[CTRL] Vioxx Scandal Opens Door To Drug Safety Pandora's Box
-Caveat Lector- http://www.healthtalk.ca/vioxx_scandal_12032004_9099.php Vioxx "Scandal" Opens Door To Drug Safety Pandora's Box December 03, 2004 When Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market in September, concerns over drug safety were pretty much under the radar for the most part, but not today. Today, the acting head of the Food and Drug Administration, Lester Crawford agreed to meet with a Republican lawmaker intent on getting to the bottom of the Vioxx scandal. Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, is concerned that a FDA whistleblower will be punished by his employer, the FDA, for opening a pandora's box. David Graham, the FDA whistleblower, told a Senate Finance Committee that his study earlier this year showed Vioxx increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes, compared to other similar painkillers. However, Graham said he faced intimidation within the FDA when he brought the results of his study to his superiors. Graham also told the committee that the FDA was "virtually incapable" of protecting the public from unsafe drugs. He also raised safety concerns over five other drugs on the market which he said could become the next Vioxx. Graham fears the FDA will retaliate by transferring out of the Office of Drug Safety for blowing the whistle. Grassley demanded the FDA respond to the allegations in a letter dated November 29. Crawford responded on Friday, indicating he takes all of the Senator's concerns seriously, and agreed to a meeting. "FDA will also continue to use a transparent process that not only respects the rights of all employees but also strives to facilitate a meaningful dialogue between employees at the agency and committee staff," said Crawford in his letter to Senator Grassley. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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] Daniel Hopsicker's Globalist PRopaganda Program
-Caveat Lector- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:00:02 -0800 Subject: re Lois's clip From: Alex Constantine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lois: On Michael Reagan's show in 1997, he said that he produced a program for NBC called Global Business for 7-8 years. This means, as I read it, that he produced a weekly show that appeared on NBC for years. Tell me: Did he say anything else with that statement? Was he hiding anything behind rhetorical technicalities? So the show began in 1989-90, and it was on the tube every week ... this is the impression that he gave viewers of Reagan's program (one that I would never, ever appear on, BTW, though we makes our choices and live with them) And I still don't see anything on Inside Wall Street. On what network did it air? - AC From: Linda Minor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alex Constantine [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: From Nexis - no transcripts but postings do exist -- notice these are from 1996 Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:19:19 -0600 - Original Message - From: Lois Ann Battuello To: Linda Minor Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:51 AM Subject: From Nexis - no transcripts but postings do exist -- notice these are from 1996 Copyright 1996 Haymarket Publishing Services Ltd PR Week January 26, 1996 LENGTH: 131 words HEADLINE: Media: Medialink wins NBC exclusive BODY: Medialink has been appointed as the exclusive provider of video news releases to Global Business 2000, the business television show which launches this month on NBC's satellite services covering Asia and Europe. The deal, struck with the show's US-based production company Economic Television, will see Medialink provide the programme with any appropriate VNRs' suitable for the show's business audience, said Medialink's vice chairman David Davis. The show's launch is part of NBC's revamp of its international programme service and the formal launch of NBC Asia on 15 January. NBC, which is already available in Europe through NBC Super Channel, has launched both an entertainment station and a 24-hour news and business station under the NBC Asia banner. -- Copyright 1996 M2 Communications Ltd. M2 PRESSWIRE April 10, 1996 LENGTH: 209 words HEADLINE: ECONOMIC TELEVISION Millions view WebCruise on TV news as JumpCity! launches DATELINE: LOS ANGELES, CA HIGHLIGHT: New primetime TV show about the Internet to debut BODY: Millions of consumers this weekend watched a first-ever three minute feature news segment called WebCruise! which showcased three popular sites on the World Wide Web, bringing pictures of the wired revolution to watchers of network news. WebCruise was our way of testing the waters with TV news directors, who really have a finger on the pulse of what people want. They jumped on this story, and it really reinforces our belief that this is THE time to launch our Primetime reality-based entertainment series about the Internet, stated JumpCity! producer Daniel Hopsicker. We think the Internet's the biggest consumer phenomenon since the hula hoop, and it clearly deserves a show conveying the gleeful fun and sheer joy of 'cyberpilots' worldwide. WebCruise will be a weekly feature, both going to satellite as news, and playing as a segment on Global Business 2000, which airs on NBC internationally, as well as inflight on flagship carriers like United and USAir. Its designer to help consumers learn of great sites to access, and allow marketers to generate more traffic to their World Wide Web sites. CONTACT: Daniel Hopsicker, Economic Television Tel: +1-800-264-0920 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:33:08 -0800 Subject: Re: My Message About Hopsicker's Smear Of Ruppert From: Alex Constantine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Medialink has been appointed as the exclusive provider of video news releases to [Daniel Hopsicker's] Global Business 2000... Kris: Now that we have one show verified, at least, I can look into it, and that's what I wanted to do originally, so let's get to it... Who provided Hopsicker with his material? A fucking PR firm with heavy propaganda ties. --- Medialink wins NBC exclusive, Medialink has been appointed as the exclusive provider of video news releases to [Daniel Hopsicker's] Global Business 2000... Public diplomacy. Public relations. FORMER BBC BROADCASTER LUCY HADFIELD TAKES HELM OF MEDIALINK LONDON OFFICE PR Agency Veteran Jones Joins Medialink Management Team As Vice Chairman For more information: Mary C. Buhay Matt Burgess Senior Vice PresidentGroup Marketing Manager Corporate CommunicationsMedialink Worldwide Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 2787 Tel:
[CTRL] Lone Blogger War Photos Beats Military Spin Campaign
-Caveat Lector- washingtonpost.com Images of Fighting in Fallujah Compel at Different Levels Blogger's Display Is More Graphic Than a Military Slide Show By Thomas E. RicksWashington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 5, 2004; Page A20 Two photo-rich summaries of the battle of Fallujah -- one produced by the U.S. military in Iraq, the other by an anonymous American blogger -- highlight how the terrain in such counterinsurgency fights can be as much psychological as physical. Both presentations have gained increasing Internet audiences recently and attempt to convey, among other things, the suffering imposed on Iraqi civilians in Fallujah. That is where similarities end, however. The military's presentation depicts the fight for Fallujah as a liberation of a city from the insurgents. The Web log posts far more graphic wire service and other photos, and tends to point the finger of blame for civilian suffering at the military.Judging by the reaction of several soldiers and military experts, a comparison of the two presentations shows, among other things, how the might of the U.S. military can be matched by a single blogger working part time. Public affairs officers at the top U.S military headquarters in Baghdad produced the 59-page Microsoft PowerPoint presentation titled, "Telling the Fallujah Story to the World." It is the first such effort distributed by the headquarters, said one of its creators, Army Maj. Scott R. Bleichwehl. It comes as the U.S. military is trying to step up "strategic communications" in Iraq, after being heavily criticized, internally and by outside experts, for failing to get its message to the Iraqi people and the world in general. The military briefing, an electronic slide show that has rocketed around the Internet over the last week, can be read at Soldiers for the Truth (www.sftt.org) and other Web sites, frequently with comments such as, "Why is the DOD not getting this information to the media?" Another version of the briefing was released Friday by the Pentagon and is reachable at www.dod.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20041203-1721.html. Charles Krohn, a former Army public affairs official who worked with the U.S. occupation authority in Iraq, said he suspects the presentation is directed at American audiences. He said the United States has failed to get out its message in Iraq, and has not even appeared to want to do so. "How we can invade a country and eject its government without letting the people who live there know what we were doing and why is a mystery to me," he said. The U.S. military briefing focuses on violations of the law of war by the insurgents. It states that of 100 mosques in Fallujah, 60 were used to hide weapons or as defensive positions. A map shows nine locations of bomb-making factories and comments that roadside bombs are "the insurgents' principal instrument of attack on innocent civilians." It also shows a van whose side panels have been "removed and filled with PE-4," a kind of plastic explosive.Another slide shows a photograph of bloody handprints on a wall, and blood on walls, presumably evidence of torture or murder. There also is other evidence of hostage-taking presented."The anti-Iraqi forces took hostage the city of Fallujah and projected terrorism across all of Iraq," it states.The presentation ends with photos of local Iraqis "securely and calmly" receiving food supplies from Iraqi security forces. "Overall, we've gotten positive feedback on the packaging, because it contains a lot of information and provides visuals," Bleichwehl said. An Arabic version of the presentation has been released, he said. A competing vision of the Fallujah operation is presented by the blog titled "Iraq in Pictures" (www.fallujahinpictures.com), which Krohn says is far more similar to what Iraqis, and the Arab world, see on their satellite news channels.The site has become one of the hotter blogs on the Internet, receiving thousands of visits a day. In the version of the Web site that was up last week, the first image on the site showed a malnourished Iraqi baby, wide-eyed and screaming in pain, under the sarcastic headline, "another grateful Iraqi civilian." Many of the photographs are far more graphic than are usually carried in newspapers, showing headless bodies, bloodied troops, wounded women, and bandaged babies missing limbs. One added recently shows a U.S. soldier with part of his face blown away by a bomb. The blog also amounts to a critique of the U.S. news media. Another section of the site, under the headline, "Also not in today's news," shows a photograph of a Marine propped against a concrete wall, grimacing as he is treated for a shrapnel wound in his upper right leg. The blogger, who in an e-mail responding to a query identified himself as "Hugh Upton," but when questioned said that was a pseudonym, explained on his Web site that one of its purposes is to show the ugliness of
[CTRL] Residential lawsuit, FLDS leader, anti-pedophile web page
-Caveat Lector- scroll for articles this one fwd from L Moss Sharman http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1c=Articlecid=1102115410135call_pageid=968256289824col=968342212737 Residential school lawsuit gets boost - $2.3-billion class action can proceed as single trial, court rules - Claimants troubled by school experience are `aging, very poor' Tracey Tyler "Deleary and 800 other former pupils have been told they can proceed with their $2.3-billion class-action lawsuit against the federal government, the Anglican Church of Canada and an English charitable organization devoted to spreading Christianity among native peoples. In a unanimous decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that the interests of judicial economy and access to justice favour a single trial. The former students, who attended the school between 1922 and 1969, when it closed, are also suing on behalf of their spouses, children and other family members. The number of claimants could reach 1,400. "Without a common trial, these issues would have to be dealt with in each individual action at an obvious cost in judicial time," said Justice Stephen Goudge, writing on behalf of justices Marvin Catzman and Michael Moldaver." Judge trying to track down FLDS leader - "A Utah judge has ordered notices placed in four newspapers to compel Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to respond to a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing his nephew about 20 years ago.Third District Judge Stephen L. Henriod ordered the notices published in The Spectrum, Washington County, Utah; the Eldorado Success in Eldorado, Texas; the Cortez Journal in Cortez, Colo.; and the Creston Valley Advance in Bountiful, British Columbia. In the July 29 lawsuit, Brent Jeffs accuses Jeffs and two of his brothers of sexually assaulting him when he was a child. The suit also names the FLDS church as a defendant. Jeffs is considered a prophet by his 12,000 followers, most of whom live in the twin cities of Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah. Other FLDS communities are in Creston, British Columbia; Eldorado, Texas; and most recently in Mancos, Colo. In the notice, Henriod wrote that Jeffs' whereabouts could not be determined and that there is "good cause to believe that [Jeffs] is avoiding service of process" http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2481291 A web page on Pedophiles, Pedarists, Sex Offenders, Sexual Criminals, Suspects http://justicenetworkcanada.com/pedosexoffender.htm#General%20SEX%20OFFENDERS%20%20Crimes www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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 Amazing War Cycles of America
-Caveat Lector- A Chart comparing the 17 year war cycles of America with the 17 year war cycles of Old Testament Israel. http://www.americaslastdays.com/cycles.gif - -iNFoWaRZ Open up your eyes and see the lessons to be learned... www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/;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] [JBirch] Fw: State Department Praises Kofi Annan (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Remember:More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations visit my web site at http://www.info-quest.org visit my blog at http://info-spectrum.blogspot.com My ICQ# is 79071904 See the Pledge of alleginace to the flag that the 9th circuit court of appeals doesn't want you to say. for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.info-quest.org/Enumerated.html -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:59:42 -0600 (Central Standard Time) From: Chad W. McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Chad W. McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JBirch] Fw: State Department Praises Kofi Annan ---Original Message--- From: Howard Kaloogian - Move America Forward Date: 12/04/04 00:26:22 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: State Department Praises Kofi Annan The efforts of hundreds of thousands of Move America Forward supporters to rally America to take decisive action regarding the myriad of problems at the United Nations has spawned a chain of events around the world. In response to our television ad campaign and petition to Get the UN out of the US (and significantly reduce the amount of money the U.S. pays to the UN each year), supporters of Kofi Annan have unveiled their own petition drive. International news outlets reported on the petition signed by thousands of Annan supporters. You can read more here: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13622366 What is disturbing is not the failed bureaucrats (with an anti-American agenda) rallying around Annan's corrupt leadership of the UN, but that some in the U.S. State Department have done the same. State Department spokesman, Adam Ereli, praised Annan's leadership of the UN, calling Ereli, a valued interlocutor who has been working, I think, positively and cooperatively, in trying to get to the bottom of this oil-for-food program. You can read our response to these troubling comments by Mr. Ereli in today's World Net Daily: Read the complete story here: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41744 Finally, I appreciate all the kind words regarding my recent television appearances on the Fox News Channel to discuss this issue. It is vitally important to both Melanie Morgan and I to create a climate in this country that is supportive of our brave troops and their efforts to fight the threat of terrorism. The conduct of the United Nations over the last few years has been atrocious. They have coddled and embraced terrorists like Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein while ridiculing and attempting to undermine the leadership of the United States and our allies. To show you how hostile the UN has become towards the United States, consider this... Anna Di Lellio, the director of communications for the commission investigating the Oil for Food scandal recently stepped down after it was revealed she had given a 2002 interview to London's Guardian newspaper, in which she implicitly compared President George W. Bush to Osama bin Laden: I see the major threats coming from ourselves, rather than the east. I find deeply unsettling both the ascendance of George Bush and his puppeteers to the U.S. government, and the mix of self-serving hypocrisy and incompetence prevailing in European governments. I don't like it that the two nations whose citizenship I hold, Italy and the U.S., have leased their institutions to a couple of families. With defenders like W. and Berlusconi, largely unchecked by a sycophantic media, who needs bin Laden to destroy culture, personal freedom, respect for other human beings, integrity, and the rule of law - all the things that make our lives worthwhile? Our troops deserve better from an organization like the United Nations. And we intend to send a very strong message to those corrupt officials within the UN that their conduct will no longer be tolerated. Please, continue to spread word of our efforts, and ask people to sign our petition to Get the UN out of the US: http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org/?Page=Petition We are also about to begin broadcast of our wave of television commercials on this subject, the first of which you can view online here: http://www.moveamericaforward.com/Video/MAFO-7440-HI.wmv Please help us make sure these commercials are seen by as many people as possible. Make a contribution online: http://www.MoveAmericaForward.org/Contribution You may also send in a check or money order to: Move America Forward ATTN: UN Ad Campaign P.O. Box 1497 Sacramento, CA 95812 P.S. A quick update on our Coffee for the Troops program. So far, Move America Forward supporters have sponsored more than 2,000 pounds of coffee. We have been shipping the coffee to individual units in Iraq and Afghanistan and appreciate your continued support of this program:
[CTRL] Fwd: [ctrl] BUSH 'VICTORY' MARGIN NARROWS - 400 Demand Recount at Ohio Statehouse
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- BUSH ¡®VICTORY¡¯ MARGIN NARROWSWhat a farce it all is 400 Demand Recount at Ohio Statehouse By JOHN McCARTHY Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- About 400 protesters gathered outside the Statehouse on Saturday to support a recount of the presidential election in Ohio and call for an investigation into Election Day irregularities. Speakers addressing the crowd alleged that many voters were the victims of a fraud in which votes intended for John Kerry were given to President Bush. "I would like to welcome you to the Ukraine," said Susan Truitt, referring to the country where a new presidential runoff election was ordered after observers said the first one was rigged. On Friday, a federal judge in Columbus ruled that a recount may proceed if two minority party candidates who sued for it can pay for it. Green and Libertarian party officials say they can. A recount would likely not begin before Dec. 13, when Ohio's 20 electoral votes are officially counted. Kerry would have won the presidency had he carried the state's 20 electoral votes. He conceded the day after the election, saying there were not enough provisional and other ballots to swing the results his way. Bush won the state by about 119,000 votes, or 2 percentage points, according to an analysis of county board of elections results by The Associated Press. Critics say Ohio's numbers are suspect because of several irregularities on election night. Those included disparities in the vote totals for different Democrats on the same ballot and the disqualification of more than 90,000 presidential votes on punch-card ballots because the choices could not be determined. A computer glitch on election night also recorded an extra 3,893 votes for Bush in one precinct in suburban Gahanna. Election News 400 Demand Recount at Ohio Statehouse Low Turnout Expected in La. Runoff Votes Corzine Announces Bid for N.J. Governor Cheney Stumps for House Candidates in La. Impeachment Trial Opens for Nev. Official Judge Tosses Challenge to Nev. Bush Win Rossi: Gov-Elect, but Not Gov-For-Sure GOP's Schundler to Again Run for N.J. Gov Correction: Texas Exit Poll Glance Review Finds Fla. Counties Voted for Bush "There was no doubt in my mind that Kerry had enough votes. My fear was the votes would not be counted and that's been borne out," said Melissa Hedden, one of the protesters. State and county election officials have said there were irregularities on Nov. 2, but no more than in any other election. They adamantly have denied there is any evidence of widespread wrongdoing. The Kerry campaign has joined the lawsuit seeking a recount. Officials said they are not disputing the outcome of the race but want to make sure any recount is "done accurately and completely." ?2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy. Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! Get yours free! www.ctrl.org 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, ctrl gives 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. There are two list running, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] has unlimited posting and is more for discussion.
[CTRL] Fwd: Sex the Clergy
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- The Nation November 24, 2004 Sex the Clergy By Frances Kissling Exit poll results indicating that 22 percent of voters ranked moral values as the most important factor in their support for a presidential candidate have occupied more than their fair share of media attention. While the religious right has seized on the results as a vindication of their opposition to gay marriage and abortion rights, the religious left has stumbled in its attempts to respond. Its unwillingness to deal with gender, sex and reproduction is its Achilles' heel. Part of the problem is that women are virtually absent from the leadership ranks of the progressive religious movements. These movements are run, for the most part, by men of good will who have eloquently opposed the war in Iraq, tax cuts and the lack of adequate healthcare. But they don't understand the role that women and sex play in the modern world. Social conservatives have built their movement on hostility to women and women's rights; they have brilliantly played on the fear that both men and women feel in the face of the demand that they be equal partners in faith and family. Many progressive religionists think they can build a movement of people of faith that ignores those issues and concentrates on the 1960s agenda of antimilitarism and the eradication of poverty. They seem annoyed that issues like abortion rights, teen sexuality, gay marriage, stem-cell research and shared power between men and women take up so much space--space they are excluded from because they will not take straightforward, honest positions on these issues. In the case of abortion, schizophrenia abounds: First Jim Wallis, the moderate evangelical preacher who speaks frequently on behalf of religious progressives, tells us we shouldn't focus on this issue at all; then he expounds on what the Democrats should do to attract 'centrist' Catholic and evangelical voters. Wallis says the Democrats should welcome pro-life Democrats--Catholics and evangelicals--and have a serious conversation with them about how to reduce teen pregnancy, make adoption easier and conditions for low-income women better. It is odd for a progressive religious leader to suggest that Democrats, rather than Republicans, are the obstacle to helping teens and low-income women but perhaps not surprising from a man whose personal commitment to dialogue has included demonstrating at a nuclear plant and an abortion clinic on the same day. Wallis is the most visible antiabortion cleric in the progressive movement, but even those who are personally pro-choice won't touch the issue. The Rev. Bob Edgar, a pro-choice former member of Congress who now heads the National Council of Churches, has been active in a number of the new groups that are promoting a progressive religious agenda excluding women's equality and reproductive rights. That's because some of the council's members hold different opinions on these issues, and it does not want to offend the Catholic Church. For the same reason, the oldest of the religious left groups, the Interfaith Alliance, refuses to take a position on controversial social issues, opting for a vague commitment to tolerance. Such evasiveness not only works to the advantage of religious conservatives but hampers attempts to articulate a coherent religious left agenda. After all, these issues, especially international access to safe and legal abortion and recognition of the civil rights of gay couples, are as important to a comprehensive vision of a just society as is the eradication of poverty and the creation of a secure and peaceful world. World leaders recognize this. Kofi Annan has acknowledged that without sexual and reproductive health and gender equality, poverty will not be
[CTRL] Fwd: Escaping Blame for Abu Ghraib
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Boston Globe December 3, 2004 Escaping Blame for Abu Ghraib By Derrick Z. Jackson Soldiers face jail. Commanders get 15-gun salutes. Soldiers are pilloried. White House officials are promoted. The cost of hypocrisy in the billowing prison abuse scandal has not mattered much up to now. Tomorrow we might care a lot more. The next victim of the hypocrisy could be you or me. This week there was a hearing for Lynndie England, the soldier who became the face of Abu Ghraib for two photos, one in which she held a naked Iraqi prisoner by a leash and a second in which she smiled while pointing at the genitals of another detainee. Her lawyers want the photos thrown out as evidence, saying she was pressured to pose for them by superior officers. Lawyers for the Army, of course, deny this. If England is convicted, she could get up to 38 years in prison. Another hearing was scheduled this week for three soldiers accused of smothering an Iraqi general to death in an interrogation. They may get life behind bars. Superiors dream of adding stars to their bars. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander in Iraq during the abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison, returned to his base in Germany in October to a 15-gun salute. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz praised Sanchez on behalf of President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his courage, his perseverance, and his concern for his troops. Sanchez was passed over for one possible four-star promotion in the wake of Abu Ghraib. But the Los Angeles Times reported later in October that Rumsfeld and Richard Meyers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, still want to make him a four-star general despite Army reports indicating that Sanchez approved of controversial interrogation tactics and did not move quickly to halt abuse. While England remains the face of Abu Ghraib, reports keep coming out that her superiors were warned earlier than previously thought that widespread abuse existed beyond Abu Ghraib. The Washington Post reported this week that a report by retired Colonel Stuart Harrington found that Special Operations and CIA task force members abused Iraqi prisoners throughout that nation in secret facilities. The report found that the US military sweeps of thousands of people off the streets were so indiscriminate that they were counterproductive to the coalition's efforts to win the cooperation of the Iraqi citizenry. This is on top of the New York Times report this week on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Times obtained a confidential Red Cross report issued in July that cited extensive physical and psychological abuse. The report said, The construction of such a system, whose stated purpose is the production of intelligence, cannot be considered other than an intentional system of cruel, unusual, and degrading treatment and a form of torture. The White House and the Defense Department, of course deny this. Meanwhile, Major General Geoffrey Miller, the head of Guantanamo Bay from October 2002 until April this year, who advised Abu Ghraib how to treat prisoners, has been shuffled to a new job in the Pentagon to help run housing at Army bases. Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz remain in their jobs. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice has been nominated by Bush to be the next secretary of state. Last and not least, there is Alberto Gonzales, Bush's pick to replace John Ashcroft as attorney general. Gonzales is the White House counsel who advised Bush that alleged Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners can be held outside the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners on war. Gonzales said the war on terror is such a new kind of war that the need to quickly obtain information renders obsolete and quaint Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and providing them commissary privileges.
[CTRL] Fwd: Anthrax: Whistle-Blower Crackdown Spreads
-Caveat Lector- www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- http://imagicke.blogspot.com/2004/12/anthrax-whistle-blower-crackdown.html Anthrax: Whistle-Blower Crackdown Spreads A judge is ordering government workers to waive their confidentiality agreements with journalists. What impact will the controversial tactic have on the media's ability to report news? Whistle-Blower Crackdown Spreads By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball Newsweek Updated: 5:49 p.m. ET Dec. 1, 2004 Dec. 1 - A hard-edged tactic used by a Justice Department special counsel to smoke out anonymous sources in a CIA leak case is about to be expanded to the 2001 anthrax investigationdespite profound misgivings within the department about the legitimacy of the practice. As many as 100 FBI agents, federal prosecutors and other department employees are likely to be askedpossibly as early as the next few weeksto sign broadly worded statements waiving any confidentiality agreements they had with journalists about the anthrax case, Justice officials tell NEWSWEEK. The waiver statement was recently ordered by a federal judge at the urging of lawyers for bioterrorism expert Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, who has filed a lawsuit alleging that government officials leaked damaging personal information about him in an effort to connect him with the anthrax attacks. The language is to be patterned on a similar statement distributed last year to White House officials and others in the investigation headed by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, a U.S. attorney in Chicago, to determine who leaked the identify of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame to columnist Robert Novak. Like the upcoming Hatfill waiver, the so-called Plame waiver was designed to be an end run around journalists claims that they are protecting the confidentiality of sources when they refuse to testify in leak investigations. The statement asserts that a government official who talked to the news media waives any promise of confidentiality, express or implied that was offered to them by a reporter, according to a copy of the Plame waiver obtained by NEWSWEEK. It further authorizes any reporter with whom the official talked to disclose to investigators any communications that I may have had regarding the subject matters under investigation, including any communications made on background, off the record, not for attribution, or in any other form. The Plame case, including the validity of such waiver statements, is headed for a showdown next week when a federal appeals court hears arguments about whether two reporters, Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine, should be incarcerated for refusing to answer questions about their contacts with administration officials who signed the waivers. But largely overlooked is that the Plame waiver appears to be catching on as an accepted practice to pressure reporters to reveal their sources. This is happening even though some top officials within the Justice Department have serious doubts about the waivers. Indeed, although it got little attention at the time, a Justice lawyer recently acknowledged to the judge overseeing the Hatfill suit that the theoretically voluntary waiver poses significant issues for the government, including the fact that they could well be construed as coercive by officials who are asked to sign them. The lawyer, Elizabeth Shapiro, also questioned whether the waivers would even be effective in persuading a journalist to disclose confidential communications with a source. I cant imagine that the breadth of such a waiver would have significant meaning to a reporter, she said, according to a transcript of an Oct. 7 hearing before U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, who is on the bench for the Hatfill case. Its very disturbing that this is starting to become used as
[CTRL] [Zionist] Israelite? Prove it! (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:19:26 -0800 (PST) From: Party of Citizens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Zionist] Israelite? Prove it! Submit the conceptual plans for a City of G-d to WUF V in Vancouver in 2006. Z http://www.geocities.com/partyofcitizens Citizens for the inherent dignity and worth of the human person Quoted words from UDHR/CAT Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/JQbslB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zionist/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/;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] Time For An Iraq Exit Plan
-Caveat Lector- http://vdare.com/guzzardi/041203_vfl.htm View From Lodi, CA: Time For An Iraq Exit Plan By Joe Guzzardi For those of us who came of age during the Vietnam War, one question wont go away: Will Iraq turn into another Vietnam? While it may be too early to answer conclusively, there are enough parallels to cause concern. In 1965, shortly after he was re-elected in a landslide, Lyndon Johnson spoke these words referring to Vietnam. They could easily be part of any recent George W. Bush speech about Iraq: "Why must we take this painful road? Why must this nation hazard its ease, and its interest, and its power for the sake of a people so far away? We fight because we must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny. And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure." As with Vietnam, U.S. soldiers face a determined enemy who will resort to whatever tactic availableterrorist attacks, village assassinations and car bombings. Iraq, like Vietnam, is an ugly guerilla land war fueled by growing anti-American sentiment. The Bush administration is at a crucial juncture. Bush faces the same choices as Johnson did nearly four decades ago: Escalate the war to salvage his mission Wind it down, declaring victory and going home Maintain the status quo To escalate presents serious problems. Bush would have to realistically assess the troop needs in Iraq, something he seems unable to do. The consensus is that to stabilize Iraq about 400,000 additional troops are required. Where will they come from? The Bush administration insists there will be no draft. But the Reserve and National Guard are close to fully mobilized. About 40% of the soldiers in Iraq are made up of Reservists or the National Guard. Quotas for new enlistments have not been met. And, as reported by the Los Angeles Times in its November 25th story titled [Guardsmen Say Theyre Facing Iraq Ill-Trained,By Scott Gold] morale is dismally low and new recruits will be hard to come by. What options remain but the draft? If you believe, as I do, that things are very bad in Iraq and if you further believe, as I do, that Bush will not walk away from Iraq, then a draft is inevitable. But ratcheting up the Iraq Warand footing the post-war reconstruction billmeans that other Bush programs will suffer especially in light of the existing record deficits. Remember that Johnson could not pull off his Guns and Butter approach to waging war in Vietnam and building the Great Society at home. Option number two, winding the war down, might be the best solution but is inconsistent with anything Bush has indicated he is willing to do. The Vietnam War dragged on for more than a decade before the U.S. finally pulled out. And since we have only been in Iraq for eighteen months, it seems improbable that the administration would consider withdrawing. The final option, maintaining the status quo, is perhaps the least desirable of all. The current planif you can call it thatis headed toward disaster. Things in Iraq did not improve after we conquered Baghdad or after we killed Uday and Kusay or after we captured Saddam or after we turned over sovereignty. And conditions will not improve if and when January elections are held. The reason is simple: insurgents cannot be defeated on their own turf. So the Bush administrationand the nationfinds itself between a rock and a hard place regarding Iraq. The stakes are high. One of the soldiers who was willing to be interviewed for the record by the Los Angeles Times is Staff Sgt. Lorenzo Dominguez, 45. Knowing that his candor could result in court-martial, Dominguez nevertheless spoke out about what he described as the demoralized, prison-like camp he finds himself part of: Some of us are going to die there (Iraq) and some of us are going to die unnecessarily because of the lack of training. So I dont care. Let them court-martial me. I want the American people to know what is going on. President Bush has not yet begun his second term. In his inaugural address, if not before, he should come clean with the American people. We deserve to know what his exit plan is for Iraq. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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 ODY>
Re: [CTRL] The Cost of Wing-Nut Journalism -- actually more of Alex's loose research ...
-Caveat Lector- (JAlex, (B (J(B (JYour "post" below is one of the reason that I took down your Khasoggi series and has me wondering about the veracity of your many books. (B (J(B (JYou give as a source for your libelous accusations the website:(B (J(B (Jhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B5B6KH/002-4084083-9850436(B (J?v=glance(B (J(B (JWell, that is interesting because at that webpage from Amazon, there is no mention of Daniel Hopsicker. (B (J(B (JYou make it appear in your "hit piece" that Daniel Hopsicker was the director of that show. And then you try and tar Daniel because by association of the subjects of that show. So, you feel that directors should be held accountable for the efforts and associations? Are they also held responsible for the advertisers actions and beliefs? What if they are just working for a living? (B (J(B (JBut then again, like I said, Daniel Hopsicker's name is nowhere on that Amazon page you trot out to defame Daniel Hopsicker. Why? (B (J(B (JBecause he didn't direct that show. (B (J(B (JPhenomenon had more than one show aired. They aired a recut version of Dan's Secret Heartbeat of America" show. And he did a Federal Reserve show for them. That is it. Daniel already told you that once, but you obviously cannot read nor do proper research. (B (J(B (JSo, please, stop embarrassing yourself. (B (J(B (J(B (JPeace, (B (JOm(B (JK(B (J(B (JIn a message dated 12/5/04 3:00:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:(B (J(B (J(B (JThe Cost of Wing-Nut Journalism -(B (JThe Case of Daniel Hopsicker(B (J(B (JBy Alex Constantine(B (J(B (JDaniel Hopsicker has written his own "Mission Accomplished" speech,(B (Jdeclaring himself a "real" journalist - top of the heap - because he has(B (J"bested" me in a testosterone battle over his credentials, which I have(B (Jpublicly questioned - just as he has questioned the credentials and ethics(B (Jof Mike Ruppert.(B (J(B (JI do not recall Ruppert hooting, immaturely declaring himself the world's(B (Jmightiest reporter because he caught Daniel Hopsicker making a small error(B (Jor two in "Peak Oil and the Level Above Saudi."(B (J(B (JAnd I don't recall Hopsicker apologizing for his errors.(B (J(B (JIs Hopsicker a "real" journalist? His television production credits, which(B (Jhave been hell to substantiate (and I still haven't done so after a week of(B (Jtrying, BTW), include "Global Business 2000," which aired for eight years or(B (Jso in the nineties $B".(J though the NBC Publicity Office has no record of the(B (Jprogram.(B (J(B (J"We can rule out that it ever aired during prime time," Karen Horn at NBC(B (Jtold me on December 3, "and I can find nothing in the daytime files, either.(B (JMaybe if you can tell me what time of day it aired, I can track down(B (Jsomething$B".(J"(B (J(B (JBut a friend of Hopsicker's e-mailed me a press release from January 1996(B (Jlater in the day. I'm am still at a loss to explain why NBC has no record of(B (Jthe show. But if that press release, detailing a deal struck between(B (JMediaLink, a major PR firm, and "Global Business 2000," is real, then(B (JHopsicker was a media propagandist at NBC.(B (J(B (JThe show, as of January 1996, at least, was composed of corporate public(B (Jrelations video releases. The MediaLink deal was signed six months after the(B (JAsian subsidiary was launched. I've already posted information about(B (JMediaLink and its "fake news" VNRs - how is it a "real" journalist produces(B (Jfake news?(B (J(B (JIn 1999, Hopsicker directed a program called Phenomenon: The Lost Archives(B (J(avaialable on video tape and DVD from Image Entertainment).(B (J(B (JThe self-described "real" journalist, top of the heap, turned out some very(B (Junreal "journalism" in his time, I must observe. This is a level above(B (J"Lizard Alien" propaganda, perhaps, by a hair $B".(J(B (J(B (JPhenomenon: The Lost Archives(B (J"Genesis Revisited"(B (JDirected by DANIEL HOPSICKER(B (J(B (J- Evidence of a civilization ruled by emissaries from another world are(B (Jrevealed in the ancient tablets of man. Historian and archeologist Zecharia(B (JSitien uncovers the lost and hidden archives of the Annunaki: extraplanetary(B (Jvisitors who over 6,000 years ago inspired what is thought to be the(B (Jearliest civilization known to man--the Sumerians. "Lost Bombs: The Search(B (Jfor the Savannah Warhead" - Recently released government documents indicate(B (Jthat over the past 50 years, American military operations have been(B (Jresponsible for the loss or disappearance of twelve atomic weapons. How(B (Jcould this happen? What are the consequences and how many have our enemies(B (Jlost?(B (Jhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B5B6KH/002-4084083-9850436(B (J?v=glance(B (J(B (JHopsicker is a true groundbreaker - just ask him. He
