tribal court, alleging violations of tribal law and his federal civil rights. He sued them as individuals, not in their official capacities. The wildlife officials asked a federal court to rule they were protected from being sued in tribal court by Nevada's sovereign immunity and by qualified immunity. Qualified immunity protects government officials from being sued over their official acts so long as they did not violate someone's clearly established rights. A federal judge upheld the tribal court's authority to hear the case, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, saying the tribal court should address the immunity issues first. In the appeal acted on Tuesday, Nevada's lawyers, representing the wildlife officials, called the case a challenge to state sovereignty. The officials ``may not, in any capacity, under any circumstances, be called to answer in a tribal forum,'' the state's lawyers said. Hicks' lawyers said tribal courts are presumed to have authority over conduct on Indian reservations by non-Indians. The case is Nevada v. Hicks, 99-1994. On the Net: For the appeals court ruling: http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html Click on 9th Circuit. = 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 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] Arutz7: Israel complains CNN has Palestinian bias
-Caveat Lector- Monday, October 16 2000 Israel complains CNN has Palestinian bias By Greer Fay Cashman JERUSALEM (October 16) - Israel has complained to CNN about the way the story of the waves of violence in the Palestinian Authority and Israel is being covered. In particular Israel has objected to the two Palestinian women reporting from the field using the word "we" "as if CNN had become an agent of the Palestinians," Gideon Meir, deputy director-general for public affairs in the Foreign Ministry, told Jerusalem Post Radio yesterday. Meir said that CNN's Jerusalem bureau chief Mike Hanna had agreed with some points made by the Foreign Ministry and disagreed with others. Hanna was unavailable for comment. "We're not asking that CNN become an agent of the Israeli government," said Meir. "What we are asking from this important media organization is to be honest and to be even-handed. Right now we don't see it." Footage of the lynching of three IDF soldiers in Ramallah last week did not receive sufficient coverage by the foreign media, Meir said. This was partially due to the confiscation by the Palestinians of video cassettes from most of the networks that were there. One of the networks which did succeed in transferring its footage to its home base was the Italian Cinque 5 Channel. Through its contacts, the Israeli Embassy in Rome was able to secure the video and within six hours of the gruesome event, the images were received in Jerusalem. The Italians released it without charge, said Meir. The murder of Rabbi Hillel Lieberman was also poorly covered, said Meir. Hundreds of complaints about CNN's coverage and about antisemitic features in the coverage on the BBC World Service have also been received from Jews around the world. Israel's main goal is "to be credible, to give the right story, the correct story," said Meir. "We have no problem with the other side presenting its story. The problem is that the other side is presenting its story with a lot of lies, and the media often gives them an advantage by covering their side of the story." The full interview with Meir can be heard on Jerusalem Post Radio. = 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 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: [corp-focus] Bud Bowl III]
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Subject: [corp-focus] Bud Bowl III
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:19:42 -0500 (CDT)
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Bud Bowl III
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
Our families like it when we go off to cover a presidential debate.
That's because when we come back from one, we bring back bags full of
goodies.
After the second debate, we drove home from Winston-Salem with a C-Span
canvas bag that included Matchbox racing cars (paid for by 3Com),
Budweiser beer mugs (from Anheuser Busch) and a handful of ATT pre-paid
long distance phone cards ("proud technology sponsor of the Presidential
Debates").
From the Boston debate, we came back with t-shirts, baseball caps, a
canvas bag, reporters notebooks, pens, key chains.
The food and beer at the debates are being provided by Anheuser-Busch.
Post-debates, the Starbucks coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts are on the
house. (Why would any reporter in his or her right mind choose to walk a
half a mile through police lines, horse manure and pepper spray to cover
hundreds of young people protesting Green Party candidate Ralph Nader's
exclusion from the debates and forgo watching the Yankees in the playoffs
while sipping a cold Budweiser?)
The Ford Motor Co. logo is emblazoned on the plastic press pass holder.
In Boston, before slipping the Ford press pass over over our heads, we
held a moment of silence for the hundreds of innocents killed while riding
unstable Ford sports utility vehicles on frayed Firestone tires.
We guessed Jim Lehrer wouldn't ask the corporate candidates on stage
whether or not they favored a criminal homicide investigation of these two
companies and the responsible executives for the deaths of these
innocents. He didn't.
Remarkably, the hundreds of reporters covering these debates think little
of the corporate sponsorship of the debates. (Or if they are thinking
about it at all, few choose to express their thoughts in print.)
Thirteen years ago, the two major parties hijacked the presidential
debates away from the League of Women Voters, after the League made the
mistake of opening the debates to third party candidate John Anderson in
1980.
To replace the League, the two parties set up a front called Commission on
Presidential Debates (it is run out of a political consulting firm's
office off of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.) to set rules that would
effectively exclude third party candidates.
Big companies -- Anheuser-Busch, U.S. Airways and 3Com -- put up big money
to sponsor the debates. Anheuser Busch, for example, paid $500,000 to be
the "exclusive" sponsor for the debate in St. Louis.
Not coincidentally, the only two candidates who seriously question the
power of giant corporations over our political economy -- Nader and Reform
Party candidate Patrick Buchanan -- have been banned from the
conversation.
The Commission says that there are more than 100 candidates for president
this year and you can't fit them all onto the stage, and that's why they
set the bar at 15 percent in the polls. Candidates polling less than 15
percent are excluded from all three of the Commission debates.
But such a standard would have excluded Jesse Ventura, the former wrestler
whose debate success catalyzed his victorious gubernatorial campaign, from
the debates in Minnesota. A more reasonable standard would be five percent
in the polls, which would cut the field to two, three or four. Or you
could ask the public who they would like to see in the debates. (More than
half want to see Buchanan and Nader in.)
But far be it for us to complain. We say -- bring on Bud Bowl Three. Can't
wait to see what we get in our canvas bags in St. Louis.
Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime
Reporter. Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based
Multinational Monitor. They are co-authors of Corporate Predators: The
Hunt for MegaProfits and the Attack on Democracy (Monroe, Maine: Common
Courage Press, 1999, http://www.corporatepredators.org)
(c) Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
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[CTRL] [Fwd: Fisk on Arafat]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: Fisk on Arafat Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:10:04 -0500 (CDT) From: MER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: MiD-EasT RealitieS To: undisclosed-recipients:; ___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ FISK ON ARAFAT http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! * * * * * * * IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] VAIN LEADER PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME THAT HE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE By Robert Fisk in Beirut "Mr Arafat, the obedient colonial servant...wanted the Palestinian state he thought he had been offered by the Oslo agreement, negotiated by henchmen who, most of them, did not speak English and who included no lawyers. He had been tricked, so he thought." The Independent - 14 October 2000: Vain, nepotistic, dictatorial, ruthless. Yasser Arafat is all of these; a man who was prepared to watch his people massacred in the Tel el-Zaatar refugee camp in Beirut, under siege by Israel's Lebanese Christian allies in 1976, so that he could show the world the brutality of his enemies. He declared a ceasefire. Then he broke it. Then he placed the survivors of the subsequent massacre in the ruined Christian village of Damour and -- when he visited them in 1976 -- they threw stones and rotten vegetables at him. But by then he had made his point: the Palestinians were massacred by Israel's allies. Cynical, a manipulator, a man with a peasant cunning. No student would ever put his moustached portrait on the wall. This was no Che Guevara, but a man who understood the most important quality of a guerrilla leader: to change his mind when all others had decided his actions. In 1982, surrounded by the Israeli army in Beirut, he had only to surrender. And then, just when he seemed vanquished, he decided -- to the despair of the Lebanese -- to fight on against the most powerful army in the Middle East. Up to 17,000 civilians died in Israel's 1982 invasion. Up to 2,000 Palestinian civilians were slaughtered in the Sabra and Chatila camps, for which the Palestinians and the Israelis, too, blamed Ariel Sharon, then Israeli defence minister. The Palestinians lost. Mr Arafat won. Mr Sharon was for ever a war criminal in the eyes of the Arab world. "We are proud of our democracy in the revolution," Mr Arafat told me then. "It is the hardest and most difficult kind of democracy -- because it is democracy among the guns. But we have succeeded in creating a democracy, and those freedom fighters who have been given a democracy will continue to have democracy in their independent state." Some hope. In the end, offered a "state" in Palestine, Mr Arafat was not interested in democracy. His secret policemen (trained by the CIA) arrested those who opposed his "peace" with Israel. His relatives were offered sinecures. His treasury redirected money to his loyal acolytes. He was now the friend of America and Israel. He trusted them. He called it the "peace of the brave". He was the president of Palestine. In retrospect, President Bill Clinton should have remembered the Beirut years. Just when we all thought Mr Arafat would leave besieged Beirut in 1982, outgunned and outnumbered by the Israelis, he chose to fight on. And now, outgunned and outnumbered by the Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza and east Jerusalem, he chooses to fight on once more. Yes, he abhorred the cruelty of Palestinians who murdered his opponents. Just as he did the killers of the two Israelis held in the Ramallah police station. And at the Camp David talks in July, he was supposed to make the final compromise -- leaving Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty -- but decided to refuse the deal. Mr Clinton blamed him for "wrecking" the peace. The Israelis blamed him for the violence provoked by Ariel Sharon. But Mr Arafat, the obedient colonial servant, was his own master. He wanted the Palestinian state he thought he had been offered by the Oslo agreement, negotiated by henchmen who, most of them, did not speak English and who included no lawyers. He had been tricked, so he thought. So there was no deal. Mr Arafat has a characteristic so familiar to guerrilla leaders, so incomprehensible to Westerners: he changed his mind without even realising he intended to do so. But he understands the brutality of politics. If he understood the weakness of his antagonists, he struck. Let the Israelis and Americans blame him for the "violence" in the occupied territories: so be it.. Let the world decide who kills Palestinians. The Americans were to blame, as well as the Israelis. Let the Palestinians die --
[CTRL] [Fwd: Rejected posting to CTRL@LISTSERV.AOL.COM]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: Rejected posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:03:55 -0400 From: "L-Soft list server at America Online (1.8d)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Nurev Ind Research [EMAIL PROTECTED] The distribution of your message dated Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:06:59 -0400 with subject "Re: Palestinian ambulances being used to transport bombsandammunition" has been rejected because you have exceeded the daily per-user message limit for the CTRL list. Other than the list owner, no one is allowed to post more than 7 messages per day. Please resend your message at a later time if you still want it to be posted to the list. Rejected message (63 lines) -- Received: from smtp-hub.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp-hub.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.107]) by listserv.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02145 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:03:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.61]) by smtp-hub.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.15 #2) id 13lJIP-YK-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:03:53 -0400 Received: from 209-122-214-135.s389.tnt3.lnh.md.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.214.135] helo=starpower.net) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.15 #2) id 13lJIO-0004Mo-00 ; Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:03:52 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:06:59 -0400 From: Nurev Ind Research [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Nurev Independent Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en]C-STAR032398 (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Palestinian ambulances being used to transport bombsandammunition References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit William Shannon wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/16/00 4:17:00 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Israel Radio: Palestinian ambulances being used to transport bombs and ammunition Aaron Lerner Date: 4 October, 2000 Israel Radio Correspondent Nissim Keinan reported this evening from Netzarim Junction in the Gaza Strip that today he observed himself a Palestinian ambulance parked next to Netzarim Junction unloading crates of ammunition and fire bombs. He observed some of the bombs thrown. Keinan noted that the Palestinians are exploiting standing orders in the Israeli Army not to shoot at ambulances. Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review Analysis) Sounds like propaganda to me... Bill. 1) Those are the standing orders. 2) IMRA is extremely reliable as a news source. 3) This doesn't mean that it's not propaganda. But it is true. You are implying that it's not true. But you don't know that do you? J2 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] [Fwd: Re: [CTRL] Fwd: HoffmanWire: Dragon of the DoubleStandard]
-Caveat Lector- "Prudence L. Kuhn" wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/16/2000 5:13:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just have one question for you. Do you think that the Palestinians really want peace? Or do you think that the Palestinians really want to get rid of the Jews and take back the real estate? No the Palestinians really don't want peace. They want the Jews to get out so they can have their land back. and the Israeli don't want peace either. This is not true. The Israelis do want peace very badly. They have lost much of their population since the Six Day War, and especially after the Yom Kippur War. Nobody wants to live under constant threat nor do they want their men to spend 2 or 3 or 4 months out of the year in military service till they are 55 years old. Also they expect their economy to boom once they are relieved from military expeditures. They reall do want peace. They just don't wan't to die for it by giving away their security. People forget how small it is. It is 7 miles across at the middle. They want the Palestinians to shut up and disappear. All this talk of peace is and has been ridiculous. A really good, all-out war, is much more likely, and perhaps even for the best. Prudy This would have been a great idea 10 years ago. Sometime after the other Evil Empire collapsed, and the latter half of the NWO sponsored Oslo disaster. But hopes have now been raised. Weapons are now in the hands of the Palestinians, so the stakes are much higher in terms of human lives that will be lost. In addition, the attempted pacification of the Arab world has failed. The is actually more important than any other issue because it means that the American imposed puppets running the oil fields for Exxon and Shell would be overthrown in a Jihad against the Jews and the West. This is what they are really afraid of, and why Arafat turned this into a religious, rather than a territorial conflict by making Jerusalem the issue and using Sharon as the symbol and excuse. The NWO's Elites never really cared about the people on the ground. It's still all about oil. J2 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] Gore tries to debate Nader on October 20-- scrubbed.
-Caveat Lector- Subject: Re: On C-Span: Gore tries to debate Nader on October 20 Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 17:02:37 GMT From: "Ken Humphrey" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ct Green Party email just now says debate has been scrubbed. Gore would debate only if Bush would. Bush wouldn't. Hence no debate. Topheavy with candidates, and who would moderate and handle questions, I frankly doubt the debate would have been productive in terms of affording a chance for the public to really become informed on key issues kept locked up in the closed til now. I suspect it would have been a big disappointment, to same degree three mins. of Ralph on Jay Lenno was. Ken Humphrey From: Nurev Ind Research [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Activist Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED], Eternera Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: On C-Span: Gore tries to debate Nader on October 20 Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:38:56 -0400 On Friday, October 20, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, Judicial Watch will host a nationally televised presidential debate featuring six of the seven qualified presidential candidates. John Hagelin, Al Gore, Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, Harry Browne, and Howard Phillips have all accepted--only George W. Bush has declined. C-SPAN has committed to televising the debate, and Fox TV and American Voice Radio are considering coverage. The debate will be moderated by a highly respected journalist, and the panel will be composed of other journalists from well-known national newspapers--both liberal and conservative. Seven lecterns will be set up on stage--no matter who attends the debate. Each candidate will give an opening and closing statement and will be asked questions by the panel in rotating order. The questions, while not set in advance, will reflect Judicial Watch concerns about ethics in politics--bribery laws, corporate control of government, independent counsel issues, etc. About 600 people have been invited to the debate and to a reception immediately following, including over 30 Ambassadors and their seconds-in-command, as well as the entire Washington press corps. We urge everyone to watch this debate, which certainly promises to be the most interesting and representative presidential debate of the season. As always, please check your local listings for up-to-the-minute scheduling; TV and radio news stations reserve the right to make last-minute changes. -- -- JUST VOTE NADER. http://www.votenader.com RESOURCE PAGE FOR DO-IT-YOURSELF NADER CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: http://www.oro.net/~dscanlan/NaderResource.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] 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: COUNTERING TERRORISM: THE ISRAELI RESPONSE TO THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPIC MASSACRE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT COVERT ACTION TEAMS - Alexander B. Calahan
The above story tells of the murder of three PLO members in Beruit - Mossad murders, no trials - vigilante justice - this item does not however mention that Ehud Barak was one of the hired assassins - today he is portrayed as a "war hero".nor does the story mention his Mossad murders of others - hired guns - which means essentially, we have an Assassin heading the state of Israel dressed in sheep clothing - but same old tactics - slaughter of the innocents. Ehud Barak - member of Elitist Ashke-nazi Jew - meaning simply of European Extraction - a Zionist - a man obviously included when King Faisal warned of Zionists in Holy Land only to be murdered within one year by black from Berkley - Ehud Barak like Putin - Mossad/KGB assassins - Jewish Mafia Mossad and KGB Mafia - into which Henry Kissinger, KGB Agent Code Name Bor, was already a member no doubt holding dual citizenship assuming his oath when he became an American Citizen is in fact invalid as he already was serving two foreign governments - the man who would bring the world to their knees by cornering market on food This is interesting item.fit Ehud Barak there - picture him dressed as a woman and murdering 3 PLO members without a trial...murder inc. personified. Saba A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/calahan.htm
Re: [CTRL] [Fwd: Re: [CTRL] Fwd: HoffmanWire: Dragon of the DoubleStandard]
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/17/2000 7:18:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is not true. The Israelis do want peace very badly. They have lost much of their population since the Six Day War, and especially after the Yom Kippur War. Nobody wants to live under constant threat nor do they want their men to spend 2 or 3 or 4 months out of the year in military service till they are 55 years old. Also they expect their economy to boom once they are relieved from military expeditures. They reall do want peace. They just don't wan't to die for it by giving away their security. If the Israeli really wanted peace, it could be easily achieved. I don't know what the Israeli (pricipally Jewish) faith feels about "compromise," but I do know its place in the Moslem faith. When Sadat came to Israel, he was doing something that true Moslems hold in high regard. He was sacrificing everything to make a peace with Israel. Even his life was forfeit, and I have always thought he knew that. If the Israeli would accept the Palestinians as fellow human beings (they have been completely dehumanized for purposes of oppression), treat them as fellow citizens with the same essential needs as those of Israeli, stop compartmentalizing their living spaces, and most of all admit that the Palestinians have as much right to life and freedom to come and go as anyone else in Israel, I think all that "terrorism" would fade out of existence. Peace is something that would have to come from pure hearts. It is not something that can be "planned" to keep a people in misery for years and years as abstract discussions go on between suspect authorities in very comfortable surroundings. 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] Fwd: Summit of Blame, Not Justice
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 /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\10/17 http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! * * * * * * * IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PALESTINIANS FEAR SUMMIT OF BLAME - NOT JUSTICE By Robert Fisk, Middle East Correspondent The Independent - 17 October 2000: Nine years ago, when the Arabs gathered in Madrid, they trusted George Bush's America. The Syrians were there, the Saudis, the Palestinians. US officials had even tastefully removed from the conference hall the statue of a Christian king standing on the corpse of a Muslim tyrant. Everyone had been told there would be a Middle East peace based on UN Security Council Resolution 242. Iraq had just been evicted from Kuwait. But yesterday the same Arab nations and even the Palestinians regarded the emergency summit at Sharm el-Sheikh as worthless. Syria said it was useless for the Palestinians, dangerous for the Middle East and it would not even profit the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak. For once, Mr Barak might have agreed with Damascus. Yasser Arafat had wanted an Arab summit to blame Israel for the deaths of almost 100 Palestinians in more than two weeks, not a ceasefire summit called by Egypt. In the streets of Arab capitals, that most dangerous of all phenomena, public opinion, was making itself felt. Half a million people on the roads of Rabat, repeated marches on the Israeli embassy in Amman that have already left one demonstrator dead and scores of policemen injured while in Egypt, Mr Mubarak's riot squads are keeping the students from the US and Israeli embassies; no Arab dictator needs this. In Algiers, the authorities cancelled a protest march. In Saudi Arabia, they collected $40m for the Palestinians, in answer to an appeal by King Fahd. But save for Oman, which has cut commercial links with Israel, the kings and potentates of the region can do little more than argue, through their controlled newspapers, that the Arabs were tricked. Even Mr Arafat thinks that now. How cynically he must have regarded President Clinton's call yesterday to Palestine and Israel to "move beyond blaming each other". Was this not the very same Mr Clinton who just two months ago was blaming Mr Arafat on Israeli television for the failure of the Camp David summit? This was Washington up to its old tricks again, whipping the Arabs as the guilty party for not making "concessions" to Israel one day, calling upon them in the role of neutral honest broker to end violence the next. Nor have the Arabs forgotten how, when the first Palestinians were shot by the Israelis, Mr Clinton said he hoped this might act as "a spur" to peace. A Lebanese journalist lamented: "He thought we would be cowed into submission by Israeli firepower. But I think those days are over." The Arab press has poured scorn on Israel's summit demand that Mr Arafat reimprison Hamas militants set free last week. Was it not Israel that encouraged Hamas in the Eighties as a rival to Arafat's PLO? Did senior Israeli army officers not meet Hamas regularly when the organisation seemed hostile to Mr Arafat? And what of Sheikh Yassin, the hoary old prelate who now demands Mr Arafat leave Sharm el-Sheikh and calls for the destruction of Israel? Was it not former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who let Sheikh Yassin out of jail as part of a deal to free two Mossad assassins who had tried to murder a Hamas operative in Amman? Alas, memories are short. All Mr Clinton will talk about is "peace", as if it's for sale on a supermarket shelf. The peace the Arabs want with Resolution 242 and its UN demand that Israel leave the occupied territories in return for the security of all states in the area is not being discussed at Sharm el-Sheikh. It's not about justice or resolution. It's about who fired the last shot. But more importantly, as the Arabs know, it's about oil. An 11 per cent increase in 24 hours took the price over $35 a barrel. It could easily go to $40. Or $45. Which is why most Arabs believe the Americans and the EU turned up in strength to the Sharm el-Sheikh summit. MiD-EasT RealitieS - www.MiddleEast.Org Phone: 202 362-5266Fax: 815 366-0800 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscriibe email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject SUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject UNSUBSCRIBE
Re: [CTRL] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes
-Caveat Lector- Anyone know of any connections between Gov. Carnahan and Klinton? --- MICHAEL SPITZER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Tuesday October 17 12:21 AM ET Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.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] Fw: Re: [CTRL] More Democrats Defect to Bush
-Caveat Lector- You DO have proof of this statement, don't you Prudy? Otherwise it is just your OWN bigotry speaking. How do you explain the jerry-mandering of districts to elect African-Americans in the South, something that would never be done for whites running for office. With voter apathy what it is among them, nobody has to "keep them out of the voting booths" because they do it themselves. I have listened to political discusssions a great deal over many years and NevER have I heard one word about this alleged plot to prevent them from voting. It is just another bloc of votes for the politicos to graple over and devise means of manipulating like every other vote. I think Jim Crow is alive and living only in your imagination. But it is fun to have a moral scapegoat in the South onto which to project the nation's collective prejudices whether it is true or not, isn't it? Amelia P.S. The preferred term is African-American, not black. You do actually know some of these folks, don't you? - Original Message - From: "Prudence L. Kuhn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] More Democrats Defect to Bush Let's face it, Southern Democrats aren't and never were Democrats. They just didn't want to be associated with the party of Abe Lincoln. I'm afraid that Jim Crow is well and living in the solid south. They can hardly wait for Bush to load the Supreme Court with the kind of judges who will let them keep Blacks out of the voting booths again. 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. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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 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: [cp] Drc subjects of interest
And speaking of compromise and being reasonable--- AKE : Monday, October 16, 2000 5:03 PM Subject: [cp] Drc subjects of interest 2. US Demands Bolivian Government Be "Inflexible" in Coca Negotiations http://www.drcnet.org/wol/155.html#boliviaThe people of Bolivia's Chapare region have been waitinganxiously as government and peasant leaders continue a tensestandoff. At issue is the cocaleros' demand that each family beallowed to devote a minimum amount of their land to growing cocafor legal uses. Coca is the plant from which the drug cocaine isderived, but has licit uses as well, including the popular softdrink Coca-Cola (http://www.drcnet.org/wol/154.html#crisisboliviaand http://www.drcnet.org/wol/154.html#editorial).According to NarcoNews.com, US Ambassador to Bolivia Manuel Rochahas demanded President Banzer be "inflexible" in demandingcomplete coca eradication. On Tuesday, October 10th, thegovernment shut down phone service and electricity to the region,including the Radio Sovereignty radio station owned by the cocagrower federations, and Banzer has threatened military action toclear the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz highway being blocked by the cocagrowers.The cocaleros refuse to back down from their demand of "one catoper family" and have declared the Chapare a "Free Trade Zone forcoca" until the government is willing to negotiate. CongressmanEvo Morales warned, "The decision by the rank-and-file is tocontinue the resistance including by offering our lives."For daily updates, including English-language translationsof Bolivian and foreign press coverage of the Bolivia crisis,visit http://www.narconews.com/pressbriefing.html. The AndeanInformation Network (http://www.scbbs-bo.com/ain/) providesfrequent briefings on the situation from in-country observersbased in the Chapare. - here."America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just howstupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs." -- Jim Hightower
[CTRL] Gore Camp Spreads False Plan Colombia Rumor
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: "Alberto M. Giordano" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:57 PM Subject: [narconews] Gore Camp Spreads False "Plan Colombia" Rumor Today's Press Briefing October 16, 2000 TOTAL SIMULATION International Press Coverage of Events in Latin America Can't Get Anything Right -- False Reports of the Demise of "Plan Colombia" are Planted by Gore Campaign: LA Times, NY Times serve as Rumor Mongers -- Bolivia Crisis Has Only a Temporary Fix; Will Re-explode by Years End -- PRI "Wins" in Tabasco, Mexico, by One Percent? (Fox and US Collaborate in Covering Up Yesterday's Election Fraud) -- Meet Vicente Fox's "Corruption Czar" -- He's an Expert on Soliciting Narco-Bribes, reports El Paso Times All these stories at: http://www.narconews.com/pressbriefing.html Today's Summary: Cynicism and simulation continue to be the watchwords for US press coverage of events in Our América. -- A nationwide revolt in Bolivia that paralyzed the country for 30 days is declared "over" by the international news media. In fact, the negotiated "solution" brings new problems and all the social movements who signed the pact say openly that they don't expect the Bolivian government to comply. The next wave of protests and blockades could begin as early as November; the deadline set by the US Embassy for "zero coca" plants in the country. -- Where are these rumors coming from? The LA Times and then the NY Times obediently printed this weekend that "Plan Colombia" may be cancelled after the November US elections. But US officials have already signed contracts with the Colombian government committing the $1.3 billion military invasion package through next year: thus freezing the US Congress from stopping the plan. Narco News reports: The false rumors were planted by the Gore campaign to diffuse the issue before the election (Fear of Nader at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?) -- Mexican national TV networks declared the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) as the winner of yesterday's state elections in Tabasco as soon as the polls closed. By nine a.m. this morning, the actual vote tally showed 44.13 percent for the PRI and 43.13 percent for the left-wing PRD (Democratic Revolution Party). Widespread acts of election fraud, ballot stuffing and the discovery of a clandestine election computer lab in Tabasco are just a few of the factors that make clear: The PRD won the popular vote, but like in Guerrero 1999, election fraud is still tolerated in Mexico when waged against the Left. President-elect Vicente Fox, of the PAN (National Action Party), threw his muscle behind the PRI. The US Embassy smiled: To them, the Mexican Left must be stopped at all costs, including through the robbing of elections, democracy be damned. -- Meanwhile, the El Paso Times broke courageously from the imposed party-line of US press coverage of Vicente Fox. It reported on Sunday that Fox's "anti-corruption czar", former Chihuahua governor Francisco Barrios, has been on the narco payroll for years. Here are the details of these stories, that Narco News will continue to track as they develop... http://www.narconews.com/pressbriefing.html From somewhere in a country called América, Al Giordano Publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coming this week: Part II of our series on Associated Press and Reporter-Lobbyist Peter McFarren in Bolivia _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [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]
[CTRL] US Drug Czar McCaffrey Resigns
-Caveat Lector- If this has alrady been posted, sorry! I have not seen it as yet on the list. Amelia - Original Message - From: "Al Giordano" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:10 PM Subject: [narconews] US Drug Czar McCaffrey Resigns This just in... (The Mexican News Agency CNI en Línea broke the story this morning. AP has now followed up with this English language report) Adios to another war criminal Source: AP Breaking News Published: 10/16/00 Clinton Appointee McCaffrey To Leave White House Job AP - Barry McCaffrey, the White House drug policy adviser for five years, is leaving his job to pursue opportunities in the private sector - including mulling two job offers from universities to teach national security issues. In announcing the surprise move Monday, McCaffrey said in statement that "he was grateful for the leadership and support" of the Clinton administration. His resignation is effective Jan. 6, 2001, two weeks before President Clinton leaves office. He said in the statement that federal funds to fight drugs have increased and that adolescent drug abuse has fallen since he was appointed to the post. A retired general, McCaffrey has been President Clinton's director of national drug control policy since April 1996 and previously was commander of the Army's Southern Division. Besides the college offers, McCaffrey will also write books, a spokeswoman said. "He has found this job very, very rewarding," said spokeswoman Jennifer Pike. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [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] Microchip Implants Coming [Boulder Weekly]
-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: "Alex Constantine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Kris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Lloyd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Microchip Implants Coming [Boulder Weekly] Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:12 AM "There's a chip in my head" For several years in the late 1990s, Boulder Weekly editors and writers were treated to routine visits by a former Disneyland employee who insisted the company had rendered him unconscious to implant a chip in his head. He begged Boulder Weekly to pay for surgery to remove the chip, in return for the opportunity to photograph the procedure. We passed, but couldn't help but wonder what types of conspiracy theories would emerge should society ever accept the overt use of human implant technology. No matter how creepy some Americans find the prospect of implant technology, no one can stop its creation. "Technology is continually trumping the constitutional guarantees that we have," says Gray. He'd like to see protections against the misuse of such chips as they become commercially available: "Citizens could ask for a law that made it a crime to put these into a person without their permission, and to forbid, under any conditions, for the government to put these into prisoners, parolees, illegal aliens, soldiers, citizens." He's even proposed "only half joking" a "Cyborg Bill of Rights" to help ensure that "new technologies are chosen democratically and we do not have to accept every new technology that invades our freedoms." Boulder Weekly September 21-27, 2000 Digital Angel Microchip implants for humans may eliminate autonomy any day - - - - - - - - - - - - by Katherine Mieszkowski and staff reporters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
Re: [CTRL] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes
-Caveat Lector- It seems to be Carnahan and Klinton were good friends and Klinton had hoped Carnahan would win there giving control possibly of Senate to democrats. The plane in which they flew, Carnahan's son piloted.he is ialleged to have radioed for help and it was reported there was a problem where he could ot tell whether plane was going up or down, etclike they said JFK Jr. died - he lost sense of direction:? Was lots of lightning and stormwitness said he heard the plan "screaming" as it came down, and then fire in the skies as it hit the ground. So Payne Stewart died under strange circumstances - JFK Jr. under very strange circumstances in good weataher but this weather was very bad. Wonder if the weather program was set up - crash occurred outside St. Louis..Carnahan was to be at the debate tonight, which is still to be held in his honor. So he was an asset and in MIssouri they elected this man to two terms as govenor and frankly, somehow he and Clinton just do not seem to be in the same boat for Carnahan seemed to be honorable man. His name will remain on ballot - too late they say to change same. My great Uncle George Hoke in Seneca County had heart attack on court house steps where he was probage Judge...he died in his office, and the people actually wrote his name in and a dead man won that election - which was a tribute to his honesty - for he was a lawyer and a farmer, and one honest man whom they called Honest George Hokeold fashioned southern name, and he used to raise chameleons. So - nobody seems to know anything bad about this man and the race was running even; Clinton called this man's wife from Egypt with his crocodile tears..but that, was show biz. Son was experienced pilot - but cause of accident now seems to be what we were given re cause of JFK Jr death - so the show must go on, meanwhile Nader wants to stop giving money to Israel.that guy knows how to stop that war for sure. Hope Nader takes a train in the future. Saba A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy 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] Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Feats That 'Cannot or Should NotBe Reproduced'
-Caveat Lector- Academe Today [Daily report from the Chronicle of Higher Education, http://chronicle.com] Friday, October 6, 2000 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Feats That 'Cannot or Should Not Be Reproduced' By TIM SWARTZENDRUBER Harvard University's science-humor magazine, the Annals of Improbable Research, awarded its annual Ig Nobel Prizes on Thursday to winners in literature, physics, public health, and seven other categories. The awards, which spoof the Nobel Prizes, celebrate achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced." Genuine Nobel laureates were scheduled to participate in the ceremony, which was to feature the annual "Win a Date With a Nobel Laureate" contest. Following is a list of the winners: David Dunning, of Cornell University, and Justin Kruger, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received the psychology award for their report "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments." Jasmuheen (formerly known as Ellen Greve), of Brisbane, Australia, received the literature award for her book Living on Light (Koha Publishing, 1998), which explains that although some people do eat food, they don't ever really need to. Richard Wassersug, of Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, received the biology award for his report "On the Comparative Palatability of Some Dry-Season Tadpoles From Costa Rica." Andre Geim, of the University of Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, and Sir Michael Berry, of the University of Bristol, in Britain, received the physics award for using magnets to levitate a frog and a sumo wrestler. Donatella Marazziti, Alessandra Rossi, and Giovanni B. Cassano, of the University of Pisa, in Italy, and Hagop S. Akiskal, of the University of California at San Diego, received the chemistry award for their discovery that, biochemically, romantic love may be indistinguishable from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Rev. Sun Myung Moon received the economics award for bringing efficiency and steady growth to the mass-marriage industry, with, according to his reports, a 36-couple wedding in 1960, a 430-couple wedding in 1968, an 1,800-couple wedding in 1975, a 6,000-couple wedding in 1982, a 30,000-couple wedding in 1992, a 360,000-couple wedding in 1995, and a 36-million-couple wedding in 1997. Willibrord Weijmar Schultz, Pek van Andel, and Eduard Mooyaart, of Groningen, the Netherlands, and Ida Sabelis, of Amsterdam, received the medicine award for their "illuminating" report, "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal." Chris Niswander, of Tucson, received the computer-science award for inventing PawSense, software that detects when a cat is walking across a computer keyboard and ignores the resulting keystrokes. The British Royal Navy received the peace award for ordering its sailors to stop using live cannon shells, and to instead just shout, "Bang!" Jonathan Wyatt, Gordon McNaughton, and William Tullet, of Glasgow, received the public-health award for their "alarming" report, "The Collapse of Toilets in Glasgow." 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] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/17/2000 9:33:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone know of any connections between Gov. Carnahan and Klinton? No, but this Governor (Democrat) was running a close race with Sen. John Ashcroft (Republican) for the senate seat. In Missouri even death does not remove your name from the ballot, so Senator Ashcroft (Republican) is now running unopposed. It strains a bit to imagine such a bit of Republican luck. After all, I'm sure they'll do most anything to keep control of the Senate. Wouldn't be the first time this kind of luck came along, would it? 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] Fw: Re: [CTRL] More Democrats Defect to Bush
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/17/2000 9:44:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. The preferred term is African-American, not black. You do actually know some of these folks, don't you? Heavens, I knew some of "these folks" when the preferred term was colored. You haven't been paying attention to some of the Rehnquist Court's more interesting decisions. It wasn't my interpretation that one particular decision was paving the way for the return of the Jim Crow laws. I heard it from some guest or other on C-SPAN. States rights, you know. 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] people can be convinced...
http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/uw-nwe101700.html Contact: Joel Schwarz[EMAIL PROTECTED]206-543-2580University of Washington New wave of exorcisms seen; some people can be convinced they witnessed a demonic possession as a child Couple the re-release of "The Exorcist" and the up-coming Halloween broadcast of "Possessed," a TV documentary about a purported exorcism in a mental hospital, and you've got a prescription for a sudden jump in the number reported demonic possessions. "Quite a number of people who watch these exorcism films will be affected and develop symptoms of hysteria. These films will be a full-employment bill for exorcists," said Elizabeth Loftus, a University of Washington psychologist and memory expert. Loftus recently completed a demonic possession study that is to be published in The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. She conducted the study with Giuliana Mazzoni, a Seton Hall University psychology professor and a UW visiting scholar, and Irving Kirsch, a University of Connecticut psychology professor. The research demonstrated that nearly one-fifth of those who previously said that demonic possession was not very plausible and that as children they had not witnessed a possession later said possession was more plausible and they may have witnessed one. These changes in belief and memory were accomplished in several steps. Subjects read several short articles that described demonic possession and suggested it was more common than believed. Later they were asked to list their fears and then were told that witnessing a possession during childhood caused those fears. "When you realize what we did with a few stories and a suggestion and then think of the very vivid depictions that are in these movies, I know these films are going to have a very powerful effect," Loftus said. The publication of the book "The Exorcist" in 1971 and the film's release at the end of 1973 generated reams of publicity and a mini-epidemic of people requesting exorcisms, she added. Loftus will talk about demonic possession and the results of the study in a campus seminar on Halloween. In the study, the researchers recruited nearly 200 college students in Italy, where the idea of demonic possession is considered somewhat more plausible than it is in the United States. All of the students initially rated possession as highly implausible. They also had strong beliefs that they had not witnessed one as a child. The researchers conducted three experiments. In the first and key experiment, students filled out questionnaires that rated the plausibility of a number of events and asked about their life experiences. Students were divided into three groups, two of which were exposed to a plausibility manipulation a month later. The two groups were given a series of 12 short articles to read. Among the articles given to the first or "possession" group were three that promoted the idea that demonic possession is quite common in Italy and that many children witnessed such events. They also described typical possession experiences. The second or "almost choked" group was given three similar articles to read about choking. The third or control group was not exposed to the manipulation. A week later the first two groups filled out questionnaires about their fears, such as being afraid of spiders. Then the students were told that their individual "fear profiles" signaled that they probably had witnessed a possession or had almost choked in early childhood. After another week these students and the control group filled out the original two questionnaires. The researchers found that the manipulation not only increased feelings of reality about an already plausible event, "almost choked," but also of an initially implausible event "witnessed possession." More important, according to Loftus, 18 percent of the students now believed that the events had probably happened to them. There was no change in the control group. The other two experiments tested variations of the manipulation. Loftus said the three experiments tell a consistent story. When people are exposed to a series of articles describing a relatively implausible phenomenon, such as witnessing a possession, they believe the phenomenon is not only more plausible but also are less confident that they had not experienced it in childhood. "We are looking at the first steps on the path down to creating a false memory," said Loftus. "There is controversy about whether you can plant memories about events that are unlikely to happen. As humans we are capable of developing memories of ideas that other people think occurred. Just being exposed to credible information can lead you down this path. This shows why people watching Oprah or those in group therapy believe these kinds of things happened to them. People borrow memories from others and adopt them as their own experiences. It is part of the
Re: [CTRL] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes
-Caveat Lector- On 17 Oct 2000, at 14:38, Prudence L. Kuhn wrote: It strains a bit to imagine such a bit of Republican luck. After all, I'm sure they'll do most anything to keep control of the Senate. Wouldn't be the first time this kind of luck came along, would it? Prudy You mean ...like Vince Foster, Ron Brown, the numerous Clinton bodyguards who met untimely deaths, the boys on the tracks, for example? -- Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance. - The Speaker, 12/15/00 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] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/17/2000 2:55:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You mean ...like Vince Foster, Ron Brown, the numerous Clinton bodyguards who met untimely deaths, the boys on the tracks, for example? Exactly. And like some of our former CIA directors, and Cokie Robert's father and maybe even Sunny Bono. After all he wasn't quite as far right as the wife who took over the seat. Let's face it, there's reason to be careful whenever you get near any politician. 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] No Budget Surplus
-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: "Alex Constantine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Lloyd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Kris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: No Budget "Surplus" Date: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 5:18 AM Wahington Post Beyond Surpluses, CBO Finds Grim Budget Picture By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 7, 2000; Page A02 The ever-growing budget surpluses, which earlier this year spurred the leading presidential candidates to boost their tax cut and spending plans, have done little to change a grim long-term financial outlook for the United States, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said yesterday. Even under the most optimistic scenario--in which politicians agree to save every penny of the surplus and use it to pay off the national debt--the cost of providing promised health and retirement benefits after the baby boom generation leaves the workforce will ultimately overwhelm the federal budget, the CBO concluded. "If the nation's leaders do not change current policies to eliminate that imbalance, federal deficits are likely to reappear and eventually drive federal debt to unsustainable levels," the CBO said. In particular, the agency said, spending on Medicare, which provides health care for retirees, and Medicaid, the health program for the poor, will triple in four decades when measured as a percentage of the nation's economy. The report underscores how campaign rhetoric has become increasingly separated from the budget reality that will face the next president. Lawmakers are piling on billions of dollars in extra spending as they rush to complete the session, leaving less available for debt reduction. Many analysts also say projections of nearly $5 trillion in surpluses over the next decade rest on a number of questionable assumptions, and the actual amount could be much less. Indeed, though both the White House and Congress have been quick to claim credit for balancing the budget, the CBO noted that the sudden turn in the nation's financial picture was due to other factors. "Most of the improvement stems from unexpected increases in revenue and slower-than-anticipated growth in some spending rather than from changes in policy," the report said. The question of how to spend the projected bounty dominated the presidential and vice presidential debates this week. But candidates tangled mostly not on how to save it but whether it was best to devote a large chunk of the surplus to tax cuts or additional spending. "There's enough money to pay seniors today in the current affairs of Social Security," said Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican nominee, as he defended his plan to use about $1 trillion of the Social Security surplus to establish individual retirement accounts. "The trillion comes from the surplus. Surplus is more money than needed." Vice President Gore, for his part, declared, "If we can keep our prosperity going, if we can continue balancing the budget and paying down the debt, then the strong economy keeps generating surpluses." Bush also suggested that his plan to cut taxes $1.6 trillion over 10 years would boost economic growth. But the CBO report said that "growth alone is unlikely to eliminate projected long-term imbalances because it may lead to increased spending on many programs," including Social Security and Medicare. Social Security benefits, for instance, are tied to a person's earnings history, so better wages would mean higher benefits. The CBO considered three scenarios--saving all the surplus, saving only the Social Security surplus and saving none of the surplus. The middle-ground solution closely reflects how the candidates present their plans, though each side says the other busts the budget. But the CBO said that even if the government took the controversial step of using the surplus to invest in stocks and bonds after the debt was paid off, rising health care and retirement costs would push the budget back into deficit in 2027. Notwithstanding the CBO's warnings, officials from both campaigns seized on the report yesterday to say it made the case for their own budget plans. Jason Furman, senior economic adviser to Gore, noted there is "tremendous uncertainty" in making 70-year forecasts and that the CBO used slightly more pessimistic assumptions on productivity and health care costs than the administration. "But what is clear is that Al Gore and Joe Lieberman devote two-thirds of the surplus to paying down the debt, which is the best way to prepare for whatever challenges tomorrow may bring," Furman said. He added that Bush's tax cut and his plans to use part of the surplus for Social Security and Medicare reform "would leave America permanently in debt." Ari Fleischer, a Bush spokesman, said, "It's a real
[CTRL] Fwd: Pleas For Help From Palestine
Read this item and you can see why there are those who would disarm America while at the same time we buy more guns and bombs and missiles for the Israelies to murder children. Somebody ought to start a Bonds for Palestine and arm them to the teeth and watch these cowawrdly bastards run. Like the Japanese Sharpshooter at Ruby Ridge who murdered a little 14 year old boys dog to drawn him out and then murdered the kid and his mother as well... What does one expect with KGB heading up Russia and in cahoots obviously with Ehud Barak another mass murderer Mossad hired gun. Saba 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 /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! * * * * * * * IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] SNIPERS CONTINUE TO KILL PALESTINIANS CONTINUE TO RESIST "...urgent appeal to the international community to protect Palestinians from Israeli forces and violent settlers." MID-EAST REALITIES - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 10/17: Even as the Sharm el-Sheikh summit proceeded yesterday, the Israeli Army,once headed by now Prime Minister Ehud Barak who is also Israeli Defense Mininster, continued to use snipers to kill Palestinians. The first report provides details of the killing a Palestinian schoolboy in Bethlehem yesterday. Yesterday, as the summit proceeded, about 200 Palestinians were injured throughout the occupied territories by Israeli shooting. And while the summiteers were listening to Bill Clinton and Hosni Mubarak sum things up today -- Arafat and Barak sitting in silence with nothing to say -- a Palestinian medical group today issued another desperate plea against the "intolerable Israeli siege". THE KILLING OF A PALESTINIAN STUDENT: 14 year old Mo'ayyad Osaama Al-Jowareesh Defence for Children International/Palestine Section - October 17: DCI/PS views with grave concern the killing of 14 year old Mo'ayyad Osaama Al-Jowareesh, of Aida Refugee Camp, in Bethlehem, as he was walking to school. At approximately 2:30pm, yesterday, 16 October, Israeli military forces shot Mo'ayyad in the head with a rubber coated steel bullet, a metal bullet surrounded by a thin plastic layer. According to eyewitnesses, an Israeli soldier posted in the watchtower at Rachel's Tomb shot Mo'ayyad at close range, as he was walking beneath the tower. The bullet entered the apex of the skull and exited the other side. Mo'ayyad was a 9th grade student at the UNRWA Basic School for Boys, which holds classes in morning and afternoon sessions due to capacity restrictions. At the time of his killing, Mo'ayyad was passing through the area on his way to the afternoon session, with his school bag on his back. At least 4 other children were wounded in clashes yesterday near Rachel's Tomb. Mo'ayyad's death brings the total of Palestinian children martyred since 28 September 2000, to 27, with an additional 4 declared clinically dead. The circumstances surrounding Mo'ayyad's death is additional evidence of a clear policy on the part of Israeli soldiers to shoot to kill or seriously injure. A random sample of 397 injuries, documented by DCI/PS since confrontations began, indicates that approximately 50% of the injuries sustained by Palestinian children were wounds to the upper parts of the body. Moreover, his death demonstrates that rubber coated steel bullets, which are routinely used by Israeli military forces to disperse demonstrations, are deadly, despite the misleading terminology. As the Israeli siege continues, Palestinian civilians remain under a strict, Israeli imposed closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The tightened closure prevents the transfer of goods and people in and out of Palestinian cities and villages, effectively imprisoning Palestinian residents of the Occupied Territories. Of particular concern to DCI/PS is the repeated Israeli refusal to allow medical supplies in to the affected areas or to allow persons in need of medical care to proceed to the nearest medical facility. On 13 October, 10 year old girl-child Alaa Osaama Hamdan died as a result of a severe lung infection after her family was prevented from taking her to the hospital in Nablus. According to her father, Osaama Hamdan, of Assawiya village in the Nablus District, Alaa began to feel pain in her stomach and chest on Thursday evening. When he attempted to transport her to the hospital, Israeli soldiers at a nearby checkpoint refused to allow his car to pass through. Alaa's pain intensified as her condition deteriorated through the
[CTRL] Fwd: Policy.com - Campaign 2000: Missouri Senate Race: Senator John Ashcroft vs. Governor Mel Carnahan
Well Mel Carnahan was Irish . Reagan was Irish, McKinley Scotch Irish, John F. Kennedy Irish, John F. Kennedy Jr., etc., guess the only way to beat the Irish is to kill them - and don't forget Robert F. Kennedy and George Wallace. However if you read this item (pull up original to see pictures) you find Carnahan did a black face role in a Minstrel Showshame, shame but the sang Swanee and not Kill Whitey like Black Rap Musicians.. So maybe its about time the Palestinians and the Irish started to fight back - notice Ireland, did the USA send missiles and guns to Ireland to fight the tyrants in England? Oh No - so why do they send missiles and guns and bombs to Israel and give them billions of dollars to murder and slaughter the domestic jews and arabs? In the name of God when it should be in the name of oil? Saba Today's News Daily Briefing Daily Briefing Archive Global Hotspots Special Reports Back Issues In The Tanks Events Calendar Policy Update NewsClicks Issues Library Policy Newsstand Policy Books Columnists Virtual Congress Student Union Internships Roundtable Reach Your Rep Ask PC PC Interviews Jobs Board Ned the Alien Fun Stuff Policy Quiz Organizations by Issue Community Spotlight Think Tanks Advocacy Groups Associations Foundations Businesses Universities U.S. Government Foreign Governments International Orgs. Media Other Resources About Policy.com Editorial Guidelines PC in the News Press Releases Advertising Be a Content Provider Staff Feedback Top 10 IssuesThe Top 10 public policy issues in the presidential campaign this week, ranked in order of importance: *(Updated 7/31/00) 1. Economy 2. Education 3. Social Security 4. Religion 5. Foreign Policy 6. Gun Control 7. Abortion 8. Campaign Reform 9. Environment 10. Moral Values Campaign 2000 Campaign 2000 Home Latest News From the Polls Campaign Context VoxCap.com Readers In the RoundTable Generation 2000 Missouri Senate Race: Senator John Ashcroft vs. Governor Mel Carnahan Incumbent:John Ashcroft (R-Running for reelection) Challenger:Gov. Mel CarnahanGOP primary:March 7, 2000Democratic primary:March 7, 2000 In what is already proving to be one of the nation's most hotly contested Senate races, Missouri voters will decide whether to re-elect Republican Sen. John Ashcroft (R) or to replace him with two-term Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan. Polls indicate that the candidates are statistically tied among likely voters, with Ashcroft winning 47 percent of the vote and Carnahan winning 44 percent. The race had its highest-profile moment last October, when the campaigns turned in turned ugly briefly. By the end of the month however, both candidates were trying to elevate the tone of the debate. The furor began when Carnahan's surrogates accused Ashcroft of racism, following Ashcroft's efforts to block the nomination of a black Supreme Court judge, Ronnie White, to a federal judgeship. In response, Republicans circulated a photograph of Carnahan entertaining audiences in a 1960 blackface minstrel show. Carnahan quickly acknowledged his participation in the event and apologized for his insensitivity. Ashcroft is touting a comprehensive economic plan to cut taxes, limit government, pay off the national debt, promote free and fair trade and allow the information economy to grow unhindered by regulation. Ashcroft also counts protecting Social Security, encouraging family-friendly workplaces and expanding the role of religious organizations in providing charity among his major issues. As Governor, Carnahan has implemented a number of popular initiatives. During his tenure, Carnahan eliminated the 3% grocery tax, created an income-tax deduction for the self-employed who purchase health insurance and raised personal income-tax exemptions. His FY01 Budget Request includes $55.6 million for Jump Start Programs, calls for greater student performance through accountability and new school funding formulas. Mel Carnahan (D) Sen. John Ashcroft (R) Missouri Senate: More Contentious Than New York Missouri Senate candidates trade charges of 'extremism' GOP Digs Up Old Blackface Photo of Missouri Governor Ashcroft Denies Circulating Blackface Photo Missouri Senate Race Is Heating Up Early Partisan Mudslinging Colors the Political Issues Home | Terms | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Ad Info A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy http://www.policy.com/reports/c2k/missouri.asp
[CTRL] Fwd: INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS UPHELD
After reading this item and the black face routine in the minstrel shows - maybe Clintons no longer felt Carnahan was an asset and more of a liability? This item was of interest - Saba FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 1999 WILL OF THE PEOPLE THWARTED BY GOVERNOR CARNAHAN Carnahan's meddling in democratic process results in loss of right of personal protection for Missouri citizens (FAIRFAX, VA) -- Despite the will of law-abiding citizens, and despite efforts by the legislature to represent their constituents and allow qualified Missourians the right to choose to carry a firearm, the meddling of Governor Mel Carnahan in the democratic process effectively resulted in a loss of that right, as Proposition B was narrowly defeated in Tuesday's election. "...This is a public official who completely mistrusts his own constituents..." "Governor Carnahan crossed the line in meddling with the democratic process in Missouri," said James J. Baker, executive director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action. "After twice denying Missourians the right to carry as enacted by the state legislature, Governor Carnahan injected his own personal views into this democratic initiative process. Through his own hand-picked Secretary of State, Carnahan had the audacity to rewrite the ballot language adopted by the legislature to suit his own desire to confuse and mislead the voters of Missouri. He even dispatched his own daughter to run the campaign against Proposition B and reportedly received fundraising help from none other than Hillary Clinton." Baker said the election boiled down to Governor Carnahan's lack of trust in law-abiding citizens of Missouri. "This is a public official who completely mistrusts his own constituents," Baker said, "to the point where he won't even let them decide for themselves on an issue as important as personal protection and freedom. When a public official loses faith in his citizens, he usually ends up losing his next election." Baker, a former prosecutor in Missouri, also noted that the Clinton-Gore Administration, with a long anti-gun rights history, was also staunchly opposed to Proposition B and dispatched Hillary Clinton to actively campaign to defeat the measure. "It is unfortunate that Governor Carnahan welcomed efforts by the Clinton-Gore Administration and the U.S. Justice Department to scare and confuse the voters of Missouri," Baker said. "But in the next election, I predict that Missourians will have the opportunity to send these officials a message that the people can indeed be trusted." -- nra -- =+=+=+=+ This information is provided as a service of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, Fairfax, VA. This and other information on the Second Amendment and the NRA is available at: http://WWW.NRA.Org A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy http://www.nrawinningteam.com/states/nomo.html
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Pleas For Help From Palestine
-Caveat Lector- Aleisha Saba wrote: Read this item and you can see why there are those who would disarm America while at the same time we buy more guns and bombs and missiles for the Israelies to murder children. Somebody ought to start a Bonds for Palestine and arm them to the teeth and watch these cowawrdly bastards run. Why don't you? Put you money where your mouth is. Like the Japanese Sharpshooter at Ruby Ridge who murdered a little 14 year old boys dog to drawn him out and then murdered the kid and his mother as well... What does one expect with KGB heading up Russia and in cahoots obviously with Ehud Barak another mass murderer Mossad hired gun. Careful Colleen. He'll be under your bed tonight. Ooh Ehud is coming. OOooh. J2 Saba A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy 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] Palestinians Deny Secret Security Deal at Sharm el-Sheikh Summit
-Caveat Lector- Al-Bawaba.Com Palestinians Deny Secret Security Deal at Sharm el-Sheikh Summit Palestinian Culture and Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo denied Tuesday reports saying that Israelis and Palestinians reached a secret agreement on security issues at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, reported Al-Jazira satellite channel. Earlier, a senior Israeli official told AFP that both sides reached secret security deals at the summit. "In addition to the written declaration read by President Clinton, the two sides reached a mutual understanding on security issues that will be kept secret," the official told the agency, speaking on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's plane on the way back from the Egyptian summit venue. When secrecy had been applied to previous agreements, security had been maintained for longer, indicated the official, according to the agency. "Barak met Clinton at night, the security group reached an agreement based on the secret security arrangements that were agreed on at Wye Plantation," a previous Israel-Palestinian summit hosted by the US in October 1998. "Things were quiet for a year and a half (after that)," the official said. "This time too they decided to keep the understanding secret. (Central Intelligence Agency chief) George Tenet and the CIA representative in Tel Aviv are going to be responsible for the implementation of the understanding." Asked why there had been a presidential statement in Sharm el-Sheikh and not a signed agreement, the official said: "In a declaration, there is significant US involvement." Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had received no guarantees from the United States, he believed. "As far as we know, nothing was promised by the US to either side." On why Sharm el-Sheikh succeeded where a previous Israeli-Palestinian summit in Paris last week failed, the official said he noted the "huge difference between the way Clinton and Albright negotiated". Another difference was the hosts, Egypt. "We were hosted by the Egyptians and not the French, and it was clear the Egyptians also had an interest in halting the violence that had escalated and also affected their area." "Despite their humiliating attitude towards the Israelis, they (the Egyptians) were extremely material in persuading Arafat to reach an agreement," the official added. According to AFP, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had openly blamed the Israelis for the violence when the summit opened on Monday. The Israeli official said another reason for the success of the summit was that the Clinton declaration was an improved formulation of the document which emerged from the failed Paris summit. "It is improved because the fact finding commission is going to be appointed by the US," he said. "There is no internationalization." "Things have also happened in the past two weeks, Arafat also saw that this (the violence) did not get him to the point to which he wanted to go. He arrived at the summit weaker than he realized." (Several Sources) © Copyright Al-Bawaba.Com 1999-2000 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] MOBILIZE GLOBALLY ! New listserv !
-Caveat Lector- A new listserv has been set up at http://www.egroups.com/group/mobilize-globally for the purpose of report and discussion of the future and past progressive activities, in order to maximize participation and learn from past experience, so that the activities worldwide continuously raise to an ever more efficient level. For instance, a special working group could be set up by the organizers of each event or activity to report on this list on their good and bad experiences. Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The United Peoples http://www.unitedpeoples.net NB! New address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MOBILIZE GLOBALLY ! (MG!) Reinforce, expand and coordinate the new worldwide resistance movement ! Join the worldwide campaign for transfer of the economic and political power from the corporations, their mass media monopoly and their governments, to the peoples ! To demonstrate your support of all of the various endevours to achieve this, e.g. the protests against the third Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit on October 20-21 in Seoul, and the Global Strike Against Corporate Tyranny on May 1, 2001, ' M1 ' ( see http://www.egroups.com/group/mobilize-globally ), simply insert a permanent (MG!) behind your name or organisation in the heading of your e-mails, etc. Add this footnote to your messages. MOBILIZE GLOBALLY ! REINFORCE, EXPAND AND COORDINATE THE NEW GLOBAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT ! The next necessary step to maintain the momentum of the new worldwide resistance movement is an ever more intense involvement and coordination of ALL progressives of the planet. At the same time as this global movement must maintain the flat, decentralized and democratic grassroot structure with everybody's opportunity to initiate and organize local or global common projects, it also must have one common name and one ultimate goal. The umbrella name appropriately is Mobilize Globally ! (MG!) Support of this worldwide movement should be demonstrated by adding the bracket (MG!) after the name of the individual or organisation. In e-mails it might be inserted permanently after the sender address in the heading. The common ultimate goal at the same time must be broad and concrete enough, clearly define the enemy and thus be phrased as follows: Transfer of the economic and political power from the transnational corporations, their mass media monopoly and their governments, to the peoples. The worldwide Mobilize Globally! movement will - empower the total movement and its individual members in their various activities and struggles - focus on the superior common goal - enhance all kinds of cooperation nationally and internationally - demonstrate our overwhelming strength when the MG! symbol everywhere will catch the eye, and thus - attract ever broader circles of people. __ You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to United Peoples' email list or to some shared listserv(s). To unsubscribe from the UP list, hit 'Reply', type 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line and hit 'Send'. __ 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] Fwd: Pleas For Help From Palestine
-Caveat Lector- Well Joshua - when the Palestinians get through with Ehud maybe he will be exposed for what he is - a serial killer who once dressed like a woman and murdered 3 Palestinians in Beruit..sneak attack. Nader has right idea - cut off funds to Israel and take the uzzies away from the little guestapo killers - Ashkenazis in action. Without a doubt, Hitler was Jewish - no doubt Ashkenazi Zionist. Maybe Churchill was right at thateven Wild Bill Donavan set out to nail Hitler for being a Jew in disguise, like Madeline Albright the serial killer of the Balkans A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy 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] [BRIGADE] Students Applaud PJB's, Lock and load!
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Dear Brigade, "Can you imagine what the founding fathers would have said if they'd seen these people talking about setting up a global government?" he exclaimed. "Lock and load!" ... The line drew the biggest applause of the hourlong question-and-answer forum" Darn right they applauded. American students have not been totally brainwashed by the "sandal-and-beads" education crowd! GO PAT GO!! Linda --- Reform Party presidential candidate criticizes U.S. foreign policy By STEVE SCHULTZE Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct. 16, 2000 Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan brought his America-first message to Milwaukee on Monday, suggesting that the United States should rethink its commitment to Israel in the Middle East conflict. Comparing the Palestinian side in the recent fighting to Americans in Revolutionary War times, Buchanan said American support for Israelis may be a moot issue. If the conflict continues, Buchanan predicted, Israel with its superior military will wind up crushing the Palestinians. If Americans had been shot in the numbers that Palestinians have been wounded by Israelis, "we'd be calling for nuclear weapons; we'd be enraged," Buchanan said. He laid blame for the current crisis on Ariel Sharon, the Israeli politician whose visit to a site considered holy by Muslims and Jews provoked "rock-throwing" by Palestinians and gunfire by Israelis. He counseled a new course of action by the U.S., away from its strong support for Israel. "The alternative is to get out of there," Buchanan said. He said the U.S. should try to help resolve the crisis but warned that the U.S. ultimately couldn't stop the Palestinians from waging a bloody war. "If Palestine wants to fight and die and unite the Arab states around them, we cannot stop them," Buchanan said. "It's not vital to American's security whose flag flies over Jerusalem or the Golan Heights." The 61-year-old political commentator and three-time presidential candidate spoke almost exclusively about foreign affairs to a crowd of about 200 at Marquette University. The message was one of unabashed American nationalism. He derided what he called the spreading gospel of the "New World Order," the idea that nations are becoming less important and everyone is a world citizen. He said the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are all proponents of a form of globalism that he thinks is not in the United States' interest. "I'm an economic nationalist," he said. The U.S. should demand parity from its trading partners or else put up barriers to trading, he said, singling out China. He had harsh criticism for Third World proponents of erasing global economic boundaries, calling Fidel Castro and others "globo-trash." "Can you imagine what the founding fathers would have said if they'd seen these people talking about setting up a global government?" he exclaimed. "Lock and load!" The line drew the biggest applause of the hourlong question- and-answer forum. The U.S., he suggested, has bumbled its foreign affairs badly in recent years. The U.S. should have stayed out of the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, he said. The U.S. rationale for bombing Bosnia was to end ethnic cleansing by Bosnians, but the number of deaths fell far short of the "genocide" the Clinton administration said needed checking, Buchanan said. He also warned against U.S. involvement in other trouble spots - East Timor and the China-Taiwan conflict, for example - and said it was time for the U.S. to pull its NATO troops from Europe. He said he bolted from the Republican Party because it strayed too far from its conservative roots. He listed Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater as political heroes. Richard Nixon, for whom Buchanan worked as a speechwriter, also was singled out several times for praise. On other topics, Buchanan: Strongly backed outlawing abortion and said that would probably have to come about through appointment of anti- abortion justices to the Supreme Court. "I am strongly pro-life and for the rights of the unborn," he said. Blasted the commission that excluded him and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader from the presidential debates. In an interview before his forum, Buchanan said that decision cost him the election. Declined to give his preference between the major-party candidates, Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore. Dan Guenzel, a heating and air-conditioning salesman attending the forum, said he planned to vote for Buchanan, especially for his stands against abortion and for bringing American troops home. -- end -- ~ On the Trail with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ
Re: [CTRL] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes
-Caveat Lector- Is that "luck" in quotation marks? Jenny Decker - Original Message - From: "Prudence L. Kuhn" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Reu: Plane Carrying Missouri Governor Crashes -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/17/2000 9:33:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone know of any connections between Gov. Carnahan and Klinton? No, but this Governor (Democrat) was running a close race with Sen. John Ashcroft (Republican) for the senate seat. In Missouri even death does not remove your name from the ballot, so Senator Ashcroft (Republican) is now running unopposed. It strains a bit to imagine such a bit of Republican luck. After all, I'm sure they'll do most anything to keep control of the Senate. Wouldn't be the first time this kind of luck came along, would it? 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. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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 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] [BRIGADE] Buchanan Talks to the Green Bay Press-Gazette
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Tuesday, October 17, 2000 Buchanan: Attack on Cole is act of war By Steven Bruss Green Bay Press-Gazette The United States should respond to the attack on the USS Cole as it would an act of war, Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said Monday. "We should run down the organizations and the sponsors, and we should make them pay a hellish price for the massacre of our sailors," said Buchanan during a wide-ranging, half-hour interview with the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Buchanan, a former member of the Republican Party and an adviser to presidents Nixon and Reagan, is running well behind the major-party candidates. Here is an edited text of his interview: Q. Why did you choose to join the reform party? A. The Republican Party at the national level has ceased to be my party. This divorce began around the end of the Cold War when President (George) Bush declared it to be a New World- order party and began intervening all over the world. While he and I were allies and friends during the Cold War, I just felt that once the Cold War was over the United States should return to a more traditional non-intervention foreign policy. Clearly the Republican Party is not that now. It (the GOP) is a global free-trade party, and I believe in economic patriotism -- putting the interest of American workers and their families and our economic independence first. They will not even discuss the immigration issue anymore, which I think is a very acute national issue. We have to have immigration reduced to 250,000 or 300,000 a year, legal immigrants, which is still very generous; emphasize the English language and start trying to pull this country back together; and we've got to get control of our southern border. So those are three great issues that I simply disagree with the Republican Party, which has moved off, I think frankly, and embraced really a Clintonite position. Q. How would you handle the attack on the USS Cole and the recent flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence? A. With the Cole, you lost a young man here in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and he had two weeks left to serve in a six-year stint, which was a tragedy . But he also was a victim of an act of war, and the United States should respond to the act of war against the Cole with its own act of war against those who did it. On the Middle East, the United States has a vital interest in preventing a war between Israel and the Palestinians because that would line Israel up against the entire Arab world. And if the United States is perceived as tilting wholly toward Israel, our interests in the Middle East would suffer dramatically. So we have to first prevent the war. Secondly, that requires a truce. And third, (we should) try to get some kind of negotiation back on track. But I have no illusions that's going to be easy after all this bloodshed and slaughter. Frankly, I think we need a more even-handed policy in the Middle East. The United States cannot be seen in the struggle between the Palestinians and Israelis over Palestinian statehood ... as a reflexive and uncritical and knee-jerk supporter of every single thing the Israelis do. We need a president who not only has the courage to condemn atrocities against the Israelis, but a president who has the courage to condemn the Israelis when they perpetrate outrages or stupidities. Q. How should the U.S. military be used? A. The Cold War is over. Bring the troops home from Europe, from Korea, from Japan, and rebuild and rearm and re-equip the American military here in the United States so that we can provide the strategic reserve of Western civilization and defend all of America's vital interests. One of the reasons the United States is the greatest nation on Earth is because unlike the rest of the great nations that entered the 20th century with us -- the British empire, the French, the German, the Austrian, the Ottoman empire, the Japanese and Russian empire -- we stayed out of all the great wars until their relatively conclusive phase. Q. You talk about promoting the English language. In Green Bay we have a significant Hispanic population that doesn't speak English. A. If they're here legally and they're citizens of this country, you don't coerce them, but I would emphasize at the state and local level to build education in the English language, and I would make sure that children right up there in kindergarten, first grade are dropped right into English so these kids can experience the great opportunities that are here in American society and that are closed off to people who don't know English. If you don't know English you're horribly restricted and confined in American society. So it is imperative that these kids be able in their younger years to understand and speak English because then ... America's world opens up to them. Q. Another big concern here is the affordability of
[CTRL] Date: 17 October 2000 Federalist #00-42.brf
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! * Veritas Vos Liberabit * THE FEDERALIST(r) BRIEF The Conservative e-Journal of Record Date: 17 October 2000 Federalist #00-42.brf To retrieve today's Brief as HTML printer-friendly text, link to: http://www.Federalist.com/current00-10.asp To support or sponsor The Federalist, link to: http://www.Federalist.com/support.asp (PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Thanks to all of our readers who responded to our survey concerning HTML. Based on the results of that survey, we are going to stay with the current e-mailed format -- text -- and continue to make the easy to read HTML version available from our site. For our subscribers who read the text version online, or print it for later, we encourage you to visit -- http://www.Federalist.com/current00-10.asp and try us online! Readers tell us that our current edition online formats are much more desirable than e-mail text.) __O__ THIS WEEK'S FEATURED SITE Have you heard about the "humor" on the Late, Late Show: "Snipers Wanted for George Bush"? Have you seen the Jane Doe #5 (AKA Juanita Broaddrick) interview on NBC's Dateline in which a very credible Ms. Broaddrick charges Bill Clinton with rape? You can view these segments and, on the lighter side, 60+ Hilarious Hillary cartoons/photos as well as read the daily news updates on the Hillary/Lazio race. Visit: -- http://www.QueenHillary.com CONTENTS: The Founders Insight Good News Faith Family Culture Liberty Opinion in Brief Editorial Exegesis The Gipper Government Political Futures For the Record Policy Pages The Last Word __O__ THE FOUNDERS "We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." -- Patrick Henry __O__ INSIGHT "There is no patent recipe for getting good citizenship. You get it by applying the old, old rules of decent conduct, the rules in accordance with which decent men have had to shape their lives from the beginning .. fundamental precepts, put forth in the Bible and embodied consciously or unconsciously in the code of morals of every great and successful nation from antiquity to modern times." --Theodore Roosevelt __O__ GOOD NEWS "Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." (Matthew 5:37) "The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight." (Proverbs 4:7) "We ought to obey God rather than men." (Acts 5:29) "He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray." (Proverbs 10:17) __O__ FAITH "If religious liberty means anything, it means that government shouldn't be able to outlaw well-established moral views based on religious beliefs. ...[T]rying to protect one set of Americans by trampling the fundamental rights of others is not the American way to do things." --Charles Colson "Public morality, although in decline, is still the most powerful force in our society. ...In the end, laws can only go so far. Society has to enforce standards independent of the courts, the police and the statute books. In a society where increasingly anything goes, it is important for the media, politicians and society as a whole to take firm positions and strongly condemn behaviors that are unacceptable. Coercion in the form of laws has limited application. In the end, people have to want to do the right thing for society to prosper." --Peter Shaw __O__ FAMILY "The traumatic effect of divorce hits many children decades after their parents separate, hobbling them as they seek to form close family relationships of their own. Our findings challenge the myth that divorce is a transient crisis." --Judith Wallerstein, a senior lecturer emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley and author of "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study." "...[A]ll is not well in feminist ranks. The movement lost credibility for its failure to defend the vulnerable women Bill Clinton used and trashed. There is anguish about that barbaric form of infanticide known as partial-birth abortion. There are doubts that grinding away in unglamorous jobs leads to self-fulfillment. There are growing suspicions that the denial of obvious differences between the sexes doesn't make a lot of sense. And there are lingering suspiciouns that the government bureaucracy is a poor substitute for a husband who cherishes you and children who call you 'mama'." --Linda Bowles __O__ CULTURE "If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to
Re: [CTRL] Fw: Re: [CTRL] More Democrats Defect to Bush
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/17/00 8:44:31 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: P.S. The preferred term is African-American, not black. You do actually know some of these folks, don't you? I have several black friends and I use the term "black" as opposed to the overly sensitive PC term you suggest...my black friends not only don't mind but they too use the term "black". Chill out! Bill. 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] Military won't miss Clinton
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! -- -- Military won't miss Clinton -- -- © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com If there is one so-called government organization that won't miss Bill Clinton or, presumably, Vice President Al Gore, when the current administration packs up and leaves next January, it will be the U.S. military. Though there is no doubt in my mind -- after interviewing Pentagon staffers and high-ranking civilian and military officials -- that the Pentagon, at its top levels, has been almost totally corrupted by Clinton-Gore administration appointees, the lower levels of command and control still belong to astute professionals who are daily sickened by what has happened to the most powerful military force in history. They -- and not the Clinton-Gore political leaders -- know, with certainty, that charges of U.S. military unpreparedness are not only accurate but dangerous. It has been politics, not technology or innovation, that has so damaged the American armed forces. Proof of that came again on Sunday in a follow-up story by WND radio personality Geoff Metcalf in a series he began reporting in August. Initially, Metcalf reported that high-ranking U.S. Navy officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Clinton was planning a trip to Vietnam before the end of his term but after the Nov. 7 elections, so as not to harm protégé Gore in the realm of public opinion. Naturally the administration's Navy spokesmen denied the allegations, but just weeks later the trip was confirmed. No big surprise there. What was surprising (and controversial) about the planned trip, however, was the White House's alleged attempt to ignore Navy regulations and U.S. law and allow the American flag aboard one of our own warships to be flown below the flag of Vietnam as it entered a Vietnamese harbor. The administration-appointed Navy officials denied that one, too. But, as it turns out, Metcalf's original source was right; indeed the Clinton administration was kicking around the idea of breaking the law and hundreds of years of naval tradition by lowering our flag for a country we fought for 11 years in the most controversial war we've ever waged -- a war that Clinton, by the way, purposefully lied to avoid. Even the so-called mainstream press, which has so often bleated the administration line that "all is well" in the military, is finally catching up to the fact that something is wrong in the armed services. On Monday the pro-establishment Washington Post published a well-worn and fifth-hand account about how junior Army officers are fleeing the service faster than the Pentagon can replace them. According to the report, "the Army is losing captains and other junior officers at such an alarming rate that it could have trouble filling leadership positions within two or three years," said the paper. "More than 11 percent of the Army's captains decided to leave the service over the past year, continuing a trend that began in fiscal 1997, when the attrition rate was less than 8 percent, the officials said." The story, quoting a recent Pentagon report, said the problem wasn't as bad in the other services, but it did exist in them as well. As has been widely reported by WND and other cutting-edge publications, one of the main reasons Army juniors are taking their walking papers is because they're sick and tired of being sent to every third-world toilet -- for no good reason -- every time this administration needs a bump in the polls or needs to hide another scandal. Overdeployment, underfunding, arrogance and a lack of respect for military ways and traditions have led some of our best officers and senior enlisted personnel out the door since 1993. This is talent we cannot replace simply by signing up new bodies; the level of experience these men and women have taken with them was hard-fought and won and cannot be taught in officer's training school or advanced non-commissioned officer training. Ultimately, this nation will suffer for allowing such abuse of our armed forces. What other institution is designed to defend us? In the meantime, as January approaches the military is finally beginning to see relief at the end of a long, arduous and painful journey through political hell. Will the services miss Clinton and Gore? Not a chance; members may even volunteer to help both of them pack. *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]
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How do you split sawdust? -- Eugene McCarthy, when told that his 1968
candidacy would split the Democratic vote
MORNING LINE
Bush is back in the lead in Florida. http://prorev.com/amline.htm
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* * * VIRGINIA HISTORY: Our piece on Virginia reminded Nancy Allen in Maine
of what happened when the Green Party met in Middleburg, VA, after the 1996
election: "A reporter from Maine came to cover the attendance of Ralph Nader
at the meeting. He stopped at a local watering hole to ask directions and on
that Sunday he found none other than ABC's Brit Hume with a loyal following
having a drink. He asked where the Green Party meeting location was and one
of the Hume party told him 'If you find them, let us know and we'll have the
Air Force carpet bomb them.' As an active Green Party advocate I've always
been pretty proud of getting that lovely historic Virginia threat."
[While things may not have improved around upscale Middleburg, they
definitely have in more rural Rappahanock and Culpeper counties. During the
weekend described, your editor drove more than 150 miles in the two counties
and saw not one Al Gore sign. Yet in amongst the numerous Bush signs were
more than a few for Nader and the Green Party even had a headquarters right
on the main street of beautiful downtown Sperryville.]
* * * SIGN OF THE BEAST: Linda Howard points out that Dubya is not the
Anti-Christ after all, because his name does not add up to 666: "Sorry, Sam,
but G.W. Bush is not a Jr - his dad's name is G.H.W. Bush. However:
A-L-B-E-R-T
A-R-N-O-L-D
G-O-R-E-J-R
Of course, picky readers will argue that Gore is no longer a junior because
his father is dead and hence no longer the Anti-Christ (unless, of course,
the position has tenure)
On the other hand, Michael Ravnitzky points out:
R-O-N-A-L-D
W-I-L-S-O-N
R-E-A-G-A-N
JUST POLITICS
THERE GOES THE SUPREME COURT ARGUMENT: According to Michael Donnelly and
Jeffrey St. Clair in the Oregonian, Al Gore voted for Justice Scalia and Joe
Lieberman backed Justice Thomas.
MARTIN KETTLE, GUARDIAN: As a workaholic president of a workaholic nation,
Bill Clinton will fly anywhere, anytime, to try to broker a peace deal.
There is nothing he likes better than to stay up all night conferring with
White House policy wonks. Like his boss, Al Gore promises to work 24 hours a
day, seven days a week if he becomes president. George W Bush, on the other
hand, prefers a regular two-hour lunch break, likes to wrap up his day's
business by 5pm, and reckons on getting plenty of rest and "private time" .
. . A survey of Mr. Bush's work schedule reveals a man who dislikes meetings
that last longer than 10 minutes, who reads little, who rarely bothers
himself with policy, and who spends most of his short working day at photo
opportunities and ceremonial occasions. More than 900 pages of Mr. Bush's
daily schedules as governor of Texas reveal a politician who typically does
not start work until 9 am, who likes to finish the morning's business at
11.30, who takes two hours for lunch and a three-mile run in what he calls
"private time", and who will not plan any office engagements after 5pm.
http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Distribution/Redirect_Artifact/0,4678,0-3
83663,00.html
BILL GERTZ, WASHINGTON TIMES: Vice President Al Gore, at the urging of
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, agreed to keep secret from
Congress details of Russia's nuclear cooperation with Iran beginning in late
1995. In a classified "Dear Al" letter obtained by The Washington Times, Mr.
Chernomyrdin told Mr. Gore about Moscow's confidential nuclear deal with
Iran and stated that it was "not to be conveyed to third parties, including
the US Congress" . . . The Gore-Chernomyrdin deal, disclosed in a letter
labeled "secret," appears to violate a provision of the Nuclear
Non-proliferation Act, which requires the Clinton administration to keep
congressional oversight committees fully informed of all issues related to
nuclear weapons proliferation. The Chernomyrdin letter on nuclear
cooperation with Iran follows a report in the New York Times last week
showing that Mr. Gore reached a secret deal with Russia several months
earlier that appears to circumvent US laws requiring the imposition of
sanctions on Russia for its conventional arms sales to Iran.
http://washtimes.com
RUSSELL MOKHIBER AND ROBERT WEISSMAN: After the second debate, we drove home
from Winston-Salem with a C-Span canvas bag that included Matchbox racing
cars (paid for by 3Com), Budweiser beer mugs (from Anheuser Busch) and a
handful of ATT pre-paid long distance phone cards ("proud technology sponsor
of the Presidential Debates").
[CTRL] USS Cole Attack Linked to Two Men
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Tuesday October 17 5:42 PM ET USS Cole Attack Linked to Two Men Audio/Video Pentagon Orders 1200 Marines to Retrieve USS Cole (WPVI, Philadelphia) RealPlayer G2 -- -- Download Players Here By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer ADEN, Yemen (AP) - Investigators found bomb-making equipment in an apartment near the port of Aden and believe two former occupants may have carried out the suicide bombing that killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole, security officials said Tuesday. U.S. authorities would not comment directly on the disclosure. But the ambassador, Barbara Bodine, described the investigation as advancing ``a quantum leap.'' ``We are very hopeful we are going to get to the bottom of this,'' she said. Yemeni officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, identified the missing men only as non-Yemeni Arabs. Other Yemeni officials said they were from neighboring Saudi Arabia. Moments before the huge blast Thursday, two men were seen standing on the deck of a small vessel alongside the destroyer, U.S. authorities said. A 40-by-40-foot hole was blown into the Cole's hull and the attack ship disintegrated into ``confetti size'' pieces. On Tuesday, divers and other crew members using metal-slicing torches and crowbars pulled six more bodies from the tangled bowels of the Cole. Officials initially said seven bodies were recovered Tuesday, but later corrected the figure. Six victims remain trapped near the blast site. In Virginia, four of the more seriously wounded Cole sailors arrived at Norfolk Naval Station after a flight from Germany. Most of the 39 injured sailors had arrived in Virginia over the weekend, while two critically injured shipmates remain at the military's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in western Germany. Speaking about the two suspects, the Yemeni officials said the apartment was searched Monday, when Yemen reversed an earlier position and called the blast ``a premeditated criminal act.'' A senior Saudi intelligence official visited Aden on Monday, but no details of the meeting were made public. The Yemeni officials would give no further information on the material found, but said the missing men arrived in Yemen four days before Thursday's attack. Bodine declined to comment on details of the case or speculate on possible links to larger terrorist groups, including that of Afghan-based Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden. She stressed that the investigation would continue. ``We want this investigation to go further ... to see how far back we can walk this. And those kinds of investigations can sometimes take some time,'' she said. The Yemeni find could be a key break on the first day of work for a joint FBI (news - web sites)-Yemeni task force. The hunt, however, is already well under way. So far, Yemeni security forces have interrogated hundreds of port workers and others, including the head of the company that services U.S. warships. Some fragments from the blast were shipped to the United States for analysis by the first FBI agents to arrive after the attack. That initial evidence arrived on U.S. shores Monday night. There has been no credible claim of responsibility for the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. military since the 1996 bombing of an Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia that killed 19. Immediate suspicion fell on bin Laden, accused in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. In retaliation, the United States fired dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles at his suspected stronghold in eastern Afghanistan. In his first statement since December 1998, bin Laden said Tuesday that another such attack would not kill him or deter his battle against the ``enemies of Islam.'' He made no direct reference to the Aden attack. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Monday denied bin Laden was involved, but also said Tuesday that he could not have issued a statement because all means of communications have been denied him. FBI Director Louis Freeh transferred the investigation from Washington to the command of John O'Neill in the New York field office, which handled the East African embassy bombing cases. But U.S. officials denied this meant they could link the blast to bin Laden at this point. The full FBI team is expected to swell to 100 agents. Seventy are already in Aden, and 30 others are waiting in Germany for accommodations to be arranged. Many Yemenis have said they do not believe the attack was the result of a homegrown plot, and Tuesday's disclosures put the spotlight on Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden is a Saudi national of Yemeni heritage. Border disputes have marred relations between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, but an agreement was signed in June to seek a solution. Yemen has long contested the Saudi claim to three Red Sea islands and parts of the Empty Quarter,
[CTRL] Clinton Administration in Hot Seat Over Oil;
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Clinton Administration in Hot Seat Over Oil; Senator Demands Answers Wes Vernon Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2000 Clinton administration officials have been summoned to testify on Capitol Hill Thursday in a growing scandal surrounding the proposed exchange of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In announcing the hearing Monday, Senate Energy Chairman Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, says he is alarmed over reports that the Energy Department failed to make even rudimentary checks on some of the successful bidders, including one that operates out of an apartment in New York City's Harlem, that were having trouble raising money to complete the deals. Failure to secure the needed financing could force the department to re-open some of the bids. That could prevent release of all 30 billion barrels of oil in time to meet the planned late November deadline. Murkowski intends to grill administration officials about the release of the oil, an action the senator says is intended only to meet emergencies such as severe supply disruption, "not to lower prices when politics demand." In the land of Clinton/Gore, say Republican critics, anything that threatens Al Gore's election to the White House constitutes a "national emergency." President Clinton on Sept. 22 announced he was ordering the release of the petroleum to ease tight heating oil supplies before winter. Acting Assistant Energy Secretary Robert Kripowicz has acknowledged that little was known about several of the companies when their bids were selected. These included three companies that were to receive a total of 10 million barrels worth more than $334 million. Kripowicz emphasizes the bid would not be final until the bidders came up with a letter of credit from a third party to guarantee the full value of the oil. The second-largest award went to a firm called Lance Stroud Enterprises of New York City, which bid for 4 million barrels worth $133 million at current market price. This company operates out of a Manhattan apartment which the owner and company namesake shares with his mother. Another bidder, Burhaney Energy Enterprises of Tallahassee, Fla., had only been incorporated for two months, with minimal oil industry experience. A third bidder, Euell energy Resources of Denver, Colo., which has only a very few employees, nonetheless describes itself on its Web page as "a full service energy corporation." The AP tried without success last week to reach the owners of the three small firms. To set the scene for Thursday's hearing, Senator Murkowski has demanded that the Energy Department (DOE) be prepared to give the following information: 1. A list of the bidders for Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) oil. 2. Details as to date of bid, amount, and type of SPR they were awarded. 3. Terms of the award for the bid winners. 4. Assurance that bid winners will be able to return oil to the SPR. 5. Reasons why there was no qualification for bidders prior to the bidding. 6. Reasons why losing bidders were not accepted. 7. A list of persons contacted by the department to inform them of the exchange, and how they were contacted. 8. Whether or not the contracts require heating oil to be refined from the SPR. 9. Provisions requiring heating oil refined from the SPR oil to be delivered to the Northeast market. 10. Why the contracts didn't prohibit the export of SPR oil or product refined from SPR oil. On the latter point, Senator Murkowski questioned DOE's business sense in not requiring that the oil be refined here in the U.S. and that it stay in this country. "We are releasing our energy for other countries when we need it the most," the senator declared. Supposedly the purpose of the swap was to get home heating oil to the Northeast in time for the winter. "Why wasn't there a contractual obligation to make sure it will get there?" asked the senator. Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush has charged the White House with releasing the oil merely to help his Democratic rival Al Gore surmount the political problem of rising oil prices. Bush says that oil is only for true national emergencies. Gore has praised the administration's action. *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!
[CTRL] Alquds Intefada UPDATE 10/16
-Caveat Lector- Alquds Intefada UPDATE every 30 min. 16/10/2000 Time: 21:30 Israeli forces fired rockets at a refugee camp in Rafah area near Al-Qeshta road, Block 5. Four Palestinians were injured in the attack. Time: 21:00 Mass demonstration marched in the streets of Qaqilia affirming on the Palestinian national principals and calling for the continuation of the Intifada and developing ways of ressistance. Time: 20:30 In contrary to Sharm Al-Shaikh summit's promises, the occupation forces increases its military check points in West Bank especially in Ramallah and Bethlehem, and strengthen its presence in Gaza settlements. Time: 20:00 Large group of settlers from Iytshar settlement ransacked olive fields in Al-Lahis area in Howara town. The settlers used bulldozers in their attack and opened fire at the Palestinian farmers. Large group of settlers from " Shielou" settlement ransacked olive trees in Qaruot village. They cut more than 400 trees. Time: 19:30 A large number of settlers accompanied by Israeli army expelling Palestinian inhabitants from their homes located at Beit Jala entrances, district of Bethlehem, opposite Gelo settlement. Israeli soldiers shot tow Palestinians in Bethlehem area. Their conditions described as critical. Time: 19:00 Israeli occupation forces are cutting the Internet cables owned by Halley Company in Hebron. This action was carried out during drilling and excavation works and road closure carried out by occupation authorities in order to prevent Palestinians from interring or leaving Hebron city. Natives of Jen Safout village in Salfiet district foiled an attempt by Jewish settlers to kidnap Aref Hassan a youth from the village. Time: 1:30AM Over 12, Palestinians are taking part in the funeral procession of martyr Farid Nassasra who was shot by settlers in Beit Forik village, Nablus. Time: 1:00AM The American president recited the final statement of Sharm Alshiek summit. The statement includes the following points: Putting an end to violence Defusing tension points. Reopening of Gaza International airport Conducting consultations with the UN to get the peace process back to track. Not going back to any form of violence. Not to incriminate any part. Israeli occupation forces close all roads leading to Beit Forik. Such action prevented the martyr's family from reaching the village and preceding the funeral. Time: 12:30 Large masses are taking part in the funeral procession of child martyr Moa'yad Aljawarish from Aida camp, Bethlehem. Time: 12:00AM The Zionist occupation forces sabotaged Hebron-Bethelahem street in Halhoul city; they made tow holes 4 meters depth, 6 meters width and 25 meters length. Such act resulted in damages to water pipes and telephone lines in Halhoul City. Israel started to distribute anti-poisonous gas tools on its soldiers due to Iraqi forces moves. The number of injuries in Beit Hanoun crossing reached 6. Time: 11:30AM The youth Farid Musa Esa Nasasra, 23 years old, from Beit Forik village fallen martyr while he was collecting olives, by settlers backed by the occupation forces. Clashes renewed in Rafah near Zo'rob hill. The clashes resulted in three injuries among Palestinians. The occupation forces have escalated their attacks against Islamic worshiping places in Heron. The Palestinian Waqf directorate resources stated that the occupation forces continued the closure of 15 mosques including the Abraham Shrine Mosque. They also stormed and desecrated 4 mosques and prevented worshipers from reaching mosques. Time: 11:00AM Jewish settlers stormed Palestinian farms in Beit Forik, Nablus district during collection of olives. The settlers fired at the farmers resulting in many casualties, three of them are critical. Time: 10:30AM Clashes continued last night from 8:30 to 11:00 in Tulkarim area. Whereas Israeli forces opened fire heavily-500mm caliber was used-and fired flare bombs intensively. One warplane seen flying over the area. As a result of the shooting the following schools were damaged Ihsan Samara, Al-Khawaja, Bawabat Al-Khadoury, Al-Asma'y and Ajnadien in addition to Al-Ashqar and Dalhoom buildings. The occupation soldiers also fired at Palestinian National Security post near Al Khadoury College. Time: 10:00AM The Palestinian territories witness a state of cautious calm today's morning. Confrontations are likely to renew. Time: 9:30AM Using machine guns, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire last night at co-ed school and houses at Beit Wazan village in Nablus district. One girl called Yosra Abdelhaq, 14 years old was injured in the shooting. Time: 9:00AM As a result of the Israeli provocative actions and humiliation of Palestinian workers near Eriz Checkpoint, Beit Hanoun Crossing, Gaza Strip, violent clashes broke out in the area resulting in five injuries and detaining of many others inside the Industrial Zone. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion
[CTRL] Army's New Uniform Code Intended to Boost Morale
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Army's New Uniform Code Intended to Boost Morale E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version By Roberto Suro Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 17, 2000; 1:02 PM All U.S. Army soldiers â including the clerks and the cooks and not just Special Forces commandos and Rangers â will get to wear berets under a morale-building moved to be announced by the Army command today. In a speech set to be delivered this afternoon, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, will tell an Army convention that this "symbol of excellence" once reserved for members of elite units will be made available to all soldiers as "a signal to the young that we are moving, we are changing." Shinseki previewed his speech in an interview, saying the details of the new uniform code are still to be worked out and will not go into effect until next June. What color berets? That was one of the biggest questions pending late last night as the chief's speechwriters scurried to finish his presentation. The Rangers wear black berets. The Special Forces wear green and the Airborne wear maroon. And those are the only berets the Army has at this point. Shinseki said he certainly was not going to make those proud units change their headgear, so the question is whether one of them would have to share their beret color with say, the chaplin assistants. Or will the Army have to come up with a another color altogether for regular units? This is not a small matter given that the members of the elite units prize their berets as symbols of a hard-won honor. Shinseki said the announcement will come in a speech updating the Army on a major reform initiative he launched last year at the same gathering, the annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army. That address sparked widespread debate and not a little dissension within the Army when Shinseki said he thought the Army would have to abandon its beloved tank treads in favor of wheels for armored units in the near future. The wheels-versus-treads issue remains unresolved, and Shinseki said he was not going to break new ground on that subject today. Instead he undoubtedly will launch what will become the berets-versus-caps debate. © 2000 The Washington Post Company *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] Secret (Insurance) Agents In WWII
-Caveat Lector- Insurance agents were vital weapons in World War II By Mark Fritz Los Angeles Times, 10/15/2000 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - They knew which factories to burn, which bridges to blow up, and which cargo ships could be sunk in good conscience. They had pothole counts for roads used for invasions, and head counts for city blocks marked for incineration. They weren't just secret agents. They were secret insurance agents. These undercover underwriters gave their World War II spymasters access to a global industry that both bankrolled and, ultimately, helped bring down Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Declassified US intelligence files have told the remarkable story of the secret Insurance Intelligence Unit, a component of the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, a forerunner of the CIA and its counterintelligence branch, X-2. Although rarely numbering more than a half-dozen agents, the unit gathered intelligence on the enemy's insurance industry, Nazi insurance titans, and suspected collaborators in the insurance business. But, more significantly, the unit mined standard insurance records for blueprints of bomb plants, timetables of tide changes, and thousands of other details about targets, from a brewery in Bangkok to a candy company in Bergedorf, Germany. ''They used insurance information as a weapon of war,'' said Greg Bradsher, a National Archives historian and a specialist on the declassified records. That insurance information was critical to Allied strategists, who were seeking to cripple the enemy's industrial base and batter morale by firebombing cities. ''Within a few days, a conference on the burning possibilities of some important cities will be held,'' unit chief Robert ''Lucky Luke'' Rushin wrote to a colleague in February 1944, when he was sending data to an Allied bombing-target committee. ''I have reproductions of approximately 150 plans covering Jap plants about ready to ride.'' The files, at the National Archives office in College Park, are among the US intelligence documents ordered declassified by President Clinton last year to speed the identification of Nazi assets. Most of the research attention there has focused on what US intelligence knew about the Holocaust, the whereabouts of Nazi loot, the migration of Nazi war criminals, and how much important information never made it to the Oval Office. But the documents suggest that insurance played an important, if less-noticed, role in the war. The OSS insurance unit was launched in early 1943, long after it had become clear that the Nazis were using their insurance industry not only to help finance the war but to gather strategic data. American insurance companies had been competing for overseas business even after the United States entered the war, and the OSS files suggest that details about US factories and cities were falling into enemy hands because of the interlocking international relationships among insurance companies. Germany had 45 percent of the worldwide wholesale insurance industry before the war began, and it managed to expand its business as it conquered continental Europe. As wholesalers, or ''reinsurers,'' these companies covered other insurers against a catastrophic loss that could wipe out a single company. In the process, the wholesaler learned everything about the lives and property it was reinsuring. The motives of the OSS unit's founders were both pragmatic and patriotic. ''This story is incredible because the unit begins as part of the desire of American interests to contribute to the war effort and exploit it for future economic gain,'' said Timothy Naftali, a historian and a consultant to a congressional working group on Nazi war criminals. The men behind the insurance unit were the OSS head, William ''Wild Bill'' Donovan, and the California-born insurance magnate Cornelius V. Starr. Starr had started out selling insurance to Chinese in Shanghai in 1919 and, over the next 50 years, would build what is now American International Group, one of the biggest insurance companies in the world. He was forced to move his operation to New York in 1939, when Japan invaded China. German-owned companies were blacklisted by the Allies, but the Insurance Intelligence Unit found that the Nazis did business through countries such as Switzerland and laundered transactions through South American affiliates, particularly in Argentina. Starr's group and other insurance executives had intimate knowledge of the people involved in the global insurance business, so they were able to track potential collaborators. Among those they investigated was Carl Theodore Endemann, a naturalized American from Germany who was assigned by the American Foreign Insurance Association to Paris in the 1930s. When war broke out, Endemann sided with the Nazis. When France capitulated, Endemann contacted the Germans and gave them exceptionally detailed blueprints, maps, and other information to aid Erwin Rommel's war in North Africa.
[CTRL] Sayaret Matkal-Israel's Death Squad
-Caveat Lector- Mideast Region Erupts Into All Out Warfare http://www.spotlight.org/10_16_00/Warfare/warfare.html A group of Palestinians who captured and killed two Israeli military hit men is just the tip of the iceberg in a region spiraling out of control. Exclusive to The SPOTLIGHT By Martin Mann Three of the four Israeli soldiers in civilian clothes and an unmarked car, who were stopped by Palestinian police in the Arab city of Ramallah on Oct. 12, were put to death by an irate crowd which assumed them to be members of an undercover Is raeli assassination unit. Known as Sayaret Matkal, the killer squad has murdered do zens of suspected Islamic freedom fighters, intellectuals and activists in recent years. The other Israeli soldier has been reported "missing." "It's no wonder the anger of the Arab street exploded," says veteran UN correspondent Jean-Luc Bouchar don, who recently returned to New York after several weeks spent in the Middle East. "To Pa lestinians, an en counter with an unmarked car bearing four Israeli soldiers disguised as civilians means only one thing: Sayeret Matkal, the hated military hit squad." This special unit of the Israeli defense forces is almost unknown in the United States; its existence has never been officially recognized. But in Palestine, it is notorious for its lethal forays against suspected Arab militants, Middle Eastern diplomatic sources at UN headquarters have told The SPOTLIGHT. The Hebrew word sayeret means reconnaissance or commando forces, matkal is a designation suggesting that one contingent among these elite formations is assigned to performing "special tasks" un der the command of the chief of staff of Israel's army. Those "special tasks" are assassination assignments, these sources have confirmed. They listed the noted Palestinian poet Ghassan Kanafani; Kamal Nasser, a longtime spokesman for the Palestine Liber ation Organization; and Muham mad Naj jar, a leading Arab activist, as among the best-known victims of Sayeret Matkal "termination" teams. "But these commando units were often sent out in teams of four, disguised as a civilians, to hunt and kill lower-ranking Pa lestinian militants and suspected freedom fighters in the streets," related Bouchardon. "They also do hits for the Mossad [Israel's secret service]." The operations officer in charge of Sayeret Matkal has been identified as Israeli Major General Avraham Arnan by knowledgeable diplomatic sources, who added that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a retired (and lavishly decorated) general, himself served with a Sayeret Matkal unit as a young army officer. 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] USS Cole: Who's got the time?
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[CTRL] Ariel The Bulldozer Sharon
-Caveat Lector- "The Bulldozer" How Ariel Sharon plowed his way back onto the bloody stage of Mideast politics. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/17/sharon/print.html - - - - - - - - - - - - By Flore de Préneuf Oct. 17, 2000 | JERUSALEM -- As negotiators in the Middle East work furiously to broker a cease-fire agreement to end the violence that has cost nearly 100 lives, the man many Palestinians blame for inciting the riots looms ominously in the background. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has threatened to bring Ariel Sharon, Israel's famed and feared old warrior, into a national unity government if the U.S.-brokered summit in Egypt fails or the violence continues. The move would be a response to the scare tactics drummed up by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose own inflammatory actions during the past two weeks included releasing dozens of terrorists belonging to the Hamas organization from Palestinian jails. If Sharon enters Barak's government, "our deterrence will be better," believes Efraim Inbar, director of the Besa Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. "In this region there's an advantage to being feared." On paper, references to Sharon swallow up gallons of type in the indexes of even the most basic books on the Middle East: Sharon and the War of Independence; Sharon and the Six Day War; Sharon and the Yom Kippur War -- Sharon and every single Israeli-Arab conflict for that matter, up to the present deadly clashes. Sharon as agriculture minister; defense minister; housing minister; industry and trade minister; infrastructure minister; foreign minister. Sharon and the Sabra and Shatila massacre, in which hundreds of Palestinian refugees were slaughtered in cold blood by Lebanese militiamen while the Israeli army -- under his leadership -- stood by and did nothing. So when Sharon set foot on the white pavement of the Noble Sanctuary, the airy, tree-lined esplanade of Jerusalem's most precious mosques, for an early morning stroll two weeks ago, his visit could hardly have gone by unnoticed. Had Sharon not announced his visit days in advance, summoned the world's TV cameras and mobilized hundreds of policemen in riot gear, the sound of his footstep may still have sent shock waves crashing across the Middle East. By now, his name has been bellowed and spat in heavy Arabic accents by hundreds of thousands of protesters in Israel and the Palestinian territories; in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt; from Morocco, on the Atlantic coast, to the gulf shores of Iraq. Even the U.N. Security Council, from its Olympian cloud in New York, berated Sharon for his provocative behavior, albeit without explicitly naming him, in a resolution 10 days ago. Whether his visit alone unleashed the torrent of stone-throwing, death and anger that is sweeping the region is questionable. Many claim the Palestinians were looking for a pretext to drop out of a dead-end diplomatic peace process and seized the prospect of war, unleashed by Sharon's visit, to advance their political struggle. Others, including Sharon himself, admit the point of the visit was to make a bold, political statement: What Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary is revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, the site of the biblical first and second temples. As such, it is Jewish property, and a walk on the Mount is every Jew's God-given right. (Granted, most rabbis rule that Jews should not set foot on the Mount, precisely because of its sanctity -- but Sharon is a big-picture man.) By affirming Israel's exclusive sovereignty over the most coveted piece of real estate in the annals of Palestinian-Israeli history, Sharon was asking for trouble. But like a tragic hero, it was almost inevitable he would choose to do so. Since he entered politics a quarter-century ago, banking on his reputation as a brilliant warrior, Sharon's actions have been motivated by one principle: seizing the offense by creating what Israelis call "facts on the ground." In the occupied territories, that has meant building fortified settlements perched on hills like medieval city-states that dominate Palestinian towns and give the Israeli heartland more security depth. Or buying property, smack in the middle of the Jerusalem's Muslim quarter, to assert the right of Jews to live wherever they please. No matter that U.N. Resolution 242 calls for the withdrawal of Israel's troops from the territories it captured in 1967, namely the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Gaza and the Golan Heights. The idea is to push forward, without bothering with the legalese, until the reality of Jewish life in the biblical land of Judea and Samaria is too strong to dislodge. More than any other politician, Sharon has been the engine behind Israel's thinly disguised annexation policy. Whatever ministerial portfolio fell into his hands, Sharon made sure to direct massive state funds toward building houses, roads and water pipes that would consolidate Israel's grip in the
[CTRL] USS Cole: Who's got the time?
-Caveat Lector- you wrote: Begin Included Message From: Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 06:55:38 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: USS Cole: Who's got the time? ..USS Cole: Who's got the time? The American media described the explosion as having occurred beneath a dining area where 12 sailors were eating lunch. The force of the explosion drove the floor of the mess hall up to the ceiling. The time was given as 9:15 am local which was equated with 5:15 am GMT. Aden is in the -3hr east zone. The UK media had even wilder notions of the time of the explosion. One online newspaper reported that the USS Cole arrived in the harbor at Aden, Yemen, unannounced, at 8:45 am and blew-up a short time later. Another reported the blast at 10:15 (sic) London time. The Washington Times (D.C.) reported the blast occurred around 5:15 am EST The Yemen Times online (English) said that the explosion occurred at 11:20 am, Thursday, 12 October 2000. The Pentagon, in early reports (via CNN), said the explosion happened at about 12:15 pm (5:15 am EDT/9:15 GMT). From this we can deduce that the explosion occurred at 12:20 pm -3. USS Cole, US Navy destroyer, explosion, 17+d., Aden harbor, Yemen, 45E03, 12N47.12:20 pm, -3. Thursday, 12 October 2000. The chart is definitely astounding primarily in the aspects involved. First off, Neptune was exactly conjunct the Arabic Part of Life with an orb of 00deg 00min. The Arabic Part of Fortune (Fortuna) was absolutely square (in quadrature to) the Moon. The US Government 4Jly1776 Mercury was conjunct the Descendant which was conjunct the Dragon's Head (Ascending mean lunar node). The Sun in the 9th was square the Dragon's Tail at the Ascendant. Meanwhile, Jupiter was in exact opposition to Pluto. Transpluto, of course, had to be just within the 8th (Placidus). An incredible picture. (Asc calculated using geocentric latitude with Solar Fire v4.08) The President of Yemen visited many of the injured sailors in the hospital. He said he was convinced that the explosion was not a deliberate act. This is contrary to the impression which everyone else has of the event. The Ascendant 19Cap28 conj the Dragon's Tail 19Cap57Rx (mean) is definitely a shock particularly with the Sun at 19Lib21. The other terribly heavy note is the Arabic Part of Fortune 7Can37 exactly square Moon 7Aries30 in the 3rd House. Transpluto with Mars in the 8th certainly seems appropriate. The horoscope suggests a supernatural element at work and is not only significant but also a harbinger of things to come. End Included Message _ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com - Get free email from CMP at http://www.cmpnetmail.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] Bush's Bloodline More Pure Than Gore's
-Caveat Lector- Bush Beats Gore in Presidential 'Blue Blood' Stakes Updated 11:12 AM ET October 17, 2000 LONDON (Reuters) - If royal genes have anything to do with electoral success, then Republican U.S. presidential candidate George W. Bush will be the next man in the White House, Britain's blue blood bible said Tuesday. Burke's Peerage, a revered guide to the breeding of the aristocracy, said both Bush and his rival Al Gore are of royal descent, but investigations deep into their heritage show Bush has far more noble and royal connections. Bush is closely related to every European monarch on and off the throne -- including the King of Albania -- and has kinship with every member of Britain's royal family, the House of Windsor. He is a 13th cousin of Britain's Queen Mother, and of her daughter Queen Elizabeth and is a 13th cousin once removed of the heir to the throne, Prince Charles. Bush's family tree can be documented as far back as the early 15th century. He has a direct descent from Henry III and from Henry VIII's sister Mary Tudor, who was also the wife of Louis XI of France. He is also descended from Charles II of England. "WELL ENDOWED" "It is now clear that Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush have an unusually large number of royal and noble descents," said Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's Peerage. "In point of fact, never in the history of the United States have two presidential candidates been as well endowed with royal alliances." Brooks-Baker said there had always been a significant "royalty factor" in those who aspired to the White House, with Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, among others, all boasting blue blood links. Democrat candidate Gore, who is currently lagging Bush by one point in opinion polls ahead of U.S. elections in November, has a less illustrious gene pool. Being a descendant of Edward I, he is also a cousin of former U.S. president Richard Nixon, who resigned from the White House in 1974 for his part in the Watergate scandal. But Gore does have direct links to the holy Roman Empire. He is a descendant of Roman Emperors Louis II, Charles II and Louis I and is therefore also a direct descendant of Charlemagne -- the eight-century Emperor. The problem is, Gore's Charlemagne links also make him a cousin of George W. Bush. 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] Vices are not Crimes
Vices are not crimes A Vindication of Moral Liberty by Lysander Spooner I Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another. Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property. In vices, the very essence of crime -- that is, the design to injure the person or property of another -- is wanting. It is a maxim of the law that there can be no crime without a criminal intent; that is, without the intent to invade the person or property of another. But no one ever practises a vice with any such criminal intent. He practices his vice for his own happiness solely, and not from any malice toward others. Unless this clear distinction between vices and crimes be made and recognized by the laws, there can be on earth no such thing as individual right, liberty, or property, and the corresponding and coequal rights of another man to the control of his own person and property. For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be falsehood, or falsehood truth. II Every voluntary act of a man's life is either virtuous or vicious. That is to say, it is either in accordance, or in conflict, with those natural laws of matter and mind, on which his physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being depend. In other words, every act of his life tends, on the whole, either to his happiness, or to his unhappiness. No single act in his whole existence is indifferent. Furthermore, each human being differs in his physical, mental, and emotional constitution, and also in the circumstances by which he is surrounded, from every other human being. Many acts, therefore, that are virtuous, and tend to happiness, in the case of one person, are vicious, and tend to unhappiness, in the case of another person. Many acts, also, that are virtuous, and tend to happiness, in the case of one man, at one time, and under one set of circumstances, are vicious, and tend to unhappiness, in the case of the same man, at another time, and under other circumstances. III To know what actions are virtuous, and what vicious -- in other words, to know what actions tend, on the whole, to happiness, and what to unhappiness -- in the case of each and every man, in each and all the conditions in which they may severally be placed, is the profoundest and most complex study to which the greatest human mind ever has been, or ever can be, directed. It is, nevertheless, the constant study to which each and every man -- the humblest in intellect as well as the greatest -- is necessarily driven by the desires and necessities of his own existence. It is also the study in which each and every person, from his cradle to his grave, must necessarily form his own conclusions; because no one else knows or feels, or can know or feel, as he knows and feels, the desires and necessities, the hopes, and fears, and impulses of his own nature, or the pressure of his own circumstances. IV It is not often possible to say of those acts that are called vices, that they really are vices, except in degree. That is, it is difficult to say of any actions, or courses of action, that are called vices, that they really would have been vices, if they had stopped short of a certain point. The question of virtue or vice, therefore, in all such cases, is a question of quantity and degree, and not of the intrinsic character of any single act, by itself. This fact adds to the difficulty, not to say the impossibility, of any one's -- except each individual for himself -- drawing any accurate line, or anything like any accurate line, between virtue and vice; that is, of telling where virtue ends, and vice begins. And this is another reason why this whole question of virtue and vice should be left for each person to settle for himself. V Vices are usually pleasurable, at least for the time being, and often do not disclose themselves as vices, by their effects, until after they have been practised for many years; perhaps for a lifetime. To many, perhaps most, of those who practise them, they do not desclose themselves as vices at all during life. Virtues, on the other hand, often appear so harsh and rugged, they require the sacrifice of so much present happiness, at least, and the results, which alone prove them to be virtues, are often so distant and obscure, in fact, so absolutely invisible to the minds of many, especially of the young that, from the very nature of things, there can be no universal, or even general, knowledge that they are virtues. In truth, the studies of profound philosophers have been expended -- if not wholly in vain, certainly with very small results -- in efforts to draw the lines between the virtues
[CTRL] Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do
-Caveat Lector- An online version of the murdered(?) Peter McWilliams book: http://www.mcwilliams.com/books/aint/toc.htm -- ´´ Mark McHugh 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] SMH: Sydney Morning Herald: The Man Who Knew Too Much
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/0010/17/features/features1.html
The man who knew too much
So, who is Joe Gersten and why are the FBI and the Australian
Federal Police so interested in him? And why is this formerly
successful US lawyer and politician seeking refugee status in
Australia as a victim of political persecution? John Macgregor
looks for the answers.
AT 53, Joe Gersten is bald and a little spherical - with a level
gaze which has stared down some of America's meanest prosecutors,
a hostile media, and eight lean years. His accent echoes Mickey
Rourke, though the boisterous shirt - which scarcely arrests an
impressive mid-section - is pure south Florida.
Gersten appreciates a touch of melodrama - though this may be a
recently acquired taste. The former Florida senator is in
Australia claiming to have been "purged from political office by
my long-time political enemy, US Attorney-General Janet Reno".
The son, brother and nephew of three respected Florida judges,
and once an admired reformist, Gersten is labelled "clueless",
"raunchy", and worse, by the freebooting press of his home city
of Miami.
After an eight-year campaign to make a new life for himself in
Australia, this week brought a first: the chief counsel for
Washington's heavyweight House Committee on Government Reform,
James C. Wilson, told the Herald: "There appear to be legitimate
concerns of improper action in the Gersten case."
As chairman of Florida's all-powerful Dade County Finance
Committee, in 1992 Gersten had run a "deep cover" investigation
which suggested racketeering and money laundering at the Port of
Miami. Major fundraisers for the Clinton-Gore campaigns appeared
to be involved, as was the New York Mafia. A restaurant named
Buccione's was being used as a conduit for illicit money
transfers.
Gersten speculated that big consignments of cocaine were being
landed. He handed his investigation over to the FBI. Afterwards,
Gersten's car was stolen - with his Port documents in it. Almost
immediately, a 15-year-old boy reported seeing Gersten shoot dead
a transvestite. When his story's many inconsistencies were
challenged by police, the boy confessed that he'd concocted it -
because he and his girlfriend were "going to be paid some money
by the FBI".
By an extraordinary coincidence, the officer who brought in the
murder "witness" found Gersten's car the next day - in the
possession of people claiming to have been with Gersten at a sex
and drug orgy. The officer, J.L. Garcia, was a close personal
aide to a key ally of Mayor Steve Clark, whom Gersten was running
against for mayor of Dade County.
Richard Gregorie - the man who had put Panamanian dictator Manuel
Noriega away for life - was chosen to prosecute Gersten for three
drug and sex misdemeanours. Gregorie had been selected by State
Attorney Janet Reno. Reno thereafter took time off from pursuing
international drug cartels to administer minuscule details of
Gersten's case.
In early 1993, Reno became the United States Attorney-General.
Gersten was subpoenaed to appear for questioning by her
hand-picked successor, Katherine Rundle. It was March 16, 1993:
Gersten's election day as a Dade County Commissioner. ("Rundle,"
Gersten drily notes, "was publicly supporting my opponent.") He
was required to answer questions regarding the car theft but
wasn't told that the thief had confessed, and had been released,
11 months earlier.
Two witnesses against Gersten - in connection with the drug and
sex allegations - who could have expected life sentences for
unconnected kidnapping and armed robbery offences, subsequently
served two years' prison between them.
Remarkably, Reno's initialled instructions appear several times
on a document relating to Gersten from July 1993. From
Washington, the Attorney-General of the US was still
micro-managing the matter.
Hair tests revealed that Gersten had not taken cocaine, as
alleged, on the day in question. This suggested that he had not
lied - as was then being alleged - when he reported his car
stolen from his home, and not a crack den. "After the hair
tests," says Gersten, "The case fell apart. It shows bad faith.
It shows abuse of power."
Three years after the statute of limitations ran out on his
alleged misdemeanours, there is still a senior prosecutor
assigned to "the Gersten case". State Attorney Rundle did not
respond to the Herald's questions.
This month - eight years after Gersten fell to the Earth like
Icarus - Reno was dragged before the House Committee on
Government Reform in Washington, to answer questions about all
this. The transcript will be released this week - however, chief
counsel James C. Wilson told the Herald from Washington: "The
committee requested Attorney-General Reno to answer questions
about a number of matters. Among those matters was the Gersten
case. Her answers raised additional concerns about what happened
in the Gersten case."
THE Dade County Jail bears a plaque asserting that it was built
[CTRL] CPI: How the Gores, Father and Son, Helped Their Patron Occidental Petroleum
-Caveat Lector- http://www.public-i.org/story_01_011100.htm News Report How the Gores, Father and Son, Helped Their Patron Occidental Petroleum And: Uranium Deal Helps Benefactors, But Costs Taxpayers $2.1 Billion By Charles Lewis The Center for Public Integrity (Washington, Jan. 11) On Sept. 7, 1995, Vice President Albert Gore Jr., stood on the White House lawn and talked in sweeping terms about ending the era of big government. He touted a list of recommendations formulated by the National Performance Review, an initiative Gore directed that he claimed streamlined the federal bureaucracy, cut unnecessary waste and helped make the government work better and cost less. Gore said that his report, delivered to President Clinton that day, would continue the drive to reinvent government. Gore did not mention that his recommendations to the president included a plan to give oil companies access to thousands of acres of oil-rich, publicly owned land that the U.S. Navy has held as emergency reserves since 1912. Ever since the federal government earmarked the reserves for military emergencies, the oil industry had tried and failed to pry them away from the Navy. In 1922 a couple of oil men Edward L. Doheny and Harry Sinclair bribed Albert Fall, the secretary of the interior in the Harding administration, for secret leases to drill on two of the fields, the Teapot Dome field just outside of Casper, Wyo., and the Elk Hills field in Bakersfield, Calif. Doheny and his Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co. (later Atlantic Richfield Co, or ARCO), paid $300,000 to Fall in exchange for the rights. When the bribes were uncovered, the ensuing Teapot Dome scandal forced the resignations of Fall (who later went to prison), and Edward Denby, the secretary of the Navy. IN 1973, DURING THE ARAB oil embargo, the Nixon administration tried to lease Elk Hills to boost domestic oil production. In 1984, 1986 and 1987, the Reagan administration proposed selling Elk Hills for a lump-sum payment of $1.5 billion that would go toward reducing the federal budget deficit. Each time, Congress wisely blocked the sale of Elk Hills. But where Fall, Nixon and Reagan had failed, Gore succeeded. Despite the history of the naval petroleum reserves, despite the royalty revenues that the field continued to generate, Gore recommended that the government put Elk Hills on the auction block. Clinton took Gores advice and approved a deal to let oil companies buy some of the reserves. The White House then pushed to have language authorizing the sales inserted in the 1996 defense authorization bill, which Congress ultimately approved. Oil companies bid on the field and, finally, on Oct. 6, 1997, the Energy Department announced that the government would sell its interest in the 47,000-acre Elk Hills reserve to Occidental Petroleum Corp. for $3.65 billion. It was the largest privatization of federal property in U.S. history, one that tripled Occidentals U.S. oil reserves overnight. During the months after the sale, Occidental tripled the amount of natural gas extracted from the field. Although the Energy Department was required to assess the likely environmental consequences of the proposed sale, it didnt. Instead it hired a private company, ICF Kaiser International, Inc., to complete the assessment. The general chairman of Gores presidential campaign, Tony Coelho, sat on the board of directors. Just hours after the announcement of the Elk Hills sale, Gore stood across town on the campus of Georgetown University and delivered a speech to the White House Conference on Climate Change on the terrifying prospect of global warming, a problem he attributed to the unchecked use of fossil fuels such as oil. EVEN AS OCCIDENTAL was moving forward with plans to boost oil production at Elk Hills, Gore told his audience: If we ignore the scientific warnings and continue stubbornly on our current course, wed better begin to prepare what we would like to say to our children and grandchildren, because if they encounter the terrible consequences the scientific community is saying now come as a result of global climate disruption, and then look back at the evidence which was clearly laid out for us in our generation, they might fairly ask, If you knew all that, why didnt you do something about it? If there is one oil company that Gore might ask our children and grandchildren to forgive, it is Occidental Petroleum. The company has been a steady supplier of campaign funds to Gore and to the Democratic Party, though its relationship with Gore goes far deeper. Armand Hammer, who built Occidental Petroleum into the behemoth it is today and whos been described as the Godfather of American corporate corruption, liked to say that he had Gores father, Sen. Albert Gore, Sr., in my back pocket. When the elder Gore left the Senate in 1970, Hammer gave him a $500,000-a-year job as the chairman of Island Coal Creek Co., an Occidental
[CTRL] WT: Letter shows Gore made deal
-Caveat Lector- October 17, 2000 Letter shows Gore made deal By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Visit our Election 2000 page for daily election news and analysis Vice President Al Gore, at the urging of Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, agreed to keep secret from Congress details of Russias nuclear cooperation with Iran beginning in late 1995. In a classified Dear Al letter obtained by The Washington Times, Mr. Chernomyrdin told Mr. Gore about Moscows confidential nuclear deal with Iran and stated that it was not to be conveyed to third parties, including the U.S. Congress. But sources on Capitol Hill said Mr. Gore withheld the information from key senators who normally would be told of such high-level security matters. The Gore-Chernomyrdin deal, disclosed in a letter labeled secret, appears to violate a provision of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Act, which requires the Clinton administration to keep congressional oversight committees fully informed of all issues related to nuclear weapons proliferation. The Chernomyrdin letter on nuclear cooperation with Iran follows a report in the New York Times last week showing that Mr. Gore reached a secret deal with Russia several months earlier that appears to circumvent U.S. laws requiring the imposition of sanctions on Russia for its conventional arms sales to Iran. That arrangement also was kept secret from Congress, raising concerns among some lawmakers that the administration may be hiding other secret deals. Gore spokesman Jim Kennedy said: Its obvious that the motivation for this leak is political. The letter simply appears to be part of the overall United States effort to encourage the Russians to break off or limit their nuclear relationship with Iran, Mr. Kennedy said in a statement last night. The Dec. 9, 1995, letter on Iranian nuclear cooperation states that the two leaders discussions as part of a special commission had resulted in clarity and mutual understanding on the matter. The letter said there were no new trends in Moscows sale of nuclear equipment to Iran since a 1992 agreement. It also states that Russia and the United States would seek to prevent the undermining of the nuclear arms non-proliferation program. Mr. Chernomyrdin said Moscows program of building a nuclear reactor in Iran would be limited to training technicians in Russia, and the delivery of nuclear fuel for the power plant for the years 2001 through 2011. The information that we are passing on to you is not to be conveyed to third parties, including the U.S. Congress, Mr. Chernomyrdin said. Open information concerning our cooperation with Iran is obviously a different matter, and we do no[t] object to the constructive use of such information. I am counting on your understanding. A classified analysis acompanying the letter stated that Russian assistance if not terminated, can only lead to Irans acquisition of a nuclear weapons capability. Such a development would be destabilizing not only for the already volatile Middle East, but would pose a threat to Russian and Western security interests, the analysis stated. Russian promises to limit cooperation with Irans nuclear program have been undermined by numerous U.S. intelligence reports showing Moscow is providing nuclear-weapons-related equipment to Tehran outside the scope of its declared limits, according to U.S. officials. A senior State Department official, Robert Einhorn, told a Senate subcommittee hearing earlier this month that Russian nuclear assistance is a persistent problem and that Russian companies linked to the government are providing Iran with laser isotope separation technology used to enrich uranium for weapons. Asked about the letter, congressional aides close to the issue said they knew nothing about the details that the Russian leader gave Mr. Gore. All this nuclear cooperation is sanctionable, said a senior congressional aide. The secret Gore-Chernomyrdin dealings have become an issue in the presidential election campaign. Texas Gov. George W. Bush stated during a campaign stop in Michigan last week that the reported deal on Russian arms transfers to Iran was a troubling piece of information. He demanded an explanation from the vice president. An earlier Gore-Chernomyrdin agreement, also obtained by The Washington Times, reveals that the United States would not impose sanctions on Russia required under U.S. law in exchange for Moscows promise to end arms sales to Iran. That agreement, called an aide memoire and signed by Mr. Gore and Mr. Chernomyrdin on June 30, 1995, required Russia to halt all arms sales to Iran by Dec. 31, 1999. In exchange, the United States promised to take appropriate steps to avoid any penalties to Russia that might otherwise arise under domestic law . . ., says the agreement, labeled secret. The aide memoire also states that the United States would pursue steps that would lead to the removal of Russia from
[CTRL] AF Admits Developing Nuclear-Powered Flying Saucers
-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: "Alex Constantine" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Lloyd" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AF Admits Developing Nuclear-Powered Flying Saucers Date: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:13 PM AF Admits Developing Nuclear-Powered Flying Saucers -- From: cynthia ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:26:10 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: [endsecrecy] Pop Mechanics USAF UFO] Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:48:26 -0700 From: Jean Maria Arrigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: [endsecrecy] Pop Mechanics USAF UFO] To: cynthia ford [EMAIL PROTECTED], andrew basiago [EMAIL PROTECTED], Eldon Byrd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04C-PBI-NC404 (Macintosh; I; PPC) From: SHnSASSY1 @aol.com Subject: [SO] Magazine Discovers USAF Saucer Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:37:31 EDT http://www.cosmiverse.com/paranormal100902.html Magazine Discovers USAF Saucer October 9, 2000 08:23 CDT A secret U.S. Air Force experiment in the development of nuclear-powered flying saucers have been reported in the current issue of Popular Mechanics magazine. UFO Updates of Canada circulated news of the magazine reports over the weekend. The cover story article was developed from a Freedom of Information request the magazine filed with the government. The Air Force project was declassified in May, 1999, according to the report, and the experiments were conducted beginning in the 1960s. "The proposed Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LRV) was 40 feet in diameter, 90 inches thick at the center, and had an empty weight of 17,042 pounds. The craft was designed to operate for six weeks at an altitude of 300 nautical miles. It was part of the black budget, classified as secret on Dec. 12, 1962," says the report. The Canadian UFO group says the article speculates the LRV may have been responsible for some UFO sightings. "An engineering study obtained by Popular Mechanics describes a re-entry heating test that, at the time, could have allegedly been accomplished only by a high-altitude drop of a flying prototype, probably from a high altitude balloon. An unnamed retired contractor claims to have seen the LRV at a Florida base in the late 1960s," says the report. The magazine also speculates that a LRV crash may have been responsible for honeycomb-like debris found by an Australian farmer in 1975. Staff Writer Sally Suddock Also from: majorstar @aol.com Filer's Files #40 US AIR FORCE'S NUCLEAR SAUCER REVEALED Popular Mechanic's cover story of the November 2000 issue reveals the Air Force attempted to develop a Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LRV) that was 40 feet in diameter, 90 inches thick at the center, and had an empty weight of 17,042 pounds. The craft was designed to operate for six weeks at an altitude of 300 nautical miles. It was part of the black budget, classified as secret on Dec. 12, 1962, and remained classified until May 1999. Thereafter, the Department of Defense successfully sought to have the documents distribution restricted to defense contractors. Popular Mechanics obtained a copy of the documents and speculates the LRV may have been responsible for some UFO sightings. An engineering study describes a reentry heating test that, at the time, could have allegedly been accomplished only by a high-altitude drop of a flying prototype, probably from a high altitude balloon. A friend of mine claims to have seen the LRV at a Florida base in the late 1960s. The Popular Mechanics article also speculates that a LRV crash may have been responsible for honeycomb-like debris Jean Fraser found during 1975 on her family's ranch in Brisbane. According to a report by the University of New South Wales, the debris contained minerals commonly found in aircraft-grade fiberglass panels. Based on the report, MUFON rejected rumors that the debris were of alien origin. A photo on page 68 compares a bit of the debris to an LRV engineering drawing. -- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/11/_/1335/_/971390888/ -_- End Secrecy List http://www.endsecrecy.com " 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] AP: USS Cole Attack Linked to Two Men
-Caveat Lector- Tuesday October 17 5:42 PM ET USS Cole Attack Linked to Two Men By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer ADEN, Yemen (AP) - Investigators found bomb-making equipment in an apartment near the port of Aden and believe two former occupants may have carried out the suicide bombing that killed 17 sailors aboard the USS Cole, security officials said Tuesday. U.S. authorities would not comment directly on the disclosure. But the ambassador, Barbara Bodine, described the investigation as advancing ``a quantum leap.'' ``We are very hopeful we are going to get to the bottom of this,'' she said. Yemeni officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, identified the missing men only as non-Yemeni Arabs. Other Yemeni officials said they were from neighboring Saudi Arabia. Moments before the huge blast Thursday, two men were seen standing on the deck of a small vessel alongside the destroyer, U.S. authorities said. A 40-by-40-foot hole was blown into the Cole's hull and the attack ship disintegrated into ``confetti size'' pieces. On Tuesday, divers and other crew members using metal-slicing torches and crowbars pulled six more bodies from the tangled bowels of the Cole. Officials initially said seven bodies were recovered Tuesday, but later corrected the figure. Six victims remain trapped near the blast site. ... Speaking about the two suspects, the Yemeni officials said the apartment was searched Monday, when Yemen reversed an earlier position and called the blast ``a premeditated criminal act.'' A senior Saudi intelligence official visited Aden on Monday, but no details of the meeting were made public. The Yemeni officials would give no further information on the material found, but said the missing men arrived in Yemen four days before Thursday's attack. Bodine declined to comment on details of the case or speculate on possible links to larger terrorist groups, including that of Afghan-based Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden. She stressed that the investigation would continue. ``We want this investigation to go further ... to see how far back we can walk this. And those kinds of investigations can sometimes take some time,'' she said. The Yemeni find could be a key break on the first day of work for a joint FBI (news - web sites)-Yemeni task force. The hunt, however, is already well under way. So far, Yemeni security forces have interrogated hundreds of port workers and others, including the head of the company that services U.S. warships. Some fragments from the blast were shipped to the United States for analysis by the first FBI agents to arrive after the attack. That initial evidence arrived on U.S. shores Monday night. There has been no credible claim of responsibility for the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. military since the 1996 bombing of an Air Force barracks in Saudi Arabia that killed 19. Immediate suspicion fell on bin Laden, accused in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. In retaliation, the United States fired dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles at his suspected stronghold in eastern Afghanistan. In his first statement since December 1998, bin Laden said Tuesday that another such attack would not kill him or deter his battle against the ``enemies of Islam.'' He made no direct reference to the Aden attack. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Monday denied bin Laden was involved, but also said Tuesday that he could not have issued a statement because all means of communications have been denied him. FBI Director Louis Freeh transferred the investigation from Washington to the command of John O'Neill in the New York field office, which handled the East African embassy bombing cases. But U.S. officials denied this meant they could link the blast to bin Laden at this point. The full FBI team is expected to swell to 100 agents. Seventy are already in Aden, and 30 others are waiting in Germany for accommodations to be arranged. Many Yemenis have said they do not believe the attack was the result of a homegrown plot, and Tuesday's disclosures put the spotlight on Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden is a Saudi national of Yemeni heritage. Border disputes have marred relations between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, but an agreement was signed in June to seek a solution. Yemen has long contested the Saudi claim to three Red Sea islands and parts of the Empty Quarter, a vast desert region with potentially lucrative oil deposits. Aboard the stricken Cole, wreckage specialists fought their way through collapsed bulkheads and a maze of twisted metal to reach bodies. Above the oily harbor water, blowtorches cut slowly throughthe reinforced steel. Beneath them, in the cavern created by the blast, divers poked slowly through murky passages and fissures. The divers - some of whom plucked victims from the doomed TWA 800 flight near Long Island in 1996 - carried tools to try to pry apart the metal trapping the bodies. The bodies recovered Tuesday were
[CTRL] Will oil hit $100 per barrel?
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ameinfo.com/cgi-bin/fncol/contrarian/news_view.cgi?title=Will%20oil %20hit%20$100%20per%20barrel? Click Here: A HREF="http://www.ameinfo.com/cgi-bin/fncol/contrarian/news_view.cgi?title=Will %20oil%20hit%20$100%20per%20barrel?"borderlist/A - Will oil hit $100 per barrel? Dr Marc Faber, the famous Asian financial commentator, explains how oil prices could hit $100 per barrel as demand lifts of in Asia. The oil market is at one of its most interesting junctures. Like in any other market, the oil price depends on demand and supply, but in the oil market geopolitics play also a major role. Let us first look at the demand and the supply: In general, oil demand depends on economic growth, whereby in the Western Industrialized countries demand is not rising as rapidly as consumer spending because of conservation efforts. Also, in the case of Japan demand has stagnated since 1994 because of its no growth environment. But, where demand for oil is exploding is in emerging economies - this especially in Asia. Thus, crude oil demand in China has doubled since 1992 to 4.4 million barrels per day. Outside China ex Japan the situation is similar with demand having doubled to around 9 million barrels over the last 7 years. Because of this rapid rise in demand, today, Asia including Japan consumes almost as much crude oil as the US. But consider this: Asia has more than 3 billion people, whereas the US has only a population of 265 million. In other words, while in the US per capita oil consumption is more than 24 barrels per year, in the case of emerging Asia it is less than 2 barrels. Therefore, if all the global healing apostles and all the Asian bulls are right, and the world really continues to grow, with Asia fully recovering, then oil demand is likely to explode over the next two years. I have lived in Asia since the early 1970s and one point is clear to me. With rising incomes, population growth, and increasing standards of living, people move from bicycles to small motorcycles, then to cars. Moreover in homes and offices people use more and more energy guzzling appliances such as air-conditioners, de-humidifiers, refrigerators, heaters, washing machines etc. It is, therefore, my opinion that the 3 billion Asian could easily double their per capita consumption of oil over the next 10 years to around 4 barrels, which is the per capita consumption we find in Latin America. But what about the supply side? Non-OPEC countries produce around 60% of the world's crude oil, but have only about 23% of proven reserves. Moreover, over the last ten years, non-OPEC countries' reserves have been declining and current output is at 100% of production capacity. Thus, although non-OPEC countries have 60% of current production, they cannot increase their production - neither now, nor within the next few years. OPEC countries by comparison 'only' produce 40% of world's supplies, but they have close to 80% of world's proven reserves. Their ability to increase production is, however, at least in the short run, limited because they are running at 96% of production capacity. In addition, even if OPEC countries were willing to boost production to 100% of their capacity, their incremental production would amount to less than 2% of total world supplies, which in a strong global economy in 2001 could easily be absorbed by the market. However, it is unlikely that OPEC has any desire to increase production at all for several reasons. Adjusted for inflation, the oil price is still down by about 50% from its 1980 high. The Arabs also know that, by keeping supplies tight, the price will inevitably rise, given the present strong demand and that US oil inventories are at a 24 years low. In fact, if right now, one or several OPEC producers would just cut production by 1 million barrel per day, the price of oil would shoot up to $40, $50, and possibly even to $100 per barrel, because reduced supplies could lead to a buying panic and inventory building. In fact, considering that two of America's great 'friends', Saddam Hussein and Momammed Khatami of Iran jointly produce over 6 million barrels a day, the oil market takes an even more interesting twist. Assuming Iraq cuts production by 500,000 barrels a day and other OPEC members don't increase their production. The price shoots up by say $2. As a result Iraq loses out $1 million per day on the 500,000 barrels it is not selling. But other OPEC countries, which sell daily around 25 million barrels, gain as a result of the $2 price increase more than $50 million per day. Therefore, given the current inelasticity of demand, it is actually now rather tempting for OPEC, instead of increasing production, to actually cut it slightly. This especially if the one or the other OPEC country wished to harm the democratic candidate Al Gore, whose boss failed to broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Rising oil prices have already led shipping
[CTRL] China's military says ready to use force against Taiwan
-Caveat Lector- China's military says ready to use force against Taiwan http://www.expressindia.com/news/daily/20001016/01600100.htm BEIJING: China's military, the People's Liberation Army, threatened to use force against Taiwan on Monday, in the most strongly-worded statement since newly-elected Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was elected in March. "The PLA has the absolute determination, confidence, ability and means to safeguard state sovereignty and territorial integrity and will never tolerate, condone or remain indifferent to the realization of any scheme to divide the motherland," the official Xinhua news agency said, quoting a document entitled "China's National Defence in 2000." AFP BEIJING (AP) _ China"s ground forces, missile corps and naval units mobilized 10,000 soldiers Friday for their biggest display of weapons and skills since 1964, official media reported. Helicopters, small naval vessels, armored vehicles, missile batteries and an array of other weapons systems took part in the demonstrations held at three locations in northern China and in the Bohai Gulf, the government"s Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television reported. This year China announced a 12.7 percent increase in military spending, at least the eighth straight double-digit jump. = 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 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: ISRAEL3 and Ehud Barak
So Ehud Barak's real name is Ehud Brughow about that...and he dressed as a woman and murdered - Gideon's Spies?\ A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy So at last I have found it - Ehud Barak, the name is found in Judges 5 to 6 in the bibleEhud was the first hired killer who murdered Eglon after pretending to be a messenger Barak is not this man's real name - his name was Brug..strange isn't it - Clinton's name was alleged to be Blythe, and even that is in doubt - his daugher looks like Eleanor Rooseveltchin and all. Even Gerald Ford - that was not his real name - it was Leslie King and stranger still, he had a brother named Leslie King - so we had two Leslie Kings only the brother met strange death all alone on an isolated road late at night died in a one car "accident"always wondered about that one too. So then, there was one. Ehud it is said in this article is a short dumpy man with a Napoleon complex - but he is an assassin - a serial killer . read of this great "heros" pastand remember JFK and JFK Jr.many think Mossad (Meyer Lansky types) got JFK and his son...for it was Meyer Lansky whom Castro kicked out of Cuba and the mob never forgot that and blamed JFK.Lansky and Marcello (Carlos) of course, were bosom buddiesand it was Marcello who said forget the tail, kill the dog - meaning JFK, for then the "little son of a bitch Bobby" would be powerlessnice people. The more I read of this Israelie crap the sicker it makes me..so read the biography of this little man who thinks he is Napoleon but who is about to meet his Waterloo. Saba The International Magazine on Arab Affairs FOCUS ISRAEL A peacemaking Napoleon By Maxim Ghilan in Tel Aviv Labor party leader Ehud Barak, 57, is often praised as the most decorated general in the history of Israel's army. Little is said, however, about why he was so often decorated. In 1973, as head of the then secret Sayyeret Matkal, or headquarters patrol, Barak illegally entered Lebanon and attacked Fatah headquarters. Barak and his men showered bullets on the occupants of the PLO-rented flat, killing five people: a guard, non-combatant PLO speaker Kamal Nasser and two of Fatah's founding members, Kamal Adwan and Abu Yussef Najjar. Abu Yussef's wife was also killed.Entebbe. That same year Barak headed the Entebbe operation, in which a Sayyeret Matkal commando headed by Barak himself (disguised as an airplane-mechanic) stormed a Sabena jet which had been hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Red Army Faction members. Barak's group killed most of the guerrillas and then freed the European and Israeli passengers. During this operation, Benjamin Netanyahu's brother, Yoni, was killed in action. Incidentally, Bibi himself fought at Barak's side some say under his orders when Sharon was commander of the unit, where the short, compact Barak was nicknamed "Napoleon." The killing of Najjar's wife probably scarred the psyche of the new prime minister. In 1988, a decade and a half after her murder, the PLO military chief, Abu Jihad, was assassinated at his headquarters in Tunis. Barak, who planned the operation, gave his men strict orders not to kill any women or children. However, Barak and his commandos did not hesitate to open fire on Abu Jihad with massed automatic weapon fire before the eyes of the leader's wife and daughter.The two incidents reveal part of Barak's character: he is a man who is capable of anything in order to fulfill his goals. He is ruthless, but not without pity; pragmatic, but dogmatically nationalist. He is fiercely loyal to "his" men those under his command, Labor party members, those who help him and all Israeli Jews. But he is unable to understand the concepts of generosity and justice when applied to those outside that circle civilians, political rivals, Arabs and most non-Jews all of whom he considers opponents, even enemies.Barak is a shrewd, brave leader, a stubborn militarist and a firm believer in absolute power for those at the top. Consider his first appointments to his personal team. Danny Yatom, a former Mossad chief who was forced to resign after failing to assassinate Hamas secretary general Khaled Mashad, was designated as Barak's diplomatic representative.Rising star. Ehud Barak was born in 1942 in the agricultural settlement of Mishmar Hasharon, in the center of Israel. His original name was Ehud Brug. Drafted in 1952, as an armored corps private, he was soon "discovered" by army talent-scouts and transferred to Sayyeret Matkal a secret unit then led by Ariel Sharon.Soon advancing to the post of Sayyeret Matkal chief, in Sharon's stead, he was repeatedly decorated for valor under fire. Among his decorations: Itur Hamofet (medal for exemplary behavior) along with four citations for fighting feats.In 1973, he hastily left the United States, where he was studying, and headed an improvised southern tank unit, which fought bravely
[CTRL] New Doubts On Support Push Euro Downward
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/TUE/FPAGE/bux.2.html Click Here: A HREF="http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/TUE/FPAGE/bux.2.html"New Doubts On Support Push Euro Downward/A - Paris, Tuesday, October 17, 2000 New Doubts On Support Push Euro Downward Currency Nears Its Low As ECB Leader Seems Hesitant on Intervention By John Schmid International Herald Tribune FRANKFURT - Europe's common currency slid back toward its record low Monday after Wim Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank, appeared to cast doubt on the commitment of central banks to intervene anew in support of the euro. The euro slid well below 85 cents in European trading, and at 4 p.m. in New York was at 85.05 cents, down from 85.36 cents late Friday. Its lowest New York closing level was 84.92 cents on Sept. 20. In an interview with The Times of London, Mr. Duisenberg was quoted as saying it would be inappropriate for major central banks to buy euros if the Middle East crisis escalated and unleashed new exchange-rate volatility. The comment was significant mainly because Mr. Duisenberg appeared to be departing from his standard guarded reply to questions about intervention. He has repeatedly said that he would comment on intervention only after it had taken place. That stance was intended to keep traders guessing so that they might not bet heavily against the euro. Asked whether it would make sense to buy euros if ''war in the Middle East'' caused another sharp decline in the currency, the newspaper quoted Mr. Duisenberg as replying, ''I wouldn't think so.'' A spokesman at the central bank's Frankfurt headquarters confirmed that Mr. Duisenberg had made the remark but emphasized that ''it was a hypothetical question.'' Nonetheless, currency markets saw another reason to push the euro back toward its lowest levels since major central banks intervened to support it just over three weeks ago. Then, central banks in the United States, Japan, Britain and Canada jointly purchased euros in a price-support action, briefly pushing it above 89 U.S. cents on Sept. 22. On Monday, prospects that the U.S. Treasury would join a second round of intervention appeared to fade, the market concluded, after the Treasury faced U.S. election-campaign criticism for having supported the euro last month. Lawrence Lindsey, the economic policy adviser for Republican Party candidate, Governor George W. Bush of Texas, criticized the Treasury for joining that intervention. Mr. Lindsey is said to be a likely choice for Treasury secretary if Mr. Bush wins the election. In the newspaper interview, Mr. Duisenberg said the decision to intervene in September had taken into account the fact that intervention may become more difficult for the United States as the Nov. 7 election draws near. Intervention is a perennially hot-button topic whenever currencies are under pressure. Unfortunately for the ECB, Mr. Duisenberg's comments undermined the support that the world's central banks had given the euro. The fear of further intervention had kept traders in check, but Mr. Duisenberg's remarks ''removed some downside protection from the euro,'' said Michael Lewis, an economist at Deutsche Bank. ''The threat of intervention had helped prop it up.'' Economists said such ''slips of the tongue'' from Europe's politicians and central bankers had spurred much of the euro's decline since its introduction Jan. 1, 1999. Only days earlier, Mr. Duisenberg said the euro had stopped falling and was recovering. ''The loss of value of the euro has come to an end,'' he said in a news briefing last week. Inflation data to be released Tuesday also could determine the euro's direction. Consumer prices in the 11-nation euro zone are believed to have risen by between 2.5 percent and 2.8 percent in September from a year earlier, accelerating from the 2.3 percent rate in August, economists have said - well beyond the ECB's 2 percent target rate. In other trading, the dollar was at 108.10 yen, up from 107.87 yen late Friday, and 1.7742 Swiss francs, compared with 1.7715 francs. The pound fell to $1.4479 from $1.4517 - 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 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
[CTRL] Fwd: Terrorism Research Center
In this story, the guy who dressed as a woman was Ehud Barak aka Ehud Brug..an Askenazi Jew of European origin and descent who are considered superior to the domestic jews and arabs in the Holy Land - running a damn murder inc. - anyone else would be tried as war criminal. Saba I am now wondring about Operation USS Liberty and maybe Operation USS Cole and the Meyer Lansky connection to murder of JFK and RFK.and remember little JFK Jr. investigating murder of Rabin...many believe Mossad did this including Barry Chamish Sayeret Mat'kal Sayeret Mat'kal General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269 Founded: 1957 Headquarters: "Sirkin" air force/ army base Sayeret Mat'kal, also known as General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269, is the unit most people are referring to when discussing the Israeli war against terrorism. Operatives from this unit have led, or been an instrumental part of, almost every notable counterterrorist (and antiterrorist) operation conducted on behalf of Israel from 1957 to the present. It is also the primary unit dedicated to hostage rescue missions within Israel. Sayeret Mat'kal has been assisted on occasion by other Israeli units such as the elite Sayeret Tzanhanim, Flotilla 13, and Sayeret Golani. During periods of war, this unit is tasked with the most risky intelligence gathering operations, a function it has reportedly accomplished successfully on numerous occasions. Operations of note include the following: Operation Isotope - On May 8-9, 1972, Sayeret commandos disguised themselves as Lod Airport maintenance personnel before storming a Sebena Belgian Airlines jetliner that had been hijacked by Black September terrorists. Operation Crate 3 - In June of 1972, concern was mounting over the fate of three Israeli airmen who had been taken captured by Syrian authorities. The decision was made that in order to be in a position to negotiate their release, Israel would need bargaining chips of their own. In response, Sayeret operatives, in an operation that has become their trademark, kidnapped five Syrian intelligence officers who were conducting a border tour with Palestinian terrorists at the time. (My Note: Guy dressed as woman was Ehud Barak aka BrugEhud was first murderer for money in bible in Judges - nice name) Operation Spring of Youth - On the night of April 9-10, 1973, Sayeret commandos, one disguised as a woman, conducted the assassinations of Black September leaders. What was remarkable about this operation was that the targets were in three separate locations and all in West Beirut, which was at the time enemy-held territory. Worth mentioning also are press reports that operatives from this unit were responsible for the assassination of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) deputy commander and wanted terrorist, Abu Jihad in 1988. A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy http://www.terrorism.com/terrorism/SayeretMat'kal.shtml
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: B.I.G. trouble at the Los Angeles Times
-- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/6/_/1406/_/971841424/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com B.I.G. trouble at the Los Angeles Times Two Times reporters covering the LAPD scandal named a suspect in the murder of rap star Biggie Smalls. Then a colleague's story said they were wrong. Could both stories be right? - - - - - - - - - - - - By Jan Golab Oct. 16, 2000 | LOS ANGELES -- Former police detective Russell Poole's first attempt to go public with his chilling tale of how the LAPD covers for corrupt cops placed him at the center of a media firestorm. But months later the full story has yet to be told. In November 1999, shortly after he resigned from the LAPD, Poole met with Los Angeles Times reporters Scott Glover and Matt Lait and told them his story: how the LAPD refused to investigate dirty cops, from Kevin Gaines to David Mack to Rafael Perez. He told them about Mack's possible ties to the 1997 killing of rapper Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G.). And most importantly, he told them about the suppression of a 40-page report he had written about corruption at the Rampart Division. He gave them a copy of that report. At the time, Poole didn't want to be quoted or go on the record. He gave Glover and Lait his information and documents and told them they should look into it. Without having Poole on the record, Glover and Lait could not report his allegations without independent corroboration, which they set out to obtain. After some digging, and with the documents Poole provided them, they soon had enough to do a piece on one part of Poole's story -- the murder of Biggie Smalls. Their Dec. 9, 1999 front-page Times story reported that Amir Muhammad, a friend of officer David Mack, was a suspect in the rapper's killing. Poole was flabbergasted: In fact, he'd told them the LAPD wasn't looking for Muhammad -- because of his ties to former police officer Mack. There was also nothing in the story about his troubles getting the LAPD to investigate dirty cops like Gaines, Mack and Perez, or the suppression of his 40-page Rampart report. Scott Glover and Matt Lait would not comment about their conversations with Poole, citing a policy of source confidentiality. But Lait insists that the L.A. Times would not have published the story if the reporters had not confirmed, independently, that Muhammad was an active suspect. Their LAPD sources, he says, indicated that Muhammad had not been eliminated as a suspect. They also learned that Muhammad's photo had been shown to witnesses of the rap star's shooting after Poole was off the case. After their Biggie piece ran, Glover and Lait were chided by Poole for not telling his whole story. The reporters told him they were still working on it, seeking independent corroboration for his allegations. By late March, Poole had taken his story and documents to the Los Angeles district attorney's office. Realizing his claims against the LAPD would become public eventually, he called Glover and Lait and told them he would go on the record. Still, the reporters were not ready to go with the story. "We wanted to nail it all down," says Lait. Then, on May 3, 2000, the Los Angeles Times ran another piece by business reporter Chuck Philips. Philips, who covers the music industry, reported that detectives on the Biggie case did not in fact consider Muhammad a suspect when the Times ran its original story. Amir Muhammad, who was located by Philips, said he was a mortgage broker who had nothing to do with the murder. He did not, however, speak with police investigators. He described himself as an old friend of Mack's family and godfather to his children, who visited him in jail just after Mack was arrested for the December 1997 bank robbery. The initial Times story was in fact very carefully worded. It didn't say investigators were currently searching for Muhammad, but it implied they were, by reporting that he was "among the suspects" and that he had not yet been found. The story stated that some investigators had retired and that the current investigators would not comment for the story, and that "different detectives have not always agreed on which investigative path to follow or on which of the open leads might be more productive." Brill's Content ran an online piece about the rancor that erupted at the Times between Philips, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and Glover and Lait, who are gunning for that prize with their Rampart coverage. It was described as a "turf war" and a "cockfight," filled with charges and countercharges. Times executive editor Leo Wolinsky acknowledged the conflict, but insisted, "The initial story was not a mistake, it was not wrong,
[CTRL] Fwd: Why Is $59 Billion Missing From HUD? by Kelly O'Meara
http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200011065.shtml 11/06/2000 Why Is $59 Billion Missing From HUD? By Kelly Patricia OMeara [EMAIL PROTECTED] Billions of dollars are missing from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments books. Some HUD officials blame computer glitches; others allege widespread graft. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has earned a failing grade from the House Government Reform subcommittee on Government Management for the way the agency manages taxpayers money. Subcommittee chairman Stephen Horn, R-Calif., is said to be furious that HUDs most recent financial report shows the agency is unable to balance its checkbook and cannot account for $59 billion. For most Americans, it is incomprehensible that $59 billion could be missing from the ledger of a single agency. But despite years of earning failing grades as well as years of being unable to account for tens of billions of dollars the Clinton/Gore management team at HUD has continued to shell out hundreds of millions of dollars to the same contractors hired to ensure financial systems are in place and working. It doesnt take a certified public accountant to see that HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomos financial house is not in order, and Susan Gaffney, the inspector general (IG) of HUD, tells Insight, Its more serious than you know. This dire yet brutally honest evaluation by the IG came in response to questions about her testimony concerning HUDs 1999 audit, delivered before Horns subcommittee in May. And HUDs 1999 audit still has not been completed even as the agency is nearing the starting date for the 2000 audit. Instead, Gaffney submitted a 14-page summary for 1999, providing a laundry list of systemic reasons for HUDs financial woes. Indeed, it took Insight a day and a half just to make sense of the IGs simplified testimony concerning these financial shenanigans. Beyond the fact that $59 billion is unaccounted for and that auditors have had to make manual adjustments to the checkbook system retroactively, it is glaringly apparent in the IGs report that taxpayers should consider themselves lucky that the amount isnt much higher. What also is more than evident is that the IG devoted most of her testimony to explaining failed processes at HUD rather than focusing on any specific examples of theft, conversion, embezzlement and other larceny. For instance, according to Gaffneys testimony, she could not sign off on the 1999 audit because of the undetermined effects of the conversion problems of the general ledger from the Program Accounting System [PAS] to HUDs Central Account and Program System [HUDCAPS] during the fiscal year, the integrated state of HUDs reconciliation efforts and their documentation for the general ledger accounts for the fund balance with Treasury, and the late manual posting of numerous and significant adjustments (some as late as Feb. 25, 2000) directly to the financial statements, for which we lacked sufficient time to test their legitimacy. What the IG is saying is that HUDs finances are in a shambles because, during 1999, the agency was converting to a new computer system, the field offices didnt balance their checkbooks on a monthly basis and manual postings were made to the financial statements so late that the IG had no time to review whether the postings were correct. Gaffney does report in one section of her testimony that 242 adjustments, totaling about $59.6 billion, were made to adjust fiscal year 1999 activity. The IG, however, does not explain where the adjustments were made, for what services or from which region or field office. But she tells Insight that HUDs financial problems stem from glitches within the agencys computer systems. The material weakness, explains the IG, is that HUD does not have a single financial ledger system in place and this year they tried to implement that. The effort was flawed to say the least. The financial systems flowing in were incompatible and the system rejected transactions, and the rejected transactions werent corrected in the new ledger system. HUD does not have a reliable and accurate statement of its financial condition. Apparently, the HUDCAPS system that has been going online since 1997 and is supposed to correct the agencys overwhelming financial-management problems now is being scrapped. According to Gaffney, just last week she was made aware that Chief Financial Officer Victoria Bateman has decided that HUDCAPS does not do the job and that a new add-on system is being implemented. Its anyones guess when the new system will be fully integrated with the old new system which, to date, has done nothing to enhance HUDs ability to account for the billions of dollars
[CTRL] Fwd: [CTRL] Secret (Insurance) Agents In WWII
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/starr/ The Starr Foundation was established in 1955 by Cornelius Vander Starr, an insurance entrepreneur who founded the American International family of insurance companies, now known as American International Group, Inc. (NYSE:AIG). Mr. Starr, a pioneer of globalization, set up his first insurance venture in Shanghai in 1919. He died in 1968 at the age of 76, leaving his estate to the Foundation. === http://www.rockefeller.edu/pubinfo/starr.nr.html Human Genetics Center Created at Rockefeller University $5 Million Grant from The Starr Foundation Allows for Studies of Hundreds of Families The Rockefeller University has established The Starr Center for Human Genetics, one of the largest U.S. centers for the study of diseases linked to heredity. The Starr Foundation provided a $5 million grant to establish the center, which will allow scientists to pursue studies of hundreds of families affected by such illnesses as heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Through the Starr Center, Rockefeller scientists also will explore the roles genes play in causing other complex disorders, including obesity, autoimmune diseases, mental illness and cancer. The center will provide university geneticists opportunities to collaborate with Rockefeller scientists, physicians and expert staff and to use advanced clinical and research facilities. Center studies will focus not only on identifying disease-linked genes, but also on determining the life-long effects these genes may have on human health. "The Starr Center for Human Genetics will allow us to expand on Rockefeller University's great strengths in biomedical research, particularly molecular genetics, to tease apart the tangle of genetic factors that underlie many diseases," said Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., president of the university. "We are enormously grateful to The Starr Foundation for giving us the capability to launch genetic studies requiring the participation of thousands of affected people. The valuable information generated by studies of this scale may lead to the design of innovative strategies for the prevention and treatment." === http://www.infowar.com/iwftp/cloaks/CD_1998-42.txt Date:Sat, 9 May 1998 10:34:23 -0700 From:Richard Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cornelius Vander Starr I'm looking for information about American insurance magnate C.V. Starr, specifically his connections to intelligence agencies and related activities. During the 1920s, Starr founded Asia Life based in Shanghai, the basis of an empire that today exists as the American International Group--AIG. By WWII, Starr's companies had agents throughout East Asia. During the war, William Donovan persuaded Starr to use his insurance and commercial connections as part of an "extra-secret intelligence operation" linked to OSS. However, Starr reportedly later broke with OSS and put his espionage network at the disposal of MI6. Most of the above information comes from Bradley Smith's _Shadow Warriors_. Actually, I'm more interested in Starr's connections to White Russian groups which dated from the 20s. Former tsarist officers held prominent positions in Starr firms, and I wonder to what degree they may have been involved in clandestine activities or influenced same. My thanks in advance for any information of suggestions. Rick Spence University of Idaho *** End of CLOAKS-AND-DAGGERS Digest - 7 May 1998 to 9 May 1998 (#1998-42) ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 6:48 PM Subject: Fwd: [CTRL] Secret (Insurance) Agents In WWII
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: Hate Groups Use Web to Build Empire
-- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/6/_/1406/_/971841416/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com Robalini's Note: After reading the following, I feel that the legitimate questions brought up by Edgar Steele (Butler's attorney in the case) in an email I sent out have been answered. It is wrong to punish speech, but behavior is another issue altogether. It is clear to me that the behavior exhibited by the Aryan Nations guards, and the negligence that Butler showed in hiring them, would be worth a jackpot total no matter the group. I have been in contact with Mr. Steele (in fact, because of the important speech issues he brought up, was considering to put an essay of his up on my site), and I'm interested in hearing his response. SILICON LOUNGE: Hate Groups Use Web to Build Empire Donna Ladd, Silicon Alley Reporter October 9, 2000 As odd karma would have it, I ended up in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in August. I was there to see family and a big, shiny lake, but the front page of the daily Coeur d'Alene Press screamed, "United White Supremacists." Turns out, a sure-to-be-fiery civil trial was about to start there; it happens we were mere miles from the Aryan Nations' compound in Hayden Lake. My blood started racing, as my partner's brother sarcastically offered to tune in former L.A. bad-cop Mark Fuhrman's radio spew-show for background. Talk about white noise. In the trial, the head of the bigot-fighting Southern Poverty Law Center, Morris Dees, was out to financially cripple the white-supremacist group, led by Richard Butler. Dees got his chance because a (white) mother and son were assaulted outside the compound by Aryan security. According to the Press and court records, the mother, Victoria Keenan, was driving her 1977 Datsun on a public road near the compound when her son, Jason, dropped his wallet outside the window. After stopping to pick it up, they were chased for two miles by skinheads firing guns from a pickup truck (now, there's an image). During the car chase, the security officers riddled Keenan's car with bullets from an assault rifle, one of which punctured her tire. At that point, her car rolled into a ditch and the "officers" approached. One grabbed her by the hair and butted her with a rifle; another hit her son in the back and called him a "faggot" for crying. They then let the pair go, saying, "Because you are white, you're not going to die." (The jury later found for the Keenans.) I immediately wanted to drive our rented white convertible by the compound and ponder a real, live Aryan soldier. Fortunately, my partner told me I was crazy, and we headed back to Washington state. But I kept watching the Aryan saga, learning from The Seattle Times that many Idaho locals want Butler and Co. driven out of town on a rail. In an admirable comprehension of the First Amendment, the local Aryan opponents squeezed their lemons -- they sold pledges for every mile of a recent skinhead march on their streets and then used the booty for human-relations efforts. Apparently, they've managed to focus so much negative attention on the group that its local compound membership is seriously dwindling. In recent months, Butler begged visitors to contribute to the group's legal defense fund at www.christian-aryannations.com. You should go check out Butler's comments. Really. Each of us, regardless of race, must understand Butler's goals. Pretending bigotry doesn't exist, or can't touch you, didn't work in Nazi Germany, it didn't work in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in 1964, and it won't work today. But denial has become the preferred tactic of too many white people as they hide inside gated white communities filled with white houses, and load their kids into big white SUVs to drive them to largely white schools. Don't get me wrong: Some of my best friends are white (as am I, my partner and my family). But I just cannot bear the thought of being one of those complacent bystanders who looked away and blamed "outside agitators" when local boys put three civil-rights workers under a dam in my hometown. Therefore, I must look, and I must ask others to look at the faces of hate. That way, we can understand why we must support religious pluralism. Why it hurts minority friends when whites make light of "Driving While Black" police methods. Why we must recognize that the Confederate flag has become this county's Swastika. Why we should reject outright a politician who speaks to the racist Bob Jones University (might as well put Butler's compound on the stump). Why we must understand the meaning of "Christian Identity," the dangerous crossroads between extreme fundamentalism and bigotry.
[CTRL] Fwd: Konformist: The WTO the IMF
-- eGroups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! /FONTA HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/6/_/1406/_/971842345/"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Please send as far and wide as possible. Thanks, Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist http://www.konformist.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (*STRIDER*) Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 WM. H. Kötke [EMAIL PROTECTED] IMPORTANT NEW BOOK/HISTORY/BACKGROUND/WTO I would like to submit the following for the list. My bona fides appear at the end of this email. Thanks a bunch. I use your list often! WM. BOOK REVIEW Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle of the Twenty- first Century. J.W. Smith. M.E. Sharpe, pub. 2000. 380 p. $99.00. (Ask your library to order a copy). THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF THE WTO This significant new text is destined to become a handbook for those who are becoming awakened to the new planetary economic order. This book will also be a tremendous resource for anyone wanting to understand the history and present realities of the economic power relationships of world society. Smith traces the origins of the ownership and control of industrial society to its beginnings in medieval European society. When the elites within medieval city-states began to create rustic technology in such industries as cloth making they had to go to their countryside to get the raw materials such as wool. They also needed to sell their products for profit within the city and enough back to the countryside to pay for those resources. As Smith describes, the peasants in the countryside observed this rudimentary technology in the city and began to duplicate it. To maintain their profits and economic power, the elites sent their military forces to the countryside and destroyed the peasants' machinery, militarily forcing the countryside to provide raw materials and become a captive market for manufactured products. The elites, to maintain their profits and economic power made a military response. The military force went to the countryside and destroyed the peasants' machinery and militarily enforced the pattern of the countryside providing raw materials and becoming a forced market. Centuries later we see Gandhi in India always sitting with a spinning wheel as protest against the British Empire that ruled the land. Although India had previously produced some of the finest cloth in the world, Britain prohibited the production of cloth in India in order to funnel the wealth spent for cloth to the mills in the imperial center. Many years later we see the IMF and World Bank force Third World countries to "privatize" their publicly owned utilities and such and sell the facilities off to the transnational corporations and banks of the imperial center. There has been no change in the mechanism of economic power. Smith focuses on the aspect of unequal trades. This is the mechanism that funnels the wealth to those in control. Smith also examines the changing strategies of military control of empire and exposes the fact that monopolies are still alive and well. In olden times the mounted troops simply came and destroyed the peasants' looms. Now we have control of money through the international banks and the control of ideas through intellectual property rights and patents guaranteed by the WTO and backed by worldwide military force. All of this is done with the acquiescence of the mass populations unaware that monopolies, which deny the masses their full rights, are structured within capitalism's laws. Smith does an excellent and scholarly job of documenting how these monopolies are hidden through a continual refinement of imposed "Social Control Belief Systems." He shows how the British imperial elite took the work of Adam Smith and twisted it to further hide the very monopolies that Adam Smith had argued against and deplored! While the Wizard of Oz in the background used covert operations, military force, and various forms of colonialism, they held out the myth of the "free market" to the eyes of the masses: "No one is in control, economic events and consequences are simply the work of the free market working itself out for all of our benefit!" The U.S. is 5% of the world population and sucks up 48% of world resources each year. Their military budget is larger this year than the next nine countries behind them - combined. The U.S. keeps military troops stationed in over 100 countries in the world. Are we to believe that this is not a military and economic empire held in place by force? Of course not! This economic elite is so concentrated that it owns the U.S. government. Notice how quickly all involved stepped up to pass NAFTA. (This "free trade" document is more than 1,000 pages of "rules"). One half of one per cent of the U.S. population owns wealth equal to the bottom
[CTRL] An Understanding of Guns
-Caveat Lector- Date: 10/8/2000 6:25:00 PM An About Face After Being Saved by a Gun Owner I am one of those people who you loathe. One of those invisible people who come into your living room without asking your permission. One of those people who follow you while you shop, and make it harder for you to make legal purchases. One of those people who try and tell you how to raise your children, as if you don't know how. One of those who gives ratings to stations that promote our demise as a free nation. I am your enemy. Or at least I was. I followed it all, all of the propaganda, all of the hoopla. Believed it too. Believed that leaving my house was more dangerous than being in a war. At any given moment one of you evil gun owners would open fire on me. I saw the NRA stickers, the Gun owners of America stickers on the cars that passed, and I thought you were all fools. I did everything in my power financially to try and help more laws pass that would prevent you from owning guns. I wholeheartedly believed that only the Police, and Military should have guns. Every time I heard of a gang shooting, or other criminal act committed with a gun, I honestly believed that if we could curtail the legal sale of guns, we could make a difference. Boy was I wrong. I have children, three actually, and to me the only thing more important than raising them properly, was seeing that they aren't hurt in anyway. I wanted to ban guns, save my children, save all children. No child should have to be part of any kind of death, especially the kind that involves being shot. I gave money to all of the anti gun organizations I could think of, went to the "Million" Mom March, even looked at Rosie when she spoke, and actually admire her. Brought the kids as well, and even yelled some not so nice things to those other marchers. I'm sure some of you know who I refer to. I was on my way back from the march, on my way back to Connecticut, when I stopped off of the highway at a rest stop by one of those McDonalds they have off I-95. By this time I had dropped off two of my kids with their father, and only had my little one with me. I went into the restroom with her, and on my way out noticed two men hanging out by my car. There were only two other cars in the lot at the time that were anywhere near my vehicle. I immediately felt threatened by their demeanor, but continued on to my car. The smaller of the two approached me with a knife as I was about to open the door to put my child in her car seat. He yelled at me to get in the back of the car, they were taking me for a little ride. I obviously told them to just take my keys, they could have the car, but they insisted I get in the back. I then heard a man yelling something I don't quite recall, and saw him running towards me with a gun in his hand. The two men vanished into their car, and sped away. I stood there frozen in time, and by the time the gentleman with the gun got to me I just broke down and cried. To make a long story short, you were all right, and I'm sorry. This man with a gun saved me, and I just keep thinking if I had gotten my wish and guns were banned, there is no telling where I'd be, and what would've happened to my daughter. The only regret I have is not getting the man's phone number who saved my life. I thanked him over and over again, and told him that he saved me, but he calmly said to me something I'd never forget. He said "That's what people like me are here for Ms., and I'm happy to have been able to help." "That's what people like me are here for," those words keep on running through my head everyday. Maybe this gentleman by some chance is part of your group, and will read my message. If he does I would just like to say something to him, and to everyone else reading this note. Thank you for saving my life, and to the rest of you thank you for fighting for this man's right to protect me and my child. Tell him for me that I will no longer be part of the group who invades his home, and tries to tell him how to store his guns. Tell him I will never be part of any group who tries to make it impossible for him to buy his tool he used to save me. And tell him I will never again tell him how to raise his children properly, because obviously I was oblivious to the fact that responsible people such as him know how to raise their children better than I do. I did rectify that situation the other day; I bought a shotgun for home protection, and am in the process of getting my concealed permit. Next time I will be ready to defend myself, or others for that matter. Some of my friends think I'm crazy, but they try their best to understand. I just tell them that as soon as their child's life is put in jeopardy by some criminal with a weapon that they will understand, but until then don't tell me how to live my life. I've lost some friends, but surprisingly most of them understand. If not for this man I could very easily have been killed or raped, and my child
