[CTRL] Drugs on Television - Monday, 4-16-2001 to Sunday, 4-22-2001
-Caveat Lector- Monday, April 16, 2001 08:00am - WWOR - Montel Williams Accused drug dealers sentencing.. (CC). (Talk, 1hr) 08:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Marijuana" Marijuana; synthetic amphetamines.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) Tuesday, April 17, 2001 12:00am - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Marijuana" Marijuana; synthetic amphetamines.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 05:00pm - TV LAND - Barney Miller "The Stakeout" The detectives stake out a drug ring.. (Series:Comedy, 30m) 08:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Opium, Morphine and Heroin" Three deadly derivatives of the poppy plant.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 09:00pm - PBS-X (DBS SATELLITE) - Frontline "Busted: America's War on Marijuana" The U.S. government attempts to prevent the sale and use of marijuana.. (CC, In Stereo). (Series:Magazine, 1hr) Wednesday, April 18, 2001 12:00am - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Opium, Morphine and Heroin" Three deadly derivatives of the poppy plant.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 02:00am - PBS-X (DBS SATELLITE) - Frontline "Busted: America's War on Marijuana" The U.S. government attempts to prevent the sale and use of marijuana.. (CC, In Stereo). (Series:Magazine, 1hr) 08:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Cocaine" Cocaine leads police to strengthen the caliber of their guns.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:00am - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Cocaine" Cocaine leads police to strengthen the caliber of their guns.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 08:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "LSD, Ecstasy and Raves" Drugs prescribed by mental-health professionals may become illegal.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) Friday, April 20, 2001 12:00am - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "LSD, Ecstasy and Raves" Drugs prescribed by mental-health professionals may become illegal.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 10:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Incredible but True? "Ancient Drugs" Mankind indulges in many toxic substances.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) Saturday, April 21, 2001 02:00am - HISTORY CHANNEL - Incredible but True? "Ancient Drugs" Mankind indulges in many toxic substances.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) Sunday, April 22, 2001 03:00am - PBS-X (DBS SATELLITE) - Frontline "Busted: America's War on Marijuana" The U.S. government attempts to prevent the sale and use of marijuana.. (CC, In Stereo). (Series:Magazine, 1hr) 04:00am - HISTORY CHANNEL - Incredible but True? "Ancient Drugs" Mankind indulges in many toxic substances.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 02:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Marijuana" Marijuana; synthetic amphetamines.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 03:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Opium, Morphine and Heroin" Three deadly derivatives of the poppy plant.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 04:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "Cocaine" Cocaine leads police to strengthen the caliber of their guns.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 05:00pm - HISTORY CHANNEL - Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way "LSD, Ecstasy and Raves" Drugs prescribed by mental-health professionals may become illegal.. (CC). (Special:Documentary, 1hr) 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: Sorry Kris
-Caveat Lector- Saba wrote: Subject: Sorry Kris Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:44:27 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aleisha Saba) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am out of my 7 crisis letters and could not respond openly to list and apologize. I do not have a computer with a modem and all that; though familiar with computers and have one, it does not have a modem - use for personal stuff. Sent to list to first ask and warn - believe this virus came from someone on list. At first I thought it was pornographic or something similar - then thought maybe it could be virus - should have tought twice I am trying to find out who sent it; and believe me from response think I know. So have never forwarded this stuff before; NEVER have I gotten anything like this on this list - this Snow White Stuff comes in on old name I know longer use except for personal notes to people and shopping, etc. So sorry Kris - this think came bit after I sent out the stuff re Gideon Bible and McVeigh.and someone on list sent it to me, of this I am sure - just wonder for sure who - can only guess. Note who got this virus and who did not? Well, I received the virus from *you* via CTRL. I put out call to see who got it. Why should anyone respond to the person who sent the virus to the list? What you did was inexcusable and appalling. I sincerely hope it was from lack of knowledge and not malicious and I sincerely hope you didn't infect anyone's computer. However, since I don't know what your motives were - I can only take your word that you didn't know how reckless your behaviour was - take this piece of advice. Never open a file that you don't know where it came from and who the sender is. Just delete it. And Kris, I'm surprised that listserv.AOL allows such attachments as exe. files. Have you ever considered using Yahoogroups? As list owner, you could set the list to screen out any attachments. This can be a little frustrating as you must copy and paste anything you want to forward to the list. On the other hand, there doesn't appear to be a length restriction to articles. In addition, there is a shared files area where people can post pictures, music, movies, audio etc. and then individual list members can decide whether they want to look at those files or not. That way, the whole list doesn't get spammed with a virus the way Saba did here. Again sorry. What you did Saba was like wondering if you had a sexually transmitted disease and then going out and sleeping with 300 people to see if anyone got sick. It's your responsibility to educate yourself on computer viruses to protect yourself and others. However, we are all human and do make mistakes so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time. Kelly 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: Sorry Kris
-Caveat Lector- On 15 Apr 2001, at 5:15, Kelly wrote: . And Kris, I'm surprised that listserv.AOL allows such attachments as exe. files. Have you ever considered using Yahoogroups? As list owner, you could set the list to screen out any attachments. This can be a little frustrating as you must copy and paste anything you want to forward to the list. On the other hand, there doesn't appear to be a length restriction to articles. In addition, there is a shared files area where people can post pictures, music, movies, audio etc. and then individual list members can decide whether they want to look at those files or not. Personally, I think Yahoogroups software sucks. And I got 9 copies of a virus from a Yahoogroups list 2 days ago - not via attachment but embedded within the message, so there's no real protection there. -- Best Wishes Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. -Voltaire (1694-1778) 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] Golly Wally Doodle . . .
-Caveat Lector- On 14 Apr 2001, at 23:37, Kris Millegan wrote: What i mean is that it wasn't sent in a exec. file [as far as I know, I Norton AntiVirus recognized it and put it in quarantine. I don't know how it detects a virus, but just putting the name of a virus in a message doesn't trigger anything. -- Best Wishes The first and simplest stage in the discipline, which can be taught even to young children, is called, in Newspeak, crimestop. Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc (English Socialism), and being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. CRIMESTOP, IN SHORT, MEANS PROTECTIVE STUPIDITY. But stupidity is not enough... Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible. ~~George Orwell, 1984 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] Deir Yassine
-Caveat Lector- UNITY Deir Yassine * Red Cross eyewitness Jaques De Reynier** April 10-1948 On Saturday 10 April a very serious incident took place: I received a telephone call from the Arabs asking me to go immediately to the village of Deir Yassine, where the civilian population of the whole village had just been massacred. I learned that this sector, situated very near to Jerusalem, was held by Irgun extremists.: The Jewish Agency and the Headquar-ters of the Haganah told me that they knew nothing of the affair and that in any case it was impossible for anyone to penetrate into Irgun territory. They advised me not to get mixed up in the affair, as, if I did, my mission would almost certainly be terminated. Not only did they refuse to help me, they also refused to be responsible for what they were sure would happen to me. I replied that I intended to go, and that it was a matter of public knowledge that the Jewish Agency exercised its authority over all the territory in Jewish hands and was therefore responsible for my person as well as for my liberty of action, within the limits of my mission. However, I did not know what to do. Without Jewish help, it was impossible for me to reach the village. Then, by thinking hard, I remembered that a Jewish nurse in a nearby hospital had given me her telephone number, telling me, with an odd expression, that I could call her if ever I found myself in an inextricable situation. Taking a chance, I rang her up late at night and explained the situation. She told me to go to a certain place with my car at 7 o'clock next morning, and there pick up the person I found waiting. Then she rang off. The next morning, at the appointed place and time, a man in civilian clothes, but with pockets bulging with revolvers, jumped into my car and told me to drive on without stopping. At my request, he agreed to show me the road to Deir Yassine, but admitted that he could not do much for me. We went out of Jerusalem, leaving the main road behind the rear of the regular army, and took a road that cut across it. Very soon, we were stopped by two soldier-like individuals, whose looks were far from reassuring, with machine-guns in their hands, and large cutlasses in their belts. From their appearance I gathered they must be the men I was looking for. I got out of the car and submitted myself to a thorough search, then realized that I was a prisoner. Everything seemed lost, when, suddenly, a huge fellow, at least two meters tall, and as large as a cupboard, appeared, pushed his comrades aside, and seized my hand and squeezed it in his enormous paws, shouting incomprehensibly. He did not understand either English or French, but in German we seemed to be able to communicate perfectly. He expressed his joy at seeing a member of the Red Cross because, as be explained, its intervention had saved his life no less than three times when he was a prisoner in a German concentration camp. He said that I was more than a brother to him, and that he would do every-thing I asked him. With such a bodyguard I felt I could go to the end of the world, and so to start with, we went to Deir Yassine. After reaching a hill, 500 yards away from the village which we could just see, we had to wait a long time for the order to proceed. The commander of the Irgun detach-ment did not seem willing to receive me. At last he arrived, young, distinguished, and perfectly correct, but there was a peculiar glitter in his eyes, cold and cruel. I explained my mission to him, pointing out that it was no part of my task either to pass judgment or arbitrate-I only wanted to save the wounded and take back the dead. The Jews, in any case, had signed the Geneva Convention, so that my mission was an official one. This last statement angered the officer who asked me to understand once and for all that here the Irgun were in command and no one else, not even the Jewish Agency, with whom they had nothing in common. Here my "wardrobe" intervened, seeing the tension growing higher, and he seemed to find the right arguments, for suddenly the officer said that I could do as I wished but on my own responsibility. He told me the story of this village, inhabited exclusively by Arabs, to the number of approximately 400, never armed, and living on good terms with the surrounding Jews. According to him the Irgun had arrived 24 hours earlier and ordered the inhabitants by loudspeaker to evacuate all houses and surrender: the time given to obey the order was a quarter of an hour. Some of these miserable people had come forward and were taken prisoners, to be released later in the direction of the Arab lines. The rest, not having obeyed the order, had met the fate they deserved. But there was no point in exaggerating things, there were only a few dead, and they would be buried as soon as the "cleaning up" of the village was over. If I found any bodies, I could take them, but there were certainly no wounded. This account made my blood run
Re: [CTRL] Ashcroft imposes restrictions on news media's access to McVeigh
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 04/14/2001 8:35:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday urged the media to exercise "self-restraint" in its coverage of Timothy McVeigh, the convicted Oklahoma City bomber who faces execution May 16 in an Indiana federal prison. Ashcroft said the media would not be permitted to conduct on-site interviews with McVeigh and that video and voice-recorded interviews would be barred. He said media outlets could request telephone interviews but that any contact with McVeigh would be limited to the 15 minutes of personal calls he is permitted each day. Have any of McVeigh's words ever been published anywhere? I heard so much of the Simpson trial I wanted to run and hide every time I heard his name, but the McVeigh trial testimony was never to be seen. Was I just asleep and missed it? Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] SCHOOL PRAYER
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 04/14/2001 10:32:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It was not there, June. We said, "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." It was a while ago. Prudy Interesting. We always said "...one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all..." June I know. I told you I was old. In my day we all knew everything was "under God." We didn't feel we had to say it. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL]
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 04/14/2001 10:41:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As someone who is totally impartial on this issue, I cast my vote for-- Stupidity Beyond The Pale. Here's why... she is SO goddamn dumb that it undermines her maliciousness. Joshua2 I don't have virus protection, and so far nothing has shown up. What is supposed to happen? Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Who's in charge here? Free trade replaces democracy.
-Caveat Lector- http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4170472,00.html OBSERVER (London) Sunday April 15, 2001 by Gregory Palast Necessity test is mother of Gats intervention The World Trade Organisation has plans to replace that outmoded political idea: democracy Trade Minister Dick Caborn says 'nothing' all day, and this keeps him very, very busy. Caborn is busy reassuring the nation that nothing in the proposed General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) threatens Britain's environmental regulations. Nothing in Gats permits American corporate powers to overturn UK health and safety regulations. Nothing in Gats, which is part of the World Trade Organisation regime, threatens public control of the National Health Service. The official statement of what Gats doesn't do goes on for pages and pages. So I've been perplexed by Caborn and his EU sidekick, Pascal Lamy, rushing to Geneva and Washington and God knows where else to argue over the wording of rules that do nothing, change nothing and mean nothing. But then last week 'something' came through on my fax machine. And this confidential document from the WTO Secretariat, dated 19 March, is something indeed: a plan to create an international agency with veto power over parliamentary and regulatory decisions. When Winston Churchill said that 'democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time' he simply lacked the vision to see that in March 2001, the WTO would design a system to replace democracy with something much better: Article VI.4 of Gats. And this unassuming six-page memo, now modestly hidden away in secrecy, may one day be seen as the post-democratic Magna Carta. It begins by considering the difficult matter of how to punish nations that violate 'a balance between two potentially conflicting priorities: promoting trade expansion versus protecting the regulatory rights of governments'. Think about that. For centuries Britain, and now almost all nations, has relied on elected parliaments, congresses, prime ministers and presidents to set the rules. It is these ungainly deliberative bodies that 'balance' the interests of citizens and businesses Now kiss that obsolete system goodbye. Once Britain and the EU sign the Gats treaty, Article VI.4 of that treaty, the Necessity Test, will kick in. Then, as per the Secretariat's secret programme outlined in the 19 March memo, national parliaments and regulatory agencies will be demoted, in effect, to advisory bodies. Final authority will rest with the Gats Disputes Panel to determine whether a law or regulation is, in the memo's language, 'more burdensome than necessary'. And Gats, not Parliament, will decide what is 'necessary'. As a practical matter, this means nations will have to shape laws protecting the air you breathe, the trains you travel in and the food you chew by picking not the best or safest means for the nation, but the cheapest methods for foreign investors and merchants. Let's get down to concrete examples. The Necessity Test has already had a trial run in North America via inclusion in Nafta, the region's free trade agreement. Recently, the state of California banned a petrol additive, MBTE, which has contaminated water supplies. A Canadian seller of the 'M' chemical in MBTE filed a complaint saying the rule failed the Necessity Test. The Canadians assert that California could simply require all petrol stations to dig up their storage tanks and reseal them - and hire a swarm of inspectors to make sure it's done perfectly. The Canadian proposal might cost Californians a bundle and would be impossible to police. That's just too bad. The Canadian proposal is the least trade-restrictive method for protecting the water supply. 'Least trade-restrictive' is Nafta's Necessity Test. If California does not knuckle under, the US Treasury may have to fork out $976 million in compensation to the Canadians. The Gats' version of the the Necessity Test is Nafta on steroids. Under Gats, as proposed in the memo, national laws and regulations will be struck down if they are 'more burdensome than necessary' to business. Notice the subtle change. Suddenly the Gats treaty is not about trade at all, but a sly means to wipe away restrictions on business and industry, foreign and local. So what 'burdensome' restrictions are sitting in the corporate cross-hairs? The US trade representative has already floated proposals on retail distribution. Want to preserve Britain's green belts? If some trees stand in the way of a Wal-Mart superstore, forget it. Even under the current, weaker, Gats, Japan was forced to tear up its own planning rules to let in the retail monster boxes. The Government assures us that nothing threatens its right to enforce laws in the nation's public interest. Not according to the 19 March memo. The WTO reports that, in the course of the secretive multilateral negotiations, trade ministers agreed that
[CTRL] How it works: What drives foreign policy vis a vis China.
-Caveat Lector- HENRY ROSEMONT Author of "A Chinese Mirror: Moral Reflections on Political Economy," Rosemont is professor of philosophy -- specializing in Chinese philosophy -- at St. Marys College in Maryland. He taught in China for four years, including during the 1989 crackdown. He said today: An important step now would be the renewal and enhancement of military exchanges between the U.S. and China so that the U.S. military would be able to see what is obvious: that the Chinese do not pose a military threat to the U.S There are four competing factions of the super-rich in the U.S.: Bush is closest to the sports team owners and oil companies, neither of which have a huge stake in China and just want Bush to be popular. Other corporations, like Monsanto, GM and American Express, want to increase the production, consumption and sale of their products in China. Thirdly, retailers, like Wal-Mart and K-Mart, want to use the cheap Chinese labor market. Finally, the military contractors want a level of tension to sell arms. None of these is looking at doing the right thing." 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] Golly Wally Doodle . . .
-Caveat Lector- Well KI Norton recognized as a virus - I sent on with adequate warning I thought but I do not have a computer - the individal who sent it has a EDT +7 time zone - the intend was to determine who received it, and anyone with capability to see what it was. My Web TV would not open it because most of these little pictures or whatever they are are not compatible with the Web TV. Nobody else on this list got this but me - yet others maintain they have received many such things as of late - I have just received this and it was right after I sent information re bible calendar and FBI picking up Gideon Bible used by McVeigh to leave a message "Wrath of God". This one place detected the virus and had it quarantined - there is a guy called cabbage head who is responsible for sending out such stuff. i had forwawrded the quarantine notice also to list. So I had received two quarantine notices on this virus and doesn't this deactivate the thing anyway . Think many will be shocked when they find out whois sending out this stuff; big question, why was it sent to me - intent of letter to determine who all received it Was it retaliatioin on someone's part? They seemed to have a preferred list. And this time thing - +7 - used think as what they call Zulu Time whatever the hell that is. So again i apologize for sending a dead virus through the web=it was not intentional. But if quarantined it was harmless - If someone wants to send it back to me - let us see if the virus warning comes with it. So you all send it back? See how dead this poor thing was. And my IQ is 146 - but one cannot know all things and computer talk is not my forte - high IQ with no knowledge in the area means little. Now June, C., Shannon - your collective IQ exceed mine? When it comes to computer talk I concede to your vast knowledge in the area but you are still all taller siting down than standing up I bet. So I showed you link to Gideon Bible code - a aheory I had copyrigted in 1969 - andhow messages can be left in bible and for good reasons..also indicated there is someone out there who has informtion on who did what - but the plan was to blame Arab Terrorists - when suddenly somebody panicked - no doubt because they did NOT know there was a nursery in this Murrah Building and the best laid plan of mice and men, backfired - for what was called a Rembrand then turned into a grand coverup. My questioin still is why did FBI an BATF and one Judge stay home that day? Leaving othes to die? Knowing there were babies and children in the building and nursery? The links are all there - andit was ADL who sent out a warning to the chosen oneswho survived. Sorry again re tis virus letter - but as I aid I had received two notices it had been "quarntined" or deactivated would be a more proper term. Saba Might add there are still sexual predators on list - anyone get mail from any of these se maniacs? A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] Get ready to blame the people for the credit bubble
1:16a ET Sunday, April 15, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The journalist Anne Williamson spoke brilliantly to the April 4 meeting of the Committee for Monetary Research and Education in New York. Since her criticism of the credit bubble is aimed at the international economic order that GATA also is out to disturb, Williamson's remarks may be of interest to you, so I'm appending them here. There is an equally insightful interview with Williamson done by the national Catholic weekly newspaper, The Wanderer, here: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38009e120c54.htm In this interview Williamson explains how the U.S. dollar and the International Monetary Fund are the major instruments of imperialism and the export of U.S. inflation. This stuff may make Williamson the most subversive journalist in the world today. Pray for her safety. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. * * * REMARKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR MONETARY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION The Union Club, New York City, April 4, 2001 By Anne Williamson When CMRE President Elizabeth Currier and I first discussed what issue I might like to address this evening, times were different. Investors still had hope that the "Greenspan Put" would make matters right again. Back then a discussion of Bubblevision's cheerleading struck me as an interesting theme. But as I said, times have changed. And though nothing like capitulation has taken hold, the herd is stirring. So it's time to stop clapping for Tinkerbell, and for us all to go bottom fishing. Sharp traders avail themselves of many tools when attempting to discern and interpret market signals -- charts, graphs, indexes, moving averages, assorted market theories, palm readers, whiskey and rye, and so forth. I have no useful comment regarding these methods, because I use something altogether different, something that might surprise you. But before revealing the method to my madness, I want to share with you an anecdote from my years at university. When I was but a young and winsome girl -- listen to the wind blow, fellas -- and first getting a grip on the proper trilling of the Slavic "R" while puzzling over the complexity of glagolii dvizheniye, myakii znaks, and predlogiis, I was required to take a course called "How to Read a Russian Newspaper." That struck me as odd. After all, if one could master a foreign language, wouldn't it follow that reading a newspaper would be a natural act that did not require any particular study? Well, yes and no. You see, Soviet newspapers had a particular set of challenges for students of the Russian language. These challenges were ideological in nature, and so the course about reading Russian newspapers was really a course in learning Soviet "code." For instance, we learned such curious things as that the phrase "cosmopolitan elite" meant "Zionists," and that it was not permitted for the word "crisis" to appear in any sentence or headline with the word "Komsomol" -- "Young Communist League." We might laugh today, but I could teach the same sort of course starting tomorrow to students of the English language. And no better text could I have than The New York Times, which, like the Fed, is a quasi-public utility, giving each of us daily all the news America's Ivy League socialists think we are fit to have. After reading an article entitled "Following the Money, But Also the Mind," in the Feb. 11 issue of the Sunday New York Times, it was clear to me something wicked was coming this way, and that the predicate for a beguilement was being laid. I speak of course of a new discipline, "behavioral economics." Quoting from the article: "Behavioral economists help to explain how booms persist while busts are difficult to reverse. Their research sheds light on why identity -- the traits people assign to themselves and to others -- plays a huge and often damaging role in the economy." I shudder to think of the implications of American socialists applying identity politics to economics. But here's the key point: "And if the behaviorists prevail, the mainstream view of a rational, self-regulating economy may well be amended and policies adopted to control irrational, sometimes destructive behavior. Twenty-five years of deregulation might lose its appeal." I confess that in reading this article I was tempted to think that history really does have a plan. After all, the Ivy League's former heroes, the "quant jockeys" -- those neo-Keynesians who believe that all relevant human action can be reduced to a mathematical formula -- had been busy at taxpayers' expense foisting their destructive and deceptive theories upon innocent people around the world for over a decade. The subsequent ruin of many a foreign country on the basis of their miserable, ill-considered advice can be witnessed to this day in Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. But I fear that the most long-lived legacy of these economists is the intellectual deceit in
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Sorry Kris
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: "kl" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally, I think Yahoogroups software sucks. And I got 9 copies of a virus from a Yahoogroups list 2 days ago - not via attachment but embedded within the message, so there's no real protection there. Personally I think yahoogroups software is quite workable. And perhaps you fail to appreciate that disabling 'attachments' also disables HTML, so that the embedded script worms are neutralized in the process... since all posts are in Plain Text format. Full protection IS there. Bond. 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] Who's in charge here? New Tyranny replaces old tyranny.
-Caveat Lector- Learn what concepts mean ... and the words which represent them. The WTO is NOT interested in Free Trade ... nor are they about Free Trade Regard$, --MJ Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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: Sorry Kris
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 4/15/01 7:41:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Personally I think yahoogroups software is quite workable. I run groups on both lsoft and yahoo groups. Both are different. Personally I like different features of both, but find that Lsoft has more options that I use. I am still working on getting my own server up and running. Am waiting for ITools to get out of beta and a little bit more understanding and time. Am almost there. Then can run whatever. And when I look at the original and subsequent "releases" to CTRL, I do not see any attachments but plain text "code," so as far as I can see there wasn't any release of the virus. I am no computer expert, but that is was I surmise. Am I right, wrong or ignorant of both? I dunna know. Om K A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Florida closer to stopping gun lawsuits (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/florida/digdocs/109563.htm Bill to protect gun manufacturers clears Florida Senate BY STEVE BOUSQUET [EMAIL PROTECTED] TALLAHASSEE -- The Senate passed a bill Thursday to block cities and counties from suing firearms manufacturers to seek damages on behalf of gunshot victims, as Miami-Dade has done without success. The Senate vote was 27-12 and all 12 senators voting no were Democrats, most of them from Miami-Dade and Broward. The bill's sponsor is Sen. Charlie Bronson, R-Indian Harbour Beach, who is running for state agriculture commissioner in 2002. ``They're using taxpayer dollars to file these lawsuits because there are individuals in this state who don't like the idea of someone owning a firearm,'' said Bronson, a rancher and a longtime ally of gun owners. ``I think it's time we quit blaming instruments for the cause of crimes in this state and blame the people who commit these crimes.'' He said opponents misrepresented the bill's contents by claiming that the measure declares the use of guns to be safe. He noted that the bill (SB 412) says that the ``manufacture, distribution or sale'' of guns and bullets by licensed dealers ``is a lawful activity and is not unreasonably dangerous.'' The debate and the lobbying for it by the National Rifle Association shifts to the House, where passage is likely. NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer said action is needed to stop elected officials from copying Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas and spending tax money on groundless lawsuits with a goal of driving gun makers into bankruptcy. ``This legislation corrects a wrong,'' Hammer said. ``Miami-Dade is intentionally attempting to drain gun manufacturers of their financial resources by dragging this out in court when two courts have clearly said they had no right to do it.'' A circuit judge and an appeals court have dismissed Miami-Dade's lawsuit, saying the county has no legal standing to sue gun makers.. The county's latest appeal is now before the Florida Supreme Court, but Bronson's bill does not affect ongoing litigation. Sen. Ron Silver, D-North Miami Beach, an opponent, said the bill creates a ``very dangerous precedent'' by restricting elected officials' access to the court system. ``What this bill does is prohibit our governmental entities -- the people's representatives -- from bringing an action where they believe a wrong has been committed. That, to me, seems to be saying we have elected the wrong people to office,'' Silver said. ``We're saying the people don't know what they're doing when they elect us to office, and I reject that.'' Besides Silver, voting no were Sens. Skip Campbell of Coral Springs, Mandy Dawson of Fort Lauderdale, Buddy Dyer of Orlando, Steve Geller of Hallandale Beach, Betty Holzendorf of Jacksonville, Daryl Jones of Miami, Ron Klein of Delray Beach, Kendrick Meek of Miami, Les Miller of Tampa, Tom Rossin of West Palm Beach and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston. ``This is about the gun manufacturers getting some special dispensation from the Legislature not to be sued by the government,'' Klein said. ``That's ridiculous, and it's wrong.'' ``This bill says guns are safe. No gun is safe in the hands of anyone. It's a weapon. It's designed to kill,'' said Sen. Betty Holzendorf, D-Jacksonville. ``We're encouraging everyone in the state of Florida to be armed. . . . I know the gun lobbyists are tough, but we ought to be tougher.'' 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 CHEATING OF AMERICA
-Caveat Lector- 4/15/01 Forwrded by Nurev = This Week at TomPaine.com = http://www.TomPaine.com THE CHEATING OF AMERICA How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions THE CHEATING OF AMERICA, Charles Lewis and Bill Allison's new book, reports that thousands of wealthy individuals and corporations avoid paying their fair share of taxes each year. The IRS estimates the cost of tax avoidance and evasion is $195 billion a year, or more than $1,600 per taxpayer. That's nearly $2 trillion a decade. In other words, some Americans, by cheating on their taxes, are giving themselves a bigger tax cut than even the Bush administration is proposing for the rest of us. Audits and criminal prosecutions of tax evaders are decreasing. How serious are our public officials about upholding the current tax laws for all Americans? SEE THIS WEEK'S NEW YORK TIMES 'OP AD'... http://www.TomPaine.com/opad ...AND READ OUR 'OP AD' FEATURES... EQUAL UNDER THE LAW? by Charles Lewis, director of the Center for Public Integrity (http://www.publicintegrity.org/) In making his case for tax cuts, President Bush said, "No one should pay more than a third of the money they earn in federal income taxes." Actually, this is not a problem for 99 percent of the American people. In fact, in 1996 less than two-tenths of 1 percent of filers with incomes over $200,000 paid more than 30 percent of their adjusted gross incomes in taxes. More than 1,000 taxpayers in that group, including 101 millionaires, paid absolutely nothing in income taxes. In other words, the millionaire next door might be a tax cheat. http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/10/2.html THE BILLIONAIRE WHO BOUGHT A BANK -- AND PAID NO TAXES An adaptation from the book by Charles Lewis and Bill Allison In 1991, multimillionaire George Kaiser made the deal that boosted his net worth to more than $1 billion, securing his position among the Forbes 400 richest Americans. That year he claimed losses of $2 million and paid no federal income taxes. An IRS audit found that Mr. Kaiser had used the tax code to legally eliminate his tax liability. http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/09/index.html CHRYSLER OPTED OUT OF TAXES An excerpt from the book by Charles Lewis and Bill Allison "The U.S. tax system puts global companies at a decisive disadvantage," John Loffredo, the vice president and chief tax counsel for Chrysler, told Congress in 1999. For the record, Chrysler's effective federal tax rate through the 1990s was a mere 18 percent. But now Chrysler is a German corporation, and all the company's future foreign profits -- earned by selling Jeeps and Chrysler minivans overseas -- will escape U.S. taxation. http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/09/1.html PERFECTLY LEGAL by Bill Allison, senior editor at the Center for Public Integrity It's easy to forget that Bill Clinton, the man who pardoned tax fugitive Marc Rich, was once incensed over millionaires who renounced their citizenship in order to avoid paying U.S. taxes. In 1995, Clinton proposed legislation that would have imposed a 55 percent tax on the assets of any millionaire who renounced his U.S. citizenship. The subsequent law has never been invoked. http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/10/1.html TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH: A Question of Morality by Robert Apfel In a democratic society in which the discrepancies between rich, middle class, and poor have grown so dramatically, is it immoral for a government to take steps that will serve to enhance these differences? http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/09/2.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Bush is Right on the Environment - But He Needs Help to Prove It (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Bush is Right on the Environment - But He Needs Help to Prove It by Amy Ridenour Although you wouldn't know it from his critics, President Bush has so far taken the correct actions on environmental issues - including his controversial decisions to end U.S. consideration of the Kyoto global warming treaty and against regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. But if Bush continues to make environ-mental decisions this way, he may find himself in political trouble. Bush's environmental critics have been unjustifiably snide, even by Washington's harsh standards. The Democratic National Committee took a swipe at Bush's intelligence and his motives: "Realizing - perhaps for the first time - that America is a large country with a huge environment to destroy, George W. Bush is now releasing new anti-environmental initiatives at the alarming rate of almost one per day." Although he easily could do so, Bush has largely failed to defend himself on scientific grounds. And as some of his appointees are closer to Al Gore than to Bush on environ-mental issues (new EPA chief Christie Todd Whitman is referred to as "Christie Todd Browner," a reference to Clinton's EPA chief, a Gore ally), Bush's team isn't backing him on science issues the way it could. The public is only hearing Bush's view that these decisions are right for energy consumers and the economy, but little about his view on their environmental impact. Bush's global warming decisions clearly are right for the economy. According to a Clinton-era report by U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, carbon dioxide limits like those in the proposed Kyoto global warming treaty would reduce real U.S. gross domestic product by $400 billion.1 WEFA, an economic information and consulting firm, reports that 2.4 million jobs would be lost and manufacturing wages reduced by 2.1% if Kyoto were to be ratified.2 The decisions also are good for consumers. The Department of Energy report says Kyoto-style limits would permanently raise gasoline prices by 66 cents per gallon, increase electricity prices by 86% and add $1,740 to the typical household's annual energy bill.3 WEFA says Kyoto-style regulations would increase costs for basic goods by 14.5%. Grocery bills would increase by 9%, medical bills by 11% and housing costs would rise 21% because of an increase in the cost of materials.4 Bush's actions are right, too, for minorities and lower income Americans, groups Bush has pledged to reach out to during his Adminis-tration. A report commissioned by six African-American and Hispanic organizations, including the National Black Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, concludes that the carbon-dioxide limiting Kyoto global warming treaty, if ratified, would reduce the earnings of black and Hispanic workers by 10% and throw 864,000 blacks and 511,000 Hispanics out of work. Commenting on the negative impact of Kyoto on minorities, Oscar Sanchez, executive director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, says: "Some people seem to forget the harsh lessons that we learned in the 1970s when an inadequate energy policy resulted in economic devastation for millions within the black and Hispanic communities."5 These are important facts for the public to know. But people also need to know that Bush's decisions won't harm the environment. If President Bush does not tell Americans his Administration is not dangerously heating the planet, raping the countryside of trees, polluting water or driving species into extinction, Americans will believe those who make such claims. Bush cannot afford to leave harsh attacks unanswered. Sometimes mud sticks, as it did in 1995, when Democrats repeatedly, and preposterously, said the GOP wanted to starve children. If Democrats repeatedly charge that Bush actively seeks to destroy the environment, some will believe it. The Democratic National Committee may be wrong to mislead the public about Bush's motives, but it isn't wrong on the political value of repeatedly making the charge. One solution for the President: Bush could appoint a high-profile science advisor who can brief the press and public about the expected scientific impacts of his decisions. Bush needs a high-profile scientist on his team who can explain positions and answer hysterical attacks, like those of DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who recently said "Bush's idea of cleaning up the environment is stripping it bare... Our environment is our legacy, and George W. Bush is intent on squandering it." Someone like physicist Dr. Fred Singer, who devised the basic instrument for measuring stratospheric ozone and who was the first scientist to predict that population growth would increase atmospheric methane - an important greenhouse gas. Singer has a masterful ability to explain complex scientific theories to laymen and the courage to call things as he sees them. Or Dr. John Christy, one of the nation's 49
Re: [CTRL] Anyone Have Any Articles on the Federal Reserve?
-Caveat Lector- Are you naive or just obtuse? Mullins, as any search on the net will show is a vicious, Jew baiting neo-fascist. Connectedb to Richard Kelly Hoskins, Aryan Nationsd, Posse Comitatus.Need sources? Do a search on google. Recommend esp. the nizkor archives and Political Research Associates. Michael Pugliese, raised in the old school of Catholic anti-semitism. I can smell overt and covert anti-semitic garbage a mile away. 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] Anyone Have Any Articles on the Federal Reserve?
In a message dated 4/15/01 12:13:47 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you naive or just obtuse? Mullins, as any search on the net will show is a vicious, Jew baiting neo-fascist. Connectedb to Richard Kelly Hoskins, Aryan Nationsd, Posse Comitatus.Need sources? Do a search on google. Recommend esp. the nizkor archives and Political Research Associates. Michael Pugliese, raised in the old school of Catholic anti-semitism. I can smell overt and covert anti-semitic garbage a mile away. LOL!! I dunno'...I kinda like Mr.Mullins and find his book "The Secrets of the Federal Reserve" a gem. Maybe that's because I own the "special" author's 70th birthday edition...or maybe it's his appreciation of Ezra Pound...or maybe it's simply because he's right?? Bill. P.S.- Nizkor as an unbiased source?? Now THAT is funny!
[CTRL] There ARE practical solutions to overcome capitalism.
-Caveat Lector- 4/15/01 Make no mistake about it. Capitalism's inherent tendencies will do us in if allowed to continue. What we most don't need is a system of human activity based on profit from turning natural resources into garbage. We have now bumped up to the limits of environmental rebound. Capitalism creates wealth from debt. This is good for those with excess money to loan, but is a form of feudalism for those who need to borrow to survive in a money based economy. Under capitalism there is direct inverse proportionality between the rich and the poor. The middle class grows the ranks of the poor at a much higher rate than it does the ranks of the rich. Under capitalism, when borrowing money to buy a house, it is somehow ok to be coerced into paying back three or four times the value of the object bought. Where is the risk that justifies this kind of extortion when the lender can repossess the house and keep the money he/she has already collected? Tony Soprano would be jailed for this kind of activity. Here are some ideas being discussed. Nurev --- THE FEASTA - BARATARIA CONFERENCE ON INTEREST FREE BANKING Trinity College, Dublin, May 19th 20th, 2001 Preliminary programme Saturday 19th May Morning session 9.00 - 9.30 Registration, coffee, name tags 9.30 - 9.45 Opening, welcome, introduction Davie Philip of Feasta and Marc van der Valk the Barataria Network: Overview of programme 9.45 - 10.00 Richard Douthwaite: Sustainability and the problem of interest. Is the need to pay interest the reason why the modern economy collapses if it cannot grow? 10.00 - 10.40 Michael Rowbotham: The Grip of Death Mr. Rowbotham will explore the consequences of allowing the commercial banks to create money as interest-bearing loans. 20 mins lecture + 20 mins discussion. 10.40 - 11.00 Coffee, tea break 11.00 - 11.40 James Robertson: Creating New Money Mr. Robertson will present an alternative way of creating money, by having the state spend it into circulation. He will examine the consequences of the radical reduction in debt service charges that such a change would bring about. 20 mins lecture + 20 mins discussion. 11.40 - 12.20 Bernard Lietaer: The Future of Money Prof. Lietaer will compare systems based on interest with those based on demurrage (negative interest or liquidity tax). 20 mins lecture + 20 mins discussion. 12.20 - 12.45 Open discussion; is there a case for interest free banking? 12.45 - 14.00 Lunch break Afternoon session 14.00 - 15.00 Oscar Kjellberg: The Swedish interest free JAK members' bank. Mr. Kjellberg, managing director of the JAK Bank, will explain how it works and the advantages it has for its members and for society. 30 minutes presentation and 30 minutes discussion. 15.00 - 15.30 Pat Conaty Naomi Kingsley: London Rebuilding Society's Mutual Aid Fund The fund is a well-advanced plan for interest-free lending to small businesses. 15 minutes presentation and 15 minutes discussion. 15.30 - 16.00 Tea, coffee break 16.00 - 17.00 Prospects for interest free banking A general discussion about prospects, possibilities, options, opportunities, and strategies towards interest free banking. Starts with a 10 minute presentation by Hugo Wanner, Netwerk Vlaanderen about recent developments in Belgium. 17.00 - 17.30 Conclusions from day 1 A list of topics to be discussed on Sunday morning and actions to be taken after the meeting will be drawn up. 17.30 - 18.30 Drinks, snacks, talks, plans, goodbyes 18.30 - Social "programme" in Dublin Sunday 20th May Morning session Many more topics than are covered in the pre-planned sessions arise during conferences such as this. This session is for such topics and its content will be settled during the 17.00hr session on Saturday. If people agree, we would like to concentrate on concrete, realistic steps forward for interest-free banking. We are keen to hear from anyone who would like to raise a topic, make a presentation or explore an idea during this session. So far, Pat Conaty has offered to give a brief of the Aston Reinvestment Trust's ideas for interest-free loans for house repairs in the Birmingham area and Pascal van Wanrooy (Strohalm) has been invited to discuss recent developments in The Netherlands. Afternoon session Reserved for private meetings among the participants. Conference fee: 75 Euros for those whose fee will be paid by their employer. 25 Euros for those who will be paying for themselves. Tea and coffee are covered by the conference fee but the lunches on both days are extra. Advance booking is essential as numbers will be limited to allow detailed discussions. Contact Marc van der Valk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to reserve a place. + This system only serves the rich. They've had it long enough. We can no longer support them in the style to which they have become accustomed. We need a health care system that will serve us as we get older. Not one that
Re: [CTRL] Anyone Have Any Articles on the Federal Reserve?
-Caveat Lector- --- William Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Mullins, as any search on the net will show is a vicious, Jew baiting neo-fascist. I can smell overt and covert anti-semitic garbage a mile away." _ Nakano comments: Ahhbut can [EMAIL PROTECTED] smell the truth from any distance? This is a typical example of someone attacking and attempting to destroy the credibility of a source of information, while carefully avoiding any analysis of the information itself. (This is a favorite tactic of the Clintons). I have met Eustace Mullins and heard him speak on two occasions. I have read 3 of his books. I have given away several copies of Mullins's "Secrets of the Federal Reserve". I did not find him to be any of the nasty things he is called. No matter what you may think of Mullins, this book stands as the authoritative groundbreaking expose' of the FED. It was first published in 1954, predating the works of several other authors by decades. Mullin's book is based on a mountain of research, with more than enough details and references to silence any critic who actually reads the book. I highly recommend Secrets of the Federal Reserve to anyone who is serious about looking behind the curtain and begin learning about the dark realities behind the illusions of our world. Nakano ___ I dunno'...I kinda like Mr.Mullins and find his book "The Secrets of the Federal Reserve" a gem. Maybe that's because I own the "special" author's 70th birthday edition...or maybe it's his appreciation of Ezra Pound...or maybe it's simply because he's right?? Bill. P.S.- Nizkor as an unbiased source?? Now THAT is funny! __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: The Turner Diaries
Here is a copy of the Turner Diaries I found on the web for anyone wanting to read same, for this is the book by a Dr. Pierce whom some claim to be a Nazi, wrote and the FBI called it McVeigh's bible? Now the data I sent earlier on the web re the connection to McVeigh and this Gideon placed bible - showing the marked pages - prove only one thing - McVeigh had connections to HIGH intelligence sources - for I believe this Gideon Bible has been used as a code a communicatin system for some time now and this is the book, that the Condor no doubt masked in the movie 3 Days of the Condor - I was interested in this movie because several years before was when I discovered the one book that went into nearly every country in the world, in nearly every language in the world (major languages - wonder about Armenia???) So some might find this material offensive but I have not read it yet; but, to get to the truth when I had the Secret Service at the door the last question they asked me was - hey want books you reading these days, to which I replied just the bible and books on the Mafia which sufficed. So if this book the Turner Diaries influenced so many people - what influenced the kids at Littleton and I believe the movie Heathers which will not go into Stage II and the FBI Movie, remember the tape was made before the facts - if this Turner Diary is so dangerous, then why do we permit our kids to be fed drugs like MM's legally, hypnotic control and will power lost where kids become so suggestible they see something and they act it out - this is elementary psychology So from the day you are born you are programmed - you may be programmed for good or for evil, for you are not only what you eat and are fed, but you are what you read? Pull up these diaries - the cover leter had a big swatstika which I did not reproduce in order not to shock the hell out of list this is for information purposes only. Was this McVeigh's Bible; I do not believe so for all these people are in disguise and I along with a lot of others have been led and mislead many times. As diligent seekers of truth you have to get inside the brains of others to know what they are really like. Somebody wants to be a fascist pig or a bleeding heart liberal I do not care, so long as it does not affect me or mine. Further, this Gay Pride has brought attention to an element who would rather live quietly and discreetly - putting up their flag is like putting up a red flag in front of a bull??? Is to meespecially when they take down the Confederate Flag for which many Americans died - most of whom had ancestors who fought and traced their lineage to the Revolutionary War - as it is I could go into the DAR or the Daughters of the Confederacy Saba (Hibernian at Heart) So pull this up - did the same people who arranged for Littleton arrange for Oklahoma? Were the two kids at Oklahoma used and Patsies and if so, by whom...oh so quietas for McVeigh? Why did the BATF and FBI and one Judge stay home that day and leave the babies in the nursery? http://www.propatria.org/patriot88/turner/intro.html
[CTRL] Fwd: The Turner Diaries
This is a horrible book - worse than movie Soya Green where cannabalism was exposed at end of movie and euthenasia also tool of survival. Have skimmed few chapters of this book and if this was Timothy McVeigh's "bible" well how do you explain his other bible - the Gideon Placed bible? The man who wrote this Diaries had Ph.Dyet several typos, etc., and misspelled words which for professional is not acceptable. Do not believe this book though would hold anyone's interest too long, hopefuly. Saba Anyway, here is the famous Turner Diaries, which has been blamed for many things but if this be true who had their hooks in the kids at Littleton and these others schools - should Christian children have sodomy classes in school? I should think not? http://www.propatria.org/patriot88/turner/intro.html
[CTRL] USSR Kept Secret The Deaths Of 1st Cosmonauts
http://news.independent.co.uk/ USSR 'kept secret the deaths of first cosmonauts' By Fred Weir in Moscow 14 April 2001 The triumphant early Soviet space programme, which culminated in Yuri Gagarin's first manned orbit of the Earth 40 years ago, was marred by several tragedies kept secret from the Russian people and the world, say space veterans. Every schoolchild learns the USSR lofted the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, on 4 October 1957 and within four years had Gagarin circling the globe in his Vostok-I space ship. But between those two historic events at least three cosmonauts may have died in unsung attempts to break the space barrier and another perished in a low-gravity accident. Russia celebrated Thursday's Gagarin anniversary with great fanfare, including two new TV documentaries glorifying the cosmonaut's life and the achievement-packed formative years of the Soviet space programme. But less pleasant news leaked out yesterday. The three early victims were test pilots launched into the outer atmosphere on parabolic trajectories. That is, they went up and straight down without orbiting Earth, says Mikhail Rudenko, a former senior engineer with the Experimental Design Office 456 in the city of Khimki. "All three died during the flights and their names were never officially published," said Mr Rudenko. He gave their names as Ledovskikh, Shaborin and Mitkov, and the dates of their abortive missions as 1957, 1958 and 1959. Mr Rudenko said the test pilot deaths caused the Soviet leadership to set up a special school for preparing space pioneers. "They decided to take a more serious view of training, and to create a special cadre of cosmonauts," he said. During those years the Soviet Union was launching animals, plants, insects and even a dummy into orbit in the full glare of publicity. The first creature in space was a Russian dog named Laika, who survived for seven days in a special suit before being put to death. In 1960 Moscow sent up two dogs, Strelka and Belka, and brought them back alive. "Usually they sent street dogs into space, because dogs of pedigree breeding became nervous," says Vladimir Gubarev, a top Soviet science journalist who covered 50 space launches. "They tried to look for human candidates with similar psychological qualities, because they feared a man might go mad in space." Irina Ponomaryova, a space expert at the Institute of Biological and Medical Problems, who has worked with the cosmonaut programme since 1959, says she cannot confirm Rudenko's story. But she said a member of the original cosmonaut team, Valentin Bondarenko, burnt to death in an experimental low-gravity chamber in early 1961. "We were trying to simulate the conditions a cosmonaut would face in orbit, but fire broke out in the chamber," she said. "Bondarenko couldn't be saved. This is the only case I remember." In efforts to design space capsule safe for a human pilot, Soviet scientists sent a mannequin named Ivan Ivanovich into orbit weeks before Gagarin's successful flight, with a dog named Chernushka. "I met them when they landed," said Mr Gubarev. "Ivan Ivanovich was sitting in the crash chair, like a human pilot. But inside, he was a real Noah's Ark: the scientists had filled him up with all kinds of organisms, including mice and cockroaches." When Gagarin finally took off, on 12 April 1961, the Soviet leadership was so unsure of his prospects that they sent three press packages to the official Tass news agency and Soviet radio, Mr Gubarev said. "Package number one said the flight went well and the cosmonaut has returned safely to Earth. Package number two, to be read with solemn music, announced the pilot's death. And number three said he had landed in a foreign land or at sea, and asked other countries to help with his recovery." Package number one was eventually used. "Later, special couriers were sent from the Kremlin to retrieve the two unused statements, and all copies of them were destroyed," Mr Gubarev added.
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: The Turner Diaries
In a message dated 4/15/01 1:33:52 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: should Christian children have sodomy classes in school? I should think not? It'd be more useful in the real world than bible study! Bill.
[CTRL] Historians Find Proof That Nazi's Burnt Reichstag
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000339931511020rtmo=3SAmnSHMatmo= pg=/et/01/4/15/wnaz15.html Historians find 'proof' that Nazis burnt Reichstag By Tony Paterson in Berlin THE first documentary evidence has emerged to support the view that the Nazis started the 1933 Reichstag fire that Hitler used as a pretext to establish a dictatorship. While historians have agreed that there is no substance to Nazi claims that German Communists were to blame for the blaze, there has also been a lack of evidence to back the widely held belief that Hitler's supporters burnt down the parliament building in Berlin. After poring over 50,000 pages of hitherto unexamined documents from former East German and Soviet archives, four leading German historians have now concluded that the fire was a Nazi plot. Marinus van der Lubbe, 24, a pro-Communist Dutch labourer, was beheaded by the Nazis after admitting that he started the blaze alone to encourage a workers' uprising. The news magazine Der Spiegel backed this version of events in the 1960s after a wide-ranging investigation. Now, however, the four historians argue that Der Spiegel's coverage was part of a cover-up by Nazi sympathisers to protect the culprits from prosecution. Their findings put them at odds with other leading academics. They base their case on remarks by Adolf Rall, a thief and Nazi stormtrooper, whose body was found in woods near Berlin in November 1933. Rall is said to have told prosecutors of a meeting of the SA stormtroopers during which the SA leader, Karl Ernst, ordered them to enter the Reichstag through a tunnel and sprinkle flammable liquid inside. Ernst is said to have told his men that an excuse was needed to begin attacking Communists. Hitler used the fire to justify the arrest and torture of 25,000 Left-wing activists and to pass an emergency decree establishing absolute Nazi authority. According to the historians, a former stormtrooper working in the jail where Rall was serving a sentence, heard of his statement and tipped off the SA. Its leaders are then said to have arranged for the statements to be destroyed by accomplices in the prosecutors' office and for him to be murdered. His remarks however are said to have been referred to in other papers found in the archives. The four historians - Hersch Fischler, Jurgen Schmaedeke, Alexander Bahar and Wilfred Kugel - say Nazi complicity in the blaze was kept secret by ex-Nazi journalists after the war. Der Spiegel's investigation in the 1960s was led by the historical researcher Fritz Tobias. His findings have been backed by the historian Hans Mommsen and are supported by one of his British counterparts, Ian Kershaw, in his recent work Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris. The historians - writing in the journal Historische Zeitschrift - accuse Mr Tobias of "wanting to dispel the odium of arson from National Socialism" through his claims. Mr Tobias has defended himself, saying: "I was born into a Social Democratic household and am the last person to want to exculpate Hitler and his consorts. "Last week, Der Spiegel published a 10-page rebuttal of the four historians' conclusions. It said: "The thesis which holds that van der Lubbe was the only arsonist involved remains the most plausible explanation." Although Mr Tobias was not an ex-Nazi, the magazine conceded that other former members had been employed.
[CTRL] Hitchens-The Kiss Of Henry (Kissinger)
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010430s=hitchens Minority Report | April 30, 2001 CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS The Kiss of Henry It was touching to see Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger back on the tube again during the Hainan confrontation, with Brzezinski recommending to Jim Lehrer's audience that Kissinger be appointed supreme envoy and mediator for the resolution of the crisis. He wasn't completely clear on the credentials Kissinger would be employing: his usual ones as middleman and facilitator for US corporations in China (and chief justifier of the Tiananmen Square bloodbath in 1989) or his consummate skill as a handler of touchy moments on the Asian mainland. As it happens, the last time US citizens were "held hostage" within the orbit of China, Kissinger committed yet another in a long series of the commingled crimes and blunders that have been the milestones of his career. An extraordinary new book by Ralph Wetterhahn, The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War (forthcoming from Carroll Graf), unpacks the entirety of the official claims made at the time, to the effect that swift and decisive action saved the crew of the merchant ship Mayaguez, taught the Khmer Rouge a lesson and restored American "credibility" at the close of the Indochina debacle. The names of those lost in the recapture of the Mayaguez in May 1975 are the last names inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, so a good deal of emotional and ideological credibility is invested in the idea that they did not die in vain. As recently as last year, this triumphal myth was featured at the Republican National Convention. And now, some of the political dinosaurs of the Ford Administration, notably Donald Rumsfeld, are back in the Washington saddle with, so to speak, a vengeance. Ralph Wetterhahn now shows that: (1) The crew of the Mayaguez was never held on Koh Tang island, the island that was invaded by the US Marine Corps. (2) The Cambodians had announced that they intended to return the vessel, and had indeed done so while the bombardment of Cambodian territory was continuing, during which time the crew was being held unharmed on quite another island, named Rong Sam Lem. President Ford's statement, claiming credit for the release and attributing it to the intervention on the wrong island, was knowingly false. (3) American casualties were larger than has ever been admitted; twenty-three men were pointlessly sacrificed in a helicopter crash in Thailand that was never acknowledged as part of the operation. Thus, sixty-four servicemen were killed to free forty sailors who had already been let go, and who were not and never had been at the advertised location. (4) As a result of the panic and disorder, three Marines were left behind alive on Koh Tang island, and later captured and murdered by the Khmer Rouge. You will not find the names of Lance Cpl. Joseph Hargrove, Pfc. Gary Hall or Pvt. Danny Marshall on any memorial. For a long time they didn't have any official existence. It didn't surprise me to find that Henry Kissinger had at every stage argued for the most grandiose and hysterical response, forever puffing smoke and speaking of "American will." It seems to have been his idea to drop a BLU-82 bomb on the center of Koh Tang island; a 15,000-pound device that was the largest nonnuclear weapon in the US arsenal. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Ford and Rumsfeld were appearing at a black-tie dinner and arguing about when and how to claim the credit, and whether to interrupt the Johnny Carson show for a presidential announcement, while Kissinger, whose diplomacy with the press may be his single greatest accomplishment, was spreading the myth of a successful combined operation. The best evidence now is that the Mayaguez was seized without orders by a rogue Khmer Rouge unit, and that there was no dispute that could not have been arbitrated by simple diplomacy. With the help of the admirable William Triplett, late of Capital Style magazine, I can add one more detail to this history of lethal fiasco. In December 1997 Triplett interviewed James Schlesinger, Ford's Secretary of Defense, for the publication of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Schlesinger recalled two discussions that occurred at the initial National Security Council meeting on the Mayaguez. The first was a demand by Kissinger to use B-52 bombers against Cambodia at once; a suggestion that was eventually overruled. However, Secretary Schlesinger was not able to prevent a decision being made to sink all ships spotted in the vicinity of Koh Tang island. Here's the relevant extract of the verbatim interview: When I got [back] to the Pentagon I said that before any ships are sunk, our pilots should fly low over the ships and see what they could see, particularly if there were any [Mayaguez] crew members aboard. If they did see them, they were to report back immediately before doing anything. In the course of
Re: [CTRL] New evidence casts doubt on global warming (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- On 15 Apr 01, at 5:30, William Bacon Quoted: Yet according to Parker, the new results do not undermine the case for global warming: "It is raising questions about the interpretation of the sea-surface data." This is the important statement. Global Warming is occurring, some of the scientists just cannot agree how to measure the rate and interpret the data. Some will use this to claim there is no global warming. They are Fools. Steve ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.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] West Nile Virus-Human Surveillance USA
WEST NILE VIRUS, HUMAN SURVEILLANCE 2000 - USA ** A ProMED-mail post http://www.promedmail.org ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases http://www.isid.org [see also: 2000 - West Nile virus, human case - USA (Connecticut) 20001020.1813 West Nile virus, human case - USA (New York) 2804.1303 West Nile virus, human case - USA (New York) (07) 20001005.1716 West Nile virus, human cases - USA (New Jersey) 20001227.2287 West Nile virus, human cases - USA (New York) 2813.1345 West Nile virus, human cases - USA (New York) (03) 2825.1424 West Nile virus, human cases - USA (NY NJ) 2902.1484 West Nile virus, human cases - USA (NY NJ) (03) 2927.1672 West Nile virus surveillance - USA 2720.1198 West Nile virus surveillance - USA (54) 20001223.2267] Date: Fri 13 Apr 2001 From: ProMED-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: MMWR Weekly, 13 Apr 2001 / 50(14); 265-8 [edited] http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5014a3.htm Human West Nile Virus Surveillance - Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, 2000 - -- West Nile virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne arbovirus identified in New York in 1999, has become enzootic in the northeastern United States, affecting humans, birds, horses, and other mammals. Although no human WNV infection was identified in Connecticut or New Jersey in 1999, 62 persons with WNV illness, including 7 deaths, were detected in New York City (NYC) and nearby New York counties. In 2000, these jurisdictions implemented active surveillance (AS) and enhanced passive surveillance (EPS) to detect human illness; 21 persons were identified with acute WNV infection (14 in New York, 6 in New Jersey, and one in Connecticut), including 2 deaths (one each in New York and New Jersey). This report summarizes the human WNV surveillance systems in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and NYC and recommends EPS for hospitalized patients with encephalitis of unknown etiology for the continental United States. Connecticut The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CTDPH) implemented EPS statewide from 1 Apr 2000 to 31 Oct 2000 and AS in 2 southwestern counties from 1 Jul 2000 to 31 Oct 2000. Surveillance criteria included all hospitalized patients with encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, or Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) with fever; in August, criteria were expanded to include hospitalized aseptic meningitis patients aged 18 years. EPS consisted of monthly mailings to physicians and all acute care hospitals to solicit reports of patients meeting surveillance criteria. In counties participating in AS, infection-control practitioners (ICPs) were asked to review emergency department and hospital admissions and report patients meeting surveillance criteria. ICPs were contacted weekly by CTDPH staff for follow-up on all reported patients. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens from all reported patients were tested for WNV-reactive IgM by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) at the CTDPH laboratory. Between 1 Apr 2000 and 31 Oct 2000, 235 patients were tested: 46 (20%) with encephalitis or meningoencephalitis, 44 (19%) with aseptic meningitis, and one (1%) with GBS; 144 (61%) patients did not meet surveillance criteria but were tested at their physicians' requests. Of these 235 patients, one mildly symptomatic outpatient tested positive for WNV. Tested patients were not categorized by surveillance method. New Jersey The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services implemented EPS statewide from 1 Jun 2000 to 30 Nov 2000, and AS in 6 counties near NYC during from 15 Jul 2000 to 31 Oct 2000. Surveillance criteria included all patients hospitalized for viral encephalitis, meningoencephalitis, or GBS and patients aged 17 years with aseptic meningitis. For EPS, public health staff distributed WNV fact sheets, surveillance criteria, and reporting instructions to health-care providers. For AS, ICPs in 6 counties reviewed emergency department and hospital admissions, surveyed physicians, and provided weekly fax reports of patients meeting surveillance criteria. ICPs and physicians were contacted weekly for follow-up on all reported patients. Serum and CSF specimens from patients who met the surveillance criteria were tested for WNV-reactive IgM and IgG by ELISA at the state's Public Health and Environmental Laboratory. Of 55 patients tested, 18 (33%) had encephalitis, 15 (27%) had meningoencephalitis, 19 (35%) had aseptic meningitis, and 3 (6%) had GBS. A total of 6 patients had laboratory evidence of WNV infection; 5 (83%) were identified through EPS and one (17%) through AS. New York City The New York City Department of Health (NYCDOH) implemented EPS citywide from 1 May 2000 to 25 Nov 2000, active physician-based surveillance (APS) from 1 Jun to 30 Sep 2000, and active
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: The Turner Diaries
-Caveat Lector- Well when there was bible instruction in the schools, and children said a simple prayer - you didn't have kids taking guns to school to kill their classmates? The Bible was meant for the HIgh Priests and not the common man - most of whom could not even read when first bibles published. Keep thinking about The Murderer's Bible and the key words written were "First let the kids be killed" and this, along with iniquities of fathers being visited upon the children seems to be the cry of the day - for as used today it is, The Murderer's Bible. The book can be used for good or for evil; when it comes to the plague - what is worse than AIDS and how is it spread - through homosexual conduct. The bible is a book on which our laws are based from divorce (Numbers 5, etc) to murder and theft - for tahe first crime was the theft of God's Apples? Remember in movies how the cops always stole the apples? So much for Illuminated ones..the plague.and blue knights. 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] Historians Find Proof That Nazi's Burnt Reichstag
-Caveat Lector- So Bill ever read a book where it was reported a man by the name of Hanhussan, something like that, was delivering a speech and predicted the burning of the Reichstag and when it happened he claimed to be a prophet. That is how it works..that is how Jean Dixon operated - said Divine Revelations showed her JFK would be murdered, over and over and overwhen it happened the local newspaper called this woman a Divine Prophetess - it is my belief this woman was working for KGB, was not Catholic (for psalms in Douhey Bible are numbered differently and she recited 23rd psalm every day - the Lord is my Shepard).but she rode that divine crap and I finally got sick of it when I relaized she was just another Tokyo Rose of Washintong Square and by divine revelation said Russia, would beat us to the moon. So she was a thief, an astrologer she said but the woman who actually wrote her astrology column called to tell me she was fraudand so on. Hitler was part of the master plan - he had many different real names, Heidler, Schichelgrubber, Hitler which he took I think to fit the prophecies of Nostradamus, for the man is was alleged to be here, was called Hister. So much for premeditated murder by prophecy, for none dare call it propaganda Her books were later taken out of the religious sections of libraries and put into the occult along with witches and warlocks and devil cults - more appropriate My own sister who was devout Catholic (and I am a Devout seeing is believing).she believed and so did my neice, that Dixon was a sainted lady? So the word is propaganda - and paint a picture enough, as the minor prophet Habakkuk (Habaccuc in Douhey verson) as Habakkuk said - write the vision upon the table and though it tarry it will come true if written over and over againtactic Sirhan used with RFK must die, RFK must dieprogramming every potential nut in the country. So much, for that. 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] New evidence casts doubt on global warming (fwd)
In a message dated 4/15/01 1:54:43 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some will use this to claim there is no global warming. They are Fools. since qwe are comming out out of a "cold" cycle it is aparent there is "global" warming. Question is is this exaserbated by the green freaks psychosis or not? I may be a fool, but at least i am not a social; Nazi cooking science for my political agenda. Carl
Re: [CTRL] New evidence casts doubt on global warming (fwd)
In a message dated 4/15/01 2:32:46 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: since qwe are comming out out of a "cold" cycle it is aparent there is "global" warming. Question is is this exaserbated by the green freaks psychosis or not? I may be a fool, but at least i am not a social; Nazi cooking science for my political agenda. Um, is this a joke? I know...you're typing with cooking mitts on right? Easter dinner and all... Bill.
[CTRL] Blow: Bad karma -- Why the CIA dopers beat the independents
-Caveat Lector- http://www.onlinejournal.com/Commentary/Dowbenko041401/dowbenko041401.html ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.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] Aleisha's Stupidity (or Deliberate Terrorism) Is BeyondThe Pale
-Caveat Lector- YES, me too. I haven't had a system virus since 1982, but now, thanks to the thoughtless, persistent efforts of the enlightened one, I spent hours trying to get all the funcions of my system working again. Norton found a virus on several files. AND, has anyone ever TRIED to make SENSE out of what she writes?? BB *** Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote: -Caveat Lector- This is absolutely BRILLIANT!!! You now sent this virus to this list three times now, what it does I don't know and could care less. What it may have already done is trash somebody's hard drive or whatever and it looks like your going for "seconds" and "thirds". Seems to me this antic of Aleisha's should get her banned from this list for life... 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 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: DONALD RUMSFELD
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a LONG TIME AGO, in a galaxy far ,far away.. a republican bigshot gave me a hot tip which he got from another bigshot who got it from a Chicago industrialist, who was a Nazi emigre with a new name. THE GOLD PRICE IS GOING TO BE FORCED UP BY AN ARTIFICIALLY ENGINEERED SHORT-SQUEEZE. Invest in gold. (circa july 1978) He wanted to know if I knew anything about it. I told him the truth , as I always do. I told him I considered all forms of speculation immoral, none more so than the speculation in gold. After he whined for a while , I said I would sketch out a graph for silver prices If he agreed to stay out of gold. I gave him the prices for all of 1979, which were accurate. I called him up in Oct 79 and told him to get out. He didnt, which I considered poetic justice. Belatedly contrite,in February 1980, he wanted me to give him some ideas on a midwest candidate they could push. I told him the only decent candidate was Rumsfeld , who couldnt get elected because he was a man of considerable integrity. In the intervening years, nothing has happened to change that reccommendation. Rumsfeld is alone , at present, in telling the truth about the spyplane debacle aqnd outlining what future US policy must be . The rest of the Bushies are compromised and muzzled or lunatics or both. Kenneth B Thomas --- End forwarded message ---
Re: [CTRL] Aleisha's Stupidity (or Deliberate Terrorism) Is BeyondThe Pale
-Caveat Lector- BB you are a liar; the "virus had been deactivated. Saba 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] Aleisha's Stupidity (or Deliberate Terrorism) Is BeyondThe Pale
-Caveat Lector- aleisha- the virus was eliminated on your own system only- but by sending the virus to the list it is still active- you only quarentined the file that you saved from the attachment- perhaps not the attachment itself? your speculation that the virus was sent as a responsive to something you wrote in here betrays a self regard that few share with you. but really- this dwarf4you thing has been turning up all over the place in the past wee while- so you ain't special- but the sudden spread might be though. - Original Message - From: "Aleisha Saba" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Aleisha's Stupidity (or Deliberate Terrorism) Is BeyondThe Pale -Caveat Lector- BB you are a liar; the "virus had been deactivated. Saba A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Aleisha's Stupidity (or Deliberate Terrorism) Is BeyondThe Pale
-Caveat Lector- At 05:25 PM 4/15/01 -0400, Aleisha Saba wrote: -Caveat Lector- BB you are a liar; the "virus had been deactivated. Saba Well by this communication you have definately given a lot of weight to the stupid over malicious case. Mary 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] New evidence casts doubt on global warming (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 4/15/01 1:54:43 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some will use this to claim there is no global warming. They are Fools. since qwe are coming out out of a "cold" cycle it is apparent there is "global" warming. Question is is this exacerbated by the green freaks psychosis or not? I may be a fool, but at least i am not a social; Nazi cooking science for my political agenda. Carl No, your wrong. You are a fool. We are coming out of the WARM cycle. 90,000 cold, and 10,00 warm. We are at the nd of the warm cycle. Global warming is a consequence of this termination. Human activity is accelerating the process. This is pretty stupid. We should be doing the opposite of what we are doing to tone down the effects. Joshua2 A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Milosevic killed Stambolic over Swiss stash: Sunday Times
-Caveat Lector- Milosevic killed Stambolic over Swiss stash: Sunday Times LONDON, Sunday -- Slobodan Milosevic had Ivan Stambolic killed because he refused to turn over funds from secret Swiss bank accounts, the Sunday Times reported. During his time as Serbian president, Stambolic used his control of state bank Jubmes to engineer vast import-export deals, Serbian investigators told the Sunday Times. Jubmes bank financed the deals, but dealt with the huge profits off the books. Stambolic was known to be one of the few insiders aware of where Jubmes stashed the funds, the Sunday Times wrote. Milosevic toppled Stambolic from the Serbian presidency in 1988. During the next two years, his regime blew through 15.8 billion Deutschmark of Yugoslavia's foreign currency reserves, estimated at about 25.4 billion Deutschmark in 1991. In the meantime, banking authorities froze most of Yugoslavia's foreign assets. Scrabbling for cash before his September defeat, Milosevic pressed Stambolic to reveal details about the accounts. Foreseeing his own political comeback, Stambolic refused. Investigators believe Milosevic ordered his former "mentor" assassinated in retaliation, the weekly reports. Stambolic disappeared on August 25 last year while jogging. He is presumed dead. 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] New evidence casts doubt on global warming (fwd)
In a message dated 4/15/01 4:52:40 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, your wrong. You are a fool. We are coming out of the WARM cycle. 90,000 cold, and 10,00 warm. No, you are incorrect. Recent discoveries show a mini ice age about 10k BC. in fact as late as mid 1500s cold snap held sway in Europe. One again the green freaks never let facts get in the way of truth. Carl the Fool
Re: [CTRL] Aleisha's Stupidity (or Deliberate Terrorism) Is BeyondThe Pale
-Caveat Lector- On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Aleisha Saba wrote: BB you are a liar; the "virus had been deactivated. Bull! My virus program picked it up as an ACTIVE virus, too. Luckily it deleted it before it could do any damage. There is no way to 'deactivate' a virus, at least not in the manner you claim to have done I still say your pathetic ass should be banned from this list forever for pulling this stunt! June *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** 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] SNET: New evidence casts doubt on global warming (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Hello! So what if there is this alleged global warming? Don't thousands of people on a yearly basis spend millions of dollars to move to where it is warm? Just think of all the moving expenses saved if this alleged global warming is true? And againso what if itis true?? I am not submitting to these eco=fascists and their demands that I give up myfreedoms and the US constitution because of "Global warming EVEN IF IT IS AS BAD AS THESE FANATICS CLAIM IT IS visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Steve Wingate wrote: - SNETNEWS Mailing List On 15 Apr 01, at 5:30, William Bacon Quoted: Yet according to Parker, the new results do not undermine the case for global warming: "It is raising questions about the interpretation of the sea-surface data." This is the important statement. Global Warming is occurring, some of the scientists just cannot agree how to measure the rate and interpret the data. Some will use this to claim there is no global warming. They are Fools. Steve ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1ddDh.b2mv8T Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent 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 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] Columbine effect
-Caveat Lector- http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E21741,00.html "Columbine effect": Fear over reality By Kevin Simpson Denver Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 15, 2001 - In 1999, the year the word Columbine became synonymous with school violence, the chances of a child being killed on campus were 1 in 2 million. The following year, harrowing headlines about subsequent shootings fueled a national preoccupation with an apparent epidemic of violence in the classroom. The odds in 2000? One in 3 million. The Justice Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based criminal justice think-tank, offers those numbers to support its contention that facts about school violence - that it's actually declining - have been swimming against an overwhelming current of media coverage and public opinion. Many facets of life in America have been pulled into Columbine's powerful slipstream during the two years since the suicidal attack by two high school boys who killed 13 and injured 23. Police procedure, school policy, the Internet, academia, the gun debate - all have been fundamentally affected by the event and its myriad aftershocks. One school administrator calls it simply "the Columbine effect": Police now respond more aggressively to school shootings. Courts in some states have mandated information sharing between schools and law enforcement, leading to close coalitions with local police that some hail as potentially lifesaving, but others see as uneasy alliances that threaten student freedoms. Schools have stepped up basic programs for bully-proofing and conflict resolution, although, in many cases, improved safety has come with the side effects of zero tolerance and a more repressive environment. Cyberspace served as an outlet for the Columbine shooters' rants and ultimately a vehicle for copycat threats and even Web sites lionizing the killers. Now it has come under closer scrutiny by Internet watchdogs, industries and lawmakers as they re-examine thorny free-speech issues around such unfettered communication. Echoes of Columbine also resound through the language; the word itself has achieved almost generic status in the nation's lexicon, connoting a specific brand of school violence. And almost two years ago, the American Dialect Society recognized the phrase "trench coat mafia" - the clique initially identified with the Columbine shooters - among its "Brand New" entries, in the same breath as "Pokemania." Fallout from the shootings still pervades academia, as college applicants ruminate on its meanings in their essays on entrance exams. "It's a lens through which they can express who they are, how they see the world differently," says Evan Forster, president of EssaySolutions, a New York company that coaches students. "That's what a lot of these kids are writing about." Columbine remains a fulcrum for change. Ziedenberg Ziedenberg"The tenor of discussion was underway before Columbine," says Jason Ziedenberg, senior researcher at the Justice Policy Institute. "There was a context for Columbine to happen in - the latest in a series of school shootings. But Columbine took what was happening and amplified it. "Exponentially." Educators have little choice but to crack down The rural Kansas school administrator had just spent more than $200,000 on new counselors and programs in the wake of the Columbine massacre. "Will it make a difference?" asked Paul Houston, executive director of the Virginia-based American Association of School Administrators. "No." Of course, the Kansas administrator certainly hoped it would make a difference. But despite the expense, what he really couldn't afford to do was nothing. "For education leaders and school administrators, the world shifted after Columbine," Houston says. "Like the Kennedy assassination, it was a seminal event that changed the rules." Copycats abound. Within a few weeks of the April 1999 violence, at least 3,000 similar bomb threats poured in - about five times the usual number, according to the National School Safety Center in Westlake Village, Calif. That summer, during a meeting of about 250 suburban school superintendents, someone asked how many had experienced bomb threats the previous spring. Houston recalls that every hand shot into the air. In such a climate of fear, did administrators have any choice but to crack down, install metal detectors, formulate crisis plans, work more closely with police, pour money into violence prevention? In recent months, more school violence - and some plans that were defused before they could be acted upon - reinforced the perception of schools as danger zones. "Sadly, schools are a bit more repressive than even before, and less tolerant because the second-guessing is just too significant," Houston says. "As an administrator, you can't afford to have that on your head: "I ignored it and, by golly, it's another Klebold and Harris.'" For years, the conventional metaphor for American schools
[CTRL] Disabled Most Likely to be Victims of Serious Crime (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.projectcensored.org/c2001stories/20.html Disabled Most Likely to be Victims of Serious Crime Tash Newsletter March 2000 Title: The Invisible Victims Author: Dan Sorensen 158.96.231.221/dmhsearch/dmhquery.asp Faculty evaluator: Julie Allen, Ph.D. Student researchers: Jennifer Swift, Natalie Guilbault Research consistently finds that people with substantial disabilities suffer from violent and other major crime at rates four to ten times higher than that of the general population. Estimates are that around 5 million disabled people are victims of serious crime annually in the United States. People with substantial disabilities represent at least 10 percent of the population of our country (including, among others, 1.8 percent with developmental disabilities, 5 percent with adult onset brain impairment, and 2.8 percent with severe major mental disorders). An estimated 40 percent of all American families have loved ones or close friends with substantial disabilities. Being disabled is not just being a person with a physical handicap. It also includes people with developmental disabilities (such as mental retardation, epilepsy, etc.), traumatic brain injury, severe major mental disorders, degenerate brain diseases (such as Alzheimer, Parkinson, and Huntington), permanent damage from a stroke, organic brain damage, and other substantial disabilities. Disabilities often make people easy targets for crime and abuse. Dan Sorensen estimated that in California only 4.5 percent of these crimes are actually reported to authorities, compared to an average 44 percent report rate for the general population. Several studies suggest that 80 to 85 percent of criminal abuse of residents in institutions is never reported to authorities. Evidence also shows that when these crimes are reported, there are lower rates of police follow-up, prosecution, and convictions. Reasons include the difficulty in investigating cases, the lack of special skills and special training required for these cases among law enforcement, the isolation of and communication difficulties for some victims, and the negative stereotypes and prejudices that continue to contribute to discrimination against these victims. Sexual abuse rates of disabled men and women are also significantly higher than in the general population. Research shows, through structured interviews of 27 women and men with mild mental retardation in four San Francisco Bay Area counties, that just under 80 percent of the women and 54 percent of the men had been sexually abused at least one time. These rates compare to 13 percent of women in the general population who have been victims of at least one rape in their lifetimes. A more recent study of 40,000 children in Omaha schools from 1995 to 1996 found that children with disabilities suffered a rate of abuse 3.44 times greater than children without disabilities, and children with behavior disorders suffered a relative rate of physical abuse 7.3 times that of non-disabled children. The relative rates for sexual assault was 5.5 times greater, for neglect 6.7 times higher, and for emotional abuse 7 times higher. These findings are consistent with other studies that uncover that children and adults with psychiatric disabilities suffer some of the highest rates of crime and criminal abuse among people with disabilities. High crime rate against the disabled is significant when compared to the 8,000 hate crimes, one million elder abuse victims, and one million spousal assault victims each year. This means that crimes against the disabled make them proportionately one of the highest victim populations in the country. Update by Dan Sorensen The epidemic of crime and violence against people with disabilities will not be adequately addressed if it remains largely unknown. The media must educate the
Re: [CTRL] Detailed Plans Drawn for McVeigh Execution
-Caveat Lector- --- radman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Detailed Plans Drawn for McVeigh Execution LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. prison officials have drawn up meticulous plans for executing Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh." _ Nakano comments: Will this be the execution of the "bomber", or will it be the death of the final victim of the bombing? __ 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] This is what you get when businessmen control your drugs.
Subject: This is what you get when businessmen control your drugs. Ah the glories of private enterprise. Pay or die. The Mafia wishes it had a racket like this.Nurev Actually it would be more accurate to state that this is what you get when the government regulates, i.e. manipulates the market for drugs. Of course this regulating stymies innovation and production of inexpensive drugs and feeds the multinational corporate drug hustlers. flw
[CTRL] Ashcroft, TV and McVeigh
-Caveat Lector- TOP TV STORY TV news officials pledge to honor McVeigh limits Television news executives are grappling with the restrictions laid out last week by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on media access to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh as his execution date approaches next month. Saying he wanted to prevent McVeigh from using the media as a "public podium," Ashcroft said Thursday that no extended interviews will be permitted, nor will television interviews be granted. In the weeks leading up to his May 16 execution, McVeigh will be able to talk to the media by telephone for as much as 15 minutes a day, but the calls cannot be recorded. The limitations were strongly criticized by the Radio-Television News Directors Assn., but network news executives said they will abide by the Justice Department's guidelines. http://209.11.43.186/hollywoodreporter/television/index.jsp 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] Good To the Last Drip
-Caveat Lector- From www.wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Britain The Maxwell report: a revealing picture of life in the City of London By Jean Shaoul 16 April 2001 Back to screen version| Send this link by email Ten years ago Robert Maxwell, the Labour Party's biggest backer, died after apparently falling from his yacht off the Canary Isles. His companiesMaxwell Communications (MCC) and Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN)collapsed under a tidal wave of debts. Maxwell had systematically looted their pension funds and pillaged their assets, switching funds between businesses to expand his empire and rig the market for his companies' shares, which he had used as collateral for bank loans several times over. In all, he had spent 344 million on his illegal share ramp and 450 million had gone missing from the pension funds. Thousands of pensioners lost their savings. Not a single person has ever been punished for the scandal that rocked the City of London at the end of 1991. In 1996, Maxwell's co-directors, his sons Kevin and Ian, were exonerated in a trial whose outcome was entirely predictable. And all the city institutions involved in the Maxwell's' transactions have managed to avoid any responsibility for their part in the chicanery. Now after nearly a decade, the Department of Trade and Industry has published a report of its investigation into the affairs of MGN, which had floated on the Stock Exchange only six months before its collapse. The report was held up in part because of the trial in 1996 of Kevin and Ian Maxwell, but also because of Kevin Maxwell's refusal to testify until last summer. For all the politicians, City figures and the Great and the Good who had benefited from their association with him, however, the longer the report took, the better. The two volume, 700-page report cost nearly 10 million to prepare. It is long on description of what went wrong, but short on substantive recommendations. It charts in great detail Maxwell's methods. Maxwell "personally controlled through a central treasury the movement of cash within and between his companies (including having sole signatory authority for an unlimited amount over bank accounts, including those of his main listed company MCC", it states. "Maxwell had always regarded the pension funds as his own and ran his companies and the pension funds as if they were one." Maxwell took cash from the pension fund on a regular and unsecured basis from 1985. His organisation of some 400 companies, many with similar names, was so complex that people dealing with Maxwell would not know who owned the shares. He disclosed minimal information about the financial position of his companies and pension funds. MGN should never have been allowed to float as the prospectus was materially inaccurate and misleading, the report states. Although MGN was meant to be a stand- alone company, because Maxwell owned or controlled 51 percent of the shares, its fortunes were inextricably linked to his other companies. But the prospectus, prepared by Coopers Lybrand Deloitte gave no indication of the position of the other companies. The investigators attributed most of the blame to Maxwell himself, but Kevin Maxwell was severely criticised. He bore "heavy responsibility" for making sure that MGN was run as Maxwell's private fiefdom. His conduct was "inexcusable" throughout, the report states. Ian Maxwell was also given a rap across the knuckles, as were several other members of the board of directors, including the Labour peer, Lord Donoghue. The Chairman, Sir Robert Clark, was nothing more than a cipher who rubber-stamped Maxwell's every whim. More importantly, as well as showing how the Maxwell companies and their directors operated, it also shows how some of London's major financial institutions took Maxwell's shilling and turned a blind eye to his criminal dealings. Coopers Lybrand Deloitte, Maxwell's longstanding auditors, whose function is supposedly to act as watchdogs on behalf of the shareholders, failed to report the abuse of the pension funds. They explained to the DTI investigators what they were expected to do and they never demurred, "The first requirement is to continue to be at the beck and call of RM [Robert Maxwell], his sons and staff, appear when wanted and provide what ever is required". Why? The annual audit was the loss leader to sell their more profitable consultancy services. Goldman Sachs, Wall Street's top investment banker, organised Maxwell's manipulation of his companies' share prices by buying up the shares until he controlled 78 percent of the shares. It tried to maintain that Maxwell lied to them, but the DTI inspectors clearly thought the bank was lying. They were "satisfied that the deals were in reality done between RM and Mr Sheinberg [an ex-Goldman Sachs partner]". He was "motivated by the very large profits that he perceived would be made... the resulting trading relationship was very profitable for Goldman Sachs [8m from MCC
