[CTRL] NYDN: Pardon Probe Still Waiting on Clinton Kin
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-03-22/News_and_Views/Beyond_the_City/a-1042 82.asp Pardon Probe Still Waiting on Bill Kin By TIMOTHY J. BURGER Daily News Washington Bureau (WASHINGTON) Three Clinton siblings enmeshed in former President Bill Clinton's parting pardon controversy still haven't fully responded to a House panel investigating their roles, lawyers and other sources said yesterday. The House Government Reform Committee is still seeking answers from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brothers, Hugh and Tony, and the former president's half-brother, Roger. The committee has quietly continued its probe even though it hasn't held hearings since a series of sessions that delved into Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. The clemency came after Rich's ex-wife, award-winning songwriter Denise Rich, contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Clinton causes. "We are trying to be reasonable, but if there is no response, we will weigh our options," said Mark Corallo, spokesman for House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Chairman Dan Burton. "We just want to know what they did regarding these pardons." Burton (R-Ind.) could seek to issue contempt of Congress citations against the Clinton and Rodham brothers, or haul them before the committee and force them to consider invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying. But most observers think such steps are unlikely. Putting the siblings of a sitting senator and an ex-President in the center ring of such a circus especially after signals that the Bush White House and House Speaker Dennis Hastert want the Clinton pardon scandal to go away could come off as a political bullying exercise. Burton wants Roger Clinton to explain whether he was involved in reported schemes to use his name to grift felons in cash-for-pardon scams. The senator also wants more details from Hugh Rodham, who accepted some $400,000 to help a convicted swindler and a drug trafficker win pardons, and Tony Rodham, who helped an old friend and employer win a pardon but accepted no money. Sen. Clinton ripped Hugh Rodham for selling access to the White House but refused to criticize her other brother. Asked last night whether New York's new senator thinks the Clinton and Rodham brothers should cooperate with Burton, an aide said she "is unfamiliar with the specifics of these requests but stands by her previous statements." She said last month that Hugh Rodham "should fully cooperate with any and all inquiries by anyone about this matter." Tony Rodham's attorney, Glenn Lewis, said last night that he "made contact with [Burton's office] and addressed the letter that was written within the time that they provided. ... I can't comment at this time with respect to what the next step is, except to say we'll be in touch with them in the coming days." Lawyers for Hugh Rodham and Roger Clinton could not be reached for comment. = 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] WHY NOT BOYCOTT THE OSCAR AWARDS
-Caveat Lector- WHY NOT BOYCOTT THIS PIECE of GARBAGE called Oscar Night where these pepole heap upon themselves Oscars and wonderful words while some of Right on! I won't be going and I encourage all other listmembers to do likewise. Now I must email Mila Jovavich with the bad news. 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] How it's done: When you write the laws... youcanlegalizetheft.
-Caveat Lector- Nurev Ind Research wrote: Even Libertarians are sometimes capable of truth. The problem is that they are incapable of the WHOLE truth. The government is half the problem. The Rich and their economic system is the REAL core of the problem. "What we call the 'government' is nothing but a front for the corporations Marxism is nothing but state monopoly capitalism. The USSR was nothing but a big company town." - Nessie C'mon. Let me hear you shout it out Libertarians. Capitalism SUCKS!! "__" H. I thought so. Joshua2 That's because a libertarian couldn't *honestly* say it. If one did, they wouldn't actually be a libertarian, they would be a political anarchist (i.e, libertarianism without capitalism; or a 'left-libertarian'/'libertarian socialist', as they've styled themselves these past 150 or so years). At the core of modern American libertarianism is Ayn Rand - a self-professed "radical for capitali$m", (with books like "Capitali$m: The Unknown Ideal"). Thus, for these brainwashed, Randian feebs, even considering the notion that capitalism and it's Corpus Grunch "SUCKS", would be like a Christian denying that Jesus ever existed (was a plagiarized ancient myth based on astro-theology and entheomycology). "The thing I keep running into with libertarians is that they are purposely blind to the following: if you start with a weak state and a laissez-faire economy, eventually megacorporations will coalesce and become a defacto state, usually fascist and obviously not held accountable by the democratic process. And the megacorps will mold and embolden the state so that it has the authority and agenda to serve them. I don't have to wonder about the viability of this theory, since I have discovered that the US is more or less living proof." -Daniel Pouzzner "Each system in its own way is a system of plunder, an organizational device to get everyone living (or attempting to live) at the expense of everyone else, while the elitist leaders, the rulers and the politicians, scalp the cream off the top." - Antony C. Sutton 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] Three Injured in California High School Shooting
-Caveat Lector- --- Bill Richer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A suspect was in custody and was being taken to a hospital, police said. This line should raise the antennae of the people following the mind control/Manchurian Candidate aspects of the conspiracy. 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
Re: [CTRL] MC: Spooks, Cyber-goons declare open season on whistleblowers/Fwd
-Caveat Lector- Uh, both of Ms. Hartwell's sites are working just fine, including all links. And the "Don't tread on me" is there. Is this MISinfo (an honest mistake) or DISinfo (propaganda)? Tenorlove From John Quinn at Newshawk: Barbara Hartwell Legal Defense and Research Fund PO Box 832 Woodstock NY 12498 websites: http://www.ulster.net/~babs7/ http://www.homestead.com/barbarahartwellsurvivor/ SPOOKS AND CYBER-GOONS DECLARE OPEN SEASON ON WHISTLEBLOWERS __ 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
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: 21-gun Salute and Bible Astrology connotations?
-Caveat Lector- From: "Aleisha Saba" [EMAIL PROTECTED] No wonder that guy gave up West Point to the English during the American Revolution... West Point was never given up to the English. Benedict Arnold supposedly conspired with John Andre to do so, but Andre (or his double) was captured with incriminating documents before the supposed plan could be carried out. History has presented us with the story that Arnold was nothing but a money-grubbing 'traitor', and that Andre was nothing but an effete opportunist...but when one delves into the FACTS regarding both men, one finds both were much more complex than the caricatures we've been taught in school...and that there are hints that there was much more going on to Arnold's supposed 'treachery' than the public -- then as now -- has been led to believe... 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] WHY NOT BOYCOTT THE OSCAR AWARDS
-Caveat Lector- Now Johannas I am not going either but would you believe a lot of people do watch that garbage on TV and why I do not know or care; the idea would be not to watch this stuff, and the ADVERTISERS WHO NOW WANT TO PROFIT by getting more garbage into schoolsl, will not profit for if you boycott this and the products the peddle on this time slot - rating will drop. I will not for instance knowingly use anything Rosie O'Donnell promotes - Fuzzy Zoeller was fired by K Mart for making an inside joke re Tiger Woods who still plays golf believing someone is going to kill ihm - hey it was PAYNE STEWART who was in danger - who won the Ryder Cup so Tiger didn't get the big grand slam.Remember Payne Stewart? Tiger sat in the back at his funeral. The point is eveytime you buy a box of Wheaties or tennis shoes endorsed by one of these pigs, they take big chop and price goes up? So boycott the show and its productsbut then some people let their kids feed on garbage and noiw wonder why they are being targeted in more ways than one, in schools. Do know this Rosie did not last long at K Mart when she got involved with the guns - her 2 year old gets her teeth knocked out, bloodied damaged noise - this kid needed protection from Rosie I think, the Lesbian who adopted her, rather than from anything that could happen at the schools. Equal protection of laws? This garbage is beginning to make its way big time now into schools. I love to boycott products but when a lot of people do - well maybe it is too late now.yesterday two Disney movies had little black girls in beds waiting for little white boys? How charming? No wonder they give Disney away today on TV and it is no longer pay TV for who would pay for it? TV Advertisers - well face it, Fox taught CNN a lesson - they fired how many people? People do not like Jane Fonda or Ted Turnerdid it hurt him? Hey that guy got drunk enough to marry that old bat, sobered up long enough to ralize what happened and dumped her, and now works with UN.for if you want to get along in the world, globally - one must sell out to this order..and this crap all starts in Hollywood... The Arts and Sciences?Garbage is as garbage doesas far as I am concerned Wheaties has become garbage for the pigs get too big a portion of the package BOYCOTT all products sold by those advertising products for Oscarand remember the 5 people who nearly died yesterday putting up scaffolding for this garbagehow much did they get paid an hour. Saba Protected by Arts and Sciences? You got to be kidding - Larry Flynt fits in well with this Hollywood bunch but have feeling under Bush, well "things change".. 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) [militia-discuss] VIDEO OF TX CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE COM
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: GOA-Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:07:25 -0600 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[militia-discuss] VIDEO OF TX CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE BRIBERY SCANDAL [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- GUN OWNERS ALLIANCE !!ALERT!! Chris W. Stark - Director P.O. Box 1924 Crosby, Texas 77532-1924 Ph. 1-713-202-9548 Fax 1-810-283-7459 http://www.GOA-Texas.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23 March 2001 + VIDEO OF TX CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE BRIBERY SCANDAL Copyright 2001 by Gun Owners Alliance (GOA-Texas). Republication permitted ONLY if this e-mail alert is left intact in its original state. + http://www.nealknox.com/alerts/msg00014.html March 22 Neal Knox Update -- There may have been bribery of anti-gun witnesses in the halls of the Texas State Capitol Tuesday after a committee hearing on a string of gun bills. A witness for the Million Moms March was reportedly videotaped by conservative talk show host Alex Jones giving money to gang members who had testified for the gun laws -- demanding that they be given guns to protect themselves against white racists. Some pro-gun legislators are investigating. Ed Hohmann has described the event (I don't know how accurately), and has streaming tape of Jones' video at http://www.infowars.com/payoff.html I've read his story but haven't been able to view the tape. # # # # # WATCH THE PAYOFF -- 56K CONNECTIONS OR SLOWER http://www.infowars.com/video/payoff_slow.ram WATCH THE PAYOFF -- BROADBAND CONNECTIONS http://www.infowars.com/video/payoff_fast.ram http://www.goa-texas.org/cgi-bin/alerts/mb.pl?PN=138 The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence heard testimony today on H.B. 367 by Chairman Juan Hinojosa and H.B. 404 by Representative Danburg. Many people showed up to testify against the bill and many people showed up to testify for the bill. Among the people testifying for the bills were several youths who claimed to be from Houston and claimed to have illegally purchased firearms from gun shows. After their testimony they were seen in the hallway accepting money from someone rumored to be a representative of the Million Mom March. According to bystanders, the youths were not from Houston but were from Austin. It is believed at this point that their testimony was false and was fabricated in exchange for money. Numerous people witnessed this transaction and radio personality Alex Jones managed to get most of it on videotape. There is no information at this point whether the committee will take any action against these people or if an investigation will be conducted. STAY TUNED FOR MORE UPDATES... The witness list should be posted soon, with the names of the young men that were paid for their false testimony. It will eventually be located: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi- bin/db2www/tlo/cmteschd/dateschd.d2w/rep ort? LEG=77SESS=RCHAMBER=HCTYPE=HouseMDATE=03/20/200 1 (please cut-n-paste the above URL since it is broken) # # # # # # WATCH THE PAYOFF -- 56K CONNECTIONS OR SLOWER http://www.infowars.com/video/payoff_slow.ram WATCH THE PAYOFF -- BROADBAND CONNECTIONS http://www.infowars.com/video/payoff_fast.ram We need to ask Speaker of the House, Rep. Pete Laney, if he will consider this committee hearing legitimate, due to the above mentioned BRIBERY SCANDAL!! Ask him if he wants this on his reputation, and the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee's reputation. TELL HIM TO PRESSURE THE CHAIRMAN, REP. JUAN HINOJOSA, NOT TO EVER BRING THE ANTI-GUNSHOW AND ANTI-MILITIA BILLS UP AGAIN!! AS WELL, DEMAND HE START AN INVESTIGATION OVER THIS BRIBERY SCANDAL MATTER IMMEDIATELY!! Contact Laney and express your outrage at this purchasing of testimony!! Ask him what he intends to do to rectify the outrageous act of bribery! HERE IS PETE LANEY'S CONTACT INFORMATION: == Representative James "Pete" Laney http://www.house.state.tx.us/house/dist85/dist85.htm Room CAP 2W.13 Austin, TX 78701 (512) 463-1000 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website e-mail form: http://www.house.state.tx.us/speaker/feedback.htm IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN TEXAS, REMEMBER THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LONE STAR STATE WILL HAVE FAR REACHING EFFECTS IN YOUR STATE ALSO! HELP US DEFEAT THE BILLS BELOW TO GIVE YOUR STATE A FIGHTING CHANCE! YOU DON'T WANT OTHER STATES GLOATING AND SAYING THAT "IF PRO-GUN TEXAS PASSED THIS, WE SHOULD
[CTRL] Defense Department Assessing Possible Vaccine Production Facility
-Caveat Lector- Source: Inside The Pentagon March 22, 2001 Pg. 2 Defense Department Assessing Possible Vaccine Production Facility Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is reviewing a recently completed life-cycle cost estimate report for a government-owned, contractor-operated biological defense vaccine production facility, according to a Pentagon spokesman. According to a program official, the Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program office at Ft. Detrick, MD, contracted with industry to put together the report, which includes an assessment of facility and operational requirements as well as life-cycle costs over 26 years. The estimate used a generic site model meeting basic criteria because the site selection process has not begun, this source said. The report is intended as a starting point to prepare a GOCO facility budget estimate and includes "estimates for the design, construction and qualification in accordance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, and operation of a GOCO vaccine production facility for Department of Defense biological defense vaccines," the spokesman said. The report will not be released due to "procurement-sensitive" information, but some of its details will be addressed in a forthcoming report to Congress on DOD's overall biological warfare defense vaccine research and development programs, required by the fiscal year 2001 Defense Authorization Act, the spokesman said. The report will be submitted with budget justification materials after President Bush submits his complete budget request for FY-02. Assuming the facility is approved and funding provided, DOD will begin a "fair and open" site-selection process. In a Jan. 26 letter to Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee Chairman Tim Hutchison (R-AR) expressed concern that the site-selection process is already favoring a site in Maryland. Hutchison referred to a DOD study conducted in the early 1990s that found a site in Pine Bluff, AR, most suitable for a GOCO facility. "Despite a body of evidence from the early [1990s] indicating that the Pine Bluff Arsenal in my home state of Arkansas would be the most cost-effective location to build such a facility, I have always supported what I believed was the department's intention to conduct a new, fair and open site-selection process," Hutchison wrote. "However, I am now concerned that there are those within the department who have sought to take advantage of the confusion surrounding the transition between administrations, by attempting to steer site-selection process towards facilities in Maryland." He asks that Rumsfeld review the site-selection process to ensure fairness and promises to get the committee involved if the secretary fails to do so. The Pentagon began considering the move last summer in light of concerns about anthrax vaccine shortages and the fact that Lansing, MI-based BioPort, the sole manufacturer of the vaccine, is still awaiting approval from the FDA to resume production following the renovation of its facility (Inside the Pentagon, July 13, p2). Last fall, Vicky Armbruster, joint program manager for biological defense, said funding had been added to the FY-02 to FY-07 future years defense plan to examine the feasibility of building a GOCO vaccine production facility (ITP, Nov. 2, 2000, p7). = 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] The Other Cheek
-Caveat Lector- From http://antiwar.com/rep/laughland8.html }}Begin Macedonian Turnabout: Divide et impera by John Laughland The Spectator 3/23/01 The Arabs used to have a saying about the British, the grim truth of which Albanians would now do well to heed in their dealings with the West in general: "It is better to be an enemy of the British than their friend. If you are their enemy, they might try to buy you; but if you are their friend, they will most definitely sell you." After only a few weeks of television pictures showing Macedonian soldiers lobbing mortars into a hill, Western policy has swung gracefully though 180 degrees. Two years ago, the Albanians were the Wests greatest friends in the Balkans; now they have been dumped. While the Albanian insurgency in Western Macedonia and Southern Serbia is an exact carbon copy of that waged in Kosovo from January 1998 onwards, the Wests reaction is the very mirror image of what it was before. Whereas in 1998 and 1999, the Albanian rebels were depicted as innocent victims, fighters from the same army are now "extremists" who must be isolated and crushed. Although the Albanians in Macedonia and Serbia presumably have the same right to autonomy from their Slav Christian overlords as their neighbours in Kosovo, the thousands of Albanians who have fled the fighting in Tetovo recently are ignored and dropped down the memory hole: unlike the refugees in 1998, they no longer fit Natos script. There has not been a swifter renversement des alliances since 1984, when Oceania suddenly announced that that it was not after all at war with Eurasia but with Eastasia instead. Although in gestation for some months, the change in policy was formally announced by the Secretary-General of Nato in Washington on 8th March. Lord Robertson said, "These ethnic Albanian armed groups and others know that their time is coming to an end." He meant that any aspirations Albanians entertained for Kosovar independence were to be crushed. Nato has announced the opening of its "Yugoslavia office" in the Kosovo capital Pristina, not Belgrade, in order to underline its commitment to keeping Kosovo within Yugoslavia, while the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ever Natos faithful poodle has announced investigations into crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army against Serbs. CNN has even changed its maps of the region to show Kosovo as an integral part of Serbia. On Tuesday, the EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, used language worthy of Milosevic when he called the insurgents "terrorists" who had to be isolated and with whom it would be "a big mistake" to negotiate. This is precisely the opposite of what he and the rest of the international community was telling Serbia to do in 1998 and early 1999. In a truly hallucinatory statement, George Robertson added that the Yugoslav army, whose re-entry into the Albanian-populated buffer zone around Kosovo Nato had just authorised, would show "moderation and sensitivity". I must have blinked in the nanosecond during which the Yugoslav army switched from being a band of genocidal Nazis to a group of sensitive and moderate peacekeepers. This transformation is all the more impressive since its Chief of Staff, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, is the same man who commanded the army during the so-called "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo in 1999. The language of the new government in Belgrade towards Albanian insurgents is also the same as that of its predecessor: the new Serbian prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, has categorically ruled out any peace negotiations with "Albanian terrorists," while one of his defence ministers, General Momcilo Perisic a veteran from the Bosnian war who attacks Milosevic for conceding too much to the West has threatened to deal with the Albanian insurgency in Southern Serbia "in a matter of hours." Natos pretence that its opposite approach to Macedonia is justified because that country is a democracy, whereas Serbia under Milosevic was not, is little more
[CTRL] FC: Rep. Ron Paul on medical privacy regs (he doesn't like 'em) (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- ** From: "Singleton, Norman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Medical Privacy Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 09:20:59 -0500 Friends, some privacy advocates are claiming the privacy regulations represent a victory for personal privacy. I thought you might like to see a letter Congressman Paul sent to his colleagues regarding this claims: March 22, 2001 The Dog Ate My Homework The Check's in the Mail The Government will Protect Your Medical Privacy. . . Dear Colleague: Proponents of the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) so-called "medical privacy" regulation have launched a campaign to convince the American people that these regulations protect their medical privacy. However, these supposed "privacy advocates" are neglecting to mention that buried within this 367-pages of small print which comprise the medical privacy regulation are provisions that : Give state-favored special interests the right to access private medical information -- including genetic information -- without patients' consent (Sections 164.502 and 164.506). Force physicians to turn confidential medical records over to HHS and other government agencies and law enforcement officials without either individual consent or a warrant in complete disregard of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments (Section 160.310). I have introduced the Medical Privacy Protection Resolution (H.J.Res. 38), which uses the Congressional Review Act process to overturn this misnamed and misguided regulation. Please don't allow medical privacy be eroded by a regulation which allows government and the politically-connected to access personal medical records without a patient's consent. Call Norm at 5-2831 and cosponsor the Medical Privacy Protection Resolution today! Sincerely, Ron Paul, M.D. - POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.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] Fwd: The Energy Conspiracy Being Looked At
Calif. Overcharged $6.2B for Power By DON THOMPSON .c The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Electricity wholesalers have overcharged California $6.2 billion since May by manipulating the energy market, power grid managers said Thursday. The Independent System Operator will file the findings with federal regulators and ask for a refund, ISO spokesman Patrick Dorinson said. The state auditor also said the state's 1996 deregulation law encouraged both buyers and sellers of electricity to ``manipulate wholesale prices to their advantage'' by underestimating supply and demand. The auditor's report lays out what it calls ``a complex combination'' of deficiencies and misjudgments it says led to the state's power problems. According to the ISO report, five in-state power suppliers and 16 importers frequently offered electricity at prices higher than it cost them to produce - effectively withholding supplies - or didn't bid at all when they were able to generate power. ISO Director of Market Analysis Anjali Sheffrin presented the findings at a conference in Berkeley last week. The companies have denied overcharging California and have said they expect the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will determine their prices were justified. The commission has recently stepped up scrutiny of power companies' behavior during California's power crisis, asking suppliers to justify $124 million in sales during the first two months of the year or refund the money. Critics claim thousands of additional questionable sales are not being challenged. California has been spending about $45 million a day - $4.2 billion since January - to purchase power for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Southern California Edison. Both utilities, the state's largest, have been cut off by electricity wholesalers because their credit is almost worthless. Edison and PGE say they are nearly $14 billion in debt due to soaring wholesale power costs. The state's deregulation law blocks them from recovering the costs from customers. State Controller Kathleen Connell said Wednesday that the state's power-buying is gutting its budget surplus. Since the state started making emergency power buys, the surplus has fallen from $8.5 billion to about $3.2 billion, she said. Connell ordered an audit of the power buys, saying Gov. Gray Davis is withholding key financial information from her office and the Legislature. She said she would refuse to transfer $5.6 billion into a ``rainy day fund'' she said was set up to impress Wall Street as the state prepares to issue $10 billion in revenue bonds to cover its power buys. Transferring the money would leave the state general fund $2.4 billion in debt, Connell said. Sandy Harrison, spokesman for the state Department of Finance, and Keely Bosler, of the Legislative Analyst's Office, said such transfers are routine and required by law. ``The law says she has to do it. The law does not give her the power to demand that kind of audit information,'' Harrison said. Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio said the administration has released the financial information it can without jeopardizing negotiations for long-term power contracts with wholesalers. Also Wednesday, a federal judge ordered a major wholesaler, Reliant Energy Services, to continue selling power to California despite its fear that it will not be paid. The ISO buys power from companies like Reliant on behalf of utilities in attempts to fend off rolling blackouts like those that hit the state this week and during two days in January.
[CTRL] Fwd: Hey, George - Ask Your Daddy About the Bay of Pigs
Cold War Adversaries Gather in Cuba By ANITA SNOW .c The Associated Press HAVANA (AP) - President Fidel Castro sat alongside ex-CIA operatives, advisers to President Kennedy and members of the exile team that attacked his country four decades ago as former Cold War adversaries examined the disastrous Bay of Pigs landing Thursday. Dressed in his traditional olive green uniform, Castro arrived in the morning as the protagonists sat down to discuss the 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles that shaped four decades of U.S.-Cuba politics. The Cuban president personally greeted former Kennedy aide and American historian Arthur Schlesinger, but made no public statement. Participants at the meeting - which was closed the media - said Castro was still with the group at mid-afternoon. Thomas Blanton of the National Security Archive at George Washington University called the three-day conference that began Thursday ``a victory over a bitter history.'' Participants went behind closed doors to discuss their roles and examine newly declassified documents about the April 17-19, 1961, event. In one document released Thursday in connection with the conference, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev warned Kennedy in a letter sent the day after the invasion began that the ``little war'' in Cuba ``could touch off a chain reaction in all parts of the globe.'' Khrushchev issued an ``urgent call'' to Kennedy to end ``the aggression'' against Cuba and said his country was prepared to provide Cuba with ``all necessary help'' to repel the attack. Trained by the CIA in Guatemala, the 2506 Brigade was comprised of about 1,500 exiles determined to overthrow Castro's government, which had seized power 28 months before. The three-day invasion failed. Without U.S. air support and running short of ammunition, more than 1,000 invaders were captured. Another 100 invaders and 151 defenders died. Other key American figures attending were Robert Reynolds, the CIA station chief in Miami during the invasion; Wayne Smith, then a U.S. diplomat stationed in Havana; and Richard Goodwin, another Kennedy assistant, who with Schlesinger considered the invasion ill-advised. On the Cuban government's side were Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez, a retired general who led defending troops on the beach known here as Playa Giron, and a host of other retired military men. The group will visit the Bay of Pigs on the island's south-central coast on Saturday.
[CTRL] Fwd: After Bay of Pigs, JFK Dogged by Intelligence Snafus
Missile Crisis Intelligence Ripped By DAVID HO .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A secretive group of advisers to President Kennedy saw the months leading to the Cuban missile crisis as riddled with failures in intelligence gathering, contradicting the popular view that the incident was a definitive success for the United States. At a meeting on Nov. 9, 1962, less than two weeks after the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its ballistic missiles from Cuba, members of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board groused about the lack of U.S. spy plane activity over the island nation for most of September despite suspicions by the head of the CIA that Soviet missiles were there. The insights into the pressurized period are revealed in more than 400 pages of newly declassified documents now available among the Kennedy assassination records at National Archives in College Park, Md. The records provide a glimpse inside a group of civilian experts enlisted to provide the president independent advice on intelligence matters. The group also questioned an intelligence-gathering ``paralysis'' that set in regarding Cuba in the months after the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion debacle in April 1961. ``The feeling in responsible parts of government seems to be that things turned out all right, so why bother the president,'' board member Clark Clifford is described as saying at another meeting. ``If the president thinks a good intelligence operation took place, this could have dangerous implications.'' First formed in 1956, the advisory group's impact has varied among administrations, but it was particularly influential during the Kennedy years. On Oct. 4, 1962, the group discussed the ongoing work of Operation Mongoose, a once-secret plan to cause disruptions in Cuba, including blowing up power stations and planting U.S. intelligence infiltrators. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, tapped by his brother to oversee Mongoose, attended. ``The attorney general informed the group that higher authority was concerned about the progress on the Mongoose program and felt that more priority should be given to trying to mount sabotage operations,'' minutes from the meeting said. From other reports, it is understood that ``higher authority'' refers to President Kennedy, said Anna Nelson, a historian at American University and a member of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board, which requested release of the documents. The records say that there was some discussion of mining Cuban waters with devices ``appearing to be homemade and laid by small aircraft operated by Cubans.'' Nelson said that plan didn't become reality. ``Either they never did it or we never knew about it,'' she said. Kennedy formed his version of the advisory group in May 1961 with an executive order directing it to review intelligence work, including ``highly sensitive covert operations relating to political action, propaganda, economic warfare, sabotage, escape and evasion, subversion against hostile states.'' The document adds that ``these covert operations are to be conducted in such manner that, if uncovered, the U.S. government can plausibly disclaim responsibility for them.'' Among those on the board were Clifford, chairman of the group for most of the Kennedy years and later Lyndon Johnson's defense secretary for a time; retired Gen. James ``Jimmy'' Doolittle, who led the first bombing raid on Tokyo during World War II; and William Baker, head of research at Bell Laboratories. Steven Tilley, who runs the National Archives collection of Kennedy assassination records, said the documents don't specifically deal with the assassination but fall under a broad definition of related issues, such as conspiracy allegations and assertions that Cuba was involved. The records mention the Kennedy assassination only on Nov. 22, 1963, the day the president was killed. The advisers expressed their sorrow and decided to hold off on their latest recommendations until after Lyndon Johnson began his tenure as president. In a summary of the advisory board's work presented to Johnson, the group said Kennedy approved 125 of its 170 recommendations, mostly concerning overhaul of the CIA and the Defense Department's intelligence programs. The recommendations ranged from launching more satellites to spy on Soviet missiles to finding a new name for the CIA. President Bush will have his own version of the advisory board but as yet has not appointed members, White House spokesman Mary Ellen Countryman said Wednesday. On the Net: National Archives JFK Collection: http://www.nara.gov/research/jfk/index.html President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board: http://www.whitehouse.gov/pfiab/index.html
[CTRL] Fwd: SF Gate: Soaring Electric Use More Fiction Than Fact/Chronicle investigation finds power companies manipulate data to excuse their towering rates
Toldja so -- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/11/MN213155.DTL -- Sunday, March 11, 2001 (SF Chronicle) Soaring Electric Use More Fiction Than Fact/Chronicle investigation finds power companies manipulate data to excuse their towering rates Christian Berthelsen, Scott Winokur, Chronicle Staff Writers Power companies say it so often, and with such certainty, that it has become a virtual mantra: "Skyrocketing" energy use by Californians is a root cause of the state's power crisis, and justification for surging electricity prices. But a computer analysis of electricity usage data by The Chronicle reveals that the mantra is a myth -- that overall growth in electricity demand hasn't been nearly as great as the industry portrays it. The industry has painted the summer of 2000 as the equivalent of a 100-year storm in meteorology -- an event so powerful and unexpected that the existing infrastructure was devastated by its force. The statistics show that 2000, taken in total, was nothing of the sort. Moreover, two independent state agencies' assessments of California's power plant capacity appear to show that the growth should have been easily accommodated. The companies have defended their practice of increasingly taking power- generation plants out of service by arguing that heavy demand and consequent plant usage necessitated major, time-consuming repairs. "The claims that demand growth is rampant and that it was totally unexpected and due to the Internet economy, to Silicon Valley, or server farms, or people recharging cell phones -- that's bogus," said Tom Kelly, assistant executive director of the California Energy Commission. "About as bogus as you can get." The Chronicle's findings are based on data collected by the California Independent System Operator, a manager of the state's electricity grid. They show: -- Total electricity consumption in California increased only 4.75 percent in 2000 from 1999, a sharp contrast to claims of industry representatives, who have repeatedly relied on isolated, loose or selective comparisons that make growth appear as high as 20 percent. In fact, the single greatest hour of electricity usage in 2000 was actually lower than any peak demand period in 1999 or 1998. -- Average peak demand -- the average of the highest hour of electricity usage for each day -- increased only 4.79 percent from 1999 to 2000. Even during the months of May to September in 2000, when the greatest spikes in electricity usage occur, demand growth was only 8.31 percent higher than the same period the year before. -- More than 30 days of critical power shortage warnings, so-called Stage 3 emergencies, and two days of blackouts this year occurred at times of moderate energy use -- levels often below those at which neither warnings nor blackouts have occurred in the past. The findings appear to buttress suspicions that the "skyrocketing demand" explanation for rising energy prices is a cover for what is really happening -- that power companies have simply started charging more for an essential commodity, regardless of whether it is in short supply. Presented with The Chronicle's findings, Gary Ackerman, a representative for the Western Power Trading Forum, a trade group representing power companies, said the calculations support the industry position that electricity demand is growing strong. "That's pretty healthy growth for California as opposed to the long-term historical average, which is close to 2 percent," he said. "To me, that's really strong growth." Energy demand is certainly on the rise in California -- growth of more than 4 percent is still double what was projected -- and the state has obviously fallen behind in building power plants. Even though a recent study found California ranked 47th out of the 50 states in per-capita energy consumption, the surging demand explanation has become so accepted that leading officials accept it as gospel. Gov. Gray Davis has made energy conservation -- 10 percent, at that -- a centerpiece of his efforts to solve the crisis. "Energy use is growing," said state Sen. John Burton, D-San Francisco, citing the growth of Silicon Valley and high-tech operations statewide. "There's been tremendous growth, whether manufacturing or high tech -- cell phones, faxes, whatever. The stuff is growing." Yet the energy industry has been steadfast in its insistence that the consumer is largely to blame. In testimony and submissions to government bodies considering prescriptions for the crisis, energy demand growth has consistently been overstated. Joe Bob Perkins, the chief operating officer of Houston-based Reliant
[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] President Mbeki informed of Treasury's immunity claim
By Bill Murphy, Chairman Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. March 22, 2001 Weeks ago I let you know that the office of South African President Thabo Mbeki called GATA's office in Durban, South Africa, and asked to be kept abreast of GATA developments. The following email was sent to me this morning and forwarded to the president through proper channels. It was sent to him because it also expresses my sentiments and represents an aspect of what my presentation will entail at the GATA Africa Gold Summit. I would like to make it very clear that what was sent to the president is not coming from Reg Howe but from me. Reg will not discuss his thoughts or how he intends to proceed over the phone or by email, as we all realize that we are monitored by the gold cartel. As Reg is going to respond to U.S. District Court in Boston regarding all defendant responses by April 30, he will be able to explain his position at the summit, as his legal response will be public information at that time. From MB, a very savvy member of www.LeMetropoleCafe.com: "As I read Adam's scanned filing of Reg's court papers on Page 17, the Treasury Department seems to say that whatever it was that they DID with respect to horizontal price fixing in the gold market ... they're immune from the Sherman Act anyhow. "If this IS their defense, President Mbeki isn't going to be too happy when he hears about it. He will naturally react the way anyone would, demand from Secretary O'Neill a specific answer to the following question: 'Are you or are you not manipulating the price of our principal export product, thus directly causing the loss of 170,000 jobs in our mining industry? We are NOT interested in whether you and your lawyers claim that the United States has the right to do so.' "I think that this defense may draw President Mbeki much closer to GATA, something the cartel should fear. "Imagine General Powell's reaction should the South African ambassador to the United States pose those questions. "It seems possible that Treasury's lawyers have overlooked the foreign policy aspects of what Reg has eloquently called New York/British gold imperialism. "Second, their quick reference to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 is a plus for us, since the whole act is a minefield for Treasury with its creation of new powers over Congress via the ESF. "I'm taking all this as a plus since Treasury has not explicitly denied the charges of horizontal price fixing and thus has left itself open to more questions. Combined with the calls from Larry Kudlow, Wayne Angell, and Steve Forbes for a higher gold price, the secretary of the treasury must be about fed up with the 'gold thing.' "One way for him to make all this go away is to let gold loose and lay the blame where it belongs: at the feet of the architect of PardonGate." Not to go unnoticed in the future by the Justice Department during its coming investigation of the gold market scandal. Note the startling increase in the short interest in the following gold stocks since March 15, 2001, according to today's Wall Street Journal: Barrick, up 27.51% Newmont, up 45.95% Homestake, up 83.48% Placer Dome, up 90.9% Wonder who the shorts are? Overly hedged Australian gold producers and a few South Africans have to be more than a bit nervous about the deterioration of the Aussie and South African currencies. They are headed for oblivion, as the Aussie dollar is close to 49 and the Rand was last seen around 8.05 to the U.S. dollar. Unless these currencies soar when gold rallies sharply, which is coming, the hedge books of any heavily hedged gold producers are going to go deep under water. Crashing stock markets and under-water gold hedge books do not let bullion bankers sleep well at night. Commodity prices have been really hit hard lately. The CRB has tanked from the low 230s to finish today all the way down to 213.08. If gold had been allowed to trade freely the past seven years, that could have been a very big negative for the gold price. As is, it is meaningless. Technically, the top in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the largest I have ever seen. It forebodes a protacted, ugly bear market. The Dow, down another 98 points, and most stocks in the United States were battered once again today. The main stock indices have registered bear market signals. What is it going to take to turn the elves on Wall Street Week bearish? When will Wall Street suggest to investors that we are in a bear stock market? The strength in the Nasdaq is coming from the semi-conductors, yet their business stinks and is worsening. Micron's margins have gone from 50 percent to 19 percent, and they could even be losing money now. Projections are not constructive. The hedge funds have made big money by shorting the semi's. Are the big mutual funds trying to run them in to stem the general high-tech bearish investor sentiment and selling of the tech shares by the public? Anyone have any knowledge of such
[CTRL] Fwd: Energy INC
Electricity and democracy by Richard L. Grossman Opinion, SF Bay Guardian, March 21, 2001 The people of California chartered Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation, Edison International Corporation, and their subsidiaries to provide for the state's energy needs. Not to define energy policy. Not to write the law. Not to buy public officials, publishers, editors, and civic leaders. Not to pipe billions of ratepayer and taxpayer dollars out of state. Not to roam the world, buying up other corporations, poisoning other people's communities, and vacuuming up other people's money. Not to prevent efficient, renewable, and public energy systems from replacing wasteful, complex, and deadly corporate systems. And not to run the state into the ground. The U.S. Constitution does not mention corporations. California's Constitution says: "All political power is inherent in the people" (article 2, section 1). Yet corporations dominate politics by controlling ideas, values, laws, and people's money. How does this happen? Among other things, the U.S. Supreme Court insulated these corporate managers from public authority. For example, in 1886 the court gave corporations the 14th Amendment's "equal protection" (Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Corporation). There was no public discussion, no legislative discussion. Chief Justice Waite simply said: "The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the ... 14th Amendment to the Constitution ... applies to these corporations. We are all of opinion that it does." Over the next century corporations won most of the Bill of Rights. In 1986 they won the last chunk of our First Amendment, revoking our right to defend ourselves against corporate lies wrapped around utility bills (Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Public Utilities Commission). Despite public discussion and California's legislative decisions to the contrary, Justice Powell simply said: "For corporations as for individuals, the choice to speak includes within it the choice of what not to say. And we have held that speech does not lose its protection because of the corporate identity of the speaker." Armed with these and other judicial gifts, energy corporations have crushed people's initiatives and referenda instructing public officials to map out solar and public energy transitions. Banking corporations, seed corporations, computer corporations, automobile corporations, oil corporations: they all do what California's utility corporations have legally been doing. Agribusiness corporations write food-policy law. Insurance corporations write health care law. Automobile corporations write transportation policy law. Together they write global corporate rights law and call it free trade. A few hundred giant corporations govern. They define the nation's needs, values, choices, and spending by superintending the people's debates, elections, lawmaking, jurisprudence, and education. The short-term deal to keep the lights on is about legislators and the governor enabling PGE and Edison International corporations to dig deeper into people's pockets. If longer-term deals are left to these corporations --and to financial giants like Goldman-Sachs Corporation and Citigroup Corporation-- they will take our socks while melting down the Sierras. So for starters, Californians must amend the state's corporation laws to ban corporations from: *exercising rights reserved for human beings, including freedom of speech and assembly, due process, equal protection under the law; *buying allegiance and silence by giving money to schools, museums, Little League teams, scouting organizations, and other community groups; *investing money in political candidates, political parties, political action committees, initiative or referendum campaigns, or influencing any public discussions or legislation; *advertising anywhere about ideas, values, and public policy; *denying freedom of speech and assembly to employees; *owning other corporations. Of course, corporate operatives will claim that the U.S. Constitution renders such lawmaking beyond the authority of the people. Their lawyers will tell federal judges to deny the people's will. Experts everywhere will proclaim that people have no right to touch corporate law. But we will not solve the electricity or any other crisis without addressing our lack-of-democracy crisis. [Richard Grossman is codirector of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD), http://www.poclad.org. A former California resident, he now lives in New Hampshire.]
[CTRL] Fwd: Thank the CIA for Germany's Neo-Nazis
Far right violence soars in Germany Government seeks ban on neo-Nazi party by Martin A. Lee March 13, 2001 | Reality Bites: San Francisco Bay Guardian Adolf Hitler's national socialist government wasn't all bad. That's what a lot of young Germans believe today. A recent survey of 14- to 25-year-olds conducted by the Forsa Institute found that one in two youth in ex-Communist eastern Germany believe that the Nazi dictatorship had its good side, and 15 percent of those polled think the Nazi Party in itself "was a good idea" and wouldn't mind seeing it back in power. Many young people in western Germany are also smitten by the perverse allure of Hitler's murderous regime. Thirty-five percent of those polled agree with the notion that Nazism had positive aspects, while 40 percent maintain there are too many foreigners in Germany. Forty-six percent of youth in eastern Germany feel a similar antipathy toward foreigners. Shortly after the results of this survey were made public, German officials released another set of grim statistics, indicating that the number of right-wing extremist offenses in Germany had reached the highest level since the Second World War. German authorities registered nearly 16,000 such crimes (including giving the Hitler salute and spraying Nazi graffiti) in 2000 as compared to 10,000 incidents in 1999 -- a 60 percent increase. Cases involving antiforeigner violence rose by 57% while anti-Semitic attacks increased by 69 percent. Most of the suspects implicated in neo-Nazi crimes were under 21 years old. Neo-Nazi attacks were concentrated in economically depressed eastern Germany, which has yet to rebound from the whiplash transition from Communism to capitalism. Ten years after German reunification prospects are bleak for those living in the five eastern states. In January Wolfgang Thierse, president of the German parliament, painted an apocalyptic picture of former East Germany, describing it as a region on the verge of collapse without hope for the future. It will likely remain "a second class country," according to Thierse, inferior to the West because of chronic underinvestment, a demoralized population, and structural economic weaknesses. In response to the upsurge of neo-Nazi violence, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democratic government has vowed to crack down on the extreme right. Local courts and police forces, which for years have been outrageously lenient toward neo-Nazi thugs, are being urged to get tough with the perpetrators of felonious cruelty. Public officials have called upon ordinary Germans to stand up and show their support for the victims of hate crimes. Seeking to stop the spread of fascism, the German government has initiated legal moves to ban the National Democratic Party (known by its initials NPD), the most radical of several German far-right political parties. Describing the NPD as the ideological seedbed for neo-Nazi aggression, German officials accuse this party of fomenting racist attacks throughout the country. Holocaust-denial and anti-Semitism are the NPD's stock and trade. Its publications claim there is no evidence that poison gas was used to kill people at Nazi concentration camps. "The NPD damages the image of Germany," said Interior Minister Otto Schilly. Founded in 1964 during an economic recession, the NPD gained enough votes to win representation in a majority of state assemblies in West Germany. But the party's fortunes declined as the New Left gained momentum in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The NPD soon ran out of steam and sputtered along at the political margins. It wasn't until after the Cold War ended that the NPD began to mount a comeback. The party has been on the upswing since 1996 when Udo Voigt, a young university graduate, took over as NPD fuehrer after its previous leader was jailed for denying the Holocaust and inciting racial hatred. Voigt dreams of establishing a new Reich that will quot;reunitequot; Germany with its former territories in Poland. quot;Nazi is now a bad word,quot; he explains. "It used to be a good word, short for National Socialist, Hitler's party. I hope in ten years Nazi will be a good word again." Because it is a registered political party (as opposed to a club or another type of organization), the NPD has been able to stage numerous public rallies that might otherwise be prohibited. Last year, several hundred neo-Nazis paraded through a Turkish neighborhood in Berlin, shouting anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic slogans on the anniversary of Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria. They also sang the banned ultra-nationalist verses of the German national anthem at a rally organized by the NPD, while police stood by and watched. The NPD called the demonstration to show its support for Jorg Haider, leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, which had recently entered that country's national
[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] Text of invitation to GATA African Gold Summit
10:55p ET Thursday, March 22, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Here's the text of the invitation to the GATA African Gold Summit that is being mailed to gold mining company executives and government mining ministry officials. While attendance at the summit will be by invitation only, we'll have plenty to tell about what happens there. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. * * * The Gold-Anti Trust Action Committee cordially invites you to attend the GATA African Gold Summit in Durban, South Africa, on Thursday, May 10, 2001. There will be a reception dinner on the eve of the summit, Wednesday, May 9, at the Durban Hilton Hotel. An array of speakers will present evidence that the price of gold has been manipulated since 1994 by a cartel of bullion banks and a faction of the United States government. Gold has been held hundreds of dollars below its natural equilibrium price. As a result of this collusion, the economies of the gold-producing countries of Africa have suffered severely and unnecessarily. At the conclusion of the summit, GATA will suggest an action plan so that the delegates can see for themselves that our assertions are correct. The gold cartel will not be able to withstand this scrutiny politically, as their manipulation will be exposed to the world. Then the price of gold will soar, resulting in much stronger economic growth for Africa. The program will be finalized in the weeks to come, but it will include presentations by Reginald H. Howe, Frank Veneroso, James Turk, and Peter Hambro. Howe will elaborate on the lawsuit he filed in U.S. District Court in Boston on December 7, 2000, against the Bank for International Settlements, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, New York Federal Reserve Bank President William J. McDonough, J.P. Morgan Co. Inc., Chase Manhattan Corp., Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, and the U.S. treasury secretary. Veneroso will present evidence from the public domain that clearly identifies a reckless and dangerous central bank gold loan structure that far exceeds what is generally understood in the gold industry. The biographies of those who have committed to speak at the summit are attached for your review. A workshop environment will be encouraged so that delegates' questions may be fully addressed. We hope that you will be able to attend, as the outcome of the summit may be historic. Acceptances of attendance should be acknowledged to Rhoda Fowler, GATA African Gold Summit coordinator in Durban, South Africa, on telephone +27 +31 202 1831, fax +27 +31 201 64 98 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Her mobile number is 083 301 0064. Sincerely, William J. Murphy III, Chairman Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. -END- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-~ FONT COLOR="#99"Get great low international calling rates from Net2Phone! Click Here! /FONTA HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/fBRVBB/kJXCAA/4ihDAA/WyOVlB/TM"BClick Here!/B/A -_- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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Henry Kissinger Marc Rich Bought Oil from Iran During the Hostage Crisis Excerpt from Metal Men, by A. Craig Copetas (Perennial, 1988), p. 211: Fox [Pictures] director Henry Kissinger was sleeping fitfully. An article in the Spanish journal Five Days alleged that Rich and Kissinger had jointly purchased $200 million worth of the Ayatollahs crude during the hostage crisis, falsified certificates of ownership, and had the funds to purchase the oil transferred to Tehrans control from the Zurich offices of the Swiss Banking Corporation and the Chase Manhattan Bank. Kissinger was awakened by a reporter from Fortune magazine who saw him napping in the business-class section on a flight from Paaris to London and asked the former secretary of state if he had ever met Rich. The fugitive traders friend K said that he had met Rich only once at a movie premiere. [Note: In fact, they were close friends and business partners at Fox and in the movement of crude oil in the Middle East.] A few months after than encounter, the State Departments Bureau of European Affairs began investigating the actions of Americas Vatican ambassador, [Knight of Malta] William A Wilson, because of his personal intervention into the Rich case; State also launched a separate investigation into his contacts with the Most Reverend Paul C. Marcinkus, the Chicago-born prelate in charge of the Vaticans finances, known as Gods Banker
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AUDREY'S MISSILES A weekly newsletter dedicated to the peaceful reform of the United States government. ECONOMIC MYTHS American presidents are not known for their intellect, but most of them have realized that their tenure in office was tightly linked to the health of the economy. In fact, rulers throughout history have been very much aware of this connection. At times and in places where the characteristics of money were not well understood, the solution to the problem of economic turndown was to print more money, a scheme which created no wealth but merely drove up prices. Some nations tied their monetary systems to gold, hoping to prevent the politicians from debasing the currency. With the creation of the Federal Reserve system in the United States in the early part of the 1900s, Congress attempted to make the monetary system independent of political manipulation so that presidents could not pump up the economy only to have it fall on their successors. Bill Clinton, intelligent, unscrupulous, and keenly aware that his own survival was tied to the health of the economy, found a number of ways of stimulating it and creating the appearance of economic well being. One of the first things that he did was to promote trade with other nations. In the guise of "Free Trade", he drained wealth from this country through the uncontrolled trade deficit. It did temporarily stimulate business. He was tapping our consumer market, a reserve of wealth which, given the flight of factory jobs, was bound to be dissipated sooner or later. His opening of the border with Mexico not only facilitated trade, but it also facilitated the entry of illegal immigrants - another temporary stimulant to the economy. The other edge to his strategy was to keep the stock market from crashing and control statistics so that public confidence in prosperity could be maintained. He propped up the stock market more than once. (Wall Street carefully hid the source of the large purchases which turned the market around at critical times.) Real information as to the extent of inflation was not given out. The unemployment statistics, frequently cited as evidence of our strong economy, were compiled using suspect methods. (They did not count those who were underemployed.. They did not count those who were unemployed for more than six months, and they had a complex secret formula by which they arrived at the percentages, a system which is probably still in use.) Illegal drugs began to come across the Mexican border by the truckload. To hide the effects Clinton transferred control of the crime statistics from police to the FBI because publicly available real statistics would have shown alarming increases. But, with a firm hold on the numbers, and with the cooperation of the news media and the big corporations, all of this was fairly well hidden from the public. Business exploited labor, organized crime exploited the public, and capital left the continental U.S. as factories moved to Mexico and overseas. The United States has been in recession for quite some time. With the flight of factories well-paying factory jobs disappeared, enlarging ghettos in the big cities. In order to survive, many of the unemployed turned to pushing drugs and committing other crimes, and our justice system was inundated. Children of drug-using parents were, and continue to be, abused, neglected, and abandoned, while we have not been able to build prisons for their parents fast enough. The number of homeless people has grown alarmingly. Food lockers dispensing food to those in need have found their shelves bare. The influx of immigrants has put additional strains on our infrastructure and our energy supplies. These and other factors, coupled with the rising cost of foreign oil, are at the base of the stock market slide. It has taken some years for the market to reflect our "consumption without production" economy, but it looks as if it has finally happened. Few would risk predicting how far the markets will fall and how long the negative conditions will last. Rather than a loss of consumer confidence as the spin doctors would have us believe, it is a loss of consumer BUYING POWER. The myth of the panacea of Alan Greenspan's interest rate manipulation is about to be shattered. Bush Junior doesn't know it, but he is in imminent danger of being Hooverized* because at this very critical time he pushes a simplistic solution, a proposal he would have put forth regardless of the health of the economy! Teetering on the edge of a sea of turbulent economic waters which are well over his head, Junior is throwing a life ring to the rest of us: "Tax cut! Tax cut! Tax cut!" * Herbert Hoover, President of the U.S. at the time of the 1929 stock market crash, given "credit" by much of the public for the great depression of the 1930's. READ THIS NEWSLETTER AND THEN GIVE IT TO A FRIEND. No copyright on the
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INTERNATIONAL March 26 issue Sulejman Ramadani, 41, was opening his garage
door one day last week when a snipers bullet pierced his forehead. Now the
engineers two sons, 4 and 2, have no father. The Ramadanis are ethnic Albanians,
like most of their neighbors in Macedonias second largest city, Tetovo. The same is
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The motherland is a nest of drug traffickers, weapons dealers and people smugglers.
No wonder nobody talks any more about a Greater Albania By Joshua Hammer NEWSWEEK
INTERNATIONAL March 26 issue Nestled on Albanias southern coast just 45 miles
across the Adriatic from Italy, the crumbling port of Vlore is a smugglers paradise.
Countless sandy coves hidden along the rugged shoreline provide ideal loading bases
for high-powered speedboats laden with heroin, hashish, guns or human cargo. An
underequipped, underpaid police force is nearly powerless to catch them. We seized
three boats last month, boasts Police Chief Gjovalin Lohja, guiding his van along a
decrepit road cut into the cliffs. Minutes later he pulls up to the police
departments only patrol boat, which cruises at 25 miles an hourabout half the speed
of the smugglers craft. The crew tries to start the waterlogged engine. After half
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-Caveat Lector- from: Click Here: A HREF="http://newsmakingnews.com/"NewsMakingNews Secret Connections Covert Operat /A "DR." JOHN PHILIP NICHOLS 1924 - 2001 By Virginia McCullough Today, in Southern California, two newspapers, The Press-Enterprise and The Desert Sun (Click.) carried announcements about the death of the former head of the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, "Dr." John Philip Nichols. Nichols suffered a heart attack on Saturday, March 17, 2001 and died at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, California. The two newspapers carried the traditional background information respectfully skirting the more sensational details of Nichols' life as a lifelong CIA operative who admittedly wrought death and destruction around the globe. It is appropriate that when good men die, the deeds that they accomplished during their lifetime should live on after them. It is also just that when bad men die, their history should live on after them. It is, after all, only by learning from history that those who survive can hope to never repeat the evil deeds that marked much of Nichols' life. When this writer remembers the 76-year-old man whose iron hand ruled the Cabazon nation until his death, I will remember his contribution to political assassinations, his alleged involvement in the 1981 torture and execution murder of Cabazon Indian Fred Alvarez and his two friends in the backyard of their home, the 1985 murder-for-hire trial of Nichols that was curtailed in the interests of "National Security", the unaccounted for gaming money used to buy powerful politicians, and the legacy of CIA control of the Cabazons that still exists today under the iron fist of his son, Mark Nichols. The arrogance of John Philip Nichols was best demonstrated in the book Inside Job by Stephen Pizzo, Mary Fricker and Paul Muolo. The book described the tip of the iceberg involving the Savings and Loan scandal. Page 304 contains the following paragraph: "At San Marino Savings in Southern California, we heard about a major borrower, G. Wayne Reeder (who also attempted a couple of failed ventures with Herman Beebe), meeting in late 1981 at an arms demonstration with Raul Arana and Eden Pastora, Contra leaders who were considering buying military equipment from Reeder's Indian bingo-parlor partner, Dr. John Nichols. Among the equipment were night-vision goggles manufactures by Litton Industries and a light machine gun. Nichols, according to former Reeder employees and published accounts, had a plan in the early 1980's to build a munitions plant on the Cabazon Indian reservation near Palm Springs in partnership with Wackenhut, a Florida security firm. The plan fell through. Nichols was a self-described CIA veteran of assassination attempts against Castro in Cuba and Allende in Chile. He was later convicted in an abortive murder-for-hire scheme and sentenced to prison." Of course, the official company line about Nichols' involvement in South America is contained in the March 21, 2001 Press-Enterprise article by Mark Henry and Mike Kataoka: "Born in 1924, Mr. Nichols was active at an early age as a student and labor organizer in Wisconsin. He went to South America in 1959 and for the next decade helped Indians in Bolivia and Peru become self-sufficient." It is common practice in the "legitimate" press to praise the dead and allow them to be buried surrounded in myth. In the case of "Dr." John Philip Nichols it is the evil life that the man lived that should be remembered. by Virginia McCullough 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives 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
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So here they go again; the kid TOP STORIES5 Hurt in Gunfire at High School Near San Diego; Student Is HeldThis Time, It's Personal for a Senate Captivated by ReformSantana High Wounds ReopenMORESTORIES BY DATE FOR THIS SECTION3/23 | 3/22 | 3/21 | 3/20 | 3/19 | 3/18 | 3/17 DAILY SECTIONSFront Page "A"Section MetroBusiness Sports CalendarSo. Cal. Living Editorials, Letters, Op/Ed WEEKLY SECTIONSHealth Food Tech Times Friday, March 23, 2001 | Print this story 5 Hurt in Gunfire at High School Near San Diego; Student Is Held Violence: A police officer who was on campus ends the assault by shooting the gunman. No motive is known, but suspect 'did love his guns,' former neighbor says. (another police officer happens to be on scene and one on payrollformer Swat Team on school payroll and this police stuff is orogoanizedthey want to engage the kids now in mortal combat not enough Rambo yet?) By ERIN TEXEIRA, GREG KRIKORIAN, SCOTT MARTELLE, Times Staff Writers EL CAJON, Calif.--For the second time in three weeks, a teenage gunman opened fire at a suburban San Diego high school, wounding five people Thursday before a policeman on duty at the campus brought a quick end to the attack, shooting the gunman. Police identified the suspect as Jason Hoffman, 18, a Granite Hills High School senior variously described as a good student and a loner with emotional problems. He was shot in the face and buttocks. None of the injuries to him or others was critical. Shortly before 1 p.m., Hoffman drove a pickup truck on East Madison Avenue and stopped outside the school administration office, authorities said. Then, they said, he knelt in a shooting position and opened fire from the street with a military-style, Mossberg pump-action 12-gauge shotgun, spraying the building, breaking windows and creating chaos in fifth-period classes throughout the 60-acre campus. Four people were injured by flying glass or in the resulting rush to get out of the building. "A bullet whizzed within inches of my head," said Chris Weston, a Granite Hills sophomore. Students screamed, teachers yelled orders and everyone dived under desks, waiting for police. They didn't have to wait long. The gunman was stopped in mid-spree even before he could use his second weapon, a .22-caliber handgun. El Cajon Police Agent Rich Agundez Jr., a former SWAT officer recently assigned full time to the school, engaged in "an old-fashioned shootout" with Hoffman, said Liz Pursell, spokeswoman for the San Diego County district attorney's office. "The kid opened fire. The [officer] heard him. He was right around the corner. So he fired back," Pursell said. Witnesses said Hoffman fired at least eight rounds from the shotgun, reloading at least once. Agundez was uninjured. Hoffman has not been arrested but is in police custody at Sharp Memorial Hospital, where he underwent a five-hour surgery. Investigators said they will probably seek charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors said determination of charges will depend on motive--and may have to wait until investigators interview the suspect. Sedated after his surgery, Hoffman was unable to speak. The guns, police said, came from Hoffman's home. The injured include students Shanda Hughes, a junior; Toby Haltstead, 15; William Dietzler; Carina Scribellito, 17; Andrew "Sonny" Yafuso, 15; and teachers Priscilla Murphy, 53; and Fran Zumwalt, 47. The shooting occurred about six miles from Santee, where two students were killed and 13 people were injured March 5. A 15-year-old freshman is accused of firing indiscriminately into a crowded Santana High School courtyard. "It is unbelievable that another school shooting could happen in such close proximity to Santana High School and in such a short amount of time," said San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob. "It's unbelievable. And it makes me sick to my stomach." Just weeks after surveying the tragedy at Santana, Jacob was again on a high school campus struggling to comprehend such mayhem. "If there was a simple answer we would have had the answer by now," said Jacob, a former teacher. "The fact is, there is not a simple answer." There is no known motive for either shooting, or any immediately available information to indicate that the second attack was influenced by the first. "Whenever there is an episode of violence, particularly an episode that receives a lot of publicity and attention, there is clearly a risk of copycat threats and actual copycat incidents," said David Fassler, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Burlington, Vt. "There are always kids who are literally on the edge." Other students did not describe Hoffman as on edge. Robert Stevens, 18, a senior, described him as just a "hothead" who "kept to himself" and occasionally got into trouble for mouthing off. Some recalled what seemed to have been an odd overreaction to a bad test score, or a boy who would purposely walk on the road rather than the sidewalk. But
[CTRL] Civil Wars
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/5536.htm }}Begin Article22 March 2001 Macedonia: oh no, not NATO by Josie Appleton The conflict between the Macedonian authorities and the ethnic Albanian guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (NLA) has Newsweek worrying about NATO being 'dragged' into another ethnic 'bloodbath' in the former Yugoslavia (1). NATO may not feel in control of current events, but it is not the victim in the Balkans. The crisis in Macedonia is the result of more than a decade of interference by the NATO allies in the affairs of the former Yugoslavia. At every stage, the conflict in the former Yugoslavia has been fuelled by the intervention of NATO members, escalating from diplomatic manoeuvres through political and economic sanctions to direct military action. Back in 1989, US foreign policy was already giving encouragement to ethnic Albanian secessionists in Kosovo. In 1991, Germany gave Croatia and Slovenia the green light to secede from the Yugoslav federation; civil war soo n followed. In 1992, the US recognition of Bosnia sparked the next phase of that bloody conflict, which ended with NATO bombing the Bosnian Serbs (the first ever military action in its 50-year existence). By the end of th e 1990s, NATO was at war with the Serbs over Kosovo. It was only a matter of time before Macedonia was dragged into the mire. As Simon Jenkins points out in The Times (London), 10 years of international intervention has left 'a patchwork of insecure statelets as mafia fiefdoms or UN colonies (or both)' (2). Indeed the history of the Balkans over the past decade (indeed, through the past two centuries) is a story of outside intervention igniting, intensifying and perpetuating local conflicts. By internationalising a regional issue, intervention moves it on to a bigger stage, raises the stakes, and increases the complexity of the forces at play. The prospect of attracting the patronage of foreign powers prompts groups and minorities to launch struggles that they could not hope to win on their own, in an attempt to win international support. The ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Macedonia are making a last-ditch attempt to gain recognition from NATO, as the ethnic Albanians in neighbouring Kosovo did so successfully not long ago. Familiar with the language that w ill press interventionist buttons in the Balkans, ethnic Albanians in Macedonia's Tevoto are depicting themselves as victims of a fascist Slav regime. This, despite the fact that there is an ethnic Albanian party in Maced onia's coalition government, and that they have never experienced repression of the kind suffered by minorities elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia. Unfortunately for the guerrillas, NATO's priorities have changed. NATO secretary general Lord Robertson (who, as UK foreign secretary during the Kosovo war, feted the ethnic Albanian forces there) has now branded the NLA a bunch of 'localised extremists'. Since the downfall of president Slobodan Milosevic, the NATO allies have been encouraging the Serbs to do their dirty work for them and help to keep the ethnic Albanians in check. Yet if it leads to more international intervention, the NLA's gamble may yet pay off, at least in terms of further undermining the unity of Macedonia. Yesterday's freedom fighters can quickly become today's extremist gangsters when strategic interests change During the war against Serbia the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) was transformed from a small proscribed terrorist group into an unofficial member of the NATO alliance, supplied with weapons and aid. Intervention effectively separated the province of Kosovo from Serbia. But as the latest events show, NATO's love affair with the ethnic Albanians was only ever skin-deep. Yesterday's freedom fighters can quickly become today's extremist gangsters when strategic interests change, and with NATO keen to do business with post-Milosevic Serbia. But then, all of the peoples of the former Yugoslavia were only ever pawns in the great power games in the Balkans. Look at the Albanian refugees today, enjoying the fruits of their victory in Kosovo by living in penury in uninhabitable council flats around the UK. As NATO troops are sent to guard the Kosovan border, US state department officials meet the Macedonian government and ethnic Albanian leaders, and the US media discusses funding the Macedonian military, another round of intervention begins. Meanwhile the Germans move to send tanks into the Balkans for the first time since the Second World War. Only a few days ago UK prime minister Tony Blair boasted once more of the success of his personal crusade in Kosovo; now the stability of the whole of the Balkans region is on a knife-edge, with fresh conflicts threatened in Macedonia, Kosovo and Bosnia. This is the pay-off for more than a
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[Video link follows] Media Contact for Alex Jones: 512-597-1352 via email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Committee Witnesses Bribed inside Texas State Capitol by Ed Hohmann -- Infowars.com Exclusive http://www.infowars.com/payoff.html Shortly after testifying before the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, one of the witnesses was seen paying off three other witnesses, apparently in return for their testimony in favor of a massive stack of anti-American legislation designed to disarm the people of Texas. When confronted in the hallway just outside of the hearing room, the gang members, who had each been paid $400, laughed and joked, a la Bill Clinton, that the payoffs were "campaign contributions". Video of the payoff taken by Alex Jones is available on the InfoWars.com website. The hearing itself was a sham and a show orchestrated for the controlled media. From 2:00 in the afternoon until 7:30 in the evening, the same, small handful of witnesses took turns testifying at length in favor of House bills that were direct attacks on the Constitution of the United States. The Second Amendment was specifically targeted, with bill after bill listing restrictions to be placed upon Constitutionally protected firearms. One bizarre bill would even outlaw Constitutional militias while protecting agent provocateurs. Hour after hour, witnesses testified as to the "need" to ban guns. The black gang members from Houston who were paid off, testified in their gang regalia before the committee, making statements such as, "White people are all racists" and, "If you don't give us your guns, you're gonna get killed!" Meanwhile, dozens of judges, police officers, and military veterans, who were there to testify on behalf of the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, were kept waiting. It was not until after 7:30 at night, when the controlled media reporters took their cameras back to their stations to do their evening "news" broadcasts, that any pro-Constitutional testimony was allowed. One of the pro-Constitution witnesses was a state judge from Fort Worth who testified, "The Second Amendment is there to protect us from tyranny." Even the State Police that patrol the capitol were shocked by the sentiments expressed by the gun-grabbers, which included a handful of the "Million Moms" who revealed what kind of Moms they are. When informed by Alex Jones that Hitler was for gun control, they sweetly replied, "Yea, Hitler! Go Hitler!" and began cussing at Alex while nearby State Police listened with their mouths open. Several of the police later told Alex, "You're right about all this!" Several of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee members who are against the bills told Alex that they listen to his show and watch him on television. These are good Texans who, unfortunately, are a minority on the Committee. However, they need our support to get these bills amended or thrown out. Exclusive Infowars.com Video Shot by Alex Jones at the Texas State Capitol Committee for Jurisprudence's Public Hearing on Various Gun Grab Bills. Gun Grab Organization Handler Caught in the Act of Paying off Young Thugs for the Anti-Second Amendment Testimony They Gave. WATCH THE PAYOFF -- 56K CONNECTIONS OR SLOWER http://www.infowars.com/video/payoff_slow.ram WATCH THE PAYOFF -- BROADBAND CONNECTIONS http://www.infowars.com/video/payoff_fast.ram ** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **
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[CTRL] SEARCH ON FOR OTHER RUSSIAN SPY IN USA
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! SEARCH ON FOR OTHER RUSSIAN SPY IN USA 3/23/01 U.S News World Report will report in Monday's edition that U.S. counterintelligence officials have concluded that at least one other spy for Russia remains inside the U.S. government. Agents poring over evidence from the recent spy scandal believe that not all the damage can be attributed to Robert Hanssen and earlier spies. "There's a massive mole hunt going on," a former CIA official still closely tied to the agency tells the newsweekly. Agencies under heavy scrutiny include the CIA, National Security Agency, and State Department. The FBI has assembled a team of 400 agents to work on Hanssen and follow-up investigations. Security is so tight that each agent has undergone a polygraph exam, but the investigation is still in its early stages. "Don't expect to see anyone carted off in handcuffs soon," says a senior intelligence official. *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] Primakov blasts U.S. over expulsions
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Primakov blasts U.S. over expulsions Friday, 23 March 2001 10:40 (ET) Primakov blasts U.S. over expulsions MOSCOW, March 23 (UPI) -- Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov added his voice of indignation Friday to a growing chorus of angry comments over the Bush administration's decision to expel 50 Russian diplomats from the United States. "They can't get along without Russia, and to think that they talk to us as to some sort of Latin American country -- and not just any Latin American country, but some banana republic!," spluttered an indignant Primakov, who for many years held the post of foreign minister and was used to being treated as an equal of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as a representative of a great power at international gatherings. Sergei Ivanov, the secretary of Russia's Security Council and one of President Vladimir Putin's closest aides, Friday added to his recent comments that the expulsion case would have a very negative effect on Russian-U.S. relations. "For the next few months, one can forget about cooperation between Russian and U.S. special services" in the fields of joint fighting against international terrorism, proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies and drug trafficking. Ivanov was quoted by the official Itar-Tass news agency as saying that all such cooperation programs will be put on ice for an indefinite period because of the expulsions. Russian-U.S. cooperation placed on ice Friday, 23 March 2001 10:37 (ET) Russian-U.S. cooperation placed on ice MOSCOW, March 23 (UPI) -- Sergei Ivanov, the secretary of Russia's Security Council and one of President Vladimir Putin's closest aides, added to the recent comments Friday that the expulsion of 50 Russian diplomats from the United States would have a very negative effect on Russian-U.S. relations. "For the next few months, one can forget about cooperation between Russian and U.S. special services" in the fields of joint fighting against international terrorism, proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies and drug trafficking, he said. *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] Senior Chinese Military Officer Defects to U.S.
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Senior Chinese Military Officer Defects to U.S. Colonel on Foreign Affairs Staff Was in Visiting Delegation By John Pomfret Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, March 23, 2001; Page A18 BEIJING, March 22 -- A senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army defected to the United States while visiting as part of a delegation of Chinese officers, sources reported this week. One Chinese source described it as a "grave incident" between Beijing and Washington. The delegation visited Canada and the United States at the end of last year, one Chinese source said. Another said the group was in the United States in January when the officer disappeared. Chinese sources could not immediately provide the officer's name. But they identified him as a member of the foreign affairs department of the army's general staff who was involved in managing China's military relations with the United States and disarmament issues. The officer's defection was first reported in Wednesday's editions of Taiwan's United Daily News. Sources told The Washington Post about the defection earlier this week. It was confirmed today by knowledgeable U.S. sources. A spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing also confirmed the officer was in the United States. "The Chinese government asked us in December for assistance in locating a Chinese military officer who disappeared in New York City," he said. "We located this individual, who is in good health, and notified the Chinese government." A Chinese source with close ties to the country's intelligence services said U.S. officials arranged for the officer's defection before he visited the United States and helped him "disappear" once the delegation arrived on the East Coast. That source added that China's intelligence community believes that U.S. officials in Beijing arranged at the same time for the man's wife to attend a party at the U.S. Embassy here. She was then given travel documents and moved to the United States. "The Americans put her on the guest list, she went in and she never came out," the source said. "Our assumption is that she was taken to the United States." The defection would constitute one of the most serious intelligence setbacks for China in years. It follows the August 1999 execution of two senior officers, Maj. Gen. Liu Liankun and Senior Col. Shao Zhengzhong, for allegedly spying for Taiwan. That case rocked the People's Liberation Army, but also did enormous damage to Taiwan's ability to penetrate China's military. Liu and Zhao had worked for years in the army's armaments departments and were familiar with China's military capabilities regarding Taiwan, an economic powerhouse of 23 million people that China claims to be part of its territory. The defection also follows the sentencing late last year of the chief of China's military intelligence bureau, Maj. Gen. Ji Shengde, to 15 years for corruption and smuggling. Chinese sources said Ji's removal and subsequent investigations of other military intelligence officials have significantly hampered China's ability to collect military intelligence. The source with close ties to China's state security bureau said that when they discovered their colleague's disappearance, the military delegation informed China's Defense Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in the United States, which demanded the U.S. government find the officer and hand him over. When the Americans failed, the Chinese delegation returned home immediately, the source said. Subsequently, the Central Military Commission, China's top military organization, which is chaired by President Jiang Zemin, held a meeting on the issue. The PLA has since undertaken investigations of hundreds of officers who deal with foreigners to avoid a repeat incident, Chinese sources said. *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
[CTRL] Defense Secretary Outlines Military Overhaul
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Friday March 23 10:26 AM ET Defense Secretary Outlines Military Overhaul By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signaled to President George W. Bush his intention to press dramatic changes in U.S. military strategy with increased emphasis toward Asia, senior defense and administration officials said on Friday. The officials, who asked not to be identified, confirmed a Washington Post report that Rumsfeld outlined broad shifts away from Cold War planning for a major war in Europe during a White House meeting on Wednesday. But the officials stressed in interviews with Reuters that Rumsfeld had made no decisions yet on pending U.S. weapons programs and had not made any arms recommendations to Bush at a meeting attended by representatives of the Defense and State Departments and the National Security Council. The president, they said, agreed with the thrust of Rumsfeld's emphasis on China's growing military and economic importance and on all of Asia. ``He (Rumsfeld) did not make any recommendations or discuss weapons in detail. But the secretary made clear that China and Asia -- and the distances involved there -- are looming ever larger on our radar. That will obviously make (arms) changes necessary,'' one of the administration officials told Reuters. SMALLER AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, BOMBERS? The Post, quoting senior government officials, said a sweeping defense review being conducted by Rumsfeld on orders from Bush was likely to lead to a recommendation to build smaller Navy aircraft carriers that might be less vulnerable to new missiles and to put more emphasis on radar-avoiding, long-range bombers such as the batwing B-2 for power projection in Asia. ``The secretary has not received any detailed briefings on specific weapons programs yet,'' one senior defense official told Reuters in response to questions. ``His reasoning is 'First-things-first -- and first comes strategy -- followed by the weapons to carry it out,''' the official said. The top-to-bottom review of strategy and arms is aimed at moving the cumbersome Cold War U.S. military away from a decades-long thrust toward all-out war with the former Soviet Union toward threats posed by high-tech arms proliferation in the 21st century. The Post quoted officials close to the defense study as saying that it will lead to a shift away from the current Pentagon strategy of being prepared to fight two major wars -- perhaps in Korea and the Gulf -- virtually simultaneously. The newspaper said the review also could lead to buying a smaller number of planned F-22 fighter jets for the Air Force. Dueling Fighter Programs The service is currently planning to buy 340 of the F-22 air-superiority jets from Lockheed Martin Corp. at a cost of more than $60 billion. But critics say the short-range jet would not be effective in Asia, where distances are great and the United States has few bases. Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. are also vying for a contract to build up to 3,000 or more planned Joint Strike Fighters for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and Britain's Royal Navy. Britain has committed $2 billion to the JSF program, which is also under review by the new administration, and Italy and other allied countries are interested in the fighter. Rumsfeld refused on Wednesday to predict whether or not the JSF might go ahead despite a ringing endorsement of the fighter from visiting British Defense Minister Geoffrey Hoon. Bush has proposed a $310.5 billion military budget for 2002 but has said he would decide whether to increase defense spending after Rumsfeld's Pentagon review. Sources cited by the Washington Post said the Pentagon review was likely to push the Air Force toward spending more on long-range bombers such as the B-2, built by Northrop Grumman Corp. The Air Force currently has a fleet of 51 of the bombers, which flew round trip nonstop from the United States to bomb Serbia during NATO's air war against Belgrade two years ago. Some members of Congress have been pressing the Pentagon to buy more of the stealthy bombers. *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
[CTRL] N. Korea No. 1 enemy in Asia
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! N. Korea âNo. 1 enemyâ in Asia Pacific commander heats up war of words with Pyongyang -- -- By Jon Dougherty © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com The commander of the U.S. Pacific Command has called North Korea America's "No. 1 enemy" in the Asia-Pacific theater, as the Bush administration's stance towards Pyongyang continues to get tougher. Adm. Dennis Blair, speaking to reporters in Seoul on Tuesday, also touted the U.S.-South Korean alliance as the major bulwark against North Korean aggression. "I would define North Korea as the No. 1 enemy state when I look across my area of responsibility," Blair said. "However," he added, "I think the chances of conflict with North Korea are very low. And the reason they are low is that the U.S.-South Korea alliance is strong. "Our combined military capability and the strength of our countries would be victorious in any conflict and I think the North Koreans know that," Blair said. The Pacific theater commander also called for a reduction in the "very tense situation" around the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the most heavily defended border in the world that separates the two Koreas, and the Cold War's last remaining vestige. The DMZ has been in place for nearly 50 years, established in the wake of the 1950-53 Korean War, when the warring nations signed an armistice. A formal peace treaty has never been signed; both countries, technically, are still at war. The U.S. maintains 37,000 troops in South Korea. "The forward deployment of the North Korean armed forces, their artillery forces, simply pose too much of a short-term threat to South Korea," Blair said, reinforcing the U.S. commitment to remain engaged on the Korean peninsula. Meanwhile, North Korean officials decried Blair's rhetoric and accused the Bush administration of attempting to foment ill will against Pyongyang in the south at a time when both Koreas are making attempts to reunify peacefully. There have been daily attacks against the U.S. and the Bush administration in various influential North Korean media outlets, most claiming that Washington is attempting to draw Pyongyang into a conflict. The Bush administration is currently reviewing U.S. policy with North Korea. Backers of the national missile defense shield have often mentioned Pyongyang's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs as one of the main reasons why the system should be built, though critics have said North Korea's missile programs are primitive and pose no threat to the United States' mainland. South Korea, Japan and the U.S. announced earlier this week that their leaders will hold key meetings next Monday, in Seoul, to discuss coordination of policy towards North Korea. -- -- Jon E. Dougherty is a staff writer for WorldNetDaily. *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] Temple Mount dig continues
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND Temple Mount dig continues Hundreds of Muslims volunteering to excavate sacred site called 'illegal' -- -- © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Yisrael Caspi, of the Committee to Save the Temple Mount, told the Knesset Education Committee the âdesecrationâ of the Jewish holy site by Moslem Waqf construction continues. Caspi said hundreds of Islamic Movement volunteers arrived at the site earlier this week to help in the excavations. So far, the new Israeli government has announced no decision about curtailing and restricting the operation, which, Caspi said, is being carried out based on illegal permits granted by ex-Prime Minister Ehud Barak. "We are willing to give the new government a chance, but a freeze must be imposed immediately," Caspi said. "The Temple Mount gates must be closed, preventing the entry of special rock-cutting equipment that was brought in this week, and the works must be stopped." Caspi said police reports denying the extent of the works are untrue: "The police don't want to look, while we have clear evidence and aerial photographs showing the extensive damage that has been done." Education Minister Limor Livnat said, "The previous government enabled this desecration to take place, and it is now up to the present government to find the way to stop this -- but not with wild actions." In May of last year, the first reports surfaced of widespread digging by the Muslim Waqf, which controls the Temple Mount. Huge piles of debris removed by heavy equipment are still in evidence to the east and in the Kidron dumps. The Israel Archeological Association reports this rubble includes a large stone fragment that was part of the gate jamb in the Triple Gate at the southern wall dated to the Second Temple era. By June, paving construction had begun on the northeastern section of the Temple Mount, prompting the formation of the Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount. The group petitioned Barak to stop the destruction. Some 80 members of the Knesset signed the petition. The excavation continued, with trucks and tractors continuing to enter and exit the site. An amateur video reveals a large Muslim construction project is under way -- one employing huge masonry stones -- right on the remains of the Jewish Temple. The center of activity appears to be an area north of Solomon's Stables. Ornamental skylights of metal and glass are installed in the floor over the area where an underground mosque has been established in Solomon's Stables. *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] Boy's death spotlights bias in coverage of gays
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Boy's death spotlights bias in coverage of gays By Robert Stacy McCain THE WASHINGTON TIMES There were no nationally televised candlelight vigils for Jesse Dirkhising. No Hollywood celebrities mourned the passing of the 13-year-old Arkansas boy. Top Stories ⢠Frustration over campaign bill hobbles Senate ⢠ABA's role on judges ruled out ⢠China chided for detaining U.S. boy ⢠Moscow threatens retaliation over ousters ⢠Metro balks over station naming The New York Times hasn't reported how Jesse died of asphyxiation in 1999 after prosecutors say he was bound, gagged and sodomized by a homosexual couple. And the seventh-grader's death has not caused powerful Washington activists to lobby for new federal laws to punish such crimes. While the 1998 death of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming provoked a blizzard of media coverage about the death of the homosexual college student, the Dirkhising case is just "a local crime story," one TV network spokesman explains. Joshua Macabe Brown, one of two men accused of killing Jesse, was convicted yesterday of rape and first-degree murder in a trial that began March 13. Through yesterday afternoon, Brown's weeklong trial produced a combined total of zero stories from the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN. Conservatives comparing coverage of the Shepard and Dirkhising cases, which both involve homosexuality, have scolded the media for ignoring Jesse's murder. But the disparity in reporting on the two murders is now provoking comment even from homosexual critics. "This discrepancy isn't just real. It's staggering," Andrew Sullivan wrote in a column in the April 2 issue of the liberal New Republic magazine. Mr. Sullivan, who is homosexual, cited Nexis database statistics showing 3,007 media stories about the Shepard killing in the month after the Wyoming murder, but just 46 stories about Dirkhising's murder in the month after the Arkansas boy's death. Outside of Arkansas, the Tulsa World and the Memphis Commercial Appeal were the only large newspapers to carry daily Associated Press coverage of Brown's trial. The Washington Times has carried the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's reports on the trial in Bentonville, Ark. The only TV network to report on the trial has been Fox News Channel, where "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly featured a segment on the Dirkhising case titled "Is There a Double Standard in Coverage of Hate Crimes?" on his Monday broadcast. By contrast, the Shepard murder made front-page news â and the cover of Time magazine â in October 1998. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. Richard A. Gephardt were among the politicians who appeared with Hollywood stars like Ellen Degeneres at a candlelight vigil on Capitol Hill to mourn Mr. Shepard's death and demand new hate crimes laws to protect homosexuals. TV networks featured footage of a weeping Miss DeGeneres âwhose televised "coming out" as a lesbian made headlines in 1997 âtelling the crowd at the Capitol Hill vigil, "I'm begging heterosexuals to see this as a wake-up call to help us end the hate. Please raise your children with love and nonjudgment. . . . This is a war, we need your help." Critics have charged that "political correctness" explains the different media treatment of the Shepard and Dirkhising murders. News organizations deny any such bias. "Absolutely not," responded CBS News spokeswoman Sandy Genelius. "Every day we have 22 minutes to fill on the 'CBS Evening News,' and every day the producers and the senior production staff have to determine what stories make the broadcast and which don't," said Ms. Genelius. "Obviously, we can't cover every story that happens in this country every day," the CBS spokeswoman said Wednesday, "so each day we make an editorial judgment and, on the days when [the Dirkhising murder] story was unfolding, the overall editorial judgment was that it couldn't fit into the broadcast that day." "We've been watching the trial and will continue to monitor it," ABC News spokesman Todd Polkes said Wednesday. "Currently, we have no plans to report it in our national newscasts. It appears to be a local crime story that does not raise the kind of issues that would warrant our coverage." After yesterday's guilty verdict for one of Jesse's accused killers, Mr. Polkes said there were still "no plans to [report the verdict] on 'World News Tonight.' " "We've been monitoring the trial," CNN spokeswoman Megan Mahoney said Wednesday. "We have an affiliate [in Fort Smith, Ark.]. But it has not been on our air yet. . . . Every day, we're striving for fair, accurate and objective reporting." After yesterday's verdict, Miss Mahoney said CNN was receiving coverage from its Arkansas affiliate, although no decision had been made whether the story would be
[CTRL] NM: Blame Monica for Russian Spy Purge
-Caveat Lector- With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Friday March 23, 2001; 9:30 a.m. EST Blame Monica for Russian Spy Purge The American media said Monicagate was "just about sex." But a report Friday suggests that ex-President Clinton's oral sex sessions with a then-23-year-old White House intern may have ultimately led to the Bush administration's decision to boot 51 Russian spies out of the country -- and to what some are calling a new Cold War. The U.S. intellience review that resulted in the Russian spy purge began well before arrest of FBI turncoat Robert Hanssen, reports the New York Post -- and was, in fact, prompted by other concerns. U.S. spycatchers were particularly worried about "indications that the Russians were aware of Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky well before the scandal broke" the paper said. Not only did Putin's predecessor Boris Yeltsin claim in his memoirs that he knew before Ken Starr about Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky, but U.S. intelligence experts now suspect "the Russian SVR spy agency, successor to the KGB, may have intercepted Clinton's phone sex conversations with her." Undoubtedly those intercepts, if they occurred, were recorded -- raising the ominous possibility that Russian leaders had potent evidence to blackmail Clinton starting at the beginning of his second term. Another concern prompting the intelligence review: suspicions that the SVR had planted an eavesdropping bug inside a seventh floor conference room of the State Department. = 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] WT: Boy's death spotlights bias in coverage of gays
-Caveat Lector- THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/ Boy's death spotlights bias in coverage of gays http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-2001323224241.htm March 23, 2001 By Robert Stacy McCain There were no nationally televised candlelight vigils for Jesse Dirkhising. No Hollywood celebrities mourned the passing of the 13-year-old Arkansas boy. The New York Times hasn't reported how Jesse died of asphyxiation in 1999 after prosecutors say he was bound, gagged and sodomized by a homosexual couple. And the seventh-grader's death has not caused powerful Washington activists to lobby for new federal laws to punish such crimes. While the 1998 death of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming provoked a blizzard of media coverage about the death of the homosexual college student, the Dirkhising case is just "a local crime story," one TV network spokesman explains. Joshua Macabe Brown, one of two men accused of killing Jesse, was convicted yesterday of rape and first-degree murder in a trial that began March 13. Through yesterday afternoon, Brown's weeklong trial produced a combined total of zero stories from the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN. Conservatives comparing coverage of the Shepard and Dirkhising cases, which both involve homosexuality, have scolded the media for ignoring Jesse's murder. But the disparity in reporting on the two murders is now provoking comment even from homosexual critics. "This discrepancy isn't just real. It's staggering," Andrew Sullivan wrote in a column in the April 2 issue of the liberal New Republic magazine. Mr. Sullivan, who is homosexual, cited Nexis database statistics showing 3,007 media stories about the Shepard killing in the month after the Wyoming murder, but just 46 stories about Dirkhising's murder in the month after the Arkansas boy's death. Outside of Arkansas, the Tulsa World and the Memphis Commercial Appeal were the only large newspapers to carry daily Associated Press coverage of Brown's trial. The Washington Times has carried the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's reports on the trial in Bentonville, Ark. The only TV network to report on the trial has been Fox News Channel, where "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly featured a segment on the Dirkhising case titled "Is There a Double Standard in Coverage of Hate Crimes?" on his Monday broadcast. By contrast, the Shepard murder made front-page news and the cover of Time magazine in October 1998. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. Richard A. Gephardt were among the politicians who appeared with Hollywood stars like Ellen Degeneres at a candlelight vigil on Capitol Hill to mourn Mr. Shepard's death and demand new hate crimes laws to protect homosexuals. TV networks featured footage of a weeping Miss DeGeneres whose televised "coming out" as a lesbian made headlines in 1997 telling the crowd at the Capitol Hill vigil, "I'm begging heterosexuals to see this as a wake-up call to help us end the hate. Please raise your children with love and nonjudgment. . . . This is a war, we need your help." Critics have charged that "political correctness" explains the different media treatment of the Shepard and Dirkhising murders. News organizations deny any such bias. "Absolutely not," responded CBS News spokeswoman Sandy Genelius. "Every day we have 22 minutes to fill on the 'CBS Evening News,' and every day the producers and the senior production staff have to determine what stories make the broadcast and which don't," said Ms. Genelius. "Obviously, we can't cover every story that happens in this country every day," the CBS spokeswoman said Wednesday, "so each day we make an editorial judgment and, on the days when [the Dirkhising murder] story was unfolding, the overall editorial judgment was that it couldn't fit into the broadcast that day." "We've been watching the trial and will continue to monitor it," ABC News spokesman Todd Polkes said Wednesday. "Currently, we have no plans to report it in our national newscasts. It appears to be a local crime story that does not raise the kind of issues that would warrant our coverage." After yesterday's guilty verdict for one of Jesse's accused killers, Mr. Polkes said there were still "no plans to [report the verdict] on 'World News Tonight.' " "We've been monitoring the trial," CNN spokeswoman Megan Mahoney said Wednesday. "We have an affiliate [in Fort Smith, Ark.]. But it has not been on our air yet. . . . Every day, we're striving for fair, accurate and objective reporting." After yesterday's verdict, Miss Mahoney said CNN was receiving coverage from its Arkansas affiliate, although no decision had been made whether the story would be reported on the cable news giant. Powerful lobbying organizations like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), which has an annual budget of nearly $4 million, work to shape media portrayals of homosexuality. Within 48 hours of the attack on Mr.
[CTRL] Fraud at the Redstone Arsenal
-Caveat Lector- Source: Al Martin Raw http://www.almartinraw.com/ Fraud For Lunch at Redstone Arsenal http://www.almartinraw.com/column10.html by Al Martin Last week there was another $40,000 lunch for foreign arms dealers at the Redstone Arsenal paid for by US taxpayers. In other words, it was business as usual. The menu featured giant prawns and stone crab. There was also a bowl of green punch to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. Underneath the punch bowl, there was an arrangement of crisp brand-new fifty and hundred dollar banknotes arranged in a floral pattern. They were wrapped up with little ribbons and given out as party favors. At the party there was an active lieutenant general, an active three star general no less, who was talking about moving his fraud money to Corsica. This is the type of scam that's been done for years. He's just doing it a little more professionally. It's called the Old Double Inventory Whammo Scam, and it's often done against the Department of Defense. The general is doing it with his clique of ten confederates. Some are in DoD Procurement. Some are in DoD Inventory Control. Some are in DoD Payment and Disbursement. And some are in DoD Audit. You have to have someone in each of these offices to make the scam work. He was bragging about it. "We just committed this scam last week. It cost $40,000 and it netted $2.5 million." He said his end was $250,000 and it just got wired to his offshore account and he's going to bury the money by buying a piece of beachfront property in Corsica because he doesn't have anything else to do with it. The scam is relatively simple. They are reselling back to the Department of Defense actual Department of Defense inventory items that the Department of Defense already owns, but doesn't realize it owns. What they do is they go through the Department of Defense inventory list which is massive. They look for some esoteric but generic part. It doesn't have to be big. Just something that can be easily misplaced or mislaid. What this guy does on the inside is he simply deletes it from the computer. That's all he does. He deletes it. He doesn't leave a paper trail pretending it was sold to some other company. It's just erased. It's just deleted. What happens when it's an inventory item is that whether they need it or not (this is the way that DoD procurement works) nobody ever figures out or bothers to check whether it's an item that they actually need. It could be a component left over from the Second World War that's still in inventory. What the computer does when it sees an item deleted is that it automatically generates an electronic bid for the item for the same quantity of the item, no matter what the item is, even if its not used, or rusted, or whatever. It doesn't make any difference. So what they do is form an offshore armaments corporation. Then they submit a bid so cheap that they know they're going to get it. The Department of Defense pays them almost immediately. It's nothing big, just two or three million at a time. And they're doing it every month. Two or three million. Two or three million. The guy on the inside then makes the item reappear in the inventory list and just changes the seller's code from what it was originally to this new offshore company. Then after they've gotten paid (which is almost immediately once the bid is accepted) as soon as the money is in the offshore account, they dissolve the offshore corporation the next day and disburse the money to the individual accounts which are hidden all over the world. They reopen a corporation the following day using a similar sounding name just in a different offshore jurisdiction. So for instance Pan Global Armaments last week becomes Trans Global this week. But anyway this guy is complaining that he's making so much money he's having a hard time hiding it all. There were about 400 guys at this lunch - the biggest crowd they ever had there. What the generals and colonels are most worried about is hiding their money because they're making so much they're running out of places to hide it without making it look obvious. They know the FBI is snooping around. They know congressional committees are looking around. They know the media is getting interested. But they talk so openly about it. They've been doing it for so long and nobody has ever been prosecuted because they give so much of the money away. The general was talking about this Defense Contracting Association that gives millions and millions to the Republican Party. Enormous amounts of money. These meetings are composed of active military officers, mostly the rank of major and above. They are in association with retired military officers, from majors to three star generals. A lot of one star and two star generals are involved. What they do is form offshore arms companies. Seatac Arms. Teltac Arms. Very generic sounding names. "We like to make the names what we call
[CTRL] SNET: Australians Reclaiming Their Right To Self Defense (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 06:13:05 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SNET NEWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SNET: Australians Reclaiming Their Right To Self Defense - SNETNEWS Mailing List Self defense to a liberal means: Dial 911, put your head between your legs, and kiss your *ss goodbye. Mark Firearm Owners Association of Australia http://www.lockstockandbarrel.org/ Box 346 Gympie Queensland 4570 Phone 07 54825070 Fax 07 54824716 Message to all Firearm Owners in Australia Operation Strike Back 100% Victorious In 1986 Howard, Fisher, Cooper and Borbridge were all warned by the FOAA that if they continued to ignore the individual rights of Firearm Owners, traditionally their core supporters, that they, having 'sown the wind would reap the whirlwind'. They were told in no uncertain terms via, thousands of letters, faxes personal visits by former members and in countless media interviews by our executive, that to proceed with the dictatorial Gun Laws would be political suicide. That they would end up taking all their MP's to parliament in a bongo van. They did not want to listen, in fact Cooper and Borbridge invited the FOAA executive to a conference, prior to the introduction of the Act and then cancelled the meeting at the last minute, saying we were considered 'INTRACTABLE' that means, unsubmissive, unyielding, uncompromising, and it was true. We would not compromise the rights of our members by 'treating' with the enemy. The Road Back It has taken nearly four years, countless days and many nights of burning the midnight oil by thousands of Firearm Owners throughout Australia but the Liberal, National betrayal has finally been driven to its conclusion. Every state Government that agreed to the Inter-National Gun Laws has been thrown out of office, the Nationals and Liberals as a political force in this country are now a non event. Cooper has Resigned, Fisher has resigned, Borbridge has resigned and Prime Minister Howard is riding an (at the most six months) avalanche of disenchantment into a chasm that the Liberal/National coalition will never crawl out from. 'Bang Bang And You're Dead' quote by Sir Richard Court referring to One Nation's effect on the West Australian Liberal Party. 'One Nation' the machine that has produced this stunning result would not have had substance if the shooters did not supply the legs. Both the Firearm Owners and Pauline have both been quoted as saying that 'Pauline is the Train Driver and the Firearm Owners are the Engines and Wheels'. We have split Liberal and National asunder, now One Nation is the fastest growing political force in Australia's history. Only One More Party To Beat Of the three Major Parties whose 'bi-partisan', or as I would call it 'Tyrannical' behaviour introduced the Inter-National Gun Laws in 1996 there is only one left. Labour. It seems that the only vehicle that has a chance of bringing Labour to its knees is, One Nation. One Nation is the only Opposition. Labour is the last one to go, it cannot hide now behind a shield of Liberal Socialists, it's on its own, isolated ready to be knocked off its perch. Labour has not won an election on its merits, it offers no solutions, no fairer attitude to the electorate, it has only sat on the sidelines benefitting from the massive split in the coalition parties. As all action causes re-action. Labours 10% swing, a backlash from Liberal due to GST can soon swing to One Nation with the certainty of a ticking clock. Let's do it. Ron Owen Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A
[CTRL] [HardGreenHerald] # 12
-Caveat Lector- [HardGreenHerald] # 12 "Unless someone like you cares a whole lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." --Dr. Seuss, 'The Lorax' --A RadTimes production-- --- Contents: --- --Militant environmental group targets FBI, others --What Are They Hiding? --British Foot-Mouth Virus Epidemic Mimics US Simulation --The Hidden Threat Of Agro-Terror --Reader commentary --New Acid Rain Study Finds Northeast Is Not Recovering --U.S. Sheep Seized in Mad Cow Scare --Sea Shepherd Brazil Assembling Oiled Wildlife Rescue Team --CJD deaths due to traditional butchers --Butchers' Knives 'Caused CJD Cluster' --Scientists look to 'traditional knowledge' to help understand climate change --Mad Sheep Seized in Vermont --Anti-nuclear protesters step up attacks in Germany --Millions dying needlessly from dirty water === Militant environmental group targets FBI, others By SAM STANTON Scripps-McClatchy Western Service / Sacramento Bee March 13, 2001 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two weeks after claiming responsibility for its first arson attack in California, the Earth Liberation Front has issued a nationwide call for "militant direct action" against FBI offices and other federal buildings. The militant environmental group, which the FBI has called the nation's most dangerous domestic terror organization, on Tuesday issued a statement asking its followers to engage in actions against the federal government on April 5. That date coincides with the scheduled pretrial hearing of Frank Ambrose, who has been charged in Bloomington, Ind., with tree-spiking and is suspected to be an ELF member. Ambrose has denied the charges and his case has become a rallying point for environmental activists who believe he is being unfairly targeted by FBI agents anxious to win a court victory against an alleged ELF follower. Sacramento FBI spokesman Nick Rossi said his agency had little to say about the ELF announcement or FBI security efforts. "We evaluate each threat on a case by case basis," Rossi said. The announcement calls for protests at a time of year when federal agencies typically are at a heightened state of alert because of the April 19 anniversaries of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing and the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The call for action on April 5 came through e-mail messages sent to individuals who have asked to be updated on ELF activities. The messages are forwarded by a group of activists based in Portland, Ore., who deny any membership in the group. One of the activists, Lesliejames Pickering, said Tuesday that he believed the latest announcement indicated there would be demonstrations of "support for radical action." "Militant means more organized, more strategic," Pickering said. "There are going to be protests nationwide." He added that he expected protest sites to include either Sacramento or San Francisco. The shadowy organization, which has no official members, says it is a worldwide group that includes anyone who takes action to protect the environment without injuring or killing anyone. The group claims to have caused at least $37 million in damages to various timber operations, ski resorts and other entities ELF members believe have hurt the environment. In one of its latest efforts, the ELF claims to have set a Feb. 20 pre-dawn fire at a cotton gin near Visalia that caused $700,000 in damage. The group claimed it targeted the plant because it contained genetically engineered cotton seeds. But officials said there were no such seeds at the gin, and a fire investigator said Tuesday that officials have not been able to corroborate the group's claims of setting the blaze. The ELF claimed to have placed barrels containing a total of 20 gallons of gasoline and other fuel around the inside of the plant. Capt. Mike Davidson of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said a dog trained to detect accelerants at arsons was sent inside the cotton gin and found no scent of the fuel. "I personally believe that if there were 20 gallons of accelerant inside the dog would have smelled it and the firefighters would have smelled it (when they arrived on the scene)," Davidson said. "I can't eliminate the possibility that the Earth Liberation Front set the fire; I can say that they didn't do the fire the way they said they did." However, FBI officials have said the group's previous claims of responsibility for such actions generally have been accurate. And officials are concerned that the fire in Visalia and the recent announcements indicate ELF followers are planning to increase the number and frequency of such attacks. === What Are They Hiding? http://www.gefoodalert.org/ Are you the gambling type? What do
[CTRL] [radtimes] # 187
-Caveat Lector- [radtimes] # 187 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- Send $$ to RadTimes!! -- (See ** at end.) --- Contents: --Burn a Flag For Freedom --Violence rising along border --Anti-globalisation clashes in Italy --Guerrillas in Their Midst --Group intent on violence at summit --Responding To Domestic Terrorism --US Military Microwave Weapon Considered For Civilian Control === Burn a Flag For Freedom http://www.lewrockwell.com/moody/moody12.html by Rob Moody March 17, 2001 It is seldom that any liberty is lost all at once. ~ David Hume A constitutional amendment prohibiting physical desecration of the US flag was introduced last Tuesday in both houses of Congress. Well, hallelujah! All of our problems are solved. Seriously, though, is this a problem? When was the last time you heard about a US flag being "desecrated" on American soil? Probably in 1989, when Congress passed the Flag Protection Act, which made "desecration" of the flag a federal offense. Of course, the Law of Unintended Consequences kicked in when the act went into effect, and many people burned flags in protest. The only US flags I ever see being "desecrated" are in places like Gaza and Iraq, due to the fact that we can't seem to mind our own business. Do you ever see any foreigners burning a Swiss flag? I wonder why. There is nothing that raises my blood pressure like a phony baloney, plastic banana patriot who wants to show everyone how patriotic he is by taking away our freedoms. Most of these people have never served their country in any way or put their lives on the line for it. Politicians love this issue because it allows them to cast a vote for patriotism while distracting us from the issues that really matter. In the Senate, the bill was introduced by Orrin Hatch (figures) and Max Cleland (not only is he one of my senators, I went through the same ROTC program and belonged to the same fraternity that he did at Stetson). The amendment reads, "Congress shall have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." My dictionary defines desecrate as: "To violate the sacredness of : profane." Sacred is defined as: "1. Dedicated to or reserved for the worship of a deity. 2. Worthy of religious veneration. 3. Made or declared holy.6. Of or relating to religious objects, rites or practices." Profane is defined as: "Showing irreverence or contempt toward God or sacred things : blasphemous." So is the flag now worthy of religious veneration, as the Nazi flag was at the Nuremberg rallies? Rep. Duke Cunningham (R, CA), the sponsor of the amendment in the House, said: "This Congress is committed to doing everything we can to ensure our symbol of national pride and freedom [except for the freedom to 'desecrate' that symbol] is protected. Millions of American men and women have died in defense of this nation [No, most of them died in unnecessary wars started by socialist presidents] and the flag that represents the history of our nation [unlike the Confederate flag, which simply represents hate]. The American flag is a national treasure. It is the ultimate symbol of freedom, equal opportunity and religious tolerance." Is it also a symbol of political tolerance? Are we mature enough to allow peaceful people to "desecrate" the flag, even though it may deeply offend us? Rep. John Murtha (D, PA), the co-sponsor of the amendment in the House, said: "The flag is a solemn and sacred [there's that word again] symbol of the many sacrifices made by our founding fathers and our veterans throughout several wars as they fought to establish and protect the founding principles of our nation. [I would argue that about the only veterans who did this were those in the Revolutionary War and Confederate veterans in the War Between the States.] Veterans in particular and many other Americans as well feel deeply insulted when they see our flag being desecrated." So does each person now have a right to not be insulted? If so, the First Amendment is dead. As the Supreme Court ruled in Texas V. Johnson 491 U.S. 397 (1989), "If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." American Legion Commander Ray Smith said of the amendment: "Protecting Old Glory is not about speech. [The government conceded in court that flag burning constitutes expressive conduct.] It is about protecting our Constitution [By attacking the First Amendment?] from wrong-headed judicial activism [Striking down a bad law as unconstitutional is not judicial activism;
[CTRL] Fwd: [FUTURE-CITIES] [PT-ANN] PlasmaNet 1-054 6th Int. Symposium Fusion Nuclear Technology (fwd)
For your information anyone that is interested in this stuff -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:38:40 +0900 From: PlasmaNet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "PlasmaNet: Announcements and News" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list PT-ANN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PT-ANN] PlasmaNet 1-054 6th Int. Symposium Fusion Nuclear Technology PlasmaNet 1-054 6th Int. Symposium Fusion Nuclear Technology OUR APOLOGIES IF YOU RECEIVE THIS NOTICE MORE THAN ONCE, DUE TO OUR USE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT LIST-SERVES. Dear Colleague: Please find pasted below the Second Announcement and Call for Papers for the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-6) which will be held at the Hyatt Islandia in San Diego, California on April 7-12, 2002. We would greatly appreciate your efforts in further distributing this announcement to your home institution colleagues. This announcement and accompanying forms for preregistration and abstract submission can also be downloaded from the conference website at http://cer.ucsd.edu/isfnt.html. Thank you for your assistance, and we look forward to seeing you in San Diego in April of 2002. Claudia Hennessy Symposium Secretary, ISFNT-6 ** 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology April 7-12, 2002 San Diego, California, USA Second Announcement and Call for Papers Organized by the University of California, San Diego Virtual Laboratory for Technology and Center for Energy Research SYMPOSIUM GENERAL CHAIRPERSON C. Baker INTERNATIONAL STANDING COMMITTEE M. Abdou C. Ferro K. Miya C. Baker M. Gasparotto E. Salpietro S. Berk I. Kirillov M. Seki V. Chuyanov H. Kishimoto G. Shatalov P. Fenici K. McCarthy J. Vetter Symposium Secretary C. Hennessy INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Chairperson Co-Chairpersons C. Baker M. Seki Y. Strebkov J. Vetter Executive Secretary R. Raffray M. Akiba R. Haange N. Morley W. Bahm V. Kapyshev O. Motojima V. Belyakov I. Kirillov M. Nishikawa V. Chuyanov A. Kohyama R. Raffray I. Cook R. Mattas G. Shatalov M. Gasparotto K. McCarthy S. Tanaka L. Giancarli D. Meade S. Zinkle Scope of Symposium The Symposium is recognized as a major event for the international exchange of technical information on all aspects related to fusion nuclear technologies (FNT) and for the promotion of international collaboration. The Symposium focuses on all technical issues related to fusion nuclear technology. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity to report on recent technical progress, discuss key issues and identify means to resolve these issues. The conference will cover both near-term fusion devices and long-term reactor technologies. Papers related to technology, experiments, facilities, modeling, analysis, and design are welcome. The working language is English. List of Topics 1. First Wall Technology and High Heat Flux Components 2. Blanket Technology 3. Fuel Cycle and Tritium Processing 4. Material Engineering 5. Vacuum Vessel 6. Nuclear System Design 7. Safety Issues and Waste Management 8. Models and Experiments 9. Repair and Maintenance 10. Burning Plasma Control Operation 11. Inertial Confinement Fusion Studies and Technologies 12. FNT Contributions to Other Fields of Science and Technology Call for Papers The conference will consist of invited and contributed papers and industrial exhibitions. The International Program Committee will select the contributed papers for oral or poster presentation and will reject papers which do not reach a sufficiently high standard, fall outside the scope of the Symposium, or describe results already presented elsewhere. Contributions will be published in a special volume of Fusion Engineering and Design after the usual review process. However, paper presentation at the Symposium does not guarantee publication in the proceedings. One-Page Abstract Guidelines The abstract must clearly describe the aim, the work and the results reported in the future paper in order to allow for evaluation of its scientific content. Please submit by no later than August 7, 2001, a one-page (400-600 words) abstract, via email transmission to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One Abstract Submission Form (attached herewith) must accompany each abstract. Both forms may be submitted as email attachments in PDF format, MS Word or pasted in the body of an email message. Do not include graphs, symbols or equations in the abstract. The Abstract Submission Form and Abstract Template may also be downloaded from our conference website at: http://cer.ucsd.edu/isfnt.html. For detailed instructions on abstract format, please see attached Abstract Template. Key Dates Abstracts Due August 7, 2001 Notification to Authors October 7, 2001 3rd Announcement/Registration October 7, 2001 Manuscripts
[CTRL] Boy's death spotlights bias in coverage of gays.
-Caveat Lector- The Washington Times is a very conservative newspaper. Not that there's anything wrong with that.--- J2 === THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/ Boy's death spotlights bias in coverage of gays http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-2001323224241.htm March 23, 2001 By Robert Stacy McCain There were no nationally televised candlelight vigils for Jesse Dirkhising. No Hollywood celebrities mourned the passing of the 13-year-old Arkansas boy. The New York Times hasn't reported how Jesse died of asphyxiation in 1999 after prosecutors say he was bound, gagged and sodomized by a homosexual couple. And the seventh-grader's death has not caused powerful Washington activists to lobby for new federal laws to punish such crimes. While the 1998 death of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming provoked a blizzard of media coverage about the death of the homosexual college student, the Dirkhising case is just "a local crime story," one TV network spokesman explains. Joshua Macabe Brown, one of two men accused of killing Jesse, was convicted yesterday of rape and first-degree murder in a trial that began March 13. Through yesterday afternoon, Brown's weeklong trial produced a combined total of zero stories from the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN. Conservatives comparing coverage of the Shepard and Dirkhising cases, which both involve homosexuality, have scolded the media for ignoring Jesse's murder. But the disparity in reporting on the two murders is now provoking comment even from homosexual critics. "This discrepancy isn't just real. It's staggering," Andrew Sullivan wrote in a column in the April 2 issue of the liberal New Republic magazine. Mr. Sullivan, who is homosexual, cited Nexis database statistics showing 3,007 media stories about the Shepard killing in the month after the Wyoming murder, but just 46 stories about Dirkhising's murder in the month after the Arkansas boy's death. Outside of Arkansas, the Tulsa World and the Memphis Commercial Appeal were the only large newspapers to carry daily Associated Press coverage of Brown's trial. The Washington Times has carried the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's reports on the trial in Bentonville, Ark. The only TV network to report on the trial has been Fox News Channel, where "O'Reilly Factor" host Bill O'Reilly featured a segment on the Dirkhising case titled "Is There a Double Standard in Coverage of Hate Crimes?" on his Monday broadcast. By contrast, the Shepard murder made front-page news and the cover of Time magazine in October 1998. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. Richard A. Gephardt were among the politicians who appeared with Hollywood stars like Ellen Degeneres at a candlelight vigil on Capitol Hill to mourn Mr. Shepard's death and demand new hate crimes laws to protect homosexuals. TV networks featured footage of a weeping Miss DeGeneres whose televised "coming out" as a lesbian made headlines in 1997 telling the crowd at the Capitol Hill vigil, "I'm begging heterosexuals to see this as a wake-up call to help us end the hate. Please raise your children with love and nonjudgment. . . . This is a war, we need your help." Critics have charged that "political correctness" explains the different media treatment of the Shepard and Dirkhising murders. News organizations deny any such bias. "Absolutely not," responded CBS News spokeswoman Sandy Genelius. "Every day we have 22 minutes to fill on the 'CBS Evening News,' and every day the producers and the senior production staff have to determine what stories make the broadcast and which don't," said Ms. Genelius. "Obviously, we can't cover every story that happens in this country every day," the CBS spokeswoman said Wednesday, "so each day we make an editorial judgment and, on the days when [the Dirkhising murder] story was unfolding, the overall editorial judgment was that it couldn't fit into the broadcast that day." "We've been watching the trial and will continue to monitor it," ABC News spokesman Todd Polkes said Wednesday. "Currently, we have no plans to report it in our national newscasts. It appears to be a local crime story that does not raise the kind of issues that would warrant our coverage." After yesterday's guilty verdict for one of Jesse's accused killers, Mr. Polkes said there were still "no plans to [report the verdict] on 'World News Tonight.' " "We've been monitoring the trial," CNN spokeswoman Megan Mahoney said Wednesday. "We have an affiliate [in Fort Smith, Ark.]. But it has not been on our air yet. . . . Every day, we're striving for fair, accurate and objective reporting." After yesterday's verdict, Miss Mahoney said CNN was receiving coverage from its Arkansas affiliate, although no decision had been made whether the story would be reported on the cable news giant. Powerful lobbying organizations like the Gay and Lesbian
Re: [CTRL] WHY NOT BOYCOTT THE OSCAR AWARDS
-Caveat Lector- From: "Aleisha Saba" [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Arts and Sciences?Garbage is as garbage does Can you actually NAME and give a short synopsis of ANY of the films up for Best Picture this year? No, I thought not... 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
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-Caveat Lector- From http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/snyder1.html }}Begin Numbered by the Beast by Jeff Snyder Sometimes, if we look with a fresh mind, a news report can reveal to us just how much we have already given up, how complacent and unquestioning we have become, and how comfortable we are wearing the chains forged for us. A February 20 article from the London Telegraph reports that clerics and theologians of the Russian Orthodox Church met "to decide whether changes to Russias tax system heralded the coming of the Antichrist." The reason for this extraordinary meeting? The introduction of an individual number for each taxpayer. According to the report, the conference sought to allay the fears of an imminent apocalypse. Thousands of believers are boycotting the tax codes and some dioceses are in a panic over the changes. The source of this remarkable resistance is a passage in the Book of Revelation prophesying that the Beast "causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads." The believers denounce the tax numbers as the mark of Satan and "a humiliation of mans dignity incompatible with the holy design of man in Gods image and form." This story did not receive much play here in the Land of Mammon, where the Social Security Administrations "numbered from birth" initiative proceeds apace, and an individuals SSN increasingly becomes the key link to more and more commercial and government databases. No, no such qualms from this nations clerics and theologians; no need to question the nature of this government based on the revelations of the nature of evil in scripture. No silly superstitions here. We are a pragmatic people, and readily recognize the administrative necessity of accepting and using the "name" given to us by the State in lieu of the one given us by our parents. Come, lets enjoy a chuckle at the fears of these simpleton Russians. This is not the first occasion, however, that orthodox believers have resisted numbering by the State. The former Soviet Union labored mightily to free its people from the superstition of religion. The masses could have no legitimate need for opiates in the Workers Paradise. Stalin, especially, was so impatient to hasten the withering of the State foretold by Marxist-Leninist doctrine that he imprisoned hundreds of thousands of Christians in the labor and death camps to help clear the way. It was the practice in these camps to assign each prisoner a number and require him or her to sew it on in three places on his newly issued prison garb. In The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn documents a remarkable case of resistance to this practice: "Then again, they quite blatantly borrowed from the Nazis a practice which had proved valuable to them the substitution of a number for the prisoners name, his "I," his individuality, so that the difference between one man and another was a digit more or less in an otherwise identical row of figures. . . . . "The people for whom the numbers were indeed the most diabolical of the camps devices were the devout women members of certain religious sects. There were some of these in the Womens Camp Division near the Suslovo station (Kamyshlag) about a third of the women there were imprisoned for their religion. Now, it is plainly foretold in the Book of Revelation (Chapter 13,Verse 16) that it causes all . . . to be marked on the right hand or the forehead. "These women refused, therefore, to wear numbers the mark of Satan! Nor would they give signed receipts (to Satan, of course) in return for regulation dress. The camp authorities . . . showed laudable firmness! They gave orders that the women should be stripped to their shifts, and have their shoes taken from them . . . , thus enlisting winters help in forcing these senseless fanatics to accept regulation dress and sew on their numbers. But even with the temperature below freezing, the women walked about the camp in their shifts and barefoot, refusing to surrender their
Re: [CTRL] Oklahoma City blast linked to bin Laden (fwd)
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No primary evidence has been provided that McVeigh actually waived anything, wants to die, wants no autopsy, wants the whole world to view his execution etc, etc. Only the not so cleverly concocted "Government" hearsay articles strategically disseminated and dribbled out on some kind of an apparently orchestrated public doping schedule leading up to the May 16, 2001 what apppears to be another "Government" sanctioned murder.
Which McVeigh is the apparent patsy, one of the McVeigh doubles, or the real McVeigh?
If one were actually to get aninterview with the so-called McVeigh, there would undoubtedly be no evidence provided or testing allowed (compare fingerprints etc) to verify one was actually talking to the real McVeigh. The opinions, if any, elicited from the "McVeigh" tendered could not be verified as coming from the real McVeigh.
The current and forthcoming Nash (McVeigh's current "attorney") statements alledgedly relaying 32-year-old McVeigh's death wishes to the publicstemfrom a crony of Stephen Jones ("represented" McVeigh in the kangeroo trial), who if one reads Jopnes' book account of the trial, onesuspects a deliberately botched representation and the appearance of collusion with the "Government." Same old incredibly "Government"-biased nasty judge too.
Where are the live video interviews with McVeigh now and where is any evidence that statements widely attributed to McVeigh areauthentic.Whyis McVeigh, whenever a rare picture is used, continually depicted in theold original orange jump suit stock photos? Why are the media networks not on this getting fresh live statements from McVeigh (what, no Barbara Walters inteview, no Jane Pauly interview, no Dateline NBC appearance, no 20/20 cameo, not even a Charlie Rose treatment or a National Enquirer story? Where are the book deals? Where is the real McVeigh and where is/are the McVeigh body double(s)? Why are some obscure "journalists" from an obscure Buffalo media entity alledgedly granted an interview with McVeigh? Where is their story? Why is publication being held until supposedly some time in April/May to be released when there will be no time to question whatever parts of the story may ever be published before McVeigh is killed? Why the deathly silence of the lamb...
Who is it that will be executed or appear to be executed to headline news on May 16, 2001?
Will there have been any word of truth uttered by "Government" spokespersons in the entire affair?
Who are the unbiasd medical professionals monitoring and reporting to the public McVeigh's mental and physical health and blood chemistry status (similar to Jim McDougal's kinder and gentler "keepers?")
Was nothing learned from the JFK/Oswald/Jack Ruby experience?
What will be lost when McVeigh is gone?
Why is the "Government" so anxious to vet McVeigh?
Who stands to lose if McVeigh were allowed to talk?
Who will benefit by offing a key witness in the OK Bomb affair before the public gets to hear his side of the story?
So goes the old quote attributed to George Santyana - something like - "Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed ..."
From: John Cone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [CTRL] Oklahoma City blast linked to bin Laden (fwd)
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:05:13 -0800
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--- Yardbird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
?? NO Mc VEIGH AUTOPSY ??
The muzzled tiptop experts agree that the
Murrah Building was NOT destroyed by a fertilizer
bomb in a Ryder Truck, but by several contact
charges INSIDE that building and positioned on the
critical failed support
columns. And very soon after the bombing the Murrah
Building was hastily
demolished (terminated) and without an independent
forensic examination.
We are now told that Mc Veigh wants to be
speedily executed (terminated) and buried without an
independent forensic examination (autopsy). Do we
really believe that? Isn't that convenient for the
federal power structure that Mc Veigh wishes to be
hastily terminated without an independent forensic
examination entirely analogous to the building he
allegedly destroyed with his one "magic" bomb? (Kind
of like Oswald's one magic bullet?)
_
Nakano Comments:
Yes, it is very much like Oswald and also much
like Sirhan Sirhan.
Consider the following:
"a Middle Eastern terrorist cell living and operating
in the heart of Oklahoma City just a few miles from
the Alfred P. Murrah Building. We located
several witnesses and they testified and told us that
they identified an Iraqi national, a former member of
Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard through his own
admission later, as being in the company with Timothy
McVeigh the day of the bombing, prior to the bombing
in Oklahoma City."
Nakano Comments:
Tim McVeigh was recruited into a secret undercover
operation by
[CTRL] Aspirin Anyone?
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/526/re4.htm }}Begin Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 22 - 28 March 2001 Issue No.526 Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Current issue | Previous issue | Site map US softening on Sudan? Oil may lead to an about-face in US policy towards Sudan -- especially during a Texas oilman's presidency, writes Gamal Nkrumah The United States, the largest donor to relief operations in Sudan, is being urged to use its clout to secure a political settlement to the Sudanese political crisis. Since 1983, the US has spent over $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Sudan -- mostly in the war-torn southern third of the vast country, Africa's largest. Humanitarian agencies, human rights groups and influential US politicians are all calling on Washington to influence th e course of events in Sudan. The vociferous nature and timing of these calls have fuelled rumours that US President George W Bush, egged on by his Africa advisers and oil interests, is about to radically change Washington's Sudan policy. "There is no greater tragedy on the face of the earth today than the tragedy that is unfolding in Sudan," said US Secretary of State Colin Powell at a congressional international relations committee hearing last week. Powell pledged to end the Sudanese conflict which, he said, "will be a top priority" of the Bush administration's foreign policy. A rapprochement between Washington and Khartoum may be in the offing. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Ot hman Ismail recently held "secret talks" with a US fact-finding delegation, which also met with Sudanese opposition figures. In this context, the recommendations of recently-released reports, arguing for a more assertive US role in Sudanese politics, caused ripple effects in Sudanese government and opposition circles. First, the Washington-base d, independent Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) urged the US government in a report to organise a new peace initiative in Sudan with the help of other Western nations, most notably Britain and Norway. "Now is an opportune and appropriate moment for the US to join actively in a strong multilateral push, in collaboration with interested European powers, to end Sudan's internal war," stated the report. Conspicuously absent from the report's proposals were potential contributions by countries geographically and culturally close to Sudan, such as Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia and other Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries in East Africa. The CSIS task force on US-Sudan policy was funded by the US Institute of Peace and co-chaired by Francis Deng, of City University of New York, and Stephen Morrison, director of the CSIS programme. Deng, a distinguished ac ademic and influential southern Sudanese political figure, has long been a leading champion of the southern Sudanese cause in Western circles. The CSIS report's recommendations, if taken up by Washington, could lead to a radical departure from the hitherto bellicose US attitude towards Sudan, a country put under US sanctions since 1997. Sudan is among a handful of so-called "rogue" or "pariah" states that the US accuses of sponsoring international terrorism, an allegation which led former US President Bill Clinton to freeze Sudanese assets in the US and bar most American trade a nd investments in Sudan. While cautiously welcomed by the Sudanese government, opposition parties were alarmed by the CSIS recommendations. The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the most powerful armed opposition group, voiced grave reservat ions. "It is difficult to see how a US policy that offers carrots to the villains and sticks to the victims can achieve these objectives," SPLA leader Dr John Garang told Al-Ahram Weekly. "Normalisation of diplomatic and economic relations with Khartoum would be a reward for its deception. They will have manoeuvred their acceptance in the international community and gained the freedom to misgovern Sudan," he said. "The Bush administration should not be advised to adopt policies of appeasement towards the regime," Garang urged. The CSIS report hinted that increased oil production is tilting the balance of power in favour of the Sudanese government. In any case, the new-found oil wealth has intensified intra-southern Sudanese rivalries in and aro und prospective oil fields. Fighting has flared between rival Nuer and Dinka people in Bentui, the main oil-producing region in southern Sudan. On 12 March, US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report urging that all US military aid to anti-government southern Sudanese be severed. "The US has tremendous clout with southerners. Now is the time to use it," an HRW official explained. Sudan began exporting oil in 1999 and oil revenues are expected to top the $400 million mark by the end of the year. Most of these proceeds are used to fund the war effort. The British charity Christian
[CTRL] Fwd: Pine Gap, Australia - Secret Base
Pine Gap, Australia ~ Secret Base http://www.apfn.org/apfn/pinegap.htm PINE GAP ~ "The United States has three major bases in Australia. One is in South Australia (Nurranger, near Woomera, T.N.), another in New South Wales, and the third (and by far the largest) is located within about 230 km (143 miles) of the geographical center of the continent, not far to the west of Alice Springs (Northern Territory), at the foothills of the southern slopes of the MacDonnell Range. This base is completely underground, with barely visible entrances to the surface. "This 'Top Secret' base is entirely financed by the United States Government, and is officially known as the Joint Defense Space Research Facility. "When the JDSRF was first initiated, its aim was scientific research for the supposed development of a space defense technology. It is now known that since its inception, its primary purpose was research into electromagnetic propulsion. "What exactly is Pine Gap? As strange as it may seem, even Australian Federal Parliament members do not know. Among the Cabinet members, only a small number of 'initiates' have a vague idea of what this is all about. The only information source available to the public is the cross-checking done by private researchers such as Jimmy Guieu, following statements made by the United States or Australian magazines (always very short and terse paragraphs), and anything the locals may notice. "It is said that under Pine Gap is the deepest drilling hole in Australia - about 5 miles (more than 8,000 meters). Such a hole is likely used as an underground antenna able to recharge the batteries of submarines in the Pacific and Indian Ocean through ELF broadcasts. Such a gigantic antenna could be used to generate(more than 8,000 meters). Such a hole is likely used for: "Some say that Pine Gap has an enormous nuclear generator to supply energy to a new type of transceiver. It seems too that there is a high-powered, high-voltage plasma accelerator which may be put to use to transmit electric current, or even to produce a 'death-ray', or quite simply to feed a plasma gun. All this is not as incredible as it sounds: it is now known that the US base of West Cape, near Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia (Harold E. Holt USN Communication Station), has an older type of the transceiver used at Pine Gap which is used to send electric current to submerged US submarines who trail a wire antenna. It is known that electric currents transmitted in this way are referred to as plasmo-dynamic cells. "Several times, locals have seen WHITE DISKS about 30' in diameter in the process of being unloaded from large US cargo planes at the airports serving Pine Gap. Those disks had the USAF emblem on them. It seems likely that disks are assembled and based at Pine Gap. The number of disks seen at night leaves no doubt in anyone's mind. An amazing quantity of furniture has been delivered by plane from the United States. The locals also say that an enormous amount of food is stocked in warehouses of what could well be a true multi-leveled underground city. "On the other hand, Pine Gap is well known as one of the most important control centers for spy satellites which circle the globe. An article published in late 1973 claimed that the Pine centers for spy satellites which circle the globe. An article published in late 1973 claimed that the Pine Gap installation, along with its sister installation in Guam, "Pine Gap has enormous computers which are connected to their American and Australian central counterparts, which collect all the information secured in these countries, not only about finance and technology, but on every aspect of the life of the average citizen. Those computers at Pine Gap are also evidently connected to similar mainframes in Guam, in Krugersdorp South Africa, and at the Amundsen-Scott US base at the South Pole. "Let us say, incidentally, that the employees (more than 1200) of the US base in South Africa all claim to be members of the US consular mission in that country. It may be worthy of note that the Amundsen-Scott base at the South Pole is located on a sensitive magnetic spot of our planet, that it holds exactly the same assets as Pine Gap, and that all the information about most of the average citizens of Western Europe is stored there in memory banks tens of meters under the icepack. "A statement made by the Australian premier about 1987, assuring that 'France must disappear from the Pacific, from the Kerguelen Ridge, and from Antarctica' sheds light on the importance of this polar base for the Anglo-Saxon world. "The most disquieting fact about Pine Gap may be that the employees working on the base, and especially those earmarked for duty on electromagnetic propulsion projects, have undergone brainwashing and even implantation of intracranial devices. Those employees have turned into unconditional slaves of their master, whoever he is. Rather scary, isn't it? "The true point of the
[CTRL] New (un) Freeland
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http://www.newaus.com.au/news216nzrpt.html
}}Begin
Libertarians not welcome
in New Zealand
New Zealand
TNA News with Commentary
Saturday 23 March 2001
The following story was emailed to me recently under the heading, Is Libertarianism
a Crime? Knowing that there are many third world countries where advocating freedom
of the individual can be hazardous to your health, I was especially horrified to
read that this story in fact, happened in New Zealand.
To explain; Jim Peron, a Libertarian writer from the USA, now residing and working
out of South Africa, applied to immigrate to New Zealand to open up a bookstore, a
libertarian publishing house and to open a new branch of the International Society
for International Liberty (ISIL).
The Immigration Official declined the application ostensibly for two reasons:
1) Mr Peron is not a key employee of ISIL since he does not yet hold the position in
New Zealand that needs to be filled. However, to get entry into New Zealand he must
already be employed. But to be employed he must gain entry into New Zealand. Catch
22.
2) The Official argues that ISIL cannot apply as a relocating business because it
has non profit status in the USA. Yet the bookstore in New Zealand would be profit
making, as would be the publishing venture. And she refuses to divulge any other
category under which ISIL could apply. If her ruling stands then it would appear
that all non profit groups in the world are banned from New Zealand.
The subsequent rejection of Mr Perons application was, of itself, not unusual. What
was, however, was the personal political summation behind the rejection.
The Official who declined the application stated in her report that because ISIL is
a libertarian organization, this places a question mark over the desirability of
such an organization, and whether Mr Peron would be ineligible for residence because
of his association with such an organization. Further, she has listed a number of
positions which she has used to support her views: Firstly, an ISIL conference had a
speaker talking about legalizing marijuana, secondly, ISIL produced a pamphlet
which:
a) opposed censoring pornography, b) questioned the validity of gun control, and c)
supported a bill of rights. These are the positions listed by the official which
prove libertarians are radicals and not desirable for entry into New Zealand. The
Official continues: It (ISIL) is a radical libertarian organization that fosters
individual action, using their freely chosen strategies...where the guest speaker
speaking on civil disobedience as a marketing strategy.
While Mr Peron is appealing his case, we should think about the dangerous precedence
this would set if his appeal was overturned.
Firstly, in declaring libertarianism undesirable in potential immigrants, New
Zealand would have also forbidden entry to all the American Founding Fathers,
including Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine
and George Washington. We would have tossed out John Locke, Adam Smith and Henry
David Thoreau, and most certainly shown the door to such known radicals as
Frederick Bastiat, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Ludwig Von Mises and F.A. Hayek. And
no doubt, our officious bureaucrat in Immigration would be quick to point out how
this raffish group of individuals with their contumacious ideas have done nothing
but hinder the progress of a truly civilized society.
Secondly, and all joking aside, I would have thought that an individual wiling to be
wholly responsibility for his own actions, contributing in a purposeful way to
society through the creation of jobs and wealth, and opposed to the use of force
upon others, would have been the perfect immigrant for any country.
It would be interesting to know just what this official does understand the word
libertarian to mean. If, upon enquiry, it was to be found that she does actually
have some understanding of the term, then the rejection of Mr Peron on the grounds
that libertarianism is undesirable is not only highly offensive to all thinking,
rational, freedom-loving men and women everywhere, but it should most certainly be
treated as a catalyst to stepping up pressure on a government that seems intent on
further reducing individuals freedom of movement, freedom of expression, freedom of
speech and their freedom of association.
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