[CTRL] Boom Bust

1999-04-28 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/117/oped/What_we_lost_in_the_boomP.shtml What we lost in the boom By James Carroll, 04/27/99 Charlie walks into the Ritz Bar in Paris, a favorite haunt in the old days. With rueful sympathy, the barman says, ''I heard that you lost a lot

[CTRL] American Pastoral ... American Berserk

1999-04-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America : The Brutal Society The Columbine High School massacre: American Pastoral ... American Berserk By David North 27 April 1999 Columbine High School appeared to be, at least in the view of its administrators and the county

[CTRL] Balkans: Business as (Un)Usual?

1999-04-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald Wednesday, April 28, 1999 BALKANS: THE CONFLICT US plays a double game on oil sales By CHRISTOPHER LOCKWOOD in Washington and TIM KING in Luxembourg The European Union banned oil sales to Yugoslavia on Monday, but in a development that

[CTRL] Fw: LM COMMENTARY: American school shootings/04-27-99

1999-04-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: LM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LM-commentary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:57 PM Subject: LM COMMENTARY: American school shootings/04-27-99 : : American psychos? : : David Nolan reports from Washington on the hysterical

[CTRL] East Timor: Red White

1999-04-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From etan.org The ETAN/U.S. Condemns Killings, Calls for U.S., UN Action Sunday, 18 April 1999 For Immediate Release Contact: John M. Miller (718) 596-7668 East Timor Action Network Condemns Latest Killings Calls for U.S., U.N. Action to Disarm Paramilitaries The East Timor

[CTRL] You've Got (Mail) Trouble!!!

1999-04-27 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Wednesday, April 28, 1999 You've Got Mail! As Divorce Sequels Show, You've Got Trouble! By Maria Glod Washington Post Service

[CTRL] OT: Humour: Engineers Trivia

1999-04-26 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- : Comprehending engineers : : Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said, "Where : did you get such a great bike?" : The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my : own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike.

[CTRL] Balkans: Blundering?

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/115/editorials/NATO_s_Balkan_blundersP.shtm l NATO's Balkan blunders By Globe Staff, 04/25/99 In war, as in love or the stock market, it is never too soon to review past mistakes. Many things about Washington's slide into the current war

[CTRL] Albania, then Serbia (and a little China to taste)

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- After researching my recollection for the specificity of facts about "Albania", I recalled that Albania {to/with whom the Kosovars are aligned} was (one of) the only European Communist nations that was wholly aligned with China. H ... and you notice how "Britain" {formerly

[CTRL] Balkans: Furtive Glances

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Vol. 15, No. 18 -- May 17, 1999 . . . . www.insightmag.com Flirting With KLA Terrorists By J. Michael Waller

[CTRL] Eyes on the Isles

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- I would suggest the Brits' politicians not make the same error as a leader of a central European country did midway through this century and forget geography and the scope of resources -- not to mention resolve -- the Americans can muster. Put differently, until they can

[CTRL] China: Silent Might

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Irish Times Monday, April 26, 1999 Silent Beijing protest biggest in many years From Conor O'Clery, in Beijing In the biggest, and certainly one of the oddest, protests seen in Beijing in

[CTRL] Adams' Appeal

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Irish Times Monday, April 26, 1999 Adams calls for an end to NATO action By Andy Pollak Sinn Féin president Mr Gerry Adams has called for an end to NATO's bombing of Serbia. He told a

[CTRL] Arabiana / Russiana

1999-04-25 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.Com Mubarak, Russian FM discuss situation in Kosovo, Egypt sends aid Egypt, Politics, 4/24/99 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met today with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov who is visiting in Cairo within the framework of his Middle East tour. Meanwhile,

[CTRL] Abyss-mal Conditions

1999-04-24 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From NewsMax.CoM Inching Toward the Abyss J.R. Nyquist April 24, 1999 The Western alliance is inching toward an abyss -- either a confrontation with Russia or a split within NATO. These are the dangers courted by President Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Their

[CTRL] Balkan Theory: Chaos vs Conspiracy

1999-04-24 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald Saturday, April 24, 1999 BALKANS: THE CONFLICT Flawed foray, weasel words By SIMON MANN, Herald Correspondent in London You say Kosovo, we say Kosova. You say criminal blitz, we say surgical strikes. You say Milosevic household, we say

[CTRL] Resourceful Trends

1999-04-24 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-341es.html The Increasing Sustainability of Conventional Energy by Robert L. Bradley Jr. Robert L. Bradley Jr. is president of the Institute for Energy Research in Houston, Texas, and an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute. An earlier

[CTRL] Gottbljitzentag

1999-04-24 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Irish Times Saturday, April 24, 1999 An Irishmans Diary By Kevin Myers There is a day which sometimes occurs in Sweden shortly before the great winter freeze sets in and which the Swedes

[CTRL] The FRY Team

1999-04-24 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Irish Times Saturday, April 24, 1999 Serbia's Lady Macbeth wields quiet power President Milosevic is supported by a marriage, seemingly invincible, writes Chris Stephen YUGOSLAVIA: The

[CTRL] Media/Policy

1999-04-23 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From NewStatesman (UK) Where are my Muslim brethren? Ziauddin Sardar fears another holocaust in Europe, but the Islamic states couldn't care less Once again, we Muslims find ourselves between the Devil and the deep blue sea. We are glad that something is being done about

[CTRL] Cars or Guns: Which worse?

1999-04-23 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/af78.htm Accident Facts® Motor Vehicle, 1997 Between 1912 and 1997, motor-vehicle deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles were reduced 94%, from 33 to about 2.

[CTRL] A Wake

1999-04-23 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.claremont.org/precepts.cfm Wednesday, April 21, 1999 In Littleton's Wake By Larry P. Arnn In Colorado on Tuesday there occurred another in a series of horrifying multiple murders by American schoolchildren of their classmates. This type of murder is a

[CTRL] Dusk

1999-04-23 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Saturday, April 24, 1999 Out of the Dark, Into the Mainstream: America's Cult of Violence By Kevin Merida and Richard Leiby Washington Post Service

[CTRL] Russia: Deteriorating Youth

1999-04-23 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Russia A sharp deterioration in the conditions facing Russian youth By Larry Roberts 24 April 1999 Since the early 1990s, coinciding with the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Russian children and teenagers experienced a

[CTRL] Balkans: UCK

1999-04-23 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis The record of the Kosovo Liberation Army: ethnic politics in alliance with imperialism By Linda Tenenbaum and Peter Symonds 24 April 1999 Despite its key role in the Balkans war, little has been made known to

[CTRL] Balkans: Through the Chaff: 04-22-99

1999-04-22 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Amidst the media propaganda Key facts in press accounts refute official rationale for Balkan war By Martin McLaughlin 22 April 1999 The two most influential daily newspapers in the United States, the New York

[CTRL] Fw: [FAIR-L] CounterSpin Pulled From Pacifica Stations

1999-04-22 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: FAIR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 7:28 PM Subject: [FAIR-L] CounterSpin Pulled From Pacifica Stations : : FAIR-L : Fairness Accuracy in Reporting

[CTRL] War Council

1999-04-22 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Friday, April 23, 1999 Anniversary Gala Recast As a Major War Council Kosovo Dictates Agenda at NATO Summit By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune

[CTRL] Fw: Earth Day and Rambouillet

1999-04-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 11:27 AM Subject: Earth Day and Rambouillet Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org *

[CTRL] Fw: Encirclement

1999-04-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Will this be Romania's Bulgaria's ticket to ride on the NEATO train? : From Int'l Herald Tribune : : Paris, Wednesday, April 21, 1999 : NATO Gets Right To Use Airspace Bordering Serbia : Romania and Bulgaria Approval Will Allow Campaign to Expand : :

[CTRL] Fw: Balkans in the Balance

1999-04-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Let's see ... somewhere a while ago there was some discussion about the two brothers in a fight who stopped their personal conflict and turned jointly on the (dis)interested party who tried to intervene. And, of course, as might be seen in the National (Colorado) news, there is

[CTRL] Crime Policy

1999-04-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://crimepolicy.org/ Via www.epn.org CAMPAIGN FOR AN EFFECTIVE CRIME POLICY ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN Launched in 1992 by a group of criminal justice leaders, the non-partisan Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy encourages a less politicized, more informed debate about

[CTRL] Arabiana: 04-21-99

1999-04-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Moscow ready to resume Syrian - Israeli negotiations Regional, Politics, 4/21/99 Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov sent a communique to Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid, in which he informed the latter that there is no choice left for

[CTRL] Recolonisation of the Balkans

1999-04-21 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Note: Reference to www.polyconomics.com is made in the following article; memo(s) referred to are at the end. AER From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis IMF "shock therapy" and the recolonisation of the Balkans By Nick Beams 17 April 1999 During

[CTRL] Balkania: Reportage: 04-20-99

1999-04-20 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Behind the attacks on veteran journalist John Simpson British government criticises BBC for its war coverage By Stuart Nolan and Barbara Slaughter 20 April 1999 Senior British government officials have denounced

[CTRL] Right vs Feminism

1999-04-20 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.faseweb.org/young2.html Victimizers: The Right's Confusion About Feminism by Cathy Young (reprinted from the 12 April 1999 issue of The New Republic) This ought to be a giddy moment for conservative critics of feminism. The Clinton scandals have left the

[CTRL] Balkans: Seriously / IV-F

1999-04-20 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From National Review Get Serious Steps to victory in Kosovo. ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI Mr. Brzezinski, national security advisor to President Carter, is counselor at the Center for Strategic and

[CTRL] Balkan Fringe: Turkey: 04-20-99

1999-04-20 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From LA Times "Founded in the early 1960s by a charismatic former army colonel, Alparslan Turkes, the Gray Wolves exalt the "pure Turk" over all other ethnic groups. " Hmmm ... Tuesday, April 20, 1999 Turkey's Gray Wolves Nip at Heels of Power Elections: With 90% of ballots

[CTRL] Balkan Notes: 04-19-99

1999-04-19 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From NewsMax.CoM The West Begins to Crack: U.S. Policy May Be Diplomatic Suicide J. R. Nyquist April 19, 1999 With 80,000 Russians volunteering to fight NATO and 30,000 U.S. reservists being called to active duty, Bill Clinton's leadership continues to propel Europe toward

[CTRL] Fw: NATO-Russia, Global Economy

1999-04-19 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Suggested answer to the questions posed at the end of the post: "Oil is really going on." This may sound superficial, or a droning on about all the conflicts being centred around oil, but I would venture a guess that Western Europe (AKA "NEATO") might just stand to profit from

[CTRL] Y2K Bunker Mentality

1999-04-18 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000271261842766rtmo=ws0Aw5Qbatmo= pg=/et/99/4/18/wbunk18.html ISSUE 1423 Sunday 18 April 1999 External links from article site New York City Mayor's Office of Emergency Management Y2K Preparedness - New York City Department

[CTRL] Balkan Notes: 04-18-99

1999-04-18 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From NYPostOnLine SLOBBO IMPORTS FOREIGN DEATH SQUADS By NILES LATHEM --- - YUGOSLAV paramilitary leaders are importing freelance killers from neighboring countries to commit some of the worst

[CTRL] Fw: Troubling Questions About Rambouillet

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas

[CTRL] Does K = (or approximate) K?

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Correspondingly, I post to seek as many sides of an issue as possible -- not only those proposed or supported by the mass media, but also those that won't fit into their scheduling or agendae. AER From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Korea: the

[CTRL] Russell's Paradox

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.philosophers.co.uk/current/paradox2.htm Russell's Paradox by Francis Moorcroft The British Library sends out instructions that every library in the country has to make a catalogue of all its books. Each librarian makes their catalogue and are then faced with a

[CTRL] Fw: [FAIR-L] Does PBS stand for Promoting Biased Stories

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

[CTRL] Arabiana: 04-17-99: Turf Disputes

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Distribution of geographic atlas of Arab states in universities suspended Regional, Politics, 4/17/99 Border disputes between the Arab states surfaced in an academic exercise that publishes a map of the Arab states. In concluding his meetings yesterday in

[CTRL] NoKoreana: 04-17-99

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Saturday, April 17, 1999 North Korea to Lose Main Foreign Bank Closure Will Complicate Pyongyang's Receipt of International Aid By Thomas Crampton International

[CTRL] Yugoslavia: Eastern European Views

1999-04-17 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From RussiaToday Updated Sat., Apr. 17, 1999 at: NY 7:51 a.m. Lon 12:51 p.m. Pra 1:51 p.m. Mos 3:51 p.m. Editor's Pick: An Eastern View Of Kosovo - A look at some of the media commentary on the Balkan crisis from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltics. News

[CTRL] Fw: [ma] Shampoo?

1999-04-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- /\/\eta-axio/\/\ Mailing List -=-=-=- : Source: David Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sender: belgrave : : this is reprinted as I received it - caveat lector - bel : -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- : : In

[CTRL] Fw: Presidential Filings

1999-04-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - : Presidential Donors Disclosed, Searches available : : Public Disclosure Inc is immediately making available a searchable and : downloadable database of the donors to Bradley, Gore and Bush (partial). : Search by candidate, state, or zip code. If

[CTRL] Don't believe ...

1999-04-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- ...everything you read, or, caveat lector ... and in this sophisitcated and electronic media/ad age, 'read' is accompanied by see, hear, touch, et cetera. From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : North America The 1999 Pulitzers--prizes for Ken Starr's allies By Martin

[CTRL] Balkans: German Accent

1999-04-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- As ever, in this age of media saturation, there just might be two (or more) sides {facets} to each gem of journalistic expression. In view of the 'possible' political influence over major media outlets, dissenting views are not necessarily endorsed nor are they ignored. [I

[CTRL] VA Surgery

1999-04-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Interesting variable in the military equation; retention, recruitment, conflict, benefits are among other variables. AER From Wash (DC) Post VA Planning Major Layoffs 1,100-Plus Jobs May Be Lost at Medical Facilities By Bill McAllister Washington Post Staff Writer Friday,

[CTRL] Fw: LM COMMENTARY: New Britain's moral crusdae/04-16-99

1999-04-16 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: LM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LM-commentary [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 5:10 AM Subject: LM COMMENTARY: New Britain's moral crusdae/04-16-99 : : 'The war against the Serbs is about projecting a self-image of the ethical : New

[CTRL] Rambouillet: Fighting words

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- A little longer than the average post but the text of the "accord" is important in terms of the current state of affairs. Text of Rambouillet follows article. AER From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis How the Balkan war was prepared Rambouillet

[CTRL] Heavier Spread

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Where the conspiracy starts: "The weight increases are apparent, to varying degrees, in every region of the country. And with baby boomers settling in to the weight-gaining prime of middle age and many teenagers tearing into endless ''super-size''

[CTRL] Israel/Arabiana: 04-15-99

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Kuwaiti donation to the Lebanese army Kuwait, Politics, 4/15/99 The Lebanese army on Wednesday received 10 ambulances fully equipped with best facilities as a donation from the state of Kuwait. The Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut Muhammad Saeed al-Sallal,

[CTRL] Fw: [FAIR-L] ACTION ALERT: WAS A PEACEFUL KOSOVO SOLUTION REJECTED BY U.S.?

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: FAIR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 7:07 PM Subject: [FAIR-L] ACTION ALERT: WAS A PEACEFUL KOSOVO SOLUTION REJECTED BY U.S.? : : FAIR-L : Fairness

[CTRL] Yea or Nay ?

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Via http://www.brookings.org/views/op-ed/haass/19990413.htm So Is It Yes or No? The New York Times, April 13, 1999 By Richard N. Haass, Director, Foreign Policy Studies Increasingly it seems

[CTRL] Kosovo/China/Ancestral Voice

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- The Progressive Response April 14th, 1999 Vol. 3, No. 13 The Progressive Response is a publication of Foreign Policy In Focus, a joint project of the Interhemispheric Resource Center and the Institute for Policy Studies. The project produces Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF)

[CTRL] NEATO @ 50

1999-04-15 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Name change? Northern European/American Treaty Organisation {NEATO} ? In Focus: NATO at 50 Volume 4, Number 11 March 1999 Written by Tomás Valásek, Center for Defense Information Editors: Martha Honey (IPS) and Tom Barry (IRC) Key Points The end of the cold war

[CTRL] Food (Un)Fitness

1999-04-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Arkansas seems to be having a few problems of late ... AER From LATimes Wednesday, April 14, 1999 21 Million Pounds of Meat, Poultry Are Declared Unfit From Times Wire Services WASHINGTON--Federal food inspectors declared unfit for human consumption 21 million pounds of

[CTRL] Fw: Balkan Fallout From NATO Bombing

1999-04-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas

[CTRL] To the Victor ...

1999-04-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Wednesday, April 14, 1999 Escalation of Air War Underscores Its Flaws Low-Tech Serb Tactics Stymie NATO Plan By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune

[CTRL] Israeliana: 04-14-99

1999-04-14 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Sharon, Netanyahu deny Russian mediation with Syria Syria, Politics, 4/14/99 Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon has denied news published by the Israeli daily Haaretz on Tuesday that he asked the Russian leadership to convey a verbal message to Syria

[CTRL] Rules in the Balance

1999-04-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Russia and the Balkan war NATO's bombing of Belgrade changes the political balance of forces in Moscow By Vladimir Volkov and Peter Schwarz 13 April 1999 The effects of NATO's bombing of Serbia reach far beyond

[CTRL] Balkans: Socio-Environmental Factors

1999-04-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- I often reflect on the situations involving highly advanced military forces and their less advantaged adversaries. I have yet to see it pointed out that there is a great chasm between NATO (and other coalitions) and adversaries like Iraq, Sudan, Yugoslavia, and others in terms

[CTRL] Fw: End Arbitrary Access to the Voting Booth!

1999-04-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

[CTRL] War Between Image and Word

1999-04-13 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.bookwire.com/HMR/nonfiction.review$5991 Hungry Mind Review An Independent Book Review Fiction ||| Nonfiction ||| Children's ||| Poetry BookWire ||| HMR Home ||| Discussion |||

[CTRL] Net Chic

1999-04-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From San Francisco Bay Guardian www.sfbg.com Truth be told? Are e-mail dispatches from Kosovo compromising the news media's coverage of the war in Yugoslavia? By Brooke Shelby Biggs Big surprise: the mainstream media is screwing up its coverage of the war in Kosovo. In all

[CTRL] Rockin' In The Free World

1999-04-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Boston Globe US to send 82 more warplanes Reserves facing call-up to stop 'ethnic cleansing,' Pentagon says for first time By Mary Leonard and Anne E. Kornblut, Globe Staff, 04/11/99 WASHINGTON - Heeding warnings that an even ''greater humanitarian disaster'' loomed for

[CTRL] Russian In

1999-04-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Tuesday, April 13, 1999 Yugoslavia Seeks Union With Russia and Belarus By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Service

[CTRL] NATO: Uncommon Views

1999-04-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Kanwa CAN THE NATO BREAK THROUGH THE AIR-DEFENSE FIRE NETS OF CHINA AND RUSSIA? photos S300PMU2 by Andrei Pinkov Tor-M1 by Andrei Pinkov end photos Kanwa news April 6, 1999 The NATO

[CTRL] Balkan Views

1999-04-12 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From The Guardian (UK) Odd bedfellows, old slogans The French response: Loyalties lost in the shuffle. Paul Webster reports Monday April 12, 1999 A leftwing revolt against the Kosovo campaign has created some of the most unlikely political and intellectual

[CTRL] Irony Mystery

1999-04-11 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Saturday, April 10, 1999 Defiant Serbs Turn Target Into Weapon A Popular Symbol of Anger Spreads as Yugoslavia Arms Itself With Irony By Michael Dobbs Washington

[CTRL] Fifteen Ideas

1999-04-11 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Utne Reader Online http://www.utne.com/lens98/society/15ideas.html 15 Ideas That Could Shake the World 15 years ago, the first issue of Utne Reader landed in the hands of 25,000 curious readers. It was hardly an upbeat time for advocates of alternative thinking and

[CTRL] Candlestick Park

1999-04-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99apr/9904candlestick.htm A P R I L 1 9 9 9 More Atlantic articles looking ahead to the 21st century. From the archives: "The Conceptual Poverty of U.S. Foreign Policy," by Jonathan Clarke (September, 1993) We have heard it now

[CTRL] Pinochet: 04-10-99

1999-04-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : South Central America British Home Secretary considers fresh charges against General Pinochet By Julie Hyland 10 April 1999 Home Secretary Jack Straw this week began hearing arguments for and against the extradition of the former

[CTRL] Mena-ness in Albania ?

1999-04-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Kosovo "freedom fighters" financed by organised crime By Michel Chossudovsky 10 April 1999 Michel Chossudovsky is a Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and author of The Globalization of Poverty,

[CTRL] Arabiana: 04-10-99

1999-04-10 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Collective leadership for the Iraqi conference to unify Iraqi opposition Iraq, Politics, 4/9/99 The Iraqi opposition groups rallied under the umbrella of the US-backed Iraqi National Congress on Thursday eliminated an obstacle which has obstructed the

[CTRL] Rover Blues

1999-04-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : Britain Deal between British government and BMW--Rover car plant gets stay of execution By Mike Ingram 9 April 1999 The British government has agreed to provide more than £150 million in subsidies for German auto concern BMW to

[CTRL] Balkin' Australians

1999-04-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From wsws.org WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis Australian government twists and turns on Kosovar refugees--A case study in duplicity By Mike Head 9 April 1999 The Australian government's policy on offering shelter to refugees driven out of Kosovo has changed

[CTRL] Voices Through the Flak

1999-04-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From The Age http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990328/news/news19.html Lead-in ... Uncle Sam's secret agenda By JOHN PILGER WHEN the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the front page of the London Daily Express said: ``This is a warning to the world.'' When

[CTRL] Fw: LM COMMENTARY: Blair's 'humanitarian' war/04-09-99

1999-04-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

[CTRL] Meltdown

1999-04-09 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Associated Press Thursday April 8 6:53 PM ET Study: Major Ice Shelves Melting LONDON (AP) - Global warming has speeded the melting of two Antarctic ice shelves, which lost nearly 1,100 square miles of area in the last year, U.S. and British researchers say. Researchers

[CTRL] Balkans: Between the Flak

1999-04-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Thursday, April 8, 1999 10,000 Refugees Disappear in Chaos at Border As War Intensifies, U.S. Warns of Trials By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune

[CTRL] Arms: Supply and Demand

1999-04-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- Via http://www.fas.org/news/serbia/bmd970328j.htm Voice of America 3/27/97 YUGOSLAVIA / CHEMICAL WEAPONS BYLINE=RITA COLORITO DATELINE=NEW YORK CONTENT= VOICED AT: (VOICED BY MAX RUSTON) /// EMBARGOED UNTIL 6:30 PM EST /// INTRO: AN AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP, IN A REPORT

[CTRL] Academia: Internet

1999-04-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/mag/article4.html Crashing the Academy The Internet could destroy college as we know it. Or, just possibly, save it. By MARK EDMUNDSON THE EDUCATION MARKET: DATA Jones International University, an Internet-based school that was

[CTRL] Morality of Conflict

1999-04-08 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From IntellectualCapital.CoM The Pitfalls of Foreign-Policy Morality by Alan Tonelson Thursday, April 08, 1999 Comments: 10 posts President Clinton and his congressional allies have described the bombing of Serbian military targets as a strategic necessity -- with arguments

[CTRL] The 'Right' Bush ?

1999-04-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From IntellectualCapital.CoM http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue192/item3199.asp The Right Bush by Ed Kilgore Thursday, April 01, 1999 Comments: 227 posts A former vice president of the United States. A conservative U.S. senator who is a war hero and a media

[CTRL] Scholarship: Ayn Rand

1999-04-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From http://chronicle.com/colloquy/99/rand/background.htm Ayn Rand Has Finally Caught the Attention of Scholars New books and research projects involve philosophy, political theory, literary criticism, and feminism By JEFF SHARLET New York Sipping a drink atop this city's

[CTRL] Unraveling Kingdom

1999-04-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Irish Times Wednesday, April 7, 1999 SNP strategy to win power in Scottish parliament By Douglas Fraser, in Edinburgh Britain: The historic battle for the future of Scotland's place in the

[CTRL] Fw: International Perspectives on the NATO Bombing

1999-04-07 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. -Thomas

[CTRL] Balkan Stew

1999-04-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Tuesday, April 6, 1999 New Concern Over a Surge in Nationalism The Silent Issue: Greater Albania By Joseph Fitchett International Herald Tribune PARIS - Refugees have become an instrument of war that Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian leader, is

[CTRL] Balkan Soup

1999-04-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Tuesday, April 6, 1999 In Montenegro, Split Loyalties By Blaine Harden New York Times Service PODGORICA, Yugoslavia - At the bus station Sunday morning, nervous people with suitcases were skipping out on Montenegro, convinced that soon there

[CTRL] Fw: Presidential filings: Questions to ask...

1999-04-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- I don't know what happened to #11 AER The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved

[CTRL] Arabiana: 04-06-99

1999-04-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From ArabicNews.CoM Green light to finance Syrian - Jordanian al-Wahda dam Syria, Politics, 4/6/99 Well-informed sources in Damascus told the London-based al-Hayat daily that Arab and international establishments had given the "green light" to take part in financing the

[CTRL] Israeliana: 04-06-99: Tolerance

1999-04-06 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Ha'aretz Tuesday, April 6, 1999 Nazareth under siege from within Mosque-piazza problem simmers By Joseph Algazy, Ha'aretz Correspondent and AP A tense quiet, punctuated by a few incidents of stone-throwing, prevailed yesterday in Nazareth following Christian-Muslim

[CTRL] Shifting Tides

1999-04-05 Thread Alamaine Ratliff
-Caveat Lector- From Int'l Herald Tribune Paris, Monday, April 5, 1999 New Darkness In the Balkans The Ghosts of Many Wars Are Haunting Refugees By Roger Cohen New York Times Service BERLIN - All is dark again in southeast Europe. Close your eyes and those long lines of ragged ethnic

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