[CTRL] Bilderberg SECRET meeting - June 3-6, Portugal
-Caveat Lector- From SPOTLIGHT web page - === Bilderberg to Meet in Portugal Like a blood hound on the trail of prey, Jim Tucker has once again chased down the global elite. EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT By James P. Tucker Jr. Bilderberg is scheduled to meet June 3-6 at the Caesar Park Penha Longa in Sintra, Portugal. Sintra is a remote resort about 40 miles from Lisbon. Information about the secret meeting was provided by an agent inside Bilderberg. American and European financiers, manufacturers, media moguls and politicians meet at remote luxury resorts, allow only "loyal" staff to remain on the job, empty the establishment of all others, and employ platoons of police, military and their own private security to seal themselves off. They have tried to keep the meetings secret for 45 years. But this year, following extensive SPOTLIGHT-generated publicity last year in Scotland, and earlier in Germany, Scandinavia, Georgia and Canada, Bilderberg is taking more extreme steps, its agent confided. Instead of closing down the Penha Longa to all outsiders a day, before the meeting starts on, June 2, Bilderberg has ordered the resort shut down a full 48 hours before the internationalist confab. In addition, Bilderberg will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to reimburse the Portuguese government for deploying military forces to guard their privacy and for helicopters to seek out intruders. All Bilderberg participants, their staff members and resort employees will wear photo identification tags that look much like state drivers' licenses. They will have separate colors to identify the wearer as participant, staff or employee. A computer chip "fingerprint" will assure the identity of the card's wearer. Any intruders are to be manhandled, cuffed jailed or if resisting or fleeing, shot, the agent said. Bilderbergers are greatly disturbed over the growing public knowledge of their control of the world and of resistance to their schemes for a global government as nationalism sentiment grows around the world. Bilderberg was instrumental in tearing down Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded France's National Front. The French-first party has stunned the Establishment by regularly capturing 15 percent of the vote in that nation. A Le Pen lieutenant, Bruno Megret, attempted a coup late last year. Many populists believe Megret has became an agent of Bilderberg. Expecting recession, Bilderberg feared La Pen and "nationalists" from other countries would interfere with their "free trade" goals as they fight to protect their domestic industries from exploitation by the global cabal. Because Bilderberg shares common goals with the Trilateral Commission, the agenda that emerged in Washington (SPOTLIGHT, March 29, 1999) will be major topics in Portugal, too. This includes a "globalization summit" called for by Peter D. Sutherland, head of Goldman Sachs International. Sutherland attended the Bilderberg meeting in Scotland last May and is expected in Portugal. Sutherland is expected to again call for "supranational institutions" to manage the global economy while denouncing nations that "cling tenaciously to their separate identities" while calling for "sharing sovereignty." In a related topic, there could be renewed calls for the UN to be able to directly tax all people. In the past, Bilderberg has proposed a UN levy on international travel and on oil at the well-head, so all who travel or drive will be taxed. --- "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson 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.
[CTRL] Cover-Up By Order of Clinton's Deputy Energy Secretary
-Caveat Lector- Energy Officials Avoided Spy Case By JIM ABRAMS .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Energy Department officials say they kept a House Armed Services subcommittee in the dark last year about alleged Chinese espionage at a national weapons lab as part of a policy of limiting those being told of the case. Notra Trulock, the agency's special adviser for intelligence, told the military procurement subcommittee Thursday that he was under specific orders from Elizabeth Moler, then deputy energy secretary, not to talk about the alleged Chinese theft of nuclear warhead secrets from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1980s. ``I did not make full disclosure'' at a closed hearing of the subcommittee last October, Trulock said. ``I apologize.'' The panel's chairman, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said the lawmakers were ``very upset'' by the failure of Trulock and Moler, who were under oath at the time, to reply to questions about espionage at the national labs and asked, ``Why weren't we told the whole truth?'' Since the alleged spy case was revealed earlier this year, congressional Republicans have been strongly critical of what they say was the administration's slow response to the case and its failure to keep Congress adequately informed. Trulock on Monday backed up their contentions, telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that Moler last July prevented him from talking to the House intelligence panel about the case. On Thursday he said Moler edited the testimony he had prepared for the October Armed Services Committee hearing to take out references to espionage at the national labs. Moler, who also appeared at both the Monday and Thursday hearings, took strong issue with Trulock's version of events, saying she never tried to stop him from testifying and did not edit his testimony. But she acknowledged that Federico Pena, then energy secretary, had decided the agency, because of the sensitive nature of the case, should limit its Capitol Hill briefings to the House and Senate intelligence committees. She said this was ``common practice.'' She said she told Trulock to limit his testimony to the subject of security issues involved in visits to the labs by foreign nationals. Hunter reminded her that his subcommittee oversees two-thirds of the Energy Department's budget and said, ``We need candor from the department on (security) losses this country has suffered.'' ``With the benefit of hindsight,'' Moler said, ``we should have been more responsive in this area.'' The Energy Department and the FBI in 1996 began an investigation into suspicions that Taiwan-born American Wen Ho Lee, a scientist at Los Alamos, transferred intelligence on the W-88 nuclear warhead during the Reagan administration. Lee was fired from his job at the New Mexico facility last month, but has not been charged with any wrongdoing and the FBI has cautioned it may not have the evidence for a criminal case. 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] Never-Told-A-Lie Bill Warns of Serbian CBW
-Caveat Lector- US: Yugoslavia Has Chemical Agents WASHINGTON (AP) -- Yugoslavia has reportedly stockpiled chemicals that could be used as weapons and President Clinton promised a swift response to any chemical attack. Yugoslavia has made no threats to use deadly chemical weapons and Pentagon officials said they have no intelligence indicating that Belgrade has any such plans. Speaking in San Francisco to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Clinton said U.S. intelligence has been closely watching Belgrade's chemical agent supply. ``My response would be swift and overwhelming,'' Clinton said Thursday. ``And we have, obviously, intelligence about the capabilities about the Serbs in a number of areas militarily, just as we do with other countries. But I think they are quite well aware of the dangers of overly escalating this.'' A Washington think tank reported that Kosovo rebel forces this week claimed that Serb soldiers had attacked them using stun grenades with a hallucinogenic gas. Kosovo rebels contacted by The Associated Press in neighboring Albania could not affirm that report. The most recent independent reports considered highly reliable by U.S. intelligence indicate that the Belgrade government of Slobodan Milosevic inherited most of the chemical weapons program from the communist era prior to the breakup of Yugoslavia. A 1997 report by Human Rights Watch, a group that watches for human rights violations across the world, said there was evidence that Yugoslavia continues to maintain an offensive chemical weapons capability. The group cited research in the United States and Yugoslavia and interviews with people in the Yugoslav chemical weapons program. The stock of agents includes sarin, the blister agent sulfur mustard and the incapacitating agent BZ, the Human Rights Watch report said. It said the stockpile of both agents and weapons ``appears to remain active today.'' Kevin Kavanaugh of the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington-based think tank that follows defense and intelligence matters, said Kosovo Liberation Army rebels battling Serb regulars in southwestern Kosovo reported they were attacked with grenades containing BZ. The gas is intended to create debilitating hallucinogenic effects on soldiers, rendering them helpless. U.S. defense and intelligence officials consider BZ to be a riot control agent, not a chemical weapon. Kosovo rebels were distributing gas masks among their ranks, Kavanaugh 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] Billions for the War Machine, Good for Business
-Caveat Lector- NATO says to expect "months." 4-6 billion bucks? Oh, just take it out of "petty cash," i.e., the feds' Social Security surplus slush fund. Or push for more cutbacks in education, health, and welfare for our own "underclass," virtually refugees already ... Conflict May Cost Over $1 Billion Monthly By TOM RAUM .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress and the White House are sparring over the scope of a still-evolving emergency spending bill to pay for the conflict in the Balkans, with Republicans pressing for more money to meet some of the Pentagon's long-term needs. The air campaign alone, which began on March 24, cost the United States $600 million in the first three weeks and will cost an additional $1 billion a month if sustained, congressional budget analysts said. White House budget director Jack Lew said the Clinton administration was ``very close'' to putting the finishing touches on its measure after he met late Thursday with leaders from House and Senate appropriations committees. Administration officials had suggested the bill would be in the vicinity of $4 billion, but congressional aides close to the process are now suggesting it will probably be higher -- at least $5 billion. That figure will also include direct humanitarian aid to refugees and assistance to countries in the Balkans that are taking them in. It may also include more money for the ongoing peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and to help pay for last winter's airstrikes against Iraq. Republicans, in general, were pressing for a more generous package than the one the administration is considering. ``There is a stretching thin of our overall capacity,'' House Appropriations Committee Chairman C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., told Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at a hearing. ``We have to do more than just replace the bullets and the missiles,'' he said. Some Republicans have suggested that the spending bill should also contain money to shore up what they see as declining military readiness around the world. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., has even suggested it could become a vehicle for paying for an across-the-board 4.8 percent military pay raise approved earlier this year by the Senate, but for which funds have yet to be provided. Whatever the final cost, it appears likely that Congress will agree to take it out of the newly found budget surplus, rather than from tapping into other accounts. The surplus in the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, is projected at about $110 billion. Democrats and Republicans have both pledged to save the surplus to help ease future financial problems of the Social Security system. Republicans also want to use some of it for a tax cut. Asked if Congress could finance the operation through the usual spending process, and within existing budget guidelines, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said: ``No, we can't. What we need for Kosovo has got to be an emergency declaration.'' When a spending bill is designated as ``emergency,'' it means that the money for it comes out of the surplus, as in the current financial situation, or adds to the deficit in the years when the government operates in the red. The Congressional Budget Office said its estimates of the cost of the air war did not include humanitarian aid, or certain procurement costs, such as replacing the F-117 stealth fighter that was lost. That aircraft is no longer being manufactured. CBO Director Dan Crippen said that sending on ground troops -- an option the administration says it is not currently considering -- could cost an additional $200 million a month, assuming a force of one heavy division plus support, or about 27,000 troops. Meanwhile, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent research organization, issued a report that was generally in line with the CBO report. It put the price tag for U.S. participation for the first three weeks of the air campaign at $400 million to $600 million. It said that, with 300 more warplanes and 24 Apache attack helicopters on the way, the campaign will soon be costing $25 million to $65 million a day. The administration had hoped to get the spending bill to Congress by week's end. But the timetable appeared to be slipping into early next week. For one thing, both Young, the House Appropriations chairman, and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, are part of a congressional delegation leaving today for a weekend tour of military and refugee sites in the Balkans. 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
[CTRL] Israel Seizes Lebanese Village
-Caveat Lector- "A 20-man Israeli infantry unit moved into Arnoun, a village in Lebanon near where one Israeli soldier was killed in a roadside bombing earlier, and seized it, effectively annexing it to the 425-square-mile Israeli-occupied zone" Israel Seizes Village in Lebanon NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) -- Israeli troops seized a village in southern Lebanon on Thursday night, hours after their planes blasted suspected guerrilla hideouts, Lebanese security officials said. They said the jets fired at least four missiles near the Shiite Muslim villages of Zibqine, Jebal al-Boutom and Sheyabieh. There was no immediate word on casualties from the airstrikes and a ground clash that preceded it. The Israeli army confirmed the airstrikes. The security officials said a 20-man Israeli infantry unit, accompanied by two Merkava tanks and a bulldozer, moved Thursday night toward Arnoun, an inland village near the area where an Israeli soldier was killed in a roadside bombing on Monday. They met no resistance. They were apparently planning to seal off Arnoun and effectively annex it to the rest of the 425-square-mile Israeli-occupied zone, said the officials, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. There was no confirmation from Israel that its troops had taken Arnoun, which is about 4 miles southeast of the market town of Nabatiyeh and about the same distance from the Israeli border to the south. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said in Jersualem on Monday that Israel would not accept ``as inevitable attacks on our soldiers.'' He said Lebanon had violated an unwritten agreement that no guerrilla attacks would be launched from Arnoun. ``We are doing what we need to do to handle these threats,'' he said. Arnoun has been a frequent target of Israeli retaliation for attacks by guerrillas seeking to drive some 1,500 Israeli soldiers and 2,500 allied militiamen from the occupied zone. On Feb. 17, Israeli troops fenced off Arnoun in what they said was a bid to reduce guerrilla infiltration. Lebanese university students marched and cut down the barbed wire a week later. Thursday night's Israeli incursion came a day after the Lebanese government refused to heed a U.S. request to send its army to the village, a move that could have forestalled the push. 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] World Bank to Bribe Russia
-Caveat Lector- Gee, only weeks ago --before Russia's outrage at Kosovo-- the IMF was balking at offering Russia even HALF that amount ... Russia Promised $2.3B in Loans By ANNA DOLGOV .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian officials will fly to Washington next week to start drafting an agreement with the World Bank on a $2.3 billion loan that it promised Thursday. World Bank President James Wolfensohn said in Moscow that Russia would receive the money over two years once the government reaches agreement with the International Monetary Fund. ``I'm very happy to reconfirm the confidence we have in Prime Minister (Yevgeny) Primakov and the steps taken by his government,'' Wolfensohn said after he met with government officials. Wolfensohn said the loans, if finalized, will be used to restructure Russia's industrial sector and finance social reforms. Russia is trying to arrange new loans to meet at least some of its huge foreign debt payments that fall due this year. It hopes that the resumption of IMF loans will help attract money from other lenders and possibly persuade them to write off some old debts. The IMF and the World Bank orchestrated a $22.6 billion bailout package to Russia last year, but disbursements were frozen in August when the government defaulted on some debts and devalued the ruble under the impact of the global financial crisis in developing countries. A Russian delegation will fly to Washington on April 25 to begin drafting the new loan agreement, which they hope to prepare by the end of the month, First Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Maslyukov said after a meeting with Wolfensohn. The Russian delegation will also meet IMF officials in Washington, Maslyukov said. An IMF delegation was also in Moscow on Thursday. The government has floated the idea of writing off up to $75 billion of Russia's $103 billion Soviet-era debt, but western creditors have shown little enthusiasm for the proposal so far. ``Creditors don't seem to be very happy with the idea of a massive reduction of the (Russian) debt burden or a partial write-off,'' Deputy Finance Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said during a meeting with the Paris Club of creditor nations in France on Thursday. Maslyukov insisted that creditors will back down and accept Russia's proposals. ``We will definitely reach an agreement. The question of how much (will be written off) depends on Kasyanov,'' he was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. Meanwhile, Russian tax chief Georgy Boos said Thursday that up to $14 billion is taken out of Russia illegally each year, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. That's more than the Russian Central Bank's gold and currency reserves, which stand at $10.8 billion, according to an Interfax report Thursday. 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] Drug-Dealing Gun Runners with Badges
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: The accused officer, gang-crimes investigator Joseph Miedzianowski, has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine. He has not been charged with weapons violations. was that specifically cocaine?; because the distribution of crack cocaine carries a much heavier sentence. one of the racist laws that target the poor and blacks. crack has less actual cocaine than regular coke; the law distinguishes how it is ingested and increases the penalty for less of the actual drug itself. it must be interesting what how they justify this. anyone? chris 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] Turkey's Kurdish Time Bomb
-Caveat Lector- The Kurds in pivotally-important-to-NATO Turkey are standing in line hoping to become the next ethnic minority entitled to NATO firepower -- but NATO is foursquare behind the fascist military dictatorship that presently governs Turkey, so the persecution of 12 MILLION people --treated worse by Turks than the Kosovars by the Serbs-- is not so urgent a "holocaust" as a few hundred thousand Albanians across the Straits ... Pro-Kurdish Pols Winning in Turkey By SELCAN HACAOGLU .c The Associated Press KIZILTEPE, Turkey (AP) -- Cihan Sincar, running for mayor in Turkish elections, pledges to struggle as long as she lives for the rights of minority Kurds. But she knows that politics can turn deadly. Her husband, Mehmet, a pro-Kurdish legislator, was killed in 1993, shot in the back of the head. Now Sincar and a half dozen other members of a pro-Kurdish party are expected to win local elections Sunday in key towns in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast. Their successful campaigns have created tensions with the government, which is engaged in a bloody war with Kurdish rebels and is extremely wary of any expression of Kurdish identity. The vote is the first time that the People's Democracy Party, or HADEP, Turkey's only legal pro-Kurdish opposition party, has contested the local posts. The party calls for greater cultural freedoms for Kurds. Prosecutors have accused it of taking orders from Kurdish rebels fighting for autonomy in the region since 1984. Club-wielding police broke up a HADEP rally in the region's main city of Diyarbakir on Tuesday, beating party supporters even as they fled the rally. Dozens of police backed by an armored personnel carrier raided Sincar's campaign office in the town of Kiziltepe a day later, recording the names of party workers and frisking them. Tensions are also higher in the region following a number of bombings thought conducted by Kurds angered by the February arrest of rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, who now faces treason charges. Sincar, 44, who faces trial on charges of aiding Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers Party and was detained for nine days in November, vowed to continue her fight. ``I will struggle for my people as long as I live,'' she said. ``There is an obstinate denial of a Kurdish entity,'' she said, sitting in her apartment surrounded by scores of supporters. ``We are citizens of Turkey, but we are Kurds.'' Sincar is widely expected to win the race for mayor of Kiziltepe, a town of 113,000 just north of the Syrian border. The town has often been the scene of gunfights between Kurdish guerrillas and Turkish soldiers. Two of Sincar's brothers-in-law were guerrillas killed in shootouts with soldiers. She named her youngest son after one of them -- Kamuran. Among the freedoms HADEP seeks is the right to use the Kurdish language -- which was only allowed to be used at all in 1991 -- in schools and broadcasting. But the issue is sensitive in Turkey, where the government is quick to see any expression of Kurdish identity as a veiled attempt to break up the state. The government denies discrimination against its 12 million Kurds and points to Kurdish success stories, such as late President Turgut Ozal. HADEP ran in 1995 national elections but did not get enough votes for a parliament seat. Pro-Kurdish candidates also demand more funding for the poor, largely rural southeast, where many villages still lack running water and electricity. The area is under a visible military presence. Four army checkpoints dot the 75-mile road between Diyarbakir and Kiziltepe. Nearby shantytowns are populated by Kurdish villagers forced from their homes by government troops during a scorched earth campaign to deny the rebels local support. Sincar refused to speak about the upcoming trial for Ocalan or about the rebels. But she said some of her supporters have sons fighting as guerrillas and hiding in the nearby mountains. The fight has left 37,000 dead since 1984. ``I don't want Turkish or Kurdish mothers to suffer,'' said Sincar. ``I pledge to my supporters to try to bring their sons from the mountains. We need 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 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]/
[CTRL] House Examines Big-Bank Money-Laundering
-Caveat Lector- House Studies Money Laundering WASHINGTON (AP) -- House members on Thursday discussed ways to attack money laundering, examining the roles played by larger financial institutions and small check-cashing businesses. ``Money laundering is the Achilles' heel of organized crime,'' said Rep. Marge Roukema, chairwoman of the House Banking and Financial subcommittee on financial institutions. ``Fighting money laundering is about fighting drugs.'' The Treasury Department estimates that some $48 billion in drug-linked money alone is laundered overseas. One growing trend, involving ``money services business,'' has attracted congressional scrutiny, but no consensus on how to crack down. In this scheme, money is laundered in relatively small amounts through check-cashing companies and sellers of traveler's checks. Roukema, R-N.J., said 160,000 such companies do about $200 million in business every year. Critics of tighter reporting requirements on transactions said the changes would represent an invasion of privacy, needless regulation and an impediment to immigrants aiding families overseas. ``I'm more interested in the big boys'' of the money-handling world, said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., also said he opposes regulating the smaller businesses. ``There are legitimate tools already available to law enforcement to handle money laundering,'' said Barr, a former U.S. attorney. One case mentioned involved Citibank and Raul Salinas, the brother of Carlos salinas de Gortari, Mexico's president from 1988 to 1994. A report for Congress in December said Citibank officials violated their own money laundering controls in helping Raul Salinas move as much as $100 million in alleged drug money out of the country. But the report by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said it remained unclear whether the nation's second largest bank broke any laws in moving the funds. A Citibank spokesman said at the time that the report contained ``errors of fact and interpretation'' but said the bank would cooperate fully with law enforcement authorities. The GAO said neither it nor the Federal Reserve could determine whether Citibank broke any laws, and the Comptroller of the Currency found the bank's actions ``did not result in civil violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.'' Raul Salinas has denied wrongdoing and said most of the money he moved came from sale of a construction company. 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] NATO is hiding it's losses!
-Caveat Lector- Athens magazine Athinaiki, no. 599, page 9, 7th april 1999 "At the moment NATO is refusing Yugoslav ceasefire proposal , Athinaiki discovers 100% correct information from the NATO HQ resources that current Alliance loses are 88 death and missing soldiers and 32 airplanes and hellicopters. In order to punish Yugoslavia, small town of Aleksinac was heavily bombed resulting 7 dead and 30 wounded. Informations obtained from highest level in Brussel are exposing Alliance`s anger and fear because of current losses without eaven starting any ground operation. Number of "missing " (most likely dead) collected by NATO officers in Kosovo reached the number of 88. Meanwhile, the number of lost airplanes and helicopters reached 32 so far. NATO hope that not all of 88 missing are dead and claim that Serbs don`t want to go with real number! According to NATO sources, 44 are Americans, 11 are Germans, 7 are Brittish 18 are of miscellaneous nationalities. Those facts, still unpublished in those countries, combined with reported aircraft losses, caused anger to NATO generals who actually vote for different solution of crisis, There is also an oppinion that action was headed wrong from the beginning. Due to all the mentioned facts here, NATO is claiming political deal under the current law in Yugoslavia without any changes of borders." 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] JABRIWOCKY
-Caveat Lector- This must be the post of the month, The gran Jabriwocky insists ;-) JABRIWOCKY 'Twas brillig, and the manpanzees Did flirt according to their kind; While down below their happy trees, The Serbs on Muslims dined. "Beware the Jabriwock, my son! The tongue that lies without a clue! Beware the Sinderbot, and shun The frumious Pseudo-Jew!" He brought his Darwin and his doubt; Logic and learning were his tools. In uffish thought, he sought throughout The Godless public schools. And as he sought the monstrous dupes, The Jabriwock, with posts of flame, Came spamming through the Usenet groups, And burbled as it came! He fought it with fossils and DNA, He pelted it with endless facts. And yet the Jabriwock flamed away, Immune to his attacks! He fought it with logic, he fought it with care; It laughed off his luckless armory! It dragged his corpse off to its loathesome lair: Jabriwock was a boojum, you see. "And hast thou slain my beamish youth? Curse you forever, O Jabriwock! May someone, someday pierce you with truth And leave you as dead as a rock!" 'Twas brillig, and the manpanzees Did flirt according to their kind; While down below their happy trees, The Serbs on Muslims dined. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Apologies to Dodgson and Darwin.) 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] Turkey's Kurdish Time Bomb
-Caveat Lector- The Kurds in pivotally-important-to-NATO Turkey are standing in line hoping to become the next ethnic minority entitled to NATO firepower -- but NATO is foursquare behind the fascist military dictatorship that presently governs Turkey, so the persecution of 12 MILLION people --treated worse by Turks than the Kosovars by the Serbs-- is not so urgent a "holocaust" as a few hundred thousand Albanians across the Straits ... I'm with you on the main point of your slug for this forwarded article, but the Turkish government is actually a democratically-elected centre-right coalition. Which, I should say, makes it rather worse, because one expects democracies to know better than to indulge in the kind of disgusting behaviour we see from the Turks (not that the PKK are that much better, but it does take two to tango). Andrew __ The information in this email is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee only. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. It is not to be relied upon by any person other than the addressee except with our prior written approval. If no such approval is given, we will not accept any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on such information. Unauthorised recipients are required to maintain confidentiality. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately, destroy any copies and delete it from your computer system. Copyright in this email and any document created by us will be and remain vested in us and will not be transferred to you. We assert the right to be identified as the author of and to object to any misuses of the contents of this email or such documents. A list of the partners of Hammond Suddards and details about the firm can be inspected at www.hammondsuddards.co.uk __ 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] Info on 'Spear of Destiny'
-Caveat Lector- Of Hitler: Wagner was his favorite composer, and he not only attended performance of Wagner, but would listen to him on records when relaxing... There's also the apocryphal tale of Hitler whistling or humming some passage from Wagner, and a staff officer remarking that he'd got a note wrong. Hitler, apparently, insisted that Wager had *written* the passage incorrectly. Andrew __ The information in this email is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee only. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. It is not to be relied upon by any person other than the addressee except with our prior written approval. If no such approval is given, we will not accept any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on such information. Unauthorised recipients are required to maintain confidentiality. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately, destroy any copies and delete it from your computer system. Copyright in this email and any document created by us will be and remain vested in us and will not be transferred to you. We assert the right to be identified as the author of and to object to any misuses of the contents of this email or such documents. A list of the partners of Hammond Suddards and details about the firm can be inspected at www.hammondsuddards.co.uk __ 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: U.S. Journalists to Jail
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Ian Goddard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Committee to Protect Journalists [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 8:21 PM Subject: U.S. Journalists to Jail Dear Committee to Protect Journalists (www.cpj.org), I want to inform you about two American journalists and authors that are heading to jail as a result of their efforts to make their research findings known. Even as the U.S. Government decries the jailing of journalists in Serbia, jail cells in the U.S. are being readied to silence American journalists. DAVID HOFFMAN, editor of the Haight Ashbury Free Press (http://webcom.com/haight), is an American journalist facing jail time. Hoffman's crime was sending a copy of his book to a grand jury that was convened to investigate the Oklahoma City bombing. Hoffman's book alleges a government cover-up of a larger conspiracy in the OKC bombing. His book can be read on-line here: http://www.constitution.org/ocbpt/ocbpt.htm JAMES SANDERS is another American journalist that government prosecutors want to put in jail. Sanders was convicted for having accepted physical evidence from the Flight 800 crash that was given to him by a TWA pilot who was a member of the investigation. Sanders had that evidence tested and published the findings in his book and several newspaper reports, which claim that a Navy missile struck Flight 800. The effort by the U.S. Justice Department to track down Sanders's source by reading his email without a warrant was said to be a threat to journalism by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The law that Sanders was convicted of violating was written to stop souvenir hunters from taking debris from a crash site. Sanders didn't try to remove the evidence from the public, in fact, only he made it available to the public, giving us a second opinion about the cause of the crash. For that most heinous "crime," Sanders now faces up to 10 years in prison. The TWA pilot, Terrell Stacey, was the person who removed the evidence, yet Sanders, who wrote about the evidence, was the primary target of the Federal prosecution. Captain Stacey was even given time off for testifying against Sanders. The motive of the Federal prosecution was therefore to punish the person who wrote about the evidence, not the person who may have broken the law by taking it. Clearly, the goal was to punish the act of speech. I hope that all organizations dedicated to freedom of speech like the Committee to Protect Journalists will speak out against jailing these journalists. The ability to investigate one's government free from fear of persecution is a defining feature of a free society, as it should be for America too. James Sanders Database == http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/082198n1.htm http://members.wbs.net/homepages/r/o/b/robertd202/sanders.PDF http://www.accessone.com/~rivero/CRASH/TWA/sanderscase.html http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=1999/4/14/101749 http://www.angelfire.com/hi/TWA800/#sanders http://members.aol.com/bardonia/sanders.htm The residue Sanders tested was NOT glue, contrary to FBI/media claims: http://www.twa800.com/affidavi.htm http://www.accessone.com/~rivero/CRASH/TWA/BASS/bassett.html http://www.multipull.com/twacasefile/residues.html Seat cushions with the residue disappeared from the hanger: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/2639/no_res.html To contribute to James Sanders's legal defense fund, make checks payable to "United States Justice Foundation." Mail to: James Sanders, P.O. Box 336, Charles City, VA, 23030. VISIT Ian Williams Goddard http://www.erols.com/igoddard G O N E - http://www.erols.com/igoddard/threats.htm#DISAPPEARED -- Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/ For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: http://a-albionic.com/search.html ** Explore Our Archive:
[CTRL] Humanitarian Becomes Scarey Word (fwd)
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"HUMANITARIAN" BECOMES SCAREY WORD
==
(CNNS, 04/16/99) -- Watch out when you hear, "I'm from the
government, and I'm here to help you." Likewise, a new sign of
danger is when you hear the government start saying,
"Humanitarian."
"Humanitarianism," like "patriotism," may be turning into "the
last refuge of scoundrels."
True humanitarianism, like true patriotism, is a good thing. But
just like politicians are known to pick up and kiss babies, they
also are known to wrap themselves in "patriotism" and now,
"humanitarianism."
In a press release from this news service, dated Dec. 6, 1998, we
reported on what source "Roland Rocket" (pseudonym) knew
regarding how U.S. prisoners are reacting to the perceived Y2K
threat. "Rocket", who has worked in American "correctional
facilities" (prisons) and has officer-level military sources of
his own, recently contacted us with further info.
Rocket writes, in part, that "it seems ironic that situations
like 'humanitarian' actions in Yugoslavia that are initiated to
'save lives' create tremendous paranoia and panic among the
inmate populations because they fear eradication by these same
'humanitarians' under the Hoover amendment."
The Hoover amendment, according to Rocket, was set up by J. Edgar
Hoover, long-time FBI Director, in the 1950s. Hoover was
concerned that the U.S. prison population would be likely
survivors of nuclear war, and arranged that in such a case
prisoners were to be locked down then shotgunned to death in
their prison cells.
Rocket's military sources are skeptical regarding the three U.S.
soldiers recently captured by Serb forces. The three U.S.
soldiers are reportedly Rangers, part of an elite force, yet did
not follow established procedure when they contacted their base
by radio. Soldiers in their situation are supposed to send a
"S.A.L.U.T.E. report" regarding the enemy force encountered (Size
of force, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time, Equipment).
Instead, says Rocket, they gave "less information than a
frightened housewife in a 911 call."
"All of the ex-Nam boys here don't believe the beating stuff
either," reports our source. "Look at the uniforms: no muss, no
mud, no blood. Most of the marks on their faces are made up of
residual cammo face paint."
Sherman Skolnick of the Citizens' Committee to Clean Up the
Courts, in Chicago, is also skeptical. He has questioned the
authenticity of some photos of the three captured soldiers.
Reportedly, some photos show patch insignia on their uniforms
while other photos show no such patch insignia.
"Perhaps the most terrible thing is that so many people in and
out of the service are so desperate to believe anything but the
fact that WE are the bad guys that they are beginning to parrot
the propaganda of the White House. They really don't believe it,
but it has become a mantra oft repeated to ward off the specter
of the awful truth," adds Rocket.
Here at home, Sherman Skolnick has been reporting on intimidation
of Serb Americans and immigrant Serbs by the U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS). To hinder Serb protests and
demonstrations against the un-Constitutional and illegal U.S.-led
aggression against Yugoslavia, Serbs in the U.S. are reportedly
being threatened with deportation and detention. INS spokeswoman
Barbara Francis denies part of the allegation. According to Ms.
Francis, under an "informal policy" no one is being deported to
Yugoslavia during the current conflict. ("No Yugoslav deportees
during airstrikes," UPI, 4/13/99.) But no such denials were
issued by Ms. Francis regarding Skolnick's and others' claims
that some too-vocal Serbs are targeted to be rounded up and
placed in detention camps, for example a detention camp in
isolated Alaska.
(Ms. Francis also, notably, calls the erupting Yugoslav war a
"conflict." The White House also sticks to this nomenclature.
The Vietnam War was also referred to as a "conflict" and not a
"war" during its initial first few years. By referring to the
Yugoslav bloodbath as a "conflict," tricky lawyer-minds thereby
hope to bypass Constitutional restrictions stating that only the
U.S. Congress can declare "war." So is it a "war" or is it a
"conflict"? That depends on what you mean by "is.")
According to the latest report from Mr. Skolnick, the FBI has now
been brought in to help intimidate Serbs here in the U.S. The FBI
is now "demonizing Serbian-Americans in general. The Bureau
planted details making it seem that certain major Serb church
officials in the U.S., such as in the Chicago area, urged their
parishioners to murder U.S. soldiers in the U.S., as a reprisal
for the U.S. murder of Serb civilians in Serbia by missile and
bomb attacks
[CTRL] Fw: [ma] Shampoo?
-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 our general discussions and in my series, issues affecting health are : a major part of what needs to be talked about. And so I do. : : More people are sick than ever before, and medical costs continue to : skyrocket. Why? Simply stated, their is an almost total lack of : nutrition : in the American diet. This is not necessary, but it is true, and this : will : get much worse over the next several years. This is one of the issues I : go into in some depth in my series, and for the young and the elderly : amoung us, it is a subject of paramount importance. Of course, it is : relatively important for those who wish to reach an advanced age as well. : : That being said, one of the big factors in the health problems facing : many people, particularly those with weakened systems do to poor : nutrition, : is chemical factors we "voluntarily", generally through our ignorance and : the : culpability of the major, money-hungry corporations, introduce into our : bodies. In previous posts, we have discussed Aspartame and Canola Oil. : But, it is not just what we put into ur mouths that causes a problem. : : : Dear family and friends: : Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if they : have a substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate, or simply : SLS. : : This substance is found in most shampoos, and the manufacturers : use it because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT the fact : is that SLS is used to scrub garage floors, and it is very strong. It is : also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run, and this is no : joke. I went home and checked my shampoo (Vidal Sasoon); it : doesn't contain it; however, others such as Vo5, Palmolive, Paul : Mitchell, the new Hemp Shampoo, contains this substance. The first : ingredient listed (which means it is the single most prevalent : ingredient) in Clairol's Herbal Essences is Sodium Laureth Sulfate. : So I called one company, and I told them their product contains a : substance that will cause people to have cancer. They said, "Yeah, : we knew about it but there is nothing we can do about it because we : need that substance to produce foam. : : By the way, Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance to : produce the "bubbles." They said they are going to send me some : information. : : Research has shown that in the 1980s, the chance of getting cancer : is 1 out of 8000 and now, in the 1990s, the chances of getting cancer : is 1 out of 3, which is very serious. : : So, I hope that you will take this seriously and pass this on to all the : people you know, and hopefully, we can stop "giving" ourselves the : cancer virus (I hate wrong information! Cancer is not caused by a virus! : See Part X of my series to understand. - David). This is serious. After : you have read this, pass it on to as many people as possible, this is not : a chain letter, but it concerns our health. : : Michelle Hailey : Executive Secretary : University of Pennsylvania Health System Office of Legal Affairs : (215) 662-2546 : : I urge you to pass this post on to others, as they may need to : understand what is going on. We all have a moral obligation : to help understanding and knowledge spread across America. : "But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet : to warn the people and the sword comes and takes the life of one of them, : that man will be taken away because of his sin, but I will hold the : watchman : accountable for his blood." Ezekiel 33:6 (NIV) p : : The cost of liberty is eternal vigilance p : : I am now selling copies of the book "Strategic Withdrawal; the Peaceful : Solutions Manual." If you would like a copy of the paper "Strategic : Withdrawal in a Nutshell," please E-mail me and request it at : [EMAIL PROTECTED] In addition, various people around the : country are arranging Seminars for the author of this book. If you : are interested in seeing a schedule of upcoming events, please let me : know and I will supply the information. p : : Is information in this post for real? I assure you it is. If you do not : understand, : I suggest you begin reading the papers that I have prepared for people : just like you (no cost; no obligation). There are currently 18 papers in : all : and they cover health, cancer, nutrition, the Constitution, citizenship, : law, case law, nature, and many other subjects. Currently, there are at : least 5 doctors, 2 lawyers, 1 judge (that I know of), 3 : college/university : professors and many others reading the information. They read because : they are learning; maybe you should as well. Your first paper will be : about United States citizenship, and what case law
[CTRL] Fw: Presidential Filings
-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 all the candidates had filed : electronically with the FEC, you'd now have a full set of donors. Have : fun. : : www.tray.com/fecinfo/aprpres.htm : : 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 Huxley + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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] Don't believe ...
-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 McLaughlin 16 April 1999 The awarding of the Pulitzer Prizes for journalism is an incestuous process in which the owners of the biggest newspaper monopolies pay tribute to each other and reward their underlings among the editors, columnists and reporters. But even by the dismal standards of the American press, the 1999 awards were scandalous, especially the two prizes given to representatives of the New York Times: Maureen Dowd, for distinguished commentary, and Jeff Gerth, for national reporting. The Pulitzers are given out in a two-stage process. Juries of a half dozen editors or specialists in particular fields choose three finalists in each category. Then the larger Pulitzer board, consisting mainly of executives, chooses the winners. There is barely a pretense of impartiality. The Wall Street Journal 's foreign editor was in the jury which selected the Journal as a finalist for international reporting. The executive photo editor of the Associated Press served on juries which selected the AP as a finalist for both spot news and feature photography. William Safire, long-time conservative columnist for the New York Times, is a member of the Pulitzer board which voted awards to his colleagues Dowd and Gerth. The awards to the two Times writers had a definite political significance. They are an attempt by the media establishment to validate retroactively the hysterical campaign waged against the Clinton White House, in collaboration with Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, the congressional Republican leadership, and the extreme right-wing elements who financed and directed the Paula Jones lawsuit. Jeff Gerth won the award for national reporting on the alleged transfer of American satellite technology to the Chinese military through contracts approved by the Clinton administration. He is the Times reporter who, early in the 1992 election campaign, penned the first story on Clinton's involvement in the failed Whitewater real estate development. This story was to be the starting point for the 1993 media frenzy which led to the appointment of a special prosecutor, the protracted Starr investigation and, ultimately, Clinton's impeachment trial. Gerth's reporting on Whitewater has been exposed as shoddy and tendentious in numerous publications and in a useful book, How the Media Invented Whitewater, by long-time Little Rock columnist Gene Lyons. It was revealed only a few weeks ago that Gerth's Whitewater "reporting" amounted to taking handouts from Clinton's right-wing enemies in Arkansas. James McDougal, Clinton's former partner in Whitewater and Gerth's principal source for the story, received a five-figure sum from Sheffield Nelson, Clinton's Republican opponent in the 1990 gubernatorial race, to speak to the Times reporter. Gerth's reporting last year on Chinese technology acquisition was part of an abortive attempt by the media and congressional Republicans to attach accusations of "selling secrets to China" to the overall Whitewater/Lewinsky charges against the White House. Last month Gerth published a highly dubious front-page report in the Times about alleged Chinese espionage at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the latest effort to resuscitate the anti-Clinton campaign. Columnist Maureen Dowd is the personification of the subjectivism that characterized the editorials, commentaries and news coverage of the Times throughout the Monica Lewinsky affair. Many of her columns amounted to little more than name-calling. Take, for example, one from last summer, devoted to disparaging the character and personal appearance of Monica Lewinsky, who was the target of the following epithets, all in the space of 800 words: "like a little girl," "pudgy," "a mallrat," "a plaything." Truly prize-winning stuff. In a column last fall Dowd reported she had accidentally encountered Lewinsky at an airport. When Lewinsky asked her, quite understandably, why her columns were so hateful and personally vicious, Dowd was unable to respond. Yet according to the full-page celebratory ad published by the Times on Tuesday, "nobody got to the heart of the story more quickly and more consistently than she did." In reality Dowd never displayed the slightest understanding of the objective political significance of the attempt to overturn the results of two presidential elections by a quasi-constitutional coup, utilizing the Starr investigation. Fixated on Clinton's sex life, she functioned as an ally of Starr and the right wing for nearly a year. Then late in 1998, after the House Judiciary Committee had voted to move ahead with impeachment proceedings, Dowd began to back away from the anti-Clinton campaign. The Times ad covers up this
[CTRL] Balkans: German Accent
-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 think they call this
part of the democratic process -- Prez Bill said so yesterday in San Fran.]
AER
From wsws.org
WSWS : News Analysis : Europe : The Balkan Crisis
The Kosovo refugee crisis and the Holocaust: How the German government
defends its military policy
By Ulrich Rippert
16 April 1999
Three weeks of permanent air attacks by NATO have been insufficient to bring
Serbia to heel. The commanders of the Alliance forces have reacted with
intensified air strikes and preparations for the intervention of ground
troops. Increasingly it is civilian targets which are being identified and
hit in the strikes. The NATO war is rapidly developing into a form of
general terror against the Serb population.
At the same time the doubts and questions regarding the purpose of the war
have grown. The original propaganda, which claimed that the offensive was
being waged for humanitarian purposes, has long since been overtaken by
reality. The editor of Germany's major news magazine Der Spiegel has posed
the question: "What are we doing in the Balkans?" The co-editor of the
weekly Die Zeit newspaper, Theo Summer, asks: "Is there the danger of a
fiasco?" and hesitatingly but clearly answers his own question in the
affirmative. Former SPD (Social Democratic Party) chancellor Helmut Schmidt
has delivered his own devastating judgement: "International law has been
broken at the behest of the Americans. This war is a mistake." Even the
ultra-patriotic Bild newspaper has expressed doubts: "Is the war correct?"
Under these conditions the ruling German coalition government of the SPD and
the Greens have pulled out all the stops and begun a propaganda campaign
which, in terms of demagogy and manipulation, puts all previous efforts in
the shade.
Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping (SPD), up until now a colourless political
technocrat with sleep-inducing rhetoric and the charisma of an office
manager, suddenly functions as the principal demagogue for the military
brass.
At the first press conference, immediately following the beginning of the
war, Scharping delivered a warning to journalists, demanding that they
openly exercise self-censorship. Every word critical of the NATO offensive
must be avoided, he argued, because it would strengthen the enemy, prolong
the war and therefore lead to increasing numbers of victims amongst the NATO
and German troops. However, this attempt to revive the infamous "Dolchstoß"
Legend* showed little signs of working. Critical voices became louder.
Over the past few days the government has stepped up the war of words. Now,
according to Defence Minister Scharping and Foreign Minister Joschka
Fischer, the behaviour of Slobodan Milosevic must be compared to the
"inhuman activities of Adolf Hitler". Fischer declared to journalists that
the actions of the Serb militias against the drained and exhausted refugees
reminded him of the worst pictures of the burning down of the Warsaw ghetto.
"For the first time in this century Germany is on the right side," Fischer
added. And at every available opportunity Scharping has repeated his formula
that the "unimaginable cruelty in Kosovo recalls the twisted face of
Germany's past".
With increasing clarity they draw a parallel with the National Socialist
holocaust. Every press statement by the foreign and defence ministries is
loaded with the appropriate vocabulary: "massacres, slaughterhouses,
selection, concentration camp, mountains of bodies".
Der Spiegel reported a week ago on a "media offensive" by the defence
ministry aimed at defusing the growing criticism. "Air reconnaissance photos
must prove the existence of concentration camps in Kosovo. Scharping and the
chancellor's office have ordered the urgent acquisition of such items of
evidence Since last Monday the German army sends out unmanned
reconnaissance planes stationed in Macedonia, Tornados are also taking part
in the search As soon as the photographic evidence has been acquired the
government intends to use it to justify its war effort. In this way the
Russians will also be publicly put under pressure. The search continued
until the middle of the week without success. A German reconnaissance plane
took photos of the sports stadium in Pristina--an alleged concentration
camp--but the stadium was empty."
The daily press conferences by the defence ministry are aimed exclusively at
issuing instructions, not providing information. Any critical questions are
sharply rebuffed. Die Zeit questioned: "What lay behind the furious
eruptions--on one occasion by Fischer, another time by Scharping--merely
because the media were not willing to clearly distinguish between
perpetrator and victim, were not prepared to
[CTRL] Fwd: SNET: [ThePentagonGuru] Army Builds Balkan Village In Rockies
- SNETNEWS Mailing List Subj: I'm 25 miles from Ft. Carson... Date: 4/15/99 10:55:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: A HREF="mailto:HisHandler"HisHandler/A To: A HREF="mailto:HisHandler"HisHandler/A BCC:A HREF="mailto:Steven1999"Steven1999/A ...shall I drive up, take pics, talk to people there...is there anything any of you want me to do? Lari Army Builds Balkan Village In Rockies (New York Times, April 15, 1999) The Army is converting 150 square miles of Ft. Carson in the Rocky Mountains into a Balkan stage set, complete with four villages and a copy of the U.S. military base in Tuzla, Bosnia. In 10 weeks, the site will be ready to train soldiers of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, who ship out for Bosnia next February. "This is strictly for Bosnia, nowhere else," said a base spokesman. "I don't want anyone to get the impression that this is for Kosovo." eGroups eLerts! Exclusive discounts from the hottest online toy retailers Join Now! http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/22 eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/thepentagonguru Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com - Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[CTRL] VA Surgery
-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, April 16, 1999; Page A27 More than 1,106 workers at veterans hospitals face loss of their jobs under reductions in force approved this week by Veterans Affairs Secretary Togo D. West Jr. VA officials said yesterday that requests for additional RIFs at nine VA medical facilities are awaiting West's approval. Overall, it could be one of the biggest layoffs any federal department has approved in recent years. The VA was moving ahead with the reductions even as lawmakers were squabbling over how much to add to the Clinton administration's $44 billion VA budget for fiscal 2000. A senior VA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, could not offer assurance that some layoffs would be averted even with additional funds. Some of the staff cuts stem from budgetary problems faced by the department's network of nearly 170 hospitals, the official said. Others are because of changes in how the VA delivers health care to the nation's 25 million veterans, he said. The department is moving away from hospital-based care toward community-based outpatient clinics that offer preventive care. The result is that many hospital workers are no longer needed, the official said. Most of the announced 1,106 layoffs would be at VA hospitals in the North, mainly in New York, New Jersey and Illinois. They result, in part, from recent legislation that directed the department to shift funds to hospitals in the Sun Belt. The migration of elderly veterans to those states has crowded VA hospitals there, creating longer waits for doctor appointments and other services. There was no mention of RIFs at any Washington area facilities in the downsizings approved by West, officials said. The VA's Washington health care headquarters lost about 253 positions, or 20 percent of its staff, in 1996. The VA has conducted a number of small RIFs at hospitals in other areas in the past two years. The department asked Congress this week for renewed authority for buyouts--payments of up to $25,000 to encourage employees to leave the payroll. Under federal personnel law, federal workers must be given 60 days' notice of a layoff. The RIF procedures triggered by the law then allow senior workers to "bump" others in lower-level positions and to transfer to other federal installations if comparable jobs are vacant. As early as 1996, VA officials were warning that the department, without sharp budget increases, faced layoffs of up to 10,000 workers, including physicians and nurses. Last year they issued similar warnings, saying the VA urgently needed new sources of revenue, especially Medicare reimbursements, if it was to avoid large-scale layoffs this year. Congress did not approve the Medicare plan and the administration did not budge from its plans not to increase veterans health care spending. The flat VA budget has prompted an intense lobbying effort by veterans groups and a firestorm between Democrats and Republicans over how much to add to the VA budget. On Wednesday, several leaders of the Senate and House Veterans Affairs committees hailed an agreement by budget conferees to add $1.7 billion to the VA's 2000 health care budget. Rep. Lane Evans (Ill.), ranking Democrat on the House panel, objected to the spending agreement, however, calling it "a wolf in sheep's clothing." He said it will cut the VA's discretionary spending, which goes largely to the hospitals, by $1.4 billion in 2001. © Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company 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 Huxley + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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
[CTRL] Fw: LM COMMENTARY: New Britain's moral crusdae/04-16-99
-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 Britain bestriding the world. It is a crusade' : : Mick Hume, LM editor : : John Prescott, the deputy prime minister, can denounce 'Mr : Milloffosoffeffic', but he cannot pronounce him. Robin Cook, the foreign : secretary, seems to think that Kosovo is being ravaged by President : Milosevic's 'Siberian forces'. Mr Cook has also assured us that he 'knows' : that the Serbs executed 20 Albanian teachers in front of their pupils in : Goden. What he does not appear to know is that Goden is a village with just : 200 inhabitants - yet, it seems, with a teacher/pupil ratio beyond even the : fantasies of the NUT conference fringe. : : The Balkans may no longer seem so faraway, but these are still countries of : which our government knows little and cares less. So what did Tony Blair : mean when he told parliament that the war is being fought 'for a moral : purpose as much as a strategic interest'? What moral purpose moved Mr Blair : to become the first Labour prime minister to lead Britain into a major : international war, involving democratic socialist air strikes on passenger : trains, TV transmitters and homes? : : The war's moral purpose clearly has little to do with the welfare of the : region's peoples. Kosovo's Albanians are a hapless army of televisual : victims whose suffering provides a convenient pretext for war. NATO : contemptuously bombed their towns and cities. Then, when the air strikes : precipitated a predictable humanitarian crisis, the 'shocked' West rushed : in news crews to capture the refugees' tears - 'say "rape camp" for the : cameras'. : : The true position that the Kosovo Albanians hold in Britain's official : affections is best revealed by the magical transformation these people : undergo when the lucky few step off the ferry at Dover. Under the terms of : New Labour's asylum laws, it's goodbye refugees from hell, hello dirty : scrounging gypsies. : : The 'moral purpose' of Mr Blair's war is not to be found in the Balkans, : but at home. As ever, foreign policy is an extension of domestic politics. : The war against the Serbs is primarily about giving Mr Blair's government : an aura of moral authority and a sense of mission. It is about projecting a : self-image of the ethical New Britain bestriding the world. It is a crusade. : : Like their medieval predecessors, new Labour's crusaders seem almost : entirely ignorant of who they are off to fight and why. It is a case of : 'insert appropriate enemy here', be it President Saddam Hussein or Slobodan : Milosevic. All that matters is to find a suitably ugly infidel against whom : to prove their own righteousness. Since the government finds it difficult : to forge a moral consensus in Britain on everything from genetic : engineering to road-building, it eagerly seizes opportunities to lay down : the law about what is Right and Wrong on the world stage. : : This is what Mr Blair meant when he announced that the war against the : Serbs is 'no longer just a military conflict. It is a battle between Good : and Evil; between civilisation and barbarity'. Implicit in this statement : is that, as a counterpoint to the Evil Mr Milosevic, Mr Blair is a force : for Good in Britain and around the world. New Labour has appointed itself : saviour of civilisation, on a noble mission to re-educate the barbarians. : : The self-image of New Britain which Mr Blair's crusade seeks to endorse is : captured by touching pictures of British Army officers bottle-feeding : Albanian babies and brushing the hair of young refugee girls separated from : their parents. This is a nanny state with a difference, claiming the right : to act in loco parentis for all those it deems deserving. Armed with a : brick of moral superiority in her handbag, Clare Short, the international : development minister, can bully Macedonian border officials about not : acting like civilised Europeans. And behind her, an army of radical : activists, actors, journalists and others in search of a cause with which : to make themselves feel better, have signed on for new Labour's religious war. : : As a new crusade, Mr Blair's war need not be restrained by the rules of : realpolitik. All that matters is that Something Must Be Done, and let's : worry about the consequences later. The out-of-control character of this : adventure raises serious questions about where it all might end. : : No doubt Mr Blair and his followers sincerely believe their war is a just : moral cause. After all, the righteous (or in this case the self-righteous) : can do no wrong. But those who think that anything goes so long as the : Kosovo Albanians are saved might remember what happened to previous victims : picked by Western liberals
Re: [CTRL] Info on 'Spear of Destiny'
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 4/16/99 2:48:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Freemasons didn't exist during Shakespeare's time (altho THEY might like to claim otherwise, there are no FACTS to support their existance before the 18th century)... June Well, June there are ACTUAL lodge books from before the 18th century and there is substantial evidence of exsistence before the given 1717 Hanoverian supplication and consolidation date. Cantankerous this morning? OM K 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] Fwd: DRUDGE-REPORT 4/15/99
X DRUDGE REPORT X 04/15/99 23:58:22 UTC X PENTAGON TO ASK FOR 30,000 RESERVISTS FOR WAR The Pentagon plans to ask President Clinton to call up about 30,000 reservists and National Guard members to bolster the attack against Yugoslavia, the NEW YORK TIMES is set to report in Friday editons. The Pentagon is still working out the details of which units will be called up, the paper reports. "While a senior defense official said the total would be around 30,000, an administration official said it could be as high as 33,000. By law, Clinton can authorize the activation of 200,000 reservists National Guard members." The call up would be the largest single activation since the Persian Gulf war in 1990. Of the $5.9 billion in emergency spending the White House is expected to request from Congress, a dramatic increase over previous estimates, nearly 5.4 billion would cover the cost of reservists' salaries, fuel and other supplies and munitions, reports the TIMES in its Friday lead. X X X X X MONEY MAN CHUNG SUBPOENAED, WILL BE CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS **Exclusive Details** Dan Burton bounces back. The DRUDGE REPORT learned late Thursday night that former Democratic fund-raiser Johnny Chung will be subpoenaed to appear before a congressional committee. The subpoena, which will be issued in the morning, calls for Chung to appear on May 27 and 28 before the House Government Reform Committee. With TV cameras running, Chung will be questioned in great detail about what he knows, and Chung has indicated that he will fully cooperate with the committee, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The House Government Reform Committee wrote Attorney General Janet Reno requesting permission to question Chung on April 7 after a story appeared in the LOS ANGELES TIMES. The story stunned the city: China's head of military intelligence took funds from Beijing and secretly spent them to reelect President Clinton, Chung has told federal investigators. "Chung's testimony has provided investigators the first, direct link between a senior Chinese government official and illicit foreign contributions that were funneled into Clinton's 1996 reelection effort," the TIMES reported. Late Thursday, AG Reno gave the green light for the committee to subpoena Chung. Reno put no limitations on the questioning, according to senior government sources. "Chung wants to tell his story, in public," one well-placed source told the DRUDGE REPORT late Thursday night from Washington. X X X X X HOW CNN LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB, 'NIGHTLINE' TOO There are reports tonight out of Yugoslavia of complete carnage and chaos in the wake of the continued NATO bombing. But hold on to your TIME WARNER stock, CNN again issues a press release announcing that its TV ratings are booming with the bombings. On the ground smoldering skeletons and a woman cut in half... a man's head lying in a field with the wind blowing his brown hair against the grass, and corpses lying in a squalid hospital nearby: details from the horror scene of the refugee caravan bombing reported by London's INDEPENDENT newspaper on Friday, coming only days after the passenger train bombing. But to every story there's a silver lining. And down in Atlanta at CNN headquarters, it's been press release after press release during the Crises in Kosovo. "In primetime, the network posted a 1.1 rating... an increase of 22%," rejoiced CNN's David Bittler and Alison Rudnick in a press release that moved on AP EXPRESS wires midweek. "The network series of four primetime Special Reports on the crisis in Yugoslavia posted a 1.2 rating and delivered 895,000 households." Up. Bittler and Rudnick point out increase by increase, daypart by daypart. LATE EDITION airing Sunday on CNN "experienced increases of 100%" during last week's NATO runs. CROSSFIRE lifts 38% over a year ago; INSIDE POLITICS surged 80%. The practice of issuing vaunting press releases celebrating increased viewership during wartime is not a CNN exclusive. On Thursday, ABC NEWS, in a press release, played up a NIGHTLINE win for last week's 90-minute broadcast BAD OPTIONS: THE CRISIS IN KOSOVO, even breaking the numbers down into Madison Avenue-friendly demographics. Koppel's Kosovo coverage kicked Conan! ABC NEWS declares in a press release: In adults 25-54, Koppel pulled 2,210,000 over NBC's 2,150,000. Lettermankilborn trailed with 1,890,000. [Laugh track] X X X X X MONICA HURTS SHOULDER SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS Monica Lewinsky is signing so many copies of her book on her European tour, she actually dislocated her shoulder. Michael Isikoff, also out on the circuit, pushing a book, dreaming of the sensation... X X X X X POLL: VOTERS WANT CELEBRITIES IN OFFICE More and more it seems like national policy is being driven by polls:
[CTRL] Fwd: [MC] AN APPEAL TO TROOPS FROM RAMSEY CLARK
--- URGENT: Please forward this to everyone you know who is in contact with troops in Europe. This is a mind control issue because we're dealing with the same twisted mentality. -- ALERT 4/13/99 AN APPEAL TO TROOPS FROM RAMSEY CLARK http://www.iacenter.org/bosnia/troops.htm [Ramsey Clark is the former U.S. Attorney General of the United States] The International Action Center urges all anti-war and anti-imperialist forces to find ways to deliver this message to the rank-and-file troops of the U.S. military. AN APPEAL TO TROOPS Are you a member of the U.S. Armed Forces? Do you have a friend or relative who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces? If so, this message is meant for you. President Clinton and the Pentagon generals have put you in harm's way. They pretend they care about you. They say they would do anything to protect your life. But they have put you in danger. They did this by ordering an attack on Yugoslavia. Clinton has said U.S. aims are "humanitarian." But Clinton has lied before. He lied about his personal relations. He lied about his political fund-raising. He lied about the pharmaceutical plant in Sudan being a "chemical-weapons factory." He lied about getting U.S. troops out of Bosnia by the end of 1996. They're still there. He is lying about the attack on Yugoslavia. U.S. planes are bombing a sovereign country. Yugoslavia's soldiers have crossed no borders. They threaten no other country. Yet they are under NATO attack. The Pentagon generals say NATO is only bombing military targets--anti-aircraft batteries, command centers, air defense centers, etc. But pictures from Serbia and Montenegro show bombed schools, hospitals, houses and factories. Yugoslavia is a small country with several different national groupings. The U.S. and its allies are much bigger and more powerful. But the 11 million people who live there are furious that U.S. bombs are killing their children. They know they are defending their country. They feel the moral right to strike back. And because Clinton and the generals have ordered the attack, you will be a target of this fury. If-- and the generals are talking about it already--they send you into Yugoslavia to kill, you will find the entire population ready to rise up against you. And though Yugoslavia is small, during World War II Yugoslav partisans--guerrillas-pinned down 300,000 troops from the German Wehrmacht and finally defeated them. On demonstrations here against the U.S. bombing assault, thousands of people are chanting, "Kosovo is Vietnam." It brings up the memory of the last time U.S. troops tried to occupy a country. All Vietnam rose up against them and drove them out. During that war, a U.S. lieutenant--William Calley--led his troops in the burning of a Vietnamese village, killing 330 women, men and children. Calley just took a little further what the Pentagon had ordered--a burn all, kill all assault on the civilian population. Atrocities like that also led many U.S. soldiers to drug addiction, suicide and mental breakdowns. But there were other U.S. troops who resisted the war. Hundreds of thousands refused to go into aggressive action. Others refused to fight. Some actively organized their buddies against the war. Some felt the war was so unjust that they went over to the other side. Finally the generals decided they had better get out. Some 55,000 U.S. troops were killed in that aggression on the other side of the world. Many young men were sent home in body bags before thousands began to resist. You still have the chance to resist this war-- before you become a target. You have the right to speak out against it. You have the right to pass out leaflets and organize against this war. You can refuse to re-up as a protest. You can refuse to take the anthrax vaccine and other preparations for chemical and biological warfare. You have the power to stop the Pentagon's unjust war against the people of Yugoslavia. Use it. Ramsey Clark International Action Center 39 West 14 Street, Room 206 New York, NY 10011 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iacenter.org phone: (212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889 ** MINDCONTROL-L Mind Control and Psyops Mailing List To unsubscribe or subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text: "unsubscribe MINDCONTROL-L" or "subscribe MINDCONTROL-L". Post to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED], list moderator
[CTRL] Luciferian fraud in Yugoslavia
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:515162"Luciferian fraud in Yugoslavia /A - Subject: Luciferian fraud in Yugoslavia From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kansan1225) Date: Fri, Apr 16, 1999 7:30 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The clandestine Luciferian Masonic Conspirators who control the governments of this world are perpetrating another scam in Yugoslavia to bring in the New World Order, a.k.a. the Kingdom of the Antichrist. No Luciferian scam production is carried out without the appropriate symbolism. In this case, the bombing by NATO started on March 24. This date happens to be a feast day for Zacharias, the father of St. John the Baptist, one of the two "patron saints" of Free Masonry. March 24 is also exactly three months from June 24, the feast of the birthday of St. John the Baptist himself. Apparently, the Conspirators are planning to keep this "conflict" going for at least three months. Many Luciferian attacks against the people of God take place around Easter time. For example, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on Good Friday in 1865. On April 19, 1995, the Federal Government cleansed 168 citizens of Oklahoma City, three days after Easter Sunday. The reason that this time of the year is picked is to conduct counterfeit Paschal Lamb sacrifices. After the bombing started, on March 24, Moslems celebrated the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, on March 27. This Moslem feast is associated with the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Abraham's sacrifice. Lambs and other animals are sacrificed by Moslems to celebrate this Eid. A few days later, on March 31, on the second Blue Full Moon of this year, Jews started the celebration of Passover, another religious feast commemorating the slaughter of innocent lambs. On April 4 Catholics and Protestants celebrated Easter, the Resurrection of the True Paschal Lamb, Jesus Christ. Finally, on April 11, Orthodox Christians celebrated their Easter. This last holiday fell on the nineteenth day of the bombing campaign. This was a Luciferian reminder of the 19-year Metonic cycle of the moon. The Metonic cycle is used to calculate the date of Easter Sunday and other movable feasts. The slaughter of innocent lambs in Yugoslavia has continued unabated. The murderers are equal opportunity butchers. Serbs are killing Albanians, Albanians are killing Serbs, while NATO conducts multicultural massacres. Meanwhile, CLuM Brothers Billy Blythe Clinton, Slobodan "The Slave" Milosevic, Ibrahim "The Rat" Rugova, Javier "Solo" Solana, Wesley "Supreme Being" Clark and the rest are crying crocodile tears all the way to their banks. And let us not forget CLuM Sisters Madeleine "Brooch" Albright and CIA plant Christiane "A Man" Amanpour. We should not also forget that, during this crucial time in NWO developments, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer is General Hugh "Who?" Shelton, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This gentleman used to be the commander of Special Forces before this appointment. Of course, the Special Forces carry out sabotage behind enemy lines and other assorted black projects. Remember that Timothy McVeigh was supposed to join the Special Forces, but was "rejected". My theory is that he was given a more "special" assignment by the military, the extermination of 168 fellow citizens in OKC for the greater glory of the NWO. General Hugh "Who?" Shelton is also responsible for the market-place bombing in Sarajevo (February 1994), the "terrorist" bombings against Americans in Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, 11/13/95; Khobar, 6/25/96), and many other "atrocities". These serial mass murderers are helping to bring about the Kingdom of the Antichrist. They work through the Masonic-blue NATO, or the Masonic-blue U.N., however, their real master is always Lucifer/Satan. My guess is that by the time June 24, 1999, the Birthday Feast of St. John the Baptist, comes about, another, much greater scam will be in full swing in Israel and the Middle East. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris 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
[CTRL] What's Wrong with USPS? - 1 of 2
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:515161"What's Wrong with USPS? - 1 of 2 /A - Subject: What's Wrong with USPS? - 1 of 2 From: Col Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, Apr 16, 1999 7:30 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WHATS WRONG WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE? * - 1 of 2 We labour first of all to draw into our Association all good and learned writers. This we imagine will be the easier obtained, as they must derive an evident advantage from it. Next to such men we seek to gain the masters and secretaries of the Post-Offices, in order to facilitate our correspondence. From the papers of the German Union, which, with the Grand Orient Lodge in Paris, comprised THE ILLUMINATI, a secret society founded by Adam Weishaupt, in Bavaria, on 1 May 1776, and financed, in part by an international banking cartel. Quotation published in the book, Proofs of a Conspiracy, by John Robison, p. 169, (1798). In a series of carefully orchestrated moves the spiritual heirs of Adam Weishaupt, author of the grand design for world government, have succeeded in gaining control over the U.S. Postal Service to facilitate their correspondence and, ultimately choke off dissenting voices. The unfolding plan began in Paris in 1947, when the United Nations established a world mail scheme called, The Universal Postal System. At this juncture, the U.S. Postal System was still under the supervision of Congress. On 4 April 1967, however, the first serious assault, which was to transfer control of U.S. mails to a private corporation, was made against the American people. On this date The Wall Street Journal ran a propaganda feature, Converting Post Office to Nonprofit Firm Run by Government Is Proposed by OBrian. Mr. Lawrence OBrian, then Postmaster General, said that turning the Post Office into a corporation is the only way to achieve the superlative service President Johnson has mandated, postal service worthy of the American Standard. OBrian was not merely the Postmaster General. He was an influential Wall Street executive with offices at 120 Broadway, New York City. Close contact with international banking interests made OBrian the perfect tool for effecting transfer of authority over U.S. mails into private hands. Next to command of money and military (achieved by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and the United Nations Treaty of 1945) the mails was third in Association priority to achieving mastery over the American society. CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR POSTAL REFORM Five days following OBrians improbable declaration, President Lyndon Johnson appointed a blue ribbon panel to examine the structure of the postal system. The New York Times, in an article dated 9 April 1967, Johnson Asks Mail Study; Names Survey Panel of 10 revealed the men on the panel. It then became apparent that only one result could be expected - a postal system under the control of multi-national financiers and industrialists! THE PRESIDENT'S PANEL ON U.S. POSTAL SYSTEM SURVEY FREDERICK R. KAPPEL, Member, Council on Foreign Relations, Chairman. Former board member, American Telephone Telegraph Company. GEORGE BAKER, Member, Council of Foreign Relations, Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. DAVID BELL, Member, Council on Foreign Relations; President, Ford Foundation. FRED BORCH, President, General Electric Company. DAVID GINSBURG, Attorney, Washington, D.C. RALPH LAZARUS, Grand Operator, international finance. Featured in announcements of the Business Advisory Council, a CFR affiliate. BAC was established by Sidney Weinberg of Goldman Sachs Co., one of eight interlocking financial groups which control U.S. economy. GEORGE MEANEY, President, American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organization. WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, Member, Business Advisory Council, inner circle of the Council on Foreign Relations; President, Campbell Soup Company. J. IRWIN MILLER, Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Board member, Cummins Engine Company. RUDOLPH A. PETERSON, Associate of Fred Lazarus in Committee for Economic Development; President, Bank of America. Upon announcement of the Citizens Committee for Postal Reform, OBrian proposed the establishment of a Government corporation to handle the mails, and called for a non-profit organization operated by a board of directors appointed by the President and confirmed by the Congress. This window dressing lulled the people into a belief that Washington would act in their best interest. INDEPENDENT POST OFFICE A year and a half went by. Then, on 16 July 1968, the Presidents Panel, announced their proposal for an Independent Post Office (New York Post, 16 July 1968). A commission named by President Johnson urged today the creation of a special corporation to operate the nations postal service, said the Post, and the
[CTRL] Assassination spreads fear in Belgrade
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:515124"Assassination spreads fear in Belgrade /A - Subject: Assassination spreads fear in Belgrade From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Xjr3000) Date: Fri, Apr 16, 1999 3:40 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just last week, a Yugoslav journalist called Slavko Curuvija to ask if he'd been having any problems since the start of the NATO bombing. "I'm just waiting," Curuvija answered. Five months earlier, Curuvija, the editor of Dnevni Telegraf, or Daily Telegraph, had been sentenced to five months in prison. He'd been convicted under Yugoslavia's draconian Information Law over an article he'd published concerning a scandal involving the Yugoslav United Front, an organization associated with Mijiana Markovic, wife of the Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. He had yet to begin serving his sentence. But instead of a prison cell, Curuvija received several bullets in the back -- gunned down in front of his house Sunday evening by masked youths. His companion, the historian Branka Prpa, was beaten. The assailants left 17 empty bullet casings on the street and a widespread climate of fear throughout Belgrade. "The killing of Curuvija is a message for people in the inner circle who might plot against Milosevic," said one Belgrade human rights activist. "Now they are all trembling." Curuvija's death may be considered the first political assassination of the war in Serbia proper (excluding Kosovo). It may well presage a crackdown on any opposition to the regime -- whether among opposition politicians, human-rights activists and the independent media or any potential plotters amid the ruling circle itself. It continues the campaign against the press which has been under way since last fall when the Belgrade regime imposed its Information Law. Curuvija himself had been one of its first victims. In the days preceding the October agreement on Kosovo between Milosevic and U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, Curuvija published a scathing attack on the regime's ten years in power in his monthly magazine European. "Serbia," he wrote, "is dead already." He was fined $240,000. -Anthony Borden, _Global Beat_ news, April 14, 1999 - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End Kris 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] ECB's Liebscher `Not Concerned' About Euro's Slide vs Dollar
-Caveat Lector- ECB's Liebscher `Not Concerned' About Euro's Slide vs Dollar Bloomberg News Apr 16 1999 7:10AM ET ECB's Liebscher `Not Concerned' About Euro's Slide vs Dollar Vienna, April 16 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank council member Klaus Liebscher said he isn't concerned about the euro's fluctuating exchange rate against the dollar, even as Europe's four-month-old single currency sinks to its lowest level since its inception. Though the euro sank to as low as $1.0622 in London trading today, the lowest since it first began trading at $1.16675 on Jan. 4, Liebscher, the Austrian National Bank governor, said ``psychological factors'' and concern about ``how economies are performing'' are commonplace in exchange rates between two currencies. ``I'm not really concerned about the exchange rate because we more or less have the same situation that the dollar-yen had last year,'' Liebscher said. ``We will watch it carefully, but one should not be too concerned about the development in the exchange rate. It's not the goal of the ECB council.'' The euro slid to a new low against the dollar today, as hopes for an end to the war over Kosovo faded after U.S. President Bill Clinton warned attacks on Yugoslavia would intensify. While ECB officials say the euro's development is no cause for concern, analysts say the ongoing conflict will be costly to European governments and could hurt Eastern European economies. Even so, some commentators point out that a less valuable euro can encourage Western European growth by making products less expensive for customers abroad. ``The lower exchange rate is an indirect sponsorship program for the European economy,'' Johannes Farnleitner, the Austrian Minister for Economic Affairs, said today. ECB's Contribution While Liebscher downplayed concerns about the European economy, he added the ECB council did its part for the euro bloc's growth by cutting its benchmark refinancing rate half a percentage point to 2.5 percent last week. He said it's now up to each government to change economic policies in line with the euro countries' so-called stability pact, which is intended to reduce government deficits and debt. ``The prime goal for me is that policy makers really stick to the stability pact...and reach balanced budgets or even surpluses,'' said Liebscher, attending the launch of an education package to boost schoolchildren's awareness of Europe's single currency. Governments ``are forced to, and they should, speed up structural reforms like deregulation, getting rid of bureaucracy, and creating new jobs in respect of new enterprises,'' he said. Liebscher highlighted the importance of tackling unemployment in the euro 11 countries, though said he was satisfied with Austria's own jobless rate. Austria's Low Unemployment ``The Austrian situation itself is quite different because we have an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent, which is, fortunately, one of the lowest rates within the European Union,'' he said. ``But on the other side, according to national standards, it's rather high.'' Austria's coalition government last month agreed on a 30 billion schilling ($2.4 billion) tax package aimed at boosting consumer spending, encouraging companies to invest and creating more jobs. ``I'm convinced we've already seen certain improvements in the last two or three months, so the situation here is improving,'' Liebscher said. Austria, which with 3 percent of the euro bloc's output is the area's seventh-largest economy, also announced plans at the start of the year to continue posting budget deficits in a four- year deficit-limitation plans. Reducing Speculation Liebscher said last week's ECB interest rate reduction, the size of which surprised many economists, was aimed at bolstering growth in the region and stamping out speculation about further rate cuts in the future. While the central bank's independent reputation may benefit from springing ``surprises'' on the market, he said, the decision was based wholly on policy, since ``we are faced with a quite favorable outlook for price stability on the one side. And this was, of course, our main basis for that decision.'' The European Commission forecast last month that economic growth in the euro 11 may slow to 2.2 percent in 1999, from 3 percent last year. ``This is a realistic outlook but optimistic on the other hand because they say it's more or less a temporary development and we will see the situation recover next year,'' Liebscher said. ``I also share the feeling that we have seen a robust economy internationally -- we have improvement in some of the Asian countries and a stabilizing situation in Latin America. So I think the international environment is quite favorable for the future,'' Liebescher said. Liebescher is one of 17 members of the ECB Governing Council, which meets twice a month to discuss monetary policy and interest rates for the 11 countries that adopted the euro common currency. The council
Re: [CTRL] Limitations on E.O.'s?
-Caveat Lector- Years and years ago, a friend of mine gave me the huge Ohio Revised Code in one bookI read it all, but got really bored when it came to the banking and money stuff, where most of the dirty work is usually done - securities and all that. There was one law on the books then, that I still remember and did not question or wonder why: (Actually, believe was two laws). One law forbid Greek Fraternities.. Other Law forbid anyone other than a Mason from wearing Masonic regalia(and the word I think was regalia). I do not know if this law is still on books; but would have to be under Chapter 29 criminal code.I ran across it again in 1969 when I filed the soothsaying without a license charge against Jeanne Dixon, the Tokyo Rose of Washington Square.but again, do not believe any of these laws were repealed and still stand. Why would it be illegal to wear Masonic Regalia..yet on the other hand, why would it bann fraternities using Greek letters etc. All these fraternities use the King James Bible for their rituals.just like the Mafia. Do not have this huge law book anymore; and have no access to Ohio code at this point in time. Colleen 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] Ky. steelmakers, users square off on import law
-Caveat Lector- Ky. steelmakers, users square off on import law By Gail Gibson HERALD-LEADER WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON -- The glut of cheap, foreign steel that touched off this year's biggest trade fight in Congress hit the bottom line at the Gallatin Steel Co. in Northern Kentucky. Since late last year, production at the mini-mill in Ghent has dropped to 50 percent of capacity. Prices for the hot-rolled steel the company sells to businesses like automotive stamping plants have fallen from $300 a ton to $200. ``That just comes out of your pocket, because costs don't drop like that,'' said Ed Puisis, Gallatin's chief financial officer. Last month, lawmakers in Washington stepped in to try to help domestic steelmakers like Gallatin, who say increased imports are crushing their business. In a 298-141 vote, the U.S. House approved legislation that would impose quotas on steel imports for three years. But a solution may not come that easily. The quota bill already faces criticism from leading economists, a veto threat from the White House and an uncertain future in the Senate as lawmakers return to work this week after a two-week recess. And in Kentucky, the story isn't just in the old steel mills in towns like Newport or Ashland. On the other side of the fight is the state's burgeoning auto industry -- including leading employers like Toyota Motor Manufacturing of North America -- which says the import restrictions would hurt business. ``It's a question of whose margin is at stake,'' said Dennis Cuneo, Toyota's vice president for corporate affairs. Cuneo said that Toyota-North America buys roughly $300 million worth of steel each year, about 95 percent of it from U.S. producers. Import restrictions would push up steel prices across the board. And that increase could force carmakers to respond by cutting costs -- trimming wages or laying off employees -- or raising sticker prices. ``I do feel for the individual steelworker who may lose his or her job,'' Cuneo said. ``But on the other hand, I don't think it justifies losing three or four other jobs in the steel industry so the government can prop up that job.'' Worries of `protectionism' By sheer employment numbers, steelmakers in Kentucky don't have the same strength as steel users -- particularly major operations like Toyota's Georgetown plant or Ford's truck plants in Louisville. In 1998, carmakers Toyota, Ford and General Motors employed 17,000 people in the state. The state's 56 steel companies combined to employ 6,199, state figures show. But the steelmakers showed their muscle on the import restriction bill. Of Kentucky's six U.S. House members, only two -- Republican Reps. Ernie Fletcher of Lexington and Anne Northup of Louisville -- voted against the bill. It wasn't an easy decision, Fletcher said in a recent interview. ``My dad worked in the steel mills when he was younger, and we were talking to the steel workers coming in, and I'm very concerned about their jobs and their well-being,'' Fletcher said. Fletcher balanced that view against the concerns of Toyota, a major player in his Central Kentucky district, and other steel users like heavy- equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc., which produces tractor treads at a Danville plant. ``I came down on the fact that in the long run, our protectionism is going to have a greater ill effect on our citizens than in the short term,'' he said. Some of the nation's leading economists have sounded the same concerns. Testifying at a House Ways and Means committee hearing this winter, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that a ``drift toward protectionist policies, which are always difficult to reverse, is a much greater threat than is generally understood.'' Writing in the Wall Street Journal last month, economist Robert Crandall, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, called the steel bill ``one of the most blatantly protectionist pieces of legislation since the 1930s.'' The debate highlights some of the nation's free-trade angst, which has been exacerbated in parts of Kentucky by the closings of textile plants in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement. House members split Rep. Ken Lucas of Union is a conservative Democrat and businessman who generally favors free trade. But his Northern Kentucky district also includes some of the larger steel mills, and on this issue, Lucas said, the ``benefits outweighed the negatives.'' Other Kentucky House members who backed the steel quota bill said they did so to signal concerns that the Clinton administration is not adequately enforcing existing trade laws. ``Unfortunately, President Clinton has refused to stand up for American steelworkers; therefore, the responsibility fell to Congress,'' said Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Cecilia. Big U.S. steel companies and their workers also say the administration isn't doing enough to crack down on increasing imports. And they say the impact on their business has been great.
[CTRL] NWO stuff
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:515032"NWO stuff/A - Subject: NWO stuff From: Philippe Gensou [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, Apr 15, 1999 3:34 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee == March 31, 1999 The Kosovo Liberation Army: Does Clinton Policy Support Group with Terror, Drug Ties? (...) Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia: The Clinton Administration concealed its active cooperation with the Iranians for arms shipments to the Muslim fundamentalist regime of Alija Izetbegovic in Bosnia in violation of the United Nations arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia. [For details on the Clinton Administration's active connivance with the Iranians, see RPC's "Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into Militant Islamic Base," 1/16/97.] This track record undermines the Clinton Administration's insistence that Russia, as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, is obligated to observe the same embargo with respect to Serbia [as stated by State Department spokesman James Rubin, daily briefing, March 24, 1999]. Eradication of the Serbs in Krajina: The Clinton Administration has stalled efforts to investigate what has been called the "biggest ethnic cleansing" of the Balkan wars, one which the Clinton Administration may itself have helped to facilitate: "Investigators at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague have concluded that the Croatian Army carried out summary executions, indiscriminate shelling of civilian populations and 'ethnic cleansing' during a 1995 assault that was a turning point in the Balkan wars, according to tribunal documents. The investigators have recommended that three Croatian generals be indicted, and an American official said this week that the indictments could come within a few weeks. . . . Any indictment of Croatian Army generals could prove politically troublesome for the Clinton Administration, which has a delicate relationship with Croatia, an American ally in preserving the peace in Bosnia with a poor human rights record. The August 1995 Croatian offensive, which drove some 100,000 Serbs from a large swath of Croatia over four days, was carried out with the tacit blessing of the United States by a Croatian Army that had been schooled in part by a group of retired American military officers. Questions still remain about the full extent of United States involvement. In the course of the three-year investigation into the assault, the United States has failed to provide critical evidence requested by the tribunal, according to tribunal documents and officials, adding to suspicion among some there that Washington is uneasy about the investigation. Two senior Canadian military officers, for example, who were in Croatia during the offensive, testified that the assault, in which some 3,000 shells rained down on the city of Knin over 48 hours, was indiscriminate and targeted civilians. . . . A section of the tribunal's 150-page report is headed: 'The Indictment. Operation Storm, A Prima Facie Case.': 'During the course of the military offensive, the Croatian armed forces and special police committed numerous violations of international humanitarian law, including but not limited to, shelling of Knin and other cities,' the report says. 'During, and in the 100 days following the military offensive, at least 150 Serb civilians were summarily executed, and many hundreds disappeared.' The crimes also included looting and burning, the report says." ["War Crimes Panel Finds Croat Troops 'Cleansed' the Serbs," New York Times, 3/21/99] The Krajina episode -- the largest in the recent Yugoslav wars, at least until this week in Kosovo -- exposes the hypocrisy of the Clinton claims as to why intervention in Kosovo is a humanitarian imperative: "Within four days, the Croatians drove out 150,000 Serbs, the largest [until this week] ethnic cleansing of the entire Balkan wars. Investigators in the Hague have concluded that this campaign was carried out with brutality, wanton murder, and indiscriminate shelling of civilians. . . . Krajina is Kosovo writ large. And yet, at the same time, the U.S. did not stop or even protest the Croatian action. The Clinton Administration tacitly encouraged it." [Charles Krauthammer, "The Clinton Doctrine," Time magazine, 4/5/99] In short, the absence of official confirmation of the reports cited below can hardly be considered the last word in the matter. And given this Administration's record, one might treat with some degree of skepticism even a flat denial of KLA drug and terror ties -- which thus far has not been offered. As the Clinton Administration searches for new options in its Kosovo policy, these
Re: [CTRL] Info on 'Spear of Destiny'
-Caveat Lector- My brother was at a gym once where kids were working on gymnastics. I believe it was a summer camp. Anyway there the regular pop music of the day on the radio (70s). The coach said to my brother that he was going to show him something interesting. He said notice how well the gymnasts are doing right now. He watched for a minute or two. Then he put on a record of German marches. The kids improved immediately. BTW. If you want to hear real Nazi music, listen to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. It was commissioned by the Nazis and I have heard that it was commissioned by the head of the SS, Himmler. I don't know the latter for sure, but I do know the former. I was in an orchestra that played it once. The conductor announced that one of our very own members was in the orchestra that first premiered it in Vienna and he introduced a cellist and asked him to speak about it. He started telling about the performance being severely booed. But said it wasn't necessarily because the people didn't like the music. Rather that this was their way of demonstrating against Hitler since the nazis had commissioned the music and this was just after Austria's takeover by Germany. You should have seen the face on the conductor. Our rehearsals were held in the local Jewish community center. Howard Davis ps. The nazi connection to the occult and also to "butch" homosexuality seem to have been covered up. I once read a book about Jan Karski the Polish underground courier who purposely went into a Nazi death camp so he could report on it when he got to England. He had been picked up earlier by the Gestapo and had been interrogated by a twentish SS officer. He noticed that the officer treated him very warmly and respectfully, etc. And also that he had spoken extensively about his years as a Hitler youth. He had told Karski how he had been the protogete of the leader of the Hitler youth, but had fallen out of favor, etc. It sounded to me like the guy was trying to get Karski to become his lover. I looked up the name of the guy who had been the leader of the Hitler youth and it turned out that he had had an extensive background of problems with pederasty. I wrote to Karski suggesting that the SS officer was trying to seduce him. Karski replied that "I seemed to have a deep knowledge". As for the occult. I too have read those books. I did an extensive study of the Holocaust and in arguing with some of the Holocaust deniers I finally came to the realization that they were not merely arguing over facts and interpretation, but rather that they were coming from a deep spiritual attachment to Hitler. This was evidenced to me by one who finally admitted that the Holocaust may have happened, but that Hitler did not know about it. This, of course, is ridiculous. But it did seem to indicate a strong belief in Hitler going far beyond anything explainable from a rational point. After reading the connections between Hitler and the occult, I began to think that this whole thing was more explainable on a spiritual level. I had never believed much in demon possession, but it began to be more understandable to me after these studies. YnrChyldzWyld wrote: -Caveat Lector- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Colleen Jones wrote: Now is has been a long time since I read the above book (1980 about) and hear Wagner's ring. I still have my copy, I believe, if you want me to look anything up... I know my local library still has it, since I noticed it on the shelf a few weeks ago... An even more interesting book (which I haven't been able to finish) goes by the title of Fire and Ice, I believegoes into the history of the occult movements which were going strong in Germany in general, and Vienna in particular, in the 19th and early 20th century, and how such societies had an influence on Hitler, and eventually the whole Nazi party. People have been waiting for the Messiah's return now for nearly 2,000 years; Ignoring the fact that: a) 2000 years ago, they were on a totally different calendar than we are now, and b) the Bible states that no one knows the time that Jesus will return, that it does NOT go by any one date; it only states that the discerning will recognize certain signs, which it describes in Daniel and Revelations, amongst other books... some believe he will be reincarnated, Which is not scripturally supported... So, I think we have another thousand years to gotwo thousand years is a long time to wait on anyone, but when he descends, allegedly his heel will hit the top of a mountainbook called Footsteps of Orpheus stated there are people drilling at the foot of this mountain now Perhaps you can point out the actual passages of SCRIPTURE which purport to make these claims? Such is lifeHitler thrived on Nazi Marching bands, not Wagner. Wagner was his favorite composer, and he not only attended performance of
[CTRL] The Articles of Confederation (1781)
-Caveat Lector- from http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/ArtConfed.html See also the Internet Law Library, http://law.house.gov = The Articles of Confederation (1781) To all to whom these presents shall come, we the undersigned delegates of the states affixed to our names, send greeting: Whereas the delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled, did, on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord seventeen seventy-seven, and in the second year of the Independence of America, agree to Certain Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia in the words following, viz: Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. ARTICLE I. The style of this Confederacy shall be "The United States of America." ARTICLE II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled. ARTICLE III. The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever. ARTICLE IV. The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these states, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states; and the people of each state shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other state, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively; provided, that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any state, to any other state of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also, that no imposition, duties or restriction shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States, or either of them. If any person guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any state, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the governor or executive power of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offense. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state. ARTICLE V. For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power, reserved to each state, to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the year. No state shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind. Each state shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the states, and while they act as members of the committee of the states. In determining questions in the United States, in Congress assembled, each state shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace. ARTICLE VI. No state without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any king, prince or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept of any, present, emolument, office or
Re: [CTRL] Info on 'Spear of Destiny'
-Caveat Lector- Colleen Jones wrote: Hitler, gave the people Wagner; this is wht put them to sleep; after watching the Ring he knew he could not be a martyer; but as did we, with propaganda music, we used to send our boys to war on a songthat does not go over any more as pepole are too sophisticated. Hitler gave the German people Wagner? Wagner had his own theater in Bayreut (sp?) long before Hitler was even born. His music was played all over the world. There was a reaction against Wagner's music among French composers in the late 1890s. The Metropolitan Opera of New York had a whole group of singers devoted to nothing but singing Wagner's operas before the turn of the century. To say that Hitler gave the people Wagner is non-sense. Howard Davis 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] Info on 'Spear of Destiny'
-Caveat Lector- Well, I had to answer you Juneam getting ready to go outthanks for the offer to look up the info. Now as you know, I am not an expert on anything; I am just a researcher into certain areas, who got in deep in some of this stuff re the assassinations. Hitler, gave the people Wagner; this is wht put them to sleep; after watching the Ring he knew he could not be a martyer; but as did we, with propaganda music, we used to send our boys to war on a songthat does not go over any more as pepole are too sophisticated. I turned on Wagner last night, and this music is incredible = it is so beautiful, true a lot of it boring In the Revelations you will find Hitler's attempt at the 1000 Year Reichif I am right, according to this old concordance I have made especially for the SS Teachers Edition Oxford University, etc., Seig Heil, meant God Is aliveand of course, Hitler had assumed that role.how anyone could send boys to war on the music of Wagner - no they could not. But supposed the water of the German people had been drugged...(you know prior to the sinking of the Titanic, the Germans were working on "artificial icebergs" I always wondered about that - easy to engineer an iceburg loaded with explosives) Anyway, have lost the thread of my own communication - as am in rushHitler sent his youth and men to war on Marching Bandslike we used Philip Sousaand the South went to war on Dixie, which still stirs the heart of every rebel in the states. Music is perhaps the greatest psychological weapon remember back in the 60 period, in Czeckloslavikiawhen they revolted, I noted they sent in their music makers The Serbs are hold music feststhis stuff is so old hat - There is a certain type of German, whom I always called the Prussian Princesand the German people, who love to dance, love music, home and Tannenbaum... you now, maybe these Bilderbergers have been around a lot longer than we thought, only under a different name. got to go. thanks...this is a hodge podge. but, look at the music makers in the Balkans working overtime. If they read our music today, well even Rocky Racoon is old hat.and he was done in by a traveling salesman named Gideon, I think. Colleen 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] [Re: [CTRL] Cold War Is Back, With Nuclear Threat]
-Caveat Lector- "Howard R. Davis III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Nicola Tesla, the inventor of the alternating current generator and motor (upon which our present civilization is based), claimed to have invented a "death ray". It sounded suspiciously like some sort of particle beam accelerator which he claimed would protect any country from invasion. Most thought he was a crackpot and his later writings were ignored. However, all his writings were confiscated by the US government in 1943 when he died. Some may never have been released to his relatives (who incidentally were Serbians, they went to a museum in Belgrade). However, in thinking about this possible weapon, I realized that it may not be to the advantage of some to have such a weapon available to all countries. It certainly would make things difficult for NATO right now. So, it seems to me that it may be quite possible that such a weapon has already been invented, but that it is under wraps. Howard Davis I believe that Tesla was Croatian, not Serbian. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. 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] [[CTRL] American UN Official Gang-Raped in S. Africa]
-Caveat Lector- Das GOAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- snip Crime has become a major campaign issue ahead of South Africa's second all-race elections on June 2. Mainly white opposition parties have been pressing the governing African National Congress on the issue. More than 60,000 women and girls are raped every year in South Africa. snip I'm not trying to justify this behavior, which is clearly beyond the pale of any sort of civilized conduct. But has it occurred to anyone that when the ANC took power in South Africa, its supporters had the not unreasonable expectation that they would share in the wealth so egregiously displayed by the country's ruling class? I know that a lot of the crime is directly attributable to the culture of lawlessness and rebellion bred into an entire generation of black South Africans. All I am suggesting is that if the universally lionized Nelson Mandela had used his very considerable personal charisma to validate a true redistribution of economic resources, instead of focussing on electoral politics and his own lovelife, much of the crime and violence could have been avoided. Crime is, no matter where it takes place, in the final analysis a political act, and political courage is required to deal with it. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. 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] [Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Cold War Is Back, With Nuclear Threat]]
-Caveat Lector- "Howard R. Davis III" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- Robert Tatman wrote: I believe that Tesla was Croatian, not Serbian. Bob Well, you would be half right. Sort of. His family was Serbian, but had lived in the Croatian area for several generations. His father was an Orthodox priest. I am not sure, but I think they lived in the Kryiena (sp?) region mentioned as having recently gone through ethnic cleansing. Howard Davis Right. Thank you. I had a feeling there was something confusing about it. Just goes to point up the thoroughly jumbled nature of the populations in the Balkans. BTW, it's "Krajina," IIRC--and that region has somewhat the same historical meaning for the Croats that Kosovo does for the Serbs. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. 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] [[CTRL] Fw: [ma] Shampoo?]
-Caveat Lector- Alamaine Ratliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- snip : : Dear family and friends: : Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if they : have a substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate, or simply : SLS. : : This substance is found in most shampoos, and the manufacturers : use it because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT the fact : is that SLS is used to scrub garage floors, and it is very strong. It is : also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run, and this is no : joke. I went home and checked my shampoo (Vidal Sasoon); it : doesn't contain it; however, others such as Vo5, Palmolive, Paul : Mitchell, the new Hemp Shampoo, contains this substance. The first : ingredient listed (which means it is the single most prevalent : ingredient) in Clairol's Herbal Essences is Sodium Laureth Sulfate. : So I called one company, and I told them their product contains a : substance that will cause people to have cancer. They said, "Yeah, : we knew about it but there is nothing we can do about it because we : need that substance to produce foam. : : By the way, Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance to : produce the "bubbles." They said they are going to send me some : information. : : Research has shown that in the 1980s, the chance of getting cancer : is 1 out of 8000 and now, in the 1990s, the chances of getting cancer : is 1 out of 3, which is very serious. : : So, I hope that you will take this seriously and pass this on to all the : people you know, and hopefully, we can stop "giving" ourselves the : cancer virus (I hate wrong information! Cancer is not caused by a virus! : See Part X of my series to understand. - David). This is serious. After : you have read this, pass it on to as many people as possible, this is not : a chain letter, but it concerns our health. : : Michelle Hailey : Executive Secretary : University of Pennsylvania Health System Office of Legal Affairs : (215) 662-2546 : snip According to the Mining Co.-- (http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa090998.htm?pid=2733cob=home) What is sodium laureth sulfate ...and why are people saying those awful things about it? Dateline: 09/09/98 The latest dire health warning to circulate by email claims that sodium laureth sulfate, a synthetic chemical commonly found in brand-name shampoos, causes cancer. As is typical of such warnings, the message is unsigned and cites no references to support its claims. "This is not a chain letter," the message concludes, but it is one. As you shall see, its purpose is not to inform, but to frighten: Subject: FW: SHAMPOO ALERT!!! MUST READ!!! Importance: High Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if they have this substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate or simply SLS. This substance is found in most shampoo, the manufactures use it because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT the fact is that SLS is used to scrub garage floors, and it is very strong. It is also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run, and this is no joke. Well, I went home and check my shampoo (Vidal Sasoon), it hasn't got it, but others such as Vo5, Palmolive etc..they've got this substance, so I've called up to one of the company (u must think I had nothing better to do, no, I am just concerned about our health) well, I told them their product contains a substance that will cause people to have cancer, and u know what they said, they said "Yeah.we knew about it but there is nothing we can do about it coz we need that substance to produce foam, oh, by the way the Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance to produce the bubbles". Oh my God, I've been using the Colgate since when I was born, what the world is that, are we going to die very soon. They said they are going to send me some info. Research have shown that in the 1980s, the chance of getting cancer is 1 out of 8000 and now in the 1990s, the chances of getting cancer is 1 out of 3 which is very serious. So I hope that you will take this seriousness and pass on this to all the people you know, and hopefully, we can stop "giving" ourselves the cancer virus. This is serious, after you have read this, pass it on to as many people as possible, this is not a chain letter, but it concerns our health. Questions and answers: Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate commonly found in shampoos and toothpastes? A: Shampoos, yes; toothpastes, no. Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate known to cause cancer? A: No. The chemical does not appear on any official list of known or suspected carcinogens. Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate properly abbreviated as "SLS?" A: No. The correct abbreviation is "SLES." The chain letter confuses this compound with
[CTRL] The Government is Lying!
-Caveat Lector- . . . Polls say that 2/3 of the people are happy with the way things are going in the country. Unemployment is low, the stock market is high; everything seems to be just fine. Is it? http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/8796/gov_lie.html === NEVER FORGET "Waco": Between the days of February 28, 1993 and April 19th, 1993, approximately 80 men, women, and children living peacefully in their home near Waco, Texas, were killed by the combined efforts of the US Defense Department and other government paramilitary units: the US Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The incident also claimed the lives of four ATF agents Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum http://www.monumental.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/ Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! 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] Fw: [ma] Shampoo?
-Caveat Lector- Here's another viewpoint - SLS may be safe (?) -Bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - from: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa090998.htm David Emery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, Oct 7, 1998 What is sodium laureth sulfate --- ...and why are people saying those awful things about it? Dateline: 09/09/98 The latest dire health warning to circulate by email claims that sodium laureth sulfate, a synthetic chemical commonly found in brand-name shampoos, causes cancer. As is typical of such warnings, the message is unsigned and cites no references to support its claims. "This is not a chain letter," the message concludes, but it is one. As you shall see, its purpose is not to inform, but to frighten: Subject: FW: SHAMPOO ALERT!!! MUST READ!!! Importance: High Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if they have this substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate or simply SLS. This substance is found in most shampoo, the manufactures use it because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT the fact is that SLS is used to scrub garage floors, and it is very strong. It is also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run, and this is no joke. Well, I went home and check my shampoo (Vidal Sasoon), it hasn't got it, but others such as Vo5, Palmolive etc..they've got this substance, so I've called up to one of the company (u must think I had nothing better to do, no, I am just concerned about our health) well, I told them their product contains a substance that will cause people to have cancer, and u know what they said, they said "Yeah.we knew about it but there is nothing we can do about it coz we need that substance to produce foam, oh, by the way the Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance to produce the bubbles". Oh my God, I've been using the Colgate since when I was born, what the world is that, are we going to die very soon. They said they are going to send me some info. Research have shown that in the 1980s, the chance of getting cancer is 1 out of 8000 and now in the 1990s, the chances of getting cancer is 1 out of 3 which is very serious. So I hope that you will take this seriousness and pass on this to all the people you know, and hopefully, we can stop "giving" ourselves the cancer virus. This is serious, after you have read this, pass it on to as many people as possible, this is not a chain letter, but it concerns our health. Questions and answers: Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate commonly found in shampoos and toothpastes? A: Shampoos, yes; toothpastes, no. Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate known to cause cancer? A: No. The chemical does not appear on any official list of known or suspected carcinogens. Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate properly abbreviated as "SLS?" A: No. The correct abbreviation is "SLES." The chain letter confuses this compound with another: sodium lauryl sulfate, which is abbreviated "SLS." The two substances are related, but not the same. Q: Is sodium laureth sulfate used to scrub garage floors? A: No. Q: What about the other one sodium lauryl sulfate is it used to scrub garage floors? A: No doubt. SLS is a powerful surfactant (wetting agent) and detergent. It has industrial uses, but can also be commonly found in shampoos, toothpastes, shaving creams, etc. Q: Ah. Well, then, is SLS a known carcinogen? A: No. But it's not as harmless as SLES. Sodium lauryl sulfate is a skin and eye irritant and can cause dermatitis with prolonged contact. Results of some tests on animal tissues indicate that it can cause abnormal cell mutations, though I've seen conflicting evidence. Q: Would a manufacturer freely admit, as claimed in the message, that it knowingly uses a carcinogen in its products "because we need that substance to produce foam?" A: Are you kidding? Of course not. Q: Is it true that my chances of getting cancer are "1 out of 3" in the '90s? A: The short answer is no, but that shouldn't necessarily set your mind at ease. According to the most recent U.S. study, cancer strikes approximately 1 in 250 people. Of course, that's the incidence rate, which is not the same as someone's odds of getting cancer. The problem with stating probabilities in this case is that there's no way to generalize accurately. The reasons are: 1) cancer risks for individuals vary according to a host of factors, including gender, race, habits, and family history; and 2) the likelihood of any individual contracting cancer is also a
[CTRL] FBI occupation of Andrews, North Carolina
Following are facts provided to us by the people of Andrews. Judge for yourself if you think there is reason to be suspicious of the feds' activities there. 1. Federal agents were stationed in Andrews months before any concern about Eric Rudolph began. (Testimony by agents stationed through the first rotation of personnel.) 2. Federal agents are commonly brash, rude, and offensive, and sometimes outright violent and oppressive to the locals of Andrews. 3. An individual reportedly fitting the description of Eric Rudolph was gunned down in his trailer during a "no-knock" entry under warrant. The feds claimed that the individual was startled and leaped in the direction of a firearm, thus justifying the severe response by the government henchmen. (Since the object to be seized under the search warrant was a person, why was a "no-knock" warrant considered necessary? What's the suspect going to do? Flush himself down the toilet?) 4. On the evening in which Philip Rogers allegedly shone his daughter's laser pen light across a chopper pilot's helmet, he and Ramon Sparks were chased, captured, handcuffed, and beaten by the feds, when Ramon attempted to get Philip to the local sheriff's department for safety. 5. During a "town meeting" with the feds, the feds denied it when locals asked about federal agents systematically eliminating the deer population (thus eliminating a possible emergency food supply for the locals). When eyewitnesses came forward to confront them, the meeting was abruptly ended. 6. During the initial stages of the occupation in Andrews, two federal officials interrupted a Sunday service at a local church where they thought Eric Rudolph might be in attendance. The minister sternly asked them several times to stop being disruptive. "This is God's house and his time. You may join us for worship, or wait to ask your questions." The feds responded by saying to each other that they wouldn't get any information out of those "dumb hillbillies." (Those "dumb hillbillies" at least have enough sense to behave themselves in a civilized manner!) 7. Throughout the entire operation in Andrews, the FBI and their hirelings have conducted themselves in oppressive and overbearing ways. They take what they want, when they want, from whomever they want. The people of Andrews are tired of the government presence. Some businesses have prospered, but for the most part, it isn't enough to compensate for the rights and privacy they have been forced to surrender. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/8796/andrews.html andrews.html.url
[CTRL] Autism up 273% in 10 years in Calif. (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Vaccinations, Aspartame, pesticides, Prozac Whadda ya got? --- forwarded message --- From: Muriel Hykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 Subject: [PSYPHY] Autism Report 237% Increase in Cases See http://www.dds.ca.gov/new.htm California Cries "273% Increase in Autism - We Don't Know Why" Thursday, April 15, 1999 A new state report released today raises troubling questions about why California's developmental services system is experiencing a large unexpected increase in the numbers of children with autism, announced by State Senate President pro Tem John Burton and Senator Wesley Chesbro, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health. "In the past 10 years, California has had a 273% increase in the number of children with autism who enter the developmental services system - 1,685 new cases last year alone," Burton said. "What is generally considered a rare condition is increasing faster here than other developmental disabilities. We need to find out why." "The number of children with autism greatly exceeds the numbers you'd expect from traditional incident rates," Chesbro said. "The findings and conclusions of this report show we need to take action now to figure out where this increase is coming from, what the causes of autism are and what we as a state can do." The Department of Developmental Services report, "Changes in the Population of Persons with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders in California's Developmental Services System: 1987-1998" was released to the Legislature this morning. While it confirms the increased incidence, the report does not examine factors leading to the increase. The report was required as a result of legislation developed after parents, human services professionals and educators expressed concern that they were seeing a dramatic increase in children with autism. In addition to special legislative hearings in the issue, Burton and Chesbro called for funding an independent epidemiological study to help identify the causes of autism and the factors leading to California's increase in autism cases. The Senators suggested that the U.C. Davis Medical Investigation of Neurological Disorders Institute, (M.I.N.D.) would be the appropriate organization to do the research. Autism exacts a tremendous cost on children, on families and the developmental disabilities system," Burton said. "The system is getting seven new kids with autism seven days a week. Is this because families are coming to California for services? A change in diagnostic practices? Something environmental? We need to get to the bottom of this and we need to do it right," Chesbro added. For copies of the report contact Paul Verke a the California Department of Developmental Services 916 654-1820. The report is also on the Department's website: http://www.dds.ca.gov , or will be there by the end of the day. The contact for the M.I.N.D. Institute is Carole Gan 916 734-9047 EXCERPTS OF THE REPORT by Michael McIntire FEAT Director If there was ever any doubt about the rise in Autism Incidence, this will forever dispel it. Following is an excerpt from a CA Department of Developmental Services report released today by state Senator John Burton. While the 273% increase is quite notable in the face of 50% increases for other disabilities, it is notable that data for the 13,000+ children in the the early start program for 0 to 3 year olds was NOT included. The numbers will also show that the rate of increase is accelerating at 3% per year. If you really want to be scared: for the calendar year 1998, there were 1,685 NEW diagnosis, or 16% of the total population - in ONE YEAR. Michael McIntire excerpt: Table 1 shows the number and percent change in the number of persons with autism and other PDDs counted from all four levels of CDER classification in the 11 years between 1987 and 1998. The population of persons with autism increased from 4.85 to 9.37 percent of the total state wide client population. At the end of 1998 there were 12,780 persons, of all ages, with autism listed on the CDER. Autism as a percent of the total client population nearly doubled. Table 1 - Number of Persons with Autism in 1987 and 1998 1987 1998 Total Client Population 80,483 136,383 Persons with Autism (Levels 1,24) 3,90212,780 Percent of Total Client Population 4.85% 9.37% Table 2 presents the total number and percent change between 1987 and 1998 for persons with autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and mental retardation. To maintain equivalency in the way each diagnostic condition is counted, only CDER classification Levels 1 and 2 for persons with autism are used in this table.
Re: [CTRL] Cold War Is Back, With Nuclear Threat - 1
-Caveat Lector- from: http://209.67.114.212/forum/a456837.htm " More than three-fourths of the electorate, 78 percent, were "surprised" or "shocked and angry" or "skeptical" of "government documents that indicate the U.S. military cannot destroy even a single incoming missile." What's more, 86 percent favor deployment of a missile defense system. " Missile shield a common misbelief -- THE WASHINGTON TIMES July 31, 1998 Ralph Z. Hallow A new poll shows that more than three-quarters of Americans wrongly believe the U.S. military can destroy an incoming missile. "The American people are being lulled into a false sense of security by the Clinton administration," Rep. Floyd D. Spence, the House National Security Committee chairman, said Thursday at a Capitol Hill press conference. The South Carolina Republican said President Clinton has repeatedly and wrongly claimed that there are no missiles pointed at the United States. Republican National Chairman Jim Nicholson and Family Research Council president Gary Bauer joined Mr. Spence in urging the deployment of a missile defense for America, a measure supported by 86 percent of Americans, according to the new poll. The press conference, presented by a broad coalition of leaders including military and missile experts, came in the wake of a report by a bipartisan commission chaired by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Rumsfeld Commission report found that North Korea, Iran and other countries are hiding their ballistic missile development programs from U.S. satellites. It said these countries are using huge underground laboratories and factories to make and test missiles. Mr. Nicholson, who has been touting a missile shield on radio and in signed opinion columns in newspapers, said Democrats are filibustering a bill that would begin development of such a shield. The RNC chairman, a retired Army colonel who once commanded a tactical nuclear weapons unit, said his party is doing fine going into the fall elections. "So we don't need this as a partisan issue," Mr. Nicholson said, but then called on the president "to begin to lead" on the issue. Citing what he called the "decline in our military and the lack of a missile defense system," Mr. Bauer said, "We are on road right now that will lead inevitably to a disaster on American soil that will make Pearl Harbor fade from our memory." "The people here [at the press conference] are trying to prevent that from happening and for that reason they are the Paul Reveres of our age," he said. David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, agreed with Mr. Nicholson that missile defense need not be partisan but, he claimed, the Democrats are making it partisan. "What people need to ask those Democrats who are trying to stop this is, what in God's name possessed them to think they were doing their job by leaving the American people naked in an extremely dangerous world," he said. Frank Gaffney Jr., coordinator of the Coalition to Defend America, took the lead in organizing the joint press conference. He called it "the most extraordinary display of broad-based concern about a national security problem that I've seen in 20 years." The survey by GOP pollster Kellyanne Fitzpatrick found that 79 percent of the electorate is "very" or "somewhat" concerned about a possible missile attack on the United States, its forces or its allies. More than three-fourths of the electorate, 78 percent, were "surprised" or "shocked and angry" or "skeptical" of "government documents that indicate the U.S. military cannot destroy even a single incoming missile." What's more, 86 percent favor deployment of a missile defense system. The poll of 800 registered voters was commissioned by the Center for Security Policy, the Claremont Institute and the Heritage Foundation. Posted for educational and discussion purposes only, not for commercial use. --- Posted by: donna () * 07/31/98 04:00:38 EDT --- To: donna "The American people are being lulled into a false sense of security by the Clinton administration," Rep. Floyd D. Spence, the House National Security Committee chairman, said Thursday at a Capitol Hill press conference. The Clinton administration, with the aid of a complicit broadcast media, have lulled 65% of the American people into a seemingly impenetrable stupor incapable of outrage -- despite their heinous high crimes and misdemeanors. God, help us all... From: Car Reporter () * 07/31/98 04:07:57 EDT --- To: Car Reporter 78% are surprised that we cannot predict the incoming tragetory of a supersonic missile and hit it with another
Re: [CTRL] Cold War Is Back, With Nuclear Threat - 3
-Caveat Lector- Re: Clinton's PDD-60 Monica Lewinsky was used to deflect attention from Clinton's death wish for America: from: http://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/novdec97/pdd.htm Clinton Issues New Guidelines on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Doctrine Craig Cerniello THE CLINTON administration quietly made a significant change in U.S. strategic nuclear doctrine in November by formally abandoning guidelines issued by the Reagan administration in 1981 that the United States must be prepared to fight and win a protracted nuclear war. The new presidential decision directive (PDD), details of which were first reported in The Washington Post on December 7, operates from the premise that the primary role of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War era is deterrence. In a December 23 interview, Robert Bell, senior director for defense policy and arms control at the National Security Council, provided additional information about the PDD and clarified some misperceptions in the press with respect to the Clinton administration's policy on "launch on warning" and the use of nuclear weapons against a chemical or biological weapons attack. New Guidelines Due to its highly classified nature, many specific details about the PDD have not been made public. Nevertheless, Bell confirmed that "We have made an important change in terms of strategic nuclear doctrine in reorienting our presidential guidance away from any sense that you could fight and win a protracted nuclear war to a strategic posture that focuses on deterrence." The administration made the decision to rewrite the old nuclear guidelines early in 1997. At that time, General John Shalikashvili, then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained to President Clinton that the United States could not reduce its nuclear arsenal to the level that was being discussed for START III (2,000 to 2,500 deployed strategic warheads) and carry out the objectives of the 1981 nuclear guidelines. Bell pointed out that this assumed that the goals of the old guidelines could ever have been realized -- a skepticism that has been voiced by former Reagan administration officials. Hence, one key factor influencing the administration's decision to rewrite the old guidelines was that they were not compatible with the U.S. objective of achieving further strategic force reductions with the Russians. Moreover, the administration viewed the 1981 guidelines as an anachronism of the Cold War. The notion that the United States still had to be prepared to fight and win a protracted nuclear war today seemed out of touch with reality given the fact that it has been six years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In this connection, Bell said the 1981 directive "reads like a document you would expect to have been written at the height of the Cold War, not something that you would want operative today" Launch on Warning Bell said the press had incorrectly indicated that the PDD "still allows" the United States to launch nuclear weapons upon receiving warning of an attack. Bell emphasized that "there is no change in this PDD with respect to U.S. policy on launch on warning and that policy is that we do not, not rely on it." In fact, Bell said "in this PDD we direct our military forces to continue to posture themselves in such a way as to not rely on launch on warning -- to be able to absorb a nuclear strike and still have enough force surviving to constitute credible deterrence." Bell pointed out that while the United States has always had the "technical capability" to implement a policy of launch on warning, it has chosen not to do so. "Our policy is to confirm that we are under nuclear attack with actual detonations before retaliating," he said. Negative Security Assurances Bell also dispelled the published report that the PDD expands U.S. nuclear options against a chemical or biological weapons attack. "This PDD reaffirms explicitly, virtually verbatim, the policy of this administration as we stated it the last four or five years, including during the extension of the Non-Proliferation Treaty [NPT], the negotiation of the CTB [Comprehensive Test Ban] and the ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention," he said. Specifically, the PDD reaffirms the 1995 statement on negative security assurances issued by Secretary of State Warren Christopher on behalf of President Clinton at the time of the indefinite extension of the NPT. This statement reiterated in a slightly more restrictive form the 1978 statement on the non-use of nuclear weapons issued by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on behalf of President Carter. In this context, Bell explained that
[CTRL] Russia's Operational Starwars Defense System
-Caveat Lector- http://www.pufori.org/starwars1.htm -- Russia's Operational Starwars Defense System By Robert E. McElwaine -- Word from Jeroen Wierda: This article is about a possible Russian "starwars like" defense system. ANY more information regarding this subject is more then welcome! Send to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" The copyright remains with Robert E. McElwaine -- [This piece sent by someone on the "In-Search-Of" discussion list] RUSSIA'S OPERATIONAL STARWARS DEFENSE SYSTEM - In February 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin proposed to the United States and the United Nations a global defense shield (with "Star Wars"-type weapons) BASED ON RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY. Some people might wonder what the "backward" Russians could possibly have that would be of value for the S.D.I. research and development program. The little-known TRUTH is that the Russians started deploying an OPERATIONAL "Star Wars" defense system in September 1977, and it has greatly grown and improved since that time. It is a SPACE TRIAD built around CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM and NEUTRON PARTICLE BEAM WEAPONS. In this article I will describe the Russian system as it developed from 1977 to 1983, and give several examples of how it was used during that period. But first I will try to convince readers of the credibility of my main source of information about it. My main source is articles published in a weekly legislative newspaper, WISCONSIN REPORT (WR), of Brookfield, Wisconsin, (P.O. Box 45, zip 53005), written by the late Dr. Peter David Beter, a well-respected Washington, DC attorney, Doctor of Jurisprudence, and expert and consultant in international law, finance, and intelligence, who received much of his information from associates in the CIA and other intelligence groups of other countries who disapproved of many of the things happening or being planned behind the scenes. They believed that at least limited public exposure might delay and ultimately prevent the worst of those things, such as NUCLEAR WAR and NATIONAL DICTATORSHIP, from taking place. Dr. Beter started appearing on local radio and TV talk shows, but soon found himself being BANNED from them, as a result of government THREATS to cancel broadcast licenses. So he started producing monthly one-hour cassette tapes and sending them to a growing list of subscribers. From June 21, 1975 until November 3, 1982 he recorded eighty (80) "Dr. Beter Audio Letters", plus eight "Audio Books", and three special topic tapes. On September 1, 1977 Wisconsin Report started publishing transcripts of those Audio Letters. Based on information from his sources, Dr. Beter PREDICTED the bombing of the Marines in Beirut A FULL YEAR BEFORE IT HAPPENED, WARNING that the U.S. Pentagon and the Israeli Mossad were CONSPIRING TO DELIBERATELY ARRANGE IT in order to try to get Americans angry at the Arabs and generate public support for PLANNED military action against them. He reported the impending assassination of Anwar Saddat of Egypt SIX DAYS BEFORE IT HAPPENED. And Dr. Beter predicted what he called the "retirement" of Leonid Brezhnev one week before Brezhnev officially "died", [note that the word "retirement" was used for the TERMINATION OF REPLICANTS in the 1982 movie "Blade Runner"], and his quick replacement with Andropov which occurred only three days after the "death" of Brezhnev, to the surprise of all government and media analysts. Subscription application and renewal forms for Dr. Beter's tapes would usually say, "Subscribe to the Dr. Beter Audio Letter and watch the news start making sense." RUSSIA'S SPACE TRIAD OF STAR WARS WEAPONS In September 1977 the Russians started launching MANNED killer satellites, called "COSMOS INTERCEPTORS", armed with CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM weapons, into earth orbit, (12-15-77 WR; and Dr. Beter Audio Letter (AL) #27, Topic 1). By April 1978 there were about THREE DOZEN of them, and they had FINISHED DESTROYING all American spy and early warning satellites, (5-18-78 WR, and AL #33, Topic 2). On September 27, 1977, in what Dr. Beter called "THE BATTLE OF THE HARVEST MOON", a Cosmos Interceptor in Earth orbit used a NEUTRON-PARTICLE BEAM to wipe out a secret American laser-beam base nearing operational status in Copernicus Crater on the Moon, (11-3-77 WR; and AL #26, Topic 1). The Russians quickly deployed their own military bases on the Moon, the second leg of their space triad, starting on October 4, 1977, with seven EXTREMELY POWERFUL charged- particle beam weapons BASES on the near side of the Moon and three support
[CTRL] Russia Mobilizes, America Sleeps
-Caveat Lector- NewsMax.com - April 8, 1999 http://38.201.154.103/articles/?a=1999/4/8/73748 Analysis: Russia Mobilizes, America Sleeps J.R. Nyquist and Christopher Ruddy LONDON AND WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton's use of NATO forces to bomb Yugoslavia could trigger global war. Over the weekend, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji hinted that the crisis in Kosovo could lead to a world war. At the same time, Russia -- a long-time ally of the Serbs -- has begun a large-scale mobilization of its military forces. While NATO countries are engaging in military operations, not one Western country is mobilizing for a larger war, as is Russia. THE NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP OF RUSSIA AND CHINA NATO's soporific reaction to Russia's mobilization should also be viewed, not in the context of the Yugoslavia bombing, but in the broader context of the new China-Russia relationship -- one that has dramatically altered the balance of power in the world. In November 1998, Russia and China officially formed a "strategic partnership." According to the official Chinese news agency, this partnership is meant to challenge the "perceived global dominance of the U.S." In plain English, the primary enemy Russia and China plan to fight is the United States and its allies. Together, Russia and China have the world's most powerful military, including over 30,000 nuclear weapons, armies of 6 million men with hundreds of battle-ready combat divisions, and thousands of tanks. Their new alliance should have rung warning bells throughout the world. Instead the Western media, Clinton and other Western leaders have ignored it, continuing to insist that Russia and China are our "friends." WHILE CLINTON DIDDLES, RUSSIA AND CHINA PREPARE FOR WAR In recent months, Russia and China have jointly demilitarized their 2,500-mile border. Three hundred Russian combat units were withdrawn from the Chinese frontier. A similar number of Chinese units were withdrawn. China has also been rapidly building up its ballistic missile forces opposite Taiwan -- forces that could be used against the U.S. military in the Far East. An attack against Taiwan could come at any time. Carl Ford of the Heritage Foundation, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 25, said that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has changed its military strategy from one of a slowly-developed assault and blockade against Taiwan, to "more intense, quick-hitting attacks using ballistic missiles." For many years, Russian military theory has held that ballistic missile weapons can be used to accelerate attacks, allowing for rapid victories over powerful opponents. The Chinese missile buildup together with its shift in military strategy suggests that China's generals have fallen under the spell of Russian military theory. At the same time, the Russian units moved off the Chinese border are now free to threaten Europe. As the NATO bombing began, Russia talked of moving heavy bombers and tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus, the traditional invasion route from Russia to Europe. Still, NATO is oblivious to the tremendous shift in the global balance of power caused by the new Russia-China military alliance. NORTH KOREA JOINS THE RUSSIA-CHINA AXIS There are strong indications that the Russia-China alliance also includes other sworn enemies of the West, including the North Korean military dictatorship. During the Korean War, tens of thousands of Chinese troops fought against the US in support of the North Korean dictatorship, and China continues to be North Korea's principal ally. It is virtually unthinkable that the North Koreans would launch a new war against South Korea or the West without Chinese approval and support. In the past year, North Korea has become increasingly bellicose, repeatedly threatening to launch nuclear weapons against US cities if we interfere with their activities on the Korean peninsula. In just the last month, Korea has also deployed a new three-stage missile capable of hitting most US cities. A major obstacle in any war launched by North Korea is America's ally, Japan. According to the nationally circulated Japanese newspaper Sankei, on March 23, North Korea used a naval diversion to cover the insertion "dozens" of special operations commandos into Japan. According to unidentified sources, these North Korean infiltrators are trained in the sabotage of trains, bridges, and communications.
Re: [CTRL] Cold War Is Back, With Nuclear Threat - 2
-Caveat Lector- Re: Clinton's PDD-60 Monica Lewinsky was used to deflect attention from Clinton's death wish for America: A Nuclear Knife Aimed at America's Heart Joel M. Skousen - March 25, 1999 NewsMax.com In November 1997, President Clinton signed a top-secret Presidential Decision Directive (PDD-60) directing U.S. military commanders to -abandon- the time-honored nuclear deterrence of "launch on warning." Ironically, this was done in the name of "increased deterrence." Every sensible American needs to understand why this reasoning is fraudulent at best and deadly at worst. First, some background. The impetus to change U.S. strategic nuclear doctrine came on the heels of Clinton's demand to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in early 1997 that they prepare to unilaterally reduce America's nuclear warhead deployment to 2,500 in eager anticipation of the ratification of the START II disarmament treaty. This pact has yet to be ratified by the Russian Duma. Gen. John Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, responded that he couldn't comply, since the U.S. military was still operating on a former Presidential Decision Directive of 1981 to prepare to "win a protracted nuclear war." A winning strategy couldn't be implemented without the full contingent of current nuclear strategic warheads. According to Craig Cerniello of Arms Control Today (November/December 1997 issue), "the administration viewed the 1981 guidelines as an anachronism of the Cold War. The notion that the United States still had to be prepared to fight and win a protracted nuclear war today seemed out of touch with reality, given the fact that it has been six years since the collapse of the Soviet Union." Certainly, the apparent collapse of the Soviet Union is the linchpin in every argument pointing toward the relaxation of Western vigilance and accelerated disarmament. Indeed, it is the driving argument that is trumpeted constantly before Congress, U.S. military leaders, and the American people. Almost everyone is buying it -- even most conservatives who should know better. However, the most savvy Soviet-watchers can point to a host of evidence indicating that the so-called "collapse" was engineered to disarm the West and garner billions in direct aid to assist Russia while inducing the West to take over the economic burden of the former satellite states. But the most ominous evidence is found in defectors from Russia who tell the same story: Russia is cheating on all aspects of disarmament, and is siphoning off billions in Western aid money to modernize and deploy top-of-the-line new weapons systems aimed at taking down the U.S. military in one huge, decapitating nuclear strike. Contrast this with the Clinton administration's response. Incredibly, while still paying lip service to nuclear deterrence, Assistant Secretary of Defense Edward L. Warner III went before the Congress on March 31, 1998, and bragged about the litany of unilateral disarmament this administration has forced upon the U.S. military: Warner noted the "success" the Clinton administration has had in recent years, which has: Eliminated our entire inventory of ground-launched non-strategic nuclear weapons (nuclear artillery and Lance surface-to-surface missiles). Removed all nonstrategic nuclear weapons on a day-to-day basis from surface ships, attack submarines, and land-based naval aircraft bases. Removed our strategic bombers from alert. Stood down the Minuteman II ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under Start I. Terminated the mobile Peacekeeper and mobile small ICBM programs. Terminated the SCRAM-II nuclear short-range attack missile. In January 1992, the second Presidential Nuclear Initiative took further steps which included: Limiting B-2 production to 20 bombers. Canceling the entire small ICBM program. Ceasing production of W-88 Trident SLBM (submarine-launched missile) warheads. Halting purchases of advanced cruise missiles. Stopping new production of Peacekeeper missiles (our biggest MIRV-warhead ICBM). "As a result of these significant changes, the U.S. nuclear stockpile has decreased by more than 50 percent," Warner enthused. All of this has been done without any meaningful disarmament by the Russians. The Clinton administration would counter this charge by citing the "successful" dismantling of 3,300 strategic nuclear warheads by Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, and the destruction of their 252 ICBMs and related silos -- all paid for with U.S. taxpayer funds to the tune of $300 million per year. But the real story is otherwise. Yes, Americans paid for the dismantling of these systems -- the oldest and most out-of-date in the Soviet inventory. They were scheduled for replacement anyway, so the U.S. taxpayer ended up saving the Russians over a billion
[CTRL] Jackbooted Thugs Raid Hospital
-Caveat Lector- Jackbooted Thugs Raid Hospital The Associated Press KNOXVILLE -- A small rural hospital in McMinn County with no history of violence was raided by 37 armed, flak-jacketed agents on a mission to collect Medicare and Medicaid records. The American Hospital Association and the Tennessee Hospital Association are outraged by the Feb. 24 seizures at four locations owned or operated by the 72-bed East Tennessee facility, Woods Memorial Hospital District, Etowah. "Send in the accountants with pocket protectors to seize the records Don't send in the FBI agents with guns and flak jackets," Craig Becker of the Tennessee Hospital Association told the Knoxville News--Sentinel. "This is inappropriate behavior," said Mary Grealy, chief counsel for the American Hospital Association. :I don't think this should ever occur at a hospital. This is not the same as if you were dealing with drugs or something like that. Hospital employees claim agents "constantly trampled through sterile areas" where patients receive dialysis treatment, wouldn't let them use the restore or answer a phone without permission and kept a dozen workers in a small room for about an hour while records were checked. The inspector general's office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services oversaw the operation. Agents involved came from the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Judy Holz, a spokeswoman for the HHS' inspector general, disputed some of the employees' claims. She said no one was detained more than 10 minutes. "Our policy is to go in and cause minimal disruption and have utmost respect for both the patients and the employees," she said. Agents routinely carry weapons during a seizure, she said, in case they must "protect themselves...(or) control the environment." But hospital spokesman Chris Trew said, "This is a modern hospital facility with well-educated physicians, well-educated staff. There was no danger that was posed to these folks (agents). They did not have to come in armed." Holz said no charges have been filed in the Etowah hospital case, though such investigations can take two to five years. Meantime, the hospital groups are lobbying Congress to require the Justice Department to establish guidelines for future raids at hospitals so agents will have to leave their guns and bulletproof vests at the door. Johnson City Press, Wednesday, April 14, 1999, p.12. --- "The fundamental basis of this nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teaching we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. If we don't have the proper fundamental moral background, we will finally end up with a totalitarian government which does not believe in the right for anybody except the state." -President Harry S. Truman ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Patriot Resource Center: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6627/ **Live Free or Die!** 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] [[CTRL] American UN Official Gang-Raped in S. Africa]
-Caveat Lector- Robert Tatman wrote: I'm not trying to justify this behavior, which is clearly beyond the pale of any sort of civilized conduct. But has it occurred to anyone that when the ANC took power in South Africa, its supporters had the not unreasonable expectation that they would share in the wealth so egregiously displayed by the country's ruling class? I know that a lot of the crime is directly attributable to the culture of lawlessness and rebellion bred into an entire generation of black South Africans. All I am suggesting is that if the universally lionized Nelson Mandela had used his very considerable personal charisma to validate a true redistribution of economic resources, instead of focussing on electoral politics and his own lovelife, much of the crime and violence could have been avoided. Crime is, no matter where it takes place, in the final analysis a political act, and political courage is required to deal with it. In other words, have the goods stolen by the government and redistributed? That was certainly what was expected of Mandela by many, both white and black. But then who would run things? Look what happened to Mozambique after that was done. Howard Davis 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] Gore Worked to Soften South Africa Health Law
-Caveat Lector- What price profits? == Gore Worked to Soften South Africa Health Law Reuters 16-APR-99 WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - Vice President Al Gore, who has called for urgent measures to slow the AIDS epidemic in Africa, has at the same time quietly worked to soften a law that consumer groups say could help AIDS victims there, according to a government report provided to Reuters. As head of the U.S.-South Africa Binational Commission, Gore pressed South Africa to refrain from using some of its obscure trade powers designed to give its people better access to cheaper medicines, the State Department report said. U.S. officials and drug makers argue the law giving South Africa the trade powers violates patent rights. "U.S. government agencies have been engaged in a full court press with South African officials ... to convince the South African government to withdraw or amend the offending provisions" from the law, the report said. The report was sent to Congress in February just ahead of Gore's latest trip to South Africa. The document has outraged consumer activists and AIDS groups, who say Gore is putting the interests of drug companies above the welfare of AIDS victims. "Gore is representing the profit-glutted pharmaceutical industry, using the facilities of the U.S. government, to browbeat the South African Ministry of Health," consumer advocate Ralph Nader said. A Gore spokesman, however, said the vice president was working to help AIDS patients by making sure drug companies maintain profit levels to develop new AIDS medications. Gore and South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki "are committed to working together to chart a course that will meet the medical needs of those infected with HIV or AIDS, without cutting off the commercial incentives that fuel medical research in the first place," the spokesman said. At issue is a section of the South African Medicines and Related Substances Act, a complicated law that aims to expand access to medicines in a country where 3 million of the 43 million citizens have HIV or AIDS. Drug makers say this particular law goes too far in giving officials broad authority to ignore patents needed to protect their research. During a meeting in Washington last August, Gore made protection of pharmaceutical patents a central focus in talks with Mbeki, the State Department report said. The leaders agreed the United States would restore trade benefits suspended last year over this issue to South Africa if the countries made progress on patent issues, the report said. Standing next to Mbeki at a February news conference in Cape Town, Gore, the favourite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000, called AIDS "a crisis for South Africa" and said the problem "must be faced with a new level of urgency." AIDS activists, however, criticised Gore for publicly promising to fight AIDS while working behind the scenes against South Africa's medicines law. "It really is hypocritical for the administration to pretend to be concerned about AIDS when they're taking actions ... that are denying people access to very essential medicines," said Eric Sawyer, executive director of the HIV/AIDS Human Rights Project. South Africa has not used the disputed portions of its Medicines and Related Substances Act, now tied up in court over a constitutional challenge. But health and consumer groups have urged South Africa to use the law's power to bring cheaper AIDS drugs to the country's poor. The groups are pushing for compulsory licenses, giving a local company the right to produce generic copies of drugs or import U.S. products through third parties at a lower price. Gore, however, was more worried about competing for campaign dollars from drug companies than in helping AIDS patients, Nader charged. Drug makers say they are unfairly being singled out as the bad guys in the debate. They say other factors besides price contribute to access problems, and they are working on ways to bring AIDS drugs to the most needy. "There are ways to make drugs available to the poor in a country like South Africa," said Tom Bombelles of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a trade association. "We need to look for economic answers to economic questions... and not say the answer to this economic question is we'll just steal (patents)." Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.All rights reserved. = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL
[CTRL] Fwd(3): (en) Chomsky replies re Kosovo
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Noam Chomsky Replies re Kosovo From the ZNet Forum System
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Chomsky was asked first about support among progressives for the
position that "military intervention is needed to stop Milosevic from
committing genocide, regardless of whether NATO's motivations are pure,"
with comparisons about "WWII being necessary to stop Hitler, even if the
U.S. did not have truly humanitarian objectives." As well as, "Is the
Yugoslavian government genocidal" and "Will the NATO intervention have
the effect of stopping Milosevic and/or saving the people of Kosovo from
extermination?"
I don't want to say anything about the people you are referring to,
because I don't know, but it seems to me reasonably clear that if we
think the matter through, the arguments you report are untenable, so
untenable as to raise some rather serious questions.
First, let's consider Milosovec's "genocide" in the period preceding the
NATO bombings. According to NATO, 2000 people had been killed, mostly by
Serb military, which by summer 1998 began to react (with retaliation
against civilians) to guerrilla (KLA) attacks on police stations and
civilians, based from and funded from abroad. And several hundred
thousands of refugees were generated. (We might ask, incidentally, how
the US would respond to attacks on police stations and civilians in New
York by armed guerrillas supported from and based in Libya). That's a
humanitarian crisis, but one of a scale that is matched or exceeded
substantially all over the world right now, quite commonly with decisive
support from Clinton. The numbers happen to be almost exactly what the
State Department has just reported for Colombia in the same year, with
roughly the same distribution of atrocities (and a far greater refugee
population, since the 300,000 resulting from last year's atrocities are
added to over a million from before). And it's a fraction of the
atrocities that Clinton dedicated substantial efforts to escalating in
Turkey in the same years, in the ethnic cleansing of Kurds. And on, and
on. So if Milosovic is "genocidal," so are a lot of others -- pretty
close to home. That doesn't say he's a nice guy: he's a monstrous thug.
But the term "genocidal" is being waved as a propaganda device to
mobilize the public for Clinton's wars.
Second, the US ("NATO") intervention, as predicted, radically escalated
the atrocities, maybe even approaching the level of Turkey, or of
Palestine in 1948, to take another example. I wouldn't use the term
"genocide" for such operations -- that's a kind of ultra-right
"revisionism," an insult to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust,
in my opinion. But it's very bad, and it suffices to undermine the claim
that "military intervention is needed to stop Milosevic from committing
genocide," on elementary logical grounds.
About "WWII being necessary to stop Hitler," that's not what happened at
all. The US/UK were rather sympathetic to Hitler (and absolutely adored
Mussolini). That went on to the late '30s, with varying defections in
the latter stages (much the same was true of Japanese fascism). When
Hitler invaded Poland, Britain and France went to war -- called "a phony
war," because they didn't do much. When Hitler attacked them, it became
a real war. When Germany declared war on the US, after Japan had
attacked mainly US military facilities in US colonies that had been
conquered (in one case, with extraordinary violence) half a century
before, the US went to war. No one went to war "to stop Hitler."
There's always more to say: history is too complex to summarize in a few
lines. But the basic assumptions you describe are so far off the mark
that discussion is hardly even possible.
Chomsky was also asked: "To what extent could US resort to military
force in the Balkans be related to Caspian Sea oil and concerns over
declining reserves, uncertainty about Russia and its former empire, the
threat to Western interests of increasing conflict in the Balkans, the
desire to increase the Pentagon budget, or maybe other factors, since
the professed humanitarian concerns seem `dubious.'"
On the last, "dubious" is too kind. If a Mafia don who runs the local
branch of Murder Inc. shows some kindness to children, the humanitarian
concerns don't rise to the level of "dubious" -- and that's even more so
if he shows his humanitarian concerns by kicking the kid in the face. We
can put that aside, as sheer hypocrisy.
More plausible, in my view, is just what Clinton, Blair, etc., have been
saying from the start. It's necessary to ensure the "credibility of
NATO." But that phrase has to be translated from Newspeak.
The US is not concerned with the "credibility" of Italy or Holland:
rather, with the US (and its British attack dog). And what does
"credibility" mean?
Here we
[CTRL] Fw: Pro Wrestling's NWO linked to the REAL NWO?
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: The Yellow and Black Dog Riding a Scorpion at Midnight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling,alt.conspiracy,talk.politics.guns,alt.fan.rush-limba ugh,alt.fan.karl-malden.nose,alt.fan.zoogz-rift Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 9:43 PM Subject: Pro Wrestling's "NWO" linked to the REAL NWO? Ted Turner (a man who donated $1,000,000 to the UNITED NATIONS!!!) has on his World Championship Wrestling program a stable called the New World Order. This New World Order have been 'heels' (bad guys for the non-wrestling-initiated) for the past couple years. Their frontman has been none other than wrestling's most recognised mainstream crossover star, "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. Recent developments in the wrestling storylines have turned Hogan's greatest enemy, Ric Flair, and his 4 Horsemen group (which represent 'tradition', something of course both the fictional and real NWO groups are against) into 'heels'...as things are setting up for Hogan to go back to his 'babyface' (good guy) ways of the 80s...turning the NWO into something that is loved by the fans As we can see, UN sympathizer and one world government proponent Ted Turner and his wife Hanoi Jane have no doubt planned this for years. With pro wrestling at record popularity, surpassing even the Hulkamania 80s, Turner could not have picked a better time to pollute millions of children's minds with One World Government rhetoric through something as seemingly innocuous and harmless as pro wrestling... Rest assured, Turner's media will find no depths too low to stoop to in order to foist the vision of One World Government and the New World Order upon our world. Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research (POB 20273, Ferndale, MI 48220), a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. Quarterly journal, book sales, rare/out-of-print searches, New Paradigms Discussion List, Weekly Up-date Lists E-text Archive of research, intelligence, catalogs, resources. To Discuss Ideas: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://msen.com/~lloyd/ For Ordering Info Free Catalog: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://a-albionic.com/ For Discussion List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] text: subscribe prj [EMAIL PROTECTED] **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: http://a-albionic.com/search.html ** Explore Our Archive: http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html Please Patronize PRJ's Advertisers: http://home.msen.com/~daugh/store.htm Many Pay Even If You Just Look and Don't Buy! Video Finder, Free catalogs, Health Products, Sweepstakes, Etc. *** 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] Fw: Pro Wrestling's NWO linked to the REAL NWO?
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 4/16/99 7:13:05 PM GMT-5:00 - United States of Am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ted Turner (a man who donated $1,000,000 to the UNITED NATIONS!!!) has on Wasn't it $1,000,000,000.00? Same man who said we should have only 200 to 500 million people in world! Bill 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] Scotlands main Templar 'players'
-Caveat Lector- Scottish Knights Templar: Militi Templi Scotia ABRIDGED TEMPLAR HISTORY in Scotland The history of Scottish Templarism is long and complex. Today it is difficult to decypher between the facts and fiction that is reported in the Media and in the evergrowing Templar Bookshelf. This web site has been set up as a guide to one Branch of Scottish Templarism, namely Militi Templi Scotia or the The Scottish Knights Templar. The history provided below is not complete. It our Quest as Templars to find out the Truth, "as Truth is the strongest of All!". In the midst of all the confusion that has emanated from various books, Militi Templi Scotia has set its task on finding the evidence of what did happen to the Order of the Temple in Scotland. 1118 The Knights Templar were founded to protect pilgrim routes in the Holy Land by Hugh de Payen in the reign of Baldwin II who granted quarters in Jerusalem on the site of the Temple of Solomon; hence the name Knights of the Temple or Knights Templar. The secular overlord was the Count of Champagne with spiritual leadership given by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. 1128 Council of Troyes under the guidance of St. Bernard of Clairvaux 1128-9 Hugues de Payen visits Scotland. 1147 Use of the red cross of the Order was initiated. 1154 The act of Louis VII King of France in 1154 AD recognising the Authority of the Grand Master of the Order. 1274 Robert the Bruce is born. 1291 With the fall of Acre, the Templars found themselves distanced from the Holy Land and having a fast failing raison de etre. 1306 On March 27th, Robert the Bruce is crowned King at Scone. 1308 The arrest of Jaques De Molay, the Grand Master of the Temple, by Philip of France. 1312 Following false charges the Order is dissolved by Papal decree and subjected to a cruel persecution. However, no Order of Suppression was ever issued in Scotland and Charges against the Order were found "Not Proven". Under its excuminicated King, Robert the Bruce, the Nation provides a "safe-haven" for fugitive Templars. 1314 Legend tells us that fugitive Templars fought at Bruce's side at Bannockburn on the 24th June, Midsummer's day, the Feast day of John the Baptist. The Legend also informs us that Bruce creates the Order of Heredom as a mark of appreciation to the Templar Knights. 1315 Bruce protects the Order and the Temple lands in Scotland. 1320 The Signing of the Declaration of Arbroath by Scottish Nobles. 1329 King Robert the Bruce dies and is buried in Dunfermline Abbey in the Kingdom of Fife. His tomb becomes a place of special pilgrimage. 1330 A group of Scottish Knights try to take Bruce's Heart to the Holy Land. The group encounters a Moorish Army and after a fierce battle only a few Knights survive to return to Scotland. The Heart is returned to Scotland as a mark of respect by the Moors and it is claimed that the Heart is buried in a casket in Melrose Abbey. 1398 Earl Henry Sinclair voyages from Orkney to Nova Scotia using acquired Templar knowledge in navigation and ship-building. 1431 Earl William Sinclair becomes a Knight of the Golden Fleece and Knight of the Cockle at Santiago de Compostello. (see Robert Brydon's "The Guilds, The Masons and The Rosy Cross" available from Rosslyn Chapel). 1445 Earl William Sinclair lays plans to build Rosslyn Chapel to contain some of the Old Mystery Traditions, creating a book in stone to enshrine these for posterity. The Templar Order is never proscribed in Scotland, it's lands are administered by the Hospital, but ownership is never transferred to the Hospitallers. 1689 It is reported that John Grahame of Claverhouse (Bonnie Dundee) died at Killiecrankie wearing the Grand Cross of the Order. 1705 General Statutes and Election Charter of the Order at the Covenant General in Versailles. 1738 Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay gives in Paris an Oration where he claims that the True origin of Freemasonry came from Knights during the Crusades. 1742 Karl Gotthelf, Baron Von Hund, is received into the Order of the Temple in Paris. 1745 It is reported that Prince Charles Edward Stewart, gives a soiree for the Chivalry of the Order of the Temple in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. 1790 Alexander Deuchar becomes the Heritor to the Scottish Templar legacy. 1804 The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple is restored by Dr. Bernard-Raymond Fabre-Palaprat. 1807 It is recorded that Alexander Deuchar holds a meeting of Knights Templar in Edinburgh. Alexander Deuchar becomes Master of Militi Templi
[CTRL] Autism up 273% in 10 years in Calif. (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Bill Kingsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 4:17 PM Subject: [CTRL] Autism up 273% in 10 years in Calif. (fwd) -Caveat Lector- Vaccinations, Aspartame, pesticides, Prozac Whadda ya got? --- forwarded message --- From: Muriel Hykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 Subject: [PSYPHY] Autism Report 237% Increase in Cases See http://www.dds.ca.gov/new.htm California Cries "273% Increase in Autism - We Don't Know Why" Thursday, April 15, 1999 A new state report released today raises troubling questions about why California's developmental services system is experiencing a large unexpected increase in the numbers of children with autism, announced by State Senate President pro Tem John Burton and Senator Wesley Chesbro, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health. "In the past 10 years, California has had a 273% increase in the number of children with autism who enter the developmental services system - 1,685 new cases last year alone," Burton said. "What is generally considered a rare condition is increasing faster here than other developmental disabilities. We need to find out why." "The number of children with autism greatly exceeds the numbers you'd expect from traditional incident rates," Chesbro said. "The findings and conclusions of this report show we need to take action now to figure out where this increase is coming from, what the causes of autism are and what we as a state can do." The Department of Developmental Services report, "Changes in the Population of Persons with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders in California's Developmental Services System: 1987-1998" was released to the Legislature this morning. While it confirms the increased incidence, the report does not examine factors leading to the increase. The report was required as a result of legislation developed after parents, human services professionals and educators expressed concern that they were seeing a dramatic increase in children with autism. In addition to special legislative hearings in the issue, Burton and Chesbro called for funding an independent epidemiological study to help identify the causes of autism and the factors leading to California's increase in autism cases. The Senators suggested that the U.C. Davis Medical Investigation of Neurological Disorders Institute, (M.I.N.D.) would be the appropriate organization to do the research. Autism exacts a tremendous cost on children, on families and the developmental disabilities system," Burton said. "The system is getting seven new kids with autism seven days a week. Is this because families are coming to California for services? A change in diagnostic practices? Something environmental? We need to get to the bottom of this and we need to do it right," Chesbro added. For copies of the report contact Paul Verke a the California Department of Developmental Services 916 654-1820. The report is also on the Department's website: http://www.dds.ca.gov , or will be there by the end of the day. The contact for the M.I.N.D. Institute is Carole Gan 916 734-9047 EXCERPTS OF THE REPORT by Michael McIntire FEAT Director If there was ever any doubt about the rise in Autism Incidence, this will forever dispel it. Following is an excerpt from a CA Department of Developmental Services report released today by state Senator John Burton. While the 273% increase is quite notable in the face of 50% increases for other disabilities, it is notable that data for the 13,000+ children in the the early start program for 0 to 3 year olds was NOT included. The numbers will also show that the rate of increase is accelerating at 3% per year. If you really want to be scared: for the calendar year 1998, there were 1,685 NEW diagnosis, or 16% of the total population - in ONE YEAR. Michael McIntire excerpt: Table 1 shows the number and percent change in the number of persons with autism and other PDDs counted from all four levels of CDER classification in the 11 years between 1987 and 1998. The population of persons with autism increased from 4.85 to 9.37 percent of the total state wide client population. At the end of 1998 there were 12,780 persons, of all ages, with autism listed on the CDER. Autism as a percent of the total client population nearly doubled. Table 1 - Number of Persons with Autism in 1987 and 1998 1987 1998 Total Client Population 80,483 136,383 Persons with Autism (Levels 1,24) 3,90212,780 Percent of Total Client Population 4.85% 9.37% Table 2 presents the total number and percent change between 1987 and 1998 for persons with autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and mental retardation. To maintain equivalency
[CTRL] The First Casualty
-Caveat Lector- "The committee had not personally interviewed a single witness. The report was based on 1,200 depositions mostly from refugees, taken by 22 barristers from Britain. None of the witnesses were placed on oath, their names were omitted (to prevent reprisals against their relatives), and hearsay evidence was accepted at full face value...[Later] a commission of inquiry ...failed markedly to corroborate a single major allegation on the report" . -- Phillip Nightly in "The First Casualty" describing how Britain used refugees to manufacture atrocity stories in order to bring the US into World War I flw 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] FROM A BELGRADE GREEN
-Caveat Lector- FROM A BELGRADE GREEN Milica Dedijer ~~ I directly urge you to do everything to stop the NATO intervention against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, because it will not bring peace and because now it has already brought about the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo - not only aimed at Albanians, but at Serbs as well. ~~ The actions of NATO Pact are so wide, that in the first phase they can already be characterized as absolute war which means the destruction of the cultural, spiritual and natural lives of millions of people of all our country. ~~ Serbia is one of the greatest sources of underground waters in Europe and the contamination will be felt in the whole surrounding area all the way to the Black Sea. NATO Pact is bombing factories. The workers in the greater part of our great industrial complexes have decided to make a "living wall" around their working places. They are not doing this because they are only defending their country, but also because they have become so impoverished by the years of sanctions, that the destruction of factories would mean the condemnation to the unequalled poverty equal to execution. Such poverty will soon cause the long lasting crisis in this area, and will become the center of potential terrorism. ~~ I am pointing out that four national parks were hit - all members of the international association of national reservations. You have to realize that FR Yugoslavia is among 13 of the world's richest bio-diversity countries. On the third day, the Avala area was aimed at, where the psychiatric division of the neuro-psychiatric clinic of Belgrade is situated. The Yugoslav Cinematheque was also put in danger - one of the richest film archives in the world, listed among the world cultural heritage. The village of Gracanica was also shelled: there is situated one of the most important monasteries of the medieval orthodox culture and the candidate for the UNESCO heritage list. Numerous civil targets in other cities were hit - schools, hospitals, the sites considered as the cultural monuments. ~~ I am deeply convinced that I am speaking in the name of all the citizens of Yugoslavia when I say that we have the capabilities and the political will to find a solution for the Kosovo and Metohija problem, if we are allowed to seek this solution together with the Albanians, and if we take into consideration the fact that all of us have the right to participate in this solution. All one-sidedness and media manipulation are a part of the mechanism bringing suffering, destruction and death. 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] Serbs dig in for land war
-Caveat Lector- The Serbs used to terrorize the Nazis by kidnaping a lone German soldier, cutting off his face, and hanging him upside down before sunrise near the German camp. flw The Times: 4/16/99 April 17 1999 BALKANS WAR: SCORCHED EARTH Serbs dig in for land war with history on their side FROM TOM WALKER IN BREZOVICA LARGE tracts of southern Kosovo lie abandoned, with houses broken and burnt and fields untended. Three weeks of Nato bombing has given Serb forces the lawless vacuum in which to uproot and destroy - in the most Balkan manner - the Kosovo Liberation Army and the community it fought for. As hundreds of thousands of Albanians have fled, the Serbs have dug in, using distinctly low-tech cunning inherited from their partisan ancestors to counter Nato's sophisticated threat. During an extended press trip to the now infamous six-mile stretch of death where Nato mistook refugees for a military convoy, the Yugoslav Army gave us ample time to view the new Kosovo. Most impressions were gleaned through a bus window, but the picture was clear. The Serbs are preparing to fight Nato ground forces, and would rather have their historically troublesome Albanian neighbours elsewhere - preferably over the mountains which form Kosovo's natural frontier. Nowhere is Serb resistance more evident than in the Lepanac Valley, threading across the southern border of Kosovo and Macedonia, towards the ski resort of Brezovica. The natural beauty is written into Serb folklore: it was here that resistance to the Nazis and Italian Fascists was strongest during the Second World War, and it is here that men reliving the youth of Tito are ready to spill Nato's blood on the eve of the millennium. Bereft of its Albanian population, the valley is almost completely militarised. Beaten up lorries and stolen cars rattle about, filled with regular Yugoslav Army soldiers and new recruits from the local population who hardly needed any prompting. Many wear the old, rough woollen khaki uniforms of their fathers and grandfathers, and all look natural fighters. Radovan Urosevic, who is in charge of the Serb media centre in Pristina, told me that his father fought hand-to-hand with the retreating Germans and Italians and their Albanian collaborators. The Italians, he said, were captured and kept as cheap labour. Albanians were killed. In today's Brezovica, blanketed by primroses and walnut blossom, the Serbs are ready again. Peasant farmers and soldiers are digging into the steep hillsides. Burning piles of tyres send thick, choking smoke into the sky to confuse Nato's smart bombs. Nearby Albanian villages have been emptied. Many of their houses were still burning yesterday. The Serbs can hold out for a long time; make no mistake about it. 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] Appeal Against Suspension of Moscow Case
-Caveat Lector- To the Moscow City Court In the civil case concerning the application of the prosecutor of the Northern Administrative Circuit of Moscow of April 20, 1998, No. N-7-02/98. From the Religious Community of Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow LIMITED APPEAL AGAINST THE RULING FOR SUSPENSION OF THE CASE By ruling of the Golovinskiy Intermunicipal Court of the city of Moscow of March 12, 1999, a composite expert study was appointed in the civil case concerning the application of the prosecutor of the Northern Administrative Circuit of the city of Moscow for the liquidation of the religious community of Jehovahs Witnesses in Moscow and banning its activity, and the case was suspended pending the completion of an expert study. We believe this ruling is without grounds and illegal for the following reasons. 1. A trial on the religious beliefs and the means for their expression violates the legally protected rights and interests of Jehovahs Witnesses. First, the Federal Law On the Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations, in particular Article 14, violates Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms, as well as Article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, since it allows for a trial on religious beliefs, and not specific illegal acts of specific individuals. Even if it were to be assumed that this Law does not violate Article 9 of the Convention and Article 28 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, then its application in this case should have been excluded, since this is a trial on the religious beliefs and the means for their expression. This is confirmed by the fact that the prosecutors application and the subsequent supplement are knowingly unfounded and have no legal subject matter. They contain no legally significant facts that relate to the allegations to be proven in the civil case. The criminal case (which was handled by the prosecutors office of the Northern Administrative Circuit of the city of Moscow) concerning the very same evidence on which the application was submitted, was closed four times on exonerating grounds. The prosecutor is attempting to retroactively apply the law, referring to alleged violations of the law that took place before the Federal Law On the Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations came into force. There were no warnings issued or negotiations held for correcting supposed violations of the law before the application was filed with the court. The prosecutor has based his accusations on the publications of Jehovahs Witnesses, and not on illegal actions of specific officers or members of the community that have been established in the procedure stipulated by law. Instead of testifying concerning specific violations by members of the community, witnesses for the prosecution primarily spoke critically about the teachings of Jehovahs Witnesses. The nature and content of the application demonstrates a blatant disregard for the Russian Constitution and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms. Secondly, the subject of the courts investigation is excerpts from the religious literature and internal canonical documents of Jehovahs Witnesses that are not even published by the community. Thus, the court is asking secular experts to evaluate the religious beliefs of Jehovahs Witnesses and the means for expressing them in the context of a trial, which is a violation of the rights to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, which are guaranteed by Articles 28 and 29 of the Russian Constitution and Article 9 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms. According to the September 26, 1996 decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Manoussakis v. Greece, the right to freedom of religion excludes any freedom on the part of the State to act with the goal of determining the legitimacy of religious beliefs or the means for their public expression. Thirdly, the court repeatedly denied individuals (elders and believers of the religious community of Jehovahs Witnesses) participation in this case for the direct defense of their individual rights in Articles 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 17 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms, as well as the corresponding freedoms provided for by the Russian Constitution. Thus, this trial is a violation of Article 1 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms, which obligates the Russian Federation to guarantee the rights and freedoms defined in Section I of the Convention, since it consists of a trial on religious beliefs, and not legally significant facts. It is noteworthy that on March 11, 1999, the European Parliament passed a resolution On Respect for Human Rights in Russia, in which it called of the Russian government, as well as officials on the central and local
Re: [CTRL] Autism up 273% in 10 years in Calif. (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- i would really look into who?what organization is doing the diagnosis. Govt agencies look to survival. the more you have, the longer you last- then you get to retire and its someone elses problem (no foolin) liz 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] I Was Albright's First Love
-Caveat Lector- Unrequited love? flw South China Morning Post 4/17/99 I Was Albright's First Love: Serb REUTERS in Nicosia US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, fleeing Nazi persecution as a small child during World War II, was reportedly sheltered by a Serbian family in Yugoslavia. Ljutko Popic, a Serb from the village of Vrinjetska Banja who produced photographs said to be of the Czech-born Ms Albright as a child, told his story to a visiting Greek-Cypriot journalist last week. An article in To Periodiko yesterday said Mr Popic claimed he was Ms Albright's "first love" and said he could not understand why US planes were now bombing his village. The story was accompanied by old black and white photographs, one of which shows a small boy and a plump little girl with their arms around each other. The pictures were said to have been taken in 1939. Mr Popic said he was the boy in the picture and the girl was Ms Albright at age four. He claimed Ms Albright's Jewish-Czech family took refuge in his village and stayed at his home. He had sent a letter asking her to halt the air strikes but had not received a reply. The report said Vrinjetska Banja was hit in the Nato bombing raids. In response, the article says, villagers scrawled a message on an unexploded Nato bomb saying: "Thank you, Ms Albright, for the presents you send us in return for our hospitality." - Copyright ©1999 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 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] TWA 800 wrong target
-Caveat Lector- From: Gary Vesperman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Finally, a motive for shooting down TWA 800 Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 11:25 AM (Now, from a researcher and writer of advanced technologies, comes his report on the probable motive for shooting down TWA 800. Gary) Gary: I've been collecting information about this event since the day it happened. A serious mistake most conspiracy theorists make about this event is the assumption that TWA 800 was either an accidental target of a FUBAR missile test or a deliberate target. No one has yet provided any information on any of the publicly available resources which tells me either of these ideas is correct. I believe the real answer is to be found in the context of the event. Consider this: (1)The site at which all particle beam accelerator technologies are being developed and tested is the Brookhaven National Laboratories on Long Island - parallel to the flight path of TWA 800 and 12 miles distant. (2)The witnesses who reported seeing the "missile tail" almost universally reported that the light path was illuminated in a searing blue-green color. No rocket fuel ever employed by US military arsenals creates a blue green exhaust stream. (3)For years, every night three 747's depart from Kennedy on their way across the Atlantic. They are headed for Tel Aviv, Paris and London, in that order, within 15 minutes of each other. This flight schedule has not varied for more than 7 years. On the night TWA 800 was felled from the sky, the Tel Aviv flight was diverted at the last minute from its takeoff position - the official report says that the flight engineer advised the pilot that he had a red system warning light come on just as this plane was about to take off. Flight 800 was two planes behind. When it took off, it was in the airspace which would ordinarily have been occupied by the Tel Aviv flight on its normal run. (4)The flight manifest for the Tel Aviv flight was seized within minutes after the downing of TWA 800 - someone was standing at the console in the control center with their finger on the button, waiting for a signal. The flight manifest for the Tel Aviv flight has never been released - the odds are that it was destroyed and no longer exists. I believe the real question here is not how TWA 800 was brought out of the sky - rather, I believe we should be asking who was aboard the aborted Tel Aviv flight. If we ever get our hands on this manifest, I believe we will discover that there were passengers aboard who were prominent in the middle east conflict and whose continued presence and involvement were in conflict with the agendas of the Clinton Admininstration and the intelligence services. My opinion is that the Tel Aviv flight was the intended target - TWA 800 just happened on that fateful night to be in the wrongest possible place at the worst possible time. We will probably never know the real truth about this event - but I believe it is the sign of a healthy society that so many people are asking so many really tough questions. ÿ U 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] Unusual book
-Caveat Lector- Of course these days when they screw with the virgin queen they're hoping for a kid named Oscar. Forwarded message Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:29:47 -0500 From: "Hardy M. Cook" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SHK 10.0512 Re: THINKING, Feeling and Meaning, and Writing [3]- From: Peter Groves [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:52:55 +1100 Subject:Re: SHK 10.0493 Re: Acting, Feeling and Meaning, and Writing The matter of being "well educated" depends on how you define that term. No, he didn't go to university, but from what evidence exists of grammar schools, such as the one in Stratford, I doubt that many of my current crop of undergraduates would have been able to hack it in that educational environment. Also, like many other intelligent people, then and now, Shakespeare seems to have read widely (as has been noted in some other recent postings). Reading need not occur only in the classroom. Well said. Incidentally, it is sometimes argued (more in the spirit of a lawyer than a scholar) that no records survive of Shakespeare's attendance at the grammar school, but the fact is that no records survive of anyone's attendance there in that period. And about whether there would be an authorship question...you're probably right. No one argues about whether Marlowe or Sidney wrote those works which have been attributed to them. Or maybe they do and I just am not aware of it? Information, anyone? Karen Peterson-Kranz University of Guam I once came across (in Cambridge University Library, which allows you to browse its collection, unlike the Bodleian) a book called (I think) *The Rosicrucians*, by someone called Olive Wagner Driver, which argued (?) that all Elizabethan literary works of any note (with the sole exception of Jonson's) were produced by a cabal of noblemen, all illegitimate sons of Queen Elizabeth. The _Faerie Queene_, for example, was the work of Leicester, her sixth son. The book, I suspect, was 'donated by the author'-still, there's nothing like a little Looney-ness to brighten one's day. Peter Groves, Department of English, Monash University 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] What Budget Surplus? Fraudulent Accounting Practices
-Caveat Lector- One of those emails I received that has "slipped through the cracks" was one I received a couple of months ago and kept meaning to send out with a commentary but never got around to it and now can't find it. Perhaps someone can verify exact details. The gist of the story is that Barrons financial magazine, I believe, was quoted as publishing the Federal deficit for each of the last two years and the cumulative annual Federal deficit increased by something on the order of $300 billion I believe. What is the point? The much ballyhooed 1999 "Federal Budget Surplus" is a fraud perpetrated by a change in accounting procedures completely unreported in the mainstream media whereby all of a sudden without any public indication of what was happening, the money that normally goes into social security was reallocated as part of the federal budget. Then the actual annual deficit was subtracted from this amount and the balance was renamed the "budget surplus" and all this talk about how it should be spent "to save social security", etc., is a big con job because we are talking about an amount of money in fact equal to what was previously allocated to social security, LESS the actual last annual DEFICIT in the Federal budget. Now if my understanding is correct here, wouldn't this be quite a scandal with the media complicit in this coverup of the truth? That is: There is no budget surplus, only a change in accounting and nominclature to fool the people! wouldn't any accounting firm be censured and any company fined for using such deception in fiscal reporting? Now they are talking about "oh well , looks like we will have to use some of this budget surplus to pay for the war in Kosovo". This is in reality then the money that under last year's accounting vocabulary was the normal deposit to the social security program being used instead to fight a war. What do you think the vote would have been if people were asked, "shall we take money from the social security budget and use it to bomb a bunch of folks in Europe?" This is such a outright fraud on the American people that it amazes me almost as much as the history behind how the most valuable plant in human history, the hemp plant, has been fraudulently outlawed as marijuana, expunged from the historical record, and the government and media are still complicit in this parallel historical fraud on the American people and Congress. (see http://www.jackherer.com) I hope that my posting this poor excuse for the original email with the exact source of the deficit numbers will at least suffice to inspire someone to find the proper numbers and sources to verify this easy to confirm or refute thesis that I have faithfully depicted above, i.e., The "Federal Budget Surplus" is a Fraud 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] TWA 800 wrong target
-Caveat Lector- -- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:45:08 David Crockett Williams wrote: -Caveat Lector- From: Gary Vesperman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Finally, a motive for shooting down TWA 800 Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 11:25 AM (Now, from a researcher and writer of advanced technologies, comes his report on the probable motive for shooting down TWA 800. Gary) Gary: I've been collecting information about this event since the day it happened. A serious mistake most conspiracy theorists make about this event is the assumption that TWA 800 was either an accidental target of a FUBAR missile test or a deliberate target. No one has yet provided any information on any of the publicly available resources which tells me either of these ideas is correct. I believe the real answer is to be found in the context of the event. Consider this: (1)The site at which all particle beam accelerator technologies are being developed and tested is the Brookhaven National Laboratories on Long Island - parallel to the flight path of TWA 800 and 12 miles distant. (2)The witnesses who reported seeing the "missile tail" almost universally reported that the light path was illuminated in a searing blue-green color. No rocket fuel ever employed by US military arsenals creates a blue green exhaust stream. (3)For years, every night three 747's depart from Kennedy on their way across the Atlantic. They are headed for Tel Aviv, Paris and London, in that order, within 15 minutes of each other. This flight schedule has not varied for more than 7 years. On the night TWA 800 was felled from the sky, the Tel Aviv flight was diverted at the last minute from its takeoff position - the official report says that the flight engineer advised the pilot that he had a red system warning light come on just as this plane was about to take off. Flight 800 was two planes behind. When it took off, it was in the airspace which would ordinarily have been occupied by the Tel Aviv flight on its normal run. (4)The flight manifest for the Tel Aviv flight was seized within minutes after the downing of TWA 800 - someone was standing at the console in the control center with their finger on the button, waiting for a signal. The flight manifest for the Tel Aviv flight has never been released - the odds are that it was destroyed and no longer exists. I believe the real question here is not how TWA 800 was brought out of the sky - rather, I believe we should be asking who was aboard the aborted Tel Aviv flight. If we ever get our hands on this manifest, I believe we will discover that there were passengers aboard who were prominent in the middle east conflict and whose continued presence and involvement were in conflict with the agendas of the Clinton Admininstration and the intelligence services. My opinion is that the Tel Aviv flight was the intended target - TWA 800 just happened on that fateful night to be in the wrongest possible place at the worst possible time. We will probably never know the real truth about this event - but I believe it is the sign of a healthy society that so many people are asking so many really tough questions. U 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 So you're saying the Navy didn't shoot it down? CCNmail for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.ccnmail.com 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.
Re: [CTRL] The First Casualty
-Caveat Lector- flw wrote: -Caveat Lector- "The committee had not personally interviewed a single witness. The report was based on 1,200 depositions mostly from refugees, taken by 22 barristers from Britain. None of the witnesses were placed on oath, their names were omitted (to prevent reprisals against their relatives), and hearsay evidence was accepted at full face value...[Later] a commission of inquiry ...failed markedly to corroborate a single major allegation on the report" . -- Phillip Nightly in "The First Casualty" describing how Britain used refugees to manufacture atrocity stories in order to bring the US into World War I flw The first World War was the first time there was highly organized state propaganda. The British had a Ministry of Information, and they really needed it because they had to get the U.S. into the war or else they were in bad trouble. The Ministry of Information was mainly geared to sending propaganda, including huge fabrications about "Hun" atrocities, and so on. They were targeting American intellectuals on the reasonable assumption that these are the people who are most gullible and most likely to believe propaganda. They are also the ones that disseminate it through their own system. So it was mostly geared to American intellectuals and it worked very well. The British Ministry of Information documents (a lot have been released) show their goal was, as they put it, to control the thought of the entire world, a minor goal, but mainly the U.S. They didnt care much what people thought in India. This Ministry of Information was extremely successful in deluding hot shot American intellectuals into accepting British propaganda fabrications. They were very proud of that. Properly so, it saved their lives. They would have lost the first World War otherwise. In the U.S., there was a counterpart. Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1916 on an anti-war platform. The U.S. was a very pacifist country. It has always been. People dont want to go fight foreign wars. The country was very much opposed to the first World War and Wilson was, in fact, elected on an anti-war position. "Peace without victory" was the slogan. But he was intending to go to war. So the question was, how do you get the pacifist population to become raving anti-German lunatics so they want to go kill all the Germans? That requires propaganda. So they set up the first and really only major state propaganda agency in U.S. history. The Committee on Public Information it was called (nice Orwellian title), called also the Creel Commission. The guy who ran it was named Creel. The task of this commission was to propagandize the population into a jingoist hysteria. It worked incredibly well. Within a few months there was a raving war hysteria and the U.S. was able to go to war. A lot of people were impressed by these achievements. One person impressed, and this had some implications for the future, was Hitler. If you read Mein Kampf, he concludes, with some justification, that Germany lost the first World War because it lost the propaganda battle. They could not begin to compete with British and American propaganda which absolutely overwhelmed them. He pledges that next time around theyll have their own propaganda system, which they did during the second World War. More important for us, the American business community was also very impressed with the propaganda effort. They had a problem at that time. The country was becoming formally more democratic. A lot more people were able to vote and that sort of thing. The country was becoming wealthier and more people could participate and a lot of new immigrants were coming in, and so on. So what do you do? Its going to be harder to run things as a private club. Therefore, obviously, you have to control what people think. There had been public relation specialists but there was never a public relations industry. There was a guy hired to make Rockefellers image look prettier and that sort of thing. But this huge public relations industry, which is a U.S. invention and a monstrous industry, came out of the first World War. The leading figures were people in the Creel Commission. In fact, the main one, Edward Bernays, comes right out of the Creel Commission. He has a book that came out right afterwards called Propaganda. The term "propaganda," incidentally, did not have
[CTRL] War Coverage to Die For
-Caveat Lector- Over 20 imbedded links in this article's webpage... from: A HREF="http://www.free-market.net/features/spotlight/media/balkans.html"FMN: Media Spotlight, May-June 1999, War in the Balkans/A Media Spotlight by J.D. Tuccille War Coverage to Die For April 15, 1999 As the Balkan War was heating up, the BBC, that eminence grise of British talking-head-ism, ran an article called "US press backs strikes." The premise of the piece was that American news outlets were cheerleading NATO's aerial tour of Yugoslavia and pushing for blood and iron in a way not seen since a newspaper circulation war in 1898 turned a mysterious accident aboard a battleship into the demise of the Spanish empire. In particular, the Beeb singled out The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Miami Herald for their hawkish drumbeating. Although its point is well taken, the BBC's choice of news outlets is probably a sign of an old-fashioned fixation with musty newsprint. The real drumbeater among American news organizations is CNN, which made its name with the Gulf War and seems dead-set on holding that reputation -- while dodging any repeat of the charges of insufficient patriotism with which it was hit during the Iraqi fireworks. In fact, CNN's coverage was singled out for criticism in an opinion piece published in the Australian Financial Review. That column referred to the cable operation's coverage as "emotionalism now masquerading as news" and focused on the widespread failure to look at the underdog KLA's rather spotty qualifications for anointment as the democratic world's chosen champion in the spat between "bad" Serbs and "good" Kosovar Albanians. A look at CNN's Web site bears out that assessment. The lead story is usually the latest atrocity committed by the minions of the Butcher of Belgrade, there's a prominent link to a gee-whiz "military databank" info sheet on all the cool things-that-go-bang involved in the war (sorted by country), as well as a Strike at a Glance breakdown of what those cool weapons have been blowing up. Of course, this could be characterized as nothing more than thorough coverage, but there's an unseemly video-game air to the whole presentation. The Washington Post, on the other hand, though singled out by the BBC for its hawkish stance, has done a comparatively good job of keeping its cheerleading to the editorial page. The paper does give significant coverage to Serb atrocities, but that's only fair, since the Serb government is competing flat-out for the "Huns and Vandals of the 1990s" award. The Post was also the scene of the already infamous "U.S. Miscalculations Traced to Albright" headline that seemed to give the commander-in-chief a pass on any booboos. Beyond that, though, the Post has refrained from treating NATO strikes as if they were bloodless surgical procedures against Yugoslav President Milosevic and his military; the death of 11 innocent civilians and destruction of homes and businesses in one bombing raid gone awry made headlines (even if on page A16). That story quoted a woman whose home was destroyed as calling Clinton "worse than the Nazis." The New York Times has also done a credible job of balancing discussion of the horrors visited upon the Kosovars by Serbs with a look at the long-standing ethnic and religious minefield that NATO is strolling across. That's in pleasant contrast to the more-bombs-now stance favored by the editors. To its credit, The Washington Post was relatively early to ask what would happen if the bombing didn't work and to report that President Clinton appeared unprepared for such an eventuality. That was a timely question to ask, since the Post also reported that Milosevic's political opponents seemed to be rallying around the dictator in response to the hail of explosives rained on their heads by foreign forces. But what of political opposition in the NATO countries? Reports of protests and opposition are hard to come by in U.S. news outlets -- which has made the news itself. MSNBC went so far as to say that the anti-war movement is "missing in action" and that "[f]ormer doves have defected to become hawks" -- at least on the traditionally pacifistic political left. The New York Times, in its familiar gray-lady way, said that most American college students had their heads too far up their butts to know what to do about the war. Fox News covered the opposition of some conservatives to the Balkan War, but in the context of disarray in Republican ranks over how to address the issue in the lead-up to the next election. H. How does flattening cities play in Iowa? Such coverage might lead observers to believe that there's no significant U.S. opposition to NATO's adventure in the Balkans, which would be curious since Agence France Presse reported that American public support for the bombings was holding at a whopping 51 percent, a figure confirmed by Reuters. Given Americans' usual tendency to rally
