[CTRL] FW: WHERE THE WELSH FEAR TO TREAD!
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- WHERE THE WELSH FEAR TO TREAD! City where the Welsh are feeling all a-quiver BY ALUN REES The Express THE ancient cathedral might seem just the place for a peaceful stroll on a Sunday - but not if you're Welsh. A law introduced 1,000 years ago makes Hereford Cathedral a dangerous place for someone up from the Valleys. They risk being killed, quite legally, by an Englishman with a bow and arrow. And though it may seem a trifle unfair today, the law forbidding a Welsh-born visitor from hanging around the cathedral on the Sabbath has never been repealed. The charter was brought in by the Normans to ward off their once truculent, cattle-rustling neighbours from the cathedral where the Mappa Mundi, the treasured 13th-century map of the world, is displayed. The law is specific and states that it is completely legal to kill a Welshman as long as it's on a Sunday, in the bounds of the town's Cathedral Close, the weapon used is a longbow and the arrow is fired from a distance of exactly 12 yards. Bowfingers became twitchy just two months ago when the Hereford Welsh Society applied for planning permission to erect a 5ft tall sculpture of a Red Dragon outside their club. But in the days when the law was enacted, the so-called Marcher counties bordering Wales - Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire - the West was even more wild. There were frequent battles and skirmishes around the massive castles where the Normans ensconced themselves. Two other border cities, Shrewsbury and Chester, had similar laws making it legal to hurl Welshmen off the ramparts. Yesterday a police spokesman in Hereford said: "Years ago I remember people used to talk about it. "I never knew there was any truth in it or whether it was on old wives tale - but now we know it really does exist. We are not bracing ourselves for a flood of attacks on Welshman in Cathedral Close every Sunday, though." The law was uncovered on an Internet website listing bizarre rules dating back thousands of years. It is believed the Welsh-bashing regulation was introduced 1,000 years ago. The records reveal that no-one has tried to take advantage of the by-law in modern times - even during the rugby season. Sue Embery, of the Hereford Cathedral Trust, said: "The law does exist. It is actually part of the original documents of the city of Hereford which are held in the town hall. "And it does say something like you also have to shoot from exactly 12 yards away. But thankfully it is a long time since people were running around with longbows." Catrin Harries, of the Wales Tourist Board, yesterday appealed to Hereford councillors to scrap the law. "I would think it would be in th best interests of the Hereford Tourist Board to change this law," she joked, "as this rule would definitely make Welsh tourists think twice about going there. "We would like to think of our near neighbours in Hereford as friends not foes. But if we are attacked we should have a right to defend ourselves." Bylaws that take some beating It is illegal to beat your wife in London after 9pm. (This was enacted in a bid to keep noise levels down). In Bibbenden, Kent, birds wishing to join in the dawn chorus must be 200 yards from human habitation. It is forbidden to touch a pelican in a London park without written permission. Post Offices can employ a cat to keep the mice at bay. In London, Manchester and Birmingham, it is illegal to fly a kite in the street. Copying the royal emblem remains punishable by death. Butchers selling rotten meat should be be put in the stocks and their rotten meat burned beneath them. It is illegal to whistle while walking down London's exclusive Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly. Taxi drivers should always carry a nosebag on the side of their cabs. Since 1313 it has been illegal for MPs to enter Parliament wearing armour http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, misdirections 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. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL]
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-Caveat Lector- http://www.ctrl.org/"> -Cui Bono?- The article is intersting, but must be seen in the context of the day. The article below is not written by a christian but shows the recurring theme of expansion , contraction and threat leads groups of people to adopt extremist philosophies. I'm afraid history hasnt ended. John >-- Forwarded message -- >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:49:43 EST >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><< I have gone through a period of self doubt about 'islamphobia' and taken >seriously the possibility the western view of Islam is a caricature. My >conclusion is that it is -- for bending over backwards to give in an equal >treatment and respect that any level playing evaluation of its human right >record would deny. >> > >Here are excerpts from my correspondence with several reporters in 1996, when >I and my writings were targeted by Islamic groups as part of a broader >pressure campaign. They tend to more than back up John's suspicions. >-- >In essence what seems to be happening is the following. A cluster of >American Islamic pressure groups, some allegedly associated with Hamas and >Hezbollah, have apparently been approaching publishers, film companies, and >television enterprises for at least six years demanding that works be >altered, removed from circulation, and, in many cases, that manuscripts in >press not be published. Because publishers are literally afraid of being >bombed, they immediately silence all publicity surrounding the intimidation. >Then, behind closed doors, they not only accede to Arab demands, but become >their own self-censors. As one Islamic victim, author Paul Fregosi (a man >with many respected historical works to his name) put it, his publisher >killed his book saying, "We've got to play the game according to Moslem >rules." > >The silence of intimidated publishers, from Bob Guccione, Sr. to the >editorial staff at my own publishing house, Atlantic Monthly Press, is >absolute. They will not honestly answer a question on this issue from the >press. In fact, their silence has remained so complete that even John >Blesso, head of the anti-censorship group for the Author's Guild, was unaware >of this ongoing campaign when we spoke in August, 1996. So was Orin Teicher >of the American Bookseller's Association, with whom I'd worked on censorship >issues (I founded and headed a national anti?censorship group from 1986 until >1989) for several years. > >However Steven Emerson, perhaps the preeminent reporter on Arab terrorism's >American links, was fully cognizant of this campaign and had been tracking it >for years when we spoke, which we have been doing since 1991. In fact, it >was he who pointed out that it is not limited to the publishing industry, but >has targeted electronic media as well. Steven has done hour-long specials on >the subject of Islamic extremism for CBS-tv, PBS-tv, and has written on the >topic for well over a decade, appearing in Newsweek, US News and World Report >(where he was a staffer for several years), the American Journalism Review, >the Columbia Journalism Review, and many other outlets of similar or greater >prestige. > >You are likely to have some trouble getting through to Steven, since he has >received many death threats and is justifiably wary of calls from people he >does not know. However I copied him with our correspondence of last night. >Hopefully this will get you through. > >Frankly, I was steamed because the head of the (Jewish) Anti Defamation >League had personally refused my request for aid, explaining that with the >lawsuits mounted against his organization by the American Arab >Anti-Discrimination Committee he was "already in more trouble than we can >handle." Even an allegedly aggressive organization like the ADL has thus >been silenced. > >By the way, you'll notice that in the Agence France Presse story I sent as >part of my original letter, there was an interesting sentence. "The paper >quoted one Islamic expert who warned the publisher, Roger Boase, as saying >the book was 'offensive to anyone who cares about the truth.'" My guess is >that the "Islamic expert" is one of the pressure group representatives the >American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has been offering to publishers >to pre-censor their manuscripts. The rhetoric quoted has the ADC style. >This could mean that Little-Brown, a part of Time/Warner, Inc., is one of th >companies which has secretively caved in to Arab intimidation and is allowing >its books to be vetted in advance. > >The subject matter of the work which was cancelled on the "expert's" >recommendation is the Islamic Crusade against Europe, which lasted from >roughly 730 AD (when Moslem conquerors took Spain and were on the verge of >seizing France) to 1540 AD (the last time Vienna was besieged by the Turks). >Whereas the West's Crusades against Islam, which were brutal and rapacious, >lasted less than 200 years, the Islamic Holy War agains
[CTRL] The coming end-2- the reversion to group identity
-Caveat Lector- > The chapters below are on the formation of the Jewish group identity. > however the point is that the creation of group identities is a universal > phenomenon between humans. In times of trouble in particular people will > revert to the group that they trust. > > To say that there is no such thing and that we are all world citizens is > an illusion only prevalent in the west. Say that to the chinese they will > either laugh or set of to live in your country. > > what defines the group identity > Your :- > Race(appearance) > Religion > Language > Land > Culture > Customs and symbols(inc Sporting) > > In the modern western world the major media is the TV and the people who > control the TV attempt to define your your identity for you, for your own > good. > > Politics is essentially the ability to define and manipulate group > interests and trying to incorporate as many people/ resources whithin > your group interest to carry through your main agenda. > > > In times of deep trouble group interests will often become violent. Again > politicians step in to manipulate and control these primeval emotions. > > > > > > > > From separation and its discontents-Mr K Mac Donald > http://www.csulb.edu/~kmacd/ > > 1 > A Social Identity Theory of Anti-Semitism > > > The theory of group evolutionary strategies described in A People That > Shall Dwell Alone: Judaism as a Group Evolutionary Strategy (MacDonald > 1994; hereafter PTSDA) argued that Judaism may be understood mainly as a > cultural invention, maintained by social controls that act to structure > the behavior of group members and characterized by a religious ideology > that rationalizes ingroup behavior both to ingroup members and to > outsiders. Although evolved mechanisms of group cohesion are also > important, it was shown that social controls acting within the group were > able to structure the group to facilitate ingroup economic and political > cooperation and resource competition with outgroups, erect barriers to > genetic penetration from outside the group, and facilitate eugenic > practices aimed at producing high intelligence and high-investment > parenting ideally suited to developing a specialized ecological role > within human societies. Because of these traits, and particularly an IQ > that is at least one standard deviation above the Caucasian mean, Judaism > has been a powerful force in several historical eras. > The proposal that Judaism may be usefully conceptualized as a group > evolutionary strategy suggests that anti-Semitism be defined as negative > attitudes or behavior directed at Jews because of their group membership. > This is a very broad definition-one that is equally applicable to > anti-Jewish attitudes in any historical era. It is also consistent with a > very wide range of external processes contributing to anti-Semitism in a > particular historical era, and also with qualitative changes in the nature > of anti-Jewish attitudes or the institutional structure of anti-Semitism > at different times and places. > One type of evolutionary approach to anti-Semitism considers the > possibility that humans have mechanisms that cause them to favor relatives > or others who share genes. There is little doubt that kin recognition > mechanisms exist among animals (see Rushton 1989), and some evolutionists > (e.g., Dunbar 1987; Shaw & Wong 1989; van der Dennen 1987; Vine 1987) have > proposed genetic mechanisms based on kin recognition as an explanation for > xenophobia, although others have proposed that the genetic mechanism may > well depend on learning during development (e.g., Alexander 1979, > 126-128). Genetic Similarity Theory (GST) (Rushton 1989) extends beyond > kin recognition by proposing mechanisms (possibly based on kin recognition > mechanisms) that assess phenotypic similarity as a marker for genetic > similarity. These proposed mechanisms would then promote positive > attitudes and a lower threshold for altruism for similar others. There is > indeed considerable evidence, summarized in Rushton (1989) and Segal > (1993), that phenotypic similarity is an important factor in human > assortment, helping behavior, and liking others, although whether GST can > account for these phenomena remains controversial (see commentary in > Rushton 1989). > Mechanisms based on kin recognition and phenotypic similarity may have > some role in traditional anti-Semitism, since in traditional societies > there would be much more phenotypic similarity among gentiles than between > Jews and gentiles, due to differences in clothing, language, appearance > (e.g., hair style), and quite often their physical features. Moreover, > among Jews, there are anecdotal reports of very high levels of rapport and > ability to recognize other Jews which are consistent with the existence of > some sort of kin recognition system among Jews. As Harvard sociologist > Daniel Bell notes, "I was born in galut and I accept-now gladly, though > once
[CTRL] Paradigms
-Caveat Lector- Shell carried out a lot of work on scenario planning. They have also carried out the a lot of work on paradigms and changing paradigms. Fro chats with people here is some of the information that I have obtained. The focus is on company transformations, but the application to politics is obvious. The power of a paradigm is that it is a set of beliefs and assumptions held in common and taken for granted. Often there is a hidden side of the paradigm that is not even considerred eg An Early Bird Catches the Fattest Worm An Early Worm Gets Caught? The main elements of the company paradigm are- Symbols Power structure stories and myths Rituals Organisational structure Control systems Cultural web of an organisation consists of This is a Stories and Myths Who is regarded as the company hero. which stories that are promoted in the organisation. Disaters overcome. Myths of the beginnings and how the organisation is created. the informal stories and rumours that are repaeated around an organisation. The company charter and mission statement. negative myths that undermine morale such as the shell house massacre, the nigerian oil issue Power structure Who is in charge, who's opinions are regarded highly, who is promoted, who is rewarded and how Symbols Reference symbols, pictures of the ceo, Reference indicators, Job groups, carpet sizes. Rituals The planning process, and training processes. the parties and sub culture initiations. The games such as golf that are promoted Organisational structure. how power is either centralised or decentralised. Is it integrated or beauracratic. Is it Hierachial or egalitarian. Control systems how is risk controlled for and who does it. Is risk taking rewarded or punished. how is punishment implemented Is risk appropiated to the indivudual or by consensus. All of these combine to create the cultural wb of the organisation. (Shell came to the conclusion that it is perceived to be both internally and externally as big, rich focussed on governments, obsessed with consensus, gentelmanly and preoccupied with safety) In order to change an organisation each of the various factors must be dealt with in a holistic way. The only diffenece is that to become a religion (rather than a political or company entity ) one needs an ineffable experience. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 coming end-7- the clash of civilisations
-Caveat Lector- Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996) Chapter 12, The West, Civilizations, and Civilization THE RENEWAL OF THE WEST? History ends at least once and occasionally more often in the history of every civilization. As the civilization's universal stage emerges, its people become blinded by what Toynbee called "the mirage of immortality" and convinced that theirs is the final form of human society. So it was with the Roman Empire, the 'Abbasid Caliphate, the Mughal Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. The citizens of such universal states "in defiance of apparently plain facts . . . are prone to regard it, not as a night's shelter in the wilderness, but as the Promised Land, the goal of human endeavors." The same was true at the peak of the Pax Britannica. For the English middle class in 1897, "as they saw it, history for them, was over...And they had every reason to congratulate themselves on the permanent state of felicity which this ending of history had conferred on them."' Societies that assume that their history has ended, however, are usually societies whose history is about to decline. Is the West an exception to this pattern? The two key questions were well formulated by Melko: First, is Western civilization a new species, in a class by itself, incomparably different from all other civilizations that have ever existed? Second, does its worldwide expansion threaten (or promise) to end the possibility of development of all other civilizations? The inclination of most Westerners is, quite naturally, to answer both questions in the affirmative. And perhaps they are right. In the past, however, the peoples of other civilizations thought similarly and thought wrong. The West obviously differs from all other civilizations that have ever existed in that it has had an overwhelming impact on all other civilizations that have existed since 1500. It also inaugurated the processes of modernization and industrialization that have become worldwide, and as a result societies in all other civilizations have been attempting to catch up with the West in wealth and modernity. Do these characteristics of the West, however, mean that its evolution and dynamics as a civilization are fundamentally different from the patterns that have prevailed in all other civilizations? The evidence of history and the judgments of the scholars of the comparative history of civilizations suggest otherwise. The development of the West to date has not deviated significantly from the evolutionary patterns common to civilizations throughout history. The Islamic Resurgence and the economic dynamism of Asia demonstrate that other civilizations are alive and well and at least potentially threatening to the West. A major war involving the West and the core states of other civilizations is not inevitable, but it could happen. Alternatively the gradual and irregular decline of the West which started in the early twentieth century could continue for decades and perhaps centuries to come. Or the West could go through a period of revival, reverse its declining influence in world affairs, and reconfirm its position as the leader whom other civilizations follow and imitate. In what is probably the most useful periodization of the evolution of historical civilizations, Carroll Quigley sees a common pattern of seven phases. (See above, p. 44.) In his argument, Western civilization gradually began to take shape between A.D. 370 and 750 through the mixing of elements of Classical, Semitic, Saracen, and barbarian cultures. Its period of gestation lasting from the middle of the eighth century to the end of the tenth century was followed by movement, unusual among civilizations, back and forth between phases of expansion and phases of conflict. In his terms, as well as those of other civilization scholars, the West now appears to be moving out of its phase of conflict. Western civilization has become a security zone; intra-West wars, apart from an occasional Cod War, are virtually unthinkable. The West is developing, as was argued in chapter 2, its equivalent of a universal empire in the form of a complex system of confederations, federations, regimes, and other types of cooperative institutions that embody at the civilizational level its commitment to democratic and pluralistic politics. The West has, in short, become a mature society entering into what future generations, in the recurring pattern of civilizations, will look back to as a "golden age," a period of peace resulting, in Quigley's terms, from "the absence of any competing units within the area of the civilization itself, and from the remoteness or even absence of struggles with other societies outside." It is also a period of prosperity which arises from "the ending of internal belligerent destruction, the reduction of internal trade barriers, the establ
[CTRL] The coming end- 6-Liberal attitudes...an everchanging story
-Caveat Lector- Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences." -- C.S. Lewis Introduction The left and liberal wings in the western political world have had a changeable relationship with regard to race relations. The only consistency has been for the left to hold radical opinions. I have covered the history in terms of various quotes from leaders of the left. The right wing was not included as it has probably changed less than the left and has had fewer hidden agenda's. Also race relations have assumed a religious dimension, that has never happened on the right wing(except for the Nazis). The definition of 'left wing' as will become apparent, was not as straight forward as one might think, I have defined it is those seeking radical transformation of society toward equality.( A definition that could include Mr Hitler, as well as. Thabo Mbekis radical transformation of South African society). Historically, the line between extreme right and left can become blurred. For instance Mussolini and Goebbels were socialists before they were fascists. Liberals I have defined as those believing in the sovereignty of the individual ( today that is more closely aligned with the libertarian movement). Originally the concept of race/ ethnicity pre the enlightenment was very fuzzy, as it was believed that environmental influences and culture were pre-eminent. For instance the first blacks imported into America came as indentured servants-on exactly the same status as white 'convicts'. who were imported to do hard labour. Slavery was not associated with race and that only changed toward the end of slavery's life in the USA. Also before the development of mass shipping, the most people including the elite only had contact with the ethnic group living alongside them and the Jewish community. Conflict was then defined only in terms of language/culture or religion. After the enlightenment, scientific approach was adopted to the study of people With the decline in Christianity (and traditional Judaism), the religious impulse in men was transferred into secular world views ranging from illuminism through Marxism, nazism, communism, existentialism, egalitarian humanism etc. Most of which have attempted to overcome the sense of alienation that has occurred with the decline of religion, the rise of capitalism and the process of urbanisation. The left wing has changed its emphasis between the equality as a matter of faith and science more than once as will be seen. In the 18th century, the attitudes of the right and liberal could be considered separatist toward out groups, with the extremes promoting domination and even extermination; with the left wing being wanting to use race as a form of radical revolution. In the 19th century, the right were more strongly into paternalism and domination (the so called white man's burden), with liberalism still promoting separation, and the left wing promoting extermination or separation of outgroups Modern left wing egalitarianism has a number of streams, that have combined to form today's attitudes to race and culture. The first is the radical socialists, which found a major voice in the Boasian school of anthropology by the 1940's something like 70% of Anthropology departments in the USA has a strong Boasian bias. The next is the Zionists, who did not want to be assimilated into WASP America and wanted open borders to aid the persecuted Jews in Russia and Poland. From this group comes modern multiculturalism. The Fabian groups have perhaps had the most radical change and become the major advocate of cultural marxism. The last and most suprising is the Rockerfeller / capitalist power elite with the associated large foundations. Mr JD Rockerfeller was a religious Baptist (he taught every weekend in Sunday school) However he was not orthodox and viewed himself as setting up an improved version of religion (The Prize-Daniel Yergin). Mr Rockerfeller's foundations (and associated foundations such as the Carnegie and later Ford foundation) have been consistently involved in promoting egalitarian causes such as the Fabian dominated London School of Economics, federal council of churches (see Fabian Freeway: High Road to Socialism in the USA--1884-1966 by Rose L. Martin) (see appendix 1). Also many leading industrialist have seen the liberating and enabling power of capitalism and began to see capitalism as an ideal in itself, rather than a means of wealth creation. More cynically, the elites have used socialism as a means of pacifying the masses from at least biblical times (Joseph's granary system in Egypt) In Roman times th
[CTRL] The coming end-5 -a miserable life on overcrowded Earth
-Caveat Lector- Cornell University http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Sept99/sustainable_life.hrs.html A.D. 2100: Cornell study warns of a miserable life on overcrowded Earth if population and resources are not controlled ITHACA, N.Y. -- One hundred years from now, democratically determined population-control practices and sound resource-management policies could have the planet's 2 billion people thriving in harmony with the environment. Lacking these approaches, a new Cornell University study suggests, 12 billon miserable humans will suffer a difficult life on Earth by the year 2100. "Of course, reducing population and using resources wisely will be a challenging task in the coming decades," says David Pimentel, lead author of the report titled "Will Limits of the Earth's Resources Control Human Numbers?" in the first issue of the journal Environment, Development and Sustainability. "It will be much more difficult," Pimentel says, "to survive in a world without voluntary controls on population growth and ever diminishing supplies of the Earth's resources." Even at a reduced world population of 2 billion in A.D. 2100, life for the average Earth dweller will not be as luxurious as it is for many Americans today. But the lifestyle won't be as wasteful of resources, either, the Cornell ecologist predicts. Some observers are seeing early signs that nature is taking a hand at reducing human populations through malnutrition and disease. According to the report, global climate change is beginning to contribute to the food and disease problems. "With a democratically determined population policy that respects basic individual rights, with sound resource-use policies, plus the support of science and technology to enhance energy supplies and protect the integrity of the environment," the report concludes, "an optimum population of 2 billion for the Earth can be achieved." Then the fortunate 2 billion will be free from poverty and starvation, living in an environment capable of sustaining human life with dignity, the report suggests, adding a cautionary note: "We must avoid letting human numbers continue to increase and surpass the limit of Earth's natural resources and forcing natural forces to control our number by disease, malnutrition and violent conflicts over resources," the report says. Among the key points in the report: -- The world population is projected to double in about 50 years. -- Even if a worldwide limit of 2.1 children per couple were adopted tomorrow, Earth's human population would continue to increase before stabilizing at around 12 billion in more than 60 years. The major reason for continued growth is "population momentum," due to the predominantly young age structure of the world population. -- The U.S. population has doubled during the past 60 years to 270 million and, at the current growth rate, is projected to double again, to 540 million, in the next 75 years. Each year our nation adds 3 million people (including legal immigrants) to its population, plus an estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants. -- Increasing U.S. and global population will place restrictions on certain freedoms: freedom to travel and commute to work quickly and efficiently, freedom to visit and enjoy natural areas, freedom to select desired foods and freedom to be effectively represented by government -- Today, more than 3 billion people suffer from malnutrition, the largest number and proportion of the world population in history, according to the World Health Organization. Malnutrition increases the susceptibility to diseases such as diarrhea and malaria. -- One reason for the increase in malnutrition is that production of grains per capita has been declining since 1983. Grains provide 80 percent to 90 percent of the world's food. Each additional human further reduces available food per capita. -- The reasons for this per capita decrease in food production are a 20 percent decline in cropland per capita, a 15 percent decrease in water for irrigation and a 23 percent drop in the use of fertilizers. -- Biotechnology and other technologies apparently have not been implemented fast enough to prevent declines in per capita food production during the past 17 years. -- Considering the resources likely to be available in A.D. 2100, the optimal world population would be about 2 billion, with a standard of living about half that of the United States in the 1990s, or at the standard experienced by the average European. The study was funded by Cornell University. In addition to Pimentel, authors of the Environment, Development and Sustainability report include Owen Bailey, Paul Kim, Elizabeth Mullaney, Joy Calabrese, Laura Walman, Fred Nelson nd Xiangjun Yao, all students at Cornell University. Related World Wide Web sites: The following sites provide additional information on this news release. Some might not be part of the Cornell University community, and Cornell has no control over their content or avail
[CTRL] The coming end-3- Goodbye old blue eyes
-Caveat Lector- Bombshell for blondies In future, the peroxide bottle will be the only answer as fair hair becomes extinct. Johannesburg "Sunday Times" 19th Sep 199 One of the worlds great arbiter of fashion and style has pronounced the death of the blond- and claims to have scientific backing for the claim. To be published later this month. The vogue book of blondes, published by the company which owns the authoritative fashion magazine, Vogue, has ruled that the fun fair haired people are presumed to have in abundance, will die out and become a nostalgic memory. According to the author, Kathy Philips, the basis for this theory supplied by geneticist, steven Jones of University college London, who has discovered that blondness is the result of a recessive Gene. Jones who is dark haired is reported to have found "fair hair is caused by a weak genes whereas dark hair is the product of dominant ones. When a dark haired person and a natural blond have children together, the offspring will almost always be dark haired. According to Vogue, "naturally blond populations" could flourish in the "formerly closed societies" of Nordic and northern Europe. But the increasing immigration into these countries has brought out more liaisons between northern blonds and " dusty southern Europeans". The result according to the a report in Philips book is that by the end of the next millennium" the peroxide bottle" will be the only answer for those who cannot face life with mousy brown hair. .. Her book also reportedly examines a connection between power and blondness, and notes that the " one appears to augment the other. Margaret Thatcher became blonder as she became more powerful as did Eva Peron and Hillary Rodham Clinton" DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 coming end- 8- 2020 Vision?
-Caveat Lector- Vision 2020 The Fall of Western Civilisation 2020- 2100 Section 1 The Roman Empire: The pattern of the future? At the end of the 3rd century, the Roman empire stood astride the whole western world, the centre of civilisation, stretching from the northern realms of England to the Persia empire. The Mediterranean was the Roman empire's lake. The trade of the empire went across the known world- Egypt, Africa, china, Persia were involved in a delicate web of global trade. The city of Rome was the centre of arts, culture trade. With architectural marvels and a population of about a million people. Peoples life style was at a level that was not to be repeated before the 17th century and even a slaves life was better than that of a freeman in the dark ages. But within a century, within 70 years, the lifetime of one man, the empire was destroyed . The empire in the east remained, although shrunk in size. The empire in the west was broken up until multiple kingdoms of Vandals, Visigoths , franks, Angles Saxons and Jutes. The population of rome ended up being 50 000, down from a million and the glory of Rome was destroyed leaving only the Coliseum and the parthenon. What went wrong? Why did Rome fall. No book ascribes a single cause and some are probably consequences of deeper malaise. There are three sets of commentators on the fall of the Roman empire- The classicists/ morally orientated and the Biological. The Classicists The headings are taken from Mr. Grant's fall of the Roman empire in order to see that the parallels without forcing the issue and committing the fault of Procrustes. 1 The Failure of the army The army began to be a parasite on the state. The costs of the army became large and at the same time the army became a corrupt power seeking organisation. The army began to fail to do its job of defending the borders, became interested in political intrigue(as all emperors were dependent on the army to continue ruling) and on increasing its share of the empire's taxes. At the same time, the people no longer held the army in high esteem and tried to get out of their duties with respect to the army. They were no longer willing to contribute voluntarily to the social overheads necessary to maintain the empire. Because they resented the army, it became difficult to impose discipline on the soldiers and severly reduced its fighting capabilities.. Hence when the barbarian invasions occurred the army was unable to resist. 2 Class Dissension As the empire entered the forth century, the empire was divided in terms of class. The aristocratic classes had stopped having children and were putting their lives and energy into their vas t estates and into wild revelry and hedonism. They felt minimal loyalty toward the empire and in some ways they were mini states unto themselves. They were exploiting the state for their own benefit, creating monopolies, withholding taxation. The unproductive poor were exploding in numbers and people who were on the states schemes numbered 300 000 in Rome alone. Again they were alienated from the state and wanting to gain the maximum benefit from the empire. The productive poor (Kulaks?) and the middle classes started to shrink. The peasant classes were paying so much in taxes that they could no long support themselves and committed wide spread infanticide. The urban middle classes were punished by high taxes and political oppression and it was common for people to sell themselves into slavery in order to survive. The shrinkage of the productive middle class and peasants was made worse by the impact of bubonic plague that struck the empire in the 4th century and a number of severe famines. Every man was doing his own thing. Eithe from selfihness or simply to survive. 3 Corruption/ lawlessness The bureaucrats who in earlier times were essentially honest became corrupt and inefficient. Since the visible face of the state is it bureaucrats this alienated the people from the state. The bureaucrats were money taking thieves lining their own pockets and providing very little service in return. The bureaucrats were also the police force of the day , so any sense of law and order began to disappear from the streets. The corruption reached the highest realms. Inflation was allowed to proceed at full force and helped destroy the middle classes. This was stopped toward the end , but then it was too late 4 The Racial partnerships that failed The split of the empire between the east (Greek) and west (latin) meant that their lives and interests began to deviate and were unwilling to come to the assistance of the other. If they had stood together they could probably resisted the barbarian invasions. But they did not. The empire lost its sense of identity and purpose. The Romans permitted large number of other peoples to come into the empire and undermine it as they had no loyalty to the empire, even if they admired it. Africans from the south, Goths , Visigoth
[CTRL] The coming end 4- the west is dying out
-Caveat Lector- Mail and guardian Johannesburg, South Africa. August 25, 1999 The world is dying out ... As fertility rates fall, a 'birth dearth' is spreading, write ANTHONY BROWNE and RICHARD REEVES. E VEN as the six billionth human is born, it's time to forget fears about the world being overpopulated. By the end of the next millennium, Tokyo will be a ghost town, and Japan will be empty. The country's population will be just 500 by the year 3000, and just one by 3500. When that person dies, the Japanese nation will be no more. These apocalyptic predictions aren't the rantings of a doomsday cult, or of a maverick academic out to gain some publicity, but of the Japanese government itself. Its Ministry of Health and Welfare reports: "If we dare make the calculation, Japan's population will be ... about 500 people by the year 3000." Of course, a lot of things can change in 1 000 years. But what is frightening about the forecast is that it's a mathematical certainty if Japanese women carry on having just 1,4 children each on average -- and if Japan doesn't change its immigration policy. If things continue as they are, the Japanese will die out. It's just a question of when. And so will Europeans. Britain is one of 61 countries that are not having enough babies to replace their populations, according to the United Nations. For a population to remain stable, women need to have 2,1 babies each on average. In the United Kingdom, women are now having 1,7 babies. One in four women are opting to have none at all. In all the countries of the European Union, fertility is so low that populations are set to decline -- if they haven't already. Spanish women -- having 1,15 babies each -- have the lowest fertility in the world. In some parts of Spain the average rate has dropped below one. The European Commission says fewer babies were born last year in the EU than in any year since World War II. "Obviously, the social structure is going to change dramatically in the next century," says John Clarke, professor of geography at the University of Durham. "We are going to become used to a world with no-child and one-child families, and with a growing proportion of older people. Siblings will become rarer and rarer." Clarke points out that the unprecedented "birth dearth" is even spreading to some developing countries. Women in India now have fewer babies than American women did in the 1950s, while in China, Cuba and Thailand women are already having too few babies to replace themselves. After centuries of population growth, and decades of apocalyptic warnings about the population bomb, most of the developed world is now facing a "population bust". In his landmark 1968 book, Population Bomb, Professor Paul Ehrlich warned that "we will breed ourselves into oblivion". Thirty years later, demographers say he is right -- but not in the way he expected. Even a few years ago predictions abounded that the exponential growth in the world's population would mean that by around 3000 there would be standing room only on the planet. One demographer predicted the impossible, claiming that in the fifth millennium humanity would outweigh the planet itself. But the unexpectedly sharp decline in fertility around the world has forced all forecasters -- including the UN -- to downgrade their predictions. There are now six billion people in the world, and while the UN's best guess is that the global population will reach nine billion by 2050, it admits the total could peak as low as 7,5-billion by 2040 before falling back. Almost all that growth will be in Africa and Asia, outweighing sharp falls in much of the developed world. The UN predicts that by 2050, Russia's population will have declined by 25-million people, Japan's by 21-million, Italy's by 16-million, and Germany's and Spain's by nine million each. Britain, with a younger population and more babies, is less affected -- at least initially. The UN forecasts the British population will drop by two million by 2050 before the decline accelerates. The most catastrophic fall will be in Estonia, which is set to lose more than a third of its population in the next 50 years. Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania reckons Europe will lose 24% of its population by 2060. The UN forecasts that Europe and Japan will lose half their population by 2100. All this is not just crystal ball gazing. The European Commission says the "natural" populations of Germany, Greece, Italy and Sweden fell last year -- with only immigration ensuring that the overall populations remained steady. The populations of all but two of the countries in central and Eastern Europe fell in 1997, with Latvia's dropping by almost 1%. Of course, longer-term projections are shaky. "We really do have to differentiate between shorter-term projections, say up to 30 years, and the longer-term ones which by definition are
[CTRL] The coming end of western civilisation-1 intro
-Caveat Lector- Enjoy the next few years ..they are likely to be the best that has ever been. Beyond that however, the deluge. - I hope that everything that is sent in this mini series is wrong. That the world will go onto experience a millenia of prosperity, with no conflict and perennial growth. --- But the other scenario, that "Satan will be unleashed", and the darkness descends is a real possibility. What is certain is that in the following 100years, the change in power relationships will be greater than in the last 1000. The almost certain death of the west will cause disruptions that one can only guess at.(Using existing scientific literature in an appendix in no 8 a guess is made. It is controversial but gives tools to think about what is likely to happen) Two of the major source books that I used are The clash of civilisations by S Huntington and Grey Dawn-Peterson. Both are members of the CFR . I have extrapolated at what they have said (and what they hinted at) to a logical conclusion. In scenario planning they talk about the widening cone of uncertainty as the cumulative effects of uncertaintities cause increased difficulties in forecasting. Howver you also get the reverse cone where resources and demographics produce inevitable change. Such a thing was certain for a country such as south africa. Because of changing demographics, barring a massive war which would have changed demographics, it was inevitable that Apartheid would fall and that a black government would be put in place. What was uncertain was the nature of the government.(which depended on the transfer of power). also it was inevitable that the new government would implement anti white employment legislation(because of group identities and african culture) but the degree depends on the leadership and the remaining white power structures. Increasing crime and corruption are also inevitable for similar reasons, the level at which it is constrained depends on how much internal freedom remains (its disappearing rapidly), the devolution of power (it is being concentrated) and outside influences( the WTO acts to restrict corruption in SA and so for us is a positive force). Similar things can be said for the world. Because of the disappearance through demographics of the western world, the power will dwindle, the other power centres will try to exert themselves. this will be made worse by declining resources, climate change, and capital restrictions. === This is where conspiracy theories come into place. Who is the controller if at all. The main actors suggested be many are. 1The illuminati(skull and bones, CFR, etc) 2The Jews(Rothschilds, Bonfmans) 3The Anglo masononic( Churchills,Cecils, City of london) 4The catholics 5 the aliens. (I am not referring to the majority of members of the groups but the financial elite. most of the members remain cattle fodder as the rest Also these are conjectured may be entirely wrong.) here are some hypothetical extrapolations of could be wanted by the different elites? All groups(except 4 and possibly 2) would want a collapsing world population. All the groups would want the decline of the nation state, the rapid mixing of all the populations of the world. Group 2 would like to see the destruction of christianity, The others would like it to continue in order to manipulate. Groups 1,2 3 , since there main power base is in the west, if they want a one world govt will have to precipitate a crisis within the next 20 years, otherwise they will be superseded by the other grous with strong group identities- The Muslim world, Chinese and Indians. Group 5 would likely want a major conflabation in which the majority of people are destroyed and the remainder are slaves?. Sometimes its impossible to see who's who in the zoo- clinton was a rhodes scholar(group 1/3) educated ar georgetown(group4) abd has in his cabinet disproprtionally group2. He may be a descenndant of Rockerfeller(group1) anf behaves like he doesnt belong in this world(group5). perhaps he actually only cares about No1(himself) Enough doom and gloom. I hope I am wrong. I wish you all a merry christmass and a blessed new year. All the best for the millenium. and dont forget we are actually celebrating 1999 years (not quite 2 millenium) of a renewing revelation. John Silent Night, Holy Night All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin, Holy infant,so tender and mild Sleep in Heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That b
Re: [CTRL] The Zimbabwe Solution
-Caveat Lector- Its not just the land that goes. their house and and any flats will also be taken. most of the land confiscated in the past has gone to mugabe's henchmen. 20 years ago Nyrere told mugabe . You have a going country dont ruin it. Mugabe has not just mismanaged the country, but personnaly built palaces for himself (and widely rumored, has a very large secret Bank account) His former wife Sally was a crook. She was alloted government monopolies that on import exports and made millions from her place in government. Probably 20% of the zimbabwean population is in south africa as there are no jobs in Zim. I am afraid that the whites (and Indians) of southern Africa are in the same position as the Jews of europe. Hard(er) working, richer than the surrounding population. An object of envy and an easy scapegoat. (In african terms the world is a system of limited cosmic good. One mans richness comes only from another's poverty and it is witchcraft that allows him the power to become rich(er)---a mirror of the attitude is found in american blacks that subscribe their fates to chance rather than effort, which whites tend to believe.) John Mugabe: I'll Take Land From Whites By ANGUS SHAW HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe vowed to seize land from whites and not pay them anything for it as the government had previously promised. ``We have waited long enough and now is the time to take back our land,'' Mugabe said Saturday night at a ruling party convention. He said his party would scrap the constitution's ``stupid clause'' that guarantees compensation to landowners. Mugabe's new position is likely to estrange his government further from international investors, Western donor nations and financial institutions supporting market-led reforms in the ailing economy of this southern African country. Mugabe told delegates of his Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front that Zimbabwe's 12.5 million blacks could not achieve economic goals as long as the 60,000-strong white community controlled large tracts of land and dominated the nation's industry and commerce. Under the plan, landless blacks would be settled on the seized farms ``Without land, there is neither economic development nor empowerment,'' he said. He justified his move by saying that British settlers ``seized our land from us, our ancestors, and no compensation was paid. It was taken for nothing.'' About 4,000 white farmers, mostly the descendants of British settlers, own about a third of the country's productive land. Known as Rhodesia, Zimbabwe was a British colony before independence in 1980. Since 1980, the state has bought more than 2,000 white farms for resettlement, but the program has been plagued by mismanagement and corruption. Only about 70,000 black families have been resettled, less than half the target of 160,000 families. Until 1992, the bill of rights in the constitution allowed for land acquisition only under ``willing seller-willing buyer'' deals. But the ruling party subsequently passed laws that permitted the government to seize farms but pay compensation related to the properties' market value. The constitutional clause that guarantees compensation for appropriated land could be scrapped in a revised national constitution that is to be put to a referendum next year ahead of parliamentary elections. Opposition groups accuse Mugabe of using land seizures as a ploy to distract attention from worsening economic hardships. Last year, soaring prices blamed on economic mismanagement triggered food riots that forced Mugabe deploy troops to quell civil unrest for the first time since independence. Labor unrest and a series of strikes continued in 1999 as inflation spiraled to a record 70 percent. With hundreds of businesses shutting down, unemployment reached 50 percent. About 7,000 delegates from across the nation attended the five-day ruling party convention. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List
[CTRL] New Brain Scan May Diagnose ADHD
-Caveat Lector- LONDON (AP) - For the first time, brain scans have revealed measurable biochemical differences in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a discovery that could reduce the number of children mistakenly diagnosed and put on drug treatment, researchers say. The diagnosis of ADHD, usually made in school-age children, is commonly based on observed behavior and some experts believe it is highly subjective - essentially just an educated judgment. Some say the condition is being over-diagnosed in the United States, exposing children unnecessarily to medication, while others argue it is not treated often enough. Earlier studies have shown scans can detect structural differences in ADHD sufferers' brains, as well as abnormalities in brain activity, and scientists suspect that defects in genes relating to the brain chemical dopamine probably are involved. Full text: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991216/hl/britain_attention_deficit_2.html DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] acceptable ethnic cleansing
-Caveat Lector- From www.LewRockwell.com 15 December 1999 Ethnic Cleansing and the Germans by Gregory Pavlik The US government bills Serbian actions in Kosovo as the worst ethnic cleansing since World War II, by which we are meant to understand the German genocide against the Jews. As we shall see, targeted persecution on the basis of ethnicity was not confined to Germany during the war, nor is Serbia guilty of the worst of offenses since the Nazis by a long margin. Yet respectable opinion proclaims that the US has battled against the dark forces of ethnic persecution throughout its history. Such rubbish can not be taken seriously. Concerning Serbia: we now know that there was no "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo prior to the US-lead attack; that such displacement of civilians as actually took place was stimulated by US actions. The unprovoked US offensive ended in peace terms perhaps less generous than might have been reached at the negotiating table. The NATO occupation forces now administer a territory where mass killings and "reverse" ethnic cleansing of Serbs is rampant-a return to the historic persecution of the Serb minority, as described in the 1980s in several New York Times accounts. It's a small price to pay in a blatant move to coopt the traditional Russian sphere of influence, off limits to US planners for the duration of the Cold War due to the deterrent factor presented by the Soviet Union. The US record on ethnic cleansing is considerably less sanguine than media accounts would have it. In fact, the US holds the distinction of perhaps the first wholesale ethnic cleansing in the history of Christian Europe. But the US government's record extends back to the extermination of the American Indian, and the forced displacement of survivors to reservations. In fact, the US government has spent the better part of this century complicit in campaigns of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and terror, often, though not always, conducted through proxy governments. Client states that deal in terror targeted at minority populations raise no eyebrows in Washington as long as their governments toe the State Department line. Indeed, US-backed regimes with longstanding records of active persecution of minorities remain beyond criticism. Only when they lose their usefulness do their crimes become worthy of our attention. Remorse for US involvement in these crimes, if expressed at all, occurs after the actions no longer support US objectives. Examples are numerous. Strategic concerns prohibit us from noticing the ongoing persecution of the Kurds in Turkey, a state that also moved harshly to expel its Armenian minority early in the century. Terror against the Kurds peaked during the Clinton administration, when deaths were consistently reported in the many thousands each year. Over a million Kurds have reportedly been displaced. By Clinton's second year, Turkey's repression of the Kurdish population had shot to record levels. In America, only a few leftists made note of the fact that in 1994 Turkey was "the biggest single importer of American military hardware and thus the world's largest arms purchaser." US aircraft was subsequently used to destroy Kurdish villages. US arms continued to flow to the Turkish government despite press revelations. The only talk of US military action in Turkey revolved around the use of Turkish soil to continue the almost decade long war against the civilian population of Iraq. As things heated up in Yugoslavia, that conversation shifted to the use of Turkish aircraft to bomb Serbia. Humanitarian concerns remain irrelevant. Terror with a racial slant is old hat for more direct US military operations. In Guatemala, US-trained and directed death squads and military units (often the same) were responsible for tens of thousands of deaths prior to the Reagan years, when terror reached new and even more obscene heights, marked by wholesale massacres in the Indian highlands. Since the 60s when the US engineered a military takeover of the country, torture, disappearances, and political murders have been supported and administered as an response to the threat of "communists". In practice, this meant not only teachers, community organizers, and priests, but simple Indian peasants living in poverty. In the 80s, political killings mounted monthly, cheered on (literally) by neoconservative Republicans. Examples of US involvement in terror applied indiscriminately to a general population are numerous and give the lie to State Department crowing about human rights. Laos is a representative example, where displacement was less an objective than wholesale destruction of an entire society. During the period of US "non- involvement," the US air force dropped more bombs on a peasant society than on Germany and Japan combined during the Second World War. More than half of the country's population was killed as a result of the US attacks. Needless to say, Laotian society was wrecked. Today, children
Re: [CTRL] Politically Correct Jesus
-Caveat Lector- a message dated 99-12-14 13:52:52 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Actually, there is a sort of underground tradition, mostly in the later New >Testament apocrypha, that Jesus was in fact an ugly man ... That tradition seems to have originated with one of the seldom-quoted Old Testament "prophecies" regarding the coming of the Messiah, therein called, I believe, the "man of sorrows." When correctly translated from the original Hebrew, it describes him as a man totally lacking in physical attractveness, even ugly, AND as socially rejected for his appearance, like a thorn among roses or whatever. (It's been treated as "just a metaphor" by Christians who know of it, but the description in context is a literal one, and, apart from the desire to make the Savior one of the "beautiful people," there's no other reason to doubt it being a simple statement of fact. To sidestep the implications of that conclusion, in fact, some Biblicists even resort to a Talmudic sleight of hand, claiming that "prophecy" refers not to the One Yet to Come but to MOSES long ago. My OWN understanding, for what it's worth, is that it refers to NEITHER and is not a "prophecy" at all but describes an historic person, a "failed" Messiah ca. 400 BC.) = This is the modern Jewish view http://www.jewsforjudaism.org/j4j-2000/index.html ISAIAH 53 At JEWS FOR JUDAISM, we frequently encounter questions from Jews who are involved in or considering Christianity. Among the questions, one chapter of our Jewish Scriptures keeps coming up: Isaiah 53. Wasn't the Prophet, in fact, referring to Jesus in this chapter? And didn't all Jews before the Middle Ages recognize this chapter as "messianic"? We hope to assist you in interpreting a chapter which has become a cornerstone of Christian evangelism to Jews. Our Jewish sages teach that "whoever saves a single Jewish soul is considered as if he had saved an entire world." How precious is the Jewish soul! Though the Bible study which follows is a lengthy one, we have prepared it in the belief that - as a Jewish soul - you are worthy of any method which may be required. We hope that you too will value your soul highly enough to prayerfully ponder that which follows. G-D's truth is not always easy to discern, but we are possessors of a Divine promise; "you will find Him if you search after Him with all your heart and all your soul" (Deut. 4:29). As faithful Jews have attested for over 3500 years, it's worth the effort. And now - on with the search! A. PRELIMINARY ISSUES Before engaging in an examination of Isaiah 53 itself, some preliminary issues must be considered. First is the issue of circular reasoning. Even if we interpret the chapter as the Christians do (forgetting for a minute the mistranslations and distortions of context which will be noted below), the most that could be said is this: Isaiah 53 is about someone who dies for the sins of others. People may have seen Jesus die, but did anyone see him die as an atonement for the sins of others? Of course not; this is simply the meaning which the New Testament gives to his death. Only if you already accept the New Testament teaching that his death had a non-visible, spiritual significance can you than go back to Isaiah and say, "see - the Prophet predicted what I already believe." Isaiah 53, then, is in reality no "proof" at all, but rather a contrived confirmation for someone who has already chosen Christianity. Second (and consistent with all Jewish teaching at the time), Jesus' own disciples didn't view Isaiah 53 as a messianic prophecy. For example, after Peter identifies Jesus as the Messiah (Matt. 16:16), he is informed that Jesus will be killed (Matt. 16:21). His response: "G-D forbid it, lord! This shall never happen to you" (Matt. 16:22). See, also, Mk. 9:31-32; Mk. 16:10-11; Jn. 20:9. Even Jesus didn't see Isaiah 53 as crucial to his messianic claims - why else did he call the Jews children of the devil for not believing in him before the alleged resurrection (Jn. 8:39-47)? And why did he later request that G-D "remove this cup from me" (Mk. 14:36) - didn't he know that a "removal of the cup" would violate the gentile understanding of Isaiah 53? And third, even if we accept the gentile Christian interpretation of Isaiah 53, where is it indicated (either in Isaiah 53 or anywhere else in our Jewish Scriptures) that you must believe in this "Messiah" to get the benefits? B. CONTEXT Since any portion of Scripture is only understood properly when viewed in the context of G-D's revelation as a whole, some additional study will be helpful before you "tackle" Isaiah 53. Look at the setting in which Isaiah 53 occurs. Earlier on in Isaiah, G-D had predicted exile and calamity for the Jewish people. Chapter 53, however, occurs in the midst of Isaiah's "Messages of Consolation", which tell of the restoration of Israel to a position of prominence and a vin
[CTRL] what to say at job interviews
-Caveat Lector- > > >THESE ARE TAKEN FROM REAL RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS AND WERE PRINTED > >IN FORTUNE MAGAZINE: > > > >01. "I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience." > >02. "I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0 computor and spreasheet progroms." > >03 "Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year." > >04. "Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial institutions." > >05. "Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave." > >06. "Failed bar exam with relatively high grades." > >07. "It's best for employers that I not work with people." > >08. "Let's meet, so you can 'ooh' and 'aah' over my experience." > >09. "You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time." > >10. "Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever forget details." > >11. "I was working for my mom until she decided to move." > >12. "Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No > >commitments." > >13. "I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse." > >14. "I am loyal to my employer at all costs Please feel free to respond > >to my resume on my office voice mail." > >15. "I have become completely paranoid, trusting completely no one and > >absolutely nothing." > >16. "My goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I possess no training in > >meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage." > > > >17. "I procrastinate, especially when the task is unpleasant." > >18. "Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far." > >19. "As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing investments." > >20. "Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store." > >21. "Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping'. I"ve never > >quit a job." > >22. "Marital status: often. Children: various." > >23. "Reason for leaving last job: They insisted that all employees get to > >work by 8:45 am every morning. > >I couldn't work under those conditions." > >24. "The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous > >employers." > >25. "Finished eighth in my class of ten." > >26. "References: none. I've left a path of destruction behind me." > > > >THESE QUOTES WERE TAKEN FROM ACTUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS: > > > >01. "Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has > >started to dig." > >02 "His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity." > >03. "I would not allow this employee to breed." > >04. "This associate is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a > >definitely won't be." > >05. "Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in > a > >trap." > >06. "When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change > >whichever foot was previously in there." > >07. "He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle." > >08. "This young lady has delusions of adequacy." > >09. "He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve > >them." > >10. "This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot." > >11. "This employee should go far - and the sooner he starts, the better." > > > >THESE ARE ACTUAL LINES FROM MILITARY PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS OR O.E.R.s > >(OFFICER EFFICIENCY REPORTS): > > > >01. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. > >02. Got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching. > >03. A room temperature IQ. > >04. Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold it all > >together. > >05. A gross ignoramus -- 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus. > >06. A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on. > >07. A prime candidate for natural deselection. Bright as Alaska in > >December. > >08. One-celled organisms out score him in IQ tests. > >09. Donated his body to science before he was done using it. > >10. Fell out of the family tree. > >11. Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming. > >12. Has two brains; one is lost and the other is out looking for it. > >13. He's so dense, light bends around him. > >14. If brains were taxed, he'd get a rebate. > >15. If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week. > >16. If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change. > >17. If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean. > >18. It's hard to believe that he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm. > >19. One neuron short of a synapse. > >20. Some drink from the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled. > >21. Takes him 1-1/2 hours to watch 60 minutes. > >22. Wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the vali
[CTRL] TiM GW Bulletin 99/12-4 (Dec 15, 1999)
-Caveat Lector- FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA The Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletin, such as the one enclosed below, can be accessed at our Web site: www.truthinmedia.org, the "TiM GW Bulletins" section. You can also check out Djurdjevic's weekly columns on New World Order at "beograd.com" in English - http://news.beograd.com/english/articles_and_opinion/djurdjevic/index.html , or in Serbian - http://news.beograd.com/srpski/clanci_i_misljenja/djurdjevic/index.html . Also, we invite you to visit our "Kosovo War Memorial," which consists of two sections: NATO's War (106 issues - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Kosovo/tim-war.html ) and NATO's "Peace" (52 issues - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Kosovo/tim-peace.html ). Truth in Media's GLOBAL WATCH Bulletin 99/12-4 15-Dec-99 Topic: GLOBAL AFFAIRS Phoenix1. NWO "Liberals" Cancel Christmas; Except for the Shopping, Of Course -- 1. NWO "Liberals" Cancel Christmas, Except for the Shopping, Of Course PHOENIX, Dec. 15 - Yet another "Christmas season" is upon us. So why is "everybody" saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas?" Because the New World Order "liberals" said so. They canceled Christmas - Jesus Christ's birthday. They turned the joyful celebration of Christ's birth into a crass shopping spree (see "Singapore: Materialism without Idealism" - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins/tim97-12-2.html ). Which makes the term "liberal" an oxymoron, of course. "Liberals" - the supposedly tolerant people with open minds - are the ones trying to ram down the rest of our throats their "PC" (politically correct) views. With all the subtlety of communist rhinos. Being a "liberal" these days is synonimous with "dictatorship of minorities," as I pointed out in my Aug. 31, 1997 Washington Times column, "Dancing 'Round the Golden Calf" - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Columns/clip-aug-31-97.html ). An exaggeration? Let's see... There is no doubt that Christians are still the vast (80 percent-plus) majority in North America, despite the NWO's rampant importation of non-Christian immigrants in the last three-and-a-half decades. So you'd think that in a society as demonstrably Christian as that, there would be equally demonstrable Christians symbols being displayed, at least at Christmas time? Think again... We've just returned from Toronto, Canada. You'd never know you were in a predominantly Christian city based on Toronto's attire in this "Christmas season." No crosses; no animated nativity scenes in front of the Simpson's windows (a downtown Toronto department store, now taken over by the Bay), to which generations of Toronto parents used to take their kids. Including yours truly in the 1970s. Instead, there is plenty of crass Christmas commercialism. Just as in Singapore - which we described as a "model NWO city" two years ago. The way things are going, maybe in time Toronto will become a challenger to Singapore's claim to infamy? For, dictatorship of a minority was evident in Toronto this weekend more than any other place on Earth we have visited recently. And we've just returned from a trip around the world. Take a look at the photograph we took in front of the Toronto City Hall (posted at our Web site). It's a huge menorah. And no wonder, given that the picture was taken at a time of Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday. So Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish readers! Nothing wrong with displaying menorahs, of course, in Jewish homes. But what was this religious symbol of a distinct minority doing on public property, such as the Toronto City Hall? "It's all because of our Jewish Mayor, Mel Lastman," was a lame explanation we received from a Torontonian. But wait a second... Didn't the ACLU Jewish lawyers argue a couple of years ago that it wasn't proper to display religious symbols on public property? "The American Civil Liberties Union has reportedly forced on unconstitutional grounds the City of St. Ann, Missouri, to remove a nativity scene from in front of its City Hall in future years, according to a Dec. 24 news report," I wrote in my Washington Times Dec. 27, 1997 column, "Christianity Under Siege" - http://www.truthinmedia.org/Columns/christianity_under_siege.html ). So why is the sauce for the goose not sauce for the gander? Who is going to force Mayor Lastman to respect the rights and preferences of the Christian MAJORITY of his city's voters? Certainly not the plutocrats who put people like Lastman, or Bill Clinton, in positions of power. Meaning in positions to abuse the power of their elected offices. On behalf of minorities whose money put them into office. So it's up to the ordinary citizens, the "silent majority," to make waves, it seems. Don't count on it. One of them, a nat
[CTRL] The Irish and Aids
-Caveat Lector- I usually send something terribly depressing on Aids..but every now and then--- John >An Irishman named O'Malley went to his doctor after a >long illness. The doctor, after a lengthy examination, >sighed and looked O'Malley in the eye, and said, "I've >some bad news for you. You have cancer, and it can't >be cured. I'd give you two weeks to a month to live," > >O'Malley was shocked and saddened by the news, but >of solid character. He managed to compose himself and >walk from the doctor's office into the waiting room. >There, he saw his son who had been waiting. O'Malley >said, "Well son. We Irish celebrate when things are >good, and we celebrate when things don't go so well. In >this case, things aren't so well. I have cancer, and I've >been given a short time to live. Let's head for the pub >and have a few pints." > >After 3 or 4 pints, the two were feeling a little less >somber. There were some laughs and more beers. >They were eventually approached by some of O'Malley's >old friends who asked what the two were celebrating. >O'Malley told them that the Irish celebrate the good and >the bad. He went on to tell them that they were drinking >to his impending end. He told his friends, "I've only got a >few weeks to live as I have been diagnosed with AIDS." >The friends gave O'Malley their condolences, and they >had a couple more beers. > >After his friends left, O'Malley's son leaned over and >whispered his confusion. "Dad. I though you said that >you were dying from cancer??? You just told your >friends that you were dying from AIDS!" > >O'Malley said, "I am dying of cancer, son. I just don't >want any of them sleeping with your mother after I'm >gone." > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] US INTERVENTIONISM PAVES WAY FOR WORLD WARS
-Caveat Lector- © A New Enlightenment Feature. Word count 1334 plus credits P.O. Box 7024, New York, NY 10128-0010 [WASHINGTON OR WILSON?] US INTERVENTIONISM PAVES WAY FOR WORLD WARS US INTERVENTION AND THE WORLD WARS -Wilson's Intervention and Duplicity Led to World War II, the Russian Revolution, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the Cold War. Yet the United States continues interventionist policies. By Robert John* Should the United States have participated in the World Wars of this century? Presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan in his 436-page new book, A Republic, Not an Empire. depicts an American foreign policy over more than two centuries that, far from being "isolationist," has been deeply engaged in the world, but--at least until 1917-almost always for the national interest. He argues that the country went wrong in a period of imperialism, and now seeks to impose its image on other countries, using force-economic or military-if they resist. The main focus of criticism has been on defending American participation in World War II - that "just war." That is an argument potent with emotions and pitfalls. What is simpler to demonstrate, is that World War II was a result, or even a continuation of World War I. American intervention in World War I, and participation in its aftermath, including the Versailles Treaty, produced circumstances that led to the to the rise of Hitler, National Socialism, and the Second World War (and the Bolshevik take-over in Russia). President Washington's guiding principle of American policy toward European conflict prior to World War I was the principle of neutrality. Prior to belligerency, the United States of President Wilson had not been neutral. On 15th May 1915 by Order in Council the British government declared goods of all kinds entering or leaving Germany contraband, a full blockade. Yet the U.S.A. sold war materiel to France and Britain, and virtually supported their food embargo of Germany. The copper in every shell the Allies fired enriched the Guggenheims, who controlled copper; every use of nickel enriched Alfred Mond who controlled that metal. William Jennings Bryan resigned as Secretary of State in 1915 on this and other issues and Wilson's neglect of his advice. Early on in the war, Britain had cut the undersea communication cable between the United States and Germany, and therefore had the lead in the propaganda war for American public opinion. Stories of German soldiers impaling Belgian children on their bayonets were hard to counter. British intelligence services in the United States, were successful in bringing much of the American press to support intervention on the side of Britain and France. Without American partiality, and the expectation of American direct belligerency, the war might have ended in compromise toward the end of 1916, when, according to British Prime Minister Lloyd George, "the Allies had almost exhausted the gold and marketable securities available for American purchases." The saving in lives and suffering would have been enormous. The Bolshevik coup d'état would have been highly improbable. As for the peace, America failed to honor President Wilson's Fourteen Points for peace which were announced by him on 8th January 1918, but particularly Wilson's declaration a month later: that there were to be no annexations, no contributions, and no punitive damages. It was on that basis that General Ludendorf had recommended to Field-Marshall Hindenburg that Germany ask for an Armistice. Diplomatic exchanges followed until 23rd of October 1918. Classified as Secret in the U.S.A. until the 1990s, only now do we know that on 23rd October Wilson, who had become the key player in bringing the Great War to an end, informed the German government that if the United States had to negotiate "with the military masters and monarchical autocrats of Germany now, or if it is likely to have to deal with them later in regard to the international obligations of the German Empire, it must demand not peace negotiations but surrender." The Kaiser abdicated for his country and people. They were led to believe that he had voluntarily deserted them in their darkest hour. The Berliner Tageblatt of 10 November 1918: reported, "Yesterday morning . . .everything was still there"¾the Kaiser, the chancellor, the police chief¾"yesterday afternoon nothing of all that existed any longer." The March 1917 Menshevik Revolution in Russia was being re-enacted in Germany, with Friedrich Ebert playing the role that Kerensky had played in Russia the year before. According to the outstanding British military-and geopolitical analyst Maj. General J.F.C. Fuller, "Thus chaos was planted in Europe." Europe needed stability and political evolution. Wilson used American power in the name of peace and democracy, interfering with the local process of political evolution, for revolution. In spite of the Kaiser's abdicati
[CTRL] Review of Naomi Cohen's bio of Jacob Schiff
-Caveat Lector- New York Times Book Review December 12, 1999 __ From 1880 to 1920, no one in America did more to fight anti-Semitism than Jacob Schiff. By DEBORAH E. LIPSTADT JACOB H. SCHIFF: A Study in American Jewish Leadership. By Naomi W. Cohen. 320 pp. Hanover, N.H.: Brandeis University Press/ University Press of New England. $35. _ Modern American Jews generally believe that until the period after World War II American Jewry was afraid to exert political power. ''Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership,'' by Naomi W. Cohen, the author of ''Jews in Christian America,'' is a useful corrective to this mistaken idea. Surprisingly, Schiff has not been the subject of a serious biography until now. That makes this book particularly welcome. A resolute defender of Jewish rights, Schiff was the American Jewish community's pre-eminent leader from 1880 to 1920. He came before presidents not as a supplicant but as an advocate, convinced that in fighting against discrimination he was upholding American values. A partner at the New York banking house of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, Schiff was one of a cadre of German Jews who in the 19th century created a kinship network of investment houses on Wall Street. Though many of these men demonstrated intense communal responsibility, none compared to Schiff in terms of philanthropy, political activity and unashamed Jewishness. Affectionately called ''unser Yankele'' (our Jacob) by eastern European immigrants, Schiff vigorously opposed every attempt to bar immigrants from this country. Similarly, he spoke out for American Jews excluded from the country's leading institutions by the WASP power structure of the time. He gave Barnard College a half-million dollars for a building for ''social and ethical activities'' because Barnard, unlike Columbia, forbade social groups that restricted Jews. But he did more than fight discrimination. He sought to engender respect for Judaism by financing translations of the Hebrew Scriptures and other classic Jewish texts, and by donating the seed money for Harvard's Semitic (that is, Jewish) studies program, the first of its kind in the country. Harvard's president, Charles W. Eliot, said he believed Schiff's efforts would help reverse ''the centuries-long antagonism of the Christian church to the Jews.'' Schiff was not without his contradictions. Although he viewed anti-Semitism as an irrational sentiment that existed irrespective of the presence or behavior of Jews, he nonetheless believed that Jews could take steps to prevent it. Arguing that resentment against Jews was fostered by their congregating in ethnic neighborhoods in Northeastern cities, he created the Galveston Plan to encourage Jewish immigrants to enter the country in the Southwest. So, too, he thought that if the immigrants Americanized by abandoning their distinctive dress, language and leftist politics, anti-Semitism would dissipate. As an effort in Americanization, Schiff brought Solomon Schechter, a learned rabbi and Cambridge University Semitics scholar, to New York to revitalize the Jewish Theological Seminary, then a moribund institution, and to reach out to the staunchly traditional eastern European immigrants with a form of Judaism that bridged tradition and modernity. In this way, Schiff, a resolutely Reform Jew, secured a foothold for Conservative Judaism in America. Outside the United States Schiff waged a personal battle against czarist Russia's brutal anti-Semitism. Failing to persuade Russia to abandon its persecution, he arranged for substantial loans to Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. And he assiduously lobbied a series of presidents -- Harrison, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson -- to abrogate the 1832 American-Russian treaty because Russia refused visas to American Jews. He insisted that Washington could not countenance a double standard in the treatment of American citizens. Unlike contemporary Jewish leaders, Schiff never felt the slightest obligation to achieve communal consensus. As Cohen so amply demonstrates in her well-written and well-researched book, he did what he believed was right and he expected others to follow. __ Deborah E. Lipstadt, the author of ''Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory,'' teaches Jewish history at Emory University. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are no
[CTRL] Why we Britons are going through an identity crisis
-Caveat Lector- http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/ Why we Britons are going through an identity crisis What does it mean to be British? Is it a matter of identity or of citizenship? These questions lie at the heart of today's most pressing policy debates - over Europe, devolution, multiculturalism and race. The changing nature of Britishness was the main theme of Professor Linda Colley of the London School of Economics in the last of the Millennium Lectures this week. These J.F. Kennedy-style events have been held regularly in Downing Street over the past year by Tony Blair in front of an audience of what used to be called the intelligentsia before we heard of the chattering classes. Professor Colley made her name as the author of Britons, which argued that Britain was largely an 18th-century invention. She said that most of these forces no longer apply: outside Northern Ireland, Protestantism no longer "serves as an effective linch-pin of British identity"; the monarchy is unlikely ever again to be "the kind of charismatic, unifying icon it was in the 1940s and 1950s"; the Empire has gone, and so has the spectre of major war. Nor are we willing to acquiesce in the kind of strong, centralised government from London that emerged this century in response to the demands of war. Customary notions of Britishness have been challenged by increasing involvement with the European Union, by large numbers of non-white immigrants, and by the impact of the radical Thatcher and Blair administrations. The latter have helped to fracture notions of national class politics, as opposed to those of place, ethnicity or religion. Professor Colley rejected as unlikely a break-up of Britain via a resurgent English nationalism (because of common interests), full integration within a united Europe (since a superstate is unlikely), or carrying on much as before. Britishness might not signify much a century from now, but politicians should not be mesmerised by debates about identity and should concentrate instead on renovating British citizenship. This is similar to a distinction between identity and values which Gordon Brown highlighted last week in urging a joint approach to social problems. The Colley soundbite was the "Citizen Nation" - combining a Charter of Rights, a more open and less hidebound public culture (with a less pompous style of monarchy and no titles), a broader diffusion of power (including more individual involvement) and a greater emphasis on equal opportunities for minorities and women. This all sounds thoroughly new Labour, though Professor Colley gave warning against facilely being "against the past" and lacking a global perspective. Much of her argument is about what has been happening for two or three decades, as well as the past two or three years. This amounts to a shift from subjects to citizens, and a very different relationship between individual and State. Yet we are still a long way from creating a "Citizen Nation" in practice: just read yesterday's report from the Ombudsman on the obstacles that departments still instinctively put in the way of people seeking information. Whether or not we still feel British, the death of the familiar, secretive paternalist State is likely to take a long time == alternaively its a slow process, but certain to be integrated into the NWO DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] George W. Bush & IQ
-Caveat Lector- Is George W. Bush a Moron? by Steve Sailer Thursday, November 18, 1999 Comments: 445 posts The New Yorker's recent revelation that presidential frontrunner Texas Gov. George W. Bush scored a mere 1206 on his Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT) has incited journalists to snigger at his intellect. "The sharpest tool in the shed he ain't," declared Jacob Weisberg of the ever-so-cleverSlate.com in an article entitled "Do Dim Bulbs Make Better Presidents?" Soon, a Boston reporter ambushed Bush with a pop quiz: Could he name the leaders of Chechnya, Taiwan, India and Pakistan? Missing three of the four has exposed Bush to the kind of scorn Dan Quayle endured after he misspelled "potato." Does Bush's IQ matter? What is particularly amusing about these attacks on Bush's IQ is that ever since the 1994 publication of The Bell Curve by Charles Murray and the late Richard Herrnstein, liberals have pursued an all-out vendetta against mental testing and even the concept of intelligence. This egalitarian crusade peaked earlier this autumn with the publication of that glib denunciation of the SAT, The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy by Nicholas Lemann. Although Lemann's book contains almost no quantitative data on testing(apparently he couldn't find any to support his prejudices), a huge amount is available to help us interpret Bush's SAT score. IQ snobbery So, does a 1206 (566 Verbal, 640 Math) truly mean you're as dumb as a box of rocks? First, any current college students reading this need to remember that SAT scores beginning in 1996 were artificially inflated. So, do not assume that your elders' relatively unimpressive results are objective proof that they really are moronic as they may appear to you. Second, although tables are readily available to convert SAT scores into percentile rankings, they are not realistic since people who know they are not college material do not take the SAT. Therefore, I asked my Human Biodiversity e-mail discussion group how Bush would stack up compared to the entire American public, not just SAT-takers. In reply, Charles Murray noted that everybody except dropouts takes the Pre-SAT. From the PSAT Murray calculates, "A Verbal 566 puts Bush at about the 95th percentile of juniors & seniors ..., while 640 on Math puts him at about the 98th percentile." In other words, only one out of 20 people would out perform the candidate on the verbal part of the test, and only one out of 50 on the numeric portion. Although SAT scores and IQ scores do not coincide perfectly, Bush's SAT score would roughly project to an IQ in the 125-130 range. Thus, all the sneering at Bush's 1206 says less about him than it does about the IQ snobbery rampant among supposedly egalitarian liberals, especially among neo-liberal journalists. Are dumb president preferable? In contrast to the liberals, conservatives suddenly have started pooh-poohing the value of tests they had been defending only days before. They now argue that a high IQ might work against success in the Oval Office. Their argument is as follows: Nobody ever accused Ronald Reagan, John F.Kennedy (IQ of 117 according to biographer Thomas C. Reeves), Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt or George Washington of being sensationally cerebral. In contrast, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon (143 IQ), Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft and John Adams were smarter than they were successful. That's as illogical, however, as believing that height does not help in basketball just because there are a number of fine players in the NBA who aren't particularly tall, like 6'-0" Allen Iverson or 5'-3" Muggsy Bogues. Just because presidents with stratospheric IQs have performed about the same as their less egg-headed colleagues does not mean that IQ is not desirable in a president, all else being equal. The problem is that all else is not equal: Because so few people are at the far-right end of the IQ bell curve, you cannot always find an individual among them who is blessed with all the other presidential talents you desire. In contrast, the rare individuals who make it to the White House from the fat part of the bell curve are far more gifted in other ways than is typical for their IQ, just as Iverson and Bogues make up for their height by being extraordinarily quick. Consider the evenly matched Kennedy vs. Nixon election of 1960. There are about 60 times more people who were at least as smart as JFK (whose IQ fell at the 87th percentile) than were as smart as Nixon (99.8th percentile). Not surprisingly, though, in compensation JFK was about 60 times as charismatic as Nixon. Too early to tell Similarly, while Bush's test scores are far above average, more than 5 million American adults do at least as well as him. Out of a pool that vast, we ought to be able to find individuals who have truly remarkable non-IQ skills. Is Bush one of them? Our problem is that we do not yet know. Unfortunately, the GOP establ
[CTRL] A Test of the Power-Elite Hypothesis
-Caveat Lector- > http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CA/journal/issues/v40n5/995002/995002.tex > t.html > >CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY Volume 40, Number 5, December 1999 >© 1999 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. All >rights reserved 0011-3204/99/4005-0002$3.50 > _ > >Socioeconomic Growth, Culture Scale, and Household Well-Being >A Test of the Power-Elite Hypothesis1 > >by John H. Bodley > >Socioeconomic growth is an elite-directed process that concentrates >social power in direct proportion to increases in culture scale. Power >elites have controlled social power to their own advantage in at least >three different ways: domestically, by means of kinship, politically, >by means of rulers, and commercially, by means of the market. Each >method produces its own growth trajectory and scale of culture and a >distinctive distribution of elite power and household living >standards. Ethnographic data on urban property ownership in 27 >municipalities in the Palouse region of eastern Washington suggest >that when power is commercially organized and villages become towns >and cities, there is a dramatic increase not only in the number of >prosperous households but even more in the number of poor and >maintenance-level households. Elite property owners, who most benefit >from growth, assume a larger role in municipal government, where they >can encourage further growth through municipal annexations and zoning >changes. Thus, as elite power becomes increasingly concentrated, the >growth process itself tends to become self-perpetuating. In the >Palouse example, small, no-growth municipalities appear to be >politically more democratic than larger-scale, growing municipalities >and household well-being in them more equitably distributed. > >JOHN H. BODLEY is Professor of Anthropology at Washington State >University (Pullman, Wash. 99164-4910, U.S.A. [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]). Born >in 1942, he was educated at the University of Oregon (B.A., 1965; >M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1970) and has been a visiting researcher at the >International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs and done fieldwork in >cultural ecology in eastern Peru. His publications include Victims of >Progress (Palo Alto: Mayfield, 1999 [1975]), Anthropology and >Contemporary Human Problems (Palo Alto: Mayfield, 1996 [1976]), and "A >Cultural Scale Perspective on Human Ecology and Development" (Advances >in Human Ecology 3). > > 1 This project was supported in 1996 - 97 and 1998 - 99 by grants >from the Edward R. Meyer Fund at Washington State University. Data >specialists Kevin Norris in Spokane County and James Martin and Jim >Hawkes in Whitman County provided data bases and supporting >information. At Washington State University I was assisted with the >SAS language and mainframe computer aspects of this project by Darrell >Davenport, William G. Hendrix, Timothy A. Kohler, Gilbert A. Pierson, >and Zoltan Porga. Other colleagues and students at Washington State >University who provided additional material and helpful comment >included William Andrefsky Jr., Tom Bartuska, William H. Funk, >Christopher A. Harris, Barry S. Hewlett, Barry C. Hicks, Gary >Huckleberry, Chuck Huffine, William D. Lipe, Samuel H. Smith, and >William Willard. My wife, Kathleen M. Bodley, read and offered >valuable criticism on several drafts. During two summer field schools >in 1992 and 1997 my students in the Department of Anthropology at >Washington State University explored many of these issues and were a >continual source of inspiration. > >The present paper was submitted 7 I 99 and accepted 26 II 99; the >final version reached the Editor's office 22 IV 99. > _ > > This paper examines how elites use socioeconomic growth to shift >the distribution of social power and household well-being in their >favor. The hypothesis to be tested is that growth is an elite-directed >process that concentrates social power in direct proportion to >increases in scale. The assumption is that larger-scale cultural >systems will have more concentrated social power. Combining C. Wright >Mills's (1956) original insights on American society with current >anthropological theory, this hypothesis suggests that elite >power-seeking is a prime mover at all levels of cultural development >and that certain growth processes disproportionately impoverish and >disempower some households. After reviewing existing theoretical >arguments and empirical evidence for this hypothesis, I extend the >debate by proposing that elite-directed cultural evolution has >produced distinct domestic-, political-, a
[CTRL] Why Jesse's death got no play - 12-9-99
-Caveat Lector- WHY THIS DEATH DIDN'T COUNT By Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe December 9, 1999 A 13-year-old named Jesse Dirkhising was killed on Sept. 26 in Rogers, Ark. Why didn't you know that? The police affidavit describing the circumstances of Jesse's death is stomach-turning. Rather than sicken you, let me quote instead from the >much less graphic story that moved on the national wire of the Associated >Press. "According to police, Davis Carpenter Jr., 38, and Joshua Brown, 22, drugged and blindfolded Jesse Dirkhising, gagged him with underwear, and strapped him to a mattress face-down with duct tape and belts. Then the >boy was repeatedly raped and sodomized with various objects before he suffocated because of the position he was in, investigators said. "At the apartment, police found handwritten instructions and a diagram of how to position the boy. Other notes described apparently unfulfilled fantasies of molesting other children "On the night of Jesse's death, Brown repeatedly raped the boy while Carpenter watched, police said. Brown took a break to eat a sandwich, and soon noticed the boy had stopped breathing." The AP dispatch leaves out a lot of horrifying details, but that isn't the most noteworthy thing about it. The date is. The story didn't move until Oct. 29 -- 33 days after Jesse was killed. AP's deputy managing editor later admitted that the story was assigned only after the Washington Times reported the grim facts in an Oct. 22 story headlined, "Media tune out torture >death of Arkansas boy: Homosexuals charged with rape, murder." Jesse was killed a few days before the first anniversary of Matthew Shepard's brutal murder. The contrast in the coverage of the two cases is overpowering. The first AP report on the atrocity in Laramie -- "Openly gay student critically injured in Wyoming attack" -- moved just hours after Shepard was discovered, badly beaten but alive. The story was front-page news around the country, and was followed for weeks by every television network and news magazine in America. The death of Jesse Dirkhising, on the other hand, received almost no notice in the national press. The belated Washington Times and AP reports didn't trigger a rush of catch-up stories. Only one television network, Fox, took note of the crime -- in a single story on Nov. 23. And that was it. For all intents and purposes, what happened to the seventh-grader went down >the memory hole. Why? Some critics suggest there is a media double standard: Violent crimes committed against gays get big headlines; violent crimes committed by >gays even against children -- get a shrug. "Had Jesse Dirkhising been shot inside his Arkansas school," writes Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center, >"he would have been an immediate national news story. Had he been openly gay and his attackers heterosexual, the crime would have led all the networks. >But no liberal media outlet would dare be the first to tell a grisly murder >story which has as its villains two gay men." Possibly. But there is an even more insidious explanation -- one articulated not by media critics but by media insiders themselves. Provoked by Bozell's challenge and by messages from readers wanting to know why the Dirkhising murder was being ignored, writers at The >Washington Post and the Time magazine web site offered a defense. "While Shepard's murderers were driven to kill by hate, the boy's rape and death was a sex crime," argued Jonathan Gregg, the senior editor at Time.com. Shepard's killers "were not satisfying some animalistic sexual impulse, they were bullies who gratuitously killed someone out of hate >for being different than they were." The Post's ombudsman, E.R. Shipp, made the same claim. She acknowledged that her paper had run some 80 items referring to Shepard, but only a single news brief mentioning Dirkhising. "Here at the Post, however, the two are seen as quite different," Shipp wrote. A hate crime homicide such as Shepard's ... is 'a special kind of killing,' the Post has editorialized Arkansas authorities have not characterized the Dirkhising death as a >hate crime." Could anything make clearer the perniciousness of treating some kinds >of violence as "hate crimes?" Here lies Matthew Shepard, beaten to death by >a pair of savages. Here lies Jesse Dirkhising, tortured to death by a different pair of savages. Each was an innocent. Each died in agony. Each left >behind grieving family and friends. Each was the victim of a crime so vicious as to shock the conscience. But because Shepard's savages detested homosexuals, his death matters. Because Dirkhising's savages were driven by lust, his >death is a nullity. Hate crime laws are immoral and unjust, for they are premised on the notion that the lives and well-being of some people are worth more than >the lives and well-being of others. Journalism that adopts the hate crime premise is no less offensive. I
[CTRL] The Stargate conspiracy
-Caveat Lector- http://www.templarlodge.com/index.html The Stargate Conspiracy by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince Revealing the truth behind extraterrestrial contact, military intelligence and the mysteries of Ancient Egypt The Stargate Conspiracy - Overview Following the release of The Templar Revelation by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, the Templar Lodge is pleased to announce the national launch of their sequel, The Stargate Conspiracy, published by Little Brown. This page contains exclusive transcripts of related talks delivered at the Templar Lodge Hotel. You are warmly invited to contribute towards an online public database of information in connection with The Stargate Conspiracy. Entitled the Stargate Assembly, this arena explores issues arising from the book, list associated web sites and monitors press sources. Members of the public are also invited to attend an interactive series of conferences at the Templar Lodge Hotel either in person or by videolink via the Internet. The Stargate Assembly - Online Updates... Although further details will be posted to this page as they become available, we recommend that you join our Stargate Assembly mailing list by entering your details below: Name: Email Address: I am interested in conferences at: EdinburghLondon Los Angeles MunichNew York Other (state city, county, country): Please confirm to send: or The Stargate Conspiracy - Introduction by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince Revealing the truth behind extraterrestrial contact, military intelligence and the mysteries of Ancient Egypt The Stargate Conspiracy exposes the most insidious, disturbing - and successful - mass manipulation of our times. Designed to bring us, hearts, minds and souls under the total control of the conspirators, this sinister programme has ruthlessly exploited our Millennial craving for signs and wonders - even hijacking the predicted return of the ancient gods. The Conspiracy... Its central focus is the belief that the gods of the ancient world were extraterrestrials who created and civilised the human race, that they're back - and that, communicating through special chosen ones, they are actively directing the way we think. However, The Stargate Conspiracy reveals that this romantic and exciting scenario was in fact the brainchild of the West's most powerful intellectual agencies. Designed to become a new religion for the 21st century, its real purpose is political - to make us easier to control. Centred on the search for lost secrets of the pyramid builders, this extraordinary true story reveals the links between US scientific intelligence agencies, Mars and ancient Egypt. For almost 50 years, like Frankenstein's monster, this conspiracy has been put together from cultish - but astonishingly powerful - belief systems, culminating in the emergence of a new fundamentalism that is gathering strength by feeding on Millennium fever. Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince reveal the secret agenda that unites apparently independent authors and researchers - including top names with millions of readers worldwide - and which is targeted to all of us. The Stargate Conspiracy reveals that even the genuine mysteries of the gods themselves have been hijacked by powerful cabals - which include top industrialists, politicians, scientists and intelligence agencies such as MI5 and the CIA - in order to fulfill their secret agenda. At the heart of this conspiracy is the belief that the ancient Egyptian gods were - and are - extra terrestrial beings, that certain key people are in contact with them, and that they are about to return through the 'stargate' between our world and theirs. Are we prepared for the imminent return of the gods? And will we be expected unquestioningly to accept the conspirators as our spokesmen? Or is this an exercise in mass manipulation designed to make us support the conspirators? As they calculatedly whip up Millennium fever, triumphantly persuading us that they alone know how to talk to the gods, this book serves as a serious warning to mankind. The Main Points: Over the last few years, the public has come to accept specific ideas about the 'message' of ancient Egypt, largely due to the works of certain high-profile authors. But we demonstrate that many of the principles of this 'New Egyptology' are not only based on false-premises, but have also been used by others as part of a secret long-term agenda. We reveal the shadowy presence of US government agencies behind the current interest in the Giza plateau. An essential part of this plot is the alleged link between ancient Egypt and a lost civilisation on Mars, based on the discovery of supposedly artificial features on that planet. We show that this view is seriously flawed, and that the intelligence agencies are acti
Re: [CTRL] People in America early
-Caveat Lector- Its not just non indian that is iteresting but also the early inhabitation. This almost seems to fit in with the work of Hancock about early habitation. John -Original Message- From: Tatman, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 09 December 1999 12:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] People in America early -Caveat Lector- Most of the hard scientific evidence for "non-Indian" or "non-Native American" origins has been discovered quite recently. Yes, there are many anomalous sites throughout North America, but there is also an amazing mass of pure nonsense put out over the past two centuries by people seemingly determined to prove that the "Indians" were not the true possessors of the Americas before the European conquests. Even borderline researchers such as Barry Fell, for all their good intentions, often wind up using arguments which originated with white racists. Now, I do believe very strongly in pre-Columbian intercultural contacts, especially in Mesoamerica (Aztec, Maya, Toltec, Olmec)...but the efforts of a lot of so-called scholars, even today (including many New Age types), to find European or Egyptian (or Atlantean) roots for American high civilizations purely disgust me. That line of reasoning does a huge disservice to the creative abilities of the Native American peoples. With that said, I am equally aghast at the political games being played with finds such as the Kennewick Man, games played both by Washington and by the Indian tribes themselves. The "folk memories" many Indians and other aboriginal peoples are so proud of, the meticulously chronicled lineages, are in many cases either guesswork or fiction. In most cases, I suspect, they have no more idea of where they came from than we (Anglo America) do. Aboriginal cultures have changed as much over the millennia as have "civilized" ones, and have suffered the same kinds of Dark Ages where teachings and knowledge vanished and had to be recreated or reimagined. The Pueblo and Hopi have no more idea of who the Hohokam ("Anasazi" is a Navaho word and is considered an insult) were than do the archaeologists at Penn or Arizona. At this point, I'd be very interested to see Judith ABR's comments on this whole controversy; she has been very helpful in past discussions on CTRL involving Native American cultures. Judith, any thoughts? -Original Message- From: Taylor, John (JH) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[CTRL] People in America early DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] USA immigration debate
-Caveat Lector- Lew Rockwell has on his web site posted the complete text of the letter that Brimelow sent, before editing and expurgation by the editors of Commentary. = To see in boldface the bolded sections to which Brimelow refers, go to http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/brimelow2.html KB
[CTRL] Different Positions
-Caveat Lector- A January 20, 1999 >From "National Jewish Coaltion Applauds Republican National Committee Condemnation of Racist Group January 20, 1999, Washington, DC The National Jewish Coalition wrote to Chairman Nicholson: "Your forceful and unequivocal condemnation of that group's racist views is a resounding restatement of one of the Republican Party's core principles. "The Republican Party has always been committed to the basic values of liberty, democracy, and equality. Hate and racism have no place in the party of Lincoln and never have." NJC National Chairman Cheryl Halpern said, "Republican Party leaders have consistently come out against racism and bigotry whenever they have appeared. Whether it's David Duke or the Council of Conservative Citizens, Republicans have repudiated those who espouse racist views and kept them out of the party. This party has a strong record of opposing hatred and racism, a record of which the party can be proud." By calling on all Republicans to denounce the Council of Concerned Citizens, Chairman Nicholson has once again demonstrated his commitment to putting principle above politics. The NJC commends him for standing up for the rights and equality of every American." -- - B December 1999 "From Republican Jewish Coalition site: U.S. - Israel Relationship ...The U.S.-Israel alliance is of tremendous importance to both countries. Israel is a major ally of the U.S., a stable democracy in a region that is unstable and where certain rogue countries remain hostile to America's interests..." December 6,1999" -- -- C December 6, 1999 "New York Times December 6, 1999 JERUSALEM -- On the surface, the bill that Muhammad Baraka recently submitted to the Israeli Parliament seemed innocuous enough. Baraka, an Israeli-Arab legislator, is proposing to anchor in law the seemingly factual assertion that Israel is a democratic and multicultural state. Parliament's legal advisers, however, considered the bill so subversive that they recommended that it not even be sent to the floor for debate. Baraka's proposal, it seems, cleverly omits a sacred point: that Israel values one culture above all others. It is, after all, the Jewish homeland, established on a policy of ethnic preference to redress the enormity of the Holocaust as well as millennia of wandering..." "A Rightist Leader Stirs Tepid Dissent, and Assent . . .Haider's party did well in Vienna with a simple slogan, "Stop the Überfremdung," an appeal against "overforeignization" that, to a German speaker, carries connotations of Goebbels, as indeed do other aspects of Haider's speeches. Haider now disowns the slogan and says it was dreamed up by the Vienna branch of his Freedom Party. "...the speaker of Austria's Parliament, Heinz Fischer, promised that the legislature would pass a resolution against xenophobia. That evening, some 25,000 people rallied in Vienna against racism. The rally drew Haider's scorn and sharply divided even his opponents over its size and its aims. Doron Rabinovici, a writer and one of the rally's organizers, pledged at the gathering that anti-Haider forces will not wait next time until after an election to come out against racism. He demanded a law against discrimination because "no one can be certain of their future in Austria so long as someone is exposed to persecution because of their origins." The rally was "the beginning of a political movement against people who whip up fear, the first of many manifestations of courage," he said. At the Hofburg gathering, Haider inveighed against what he called frustrated left-wingers; an "organized witchhunt from abroad," and "this leftist, pseudo-intellectual nonsense about hating foreigners." To those who marched under the banner "Haider-shame for Austria," his retort was, "It is certainly not a shame to feel responsible above all for one's own people." Such language worries some Viennese. Ariel Muzicant, the leader of the small Jewish community that has re-formed since World War II, has said that anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise. " DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply
[CTRL] People in America early
-Caveat Lector- (many of these bits of evidence have been availlable for a long time. Why were they suppressed? Why now are they being made public? John Policy on human remains hampers new thinking on archaeological finds By SOLVEIG TORVIK SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER December 5, 1999 It's counterintuitive to suppose that early humans turned up their noses at American real estate for as long as many learned scholars insist they did. But scholars, unlike the rest of us, are bound by the rules of evidence. And the evidence of earlier human habitation on this continent has been non-existent. Of course, that may be because, until recently, few archaeologists thought the evidence was there to find. If America's human prehistory is a blank page, nearsightedness on the part of those who are trying to write it has been a contributing factor. As Dr. Albert C. Goodyear put it at a recent archaeological conference in Santa Fe: "You don't look for what you don't believe in." Now, as the 21st century dawns, archaeologists and anthropologists are scrambling to come to terms with mounting evidence that suggests people may have arrived here much earlier, and from different places, than conventional wisdom has dictated for most of this century. The conference, held under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the Center for the Study of the First Americans at the University of Oregon, was the first in 40 years on the fractious subject of the peopling of the Americas. Turmoil triggered by new discoveries and sharp disagreements about what they mean served as the backdrop to often archly contentious proceedings. As a result of provocative new discoveries that challenge their assumptions, many archaeologists indicated they've resolved to "dig deeper," literally and figuratively, into the mystery, and that's a welcome development. Getting archaeologists to believe in the possibility that people may have lived here before 13,000 years ago may be too much to ask, given the paucity of irrefutable evidence. Simply proceeding on the assumption that it's a serious possibility is good enough for starters. Happily, the profession now seems poised to think outside the box. But as ill luck would have it, this seismic shift in archaeologists' mental approach to human prehistory in the Americas comes just as the federal government has determined that its duty lies in facilitating destruction of what little evidence does exist that might allow scientists to shed light on who came here when. This is a lamentable congruence of events. Tantalizing new scientific evidence that suggests humans may have arrived here in many disparate waves from more than one direction and tens of thousands of years earlier than commonly accepted is irrelevant, according to official U.S. policy. Human remains, even those many thousands of years old, routinely are given by U.S. Park Service officials to tribes for reburial on the unscientific assumption that the remains are ancestors of modern Native Americans. Yet those remains, some of which appear not to resemble modern Native Americans, may hold invaluable answers to the peopling of the Americas puzzle. The likely result of the government's failure to acknowledge that the prevailing story of the peopling of the continent may be wrong will be that evidence to support that assertion will be lost forever. It's bad enough that a good deal of the evidence already may have been lost. It's worse that it's been by deliberate government design. Some of it has been buried, both literally and figuratively, on government orders, in Idaho and M
[CTRL] Dictator finds a haven in new South African
-Caveat Lector- Times of london December 7 1999 AFRICA Dictator finds a haven in South African hospital FROM MICHAEL DYNES IN JOHANNESBURG Links IN THE comfort of his private bed in Johannesburg's Garden City Hospital, Mengistu Haile Mariam, 62, the former Ethiopian dictator and mass murderer, is watching the fading blooms of the jacaranda trees sway in the breeze as he recovers from heart treatment. A young receptionist does not recognise the name of the patient when I inquire about him. "There's no one here with that name. Is he a relative?" she asked. "Er, not exactly," I mumbled. "He is the man who is reputed to have personally throttled Emperor Haile Selassie before going on to murder thousands of his fellow Ethiopians, ruin his country's economy and earn himself the title of Butcher of Addis Ababa." "Oh," she said. "I'm afraid we're not allowed to talk to journalists. You'll have to get in touch with public relations." John von Klemperer, general manager of Netcare, South Africa's biggest private hospital group, said it was its policy "not to confirm the admission or medical status of patients without prior consent". Colonel Mengistu had requested no publicity. The former Ethiopian despot, who is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity and genocide, arrived in South Africa for urgent treatment two weeks ago. Travelling on a dubious diplomatic passport from Zimbabwe, where he has been living for eight years, he had received assurances from Pretoria that he would not face the same fate as General Augusto Pinochet in Britain, but Ethiopia has made a formal request for his extradition. Human rights groups may make a private prosecution. Colonel Mengistu came to power in 1974, after overthrowing Ethiopia's centuries-old monarchy, and attempted to mould the nation into a modern socialist state. After becoming chairman of a committee of revolutionary soldiers, he unleashed the bloody "Red Terror Campaign" against opponents and civilians, backed by the former Soviet Union and Cuba. Purges in his 17-year rule left an estimated 200,000 dead, 750,000 refugees stateless and more than 100,000 children crippled or orphaned. Faced with rebellions and a series of droughts and famines, he ruined the economy through the forced collectivisation of farms and the movement of entire populations. When Russian troops pulled out in 1991, he fled to Harare. Colonel Mengistu, who will probably slip out of South Africa in the next couple of days, is an old friend of the African National Congress. Asked why South Africa had not responded to Ethiopia's extradition request, a spokesman for Nkosazana Zuma, the Foreign Affairs Minister, said the Government had allowed people who had perpetrated crimes under apartheid to remain in the country, so why should it not allow foreign human rights offenders to remain as well? DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Trade, the W.T.O. and Thomas Friedman
-Caveat Lector- Okay, I guess I don't have anything better to do so I'll take the bait. I live in the Seattle suburbs and have been subjected to nightly tear gas T.V. for the past week and I just read Mr. Friedman's editorial. It read a bit like a Microsoft commercial. But it's rhetoric, anecdotes and diversion. Nothing more. I'm not an economist, but I don't think you need to be one to put this in perspective. My comments are general in nature rather than countering each of Friedman's points, some of which are truisms. The bottom line is that Thomas Friedman thinks that expanded trade is a good thing and the W.T.O. necessary. All the rest is diversionary window dressing and name calling. So what about trade? Yes! Trade has elevated aggregate standards of living in the U.S. and presumably throughout the world. Yes, trade in the American context particularly benefits people who export high technology products or who are involved in the "information" economy. Lawyers usually love free trade because they aren't at risk at loosing their job and their buying power is increased by lower cost imports. Economists love free trade even more. I am certain this has nothing to do with their university jobs being almost completely immune from dislocations associated with trade. We seem to think it's tacky when union workers clumsily protest to save their jobs but we tolerate educators, doctors and lawyers protecting their careers through credentialism. Why? The cost to our society of overpriced domestic steel is likely a lot smaller than the cost of credentialism in law, medicine and education. Maybe it's because the professionals look like someone we want to be whereas the typical union guy just looks like someone who needs a shave and some exercise. In any case, the benefits of expanded trade accrue disproportionately to smart, educated people. And expanding trade is not the only way we can improve efficiencies within economies. Trade dislocates people who work in low tech manufacturing, textiles and small scale agriculture. This is nothing new. Workers have always been displaced with the invention of new technology. Agricultural mechanization transformed a society in which 70%+ of the population was involved in the production of food to a mere 2-3% today. China and India have over one billion "excess" people involved in agricultural production. It will be "interesting" to see what kind of dislocations occur as these people transitions to industrial production as agriculture is mechanized and whether these dislocations will manifest themselves in areas outside of economics. "Fair Trade" can only truly occur between countries with similar wages, taxation schemes, subsidies, productivity, labor and environmental standards, available land, land use laws, standards of living and natural resource bases. Reduction of trade barriers implies an imposition of uniformity among most of these variables in order to achieve competitiveness. How can European transportation industries be as efficient as their American counterpart when gasoline there is almost 4 times as expensive? The reason gas is so expensive is because the Europeans are trying to discourage the use of cars. They have artificially reduced the efficiencies of many sectors of their economies in order to achieve social goals. Free trade threatens those social goals. That is why they resist and this is what Mr. Friedman doesn't understand. To truly compete with America, Europe would need to slash taxes, close many of its farms, increase its work week, decrease its vacation time, dismantle its welfare state, crush its unions, change its land use laws to accommodate American style land use, decrease train service, build more roads, etc. These things affect people! If someone tried to impose this stuff on America, we would bomb them. Yet types like Friedman just can't figure out what the problem is. Why the resistance? Maybe the peasants are a little slow. That's why we need experts like Michael Mandelbaum at the Council on Foreign Relations to clarify our thinking. In an optimized world, the U.S. and Canada would produce grain and software, the Japanese consumer electronics, the South Koreans steel and super tankers, the Swiss fine watches and numbered bank accounts, the Germans good cars, the Brazilians timber, etc., etc. This is of course a *gross* over simplification. However, there certainly isn't any good economic reason for the Japanese to use scarce land to grow rice. And the economic rationalization for the more densely populated European countries to use their land for agriculture isn't much better. There isn't any good rationalization for Americans to produce anything but specialty small lot steel when so many other countries can produce steel cheaper. In fact, it would probably not be justifiable for Americans to harvest many types of timber when Canada could supply that timber cheaper. And in true free trade,
[CTRL] Dumbed down too long:is it already too late for american educatio n?
-Caveat Lector- New York Times December 6, 1999 Soccer Moms vs. Standardized Tests By CHARLES J. SYKES MILWAUKEE -- After decades of endless gold stars, happy faces and inflated grades, American parents apparently were not ready for a reality check about how much our schools are really teaching our children. Across the country, new, higher academic standards that states adopted in a spirit of educational reform are being dumbed down, and supposedly rigorous graduation tests are being diluted or dropped, as evidence mounts that too many students will fall short of the higher expectations. It is not surprising that more rigorous state standards have come under fire from the usual opposition coalition of civil rights groups, progressive educators and teacher unions. What is striking though, is the opposition from soccer moms. In Wisconsin, where legislators backed off plans to require a high school graduation test, most of the opposition to the exam came not from troubled urban schools, but from affluent suburbs. A group calling itself Advocates for Education and based in the Milwaukee suburb of Whitefish Bay, insisted, "High-stakes testing will be detrimental to education and unfair to children." Suburban critics in many parts of the state fretted about the pressure that tests would place on children. After suburban parents lobbied parent-teacher organizations, the State Legislature voted to scrap the graduation test before a single student had taken it. In New York and Massachusetts, officials yielded to pressure to set absurdly low passing grades for their new tests, while in Virginia and Arizona, state boards of education are already backing away from tests that proved to be too tough for even the so-called better schools. In Virginia, only 7 percent of schools met new achievement standards, and in Arizona, 9 out of 10 sophomores failed a new math test. For much of this century, the educational establishment has behaved as if it were addicted to bad ideas, indulging its own wishful and romantic thinking even in the face of mounting evidence of failure. The new tests were supposed to counteract the trendy experimentation, watered-down curriculums and questionable teaching methods by introducing both accountability and consequences for failure. But for decades, the schools had been allowed to obscure the fact that many children were not mastering basic subjects. The constant positive reinforcement of unrealistic grading and easy tests was meant not only for the children, whose self-esteem remained strong in the face of shaky math and reading abilities, but for their parents, as well. For many of these parents, the new tests were a very rude shock. Accustomed to thinking of educational difficulties as somebody else's problem, they and their school districts suddenly faced the possibility of failure. As reformers have belatedly discovered, they badly underestimated the extent to which parents as well as teachers and bureaucrats had a vested interest in believing that whatever else might be wrong with American education, their own children were above average. Support for high standards came with an unspoken caveat: they were quite all right when they were applied to someone else's school and someone else's child. So instead of sounding an alarm about the need to change the way we teach our children, one state after another is fudging the test. And a remarkable number of parents have gone along with the move to ratchet down the standards, expectations and consequences. Reforming the schools sounded like a good idea until it hit home. Charles J. Sykes is the author of "Dumbing Down Our Kids." -- So S&B and the other unmentionables have already won. bring on the NWO and lets have it done with DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theo
[CTRL] The effect of hormone mimics?---Yesterday's Precocious Puberty Is Norm Today
-Caveat Lector- New York Times November 30, 1999 Yesterday's Precocious Puberty Is Norm Today By JANE E. BRODY A friend who runs the child care program at a Brooklyn high school reports that one of the newly enrolled mothers, a freshman, is 13. Her baby's father is 14. While children having children is not a new phenomenon, the ever-dropping age of puberty is. Many parents become worried when their 7- or 8-year-old daughters begin to develop breasts or grow pubic hair. They wonder, is this normal? Will the surge of sex hormones adversely affect the girls' behavior, moods or physical growth? Can girls who are still emotionally and socially immature adjust well to early physical maturation? And when should more explicit sex education and cautions about birth control begin? What's Normal? Two years ago, Dr. Marcia E. Herman-Giddens and colleagues described the results of physical examinations of 17,077 American girls, which revealed that white girls were showing bodily signs of sexual maturity an average of one year earlier than previous studies had indicated, and black girls two years earlier. On the average, breast development was notable before age 10 in white girls and before age 9 in black girls, and the growth of pubic hair generally occurred about a year later. But even at age 7, 27 percent of black girls and nearly 7 percent of white girls had begun to grow breasts, pubic hair or both. The findings, she and others suggest, should prompt a redefinition of the ages at which puberty is considered precocious. Current medical textbooks state that just 1 percent of girls younger than 8 show signs of puberty. In a new review of existing data, in the Oct. 4 issue of the journal Pediatrics, Dr. Paul B. Kaplowitz, Dr. Sharon E. Oberfield and members of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, concluded that "the onset of breast development between 7 and 8 years of age in white girls and between 6 and 8 years in African-American girls may be part of the normal broad variation in the timing of puberty and not, in most cases, a pathological state." Breast development is stimulated by estrogen, which is released from the ovaries upon a hormonal signal from the pituitary gland. The growth of pubic hair, however, is a result of stimulation by androgen, the so-called male sex hormone, also produced by the ovaries. There has been much speculation about why earlier maturation may be occurring in girls, especially because there has been no apparent advance (and no racial difference) in the onset of puberty in boys. For girls, better nutrition over all and fewer infectious diseases no doubt play a role, because these trends result in more consistent growth. The increase in childhood obesity may also be a factor, because fatty tissue is a source of the sex hormone estrogen. Another suggested possibility is increased exposure to certain plastics and insecticides that degrade into substances that have estrogenlike effects. But whatever the reasons, the phenomenon is real and, to many parents, worrisome. The new report by Dr. Kaplowitz of the Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. Oberfield of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and members of the endocrine society should prove reassuring. Effects of Early Maturity Parents of adolescent girls know all too well that life can be an emotional roller coaster, with unpredictable outbursts of temper and outrageous or infuriating behavior. Indeed, precocious puberty has been associated with behavioral problems. In one study of 33 early-maturing girls, as a group, they appeared to be more depressed, socially withdrawn, aggressive and moody than a comparable group of girls who had not yet entered puberty. But another study that followed girls with precocious puberty to age 17 1/2 found that they suffered no lasting psychological effects, except a tendency toward excessive psychosomatic complaints. Although girls undergoing early sexual maturation may be far from their teenage years, parents would probably do well to read up on how to cope with an adolescent and what is considered the range of normal behavior for this often volatile time of life. Another common concern involves the ability of girls as young as 7 or 8 to cope with menstruation. Dr. Kaplowitz and his colleagues point out that a 7-year-old who is developing breasts will not undergo the start of menstrual cycles, or menarche, for another two years. That time gap should give parents and pediatricians enough time to prepare. Also, once a girl starts menstruating, she is potentially able to become pregnant and needs explicit sex education. Adults who wait too long end up with pregnant 13-year-old girls. But the main concern for pediatr
[CTRL] Failed trade talks had "no chance" of consensus
-Caveat Lector- > WTO '99: Failed trade talks had "no chance" of consensus > 6-Dec-99 00:22 > SEATTLE --Talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting > here - intended to launch a major new international trade round - broke-up > Friday night when negotiators conceded that there was no chance of > reaching consensus. > Negotiators told reporters that they were not even close to agreeing on > fundamental issues such as the scope of a new trade round or the basic > governing procedures the WTO should use to negotiate terms of agreements. > Environmental, consumer and labour groups hailed the talks failure, saying > that it was a major blow to efforts to expand the WTO. > Progress on a number of issues of importance to the chemical industry will > have to wait until WTO members can muster consensus for launching a new > round of trade talks. Among key chemical industry issues left unresolved > were accelerated tariff liberalisation, reduction in non-tariff > impediments to trade, harmonised international regulations governing trade > in genetically modified organisms, and enhanced intellectual property > protections. > US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky told reporters that the WTO > might hold a meeting within 6-12 months in another attempt to set an > agenda for a trade agreement. > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] NASA cover up?
-Caveat Lector- Mr Scwartz downloaded the report of NASA's Mishap Investigation Board on the Mars Climate Orbiter failure from their site a few weeks ago, but a search this evening disclosed that is no longer there. He placed a copy on his own web site: http://www.sba.oakland.edu/faculty/schwartz/nasa/mco_report.pdf. Check it out and you'll not wonder why they took it off. "Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense." George Orwell, 1984 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] US education board advises against drugs for behavioural problems
-Caveat Lector- Fromtoday's BMJ BMJ 1999;319:1456 ( 4 December ) News extra US education board advises against drugs for behavioural problems Fred Charatan Florida A US board of education has passed a resolution urging teachers to use discipline and instruction to overcome problem behaviour in the classroom, rather than encouraging parents to seek drug treatment for their children. The resolution passed by Colorado Board of Education carries no legal weight but sounds a warning on the growing use of drugs such as Ritalin (methylphenidate hydrochloride) to deal with disruptive behaviour in schools. Board members supporting the resolution believed that many violent crimes committed by school students are committed by young people taking psychotropic drugs. In the massacre last spring at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, one of the teenage shooters, Eric Harris, had been taking the antidepressant Luvox (fluvoxamine). Full text: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7223/1456/c DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] New Book Challenges Theories of AIDS Origins
-Caveat Lector- -Caveat Lector- It is not real. The AIDS disease is for eliminate "useless eaters". On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:39:55 +0200, Taylor, John (JH) wrote: >Is AIDS a disaster inadvertently brought on by humans that arose from early >testing of a polio vaccine in Africa in the 1950's? There has firstly no real evidence pointing to this.(although a lot of speculation) secondly look at who it is killing- in order of those most affected- from lowest to highest as %- based on world wide, US and SA Data 1 chinese 2 Indopakesh(Indian) 3 Arab muslim 4 Northern Europeans 5 Hispanics 6 blacks. since the first 2 groups consist 2bn+ of the world population it is not a very effective tool. John DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Venona, McCarthy, Spying in America
-Caveat Lector- From New York Times Nov. 28, 1999 Cold War Without End With the opening of long-secret files and a spate of new books, the battle over moles and spies and Redbaiting rages on -- even without Communism. For those naming names and crying smear, the political is all bitterly personal. By JACOB WEISBERG Photographs by JEFF RIEDEL Herb Romerstein at home in suburban Washington with his collection of Communist memorabilia. Wandering around Herb Romerstein's house, but not knowing Herb Romerstein, you might think you had happened upon the lair of America's last surviving Stalinist. On the walls hang tattered posters for Popular Front rallies and Communist candidates. Knickknack cases display K.G.B. medals and yellowing photos of Bolshevik heroes. In the basement is the "Felix Dzerzhinsky Memorial Library," named for the founder of Lenin's secret police. Crammed into every corner are books, transcripts, pamphlets and files that constitute a vast archive on American Communism. Completing the picture, a snow-white spitz guards the trove. Romerstein, a dapper little man with a bushy mustache and silver hair brushed into a Stalin pompadour, was indeed a Stalinist -- 50 years ago, when he began his collection as a teenager in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. But by the time he graduated from high school he was an ex-Communist, and then, while serving in the Korean War, he became an anti-Communist. And after returning home, he went to work as a professional Red hunter. He was first employed by one of those panels that now evokes a lost world -- the New York State Legislature's investigation into Communist summer camps and charities. In the 1960's, as the hunt for Communists waned, he became the chief investigator on the Republican side for the House Committee on Internal Security, which had been the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Several years after the committee closed up shop, he joined the Reagan administration, where he headed the Office to Counter Soviet Disinformation, part of the United States Information Agency. Since retiring from the government 10 years ago, Romerstein has continued to function as a scourge of American Communism. For the past several years he has been working on a study of Soviet espionage in the United States, which began as a collaboration with the conservative journalist Eric Breindel, who died last year. The book, which is under contract to Basic Books, is based largely on Romerstein's well-informed and highly aggressive reading of the "Venona" documents, Soviet cable traffic from the 1940's that began being decrypted by the National Security Agency (N.S.A.) more than 50 years ago but was only released beginning in 1995. Romerstein intends his book to be an expose of Americans who spied for Moscow as well as a vindication of the much-maligned HUAC. Among the dead people he is expected to claim were Soviet spies are Harry Hopkins, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's closest aide, whom Romerstein identifies as the mysterious "Agent 19"; J. Robert Oppenheimer, the chief scientist on the Manhattan Project; and I.F. Stone, the revered liberal journalist. If it is ever completed, Romerstein's book will be an especially intense volley in the cold war that remains alive and bitter in American cultural and intellectual circles 10 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The collapse of the Soviet Empire might have been expected to lend a sense of perspective and even forgiveness to the subjects of Communism, McCarthyism and espionage. Instead, the vanished stakes seem only to have inflamed an argument in which terms like smear and treason, fellow traveler and Redbaiter and Stalinist and McCarthyite have often been less a matter of politics or patriotism than of personal identity. Wrapped up in the American intelligentsia's ongoing cold war are unresolved feelings of personal betrayal and the Oedipal conflicts of red-diaper babies. There are, too, broader family matters of ethnicity and belonging: it is impossible not to notice that nearly everyone doing the arguing is Jewish, as are most of the people they're arguing about. Communism as a way of organizing a nation-state is finished. But for some, it remains -- or at least fighting about it remains -- the only way to organize a life. he I.F. Stone case provides a point of entry into the caustic accusations, denials and counteraccusations that are the chief weapons in this cold war. Charges against Stone, who died in 1989, first surfaced seven years ago, when Oleg Kalugin, a retired K.G.B. general, implicated Stone as having been a Soviet agent. The allegation was received skeptically, and Kalugin subsequently denied it, saying that Stone was merely a friendly "contact" of the K.G.B.'s. But Romerstein -- drawing on the Venona documents -- argues that Stone had a relationship during the Second World War with a K.
[CTRL] New Book Challenges Theories of AIDS Origins
-Caveat Lector- New York Times November 30, 1999 THE DOCTOR'S WORLD New Book Challenges Theories of AIDS Origins By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D. Is AIDS a disaster inadvertently brought on by humans that arose from early testing of a polio vaccine in Africa in the 1950's? In ``The River,'' Edward Hooper finds disturbing links between an experimental oral polio vaccine _ being given here in L eopoldville (now Kinshasa, Congo) in 1959 _ and the beginnings of the AIDS virus. The virus, he says, could have originated in chimpanzee tissues that he suggests were used to make the vaccine. This provocative theory seemed far-fetched when it first came to public attention in an article in Rolling Stone in 1992. Most AIDS experts dismissed it after a scientific committee reviewed the theory and deemed the probability very low. But that panel based its conclusion in part on a published finding that was later shown to be in error. And now a remarkable new book by a British journalist offers tantalizing clues to revive and expand the polio vaccine theory. In "The River" (Little, Brown, $35), Edward Hooper suggests that an experimental oral polio vaccine might have been made with chimpanzee tissue contaminated with an ancestor of the virus that was to cause AIDS. Although he has no medical expertise, Hooper, 48, has done a prodigious amount of research since 1990. In 1,070 pages, including extensive footnotes, he builds a case based entirely on circumstantial evidence that he accumulated in hundreds of interviews and exhaustive library research. He finds close coincidence in both time and place between the earliest cases of AIDS and the testing of an oral vaccine developed at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia and, later, in two laboratories in Belgium. From 1957 to 1960, the vaccine was given to a million people in what are now Rwanda, Burundi and Congo. If the experimental vaccine was contaminated, nothing could have been done about it because tests for the ancestor virus did not exist then. And it would have been a one-time event because standard polio vaccines were not made from chimpanzee tissues. Of 28 cases of AIDS acquired in specified towns in Africa through 1980, 23 were from the same towns where the experimental vaccine was given or within 175 miles of them. The area is the epicenter of the African epidemic, which is the worst in the world. And there is precedent for a simian virus's lurking in polio vaccine: millions of Americans were inadvertently infected with such a virus, SV-40, in the 1950's and early 1960's. (Fortunately, it was not harmful.) But in 1967, several laboratory workers in Germany died from the newly discovered Marburg virus after it had been imported in African green monkeys. The virus is harmless for the monkeys but lethal for humans. The similarities Hooper describes could be coincidence. "The River" does not prove his extraordinary theory, nor does it claim to. But it builds a sufficiently detailed case to require serious examination of his theory. Attempts to find answers require extensive research, and in the book and in subsequent interviews Hooper has offered a long list of suggestions, including laboratory testing of the small amounts of vaccine that still exist after having been stored for more than 40 years. Because the vaccine may have degraded over the decades, performing all the proposed research might still not determine whether it accidentally touched off the AIDS epidemic. And even if a simian virus turned up in the stored samples, it would not prove that it started the epidemic. Still, even if the vaccine thesis is disproved, Hooper's research has embarrassed scientists. He has found that leading researchers kept sloppy records and that prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals published reports that omitted crucial details. Despite a diligent search, Hooper could turn up no records of what primate tissues were used to prepare the first experimental polio vaccines, which were tested mostly in Africa but also in the United States and Europe. Though the government requires more record keeping today, scientists say there is ample room for improvement. With the exception of a negative review in the journal Nature, experts writing in scientific journals have praised Hooper's diligence and scholarship and the plausibility of the thesis, even if they are skeptical of it. In the journal Science, Dr. Robin A. Weiss, a leading virologist in London, wrote that Hooper had written the most exhaustive history of polio vaccine trials and early AIDS cases. The Wistar Institute, the first independent medical research center in the United States, appointed the 1992 panel to examine the theory that its vaccine might have touched off the AIDS epidemic. Now it says it is trying to find independent experts to do what they were unwilling to do seven years ago, when the panel recommended testi
[CTRL] Daniel Pipes on "How Dare You Defame Islam" (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- "How Dare You Defame Islam" Daniel Pipes Commentary November 1999 The problem began in January 1989. That was when Muslims living inBradford, England, decided to do something to show their anger about The Satanic Verses, a new novel by the famed writer Salman Rushdie that includedpassages making fun of the Prophet Muhammad. The Muslims, mostly Pakistaniimmigrants, purchased a copy of the novel, took it to a public square, attached it to a stake, and set it on fire. Television news showed this auto da fé in scandalized detail, and pictures of the scene were splashed across the British media for days, making it a major topic of discussion throughoutthe country. In Pakistan itself, after a month's buildup, an unruly mob of some 10,000 anti-Rushdie protesters took to the streets of the capital city of Islamabad. Marching to the American Cultural Center (a fact significant in itself), they attempted with great energy, but without success, to set the heavily fortified building on fire. Six people died in the violence, andmany more were injured. These events, in turn, caught the attention of Ayatollah Khomeini, the revolutionary ruler of Iran, who took prompt and drastic action: on February 14, 1989, he called upon "all zealous Muslims quicklyto execute" not just Salman Rushdie as the author of The Satanic Verses but"all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content." Thisedict led to emergency measures in England to protect Rushdie's person, and to weeks and months of intense debate among the world's politicians and intellectuals about the issues of freedom of speech and blasphemy. When the dust settled, Khomeini had failed in his specific goal of eliminating Rushdie physically: today, over a decade later, the author is once again writing well-received books and accepting literary awards. Butif Khomeini did not manage to harm Rushdie, he did accomplish something farmore profound: he stirred the souls of many Muslims, reviving a sense of confidence in their faith and a strong impatience with any denigration ofit, as well as a determination to take the offensive against anyone perceivedto be a blasphemer or even a critic. Although Khomeini himself passed from the scene just weeks after issuing his decree, the spirit it engendered is very much alive. During the decade since 1989, many efforts have been undertaken bythe forces of Islamism-otherwise known as Muslim fundamentalism-to silence critics. Ranging from outright violence to more sophisticated but no less effective techniques, they have produced impressive results. Some early acts of physical intimidation involved the Rushdie case itself. Translators of The Satanic Verses were stabbed and seriouslyinjured in Norway and Italy and, in Japan, murdered. In Turkey, another translator escaped when a fire set in his hotel failed to kill him, but 37 others died in the blaze. Other acts of violence were designed to punish both Muslimsand non-Muslims for a variety of alleged offenses. Egypt alone offers a number of examples. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, a professor of literature who wrote that certain references in the Qur'an to supernatural phenomena should be read as metaphors, found his marriage dissolved by an Egyptian court on the grounds that his writings proved himan apostate. (According to Islamic law, a Muslim woman may not be married to a non-Muslim.) Another case involved the author of a nonconformist essay on Islam: he, his publisher, and the book's printer were each sentenced toeight years in jail on the charge of blasphemy. Farag Foda, an Egyptian intellectual who expressed scorn for the Islamist program, was shot and murdered. And Naguib Mahfouz, the elderly and much-celebrated Nobel Prize laureate for literature, was seriously injured in Cairo when an assailant knifed him in the neck, presumably in revenge for an allegorical novel written decades earlier. Nor has the campaign been limited to Muslim-majority countries. Makin Morcos, also an Egyptian, was killed in Australia for criticizing the Islamists' anti-Christian campaign in his native country; Rashad Khalifa, a biochemist from Egypt living in Tucson, Arizona, was stabbed to death in January 1990 to silence his heretical ideas. (A member of Usama bin Laden's gang has been implicated in the latter murder.) Both these incidents sent a chilling message: you can run but you cannot hide. Nor, finally, is the campaign in Western countries limited toviolence or threats of violence against Muslims; it also extends to non-Muslims. In some cases, purely private matters may be at issue: Jack Briggs, an Englishman, has been on the lam for years, hiding with his wife from her Pakistani family who have vowed to kill both of them (even though they are properly married and even though he converted to Islam to win their approval). Other cases concern publicly expressed views: Steven Emerson, a former Senate aide and investigative reporter for
Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Monday #1 - 11/29/99
-Caveat Lector- HOLY BLOOD is a fascinating book, laying the groundwork for many of the conspiracies that are currently under discussion. And it points out just what a sham Xianity is. Read and learn. - Ive read the book. Its a wave of speculation on levels of unsubstantiability.(but very well written) They themselves admit that they are noy unbiased searchers after the truth. Their dead sea scrolls deception was in the end total nonsense and when samisdat copies of the remaining scrolls came availlable there were no wild revelations, (except the qumran people had some interest in astrology.) The gnostics denied the value of the flesh and hence either became super spiritual and became ascetics or became super physical with wild libertine sexual parties. As part of the knowledge they presented, was that since the flesh was unimportant hence there Jesus must have been either a phantasm or the spirit left a physical man before death. Methinks however, that we all tend believe what we predisposed, and that sceptics are true believers when it comes to their core beliefs. Read and learn. John DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] In Private and only between consenting adults
-Caveat Lector- PILGRIMS IN ISRAEL WILL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS JERUSALEM, NOV 28 (ZENIT).- Crucifixes and Christmas trees will be prohibited in hotel lobbies this Christmas because they are offensive to Jews. Although the principal Rabbis of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are allowing celebrations on Christmas eve and Christmas Day in hotels, these must be held behind closed doors in private rooms, Meir Lau, the principal Rabbi of the Ashkenazim in Israel said. "The crucifix is contrary to Jewish religion," he said and added that the exposition of a cross or Christmas tree "is prohibited for a Jew." This year, the situation is complicated because Christmas eve is on a Friday, when the Jewish Sabbath begins. Lau said that on Friday night there can be no music in hotels because "music, with microphones is a profanation of the Sabbath." However, he said Christmas could be celebrated behind closed doors in a private room. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Immigration woes
-Caveat Lector- Israelis Debate Immigration Laws By MARK LAVIE Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) -- The bedrock of the Jewish state-a law that grants Israeli citizenship to anyone with a Jewish grandparent-is coming under the harshest attack in years, amid allegations it has enabled hundreds of thousands of non-Jews to immigrate. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, with the support of some government officials, proposed this week that the Law of Return be tightened. "Even sacred cows are slaughtered sometimes," Rahamim Malul, a lawmaker from the religious Shas party, asserted Monday. Prime Minister Ehud Barak staunchly opposes restricting immigration, angrily insisting at a Cabinet session Sunday that the law would not be amended as long as he is prime minister. The debate reflects the disagreement between secular Zionists and observant Jews about what Israel should look like. For the religious, the most important value is to preserve the Jewish character of Israel, while Zionists believe immigration should be encouraged at all costs. The recent debate was triggered by figures showing that non-Jews outnumbered Jews, 55 percent to 45 percent, among immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the first three months of 1999. Rabbis have complained that the influx of non-Jews has led to a proliferation of butcher shops selling pork, despite religious laws that prohibit Jews from eating it. Others warn that non-Jews from the former Soviet Union, estimated at 225,000 of Israel's 6 million citizens, are amassing increasing political clout. "The loopholes in the law must be closed," warned Malul, "so that the state will not turn into a country where a large percentage of its citizens are gentiles." The Law of Return was conceived five decades ago, when Israel was a poor, besieged, fledgling nation where survivors of Holocaust-ravaged Europe and Jews from Arab countries sought shelter. Now that Israel is a prosperous country with a per capita income on a European scale, some fear non-Jews from economically depressed areas may be lured by generous government benefits for newcomers. Faced with the statistics, officials in the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption have drawn up a proposal for restricting non-Jewish immigration. It aims at reducing the number of non-Jewish descendants who can gain automatic citizenship because of a distant Jewish ancestor. However, ministry spokeswoman Michal Aharoni said the proposal "will never be the policy of the ministry." The minister for immigrant absorption, Yuli Tamir, opposes restrictions on immigration. Cabinet Minister Haim Ramon said the Law of Return is the basis of the Jewish state, offering a home to Jews "in the wide definition and not the narrow religious definition." Under religious law, a person is a Jew if his mother is Jewish. The Law of Return recognizes a much wider category as eligible for citizenship. Ramon said experience shows that even those who are technically non-Jewish "become good Jews in a few years." Yet even some immigrants from the former Soviet Union feel it is time to make changes. Yuri Stern, a member of parliament from Israel Beiteinu, a party representing the immigrants, said those with no link to the Jewish people must be stopped from immigrating. Though his party stands to benefit from additional immigrant votes, Jewish or not, Stern warned that Israel could face a demographic problem if no changes are made. AP-NY-11-29-99 1442EDT DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] SADF brain research 'terrifying'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.bday.co.za/99/1130/news/n20.htm SADF brain research 'terrifying' PRETORIA - The SA Defence Force (SADF) was involved in highly secretive research in the early 1990s into changing people's brain functions, the Pretoria High Court heard yesterday. Jaap Cilliers, counsel for the apartheid government's chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson, put it to former SADF surgeon-general Niel Knobel that the research "terrified the world" because it was feared it could be abused to permanently alter people's brains to make them passive or aggressive. Knobel said he had been aware that highly specialised equipment was imported for AIDS research and knew this equipment was also used in research on substances to incapacitate crowds - including the drugs mandrax and ecstasy. However, he found it difficult to comment on claims by Basson that the same equipment was also used in studies on altering brain function. The then defence minister decided it would be in SA's best interest to scrap the programme and destroy all drugs the SADF had bought shortly before. Knobel agreed with Cilliers that the whole idea to stockpile drugs on a large scale had been approved by former state president FW de Klerk. Knobel expressed surprise that Gen Lothar Neethling, former forensic head of the SA Police (SAP), had been aware of the SADF's involvement in research on drugs, although he knew the SAP had provided drugs, confiscated in police actions, to Basson for research. He confirmed the defence minister had given permission to the SADF to possess drugs for research. Cilliers revealed Basson had, at the height of the apartheid era, bought raw materials for the manufacture of drugs from the Croatian government in a joint operation with the Swiss secret service, which, he believed, would get "nuclear technology" out of the deal. Knobel said the SADF's chemical and biological warfare programme, Project Coast, did research on deadly substances in the 1980s to protect SA troops. He said he had been upset by a 1992 decision by De Klerk to fire 23 SADF officers, including Basson, on the strength of a verbal report by Gen Niel Steyn. As Project Coast was at a delicate stage, the SADF could not afford to lose Basson. An agreement was reached that he would work for the SADF in a private capacity. - Sapa. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Beat whites, Zimbabwe blacks urged
-Caveat Lector- Electronic Telegraph, UK ISSUE 1646 Saturday 27 November 1999 Beat whites, Zimbabwe blacks urged By Anton La Guardia in Johannesburg ZIMBABWEAN MPs have called on blacks to attack whites on the streets of the capital, Harare, in the latest racist diatribe from President Mugabe's ruling party. "Time has come when instant justice must be meted out," said Moses Mvenge, chief whip of the ruling Zanu-PF party during a debate on Thursday night. One MP said whites should be beaten in Harare's main thoroughfare, First Street, to deter "racism". Another denounced Indians who own property in the city centre and white farmers who control most of the country's best farmland. "I think what our Rhodesians want is force. A racist must taste his or her own medicine," one MP, Michael Mataure, told applauding colleagues in parliament. Zimbabwe is living through its worst economic crisis since the end of white minority rule in the former Rhodesia in 1980. Inflation is running at about 70 per cent, health services are in chaos and thousands of Zimbabweans die every month of Aids. There has been a rise in hostile rhetoric against the 70,000 whites who still live in the country, led by the president, who has threatened to confiscate their farms without compensation if Britain does not pay it. © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] The curious history of Dolphin's Ketan Somaia
-Caveat Lector- The constitution chosen by the ANC (and accepted by the nationalists) is virtually a model of the Italian, with highly centralised control of the country. The national legislature virtually can control both regional and local authorities. The ANC has also centralised control of entire criminal justice system(both the police and Judiciary) with the purpose of promoting transformation(in effect pushing out whites and putting ANC cronies into power). The entire system whether delibrately or accidentally is being set up so that small financially wealthy interest groups will be able to dominate the entire countries wealth through the ANC politburo. I tend to believe that the ANC is doing this in innocence as they are followers of the leninist idea of removing checks and balances in order to do the maximum "good".(unrestrained by bourgeois laws or attitudes) but this will set up a system which allows unrestrainesd power in the name of democracy and transformation. John (A separate question- Hitler was the democratically elected leader of germany. Wasn't also the prime minister of Rwanda who instituted the genocide democratically elected? ) -Original Message- From: Kris Millegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 November 1999 09:09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] The curious history of Dolphin's Ketan Somaia -Caveat Lector- from: http://www.mg.co.za/mg/news/99jan2/25jan-dolphin.html Click Here: http://www.mg.co.za/mg/news/99jan2/25jan-dolphin.html">Da ily Mail&Guardian: The curious history of Dol... - Johannesburg, South Africa. January 25, 1999 The curious history of Dolphin's Ketan Somaia A Kenyan writer expresses astonishment at the continued success of the Dolphin Group in South Africa. I 'M sure I'm not the only Kenyan who was surprised to read that Ketan Somaia of the Gulf-based Dolphin Group of companies is once again embroiled in questionable business in South Africa, this time over an arms deal. Since 1996, many people here in Nairobi have been amazed to find that Somaia's company was involved in a game reserve deal in Mpumalanga and that he seemed to be taken seriously by some senior people like Mathews Phosa in South Africa. The following is what many people in Kenya believe of Somaia: T His big break in Kenya was in 1985 when he was awarded a contract to supply equipment to the All Africa Games that were held in Nairobi that year. The extent to which the costs in this deal were inflated is considered the start of the practice of politically connected people being paid by the government to "supply air" -- because it entails being paid for goods that are not delivered. Somaia's political godfather was the late Hezekiah Oyugi, a permanent secretary in the Office of the President in charge of Provincial Administration and Internal Security - the man who signed detention without trial orders in Kenya. A series of huge contracts to supply computers, military equipment, etc were won by Somaia in the five years between 1985 and 1990. Enraged that he had lost out on a contract in this country to Somaia, the late Tiny Rowland of Lonrho wrote to the president saying Somaia had shown him blank Kenya government procurement papers with all the spaces for figures left blank. Rowland said Somaia boasted that he simply inserted whatever figure he wanted and invited Lonrho to work with him. To date, the series of "air supply" deals perpetrated by Somaia remain prominent features in the reports of the Kenya government's Controller and Auditor General. Hezekiah Oyugi was eventually implicated in the grisly murder of Kenya's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Robert Ouko, in 1990. Local and international outrage led to the temporary arrest of both Oyugi and the much reviled Nicholas Biwott (then minister of Energy). Policemen and relatives who met the previously extremely arrogant Oyugi when he and Biwott were being held by police, say that the man's fall from grace had caused him to have a nervous breakdown. He wept uncontrollably and wore an old pullover full of holes. After his release he fell ill and died soon after in circumstances his family and many Kenyans believe were suspicious. With his godfather out of the way, Somaia left Kenya and moved to the Gulf. An earlier UK Pounds 500,000 donation to Margaret Thatcher's British Conservative Party, plus dealings with Mark Thatcher, meant Somaia was able to convince former Conservative Party chairman Cecil Parkinson to become chairman of the Dolphin Group of Companies. Kenyan journalists shake their heads in utter amazement when they hear that not only has Somaia escaped a Kenyan prison, but he is actually trying to present himself as a respectable businessman in South Africa and some people are taking him seriously. The issue that South Africans should keep in mind when Somaia tries to broker these deals in your country is that the entire Dolphin
Re: [CTRL] When should a Christian disobey the civil government?
-Caveat Lector- I heard an interesting talk (by someone opposing apartheid) to the effect that Romans 13, teaches obedience to government but places the limits on the role of government. Like all good rich liberals however, the bloke left when reality arrived. -Original Message- From: BARD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 November 1999 07:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] When should a Christian disobey the civil government? -Caveat Lector- *** ... far and wide. *** When should a Christian disobey the civil government? (Rom. 13:7; Acts 5:27-29) When a civil government refuses people the liberty to worship and obey God freely, it has lost its mandate of authority from God. Then the Christian should feel justified in disobeying. Thomas Jefferson believed that when a government began to be tyannical, it was the right and even the DUTY of the citizens to rebel against that government. The Christian, however, is called to bear with his government whenever possible. Jesus did not call for revolution against Rome, even though it was an oppressive conqueror of Israel. On the other hand, the apostles refused to obey an order not to preach and teach in Jesus' name (Acts 5:27-29). Whenever the civil government forbids the practice of things that God has commanded us to do, or tells us to do things He has commanded us not to do, then we are on solid ground in disobeying the government. Blind obedience to government is never right. However difficult or costly it may be, we all must reserve the right to say no to things that we consider oppressive or immoral. Source: Spirit Filled Life Bible-New King James Version (1991), Thomas Nelson Publishers --- Brothers and Sisters, The first thing I think of to say No to is the thugs use of the fiat paper that they force from us and give to foreigners, and its use to fund abortions for the poor. How about you? If this Post is sent far and wide, I'm sure there are many other bona-fide reasons to disobey our present corrupt civil government. Time is short! The arrogance of our elected thugs only indicates they have no intention of upholding the their oath of office and continue to suck blood from the tits of the special interests to enable them to be re-elected to ensure the endless abuse of the citizenry by legislating for the sole benefit for their criminal supporters. If we don't correct this situation come 11/2000 I am extremely fearful of what the future holds for our Nation; we can't wait for Joe Sixpack to learn the Truth and haul his arse to the polling place. What's happening, of course, is the blind obedience of the citizens to the legislation passed by the very thugs we are electing. How much longer are we going to tolerate the massive misuse of the citizens personal resources for the benefit of the global corporate thieves, and for the use of propping up dictarships around the world. Paying hundreds of billions in interest to holders of our debt (primarily banksters) is in itself obscene. Any member of Congress who votes in favor foreign aid, and corporate welfare, and pork projects, in my view has committed theft of the citizenery and should be charged, prosecuted, convicted, and jailed for theft. (Seems to me, if i recall correctly, if this was done in jolly Old England the tyants would be hung and quartered.) Regards, Bard I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us? Don't tell! They'd advertise, you know. How dreary to be Somebody. How public, like a frog, To tell one's name the livelong June To an admiring bog. -- Emily Dickinson "We have fled from the political Sodom; let us not look back, lest we perish and become a monument of infamy and derision to the world" -- Samuel Adams (An Oration Delivered at the State House in Philadelphia, to a Very Numerous Audience, on Thursday the 1st of August, 1776 Source of Quotation: Fighting for Liberty and Virtue: Political and Cultural Wars in Eighteenth-Century America, by Marvin Olasky (1995) DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: htt
Re: [CTRL] Why I am a Homophobe response
-Caveat Lector- although the libertarian system has much to commend it, and of all the secular systems it is the most attractive, it fails on a number of key areas. Primarily it avoids the whole issue of community. It imposes on the state that people are not allowed to express deep seated convictions in a public arena and ultimately denying freedom of association. a society without common value system will remain at war with itself and will fight until a certain value system predominates. Also it has no ability to define values systems. What purpose is there in honesty except if it contradicts the power of the state. If liberterians are consistent, then there should be no tax, if no tax who polices, if no police how are conflicts settled, if there is no state, who is to stop invasion. Libertarianism will be not self consistent and unmanageable. In SA we have moved from one form of racist corporatist state to another form of racist corpoatist state(with a 4 year liberal interlude). In multiracial state with strong group identities, the libertarian ideal again falls apart. Also all government systems have a fundamental world view that is based on faith. those who think that they are fully bound by reason are usually those most deluded by their own faith. John Interesting sites on homosexuality(and related topics) Christian http://home.earthlink.net/~lively/pscont.htm#anchor210167 http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/index.html Darwinian http://www.lrainc.com/swtaboo/stalkers/em_homosexuality.html http://home.att.net/~nuenke1/ Homosexual http://www.glaad.org/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 November 1999 06:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Why I am not a Homophobe response -Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/28/99 4:08:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Thankfully ,there are laws that prevent Christians and all religions from > using the force of a gun as an evangelistic tool in the US. If you have > experienced such a thing you do have recourse.And lastly I did not see any > other posts that pointedly expressed a Christian belief other than mine,so I > must assume that you meant those remarks toward me. I do not assume that the > world revolves around me or any single group of people. I do not like in > your > face tactics but if you truly beleive such assaults help win people to your > cause---well, only time will tell if they are effective. Karen Kerr > Do not think this is directed at anyone in particular (if I might speak for nessie). There are many on this list that espouse Christian views. The FACT that Christian thought has dominated the Western Tradition for hundreds of years cannot be denied. This is what makes comments like those of nessie and other have validity. There is a view in SOME Christian circles that TAKE FOR GRANTED the inherent "rightness" and "superiority" of their viewpoint, and also take for granted that Christian thought dominates the mindset of this country so that they can espouse their views to the detriment of others with impunity, knowing that the majority of people will at least pay lip service to what they are saying if not openly defending it. Christianity AS IT IS PRACTICED BY ORGANIZED MAINSTREAM CHURCHES is remarkably intolerant, in that ALL OTHER religious groups (except perhaps a small number of Jews) are doomed to be destroyed unless they convert. To be sure their are other groups that do this as well, so I do not paint the established church as the only culprit, neither do I presume that all members of even the established churches hold to this view. But this idea manifests in the way in which these Christian groups interact with others. The idea that their position is the only one that offers salvation and a moral imperative to "save" others, even from themselves, makes the tactics described almost inevitable, even if the best intentions are meant. Do not take my words to be a diatribe against anyone's belief, or faith, since such things are of individual import, thus even if one wants to follow a system that I wholly disagree with I will defend their right to practice and preach it (though in a "Libertarian" framework, which does not allow their practice to encroach upon my right to be free from the actions of others that I consider harmful or a nuisance to me). There is much to be commended within the Christian system, and much to hold in contempt, it is best to examine it AND all other religious systems in light of one's own belief structure and come to conclusions that have meaning and validity to your own life, based upon your own faith. ** *** "Welcome to the desert of the real." Morpheus, "The Matrix". "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We
[CTRL] US Anti-Gay GroupsÉ
-Caveat Lector- <> To quote the red queen, a word means what I define it to mean. And a 'hate crime' has a higher order of meaning.that is a hate crime is what I can use to shut people up but with an ordinary murder I cant DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] NYT Daily review of Kolata's Flu
-Caveat Lector- New York Times November 26, 1999 BOOKS OF THE TIMES `Flu': Medical Sleuths Stalk One of History's Great Killers By HELEN FISHER In September 1918 a mass murderer was on the loose. Europeans, Americans, Asians, Africans, Eskimos, Polynesians, men and women from the Arctic to Australia died in hours from this killer. In Ottawa streetcars were largely empty, theaters and movie houses were dark. In Reading, England, schools turned into hospitals, and morgues. In Cape Town coffins became so scarce that many of the dead were buried in mass graves. More Americans died by this mighty hand than were killed in all the battles of World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War: half a million in all. In the corridors of some city morgues in the United States, bodies were stacked four feet deep. American baseball players and their fans wore gauze masks. They feared the 1918 influenza, which came to be known as the Spanish flu. Its cause: a mystery. Its cure: none. Doctors recommended food, fresh air and tender loving care. They had no treatment, and no vaccine. Some 20 percent of victims recovered without incident; many more died within days. The virologist John Oxford has called it "the biggest outbreak of any infectious disease ever known, bigger than the Black Death." Epidemiologists have estimated that 20 million to 100 million people died worldwide. Then the pestilence vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. In "Flu," Gina Kolata, a science reporter for The New York Times, writes of this 1918 pandemic with verve, clarity and nightmarish detail. The symptoms, for example, were not pretty: a dull headache, burning eyes, chills, fevers, coughing up blood, shortness of breath and death as the lungs deteriorated. Most of Ms. Kolata's book concerns the scientists who have searched to find and identify the 1918 influenza virus in hopes of preventing its horror from revisiting humankind. It is a fascinating tale. As it turns out the major clues were found in the remains of two U.S. Army privates and an Eskimo woman. Pvt. Roscoe Vaughan was a strapping 21-year-old who checked into Camp Jackson near Columbia, S.C., in 1918 and fell sick on Sept. 19. A week later he died. Subsequently a small slice of his lung tissue was saturated with formaldehyde, sunk in a chunk of candle wax smaller than a penny and sent to the archives at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington. As Vaughan lay dying, Pvt. James Downs got chills at Camp Upton, N.Y. On Sept. 26 he succumbed, too. A snippet of his diseased lung was sent to the same archive. Then in mid-November an obese young Eskimo woman left her igloo in a tiny settlement on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska to join a village feast of reindeer meat, hot cakes and blueberries soaked in seal oil. She was welcoming two visitors who had come 90 miles by dog sled from Nome. Then she, too, suddenly began to shudder with fever. Within days her body was placed along with the other infected corpses in a trench in the permafrost. The freezing temperature and her body fat preserved much of her remains, including traces of the dead virus. These three victims would provide a biological "Rosetta stone" for this macabre illness, and those who sought to decipher its clues are interesting characters themselves. One is the retired pathologist Johan V. Hultin, who exhumed the Eskimo woman's corpse, recovering bits of the virus. Another is the dogged virologist Jeffery Taubenberger, who rummaged among the millions of body parts stored in the Armed Forces archive, found the remains of Privates Vaughan and Downs, and gradually pieced together much of the genetic structure of this killer virus. The stories of the men and women who struggled to find the virus, make their reputations, assuage their curiosity and possibly save the world from another disaster are compelling. But I found some of the still-unsolved questions about this epidemic to be even more intriguing. For example, no one knows why this virus had such unprecedented virulence. The answer may lie in an earlier epidemic: the 1890 flu. As one theory goes, people who caught the 1890 flu produced copious quantities of antibodies and then, if the 1918 flu virus had a similar protein on its surface, the antibodies to the 1890 flu might well have turned to fight it, perhaps too strenuously. As Ms. Kolata puts it: "In a gross overresponse to the 1918 virus, armies of white blood cells and fluids could rush to the lungs of flu patients. The healthier people were, and the better their immune systems, the more likely they would be t
[CTRL] FW:for interest...funny numbers
-Caveat Lector- > DON'T CHEAT BY READING DOWN FIRST. IT ONLY TAKES 30 > SECONDS > And Don't read the bottom till you have worked it out, ok? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > First of all, pick the number of days a week that you would like to eat out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Multiply this number by 2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Add 5. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Multiply it by 50 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you have already had your birthday this year, add 1749. > If you haven't, add 1748. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subtract the four digit year that you were born. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You should now have a three digit number: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The first digit of this was your original number > (how many times you wanted to go out each week) > > > > > The second two digits are your age. > > > > > > > This is the only year (1999) it will ever work, so spread the fun around > while it lasts! > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Ecology and the indian
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/111699sci-animal-buffalo.htm l November 16, 1999 Historians Revisit Slaughter on the Plains By JIM ROBBINS ISSOULA, Mont. -- The wanton slaughter of millions of bison in the 19th century by white hide hunters, abetted by a military intent on subjugating Indians, is probably the most famous conservation horror story in United States history. The problem with this tale, a growing number of scholars and historians say, is that it is not true. As portrayed in a number of new books, the real story of the decline of the buffalo involves a significant change in climate, competition for forage and cattle-borne disease. Another major factor, the authors say, were Indian tribes, empowered by the horse and gun and driven to hunt buffaloes for the profits that came from hides and meat. "What most people don't consider in their 'Dances With Wolves' version of history is that Indians were involved in the market," said Dr. Dan Flores, the A.B. Hammond professor of Western history at the University of Montana. "They were cashing in on buffalo in the 1840s as their principal entree into the market economy, and very few species are able to survive when they become a commodity." White hunters who killed buffaloes by the millions in the 1870s and 1880s played a major role in the demise, said Flores, but only as the coup de grace. "The hide hunters are not off the hook," he said. "They share the burden of the final mop-up. But without their involvement, the buffalo would probably have only lasted another 30 years." That is because their numbers had been so greatly reduced by the other factors. The buffalo studies are part of a continuing debate about the role of Indians in Western history. In "The Ecological Indian" (W.W. Norton, 1999), for example, Shepard Krech III, an anthropologist at Brown University, argues against the romantic image of the Indian as the first environmentalist. When Indians had had the means and the motive, he says, they abused nature for profit. Flores, whose work on buffalo has appeared in The Journal of American History and elsewhere, is writing a book on bison under contract with Yale University Press. And Dr. Drew Isenberg, an assistant professor of history at Princeton, has a book called "The Destruction of the Bison: An Environmental History, 1750-1920," which will be published by Cambridge University Press in April. Not everyone subscribes to the new wave. Dr. Vine Deloria Jr., a professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a member of the Standing Rock Sioux, finds the revisionism preposterous. "It's nonsense," he said. "The Indians did not make any appreciable dent in buffalo numbers in the Northern Plains. It's anti-Indian stuff." Indians were involved in the buffalo market, scholars generally agree. Their acquisition of horses and guns made buffalo hunting much easier. As steamboats started plying the Missouri River into the heart of buffalo country in the 1840s, hide hunting by the Kiowa, Blackfeet, Sioux and other Plains tribes soared. For the first time, there was a way to haul the bulky robes back East, where they became popular as a covering during cold weather travel and for leather goods. Indians found they could trade the robes for firearms, lead balls, gunpowder, blankets, textiles, pots and pans and whiskey. Isenberg estimates that before the 1840s, 60,000 Plains Indians were killing half a million bison a year for sustenance. After the robe trade began in the 1840s, that total went over 600,000 a year, "clearly into unsustainable range," he said. While white hunters killed more buffaloes (their total throughout the West is estimated at four million), Flores argues that Indians concentrated their killing on buffalo cows, which had more tender meat and were much easier to skin and treat, resulting in severe damage to the herds' reproductive capacity. Environmental factors play large roles in newer histories of the West. For example, Flores says that the study of tree rings, or dendrochronology, suggests that Indians were so effective in decimating the buffalo because climate had already weakened and diminished the herds. >From the 1500s to the mid-19th century, a period known as the little ice age, tree rings show that the climate in the West was much colder than normal. That favored the grasses buffaloes eat, and they flourished. When a long, widespread drought ended the little ice age in the mid-1800s, the grasses changed and the bison population crashed just as the tribes began market hunting. At the same time, Flores said, buffaloes began having to compete for forage with horses that were brought by the Spaniards to North America in the 1500s and later went feral. By the 1800s, Flores estimates, two million horses were sharing the range with the buffalo. Flores and the others also differ from their predecessors in their use of Indian sources. Many bands of Indians, for exam
[CTRL] A New Americanism-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Caveat Lector- Buchanan speech at CATO Institute A New Americanism Patrick J. Buchanan Last month, the Senate rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The U.S. nuclear arsenal that had deterred Stalin's empire, the Senate said, must be regularly tested for reliability and to reduce the destructive power of these awesome and awful weapons. The Senate was right. But to an enraged President, this was a vindictive vote to rob him of a legacy. He lashed out. The Senate, Mr. Clinton said, has embraced a "new isolationism" that seeks to "bury our heads in the sand behind a wall." A 4000-word tirade against the "New Isolationism" by Samuel Berger quickly followed. As I have been called, among other names, America's leading isolationist, my first thought was that he was giving me credit for his defeat. But what we are witnessing here is something more sinister, a resort by Mr. Clinton to a malicious libel to intimidate and silence any who would interfere with his globalist agenda. And as one who supported every great foreign policy initiative from Kennedy to Reagan, I reject the isolationist label, especially when made by those whose spent their youthful careers marching against the Cold War policies that brought us victory. America has never been an isolationist nation. "No president or national party in the entire history of the United States...ever advocated isolating the United States from the rest of the world," writes historian Wayne Cole. Historian Walter McDougall calls the term isolationist "but a dirty word that interventionists, especially since Pearl Harbor, hurl at anyone who questions their policies." Why did Mr. Clinton revert to it? To divert attention from his lost opportunity to shape a foreign policy that might endure in our post-Cold War world. Where Truman and Acheson succeeded, Clinton, like Wilson, has failed. His first attempt at interventionism and nation-building was the bloody debacle in Somalia. His embargo of Haiti and invasion proved ruinous to the people of that impoverished island, with no appreciable benefit to our Haitian neighbors or their quality of life. To divert attention from a personal scandal, the President fired missiles at a poison gas factory in Sudan. It now appears to have been an innocent pharmaceutical plant. Perhaps Mr. Clinton, who was apologizing for yet another of his predecessors' foreign policy sins, might wish to apologize for one of his own. Consider our relationship with Russia. Ten years ago, Ronald Reagan was being toasted in Moscow. Today, the prevailing wind is anti-Americanism. Not our fault, the Clintonites say. But who broke America's word to the Russians that if they withdrew the Red Army from Eastern Europe, we would not move NATO an inch closer to their frontiers? And what reaction do we expect when we collude with two former Soviet republics, Georgia and Azerbaijan, to build a pipeline to cut Russia out of the oil of the Caspian and ship it to her ancient enemy, Turkey? When enraged Russian generals charge us with meddling in the Caucasus, do they not have a point? That photo of the President in Istanbul, smiling broadly as the oil treaty was toasted, while his Energy Secretary crowed about our "victory," was a provocation. Be assured: Russian nationalists are surely even now plotting to overturn Mr. Clinton's "victory." Mr. Clinton's successes have been in Northern Ireland and the Middle East, where America assumed the role of peacemaker, rather than military interventionist. That is the role the greatest nation on earth should play, one ordained in the Sermon on the Mount. But our Republican elites are even more bellicose. It was his own Republicans who berated President Bush for not marching on Baghdad and establishing a "MacArthur Regency," Republicans who urged air strikes on the North Korean nuclear facilities, thus risking a second Korean War. It was Republicans who denounced Clinton for not sending 200,000 U.S. troops into Belgrade. And it was a Republican Governor of Texas who complained that our war on Serbia was not being prosecuted "ferociously" enough. And it is Republicans who seem to lust most ardently for a new Cold War. In President Bush's final year in office, a startling document surfaced in the Pentagon, detailing a plan to send 6 carrier battle groups and 24 NATO divisions to rescue Lithuania, should Moscow recolonize the republic. This prescription for war with Russia was crafted in the shop of one Paul Wolfowitz. It is not reassuring to see the selfsame Mr. Wolfowitz, one of Governor Bush's "Vulcans," emerging as an early favorite to be Secretary of State. Perhaps the defining foreign policy moment of the Clinton presidency was his unconstitutional war on Serbia. The cause of that war was Madeline Albright' s rage that Serbia would not sign a Rambouillet accord that called for the removal of all its troops from Kosovo, and permission for NATO troops to tramp through their country. No American woul
[CTRL] Far East advertising
-Caveat Lector- Taiwan Company Uses Cartoon Hitler By William Foreman Associated Press Writer Monday, Nov. 22, 1999; 2:36 a.m. EST TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A Taiwanese company is using large subway advertisements that feature a cartoon of a smiling Adolf Hitler to sell German-made electric space heaters. German culture and trade officials in Taipei said today they were appalled by the ad, which shows Hitler in a khaki uniform and black jackboots, his right arm raised high in a Nazi salute. Above him is a slogan that says "Declare war on the cold front!" There are no swastikas in the ad, but the Hitler figure wears a red band around his left arm with a white circle bearing the German manufacturer's name, DBK. Yu-shan Shen of the K.E. and Kingstone trading company said her firm sells the German heaters in Taiwan and designed the ad campaign, which began this month. "We decided to use Hitler because as soon as you see him, you think of Germany. It leaves a deep impression," said Shen, who works in the company's planning and design department. Shen said the company was not worried that the public would have a negative reaction to the ad that features a man who oversaw the killing of millions of Jews during World War II. "Most people in Taiwan are not that sensitive about Hitler," she said. Shen could not say whether the German firm had been informed about the ad. "As always, we do our promotion planning independently, and we report what we have done to DBK afterward," she said in a statement faxed to The Associated Press. DBK, based in the southwest German city of Kandel, could not immediately be reached for comment early today. Patricia Kortmann of the German Cultural Center in Taipei was dismayed by the ad and doubted a German firm would approve it. "It sounds too absurd to me that a German company would agree to such an advertising strategy," Kortmann said. Johannes Goeth of the German Trade Office in Taipei also doubted that the manufacturer knew about the ad beforehand. He said the trade office faxed DBK a letter two weeks ago telling it about the ad and has yet to receive a reply. Both Kortmann and Goeth said the advertisement didn't surprise them because they often encounter Taiwanese who admire Hitler and lack a deep understanding of European history. "Taxi drivers will often tell me Hitler was a great man, very strong," Goeth said. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Now for ANC Maths
-Caveat Lector- 9. MATHS, SCIENCE `STILL EXCLUSIVE': PRETORIA NEWS, 19991118, P.6 - Mathematics and science education still remain in the exclusive preserve of the historically advantaged, Deputy Education Minister Smangaliso Mkhatshwa said yesterday. He was speaking at a function of the Foundation of Education, Science and Technology (Fest) in the city. He added that the field of science in SA was facing a crisis. "The situation is exacerbated by the perceived neutrality of these fields. The common perception is that these fields of inquiry are not related to the political and socio-economic context," Fr Mkhatshwa said. "This is a challenge that any attempt to promoting and understanding culture, science and technology must overcome. One way of promoting the goals of African Renaissance is to make indigenous experiences and knowledge part of parcel of our new curricula and learning materials." --- New maths. Power + ANC+ Previously disadvantaged= corruption + Hatred previously advantaged Is this an irreversible reaction. Discuss DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] raiders of the lost city
-Caveat Lector- Sunday Times- London November 21 1999 BRITAIN Dead Sea sub dives for lost city of Sodom Jonathan Leake, Science Editor SODOM, the biblical world's most sinful city, is about to get its first visitor since Lot left in haste as it was destroyed by heavenly fire 4,000 years ago. A British researcher will this week venture to the bottom of the Dead Sea - where Sodom's remains are thought to lie - in a mini-submarine. Michael Sanders, a Leeds-born biblical scholar, has found what appears to be the remains of the city under the surface of the Dead Sea by studying satellite pictures taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). His findings have been backed by the Dead Sea research unit from Tel Aviv University, whose scholars are on site with him. "We are about to embark on our first dive. Finding the biblical city of Sodom would be the greatest achievement of my life," he said last week. The dives come just as the British Museum prepares to announce the results of its research in the area, which appears to confirm that Sodom was located there. A team excavating a Byzantine church has found what is thought to be the legendary Cave of Lot hidden behind it. According to the Bible, Lot and his daughters took refuge in a cave while Sodom lay smouldering. It was there, thinking they were the last people on Earth, that they decided to start a new generation. To most people, including archeologists, the biblical story of Lot, Sodom and Gomorrah is metaphorical, a warning to sinful humans from the authors of Genesis. No satisfactory archeological evidence of the five lost cities of the plain, of which Sodom and Gomorrah were two, has ever been unearthed. Other scholars, however, including Sanders, believe Sodom and Gomorrah not only existed but that they were also probably destroyed in a catastrophe about 5,000 years ago and that their ruins were engulfed beneath the salty waters of the Dead Sea. Sanders's findings are supported by Dr John Whitaker, a geologist at the University of Leicester, who has found strong evidence of a powerful earthquake in the area at that time. He said in a research paper: "Their remains have not been found because they are now under water. The total disappearance of the Vale of Siddim and its cities beneath the lake would explain the lack of archeological evidence. Further underwater exploration could be revealing." Sanders believes the remains of the ancient cities are to be found off the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, about 10 miles south of Jericho. The orange Delta mini-submarine, on hire at a cost of almost £5,000 a day, was the one used to explore the wreck of the Lusitania. The 10ft-long, 6ft-high vessel was flown into Israel from California last weekend. It holds two people and can stay submerged under hundreds of feet of water for up to three days, but the team will be making only short dives. Sanders watched on Friday as the vessel was winched aboard a barge at the Ein Gedi oasis in preparation for its journey to the northern shore. The Dead Sea may be only about 200 metres deep, but Sanders is diving into murky diplomatic waters. The northwest corner of the sea is in the West Bank, which was ruled by Jordan until the six-day war in 1967 and has been under Israeli military occupation ever since. Now the Palestinians have claimed it for their nascent independent state. The expedition therefore had to be cleared with the Israeli army, the Jordanians and the Palestinians - and if Sanders does find anything down there, there will be a diplomatic battle over ownership. Not everyone is as convinced as Sanders, however. Dr David Neev, a respected Israeli geologist, has dedicated much of his life to the scientific study of the Dead Sea and its surroundings. He rejects Sanders's thesis that Sodom and Gomorrah are lying at the bottom of the northern end of the Dead Sea. "The Bible is not always reliable in its chronology, but its geographical descriptions have always turned out to be perfect. According to the Bible the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah were located at the south end of the Dead Sea, next to Mount Sedom and a long way from Sanders's site," said Neev DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/ar
Re: [CTRL] S.Africa Embassy Spy Scandal
-Caveat Lector- they have also been spying the democratic party(the anc's oficial opposition) -Original Message- From: William Shannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 November 1999 01:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] S.Africa Embassy Spy Scandal -Caveat Lector- Pretoria hit by scandal over embassy bugging By Anton La Guardia in Johannesburg www.telegraph.co.uk THE South African government was embroiled in a spy scandal yesterday after the German embassy and the opposition Democratic Party said they had discovered their premises were being bugged. Joe Nhlanhla, the Intelligence Minister, assured the Democratic Party that the National Intelligence Agency had nothing to do with eavesdropping detected by a private security firm hired by the party. He did not rule out that the "dastardly acts" might have been the work of other security organs or private agents and vowed that "the law will take its course" if any government official were found to be responsible. The accusations follow the discovery on Wednesday of a spy camera outside the German embassy in Pretoria. Bomb disposal officers found the equipment in an upturned dustbin after a security guard spotted wires leading from the bin to a tree. The embassy declined to comment, but the government has expressed concern at the incident and promised to investigate. Mr Nhlanhla acknowledged that the Israeli embassy had previously complained of being bugged. However, he betrayed little real alarm at the possible undermining of South Africa's democracy but criticised the Democratic Party for making the affair public through the media. "These allegations are being made without any shred of evidence being forwarded to substantiate the involvement of South African intelligence services," he said. "On the contrary, intelligence services are treated as guilty until they are proven innocent." The scandal will raise inevitable comparisons with the wholesale surveillance of political opponents carried out by the former apartheid regime. It will inevitably lead to renewed questions about intolerance in the ranks of the ruling African National Congress. The Democratic Party has grown into the largest opposition group but, with 10 per cent of the national vote, it is hardly in a position to threaten the ANC's 66 per cent. But it has been the object of fierce ANC accusations that it seeks to preserve white privilege. The party claimed that several telephone lines in its parliamentary and national offices in Cape Town had been tapped. It also found that the office of its chief whip, Douglas Gibson, and its caucus office in parliament were kept under surveillance with listening devices that monitor sound through windows. The equipment was allegedly operated from a nearby building housing government offices, including the offices of ministers. "I do not go in for smear politics," said Mr Gibson. "But it is extremely distasteful and extremely worrying that, in a democracy with an exemplary liberal democratic constitution, the official opposition should be subjected to this kind of thing." He said party members had periodically suggested having the offices swept by security experts after confidential details of conversations had been leaked. "We are inclined to be suspicious because we know this is what happened under the old order, but at first I resisted all that because I am not paranoid," said Mr Gibson. "There is an uncomfortable parallel with the past. I really hope that it is wrong." The party said it would lay criminal charges next week, which would be investigated by the police. Patricia De Lille, of the radical opposition Pan-Africanist Congress, said: "I have never lost my vigilance of the struggle [against apartheid]. I have been behaving as if my office is bugged all the time and I will obviously have to check it out." The tiny African Christian Democratic Party said it would have its offices swept for bugging devices "because it seems that government is very concerned about any real opposition". DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send em
[CTRL] FW: Gun-related death rate plummets to lowest level since the '60 s
-Caveat Lector- 11/19/99 -- 3:11 AM Gun-related death rate plummets to lowest level since the '60s ATLANTA (AP) - Thanks to a booming economy, falling crime rates and tougher gun control laws, Americans were much less likely to die from gun-related incidents in 1997 than in 1993, according to a new report. The Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that gun deaths in the United States dropped 21 percent over the five-year period, and nonfatal firearm-related injuries fell 41 percent. The study looked at all gunshot wounds - whether intentional, accidental or self-inflicted - reported at emergency rooms. The report said there were 39,595 gun-related deaths in 1993, about 15.4 per 100,000 people. That number fell to 32,436 in 1997, about 12.1 per 100,000. The death rate ``is the lowest it's been since the mid-'60s,'' said J. Lee Annest, a CDC statistician. ``This progress is really encouraging and really says that joint prevention efforts of public health officials, legislators and law enforcement should continue.'' The drop was not unexpected: Homicide rates in the 1990s have fallen to levels not seen since the 1960s, and about two-thirds of all homicides are committed with guns. The latest figures also include suicides and accidental deaths, both of which dropped by 10.9 percent and 38.1 percent, respectively. Nonfatal shootings fell from 104,390 to 64,207 in the same period, or from 40.5 per 100,000 to 24.0. Bill Manown, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, said the numbers prove that more gun laws aren't needed; the laws on the books need to be enforced. ``It is a fact that this substantial drop in gun violence directly correlated to a big increase in gun enforcement by police,'' said Lawrence W. Sherman, a University of Pennsylvania professor who has studied gun policy. ``Police were not treating guns in a preventive sense prior to 1993 and now they are.'' But gun control advocates said the recent focus of keeping guns away from criminals also should be expanded to include those who are emotionally distraught. ``This is something we've known is a problem, but society needs to wake up and address it,'' said Nancy Hwa, spokeswoman for Handgun Control and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence. Some experts also credit a strong economy that has helped reduce overall crime and suicide attempts. Margaret A. Zahn, a North Carolina State University criminology professor, said prosperity has allowed governments to spend more on services that prevent gun violence, such as domestic-violence shelters and youth recreation programs. The CDC also listed such possible factors as an aging population and the waning of the crack trade. Gun control advocates said they are encouraged, but pointed out that even so, an average of 265 people a day were shot in 1997. ``People shouldn't be satisfied,'' Haw said. ``Everybody is still at risk, and the presence of guns should still be a major concern.'' Copyright 1999 Associated Press. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] FW: Protocols author identified
-Caveat Lector- The Electronic Telegraph Friday 19 November 1999 THE author of the notorious anti-Semitic forgery, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, has been identified as a Russian propagandist who served both the Tsar and the Bolsheviks. The Protocols have proved an inspiration for generations of anti-Semites all over the world, despite having proved to be fake within a few decades of their appearance at the beginning of the century. They purport to reveal a secret Jewish-Masonic conspiracy to overthrow monarchy and Christian civilisation through the manipulation of wars, revolutions and capitalism, paving the way for world Jewish domination. Research by a leading Russian historian, Mikhail Lepekhine, in recently opened archives has found the forgery to be the work of Mathieu Golovinski, opportunistic scion of an aristocratic but rebellious family who drifted into a life of espionage and propaganda work. After working for the Tsarist secret service he later changed sides and joined the Bolsheviks. Mr Lepekhine's findings, published yesterday in the French magazine L'Express, would appear to clear up the last remaining mystery surrounding the Protocols. Though banned in Europe, copies are still to be found in Middle Eastern bookshops. Golovinski was born in 1865 in Ivachevka in the Simbirsk region. His father, a friend of Dostoyevsky who was condemned to death for his part in a plot then pardoned, died when he was 10 leaving him to be brought up by his mother and a French governess. His subsequent career evokes the world of assassination and intrigue described in Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes, as revolutionaries and reactionaries struggled for the soul of Russia. He briefly studied law before drifting into the Holy Brotherhood, an anti-Semitic secret society which used forgery as a tool against the revolutionaries, publishing phoney newspapers and tracts. His contacts there found him a job in the government press department where he acted as a Tsarist spin doctor, placing articles in compliant newspapers and paying the salaries of certain journalists. When his chief protector died and he was publicly denounced by Maxim Gorky as an informer he was forced to look for work abroad and chose Paris. There he made contact with the head of the Russian secret police, Pierre Ratchkovski, who put him to work writing pro-Russian stories to be planted in the French press. Later he was charged with a more important mission. Reactionary circles in Moscow, dismayed at the progress being made by modernisers in the court of Nicolas II, hit on the idea of a forgery that would demonstrate to the tsar that the rising tide of capitalism in Russia was really a Jewish conspiracy aimed at overthrowing him and the old order. At the end of 1900 or the beginning of 1901 Golovinski was set to work. He leant heavily on a pamphlet written in 1864 by an anti-Bonapartist lawyer who claimed Napoleon III was engaged in a plot to usurp all the powers of the French people. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Public Choice theory
-Caveat Lector- >From another list Public Choice theory is an application of the methods of economics to the political process. In the economy, businessmen aim to maximize profits and consumers the satisfaction from their purchases. Similarly, in politics, politicians aim to maximize their votes and citizens (esp. as organized into pressure groups) their returns from the public fisc. Businessmen may indeed sometimes profess to serve the public rather than themselves, but these professions are not taken seriously. Politicians used to get away with their professions to serve the "public interest," but gradually, starting with the great classics of Public Choice theory^, the pretensions of politicians has been undermined, an undermining that is still going on some forty years later. ^Anthony Downs, _An Economic Theory of Democracy_ (New York: Harper and Row, 1957), James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, _The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy_ (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1962), and Mancur Olson, Jr., _The Logic of Collective Action_ (Ha'va'd UP, 1967). But forty years is not a long time in the overall scheme of things, and it will be a while still before the citizens come to realize that the political process is largely about who extracts what from whom rather than a system that promotes some higher "transcendental common bliss," as Buchanan put it. As the conceptual revolution of Public Choice theory proceeds apace, we will hear fewer *complaints* that such and such laws fail to serve the "public interest" and more calls for a fundamental reform in the constitution to reign in the ability of pressure groups to extract their rents. The Founding Fathers set up a remarkably good constitution in 1789 to control pressure groups by restricting the unlimited rule by simple majorities, but even this system was corrected by the constitution of the Confederate States of America in 1861, which added line-item veto, a six-year, one-term limit for the president, the specific right of secession, and others. Since that time, the ability of pressure groups to get organized has grown leaps and bounds, with the result that restoring the original balance of the constitution of 1789 would require, perhaps, a five-sixths majority requirement for Federal legislation. I could go on at length here, but I just want to point out that carrying the discussion up to the constitutional level obliterates discussion of whether a given law serves the public interest, since the Public Choice perspective is that laws primarily serve the interests of those who lobby for them rather than the public at large. It is no use to complain about such laws: as long as the rules of the game are such that those who want such laws can muster the required number of votes in the legislatures, the laws, good or bad, will be enacted. What needs to be done is to change the rules of the game, the constitution, so that it will be more difficult for pressure groups to get their way. True, a certain number of laws that I might want to see enacted may no longer muster enough votes by politicians, but this is a price I am willing to pay in order to limit the number of laws I don't want. I can be impartial when doing my thinking at the constitutional level, looking at all the laws, the good and the bad. Buchanan, whose free-market sympathies are very great, has said that libertarians are just as bankrupt as the socialists, in that both seek to implement their own version of the truth rather than to consider a constitution that would serve the actual wants of those under it. Government is to serve its citizens not its libertarian or socialist intellectuals. Ethnic interests are neither good nor bad in themselves, nor are any strategies they may adopt to serve their interests. Their doings are merely part of the evolutionary *game*, just as politicians voting for pork barrels are part of the political game. Neither are doing anything bad, any more than basketball players who get penalized for committing "fouls" are bad. The time will come, then, when ethnnic groups pursuing their evolutionary interests will seem no more remarkable, or objectionable, than basketball players committing "fouls," or politicians voting for pork barrel projects. Once this happens, it will seem no more remarkable for a Gentile to be "antisemitic" than a Washington Redskins fan to be "anti-Chicago-Bulls" or a Republican to be "anti" a Democratic proposal to expand a welfare program. Cries of "foul!" will make sense only when the rules of the game are violated, as when athletes take steroids or when politicians take bribes. Of course, borderline cases will remain, as when football players seem to intentionally injure players of the other team, or when politicians obtain "soft money." At this point, a call for clarification or amendment of the rules
[CTRL] NEA strikes again
-Caveat Lector- == Critics say emphasis on diversity hampers basic learning Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press By ANJETTA McQUEEN WASHINGTON (November 13, 1999 1:34 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - In books used to teach schoolchildren how to read, adventure tales like "Black Beauty" and "Sinbad the Sailor" have been replaced by selections on World War II-era Japanese-American internment camps. New culturally diverse stories also confuse young children with foreign words and phrases that take up additional instruction time and attempt to shape their views on race, sex, class and disability. A Harvard researcher who has studied three generations of textbooks says many books are focusing too much on cultural diversity and not enough on laying a foundation for reading, writing and thinking. "Children hop from culture to culture, century to century," Sandra Stotsky, a deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts education department and a research associate at Harvard University's graduate school of education, said Friday. "You are not introducing them to a good literary foundation. You are introducing them to linguistic chaos." Stotsky analyzed test scores and examined dozens of textbooks, published for decades by a variety of companies. In first through sixth grades, pupils are expected to increase their vocabularies and hone analytical skills they will need for science, math and literature courses facing them in junior high and high school. Stotsky said cultural diversity is dealt with best after children have mastered the basics of language. Multiculturalism refers to schools' efforts since the 1970s to help pupils of diverse backgrounds by including their history and culture in lessons formerly focused on Europe and North America. Supporters acknowledge too little time exists in a school day to teach everything, but insist there is room to teach basic skills and cultural variety. "You can write simple stories representing a variety of cultural backgrounds just as you can write a wide range of simple stories from mainstream middle America," said Claude Goldenberg. He is a professor of teacher education and associate dean in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach, which works to incorporate diversity into the what prospective teachers learn. Stotsky's research comes as policy-makers deal with low scores on reading tests, employers' complaints about high school graduates and growing college remedial classes. New reading books are squeezing in diversity by simplifying vocabulary and shortening sentences and paragraphs, Stotsky told a luncheon sponsored by the Institute for Research in English Acquisition and Development. That Washington-based group is critical of bilingual instruction and affirmative action. Stotsky said she didn't expect the same problems with character education, a program popular with conservatives that uses lessons to stress trustworthiness, respect and other values. "There isn't any special cultural or ethnic vocabulary that goes with character education," she said. "You can find certain virtues - friendship, self-discipline - in a multitude of literary selections." === in "Readings in Language and Literature" (1997) by Sandra Stotsky she notes that "multicultural" texts tend to introduce a variety of foreign words and proper names of little use in learning English. She noted that a unit of D.C. Heath's grade 6 reader, called "Meeting the Challenge" grouped the following selections: (1) A 12-year-old New Jersey girl opens Little League baseball to girls. (2) A Chinese fairy tale featuring the courage and ordeals of a youngest son rescuing his widowed mother. (3) A 12-year-old girl survives a winter in the Montana wilderness before being rescued by Indians. (4) An adventure story about a girl who sets out to find a wild boar. (5) An African American girl leads a group of teen-agers out of slavery [fiction, set in 1855]. (6) A teen-age girl and her father survive a plane crash at sea. (7) An Inuit brother and sister face incredible challenges to bring home a killed caribou back to their starving family. White boys were totally excluded from the ranks of courageous young people. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as al
[CTRL] FETTMAN
-Caveat Lector- >Subject: BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM: IT'S REAL By ERIC FETTMAN > >NEW YORK POST --- OP-ED --- NOVEMBER 10, 1999 > >BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM: IT'S REAL >By ERIC FETTMAN > > JESSE Jackson came to town the other day to speak at Yeshiva University, >which was hosting a daylong conference on economic cooperation between >blacks and Jews. That he received a standing ovation was startling, as much >because of his past history with the Jewish community as for his actual >remarks that day. > >In calling for a resumption of the historic black-Jewish alliance of the >early civil-rights movement, Jackson took great pains to dismiss what has >remained a constant irritant in relations between the two communities. >Black >anti-Semitism, he claimed, "hardly exists" - unlike the dogma of Nazism, >Jackson contended, "there is no black philosophical anti-Semitic ideology." > >His bizarre argument continued: Anti-Semitic statements espoused by blacks >are strictly "personal," because hatred of Jews can only exist within the >context of anti-Semitism as "a worldview, [a] theology and a form of >idolatry." > >Asked about the rantings of Louis Farrakhan, Khalid Muhammad and Leonard >Jeffries, Jackson insisted that the attention paid them "is almost an >insult >because it disrespects our capacity to think and also ignores the structure >of our institutions." > >Actually, it does nothing of the kind. Sadly, anti-Semitism has long been >widespread in the black community: As far back as 1948, James Baldwin was >writing that "Georgia has the Negro [as a target of hatred]; Harlem has the >Jew." Few black leaders today will admit that black anti-Semitism exists - >or even disassociate from those who practice it. Instead, like Jackson, >most >angrily denounce those who raise the issue. > >"Anytime a black or Jewish group says something out of anger" - note: >anger, >not hatred - "the media takes it and runs with it and that becomes the >definition of who we are at that moment," Jackson told the Jewish Week's >Adam Dickter. > >Jackson himself tried to turn the tables on his critics back in 1984, when >he was quoted (by a black reporter) as having privately referred to Jews as >"Hymies" and New York as "Hymietown." For two weeks, he denied even having >made the remarks; finally he admitted it, offered a limp apology but >complained that he was "being taken advantage of." > >Black anti-Semitism remains a problem today because too many people who >indulge in its vitriol have risen to positions of leadership in the black >community. Their status and influence have not suffered one iota because of >the hatred they've spewed. On the contrary - Al Sharpton, who has labeled >Hasidim as "diamond dealers" and denounced the Jewish owner of Freddy's >Fashion Mart as "a white interloper" (while leading picketers who screamed >out their hatred of "bloodsucking Jews") is now courted by presidential >candidates. > >As for Louis Farrakhan, Jackson contends that his is "not the prevailing >view among black people." But that didn't stop the Congressional Black >Caucus from forging a "sacred covenant" with Farrakhan, citing his >"prestige" in the black community. According to the noted black academic >Henry Louis Gates Jr., Farrakhan's screed "The Secret Relationship Between >Blacks and Jews," which accuses Jews of dominating the African slave trade >"may well be one of the most influential books published in the black >community." In fact, adds Gates - one of the few prominent blacks willing >to >attack the subject head-on - anti-Semitism has become "a weapon in the >tragic battle of who will speak for black America." > >And yet people like Jackson remain reluctant to acknowledge that people >like >Farrakhan or Leonard Jeffries or rap artists or even Michael Jackson >(remember his "Sue me, Jew me, kike me" lyrics?) can be guilty of >anti-Semitism. > >Back in 1995, in the wake of the Freddy's Fashion Mart massacre, Jackson >was >asked about Sharpton's "interloper" remarks. "There is so much pain in >black >America," he said - not just refusing to hold the Rev to task for his >racial >language, but calling concern over it "a journalistic attempt to make a >long >story short." > >As Joyce Purnick lamented in a New York Times column, Jackson may have >denounced hate, but he would "not say who expressed the hate or what they >said." > >The sad part is that attempts at reconciliation remain, by and large, a >one-way street. Not a single black group co-sponsored the conference on >black-Jewish economic cooperation at which Jackson spoke. > >Michael Meyers, whose outspoken and courageous voice shares this space, >noted to the Long Island Jewish World that "the only group that's >interested >in black-Jewish relations is the Jews, not the blacks," adding: "I don't >see >the point in black-Jewish dialogue when Jews are sitting down with blacks >whose friends are their enemies." > >Happily, black-Jewish relations in New York have improved greatly since the
[CTRL] Santa Claus not christian
-Caveat Lector- Tribunal dismisses parent's Santa discrimination claim from The Excite Australia Channels www.excite.com.au November 12th 1999 2: 52 PM AEST November 12 A Jewish man who refused to let his children associate with Santa Claus at school has lost his discrimination case against the New South Wales Education Department. A Sydney tribunal has found that Santa Claus is not a symbol of Christianity. Identified only as Mr A, the Jewish man objected to Santa's presence at the Sydney primary school. In his racial discrimination complaint against the department, Mr A said Santa is a Christian figure and he did not want his children singing Christmas carols or receiving lollies from Santa. However, the Dean of Saint Mary's Cathedral, the Reverend Anthony Doherty, told the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Santa Claus is a delightful story but has nothing to do with Christianity. In dismissing the complaint that the school discriminated against the children because of its Christmas activities, the tribunal ruled that it cannot be said that a detriment has been suffered simply because diverse groups should find ways of coexisting with each other. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] "Pollsters' Dirty Little Secrets"
-Caveat Lector- "Pollsters' Dirty Little Secrets" by John Leo, from the U.S. News & World Report This is a meditation on opinion polls, and how some polls are more honest and more valuable than others. A week ago, as I sat down for a panel discussion on the "Sensation" exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, someone handed me a fresh poll commissioned by our host, the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center. The pollsters said it showed that the public was overwhelmingly on the side of the museum -- 85 percent believed Americans have the right to judge controversial exhibits for themselves, and 59 percent said government should not be able to ban such exhibits at museums receiving public funds. Later, after I took a long look at the survey, the results seemed much more ambiguous. Early questions showed that majorities, ranging from 54 percent to 64 percent, disagreed with the statement that "people should be allowed to display in a public place art that has content that might be offensive" to minorities, women, religious groups, or simply "to others." This opinion, if applied rigorously, would probably empty out all public spaces except children's museums. But, in the context of the dispute, it either meant that a lot of people were backing Mayor Giuliani or at least had mixed feelings about deeply offensive art. This aversion to offensive art, however, was cut short by a number of changes in the language of later questions. The phrase "people should be allowed to display" was replaced with "government should be able to ban art in public museums" (67 percent said no). No surprise there. Faith in government is low, so questions about "government" controlling anything at all are likely to draw heavy negatives, particularly when the word "ban" is nearby. These negatives might have been avoided by simply dropping the G-word: "Should museums be allowed to display" the art. Like a lawyer leading a witness, the poll asked whether government has the right to ban books from public libraries and plays from public auditoriums. While interviewees were wallowing in outrage over the idea of our arrogant government even thinking of such stupidity, the pollsters decided to spring the first question about public funding: "Government should be able to cut funding" to museums staging offensive exhibits (61 percent said no, actually a low figure given the set-up questions). Another verbal maneuver: Pollsters know that questions beginning with weak words like "regardless" and "whatever" cue people to ignore the clause that follows and agree with the emphatic main part of the statement, which comes last. So it's no surprise that 73 percent agreed that "Regardless of how I feel about the art exhibit itself, banning art in public places is something that violates Americans' right of free expression." Remember, a majority had already said that people shouldn't be allowed to display offensive art in a public place. Here the "regardless" sentence structure and the strong language of "ban," "right" and "violate" both work to get a different result. The spin put on the survey by the pollster, the Center for Survey Research at the University of Connecticut, did not reflect the public's conflict and confusion over the issue. Even by the center's own numbers, the public was saying that the Brooklyn Museum had a right to put on the show, but it really shouldn't have done it. Regardless of one's opinion on the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition (whatever), this sort of thing is almost enough to make us call for a national center to monitor polling excesses. Pollsters, however, do monitor one another now and then. After a "whatever" question in a National Law Journal poll produced 75 support for jury nullification, pollsters at Frederick Schneiders Research in Washington, D.C., showed that when you reverse the "whatever" sentence structure, you also reverse the poll result: 75 percent oppose nullification. In a 1993 poll by Roper Starch Worldwide, 22 percent of Americans said yes to a question on the Holocaust framed in tortured language featuring a double negative ("Does it seem possible or does it seem impossible to you that the Nazi extermination of the Jews never happened?"). Gallup got a similar result using the Roper language. But when Gallup asked the question in plain language, less than 0.5 percent said the Holocaust definitely never happened, and only 2 percent had real doubts. Yankelovich Partners did a good job of deflating Ross Perot's 1993 poll showing strong support for Perot positions on issues such as debt reduction and trade agreements. Perot got 67 percent to support a debt-reduction plan calling for $2 in spending cuts for each dollar of tax increase. But the poll gave no clue as to where the cuts would come from or what the social costs might be. Yankelovich's p
[CTRL] Haiti
-Caveat Lector- Is this a probable SA future? November 10, 1999 Haiti's Paralysis Spreads as U.S. Troops Pack Up By DAVID GONZALEZ ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Five years after an American-led force of 20,000 troops invaded this island and restored constitutional rule, the Haitian people are entering a new and uncertain era. While crime, insecurity and a crumbling infrastructure continue to threaten residents, the Haitian government has been virtually paralyzed for more than two years. Now, the last of the regular American military presence in the capital is set to end in January, with the 400 troops to be replaced by shifts of reservists on short-term training missions throughout the country. The New York Times American regular troops are to leave Port-au-Prince in January. That is yet another blow for a country that has made dishearteningly little progress despite high expectations -- perhaps unrealistic -- since the invasion. By the end of this year, police trainers and human rights monitors from the United Nations and the Organization of American States are also to leave, although United Nations officials hope to maintain a smaller mission. After Jean-Bertrand Aristide, then a radical Roman Catholic priest, was elected in 1990 as Haiti's first democratically chosen president in decades, an army-led coup drove him into exile in 1991. After three years of repression, he was restored to power in a negotiated settlement backed by an American-led occupation. The current president, René Préval, was his hand-picked successor, but Aristide, who resigned from the priesthood in 1994, remains Haiti's leading political figure and is expected to run again next year. The American military's role in Haiti has gone from ensuring security to carrying out the kind of work that brings tangible relief to the residents of the hemisphere's poorest nation -- providing free medical care, repairing wells and building schools. While thousands of Haitians have benefited from this assistance, countless more have taken psychological comfort from the mere presence of the American troops. On a recent day, Anès Anis came home from her factory job to find an American soldier sitting behind his M-60 machine gun atop a Humvee while another paced the side of her hilly dirt street. She said she welcomed those silent sentries. "We're happy to see them," she said. "If something happens now, we could call on them. Otherwise, we have nothing at all to protect us." But the soldiers were not there to bring peace to her neighborhood. They had only come to secure the area while dozens of American sailors painted a local schoolhouse. Like Ms. Anis, many Haitians hoped that the intervention would solve day-to-day problems. The departing forces leave behind a nation that is still trying to create a democratic, functioning state. The Haitian Army was disbanded but not disarmed, contributing to an increase in street and drug crimes. While a new police force struggles to enforce the law, a dysfunctional judiciary has hampered its efforts. People and cars crowd the streets in midday, but few people venture out very early or late, lest they become targets for bandits. Foreign investment has been a trickle. With unemployment hovering at 60 percent, factory owners have been closing up as clients shift orders to nations with equally cheap labor but more stability. With regularity, residents in some neighborhoods vent their frustration and try to get the government's attention by hauling tires and trash into the street and setting up flaming roadblocks. It has hardly helped. The government itself has been virtually paralyzed since 1997 while Préval fought with his opposition in Parliament over his choice for prime minister. He finally appointed a de facto prime minister earlier this year when the Parliament's term ended, leaving the nation without a functioning legislature. Throughout the standoff, the government failed to pass either a budget or laws that would have brought $500 million in international aid to shore up its crumbling infrastructure and reduce suffering. Legislative elections have been pushed back from December of this year to March 19, prompting fears of campaign fraud or violence. International observers and diplomats have accused supporters of Aristide of trying to wrest control of the civilian police force to use it for their political advantage. Recently, a daylong voter education event sponsored by the national electoral council was disrupted by hecklers. The governmental paralysis has disappointed both Haitians and other countries, which are coming to realize that they also had unrealistic expectations. Decades of dictatorship under François (Papa Doc) Duvalier and his son, Jean-Claude, left the country with scant experience with democratic rule. Now, as Haiti continues the transition to democracy that it began
[CTRL] re funding of bolshevik/mensheviks
-Caveat Lector- The argument below can possibly be synthesised. The Schiffs readily admitted funding the menshevik revolution(the first)(See the Book The Warburgs -Chernov) but did not (openly)admit to funding the Bolsheviks. However, initially, Trotsky was a menshevik and only later switched to the Bolshevik(I cant remember why he switched). Thus it is possible that the schiffs funded Trotsky..who later allied with the Bolsheviks. John PS whats happened to Tony...The CIA got him? or has he been put in cold fusion storage -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 09 September 1999 05:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] GAVIN PHILLIPS-- REPLY TO PUBLICEYE.ORG -Caveat Lector- Thank you Gavin for pointing out these apparent discrepancies Let me try to explain the problem. Ive been working away at this conspiracy area in its various aspects since about 1960, and so has Ed Griffin, whom I have known for 20+ years with much respect . Back in the early 1970's I worked through the State Department Decimal file ( the CIA of 1920), the files of the War Trade Board, the British Foreign Office Confidential files and the German OKW files.. If you look at my WALL STREET AND THE BOLSEHVIK REVOLUTION( Buccaneers Book) and AMERICAS SECRET ESTABLISHMENT ( LIBERTY HOUSE PRESS) you will find I base the case on ORIGINAL documents (telegrams, letters, memos, S&B membership list etc). No one has ever refuted these documents. >From the research viewpoint it leaves open whether Schiff and Jewish bankers. also financed the Bolsheviks. If you read the appendix in BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION you will find a review of the Jewish banker argument .At that time I had no evidence that they provided any funds and I still have no documentary evidence. However I did find disinformation coming out of the WAR TRADE BAORD directed by John Foster Dulles, close to the Wall Street operators (Morgan, Thompson, Thacher)o. This is confirmed in the Scotland Yard files. I have always based arguments on documentary evidence at hand. If anyone has documentary material contrary to my argument then I assuredly would like to see it.. On the other hand I do not rely on quotes from interested parties. In no way does this detract from the decades long work of Edward Griffin. This is a murky.field and we all, me included, tread warily. Show me some original documents, Gavin. Thank you for your interest. TONY SUTTON. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Lines of Credit: Ropes of Bondage1
-Caveat Lector- Lines of Credit: Ropes of Bondage by Robert Henry Goldsborough PREFACE LINES OF CREDIT: ROPES OF BONDAGE is about the financiers, their fellow conspirators and the plot to destroy Western Christian civilization. It was written for the concerned American -- not for the skeptic. In likelihood, the skeptic will, without ever having read it, dismiss this -- with a roll of the eyes and wave of the hand while at the same time declaring it to he outrageous fiction -- just another attempt to promote the "conspiracy theory of history." Quite honestly, I did not write LINES OF CREDIT: ROPES OF BONDAGE with a hope or intention of convincing those "doubting Thomases" who, unlike the Apostle Thomas who finally believed, will continue to deny the existence of the conspiracy in spite of overwhelming and conclusive evidence to the contrary. Actually these skeptics are important to the conspirators; they are the "useful idiots" so cherished by Lenin. Primarily, this work was written for anyone who suspects that there is much more to modern European and American history than can be learned from the standard and approved history textbooks. This work is written for the Godfearing citizen who finds it difficult to believe that our country fought two world wars and spilled the blood of our sons supposedly to make the world free for all mankind, when in actuality we made it possible for two bloodiest empires in history to enslave over a fourth of the world's people in godless communism. In this work we have tried to answer some obvious questions. why, who, where, what, when. Why is there a conspiracy? Who are some of the conspirators? Where does the funding come from? What is the motivation? When did it all begin? In such a brief work, we don't pretend to present all of the answers or name all of the conspirators or their naive "useful idiots.' The late Congressman Carroll Reece (R-TN) chaired a congressional committee which investigated the spending patterns of some major tax-exempt foundations and concluded that there was evidence of a "diabolical conspiracy" to enslave America. The assertion that this conspiracy is a plot to overthrow Western Christian civilization is borne out by the evidence. This work is nothing more or less, than a primer about the players and payers in the plot. Hopefully, the reader will be provided with an understanding of certain international events which otherwise would be inexplicable. In this case, although the truth may or may not set us free, it can help us understand why we are gradually losing our freedoms and being eased into a one-world socialist federation/government where Christianity is considered a superstition for the under-educated. During the darkest days of World War II, the very survival of Britain was at stake when Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied the nation against an implacable foe. His famous "V" for victory signal was recognized around the world and became symbolic of a people unwilling to surrender to an evil oppressor. Twenty years earlier, Churchill had warned of an even greater threat; but his words went unheeded. In a 1920 magazine article, Winston Churchill spoke of "this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstruction of society." Tragically, for the entire human race in general and Western Christian civilization in particular, Churchill's caveat was heard by too few, and understood by fewer still. Churchill's World War II ally, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) either failed or refused to understand that a communist conspiracy threatened the West, including America; his chief foreign policy advisor for the crucial Yalta Summit with Joe Stalin had already been identified as a Soviet agent. When told by fellow Democrat Martin Dies that some of his most sensitive appointments were communists, FDR angrily retorted, "Several of the best friends I have are communists." The French writer George Sand once wrote that "universal revolution" was the goal of the conspirators who had reached the "point of fanaticism." Certainly Karl Marx's fanaticism had reached the level of madness when he declared "I hate all the gods." If communism is anything, it is madness. It is a fatally flawed system which denies the existence of God, the dignity of man and the freedom of the marketplace. To the communist leader, the end always justifies the means, which was amply demonstrated by Deng Tsiao-ping in Peking's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, when over 2,500 peaceful demonstrators, many of whom were students asleep in tents, were systematically slaughtered. Some were machine-gunned; others were crushed by tanks. Some of the medical personnel tending the injured were shot in the back. Deng's mentor, Mao Tse-tung, believed and taught as have all communist leaders that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. So, the Tiananmen Square massa
[CTRL] Bolshevik funding by the Germans in WW1
-Caveat Lector- >From Constantine Fitzgibbon Secret Intelligence in the 20th century Chapter Nine When Russia was Losing the War (IIIb refers to the German intelligence dept) The two great intelligence services - in the widest politico-military sense - of the First World War became rapidly crystallized with the onset of trench warfare on the Western and Italian:fronts. (The Turkish War was in essence little more than a very expensive and moderately important sideshow.) The Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the Battle of Verdun in that same year should have showed those with eyes to see that the ratio of forces in the West made a purely military victory - the ultimate defeat of one army by another - a highly improbable outcome: and both sides were set on total victory. Therefore other methods had to be invoked. The military historian senses an undisclosed despair in the great French and British offensives of 1917 and even in that of the Germans in 1918. While we have the advantage of hindsight, it is hard to believe that either side really thought that any of these three huge operations, even the Ludendorf offensive of March 1918, which was the only one to show a great measure of success, could 'end the war'. Other means beyond shelling and slaughter were needed. In the operational field, the Germans chose U-boats, with almost decisive effect; the British chose strategic bombing, but too late for it to be tested. On both sides, however, the closer connection of political activity with intelligence was seen as likely to be a more effective preliminary to a military victory. For the Western Allies this meant above all the involvement of the United States in the War. For the Germans it meant elimination of one or more of their enemies. The Battle of Verdun, as indecisive as the contemporaneous Battle of Jutland, resulted in nothing save more huge military cemeteries. The French have always claimed Verdun as a victory, which it was in so far ,as the Germans failed to capture Verdun and thence perhaps advance on Paris. But it was a purely 'defensive victory, and one that in effect weakened the French army even more than it did the Germans. When, a few months later, the French attempted a counter-offensive, under General Nivelle, they suffered a major defeat for which superior German and inferior French battlefield intelligence were largely responsible. The elaborate French preparations for the Nivelle Offensive were known to the Germans, who withdrew to fortified lines. This was not known to, or at least not appreciated by, Nivelle, whose vast force de frappe hit a near-vacuum. The complexity of lugging this great infantry-artillery apparatus forward to the real German defensive lines was almost beyond the technical ability of his staff officers, and the French, already weakened almost beyond bearing by nearly three years of slaughter culminating at Verdun, were bloodily defeated. Parts of the French army mutinied, crying for revolution, and peace at any price. However, the presence of a very considerable British army in France, combined with the personality of Marshal Petain, and reinforced by America's entry into the war, made it difficult, if not impossible, for the French to react in 1917 as they were to do in 1940. The British took the military weight off the French by launching the equally futile, equally bloody Battle of Passchendaele. Petain shot a few mutineers and exerted his normal, calming prestige. The French remained in the war, a brave but never again a very formidable army. It is, in retrospect, hard to see a method by which the Germans could have knocked France out of the enemy alliance, even after the disastrous Nivelle Offensive of 1917. But it seemed at the time to be almost a case of touch and go. The victory of 1918 was not a 'French' victory, but the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 was most certainly a 'French' revenge, and one that was eventually to be at least as expensive as the Nivelle Offensive. The attempts of German intelligence officers to undermine French morale were not pursued with any particular enthusiasm or success. During the second half of the war the number of French deserters increased, sometimes across the lines, more usually into neutral Switzerland. IIIb saw that some of these men might be useful in various ways, and an organization was set up, with offices in Geneva and Antwerp among other places and with a headquarters finally established at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, approximately half way between those two cities. French deserters 'who were regarded as suitable material were extremely well, indeed lavishly, treated, particularly in Antwerp by Dr Elisabeth Sehragmtiler, known to the French as 'Mademoiselle Docteur'. They were sent back across the front with assignments of varying importance. One was simply to spread defeatism and, where possible, to encourage other French soldiers to desert. More important was to glean order of battle intelligenc
[CTRL] Lines of credit 2
-Caveat Lector- Lines of Credit: Ropes of Bondage by Robert Henry Goldsborough Chapter Six WORLD COMMUNISM AND THE MONEY CONNECTION In 1921, banker Jacob H. Rubin, president of Rubin Brothers located at West 34th Street in New York City, admitted with remarkable candor to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, "I had been with the American Red Cross people at Odessa. I was there when the Red Army took possession of Odessa. At that time I was favorably inclined toward the Soviet government, because I was a socialist and had been a member of that party for 20 years. I must admit that to a certain extent I helped to form the Soviet government of Odessa . . . Rubin had a close working association with the New York based Provident Loan Society. In WALL STREET AND THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION, Antony C. Sutton explains that Provident's trustees included persons "having [a] connection with the Bolshevik Revolution: P. [Percy] A. Rockefeller, Mortimer L. Schiff, and James Speyer." Percy Rockefeller was one of the directors of the American International Corporation, as was Otto H. Kahn. Kahn and Mortimer Schiff, together with Jacob Schiff and Felix Warburg, were managing partners of Kuhn, Loeb & Company. A State Department document (Decimal File 861.00/5339) dated November 13, 1918 names the following as persons engaged in supporting the Bolshevik revolution: Jacob Schiff, Felix Warburg, Otto H. Kahn, Mortimer L. Schiff, and Jerome J. Hanauer. Kuhn, Loeb and Company, itself, was also named in the document. In the 1970s, Jacob Schiff's son readily admitted to syndicated columnist Cholly Knickerhoker that his father had given a large sum of money to help finance the Bolshevik revolution. On December 30, 1924, the financial titan and capitalist extraordinaire Otto Kahn, in a speech to the radically left-wing League for Industrial Democracy, offered the socialist revolutionaries a friendly hand and shared goals. "What you radicals and we who hold opposing views differ about is not so much the end as the means, not so much what should be brought about as how it should, and can, be brought about . . ." The Rev. Denis Fahey, in THE RULERS OF RUSSIA, wrote about the continuing political love affair between capitalist Otto Kahn and the anti-capitalist Soviet government and revealed that during Stalin's reign, long after the 1917 revolution, Otto Kahn enjoyed a relationship with the Soviet empire which should have raised questions as to where his loyalties lay. FIGARO, the highly regarded Parisian magazine, reported in April 1932 that in June of the previous year, Mrs. Otto Kahn visited the USSR, "where she was oflicially received by the Soviet government, which gave in her honor a grand diplomatic dinner and several brilliant receptions . . . The Red Army lined the roads at the present of arms . . . It was the least that the head of the 'proletarian dictatorship' could do in order to honour the wife of one of their sovereigns." Kahn, Schiff and Warburg were recognized not only as financial giants of their day, but also as three of the wealthiest and most powerful men in America. In addition, they were known to be close to "Colonel" Edward M. House, Woodrow Wilson's confidant and alter ego. House who espoused communist sentiments for America's future, used Wilson's presidency as a launching pad for the League of Nations and a socialist world government. In WOODROW WILSON: DISCIPLE OF REVOLUTION, Jennings C. Wise revealed that Wilson willingly played his part in the conspiracy, "Historians must never forget that Woodrow Wilson, despite the efforts of the British police, made it possible for [the Russian revolutionary] Leon Trotsky to enter Russia with an American passport." There were other wealthy Americans in addition to the Kahns, Warburgs, Rockefellers, and Schiffs who were actively supporting the Bolshevik revolution. One of the more arrogant promoters of the atheistic revolt in Russia was William B. Thompson who served on the board of the powerful Federal Reserve Bank of New York (coincidentally, Paul Warburg, Felix's brother was the first [vice] chairman of the Federal Reserve System). While Thompson was leading a Red Cross Mission to Russia which he had funded heavily, the WASHINGTON POST of Feb. 2, 1918 reported that he had "made a personal contribution of $1,000,000 to the Bolsheviki for the purpose of spreading their doctrine in Germany and Austria." The POST continued, "He believes that the Bolsheviki constitute the greatest power against Pro-Germanism in Russia and their [Marxist] propaganda has been undermining the militarist regimes of the General Empires. Mr. Thompson deprecates American criticism of the Bosheviki. He believes they have been misrepresented and has made financial contribution to the cause in the belief that it will be money well spent for the future of Russia as well as for the Allied cause." Thompson's actions rais
[CTRL] Lines of Credit: Ropes of Bondage 1
-Caveat Lector- Lines of Credit: Ropes of Bondage by Robert Henry Goldsborough PREFACE LINES OF CREDIT: ROPES OF BONDAGE is about the financiers, their fellow conspirators and the plot to destroy Western Christian civilization. It was written for the concerned American -- not for the skeptic. In likelihood, the skeptic will, without ever having read it, dismiss this -- with a roll of the eyes and wave of the hand while at the same time declaring it to he outrageous fiction -- just another attempt to promote the "conspiracy theory of history." Quite honestly, I did not write LINES OF CREDIT: ROPES OF BONDAGE with a hope or intention of convincing those "doubting Thomases" who, unlike the Apostle Thomas who finally believed, will continue to deny the existence of the conspiracy in spite of overwhelming and conclusive evidence to the contrary. Actually these skeptics are important to the conspirators; they are the "useful idiots" so cherished by Lenin. Primarily, this work was written for anyone who suspects that there is much more to modern European and American history than can be learned from the standard and approved history textbooks. This work is written for the Godfearing citizen who finds it difficult to believe that our country fought two world wars and spilled the blood of our sons supposedly to make the world free for all mankind, when in actuality we made it possible for two bloodiest empires in history to enslave over a fourth of the world's people in godless communism. In this work we have tried to answer some obvious questions. why, who, where, what, when. Why is there a conspiracy? Who are some of the conspirators? Where does the funding come from? What is the motivation? When did it all begin? In such a brief work, we don't pretend to present all of the answers or name all of the conspirators or their naive "useful idiots.' The late Congressman Carroll Reece (R-TN) chaired a congressional committee which investigated the spending patterns of some major tax-exempt foundations and concluded that there was evidence of a "diabolical conspiracy" to enslave America. The assertion that this conspiracy is a plot to overthrow Western Christian civilization is borne out by the evidence. This work is nothing more or less, than a primer about the players and payers in the plot. Hopefully, the reader will be provided with an understanding of certain international events which otherwise would be inexplicable. In this case, although the truth may or may not set us free, it can help us understand why we are gradually losing our freedoms and being eased into a one-world socialist federation/government where Christianity is considered a superstition for the under-educated. During the darkest days of World War II, the very survival of Britain was at stake when Prime Minister Winston Churchill rallied the nation against an implacable foe. His famous "V" for victory signal was recognized around the world and became symbolic of a people unwilling to surrender to an evil oppressor. Twenty years earlier, Churchill had warned of an even greater threat; but his words went unheeded. In a 1920 magazine article, Winston Churchill spoke of "this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstruction of society." Tragically, for the entire human race in general and Western Christian civilization in particular, Churchill's caveat was heard by too few, and understood by fewer still. Churchill's World War II ally, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) either failed or refused to understand that a communist conspiracy threatened the West, including America; his chief foreign policy advisor for the crucial Yalta Summit with Joe Stalin had already been identified as a Soviet agent. When told by fellow Democrat Martin Dies that some of his most sensitive appointments were communists, FDR angrily retorted, "Several of the best friends I have are communists." The French writer George Sand once wrote that "universal revolution" was the goal of the conspirators who had reached the "point of fanaticism." Certainly Karl Marx's fanaticism had reached the level of madness when he declared "I hate all the gods." If communism is anything, it is madness. It is a fatally flawed system which denies the existence of God, the dignity of man and the freedom of the marketplace. To the communist leader, the end always justifies the means, which was amply demonstrated by Deng Tsiao-ping in Peking's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, when over 2,500 peaceful demonstrators, many of whom were students asleep in tents, were systematically slaughtered. Some were machine-gunned; others were crushed by tanks. Some of the medical personnel tending the injured were shot in the back. Deng's mentor, Mao Tse-tung, believed and taught as have all communist leaders that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. So, the Tiananmen Square massacre, like the
[CTRL] A Bumpy Ride on 'Sesame Street'
-Caveat Lector- A Bumpy Ride on 'Sesame Street' By Lee Hockstader Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, November 9, 1999; Page A1 JERUSALEM, Nov. 7 - An Israeli boy out riding his bicycle takes a wrong turn, gets a flat tire and winds up stuck in a Palestinian neighborhood. There, behind a wall, he spots ... a couple of shaggy Muppets. Happily, this is Middle Eastern "Sesame Street," where Jews and Arabs are on friendly terms even though they live on separate streets. So the Palestinian Muppets get to work replacing the tire. Stereotypes are shattered, everyone smiles and all ends well. Or does it? "When we interviewed Palestinian preschool teachers, they were angry about the segment," said Cairo Arafat, an expert on preschool education here. "They said, 'The Israelis have taken everything from us - our homes, our land - and now we're giving them a bicycle wheel' " E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version The concept of intersecting Israeli and Palestinian Sesame Streets was born four years ago - soon after the Oslo peace agreement itself - and from the outset it has been the most politically charged of the world's 20 national versions of the show. In unmistakable ways, the currents of discord and mutual suspicion surrounding the show have mirrored the ups and downs of peacemaking in the region. Now the peace process itself stands at a crossroads, and so does the co-production of "Rechov Sumsum" (as the show is known in Hebrew) and "Sharaa Simsim" (as it is known in Arabic). The project's leaders must decide whether to go forward with a new season, launch a new fund-raising drive and produce fresh segments of a project still infused with hope but tangled by its own contradictions. Not only do the Israeli and Palestinian Muppets live on separate streets, but their producers have radically different ideas about how they should meet and interact. The Israelis wanted lots of integrated activities - by mutual consent, of course. The Palestinians said thanks but no thanks - until the Israelis end their occupation of Arab lands. "We asked ourselves, are we producing 'Mission Impossible' or 'Sesame Street'" said Lewis Bernstein of Children's Television Workshop in New York, project director for the Israeli-Palestinian co-production. "Sesame Street" is celebrating its 30th birthday, and its international success as a pioneer in children's educational television is legendary. The show, either dubbed or in home-grown versions, is aired in some 120 countries, and it has proven highly adaptable to diverse cultures. In Russia, the program features poetry by Mikhail Lermontov set to music and a seven-foot-tall creature decked out in blue feathers and a stupendous orange nose named Zeliboba. In China, where the Muppets adore opera and revere their philosopher ancestors, the local producers toyed with substituting a panda for Big Bird before finally settling on the original. But nowhere have the producers faced a messier and more contentious political landscape than in the Middle East, where it sometimes seems the role model for intercommunity relations is Oscar the Grouch. Jockeying over the $5 million program began at the outset, when the Israeli and Palestinian production teams signed separate deals with the New York-based parent company, rather than with each other. The two would have their own producers and writers - even though the Palestinians had no production studio and little expertise in animation, puppets or writing scripts for preschoolers. Then, just as production was starting, the Middle East suffered one of its periodic paroxysms of violence. In 1995, on the eve of the first meeting between the two sides to plan a curriculum, Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister, was assassinated. On another occasion, a fashionable Tel Aviv cafe was bombed by Palestinian terrorists just as a taping session was to begin. Against that backdrop of bloodshed, the show went on, but with some trepidation. "Early on," said Bernstein, "an Israeli asked, 'What if you created a show where [Israeli and Palestinian] children were singing and dancing together, and there was a bus bombing the same day''" Amid much fanfare, the show began airing last year, the Israeli program in Hebrew and the Palestinian one in Arabic. Some elements are traditional "Sesame Street" fare: Both sides, in their own languages, teach the traditional curriculum of colors, letters, numbers and vocabulary. But the characters live separate lives on separate streets - the Israelis on a boardwalk with a view of the Mediterranean, the Palestinians with a sweet shop and a landscape of arid hills and olive trees. When the two meet, it is in "crossover" segments in which cast members from each street visit the other - usually by invitation. Many of the skits are designed to break down stereotypes in a region where each side tends to see the other as a violent and menacing adversary. Israeli and Palestinian charac
[CTRL] Roche pays $632m in vitamin price-fixing suit
-Caveat Lector- CNI News---04/Nov/99 11:10 Roche pays $632m in vitamin price-fixing suit LONDON (CNI)--Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is to pay $632m (Euro601m) to vitamin purchasers in the US as part of a $1.05bn price-fixing settlement which includes six other companies who were involved in antitrust investigations in the bulk vitamins industry, CNI was informed on Thursday. The settlement was signed on Wednesday by Roche, Germany's BASF and Hoechst, France's Rhone-Poulenc (R-P) and Japanese firms Eisai, Daiichi Pharmaceutical and Takeda Chemical Industries. The companies will also pay legal fees of some $122m, raising their total payment to $1.17bn. BASF will contribute $287m, R-P will pay $86.8m and Hoechst will contribute just $2m. Eisai is reported to have agreed to pay up to $44.97m, and Daiichi and Takeda are reported to have agreed to pay up to a combined $124.8m. The settlement will require the approval of a US federal judge. The lawsuits stem from a US Department of Justice investigation of the vitamin industry, in which most of the companies pleaded guilty to price-fixing and agreed to pay substantial fines. R-P was not charged because it co-operated with the government. A spokeswoman for Hoechst's pharmaceutical unit Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR) told CNI its price-fixing charges relate to vitamin B12, which was sold in the US prior to the merger that created HMR. Total sales of the product were $16.5m within the designated period 1990-1998. R-P said the costs of the settlement have been accounted for as part of a non-recurring charge of about Euro100m that the group took in Q2-1999 for litigation related to animal vitamins. Roche said in its nine-months figures that it made the necessary provisions for the cost of the settlement in its half year accounts. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Burning black churches for profit
-Caveat Lector- Pastor Accused in Texas Church Fire WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) -- A minister and three other people were accused of burning down a church in 1996 to collect $270,000 in insurance. The Rev. Theophilus Thompson, pastor of the Full Gospel Power House Church of God in Christ, was free today after posting a $150,000 bond. The other three suspects, Wilma Monday, Dusty Dean Williams and Christopher Charles Johnson, did not immediately post bonds and were being held at the Wichita County Jail. The arrests Sunday night came less than two weeks before a statute of limitations on the case expired. Wichita Falls Fire Chief Ronnie James confirmed the arrests but declined to give details. Thompson's telephone number was unlisted, and he could not immediately be reached. When the blaze was set on Nov. 20, 1996, more than 100 predominantly black churches-mainly in the South-had been burned in less than two years. Thompson formed the predominantly black congregation in 1960. Ms. Monday and her husband, James, purchased the church building in 1993 from the Methodist Church, and as part of the purchase agreement, took out an insurance policy for $270,000. AP-NY-11-08-99 1248EST DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Bad Ads
-Caveat Lector- > > Good Humor - Bad Ads > > > > > 1)> Dinner Special-Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Children $2.00 > > 2)> For Sale: an antique desk sutible for lady with thick legs and large > > > drawers. > > 3)> Now is your chance to have your ears pierced and get extra pair to > > take > > > home too. > > 4)> Wanted: 50 girls for stripping machine operators in factory. > > 5)> Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night. > > 6)> We do not tear your clothing with machinery. We do it carefully by > > hand. > > 7)> Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it. > > 8)> Dog for sale; eats anything and is fond of children. > > 9)> Get rid of aunts, Zap does the job in 24 hours. > > 10)> Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel. > > 11)> Used Cars: Why go somewhere else to be cheated? Come here first. > > 12)> Wanted: Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink. > > 13)> 3-year old teacher needed for preschool. Experience preferred. > > 14)> Our bikinis are exciting. They are simply the tops. > > 15)> Auto Repair Service. Free pick-up and delivery. Try us once, you'll > > never > > > go anywhere again. > > 16)> Illiterate? Write today for free help. > > 17)> Illiterate? Call: 1-800-ABC-DEFG > > > > > > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Scenario plans
-Caveat Lector- I was at a scenario planning exercise last week. two interesting things came out from the man in control. Interestingly shell's chief scenario planner , Pierre Wack, was a disciple of Gurdjief. Gurdjief was an interesting character(and profound thinker) but linked into the occult nework of crowley etcinteresting coincidence. Secondly, Clem Sunter, who controlled the scenario planning operation for Anglo American(Harry Oppenheimer) admitted that the exercise was normative(was deceptive) and was set to reduce the former white governments resistance to black dominated government. -- "if multiculturalism prevails and if the consensus on liberal democracy disintegrates, the United States could join the Soviet Union on the ash heap of history." Samuel HUNTINGTON, 1997, 'The erosion of American national interest.' Foreign Affairs 76, 5, ix/x, p. 35. Whats the difference between an emigrant and a refugee Timing (SA Joke) DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 world has an endless supply of oil and gas?
-Caveat Lector- > A Scientific Heretic Delves Beneath the Surface > Oil Isn't from Dinosaurs & Other Iconoclasms > By Ken Ringle > Washington Post Staff Writer > Monday, November 1, 1999; Page C1 > Computers used to cost millions. Now they're being given away. The country > was rapidly going broke. Now we've got a $115 billion budget surplus. > Butter was bad for us. Now we're not so sure. We're being forced to > reexamine all our old assumptions on millennial eve, right? > So maybe we should finally pay attention to Thomas Gold. He says the world > has an endless supply of oil and gas. > Gold, a Vienna-born physicist, cosmologist and general scientific heavy > lifter, founded and for many years directed the Cornell Center for > Radiophysics and Space Research. In his 79 years he's authored more than > 280 scholarly papers on subjects ranging from astronomy to zoology. > He's also a full-time heretic, periodically parachuting into some new > scientific field and infuriating academic plodders there with some > outlandishly bold new theory. More annoying, his theories usually turn out > to be right. Worst of all, he thinks the orthodox have so gummed up the > gates of knowledge that they were more open to breakthroughs 50 years ago. > Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould has labeled Gold "one of America's > most iconoclastic scientists." Says Gold himself: "In choosing a > hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid ... [but] I clearly would > have been burned at the stake in another age." > In 1947, fresh from pioneering wartime work on the development of radar, > he used his research into high-frequency receptors to publish an entire > new theory of mammalian hearing. Physiologists shrugged it off for 30 > years. Until auditory technology evolved enough to prove him correct. > In 1959, when everybody thought the surface of the moon was frozen lava, > Gold decided it was covered with dust from meteor impacts. Footprints of > the Apollo astronauts will testify eternally that he was was right about > that, too. > In 1967 astronomers trashed his suggestion that energy pulsating in the > distant universe was the signature of collapsing stars. The subsequent > observation of pulsars won two other scientists a Nobel Prize. And proved > Gold correct. > In 1992 he predicted that Martian meteorites might contain fossilized > microbes. Four years later NASA announced the same thing. > Now in a new book, "The Deep Hot Biosphere," Gold says the origin and bulk > of biological life is not on the surface of the Earth where the birds and > bunnies are, but deep within it. Moreover, that microscopic life force is > fueled by an inexhaustible supply of petroleum constantly migrating > outward from our planet's volcanic core. > Eight years ago, when Gold was still developing his theory, some > geologists were so incensed by it they petitioned to have the government > remove all mention of it from the nation's libraries. > "It was an effort at book-burning, pure and simple," Gold says, shuffling > around a computer-buzzing, paper-littered attic study as energetically > unkempt as he is. Most petroleum geologists, he says, "simply have no > concept of the laws of physics at work" beneath the Earth's crust. > People need to understand, he says, that the long-held assumption that oil > comes from the millennial composting of dinosaurs and ancient swamps has > always been dubious, whatever school science books may say. His theory of > a deep, hot biosphere doesn't just solve its contradictions, it sorts out > in the process such minor matters as the origin of all earthly life and > its relationship with the rest of the universe. > Is there any wonder it makes people nervous? > Way Outside the Box > <<...>> > What's unique about Thomas Gold, says astronomer Steve Maran of the > American Astronomical Society, is that unlike most scientists who are > content to "pursue the advancement of knowledge in small, incremental > steps," Gold "comes up with new ideas by starting from the original > principles" in some field where others have labored for years. > When that happens, he's often "treated like a curiosity that can't be > taken seriously," Maran says. "But he always shakes things up in a useful > way, often opens up entire new areas of thought. Some denounce him even as > they profit from the push he's given their thinking." > "Gold's style is in turn charming, intriguing and exasperating: short on > details (where the Devil lies) and long on fiats and suppositions," sighed > eminent geochemist Harmon Craig of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, > reviewing Gold's book in Eos, the journal of the American Geophysical > Union. > But if Gold is right about subterranean microbes being the seeds of all > life, and if they survive the Earth's next asteroid collision to restart > evolution, he adds, "Let us hope that when new humans finally emerge and > invent science they will have another Tom Gold to delight and exasperate > them
[CTRL] Roert Stinnett's Day of Deceit
-Caveat Lector- >Day of Deceit : The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor >by Robert B. Stinnett >NY: Simon & Schuster: The Free Press, 2000 (pub. 1999 Nov.) > >Reviews > >>From Kirkus Reviews > >An explosive, well-written look at the events leading up to the Japanese >raid on Pearl harbor, including FDRs provocation of the attack, by a >WWII veteran and longtime journalist. Though rumors have long circulated >about American prior knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, >Stinnett has gone far beyond his models in substantiating the state of >American intelligence, diplomacy, and readiness in the year preceding >December 7, 1941. Though Stinnett easily makes his case that the Unites >States knew an attack was coming and did not prepare for it, even more >shocking is his discovery that the North Pacific area, where an attack >was believed likely to originate, was declared a ``vacant sea'' just >weeks prior to the attack and any patrols were forbidden in this area. >The real heart of the book is the argument that the attack on Pearl >Harbor was deliberately instigated by the Roosevelt Administration as a >way of quickly bringing a unified America into the war. Stinnett begins >his case by quoting a policy memo written by Lt. Cdr. Arthur McCullum >listing eight actions designed to incite a military action by Japan, >including such actions as the blocking of the sale of oil to the >Japanese, maintaining a heavy US naval presence in the Pacific, and >supporting Chiang Kai-shek in China. After showing how this plan was >carried out, he then goes on to show how this effort systematically led >up to Pearl Harbor. Although too little is made of the context in which >Roosevelt apparently made the decision to allow the attack to go >unchecked (it is only in the closing sections that this issue is even >discussed), Stinnett has left no stone unturned in this account, which >should rewrite the historical record of WWII. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus >Associates, LP. All rights reserved. > >Book Description > >Pearl Harbor was not an accident, a mere failure of American >intelligence, or a brilliant Japanese military coup. It was the result >of a carefully orchestrated design, initiated at the highest levels of >our government. According to a key memorandum eight steps were taken to >make sure we would enter the war by this means. Pearl Harbor was the >only way, leading officials felt, to galvanize the reluctant American >public into action. > >This great question of Pearl Harbor--what did we know and when did we >know it?--has been argued for years. At first, a panel created by FDR >concluded that we had no advance warning and should blame only the local >commanders for lack of preparedness. More recently, historians such as >John Toland and Edward Beach have concluded that some intelligence was >intercepted. Finally, just months ago, the Senate voted to exonerate >Hawaii commanders Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant General Short, after the >Pentagon officially declared that blame should be "broadly shared." But >no investigator has ever been able to prove that fore-knowledge of the >attack existed at the highest levels. > >Until now. After decades of Freedom of Information Act requests, Robert >B. Stinnett has gathered the long-hidden evidence that shatters every >shibboleth of Pearl Harbor. It shows that not only was the attack >expected, it was deliberately provoked through an eight-step program >devised by the Navy. Whereas previous investigators have claimed that >our government did not crack Japan's military codes before December 7, >1941, Stinnett offers cable after cable of decryptions. He proves that a >Japanese spy on the island transmitted information--including a map of >bombing targets--beginning on August 21, and that government >intelligence knew all about it. He reveals that Admiral Kimmel was >prevented from conducting a routine training exercise at the eleventh >hour that would have uncovered the location of the oncoming Japanese >fleet. And contrary to previous claims, he shows that the Japanese fleet >did not maintain radio silence as it approached Hawaii. Its many coded >cables were intercepted and decoded by American cryptographers in >Stations on Hawaii and in Seattle. > >The evidence is overwhelming. At the highest levels--on FDR's >desk--America had ample warning of the pending attack. At those same >levels, it was understood that the isolationist American public would >not support a declaration of war unless we were attacked first. The >result was a plan to anger Japan, to keep the loyal officers responsible >for Pearl Harbor in the dark, and thus to drag America into the greatest >war of her existence. Yet even having found what he calls the "terrible >truth," Stinnett is still inclined to forgive. "I sympathize with the >agonizing dilemma faced by President Roosevelt," he writes. "He was >forced to find circuitous means to persuade an isolationist America to >join in a fight for freedom...
[CTRL] Forced treatment of mentally ill doubles
-Caveat Lector- BBC NEWS Friday, October 29, 1999 Published at 17:17 GMT 18:17 UK Forced treatment of mentally ill doubles The number of people detained under the Mental Health Act has almost doubled in the past 10 years, according to government statistics. Mental health experts blame lack of resources, a rise in drug abuse and increasing worries about protecting the public. The Department of Health says the number of formal admissions to hospital under the Act rose from 16,000 in 1988-89 to 27,100 in 1998-99. The vast majority of these - some 89% - were people admitted to NHS hospitals under Part II of the Act which deals with emergency admissions and admissions for up to 28 days and up to six months. Full text: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_493000/493643.stm _ DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Chinese official looks upon U.S. as 'rogue' state
-Caveat Lector- -- Chinese official looks upon U.S. as 'rogue' state Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Christian Science Monitor Service By KEVIN PLATT (October 28, 1999 12:56 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Like the United States, China says it is witnessing the potential emergence of a "rogue" state that could throw the world out of balance early in the next century. Washington warns that unpredictable regimes in nations such as North Korea and Iraq could one day develop long-range missiles and a handful of atomic bombs to engage in nuclear blackmail or worse. But China's top arms control negotiator, Sha Zukang, says a bigger threat to global stability is already armed to the teeth with hydrogen bombs and sophisticated rockets that can send a nuclear payload to any point on the planet. That country, Sha says, is the United States. "Because the U.S. believes it's the only superpower in the world, it can act at will, without regard for international law and international norms," he says. Washington seems to be developing a stubbornness against abiding by weapons' control pacts and a greater penchant to use armed force against its real or perceived enemies, Sha complains. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union has not ushered in an era of global peace, he says. Rather, it is creating a United States that is drunk with its own power and technological prowess, adds Sha, whose official title is director-general of the Arms Control and Disarmament Department of the Chinese foreign ministry. Sha is not one of the Communist Party hardliners here who regularly lashes out at the United States. Rather, he is affable, cosmopolitan, and open, and seems more disillusioned than angry with the United States. Sha cites as one example of aggressiveness the U.S. bombing of a medical plant in Sudan that American intelligence initially accused of producing chemical weapons. The 1998 missile attack was not approved by any global organization, and the United States has never offered the world community solid proof that the plant made anything but medicine. "The U.S. bombing of Sudan was an act of state terrorism," Sha says. There is a growing list, he adds, of similar acts of aggression against sovereign states in violation of the U.N. Charter or other global laws. Not only did the United States and NATO launch a massive attack on Yugoslavia without obtaining the U.N.'s approval, but the coalition delivered, with pinpoint precision, five missiles into Beijing's embassy in Belgrade. That bombing "was an obvious violation of the Vienna Convention," he says. While Beijing appreciates Washington's apologies and compensation for victims of the attack, the United States government "still has to identify the culprits (behind the bombing) and bring them to justice." A U.S. official formerly based in Beijing agrees. "So far the (U.S.) government has said institutional mistakes led to the bombing of the Chinese Embassy," says the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "But specific individuals were responsible for mistakenly targeting the embassy, and heads should roll as a result of those fatal mistakes." Sha suggests the growing disregard of the United States for international weapons conventions and rules of war is, in turn, making China more circumspect about joining arms control regimes. "We might have already ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty if not for the bombing of our embassy in Yugoslavia," he says. That treaty, which aims to ban all nuclear weapons testing, was rejected by the U.S. Senate even though "the United States was the first country to promote and to sign the treaty," Sha says. Sha says he is puzzled by the vote not only because Washington was one of the pact's top proponents, but also because it would have allowed the United States to lock in its nuclear superiority and prevent any wannabes from crashing into the nuclear club. "The U.S. has the biggest and most sophisticated nuclear arsenal in the world," and could have frozen that advantage perpetually by signing the treaty, he says. Instead, the Senate's vote against ratification is alienating the United States from the rest of the world, Sha says. "Not a single country in the world has given its support for the U.S. Senate's rejection of the treaty." China's defense ministry is now reviewing the test ban pact, and hints that Beijing could ratify it early next year, during a spring meeting of the national legislature. "I negotiated (the treaty) - it's my baby," says Sha, who adds that he wants to see it ratified as soon as possible. Washington's abandonment of the nuclear treaty it pushed so hard to help produce "was wrong politically and morally, but at least it did not violate any international agreements," Sha says. More alarming, he says, is a U.S. plan to build a national anti-missile shield that would violate the 1972 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty. Russia, which also sign
[CTRL] Podhoretz on Herr Buchanan's Anti-Semitism
-Caveat Lector- October 25, 1999 Buchanan and Anti-Semitism By Norman Podhoretz, editor-at-large of Commentary, a senior fellow of the Hudson Institute and author, most recently, of "Ex-Friends" (Free Press, 1999). Is Patrick Buchanan an anti-Semite? This neuralgic question first flared up in 1990 during the months preceding the Gulf War but fell into a dormant state after a flurry of heated debate provoked by his challenge to George Bush in 1992. Now, with his challenge to another George Bush--a challenge he is expected to intensify by announcing today that he is leaving the Republican Party to seek the Reform Party's nomination for president--it has burst into flames again. Mr. Buchanan, being unrepentant and pugnacious as ever, has responded by gleefully pouring a few gallons of gasoline onto the fire. This politically reckless act has taken the form of his new book, "A Republic, Not an Empire." There he offers a revisionist account of World War II which is as soft on Hitler as, conversely, the revisionist historians of the Cold War were once (rightly) accused of being on Stalin. Blithely circling around a mountain of evidence to the contrary, Mr. Buchanan maintains that wiping out the Jewish people was not one of Hitler's major aims. To the extent that he actually tried to accomplish this objective, he was driven into it by Britain and the U.S. (against which he also had no designs). What made the book even more inflammatory was that it came on the heels of two other earlier expressions of softness on Hitler. One was his description of theFührer as "an individual of great courage, a soldier's soldier in the Great War, . . [a] genius," etc. Admittedly this tributehad been preceded by an acknowledgment that Hitler was also "a man who without compunction could commit murder and genocide." But in acknowledging the obvious, Mr. Buchanan was unable or unwilling to muster as much rhetorical force as the startling praise that followed. This acknowledgment of Hitler's capacity for evil was further undercut by the second of the two manifestations ofsoftness on Nazism: Mr. Buchanan's habit of championing the cause of almost anyone accused of participating actively in Hitler's genocidal campaign against the Jews. One of these was John Demjanjuk, a native of Ukraine who had been indicted as the exceptionally sadistic guard known as Ivan the Terrible at the Treblinka death camp. When an Israeli court ruled that this had probably been a case of mistaken identity, Mr. Buchanan loudly claimed vindication. But it turned out that if Mr. Demjanjuk had not been a guard at Treblinka, he had served in the same capacity at Sobibor, another death camp. As a Ukrainian working for the German occupiers of his country, Mr. Demjanjuk might conceivably have been regarded as something of a victim. Yet Mr. Buchanan has looked upon even Germans who confessed to war crimes in the same light. Among them was Arthur Rudolph, a German rocket scientist who admitted involvement with slave labor and other atrocities. Incredibly, Mr. Buchanan drew a parallel between Rudolph, who had been a fervent Nazi, and the great Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov. From such thinking came the equally incredible words that (according to the Washington Post) Mr. Buchanan wrote for Ronald Reagan in justifying a presidential visit to the Bitburg cemetery in Germany. Through Mr. Reagan's mouth, Mr. Buchanan declared that the soldiers buried there, who included members of SS units (reportedly not the special on
[CTRL] New Way of Looking at Diseases of the Brain(-please start orderin g your implants now)
-Caveat Lector- New York Times October 26, 1999 New Way of Looking at Diseases of the Brain By SANDRA BLAKESLEE A highly respected neuroscientist has developed a provocative new theory of how the brain is organized which, if confirmed, would explain how and why the mind produces symptoms found in several seemingly unrelated disorders. According to the theory, the deep sadness in severe depression, the hand wringing in obsessive compulsive disorder, the ringing in the ears of tinnitus, the unrelenting discomfort of chronic pain and the shaking and immobility seen Parkinson's disease all stem from the same basic brain defect: a decoupling of two brain regions that normally fire their cells in synchrony. If the theory is correct, it would explain why experimental surgical techniques involving implanting electrodes in the brain to treat Parkinson's disease and depression seem to work so well, and it would expand their application to other brain diseases. The neuroscientist, Dr. Rodolfo Llinas, a professor at New York University Medical School, presented his findings on Sunday night in Miami to some 4,000 researchers attending the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting. Although the theory has not yet been subjected to peer review, a paper describing the work was submitted last week to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and accepted for publication in just two days. Dr. Llinas is a member of the academy, which often publishes the work of leading scientists or their protégés when the ideas are new and have not yet been tested by others. "This work is very important," said Dr. Edward Jones, president of the Society for Neuroscience and director of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California in Davis. "What makes it so compelling is that it doesn't come completely out of left field. It builds on a body of work that's been growing for some time. Everyone will say wow, yes!" Because these new insights into brain organization, if confirmed, would almost certainly promote the use of surgery to treat psychiatric and neurological diseases, other scientists urged caution in applying the theory. They are concerned because psychosurgeries that were tried 30 to 40 years ago in these same regions of the brain made many people mentally incompetent. The theory involves two brain areas -- the cerebral cortex and the thalamus -- and how they communicate. The cortex is a thickly folded band of tissue that carries out higher mental capacities in humans and other mammals. It is composed of six layers of cells that are highly interconnected and organized into specialized regions that allow people to move their bodies, plan for the future, talk, listen, sense touch, respond to emotions and carry out other functions. The sixth layer of these cells is also directly connected through nerve fibers to cells in the thalamus, an older brain structure that is just under the cortex. The thalamus is usually thought of as a relay station. Virtually all information flowing from the outside world and lower brain regions must go through the thalamus before being passed on to the cortex. But according to Dr. Llinas, the thalamus does much more than simply pass information. The way that it coordinates its activity with the cortex, he says, gives rise not only to the symptoms seen in many neurological and psychiatric diseases, but to consciousness itself. It does so through what Dr. Llinas calls thalamo-cortical oscillations. The thalamus contains special cells that pass tiny electrical currents across their membranes in a highly coordinated manner, Dr. Llinas said in a telephone interview. Rather than firing sporadically and singly, like other nerve cells, the cells in the thalamus oscillate, firing in groups together at various frequencies. By virtue of their connections, these thalamic cells then cause cells in layer six -- the layer of the cortex closest to them -- to oscillate at the same frequency. This coordination between these oscillating cells in the cortex and thalamus, which are constantly flipping signals back and forth, binds information from different regions of the brain into complete actions, perceptions, movements and into consciousness itself, he said. When the cells oscillate at a high frequency, the brain is awake and alert. When they fall into low frequencies, the brain becomes disconnected, unconscious and falls asleep. In studying patients with various brain diseases, Dr. Llinas and his colleagues noticed that particular regions of their thalamuses oscillated at abnormally low frequencies, as if those regions were asleep. When this happens, Dr. Llinas said, key parts of the cortex are decoupled from the thalamus. Those parts of the cortex
[CTRL] The Black Book of Communism
-Caveat Lector- The Wall Street Journal October 25, 1999 Bookshelf The Gruesome Consequences Of a Political Idea By JACOB HEILBRUNN The history of communism has not just been about terror, torture, deportations and massacres. It has also been about the illusions of Western intellectuals. Whether it is Günter Grass receiving the Nobel Prize partly for his novelistic effusions about the coziness of East Germany or revisionist historians playing down Stalin's culpability for the great purges, communism has enjoyed, and continues to enjoy, a reputation as an ideology that supposedly pursued lofty humanitarian ends, even if it went astray at times. Indeed, the big intellectual no-no has been to liken it to the other great totalitarian movement of the 20th century -- Nazism. So when "The Black Book of Communism" appeared in Europe in 1997 detailing communism's crimes, it created a furor. Scrupulously documented and soberly written by several historians, it is a masterful work. It is, in fact, a reckoning. With this translation by Jonathan Murphy and Mark Kramer, English-language readers may now see for themselves what all the commotion was about. In his introduction, Stéphane Courtois, himself a former communist, breaks with the postwar taboo on comparing the Gulag with the Holocaust. He notes that the communist body count of more than 100 million exceeds that of the Nazis. He compares the "class genocide" of communism with the "race genocide" of Nazism and states that both were "crimes against humanity." So controversial was this comparison that two of Mr. Courtois's editor-collaborators -- Nicolas Werth and Jean-Louis Margolin -- later distanced themselves from what he wrote. And predictably, the French left lashed itself into a frenzy, denouncing the book's contributors for traducing the noble communist fight against fascism. In Germany, by contrast, Mr. Courtois's views met with a somewhat less chilly reception. A decade before a bitter historians' dispute had erupted when leftist intellectuals such as Jürgen Habermas accused conservative historians of attempting to whitewash the Nazi past by playing up communist atrocities, which some, not all, were indeed trying to do. But this didn't justify the left's refusal to confront the horrors of communism. Eventually, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the revelation of communist abuses in East Germany helped to overturn old dogmas, and "The Black Book" prompted many Germans to take another look at the relationship between communism and Nazism. That relationship may never be fully understood. But the Russian Red Terror, in its emphasis on the elimination of entire classes of peoples, in its description of opponents as "vermin" to be exterminated, does seem like a precursor of the German concentration camps. Moreover, Nazism profited greatly not only from Lenin's and Stalin's Gulag system -- Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz, solicited reports about the operations of Soviet camps -- but also from Bolshevism itself, which served as both a whipping boy and, at times, a political idea that could be collaborated with. The two ideologies validated each other. After World War II, the prestige of the Soviet Union was at its height. The country had fought on the side of the democracies, U.S. war propaganda had painted pipe-smoking "Uncle Joe Stalin" as a friendly fellow. In Europe, communists made a comeback in France, Italy and Germany with the flowering of the myth that communists were merely heroic anti-fascist freedom fighters. Thus the gruesome Soviet record was suppressed. "That the Soviet Union had paid the heaviest human toll for its victory over Nazism," writes Mr. Werth, "served to mask the character of the Stalinist dictatorship." In fact, "the Soviet prisons had never held as many prisoners as they did in the year of victory: a grand total of nearly 5.5 million people." Mr. Werth astutely notes that the Gulag was filled with "criminals" because almost any action, however innocuous, could be branded as illegal dissent. The Gulag,you might say, was the distilled essence of the Soviet Union. Once Khrushchev denounced Stalin's crimes, the Soviet Union began to unravel, however slowly, having lost its reason for being. After the halo wore off the Soviet Union, China emerged as a new beacon for credulous Westerners. Mr. Margolin writes that "one myth was common in the West:the idea that China was far from being a model democracy, but that at least Mao had managed to give a bowl of rice to every Chinese person." In fact, nothing was further than the truth. Mao, like Stalin, deliberately engineered a famine that killed untold millions. Today the hermit kingdom of North Korea is, by all accounts, continuing this tradition by systematically starving much of its population. Pierre Rigoulot estimates in "The Black Book" that the regime has already killed 500,000 people through malnutrition. Over the past 50 years, he concludes, North Korea's Communist
[CTRL] Exercise may be just as effective as medication for treating majo r depression
-Caveat Lector- FOR RELEASE: 24 OCTOBER 1999 AT 16:00 ET US Duke University Medical Center http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/dumc-exe102299.html Duke study: Exercise may be just as effective as medication for treating major depression DURHAM, N.C.--A brisk 30-minute walk or jog around the track three times a week may be just as effective in relieving the symptoms of major depression as the standard treatment of anti-depressant medications, according to the results of a Duke University Medical Center study. The researchers studied 156 elderly patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) and assigned them to three groups: exercise, medication, or a combination of medication and exercise. To the surprise of the researchers, after 16 weeks all three groups showed statistically significant and similar improvement in measurements of depression. "One of the conclusions we can draw from this is that exercise may be just as effective as medication and may be a better alternative for certain patients," said the lead researcher, Duke psychologist James Blumenthal, who published the results of his team's study in the Oct. 25 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine. The research is supported by a number of grants from the National Institutes of Health. "While we don't know why exercise confers such a benefit, this study shows that exercise should be considered as a credible form of treatment for these patients," Blumenthal said in an interview. "Almost one-third of depressed patients in general do not respond to medications, and for others, the medications can cause unwanted side effects. Exercise should be considered a viable option." While the researchers studied middle-aged and elderly people, Blumenthal said the results probably hold true for the general population. "Because the elderly tend to have additional medical problems that might make regular exercise difficult, this is the most difficult group to test the exercise hypothesis." Symptoms of MDD, as defined by the psychiatric reference book Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV (DSM-IV), include depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure combined with at least four of the following: sleep disturbances, weight loss, changes in appetite, psychomotor agitation, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, impaired cognition or concentration and recurrent thoughts of death. Based on the DSM-IV definition of depression, 60.4 percent of the patients who only exercised were no longer depressed after 16 weeks, compared with 65.5 percent for the medication group and 68.8 percent of the combination group. When a second commonly used measure of depression, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, was added, 47.2 percent of exercise group were no longer considered depressed, compared to 56 percent of medication group and 47 percent of combination. In both cases, according to Blumenthal, the differences between the groups were not statistically significant. Researchers did note that patients who took the anti-depressants saw their symptoms relieved sooner, but by 16 weeks the group differences had disappeared. Blumenthal said it was possible that the structured and supportive atmosphere of the exercise program also could have an effect in improving the symptoms of the exercise group, but he doesn't attribute the majority of the benefit to social support. Studies have shown that improved levels of physical fitness are related to improved symptoms of depression, he said. Nevertheless, early next year, Blumenthal plans to begin a new study to gauge the effect of exercising in a less-supportive atmosphere, and he also plans to include a placebo group. Blumenthal suggested that exercise may be beneficial because patients are actually taking an active role in trying to get better. "Simply taking a pill is very passive," he said. "Patients who exercised may have felt a greater sense of mastery over their condition and gained a greater sense of accomplishment. They felt more self-confident and had better self-esteem because they were able to do it themselves, and attributed their improvement to their ability to exercise. "These findings could change the way some depressed patients are treated, especially those who are not interested in taking anti-depressants," Blumenthal said. "While these medications have been proven to be effective, many people want to avoid the side effects or are looking for a more ?natural' way of feeling better." The anti-depressant used in the study was sertraline (trade name Zoloft), which is a member of a class of commonly used anti-depressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Blumenthal cautions that the study did not include patients who were acutely suicidal or had what is termed psychotic depression. Also, because patients were recruited by advertisements, these patients were motivated to get better and interested in exercise. The research team included, from Duke, Michael Babyak, Kathleen Moore
[CTRL] Sutton at Republicanconference 1972
-Caveat Lector- the role of international Finance in sustaining the Soviet Empire could be brought into the full light of day. When the British born Dr. Anthony Sutton of Stanford University carefully documented how the Soviet had been economically sustained by the West, little attention was paid to this staggering revelation. When Sutton gave evidence in 1972 before a Republican Party subcommittee he thoroughly documented the horrendous truth that the war waged by the Communists in Vietnam was only being made possible with military equipment manufactured in the Soviet with American technology, and transported to North Vietnam in ships built with American technology, the American news services refused to carry Sutton's testimony. In discussing the Sutton evidence with a Republican who had been present at the 1972 Miami Beach conference, l was told that the general reaction to the Sutton testimony was that if publicized it could lose Richard Nixon the coming Presidential election! I well recall the Wall Street Journalist who, having stumbled upon Sutton's original documentation of the West's economic sustenance of the Soviet, came to see a friend of mine in Ottawa asking for more confirmation of the Sutton material. This journalist was convinced that he was on to "the scoop of the century". He was astonished when told that his story would never appear. It never did. Eric D. Butler DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] KGB's Italian Agents
-Caveat Lector- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-10/17/279l-101799-idx.html KGB's Italian Agents May Have Hurt West By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, October 17, 1999; Page A26 ROME-Soviet intelligence officers successfully recruited dozens of paid agents in Italy during the Cold War who may have compromised secrets of potential importance to NATO and the United States, according to documents leaked by a former KGB archivist that were released here last week. The alleged recipients of Moscow's paychecks included politicians, an Italian ambassador, Foreign Ministry employees, businessmen and journalists, the documents state. The most sensational allegation is that Armando Cossutta--the leader of the Party of Italian Communists, which is part of the government coalition--was an informant for Moscow. But so far, the revelations have provoked little public response besides weariness at the fresh political warfare the documents have ignited between Italian right and left. The two blocs fought bitterly during the Cold War and now want to influence history's judgment of Italy's manipulation by intelligence services from both sides of the Iron Curtain. The allegations have been received here as merely titillating details that "refresh the tints of a picture which basically we've known for a long time," as the Rome newspaper Il Messagero put it. Although parliamentary support is growing for a formal inquiry, the government has not acted. Few of the former Communists who now compose the leading bloc in Parliament appear eager to have a harsh new light trained on efforts by the Soviet Union to manipulate Italy or exploit its security lapses. The papers, which were handed over to the British government in 1992 by former KGB official Vasili Mitrokhin, were passed along to Rome in 1996. Franco Frattini, a member of the parliamentary opposition who heads the commission that released the documents, said government officials told him they have been conducting a quiet counterespionage investigation since then. But this claim was undercut when Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, a former Communist, denied knowledge of the accusations, which mostly involve spying in the 1960s and '70s. "People assumed that things like this went on," Frattini said. "But . . . it's one thing to talk about them at the bar, it's another to have them written out." Justice Rosario Priore, a prominent investigating magistrate in Rome, is among the few independent officials who have urged prompt government action. He said the report showed "a strikingly large" KGB network in Italy, whose members committed "crimes that are punishable by life prison sentences." The backdrop for the disclosures is a long history of attempted bribery of influential Italian politicians by the United States and the Soviet Union. For years the CIA helped fund the rightist Christian Democratic Party that has ruled much of postwar Italy, in an effort to keep Western Europe's largest communist party from gaining power. The documents indicate that Moscow spent millions of dollars a year to apply pressure from the opposite direction, some of it handed over to a Communist Party official after dark in the garden of the Soviet Embassy in Rome. Cossutta, the party secretary at the time, has dismissed this claim as nothing new or surprising. But other details, unproven so far, provide entertaining reading. Two agents are described, for example, as leaving coded hash marks on a clock near the 16th-century Piazza del Popolo in central Rome and then greeting each other with this improbable exchange: "Excuse me, but didn't we see each other at the races in Montevideo in 1965?" "No, it was France in 1964." The Russians, like much of the Italian left, worried that fascists would regain power in Italy, so they sought to lay the groundwork for a landing by Soviet saboteurs. They established a ring of radio transmitters around Rome, stored weapons and other equipment, learned how to fake government stamps and bought uniforms of "military, railroad workers, forest rangers and police" as well as the "used civilian clothing of the local population." Fifteen Soviet residences were used as bases for eavesdropping on tens of thousands of coded cablegrams, the documents assert. Not all of the 261 people described in the report were paid. Moreover, KGB officers were notorious during the Cold War for exaggerating their contacts and access in reports. But some of those named could in the end have a tough time sloughing off the detailed accounts of cash and gifts of cars or vacations. The documents claim that reporters for several Italian newspapers and the Associated Press in Rome received money. They also suggest that Moscow planted a report in a leading Italian magazine, Panorama, that the CIA was behind the 1978 assassination of former prime minister Aldo Moro. The documents also cite for the first time a link between Moro's known killers,
Re: [CTRL] NO INDEPENT PRESS IN AMERICA? John Swinton Quote
-Caveat Lector- (Source: Labor's Untold Story, by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morais, published by United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, NY, 1955/1979.) One night, probably in 1880, John Swinton, then the preeminent New York journalist, was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to the independent press. Swinton outraged his colleagues by replying: "There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone. "The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it, and what folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." -Original Message- From: Nurev Ind Research [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 October 1999 02:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] NO INDEPENT PRESS IN AMERICA? John Swinton Quote -Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > .. > > Forwarded from the Internet Conspiracy Community: > From: Book Search Co-ordinator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: NO INDEPENT PRESS IN AMERICA? John Swinton Quote > Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 10:34 PM > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 12:13 PM > Subject: ATTENTION MEDIA AND NON MAINSTREAM MEDIA - FIREBASE NETWORK > > ATTENTION MEDIA AND NON MAINSTREAM MEDIA - FIREBASE NETWORK > > WHY WE DON'T HAVE A FREE PRESS > John Swinton (considered 'the dean of his profession' by his peers), > Chief of Staff, New York Times when asked to give a toast at the New > York Press Club in 1953 THIS IS WHAT HE SAID: > > "There is no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, > as an independent press. You know it and I know it.There is not one > of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know > beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for > keeping my honest opinion out of the paper I am connected with. Others > of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who > would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets > looking for another job. If allowed my honest opinions to appear in one > issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone. > The business of the journalists is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, > to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his > country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it, and > what folly is this toasting an independent press. We are the tools and > vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping jacks, they pull > the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are > all > the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." While the statement above is essentially true, it is a phony quote. Swinton was never chief of staff at the times, and he was a reporter at the turn of the century, or in the early part of this century. THIS IS AN URBAN LEGEND QUOTE. If you want to be credible, don't use it. Joshua2 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ==
Re: [CTRL] Hegel [repost]
-Caveat Lector- Through them, primarily, and through those who influenced them, we will discover more of what might be called the OCCULT side of Hegel's philosophy, with one foot in Lutheran Pietism (a native mystical development within the peculiarly German form of Protestant Christianity) but the other more in PRE-Christian visions, through Greco-Roman Neoplatonism -- the object of much admiration among Romantics and key source of their inspiration. (In fact, one would not be far from wrong in simply saying that Idealism is Neoplatonism wearing Teutonic attire.) Finally, we will discuss the ultimate source of Hegel's "Idealism" and the origin of the ideologies or belief systems directly born from Hegel's philosophy -- Neo-Platonism in its DUALISTIC form, generally called "Gnosticism," which from the beginning of the Christian era has constituted a thorn in the side of the established Church, being an ALTERNATIVE theology -- "Manichaeanism," a sort of "evil twin" to Christianity wherein there is believed to exist not ONE but TWO Gods --both EQUAL-- and "the Ruler of This World" (in St Paul's words) is EVIL. To bring the subject back to the point, it will be shown exactly how HEGEL incorporated an epistemological ERROR into his philosophy, in effect opening once more the floodgates to this ancient pre-Christian, even ANTI-Christian dualism. Yet in so doing, it must be conceded, Hegel committed an "error" that is a characteristically GERMAN one, reflecting a long-enduring schism in what he would term the German "Spirit," because the same inclination (subjective, not intellectual) resurfaces time and time again in the history of the German culture, present as much in the belief systems of the Teutonic Knights (converted to Christianity comparatively late) --as displayed, for example, in Wolfram von Eschenbach's GERMAN "Grail saga," in contrast to the FRENCH version of the same legend-- as among the myths revered by the Nazi "black magicians," described (melodramatically) by Trevor Ravenscroft in "Spear of Destiny" or (more accurately) by Peter Levenda in "Unholy Alliance." Hegel overturned the whole philosophic thinking of the era, which was leading to the concept of the sovereignty of the law under the rulership of God. Both the state and the individual were subject to the rule of (biblically based) Law. Hegel took many of his ideas from plato. I suspect(but can't prove) that some came from the esoteric world of the day and he was promted into his mode of thinking.- An interesting quote from Jews, God and History (Dimont)shows that even the dialectic process had antecedants in the esoteric world. "A new metaphysical philosophy was injected into Cabalism in the sixteenth century by one of the great Cabalistic scholars, Isaac Luria (1534- 1572) known as Ari, 'the lion.' Luria held that all matter and thought evolved through a three stage cycle: tzimtzum, literally 'contraction' or thesis; shevirat hakeilim, literally 'breaking of the vessels' or antithesis; and tikkun, literally 'restoration' or synthesis". Tikkun- is the name of Rabbi Michael Lerner's magazine, who was the spiritual advisor of First Lady Hillary Clinton. John DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Brain Shocks May Help Depression
-Caveat Lector- Monday October 11 2:52 PM ET Brain Shocks May Help Depression By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The former shipbuilder had severe depression unrelieved by any of today's therapies, so sick he had trouble even leaving his house. Then doctors implanted a pacemaker-like device to stimulate a part of his brain thought important for mood - and that very day the man laughed. ``It was remarkable,'' recalled Dr. Mark George of the Medical University of South Carolina, who performed the experimental implant. ``I said, 'Are you being forced to laugh or do you feel good inside?' He said both.'' Stimulating a nerve that runs from the neck into one of the brain's most mysterious regions appears promising enough at relieving once-untreatable depression that the government just granted permission for a study at 15 hospitals around the country. The treatment, called vagus nerve stimulation, involves sending tiny electric shocks into the vagus nerve in the neck, where it then relays messages deep into the brain. About half of the 30 depressed patients treated in a pilot study - people who had failed every other treatment - ``got a very good response,'' George said in an interview. The results are not definitive, he cautioned. But he added, ``Stimulating there really is a wonderful portal into the base of the brain.'' Full text at: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19991011/hl/brain_stimulator_2.html DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] How Many Subscribers?
-Caveat Lector- Question: How many internet mail list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: 1,331: 1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb has been changed; 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently; 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs; 27 to point out spelling / grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs; 53 to flame the spell checkers; 156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list; 41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames; 109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb; 203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped; 111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts _are_ relevant to this mail list; 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty; 27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs; 14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected URLs; 3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list; 33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers and footers, and then add "Me Too"; 12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy; 19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three"; 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ; 1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup; 47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, leave it here; and, 143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. === (not forgetting the various conspiracy theories about who changed the light bulb, why and the nature of its masonic and kabbalistic symbolism) DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] "Cultural Marxism" in the U.S.?
-Caveat Lector- Who won WWII? All the main parties, Labour, Liberal, Conservative, are committed to one of the basic principles of socialism - equality of outcome: sexual, racial, universal - that was official doctrine in the Soviet Union. It is official doctrine in England and America now." Lawyers and bureaucrats, busy legislating further restrictions on liberty based on ignorance, need more lessons in contemporary science that can clear up much social confusion. Two hundred years ago Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Reason and Free Inquiry are the effectual agents against error. They are the natural enemies of error and error only." -. In Liberty, we are going backwards. ROBERT JOHN. -Original Message- From: Alamaine Ratliff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 October 1999 05:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] "Cultural Marxism" in the U.S.? -Caveat Lector- >From the NewAustralian http://www.newaus.com.au/us137littleton.html {{}} What does the Littleton Massacre have to do with 'cultural Marxism' at the U.S. Naval Academy? By *Dr. Gerald L. Atkinson No. 137, 11 - 17 October 1999 The U.S. Naval Academy, via its 'Leadership and Ethics' program, appears to be taking a path that the nation's public schools have trod over the past 30 years. That is, it has introduced the pseudo-psychological curriculum of 'relative' moral values that has been so disastrous for our young children. The academy appears to be taking the direction that has forced many (who can afford it) to send their children to private schools or 'home school' them. This is becoming apparent as evidence emerges concerning the true nature of the 'Leadership and Ethics' program and, specially, the new Integrity Development Seminars (IDS) at the Academy. This series of 'essays' has at least scratched the surface in characterizing these seminars and the entire 'Leadership and Ethics' program in terms of a broader view of where the ideas, techniques, and personnel come from, what they believe, and what their 'mission' is. We have seen the product of these flawed and failed ideas in the public school system at the Littleton, CO massacre at Columbine High School where 13 innocent students were murdered by two evil products of the New Age 'ethics' taught at that school. A countervailing view of the appropriate 'ethics' training for our nation's future Navy and Marine officers is provided by General Charles C. Krulak, Jr. USMC (Ret.), the former Commandant of the Marine Corps. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] How To Make History Bunk
-Caveat Lector- . "The destruction of the Indians of the Americas was, far and away, the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world," writes historian David E. Stannard.[3,pg.x] Eventually more than 100 million natives fell under European rule. Their extermination would follow. As the natives died out, they were replaced by slaves brought from Africa. = Just a short note The principle cause of death in the americas was disease. The europeans had been continously aflicted by smallpox and black death for hundreds of years. When going to the america's, it has been estimated that up between 80-90% died from disease. Also the sad fact is that there is not a racial or religious group that has not committed genocide against another at some time in their history. Slaves were brought from africa because white slaves were more expensive, and more importantly in the cotton picking regions blacks could be made to work harder. The effect of diseases on history is a little discussed but often determining factor in how things turn out(see Jared Diamond- Guns steel and history) That is why the development of race bombs (genetically selective dideases that disproporionally kill ethnic groups) is probably the most frightening development in warfare in all time. The temptation to use will be strong, as it leaves the infra structure untouched. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Shape Shifting
-Caveat Lector- > -Caveat Lector- > > David hasn't been got. He went under years ago when he declared himself the > "Godhead". These claims merely confirm his state of mind. As the late Jim > Keith aptly put it, The Biggest Secret is yet another "magnum crapus" on par > with Bill Cooper's Behold A Pale Horse. David cites dozens of witnesses of > alleged transformations of people into reptiles, but none are named, or their > evidence corroborated, save for Cathy O'Brien and Arizona Wilder, whose > credibilty is suspect to say the least. > Ive never read behold a pale horse.. What is its faults? John DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] How To Make History Bunk
-Caveat Lector- Smithsonian scalps Western values by Don Feder Wednesday, October 6, 1999 By the shores of the Potomac, near the shining big-sea water, will stand the contentious wigwam of the Smithsonian - its National Museum of the American Indian, to be precise. Last week, while the Senate was cutting funds for the Brooklyn Museum of Art for its painting of a dung-smeared Virgin Mary, a more far-reaching assault on American values went largely unnoticed. Construction was begun on the Smithsonian's Indian museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The $110 million project (two-thirds paid by the taxpayer) is expected to attract 6 million visitors a year. The New York Times noted that the museum ``will not only celebrate and display continuing tribal cultures but work to set the record straight.'' The museum's director, Richard West, said the institution would be dedicated to ``presenting the Indian perspective.'' By ``Indian perspective,'' West means the fulminations of activists who think Columbus was the father of genocide and the 7th Cavalry was the Nazi S.S. on horseback. To emphasize the point, those attending the ceremony sang the anthem of the American Indian Movement, a militant gang best known for its terrorist action at the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975, which left two FBI agents dead. The Smithsonian has passionately embraced the multiculturalist agenda. It sees all of history in the reflected light of the PC trinity - race, gender and class. This dogmatism was most conspicuous in a 1995 exhibit on the end of World War II in the Pacific and the Hiroshima bombing. The original script (revised after protests by veterans) described the conflict as ``a war of revenge against the Japanese,'' who were ``fighting to preserve their culture against imperialism.'' It was as if the rape of Nanking, Pearl Harbor, the Bataan Death March, ``comfort women'' and other atrocities by the Imperial Army had never happened. Even art isn't safe from the Smithsonian's revisionists. A 1991 exhibit (``The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920'') was described by a writer for The Washington Post as ``reducing the saga of America's Western pioneers to little more than victimization, disillusionment and environmental rape.'' Scientists complained that the exhibit ``Science in American Life'' could have been scripted by the Unabomber. Joan Shields, a professor of chemistry at Long Island University, called it a ``revisionist historical display of science as a litany of moral debacles, environmental catastrophes, social injustices and destruction by radiation.'' The Smithsonian's latest editing of history is its book ``Timelines of the Ancient World - A Visual Chronology From the Origins of Life to A.D. 1500.'' While major events in the development of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam are meticulously detailed, the book moves from B.C. to A.D. without acknowledging the birth of Jesus. The spiritual revolution wrought by the Jewish people is similarly ignored. The Smithsonian was established in 1846 for the ``increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.'' Today, it exists to exhort. History becomes a self-criticism session, where the sins of the West, evils of capitalism and the toxicity of the Judeo-Christian tradition are confessed and atoned. Shortly, the Smithsonian will take to the warpath again. Its National Museum of the American Indian no doubt will attack the legitimacy of our founding and westward expansion. From Plymouth Rock to the closing of the frontier, it will present the ``Indian perspective.'' But you the taxpayer will get to pay for it. The complex story of America's native cultures should be told without bias or belligerence. Instead, the museum will subject visitors to a sanitized, one-sided history and victim-group mythology. Will this effort to ``set the record straight'' include celebrations of ritual cannibalism practiced by the Mohawks and Chippewas, torture techniques perfected by the Apaches, the quaint custom of scalping or the degraded status of women in most Indian tribes? America may be the only nation in history to subsidize its own destruction. When the multiculturalists, academic Marxists, perpetually aggrieved minorities and sensitivity Gestapo finally succeed in pulling down our national house, over the ruins should be erected a sign reading, ``Your Tax Dollars At Work.'' DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's nee
Re: [CTRL] AIDS slows world population growth
-Caveat Lector- I tried writing to black journalists about 5 years ago about the danger of aids and was totally ignored. Put them on the list of conspirators. Most white beuracrats are being/have been squeezed from the civil service(often 3 white being replaced bu 10 blacks---jobs for the palls) so they cant be blamed. The ANC has sat on its backside for 5 years , thinking that HIV is nonsense. What is widely practiced in southern africa (according to lancet) is something called dry sex. Cleaning fluid(handy andy) is inserted into the vagina inorder to dry the vagina and to increase the friction. This leads to minor lacerations which increase the transmission of HIV. John -Original Message- From: Tatman, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 October 1999 05:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] AIDS slows world population growth -Caveat Lector- It *might* be coincidence...BUT: the greatest growth in the AIDS mortality rate has come in the regions with the greatest rate of *population* growth, namely Africa and Asia. Cultural differences account for some of the increase in HIV infection; lack of medical care is a significant factor in the increase in deaths. But AIDS is not an easy disease to catch, and simple prophylactic measures can greatly reduce the risk of contracting it. The simplest preventive of all is the latex condom; yet condom distribution in Southern Africa is being stymied by South African bureaucrats who refuse to speed the process of testing condoms imported, for the most part, from Thailand. The bureaucrats in question, one must note, are for the most part holdovers from the former apartheid regime... > -Original Message- > From: Lloyd Miller [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 11:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CTRL] AIDS slows world population growth > > -Caveat Lector- > > Genocide plot succeeding with little fan fare?? > > OTTAWA (AP) - The global AIDS epidemic is taking such a large toll in > Africa that it will measurably slow world population growth, says a > report by the Worldwatch Institute. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Pupils reap reward of return to the three Rs
-Caveat Lector- OBE and its constructivist cousins such as whole language learning has been pioneered by S & B in order to delibrately dumb you down. The fact that they didn't work can be seen in the article below. The interesting question to ask is why have the 'fabians/rockerfellers' been allowing a return to tetsed methods in the UK. Is the 'F/R' hold weakening? are they having a change of heart? Are they so strong that they no longer need to dumb down? Is a new phase in the NWO beginning? Or have they just realised that they were stupid and ideologically driven. Most parents, particularly working class parents (whom Ive had dealings with anyway) hated these "progressive methods". It was never the people who called for the abolition of traditional education.(just more appropiate education in secondary modern schools) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000121378023306&rtmo=lSHbuFnt&atmo= &pg=/et/99/9/16/nedu16.html ISSUE 1574 Thursday 16 September 1999 Pupils reap reward of return to the three Rs By John Clare, Education Editor Blunkett congratulates primary heads and teachers on significant boost in test results for 11-year-olds [15 Sep '99] - Department for Education and Employment FORCING primary schools to teach the Three Rs properly has led to a record rise in the standards achieved by 11-year-olds, David Blunkett, the Education Secretary, said yesterday. Tony Blair (left) and David Blunkett at Southfields Junior School in Luton, where they launched the 'Maths 2000' initiative yesterday Announcing the results of this year's national tests, he said they showed that the Government had been right to concentrate on the basics of literacy and numeracy. The introduction a year ago of a compulsory literacy hour, which included a large element of phonics - the method of teaching reading previously decried by the education establishment - had produced a huge increase in the proportion of 11-year-olds reaching Level 4, the expected standard. Last year, it was 71 per cent; this year it was 81 per cent, exceeding the target the Government had set for 2002. In writing, which includes handwriting and spelling, the proportion reaching Level 4 rose by three per cent to 56 per cent, indicating that teachers needed to work harder on pupils' spelling, punctuation and grammar. The combined results for reading and writing showed that 70 per cent of 11-year-olds reached the expected level in English, up from 65 per cent last year and on target for 80 per cent by 2002. Mr Blunkett said the proportion reaching Level 4 in maths shot up from 59 per cent last year to 69 per cent, reflecting the fact that most primary schools had already introduced the daily numeracy hour, which became compulsory only this term. Again, schools had abandoned the methods propounded for a generation by teacher training institutions and returned to "tried and tested methods", including formal, whole-class instruction, a carefully detailed syllabus and an emphasis on mental arithmetic. Mr Blunkett, who has set a target of 75 per cent reaching the expected level in maths by 2002, said: "There is nothing more important in primary schools than that children learn to read, write and do mathematics well." Noting that the proportion of 11-year-olds achieving the expected level in science had risen from 69 per cent to 78 per cent, he added: "The results show that the quality of teaching generated by the literacy and numeracy strategies has brought benefits across the curriculum." Tony Blair, who was visiting Southfields Junior School, Luton, said he regarded the results as a "really significant milestone" in raising standards. He said: "When we started with these targets, people said it could not be done - but it can be." Announcing the results for seven-year-olds, Mr Blunkett ignored the advice he was given earlier this year by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, which said the pass mark was too low and a poor predictor of children's performance at 11. The authority said the cut-off point for Level 2, which is divided into three classes, a, b and c, should be raised from 2c to 2b. However, Mr Blunkett quoted the figures for the proportion who achieved at least Level 2c: 82 per cent for reading, 83 per cent for writing, 71 per cent for spelling, and 87 per cent for maths - all slightly up on last year. The figures for the proportion of seven-year-olds achieving Level 2b or better, which will not be published until next month, are expected to be in the sixties. For pupils aged 14, the results showed little change on last year. The proportions reaching at least Level 5 - the expected standard for the age group is half way between Level 5 and Level 6 - were 63 per cent in English, down two per cent; 62 per cent in maths, up three per cent; and 55 per cent in science, down one per cent. Mr Blunkett explained that it was too early for the literacy and numeracy strategies to have had an impact on 14-ye
[CTRL] Vote Fraud in America- Hoffman Wire: Oct. 5, 1999
-Caveat Lector- THE HOFFMAN WIRE Oct. 5, 1999 Michael A. Hoffman II, Editor http://www.hoffman-info.com 1. Vote Fraud in America 3. Sun Tzu and Pat Buchanan == 1. Vote Fraud in America The Agents of Paralysis are at it again as we approach the presidential election season, urging us to get in there and back ²our² candidate for Great White Hope. But if we take the bait, where will we be in January of 2001, when leaders such as myself call on their fellow Americans to pitch-in on the long term struggle for a future for our people? Having been burned-out, demoralized and perhaps even nearly bankrupted on the gossamer wings of another futile presidential election campaign, they¹ll tell me, ³It¹s no use² and ³It¹s too late² and they¹ll crawl into their bunkers --which is right where the System wants them. We are offering a new audio-cassette tape of an interview with the foremost authority on ³Vote Fraud in America,² Jim Condit, Jr. Jim will provide you with the missing key to the current election farce. He¹ll tell you why your vote in the national elections doesn¹t count, how the 1996 Republican presidential nomination was stolen from Buchanan and how fraud could work again in 2000, unless the candidates themselves call attention to it. Condit, who won a court case in the 1980s against the Ohio Board of Elections, and who is a former aide to Buchanan, told this reporter (see Revisionist History newsletter, no. 11), that Buchanan has thus far shown no interest in exposing vote fraud. But if Buchanan doesn¹t expose vote fraud, he won¹t win election as federal sewer inspector, much less the presidency. So what game is afoot here? Listen to the ³Vote Fraud in America² tape. Mr. Condit will show you which elections are faked, which ones are likely to be honest and the activist steps you can take in your own county to help secure an honest ballot box. By means of this tape, we want to alert our people now, before Great White Hope Fever sweeps them into yet another frenzy, resulting in a no-win disappointment. Let¹s put the big shots on notice-- we won¹t be fooled again by their dialectic of opposition. We know they set-up and control their own opposition. === 3. Sun Tzu and Pat Buchanan As an ex-farmer let me offer you an agricultural parable. The tropical plant, like for example, the tomato, is fast-growing (a matter of weeks) and ostentatious in its flowering coloration. Its fruit is appealing to the eye. It is a gaudy bauble in the garden of summer. But its roots are shallow and at the first hard frost it is blackened, withered and dead. The burdock, on the other hand, is a northern plant. It is a nuisance in its tenacious, prickly adhesion. It is homely. It lacks style and gloss. It grows slowly (a matter of years). But winter frost cannot kill it and it is nearly impossible to uproot by hand, so deep are its taproots. If one understands the Hegelian dialectic, and behind it, the "knowledge of the equilibrium" of the Zohar, one knows that, thus far, the Pat Buchanans are like that tomato. They have shallow roots, dependent on the sunshine of the System's own news shows, publicity machine, polls, elections and atrocity propaganda and provocations. They are here for a season and then they vanish for four years, like reruns on the late show. We feed the tomato instead of the burdock and then ask, when winter winds blow the torn and stained campaign fliers down the empty streets of our collective broken dreams, "Why do we never win?" Cheap thrills are just that. The System doesn't fear an exchange of talking heads on MSNBC. If they did, they wouldn't broadcast them. They fear constituencies, business networks, organic communities, local 3rd party candidates for city council, school board, state legislature, sheriff-- backed by voting blocs and paper ballots counted in front of the citizens--they fear anything with roots independent of their Videodrome and their rigged national ballot box and polls. Where was Mr. Buchanan in 1996, when he had four years to build and register a third party which would make vote fraud in America the galvanizing issue? He was supporting Bob Dole, the most incompetent presidential candidate of any major party in modern history. After the inevitable Dole defeat, Buchanan returned to his plush job within the System's media octopus and squandered three precious years that could have been spent building a new party. Now on the strength of rhetoric alone, we are being summoned for another election crusade by a man who refuses to challenge the very election System that cheats him of victory. At the risk of alienating everyone--and such are the risks which true vision entails--I say Pat Buchanan is that shallow-rooted, gaudy tropical fruit--a creation of the very media-System he purports to want to destroy. If his campaign were entirely symbolic, costing us nothing and running no risks of plummeting morale should he go down to
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Stratfor's Fourth Quarter Forecast
-Caveat Lector- I recently was in china on business. What struck me was the considerable support the communist party has...many see it as the only means of controlling such a vast country. The considerable chinese chauvinism that exists(in a very polite and subdued manner) The view that china will be the pre-eminent power in the next century. The support for the one child policy. The admiration of america and the desire to learn from america. For a people who talked about harmony between nature and man, how unaesthetic most of their cities are. They dont paint anything that they dont need to.(which is bad for business) John -Original Message- From: Kris Millegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 October 1999 06:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Fwd: Stratfor's Fourth Quarter Forecast DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: DAVID ICKE IN FIJI...
-Caveat Lector- Credo Mutwa is a southern African shaman. He wrote a book called Indaba my children. In one of the chapters he wrote about Kariba was a sacred site for the blacks. This was not true and he was basically trying to assist the black liberation struggle in Rhodesia. He in the book claimed that the phonecians controlled zimbabwe before the ruins were built. He later admitted that large portions of the book were made up. he appears to mix real african shamanism with his own speculations, so should be taken with a big pinch of saltbut Mr Icke has a liking for the outlandish. John (Bad Southern Africa joke. What did they have in Zimbabwe before candles. -Original Message- From: Kris Millegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 October 1999 06:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Fwd: DAVID ICKE IN FIJI... Electricity! DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] FW:Re Homeopathy - generalised thought
-Caveat Lector- Its interesting in the histtory of science, how many good ideas have been rejected,not because of the absence of data but because of the inadequecy of theory and the laziness and scepticism of the scientific community. Continental drift was rejected for many years in the west because the originator proposed tidal effects as causing it. In the east it was rejected because it didnt fit in with dialectic materialism. Strange claims require higher proof, but also require the scientific community to explore with an open mind. The same thing applies to conspiracy theories . Was the investment of S&B to totalitarian countries based on greed or on building a new order. The correct theory will help determine what is likely to happen with in the USA's relationship with China. Was Waco a stupidity by the US govt or part of a long term plan to produce the america, the land of the proles John Dave wrote: > > > > It's no great cognitive leap to realize that herbs and other alternatives > including homoeopathy are ruthlessly suppressed for a couple of reasons. > 1. many alternatives are not PATENTABLE. (get it?) > 2. they actually WORK, and where would all the profits go without the lines > of repeat customers? DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ 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] Israel -- WANTED: "Holy Blood"
-Caveat Lector- Mr David Goldstein a geneticist at oxford university talks about a 'cohen' genetic signature. About 45% of Askenazic priests and 56% of Sephardic priests have the the 'cohen' signature. This shows the story of the Askhenazi being descendants of the Khazars as being incorrect(unless of course the Khazars were one of the lost ten tribes) John As an aside, other gentic test appear to show that the Jews are more closely related to the armenians rather than the semites. -Original Message- From: Das GOAT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 September 1999 10:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Israel -- WANTED: "Holy Blood" -Caveat Lector- Extremists Launch Search for Cohens By JAY COHEN .c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - An extremist group that hopes to rebuild the Jewish temple in Jerusalem has launched a search for descendants of the priests and caretakers of the ancient temples. Organizers of the Second Annual Conference of the Lovers of the Temple said Monday they would use phonebooks and public records to track down Cohens and Levis, who could be called up for service if a third temple is built. Those attending the conference hope to hasten the Messianic age by building a new temple on the site of the Second Temple, which was destroyed in 70 A.D. by Romans quelling a Jewish revolt. Muslims, however, decry their movement, saying it seeks to destroy Islam's third holiest site - the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa mosques, which now stand on the site. The vast majority of Jews reject plans to force Muslims off the Temple Mount. Attempts by extremists to lay claim to the site have led to bloody clashes with Muslims in the past. Judaism's holiest site, the Western Wall, is the only remnant of the temple. ``Tonight we started a project in which we will be listing all Cohens and Levis in the Jewish movement,'' said Yehuda Etzyon, head of the Hai VeKayam - ``Alive and Well'' - organization. The Cohens, the priestly caste in ancient times, led services at the temple. The Levis maintained the temple and were its musicians. Their descendants are identified primarily through their names, including Cohen, Levy and a wide range of derivatives. A model of a rebuilt temple was displayed at the conference, and speakers called for the expulsion of Muslims from the site. About 200 people attended the conference, at Jerusalem's International Convention Center. ``One of the ideas of interest is to build a guard of Cohens and Levis, like the guards of the King and Queen in England, so people know this is the holiest place in Israel and not the place the Muslims stole,'' Etzyon said. Meanwhile, tens of thousands turned out Monday at the Western Wall to mark Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. A row of Cohens, covered completely under white prayer shawls, raised their arms to bless the crowd. The weeklong holiday of Sukkot symbolizes the harvest season and commemorates the 40-year trek through the desert by biblical Israelites, from Egypt to the Promised Land. Jewish men dine in huts to commemorate the simple conditions the Israelites suffered in the wilderness. I notice that this group is NOT looking for descendants of the House of Judah. Or at least, they're not PUBLICLY looking for any modern inheritors of the Seed of David. Each time Israel has had a monarch, since King David, it's been big trouble ... Last time it offered a Davidic "MESSIAH," things turned out even WORSE. So Judaism would prefer to be a THEOCRATIC state, centered on Kohanim under a High Priest. However, Kohanim have always found themselves at odds with the SECULAR ruler of the Kingdom (or State), whether controlled by Jews or by foreign conquerors. Prolonged conflicts invariably climaxes in the call for a "theocratic" MONARCH. If the Temple WERE to be rebuilt, and staffed by Kohanim and a High Priest, at the center of Jewish life in Israel, I "PROPHESY" that, after only a couple of generations, the priests' insistence that the SECULAR government be brought "into line" with their Temple would result in a movement to restore the monarchy as well -- along DAVIDIC lines -- with "Messianic" overtones, for NON-Jewish CHRISTIANS around the world. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections 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, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ==