[CTRL] KATRINA REFUGEES: BLAME GAME BECOMES CONTROL GAME
-Caveat Lector- www.WorldAffairsBrief.com KATRINA REFUGEES: BLAME GAME BECOMES CONTROL GAME Summary On the Ground (or Water): New Orleans will have to be abandoned for at least nine months, and many of its people will remain homeless for up to two years. Many currently salvageable properties will forever be ruined because government won't be able to get to them like owners would. They will be left to rot. What will be left will be the largest urban renewal project in the world, just ripe to be picked by Halliburton and other government connected "rebuilders." Now we have our own Iraq to deal with. Fox news reports, "As floodwaters receded inch-by-inch Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin authorized law enforcement officers and the U.S. military to force the evacuation of all residents." The trouble here is that this will be indiscriminately enforced -- even upon people who are on dry ground and who have stored resources. Meanwhile, people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina have told horrific stories of rape, murder, and trigger-happy guards at the Superdome and the New Orleans Convention Center -- which have become places of violence and terror rather than refuge. People have accused the police and National Guard of standing by, ignoring their pleas for help. People trying to walk out were forced back at gunpoint -- for their own safety, they were told -- yet were provided no protection from predators inside the buildings. A Louisiana National Guard soldier said, "We are doing the best we can with the resources we have, but almost all of our guys are in Iraq (6,000 of them)." By Friday morning only two buses had arrived at the Convention Center to transport those inside out of the city, according to several trapped inside. As the repeated promises of buses fail to materialize, people in the shelters have started stealing cars. Government At Its Worst: These stories and more indicate the state of chronic paralysis present at the highest levels of the relief operation. As the government bureaucracy mixes with such a large-scale disaster, painful inaction combines with ineffective or counterproductive action to exacerbate the tragedy. One witness said, "We had to wrap dead people in white sheets and throw them outside while the police stood by and did nothing... The police were in boats watching us. They were just laughing at us. Five of them to a boat, not trying to help nobody. Helicopters were riding by just looking at us. They weren't helping. We were pulling people on bits of wood, and the National Guard would come driving by in their empty military trucks." In another case, authorities decided to flood one New Orleans district that was dry in an apparent attempt to lower some of the water that had submerged a neighboring district. Hundreds of police and postal workers are missing or AWOL. Scores of police officers are said to have resigned from the force, complaining their jobs had become too dangerous. Some are said to have committed suicide. Two African-American New Orleans women police officers were filmed at Wal-Mart helping themselves to merchandize -- in front of TV cameras (http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2005/050905policelooting.htm). Having seen videos of some of the low caliber people they hire in New Orleans for "public safety" it's little wonder they performed so poorly. Obviously, there are many valiant ones as well, who aren't getting any press. Privatization Scandal: On June 3, 2004, IEM Inc., a Baton Rouge-based emergency management and homeland security consultancy (that has ties to the Bush administration) issued the following press release: "IEM will lead the development of a catastrophic hurricane disaster plan for Southeast Louisiana and the City of New Orleans under a more than half a million dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)." The company took down the page as Katrina hit, when it became obvious this company failed to produce anything of value for its $500k (though the page now appears to be back online). The insider dealing continues even after the disaster: According to Wayne Madsen (reported on rense.com), "Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has announced that she is hiring Witt [James Lee Witt Associates. Witt was FEMA Director under Bill Clinton. --ed] to assist in the hurricane recovery. Just a minute here. His firm (which includes retired Gen. Wesley Clark) was part of the IEM team that came up with the non-existent $500,000 FEMA New Orleans-Southeast Louisiana Catastrophic Hurricane Disaster Plan. Why pay this guy again for his incompetence? Republicans + Democrats = Partners in Crime." Refugee and Host Woes: Many thousands of those who remained in ravaged New Orleans in the aftermath of the disaster are problematic minorities with a history of corruption, crime, drugs, and welfare dependency. Many are overweight, unhealthy, and totally dependent upon a state and local government
[CTRL] anwr oil new egg in a strong basket
-Caveat Lector- back to anwr.org ANWR Oil A New Egg in a Strong Basket Economic and Political Insights on American Energy after the Katrina Disaster In the wake of the hurricane disaster in New Orleans, the frailty of Americas energy supply has become all too apparent. For the next number of years, the Gulf of Mexico will remain in the line of fire for more predicted hurricanes. Yet it supplies 28% of Americas oil production. Any damage to the flow of crude oil there has a dramatic effect on the nations fuel supply. It is a valuable egg in a fragile basket. If there is one message that the government and American people need to heed from this situation, it is that diversifying ones supply of oil is the best way to prevent price spikes and fuel shortages and other national energy worries. We need a new egg in a stronger basket. The Gulf of Mexico cant do it alone. That diversification is at hand and is now before Congress: open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration. ANWR has the potential to be Americas largest oil field and is in an area not susceptible to natural disasters. In nearly 30 years of production in Prudhoe Bay, just 50 miles west of the Coastal Plain of ANWR, there have been no natural disasters or delays in supply caused by nature. Alaskan oil is also produced under the strictest environmental regulations on the planet, and oil from ANWR will be produced on solid ground, not in an ocean on vulnerable drilling platforms. Oil from ANWRs coastal plain would take approximately 8 years to bring on line and by that time could tally Alaskan oil to equal one third of US domestic production, surpassing output in the Gulf. Simply put, ANWR oil will help diversify America away from reliance on drilling in the hurricane hazardous Gulf of Mexico. It is the responsibility of Congress to lead America to a more stable energy production platform. This platform must be one that encompasses maximizing domestic production from as many sources as possible. Recent events demonstrate the risk of not doing so. That risk is particularly unacceptable, because in ANWR we have a sensible and realistic solution. America is in dire need of greater domestic oil and gas production as year by year we increase our reliance on foreign oil. We currently import between 58-64% of our oil, depending on the time of year. As our economy grows this figure increases and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. No new energy source that we know of today will lessen this statistic for the next 20 years. Ironically, alternative green technologies such as solar, wind, biofuels and hydrogen fuel cells not only have a bigger production footprint on the environment than oil, they also rely on oil for their construction, component parts, and maintenance. Alternative energies are simply not an immediate realistic solution to our huge demand for energy. Todays oil importation policy was born in an earlier energy crisis, the 1973 OPEC oil embargo. At the time, America was plunged into long lines at the pump, price spikes and tremendous energy worry. OPEC had virtual control. Indeed, similar to now, too many eggs were in too few baskets. We continue to rely on oil from abroad for a majority of our energy supply. Particularly from areas of the world that are unstable and hostile. If we have learned anything from current events we must lessen our dependence on foreign oil and diversify our domestic supply. American crude oil production has been reduced by 25% due to Katrina and our refining capacity reduced by 10%. This leaves America begging for oil. The issue is best described by Ben Lieberman of the Heritage Foundation; Hurricane Katrina struck us at the worst place and time and revealed the vulnerability of the nations energy infrastructure. It should underscore the need to strengthen the resiliency of a system that is barely adequate even under the best of circumstances. This national vulnerability is not just a vulnerability to disasters either. The world appetite for oil is also growing. As noted in the Financial Times September 6, 2005, on present trends, global oil supply needs to rise each year by at least two million barrels a day(to meet demand). ANWR alone could contribute 1 million of those barrels. Those barrels are safe, secure and hurricane proof. We must remember in 1995 Congress approved exploration of the Coastal Plain of ANWR. Had it not been vetoed by then President Clinton, we would currently be producing a million or more additional barrels a day (20% of Americas domestic production). This would have certainly reduced the impact of Katrina, lessened gas price spikes, and decreased our drastic sudden demand for oil imports. If we tend to forget the effects and solutions (supply diversification) to the 1973 oil embargo, Hurricane Katrina has certainly pushed them back on the table. ANWR oil means diversity of supply. ANWR oil means a safer more secure supply of oil. ANWR oil
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: FEMA Bans Photos of Hurricane Victims
-Caveat Lector- Banning reporters from going along on the recovery missions is also a way to coverup the actual number of dead. June 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] Fwd: what actually happened
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Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: September 10, 2005 2:55:00 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: what actually happened what nagin is really jabbering about:the SEAWALL was blown on purpose to delay disintegration of a LEVEE,supposely on the 17th st canal.early on there was a photo of this. (try to find one now)!too much of the seawall was taken out, resulting in most flooding inpoorest areas.a suspicious crack in the seawall hd just been "repaired" by amysterious british company.army engineers blew seawall and -at first- admitted it; it was part ofpreplanning to partly divert water away from levee. TOOMUCH OF SEAWALLCAME OFF. effect was same as in 1927 but in 1927 it was unquestionablydliberate.an elkhart , indiana company , owned by SERVASS industries ofindianapois indiana {subsdiary company is in elkhart, indiana} deliversprefab and modular housing to hurricane destroyed residential areas . itnormally takes 3 weeks. this time trucks and railroad cars were in placeON SECOND DAY- meaning SEAWALL break was expected.photo of seawall showed breach. now apparently suppressed due tounexpected furori need to find details of british company.kthomas
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[CTRL] Fwd: Giuliani will be next US Pres
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Robert Lederman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: September 10, 2005 5:30:19 AM PDTTo: "Robert Lederman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Giuliani will be next US Pres http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeser/cst-edt-roes10.htmlChicago Sun TimesThomas RoeserIf he runs for president in '08, Rudy can't failSeptember 10, 2005BY THOMAS ROESERHurricane Katrina may have changed the dimension of the nation's politicsfor 2008. With George W., we voted for him because he would take the fightagainst terrorism to its origination point: the Middle East. I salute thatstrategy and believe that Iraq will be democratized with great dividends forour international security.But next it'll be important to have a president who can slash through redtape and make us secure at home. The Katrina thing wasn't Bush's fault, butwhat was needed was a president who could pull the trigger domestically,knock heads together with the state and local governments and deliverresources quickly. That spells only one name for future president. In anideal world he may not have been my first choice, but it's Rudy Giuliani.Giuliani played no role in taming Katrina, but as I saw New Orleans turninto an open sewer, all I could think of was what Giuliani would do. Threatsto our country demand a Prince of the City: a prince fearless enough towrite his own rules to establish order. And a prince emblematic ofMachiavelli's book of the same name, one who can bluff winningly, who canengender fear and respect. As one conservative Republican woman in Temecula,Calif., told radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt: ''All that [meaning pro-life,pro-abortion] doesn't matter if we're not safe." By which she meantGiuliani, the indomitable ex-mayor of New York, the hero of 9/11. WithGiuliani, the signal would be transmitted to all: He's determined that wewill be safe at home.The Twin Towers disaster and Katrina were different, but what Giuliani didin New York was to direct the city while instructing the entire country asto what was happening and how he was going to fix it. Giuliani seized theday. He is running first in the 2008 Republican sweepstakes.They say he's a sinner, and I believe that. His personal life has been, upto his third marriage, awful. He slept on the couch at Gracie Mansion,vomited by his solitary self after chemotherapy for prostate cancer, wifeNo. 2 not caring enough to inquire about him. Now he's cured and is a wiserbut sadder man. I like my presidents humbled somewhat.Fortunately, I am not alone in my high regard for Giuliani. The most recentPew poll, which maps the political landscape, has Giuliani topping allcontenders across a broad swath of public opinion. He rates highest amongenterprisers, those who want to promote business (90 percent); socialconservatives (75 percent); pro-government conservatives (69 percent); the"upbeats" who view the future positively (69 percent); taking with him amajority of the disaffected people who have felt depressed about thecountry's future (53 percent); doing nicely with disadvantaged Democrats (37percent), and falling just short of a majority with liberals (47 percent).He has done this without the visible trappings of a campaign.There's only one guy in modern times who started with such an advantage:Dwight D. Eisenhower. When Eisenhower announced for president, few knewanything about him other than he was a man of decisiveness. On June 4, 1944,he looked at his watch and the weather reports and said, ''We'll go.'' Didwe ever.And as for those who say that Giuliani is too liberal, I say: Wait for thechange as the campaign unfolds and he won't have to romance just New YorkCity. His critics forget the magical fluidity that is politics. Ike startedout as an FDR man, JFK an America Firster, LBJ a segregationist, Nixon a RedChina-basher.Reagan was originally a pro-choicer who co-founded Americans for DemocraticAction. George H.W. Bush, who was called "rubber George" in the House,wanted the feds to control population and was an enthusiastic pro-choicer.And remember, George W. was a supporter of humble, stay-at-home foreignpolicy.One more thing: Let 'em pair Giuliani, whose words spout like bullets from amachine gun, with a veep who talks slow, with the vowels dripping syrup onhominy grits swimming with butter: Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi, whobrilliantly handled Hurricane Katrina. Manhattan and Mississippi. Yeah: Ilike that.Daily News9/11 tours will tell it like it wasBy DAVID SALTONSTALLDAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEFMickey Kross, a city firefighter for 27 years, just wants people to knowwhat really happened on Sept. 11, 2001 - and how six brave men from hisfirehouse died that day.For Kimberly Grieger, who volunteered at Ground Zero one day and stayed foreight months, it's about remembering the random acts of goodness thatfollowed the horrific attacks.And for Lee Ielpi, whose firefighter son Jonathan died in the attacks, it'sabout protecting our future by honoring and learning from our
[CTRL] Fwd: 911 tapes - NY Times
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Robert Lederman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: September 10, 2005 4:37:05 AM PDTTo: "Robert Lederman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: 911 tapes - NY Times Subject: 911 tapes - NY TimesGiuliani knew the entire FDNY had problematic radios for years before 9/11. The Motorola contracts. That’s why he was denounced by family members while testifying before the 9/11 Commission. Excerpt:“For three and a half years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg refused to release the Fire Department's oral histories of Sept. 11, 2001. Under court order, however, 12,000 pages were made public in August. On close review, those accounts give a bleaker version of events than either Mayor Bloomberg or former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani presented to the 9/11 Commission. Both had said that many of the firefighters who perished in the north tower realized the terrible danger of the moment but chose to stay in the building to rescue civilians... Of 58 firefighters who escaped the building and gave oral histories, only four said they knew the south tower had already fallen. Just three said they had heard radio warnings that the north tower was also in danger of collapse.”NY TimesSeptember 9, 2005 9/11 Firefighters Told of Isolation Amid Disaster By JIM DWYER and MICHELLE O'DONNELL The firefighters had 29 minutes to get out of the World Trade Center or die. Inside the north tower, though, almost none of them realized how urgent it had become to leave. They had no idea that less than 200 feet away, the south tower had already collapsed in a life-crushing, earth-shaking heap. Nor did the firefighters know that their commanders on the street, and police helicopter pilots in the sky, were warning that the north tower was on the edge of the same fate. Until last month, the extent of their isolation from critical information in the final 29 minutes had officially been a secret. For three and a half years, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg refused to release the Fire Department's oral histories of Sept. 11, 2001. Under court order, however, 12,000 pages were made public in August. On close review, those accounts give a bleaker version of events than either Mayor Bloomberg or former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani presented to the 9/11 Commission. Both had said that many of the firefighters who perished in the north tower realized the terrible danger of the moment but chose to stay in the building to rescue civilians. They made no mention of what one oral history after another starkly relates: that firefighters in the building said they were "clueless" and knew "absolutely nothing" about the reality of the gathering crisis. In stairwells or resting on floors, they could not see what had happened or hear clearly stated warnings. Even after the south tower fell, when few civilians remained in the lower floors of the north tower, throngs of firefighters lingered in the lobby and near the 19th floor as time ran down, the survivors said. "That's the hard thing about it, knowing that there were so many other people still left in that lobby that could have got out," Firefighter Hugh Mettham of Ladder Company 18 said. Although no official summary specifies where the 343 firefighters died in the rescue effort, a review by The New York Times of eyewitness accounts, dispatch records and federal reports suggests that about 200 perished in the north tower or at its foot. Of 58 firefighters who escaped the building and gave oral histories, only four said they knew the south tower had already fallen. Just three said they had heard radio warnings that the north tower was also in danger of collapse. And some who had heard orders to evacuate debated whether they were meant for civilians or firefighters. 'Not in My Wildest Dream' "Not in my wildest dream did I think those towers were coming down," said David Sandvik of Ladder 110. The point made by both Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Bloomberg to the 9/11 Commission - that firefighters died because they delayed their own departures while trying to save the lives of civilians and other firefighters - is, in one sense, fully corroborated by the oral histories. Even so, measured against the waves of details in those accounts, those valiant last-minute efforts explain just a fraction of the firefighter deaths in the north tower, a small vivid thread running through the broader fabric of the day. No one in the Fire Department has tried to use the oral histories to reconstruct the events that led to its human losses that day. Although more than 500 interviews were conducted, just about 10 percent of them involved people who had been inside the north tower. (No firefighters in the south tower, which fell first, are known to have survived its collapse.) Many who escaped from the north tower did not give histories. Few follow-up questions were asked of those who did. The ragged character of the records does not yield a clear explanation for the isolation of the rescuers within the building, and whether
[CTRL] Fwd: [Spy News] CIA leak probe may be nearing end game: lawyers
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: September 10, 2005 4:39:43 AM PDTTo: "!SPY NEWS" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Spy News] CIA leak probe may be nearing end game: lawyersReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNewsstoryID=2005-09-08T213913Z_01_DIT865583_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-BUSH-LEAK-DC.XMLarchived=FalseCIA leak probe may be nearing end game: lawyersThu Sep 8, 2005 5:38 PM ETBy Adam EntousWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Times reporter Judith Miller, locked up forrefusing to reveal who told her a covert CIA operative's name in a probethat may be nearing a conclusion, works part time at the jail laundryhelping clean fellow inmates' green jumpsuits and dirty linens.Between shifts at the laundry, Miller works at the library on a card catalogof the jail's books, said attorney Floyd Abrams, offering new details aboutMiller's life behind bars after meeting with her on Wednesday.Abrams, who represents The New York Times, said Miller was "safe" but thatconditions in jail were "grim."This week Miller marked two months -- 65 days as of Thursday -- at theAlexandria Detention Center just outside Washington for refusing to testifyto a grand jury trying to determine who in the Bush administration leakedCIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.Abrams said Miller remained "resolute" and would not reveal her confidentialsource to a grand jury in the case, which could shake up an administrationalready reeling from criticism over its response to Hurricane Katrina. Theprobe has ensnarled President George W. Bush's top political adviser, KarlRove.But lawyers close to the investigation say there are signs that the20-month-long inquiry could be wrapped up within weeks in a final flurry ofnegotiations and legal maneuvering.Asked if talks were under way with special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, aJustice Department prosecutor, to secure Miller's testimony and release,Abrams said: "If there are any discussions, they would be private.""She is there (in jail) for a reason. At this time, the reason is stillthere. She made a promise and, unless properly released from her promise byher source, she has no choice but to continue to take the position thatshe's taking," Abrams said.He declined comment when asked if Miller, who was sent to jail on July 6though she never wrote an article about the Plame matter, had reached outanew to her source for a clear release from confidentiality that would allowher to testify.Attorney Theodore Boutrous, who represents Time magazine and its reporter,Matthew Cooper, said Miller's "standoff" with Fitzgerald may be coming to ahead."Either Fitzgerald still needs Miller or he doesn't," Boutrous said. "It'swho blinks first. ... You would think something needs to happen soon, oneway or another."Unlike Miller, Cooper avoided jail by agreeing to testify after saying hereceived the "express personal consent" of his source to reveal hisidentity. The first person to tell him about Plame was Rove, Cooper said.Plame's husband, former diplomat Joseph Wilson, said the leak was meant todiscredit him for criticizing Bush's Iraq policy in 2003 after a CIA-fundedtrip to investigate whether Niger helped supply nuclear materials toBaghdad.FITZGERALD'S END GAME?Several lawyers involved in the case say Fitzgerald was likely to wrap uphis inquiry this fall, if not sooner, though they say they have not heardfrom his office in weeks.The outcome could have political implications for Bush, whose approvalratings are already the lowest of his presidency.After initially promising to fire anyone found to have leaked information inthe case, Bush in July offered a more qualified pledge: "If someonecommitted a crime they will no longer work in my administration."Prominent Democrats have called on Bush to fire Rove, the architect of histwo presidential election victories and now his deputy chief of staff, orblock his access to classified information.Rove's attorneys said Rove did nothing wrong and has been repeatedly assuredhe is not a target of Fitzgerald's investigation.When Miller was jailed, chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said she muststay there until she agreed to testify or for the rest of the grand jury'sterm, which lasts into October.But if no deal is reached, lawyers say, Fitzgerald could step up pressure bythreatening Miller with a longer sentence. Miller's attorneys, in turn,could argue she has no intention of testifying and that her continuedincarceration is of little consequence to Fitzgerald's case since othershave revealed their sources.LIVING A FLOOR BELOW MOUSSAOUIAn investigative reporter who covers national security and foreign policyissues, Miller is one of about 440 inmates at the Alexandria DetentionCenter, according to its spokesman, Capt. Tony Davis.Miller has been in a U.S. jail longer than any other newspaper journalist toprotect a source, according to Abrams. The previous record-holder, he said,was a journalist from The Los
[CTRL] Fwd: The Big Easy Dies Hard
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: September 9, 2005 7:48:18 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: The Big Easy Dies HardReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Big Easy Dies Hardby CHRISTIAN PARENTIhttp://www.thenation.com/doc/20050926/parenti[from the September 26, 2005 issue]New OrleansThe empty streets of this city present a vista ofapocalyptic desolation: wind-ripped roofs, downed trees,smashed fast-food signs, dangling power lines, columnsof dark smoke and everywhere heaps of garbage. On a lawnnear the Ninth Ward three light brown mules, wanderingthe city alone, graze peacefully. In the sky above,helicopters drum the air. From the pale, empty stretchesof elevated Interstate 10 one can look down on wideexpanses of the city where homes are submerged in theflat, brackish floodwater. Strangely, the wind now isgritty and dry.At first the city appears like a giant conceptual artinstallation, or the set of some archetypal cold-wardisaster movie. But then comes evidence of what thisreally means: dazed refugees wade through the filthywater or push shopping carts down ravaged streets orwait silently in lines for evacuation. And every now andthen there is the stench of abandoned corpses. Officialshave no idea how many people are lost, trapped in theattics soon to be dead, or drowned and hidden in theirhomes.Few can fathom the near-total lack of planning andcoordination among local, state and federal authorities."I been hearing about this is gonna happen for my wholelife--how could they not have a plan?" says a man namedReginald Bell as he drops off extra candles to aneighbor.On a side street in Algiers, on the flood-spared westbank, the corpse of a young black man in blue pants andwhite shirt lies rotting in the sun about ten feet froma chained-up health clinic. Swollen, greasy and oozingmaggots, the dead man has become a symbol of officialneglect. There are scores of uncollected corpses likethis all over New Orleans."See, they just leave him here," says Malik Rahim, acommunity organizer who is spearheading a grassrootsrelief effort called the Green Cross. "He's been herealmost five days, man." A colleague and I look down atthe corpse dumbly. A police car rolls by. Another onestops, but the two white cops in it are dismissive. "Wedon't have the resources," says one."Their message to black people here is, Get out or die.You on your own," says Rahim, as the cops pull away.The next day at the infamous convention center, wherestunned refugees are being searched and then loaded ontooutbound helicopters, a dozen ambulances sit waiting fororders. No rescues yet today, I am told. As for corpses,no one knows what the plan is.Archie Haley, an emergency medical technician from OakGrove, near the Arkansas border, squats as I scarf downa military MRE food ration; he explains that the majorproblem is "the large population of welfare-ized blackswho can't help themselves." My interlocutor is whitelike me, so he feels comfortable. "See, these people arethe city's disease." His is an attitude that is far toocommon among officials here. Racism and incompetenceseemed to merge to create a sluggish response. Despiteall the troops, SWAT teams and out-of-town cops thathave arrived since September 5, there's still littlesign of a plan: On the ground, chaos reigns. Civilianvolunteers are still doing many of the rescues; no oneknows where to get water or MREs; the radio reportsnothing of use.By the Wednesday after Katrina hit, people here began togrow desperate as their stockpiles of supplies ran out.Survival looting, facilitated by the police, gave way toopportunistic rampaging and panic. "We grew more andmore frightened each day because there was never anyword from the government about emergency foods and waterdistribution, and we listened to the radio prettyregularly," says Mike Howell, a former academic, localpeace activist and Nation reader I happened upon in adark but open bar in the Bywater district. There is nopower or water in this joint but somehow there is coldbeer and free BBQ."All they kept saying was, Go to the Superdome, but weknew conditions over there were horrible, and we heardthey weren't letting people back out who wanted toleave," says Howell.Several SRO hotels, he says, have organized themselvesinto "communes" and do their survival looting in anorganized and collectivist fashion. Everywhere one hearsstories of mutual aid.One of the most striking things about being in NewOrleans is the number of people who outright refuse toleave. Howell calls them "the diehards." The mayor hasordered a mandatory evacuation, but the diehards, aswell as thousands who live in dry, relatively unscathedareas, are poised to defy the order.Out east on elevated I-10, above the dark, oilyfloodwaters of Elysian Fields, a man and his son arecamped in a looted mail van. Two empty bottles ofchampagne sit on the dash; Black Power is spray-paintedon the side. "We're bringing food and water back down into the dogs. I got
[CTRL] clergy abuse
-Caveat Lector- scroll More Sex Abuse Lawsuits Against Archdiocese By Judith Kohler (AP) Denver 9/7/05 "Two more people came forward Wednesday with allegations that a former Roman Catholic priest sexually abused children, bringing to seven the number of lawsuits claiming the Denver archdiocese protected him for years. Attorneys for Gary Wolf, 56, of the Denver area and a woman, whose name wasn't released, said they planned to file lawsuits Wednesday in Denver District Court. Their stories are similar to those of more than a dozen other alleged victims who say Harold Robert White sexually abused them and was moved to other parishes in Colorado to prevent a scandal." http://cbs4denver.com/crime/local_story_251004020.html Sex charges rock church - Two pastors, a deacon and a member of Ambassador Baptist Church face charges. Kelly Pedro Patrick Maloney and Randy Richmond, Free Press Reporters 9/9/05 "Charges of sexual abuse and assault -- some involving young children -- have stung a London Baptist church, put its leaders behind bars and prompted police to continue searching for others who may have been assaulted. Ambassador Baptist Church pastors Roy Wood, 55, and Brian Fast, 51, along with deacon William Dalton Fletcher, 44, and church member Russell Wilson, 48, were charged yesterday with sexual assault, police said. Fletcher was also charged with sexual exploitation and Wilson was charged with sexual interference. Wood was also charged with sexual exploitation and three counts of assault with a weapon relating to three teenage boys." http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2005/09/09/1208507-sun.html 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] new usgs report on ANWR
-Caveat Lector- New USGS Report on ANWR Released The United States Geological Survey (USGS) this week released an update to the important 1998 USGS study on the potential oil reserves in ANWRs 1002 Area. Alaskan geologist Ken Boyd, also former Director of Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, reviews the paper and gives his perspective on its conclusions in regard to the potential ANWR 1002 Area reserves. The 1998 study has been instrumental in the ANWR debate as it is the largest most comprehensive study conducted on the ANWR coastal plain. The 1998 report findings are used by Congress to debate ANWR. Despite its scientific and political weight both the 1998 study and this weeks update have set and limited criteria and factors put in place that restrict the comprehensiveness of their bottom line conclusions. It is important to understand these limitations. Ken Boyd discusses the new report and how we should regard the two papers when debating ANWRs oil potential. September 2005 USGS ANWR Update Report Review by Ken Boyd. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has issued an update of its 1999 economic assessment of the 1002 area of ANWR. Like the original economic report, the update only considers the Federal portion of the area. In contrast, the 1998 USGS geologic assessment evaluated the Native inholding, the adjacent State waters as well as the Federal lands. Because a smaller area is being considered, there are fewer barrels being analyzed in this report. It is important to understand that this update contains NO additional geologic information from the 1002 area. This report is based solely on the geologic information contained in the 1998 assessment and is ONLY for the Federal portion. Despite the lengthy, often acrimonious, debates over ANWR very little is actually known about the subsurface. Only two seismic surveys, covering about 1500 linear miles of the 1002 area, have been recorded. These surveys are now over twenty years old and utilized a technology that is archaic by modern standards. One need only consider computer technology of 1984 compared to today to get an idea of the magnitude of the change. The report recognizes this problem, and others as well. In the Conclusions and Limitations section the report provides a fair summary of itself: It is important to keep in mind that until a systematic subsurface evaluation is accomplished, uncertainty about the size and nature of the resource will remain significant. Along with geologic uncertainty, there are also important sources of uncertainty attached to the economic evaluation of the resources by virtue of the many assumptions that were required. Furthermore, wide variations in world oil prices over time increase the risk of investing in high-cost areas such as the North Slope, a factor that is beyond the scope of this analysis to capture. Taken together, these are the most important issues in oil exploration: The nature of the subsurface (the rocks), the economics of exploration and production and the price of oil. Since all of these points are virtually unknown in ANWR, a detailed prognosis is clearly an academic exercise at this point. While the bulk of the report is aimed more at specialists, there are some conclusions that should be of interest to policy makers and the public. Improvements in technology have helped reduce costs and lowered the impact on the environment. Consider these quotes from the report: . . . improvements in productivity, such as those brought about by horizontal drilling, have largely offset increased costs. . . Recent technological advances have reduced costs of monitoring and transporting multiphase (mixture of water, oil and gas) fluids longer distances than in the past. Greater well productivity reduces the required number of wells for field development and also reduces the size and (or) number of drilling pads. The report is based on data available in 2003 (their base year). The average price of crude in 2003 was $27/barrel. The report used a ceiling (high) price of twice the base so the highest price considered was $54/barrel. Prices now exceed $60/barrel. The report recognizes this higher price trend and states: If such prices are sustained over the long-term new technologies would emerge that would vitiate the geologic estimate of technically recoverable resources by increasing the play recovery factors assumed by the geologists and also permitting commercial development of smaller accumulations that occur but that were not assessed by the geologists. Like all reports that attempt to predict future outcomes this one will, in whole or part, be proved wrong. This is not a criticism; it's just the nature of the exercise. All crystal balls have flaws. Importantly, the report shows that higher oil prices will mean increased productivity and that improved technology improves not just economics, it also decreases environmental impacts. :: Posted on September 09, 2005 :: :: Other Resources...
[CTRL] What will the commission find?
-Caveat Lector- LA and N.O. have been Democratic Party strongholds for decades, yet poverty, corruption, political patronage and perpetual welfare are all they have to show for it. So before we blame Bush for yet another disaster not of his making, read the following. br A SAD STATE OF CORRUPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT. Subject: Politics over duty All of Nagin's pomp and posturing is going to bite him hard in the near future as the lies and distortions of his interviews are coming to light. On Friday night before the storm hit Max Mayfield of the National Hurrican Center took the unprecedented action of calling Nagin and Blanco personally to plead with them to begin MANDATORY evacuation of NO and they said they'd take it under consideration. This was after the NOAA buoy 240 miles south had recorded 68' waves before it was destroyed. President Bush spent Friday afternoon and evening in meetings with his advisors and administrators drafting all of the paperwork required for a state to request federal assistance (and not be in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act or having to enact the Insurgency Act). Just before midnight Friday evening the President called Governor Blanco and pleaded with her to sign the request papers so the federal government and the military could legally begin mobilization and call up. He was told that they didn't think it necessary for the federal government to be involved yet. After the President's final call to the governor she held meetings with her staff to discuss the political ramifications of bringing federal forces. It was decided that if they allowed federal assistance it would make it look as ifthey had faile! d so it was agreed upon that the feds would not be invited in. Saturday before the storm hit the President again called Blanco and Nagin requesting they please sign the papers requesting federal assistance,that they declare the state an emergency area, and begin mandatory evacuation. After a personal plea from the President Nagin agreed to order an evacuation, but it would not be a full mandatory evacuation, and the governor still refused to sign the papers requesting and authorizing federal action. In frustration the President declared the area a national disaster area before the state of Louisiana did so he could legally begin some advanced preparations. Rumor has it that the President's legal advisers were looking into the ramifications of using the insurgency act to bypass the Constitutional requirement that a state request federal aid before the federal government can move into state with troops - but that had not been done since 1906 and the Constitutionality of it was called into question to use before the disaster. Throw in that over half the federal aid of the past decade to NO for levee construction, maintenance, and repair was diverted to fund a marina and support the gambling ships. Toss in the investigation that will lookinto why the emergency preparedness plan submitted to the federal government for funding and published on the city's website was never implemented and in fact may have been bogus for the purpose of gaining additional federal funding as we now learn that the organizations identified in the plan were never contacted or coordinating into any planning - though the document implies that they were. The suffering people of NO need to be asking some hard questions as do we all, but they better start with why Blanco refused to even sign the multi-state mutual aid pack activation documents until Wednesday which further delayed the legal deployment of National Guard from adjoining states. Or maybe ask why Nagin keeps harping that the President should have commandeered 500 Greyhound buses to help him when according to his own emergency plan and documents he claimed to have over 500 buses at his disposal to use between the local school buses and the city transportation buses - but he never raised a finger to prepare them or activate this. This is a sad time for all of us to see that a major city has all but been destroyed and thousands of people have died with hundreds of thousands more suffering, but it's certainly not a time for people to be pointing fingers and trying to find a bigger dog to blame for local corruption and incompetence. Pray to God for the survivors that they can start their lives anew as fast as possible and we learn from all the mistakes to avoid them. __ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER
[CTRL] Meet the Integrated gassification combined cycle (IGCC)
-Caveat Lector- Check this web page out: http://www.netl.doe.gov/cctc/resources/library/bibliography/misc/bibm_igcc.html I came across this high tech way of utilizing coal (estimated 460 billion tons in the US and quite possiblity other resources (oil shale? Bio mass?) cleanly and efficently! Horrors! The radical left/wing/marxist/leninist (and antiUnited states) environmental movement HAs another brainstorming session to do! You guys are up to the task! How do you communicate with your masters in Vienna Austria(OPEC)? Is it email? Telephjone calls? secret websites? Secret coded messages in otherwise unremarkable websites? Oh I and I have another question to ask! Remember the early to mid 1970's? When GLOBAL COOLING was the scare mongering tactic? question Who made the decision to do a 180 and start using Global warming as your scare mongering tactic? How can both global cooling and global warming be caused by Only American and western European pollution? How come pollution from RED China, the soviet UNion North Korea, Cuba -- you know your ideological bedfellows -- are exempt from your complaints? an inquiring mind would like to know! 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 energy page at http://www.info-quest.org/Energy.html Check out the latest on the anwr drilling project http://www.anwr.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 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=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
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-Caveat Lector- SWEET NEO CON (M. Jagger/K. Richards) You call yourself a Christian I think that you're a hypocrite You say you are a patriot I think that you're a crock of shit And listen now, the gasoline I drink it every day But it's getting very pricey And who is going to pay How come you're so wrong My sweet neo con Yeah It's liberty for all 'Cause democracy's our style Unless you are against us Then it's prison without trial But one thing that is certain Life is good at Haliburton If you're really so astute You should invest at Brown Root Yeah How come you're so wrong My sweet neo con If you turn out right I'll eat my hat tonight Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's getting very scary Yes, I'm frightened out of my wits There's bombers in my bedroom Yeah and it's giving me the shits We must have lots more bases To protect us from our foes Who needs these foolish friendships We're going it alone How come you're so wrong My sweet neo con Where's the money gone In the Pentagon Yeah ha ha ha Yeah, well, well Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... Neo con 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=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
Re: [CTRL] What will the commission find?
-Caveat Lector- Ah yes, American cities (and rural areas) are becoming engulfed with poor, uneducated, obese, unskilled millions. Is it a coincidence that the underclass swells along with the millions of illegal immigrants? The Dems and especially Bush have made a conscious decision for corporate welfare permitting corporations to get the benefit of cheap, cheap labor while the taxpayer foots the bills for schools, healthcare, welfare needed by the new underclass of recycled Blacks, Whites and countless millions of illegals. As Pat Buchanan recently demanded- IMPEACH BUSH NOW! flw 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=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] Fwd: Godlike Productions -- Forum
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Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: September 10, 2005 9:26:05 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Godlike Productions -- Forum (ram: previous email escaped; no message in it)Edit Your Post Re: Explosive Residue Found On Failed Levee DebrisACE dynamited seawall. that is a fact which can eventually be proven tothe "reasonable doubt" standard.the break in seawall was roughly double the size expected , which wouldbe inexplicable but for mysterious british repair team "reinforcing"crack in seawall prior to katrina.the above are provable facts but not for long because evidence is beingrelentlessly destroyed , possibly on order of the owner of the "SaturdayEvening Post" who is Dutch, and who lives by a waterway, that feeds themississippi, and who is the last surviving and still active member ofVOSS {veterans of the OSS} and who collaborated with WILLIAM CASEY andE. Howard Hunt to remake the the secure waterway system from NO to Lakemichigan and who narrowly escaped criminal prosecution in gulf war 1 forprofiteering and who owns the elkhart indiana companies whichmanufacture and ship temporary trailers, storage, housing to hurricaneareas since 1992--cozy contract with fema and who got a degree insuspicious chemistry from mexico city university before WW2 and whostole penicillin from our GIs and sold it to those who could payastronomical price under OSS cover in WW2 and who created the pawn DANQUAYLE at my innocent and uninformed suggestion in 1975 and who createdthe riverboat casinos -also at my innocent and uninformedsuggestion---but thats just off the top of my head--it gets much worse.i cant do anything more without that photo of the seawall break incenter and levee being topped at far leftkthomasemail to send information:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.godlikeproductions.com/bbs/message.php?page=4topic=3message=152515mpage=showdate=9/10/05
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-Caveat Lector- http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/ripper/red_19.html?sect=19Red Jack and the OccultBy Katherine Ramsland While the crimes of Jack the Ripper may never be solved, it's also clear that people will continue to try to do so, some with new ideas about former suspects and some with new suspects.Jack the Rippers Black Magic Rituals by Ivor EdwardsIvor Edwards' 2003 book, Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals makes a contribution in the latter genre, and his ideas certainly make us rethink the crimes. One might believe that with the vast popularity of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, a book like this that relies on codes, ciphers, and sacred geometry would be like a nightlight to moths, but the Introduction by occult scholar Charles Henry makes it seem rather daunting. It's much clearer when Edwards later lays it out, but this is no fast-paced, factoid-laden riddle. Instead, reading this theory requires sustained concentration to follow the logic from one crime to another, and it's reminiscent of the way die-hard fans of the Zodiac killer have created intricate games out of his alleged convoluted formulas.chapter continuesadvertisementIn short, Jack the Ripper now comes across as an intelligent magician with a clear sense of purpose, an understanding of geographical geometry, and the graceful movements of a cat.Edwards begins by claiming that in the entire history of the investigation of the Whitechapel crimes, both then and now, no one before him had ever thought to measure the actual distance from one crime scene to another. He does so and his results are startling. The distances are strikingly consistent, as if these could not possibly have been random murders but were planned for those locations—including the room where Mary Kelly died. Like a spider waiting for passing flies, the violence was situation specific. And it had a sinister program.After detailing each murder within this new framework, Edwards claims that most of the theories about the Ripper's motives and behavior are erroneous. He was not a sexual killer, his behavior was not escalating, and he did not end the spree for any reason other than that he was finished with what he had set out to do. He had set the number at five and he had accomplished that.In fact, this suspect was twice questioned by the police, and many people who knew him believed he was Jack the Ripper, including his lover.Edwards makes a case that Jack the Ripper was a man named Dr. Robert D'Onston Stephenson, a former military surgeon who had studied the Black Arts in Africa and had published an article about it. He eluded the law in London so easily in part because his movements were inherently quiet and in part because he was a self-committed patient at a hospital in Whitechapel, with easy access for getting out and in again. It was close to the crime scenes.Prior to killing anyone, he had walked the Whitechapel streets to learn how they lay, mapping locations according to the shape of a sacred symbol known as the Vesica Piscis, a design that had purportedly been used for the Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, and the Jerusalem Temple, among others. He'd apparently told others that the murders had been by design at that, with five, they were finished.Stephenson, known to his associates as D'Onston, had met Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and was apparently easily swayed by the idea that there are hidden laws of nature that magicians and occultists can manipulate for greater power. He liked people to know that he was such a person. In fact, he claimed to have murdered a female witch doctor and may have murdered his own wife just a year before the Whitechapel killings began. She disappeared in 1887and no one knows what happened to her.While this is not the first time that D'Onston has been proposed as a candidate for Red Jack, it may be the first time someone has made a point of tracing out the murders in a manner the supports the idea of occultic sacrifices instead of serial sexual murders. Edwards provides maps and photographs to show how the murders actually lay out according to a complex symbolic design. He also provides a detailed account of D'Onston's whereabouts (he was indeed a resident of the hospital throughout the period) and uses the man's ideas from his later publications to explain why he did what he did with each victim.Essentially, female organs were considered a source of power in an inherently progenerative universe (both the symbol and the real thing), so D'Onston had sliced these organs from two victims and taken samples for his own dark purposes—possibly for making ceremonial candles. He was not attempting to relive the crimes in some sick fantasy, as some have said, but allegedly to offer the universe a way to channel its power through him.Why select Whitechapel, one might yet ask? Apparently D'Onston had contracted VD from a prostitute. Whether this prostitute-thick area was coincidentally part of his plan
