[CTRL] Britam: Israeli Who Spied for CIA (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:38:37 +0200 From: Yair Davidi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Israeli Who Spied for CIA Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:47:02 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Israeli Who Spied for CIA Loses Breach of Contract Suit - Likud politician gave CIA information on Pollard, nuclear weapons and use of US funds by Israel Israeli Who Spied for CIA Loses Breach of Contract Suit - Likud politician gave CIA information on Pollard, nuclear weapons and use of US funds by Israel By Michael A. Riccardi New York Law Journal February 27 2001 http://www6.law.com/ny/stories/01/02/022701a3.shtml [IMRA note: This story, which "levels the playing field", should certainly make it easier for Jonathan Pollard to be freed.] A former Israeli politician who provided intelligence for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency cannot use the courts to enforce promises of pension, health benefits and automatic American citizenship made by the espionage agency, an Eastern District has ruled. Under a 125-year-old precedent, U.S. District Judge I. Leo Glasser said, secret information agreements to which a United States government agency is a party cannot be enforced in the courts for public policy reasons. Judge Glasser explained that the need for confidentiality in the exchange of secret information justifies a broad exclusion of these cases from the courts. In Kielczynski v. United States Central Intelligence Agency, 00 CV 539, the plaintiff, who had been a politician in the conservative Likud Party, said he was entitled to a stay of deportation proceedings based on a guarantee made by the CIA when he agreed to work as a spy for the United States. Andrzej Kielczynski, who also used the name Joseph Barak, also said that he was entitled to a monthly payment for his retirement and health benefits, claiming that he suffered the onset of diabetes as the result of stress induced by his work for the CIA. Mr. Kielczynski said that he provided intelligence to the U.S. government from 1985 through 1991, including information on the espionage activities of Jonathan Pollard, a U.S. citizen who spied for Israel. He also said he provided information on the placement of Israeli nuclear weapons and the Israeli government's use of financial aid sent by the United States. The agency, Mr. Kielczynski alleged, reneged on the agreements it made in 1985 when it recruited him. In 1991, when he became too ill to work anymore, he said that he was coerced into signing a document recognizing that he was paid $50,000 for the treatment of his disease. Furthermore, in 1998, when the plaintiff sought political asylum in the United States, he was placed in deportation proceedings. Dismissal Sought The federal government asked Judge Glasser to dismiss the lawsuit on the pleadings, arguing that the secrecy required in the work of the CIA precluded any breach of contract lawsuit. Generally, when the federal government enters into a contract with a private individual, it waives its sovereign immunity and can be sued for breach of the agreement. But under Totten v. United States, 92 U.S. 105 (1875), Mr. Kielczynski's action is barred because its litigation could jeopardize confidential information. Moreover, the plaintiff has made no allegations of unconstitutional action or deprivation of due process by the CIA in its alleged termination of the contract, Judge Glasser said. The court, in dicta, said that the Totten doctrine may be unfair or outdated. But there is no question that it applies in Mr. Kielczynski's case, Judge Glasser said. "As sympathetic as the court may be for this class of persons [foreign nationals who are former spies] who, as a result of Totten, are left with no way of enforcing the CIA's purported guarantees of financial and personal security," Judge Glasser wrote, "the fact remains that Totten is binding law." The court added that Mr. Kielczynski cannot take the position that an unlawful termination of a contract is the same as deprivation of a property right without due process. When alleged due process rights "are alleged to emerge directly from a contract, the consideration of which is foreclosed by law," the case must be dismissed, the court concluded. Mr. Kielczynski's attorney was Janusz Andrzejewski of Manhattan. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra L. Levy handled the case for the federal government. IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis Website: www.imra.org.il = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = A
[CTRL] DA: The 15,000-Year Mistake
-Caveat Lector- http://www.discoveringarchaeology.com/articles/013101-15,000mistake.shtml The 15,000-Year Mistake The ancient city of Tiwanaku, high in the Bolivian Andes on the extreme southern end of Lake Titicaca, is one of the worldâs most impressive archaeological sites. Pseudo-archaeologists certainly agree. With outlandish assumptions built on shaky "science," they have made Tiwanaku a staple within their fantastic world. Many of todayâs leading pseudo-archaeologists use Tiwanaku to some degree in their tales of the strange and mysterious. Graham Hancock, arguably the best known of the lot, is no exception. Tiwanaku takes center stage in his Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earthâs Lost Civilization (1995).Hancock holds Tiwanaku in great esteem because he believes it to be 17,000 years old. Thatâs a long way from what professional archaeologists have documented for the royal city of the Tiwanaku Empire: It was built sometime between 400 B.C. and A.D. 100. How could Hancock make a 15,000-year mistake? For the answer, we must look to Arthur Posnansky.Posnansky is a member of the pseudo-archaeologistsâ pantheon of heroes. A German by birth, Posnansky spent much of his life in Bolivia, where he conducted 50 years of single-minded research on Tiwanaku. The book that grew out of this research, Tihuanacu: The Cradle of American Man (1945), is a pseudo-archaeology classic. The question of Tiwanakuâs age troubled Posnansky, just as it had Pedro de Cieza de León, who in 1549 was the first European to see the ancient city. All who have since gazed upon its terraced pyramids, sunken courtyards, and towering stone walls have wondered: When had the ancients raised Tiwanaku? The grandest of all the cityâs monuments was the magisterial Gateway of the Sun â a massive, square archway carved from a single piece of stone.To "solve" the age dilemma, Posnansky turned to archaeoastronomy, a field that, though relatively new in the 1920s, had been anticipated in the eighteenth century by English antiquarians who noticed that Stonehenge was aligned with the summer solstice. Posnanskyâs early twentieth-century use of archaeoastronomy made sense because he viewed the Kalasasaya, Tiwanakuâs large, rectangular central compound, as a South American Stonehenge â a solar observatory located on the astronomic meridian and a magnificent stone calendar. Posnansky reasoned that during solstices, while standing at the center gateway of the west wall of the Kalasasaya, the sun should rise at the outer edges of the stone pillars that cap the north and south ends of the opposite east wall. He considered such astronomical precision logical since the architects of Tiwanaku had been skilled enough to design the monumental city in the first place. But when he measured the declination between the sun and the pillars, he discovered that the sun was a striking 18 degrees off. How was it possible for the venerable architects to have made such a horrific error? The only way Posnansky could figure to solve the riddle was to conclude that the architects of Tiwanaku had, in fact, built the structure with complete accuracy â what was wrong was the position of the sun. The way to discover the true age of the Kalasasaya, therefore, was simply to calculate when in the past the sun would have risen over the appropriate stone pillars. After completing a complicated set of calculations â and salting his text with the technical jargon of astronomy â Posnansky made a startling discovery: Tiwanaku was built in 15,000 B.C., when the sun rose directly over the corners of the pillars. The discrepancy between the sun today and the remains of the Kalasasaya can thus be explained by the movement of the sun in a mathematically determined manner. Hancock eagerly accepts Posnanskyâs date, calculated in 1928 to 1930, and says in a sly aside with just a hint of conspiracy that "not a single orthodox historian or archaeologist was prepared to accept such an early origin" for the ancient city of Tiwanaku. Posnanskyâs calculations appear scientific and precise, but like most pseudo-archaeology, the interpretation is a house of cards. Surprisingly, we learn this from Posnansky himself: "If, at the solstices, one observes the sunrise without the aid of instruments, it will be noted that it does indeed still come up on the corners of these pillars." Thus, the only way his interpretation makes sense is if we assume the architects of Tiwanaku, working in 15,000 B.C., laid out the city with precision surveying tools comparable to those used in the late 1920s. Why does Hancock accept Posnanskyâs interpretation with such obvious gusto? Because he is intent on proving that a highly advanced, though now lost, civilization built the worldâs greatest ancient monuments â from the Egyptian pyramids to Machu Picchu. Fingerprints of the Gods is the story of his globetrotting search to identify these mysterious people. But
[CTRL] Drudge: Burton Statement on Beth Dozoretz's assertion of her Fifth Amendment Rights
-Caveat Lector- Drudgereport-February 26, 2001 Burton Statement on Beth Dozoretz's assertion of her Fifth Amendment Rights Washington, D.C. - Chairman Dan Burton (R-IN) today issued the following statement in response to former DNC Chair Beth Dozoretz's decision to assert her Fifth Amendment rights and not testify before the House Government Reform Committee in regard to the Marc Rich pardon investigation: "The Committee has just been informed that Beth Dozoretz will exercise her Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination, and that she will refuse to testify on March 1, 2001. I am extremely disappointed. She now joins Denise Rich, who has already taken the Fifth. It is my hope that when she comes before the Committee on Thursday, she will change her mind and answer the Committee's questions. It is very troubling that Beth Dozoretz and Denise Rich, both close friends of former President Clinton who discussed the Rich pardon with him, would refuse to testify. "Ever since former President Clinton issued a number of questionable pardons on January 20, 2001, he has said that the American people will understand that, when the facts come out, what he did was right. Unfortunately, the facts are not coming out. It is beginning to seem that the reason people aren't answering questions is because they are hiding something. This is unacceptable. "In addition to Ms. Dozoretz's and Ms. Rich's refusal to testify, the Committee is potentially facing other stonewalling tactics from the Clinton Library, former President Clinton and Marc Rich. "The Committee has subpoenaed the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation to turn over its donor lists, and pledge lists and the Foundation has refused to comply. Former President Clinton and his lawyers are keeping this relevant information from the Committee without any sound legal basis. Former President Clinton should make these donor lists available to the Committee so that there will be no doubt that donations to the Library had nothing to do with the pardons. "Last week I asked both former President Clinton and Marc Rich to waive all privileges. Mr. Rich is hiding behind the attorney client privilege, and has kept a significant number of documents from the Committee. I call on him, once again, to let the American people understand what he was doing in the months leading up to his pardon. "This Thursday, three former top aides to former President Clinton will testify. I hope that they will act differently than Mr. Rich. The former President has a chance to level with the people, and I hope he waives his privileges and lets John Podesta, Bruce Lindsey and Beth Nolan answer all the committee's questions. The American people have a right to know all the facts." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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] NM: Hillary Vetoed Hubbell Pardon
-Caveat Lector- Bill wanted to pardon his buddy, but Hillary said no way. "You know, I did not have any involvement in the pardons that were granted or not granted, you know, and I'm just very disappointed about my brother's involvement." --HRC Newsmax-Inside Cover Monday, Feb. 26, 2001 5:42 PM EST Hillary Vetoed Hubbell Pardon Poor Web Hubbell. His career as a lawyer was ruined when he pled guilty during the Whitewater case. The former assistant attorney general, Hubbell was once described as Bill Clinton's "best friend." Hubbell was also close to deputy White House counsel Vince Foster. But friendship doesn't go far with the Clintons. Hubbell kept his mouth shut during the time he promised to fully cooperate with prosecutors, and Independent Counsel Starr, was forced to re-indict Hubbell. What did Hubbell get in return? Not much. There was speculation that Hubbell was to be on the top of Clinton's pardon list. Instead, Susan McDougal made it, but not Webb. We hear from an Arkansas insider that Mrs. Clinton was to blame. Webb is on her most hated list, and she blames him for not steering her clear of Whitewater matters early on. Bill wanted to pardon his buddy, but Hillary said no way. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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] NYP: PARDONGATE PROBERS BID TO UNITE ON CLINTON GRILL
-Caveat Lector- PARDONGATE PROBERS BID TO UNITE ON CLINTON GRILL New York Post-Monday February 26, 2001 By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON - The top two Republicans overseeing congressional probes into Pardongate yesterday backed merging their investigations to help convince Bill Clinton to testify. Their comments came amid reports that Attorney General John Ashcroft could wade into the pardon mess by appointing an independent prosecutor. "We ought not to duplicate. And coordinated efforts, if not a joint hearing, I think would be advisable," said Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) on CBS' "Face the Nation." Specter, who is leading the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into ex-President Clinton's much-criticized January rash of pardons, was joined by Rep. Dan Burton, who runs the House probe. "That's something that we could look into," said Burton, an Indiana Republican whose House Government Reform Committee is convening a second hearing Thursday to look at the pardon mess. A legal expert tied to one of the panels said the move would probably make Clinton more likely to testify, since he'd have to make only one appearance on the Hill rather than two. Burton added that he would support tapping someone to lead a broad, multi-state, federal investigation into Clinton's 140 last-minute probes. "If Mr. Ashcroft chooses to appoint a special counsel to look at this, I would welcome that," Burton said on "Fox News Sunday" - even though Ashcroft aides say it won't happen. Among Clinton's many pardons, absolving billionaire and accused tax cheat Marc Rich has drawn the most criticism. Clinton defends the move and insists that campaign contributions from Rich's ex-wife Denise were not a factor. This week, Vice President Dick Cheney also may be dragged into the pardon mess. His current chief of staff, Lewis Libby, is slated to testify Thursday. Libby is a former lawyer to Rich. Besides Libby, three of Clinton's top White House aides will testify: ex-Chief of Staff John Podesta, ex-counsel Beth Nolan and ex-adviser Bruce Lindsey. Skip Rutherford, president of the nonprofit foundation leading efforts to raise $200 million to build a Clinton library in Little Rock, Ark., also will testify. Critics charge that Clinton OK'd pardons in exchange for donations to his library. Burton's staff is poring over bank records from Denise Rich to see if there's a link. So far, they've been unable to convince Rutherford to cough up the full donor list. Burton acknowledged he's had death threats and travels with a bodyguard. "There have been threats, and we will just deal with them as they occur," Burton said on Fox. Regarding the idea of a joint House-Senate committee, several lawmakers backed it, including Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) and Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) But Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) said the current arrangement was better. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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] [radtimes] # 168
-Caveat Lector- [radtimes] # 168 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- How to assist RadTimes-- (See ** at end.) --- Contents: --Quebec City Crackdown --Racist right attempts infiltration of FTAA protests --Face it They're watching you --Ashcroft May Teach Lefties to Love Guns --Lefties Embrace Guns at Risk of Political Suicide === Quebec City Crackdown http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10510 Darryl Leroux, AlterNet February 20, 2001 From April 20-22, Quebec City has the dubious honour of hosting the 3rd Summit of the Americas. The Summit will bring together 34 heads of state -- every head of state in the Americas except Fidel Castro. And despite stringent security measures, including the largest police deployment in Canadian history, a tremendous contingency of anti-globalization protesters will be there to shake up the process. Aside from the Summit's usual declarations on security and terrorism, human rights and democracy, the main focus of this year's meeting will be to finalize the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) agreement. According to Pierre Pettigrew, Canada's Trade Minister, "The FTAA is inextricably linked to the Summit of the Americas process." This agreement, which by its very nature will affect the everyday lives of millions, extends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the entire Western hemisphere. It has been the subject of secretive negotiations since the first Summit was held in Miami in 1994. Negotiators have set 2005 as the FTAA's implementation deadline. Like NAFTA, the FTAA will submit health, education, environmental and labor standards to the forces of the free market. There are numerous illustrations of how such free trade agreements work in favor of corporations and against governments and individuals. Take the case of Metalclad Corp., a Texas-based toxic waste-disposal company, which accused the Mexican government of violating Chapter 11 of NAFTA. The Mexican state of San Luis Potosi had refused to allow Metalclad to re-open a waste-disposal site that was contaminating the local water supply. In response, Metalclad sought $90 million in compensation. In August 2000, a NAFTA Tribunal ruled in favor of Metalclad, ordering the Mexican government to pay $16.7 million in compensation. Meanwhile, workers have filed more than 20 labor complaints under NAFTA's labor side agreement, almost all of them against the Mexican government (since NAFTA does not allow complaints to be brought against corporations). In almost every case, fundamental violations of labor law have been proven, yet nothing concrete has been done to redress the workers' complaints. Incidents like the recent police violence of January 2000 against striking workers at Mexico's Kuk-Dong garment factory (whose biggest customer is Nike) and the Duro Bag factory (whose biggest customer is Hallmark) point out the impotence of the labor agreements. As Martha Ojeda, the director of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, says, "We already know that its [NAFTA's] protections for labor rights are worthless." Since the anti-WTO protests in Seattle, there has been a growing awareness of neo-liberalism's failure to protect citizens' rights. To the wide coalition of protesters that will decend on Quebec in April, the FTAA represents another push of that same neo-liberal agenda. Not surprisingly, Canadian authorities are well aware of the potential PR disaster the Summit could become -- and they are doing everything they can to silence the dissenting voices in Quebec. Security measures being planned for the Summit are sweeping -- the largest police deployment in Canadian history. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) estimates that the overall budget for the police operation during the three-day Summit will be well over $22 million. Over 5,000 officers from the RCMP, provincial Surete du Quebec and local municipal forces are slated to work during the three days, while the Surete du Quebec assures people on its web site that if need be it will "co-ordinate and establish the necessary liaisons with the Canadian Armed Forces." Apparently, the need has arisen, as the Armed Forces have already been called in -- they are currently training 800 riot police just outside of Quebec City. Police officials have declared that they will establish a security perimeter in downtown Quebec, around the Vieux-Quebec and the Haute-Ville, two areas where the Summit will take place in April. They plan on erecting a 2.4 mile long metal fence, similar to those found around prisons, in the streets of the provincial capital sometime in early spring. The perimeter will
Re: [CTRL] Capitalism ubber alles: Killing the Earth.
-Caveat Lector- More than 140 genetically-unique stocks of salmon in British Columbia and the Yukon have already been driven into extinction My guess is that this has more to do with overfishing, than with clear cutting. Both are bad stewardship, BTW. But that's a whole 'nuther post. Tenorlove __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.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] NYP: HUGH MAY BE TAXED 230G ON RETURNED $$
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/23379.htm HUGH MAY BE TAXED 230G ON RETURNED $$ Wednesday,February 28,2001 By DAN MANGAN Hugh Rodham could owe more than $230,000 in taxes on the money he took - and then returned - for lobbying President Bill Clinton to pardon two felons. Rodham is liable for federal income taxes on the $400,000 he initially received, and for gift taxes on the money the lawyer agreed to return to the felons after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his sister, and the president demanded he pay back his fee, experts told The Post. "I'm saying that the IRS commissioner should pursue this with all vigor, and if he doesn't he's not doing his job," said Gene Gavin, commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Revenue Services, who is not involved in the case. An Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman refused to comment. Gavin said that, based on federal tax tables, Florida resident Rodham will owe $158,400 in income taxes on what he received from a businessman pardoned by Clinton, and a cocaine trafficker who had his sentence commuted. And then, because Rodham - under no legal obligation - gave the money back to the two in exchange for nothing, he will owe another $76,050 in federal gift taxes, Gavin argues, for a total of $234,450 in taxes. "I stand by these numbers," Gavin said, noting that it doesn't matter if Rodham didn't end up keeping a cent - it's the transactions that are taxed. "I think he's got an income-tax issue," said John Bogdanski, law professor at Lewis Clark University in Portland, Ore., and a former IRS adviser. "He worked, he got paid, it's income." But Bogdanski thinks Rodham might avoid paying gift taxes because of IRS rules allowing a lifetime exemption of $675,000 in gifts. Former IRS Commissioner Don Alexander said that although he "toyed with the idea," he does not believe Rodham will owe any taxes on the money. "Even I, a steely eyed ex-tax collector, feel like he's got a pretty good argument" against owing taxes, said Alexander, who nonetheless conceded the IRS has "a technical argument" for claiming taxes. He specifically cited the fact that Rodham quickly paid the money back in the same tax year he received it, suggesting that Rodham "never really had full [control] of it." "The answer is - there's no clear answer," said Sheldon Pollock, a tax attorney and University of Delaware business professor. "The tax code doesn't answer every question." = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- Are we really allowing hate mail here? Is it civilized to call a whole nation "bastards"? I would prefer NOT to read such obscenity on this list - do we not read before we post: Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector." ? And by the way, Aleisha Saba, have you absolutely *no* manners? Can you not make a point without being so rude? Must I assume you are a foul-mouthed, obnoxious xenophobe or will you retract your racist statement? Nadia A Hamer England Aleisha Saba said: I remember the English with their headline story Oh What a Flopnik when our first attempt failed - these parasites on the back of the American public dared to ridicule our space program but boy on the other hand, quick to ask the Yanks to go over and lay themselves doon a dee for the bastards..look to Ireland and see the evil face of the English and note how much money these parasites take from this country each year? NB: "CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! (SNIP).. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector." 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] French/English Slaughter
-Caveat Lector- cardiac mutilator running, Groton, Vermont, for past several days...old hags slamming doors.. --- byron wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 23:13:04 -0800 (PST) From: byron wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Los Alamos' Holes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 01:49:29 -0500 (EST) From: br wahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Los Alamos' Holes LOS ALAMOS' HOLES ..During 1975-1976 the Los Alamos lab reported the development of an electrical hole driller which could sink a shaft by melting rock. This could produce a shaft at least thirty-eight thousand feet deep. The story -- it read well and at least seemed plausible -- was that water injected into one such hole would produce steam which would drive a turbine connected to a second hole. Los Alamos was to provide free, clean, and everlasting power to humanity. ..Several years later the failure of the scheme was announced. The holes were deep enough to reach hot magma but the steam dissipated in fissures and cracks rather than rising in the adjacent hole. ..At about the same time as the glorious federal hole was promoted, the press reported the feds were shrinking and also intensifying thermonuclear explosives. Such weapons are smaller than most people imagine. ..This is why it is important to determine the date and time of the first French thermonuclear test detonation. It is believed to have occurred less than two years before the colossal underground thermonuclear explosion at the French test site in the south Pacific on about 26 July 1976. On the same day the Soviets produced similar monstrous blasts at their Siberian test site. ..The Tangshan earthquake in China occurred 28 July 1976 (if I recall correctly, my notes have disappeared) and resulted in the death of more than one million persons -- as reported by an on-site witness. The almanacs shrink the death toll with every new edition. ..The implications point to extra-strength thermonuclear capsules stacked in a very deep hole at the French test site. These technologies were far beyond the abilities of the French atomic bombers in 1976. ..The earthquake aspect is tied into the lunar perigee, that is when the Moon, in an elliptical orbit, passes closest to the earth. This triggers major earthquakes even without contrived artificial assistance. Fortunately, the lunar perigee relative to the earth's surface has a nineteen year cycle and can't be hurried along. ..Nevertheless, we are left with the vexed question of just what the government(s) may be planning next. Their diabolical abilities have only increased since 1976. ..The terminating set-up of Nixon was probably merely a prelude to the hole caper. ..Also note Gerald Ford's hurried trip to Vladivostok to confer with Brezhnev immediately following Ford's presidential installation prior to the Tangshan earthquake. ..Also note that in August 1976 the North Koreans captured a U.S.Army lieutenant and literally hacked him into small, bloody pieces using hatchets. BR Wahl, Montpelier, Vermont, 6 March 2000, 1:48am EST. --- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.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
[CTRL] Fw: Juno and the Borg
-Caveat Lector- From the latest TOURBUS... - Original Message - From: "Bob Rankin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 1:23 AM Subject: TOURBUS - 27 Feb 01 - TextAloud / Free ISP News -- TOURBUS Volume 6, Number 62 -- 27 Feb 2001 -- --- JUNO AND THE BORG --- You've got mail. Oh, and by the way, you may have been assimilated. If you use Juno's free Internet service, you should be aware of a new policy the company announced earlier this month. Juno Online Services has announced the establishment of the Juno Virtual Supercomputer Project, a distributed computing project that seeks to "harness the unused processing power" of the computers owned by subscribers to Juno's free service. In other words, Juno plans to use YOUR computer to run "computationally intensive biomedical and other applications" for the benefit of commercial clients. You can read the Juno press release here: A href="http://www.juno.com/corp/news/supercomputer.html" http://www.juno.com/corp/news/supercomputer.html /A Under the new terms of service, Juno users must allow the downloading of software to perform these calculations, must agree to leave their computer on 24 hours a day if requested, and give Juno permission to initiate a telephone connection to Juno's central computers at any time. This announcement gave the shivers to privacy pundits, who worry that it may open the door for government investigators to use Juno to gain access to customers' computers without their knowledge. Granted, privacy pundits stay awake nights dreaming up doomsday scenarios. But if you're a Juno user, you'll have to decide if it's worth saving a few bucks a month to put up with these new requirements. =[ Tourbus Rider Information ]=== The Internet Tourbus - U.S. Library of Congress ISSN #1094-2238 Copyright 1995-2001, Crispen Rankin - All rights reserved Help the hungry, poor and sick - for free! http://FreeDonation.com Subscribe, Signoff, Archives, Free Stuff and More at the Tourbus Website - http://www.TOURBUS.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
Re: [CTRL] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- From: "Nadia A Hamer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] And by the way, Aleisha Saba, have you absolutely *no* manners? Can you not make a point without being so rude? Apparently Aleisha can not... Must I assume you are a foul-mouthed, obnoxious xenophobe You got it! or will you retract your racist statement? Don't hold your breath. Rather, brace yourself for all manner of abuse from "Aleisha", for daring to call "her" posts to task :-7 June 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] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- June perhaps you would want to give this Nadia Hammer (a bad penny) your rendition of what sodomy is like. That was such a lovely article you wrote I saved a copy. You seem to be a specialist in the field of sodomy How do you two manage to share the same computer stool? Or tell her about Jesus being the bastard son of a woman who was "knocked up". You are both a big pile of dung aka la mared? 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: [GATA] Prudential says GATA is moving the gold market /off-topic
9:17p ET Tuesday, February Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Below is GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's special "Midas" commentary tonight for his subscribers at www.LeMetropoleCafe.com. Note particularly its quotation of commentary that was distributed today by Prudential Securities. The Prudential commentary focuses on ... GATA. While it seems not to want to believe it, Prudential indicates that GATA is influencing both the conduct of the suppressors of the gold price and the gold market itself. This is huge recognition for the work GATA and its supporters are doing for the gold cause, and an indication that we're getting close to success. Like us or not, we're a factor in the gold business now, doing the work that the World Gold Council should have been doing and might have done if it had not been terrified of standing up for gold's traditional monetary functions; terrified of standing up for gold's use as money, which is infinitely more important than its use as mere jewelery, with which the council has contented itself; terrified of standing up for the council's own industry; terrified of confronting the powers aligned against gold; and terrified of acknowledging that gold is and must always be the direct competitor of those powers. Imagine what could have been accomplished by now if the gold council, amply funded despite the gold industry's horrifying decline, had not left this work to little GATA over the last two years. Well, as bemused as Prudential Securities may be that we're moving the gold market, we're going to keep working at it. People all over the world are coming forward to help us. The industry itself is waking up. Don't despair; we're getting close. If one avenue is closed to us, we'll find another. We can win because we're right, no matter the power against us. Lincoln knew it: "Let us have faith that RIGHT makes might, and, in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. * * * MIDAS COMMENTARY FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2001 By Bill Murphy www.LeMetropoleCafe.com February 27, 2001 The one-month lease rate soared today, flirting momentarily with 5 percent and settling around 4.68 percent. The stress on the gold cartel and in the physical market is building noticeably. Gold closed up $1.50 to finish at $266.70. Volume was VERY heavy at 58,000 contracts, which means the big shorts are using up a lot of ammo trying to keep the gold price from exploding. They threw the kitchen sink at the gold longs today. The Comex open interest declined only 1,795 contracts on yesterday's big move up -- another disappointment for the bears. The gold price in Aussie dollar is 512 and not far off its 522 highs. Remember the last time the Aussie gold price went that high -- the heightened concern in the financial community about the possibility that hedge books of some of the overly hedged Aussie gold producers would go so far under water that they would sink for good. Why should those fears be less today when the physical gold market is so much tighter? The following comes from Cafe member Sean, who prefaces his remark with an excerpt from an article in the South African newspaper, Business Day, the country's equivalent of The Wall Street Journal: * * * "Perhaps central banks that traditionally have lent gold have become more reluctant to lend out their bullion, making speculators' lives more difficult. It is not inconceivable that our own Reserve Bank has played a quiet role, as the Bank has been a gold leasing player." http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,800329-6094- 0,00.html Not "inconceivable," maybe, but BREATHTAKING all the same! The South African Reserve Bank's balance sheet shows $14.5 billion forward sales against ALL foreign exchange and gold reserves. Were they selling their own country short until GATA visited? * * * From South Africa's Business Day on Friday, February 16: "Standard Bank group economist Iraj Abedian has suggested that the government refuse to do business with fanancial institutions that attack the rand. He said rumours that have damaged the rand have consistantly emanated from three or four houses" A South African Cafe member called up Abedian and complimented him on his statement. Our guy asked Abedian who the banks were, but he was reluctant to answer. Your fellow Cafe member said, "OK, how about if I name 4 banks and you just say warm or cold." Abedian agreed. Your Cafe member then rattled off four of the five bullion banks in the Gold Cartel as cited in Reg Howe's complaint. The response from Abedian: "Very warm!" * * * PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES COMMENTARY February 27, 2001 Certainly there their is no "shortage" of short sellers in the gold market. Indeed, gold-investment industry elements have gone so far as to file legal action in U.S. federal Court against the U.S. Treasury and several prominent investment banks, claiming a conspiracy
[CTRL] Fwd: Autism levels are 'ten times higher'
BBC NEWS ONLINE Tuesday, 27 February, 2001, 17:30 GMT Autism levels are 'ten times higher' Autism levels have increased ten-fold over the past decade, according to research. Some people have linked the increase in autism to the controversial MMR jab, but others feel it could be linked to a number of environmental factors. The Autism Research Unit, which is part of the University of Sunderland, said it was unable to rule out a link with the MMR and autism. And researchers called for further investigations to look at what is causing the huge increases. "There are a lot of things that are a possibility for the cause of the increase, but we wouldn't rule out a link with the MMR jab" - Paul Shattock, of the Autism Research Unit Paul Shattock from the Autism Research Unit, said: "There are a lot of things that are a possibility for the cause of the increase, but we wouldn't rule out a link with the MMR jab. Full text: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1193000/1193046.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1193000/1193046.stm
[CTRL] Fwd: TRENT LOTT KILLS SENATE PARDONGATE INVESTIGATION
All part of "restoring our faith in government". Lets move on. A bread and circus appeal to the American peoples pocket books is the prefect distraction from the cold fact that the country is no longer theirs and the law means nothing. Im sure Lew, Clintons lingering FBI director, will agree. But all I can do is complain. Mario FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/27/2001 Press Office202-646-5172 TRENT LOTT KILLS SENATE PARDONGATE INVESTIGATION Lott Also Killed Clinton Impeachment Trial (Washington, DC) Today, the New York Post reported in an article by Vincent Morris that: Yesterdays Pardongate developments came amid signs that [Republican] Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott who praised President Bush for ignoring the pardon issue is unenthusiastic about the probe.And Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who was leading a separate pardon probe, appears to have temporarily shelved his investigation.Several lawmakers added that the plan to merge the House and Senate pardon probes also is dead. Vincent Morris, New Pardon Probe, New York Post, February 27, 2001.Senator Lotts actions obviously follow President George W. Bushs remarks that the Pardongate scandal should not be looked into and that instead, Its time to move on. Senator Lott, who himself does fundraising through the University of Mississippi (Bill Clinton uses the University of Arkansas for his Presidential Library), should be ashamed. Judicial Watch is pursuing an investigation of Senator Lotts fundraising activities at the University of Mississippi, and will report the results sometime in the future, stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. To Unsubscribe from this list, please go to http://www.judicialwatch.org/unsubscribe.asp.
[CTRL] Resign, N.Y.C. Paper Urges Hil
Resign, N.Y.C. Paper Urges Hil he's in only her second month as a senator, but Hillary Rodham Clinton has been called on by a New York City newspaper to resign over the pardons flap. In an editorial appearing on the front page of today's New York Observer, the lox-colored weekly dubbed Clinton "Slick Hillie" and called for her resignation. "It is clear now that we have made a terrible mistake, for Hillary Rodham Clinton is unfit for elective office. Had she any shame, she would resign," said the weekly, which had endorsed her Senate race rival, former Republican Rep. Rick Lazio. Asked about the editorial after attending President Bush's speech to Congress last night, Clinton said she had not seen it. "I have no knowledge of it at all," she said. Her spokeswoman, Karen Dunn, shrugged it off. "Senator Clinton is working hard every day for the things New Yorkers care about, like fighting for better schools and health care," Dunn said. "The observers that matter the most in this regard are her constituents." Helen Kennedy Original Publication Date: 2/28/01 New View for Sen. Clinton (2/28/01) What do you think? Post your comments on our Forums. Daily News Services Click on any service and enjoy shopping online! Daily News Services Click on any service and enjoy shopping online!
Re: [CTRL] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- I don't think you have to assume that Aleisha is a foul-mouthed, obnoxious xenophobe... I think she has proved it. M -Original Message- From: Nadia A Hamer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 8:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Moon Landing A Hoax? -Caveat Lector- Are we really allowing hate mail here? Is it civilized to call a whole nation "bastards"? I would prefer NOT to read such obscenity on this list - do we not read before we post: Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector." ? And by the way, Aleisha Saba, have you absolutely *no* manners? Can you not make a point without being so rude? Must I assume you are a foul-mouthed, obnoxious xenophobe or will you retract your racist statement? Nadia A Hamer England Aleisha Saba said: I remember the English with their headline story Oh What a Flopnik when our first attempt failed - these parasites on the back of the American public dared to ridicule our space program but boy on the other hand, quick to ask the Yanks to go over and lay themselves doon a dee for the bastards..look to Ireland and see the evil face of the English and note how much money these parasites take from this country each year? NB: "CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! (SNIP).. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector." 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] Argentine Ranchers Say Cattle Infected With Virus (Update1)
-Caveat Lector- Hmmm, Argentina has infected cattle, but US still plans to import Argentine beef. Is the fox watching the hen house? KL --- http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Top%20World%20Newss1 =blktp=ad_topright_topworldT=markets_bfgcgi_content99.hts2=blk bt=ad_position1_windexmiddle=ad_frame2_windexs=AOpv4uRT5QXJ nZW50 02/27 13:58 Argentine Ranchers Say Cattle Infected With Virus (Update1) By Athena Jones Buenos Aires, Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Argentine beef producers said cattle in some areas are infected with foot-and-mouth disease, even as the government maintains that a plan to vaccinate livestock is merely a precautionary measure and the U.S. has decided not to restrict beef imports. ``We have animals that are sick,'' said Dardo Chiesa, president of the Buenos Aires and La Pampa Confederation of Rural Associations. Chiesa said beef producers have confirmed cases of infected animals in the two provinces. In northwest Buenos Aires province, ranchers have reported 3,000 to 5,000 heads of cattle infected, said Federico Galligo, president of the Rivadavia Foundation for Animal Health, part of the Rivadavia Rural Society. Beef producers' statements contradict Argentina's Agriculture Secretary Antonio Berhongaray, who has said there have been no outbreaks of the highly contagious virus. If the virus has infected livestock, Argentina could face trouble regaining its disease free status and delay the opening of new markets for exports of its famed grass-fed beef. Argentina lost its status as free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination last week when officials said the country would start vaccinating cattle against the virus in some high-risk areas in a move to protect its $6.9 billion beef industry. Argentina's problem is the latest in a series of catastrophes that have shaken world beef markets. An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.K. has led the European Union to ban U.K. meat imports to prevent the spread of the virus to a continent that is already fighting so- called mad cow disease. New cases of the fatal disease, which affects humans, have recently been reported recently in livestock in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Vaccination Program Argentina now has to reapply to the foot-and-mouth commission of the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, the standard-setting body on animal health matters for the World Trade Organization, to regain a status as free of foot-and- mouth with vaccination. Argentina is to vaccinate 11 million head of cattle starting Thursday, said Eduardo Greco, vice president of the country's animal and food health inspection service, known as Senasa. That's about 22 percent of the country's cattle population. ``Unfortunately we are late with the vaccination plan,'' said Chiesa. In Rivadavia, the team in charge of vaccinating the animals, headed by Galligo, has already begun vaccinating. Rivadavia, a zone where cattle are brought from around the country, to be fattened before sale to slaughterhouses, is particularly susceptible to the virus. ``This is a cattle receiving zone, it's easy for the cattle to be infected here,'' said Galligo. ``There is a lot of movement and exchange of animals.'' High Risk Producers in Rivadavia receive cattle from several areas, including the northern provinces of Formosa and Corrientes, regions considered at high-risk of the disease because they border Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, none of which have been declared free of foot and mouth without vaccination. Galligo, who also headed the local vaccination campaign begun in the early nineties as part of a nationwide effort to eradicate the disease, said producers kept quiet when the virus first appeared about two months ago in the hopes the government would implement a strategy to contain the situation. But now the problem has spread, he said. Galligo expects the vaccination program to bring the situation under control in the next 30 days. Both the U.S. and Canada blocked Argentine beef imports in early August after cattle in northern Argentina were found carrying antibodies for the highly contagious virus, fueling fears of a new outbreak of the disease. The U.S. reopened its market in December and Canada did the same last month after sending health officials to the country to evaluate the country's sanitary situation. The U.S. yesterday approved the vaccination plan and said it would not restrict Argentine beef imports, which are limited to 20,000 metric tons a year of fresh, boneless meat. Argentina's Agriculture Secretary Antonio Berhongaray said the U.S. decision ''confirms that the sanitary situation of Argentina, of which we have informed all of the countries that buy Argentine beef, does not affect the export of our beef.'' Brazilian Ban Still, Brazil last week decided to ban the import of meat with bone from Argentina after meeting with Senasa President Victor Machinea. Meat with bone made up about 3 percent of Argentine meat exports to
Re: [CTRL] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- if you are as pretty as you are mental, aliesha, i will give you a 'hands on' demonstration of sodomy any time you like. erm, bebby. and funnily enough- i agree with you- june is saba in disguise- awful ain't it? - Original Message - From: "Aleisha Saba" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Moon Landing A Hoax? -Caveat Lector- June perhaps you would want to give this Nadia Hammer (a bad penny) your rendition of what sodomy is like. That was such a lovely article you wrote I saved a copy. You seem to be a specialist in the field of sodomy How do you two manage to share the same computer stool? Or tell her about Jesus being the bastard son of a woman who was "knocked up". You are both a big pile of dung aka la mared? 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 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] US Said To Export Torture Weapons
-Caveat Lector- US Said To Export Torture Weapons By Pauline Jelinek Associated Press Writer Monday, Feb. 26, 2001; 10:00 a.m. EST WASHINGTON Dozens of U.S. companies sell weapons and other equipment used overseas for torture, Amnesty International said Monday, calling for a ban on the sales. The items include high-tech electroshock weapons, leg irons and serrated thumb cuffs designed to tear flesh if a detainee tries to get free, said a report by the U.S. chapter of the London-based human rights group. "No U.S. company should profit from torture," said William F. Schulz, head of the chapter. "The global manufacture, marketing and export of the equipment for torture is a moneymaking business that turns a blind eye to the suffering it causes," said the report, "Stopping the Torture Trade." Although it is illegal to own some of the equipment in the United States, Amnesty International said the Commerce Department has granted export licenses for sales valued at $97 million since 1997 under the category of "crime control equipment." It said some 80 American companies were involved in the manufacture, marketing and export of the items. An analysis of Commerce data shows Saudi Arabia, Russia, Taiwan, Israel and Egypt as the major recipients of the U.S. equipment, Amnesty said. The report said the group has documented that torturers in those countries use such technology. The equipment could also be used for legitimate law enforcement reasons, including to restrain or subdue detainees. But Amnesty spokesman Alistair Hodgett said the group still believes some of them such as the flesh-tearing thumb cuffs and a belt that emits electric shocks are "inherently cruel" and their export thus should be banned outright. Other devices have not been tested for their medical effects, and their export should be suspended, he said. Amnesty released the study as the State Department was issuing its annual report on human rights around the world. "It is unconscionable that while the U.S. State Department promotes human rights, the U.S. Department of Commerce has approved export licenses to countries that our own government documents as committing torture," Schulz said in a statement. Hodgett said there are relatively few manufacturers of the equipment, but they sell to an increasing number of suppliers and marketers. "Once they roll off the production line there's no followup to show where these things end up," he said in an interview. "Despite improved government regulation of exports, weapons are being sold and resold into the hands of torturers," Schulz said. "In the absence of stringent worldwide controls to prevent this ..., export should be immediately halted," the Amnesty International report said. The report is part of a yearlong campaign by the human rights group to document torture around the world. It also has launched an Internet program in which supporters can send messages quickly to officials where torture is taking place and demand an immediate end to the abuse. On the Net: Amnesty International USA: www.amnestyusa.org 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] Clinton Corruption Plays Us for Fools
-Caveat Lector- Clinton Corruption Plays Us for FoolsWe Wont Forget Some day soon, public interest in the Clinton administrations final disgrace will fade, and the former Presidentif not his wife, our junior Senatorwill retreat from the headlines. Then, after an appropriate interval, we will start seeing phony photo ops and pious public pronouncements. Here and there, the Clintons will begin their latest rehabilitation: Here is the junior Senator, hugging inner-city children; there is the former President, lecturing his successor on the finer points of statecraft. Just as surely as Richard Nixon began planning his comeback on the airplane that took him to San Clemente on Aug. 9, 1974, the Clintons even now are preparing their future public-relations assault on the nations better nature. They assumeregrettably, not without reasonthat the American public in general, and New York voters in particular, will forget about the pardons and the denials and the bald-faced lies that have sickened even their most stalwart apologists. They assume that disgust will run its course, that salvation will be found in short attention spans, that the hyperactivity of the media age will continue to blur collective memory. And if that doesnt work, well, they figure they can rely on this heavily Democratic state to swallow whole their claims to political victimhood. If public memory cannot be manipulated, theres always the crass pandering that has served them so well in the past: The former President will walk the length of 125th Street to remind his putative neighbors that he was, after all, the first black President; the junior Senator will hold news conferences to denounce right-wing conspirators. This combination of cold-blooded racial politics and partisan hatemongering, the Clintons no doubt believe, will keep New York pliant. And New York is the key to it all: Without New York, there is no Senate seat, there is no imperial post-Presidency, there is no access to the courtiers who can, with words, actions and money, douse the dealings of grifters with the perfume of public service. So the Clintons are playing New Yorkers for fools. Although they surely know by now that their actions and their words have offended even their own supporters in the state they laughingly call home, they see no reason to panic. Mrs. Clinton is in the first weeks of a six-year term of office; in 2006, they believe, who in New York will remember Marc Rich or Hugh Rodham? Who will remember the White House furniture that found its way to their living room in Chappaqua? And so it will be up to New York, finally, to foil the calculations of this coarse and manipulative couple. New Yorkers now have an obligation, not only to themselves but to the nation: They must remember. They must remember exactly how they feel about the Clintons at this moment, exactly how they felt when their junior Senator claimed she didnt know that her own brother was bidding for pardons from her husband. They must remember how their stomachs turned when their junior Senator professed to be heartbroken about her brothers rancid involvement in the great pardon auction. They must remember their astonishment when Mrs. Clinton claimed to know nothing about the Rich pardon, even though his ex-wife Denise donated more than $100,000 to the former First Ladys Senate campaignnot to mention the $1.1 million that Ms. Rich has given the national Democratic Party, and the $450,000 she gave to the Clinton Presidential Library. Mrs. Clinton is heartbroken? Shes always either heartbroken or disappointed. What about her constituents? Doesnt she feel our shame? After all, her husband felt our pain. Does she not understand our embarrassment? With the nation and indeed the world watching, we entrusted her with the U.S. Senate seat once held by Robert F. Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It is clear now that we have made a terrible mistake, for Hillary Rodham Clinton is unfit for elective office. Had she any shame, she would resign. If federal officeholders were subject to popular recall, shed be thrown out of office by springtime, the season of renewal. Only two months ago, serious people believed that Mrs. Clinton would be a candidate for President in 2004. Even true believersgathered in Manhattans few remaining telephone boothsmust admit that the plan to get Mrs. Clinton back into the White House must now be relegated to historys dustbin, where it will share space with the proceedings of the ClintonCare commission, canceled checks to the Whitewater Development Corporation and the billing records of the Rose Law Firm. Mrs. Clintons political viability has come to an end after fewer than eight weeks in office. Unlike the tawdry dealings that led to Bill Clintons impeachment, the pardon scandal implicates Mrs. Clinton as much as, and perhaps even more than, her
[CTRL] Corruption - Readable Version
Clinton Corruption Plays Us for Fools - We Won't Forget Some day soon, public interest in the Clinton administration's final disgrace will fade, and the former President - if not his wife, our junior Senator - will retreat from the headlines. Then, after an appropriate interval, we will start seeing phony photo ops and pious public pronouncements. Here and there, the Clintons will begin their latest rehabilitation: Here is the junior Senator, hugging inner-city children; there is the former President, lecturing his successor on the finer points of statecraft. Just as surely as Richard Nixon began planning his comeback on the airplane that took him to San Clemente on Aug. 9, 1974, the Clintons even now are preparing their future public-relations assault on the nation's better nature. They assume - regrettably, not without reason - that the American public in general, and New York voters in particular, will forget about the pardons and the denials and the bald-faced lies that have sickened even their most stalwart apologists. They assume that disgust will run its course, that salvation will be found in short attention spans, that the hyperactivity of the media age will continue to blur collective memory. And if that doesn't work, well, they figure they can rely on this heavily Democratic state to swallow whole their claims to political victimhood. If public memory cannot be manipulated, there's always the crass pandering that has served them so well in the past: The former President will walk the length of 125th Street to remind his putative neighbors that he was, after all, the first black President; the junior Senator will hold news conferences to denounce right-wing conspirators. This combination of cold-blooded racial politics and partisan hatemongering, the Clintons no doubt believe, will keep New York pliant. And New York is the key to it all: Without New York, there is no Senate seat, there is no imperial post-Presidency, there is no access to the courtiers who can, with words, actions and money, douse the dealings of grifters with the perfume of public service. So the Clintons are playing New Yorkers for fools. Although they surely know by now that their actions and their words have offended even their own supporters in the state they laughingly call home, they see no reason to panic. Mrs. Clinton is in the first weeks of a six-year term of office; in 2006, they believe, who in New York will remember Marc Rich or Hugh Rodham? Who will remember the White House furniture that found its way to their living room in Chappaqua? And so it will be up to New York, finally, to foil the calculations of this coarse and manipulative couple. New Yorkers now have an obligation, not only to themselves but to the nation: They must remember. They must remember exactly how they feel about the Clintons at this moment, exactly how they felt when their junior Senator claimed she didn't know that her own brother was bidding for pardons from her husband. They must remember how their stomachs turned when their junior Senator professed to be "heartbroken" about her brother's rancid involvement in the great pardon auction. They must remember their astonishment when Mrs. Clinton claimed to know nothing about the Rich pardon, even though his ex-wife Denise donated more than $100,000 to the former First Lady's Senate campaign - not to mention the $1.1 million that Ms. Rich has given the national Democratic Party, and the $450,000 she gave to the Clinton Presidential Library. Mrs. Clinton is heartbroken? She's always either heartbroken or disappointed. What about her constituents? Doesn't she feel our shame? After all, her husband felt our pain. Does she not understand our embarrassment? With the nation and indeed the world watching, we entrusted her with the U.S. Senate seat once held by Robert F. Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. It is clear now that we have made a terrible mistake, for Hillary Rodham Clinton is unfit for elective office. Had she any shame, she would resign. If federal officeholders were subject to popular recall, she'd be thrown out of office by springtime, the season of renewal. Only two months ago, serious people believed that Mrs. Clinton would be a candidate for President in 2004. Even true believers - gathered in Manhattan's few remaining telephone booths - must admit that the plan to get Mrs. Clinton back into the White House must now be relegated to history's dustbin, where it will share space with the proceedings of the ClintonCare commission, canceled checks to the Whitewater Development Corporation and the billing records of the Rose Law Firm. Mrs. Clinton's political viability has come to an end after fewer than eight weeks in office. Unlike the tawdry dealings that led to Bill Clinton's impeachment, the pardon scandal implicates Mrs. Clinton as much as, and perhaps even more than, her husband. After all, it was her brother, not his, who accepted $400,000 to lobby for pardons for a
[CTRL] Trade Secrets of Chemicals Industry
The following should be informative, if you are interested. . . TRADE SECRETS/Coming CleanOn Monday night, March 26th, public television will air a .groundbreaking investigative report on the chemical industry.In TRADE SECRETS: A MOYERS REPORT correspondent Bill Moyers and producer Sherry Jones uncover how our health and safety have been put at risk and why powerful forces don't want the truth to be known. This investigative report, accompanied by a PBS.org Web site, is based on a massive archive of secret industry documents as shocking as the "tobacco papers."TRADE SECRETS provides everyone working on toxic chemicalsand environmental health issues a tremendous education and outreachopportunity. To help maximize that opportunity, the EnvironmentalHealth Fund, the Environmental Working Group, the Center forHealth, Environment and Justice and Women's Voices For theEarth.are launching Coming Clean, a project aimed at cleaning upthe chemical industry's contamination of our food, our bodies and ourenvironment.Coming Clean is working with groups across the country to organize local TRADE SECRETS viewing events. For more information abouthow you can organize a viewing event in your community, please contactAnn Long at [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlotte Brody at [EMAIL PROTECTED],Bryony Schwan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Monica Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED].
[CTRL] MC:THE CANADIAN UFO SURVEY
-Caveat Lector- THE CANADIAN UFO SURVEY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Feb 27, 2001 17:16 PST http://www.geocities.com/aristotl.geo/ THE CANADIAN UFO SURVEY The Web Page Has Been Updated With the 2000 Survey as of February 26, 2001! Since 1989, UFOlogy Research of Manitoba has solicited sightings data from active Canadian researchers. This data is annually compiled into the "Canadian UFO Survey." The survey is made publicly available in an attempt to promote the dissemination of information across the field of ufology. This page contains many of the surveys, as well as the data; most of the information is in hypertext format. The "Total Data" section contains a handful of graphs that examine all of the data from 1989 and onwards. Then in different sections on this page the data for each year is presented. Each section contains a "survey" which is an essay describing the results for the year, explaining any trends found, significant facts, and some of the more interesting cases. As well, each section has a "data" page, which shows the basic data (date, time, etc.) for each report for the year. This is done in table format. Be warned though, some of the tables are quite large in size, with the average being around 300k. If anyone visiting this page should find an error, a dead link, or would simply like to make a suggestion, please email me at the address below. Thanks The Surveys RESULTS OF ANALYSING TOTAL DATA (1989-2000) snip __ EcoNews Service - Always online for Ecology, Consciousness Universe Exopolitics. Vancouver, BC V6M 1V8 EcoNews http://www.ecologynews.com/ Prague http://mujweb.cz/www/ecologynews/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] MC:Canadian UFO Reports Up 2% Last Year, Says National Study
-Caveat Lector- Canadian UFO Reports Up 2% Last Year, Says National Study [EMAIL PROTECTED] Feb 27, 2001 17:13 PST http://farshores.topcities.com/farshores/ufocan02.htm Canadian UFO Reports Up 2% Last Year, Says National Study There were 2% more UFO reports filed in Canada in 2000 than 1999, according to the findings of a national study released today. "We found a slight increase over the year before," says Chris Rutkowski, editor of the study. "There were 263 UFO sightings reported in Canada in 2000, about 11% more than the average recorded since 1989 when we began compiling this data." Rutkowski is research coordinator for Ufology Research of Manitoba (UFOROM), a civilian group that gathers and studies UFO reports made to Canadian volunteer civilian groups and government agencies. UFOROM has been publishing an annual survey of Canadian UFO sightings since 1989 and has accumulated almost 3,000 Canadian UFO cases since the beginning of the last decade. They look at details such as where a UFO was seen, the time of day, its colour, shape and observed behaviour. Other findings of the 2000 study: In 2000, more UFOs were reported in the late summer and early fall than any other time of the year. About 13% of all UFO reports were unexplained. This percentage of unknowns falls to about 5% when only high-quality cases are considered. UFO incidents usually have more than one witness; in fact, most UFO sightings have two witnesses, meaning that sightings can usually be corroborated by someone else. The typical UFO sighting lasted between five and eight minutes in 2000, giving witness enough time to get a good look at what they were seeing. Most UFOs were reported in western and northern Canada, including the Yukon. "Were not saying that aliens are invading Canada, only that people continue to report UFOs quite regularly," explains Rutkowski. "Most UFOs have simple explanations, but the unexplained ones are still interesting, although not necessarily from Mars. Report numbers are increasing, even though in this advanced technological age, science tells us that UFOs arent real." He adds: "This research will allow scientists to be better informed concerning the actual characteristics of a popular social phenomenon that is pervasive in our culture." For further information, contact: Chris Rutkowski, editor, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone: 204-269-7553 Geoff Dittman, data analysis, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The study is available online at: http://www.geocities.com/aristotl.geo Story originally published by UFO Research of Manitoba News Release - February 27 2001 - EcoNews Service http://www.ecologynews.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
Re: [CTRL] Guardian Unlimited Observer International Hillary's trouble ...
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/25/2001 1:28:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the blatant accepting of pay-offs for pardons all of this is a very fitting and appropriate conclusion to the Clinton presidency. Does anyone recall 8 years ago, at the outset, Bill promised America: "the most ethical Administration in history"? And most sadly, it probably was. 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] bush
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/26/2001 1:11:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GEORGE W. BUSH IN PANTY SCANDAL by DAVID WRIGHT A STUNNING PLAYBOY MODEL has unleashed the opening salvo in a campaign against George W. Bush - claiming she had a torrid 18-month affair with him that ended last June. Political experts say her sordid tale is just the beginning of a campaign that will be aimed at the front-runner during his run for the White House. "He's going to be vulnerable all the way up to the election," Dr. Larry Sabato, professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia, told The You know, this kind of stuff was a bore when it was about Clinton. It's still a bore when it's about Bush. I don't care if both of these guys have slept with every tart from here to Kokomo. Hang it up. 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] Poll: New Yorkers Don't Believe Hillary on Pardons
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/26/2001 9:44:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most New Yorkers did not believe Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) when she denied knowing her brother was being paid for helping secure presidential pardons for two convicted felons, according to a poll published on Sunday. Goes to show you. New Yorkers are not as bright as they try to make us believe. No wonder the market is falling. 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] Breast Biter Involved In Pardons
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/26/2001 9:46:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: . Coffey lost his US attorney job for biting a stripper. He is remembered for having lost a key drug case against two smugglers who had been accused of importing 75 tons of cocaine, said to be worth $2 billion. It was the biggest drug-smuggling case ever lost by federal prosecutors. On a February 1996 evening Coffey was at Lipstik, a Miami nude bar, where he had a private session in which stripper Tamara "Tiffany" Gutierrez danced naked for him. Inexplicably, Coffey lunged for her breast and missed, biting her on the arm. He was escorted out of the establishment. Coffey had put his tab on a credit card. When exposed, Coffey resigned. Most recently, Coffey was in the news as one of the attorneys working on the recount for the Gore campaign in Florida. Kind of a brother-under-the-skin to that Dick Morris guy and that sports announcer. What's with all these supposedly successful weirdos? Isn't there any guy out there who has made it professionally and still managed to hang on to his (well you know what I mean)? 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] Poll: New Yorkers Don't Believe Hillary on Pardons
-Caveat Lector- "Prudence L. Kuhn" wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/26/2001 9:44:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most New Yorkers did not believe Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) when she denied knowing her brother was being paid for helping secure presidential pardons for two convicted felons, according to a poll published on Sunday. Goes to show you. New Yorkers are not as bright as they try to make us believe. No wonder the market is falling. Prudy Do you belive her? 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] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/26/2001 9:53:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Amid the maelstrom that continues to envelop them, a major landmark will be passed in the Clinton family tomorrow; Chelsea comes of age. The only daughter of the still compulsively newsworthy ex-president and the recently elected senator for New York will turn 21. In normal circumstances, it should be a matter for raucous rejoicing. The once gauche teenager with the gaudy brace is but a memory, ready to strike out into a fully-fledged state of independence. But for Chelsea the auguries could hardly be grimmer. With the raging pardons controversy casting as thick a pall over the former first family as anything they ever encountered during their scandal-plagued White House years, the mood of celebration will be decidedly dampened. Her fatherâs reputation is now in unmitigated disrepute; her motherâs political career is tarnished, perhaps beyond repair. Chelsea never got to be at a party. From the time she was twelve years old and Rush Limbaugh was laughing with one of his kooky guests about how she was so ugly, right through to that weirdo from England wanting to kill her, Chelsea has not had a party. She has been caught in the crossfire as the Republican Party and its moral, high minded religious right leadership has spread every evil word it can find out or make up about her father, her mother and even herself. She's a bright girl, and she probably knew about oral sex even before Congress and Mr. Starr explained it so very carefully on the evening news using her father and the planted stooge, Monica, to demonstrate for the rest of the United States. They were very explicit, SEVERAL TIMES, since they thought us all so stupid and naive we were hopelessly out of touch with anything but the missionary position. It's funny when you think of it. John-John was a child in a White House where there were hot-and-cold running girls, but no one really minded. Johnson's girls grew up there when their dad had several secretaries in several places in the Oval Office, and neither we nor they had to listen to the nuances of those unimportant affairs. I haven't paid a lot of attention to who pardoned whom, but George Bush the elder certainly did himself some really wonderful favors when he pardoned the entire Iran-Contra group. And I think he pardoned Armand Hammer too. And Hillary is as honorable as any other member of the House. Remember how long it took them to finally find a guy who hadn't cheated on his wife to make the Speaker. Nobody had ever heard of Hastert. He certainly wasn't on the short list. I think Chelsea has had a remarkable education as to what America is willing to do to a young girl when the power in America doesn't like her mom and dad. There has been some unspeakable filth surrounding the Clinton presidency, but for some strange reason, it seems to have leaked there from the Republican right. 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] WSJ: Bush's Breeding
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/27/2001 4:47:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bush's Breeding In praise of political dynasties BY TUNKU VARADARAJAN Monday, February 26, 2001 12:01 a.m. EST I've decided to accept this as the joke it really is. 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] Lott not soft on pardon probe
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21864 CASH FOR CLEMENCY Lott not soft on pardon probe? Office denies reports he's trying to kill congressional investigation By Jon Dougherty 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Aides to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., say their boss is not engaged in an attempt to kill a Senate or a joint House and Senate investigation into a number of controversial last-minute pardons granted by former President Bill Clinton before he left office. The denial was prompted by a New York Post report published Tuesday that said Lott was "unenthusiastic" about pursuing an investigation in the Senate. "Yesterday's Pardongate developments came amid signs that Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott -- who praised President Bush for ignoring the pardon issue -- is unenthusiastic about the probe," the Post said. "And Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who was leading a separate pardon probe, appears to have temporarily shelved his investigation," said the paper, noting: "Several lawmakers added that the plan to merge the House and Senate pardon probes also is dead." But an aide in Lott's office told WorldNetDaily late yesterday that the Senate majority leader has not ended his support for the probe. "If you go back and review [statements] he has made over the past several days, where he has talked about that, you'll see he's been fairly vocal about it when asked," the aide said, requesting anonymity. When asked if Lott's office was unequivocally denying the report, the aide said, "I won't comment on that. I'll let his earlier statements speak for themselves." Critics are worried that Lott may be attempting to kill the Pardongate inquiries in the same way they believe he killed any effort in the Senate to seriously try Clinton during his impeachment in 1998. Also, they see a pattern developing whereby the White House and prominent Republicans in Congress are content to let previous Clinton scandals escape scrutiny and alleged lawbreakers escape justice. "Sen. Lott's actions obviously follow President George W. Bush's remarks that the Pardongate scandal should not be looked into and that instead, 'It's time to move on,'" said Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman, in a statement. "Sen. Lott should be ashamed," Klayman added, saying his organization was planning an investigation of Lott's "fund-raising activities at the University of Mississippi." On Tuesday, Lott -- during a press conference on Capitol Hill -- was asked about whether he was worried about fallout for Republicans. "The principal responsibility for looking to see if some laws were violated with regard to the pardons rests in the hands of the lady that is a U.S. attorney in New York," Lott said, referring to Mary Jo White's announcement earlier this month that the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office would investigate the pardons. "I have said all along that I thought that the Congress had a responsibility to carry out to look into what happened and what did go on here and see if there is some action that we should take or can take," he said. "It's very different from some of the hearings in the past. You try to find out all you can and see if some remedial action is necessary, and you move on to let the U.S. attorney do her job." At issue are the dozens of pardons Clinton granted in the final hours of his presidency on Jan. 20 that did not receive Justice Department review. Included in those was a pardon for fugitive billionaire Marc Rich, which congressional investigators believe may have been granted because of donations in excess of $1 million given by Rich's ex-wife Denise to Democrats and Clinton's library fund. Marc Rich fled to Switzerland in 1983 to avoid prosecution as a tax cheat and charges he illegally traded with Iran during the hostage crisis. WorldNetDaily Lott not soft on pardon probe.url
[CTRL] Hillary is illegal or unethical say 61 per cent of New York voters
http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/0102/28/A25721-2001Feb28.shtml Hillary is illegal or unethical say 61 per cent of New York voters Source: AP|Published: Wednesday February 28, 9:37 AM New York - Forty-six per cent of New York state voters believe Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did something unethical but not illegal in connection with pardons handed out by her husband at the end of his presidency, a statewide poll reported today. Fifteen per cent believe the former first lady did something illegal, according to the poll by Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion. Thirty-nine per cent said she had done nothing wrong. The telephone poll of 514 registered voters was conducted yesterday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. Clinton denied playing any role in then-President Bill Clinton's commutation of prison sentences for four men convicted of defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars to benefit a Hasidic Jewish sect, which voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in last year's Senate race. Forty-six per cent of voters polled said they do not believe that denial, while 37 per cent said they felt she was telling the truth. Fifty-eight per cent said they did not believe her claim last week that she did not know until well after the fact that her brother, lawyer Hugh Rodham, had received almost $US400,000 ($A767,460) to help win two presidential pardons. Thirty per cent said they believed her. "There's clearly damage in terms of people not believing her," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist institute. Clinton spokesman Jim Kennedy said: "What the poll doesn't ask is whether New Yorkers prefer their senators to focus on the issues that matter most, like health care and education. Because that's what Senator Clinton is doing every day, working hard for all the people of New York." Twenty-eight per cent of the polled voters were not sure how to rate the job Clinton is doing as senator; 42 per cent rated her performance as only fair or poor. Asked if they felt Clinton would be a good senator, 54 per cent said she would, a slight drop from 59 per cent in a Marist poll conducted in December. Age Breaking News.url
Re: [CTRL] Guardian Unlimited Observer International Hillary'strouble...
-Caveat Lector- NO, it probably WAS NOT. It was the LEAST ethical administration in our country's history. "Prudence L. Kuhn" wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/25/2001 1:28:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the blatant accepting of pay-offs for pardons all of this is a very fitting and appropriate conclusion to the Clinton presidency. Does anyone recall 8 years ago, at the outset, Bill promised America: "the most ethical Administration in history"? And most sadly, it probably was. 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 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] Capitalism ubber alles: Killing the Earth.
-Caveat Lector- A Dutch lady living a stones throw from me told me of the work her husband had done for the fisheries department in British Columbia. He had been a professor at the University in Vancouver. His research on the decline of the salmon in B.C. filled several volumes and was so important that he saw the need to fly with them to Ottawa to show them what was happening. As his wife said, they threw his years of work into the garbage and let him know in no uncertain terms that such things are not to be talked about nor written. about. She also said that very little of his writings are left for anyone to read. Yours truly, Cliff Hume. At 04:34 AM 2/28/01 -0800, you wrote: -Caveat Lector- More than 140 genetically-unique stocks of salmon in British Columbia and the Yukon have already been driven into extinction My guess is that this has more to do with overfishing, than with clear cutting. Both are bad stewardship, BTW. But that's a whole 'nuther post. Tenorlove __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.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 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] Guardian Unlimited Observer International Hillary'strouble...
So clearly the LEAST ethical that it set new standards for sleaze ... - Original Message - From: BB To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Guardian Unlimited Observer International Hillary'strouble... -Caveat Lector- NO, it probably WAS NOT. It was the LEAST ethical administration in our country's history."Prudence L. Kuhn" wrote: -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/25/2001 1:28:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the blatant accepting of pay-offs for pardons all of this is a very fitting and appropriate conclusion to the Clinton presidency. Does anyone recall 8 years ago, at the outset, Bill promised America: "the most ethical Administration in history"? And most sadly, it probably was. 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] OmA HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/ADECLARATION DISCLAIMER==CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandicscreeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These aresordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis-directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups withmajor and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, andalways suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives nocredence 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.htmlA HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Ahttp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/ATo 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] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- Ahhh, yes -- the boogey man -- "The Republican Right" made them do it. Let's excuse every idiotioc, juvenile, criminal act that numbskull and his wife ever committed on the weak and pathetic excuse that "well, OTHER people did bad things too". What superb logic. He was supposed to be ABOVE everyone else - the MOST ETHICAL. It's delightful to see how open-hearted and forgiving you liberals are, as long as the miscreants are LIBERAL DEMOCRATS. POOR Chelsea... read Gary Aldrich's "Unlimited Access" to see just how "poor" poor Chelsea was. And, why in the world are you agonizing over her? EVERYONE loves her, and she has parents who are multi-millionaires. There's far more to lament than the fate of a 21 year old who's been the darling of the press for the last 8 years. Whose heart do I hear breaking for the late Vince Foster? I wonder what he thinks of the MOST ETHICAL administration? BB "Prudence L. Kuhn" wrote: There has been some unspeakable filth surrounding the Clinton presidency, but for some strange reason, it seems to have leaked there from the Republican right. 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] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- Well I am interested in the Vince Foster connection with the swiss bank accounts - and could it be that Clinton was offered an 8 million dollar a year job - remember - by Richie Rich aka Marc Rich aka Marc Reich? Maybe Mr. Rich's US property should be held as well as any bank accounts in his companies names - most people on the body bag count seemed to know something they should not have known or bungled onto something so sinister they could not live with it? As for Chelsie or Chelsea - there are rumours she is a lesbian but what would you expect - like father like mother like daughter? But that is her choice - is this why the sodomists are still after the Boy Scouts and now use NYC as home base? Wonder if Chelsie was in the boy scouts? 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] NYO: Slick Hillie Should Resigns: The Clintons are playing New Yorkers for fools
-Caveat Lector- Slick Hillie Should Resign Now, with Mr. Clinton stripped of the power and protection of the Presidency, his supporters see him exactly as he is. And the image that presents itself is terrifyingly close to the caricature his enemies drew of him. They were right, after all. Mr. Clinton was, in fact, an untrustworthy low-life who used people for his own purposes and then discarded them. How could they have been fooled so badly? ... Pro-Clinton commentators and colleagues now realize just how much they compromised, just how much they excused, just how ridiculous they looked in their defense of this corrupt couple. The end of the Clinton Presidency and the beginning of another Bush era has inspired a round of reflection, and Clinton supporters find they can't look at themselves in the mirror. http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage5.asp Wed Feb 28 2001 10:36:27 ET NEW YORK PAPER CALLS ON HILLARY TO RESIGN "Had she any shame, she would resign." With those words Wednesday morning, the New York Observer -- newspaper of record to Manhattan's intelligensia -- became the first major publication to suggest that the corruption now coming to light in the Clintons' pardons-for-cash scandal makes it untenable for Hillary Rodham Clinton to continue serving as New York State's junior U.S. Senator. "With the nation and indeed the world watching, we (New Yorkers) entrusted her with the U.S. Senate seat once held by Robert F. Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan," the Observer says in its scathing editorial this week. "It is clear now that we have made a terrible mistake, for Hillary Rodham Clinton is unfit for elective office. Had she any shame, she would resign. If federal officeholders were subject to popular recall, she'd be thrown out of office by springtime, the season of renewal." The paper warns that the Clintons are banking on the short memories of the electorate; that even now Bill and Hillary are plotting their return to respectability -- biding their time till the latest scandal blows over and they can return to power. "Only two months ago, serious people believed that Mrs. Clinton would be a candidate for President in 2004." Now, says the Observer, even the Clintons' staunchest supporters must realize those hopes have been "relegated to history's dustbin." But, the liberal weekly warns, "They have fooled the public before. They believe they can do so again And so it will be up to New York, finally, to foil the calculations of this coarse and manipulative couple." X X X X X Clinton Corruption Plays Us for Fools - We Won't Forget Some day soon, public interest in the Clinton administration's final disgrace will fade, and the former President - if not his wife, our junior Senator - will retreat from the headlines. Then, after an appropriate interval, we will start seeing phony photo ops and pious public pronouncements. Here and there, the Clintons will begin their latest rehabilitation: Here is the junior Senator, hugging inner-city children; there is the former President, lecturing his successor on the finer points of statecraft. Just as surely as Richard Nixon began planning his comeback on the airplane that took him to San Clemente on Aug. 9, 1974, the Clintons even now are preparing their future public-relations assault on the nation's better nature. They assume - regrettably, not without reason - that the American public in general, and New York voters in particular, will forget about the pardons and the denials and the bald-faced lies that have sickened even their most stalwart apologists. They assume that disgust will run its course, that salvation will be found in short attention spans, that the hyperactivity of the media age will continue to blur collective memory. And if that doesn't work, well, they figure they can rely on this heavily Democratic state to swallow whole their claims to political victimhood. If public memory cannot be manipulated, there's always the crass pandering that has served them so well in the past: The former President will walk the length of 125th Street to remind his putative neighbors that he was, after all, the first black President; the junior Senator will hold news conferences to denounce right-wing conspirators. This combination of cold-blooded racial politics and partisan hatemongering, the Clintons no doubt believe, will keep New York pliant. And New York is the key to it all: Without New York, there is no Senate seat, there is no imperial post-Presidency, there is no access to the courtiers who can, with words, actions and money, douse the dealings of grifters with the perfume of public service. So the Clintons are playing New Yorkers for fools. Although they surely know by now that their actions and their words have offended even their own supporters in the state they laughingly call home, they see no reason to panic. Mrs. Clinton is in the first weeks of a six-year term of office; in 2006, they believe, who in New York will
Re: [CTRL] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- Whose heart do I hear breaking for the late Vince Foster? Whose heart do I hear breaking for the half million Iraqi civilians, almost all of them women and children, who died as a result of Clinton's blockade of Iraq? If one rails against Clinton, and not even mentions his single greatest crime, there must be a reason. What's yours? A HREF!ttp://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER ÝÝÝCTRL 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. ÝÝÝÚrchives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF!ttp://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF!ttp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A o 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] NYDN: Brother's Pal Can Cure Hill's Ills [for only $29.95]
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-02-28/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-1015 18.asp Brother's Pal Can Cure Hill's Ills Our new junior senator might feel like a whole new Hillary if she gives the folks at Gero Vita International a call. Gero Vita is the elixir company owned by Glenn Braswell, who paid Hugh Rodham $200,000 after he received a presidential pardon. Braswell was convicted back in 1983 of fraud involving supposed cures for baldness and cellulite. He surely would not have been awarded a pardon if he was still selling fake remedies, so we can assume that the herbal concoctions he continues to peddle over the Internet have a de facto presidential seal of approval. A whiz like Hillary has no present need for Braswell's BrainPower pill, which his Web site says "keeps the mind thriving and growing well into your later years." She likewise seems to do fine without Mind Extender, an "exclusive formula" that "keeps you sharp, alert and focused to handle the complexities of everyday life." One item Hillary might consider is Memory Caps. The Web site promises that a $29.95 bottle of these pills would help her "jump-start the storage and recall functions of the brain," thanks in part to the powers of a "Chinese food additive" called zingiber officinale. Hillary might even remember some particulars of what she termed the "many, many people" who spoke to her about pardons or "asked me to pass on information" to the White House counsel's office. "With Memory Caps, you can hold onto your memory once and for all," the Gero Vita site promises. In the midst of yet another scandal where much of the country doubts her word, Hillary might also want to try Stress Eliminator. "If you're feeling the daily pressures of work, family and other commitments, life can become an overwhelming burden," the Web site notes. "Use Stress Eliminator, and you can maintain a healthy, well-balanced, stress-free routine." The Web site also offers an array of energy enhancers that might come in handy for a woman who is under continued onslaught by a vast right-wing conspiracy. NADH Energizer promises "energy where you need it most at the cellular level." Theragize enables you to "give your body what it needs and end your personal energy crisis." Energy Release Formula "makes use of a unique delivery system," this being a spray bottle that facilitates spritzing the stuff under the tongue. "Tiny molecules called liposomes carry high-energy nutrients that immediately penetrate the mucous tissue in your mouth," the Web site says. "Don't wait for hours feel the burst of vigor and pep." A product for which Hillary would have no personal use is Prostata, a prostate potion that Braswell advertised with photos of sports figures such as Stan Musial "who waited too long." Musial filed suit, and in a deposition four months before his pardon, Braswell is said to have taken the Fifth Amendment 136 times in two hours. Other Braswell products include Line-Eliminator, to "restore your skin to a lustrous, taut and youthful glow." Adoxynol CoQ10 is described as an "essential life-extension formula." Teston Cream/Intimax offers "a two-step program for sensational sex." Hillary might prefer Gero-Vita G.H.3, a "premier longevity/anti-aging formula" similar to one offered by a Romanian clinic to "wealthy celebrities and politicians." "It helps with just a little bit of everything, actually," said the woman who answered Gero Vita's toll-free number yesterday. The woman was asked about Himalayan Life Formula, the Web site's "product of the week," described as "renowned for propelling your life into motion, rejuvenating you for the day that lies ahead." "This one's brand new," the woman said. "I don't know a lot about it." The woman then took the reporter's order for several potions, the effects of which will be duly reported in the weeks ahead. The reporter noted that the Web site reports Gero Vita is based in Canada, which happens to be where Hugh's payment originated. Hugh returned the money, but the pardon stands for the man whose potions could produce a whole new reporter, if not a whole new Hillary. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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,
Re: [CTRL] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- Now, now, Aleisha, that's a little cruel. As far as I'm concerned, the daughter is out of the loop - unless she should decide to run for governor of New Jersey or something similar. You know you can't choose your parents, and I'm sure she would'nt have picked those two if she did have a choice. BB Aleisha Saba wrote: -Caveat Lector- Well I am interested in the Vince Foster connection with the swiss bank accounts - and could it be that Clinton was offered an 8 million dollar a year job - remember - by Richie Rich aka Marc Rich aka Marc Reich? Maybe Mr. Rich's US property should be held as well as any bank accounts in his companies names - most people on the body bag count seemed to know something they should not have known or bungled onto something so sinister they could not live with it? As for Chelsie or Chelsea - there are rumours she is a lesbian but what would you expect - like father like mother like daughter? But that is her choice - is this why the sodomists are still after the Boy Scouts and now use NYC as home base? Wonder if Chelsie was in the boy scouts? 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 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] Churchill And The Slaughter Of Dresden...Double Standards
http://www.sightings.com/general8/dresden.htm Churchill And The Slaughter Of Dresden...Double Standards By Taki Theodorakis From NY Press 2-28-1 At the Ditchley Park conference during World War II, Winston Churchill called for a "balance of virtue" in Europe rather than a balance of power. Soon after that, with Germany about to collapse in February 1945, with East and West Germany already occupied by the Allied armies and the Russians, he mercilessly ordered an air bombardment of Dresden - the Venice of the North - which was packed with old men, women and children. To paraphrase an old Winnie speech, some virtue. There were no factories, no army depots, no communication centers, nothing but cathedrals, museums and monuments in Dresden, but 135,000 civilians had to be incinerated in one night alone because of an Englishman,s pathological hatred of the Germans. I once asked Churchill,s grandson and namesake, an old friend of mine, about Dresden. "Now look here, old boy," he answered rather aggressively - but always smiling, like the English tend to do when they,re about to lift your wallet - "What about your Germans, they weren,t exactly nice guys, were they?" Young Winston missed the point. Hitler may not have been the most compassionate of men, but Churchill was the one wearing the white hat. He was supposed to fight clean. Or was it perhaps normal that Churchill had anthrax bacteria cultivated specifically to drop over German territory? Again, very late in the war. I suppose megalomaniac criminals like Stalin, Mao, Hitler and Pol Pot never spared a single thought for the millions and millions of people who were murdered as they strove to achieve world revolution and world domination. But Churchill? Air Marshal Arthur ("Bomber") Harris, who devised the system of bombing civilian targets, is regarded in some circles - and not just in Germany - as little better than a mass murderer. During World War II the major protagonists used bombing in very different ways. The "nicest," ironically, were the Luftwaffe, which preferred tactical bombing in conjunction with ground forces (Blitzkrieg). The Americans were almost as "nice." The U.S. Army Air Corps believed in strategic bombing, but condemned terror attacks on unarmed civilians, opting instead for the precision bombing of military and industrial targets. Not so the Brits. They were convinced that wars could be won only by eroding enemy morale - which meant attacking the civilian population. (Let us not also forget that our British cousins were the first to use deadly concentration camps, against Afrikaners during the Boer War.) Let,s face it. Bombers, when deployed strategically, are fundamentally a terror weapon. The trouble is that bombing has never destroyed civilian morale in any meaningful way; if anything it unites the victims against their enemies. Some 600,000 unarmed German civilians died from bombing alone, but the German troops continued to gallantly fight until the very bitter end. The opposite side of the argument was that the Germans had it coming to them, and that they could have surrendered to stop the bombing. That,s a foolish argument. A civilian did not exactly have a choice in Germany back then. And then there is the ludicrous Daniel Goldhagen theory that all Germans were "willing executioners" and deserved everything they got. Which brings me to the point I wish to make: America,s most enduring contribution to history is that, unlike other great powers, it did not routinely use force to impose its will. (Okay, a little bit in Cuba, and a little bit in Mexico, and a little bit in the Philippines, and what,s an Indian or two...) But suddenly, with the coming to power of the Draft Dodger, the cruise missile and strategic bombing became Uncle Sam,s favorite diplomatic maneuver. We know that tiny Central American countries have gone to war over a soccer match, but launching missiles to divert opinion over a blowjob is 100 times more ridiculous. The Balkans are still suffering terribly from NATO,s bombing, an act that was as immoral as it was opportunistic on the part of the preening war criminal Madeleine Albright and her gang. (She needed a legacy.) It was reported in September 1999 that levels of radiation in Macedonia had increased 800 percent, and last year mothers in Bosnia were giving birth to children with leukemia. Both the Clinton and Blair gangs at first refused to acknowledge that depleted uranium-tipped rounds were used, butas everyone knowsthe last time Clinton and Blair told the truth was very, very long ago, when they were still in diapers, if then. The sole purpose and justification for using depleted uranium in weapons is that shells are capable of penetrating heavily armored tanks. Some 31,000 such rounds were fired from NATO aircraft in Kosovo; the total number of Yugoslav tank losses was 13. Which means that the huge majority of rounds
[CTRL] Hillary is illegal or unethical say 61 per cent of New York voters
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! BREAKING NEWS Hillary is illegal or unethical say 61 per cent of New York voters Source: AP|Published: Wednesday February 28, 9:37 AM New York - Forty-six per cent of New York state voters believe Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton did something unethical but not illegal in connection with pardons handed out by her husband at the end of his presidency, a statewide poll reported today. Fifteen per cent believe the former first lady did something illegal, according to the poll by Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion. Thirty-nine per cent said she had done nothing wrong. The telephone poll of 514 registered voters was conducted yesterday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. Clinton denied playing any role in then-President Bill Clinton's commutation of prison sentences for four men convicted of defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars to benefit a Hasidic Jewish sect, which voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in last year's Senate race. Forty-six per cent of voters polled said they do not believe that denial, while 37 per cent said they felt she was telling the truth. Fifty-eight per cent said they did not believe her claim last week that she did not know until well after the fact that her brother, lawyer Hugh Rodham, had received almost $US400,000 ($A767,460) to help win two presidential pardons. Thirty per cent said they believed her. "There's clearly damage in terms of people not believing her," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist institute. Clinton spokesman Jim Kennedy said: "What the poll doesn't ask is whether New Yorkers prefer their senators to focus on the issues that matter most, like health care and education. Because that's what Senator Clinton is doing every day, working hard for all the people of New York." Twenty-eight per cent of the polled voters were not sure how to rate the job Clinton is doing as senator; 42 per cent rated her performance as only fair or poor. Asked if they felt Clinton would be a good senator, 54 per cent said she would, a slight drop from 59 per cent in a Marist poll conducted in December. *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 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] Admiral confirms Iraq-bombing problem
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Admiral confirms Iraq-bombing problem By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES A senior admiral yesterday defended the performance of a Navy "standoff" weapon unleashed against Iraq on Feb. 16, saying an inaccurate weather forecast prevented the munition from making a late-course correction and directly hitting all targets. Top Stories ⢠Bush aims to return 'people's money' ⢠Democratic leadership says president's numbers 'simply don't add up' ⢠President seeks 'active but limited' government ⢠Home sales fall; buyers are wary ⢠Rich refuses to testify about pardon ⢠Clean-air ruling hits big business "The mission itself was a very effective mission," said Vice Adm. Dennis V. McGinn while giving the Navy's first public explanation of why the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) did not hit the bull's-eye on all targets during the recent air strikes on Iraq. "It's an absolutely superb weapon. It has a tremendously good record in combat." Adm. McGinn, deputy chief of naval operations for naval warfare, said in an interview that three factors combined in what he termed an "anomaly" to prevent most JSOWs from making a direct hit. Still, since the type of JSOW used in the operation was a cluster munition, most air-defense targets were damaged by a spray of bomblets, he said. The former carrier pilot said forecasters failed to predict the force and direction of winds at the point the JSOWs glided toward Iraq's early warning radar. The weapon's onboard program to compensate for changes in wind direction was insufficient to overcome the wrong data. Because of this, the center of the pattern of bomblets did not explode on target. Since then, he said, technicians have reprogrammed the weapons to be able to adapt to faulty weather predictions. The 1,500-pound JSOW, as a standoff system, allows pilots to release the munition at a safe distance from thick air-defense barrages. An unpowered JSOW can travel 40 miles; a rocket-propelled model can go about 120 miles. Adm. McGinn explained the problem: "What happened was a combination of a difference between predicted and actual winds in the target area, the mission planning profile that was chosen based on that prediction and the way in which the weapon itself calculates wind in the target area. Those all combined in an anomalous way that we had not seen before in the various successful missions that it had been employed in in the past. And it caused a less-than optimum positioning of that bomblet centroid in relation to the targets. Not in all the JSOW weapons, but in most." The weapon's performance has been under attack in the media after reports that Navy F-18 pilots from the carrier Harry S. Truman missed half of their targets. That characterization, Adm. McGinn contended, is incorrect. "In many cases, those bomblets actually damaged or destroyed the intended targets," he said. "The centroid of the pattern of bomblets was not precisely where it should have been because of this wind anomaly. And that is the fix that is already out in the fleet right now." Adm. McGinn declined to say how many JSOWs were launched. President Bush approved a Pentagon request to bomb about 20 communication and radar sites south and north of Baghdad. Iraq was using the powerful radar to spot U.S. and British warplanes entering a no-fly zone south of the 33rd parallel and passing the information to air-defense batteries trying to shoot down the aircraft. "The weapon performance, not because of a technical issue of the weapon, but more because of this anomaly of using a backup mode to calculate wind in the target area, wasn't what it had been in previous uses in combat," Adm. McGinn said. "It had practically a 100 percent record." He described the fix as changing "the way in which the mission planning software is used. . . . It wasn't an inherent design problem in the weapon. . . . It's a relatively straightforward fix." The standoff system used on Feb. 16 relied on satellite guidance via the global-positioning system (GPS). Adm. McGinn said the GPS component performed as expected. *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 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
[CTRL] Administration will push for closures
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Administration will push for closures -- -- Again What's the difference between Clinton Bush! Nada! Associated Press The Bush administration will push for a new round of military base closings to free up money to modernize the armed forces, but if recent history is a guide, Congress will resist. Offering few details â including any list of targeted bases â the administration said on Feb. 28 in a summary of the defense portion of its proposed 2002 budget that the military has a 23 percent surplus of bases. âIt is clear that new rounds of base closures will be necessary to shape the military more efficiently,â it said. It did not say how many rounds or propose a means for choosing closure candidates. The last round of base closings was approved by Congress in 1995. Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute think tank, said that President George W. Bush stands a better chance than former President Bill Clinton did of winning congressional approval for base closings. However, Thompson questioned whether the administration will push hard if resistance stiffens. Bush proposed total defense spending of $310 billion for the 2002 budget year that starts Oct. 1, up dlrs 14 billion from the current budget. The 2002 figure is the same Clinton proposed before he left office. The document provided few details of Bushâs defense spending priorities beyond saying he would provide $400 million for military housing improvements, $3.9 billion for expanded health benefits authorized by Congress last year, $2.6 billion for extra research and development and $1.4 billion for pay raises. Of the $1.4 billion in pay raises, $400,000 is for across-the-board increases; the rest would be targeted at certain jobs for which the services have had trouble finding recruits or keeping experienced people. The administration hasnât said which targeted positions would get the extra money. The president has said most spending decisions will await the outcome of three major reviews under way at the Pentagon: A âstrategic reviewâ by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to determine what kind of military is needed for the 21st century and how it should be used; a study of how much further to cut the nationâs nuclear weapons arsenal and how to build an effective defense against missiles; and a review of the âoverall quality of lifeâ for military personnel. *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 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] S.C. Guard unit headed to Bosnia
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! S.C. Guard unit headed to Bosnia -- Before election Bush said he would take our men out of that area! Again what's the difference! Just personalities but actions the same! Associated Press Forty-one South Carolina National Guard members are headed for Bosnia-Herzegovina to help keep the U.S. peacekeeping presence there. The six-month deployment begins in late March and will last for six months. âIâm not sure what Iâm going to see,â said 18-year-old Pfc. Justin Shealy, of Hollywood, S.C., a town near Charleston. âIâll do what Iâm told and hopefully it will be a good experience.â The combat medic is among those who have been training at Fort Gordon, Ga. Once they get to Bosnia, most will move about the countryside, taking inventory at weapons storage sites and searching people when necessary, said Brig. Gen. Robley S. Rigdon of the Georgia National Guard. A total of 3,400 troops from Fort Stewart, Ga., are going to Bosnia, most of them in Georgia National Guard units. The South Carolina guardsmen are volunteers who have been asked to fill vacancies. The remaining troops are from the Armyâs 3rd Infantry Division, the host unit at Fort Gordon. *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 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 wants military to move past Cold War mindset
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Bush wants military to move past Cold War mindset - This is very dangerous and Bush knows it as Russia and China prepare for war! Again whats the difference! By John Omicinski Gannett News Service President Bush promised in his Feb. 27 address to Congress to develop a new defense strategy that would âdiscard Cold War relicsâ and âconfront the threats of the 21st century.â The new president vowed to reduce nuclear weapons while emphatically telling Congress in his budget address that the country âmust develop and we must deploy effective missile defenses.â Bush reiterated his intention â which he previously announced in presidential visits to military bases â to lay out $5.7 billion for military pay and health benefits. Most of the money was proposed in the $310 billion Pentagon budget plan President Clinton left behind him. The $5.7 billion is expected to break down this way: $1.4 billion for pay increases, $400 million for housing and $3.9 billion for health care. Bush gave no figures on his overall defense budget. That probably will arrive in April, after a strategic review Bush has ordered from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Nonetheless, the president hinted at a Pentagon budget increase, saying, âWe may need to increase defense spendingâ after Rumsfeldâs review is completed. Bushâs promise of reductions in the nuclear arsenal saw him running ahead of a review he has ordered in that area, as well. Clearly, Bush wants to cut some of the 7,000 U.S. warheads. The question is whether the military and nuclear forces establishment will oppose unilateral cuts. Clinton decided against unilateral nuclear cuts, preferring to follow the mutual Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) process with Russia that, at the moment, is stalled in the Moscow parliament. On defense and national security, Bush used his first address to a joint session of Congress to reflect a view that the Pentagon needs to escape from a Cold War mindset. âOur military was shaped to confront the challenges of the past,â said Bush, promising a âclear strategy to confront the threats of the 21st century, threats that are more widespread and less certain.â The missile defense was necessary, said Bush, âto protect our own people, our allies and our friends.â Dropping the word ânationalâ from what he once called ânational missile defenseâ is a conscious effort by key figures in the Bush administration to attract support for the controversial program from leaders in Europe and Canada. *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 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] Chickens Who Came Home to Roost Killed by Sonic Boom?
So Mark Lane aka Mark Levy - strange like me walked ahead of the footsteps of a killer? Only was he behind or ahead of the victims? Now he was at Jonestown, associated with connections to Oklahoma and Heaven's Gate, and Dorothy Kilgalon who used to appear on her show Whats My Line spaced out of her with at times, and then Larry Flynt that guy got hook into Flynt .never, never do you read one word about Jewish Mafia, and Meyer Lansky and KGB forming KKK with Walker spies and hoarding neo nazi literature to lead to wrong side of horse? Not much talk about Jim Garrison whose best friend was Carlos Marcello who ran with Meyer Lansky - all in the famly..and these people note carefully laid the foundation for one to believe that this Mafia "thing" that the Mafia was Italian? And all the time I thought the Mafia, was Italian for I had been blaming the wrong mob, for these murders. How Ted Kennedy can sit there on his big fat ass and let his family be murdered one by one knowing the killers came from the far left - not the right, is beyond me... This thing has sabotaged our space program and the ultimate goal of course, is to take over the office of the President of the United States - but oh they missed target date There is one man I know who knows the truth of what happened; I always call him the Evergreen - and this stupid Hash Head Oliver Stone did not even mention him by name in his movie which was comprised of old hat stuff we had in the late 60 period...you see many people who did a lot of work had it stolen by people like Mark Lane, and somebody should call up Rick Strawcutter in Michigan and Mark from Michigian for had they known of Lane's connections to these other "untimely" deaths, perhaps they would not welomed this man to their table - for as they say, the Judas always lives to write the books. See how carefully they lead to wrong side of horse but we all know it was Judas who gave the final kiss of death and all the time I thought that guy was Italian Saba Critics Anti-Critics Note: This is an arrangement of on-the-record statements. With the exception of "Lionel Mirthmint," all speakers are real people, and this story represents their real comments, some of them paraphrased. What follows is essentially a collage. It is not now, nor has it ever been, a real conversation. Lionel Mirthmint: This is a round-table discussion of various aspects of the John F. Kennedy assassination. It's a big table--there are a lot of people to hear from. Assassination researchers and their detractors are gonna slam-dance. We drew straws to see who would go first, and Anthony Summers won--he starts us off with some choice words for the movie JFK. Anthony Summers: Director Oliver Stone made some bizarre decisions. From a vast array of scholarship, he picked a book by Jim Garrison, former District Attorney of New Orleans, as his main source work. Garrison, many will recall, is a strange figure--considered crazy by some, and crooked by others-- Warren Hinckle: Like feuding Democrats, hardly a one of the assassination sleuths has anything nice to say about another one. Sylvia Meagher: As the Garrison investigation continued to unfold, I had increasingly serious misgivings about the validity of his evidence, and the scrupulousness of his methods. Jonathan Vankin: Could Garrison, some critics asked, be part of a second-level cover-up designed to discredit legitimate inquiries into an assassination conspiracy? Intended or not, Garrison produced that unfortunate effect. Anthony Summers: There were things Stone did not at first know about Garrison. About his separation from the Army, following diagnosis that he was in need of long-term psychotherapy-- Warren Hinckle: No man I have known had more legitimate reasons to become paranoid than Garrison; there actually were people constantly plotting against him. Jim Marrs: And because of the Garrison investigation, much new assassination information became known, and the assassination was addressed for the first time in a courtroom. Lionel Mirthmint: What about Mark Lane? He addressed some assassination stuff in a courtroom. Lo Sauvage: One would like to forget about Mark Lane, but this, unfortunately, appears impossible. Warren Hinckle: I can only cop out to brute instinct. Were I a dog, I would have growled when Lane came around. Mark Lane: I was interested in knowing who killed the President. Sylvia Meagher: Don't worry...you'll see, it was a Communist who did it. David Lifton: Often I would agree with some point Lane had made about the Warren Report, but disagree with his tactics or style of presentation. Mark Lane: I met President Kennedy on several occasions and he had been kind enough to endorse me when I was a candidate. Jim Moore: Lane was a member of the New York legislature, and, it's fair to say, made that body wish he had never been elected. Richard Warren Lewis: He was once struck by a beer can at an East Harlem
[CTRL] Defending America Newsletter 28 Feb 01 Part 1
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Soldiers For The Truth Defending America Newsletter Copyright © 2001 Soldiers For The Truth Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Situation Report - 28 February 2001 "The Gulf, Then and Now" TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS SITREP from the President Through Zmanâs Gun Sight - After Ten Years, the Conflict with Iraq needs a New Approach HACKâs Target for the Week - Time We Recognized Our Real Heroes The Big Picture: Article 1 â Ten Years on, Many in Gulf see need to Scale Back Troops Article 2 -- Tough Choices Article 3 -- Russia Against NATO Expansion Voice of the Grunt: Article 4 â West Point and Women in the Military Article 5 â Air Force: Tired of Politics and Undeserved Awards Article 6 â The Sergeantâs Corner: Why no Armor Combat Badge? Article 7 -- ARNG: The Guard must Modernize Article 8 â ARNG: Some Units are Different Article 9 â Navy: Commanders not held Responsible Article 10 â Rules of Engagement need Overhaul Article 11 â Dale Earnhardt vs. Seven Soldiers Article 12 â Sick Gulf Vets Contaminated Partners, Report Suggests G.I Humor: Article 13 -- GI HUMOR â Simulate Navy Life in Your own Home Medal of Honor: Article 14 -- WILLIAMS, JAMES E., Vietnam 1966 SITREP: SITUATION REPORT: 28 February 2001 A. Main topics: 1) West Point and Women 2) Retention 3) The Guard 4) Awards 5) Quality of Life. B. HOT BUTTONS: * Better Commo! The SFTT web has been transferred to a powerful dedicated server donated and maintained by Viking InterNet Services USA. We think most of the technical difficulties you've experienced with the website are now over. With the help of dedicated Special Forces communications wizard Marv Stenhammar, we now have a very efficient web server. Though, the revisions were not cosmetic, the new SFTT web looks splendid and works great. The DA Newsletter archives and VOTG files have been indexed and will be converted to the new web format this week. "Top Stenhammar" has also installed and configured a new Credit Card Processing Form for receiving and processing contributions, directly into our new merchant account. The process is completely secure using 128 bit encrypted SSL on the VeriSign Pay Flow Server. The new web link for your tax deductible contributions and online donations to SFTT is: Web URL: http://www.SFTT.org/donations.html Note: This is the first week we have sent SFTT-News on the new server. There may be a few bugs to work out, this is a very large mailing list. If you stop receiving the newsletter, just e-mail "List Master", for any problems or address changes. * Notes from the front: (1) Desert Storm or other combat accounts â keep sending them. (2) GI Humor â need some good ones for upcoming issues. * Question of the week: Do you believe another Desert Storm is unavoidable? !!! Feel free to send me hot topics directly if you canât get through the admin/log net -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Keep the mail coming!!! We wonât reveal your true identity unless you give us your approval. We know how vindictive the "system" is. * WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT 2000. EVERY DOLLAR MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU to all SFTT warriors who are sending bucks for fuel ammo and beans. * How you can help: !!! Credit Card donation via our WEBSITE at www.sftt.org. !!! If you think we HIT a target, forward the newsletter to TV, radio and your local papers. YOU are the frontline recruiters and intel gatherers for SFTT. Check or Money order: Send to and make payable to: Soldiers For The Truth Foundation, PO Box 63840, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-3840. Important: Your donation is tax deductible! SFTT is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit educational foundation, IRS EIN 31-1592564. If you send us an E-MAIL address with your donation we can immediately mail you a RECEIPT. Multiple contributions: Please remind us when you submit your donation. We will send you a cumulative statement. Prepare for Action -- "Crew Ready! -- LOAD SABOT - DRIVER MOVE OUT!" R.W. Zimmermann President SFTT E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Through Zmanâs Gun Sight Through Zmanâs Gun Sight After Ten Years, the Conflict with Iraq needs a New Approach By R.W. (Zimm) Zimmermann President, Soldiers For The Truth Dateline SFTT - 28 February 2001 The recent hyped up air war against Iraq was a reminder how difficult it is to decipher whatâs really happening behind the scenes in Washington. Although weâve been bombing Iraq almost every week, in an undeclared ten-year war, the latest raid commanded the attention of a small-scale Desert Storm. Listening to the flash reporting and concocted conclusions, I almost felt that it was time to pack my old duffle bag again. But there is more than meets the eye. The panic about Iraqâs capabilities and secret weapons are an admission by Washington and the Pentagon, that the Gulf War was a hollow,
[CTRL] Defending America Newsletter 28 Feb 01 Part 3
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ARTICLE 4 West Point and Women in the Military Ed.: A realistic assessment of the realities of full integration from the perspective of a former combat arms NCO. By Robert C. Oberlender, First Sergeant, U.S. Army (Retired) A little over a decade ago I was one of the few NCOs at West Point. My job involved sending the cadets out during their 3rd and 4th summers to serve with active units. This program has been variously know as Army Orientation Program, Drill Cadet Leader Training, Cadet Troop Leader Training, and other terms. As an Assistant S3 in the United States Corps of Cadets, I was able to see first hand the implementation of coeducational training for cadets. I often remarked to fellow NCOs and officers -- that this isn't the Army!" The come back often was, "Go read the West Point Charter, I cannot, after these years recall the specific words of the charter, but I do remember that it mentioned nothing about developing Army leaders. It read something like: "To prepare leaders of character for the nation..." I served two years in that capacity. I then spent another two years as the first sergeant of the enlisted troops assigned to West Point. I left that position to become the Chief Instructor of the US Army Jungle School in Panama. I arrived just in time to command the troops of the Jungle School, renamed Team Alpha, JOTB, TF Atlantic, during JUST CAUSE. A year later, I was reassigned as the first sergeant of Delta Company (Anti-Tank), 2nd Battalion, 504th PIR, and 82d ABN Division. Our company team, served as the lead of the Advance Guard, leading the 82d Airborne into Iraq. During both actions, I had women soldiers assigned to my combat teams. I am proud to say that they served well. However, in both actions, my units were very lucky. We incurred minimal casualties. Had the situation been different, I believe in my grunt heart that we would have had exceptional problems with my 11 Bravos when they saw female soldiers killed. It was bad enough when we had to stand back and watch through binoculars as the Republican Guard slaughtered the Shi'ia in An Nazariah. The CO and I were almost unable to hold them back. We did, but I have nightmares when I think of what might have happened if the troops' blood had been boiled by seeing our own female casualties. It would have been bad even with friendly male casualties, with friendly female casualties... I shudder to think. I say this because of the rumor that circulated just prior to us crossing the LD. Every one remembers the male and female truck drivers who got lost and were captured a few days prior to the ground attack. The rumor that circulated amongst us grunts was that their bodies had been found. The male has been tied between 4 vehicles and drawn and quartered. The female had been repeatedly raped, sodomized and then left dead for US soldiers to find. Sir, I will never forget the fire in my soldiers' eyes. I saw a reflection in my own. We crossed the LD that evening. Sir, when the first Iraqi's tried to surrender, it took all the company leadership to prevent a massacre. I guess my point is that I am not sure that the US Army is ready for a knock-down, drag-out fight. With all the other problems we have, I don't think our psyche is quite ready for women soldiers in mass body bags. The public will revolt, the troops' confidence in themselves will crumble. And this says nothing at all about the numbers of non-deployable female soldiers tying up slots in deployable units. Sometimes I am glad I retired. ARTICLE 5 Air Force: Tired of Politics and Undeserved Awards Ed.: Steve Hamer highlights rampant careerism and the current policy of medal self-aggrandizement. Steve Hamer, TSgt, USAF Retired Just finished reading the latest newsletter, including the comments by an Air Force vet and his reasons for leaving. I'd like to share some of mine. As I approached my nineteenth year of active-duty service in the Air Force Security Forces (1999), I woke up one morning realizing that enough was enough. The smoke from the Yugoslavia air show had yet to clear when everyone (even those remotely involved) began to jump on the hero bandwagon. My unit witnessed more than a couple of these types putting themselves in for decorations. While I have no doubt that there were many who deserved recognition, I was thoroughly disgusted. Thousands of Commendation Medals and Achievement Medals were approved (along with more than a few Bronze Stars and other decorations normally associated with direct combat involvement). A colleague of mine asked if I would be receiving a medal and when I told him that I didn't want one (other than maybe a campaign ribbon to show I participated) he responded, "Everyone else is getting one. Think of the promotion points." "That doesn't make it right," I said. "If you don't look out for yourself, no one else will," he replied.
[CTRL] Dan Burton's glass house
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/28/burton/index.html Dan Burton's glass house The man who made himself President Clinton's chief inquisitor shouldn't throw stones. - - - - - - - - - - - - By Daryl Lindsey Feb. 28, 2001 | One of the most disturbing consequences of President Clinton's dubious 11th hour pardons may be the way they've served to rehabilitate the public image of Clinton's chief inquisitor, Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind. As chairman of the House Government and Reform Committee, Burton turned his panel into a one-stop shop for Clinton haters, mounting investigation after investigation at taxpayer expense. He may be best known for shooting at a "headlike thing" in his backyard in order to prove a crackpot theory that White House aide Vince Foster was murdered. In April 1998, Burton railed against Clinton to the Indianapolis Star: "If I could prove 10 percent of what I believe happened, he'd [Clinton] be gone. This guy's a scumbag. That's why I'm after him." And he went after Clinton with a vengeance, hammering away at charges of campaign finance violations and other alleged ethical abuses. He once wrote a letter to ask the president whether taxpayer money was being used to underwrite the expense of mailings for a fan club for first feline Socks. He released transcripts of the prison conversations of former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell but edited them to remove comments that seemed to exonerate Hillary Rodham Clinton -- an act that earned him condemnation from Congress. He was later forced to apologize on the House floor. Yet Burton had his own moral and ethical foibles that made him an unlikely judge and jury to condemn Clinton. In December 1998, Salon contributor Russ Baker revealed that Burton maintained sexual relationships with women on his campaign payroll, and used those funds to pay at least one longtime girlfriend who had no apparent job on the campaign staff. In a preemptive strike against Baker's story, Burton himself revealed that he had a 15-year-old son from another affair. The article also detailed allegations that Burton had used his congressional office to raise campaign funds, and had sexually harassed a Planned Parenthood lobbyist who came to talk to him about legislation. The revelations in Salon's story, as well as other investigations conducted by the Washington Post and the Indianapolis Star, prompted Washington's Congressional Accountability Project to file a complaint letter with the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Though the media had a field day with CAP Director Gary Ruskin's letter, the committee failed to act on Ruskin's charges. The most explosive revelation in Salon's December 1998 report was the relationship Burton shared with Claudia Keller, who would later be described as a "ghost employee" on the Indiana congressman's staff by CAP's Ruskin. In government disclosure paperwork, the former model appeared in 1998 as Burton's campaign manager -- a position she ran from her home in Indianapolis. According to neighbors, Burton would frequently visit Keller's ranch-style home, where his supposed campaign manager would sometimes greet him at the door "wearing a teddy." Burton paid $2,400 to $4,000 each year in rent for that home between 1991-98. He also paid Keller a salary of $40,000 a year, plus expenses, to run his campaign. Additional payments were also made to Keller's business "Buttons and Bows" for her appearances as a clown at various campaign events. Meanwhile, Keller was also on the payroll at Burton's district office. When asked by Salon what Keller did as a congressional staffer, Burton's spokesman had great difficulty explaining. According to CAP's own inquiry, Keller made $21,736 in her position during 1997, working an average of two days a week. In total, she had earned $157,664 since taking the position in 1990. In his request for an investigation, Ruskin asked the House Ethics Committee to "evaluate whether Claudia Keller performs official work commensurate with her salary, and whether she is or has been a ghost employee. If she is or has been a ghost employee, then Burton and Keller have engaged in a conspiracy to defraud the United States government." Salon's exposé also presented evidence that Burton illegally used telephones in his congressional offices to raise money for his campaign. The allegations were similar to those lodged against then-Vice President Al Gore, who admitted to having made calls seeking "soft money" from his office phone. But Burton was raising money directly for his own re-election effort. Dan Moll, a fundraiser for Burton who was working on the House's civil-service subcommittee at the time, was overheard by a source trying to shake down money from a possible contributor from his subcommittee office. "You will give us money or we will never help you again," the source recalled hearing Moll say. Other reports provided
Re: [CTRL] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- I this Nessie if you go into archives but hardly worth your while I wrote many different times about Iraq and noted in particular that Kuwait was the property of Iraq and it was stolen from Kuwait. Many times I have referred also to Waco and what happened to the children there? Bush is supposedly going to see sanctions are liftedOsama bin Laden wants to restore the rightful King to Saudi Arabia and I spent a day with that guy along with my bosswithin a year they murdered his father - a black from Berkley. Like Waco Iraquis are to sit back and let boots walk ovthem? The Palestiians forced our of their own homeland? All this murder and nobody cares because all are afraid to say the word Zionism? i remember when the people of Kuwait had show on 60 Minutes bragging how wonderful they were and how rich they wereand suddenly Sadaam came a knocking...his people stole their VCR's and Televisions and this one horrible American woman screamed when are you Americans coming over here to put a stop to this? What the hell do I care about Kuwait - their stolen wealth from Iraq? The claimed they were richest people in the world per capital wise because of stolen oil from Iraq? We have no legal right at all to interfere with a war between Israel and the Arab nations; however, if you move out these Zionists think you would find peace restored in middle East but nobody wants peace, do they - it is the oil they are after and evrybody knows it.so they murder and slaughter the innocents all in the name of religion? I was onto that stuff in College - a religious school and a CIA Agent from Korea sat on the Board of Directors while a Professor was later deported back to Russia and illegal alien? Boy that old bat hated me...think because my brother in law insisted I go to that college and then came to visit with his full dress uniform and at the time, he wore his Joint Chief of Staff badge and I didn't know he was CIA? This stuff has been going on for years but the greatest laugh was this "yellow peril" - my mother went to college in the early 1900 period and her professor too, taught of the yellow peril. Could never figure out why big, rich China with billions and billions and trillions of dollars in naatural resources, would want USA For to me Nessie, the people of this country who have made the greatest contributions by building roads and bridges and buildings and sewer lines - these are our most important assets and that, the Chinese cannot buy. 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] Corporations ubber alles: John le Carré has issued a timely warning
-Caveat Lector- http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/28/features/features7.html Sydney Morning Herald February 28, 2001 Corporate spin and lies: a spymaster's lament, and a warning to us all John le Carr has issued a timely warning that international conglomerates don't always consider the public's best interests, says Paul Sheehan. Feeling brainwashed? The world's most famous spy, John le Carr (aka David Cornwell) thinks you should be. "We have become the creatures of these people. Advertising as news. It's prevalent in every aspect of the press. It's very skilfully done. The amount of energy and money and ingenuity applied to corporate spin and corporate lying has never been greater or more effective than it is now." "These people" are big corporations. "The biggest delusion of our time is that great corporations have an ethical centre. They have absolutely no ethical or moral centre," he told me during a visit to Sydney this week. He's not just talking about marketing and branding and corporate spin-doctoring. In his new novel, The Constant Gardener, he argues that big pharmaceutical corporations have blood on their hands while, on the surface, everything they do is according to law. In his conversation with me, he cited big oil companies: "The civil war in south Sudan now is being fuelled, literally, by the oil industry. The deal that the oil companies have cut with [the Sudanese military government in] Khartoum is that Khartoum will let them build runways, let them explore for oil, and in return will receive royalties and get to use the runways for its aircraft to bomb villages. It gets money for guns and soldiers to go and shoot the Africans in the south ... "And how the hell did Shell Oil get away with what they did in Nigeria? It is exactly the way I saw it in The Constant Gardener: you delegate responsibility to local management. You even sell off various concessions so that you basically disown them. And what happens on the ground, that's explained away as the local ethic: 'When in Rome'; 'We don't interfere'; 'We're terribly concerned that things should be done fairly and constitutionally according to the law of the land'. That was what happened in Nigeria under that monstrous dictatorship." Did he say Shell Oil company? One of the world's biggest energy conglomerates, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, is attempting to take control of Australia's largest energy development, the North-West Shelf natural gas and oil field via the takeover of Woodside Petroleum by Shell Oil. Everything about this deal is big. Royal Dutch/Shell is a British/Dutch corporate behemoth, with a market capitalisation of $US206 billion ($391 billion). That's almost as big as the entire Australian stock market. For Shell Oil, this is another strategic asset play. For Australia, the North-West Shelf is the nation's largest energy source, its largest development project, and it will have an impact on the nation's balance of payments for a generation. It does not help Shell that in 1996 a former company official, Bopp van Dessel, the former head of Shell's environmental studies, went public with this claim: "They were not meeting their own standards, they were not meeting international standards. Any Shell site that I saw was polluted. Any terminal I saw was polluted." Also in 1996, The New York Times reported that Shell may have damaged the reputation of a prominent Nigerian writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa, prior to his execution by Nigeria's military government. Saro-Wiwa had led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni Peoples, which campaigned against environmental damage caused by Shell and other oil companies in the Ogoni region and against human rights abuses committed there by the Nigerian military. Shell suspended operations in the Ogoni region in 1993 after civil unrest, but it continued to produce about half of Nigeria's crude oil output. The company put out a statement that it was "not for a commercial organisation like Shell to interfere in the legal processes of a sovereign State such as Nigeria". Sounds like a John le Carr novel. Which brings us back to the decreasingly sovereign state of Australia. The choice now is whether to send a signal that might discourage foreign investment. Or would Australians prefer that the key decisions about the North-West Shelf be made in boardrooms in London and the Hague, or in Australia? For most Australians, that's a rhetorical question. As the two recent State elections have shown (yet again), the natives are restless. They want blood. And oil. __ 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
Re: [CTRL] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- From: "Aleisha Saba" [EMAIL PROTECTED] June perhaps you would want to give this Nadia Hammer (a bad penny) your rendition of what sodomy is like. I would, except I know you'd get your rocks off reading it... That was such a lovely article you wrote I saved a copy. I bet you did, so you could hold it in one hand reading it while... ;-) You seem to be a specialist in the field of sodomy I don't hold a candle to you in that regard... June 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: Homeless Aid May Shrink to Provide Savings for Tax Cut
-Caveat Lector- Homeless Aid May Shrink to Provide Savings for Tax Cut February 27, 2001 In a 2/26/2001 article the Washington Post reported that, offering a glimpse of the trade-offs that will come with President Bush's budget, administration officials said duplicative programs for the homeless face trimming. Mitchell Daniels Jr., Bush's director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on CNN's "Late Edition" that in looking for savings to accommodate the first installment of Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut, the administration will start with duplicative programs. "We have 50 programs for the homeless sprawling across eight departments..." he said. "...We have to be careful with duplication of that kind. There are programs which have outlived their usefulness or even completed their mission." 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] Ashcroft opponents targeted on taxes!
-Caveat Lector- It's about time! Go Mark! On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 21:30:25 EST William Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=10793 Ashcroft opponents targeted on taxes Bill Berkowitz - WORKINGFORCHANGE 02.20.01 - Mark R. Levin, head of the Landmark Legal Foundation, is mad as hell and he's not shy about it. Who is this middle aged balding guy with an attitude angry at? Just about anyone to the left of Attila the Hun. Now, he's going after some of the 200 or so organizations that lined-up to deny Sen. John Ashcrof this "righteous" spot heading up the Justice Department. Some Democrats claim that the 58-42 Senate vote that confirmed Sen. Ashcroft was meant to be read as a warning to President Bush. Something like, "If you come around here with an ultraconservative judicial appointment, you're gonna be in trouble." Seriously though, how much more of an ultra can Bush find - perhaps a member of the Council of Conservative Citizens? It's obvious to many observers that if the Dems couldn't summon the backbone to defeat, or at least filibuster, the Ashcroft nomination, what kind of response can be expected of them regarding Bush's tax proposal and cuts in domestic programs, not to mention future nominations. During the first week in February, it became apparent that Mark Levin's Landmark Legal Foundation wasn't going to just settle for winning the Ashcroft battle. They had bigger fish to fry. First, Landmark announced the formation of its "501-C Project" which intends to "ensure that liberal nonprofit organizations that lobby against presidential appointments comply with U.S. tax and lobbying laws." The Unification Church-owned Washington Times reported that Landmark has asked the Internal Revenue Service "to investigate accusations that several civil rights groups and other nonprofit organizations violated their federal tax-exempt status by participating in lobbying efforts against the nomination of John Ashcroft as attorney general." According to Levin: "Published reports reveal that scores of liberal, 501(c)tax-exempt groups spent the last month, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, in a well-coordinated and highly organized lobbying campaign against the Ashcroft nomination. They have also announced that they will lobby against future nominees who they consider too conservative. The IRS must look at these activities very carefully to ensure that these organizations are not skirting the law or failing to pay their taxes." Levin pointed to a January 9 meeting of organizations opposed to Ashcroft's nomination, held at the headquarters of the American Association of University Women. Called by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, among the groups Levin identified as in attendance were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the National Organization for Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Education Association and the National Black Women's Health Project. This was just one of several complaints with federal agencies that Landmark has filed in the past few months. They also filed a complaint with the IRS and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against one of the right's perennial targets, the National Education Association. Over the years, Landmark has butted heads with the NEA especially around the issue of school vouchers in Wisconsin, where Landmark provided legal support for pro-voucher organizations. Levin says the teachers union is using millions of dollars in unreported tax-exempt funds to influence the outcome of political races. According to Landmark's website (http://www.landmarklegal.org), the complaint, part of the its Quality Schools 2001 initiative, claims that "the last several NEA Form 990 federal tax returns, submitted to the IRS under penalty of perjury, disclose no political expenditures whatsoever. The NEA and several of its affiliates have also failed to disclose the full extent of their political activities to the Federal Election Commission (FEC)." Landmark is asking these government agencies to "initiate comprehensive investigations of the NEA's political activities and expenditures to determine whether it has violated federal tax and campaign laws. Landmark is also asking the IRS to consider whether the NEA's tax-exempt status should be revoked, and whether the IRS and the FEC should impose fines and penalties on the NEA." Landmark was founded in 1976, as the Great Plains Legal Foundation with an office in Kansas City, Mo. (it also has an office in Herndon, Va.) Its mission is to provide litigation and legal aid to conservatives and conservative causes. In 1995, taking advantage of the Republican takeover of the House, Landmark stitched together a plan called "Beyond the First 100 Days: A Legal Reform Plan for the 104th
[CTRL] MORE NEWS ABOUT CLINTON AND DENISE RICH
-Caveat Lector- A major news story about Bill Clinton and Denise Rich will break by Sunday. It seems that whenever Hillary would leave the White House, Denise would come calling within an hour or two. According to official White House records, this occurred around 20 times. The story will break in the National Enquirer. The source of the "leak" for this information is probably within Hillary's camp. The intent is to portray Hillary as a "victim" and produce sympathy for her at a time when her popularity and credibility is declining with New York voters. Nakano __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.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] The Control Room : How Television Calls the Shots in
-Caveat Lector- www.amazon.com The Control Room : How Television Calls the Shots in Presidential Elections by Martin Plissner List Price: $13.00 Our Price: $10.40 You Save: $2.60 (20%) Paperback - 256 pages (May 2000) Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0684867729 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x 8.46 x 5.55 Explore similar items Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Having worked at CBS News for three decades, most recently as executive political director, Martin Plissner has witnessed the behind-the-scenes decisions that determine how the networks cover presidential campaigns. In The Control Room, he suggests that presidential campaigns have, in response to that coverage, become one big staged (or, rather, televised) event in which candidates spend their days flying from place to place shaking hands, attending festivals, and giving speeches--all in the hope that it'll generate a broadcast-worthy image or sound bite. Having so much control over what most Americans learn about presidential candidates makes TV powerful indeed, but Plissner dismisses the notion that producers and executives have a political agenda: "Their goals are for the most part the largest possible viewership at the lowest possible cost and the gratification that comes from scoring any kind of competitive edge over their television rivals." Exactly right--and increasingly corrosive to the political process. In 1952, when the first political convention was televised nationwide, the party's nominees were still chosen at the conventions; the 1976 conventions were the last at which there was even a hint of mystery over who the nominees would be. With the final selections now obvious months in advance, conventions have lost their news value and become political extravaganza shows. But in trying to tightly script their conventions for the television audience, political operatives have outsmarted themselves: the conventions have become so canned, so staged, and so devoid of any spontaneity that in 2000 it's possible the only live coverage will be of the nominees' acceptance speeches. According to Plissner, that might not be su ch a bad idea. --Linda Killian --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Business Week, Marilyn Harris Plissner, whose mtier was research, does a good job of investigating his subject--and includes interviews with many of the players, both media and political campaign chiefs Unfortunately, Plissner's knowledge outstrips his ability to tell a good story. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Interesting commentary of current political campaigning, November 19, 2000 Reviewer: Tracy (see more about me) from Austin, Texas USA Very adept account of how the medium of television can alter (and, sometimes even shape and define) the directions into which the various political candidates run their individual campaigns. Very interesting read. Very astute rundown of the intracasies, regarding the very unique partnership--between the individual campaigns and television--which has become the modern-day, run for the presidency (in America). --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. 1996-2001, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates 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] Moon Landing A Hoax?
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/28/01 6:01:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Caveat Lector- Are we really allowing hate mail here? These matters are not for the thin skinned. There are many "divisve" threads all through conspiracy theory. It is one of the main tools. Do not believe everything you read, but do not be afraid to read it either. And personally, I do not take what Saba/Aliesha/. . . has to say with much seriousness but as to seeing the ebbs and flows of thought/stances and tone there is much to be gleaned. And I suspect that if s/he was tossed, they would appear again in another form. The British play the heavy in many conspiracy theories. One thing that is certain is that us hoi polloi are and have been subjected to massive amounts of propaganda, lies, social engineering, oppression, etc for generations. And one of the main battlefields is conspiracy theory. A conspiracy theory doesn't have to be true to have an effect. And generally people are motivated more easily by fear and the use of the hegelian dialectic began when he was alive and he been dead for over 170 years. And he was just a crystalization of ideas that had been floating around. The whole jewish german dialectic was specifically chosen to be a flash point and as a place for them "to hang their hats" and force/control the debate. The Jews and Germans were so intertwine in culture yet seperateness and unfamilarities could be used and have been. It is easy to get folks to be xenophobic. Let us hope the interent will help us all understand and expose the deviant elites, that use our nationhoods among other things against us all. On a mudball slinging through space. Onwards to the utmost of futures. Is it civilized to call a whole nation "bastards"? I would prefer NOT to read such obscenity on this list - do we not read before we post: There is always the delete key. Om K A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Bush, the thief, takes center stage
-Caveat Lector- Online Journal - http://www.onlinejournal.com 02-28-01: Bush, the thief, takes center stage By Larry Chin February 28, 2001-Last night, we were treated to the spectacle of a smirking criminal in a suit, puffing out his chest before the world's TV cameras and babbling in front of both houses of Congress, acting as if he were the legitimately elected leader of the world. A man who, along with his entire family, belongs in a maximum security prison (or standing trial before an international tribunal) is playing president. Congress plays along. And the corporate media fuels the big lie, 24 hours a day. Two months have passed since the most brazen seizure and rape of American democracy in modern history. Yet, not one prominent voice has spoken the truth of Bush's absolute illegitimacy. There has been no call for investigations into the treason, massive national election fraud and national civil rights plundering that put him in power. There has been no demand for the ouster of a corrupt Supreme Court that stole the White House for him. There has been no scrutiny of W's criminal financial deals, his AWOL, his drunk driving violations and cover ups, nor the Bush family's long and spectacular, multi-generational criminal resume. The completeness of the occupation has been stunning, even to the most jaded cynics, including those of us who predicted the nightmare scenario we now live. The idiot son of the former president and CIA director garbled and stumbled through his scripted lines, knowing full well he had no right to be standing there, in light of Al Gore's victory (which, contrary to lying mainstream media distortions about a "Bush Florida recount vindication/victory," has Gore winning by some 3,000 or more votes). He proceeded to boast and shove a corporate/military/right wing policy agenda down America's collective throat, knowing full well that the majority of Americans do not want any of it. Not Rumsfeld's missile defense boondoggle for Lockheed Martin and TRW. Not the plundering of the earth and environment for the Texas power companies. Not the economically disastrous tax breaks for the wealthiest of the wealthy and the ratcheting up of the national debt. Not the Christian right moral agenda. Not the Christian right control of school agendas and social services. Not the testing-focused education "reform" that makes children stupid. Not the fanatical right wing Cabinet poised to destroy women's rights and civil rights. Not any of it. Bush slurred lines decrying "big government," knowing full well that a majority of Americans will suffer from cuts in services and government protections, while a chosen minority (the corporate, the right, the military, the intelligence community and the criminal) will benefit like never before from a "big, domineering right-wing" Republican government that will create more bogus energy crises, start new wars and foreign coups, and manipulate the global financial machine for their pleasure. Bush knows he is a depraved fascist crook, surrounded by an international collective of fascist crooks. He likes it. Who is going to stop them? Democrats Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt demurely and politely debated the nuts and bolts of the Bush policies. Other Democrats applauded Bush's "style and delivery." The Democractic whimpering added legitimacy to a sham that never should have gone beyond November 7, 2000, and further eroded any confidence that the so-called party of the left is anything more than a doormat. The tracks of Texas cow pie can be seen on the backs of sellouts, like Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) who lauded Bush for "appearing presidential and in command." The correct rebuttal to every Bush speech for the next four years should be the same: "George W. Bush is not the legitimate President of The United States, and never will be. Thank you." Power off. 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
[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] To cut lease rate, BIS dumps gold, but ex-Fed governor pumps it
11:55p ET Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: I'm stealing and sending to you below excerpts from GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's "Midas" commentary tonight, sent by email to his subscribers at www.LeMetropoleCafe.com, because it has important news and may encourage our side after a seemingly bad day. If you want to see all this stuff -- and make me feel less guilty -- visit the Cafe and consider a free trial membership. The price is right CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. * * * MIDAS COMMENTARY FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2001 By Bill Murphy http://www.LeMetropoleCafe.com Gold was bashed $3 in Asia last night as the Bank for International Settlements commenced a new lending operation via Dresdner Bank and others. That caused the one-month lease rate to plunge from 5 to 2 percent. Still, 2 percent is almost triple what it was two weeks ago. It is amazing lately how the BIS shows up wherever GATA pokes its head. The good news is that it shows how right Reg Howe is. Reg, the bloodhound, has the fox in his sights. Trading on the Comex today was furious, with about 49,000 contracts changing hands. The big buyer was Hannibal Lecter (Goldman Sachs) himself. That brought gold back all the way back from a sharp early deficit, as it closed down only 60 cents at $267.10. Word from the spot market was of a significant struggle between buyers and sellers going on all day. Indian gold demand is very firm, as the Indian government today revealed a decision in its budget to cut the import duty on gold to 250 rupees per 10 grams from 400 rupees, in a move to discourage smuggling. Silver was strong all day and finished at $4.46, up 5 cents. The gold bullish consensus is only 27, silver only 20. Both are extraordinarily low from a historic perspective. The CRB appears to have put in a near-term double bottom around 220. The short-term CRB technicals are very bullish. How about that foot-in-mouth Bear Stearns chief economist and former Fed Governor Wayne Angell! It was eat-crow time on CNBC, as he had to backtrack on his prediction of an interest rate cut. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan killed that idea in his testimony before Congress this morning. This email from a fellow Cafe member may be of special interest, as I now can tell you for sure that GATA's revelations have reached the highest levels of the U.S. government: * * * Good day, Bill: I was watching CNBC on Tuesday, slightly amused at the incessant commentary from the talking heads over the "imminent" rate cut. But this is not the reason for my e-mail. Yet again yesterday they were interviewing Wayne Angell from Bear Stearns, trying to pin him down on a date for the rate cut and/or any other "bullish" info he could divulge. In the couple of minutes he was on, Angell basically said that the Fed has the power to create the "V bottom" recovery in the economy by ensuring that ample liquidity is provided to the markets. His rather crude definition was that if enough liquidity was pumped into the economy, the "value" of everything from equity prices to house prices would rise -- though he did fail to mention that this would be relative to a falling dollar -- including a broad spectrum of commodity prices. Insert here various inane questions from CNBC and a reiteration of above info by Angell And now for the shot Just before CNBC cut away and in Angell's last comment, he said that in such a high-liquidity environment, the price of everything would rise INCLUDING THE PRICE OF GOLD. The emphasis was added by him, not me. Now why even mention gold, seeing as the likes of him and all the other establishment members seem to go out of their way not to mention that four-letter word? Was this the first in a series of warning shots that the price of gold is about to be set free? I don`t know, but just thought i would bring this interview to your attention in case you missed it. * * * Wayne Angell has been as vociferous a gold basher as any I can recall for six years. Now he has changed his tune. There is no doubt in my mind that he has been told that the gold game is changing -- forever. -END- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[CTRL] The Election Story Never Told
-Caveat Lector- The Election Story Never Told http://www.mediachannel.org/views/whistleblower/palast.shtml By Greg Palast 03/01/01 Here's how the president of the United States was elected: In the months leading up to the November balloting, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, ordered local elections supervisors to purge 64,000 voters from voter lists on the grounds that they were felons who were not entitled to vote in Florida. As it turns out, these voters weren't felons, or at least, only a very few were. However, the voters on this "scrub list" were, notably, African-American (about 54 percent), while most of the others wrongly barred from voting were white and Hispanic Democrats. Beginning in November, this extraordinary news ran, as it should, on Page 1 of the country's leading paper. Unfortunately, it was in the wrong country: Britain. In the United States, it ran on page zero that is, the story was not covered on the news pages. The theft of the presidential race in Florida also was given big television network coverage. But again, it was on the wrong continent: on BBC television, London. Was this some off-the-wall story that the Brits misreported? A lawyer for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission called it the first hard evidence of a systematic attempt to disenfranchise black voters; the commission held dramatic hearings on the evidence. While the story was absent from America's news pages (except, I grant, a story in the Orlando Sentinel and another on C-Span), columnists for The New York Times, Boston Globe and Washington Post cited the story after seeing a U.S. version on the Internet magazine Salon.com. As the reporter on the story for Britain's Guardian newspaper (and its Sunday edition, The Observer) and for BBC television, I was interviewed on several American radio programs, generally "alternative" stations on the left side of the dial. Interviewers invariably asked the same two questions, "Why was this story uncovered by a British reporter?" And, "Why was it published in and broadcast from Europe?" I'd like to know the answer myself. That way I could understand why I had to move my family to Europe in order to print and broadcast this and other crucial stories about the American body politic in mainstream media. The bigger question is not about the putative brilliance of the British press. I'd rather ask how a hundred thousand U.S. journos failed to get the vote theft story and print it (and preferably before the election). Think about "investigative" reporting. The best investigative stories are expensive to produce, risky and upset the wisdom of the established order. Do profit-conscious enterprises, whether media companies or widget firms, seek extra costs, extra risk and the opportunity to be attacked? Not in any business text I've ever read. I can't help but note that the Guardian and Observer is the world's only leading newspaper owned by a not-for-profit corporation, as is BBC television. But if profit-lust is the ultimate problem blocking significant investigative reportage, the more immediate cause of comatose coverage of the election and other issues is what is laughably called America's "journalistic culture." If the Rupert Murdochs of the globe are shepherds of the new world order, they owe their success to breeding a flock of docile sheep, the editors and reporters snoozy and content with munching on, digesting, then reprinting a diet of press releases and canned stories provided by officials and corporation public relations operations. Take this story of the list of Florida's faux felons that cost Al Gore the election. Shortly after the UK and Salon stories hit the worldwide web, I was contacted by a CBS network news producer ready to run their own version of the story. The CBS hotshot was happy to pump me for information: names, phone numbers, all the items one needs for a quickie TV story. I also freely offered up to CBS this information: The office of the governor of Florida, brother of the Republican presidential candidate, had illegally ordered the removal of the names of felons from voter rolls real felons, but with the right to vote under Florida law. As a result, thousands of these legal voters, almost all Democrats, would not be allowed to vote. One problem: I had not quite completed my own investigation on this matter. Therefore CBS would have to do some actual work, reviewing documents and law, and obtaining statements. The next day I received a call from the producer, who said, "I'm sorry, but your story didn't hold up." Well, how did the multibillion-dollar CBS network determine this? Why, "we called Jeb Bush's office." Oh. And that was it. I wasn't surprised by this type of "investigation." It is, in fact, standard operating procedure for the little lambs of American journalism. One good, slick explanation from a politician or corporate chieftain and it's case closed, investigation over. The story ran anyway: on
[CTRL] Miami Heralds recount results were sloppy, incomplete
-Caveat Lector- Tally no! - Keep counting votes in Florida http://www.msnbc.com/news/536050.asp Miami Herald's recount results were sloppy, incomplete By Eric Alterman MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR Feb. 26, 2001 The results are in. The hysterical anger and political maneuvering that prevented a final tally of the votes in Florida's presidential race was for naught. According to a recount of Miami-Dade County, led by the Miami Herald, a hand recount would have given Gore only another 49 votes there. EVEN WHEN added to the Gore vote tallies in Volusia, Palm Beach and Broward counties, Bush still comes out ahead by 140 votes. You would think this figure would finally end the 2000 election controversy. You would be wrong. The Herald and its parent company, Knight Ridder, retained a public accounting firm, BDO Seidman, LLP, to conduct the review. Spending more than 80 hours during a three-week period, the reporters and accountants examined every "undervote" separately and recorded their findings. Of course, each time the votes were counted they changed ever so slightly. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is never so true as in the necessarily subjective case of vote counting. Hanging chads fall off, pregnant chads give birth, writing becomes smudged, etc. UGLY LESSONS Unfortunately, the Herald recount proves only one thing: Al Gore and his campaign pursued a remarkably foolish and self-defeating post-election strategy. In picking only five counties in which to ask for a recount, the Gore campaign made two fatal mistakes. First, they gave the impression that they were hoping to cherry-pick the result by asking for recounts only in those counties where they had the most to gain. This played into Republican accusations that Gore was no more interested in a fair vote count than was Florida Secretary of State and Republican insider Katherine Harris; rather, Gore was arguably trying to lawyer himself into the presidency by hook and by crook. Second and most damning, this strategy was not only counter-productive from a public relations standpoint; it was destined to lose. Had Gore won with a five-county undercount-only strategy, this victory would likely have been overturned by the Florida legislature, or if necessary, the U.S. House of Representatives. And as we saw in the end, the Supreme Court was also willing to place its own credibility on the line in the end if there were no other way to overturn a questionable Gore victory. The only way for Gore to address all of these potential pitfalls would have been to undertake the strategy suggested in this space when the battle was still raging: to call for a full hand recount in Florida. A call for a complete recount would have provided a masterstroke of favorable publicity for the Gore team. What's more, according to the evidence available so far, it would have worked. When the Supreme Court made its final election ruling last December, one argument it gave for overturning the Florida high court's pro-Gore decision was the Florida court's refusal (at the Gore's team's request) to consider the 110,000 "overvotes," where a machine count recorded more than one vote for president. When examined by hand, however, many of these votes turned out to be legal, as both the punch card (or check mark) matched the name of the candidate written in. In late December, the Orlando Sentinel took a look at about 3,000 overvotes in Lake County. The paper found more than 600 valid ballots that had been ignored by the machines, with Gore picking up 130 even in this heavily pro-Bush county. In late January the Chicago Tribune reported that in 15 Florida counties with a particularly high rate of overvotes, more than 1,700 votes that showed a clear choice had been discarded. Most of the counties in the Tribune's study were small, rural and predominantly Republican. Yet even so Gore's net gain was 366 votes. And a Washington Post review of the computer records of 2.7 million votes in eight of Florida's largest counties reported that overvotes trended toward Gore at a rate of three to one. EXPENSIVE WASTE OF TIME Add these together, even with the new undervote count, and Bush is back cutting brush in Crawford, Texas, while Al Gore is your new president. But because it chose to ignore these legal votes in its own recount, the Herald/Knight Ridder effort is an expensive waste of time, useless for everyone but Bush/Republican propagandists. It will be a test of the media to treat these results with the critical scrutiny they deserve. (One paper which has already failed this test is USA TODAY, which ran the Herald results under the misleading headline, "Recount Study: Gore Still Loses," thoughtlessly accepting the Herald's flawed counting standards.) We will not have a genuine answer to these recount questions until the consortium of eight newspapers that has contracted for a much fuller investigation than the Herald's finally completes its
[CTRL] [radtimes] # 169
-Caveat Lector- [radtimes] # 169 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- Send $$ to RadTimes!! -- (See ** at end.) --- Contents: --'Monopoly' anarchists plan May Day havoc in bid to wreck polling --Bombs in Iraq Raid Fell Wide Of Targets --Intelligence Chief Details Threats Facing America --Coalition raises questions about anti-riot funding --Business Roundtable Calls For End To Export Controls --Wearing a T-shirt makes you a terrorist --Starlight reveals billions of Earths === Sunday 18 February 2001 'Monopoly' anarchists plan May Day havoc in bid to wreck polling By David Bamber, Home Affairs Correspondent THOUSANDS of anarchists plan to take over London streets on May Day in a violent version of Monopoly, seizing hotels and company headquarters in an effort to disrupt the expected general election. Police have uncovered plans for more than 15,000 extremists to converge on London from all over Europe on May 1, two days before the country is likely to go to the polls. Ministers are bracing themselves for what could be one of Britain's worst outbreaks of mass anarchist violence. The Metropolitan Police has cancelled all leave and forces around the capital and the Army could be drafted in to quell riots. Activists have drawn up what detectives are calling "the Monopoly Board mayhem" strategy, in which they will target well-known streets and areas such as Park Lane and Mayfair. The plan, obtained by the police and seen by The Telegraph, spells out the tactics to use London as a giant board game. It says: "This year we want to celebrate May Day by playing a game of Monopoly on the streets of London on May 1." It advises activists to "consider the possibilities" and seize the headquarters of companies involved in debt, privatised railways and utilities such as gas and electricity. The plans instruct activists to target "above all, the streets and areas in which the daily business of capitalism continues, normally unhindered". A booklet, designed to look like the Monopoly board game with the familiar illustrations, is to be produced to help the protesters identify targets. Sir John Stevens, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, is believed to be convinced that the anarchists' main aim is to disrupt the general election. A senior police insider said: "Their aim is clear. They want a violent and bloody conflagration on the streets. They want to disrupt polling and cause anarchy. If they could affect the general election it would be the greatest possible propaganda coup". Sir John has promised to "meet, match and beat" the anarchists, but he is clearly worried that the capital could lurch out of control. Reports are being sent to Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, this week outlining the seriousness of the threat. Street confrontations might cause polling stations to close and wreck voting in at least three constituencies. Sir John has set up a special unit to tackle the rioters under David Veness, an assistant commissioner, who tracked down David Copeland, the Nazi nailbomber. If police cannot keep control, it would be damaging for Tony Blair's reputation for law and order as voters go to the polls. One police insider said: "You can imagine the capital opposition parties would make out of that." Planning for the May Day protests has been going on for at least nine months. Anarchists aim to make this year's demonstrations even more disruptive than the four-day protest last year that resulted in huge damage in the capital and the vandalism of Sir Winston Churchill's statue. This time more than 15,000 dedicated, hardened activists from all over Europe will descend on just one target, central London. Websites will tell protesters where to gather, and police expect that they will choose a main Tube station such as Tottenham Court Road. Among the anarchists who are likely to attend are those from the Black Flag movement and German terrorists. These are the same people who caused trouble at the meeting of the G8 group of economic powers last year at Seattle in America. === Bombs in Iraq Raid Fell Wide Of Targets http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36729-2001Feb21.html?GXHC_gx_session_id_FutureTenseContentServer=5a488bf9dec93e60referer=email New Navy Weapon Blamed for Misses By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, February 22, 2001; Page A01 Most of the bombs dropped by U.S. warplanes on Iraqi radar stations during last week's airstrikes missed their mark, Pentagon officials disclosed yesterday, with most of the misses blamed on a new and expensive Navy guided bomb. About 25 of
Re: [CTRL] Bush, the thief, takes center stage
Baloney. Gore lost. Get over it. radman wrote: -Caveat Lector- Online Journal - http://www.onlinejournal.com 02-28-01: Bush, the thief, takes center stage
[CTRL] REU: Cisneros: Clinton Pardon Prompted by 'Extremes'
-Caveat Lector- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010228/pl/clinton_cisneros_dc_1.html Wednesday February 28 2:09 PM ET Cisneros: Clinton Pardon Prompted by 'Extremes' DALLAS (Reuters) - Former U.S. housing Secretary Henry Cisneros said then-President Clinton pardoned him to correct the ``extremes'' of independent counsels, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Cisneros, in an interview with the Dallas Morning News, said he did not seek the pardon for his misdemeanor conviction of lying to the FBI and was surprised by it. Clinton has been under fire for questionable pardons made in the last hours of his presidency, especially that of fugitive billionaire Marc Rich. Cisneros called Clinton to thank him and said the former president gave him two reasons for the pardon. ``One, because he abhors the extremes of the independent counsels and he felt he just wanted to wipe out of existence a bad chapter of American jurisprudence,'' he said. ``Secondly, he felt that people came after me principally because I was associated with him,'' Cisneros told the newspaper. ``Now, I don't agree with that,'' he said. ``I made mistakes and I've got to own up to them and be responsible for them.'' After a four-year, $10 million investigation by independent counsel David Barrett, Cisneros pleaded guilty in September 1999 to lying to the FBI about $250,000 in hush money payments he made to former mistress Linda Medlar Jones prior to joining the Clinton cabinet in 1993. Cisneros said that, even though surprised by the pardon, it was not inconsistent with Clinton's personality. ``In many ways it's classic Bill Clinton that he would think generously about a colleague ... with no request,'' he said. He said the current controversy about the pardons made him ''sad'' for the former president. Clinton also pardoned Jones, who served time in prison for her part in the Cisneros affair. Cisneros, after a stint as head of Spanish-language television network Univision, has returned to his native San Antonio, where he has formed a company to develop affordable house in inner city neighborhoods. He told the Morning News he has no plans to re-enter politics. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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: [GATA] Mining Web article focuses on Bank of England
1:14a ET Thursday, March 1, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Another important article, this one at www.theminingweb.com. It asks whether the Bank of England, the great gold seller of the last year, is responsible for the current rally in gold. You can find the article here: http://www.mips1.net/MGGold.nsf/Current/4225685F0043D1B242256A5DD7 83?OpenDocument If that link doesn't work, go to: http://www.theminingweb.com ... and scroll down. You'll see the headline. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [CTRL] Is the party over for Chelsea?
-Caveat Lector- On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Nessie wrote: Whose heart do I hear breaking for the late Vince Foster? Whose heart do I hear breaking for the half million Iraqi civilians, almost all of them women and children, who died as a result of Clinton's blockade of Iraq? Where did you get these stats? According to the international group "Witnesses For Pease," ***FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND*** innocent Iraqi children **PER YEAR** have died horrific deaths (curable infection, starvation, etc.) via the "humanitarian economic sanctions" Bush Sr. instituted in '91 at the end of the Persian Gulf War. = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends = 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