[CTRL] Oracle: Microsoft breakup payoff

-Caveat Lector- Microsoft breakup payoff http://oracle.com/features/index.html?clinton.html Monday, February 19th isn't just Presidents' Day ... it's opening day at Oracle AppsWorld in New Orleans. So who better to kick-off the biggest event in e- business than former United States President

[CTRL] NYT: U.S. Seeks Bank Records in Pardon Inquiry

-Caveat Lector- NYTimes February 16, 2001 U.S. Seeks Bank Records in Pardon Inquiry By DAVID JOHNSTON WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 — Federal prosecutors in New York have prepared subpoenas demanding the bank records of Denise Rich, the former wife of Marc Rich, in an effort to determine the source o

[CTRL] NYT: Inquiry Puts 19 Torricelli Flights Under Microscope

-Caveat Lector- NYTimes February 16, 2001 Inquiry Puts 19 Torricelli Flights Under Microscope By TIM GOLDEN and DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI On September 1996, as he fought through the last weeks of a close race for the United States Senate, Robert G. Torricelli turned for help to a New Jersey busines

[CTRL] NYP: Gossip-WHO'S PATTY'S HEARSTWHILE HERO?

-Caveat Lector- NEAL TRAVIS' NEW YORK New York Post-Gossip-Thursday, February 15, 2001 WHO'S PATTY'S HEARSTWHILE HERO? WHILE it's not in the same league as the Marc Rich scandal, the question of just who got Bill Clinton to pardon Patty Hearst last month has a lot of society tongues wagging.

[CTRL] NR: The Bagman

-Caveat Lector- The Bagman How a critic becomes a counsel. By NR’s John J. Miller & Ramesh Ponnuru National Review Online-February 15, 2001 2:10 p.m. Jack Quinn's biggest fan in recent days has been his lawyer, Joseph diGenova. The man representing the man representing Denise Rich, the wife o

[CTRL] UPI: Rabbi: 'Marc Rich pardon was bought'

-Caveat Lector- Thursday, 15 February 2001 20:39 (ET) Rabbi: 'Marc Rich pardon was bought' NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The head of the largest Jewish denomination in the United States Thursday criticized Jewish leaders who lobbied in favor of a pardon for Marc Rich calling it a "moral stain" f

[CTRL] NM: Columnist Stands by Air Force One Looting Story

-Caveat Lector- Newsmax-Inside Cover Thursday Feb. 15, 2001; 5:12 p.m. EST Columnist Stands by Air Force One Looting Story The Washington Times columnist who first reported the looting of the presidential airplane used by the Clintons for their farewell flight home has no plans to retract the

[CTRL] Fwd: [NA] It’s Settled: They Own it

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." attributed to Communist Tyrant Josef Stalin One option available to help us fund 50 organizers to restore honest elections and rescue America ---by going to http://newlife.electriclife.net and look at the

[CTRL] (Fwd) Release: Shocking FBI study: Blacks are more likely to b

-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded message follows --- Date sent: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:23:14 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Release: Shocking FBI study: Blacks are more likely to be arrested for hate crimes From: Lib

[CTRL] -Gay Recruiting on PBS Sesame Street by Ellen DeGeneres

-Caveat Lector- Rosie O'Donnell has never publically said she was gay. So children have no way of knowing this. She has done great things for children. She loves children. She is not a pedophile and going to harm the children. Rosie has talent that works and that is all that counts. She i

[CTRL] -Gay Recruiting on PBS Sesame Street by Ellen DeGeneres

-Caveat Lector- Saba, I don't know where you get your homophobia from, but I feel sorry that you were indoctrinated to hate the homosexuals. I think what she is doing is good. Many teenagers are gay and many kill themselves because of the non-acceptance. She is making a difference. This wor

[CTRL] MSNBC: Clinton says Israel influenced pardon

-Caveat Lector- Clinton says Israel influenced pardon Amid the firestorm over fugitive financier Marc Rich¹s pardon, former President Clinton said Thursday in an interview with CNBC¹s Geraldo Rivera that Israel influenced him ³profoundly² in granting the p

[CTRL] AP: Committee To Subpoena 3 in Probe

-Caveat Lector- Committee To Subpoena 3 in Probe by JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three of President Clinton's closest White House aides -- former chief of staff John Podesta, lawyer Beth Nolan and adviser Bruce Lindsey -- will be subpoenaed for the next House hea

Re: [CTRL] JFK Today

-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 2/13/01 10:29:19 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Please read petition calling for the indictment of those who continue to > Obstruct Justice in the Murder of JFK http://go.to/jfktoday Thank for sending this, Kris. Samantha

[CTRL] Part II - HAARPS Environmental Dangers

-Caveat Lector- Cosmic Comentary - http://CosmicRose.tripod.com/CCC.html http://www.globalpsychics.com/lp/Insights/HAARP_project1.htm Part II - HAARP’S Environmental Dangers by Clare Zickuhr and Gar Smith, Earth Island Copyright 1998 !EcoNews! Service ! Wildlife advocates also have ca

Re: [CTRL] Dr. Nick Begich: Mind Control & the Internet

-Caveat Lector- Cosmic Comentary - http://CosmicRose.tripod.com/CCC.html In a message dated 01-02-15 20:35:42 EST, you write: << Recent investigations as RECENT AS LAST YEAR show nothing. THE SITE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN. And you know why? Because of all this crap. Vanessa >> =

Re: [CTRL] FINALLY, THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S MILITARY SERVICE RECORD

-Caveat Lector- Military personnel records to my last understanding are as confidential if not more than medical records IF the person is still living. I would have to say the author of this article is either very brave, stupid or lying. Or perhaps just a compilation of generally known data. >

[CTRL] [radtimes] # 160

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[CTRL] [Fwd: The Embarrassment of the Riches:CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS]

-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: The Embarrassment of the Riches:CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:28:55 -0500 From: Nurev Ind Research <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Nurev Independent Research BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] March 5, 2001 CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Re: [CTRL] JW: BUSH STATEMENTS CAUSE ASHCROFT TO BACK OFF OFPARDONGATE

-Caveat Lector- Marilyn Wright wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > Of course, Dubya wants to back off. You don't think he wants to > dig up all the deals his Dad did with Marc Rich, now, do you? Iran- > Contra all over again? The Bushes have much more to hide when it > comes to Marc Rich than Clinton

Re: [CTRL] NYP: HOW MARC [RICH] HELPED PLUNDER RUSSIA j2

-Caveat Lector- Aleisha Saba wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > This pig at the trough and he has been at the trough in the pig style > once known as the Clinton Oval Office - if something is no done there > must be a way to get this entire congress up on criminal charges. > > People starving and

[CTRL] A terrorist version of NATO?

-Caveat Lector- radman pull quote: "A century ago, a dedicated transnational terrorist group - anarchists - wreaked havoc around the globe, notes Gideon Rose, deputy director of national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York."..."We've all forgotten just how successful

Re: [CTRL] JW: BUSH STATEMENTS CAUSE ASHCROFT TO BACK OFF OF PARDONGATE

-Caveat Lector- Of course, Dubya wants to back off. You don't think he wants to dig up all the deals his Dad did with Marc Rich, now, do you? Iran- Contra all over again? The Bushes have much more to hide when it comes to Marc Rich than Clinton does. You don't think he's just being Mr. Nice Guy,

[CTRL] Right Wing Populism: Too Close for Comfort

-Caveat Lector- RIGHT WING POPULISM: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: An Interview with Chip Berlet & Matthew Lyons by Elaine Wolff, editor, parallax views February 15, 2001 It's hardly news that the coalition that broug

[CTRL] Part of the list of the kidnapped

The Committee for National Solidarity Tolstojeva 34, Belgrade, YU     At the beginning of 1999 the leading Western mass media announced the statement of Mr. Walker, head of the Verification mission, about the alleged massacre of the Albanian civilians committed by the Serbian armed forces,

[CTRL] Oppenheimer Family to Take De Beers Private

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/15/business/16CND-DIAMOND.html February 15, 2001 Oppenheimer Family to Take De Beers Private By ALAN COWELL with RACHEL L. SWARNS LONDON, Feb. 15 — The Oppenheimer family, which has controlled much of the world diamond trade for more than 70 years, has tighte

Re: [CTRL] Dr. Nick Begich: Mind Control & the Internet

-Caveat Lector- From: Cosmic Comentary - http://CosmicRose.tripod.com/CCC.html Re: HAARP - Recent research supports Begich's early findings. This is submitted for the record to deconstruct opinions holding that HAARP and its progeny are harmless and defunct. Prof. Chossudovsky (below) is

[CTRL] FINALLY, THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S MILITARY SERVICE RECORD

-Caveat Lector- FINALLY, THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S MILITARY SERVICE RECORD George W.'s Missing Year By Marty Heldt February 12, 2001 Nearly two hundred manila-wrapped pages of George Walker Bush's service records came to me like some sort o

[CTRL] MindControl: CIA's Tricks are for Kids

-Caveat Lector- MindControl: CIA's Tricks are for Kids http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0213-04.htm http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap

[CTRL] IT'S THE EMPIRE, STUPID A moron in the White House?

http://128.121.216.19/justin/j021401.html IT'S THE EMPIRE, STUPID A moron in the White House? Is George W. Bush just a little, er, slow? Just because Hollywood flake Martin Sheen says he is doesn't mean it ain't so. The BBC reports that Sheen, a longtime Clinton camp follower – who plays th

[CTRL] Jeb Bush Caught in Govt Sting -- Again

http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=49&contentid=126&page=1 Jeb Bush Caught in Govt Sting -- Again by URI DOWBENKO According to Al Martin, writing in his column "Behind the Scenes in the Beltway," Florida Governor Jeb Bush has been caught on camera with an unidentif

[CTRL] Fwd: "Collective Suicide" or Zionism United?

___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\©http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, & Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups,

[CTRL] CIA - Zambia - Money laundering.

-Caveat Lector- CIA Sees Zambia As The Region's Money Laundering Centre http://allafrica.com/stories/200102150387.html Post of Zambia (Lusaka) February 15, 2001 Posted to the web February 15, 2001 Lusaka The American Central Intelligence Agency has labelled Zambia as a centre for money-launde

Re: [CTRL] NYP: HOW MARC [RICH] HELPED PLUNDER RUSSIA

-Caveat Lector- This pig at the trough and he has been at the trough in the pig style once known as the Clinton Oval Office - if something is no done there must be a way to get this entire congress up on criminal charges. People starving and these pigs stealing? Who are they - give you one

[CTRL] More Beg Your Pardons....

-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Thu, Feb 15, 2001, 1:45pm Subject: JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY IN PARDONGATE To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Language:en << FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/15/2001 Press Office 202-646-5172 JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY IN PARDONGATE: FEDERAL COURT RULES DOCUM

[CTRL] JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY IN PARDONGATE

-Caveat Lector- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/15/2001 Press Office 202-646-5172 JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY IN PARDONGATE: FEDERAL COURT RULES DOCUMENTS ON CLINTON PARDON OF PUERTO RICAN TERRORISTS ARE PUBLIC Documents Had Been Withheld for Over One Year by Clinton-Gore Administration Decision Will Serv

[CTRL] JW: BUSH STATEMENTS CAUSE ASHCROFT TO BACK OFF OF PARDONGATE

-Caveat Lector- Judicial Watch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/15/2001 Press Office 202-646-5172 BUSH STATEMENTS CAUSE ASHCROFT TO BACK OFF OF “PARDONGATE” U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York Conducting Questionable Preliminary Inquiry (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interes

[CTRL] LAT: U.S. Built Vignali Case on Wiretaps

-Caveat Lector- Thursday, February 15, 2001 U.S. Built Vignali Case on Wiretaps Law: Informants portrayed dealer who received clemency as key financier of a cocaine pipeline. By RICHARD A. SERRANO and STEPHEN BRAUN Los Angeles Times Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS--The 1994 case against Carlos V

[CTRL] AP: Prosecutor Opens Rich Pardon Probe

-Caveat Lector- Prosecutor Opens Rich Pardon Probe by PAT MILTON Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal prosecutor has cranked up the heat on former President Clinton, launching a criminal investigation to determine if money played a role in the last-minute pardon of fugitive finan

Re: [CTRL] FoxNews: Clinton may join Oracle Board

-Caveat Lector- So the Justice Deparatment attempts to destroy Bill Gates under Clinton because he would not give tribute to Ceasar? Oracle should be boycotted unless this is just another propaganda piece . sure Clinton is getting a lot of press - all of it bad. Nice company image - Chief of Th

[CTRL] Farmers warned against biotech corn

-Caveat Lector- Farmers warned against biotech corn By PHILIP BRASHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (February 13, 2001 6:28 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - Stray kernels of the biotech corn that caused nationwide recalls of taco shells still pose a problem for farmers this year, even thoug

[CTRL] NYP: HOW MARC [RICH] HELPED PLUNDER RUSSIA

-Caveat Lector- HOW MARC HELPED PLUNDER RUSSIA Thursday,February 15,2001 By ROD DREHER EVERYBODY is boiling mad over the pardon of fugitive Marc Rich, in large part because he is a traitor who did business with the ayatollah, and helped keep the South African apartheid regime in business under

[CTRL] WT: Putin Caught in Big Lie

-Caveat Lector- "Russian President Vladimir Putin last month dismissed reports of the nuclear arms in Kaliningrad as "rubbish."" Satellites pinpoint Russian nuclear arms in Baltics By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES U.S. spy

[CTRL] TH: Torricelli turns on his friends

-Caveat Lector- Michelle Malkin February 14, 2001 Torricelli turns on his friends Teflon Bob Torricelli's coat of armor is wearing a little thin these days. The once-invincible, Democratic fund-raising superman can't se

[CTRL] NYT: U.S. Is Beginning Criminal Inquiry in Pardon of Rich

-Caveat Lector- February 15, 2001 U.S. Is Beginning Criminal Inquiry in Pardon of Rich By DAVID JOHNSTON New York Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 ó The United States attorney in New York has started a preliminary

[CTRL] WSJ: The Pardon Precedent

-Caveat Lector- The Wall Street Journal JOHN FUND'S POLITICAL DIARY The Pardon Precedent In 1978 Clinton got a close look at the dangers of selling forgiveness. Thursday, February 15, 2001 12:01 a.m. EST A chief executive from the South, long p

[CTRL] FoxNews: Clinton may join Oracle Board

-Caveat Lector- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/021401/clinton_oracle.sml Clinton's Oracle Speech Hints He May Join Company's Board Wednesday, February 14, 2001 By Michael Liedtke SAN FRANCISCO — When Bill Clinton delivers the keynote speech at an Oracle Corp. convention Monday, it might mar

Re: [CTRL] THE ART BAEL SHOW AND DAVID

-Caveat Lector- Having read a large number of Mike's rantings for some months now, I can assure you it was not a typo. One also approaches the point of belly-laughter when grappling with Mike's fetish for Ted Gunderson and Bo Gritz - claiming Art Bell to be a disinformation agent while the forme

Re: [CTRL] THE ART BAEL SHOW AND DAVID

-Caveat Lector- Is Mike Clark writing "ART BAEL" instead of Art Bell due to a typo, or trying to compare him to the Semitic deity Ba'al? --- Ole_Gerstrøm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Mike Clark > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8

Re: [CTRL] IBT SEIZED!! Additional Info

-Caveat Lector- >And they seemed to invite it. You don't need to be a business with employees in order to be a church. You don't even need to worship in public. Jesus himself said it was better to pray in a closet than "aloud on a street corner." www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ÝÝÝCTRL i

[CTRL] THE ART BAEL SHOW AND DAVID

  - Original Message - From: Mike Clark To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:31 PM Subject: DavidIcke2000 RE: THE ART BAEL SHOW AND DAVID   Dont count on ART BAEL having Ted Gunderson on  either.   Or Bo Gritz.   Or William Cooper.  The ART BAEL

[CTRL] Election Destabilization in USA?

-Caveat Lector- Election Destabilization in USA Following the US House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings, a serious question emerges: Were the 2000 US Presidential elections intelntionally destabilized, using known psyops destabilization technologies? Because covert black operations are of

Re: [CTRL] Dr. Nick Begich: Mind Control & the Internet

-Caveat Lector- I wonder if a firewall would stop this sort of signal... ? Samantha In a message dated 2/15/01 12:36:46 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Siegal: "Where is this all going though? The scary part of this that you > talk about is the new technology and

[CTRL] Dr. Nick Begich: Mind Control & the Internet

-Caveat Lector- I From Mind Control-L: Dr.Nick Begich Interview Coast to Coast AM interview with Dr.Nick Begich: "What didn't come out in the congressional hearings on MK Ultra,and we sight the congressional record on that particular area as well but what didn't come out is the us

[CTRL] NEWS:Canada Bars Extradition to U.S. for Death Penalty

-Caveat Lector- Thursday February 15 10:42 AM EST Canada Bars Extradition to U.S. for Death Penalty By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday barred the extradition of two murder suspects to the United States unless Ottawa won assurances they would not face th

Re: [CTRL] Vacationing at Taxpayer Expense

-Caveat Lector- It is hard for me to imagine that old growth forests are the cause of the world's problems. It's hard for me to imagine that anyone who lives in the over-populated, over-polluted disaster that is today's Denver, would really like to see the rest of the West (to say nothing of a f

[CTRL] Vacationing at Taxpayer Expense

-Caveat Lector- Vacationing at Taxpayer Expense by Ryan McMaken Last week, I wrote an article here on LewRockwell.com on the problem of "roadless" forests and federally protected wilderness areas. In it, I suggested that the people who benefit most from such set asides are the same people who lo

[CTRL] Make the Wheel Squeak and Get Some

-Caveat Lector- You guessed it! Oil! Let's see, now, the over ten-year old war against Iraq; the almost ten-year-old war against Yugoslavia (as a convenient bag); Columbia; E Timor (Indonesia?). What kind of foreign policy mandates the oil trade at the point of a missile? Rumour had it once t

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [RMNEWS] MARC RICH -- HAS CLINTON SET UP THE REPUBLICANS?

-Caveat Lector- There is nothing, absolutely nothing Bush can do about a pardon - in particular the pardon of Marc Rich aka Reich (strange name for German Jew - wonder what his REAL name is, for Reich I believe is an aka too). Bush made it clear he was going to go on with government business

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: AFA ACTION ALERT-Gay Recruiting on PBS Sesame Street by Ellen DeGeneres

-Caveat Lector- For your convenience I reproduce the story re our children being targeted by sodomists...and this is for real Awake thou that sleepeth.this is now an attack on the Catholic Church - Awaken Hibernians - for these evil people sent polluted AIDS blood to Ireland thro

[CTRL] Fwd: AFA ACTION ALERT-Gay Recruiting on PBS Sesame Street by Ellen DeGeneres

For quite a while I have wondered why Rosie O'Donnell was permitted to play with the children on Sesame Street - and ran across this article re Ellen Degenerte..who now will plan a Nun in a TV show - which I consider an attack on the Church. So we have this lesbian Rosie O'Donnell playing

[CTRL] Fwd: [RMNEWS] MARC RICH --Clinton, the stool pigeon, is leaking hot items of specific criminality

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[CTRL] Fwd: [RMNEWS] MARC RICH -- HAS CLINTON SET UP THE REPUBLICANS?

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[CTRL] Fwd: [GATA] Important article about gold consumption and short position

10:13p ET Wednesday, February 14, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: There's an important new article at The Mining Web about gold consumption and the short position in gold, written by Tim Wood. You can find it here: http://www.mips1.net/MGGold.nsf/Current/4225685F0043D1B2852569F3007384 5F

Re: [CTRL] PETITION TO BAN ALL GUNS IN THE UNITED STATES

-Caveat Lector- So does this fellow have a bull's-eye painted on his house, and a sign in the front yard saying "Gun-free house: rob me" ? --- Bill Richer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > Feel free to email this idiot at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with my > blessings! Come > and get 'em,

Re: [CTRL] Another Clinton first

-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 02/14/2001 9:24:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << "I fully understand why you are upset that former President Clinton spoke at one of our conferences," Morgan Stanley chairman Philip Purcell wrote, obviously feeling some pain of his o

[CTRL] Slade Gorton

-Caveat Lector- Well folks, guess who all but one Republican senator want to give a lifetime appointment as a Federal judge? None other than Slade Gorton. Senator McCain has withheld his approval pending a decision as to the location of the judgeship. It seems that Senator McCain feels it woul

[CTRL] Fwd: [GospelofThomas] carnivore

In a message dated 2/15/01 4:25:30 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj:[GospelofThomas] carnivore Date:2/15/01 4:25:30 AM Central Standard Time From:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] (staats fasoldt) Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])  

[CTRL] [radtimes] Shocking FACTS about U.S. income & wealth inequality

-Caveat Lector- Shocking FACTS about U.S. income & wealth inequality Tue, 13 Feb 2001 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] After 8 years of a genuinely sociopathic "New Democrat" as President of the United States the appalling inequality of income and wealth that was exacerbated under the Republican Pres

[CTRL] [radtimes] # 159

-Caveat Lector- [radtimes] # 159 An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities. "We're living in rad times!" --- How to assist RadTimes--> (See ** at end.) ---