[CTRL] Fw: [earthwatch] Update:Quantum Fuel, Eve 2 and Rampageing Grizzlies
-Original Message-From: Brian E Mathieson [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Earthwatchers in Action [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Thursday, 2 December 1999 20:44Subject: [earthwatch] Update:Quantum Fuel, Eve 2 and Rampageing Grizzlies Earthwatchers In Action Archives Action Resource 2000 Neo-Cold War/War Talk: China, China, China China's Canal President Clinton admitted yesterday that the Communist Chinese will, in fact, run the Panama Canal when the United States pulls all of its troops out and relinquishes control of the vital waterway Jan. 1, 2000. - WND China's Stealth Missile The new Chinese navy missile is intended to fly at very low altitude to defeat radar detection, and strike its target at supersonic speed. No Western nation currently has such a weapon. In fact, the only similar weapon, an underwater version of the nuclear-armed U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile, has been withdrawn from service. -- WND Target Tiawan China is expanding a missile base across from Taiwan where nearly 100 of Beijing's newest short-range missile systems will be deployed, increasing the threat to the island. -- Washington Times US Missel Shields to Tiawan We have made clear to the Chinese government our concerns regarding Chinese missile developments and their influence on the situation in the Taiwan Strait, State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said in response to a report in yesterday's editions of The Washington Times... We have a strong interest in maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, he told reporters. That is why we have approved defensive-arms sales to Taiwan in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act. -- Washington Times China's New Air Defence The technology, which could detect U.S. stealth aircraft, including the F-117 bomber and perhaps even the futuristic F-22 fighter, has so alarmed the defense community that top military and industry experts have been called to a secret meeting in December to discuss the strategic implications, the magazine said in its Dec. 6 issue hitting newsstands Monday... Everyone is wondering about the cost of defending Taiwan if U.S. air power was suddenly vulnerable, Newsweek quoted an intelligence source as saying. -- Exite Reviveing Star Wars When the United States raises the prospect that it will build a missile defense system, Russian strategic planners don't have far to go for a response... They can reach for a drawer marked Star Wars and take out some of the Soviet-era blueprints drawn up more than 15 years ago in response to President Reagan's grand hopes for the Strategic Defense Initiative, a missile defense shield. -- Washington Post Terrer Bin Laden Alert The State Department and the United Nations are tightening security at their outposts in Pakistan and throughout Central Asia after receiving warnings that Islamic militants with links to Osama bin Laden may be planning attacks in the region, U.S. and U.N. officials said today. -- Washington Post Anti-Bioterror Stockpiles at Risk The government's medical stockpiles for dealing with chemical or biological terrorism are poorly managed, often lacking vital drugs and adequate security, congressional auditors said Tuesday. -- AP Agents Easily Defeat Airport Security Transportation Department investigators penetrated security so easily at major U.S. airports that some were seated comfortably aboard airliners at departure time and could have taken a free trip. -- MSNBC Cyberwar NASA Vurtual War The Web pages of three US Government agencies, including NASA's Goddard Flight Center, have been defaced by a cracker who is worried that US government security systems are vulnerable to cyberattack. -- Wired WTO Issue Underground(More on WTO:Martial Law in Seatle.. Reuters) Seattle is now a city under essential martial law, Hunt wrote in a news-group posting, as national guard troops are moving in to ensure that the representatives of the wealthy overlords can finish their planned agenda for stealing more of the sustenance from the worlds peoples to line their already overflowing pockets. -- ABC Infraguard A national InfraGard program was developed after President Clinton directed the FBI to identify and coordinate computer infrastructure protection experts inside and outside the federal government. -- CP Y2K (FAS Millinial Monitor) Clinton Set To Declair National Emergency President Clinton has already made plans to declare a national emergency because of expected disruptions caused by the Y2K computer problem, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency documents. -- WorldNetDaily FEMA Expects the Worst The federal government is expecting the Y2K computer bug to cause more than just a few minor inconveniences, according to training materials for emergency managers... The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been conducting regional Y2K workshops for federal agency officials who will be dealing with Y2K-related
[CTRL] OZ Embassy staff flee Y2K bug
-Caveat Lector- Apparently NZers are returning home like lemmings from Europe too. http://www.news.com.au/news_content/national_content/4148803.htm Embassy staff flee Y2K bug By STEPHEN BIRCH 1dec99 AUSTRALIA is pulling its consular staff out of Moscow and Warsaw over Christmas and New Year because of fears of the Y2K effect. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has authorised the departure of non-essential staff and their dependants by December 28. There are about 20 DFAT staff in Moscow and the withdrawal will see the embassy occupied by only a skeleton staff. A similar withdrawal has been authorised for the Polish capital Warsaw. The department is concerned the Y2K computer bug will cause major disruption in Russia, with banking and finance, water and sewerage, power, health, local transport and telecommunications all possibly at risk. Australians have been warned to delay non-essential travel to Russia and those wishing to leave the country advised that seats on departing aircraft may be limited. Those who do end up travelling to Russia have been advised to carry extra funds and necessary medication to "minimise the potential impact of Y2K difficulties on their arrangements". The Immigration and Visa section of the embassy in Russia will be closed from December 15 to January 18. A spokeswoman for DFAT said most of the staff leaving Moscow and Warsaw would be taking their normal holidays. "Some will most likely come back to Australia, while others will probably go to neighbouring countries," she said. No travel warning has been issued for Poland. Australia has reviewed the 80 countries in which it has a regular presence and Russia and Poland are the only ones in which it deems the situation serious enough to pull out its staff. The US is taking similar measures in Russia, Belarus, Moldova and the Ukraine, with hundreds of State Department staff and their families withdrawing because of fears over the Y2K bug. In another development, Russia's Pacific Fleet, which includes atomic submarines, has taken measures to prevent the Y2K computer bug from accidentally launching its nuclear weapons. Officials have played down any worries over Russia's nuclear arsenal. back 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] Skeptic News - Thursday #1 - 12/02/99
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No prophets were verbally abused during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Grafica Obscura: http://www.sgi.com/grafica/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # What next, Leonids? (NASA) The Leonids of 1999 gave skywatchers in Europe and the Middle East a tremendous show of over 1500 meteors per hour at the peak. What lies in store for stargazers next year and in the early 21st century? http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast02dec99_1.htm # DOOM! I have made no bones about prophesying that America will meet its destruction by Almighty God before Bill Clinton leaves office on January 20, 2001. See the documentation at: http://www.rt66.com/~bandsrpt/FAQ.html : What's your favorite prognostication? Do you trust the prophesies of UFOl- ogists, astronomers, soothsayers, politicos, economists, aliens, robots, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # WORRY. Specifically, the FBI worries about "violent white supremacists who seek to initiate a race war; apocalyptic cults that anticipate a violent Armageddon; radical elements of private citizen militias who fear that the United Nations will initiate an armed takeover of the United States and subsequently establish a One World Government, and other groups or indivi- duals who promote violent millennial agendas". ETs don't make the list: www.nando.net/noframes/story/0,2107,500063593-500105212-500471217-0,00.html : Do you worry more about Nazi/KKK warriors, deathcults, militias, Reptoids, megacorps, plagues, zeroes, lawyers, robots, spies, demons, dwarves, hackers or me? Is a One World Govt an idea whose time has come? Can you use it? Eh? @ An Introduction to the UFO Phenomenon -- Start here: http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/ufointro.html @ Evidence of the Extraterrestrial Theory - weighing the evidence supporting the theory that UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin. http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/et_evidence.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PISSED-OFF. "Why Don't The Damn Things Swim - so we can turn them over to the Navy!" This is how an Air force investigator summed up his exaspera- tion in trying to sift UFO facts from fancy. From 1951-53, the author headed up Project Blue Book, the now-famous official investigation into UFO's. Here is what he learned: http://users.ev1.net/~seektress/swim.htm : Do you trust anyone to adequately investigate UFOs? Are military personnel appropriate for investigations of the paranormal? If you were assigned to probe UFOs, onto who would you slough off the task? Can they worm out of it? # NO ALIENS: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/991130/ny-simon--schuster-ache @ Astral Projection as a Means of Alien Transportation --- What if ETs use astral projection to bridge the gap between their planet and Earth? http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/alienastral.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Web Appliances: Get ready to plug in the 1st batch of easy-to-use gadgets. All the hype about the future of Web devices that are simple to use, slee- kly designed, and easy on the wallet will peak this spring when the first big batch is scheduled to arrive. These machines offer just an inkling of what's ahead in the post-PC era, or as Microsoft likes to say, the PC-plus era. http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/trends/0,7607,2401567,00.html : When everything you own is wired, when YOU are wired, will disconnection be death? Do Web.appliances lead to total slavery? Will you go willingly? # Information-brokers on the Web - KNOWLEDGE IS POWER IS WEALTH IS CONTROL IS KNOWLEDGE: http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19991204/netro.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Moon Is practically all Water frozen or Ice It was formed By water evaporating From the earth Which arose and gathered Between the Earth and Sun It is hollow Like a pumpkin The inside is composed of that part of the air known as Nitrogen And very very cold Consequently its water is frozen. If the crust of the moon Was removed, it would be a Sun bright enough To destroy the earth. http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/letters/edward.htm : Are all planets and moons hollow like pumpkins? Can humans exploit this structure to gain dominance over the solar system? Did ETs already do so? @ Animal Mutilations -- A look at the baffling phenomena of mutilated animals. http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/mutilate.html @ Alien Snuff - Real alien or silicon-made fake? "Alien Autopsy" footage: http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/aliensnuff.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bruce H.G. Calder's THIS-DAY-IN-HISTORY - December 2, 1987 - The Rev. Jerry Falwell vs. Hustler Mag publisher Larry Flynt in the U.S. Supreme
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Thursday #2 - 12/02/99
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202b - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No divine forms were explicated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Tower of Babel: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/babel.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Mars Site Is Out Of This World - Knight-Ridder http://www.sltrib.com/1999/dec/12011999/nation_w/1855.htm # Crush Expected At Mars Lander Website - Newsbytes http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/140008.html : Will you monitor the Mars landing online? Do you trust NASA to transmit the actual images/data, or will they provide disinfo to camouflage the ETs? # City Square Photos -- The Global Surveyor photographs the Cydonian region of Mars again giving us more photos of the "City Square": http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/cydonia2.html # NASA Finds A Faceless Mars -- The Global Surveyor's new images of the famous Cydonian region of Mars contradicts the Viking images taken 20 years ago. The difference, Mars no longer has a face! http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/cydonia1.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # If you want to know the truth about the WTO, ignore the official site http://www.wto.org/ and head for the protest site http://gatt.org/ created by media pranksters http://rtmark.com/ ®TMark. The WTO is fighting http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991124/wr/web_sites_2.html to shut it down, but protesters are also trying to shut down the WTO site. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991130/wr/britain_electrohippies_1.html And see http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Politics/ or remain uninformed. : Is the world irretrievably interconnected by political/economic/social forces? Is the WTO a cause or an effect, a conspiracy or a counter-plot? Would you like to run the world economy? Is the only solution, to expand off-planet? How will an interworld economy operate? Can it be controlled? @ An embarrassed Party meeting in 1981 pronounced Chairman Mao 70% good and only 30% bad. All in all, a satisfactory report card: http://www.litreview.com/reviews/1999/11/Cradock_on_Spence.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # TROJ_EXPLOREZIP strikes once again: TROJ_EXPZIPWMPAK. Just as we thought TROJ_EXPLOREZIP was history, we received several new copies. But unlike the original TROJ_EXPLOREZIP, these new samples were compressed with a commercial utility. TROJ_EXPZIPWMPAK (a.k.a. TROJ_ExploreZip_Worm_Packed) is identical to TROJ_EXPLOREZIP. It holds the same mass-mailing payload, as well as the same destructive payload. To read more about the different payloads of this compressed trojan, please refer to our website at: www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=TROJ_EXPZIPWMPAK OR http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/security/sa061099.htm and see http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32824,00.html : Have you bred a new virus lately? Are the payloads and delivery systems enhanced, evolving, uncontrollable? Will your virus destroy civilization?? # Build your own empire and oversee the quest for ancient symbols of power: http:/hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=0013IS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # WIFE ABUSE MAY BE LINKED TO HIV IN INDIAN WOMEN. Many men in rural north India are infecting their wives with sexually transmitted diseases, put- ting them at increased risk of acquiring HIV; wives of abusive men are at greater risk: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=22775 : Will physical sex become an unacceptable risk, with humans reproducing by exchanging DNA codes over the InterNet? Is cybersex the key to our survival? Do you eagerly await advances in teledildonics? Will telepathic implants let you have complete sexual satisfaction without any messy physical contact?? # Bad HIV Kits Online: www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/140133.html @ MY BOYFRIEND HAD A NEGATIVE HIV TEST. IS HE A SAFE SEXUAL PARTNER? http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22601 @ WHICH OF MY MEDICATIONS ARE CAUSING ERECTILE DIFFICULTIES? http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/PharmFullText.cfm?ID=2226 @ CAN I HAVE MY 7-INCH PENIS ENLARGED? Well above-average anyway: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22633 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ FORMS IN THE ORION NEBULA. "These forms are only an inkling just a trace a readily intelligible and even forceable mode of representation of That Consuming Fire the Almighty, understood by symbols, and traceable in early Chaldean Art, to-day dug up in the ruins of Ninevah and Babylon, such as winged, human headed Bulls, winged Lions, heads of an Eagle or Vulture, a curved beak, half open, disclosing a narrow pointed tongue etc. etc. all elements
[CTRL] WTO, Sleepless in Seattle
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Dave Hartley
http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
It will never be the same for the bulimic boomers of brutal capitalism. The
serial rapists of the planet's economy and environment still retain their
power but they have finally lost their cover of respectability. Even C-SPAN
felt obliged to interview a union leader. As Matt Drudge said, "The news was
becoming real again."
Wrote one newspaper: "Not since the days of the Vietnam War and the civil
rights movement has the entire downtown core of a major American city been
seized by popular uprising; rarely has so diverse an array of groups linked
elbows against a common enemy, in this case the faceless forces of
globalization."
Not that the television industry didn't try to keep a lid on the story. The
TV cabal of silence was in marked and totally unjustifiable contrast to the
excessive coverage given such events as JFK Jr.'s death, school shootings,
and highway chases. On the first night of demonstrations only Fox News gave
serious face time to the most important new movement since the beginning of
the dismal era of Thatcher, Reagan and Clinton. Even then, however, Fox's
White House correspondent distinguished himself by misinforming his viewers
on the meaning of both the WTO ('nothing more than a traffic cop') and the
protests against it.
The major print media did better until, of course, you got to the editorial
page where you found such gems as this from the Washington Post: "In
principle one might object that unelected advocacy groups have no right to
special treatment. But the Internet has handed these groups too much power
to make their complete exclusion practical." Of course, nobody elected the
WTO (or even got a chance to debate it under constitutional rules) but such
blatant disinformation by the Post is sadly familiar. It was, in fact, the
Post that created and then shamelessly promoted an "unelected advocacy
group" called the Federal City Council that has grossly exaggerated
influence over local affairs.
Some of the coverage leading up to Seattle revealed the deep corporate bias
of the media. For example, NBC financial correspondent Mick Jensen concluded
that "most experts say getting rid of trade barriers on both sides is a good
thing for American workers and consumers." An Associated Press report called
protesters' concerns "far-fetched," and continued by noting that "for every
campaigner lying down on a sidewalk this week to protest the WTO's efforts
to reduce trade barriers, there is a happily employed Seattleite whose job
depends on free commerce."
FAIR even caught ABC's Seattle affiliate bragging of its plans to censor its
own reporting. It announced that it would "not devote coverage to
irresponsible or illegal activities of disruptive groups," adding that "KOMO
4 News is taking a stand on not giving some protest groups the publicity
they want So if you see us doing a story on a disruption, but we don't
name the group or the cause, you'll know why."
As for the protests themselves, no one should be fooled. Demonstrations
don't make policy. They can only make it a little easier, especially when,
as in this case, the first task is to strip the mask of respectability from
those damaging the earth and its communities in order to improve next
quarter's profits.
These people are not to be trusted. The task is not to join them at the
table but to overturn the table. As Rep. Dennis Kucinich put it, the basic
issue is citizens' "control over civic institutions and over their own
government... that people can make decisions about clean air, clean water,
human rights, better health care, better retirement. If private interests
are simply running things, then that means that people are at their mercy...
The market is not going to be parceling out democratic rights."
The media seemed particularly confused that labor leaders and Pat Buchanan
could be on the same side, but as Carolyn Chute has put it: "There's no
right and left, there's only up and down. Up there are the fat cats having a
great time, while down here the rest of us are struggling to survive." The
problem for the major media facing such a story is that it has been up so
long it all looks down to it. What those paragons of photogenic pablum fail
to understand is that more and more Americans see them as part of the
problem. But then, Chesterton once noted that "to be smart enough to get all
that money you must be dull enough to want it."
Is it too early to talk about next? Perhaps, but a few cautions to file from
someone in his fourth decade of writing about demonstrations:
-- They are only the opening act. Too much reliance on demonstrations can
create a static ritual actually slowing a movement down or falsely
suggesting lessened interest in a idea when the real drop-off is in going to
protests that don't product results.
-- There are other ways to keep the public involved. For example, Tony
Schwartz, a guru in guerrilla media
[CTRL] Fw: [MC] David Icke's lecture: The Biggest Secret
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Kasten, Kathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 2 December 1999 16:21 Subject: [MC] David Icke's lecture: The Biggest Secret RE: David Icke lecture DATE: November 21, 1999, 12:00 PM, Woodland Hills Hilton, California TOPIC: The Biggest Secret Ambient Music: "We Are the Power" and "Larger Than Life" sung by the Back Street Boys. David Icke was dressed from foot to neck in black, and for most of the lecture spoke outside any of the spotlights focused directly beyond the foot of the speaker's platform. Hidden almost in darkness. It had been a couple of years since I last heard Icke speak. At that time he was using a degrading term when referring to the people in his audience. "Sheeple!" He no longer peppers his lectures with this term. However, all of the rest of his previous lecture of 4 years ago was there, i.e., "they are stopping everyone from knowing the truth" lecture. Plus, there is a new addition of a clip from Monty Python's movie "The Life of Brian" to emphasize the message that "everybody should think for themselves." Plus, the same message was repeated with a clip from the movie "Antz." Most of this part of the lecture was a rehash of Jordan Maxwell's material regarding Masonic symbolism, plus researchers like Acharya's information regarding the true nature of Christianity and Laurence Gardner's massive lifetime research into royal bloodlines. All material more thoroughly discussed and intensively researched elsewhere. It would be my suggestion that you read the books of those authors, and others who write about this information for a living. At midpoint in the lecture was the reason most people came. Credo Mutwa. It is claimed that Mutwa is a Zulu shaman. And, the reason David Icke is representing him in America is that Mutwa's religious philosophy supports Icke's contention that a reptilian race is, at this time, interacting with humans. According to Mutwa, this reptilian race has been interacting with humans since the very beginning of human history on the planet. Icke let Mutwa speak directly to the audience through a video Icke had available at the back of the ballroom for $49.95 plus SH of $3.50. The clip of the video we were shown was, of necessity, only a part of Mutwa's testimony. (The full text of an interview with Mutwa can be read in The Spectrum; Volume 1, Number 5, October 5, 1999.) Unlike the short clip from the video would suggest, Mutwa is touched by modern civilization, is self-tutored in the ufology scene and a very sophisticated worldly man who knows how to promote an agenda. I am not sure whether Icke's attempt at suggesting that Mutwa was the pure voice of a primitive belief system was intentional or not. Americans tend to be overtly racist, but the British (based on personal experience) tend to be subtler. As part of Icke's proof that the Zulu people were believers in things extraterrestrial, a slide of Mutwa's "ceremonial" necklace was shown. It was claimed that the necklace was made of copper and was a replica of a necklace passed down to Mutwa. "Replica" is the keyword here. My university level studies include archaeology/anthropology. Usually, the real thing is past down to the shaman because it contains the power of all the shaman before him. A replica is not the usual, traditional, way a powerful relic is handed down. In addition, Icke was pointing out to the audience various pieces on the necklace and claiming one piece was suppose to represent a spaceship. It looked like a symbol of an indigenous native's house. Another piece was suppose to be an "alien." To me, based on museum visits I have made to study African art, it looked like a typical tribe spirit totem. A typical, non-ET looking indigenous native male. Icke was the source of the description, not Mutwa. What Mutwa presented, in both the video and the Spectrum article, was a painting he had done of what he calls the Chitauli, a reptilian looking being. It looked oddly familiar to me, but not from a "face-to-face" event, but an image I have seen in a publication somewhere. Another statement of Mutwa's religious belief is his claim that the Zulu people came from the stars. The point is that Mutwa has traveled all over the world, and interacted with many people in ufology. Unless we see Mutwa in the context of his cultural beliefs, other Zulu members unconnected with Mutwa making the same claims, we have only Mutwa's word and Icke's vested interest. As proof of Icke's contention that the British royals are members of the reptilian race, he offered Princess Diana's thoughts - mentioned to a "friend", who mentioned it to a reporter of a British tabloid - that "the royals were positively reptilian." In other words, this is just plain unsubstantiated anecdotal testimony of a third, fourth and hundredth party. Not even close to being evidentiary proof of anything except everybody likes
[CTRL] [endsecrecy] History of Mind Control
-Caveat Lector- .. Forwarded from the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: From: Remy C. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: endsecrecy list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [endsecrecy] History of Mind Control Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 8:01 AM From: * World Of The Strange * Weekly Newsletter of the Paranormal By: Louise A. Lowry [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Short History Of Government Excursions Into Mind Control By K.B. Wells Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Excerpt From His Book "The Montauk Files: Unearthing the Phoenix Conspiracy It is important to understand that the information we are about to cover is only an extremely small portion of what is publicly known about the U.S. government's attempts at Mind Control. Even though the amount of known information is large, the data still remaining secret must be even more massive. When, and if, these other activities will ever be made public depend largely on our tenacity. The government, obviously, will not be volunteering anything due to their goodwill and integrity on the matter. Modern Mind Control stretches back to the spring of 1943 and the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, infamous for its inhuman treatment of Jewish prisoners. Not only were the Nazis doing human performance tests on prisoners (oxygen depravation, altitude and pressure testing), they were using large doses of mescaline on prisoners to study the effects it had on the mind. Enough dosage, they felt, and the prisoners would reveal their innermost secrets. In 1947, the Navy got into the act by starting Project Chatter. Chatter was to develop a truth drug that would force people to reveal their innermost secrets. The goal of this project was to weaken, if not eliminate, free will in individuals. What did the Navy, partially responsible for the Philadelphia Experiment, need with a truth drug? Project Chatter was closed in 1953. In 1947, as soon as the CIA was formed, Project Bluebird was initiated. Bluebird was intended to; 1) Prevent unauthorized extraction of information from agents; 2) Investigate the possibility of controlling individuals; 3) Enhance memory abilities and 4) Establish a defensive means to prevent hostile control of agents. In 1951, the CIA coordinated mind control efforts with the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Navy already had an ongoing project named Bluebird, so the project was changed to Artichoke. The charter of Artichoke was to; 1) Develop any method to get information from a person against their will or without their knowledge; 2) Counter the same method if it is used against the United States and 3) Find a method to entice a person to do their bidding, even if it was contrary to natural laws of preservation. Separate from this effort, in 1953, the CIA launched their biggest, and deadliest, effort towards Mind Control. Its funding was secret except to the highest levels of CIA management. This project was an 'umbrella project' that supervised research on radiation, electroshock, various fields of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, anthropology and paramilitary devices and materials. MKULTRA had been born. When the plug on MKULTRA was finally pulled in 1973, it had spawned and supervised an incredible 149 sub-projects. In 1977, Admiral Stansfield Turner, Director of the CIA, presented the following list of MKULTRA activities to two Senate Committees: Research into effects of behavioral drugs: - 17 sub-projects not involving human testing - 14 sub-projects definitely involving human testing - 25 sub-projects involving human testing on unwitting subjects Research on hypnosis: - 6 sub-projects - 2 sub-projects involving use of hypnosis and behavioral drugs Acquisition of chemicals and drugs (7 sub-projects) Aspects of magician's art useful in covert operations (4 sub-projects) Studies of human behavior and sleep research (9 sub-projects) Library searches and seminars on behavior modification (6 sub-projects) Motivational studies or MR (23 sub-projects) Polygraph research (3 sub-projects) Funding channels for MKULTRA activities (3 sub-projects) Research into drugs, toxins and pathogens in human tissue (6 sub-projects) Activities whose purpose could not be determined (3 sub-projects) Activities involving Army Research at Fort Detrick (MKNAOMI) (3 sub-projects) Single sub-projects in the following areas: - effects of electroshock - harassment techniques - analysis of ESP - gas propelled sprays - 4 sub-projects involving the use of crop and material sabotage 3 sub-projects canceled before any work could be started So, of which sub-project do you think you or your family were a part?? How many of these sub-projects does it seem that Phoenix could have been a part of?? By my count, judging by only the information presented above, there are a total of 101 out of these 149 sub-projects that could have incorporated Phoenix in one or all forms of its legends. This is a
[CTRL] 'Great Satan' Behind Y2K Woes
-Caveat Lector- I hope Saddam doesn't get too angry and take it out on you guys. N. Fri 03 December 1999 Home News Year 2000 Story 'Great Satan' Behind Y2K Woes 06:45AM Wed Nov 24 1999 NZDT Jonathan Lyons TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Iran's 20-year-old breach with the United States has come back to haunt it in the form of the Y2K computer bug, a legacy of Western technological domination. Islamic Iran's unique solar calendar may say the year is 1378 but it must grapple with the feared aftereffects of a Western computer shortcut timed to the start of the next Christian millennium. Experts worry that an old method of recording dates on software and chips controlling electronic systems could go haywire when clocks strike midnight Dec. 31. Most at risk, say Iranian engineers, is the large base of aging US technology, largely dating back to before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Much of it involves so-called embedded systems, monitors and controllers largely hidden from view and long-forgotten. The lack of ties with Washington and the strict US technology embargo against Iran mean experts here are engaged in a game of hide-and-seek -- often without a map. Some foreign vendors have gone out of business, abandoned old product lines or are simply unable to meet all requests for help from their customers. Most other developing countries face similar challenges. But technology sanctions imposed by the United States, routinely denounced here as the Great Satan, have added an extra challenge to Iran's Y2K effort. ``We received a letter from the telecoms ministry that they were looking for some information from Hughes company ... to tell them whether they are Y2K-compliant or not,'' Mohammad Sepehri-rad, Iran's Y2K coordinator, told Reuters. ``But they have not been successful in getting it.'' Sepehri-Rad, secretary of the High Council of Informatics, said similar problems have been encountered at Iran's two newest oil refineries, which have US-sourced equipment. ''None of our refineries, except two, has any problem (because) they have no date-related embedded systems. There are only two such refineries, one in Arak and one in Bandar Abbas.'' NO HELP AVAILABLE Appeals to the US government and firms, passed through the United Nations, have gone nowhere. ``I got word just a few days ago saying they have still not been successful in getting any help. Even the United Nations cannot get through,'' Sepehri-Rad said. A spokesman for Hughes Electronics, a unit of General Motors, said the firm had turned down an upgrade request for Iran relayed by INTELSAT, the global satellite cooperative. The Y2K fixes were intended for Hughes' VSAT private networks used by Iran's telecommunications authority and its central bank. ``We had to turn them down because that's not permitted under US regulations,'' said Richard Dore, a spokesman in Los Angeles for Hughes Electronics. Despite these difficulties, Iranian experts are cautiously optimistic they will manage the changeover to 2000. In fact, they say, the turmoil of the 1979 revolution, the 1980-1988 war with Iraq and general isolation from the outside world have insulated Iran from some of the dangers of Y2K. Iran suffered from a ``technology gap'' due to the revolution and the war, said Parviz Naseri, a private Y2K consultant to the Iranian government. Many of the oldest systems are less automated and thus less vulnerable, while the most recent ones are already Y2K-ready, he said. ``Most technology is pre-1979, or very recent. Also, many of the features in industrial process control, reliant on date and time, are not being used here. In the power ministry we have examples of this. They have the instruments but they have not used all the fully-automated features.'' Iran can also take comfort in the low-tech nature of banking, government services and most industry. Even the US embargo has had a bright side: Forced to rely on their own devices, many state organizations wrote their own programs from scratch, basing them on the Iranian calendar. Where old IBM mainframes were involved, they have been traded for newer models or third-party solutions. Desktop PCs have been upgraded, or swapped to noncritical uses. ``In our view, only 10 percent of the difficulty lies in IT (Information Technology). It is a problem, it is being treated, and it has been mainly solved,'' Naseri said. Iran's main air traffic control system has been certified Y2K compliant by international experts. And foreign military attaches say they are satisfied with the safety of Iran's missiles and other advanced weaponry. Boeing and Airbus, chief suppliers to Iran Air, have guaranteed their aircraft as ready. But doubts remain about the Russian-built marine fleet. As a precaution, the oil ministry has ordered all liquid fuel tanks at Iran's power plants, which generally run on natural gas, to be filled ahead of Jan. 1. Health workers are concerned that some high-tech medical devices may stumble, a
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: SPOTLIGHT EMAIL NEWSLETTER #32
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-12-01 11:13:22 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In fact, Wall Street=92s private banks are estimated to hide an eye-popping $21.5 trillion in such deviously deodorized deposits, according to an unpublished estimate by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the prestigious international economic monitor. WHY? Why does such vast wealth go underground? The Citibank executives at the Senate hearing could offer only halting and lame explanations to that question, arguing that some very affluent clients feared being "kidnapped" or "extorted" if their riches were publicly displayed. ="That's nonsense," snorted Thalmann. "Such deep secrecy is not contrived to hide wealth from "kidnappers." It is meant to hide these trillions from the law. Which implies that the SECRETLY super-rich are considerably wealthier than those KNOWN to be super-rich -- just as the global "underground economy" of drugs, arms, prostitution, and murder is much larger than the total GNP of all nations combined ... What percentage, I wonder, of the bankers' profits --providing global moneychangers with the wherewithal to enslave nations and whole populations-- is a return on their "off the record" investment in injustice, in EVIL? 10 percent? 50 percent? 90 percent? So, what's the current "highest bidder" price-tag for the lives of SIX BILLION slaves? How long, under Capitalism, before ONE MAN can afford to purchase the whole lot? 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] Project Megiddo: Criminalizing Dissent
-Caveat Lector- Seattle -- 30 days to Y2K. 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] COINTELPRO in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- Read this. See if anyone can get hold of CBS (KIRO) affiliate reporter named Meagan Black, and or copy of the broadcast. Most of us are aware that FBI COINTELPRO is famous for undermining activists with agents provocateur. (or land-mining them, like Judi Bari) This CBS broadcast is evidence. Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave -- Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@fixme From: "Deuce" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:42:53 -0800 Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TheFrogPond] Battle in Seattle: 'Anarchists' ruin the message From: "Deuce" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me first start by saying that I think the media here in Seattle have covered the protests here very fairly. They have voiced the concerns raised by the people in the streets. It doesn't appear to be the case with national media. That said, something strange is happening here. The VAST majority of protesters and demonstrators in our streets have been extremely well behaved and non-violent. But there is a small faction of criminals that are overshadowing this peaceful demonstration. Calling themselves "Anarchists", the black-clad hooded idiots have been allowed to run amuck in our city, smashing in windows, upturning newspaper boxes, smashing up cars, attacking members of the press and spraying graffiti everywhere. Our local CBS (KIRO) affiliate had an on scene reporter named Meagan Black who followed this criminal band around the streets for more than two hours. Where were the police during all this? They were busy gassing the NON-VIOLENT crowds!!! I can't tell you how many times we heard Ms. Black asking why aren't the police doing anything about this! Why haven't these jerks been arrested? Something fishy going on when the cops gas peaceful people and allow criminals to have free reign. The city went into a state of civil emergency. A curfew was implemented in downtown Seattle. The National Guard and 300 state troopers have been called in. The Mayor has vowed that what happened today will not be allowed to continue. The crowds have been pushed out of the downtown up into the residential areas. Massive amounts a tear gas are being thrown into the crowds and it's getting into people's homes. All this because of a small group of jerks who stole the spotlight from the real protestors. Their violence has stolen the spotlight from the real message that was meant to take place here, and it's very sad, and more than a little bit suspicious. -Deuce [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#395993 http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Keep/4885/ http://skywatch.iwarp.com === -- Jeff --http://www.wellnow.com - Well Now Health Information Service Box 15524 Atlanta Georgia [30333] eFax: (419) 793-3043 - "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using any means available to that purpose." - [to unsubscribe: send 'unsubscribe ncnculture-L' to [EMAIL PROTECTED]] 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] Contrails
-Caveat Lector- That happened here a few weeks ago...I got the flu. This was just one planehigher than I have ever seen one before. The contrail stretched across the sky. 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] Woodstock, Dead of Natural Causes or MURDERED?
-Caveat Lector- My boss just recounted to me what he had learned watching a TV "rockumentary" about Altamont featuring Hunter S. Thompson. We're all familiar with the media's depiction of the Stones concert at Altamont, imprinting our mass-minds with its iconesque image of Hells Angels savagely knifing an innocent concertgoer in view of the stage while "Sympathy for the Devil" was played. The image has been immortalized in Life magazine and the video of the unprovoked murder has been repeated identically in all documentaries. "There goes the Sixties -- aborted by its own conceit, suicided by its own excess," goes the party line refrain, always offering this photo-byte as evidence for that claim. Well, surprise, surprise! The portrait, as presented to the public eye, was a LIE. In the TV documentary, according to what I'm told, it was revealed that the photo and video which is a cornerstone of '60s "history" was only a misleading EXCERPT from a FULLER sequence of events -- a sequence of events which in fact had been recorded on film IN TOTO, but which was deliberately EXCLUDED from visual reports of the incident by the Establishment media -- because the WHOLE story, thus revealed, would not have supported the media's HIDDEN AGENDA, which was to forever "demonize" the "Woodstock generation" in the collective mind. What had happened was this -- the "innocent victim" killed by the Rolling Stones' bodyguards, the Hells Angels, had headed toward the performers' stage with GUN DRAWN (caught on film) and, coming closer, had FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS in the air (also caught on film) -- and THEN, and only then, came the "attack" publicly shown by the media -- out of context, minus every event preceding it which might JUSTIFY it. Just goes to show you how ONE "frame" shown out of SEQUENCE can tell a totally different story than what what we would realize from being allowed to see the WHOLE sequence -- the factual record left INTACT, nothing DELETED, nothing "SELECTED." But, of course, from such icon-esque "Life magazine"-style images presented to the viewer comes the viewer's EMOTIONAL RESPONSE to it -- his or her "judgment" of it, helping shape his or her "moral values." The "artist" always shapes his "art" according to the desired effect it will produce in the observer -- and never forget, PROPAGANDA (or "mind control") is as much an "art" as a "science, especially in our age of "media." Our collective mind has its "unconscious" too -- composed of all those "unknown" perceptible FACTS which have been EXCLUDED by a behind-the-scenes censorship of what might otherwise become a part of our consciousness, hence of our conscience, and shape our view of history DIFFERENTLY, in a way closer to the terrible TRUTH ... 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] WTO, Sleepless in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- The task is not to join them at the table but to overturn the table. If violence is not a wholly appropriate method for dealing with people who exploit slave labor, then the American Civil War was a mistake. 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: All the Violence [Collection of posts]
-Caveat Lector- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ I have been watching the news on several channels about the WTO protests and I hear everyone talking about all the violence but it sure looks like its the cops doing it not the protesters. On all the news networks and cable news too I saw the same Starbucks get broken into and some graffiti along with an industrial dumpster on fire. I did hear news readers talk of damage done to a Gaps and a Nike store but they should have been prepared since they are both long standing targets. The Gap due to their owners connection to the deforrestation of the headwaters in Ca. and Nike for its human rights abuses. I did not see any protesters beating up cops or firing tear gas or rubber bullets at them. No as usual it was the cops doing the violence to an otherwise peaceful but determined group of civilians. From: x Subject: (en) undercover police assault youth! -- report from seattle via indy media below is a text intro for a realaudio report. go to: http://216.173.206.96/imc to hear the full report. Undercover Police Assault Youth by Robby Herbst 6:38pm Wed Dec 1 '99 Police Targeting WTO Protesters: Witness Janet Christenson records three undercover men dressed in camo army jackets knock down and beat two idle protesters at 3rd Union. Two uniformed officers hold back observers while protesters (one bleeding) are handcuffed and removed from the scene. ** The A-Infos News Service ** News about and of interest to anarchists ** COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org 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] FDA Contradicted Own Experts in Approving Genetically Engineered Foods
-Caveat Lector- Lawsuit Uncovers Disagreement Within FDA Over Safety of Biotech Foods Agency Contradicted Own Experts in Approving Genetically Engineered Foods Misrepresented Facts in Order to Promote U.S. Biotech Industry Statement by Steven M. Druker, JD, executive director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, coordinator of the lawsuit against the FDA to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of genetically engineered foods, and an attorney on the case (in collaboration with the legal department of the Center for Food Safety in Washington, D.C.) Prying Out the Facts Through Litigation In May 1998, a coalition of public interest groups, scientists, and religious leaders filed a landmark lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of all genetically engineered foods (Alliance for Bio-Integrity, et. al. v. Shalala). Nine eminent life scientists joined the coalition in order to emphasize the degree to which they think FDA policy is scientifically unsound and morally irresponsible. Now, the FDA's own files confirm how well-founded are their concerns. The FDA was required to deliver copies of these files--totalling over 44,000 pages--to the plaintiffs' attorneys. Full story: http://www.biointegrity.org/FDADeception.html DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Active Trans - WTO Emergency Report - Seattle, the second day
-Caveat Lector- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ Active Transformation is an anarchist collective with members in Detroit and Lansing Michigan. For more info call Shaun @ (517) 355-0038 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Active Transformation Emergency Alert - Thursday November 2nd 1999 400 Arrested Seattle Under Martial Law By Shaun, Authorities late Tuesday decided that the protesters, which at times numbered some 50,000 strong, would not shutdown the World Trade Organization Conference for another day. The Governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Tuesday night as thousands of protestors trashed corporate stores throughout the city center. The protests turned increasingly ugly after police indiscriminately fired tear gas and shot rubber bullets at the massive crowds passive protestors earlier in the day. A curfew was established for 7 p.m. Tuesday night. The National Guard was sent in and fought protestors throughout the night to secure a 52 block, "no protest zone," around the conference site. On Wednesday, protestors were greeted with the National Guard and hundreds of officers from around the state. Over 400 people had been arrested or taken in to custody by 3:00 p.m. Cracking Down Police didn't discriminate with the crack down on Wednesday. They arrested protestors who had taken over intersections on the outskirts of the "no protest zone" and tear-gassed a 4,000-person march by the teamsters. Activists from Detroit and Lansing, including members of Active Transformation, were detained at a nonviolent protest outside the "no protest zone." They have been held in a city bus, with no bathroom, since early afternoon on Wednesday. Police have denied them the right to see a lawyer and they have refused to leave the bus until this right is granted. We have heard reports of those in jail, refusing to show ID or identify themselves, have been beaten and had pepper spray applied to their eyes. Martial Law On Monday and Tuesday, the protesters had complete control of the streets of Seattle. Protesters packed 50,000 into the downtown area, making it impossible for any of the delegates to get to the convention site or out of their hotels. Effectively shutting down the WTO talks for the first two days. Police engaged in a kind of turf war, trying to clear intersections and disperse thousands of non-violent protesters, by firing chemical irritants into the air and firing rubber bullets. However the police were far under prepared for the hostility and property damage unleashed by the protesters, who after being tear-gassed, destroyed the Gap, Starbucks, Nike Town and dozens of other corporate stores. Next Article Anarchist Response to World Trade Organization By Steve, This article in not meant to be a history or theoretical discussion of what the WTO is. In the coming weeks there will be plenty of discussion about the World Trade Organization. This short article is meant to put forth an anarchist understanding of what's wrong with the WTO and how we want to move beyond it. Firstly it is important that we understand that this international body called the World Trade Organization is designed by capitalists to help them make more money. The so-called "democracy's" so many of us embrace are just a mechanism to make us feel like we're in control. It is a tool for the manufacture of consent, which is much more powerful form of control - than violence. So when we criticize the WTO for not being democratic, we shouldn't be surprised - there is very little that is democratic about capitalism. What we should be surprised by is the lack of a "democratic charade". I guess they have just gotten used to nobody paying much attention. As we have argued before - we are engaged in a class war. The enemy (bosses, politicians, etc.) has many tools in their arsenal to use against working people and the poor (not that there is much of a distinction between the two). The WTO is just another weapon in the capitalist toolbox. Its job is to limit the "excesses of democracy". What this means is that when some flaw in the "democracy" allows people to make a law that interferes with business - it can be overturned. This is being pushed by our "democratic" dictator Bill Clinton. And because a few people pulled the lever for him three years ago Americans are supposed to feel that he represents their democratic will. What a joke! Much of the debate around globalization and the WTO is wrongly focused on propping up the nation-state system. We believe this is a fatal flaw. As stated above, there is nothing democratic about our "democratic" nation-states. The problem isn't that our national sovereignty is being violated - the problem is corporations and politicians run the world in their own benefit. They wage class war against us and fool us into
Re: [CTRL] Woodstock, Dead of Natural Causes or MURDERED?
-Caveat Lector- Just goes to show you how ONE "frame" shown out of SEQUENCE can tell a totally different story than what what we would realize from being allowed to see the WHOLE sequence -- the factual record left INTACT, nothing DELETED, nothing "SELECTED." An interesting and relevent comparison is the Zapgruder film in which the two most crucial frames were reversed while in federal custody. 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] ZNet -- Seattle is the Center of the World ... [LPA]
-Caveat Lector- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ A Brief Comment: What's Happening in Seattle and Why By Michael Albert Ballpark 50-100,000 demonstrators assembled in Seattle. They are farmersand industrial workers, unionists and environmentalists, young and old, men and women, from the U.S. and from the third world, and they are angry and their target is the WTO, and thus also oppressive world trade, and thus also, just a minor step beyond, the market system and capitalism itself. They are there to raise social costs to elites by their actions on the scene and by therepercussions for continuing organizing around the world (75,000 today de monstrated in France, for example) to curtail or better to close down the WTO agenda. So what do you do if you are in charge of the City and have Clinton due in town imminently and the whole world, literally, watching? What's the elite strategy? (1) You can sit back and be nice and allow the demonstrators to move freely and make their points and develop confidence and grow in number and size and, most important, in their mutual solidarity, with more people arriving every hour, and education and outreach blossoming each day. Or (2) you can try and break the thing up, quickly, even if at great risk should you fail. From early reports it seems that the powers that be decided that to leave hands off was a recipe for sure disaster. They likely envisioned the specter of growing numbers, growing willingness to do civil disobedience, and worst of all, growing solidarity between diverse sectors and outreach to new constituencies, and realized that throughout the country and world this would send a message that dissent can restrain the state. They didn't like that picture. Their other option _ the usual favorite choice of U.S. elites _ is to try to bust up opposition by using as much force as they can get away with. Theidea in this case is to send an immediate message that being in Seattle as a demonstrator means braving gas, truncheons, and rubber bullets, at least. The police and media try to together get the less mobile and less militant demonstrators to leave, depressed or angry. Then the thinned ranks can be herded away from the WTO buildings and arrested or banished. Judging by early reports I'm guessing that_s the elite plan. The tactics are very typical _ intimidating costumes, quick and eager but still for the moment limited violence, curfews, provocations to get demonstrator (or town citizen) actions that one can complain are the source of the repression. Provoke a little violence, repress it, in due course, with a lot. .. The demonstrator reaction will hopefully be not to fracture but instead to generate more and more organization, discipline, and steadfast solidarity and militance in marching, and, when need be, in committing non-violent civil disobedience. What will happen? No one can possibly know, of course. But if you are in Seattle I think the thing to try to affect is whether Seattle's citizens -- its cab drivers, its bus drivers, its small shop keepers, its folks on the street -- become sympathetic to the demonstrators or even outright supportive of them, and whether the union and other more mainstream demonstrators align with the street demonstrations and continuing marches and rallies, telling the Seattle police that their opposition is workers like themselves, and angry ones at that. This is already an important event. If alliance and solidarity can be forged, it will be historic. Here are some sites where you can get excellent up to the minute information to pass along to others to build support for the demonstrators and opposition fo the WTO: ZNet's Global/WTO Watch -- Direct from the scene reports and analysis--plus contextual reports and in depth materials from Z Magazine's writers and beyond--and you can post your own reports, as well: http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Globalism/GlobalEcon.htm The Seattle Indy News Center -- on the ground, on the scene, with audio, video, and print reports: http://www.indymedia.org/ Democracy Now -- Amy Goodman reports with noted guests on the scene on events in Seattle and their meaning: http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow.html World Trade Watch Radio -- Live reports from Seattle with Julie Light and Norman Solomon and their guests: http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow.html Global Exchange's Democratize the Global Economy -- Analysis and context: http://www.globalexchange.org/ Corporate Watch's WTO Coverage -- Analysis of corporations and their role in society focused on the WTO: http://www.corpwatch.org/feature/index.html Food First -- Food politics in general and regarding the WTO: http://www.foodfirst.org/ The Preamble Center: A research project into the U.S. economy...with special coverage of the WTO: http://www.preamble.org/
Re: [CTRL] Contrails
-Caveat Lector- It's happening here now and almost everyone I know in the last week has had a cold, cough, sore throat etc including myself... This is nuts. Jamie -Original Message- From: C Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Contrails -Caveat Lector- That happened here a few weeks ago...I got the flu. This was just one planehigher than I have ever seen one before. The contrail stretched across the sky. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] OEN 12/2/99
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - World Trade Organization Clinton Sucks Buchanan Wind Uses WTO to garner labor votes for Gore. Bill Clinton, the US president, yesterday threatened to plunge the World Trade Organisation into turmoil by demanding it should incorporate core labour standards in trade agreements and eventually use sanctions to enforce them. Mr Clinton's call, on his arrival at the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle, went much further than existing US policy. It will anger developing countries - four-fifths of the WTO's membership - which condemn as disguised protectionism western efforts to link trade with labour standards. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Thailand's deputy prime minister and director-general designate of the WTO, said having trade sanctions on labour rights in the organisation would be "highly detrimental". Mr Clinton's proposal could frustrate the launch of a trade round and cause some developing countries to walk away from the table. However, US officials quickly emphasised that Mr Clinton had only been talking about US long-term goals. "He was expressing an ultimate goal not an immediate negotiating objective in the WTO." The president's remarks appeared aimed at satisfying US labour unions, led by the AFL-CIO, whose support for vice-president Al Gore and other Democratic candidates at next year's elections is considered crucial. About 25,000 union demonstrators marched through Seattle on Tuesday to demand the WTO should enforce labour standards. They were by far the most numerous of the protesters, who ranged from environmentalists to human rights and consumer activists. Much of the city centre was plunged into chaos when they took to the streets but calm returned yesterday. Mr Clinton told a Seattle newspaper: "What we ought to do first of all is to adopt the US position on having a working group on labour within the WTO, and then that working group should develop these core labour standards, and then they ought to be part of every trade agreement, and ultimately I would favour a system in which sanctions would come for violating any provision of a trade agreement." Until now, the US has suggested only that the WTO should create a working group to analyse links between trade and core labour standards such as prohibition of child and prison labour. Many developing, and some industrialised, countries say even this limited proposal is unacceptable. Britain was yesterday trying to head off a confrontation over labour rights by trying to rally developing countries behind a compromise proposal. Based on an EU proposal, it calls for the World Bank to join the WTO and the International Labour Organisation in setting up a standing joint committee on labour standards. The Financial Times, December 2, 1999 Digital Society Murdoch Tells Governments to Get Off Internet Empowering ordinary people. OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch sealed his conversion to the Internet Wednesday, painting a picture of a bright technological future hampered only by natural disasters and -- worse still -- meddling governments. He told Oxford University students in a lecture that the Internet was a revolutionary liberator of the individual that would sweep away rather than deepen social inequality and meet all our needs. The head of News Corp., who until this year had a cautious approach to business on the World Wide Web, said the valuation of Internet companies such as Yahoo and AOL was ``sometimes mystifying.'' But he said such high values were easier to grasp if one believed, as he appeared to, that the Internet's value would grow exponentially once enough people were online. ``I am not among those who fear that new technology will widen the gap between rich and poor,'' he told students at the university where he studied -- with, he confessed, a bust of Lenin in his rooms -- in the long-ago 1950s. ``We are not headed to a world in which the rich will have access to computers and related technology while the poor muddle along computerless. The new technologies are becoming widely available.'' Murdoch said the Internet empowers ordinary people by giving them knowledge others previously had hoarded. He predicted a strong future for new and existing trusted brand names that people, burdened by unparalleled choice, would turn to for the information and goods they needed. Hoping to ensure his News Corp. is among them, Murdoch this year entered a major partnership with Japan's Softbank Corp. to invest in Internet companies, signaling he was embracing the revolution. ``Take A Holiday At Your Peril'' The 68-year-old, who saw the maintenance or mechanical preservation of the brain as the next achievable challenge, said the new era had come upon the business world with blinding speed. ``In my own business, change is so rapid that you take a holiday at your peril.
[CTRL] Seattle scanner online
-Caveat Lector- Online Seattle police scanner: pnm://real.mp.intervu.net/scannerlive_sea (Load into Real Audio) Channels #WTO and #seattle on Efnet IRC are active during the evening hours. -- Dan S 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] Seattle scanner online
-Caveat Lector- Thanks! -Original Message- From: Dan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Seattle scanner online -Caveat Lector- Online Seattle police scanner: pnm://real.mp.intervu.net/scannerlive_sea (Load into Real Audio) Channels #WTO and #seattle on Efnet IRC are active during the evening hours. -- Dan S DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Y2K Plans?
-Caveat Lector- http://syninfo.com/ian/PRIVATE/1999/12/01/1999120121250955.html \\|// (o o) oOOo-(_)-oOOo 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] Skeptic News - Thursday #3 - 12/02/99
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202c - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * Little international trade was involved in production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The World Is Bound With Secret Knots: http://mjt.org/exhibits/magnes.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # UK ESTABLISHES PANEL TO INVESTIGATE ASTEROID THREAT. In an effort to begin collaboration to protect the Earth from the threat of asteroid impact, the UK Govt has set up a special panel. Science Minister Lord Sainsbury wants to establish the govt's stance on the issue, and has organized a team to give him the answers he needs. It's estimate that an asteroid large enough to end humanity hits once every 100,000 to million years. Any time now: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_541000/541376.stm : Would you like to join the Society For The Prevention Of Earthquakes? Can your committee influence subplanetary motions? Where'd you get that power?? @ Ancient History of UFOs. -- UFO reports date back to the early Egyptians; see paintings statues of alien-like craft occupants. http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/ufoancient.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # IS THE US CONGRESS ANTI-CATHOLIC? Controversy is no stranger to the poli- tically divided House, but even by recent standards, the latest flare-up is unusual - a battle over the selection of a new chaplain to minister to lawmakers and their families. And they aren't even *considering* Mormons: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Dec1999/120299/anticatholic120299.htm : What religions would you like to establish in your legislative assemblies? Should all religions be so established? Should lawmakers be ministered by Discordians, Anabaptists, Satanists, preachers of Daniel Christ, Moonies?? @ The Exposed Plan of The Freemasons - FOR ALL TO SEE AGAIN - Concerning the Catholic Church - http://www.iol.ie/~magnific/magnific/fr_mason.html#top _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ In the rain forest of the Cameroon in West Central Africa lives the floor dwelling ant Megaloponera foetens, the stink ant. This large ant - one of the very few to produce a cry audible to the human ear - forages for food among fallen leaves undergrowth of the extraordinarily rich rain forest floor. On occasion one of these ants, while looking for food is infected by inhaling a microscopic spore from a fungus of the genus Tomentella. After being inhaled, the spore seats in the ant's tiny brain and begins to grow, causing changes in the ant's patterns of behavior. The Ant appears troubled and confused; for the first time in its life the ant leaves the forest floor and begins to climb. Driven on by the growth of the fungus, the ant embarks on a long exhaustive climb. Completely spent and having reached a prescribed height, the ant impales the plant with its mandibles. Thus affixed, the ant waits to die. Ants that have met their ends in this fashion are quite common in some areas of the forest. The fungus continues to consume first the nerve cells finally all soft tissues of the ant. After approximately 2 weeks a spike appears from what had been the head of the ant. This spike is about an 1.5 inches long and has a bright orange tip heavy with spores which rain down onto the rain forest floor for other unsuspecting ants to inhale. http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/stinkant.htm : Have you consumed any spores lately? Is a fungus growing in your brain? Are you part of a symbiotic human-fungal cycle? Are alien implants really biotech spores that alter our mental behaviour? Do they evolve further?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Timothy McVeigh's mom: Hey, I didn't do it! The bomber's mom says it's time to move on and she has no words for victims' families in Oklahoma. "What can I say? I didn't do it. I didn't blow the building up." What's the big deal? -- more people die in plane crashes, she says. "Everybody thought it was the crime of the century. Well, it's not." Just ordinary everyday terrorism: http://www.denverpost.com/bomb/bomb120299.htm # Fears of a fascist revival in Europe are unfounded. Our fixation with the Nazis prevents a grasp of a new kind of right wing. Seig heil: http://www.thenewrepublic.com/magazines/tnr/121399/trb121399.html # Hungry hamster invades Shoney's salad bar - teenaged skinhead loosed the beast in the broccoli bin: http://dailymail.com/news/News/1999120122/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # John Travolta's Alien Notion. MONTREAL (WPost) Something otherworldly is happening inside Hangar 12, something they're trying to keep secret. But we can tell you this: John Travolta is involved, and so are space aliens. Soldiers have secured the perimeter. "Warning: This establishment is under permanent
Re: [CTRL] Banned Bush Bio
-Caveat Lector- On 30 Nov 99, at 19:44, William Shannon wrote: Hatfield followed up the story through sources close to Bush, who had helped with other earlier sections of his book. They confirmed to him that the basis of the story was indeed true, but Bush had not been sent to work at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. Instead his community service was performed in Project P.U.L.L, of which his father, George Bush, was a "benevolent supporter". I wonder how Hatfield's sources are doing in their chosen careers. Are they still alive sno0wl sno0wl 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] Seattle and Beyond--Prudy
-Caveat Lector- On 25 Nov 99, at 1:50, Mario Profaca wrote: SEATTLE AND BEYOND: DISARMING THE NEW WORLD ORDER by Michel Chossudovsky Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and author of The Globalization of Poverty, Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms, Third World Network, Penang and Zed Books, London, 1997. Wow!!! Thanks Prudy. sno0wl sno0wl 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: The Best of the IMC in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave Non-Corporate Real News From the Independent Media Center in Seattle IMC Daily Digest: The Seattle Lockdown December 1, 1999 --- Anti-WTO protestors have shut Seattle down. While a 'state of emergency' clamps down on the city for the second night, the people's newsroom at the Independent Media Center is buzzing. Over 400 IMC media producers are now collaborating to post, uplink, and print their stories of protest, analysis, outrage, and hope. Armed with cell phones, laptop computers, tape recorders, cameras, and a shoestring budget, media activists are using the Centerís website at www.indymedia.org to broadcast their stories. Video interviews and street footage are edited and uplinked to satellite, and articles are being published in The Blind Spot daily. While protests continue and brutal police tactics remain unchecked, the IMC continues to receive live reports from its video, print, audio, and photo teams despite a 7 pm curfew. In this, the first of the Independent Media Centerís daily digests, you can see, hear or read stories being produced by the IMC collective: Photo: Confrontation at 4th and Pike, 3:30pm PST by gazette webcam 4:54pm Tue Nov 30 '99 http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=146 Article: Turtles and Teamsters Unite Against Patent on Life by Sue Ellen White 7:22pm Wed Dec 1 '99 Patents on life itself already exist and a teach-in today featuring Ralph Nader aimed to mobilize farmers, environmentalists, labor, scientists, and citizens against the WTO's agreements on intellectual property. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=267 Article: Arrested Refuse to Comply with Booking by Ben Grad 11:48pm Wed Dec 1 '99 More than 450 arrested, and a seriously significant majority is both refusing to give their info, they won't get off the buses. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=284 Audio: Cell Phone Interview with Arrestees by Asha Confer 7:27pm Wed Dec 1 '99 Hear a cell phone conversation with arrestees waiting to be processed at Sandpoint Naval Base. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=268 Photo: Police Gas Protesters by the phantom 11:26pm Wed Dec 1 '99 Protesters sit in an intersection in downtown Seattle, some using wet handkerchiefs to shield their faces. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=283 Article: Police Aggression Aimed at Nonviolent Protesters by Janet Berkow 11:07pm Wed Dec 1 '99 At 6th and Union early Tuesday morning, a group of more than 50 protesters sat at the intersection, intending to block traffic. The police, heavily armed and in riot gear, were grimly bound to make them move. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=281 Article: Sub-Lethal Weapons Hit the Streets by Steven Bodzin 10:56pm Tue Nov 30 '99 As protesters blocked the streets, the police responded with overwhelming force, using the latest sub-lethal weapons. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=170 Photo: When They Kick Down Your Front DoorÖ. by Greg Ruggiero 7:06pm Mon Nov 29 '99 Aftershoot of French Farmers' Demo, Monday afternoon, Nov. 29 http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=59 Article: Independent Media Center Under Siege! by David Murphy and David Potter 9:08pm Tue Nov 30 '99 Police attack reporters as they try to enter the Independent Media Center. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=158 Audio: Dr.Vendana Shiva Addresses the Diverse Women for Diversity by Sue Supriano 3:27am Tue Nov 30 '99 On Monday, November 29, 1999, Dr. Vendana Shiva, co-founder of Diverse Women for Diversity, Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology addressed the Celebration of Our Planet's Fabulous Diversity of Food and Agriculture. She is introduced by Anuradha Mittal, Program Director of Food First (USA) Approximatley 5 minutes. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=87 Audio: Building Trades and the WTO by Peter Miller, WEFT 90.1 FM Champaign, IL 12:52pm Mon Nov 29 '99 Interview with Fred Hirsch of Plumbers Local 393 in silicon valley. Hirsch explains why working people whose jobs don't depend directly on trade should be concerned about the WTO. (4 mins 11 secs). http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=42 The Independent Media Center is a grassroots organization committed to using media production and distribution as a tool for promoting social and economic justice. It is our goal to further the self-determination of people under-represented in media production and content, and to illuminate and analyze local and global issues that impact ecosystems, communities and individuals. We seek to generate alternatives to the biases inherent in the corporate media controlled by profit, and to identify and create positive models for a sustainable and equitable society. Independent Media Center 1415 Third Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 206.262.0721
Re: [CTRL] Seattle scanner online
-Caveat Lector- Ahhh man, I'm not getting anything but bums and thugs stuff. Nothing on the WTO situation. Jamie -Original Message- From: Stopforth, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Seattle scanner online -Caveat Lector- Thanks! -Original Message- From: Dan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Seattle scanner online -Caveat Lector- Online Seattle police scanner: pnm://real.mp.intervu.net/scannerlive_sea (Load into Real Audio) Channels #WTO and #seattle on Efnet IRC are active during the evening hours. -- Dan S DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] NH GOPhers Debate**Tonight** 8PM Fox
-Caveat Lector- Join FoxNews.com at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2 for complete live coverage of the GOP candidates' forum, including: A live cybercast of the forum Exclusive news and feature reporting from FoxNews.com reporters Continuously updated news stories during the forum A real-time, full-text transcript of the event Video clips from each of the candidates, posted during and after the event A selection of interactive viewer polls Complete candidate profiles, bios and other relevant information from the FoxNews.com archives In-depth post-debate analysis from political experts http://foxnews.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
[CTRL] [1] Death Beat
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from; Death Beat Maria Jimena Duzan©1994 Peter Eisner, translator HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-017057-3 282 pps. first/only edition out-of-print --[1]-- 7 VIAFARA'S HELL The power plant shuts down at 11 pm. in Puerto Boyaca, bathing the town in shifting shadows of gas lanterns and occasional car lights. The shouts and screams would start soon after the lights went out. Bands of vigilantes, known as "self-defense squads," would begin their rounds in search of guerrilla collaborators. The shrieks and cries were interspersed with the staccato sounds of gunfire. No one dared to go out at night. The streets were deserted and houses were shuttered. And for the past month, the bodies of murdered peasants were again floating down the Magdalena river. The smell of rotting flesh in the night air made it impossible to sleep. The night of January 29, 1984, Diego Viafara heard the sound of a, vehicle pulling up to his house. He had just enough time to call to his wife, telling her to grab their daughter and hide. Four hooded men broke down the door and dragged him out of the house. He was blindfolded and thrown into the back of a camper van. Soon he could hear the sounds of the river. He must be near the banks of the Magdalena. He knew nothing else. After a while, the van stopped. The men dragged him out and brought him into a hut where the smell of coffee was strong. Despite the blindfold, he could see shadows, bathed in moonlight, of people standing around him. The men walked him to an armchair, let him sit down, and took off the blindfold. He was surrounded. "Who are you?" demanded one of the kidnappers, jabbing the barrel of his rifle into Viafara's shoulder. "I'm Diego Viafara. I've lived here for a few months with my wife and daughter." "Liar. You are M-19," said one of his captors, spitting out each word. At first Viafara would admit nothing. But to his dismay, his captors already knew much about him. It was true; Diego Viafara had been a member of M-19. He was a doctor with a guerrilla contingent in Cali under the command of Rosenberg Pabon an important rebel leader. He said he had studied medicine at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, an institution dedicated to sponsoring leftists from Third World countries. Upon returning to Colombia in 1979 he immediately joined M-19, providing health and first-aid services to peasants and rebels in M-19 territory. In mid-1981 he moved with other rebels to the Magdalena Medio river valley to link up with FARC. But FARC was operating on the run, and it took him months to establish contact. All the while he was being tracked by rightist self-defense squads. When these squads' periodic harassment became more menacing, he sought refuge in a Catholic church. But even the church walls were not enough to protect him for long. The local parish priest counseled Viafara to take advantage of an amnesty declared by the government of President Belisario Betancur in 1983. "Turn yourself in, hand in your weapons, and all will be forgiven," the priest told him. On December 29, 1983, he did so. Feeling a new sense of protection, he emerged from hiding and went to live in a small house in Puerto Boyaca. Puerto Boyaca is nestled in the Magdalena river valley, a jungle region located in central-western Colombia where the tributaries of the Magdalena join, creating a web of marshlands and small islets in one of the loveliest and richest ecosystems in the country. The majestic and impenetrable jungle vegetation makes access nearly impossible; as in other mountainous and jungle sections of Colombia, the government's presence and control is almost nil. The development of the region reflects the problems that many rural sections of Colombia suffered in the 1960s with the growth of the guerrilla movements. One of the great problems of Magdalena Medio was that it hardly had been part of Colombia since 1929, when oil was discovered and the entire region was sold to Texaco. The United States-owned oil company had land and subsoil rights, and there was little official Colombian presence. Things began to change in the 1950s when shifting migrations within the country brought squatters and violence. Texaco fought these squatters' occupation of its lands for a time, and then finally sold the territory back to Colombia in 1959. Yet the government's presence was sporadic and usually came in the form of repression via the army-officials sent troops to protect wealthy landowners who were given rights to the best land against peasant farmers who had no legal right to the land they tilled. The peasants had no choice but to flee inland, where the soil was inferior and where they could grow only enough to barely survive. The constant repression of the peasants was the social cauldron in which guerrilla organizations like FARC were able to establish themselves. The guerrillas were often the only organized presence the rural poor ever saw in these parts. In the
[CTRL] [2] Death Beat
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from; Death Beat Maria Jimena Duzan©1994 Peter Eisner, translator HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-017057-3 282 pps. first/only edition out-of-print --[2]-- 8 AN INFORMANT AND HIS SECRETS Viafara's sudden appearance was not the first time that El Espectador had received this kind of visit. Although Viafara was by far the highest-level and most knowledgeable person to approach us, many people came to the newspaper claiming to have exclusive, ground-breaking information. As early as 1987, El Espectador and Semana, as well as several television news outlets, were publishing stories based on sources who spoke of an alliance between the private militias and the cocaine bosses; these reports flew in the face of an opposite claim that the drug bosses were in league with the leftist guerrillas. That was the line propagated by the Colombian military and spurred on by the U.S. ambassador to Colombia, Lewis A. Tambs. On television, in weekly magazines, and in newspapers, there were occasional reports of a supposed split between Rodriguez Gacha and FARC, which had been protecting his coca fields and laboratories. The stories were systematically denied by both the army and the militia groups themselves, who insisted on referring to themselves as self-defense patrols. At El Espectador I had written several reports about what was going on in Magdalena Medio. Toward the end of 1988, several peasants from Magdalena Medio, terrorized by the violence, came Gacha abreast of the government's antinarcotics operations, quickly delivering secret briefings to him. In an interview with one of them, we told a dramatic tale of a man whose brother had been killed by the death squads. When the surviving brother decided to place the case before a judge, the militias responded by kidnapping his mother. Since then, the man could not go back to Puerto Boyaca. "When I realized that justice had no meaning, even though we could prove who had killed my brother-it was a sicario who was a member of the Puerto Boyaca death squadsI decided to come to see you to get the story out," the man said. "They are killing the peasants where I live. If you want to go there, we should hang a sign around our necks with our names on it. That way the militia will be able to check us out when we come to a roadblock, to see if we're on the list of suspected 'sympathizers with the guerrillas.' But we probably should put something else on the sign, something like 'I'm not a Communist."' I went to Magdalena Medio. The peasants showed me the roadblocks and the militias manning them; the tacit support of the army was obvious. Our report hit the streets of Bogota but didn't make it far in Puerto Boyaca. The militias retaliated by blocking the distribution of El Espectador, seizing deliveries of the newspaper at the local distributor in Magdalena Medio. Not all newspapers received the same treatment, however. El Tiempo, whose correspondent in Magdalena Medio was Pablo Guarin, a founding member of the rightist militias, published a paid advertisement in July 1988 in which the squads answered the charges in an open letter addressed to me. The self-defense groups not only rejected any connection with the cocaine bosses-they continue to reject the link to this daybut took credit for improving the lot of the people living in Magdalena Medio. "We invite the journalist Duzan to see with her own eyes the schools and the new streets that have been paved in Puerto Boyaca, and to see further that they are certainly not used any longer by international communism." The letter was signed by the mayor of Puerto Boyaca, Luis Alfredo Rubio Rojas. A year later, a judge would issue an arrest warrant against Rubio Rojas, implicating him in one of the ongoing series of massacres of peasants. Although Rubio Rojas was arrested, he was-set free in 1989 in a raid staged by his comrades. Tioday, he is a fugitive from justice. By 1989 the militias had managed to obtain a certain political currency in the nation, especially in the zones where they had beaten back the guerrilla groups. In 1988 the guerrillas had been forced to retreat, not in battles with the regular army but with these drug-financed militias. The "pacification" campaign conducted in Magdalena Medio had also been conducted in other parts of the country, leading the militia squads to declare they were winning the war on subversion. The steady stream of assassinations of members of the Patriotic Union succeeded in sinking the leftist political experiment. This was evident in popular mayoral elections in 1988, when the Patriotic Union saw an ebbing of its support, more like a full-fledged sea change, while the Liberal party began to retake positions it lost to its leftist rivals in 1986. Landowners were able to return to their lands, and the areas that had suffered a strong economic depression were receiving an influx of drug money that brought a certain newfound prosperity. The drug bosses and
[CTRL] [3] Death Beat
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from; Death Beat Maria Jimena Duzan©1994 Peter Eisner, translator HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-017057-3 282 pps. first/only edition out-of-print --[3]-- 9 ZERO HOUR All the members of President Barco's cabinet entered the great rectangular meeting room in the Narino palace at precisely 11:30 on the morning of August 18, 1989, and took their places around the large Guayacan-laminated conference table reserved for the Council of Ministers. They looked toward the empty seat at the center of the table, reserved, according to protocol, for President Barco. Barco arrived promptly and launched into an announcement in his customary distant yet straightforward manner: "I want to inform you that a series of quite strong measures are being studied in response to the critical situation we face in the country today. And I want to sound out your opinions. I would, therefore, ask that none of you leave the palace this afternoon because I'm preparing a speech for television this evening and would like you to read it first." He then directed one of his aides to start reading the decrees. There was a nervous silence in the pale green room; the ministers could hear the sound of each breath they took. The Colombian leaders, whose portraits hung on the walls, were silent witnesses to this important occasion. This was to be one of the longest and most difficult meetings in recent Colombian history. Behind the president there was a portrait of Santander, known as the Man of Laws and as the conspirator who plotted unsuccessfully to take the life of Simon Bolivar, the Great Liberator. Bolivar's portrait did not hang here but had a place of honor elsewhere in the palace. Facing Santander were paintings of four of the fathers of Colombian independence: Camilo Torres, Jose Joaquin Camacho, Francisco Jose de Caldas, and Antonio Villavicencio. On the wall to the right there was a striking painting by Alejandro Obregon, the well-known Colombian artist. Entitled The Eagle of Violence, it depicts the destruction of the state under siege, synthesizing in an eloquent way the brutality that had traumatized the nation. Already suspecting that something extraordinary was taking place, the ministers realized quickly as the decrees were read to them that the measures Barco was proposing were without precedent. They amounted to a veritable declaration of war on drug terrorism. One measure authorized the seizure and detention of anyone who was suspected of dealing drugs or having committed acts of terrorism and the imprisonment of such persons incommunicado for up to seven days. Another measure authorized the seizure of the property of drug suspects, even before they were found guilty of a crime. Anyone whose name fraudulently appeared as the owner of any of these properties to hide the true owners would be punished with a fine and up to ten years in prison. Barco wanted to pull the rug out from under the drug dealers: to give more latitude to the security forces to pressure suspects and to obtain information without having to seek a court order to do so. The idea was to force them out of the safety of their hidden sanctuaries and draw them into the open. Barco's staff had scrutinized the decrees carefully, finding them legally airtight. But one decree had a specific intent all its own: The government would once again allow the extradition of drug dealers to the United States. The drug dealers had fought the resumption of extradition tooth and nail because it meant they could be tried and probably receive long prison sentences in the United States. At least one person at the meeting had known about the decrees before the meeting began. It was the young lawyer who was the newly appointed minister of justice, Monica de Greiff. Monica was eighth in the rapid succession of justice ministers in fourteen months, a turnover worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records. She was the first woman justice minister in Colombian history. "They named me because they were running out of justice ministers," said number seven, Guillermo Plazas Alcid, with a note of sarcasm. He lasted only four months in the job. De Greiff had been summoned prior to the general meeting by aides and given a copy of the decrees for review. She scarcely had time to read them when the president came into the antechamber, greeting her in his cold, stoic manner. From behind his thick eyeglasses, he turned his gaze on de Greiff and asked, "Do you think the Supreme Court can rule the extradition decree unconstitutional in the manner it is presented here?" "No," she said. "The decree in judicial terms is irrefutable." The president said nothing. He moved on to another subject, saying that he had called a full cabinet meeting at 11:30 A.M. to present the decrees. Then he turned and walked out of the room. It was a classic game of poker, with only his closest personal advisers in on his strategy. Extradition was the ace up Barco's sleeve to be drawn
[CTRL] Fwd: Spy chiefs make no secret of cash crisis
Spy chiefs make no secret of cash crisis - [don't they alway's] By MICHAEL CLARKE Two spymasters made an official plea for more money in the fight against the nation's enemies at home and abroad, it was revealed last night. Stephen Lander and Richard Dearlove have told the Intelligence and Security Committee that cash shortages could seriously undermine their work. Mr Lander is director general of M15 - responsible for tackling espionage, terrorism, and serious crime within Britain. He has told the committee in secret evidence sessions that his budget was too low to maintain the battle against organised crime. Mr Dearlove, who as head of M16 is responsible for spying and counter-espionage abroad, echoed his call, saying the future would be 'challenging'. Chancellor Gordon Brown has given the agencies a secret three-year cash settlement, part of the £740-million total annual budget for intelligence and security work. The influential committee heard that despite the settlement the two secret services risk running out of money within two years unless more cash is provided. Former Defence Secretary Tom King, chairman of the committee wanted to publish the figures yesterday to show the scale of the problem. But Tony Blair overruled him and insisted they be kept under wraps because of their sensitive nature. The espionage bosses warned that while they could cope for a while, by 2001 their operations would struggle to stay effective. M16 has already bought new computers to enable staff to move away from backroom tasks to front-line work. Undercover agents are infiltrating cocaine rings run from Colombia and the heroin smuggling networks set up by Turkish gangs. They track the drugs as they move from South America and Asia into Europe via Spain and Turkey before ending up for sale on British streets. But their efforts risk being undermined by the cash squeeze. M15 is facing similar problems, with a threat from breakaway IRA and loyalist terrorist groups and Islamic fundamentalists. Also hit could be the operations to catch the 'godfathers' who run rackets in illegal immigrants. Mr King said the figures for the two services were 'alarming' and needed to be reviewed. 'If these figures are real, they have got problems,' he added. He also called for secret agents to be given new powers to break up organised crime rings outside Britain, instead of waiting for drugs and illegal immigrants to arrive at our ports and airports. == Daily Mail, Friday November 26, 1999
[CTRL] Fwd: abour's Money Men (UK Politics)
Labour's Money Men (UK Politics) By PAUL EASTHAM Deputy Political Editor LABOUR faced charges of hypocrisy last night after attacking the Conservatives for accepting £1-million from Belize-based tycoon Michael Ashcroft. Senior Ministers claimed this week that the cash from a 'foreign donor' breached Tory rules, the Parliamentary sleazebuster's proposed reforms and planned laws on party funding. But yesterday, close inspection of Labour documents showed Tony Blair's party has accepted cash from five rich donors who, just like Mr Ashcroft, live abroad yet are eligible to vote in Britain. ROBERT EARL, founder of the Planet Hollywood hamburger chain, is top of the list. The world's richest restaurateur gave Labour £1-million in 1997 after Mr Blair was forced to hand a similar amount back to Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone following the row over tobacco sponsorship. Although the multi-millionaire, who also developed the Hard Rock Cafe chain, has lived in Orlando, Florida since the 1970s, he was born in London. That means he conforms to Labour's rule that only those eligible to vote here are allowed to contribute to the party. As recently as 1993 he described himself as a Tory but he switched allegiance after advising Peter Mandelson on the Millennium Dome. PETER B. GREEN, who presides over one of the world's great fortunes, is listed as giving 'more than £5,000' Yet the entrepreneur has been an expatriate for 23 years. Born into a hard-working family in a Manchester slum he married Tory heiress Mary-Jean Mitchell who once had hopes of marrying Prince Charles. Today he lives 'like a Sultan' on Marshall's Island in the tax haven of Bermuda but roves between homes on several continents using two private Gulfstream jets. Switzerland and Liechtenstein are two more of the tax havens associated with his fortune. HOWARD STRINGER is another donor listed as giving the party more than £5,000. The adroit, charming chairman of the Sony electronics and entertainment corporation in the US. is a former head of the mighty CBS. Welsh born, he lives in New York. Wanting to return to Britain, he was a candidate for the BBC director generalship, which went to another Labour donor Greg Dyke. FRANK LOWE, the international advertising guru, who was joint founder of PR consultancy Lowe-Howard-Spink, is also a £5,000-plus donor. After a rogue poll in the Week before the 1987 election, Margaret Thatcher called in Mr Lowe and Sir Tim Bell over the head of Saatchi and Saatchi. They created the slogan 'Life's Better with the Conservatives - Don't let Labour Ruin It' which was used in a massively successful £2.5-million newspaper campaign for the last week of the election. A clue as to why he gave money to Labour is that after one of his prize pekinese died in an operation in Paris, Mr Lowe, who lives in Geneva, Switzerland, wrote to Tony Blair urging him to lift Britain's 'antiquated' quarantine laws. 'I received a prompt, courteous reply,' that Labour was dealing with the problem. 'My vote goes to whoever reforms the quarantine laws,' he said. MICHAEL WATT, a millionaire and New Zealand citizen based in the Irish Republic, is yet another £5,000-plus donor on the list. Mr Watt, jockey Lester Piggott's ex-manager, runs international sports television production and distribution company CSI which markets English Premier League football around the world. He spent £70,000 of his own money buying a 1,000-ton cargo ship which he sent on a personal clean-up of the Antarctic. The boat was filled with debris left by untidy explorers. A friend of Rodney Bickerstaffe, Left-wing leader of the public workers' union, Unison, he also put up £80,000 to rescue the Durham miners' gala after seeing the hit film "Brassed Off, about a colliery band. Although not a foreign donor, Labour also faces a problem with Lord Sainsbury of Turville. The party accuses Mr Ashcroft of having a 'conflict of interest' because he is both the Tories' biggest donor and its treasurer. But the peer is to give Labour its biggest donation in the coming year of £2-million. Critics say he has an even bigger conflict as he is both Britain's biggest personal investor in GM foods, and the Science Minister whose department is responsible for overseeing GM foods. === Daily Mail, Friday, November 26, 1999
[CTRL] WTO Freedon of Speech! (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 23:05:04 -0800 From: Tom Civiletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ykboo] "Freedon of Speech!" In Seattle, Tuesday, I interviewed Remi Parmentier, Greenpeace International [credentialed] delegate to the WTO ministerial. He said that the protesters' blockade prevented the beginning session until at least 12:30pm. At that time 2 protesters made it to the idle microphone inside the main meeting room and asked to address the few delegates who were there. they were descended upon by police and dragged off. Parmentier rose and said "Freedom of Speech." This brought the police [secret service? private security?] down on him. His credentials were ripped from him and he was bodily tossed from the Conference Center and told not to return. So much for incorporating environmental concerns into the WTO's deliberations. Parmentier's interview and other video from Seattle will be part of a Portland Cable Access program on 12/9 @8:30pm. I don't know which access channel yet. Tom Civiletti DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] THE RIGHT TO CONFESS
-Caveat Lector- Joke for December 2, 1999 from the joke of the day website THE RIGHT TO CONFESS - submitted by Holly __ The CIA, the FBI, and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it. The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations, they conclude that rabbits do not exist. The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming. The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later dragging a badly beaten bear. The bear is screaming, "Okay, okay! I'm a RABBIT!! I'm a RABBIT!!" We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift 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) On-the-scene in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ncndiscuss] (fwd) On-the-scene in Seattle I also just got this from a friend. The following is email he recieved from his mother whom lives In Capital Hills inside Seattle. I figured everyone would like to see. I also have another report from his mother I'll forward along as well. ___ Please tell as many as you can that Capitol Hill is a war zone tonight. Polic entered this neighborhood and fired INDISCRIMINATELY at anyone and everyone in sight. They came to the corner of our block and were shouted back by angry residents, but after retreating to the QFC parking lot one block away they again began discharginhg gas canisters. The area was saturated with pepper spraty and gas. One young woman who had been sprayed said she was standing there..her dad is a cop, her brother a cop, she had wanted to be a policewoman. Peter said he had seen the young man get kicked and sprayed. He said he was being vocally provocative, but not otherwise violent. Here's the bad news. Paul is missing. I truly believe he has been arrested. His son Peter went out with him. It has been over an hour since I have seen them.The piolice are tens of blocks outside their designated curfew area in this neighborhood and yet they continue to turn and fire gas and pepper canisters at the crowd following them down toward the curfew barricades. The crowd has shouted them to leave many many times. Telling them to take their HATE out of our neighborhood. Many buildings are boarded up on Broadway. The crowd has dispersed in many directions and as many of the people I saw are neighborhood people with no place to go, this could be a rather circular exercise. I am going out again to see if I can find word of Paul. I will have to come in soon as I have been propositioned by a really high street kid of about 17 and offered a "blast" from another. It is my neighborhood and I will be ok (except from the Police...I am wearing their favorite color, anarchist black) there are very many people that I see every day. My hands are stinging from the pepper spray, I have been gassed at least five times standing within two blocks of my home peacefully assemb led. DO NOT LET ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT THE POLICE ACTED ON THIS CROWD BECAUSE THEY WERE DISORDERLY. they entered this neighborhood for a reason unclear to anyone in this building. They fired volley after volley of tear gas canisters and that is what drew everyone out of their homes. The news stations say they are covering this, but I saw nothing except Garth Brooks looking ridiculous and singing white christmas or something. PLEASE let people know that citizens are being gassed and sprayed for standing outside in this neighborhood which is well (or was ) outside the curfew zone. This city is undermartial law whehter or not the fuckers are willing to make it official by announcement. I will let all of you know as WAIT. Paul and Peter have just come in.They are safe.The news is BLATANTLY LYING TO PEOPL:E They are saying thatr the streets are clear ...there are about 3000 people in the streets right now. They have been pushing the police down the hill and apparently they are being led toward the 12th street precinct. I have to go hear the other lies on the television. later [to unsubscribe: send 'unsubscribe ncndiscuss-l' to [EMAIL PROTECTED]] 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] COINTELPRO in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- I am convinced that at least some of the black-clad "anarchists" in Seattle are agents provocateurs. However, just whom they work for is another question altogether. Their assignment is clearly to discredit the legitimate nonviolent anti-WTO movement, which is one of the most broadly-based movements in U.S. history. Their "sponsors" could be any of several U.S. government agencies--FBI, CIA, military intelligence (remember the fake "civilian demonstrators" from the Urban Warrior exercises? Was this what *they* were practicing for?); they could also be working for one or more multinational corporations, or for assorted foreign governments. Or perhaps the answer is "All of the above." Also, as a longtime student of nonviolent anarchism, I am extremely annoyed at the use of these punks to smear the honorable name "anarchist." The big parade on Tuesday included the IWW, and the Wobblies are *true* anarchists. It's a fool's errand to try to make the news media see the difference between real anarchists like the Wobblies and those nihilists in Nike sneakers who trashed Niketown, but at least we in the movement owe it to ourselves and our sisters and brothers to be aware of the distinction. True anarchism scares the shit out of the Oligarchy; unthinking nihilism only serves the Oligarchy's purposes. -Original Message- From: Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 7:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] COINTELPRO in Seattle -Caveat Lector- Read this. See if anyone can get hold of CBS (KIRO) affiliate reporter named Meagan Black, and or copy of the broadcast. Most of us are aware that FBI COINTELPRO is famous for undermining activists with agents provocateur. (or land-mining them, like Judi Bari) This CBS broadcast is evidence. Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave 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] Skeptic News - Thursday #4 - 12/02/99
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202d - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No ballerinas were crippled much during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Live In The Future: http://home.fea.net/~cjepsen/Googie.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # BETWEEN PLEASURE PAIN: Scientists studying pain say ballerinas withstand more pain than any athlete, even football players. Every dancer examined in Canada's National Ballet has arthritis from dancing on pointe. Ouch. Suffering for art: http://nationalpost.com/artslife.asp?f=991202/141388 # HERE WE GO AGAIN: Two US senators claim violence on television is actually up 30% since Congress raised concerns in 1997.This is an industry thats stiffing us - http://www.variety.com/article.asp?articleID=1117758513 : Would you rather suffer for your art, or make someone else suffer? Is pain required for art, humor, politics, faith? Do you believe in inflicting pain? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Assembling Molecules an Atom at a Time. Researchers used a specially designed scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to pick up single molecules of carbon monoxide and graft them onto an iron atom to form molecules of iron carbonyl. Customization: http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99872/goURL : Did you know that a STM can be built REAL cheap? See Ed Regis' book NANO for an account of a kid who made one, with RadioShack parts. Do you want to manipulate matter at the atomic level? What molecules d'ya wanna assemble? # Or is Time Merely an Illusion? Speculation on the nature of time has long been the domain of philosophers: Physicists dared not approach. Physicist Julian Barber suggests that time is an artifact of the arrangement of matter. Rearrange space/time: http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99875/goURL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NEW VERSION OF EXPLOREZIP DEFIES ANTI-VIRUS SYSTEMS. ExploreZip, the worm that devastated systems in June, is now back in a compressed version that slips through anti-virus security systems. The worm infected several major firms on Tuesday. Dubbed MiniZip by some security vendors - a reference to how the worm has been compressed - the latest outbreak uses exactly the same technology as ExploreZip, except that it has been compressed in a format that masks it from security systems which scan incoming messages for attacks. http://cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/01/explorezip.again.idg : Does the cybervirus world abide by Murphy's Law Of Cybernetic Etymology - "There's always another bug"?? What's your favorite virus payload? Do you like to scramble target systems with chaotic randomization? How d'ya sneak your payloads past the gatekeepers? Will ever-changing compression systems render a computer virus impervious to detection? Is computation doomed??? # Recodable Locking Device [RLD]. The RLD, which uses microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology so small that it takes a microscope to see it, is a series of tiny notched gears that move to the unlocked position only when the right code is entered. It's the first known mechanical hardware designed to keep unwanted guests from breaking codes illegally entering computer other secure systems. http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99881/goURL _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Paralyzed by a Beam from a UFO. I noticed a deep black globe about 3 feet in diameter, hovering in place about 80' away 18" or so off the ground. The sphere was a pure black, almost as if it were a hole in space; yet I could tell it was fully 3-D and very real. The sphere started drifting smoothly towards my right at about half a mile an hour. A low humming noise became evident at this point. The object then emitted an intense, fan-shaped orange beam of some kind, directed towards my right sweeping slowly from right to left. As the beam swept past, objects in its path (tires, pop cans, etc.) glowed a kind of phosphorescent orange color; while the general background was darker. The beam hit me, paralyzing me where I stood. That's the last I remember: http://caus.org/mu120299.htm : Have you been paralyzed by aliens lately? Have you paralyzed any humans or aliens lately? Which are easier to deal with? What technology do you use??? # Space Vehicles Arrive -- But Whose? http://www.caus.org/pn120299.htm @ Alien Abductions.-- The most startling aspect of the UFO Phenomena. Millions of people have reportedly been abducted by beings from outer space. http://www.xprojectmagazine.com/archives/ufo/ufoabduction.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: @ Watch The Watchers: http://www.echelonwatch.org [NSA Surveillance] @ It's the cutest Sith Lord you ever did see, it's Darth Pikachu, pikapi! http://www.famousdesigns.com/wfcomics/beetle/darthpikachu.shtml @
[CTRL] Dinner for Gore makes observers queasy (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:34:26 -0500 (EST) The entire article can be viewed at : http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/linsidet.htm "**" Dinner for Gore makes observers queasy By Peter Johnson, USA TODAY A dinner party tonight at the Washington, D.C., home of ABC News correspondent John Cochran and his wife, Barbara, has raised some ethics questions at ABC News. The guests of honor are Vice President Gore and wife Tipper. Cochran, who covers the White House, is expected to be ABC's lead reporter on Gore's presidential campaign. Politicians and the reporters who cover them socialize casually all the time in Washington. But there are certain unspoken guidelines. One is to avoid being too close - or giving the appearance of chumminess - with a politician, especially during a race. In campaigns, reporters and candidates "will find themselves together at dinner parties all the time," says Keith Woods of the Poynter Institute, a St. Petersburg, Fla., school for journalists. "What changes in this case is the intimate relationship that is suggested by the fact that the reporter is inviting the candidate to his home. This is unnecessary muddying of the waters." Word around ABC News is that Cochran notified executives of the dinner party after the Gores - who are longtime friends of the Cochrans - had accepted the invitation. At that point, ABC News decided to foot the bill for the dinner. Woods called ABC's sponsorship "just stacking more bodies into the bed." Cochran couldn't be reached. ABC News spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said the "working dinner . . . will not compromise our coverage of the presidential race in any way." Murphy would not discuss how ABC came to sponsor the dinner. No other ABC correspondents have hosted dinners for candidates, she said. Reporters from The Washington Post, The New York Times and CNN will attend tonight. "It's one in a series of conversations we're having with presidential candidates. We intend to have other similar dinners." snip "**FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY" = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = 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] Seattle scanner online
-Caveat Lector- I wonder why no one has put in a "Battle-in-Seattle-CAM" yet Mike On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Stopforth, Jamie wrote: -Caveat Lector- Ahhh man, I'm not getting anything but bums and thugs stuff. Nothing on the WTO situation. Jamie -Original Message- From: Stopforth, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Seattle scanner online -Caveat Lector- Thanks! -Original Message- From: Dan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Seattle scanner online -Caveat Lector- Online Seattle police scanner: pnm://real.mp.intervu.net/scannerlive_sea (Load into Real Audio) Channels #WTO and #seattle on Efnet IRC are active during the evening hours. -- Dan S DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om = Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Mike Spitzer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. = 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,
Re: [CTRL] COINTELPRO in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- the legitimate nonviolent anti-WTO movement, What makes the nonviolent anti-WTO movement "legitimate" and the violent movement not? Was the Boston Tea Party not violent? Did that make it a bad thing? More to the point, what makes police violence legitimate and citizen violence not legitimate? 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] Outsider art inside: 'We Are Not Alone'
-Caveat Lector- Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum Outsider art inside: 'We Are Not Alone' (CNN) -- "Outsider" or "visionary art" are terms used to refer to work by artists whose inspirations are found outside normal experience and formal training. Such work -- sometimes created in a trance-like state and often defying normal expectations in its sophistication -- has confounded and fascinated collectors. It is, for example, the focus of a 1990 work of dance theater, "Praise House," staged by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and her New York-based company, Urban Bush Women. Now, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore offers "We Are Not Alone: Angels and Other Aliens," an exhibit of work by some 100 artists. Their link is a self-taught aesthetic of companionship -- visible and invisible. ALSO * Exhibition roundup: What's showing now MESSAGE BOARDEyes on exhibitions: Seen any good exhibits lately? Share your opinions on the message board Light and shadow This exhibit focuses on fantasy and fun, says museum founder-director Rebecca Hoffberger. But she says it also explores the more serious of its theme, with works that are sublime, peaceful, angry or disturbing. Outsider artists often tell of frightening sensations and images to which they're responding on canvas and in sculpture. Their frequent dependence on found materials can deepen the primitivist character of their work. But the complexity of their motifs can be arresting. The "We Are Not Alone" exhibit features interpretations of "visitations" of the sci-fi kind along with its images of faith. On the more whimsical side are some alien bunnies made of thousands of bottle caps by Grace and Clarence Woolsey; a 1976 black Cadillac Fleetwood covered with 5,000 spoons and forks said to have been bent by the mental power of Uri Geller; and "The World's First Robot Family," made of 100-percent recycled material from junkyards by DeVon Smith. Among darker works are August Walla's pictures of otherworldly protectors he felt were with him in his asylum confinement. There are soot-and-spit sketches by James Castle of three imaginary figures. And there are 27 of more than 120 drawings by Virginia housewife Betty Ann Luca, who says her alien encounters started when she was 7 years old. Text often figures into outsider art -- as do long, apocalyptic titles. These trends are represented in the exhibit, in part, by Norbert Kox's "Made in America: U.S. Upperman, the Man of Steal , Prince and Power of the Air, Usurperman, Usurper of the Role ... ." The work uses a numerological code that adds the characters in "Jesus Christ" and "Lucifer" to 666, a number linked in the biblical book of "Revelation" to Satanic forces. As daunting as some newcomers to visionary art find such work, Hoffberger says the show is "a reverent look at what's reality for different people." "We Are Not Alone" is curated by Susan Subtle Dintenfass and includes some 260 works. The majority of the pieces are by American artists but 34 come from the Outsider Collection and Archives of Dublin, Ireland; the Art Brut Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland; and Austria's Gugging Art Center. "We Are Not Alone: Angels and Other Aliens" runs through September 3, 2000, at the American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, Maryland, (410) 244-5858. http://www.cnn.com/1999/STYLE/arts/12/01/avam.alienangel.exhibit/ We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift 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] COINTELPRO in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- I didn't say police violence was legitimate. What I am trying to do is identify WHY the "anarchists" were ignored by the cops on Tuesday, while the nonviolent demonstrators were targeted. As a matter of principle, I do not believe that ANY violence is legitimate. With all due respect to my Jesuit professors, I don't accept the principle of double effect: it is NEVER appropriate to use violence to stop violence. If activists use violence themselves, they are simply adopting the methods of the Oligarchy, and by doing that they have allowed themselves to be coopted. QED: if not, why do agents provocateurs always try to get their targets to engage in violent actions? We DARE not use the enemy's weapons to fight the enemy...if we do that, we might as well just give up and enlist in the enemy's army. -Original Message- From: nessie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] COINTELPRO in Seattle -Caveat Lector- the legitimate nonviolent anti-WTO movement, What makes the nonviolent anti-WTO movement "legitimate" and the violent movement not? Was the Boston Tea Party not violent? Did that make it a bad thing? More to the point, what makes police violence legitimate and citizen violence not legitimate? DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance-not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [freedomfight] Re: SEATTLE'S JACKBOOTED THUGS TRASH CONSTITUTIONALRIGHTSOF U.S. CITIZENS!!
-Caveat Lector- Andre, Thought you knew the Constitution was 'thrashed' on March 4, 1933, and since then the thugs have been operating our federal government under what is commonly known as PUBLIC POLICY. Bard Andre Traversa wrote: Les, But we haven't even exhausted the resources of peaceful pfotest. And you're right, of course these draconian laws are unconstitkutional, but m point is that the kuse of violence will only lead to the passing of more kunconstitutional legislation. Btw, unreasonable searches and seizures are only unconstitutioonal if they are done by te federal government. The Billo f rights per se does not appl to the states or local police. The ol amendment tht directly applies to the states is the 5th, which is reiterated in the 14th Amenment, "no state shall deprive anone of life, liberty, or property without dkue process of law." The Bill of Rightsw only applies to the federal government. Andre eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/freedomfight/ http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications 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] Red flags raised about genetically engineered corn
-Caveat Lector- Red flags raised about genetically engineered corn Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Christian Science Monitor Service By ROBERT C. COWEN (December 2, 1999 10:24 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - In the journal Nature, researchers are raising warnings about genetically engineered corn that makes its own pesticide, giving new perspective to concerns about a development meant to reduce the need for chemical pesticides. The corn's toxin is supposed to kill only the pests it's aimed at. But lab tests have shown that the roots exude the poison into the soil where it can remain indefinitely. Other recent studies have found that the pollen of such genetically altered corn can kill monarch butterfly larvae, and that lacewings - natural predators of insect pests - die when fed corn borer worms raised on the plants. Critics discounted such findings as unnatural laboratory conditions unlikely to prevail on the farm. The new warning published Thursday in Nature also springs from the test tube. But this time, the findings identify a phenomenon that can directly affect farmers' fields. It is "very definitely" a concern, says microbiologist Guenther Stotzky of New York University, who reported the discovery along with his colleague Deepak Saxena and Saul Flores of the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Investigations. The corn produces the active part of an insecticide made by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. The toxin appears in the leaves, stock, pollen, and roots. When it's ingested, caterpillars stop eating and die. Soil bacteria destroy the toxin if they can get at it. Stotzky and his colleagues found that the poison binds to clay particles and humic acids found naturally in most soils. Instead of disappearing in about 25 days, it is active for at least 234 days. The scientists note that pollen falling on the ground and corn stocks plowed back into the soil add to the toxin that roots exude. They don't know if build-up would continue or level off. Bt corn toxin is different from Bt sprays widely used as an alternative to chemical insecticides, Stotzky explains. The latter are crystals that only become active in the target insects' digestive systems. That's why they don't harm other creatures. The corn carries a gene that produces the active form of the poison, which puts pressure on soil organisms. No one knows the consequences, Stotzky says, but "we should stop at this point and consider these things." He may get his wish. The United States and other countries use Bt corn widely, but it is falling out of favor due to growing consumer resistance to foods derived from crops genetically modified to carry alien genes. Some major food companies insist that suppliers segregate these crops, and non-genetically modified corn now fetches premium prices. (c) Copyright 1999. The Christian Science Publishing Society Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.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
[CTRL] Could one genetically modified fish invade a species and destroy it?
-Caveat Lector- Wednesday December 1, 12:01 AM Could one genetically modified fish invade a species and destroy it? By Matt Walker A SINGLE genetically modified fish could turn Darwinian evolution upside down and wipe out local populations of the species if released into the wild, biologists warn. They add that other organisms could face the same risk from transgenic relatives. William Muir and Richard Howard of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, made the discovery while modelling ecological risks associated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). They have dubbed their idea the "Trojan gene" hypothesis. "This resembles the Trojan horse," says Muir. "It gets into the population looking like something good and it ends up destroying the population.". The researchers studied fish carrying the human growth hormone gene hGH, which increases growth rate and final size. Biologists in the US and Britain are experimenting with salmon engineered in a similar way, although no one has yet begun commercial production. Muir and Howard included hGH in embryos of a fish called the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), a common aquarium fish that is widely used in research. They found that modified individuals became sexually mature faster than normal fish and produced more eggs. Other experiments using non-modified fish also showed that larger males attracted four times as many mates as their smaller rivals. This effect is also known in salmon. Muir predicts that bigger, engineered fish would enjoy the same advantages. So the hGH gene would quickly spread through a fish population. But Muir and Howard also found that only two-thirds of engineered medaka survived to reproductive age compared with wild medakas. So the spread of the growth hormone gene could make populations dwindle and eventually become extinct. To quantify this, the researchers plugged their results into a computer model to find out what would happen if 60 transgenic individuals joined a wild population of 60 000 fish. The population became extinct within just 40 generations. Even a single transgenic animal could have the same effect, they found, although extinction would take longer. "You have the very strange situation where the least fit individual in the population is getting all the matings--this is the reverse of Darwin's model," says Muir. "The sexual selection drives the gene into the population and the reduced viability drives the population to extinction." The researchers say their results are the first evidence that GMOs could have catastrophic consequences on their own species. David Penman, a fish geneticist at the University of Stirling, welcomes the discovery. But he says there is evidence that some transgenic fish modified with growth hormone have reduced sperm production and mating success. "If large males tend to mate with large females, this would often result in matings between transgenics," he adds. This would decrease rather than increase the spread of the gene. But John Beringer of Bristol University, a former chairman of the British committee that advises the government on GMOs, says the research is a warning. "It would make it very difficult for anyone at the moment to approve the release of GM fish carrying growth hormone," he says. "I would have to give a great deal of consideration about whether that's an intelligent route to go down." Muir says that the model may prove an invaluable tool in assessing the dangers of GMOs. He hopes to test its predictions in tightly controlled fish farm ponds. Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (vol 96, p 13 853) (From New Scientist, 4/12/99) Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.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
[CTRL] rapist gives narcotraffikers a new base
-Caveat Lector- (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) Vol. 15, No. 47 -- December 20, 1999 Published Date November 24, 1999, in Washington, D.C. http://www.insightmag.com An Island Nation Stormed by Drugs By Martin Arostegui The Dominican Republic's drug czar says U.S. ambivalence is letting traffickers make a narcostate of his country, turning it into a hub for the export of illegal narcotics. Last year Marino Vinicio Castillo, the president of the Dominican Republic's National Council on Drugs, stood beside U.S. officials in Santo Domingo and announced the seizure of three drug-transporting planes owned by Mexican kingpin Luis Horacio Cano, a man indicted on 57 counts of narcotrafficking and convicted in U.S. federal court. The Dominican Republic's drug czar was acting at the request of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA. He revealed that the seized aircraft had been transshipping cocaine through that country and flying back crates full of dollars to be laundered into local investments. Castillo called for "the immediate extradition" of Cano's alleged Dominican collaborators, Tito Hernandez and Edmond Elias. . . . . "This marks a great step in the collaboration between our two governments in the fight against drugs," declared U.S. Consul General Edward Cubbison, joining Castillo at the microphone. "It's a warning to all those who practice the crime that they have no place to hide." . . . . Today, however, those words ring hollow. Castillo tells Insight that he fears his country is being allowed to drift into narcostatehood, accusing the White House of undermining his efforts to fight drug trafficking. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez -- an ally of the Clintons who is reportedly helping the first lady with the sizable Dominican immigrant vote in her New York Senate bid -- has failed to hand over Hernandez or Elias, both of whom are reported to be financial contributors to his ruling Dominican Liberation Party, or PLD. . . . . Castillo also points to a pattern of official negligence that he says is helping drug cartels penetrate the Dominican Republic and neighboring Haiti. While Clinton officials congratulated themselves on last month's roundup of some recycled remnants of Colombia's Medellín cartel, they remained silent while the Dominican government sold off major state properties to known criminal interests. . . . . "It's a fatal blow to the war on drugs" says Castillo, reporting that Dominican Airlines was sold to a Venezuelan company, Atlantic Inc., which Castillo says has at least two directors involved in narcotrafficking. Chinese gangs moving money from Hong Kong also were using the government's privatization drive to try to gain control of key port and maritime
[CTRL] FW: New Belief System / GF 113099
-Caveat Lector- FWIW. -Original Message- From: Red Anahuak Networks [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 9:00 PM To: AAANAHUAK Cc: AAPAOPAG; AAGAYSPIRIT; AAHNS; AAGMN; AAELM; AAACTIVIST; AAANDROIA Subject: New Belief System / GF 113099 Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist LUXWEB ANAHUAKlists www.onelist.com/community/anahuak www.onelist.com/community/anahuakweekly Free New Info Selection Services TODAY: Update by Sheldan Nidle for the Spiritual Hierarchy and the Galactic Federation November 30, 1999 (5 Ix. 7 Yaxk'in, 8 Manik) Greetings! We welcome you, and with joy and in glee provide you with our message! Eons ago, dear Ones, your beloved Mother Earth and its many sentient caretakers were given the sacred task of guiding physical Creation to the next appointed stage in its development. The time for this task has now commenced formally. The many celestial events that are currently taking place around you in deep space are only a portent that your very magnificent planet and its numerous sentient dwellers are being readied for their prophesied assignments. These tasks imply conclusively that shortly, you shall possess fully integrated bodies and shall have become fully conscious Beings. We in Heaven have come to your shores to complete these sacred tasks. Once here, we have showered you with the sacred energies of A-E-O-N. We have followed the commands of Lord Siraya and permitted myriads of the divine Orders of Heaven to surround you with their Love and to fill you with their Blessings. This activity has rapidly transformed the matrix that orders your current reality. Your reality is destined to become a most miraculous place. Its inhabitants are presently feeling the nature of these changes. Your planetary entity, Mother Earth, sings daily of the wondrous events that are soon to occur. In addition, the main liaison team of the Galactic Federation's first contact mission has begun what are to be a most momentous series of negotiations with your worldly cabals and their governmental counterparts. Dear Ones of the Light, we shall not rest until these tasks are concluded successfully. These talks involve many things. Mostly, they involve the use of certain agreements that can bring your assigned tasks swiftly to the forefront. Keep in mind that your primary task is to function as the co-creators of a new reality. In achieving it, you are integrating an amazing number of realities into your own. You are to be a truly grand lynchpin for uniting this third dimension in ways that it has not known before. Moreover, you are to be the bridge that brings the energies and the profundity of the fourth, fifth and sixth dimensions to this reality. It is important that you begin to envision yourselves as a bridge between numerous realities and dimensions. This position is one for which your new reality has been designed. You have incarnated into this reality to alter it into what it is destined to become. You have also taken on the responsibility of acting as the hub for the next series of events that shall unfold this aspect of Creation. This process is one that we have briefly hinted at in some of our more recent messages. We would like now to examine this matter in some detail. However, you should know first that the intricate details of this process have already been put into the matrix that is currently creating your new reality. This new reality is inevitable. It is a part of your future. Nonetheless, there are still some aspects that you will need to manifest in the very near future. One of these is the creation of some unique societal structures, along with a new global belief system that empowers you and does not limit your abilities. This procedure is one that you are rapidly moving toward. You are starting to see how powerful you really are. This inner power stems from your True Self. This is the divine 'I Am' presence that is truly you. It is this great Spirit entity that willingly forms the many Orders, Councils and Administrations that divinely carry out the sacred decrees and commands of the divine plan. When you were plunged into limited consciousness, an etheric screen was forged that divided you from your inner essence. You were forced by the very nature of this reality to look outward and see your life as a temporary span of physical existence that usually lasted for many decades. The spiritual realm was seen only as a guide, and as a final repository for your soul. Indeed, the ways of the spiritual were deeply manipulated by those in your reality who sought to control you. In the past, only the sacred missions of a number of specially appointed heavenly Way-showers have prevented you from being cast into eternal darkness. Their messages and their sacred lives have helped to keep the door pried open that leads
Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Monday #1 - 11/29/99
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I can suggest.. Bloodlines of the Holy Grail by Laurence Gardner.. Seems to
be the latest revelations/..
Some of his lectures are available at
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/2301/Directory.html
Peter
We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard
http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift
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From: Tatman, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Monday #1 - 11/29/99
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This heresy is properly known as "docetism" ("seeming" or "fooling"). See
John Dart, *The Laughing Savior* (out of print) for a popularized
examination of this and other Gnostic beliefs represented in the Nag
Hammadi
Library.
HBHG, however, has to be read with about a peck of salt. There is a lot of
valuable material in it; there is also a lot of sheer, unadulterated
poppycock. Check their sources before swallowing anything in the book.
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Yeshua's crucifixion was faked and it was actually Simon of Cyrene
who was nailed up,
Why Simon of Cyrene? What's the story?
This is one of the earliest traditions of non-orthodox Xianity,
passed on for millennia in the oral tradition, and substantiated
by the Nag Hammadi scrolls. I'm reading about it in HOLY BLOOD,
HOLY GRAIL by Baigent Leigh Lincoln [Dell, 1983]. On page
381 of the Dell paperback they write:
In one undated codex, for example, the Second Treatise of the
Great Seth, Jesus is depicted precisely as he is in the heresy
of Basilides -- escaping his death on the cross by dint of an
ingenious substitution... Jesus speaks in the first person:
"I did not succumb to them as they had planned... and I did not
die in reality but in appearance, lest I be put to shame by
them... it was another, Simon, who bore the cross on his
shoulder. It was another upon whom they placed the crown of
thorns... And I was laughing at their ignorance." (22)
With convincing consistency certain other works in the Nag Hammadi
collection bear witness to a bitter and ongoing feud between Peter
and the Magdalen -- a feud [reflecting] a schism between the
"adherants of the message" and the adherants of the bloodline.
HOLY BLOOD is a fascinating book, laying the groundwork for many of
the conspiracies that are currently under discussion. And it points
out just what a sham Xianity is. Read and learn.
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[CTRL] Everything u ever wanted 2 know about SSNs
-Caveat Lector- THURSDAY AUGUST 19 1999 (Not) Everything you ever wanted to know about SSNs © 1999 Claire Wolfe Last week's column http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_cwolfe/19990812_xccwo_keeping_ba.shtml about babies without Social Security numbers drew a ton of mail. Usually, that's good. This time it was a mixed bag. I heard from gutsy people refusing to cooperate with government child-tracking schemes. I heard from people with helpful info. But I also heard from lots who either didn't get or didn't like what "Lawyer X" and I had to say. This week I want to deal with some of their objections. "How will baby drive, get credit or buy a house without a government number?" Last week's column argued, "Give baby a chance to choose whether or not he wants a number. He can't do that when he's an hour old." I didn't take a stand against all government citizen-numbering (though, in fact, I do and will). I just said that the decision to bear a tracking number has far-reaching consequences for freedom and privacy, and that an individual is entitled to make that decision for himself, not to have it imposed upon him at birth. Yep, years from now -- when it comes time to drive or go to college -- grown-up baby will have some tough decisions to make. Of course, baby might face a more hopeful future if enough people -- today -- tell the government (and its Little Brother corporations) to take a leap into the abyss with their control schemes. "But how will I get my tax deduction if I don't number the baby?" The government wants more of your freedom. If you don't give in, it'll extract more of your money. And if you do give in, it'll know it can take even more money or freedom from you next time. Are these the kinds of choices you want to continue to be pressured to make? Or do you want to say a resounding NO to such blackmail? There is an alternate government number you might be able to wheedle for your baby in order to write him off. Ask the IRS about it. You can always make deals -- if that's the kind of world you want. "But you have to use an SS number. Otherwise, you can't live a normal life!" This objection -- repeated by more correspondents than I care to think about -- depressed me for days. Of course it's true. Absolutely, totally, completely true. If you don't have -- or if you refuse to use -- an SS number for ordinary activities like driving, connecting utilities, purchasing firearms, renting videos, etc. -- you'll find yourself leading a curtailed life or constantly fighting with bureaucrats, store clerks and company officials. But can't you see? That's exactly why it's so crucial to fight this universal numbering business as fiercely as if you were a rabid Tasmanian devil! The abuse of SS numbers has been growing since the first SS legislation was spawned. But only since 1996 have the worst abuses been codified into law. You -- and your children -- are slowly being squeezed into a position of absolute submission to authority -- with your SS number as the lever. It's being used to control your access to everything from credit to health care to work to investments to education to insurance to housing to travel -- and eventually, to food. Free people do not tolerate such control over their lives. It must be halted -- and reversed. "You didn't tell me how I can get a credit card or health insurance without a number." Right. First of all, it was a 1,500-word column
Re: [CTRL] [SC] Skeptic News - Monday #1 - 11/29/99
-Caveat Lector- Peter wrote: I can suggest.. Bloodlines of the Holy Grail by Laurence Gardner.. Seems to be the latest revelations/.. David: Most of us on the Priory of Sion list serve at OneList.com would debate the value of Sir Laurence's work. He seems willing to twist and even invent information to serve his own purposes. Compared to 'Bloodlines', 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' reads like mainstream scholarship. David Rupp Get caught up in The Web of Fate at http://pages.whowhere.com/arts/david.rupp/home.html. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Lawsuit Uncovers Disagreement Within FDA Over Safety of Biotech Foods
-Caveat Lector- Lawsuit Uncovers Disagreement Within FDA Over Safety of Biotech Foods Agency Contradicted Own Experts in Approving Genetically Engineered Foods Misrepresented Facts in Order to Promote U.S. Biotech Industry Statement by Steven M. Druker, JD, executive director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, coordinator of the lawsuit against the FDA to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of genetically engineered foods, and an attorney on the case (in collaboration with the legal department of the Center for Food Safety in Washington, D.C.) Prying Out the Facts Through Litigation In May 1998, a coalition of public interest groups, scientists, and religious leaders filed a landmark lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of all genetically engineered foods (Alliance for Bio-Integrity, et. al. v. Shalala). Nine eminent life scientists joined the coalition in order to emphasize the degree to which they think FDA policy is scientifically unsound and morally irresponsible. Now, the FDA's own files confirm how well-founded are their concerns. The FDA was required to deliver copies of these files--totalling over 44,000 pages--to the plaintiffs' attorneys. False Claims and a Policy at Odds with the Law The FDA's records reveal it declared genetically engineered foods to be safe in the face of broad disagreement from its own experts -- all the while claiming a broad scientific consensus supported its stance. Internal reports and memoranda disclose: (1) agency scientists repeatedly cautioned that foods produced through recombinant DNA technology entail different risks than do their conventionally produced counterparts and (2) that this input was consistently disregarded by the bureaucrats who crafted the agency's current policy, which treats bioengineered foods the same as natural ones. Besides contradicting the FDA's claim that its policy is science-based, this evidence shows the agency violated the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act in allowing genetically engineered foods to be marketed without testing on the premise that they are generally recognized as safe by qualified experts. FDA Scientists Protest Attempt to Equate Genetic Engineering with Conventional Breeding The FDA admits it is operating under a directive "to foster" the U.S. biotech industry; and this directive advocates the premise that bioengineered foods are essentially the same as others. However, the agency's attempts to bend its policy to conform with this premise met strong resistance from its own scientists, who repeatedly warned that genetic engineering differs from conventional practices and entails a unique set of risks. Numerous agency experts protested that drafts of the Statement of Policy were ignoring the recognized potential for bioengineering to produce unexpected toxins and allergens in a different manner and to a different degree than do conventional methods. For instance, Dr. Louis Priybl of the FDA Microbiology Group wrote, "There is a profound difference between the types of unexpected effects from traditional breeding and genetic engineering which is just glanced over in this document." He added that several aspects of gene splicing "...may be more hazardous." Dr. Linda Kahl, an FDA compliance officer, objected that the agency was "...trying to fit a square peg into a round hole ... [by] trying to force an ultimate conclusion that there is no difference between foods modified by genetic engineering and foods modified by traditional breeding practices." She stated: "The processes of genetic engineering and traditional breeding are different, and according to the technical experts in the agency, they lead to different risks." Moreover, Dr. Jim Maryanski, the FDA Biotechnology Coordinator, acknowledged there is no consensus about the safety of genetically engineered foods in the scientific community at large, and FDA scientists advised they should undergo special testing, including toxicological tests. Misrepresenting the Facts in Order to Approve the Foods Nonetheless, so strong was the FDA's motivation to promote the biotech industry that it not only disregarded the warnings of its own scientists about the unique risks of gene-spliced foods, it dismissed them and took a public position that was the opposite. Its official policy asserts: "The agency is not aware of any information showing that foods derived by these new methods differ from other foods in any meaningful or uniform way" Thus, although agency experts advised that genetically engineered foods should be subjected to special testing, the bureaucrats in charge of the policy proclaimed these foods require no testing at all. Violating Federal Law Besides violating basic canons of ethics, the FDA's behavior flagrantly violates the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which mandates that new food additives be established safe through testing prior to marketing. While the FDA admits
[CTRL] LANDMARK LAWSUIT CHALLENGES FDA POLICY
-Caveat Lector- LANDMARK LAWSUIT CHALLENGES FDA POLICY ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD EMINENT SCIENTISTS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS DEMAND ADEQUATE SAFETY TESTING AND MANDATORY LABELING CHARGE AGENCY WITH IGNORING SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISKS,VIOLATING CONSUMER RIGHTS, AND INFRINGING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM On May 27, 1998, the Alliance for Bio-Integrity led an unprecedented coalition of scientists, health professionals, religious leaders, and consumers in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of all genetically engineered foods. The suit alleges that current FDA policy, which permits such altered foods to be marketed without testing and labels, violates the agency's statutory mandate to protect public health and provide consumers with relevant information about the foods they eat. It also charges that the policy violates religious freedom. The Alliance assembled the coalition and coordinated the suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. and was followed by a press conference at the National Press Club which was televised by C-Span. The Washington-based International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) collaborated in organizing the suit and is serving as lead counsel. Both the Alliance for Bio-Integrity and the CTA are nonprofit organizations dedicated to the protection of human health and the environment through sustainable and safe technologies. The Need for Stronger Safety Testing The FDA does not require testing of genetically engineered foods because it regards them to be as safe as their natural counterparts. This policy is based on the assumption that piecemeal, haphazard insertion of genes from distant and dissimilar species into an organism's DNA is substantially equivalent to sexual reproduction between like organisms, in which entire sets of genes are combined in a harmonious and ordered manner. The lawsuit alleges that this assumption is false, since it ignores the unpredictable disruptions that the foreign genes can cause in their new system. Through these disruptions, familiar foods can become toxic or carcinogenic. Such disruptive influence remains the most probable explanation for the contamination of a genetically engineered food supplement, L-tryptophan, with a novel and highly toxic ingredient. This toxin caused dozens of deaths and thousands of serious illnesses. There is also a substantial risk that foreign DNA can cause foods to become allergenic, especially since many engineered foods contain substances that have never been in the human food supply. To emphasize the scientific unsoundness of the FDA's policy, many distinguished scientists and health professionals from institutions such as Northwestern University Medical School, NYU Medical School, Rutgers University, and the University of California at Berkeley have agreed to join as plaintiffs. They support the allegation that FDA policy does not adequately screen for the many risks associated with genetically engineered foods and must require rigorous long-term testing before any product is marketed. (A list of the scientist plaintiffs appears at the end of this document.) The Need for Labeling: Both Secular and Religious Reasons At least 36 different genetically engineered whole foods are currently being sold without identifying labels. These include potatoes, tomatoes, soy, corn, squash and many other fruits and vegetables to which a variety of new genes from different species have been added. These genetically reconfigured foods are also used as ingredients in processed foods and have been found in a number of mass consumed products such as soy-based baby formulas and popular corn chip brands. Because of FDA's failure to require labeling, millions of American infants, children and adults are consuming genetically engineered products each day without their knowledge. As a purely secular matter, the plaintiffs allege that because such foods have been implanted with foreign genes and the substances they produce, FDA policy violates those sections of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which (a) require that substances added to food be labeled, (b) prohibit "false or misleading" labeling, and (c) mandate disclosure of material facts. While this lack of labeling restricts the right of all consumers to make informed choices, it is especially injurious to people with uncommon food allergies. Numerous individuals with such allergies pleaded for labeling during FDA's formal comment period in 1992 but were ignored. Some of them have now joined as plaintiffs. As a spiritual matter, millions of Americans feel obligated to refrain from some or all genetically altered foods on the basis of religious principle. Many Jews and Muslims want to avoid foods with substances from specific animals while devout vegetarians want to avoid substances from any animal. Additionally, a considerable portion of the population is
[CTRL] Declaration of Dr. Richard Lacey re: GM Foods
-Caveat Lector- From: "Hilary A. Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Note: This document (in html format) is formatted to closely resemble the original, with the same wording. This is not a photocopy, which accounts for why there is no signature at the end, as there is in the original.] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALLIANCE FOR BIO-INTEGRITY, et al. Plaintiffs v. DONNA SHALALA, et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )Civil Action No. 98-1300 (CKK) P. DECLARATION OF Dr. Richard Lacey, M.D., Ph.D. I, Richard Lacey, state: 1. I reside at Carlton Manor near Yeadon, Leeds, 197BE, United Kingdom. 2. I earned both a B.A. in biochemistry and an M.D. from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Bristol. Since 1971, I have been a member of the Royal College of Pathologists, and since 1983, I have been Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Leeds. (I have been on Emeritus status since 1995.) 3. I am an expert in food safety issues, and my background makes me especially qualified to assess the potential risks of genetically engineered food products. I served four years on a U.K. government advisory panel on food as it relates to human and animal health, and I have written five books on food safety, including one published by Cambridge University Press in 1994 containing a detailed discussion of genetically engineered food. (This book has been translated into Japanese and Polish.) In addition, I have written over 200 articles published in standard scientific journals and attended and spoken at numerous scientific conferences both in the U.K. and abroad. (A list of my publications and honors is attached.) 4. In 1989, I anticipated that there could be serious health risks to the British cattle and human populations from the practice of feeding cattle rendered meat from sheep and other animals. I published my warnings in Food Microbiology, 1990. In this article, I explained the nature of the malady that could result. This was the first prediction of what eventually became the "mad cow" epidemic in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, the governmental authorities were slow to respond to my warning. Had they properly assessed and acted upon the information I presented, much hardship would have been avoided, and the citizens would not have been subjected to as high a degree of risk. (Because of the long latency period between exposure to the infectious agent and development of symptoms, there is a potential for widespread incidence of infection within the British public over the next forty years.) 5. It is my considered judgment that employing the process of recombinant DNA technology (genetic engineering) in producing new plant varieties entails a set of risks to the health of the consumer that are not ordinarily presented by traditional breeding techniques. It is also my considered judgment that food products derived from such genetically engineered organisms are not generally recognized as safe on the basis of scientific procedures within the community of experts qualified to assess their safety. Paragraphs 6 through 10 explain why these new foods entail higher risks, and paragraphs 12 through 15 explain why none of them is generally recognized as safe. 6. Recombinant DNA technology is an inherently risky method for producing new foods. Its risks are in large part due to the complexity and interdependency of the parts of a living system, including its DNA. Wedging foreign genetic material in an essentially random manner into an organism's genome necessarily causes some degree of disruption, and the disruption could be multi-faceted. Further, whether singular or multi-faceted, the disruptive influence could well result in the presence of unexpected toxins or allergens or in the degradation of nutritional value. Further, because of the complexity and interactivity of living systems -- and because of the extent to which our understanding of them is still quite deficient -- it is impossible to predict what specific problems could result in the case of any particular genetically engineered organism. Prediction is even more difficult because even when dealing with one variety of a food-producing organism and one particular set of foreign genetic material, each insertion event is unique and can yield deeply different results. 7. The mechanics and risks of recombinant DNA technology are substantially different from those of natural methods of breeding. The latter are typically based on sexual reproduction between organisms of the same or closely related species. Normally, entire sets of genes are paired in an orderly manner that maintains a fixed sequence of genetic information. Every gene remains under the control of the organism's intricately balanced regulatory system. The substances produced by the genes are those that have been within the species for a long stretch of biological time. (In cases where mating is between
[CTRL] Declaration of Philip Regal, Ph.D. re: GM Foods
-Caveat Lector- From: "Hilary A. Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[Note: This document (in html format) is formatted to closely resemble the original, with the same wording. This is not a photocopy, which accounts for why there is no signature at the end, as there is in the original.] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALLIANCE FOR BIO-INTEGRITY, et al. Plaintiffs v. DONNA SHALALA, et al. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )Civil Action No. 98-1300 (CKK) P. DECLARATION OF PHILIP J. REGAL, Ph.D. I, Philip J. Regal, state: l. I am a biologist in the College of Biological Sciences and am Professor of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution at the University of Minnesota (St. Paul), where I have been on the faculty since 1970. 2. I have made several important contributions to the study of plant biology, particularly in the area of how genetics relates to adaptability and organization of organisms. I have nine publications on this particular topic among my contributions to the peer reviewed scientific literature. (A list of my publications and key presentations is attached.) 3. Since 1983, I have closely studied various safety issues concerning the use of recombinant DNA technology (RDNA technology; genetic engineering) to develop new plant varieties. My involvement has been both intensive and extensive. I have attended and sometimes organized scientific biosafety workshops for government agencies and scientific societies, presented at conferences, and published articles on agricultural genetic engineering in the scientific literature. I have consulted for and worked closely with government regulatory agencies, Congressional staff, scientific organizations, private corporations, and public interest groups. 4. It is my professional opinion that utilizing RDNA technology in production of food-producing organisms can be very powerful biologically and very different biologically from conventional forms of breeding. It entails a set of risks to human health that are not ordinarily associated with the latter. Such use of RDNA technology has the well-recognized potential to interfere with the normal activities of the engineered organism, for example so as to generate unexpected and unknown toxins, carcinogens, allergens and other anti-nutritive substances. 5. My own analyses, as well as a substantial body of published research, clearly establish that these types of unintended side effects are risks that cannot be lightly discounted. Moreover, although I have kept abreast of developments in biotechnology and have regularly read the relevant scientific literature, I am not aware of any reliable study published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature which demonstrates that these risks are categorically either (1) negligible or (2) no greater than in the case of conventionally produced organisms. Nor am I aware of even one such peer-reviewed, professionally published study which has detailed scientific criteria for testing and evaluation and gone on to demonstrate that even one particular genetically engineered food is reasonably certain to produce no harm when eaten by a human being. 6. Rather, it is my considered judgment that the evidence to date, in its entirety, indicates there are scientifically justified concerns about the safety of genetically engineered foods and that some of them could be quite dangerous. Further, in the absence of reliable toxicological tests, it is not possible to determine which of these new foods are dangerous and which are not. 7. It is also my observation that there is not general recognition of the safety of genetically engineered foods among those members of the scientific community qualified to make such a judgment. In fact, it has been my personal experience over numerous years that many of those experts who publicly subscribe to the position that these foods are as safe as their natural counterparts privately admit they have serious doubts. For instance, when I attended a conference on biotechnology in Annapolis, Maryland in 1988, at which many officials from federal regulatory agencies (including the FDA) were present, I was shocked to learn the extent of uncertainty. In informal discussions at meals and on walks, government scientist after scientist acknowledged there was no way to assure the safety of genetically engineered foods. Several expressed the idea that, in order to take this important step of progress, society was going to have to bear an unavoidable measure of risk. 8. Consequently, I am deeply troubled by the FDA's decision to permit the widespread marketing of untested genetically food products based on a stated presumption they are, in the general case, equivalent to, and thus are as safe as, their natural counterparts. As I have pointed out, there is no sound scientific basis for such a presumption and the weight of the evidence is against it. It is my considered opinion that such a presumption can only be made by
[CTRL] Presentation for FDA Public Meeting, 11-30-1999
-Caveat Lector- From: "Hilary A. Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alliance for Bio-Integrity Home ALLIANCE FOR BI0-INTEGRITY Dedicated to Preserving the Safety of Our Food, the Health of Our Environment, and the Harmony of Our Relationship with Nature P.O. Box 110, Iowa City, Iowa 52244-0110 Voice: (515) 472-5554; Fax (515) 472-6431 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Web: www.biointegrity.org PRESENTATION FOR FDA PUBLIC MEETING, NOV. 30, 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. Panel on Scientific, Safety, and Regulatory Issues Steven M. Druker, J.D. Executive Director A. Introduction I am very pleased to be here, and I commend you, Commissioner Henney, for holding these meetings. I am also somewhat surprised to be here, since I am one of the strongest critics of your agency's policy on bioengineered foods and have coordinated a major lawsuit against it--a suit which is pending in U.S. District Court. The fact you have invited me indicates not only that you are interested in hearing from all sides, but suggests that you are also open to making meaningful changes. B. FDA Policy is Scientifically Unsound This is encouraging, since current FDA policy is sorely in need of change. While it claims to be science-based, it is seriously out of line with the standards of science -- and with the requirements of federal law. 1. Eminent Scientists Fault the Policy for Ignoring Biological Reality Numerous experts both here and abroad have criticized FDA policy as scientifically flawed, and nine of these experts are so concerned about the extent to which they view it as unsound and irresponsible that they have taken the unprecedented step of becoming plaintiffs in the lawsuit my organization is leading to amend the policy and institute mandatory, rigorous safety testing of all genetically engineered foods. These scientist-plaintiffs are eminent, and their concerns deserve attention. They include a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California at Berkeley, a respected molecular biologist at the State University of New York, and the associate director of targeted mutagenics at Northwestern University Medical School. This latter scientist routinely employs bioengineering in the medical field, but is troubled it is being used in food production without adequate safeguards. Also included is Professor Philip Regal, an internationally renowned plant biologist at the University of Minnesota, who has stated in a sworn declaration to the court "... there are scientifically justified concerns about the safety of genetically engineered foods and some of them could be quite dangerous." Why are our nine plaintiffs and so many other scientists so concerned about FDA policy? They think the agency is disregarding the well-recognized potential for recombinant DNA techniques to produce unexpected toxins and carcinogens in a different manner and to a different degree than do conventional methods. For one thing, the foreign genetic material invariably disrupts the region of host DNA into which it wedges, and this can adversely alter cellular function. Another source of potential problems is the routine practice of fusing powerful promoters from viruses or pathogenic bacteria to the transferred genes. This is necessary because genes ordinarily do not express well when implanted within a foreign cellular environment. However, besides boosting the foreign genes, these promoters can cause overexpression (or even suppression) of surrounding native genes. Further, these foreign promoters cause the transgenes to act independently of the host organism's intricate control mechanisms and to express their products in an essentially unregulated manner. This unregulated flow of foreign substances can upset complex biochemical feedback loops. Moreover, these powerful agents can activate metabolic pathways that are ordinarily inactive. Each of the above types of disruption can induce unexpected toxins, carcinogens or allergens -- or degrade nutritional value in an unpredictable manner. Unfortunately, the FDA's official position ignores this heightened potential for unpredictable negative side effects. Rather, the agency focuses almost exclusively on the factors that are known: the transferred genetic material and the substances it is known to produce. In effect, it is evaluating each transgenic substance as if it were an ingredient mixed into a pre-existing food rather than as a factor that can cause unpredictable deleterious changes in the developmental process of a food organism. As one of our plaintiffs, the respected molecular biologist Dr. Liebe Cavalieri has stated, such an approach is "simplistic if not simple minded." 2. Numerous FDA Scientists Have Warned About the Risks of Bioengineered Food What is especially troubling is that the risks the FDA is systematically ignoring are not only recognized by eminent experts outside the agency but by numerous scientists on its own staff. This came to light when the FDA had to give us
[CTRL] Emily Post on the Web (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Maybe this is the trick for list etiquette :) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 15:34:32 -0500 From: "Steven H. van Leeuwen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Emily Post on the Web BARTLEBY.COM PUBLISHES EMILY POST'S "ETIQUETTE" ON THE WEB For information contact: John Kibler, President CEO (212) 375-6288 [EMAIL PROTECTED] New York; Dec. 1, 1999--Bartleby.com--the Web's original source of the most sought-after reference books--announces the exclusive publication of the 627-page first edition of Emily Post's "Etiquette" (http://www.bartleby.com/95/). This republication of the 1922 edition of "Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home" features * Pithy advice on every subject of life by this self-made woman who sought to preserve American twentieth-century decorums; * Thousands of tips on correspondence, wedding planning, party giving, and conduct in every public or private setting; * A fully hypertexted subject index that allows quick access to the individual paragraphs most relevant to hundreds of topics; * Scores of full-page illustrations and facsimiles of social cards and invitations faithfully reproduced on the Web. "Etiquette" will surprise any reader not familiar with the thoughtfulness and style of this author of six novels and many essays and short stories. Far from being a proscriber of minutiae, Post the philosopher offers a way of living: "Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality--the outward manifestation of one's innate character and attitude toward life." (A collection of quotations from "Etiquette" is available at http://www.bartleby.com/sv/postquotes.html.) Post was convinced to write "Etiquette" after finding only inaccurate and incomplete information sources on the topic. "Just as Post applied her insight into social usage to bring the 'Best Society' into every American's home, Bartleby.com is pleased to fill the need on the Web for high-quality reference works freely available to every reader," said Steven van Leeuwen, Publisher and Founder of Bartleby.com. Bartleby.com published the very first classic book on the Web in 1994, and over five years later continues to lead the innovative field of Web publishing; for example, the publication of Post's "Etiquette" includes a fully hypertexted subject index, which allows the reader to jump directly from over 1,500 alphabetic subject entries to the most relevant of the 2,600 paragraphs in this 38-chapter book. ABOUT BARTLEBY.COM The preeminent publisher of free online books, Bartleby.com (www.bartleby.com) began as a personal research experiment in 1993 and within one year published the first classic book on the Web. Since then Bartleby.com has grown with the patronage of millions of loyal readers to incorporate in 1999 and engage a staff of editors and Internet professionals who select, design, and create an innovative electronic book experience. An ever-expanding list of great books--currently thousands of works by hundreds of authors--meets the needs of students, researchers, and pleasure readers alike. Bartleby.com has been widely cited as one of the best reference sites on the Web, having published among other works Bartlett's "Familiar Quotations" (9th ed.), Strunk's "Elements of Style" (1st ed.), Fowler's the "King's English" (2nd ed.), and "BartlebyVerse," which comprises six classic poetry anthologies, including the "Oxford Book of English Verse." This message was sent via the Book People mailing list. Posting address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin. and Unsubscribe address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charter: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/bookpeople.html NOTE: ADDRESSES CHANGING SOON! Watch for details. 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:
[CTRL] False century change
-Caveat Lector- All know (or should know :) the 3rd millenium start at 1/1/2001, not 1/1/2000. Why the media *stimulates* the wrong? I bet the Illuminati have a finger at that. 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: Non-corporate real news from Seattle's WTO scene]
-Caveat Lector- Original Message Subject: Non-corporate real news from Seattle's WTO scene Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 12:38:42 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Eternera [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --WebTV-Mail-14459-1728 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Eternera - http://get.to/eternera From Project Censored. Many good LINKS to click on below. Make peace nonviolently. Speak truth to power. Pray Jesus Christ comes quickly. Love one another. Be merciful. Deo Gratias. __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Great price! The Toshiba Satellite 2100CDS is one of CDW.com's most popular mobile computing solutions. At just 6.2 pounds, this 400MHz notebook computer is a fantastic bargain at only $1199.85. Click here OR Follow the link below for a full list of features. http://www.listbot.com/links/cdw --WebTV-Mail-14459-1728 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.99) by storefull-278.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:27:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailsorter-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) id 57D821BD2; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:27:42 -0800 (PST) Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from libvax.sonoma.edu (libvax.sonoma.edu [130.157.2.5]) by mailsorter-102-2.bryant.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix) with ESMTP id 789E3DF; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:27:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from process.sonoma.edu by SONOMA.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #39407) id [EMAIL PROTECTED] (original mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED]); Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:27:21 PST Received: from conversion.sonoma.edu by SONOMA.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #39407) id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ORCPT rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED]); Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:13:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [130.157.162.83] (Stv2-162-83.sonoma.edu [130.157.162.83]) by SONOMA.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #39407) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ORCPT rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED]); Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:12:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 09:13:11 -0800 From: Peter Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Best of the IMC in Seattle X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-id: l03102803b46c57cfb810@[130.157.162.83] MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Non-Corporate Real News From the Independent Media Center in Seattle IMC Daily Digest: The Seattle Lockdown December 1, 1999 --- Anti-WTO protestors have shut Seattle down. While a 'state of emergency' clamps down on the city for the second night, the people's newsroom at the Independent Media Center is buzzing. Over 400 IMC media producers are now collaborating to post, uplink, and print their stories of protest, analysis, outrage, and hope. Armed with cell phones, laptop computers, tape recorders, cameras, and a shoestring budget, media activists are using the Center=EDs website at www.indymedia.org to broadcast their stories. Video interviews and street footage are edited and uplinked to satellite, and articles are being published in The Blind Spot daily. While protests continue and brutal police tactics remain unchecked, the IMC continues to receive live reports from its video, print, audio, and photo teams despite a 7 pm curfew. In this, the first of the Independent Media Center=EDs daily digests, you can see, hear or read stories being produced by the IMC collective: Photo: Confrontation at 4th and Pike, 3:30pm PST by gazette webcam 4:54pm Tue Nov 30 '99 http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=3D146 Article: Turtles and Teamsters Unite Against Patent on Life by Sue Ellen White 7:22pm Wed Dec 1 '99 Patents on life itself already exist and a teach-in today featuring Ralph Nader aimed to mobilize farmers, environmentalists, labor, scientists, and citizens against the WTO's agreements on intellectual property. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=3D267 Article: Arrested Refuse to Comply with Booking by Ben Grad 11:48pm Wed Dec 1 '99 More than 450 arrested, and a seriously significant majority is both refusing to give their info, they won't get off the buses. http://216.173.206.96/imc/display.php3?article_id=3D284 Audio: Cell Phone Interview with Arrestees by Asha Confer 7:27pm Wed
[CTRL] Nigeria on verge of AIDS explosion
-Caveat Lector- http://cnn.com/1999/WORLD/africa/12/01/bc.aids.nigeria.reut/index.html Nigeria on verge of AIDS explosion, says study December 1, 1999 Web posted at: 12:26 PM EST (1726 GMT) LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Nigeria is on the verge of an AIDS explosion that could kill millions and wreak untold economic damage, a new report warned on Thursday. The study released to coincide with World AIDS day showed overall HIV infection rates in Africa's most populous nation of 5.4 percent, climbing as high as 21 percent in the worst affected areas. "Having reached prevalence of over five percent Nigeria has entered the stage where the epidemic is likely to increase at an exponential rate if adequate national response is not mounted," the study said. Like other West African countries, Nigeria has been less severely affected by the epidemic than eastern and southern Africa. But its population of more than 108 million means that it already has more people infected with the HIV virus which leads to AIDS than many other African countries. "This is bound to have a major socio-economic impact on Nigerian society, including reduced life expectancy, increased burden of medical care, increase in the number of orphans and decline in economic growth," the report said. Researchers say any change in sexual behaviour as a result of fear of infection has been limited, even following the 1997 death of popular and extremely promiscuous Afrobeat musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti from an AIDS related illness. Fighting HIV infection has not been the highest priority in a country where diseases like malaria and diarrhoea kill much more quickly and health structures are left dilapidated after the end this year of 15 years of corrupt military rule. President Olusegun Obasanjo has promised to make the fight against AIDS a priority despite his other challenges of ending murderous ethnic conflicts and reviving a moribund economy. "President Obasanjo said that he was determined to personally lead the national war against the scourge," a statement from the presidency said on Wednesday, adding that a comprehensive programme would soon be put in place. In some parts of Nigeria it is already too late to stop the explosion, spread mostly by heterosexual intercourse. The report showed that HIV infection rates had increased by as much as 700 percent in the worst hit regions since the last survey in 1995 and said 4.9 million Nigerians could be infected over the next five years. United Nations projections released in August showed infection could reach 10 percent of the population by 2005. Worst hit according to the report are Benue and Taraba states -- two key agricultural areas -- in northern central Nigeria, southeastern Akwa Ibom and Ebonyi States, and the big commercial centres of southwestern Lagos and northern Kaduna. Copyright 1999 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. === Robert F. Tatman Computer Help Desk Desktop LAN Services Systems Department Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 215.854.2729 215.854.2788 The contents of this message represent the opinion only of the writer, and may not be construed to indicate the endorsement of Knight-Ridder, Inc.; Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.; The Philadelphia Inquirer; or the Philadelphia Daily News. "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." 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] Kindergarten killing: Tale of pressure and jealousy grips Japan
-Caveat Lector- http://cnn.com/1999/ASIANOW/east/12/01/japan.kindergarten.ap/index.html Kindergarten killing: Tale of pressure and jealousy grips Japan December 2, 1999 Web posted at: 12:47 p.m. HKT (0447 GMT) TOKYO (AP) -- The Japanese way of education often means unrelenting pressure on families, biting competition between children and fiery jealousy among parents. But could it also mean murder? The Japanese have been asking that question since a housewife was arrested last week in the slaying of a 2-year-old girl -- and the media linked the crime to entrance exams for elite kindergartens. Details remain fuzzy, and reports emerged Tuesday that the 35-year-old suspect, who turned herself into police, has denied she acted out of jealousy over the child's academic success. But whatever the motive, the crime has ignited a wide-ranging debate over Japan's cut-throat education practices. The story has been splashed across newspapers and TV talk shows for days. The government has promised to consider education reforms. Critics are using it as fodder for tirades against schools and society. "People have this illusion that if you go to a good school, a happy life is waiting for you," said Gentaro Kawakami, a sociologist and education specialist. "In Japan these days we are raising children as if we were training animals." At the center of the case is Mitsuko Yamada, who is accused of taking Haruna Wakayama from a nursery school playground in central Tokyo and strangling her with a scarf in a public bathroom. She then allegedly buried the child's body at her parents' house, 110 miles away. Police will only say that Yamada, who was taken into custody Nov. 25, had "clashes" with the victim's mother. Both women had two children the same ages, 2 and 5. Japanese media, meanwhile, have been rife with accounts from neighbors and police that Haruna had recently passed an entrance exam at an elite kindergarten, while Yamada's daughter failed an initial random drawing to apply -- and that Yamada could not control her jealousy. For many Japanese, it isn't hard to imagine the brutal pressure of the education system driving someone to murder. Competitive entrance exams have long been the key to academic and social success in Japan. In recent decades, the race has become so intense that parents are pushing even infants to take the tests. The hope for such families is a spot in an elite kindergarten like the one Haruna had won. Passing such an exam, which tests manners and knowledge of things like colors, guarantees eventual entry to the schools' affiliated, prestigious universities. The pressure can be especially crushing in Japan, where a premium on conformity makes keeping up with the Joneses almost an obsession, particularly in districts of Tokyo where top schools _ and hopeful parents -- are clustered. "The overheating of competition among very young children is a real problem," Education Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Tuesday. "The ministry has been studying this ... and we will take the appropriate steps." The crime has also thrown a critical spotlight on the lives of urban housewives, many of whom are cut off from extended families and left by work-obsessed husbands to raise children on their own. With almost no life outside their homes, these women -- called "education mamas" -- measure their own self-worth by the academic achievements of their children, critics say. "Some mothers of the younger generation live in a very closed world," said Kawakami. "They have really limited relations with others, and you don't get a sense they are really living their lives." The killing, following other sensational crimes like a teen-ager's beheading of an 11-year-old two years ago, has also bolstered claims that the materialism and alienation of wealthy Japan have eclipsed the country's traditional values. "Are ... people's minds malfunctioning?" the Asahi newspaper asked in an editorial Saturday. "Or are the good qualities in our society, like tolerance and modesty, wearing down?" Of course, not all Japanese are obsessed with entrance exams. Yoshiko Kato, 41, mother of two in a working-class district of Tokyo, said it was "stupid" for families to spend so much time and money to get their toddlers into high-class schools. But she could see how the pressure could get to someone. "If I was in that group, maybe I could share those feelings," she said, playing with her 4-year-old in a park. "But killing someone is just not normal." Copyright 1999 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. === Robert F. Tatman Computer Help Desk Desktop LAN Services Systems Department Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 215.854.2729 215.854.2788 The contents of this message represent the opinion only of the writer, and may not be construed to indicate the endorsement of Knight-Ridder, Inc.; Philadelphia Newspapers,
Re: [CTRL] WTO, Sleepless in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- nessie wrote: If violence is not a wholly appropriate method for dealing with people who exploit slave labor, then the American Civil War was a mistake. The pretense that the "abolition of slavery" was either a motive or justification for the war, is a fraud of the same character with that of "maintaining the national honor." Who, but such usurpers, robbers, and murderers as they, ever established slavery? Or what government, except one resting upon the sword, like the one we now have, was ever capable of maintaining slavery? And why did these men abolish slavery? Not from any love of liberty in general---not as an act of justice to the black man himself, but only "as a war measure," and because they wanted his assistance, and that of his friends, in carrying on the war they had undertaken for maintaining and intensifying that political, commercial, and industrial slavery, to which they have subjected the great body of the people, both black and white. And yet these imposters now cry out that they have abolished the chattel slavery of the black man---although that was not the motive of the war---as if they thought they could thereby conceal, atone for, or justify that other slavery which they were fighting to perpetuate, and to render more rigorous and inexorable than it ever was before. There was no difference of principle---but only of degree---between the slavery they boast they have abolished, and the slavery they were fighting to preserve; for all restraints upon men's natural liberty, not necessary for the simple maintenance of justice, are of the nature of slavery, and differ from each other only in degree. If their object had really been to abolish slavery, or maintain liberty or justice generally, they had only to say: All, whether white or black, who want the protection of this government, shall have it; and all who do not want it, will be left in peace, so long as they leave us in peace. Had they said this, slavery would necessarily have been abolished at once; the war would have been saved; and a thousand times nobler union than we have ever had would have been the result. It would have been a voluntary union of free men; such a union as will one day exist among all men, the world over, if the several nations, so called, shall ever get rid of the usurpers, robbers, and murderers, called governments, that now plunder, enslave, and destroy them The lesson taught by all these facts is this: As long as mankind continue to pay "national debts," so-called---that is, so long as they are such dupes and cowards as to pay for being cheated, plundered, enslaved, and murdered -- so long there will be enough to lend the money for those purposes; and with that money a plenty of tools, called soldiers (police), can be hired to keep them in subjection. But when they refuse any longer to pay for being thus cheated, plundered, enslaved, and murdered, they will cease to have cheats, and usurpers, and robbers, and murderers and blood-money loan-mongers for masters. --Lysander Spooner No Treason No. VI; Chapter 19 (1870) http://www.buildfreedom.com/ft/spooner.htm 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] Skeptic News - Thursday #5 - 12/02/99
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202e - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No divine forms were explicated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ A Botanical Clock: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/sunflower.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # SUN SCHIZOPHRENIA. El Niño, a climate phenomenon that brings drought to eastern Australia, may also reduce cases of schizophrenia. Researchers found that fewer people born in El Niño years developed schizophrenia in later life: http://www.newscientist.co.uk/ns/19991113/nshorts.html#16 @ The Tectonic Theory UFOs. -- Here is a look at the possibility that alien abductions are purely psychological "dreams" caused by seismic activity. http://xprojectmagazine.com/archives/skeptic/altpara6.html : Would you rather be schizophrenic or abducted? Does El Niño trump seismic activity? How many experiential phenomena are controlled by the environment? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # What's Behind the WTO Ruckus? The Battle of Seattle makes for great TV street reporting, but the mayhem obscures real, global, human concerns. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32825,00.html?tw=wn19991202 # Update - Provocateurs Noted In Seattle Riots: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/gasm.htm # Instant Net Coverage Of Seattle Events: http://www.sightings.com/politics5/seat.htm : What's your favorite urban riot? Do you provoke disturbances? Are you well paid? Who do you work for? Who benefits from the disruptions? Who suffers?? # COPS STIFLE WTO DEMOS - FOR NOW: http://cnn.com/1999/US/12/02/wto.04/ @ Other Coverage - FlashPoints: http://www.flashpoints.net/ DemocracyNow: http://www.kpfa.org/1pro_bio/1b_democ.htm CounterSpin: http://www.kpfa.org/1pro_bio/1b_count.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Defending Privacy Snooping. Collecting, storing selling your personal data has many positives, not the least of which is helping grow the econ- omy. That's what a credit-reporting exec told a financial privacy confab. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,32826,00.html?tw=wn19991202 : Do you mind if your privacy is just slightly compromised? Should/must/will privacy be sacrificed for economic vitality? Would you rather be prosperous or hidden? If you're rich enough, can you buy privacy? Are the super-rich super-private? Are poor people worth knowing anything about? Are you public? # He Won't Join Amazon's 'Kampf' - The online bookseller's ban of selling Hitler's infamous diatribe in Germany is a perfect example of not learning from past, horrible mistakes. Fight evil words with good words, not bans: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,32835,00.html?tw=wn19991202 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NASA Changes Its Mars Approach. All systems are go for NASA's Mars Polar Lander rendezvous. But the shadow of the lost Mars Climate Orbiter looms large. www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32670,00.html?tw=wn19991202 # Lander Camera Will Capture Martian Surface As Never Seen Before: From Only A Few Feet Up. For just under 2 minutes, a camera aimed at the south polar region of Mars will capture store a series of about 20 images unique in the annals of planetary exploration: the surface of a planet (other than the moon) as seen from altitudes ranging from about 4 miles to only about 30 feet. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/12/991202070515.htm : Have you lost any spacecraft lately? Are you cautious, cowardly, scared? Do you hover nervously over a planetary surface, afraid to touch down? Have you taken tranquilizers? Do you see clearly? Do your voices calm you down?? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Predicting the flu of the future. (BBC) Evolutionary scientists have come up with a way of successfully predicting which strain of influenza will strike in the following year. And they might even be right this time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_547000/547318.stm # Also: Secrets of killer flu unearthed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_523000/523163.stm # Another flu drug on the way: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_467000/467269.stm # Scientists develop lifelong flu vaccine: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_465000/465584.stm : How well can you predict evolution? Can you predict evolution better if you control it? Who runs the flu-development conspiracy? Why do they breed new flu varieties? What's their agenda? Do you feel sick? Are you immune?? # Neanderthals Worked Themselves to Death. An anthropologist studying the diets and bone strength of ancient hominids and Neanderthals says the Neanderthals had to work harder to do the same things as the hominids. http://www.discovery.com/news/archive/news991119/brief2.html?ct=38432988 _ _ _ _ _ _
[CTRL] Separatists raise flag in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province
-Caveat Lector- http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/southeast/9912/01/indonesia.01/index.html Separatists raise flag in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province December 1, 1999 Web posted at: 6:04 p.m. HKT (1004 GMT) JAYAPURA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people participated in the raising of a separatist flag and demanded independence from Indonesia during a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday in the capital of Irian Jaya province. The protest was held despite overtures by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid link.wahid.jpg on Tuesday seeking reconciliation with other restive regions of the world's fourth-largest nation, which has about 200 million residents. The "Morning Star" flag was raised before the Indonesian flag. No violence was reported during the ceremony, which was under tight police security. The event began with a service performed by a Protestant priest. The separatist flag was also raised in other areas of Irian Jaya. "We reject the offer for autonomy -- Independence is the only choice. We demand the withdrawal of the military from Irian Jaya before May 1, 2000," pro-independent leader Theys Eluay said. Calls for independence grow Residents of the huge and remote province have joined a growing number of Indonesians in other regions seeking to secede from the nation after what many consider to be decades of oppressive Jakarta rule. Irian Jaya accounts for 20 percent of Indonesia's land area, but it only has two million people. The province has large gold and copper mines, and many believe it has oil and mineral deposits. On Tuesday, Wahid confirmed he plans to approve an amnesty for the 21 East Timorese political prisoners being held in Indonesia's jails. Eighteen of the detainees are being kept in Jakarta's Cipinang prison. The issue of release of the prisoners was raised Tuesday by East Timorese independence leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao and East Timor's Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta during a meeting with Wahid. "We had pain, bitterness, sweet memories and other things together here," Gusmao, once a political prisoner who spent part of his seven-year detention in Cipinang, said during a visit before meeting Wahid. Gusmao, expected to be the first leader of a free East Timor, said he also asked Wahid to help with the repatriation of 130,000 East Timorese refugees in Indonesian-held West Timor. The Indonesian president vowed to establish close ties with East Timor, and to make amends for his nation's occupation of the region. Wahid: 'Very good meeting' "All in all, this was a very good meeting and the two countries now can continue to look to the future and forget about the past," Wahid said. East Timor voted on August 30 to secede from Indonesia, sparking a rampage of killing, burning and looting by Indonesian forces and their allies. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee. Damage estimates are in the hundreds of millions of dollars. A U.N. team, which will guide the region into independence in two years, is administering East Timor. Australian opposition leader Kim Beazley told reporters in East Timor on Wednesday that East Timorese refugees in Australia should be allowed to stay until conditions in the former colony improve. "If East Timor wants to prosper, to survive, it must forgive," Ramos-Horta said. "It must heal the wounds ... There is not other way. The East Timorese who have had such enormous courage in fighting and resisting must also have equal courage to forgive." In a separate act of reconciliation on Tuesday, Wahid revealed he has secretly tried to meet with the exiled leader of the main separatist group in strife-torn Aceh province. The president added he plans to send a personal envoy to Stockholm, Sweden, to meet Acehnese rebel leader Hassan Tiro. Aceh residents have stepped up their calls for an independence vote in recent weeks. Wahid has said he opposes a vote on secession, but is willing to allow a referendum on whether Islamic law should be imposed in the largely Muslim province. Rebel guerrillas, who have been fighting for independence in Aceh for 23 years, said they plan to mark the anniversary on Saturday in a "big way," but haven't provided additional details. "Let's see whether there will be a big event. We'll see whether it's true or not," Wahid told CNN. Three die in latest violence Three civilians were killed on Tuesday in two separate clashes between rebels and security forces in Aceh, police confirmed. Wahid told CNN he will hold the military accountable for its actions in both Aceh and East Timor. "The most important thing now is that if there is, a big if, if there is wrongdoing from our side, then we'll try to correct them," he said. But Ramos-Horta said East Timor's so-called militias are "small fish." Most of the militias, he suggested, have been terrorized into committing the atrocities in the region. "If the militia leaders return, face their people, acknowledge what they did, explain why they did
[CTRL] PRIVACY Forum
-Caveat Lector- From: PRIVACY Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 Subj: PRIVACY Forum Digest V08 #17 PRIVACY Forum Digest - Tuesday, 30 November 1999 - Vol 08, Issue 17 (http://www.vortex.com/privacy/priv.08.17) Moderated by Lauren Weinstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Vortex Technology, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A. http://www.vortex.com CONTENTS -- Animated Cursors Silently Collecting User Browsing Data (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator) -- Big Brother Wants Your Medical Records (Dawn Richardson) -- Group formed to oppose supermarket "loyalty" cards (Katherine Albrecht) --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lauren Weinstein; PRIVACY Forum Moderator) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 99 12:32 PST Subject: Animated Cursors Silently Collecting User Browsing Data Greetings. The "Spies in Your Software" saga continues onward, as analysis of various software's network activities in various quarters continue to reveal new (but unfortunately not really unexpected) surprises. In the latest chapter, users of the popular Comet Systems' animated cursors (for Microsoft Windows systems) have learned that the cursors (reportedly in use by many millions of persons) have silently been feeding information concerning the sites they visit back to Comet for the firm's analysis and use. Unlike the more common situations where Global Identifiers and related data are passed only to the particular server to which a user connects, in this case the information is being fed back to Comet itself, whenever the user visits any of the many 10's of 1000's of affiliated sites. The vast array of sites involved include many oriented towards children, as well as popular comic-strip sites (such as "Dilbert" and others). I spoke at length today with Comet's marketing director, who defended their practices. He contends that the information collected is "anonymous" since they do not collect names, e-mail addresses, or other personally-identifiable information, and that the information they do collect is maintained only in aggregate form for their paying clients, and is purged of other data before distribution to those clients. He stated that he feels concerns about *possible* abuse of collected data in the future (say, after an acquisition, or other policy change) are purely theoretical and are not realistic. One of my main concerns is that it would not seem obvious to most users that an animated cursor should or would be sending *any* information back to a central point. His reaction to my suggestion that the software clearly inform users that there would be information flowing back to Comet was fascinating. He expressed the opinion that there was no need for this since the information was "anonymous"--and that since most people just "click through" license agreements anyway without reading them, there wasn't any point to bothering people with lots of stuff to read through before installation. He also suggested that forcing vendors or sites to provide such information on a routine basis would create a "police state" (his exact words) environment. He did however agree that the lack of regulation creates a situation where each company has to make these determinations on their own, and admitted that it would be a lot easier if it were clearly spelled out what they could or couldn't do. In response to the current furor, Comet has posted a new privacy policy, with links that appear on the main download pages for the cursors and at other points. However, they have chosen not to provide information on those pages to clue people in to the fact that there is anything about the cursors which might relate specifically to privacy concerns, so how many people will choose to read the privacy links is unclear. Also, depending on Javascript and browser security settings (*particularly* of concern with Microsoft Internet Explorer), it is possible that the cursors might be downloaded automatically without the user ever seeing the privacy link information. Comet has also posted instructions regarding removal of the cursors from your system. The main information is at: http://www.cometsystems.com/download/cleaner.shtml Microsoft IE users would need to take some additional steps detailed at: http://download.cometsystems.com/no_nag/nonag.asp to avoid having sites continue to bug them about downloading the cursors. Unfortunately and ironically, you apparently must have cookies enabled to activate this latter function, so you may want to think twice before using it. The saga continues... --Lauren-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lauren Weinstein Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Co-Founder, PFIR: People for Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Member, ACM
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Thursday #6 - 12/02/99
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991202f - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No troglodytes were eviscerated during the production of this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ Propagation Horns: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/prophorn.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cellphones Zap Rat Brains. (SD) Microwaves similar to those emitted by cell phones may affect long-term memory. Scientists have linked diminished long-term memory and navigating skills in rats with exposure to microwaves like those from cellular telephones. Yuppie scum utter shrieks of despair, scurry: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/12/991202070403.htm : Have you fried your brains yet? Did you use cellphones, drugs, TV, alien implants, Rush Limbo, techno, Art Bell, sacramental wine, trephination, me? # FrankenCrop Protesters Fuck Up, Destroy Wrong Plants: http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991201/odd-86 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Altamura Man becomes Altamura Man Cam. (DSC) The skeleton was discovered in 1993 in a deep Southern Italian cave; now they're setting up a web cam to look at the cave, and the undisturbed Altamura Man itself. Zowie. http://www.discovery.com/news/archive/news991127/brief2.html?ct=38432988 : Do you like to watch caves? Is the action exciting? Have you ever seen kobolds, trolls, elves, Neanderthals? Have they seen you? Are they coming? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # 50,000 CUPCAKES CAN'T BE WRONG. Here's a woman who says she's eaten 4 cup- cakes a day for the last 42 years - and she's never gone over 120 pounds. Maybe the cup cake diet will be the next fad diet. She should write a book: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22927 # A SHOCKING WAY TO QUIT. A man in Florida has invented a lighter that gives you an electric shock after lighting a cigarette. I think most hardcore smokers will just flick this bic away and go back to painfree lighters. Zap: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22903 : What's your favorite method of behaviour modification? Do you prefer to reward, punish, disorient, or just beam mindcontrol rays at your subjects? # COLORADO TRIES TO PUT THE BRAKES ON DRUGGING STUDENTS - don't dope dopes: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22926 # FRANCE MAKING BOLD MOVE TO FIGHT TEEN PREGNANCIES - morning-after pills: http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=22901 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Research-R-Us: @ Complexicon - A cross-referenced guide to the concepts, terminology, and key figures of modern dynamics---the main tools used to investigate complexity in nature. Chaotic: http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99879/goURL # The evolution of search engines. "Jeeves seemed like an aging, avuncular know-it-all, Altavista seemed like the woman who keeps winning Double Jeopardy." http://nytimes.com/library/review/112899internet-review.html @ Cambridge dictionaries are online: Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/esl/dictionary/ @ The Russian State Library books-by-e-mail program: The Library will e-mail readers extracts from any of its books within 48 hours. Readers will be charged 12 cents a page, and they can get the text by e-mail, fax postal service, CD-ROM, or computer disk. The Russian State Library URL is http://www.rsl.ru/ . It is in Russian. The English version is at: http://www.rsl.ru/home_en.htm . Details: http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/033113.htm . # Free site search engine service Atomz.com announced that it now supports 14 languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Slovak and Swedish. http://www.atomz.com # The Latter-day Saints' genealogy site has announced that as of 22 Nov 1999 it has added 240 million new names to the genealogy database. The addition represents international data from primarily Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Mexico. The service is still free. http://www.familysearch.org/ @ Dr.Dobb's Journal has launched a search engine for sys.nerds. DevSearcher (formerly CodeCranker) covers information on programming languages (perl, Java, etc.) algorithms, operating systems, etc. http://devsearcher.com/ @ Anonymous Research: http://www.stormloader.com/joshua/group.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks: # Analysis of Earth's Ringing http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99910/displayLink # Planet in a Test Tube http://jimfl.yi.org:88/links/99918/displayLink # Analysis of Throat Singing
[CTRL] Really Weird. Insights Would Be Appreciated
-Caveat Lector- Hi All, Something really weird just started. Somehow private mail being sent to Capitol Hill Blue is ending up in my mail box. When I write back to the person or to Capitol Hill Blue it is sent to someone else. So, I don't even know if my message is getting through to Capitol Hill Blue. Help! Hilary 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] Seattle: ADM hires shills?
I got this off one of the boards. Name: Tom J. Kennedy [Image] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Reply] [New Article] Subject: Re: The Battle in Seattle Website: www.cyberclass.net [Main List] Greetings: I am sharing this information which I just received from AFPN. It support the new posting at Jeff's website re: "provocatuers" at the WTO in Seattle Working with you for "peace and plenty" by 2020 I AM Tom J. Kennedy www.cyberclass.net *** All is not as it seems! A letter from Seattle This is a fax (another one) that I sent to the Mayor of Seattle. Top 10 Reasons to Oppose the World Trade Organization Via APFNetwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb77532 Subject: Fwd: Fw: a letter from Seattle Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:31:10 PST From: "cliff kadmon" To Whom It May Concern: I am a young man living in the Seattle area. I am not going to reveal my name, for reasons that will be obvious. Several weeks ago I was approached by the representative of a major company. I was offered a lucrative, temporary job as a demonstrator as part of a 'media event' that the company rep said she was involved in planning. I was offered $35 an hour, plus bonuses and meals, for a job that would last a week or so. Being a rather poor college student, I jumped at the offer. I was assured it was all legal. I signed a strict non-disclosure agreement. And I was given a few days paid training. All of this was before I had heard about the upcoming World Trade Organization meeting. In fact, I didn't really know what the WTO was. In the past few days I have carried protest signs and chanted slogans for various causes - whales, farmers, human rights, rainforests; I have blocked traffic, been shoved, kicked, tear-gassed, arrested (bail promptly paid), worn a panda bear costume, and been on tv; I've been well-fed on steaks and shrimp and pizza; had a hell of a lot of fun; made some good cash money and recieved some merchandise bonuses like vitamins and Pepsi stuff; - and become totally disillusioned with our political system. The company that hired me is Archer Daniels Midland, but Pepsi was somehow involved, too (and no doubt some others). The demonstrations this past week in Seattle are contrived and manufactured. I'm sure that many of the people out there are sincerely trying to further their cause, but many more are just nuts getting caught up in the moment, and some are paid agitators (like me and about another 100 or so that I know of). I'm not out there anymore, though, I took my cash last night and left, went back to school. Here's the thing: Have you noticed how the aims of many of the protestors for the most part actually go along with the aims of the WTO and the multi-national corporations? The 'event' is being portrayed as a demonstration against capitalism, but actually is about stricter environment and labor controls, and stricter international standards in many areas. This is the agenda of the WTO and the New World Order. It is all part of the one-world government thing. It is all about more CONTROL over people. When I saw this, I walked away. All of this should be obvious to thoughtful people, but the media are drooling all over each other covering this story as if it were some kind of spontaneous happening, instead of the staged drama it really is. People think the New World Order is just something some crazy person on the internet thought up, but I first heard it from the mouth of President George Bush years ago. The New World Order is alive and growing. I just wanted to put the word out on this to counter the prevailing spin. All is not as it seems! Just Some Guy - a NWO shill From: Les Lemke This is a fax (another one) that I sent to the Mayor of Seattle. This letter is going to as many Congressman as I can send it to. What happened and CONTINUES TO HAPPEN in Seattle is totally UNacceptable. If you saw what I saw and wish to alter this letter and send it as your own letter to that scumbag in Seattle, or to your own Congressmen, go for it. What I say below I did in fact see via various media sources. This is nothing but NAZI GESTAPO ACTION AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY! December 2, 1999 Lester Lemke P.O. Box 1524 Coos Bay, Oregon 97420-0332 Mayor Paul Schell of Seattle Washington 600 Fourth Avenue Seattle WA 98104 Tel/206-684-4000 Fax/206-684-5360 Mr. Paul Schell - or should I call you Comrad Schell? Over the last few days and nights I have witnessed in Seattle open and blatant abuse of power as well as complete and utter brutality by law enforcement against citizens of this country who have been
[CTRL] Deliberately dumbing us down
-Caveat Lector- During the 1973 International Education Seminar, Harvard psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce, speaking as an expert in public education, said: "Every child in America entering school at the age of five is mentally ill because he comes to school with certain allegiances to our founding fathers, toward our elected officials, toward his parents, toward a belief in a supernatural being, and toward the sovereignty of this nation as a separate entity. It's up to you as teachers to make all these sick children well -- by creating the international child of the future." Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery. -- Benjamin Disraeli ~~for educational purposes only~~ Deliberately dumbing us down By Samuel L. Blumenfeld Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt's new book, "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America," is without doubt one of the most important publishing events in the annals of American education in the last hundred years. John Dewey's "School and Society," published in 1899, set American education on its course to socialism. Rudolf Flesch's "Why Johnny Can't Read," published in 1955, informed American parents that there was something terribly wrong with the way the schools were teaching children to read, and my own book, "NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education," published in 1984, explained in great detail how and why the decline in public education was taking place. But Iserbyt has done what no one else wanted or could do. She has put together the most formidable and practical compilation of documentation describing the well-planned "deliberate dumbing down" of American children by their education system. Anyone who has had any lingering hope that what the educators have been doing is a result of error, accident, or stupidity will be shocked by the way American social engineers have systematically gone about destroying the intellect of millions of American children for the purpose of leading the American people into a socialist world government controlled by behavioral and social scientists. This mammoth book is the size of a large city phone book: 462 pages of documentation, 205 pages of appendices, and a 48-page Index. The documentation is "A Chronological paper Trail" which starts with the Sowing of the Seeds in the late 18th and 19th centuries, proceeds to The Turning of the Tides, then to The Troubling Thirties, The Fomentation of the Forties and Fifties, The Sick Sixties, The Serious Seventies, The "Effective" Eighties, and finally, the Noxious Nineties. The educators and social engineers indict themselves with their own words. Iserbyt decided to compile this book because, as a "resister" to what is going on in American education, she was being constantly told that she was taking things out of context. The book, she writes, "was put together primarily to satisfy my own need to see the various components which led to the dumbing down of the United States of America assembled in chronological order -- in writing. Even I, who had observed these weird activities taking place at all levels of government, was reluctant to accept a malicious intent behind each individual, chronological activity or innovation, unless I could connect it with other, similar activities taking place at other times." And that is what this book does. It connects educators, social engineers, planners, government grants, federal and state agencies, billion-dollar foundations, think tanks, universities, research projects, policy organizations, etc., showing how they have worked together to advance an agenda that will change America from a free republic to a socialist state. What is so mind boggling is that all of this is being financed by the American people themselves through their own taxes. In other words, the American people are underwriting the destruction of their own freedom and way of life by lavishly financing through federal and state grants the very social scientists who are undermining our national sovereignty and preparing our children to become the dumbed-down vassals of the new world order. One of the interesting insights revealed by these documents is how the social engineers use a deliberately created education "crisis" to move their agenda forward by offering radical reforms that are sold to the public as fixing the crisis -- which they never do. The new reforms simply set the stage for the next crisis, which provides the pretext for the next move forward. This is the dialectical process at work, a process our behavioral engineers have learned to use very effectively. Its success depends on the ability of the "change agents" to continually deceive the public, which tends to believe any lie the experts tell them. Iserbyt's long journey to becoming a "resister," started in 1973 when her son, a fourth grader,
[CTRL] LaRouche view of Seattle rioting
Linda Minor wrote: Brian, What do you hear about what's going on out there? Linda, Check out www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/csec/evnts/rem/html. The violence is being run by "Take the Streets Back," the Brit operation that ran the June 18 violence in the City of London, and Earth First and assorted eco-terrorists, who have been training for months outside of Arlington, Washington. The Center for the Study of Enivormental Change (CSEC), based at Lancaster University, has an important role. See also London "Sunday Times," Nov. 28, article titled, "British Anarchists Plan Seattle Riot." That was published, as I stated, on November 28. Otherwise, the conference itself is very factionalized. The French walked out of the agricultural talks today, for example. The continental Europeans are in revolt against globalization. Prime Minister Jospin, of France, has put out a pamphlet, to attack globablization! (I wonder where he got that idea?) Shroeder of Germany just broke with Blair, to save the second largest construction company, and did it again in Bavaria to save a steel mill. The head of the Central Bank of Italy, Fazio, is demanding a return to pre-1975 policies, when the state played a fundamental role in guiding economic affairs. The market place, by its nature, has no ethics, he points out; the state must insure the general welfare. The China deal with the US, prepatory to joining WTO is unfortunate, and won't hold water. Both sides are deluding themselves. China is desperate for peace and quiet, and does not see itself as a world power. It is bad, but may give way quickly, anyway, given the mini-Pearl Harbor (as Lyn calls is) which has hit in Europe. Ask again, if what I have said is not what you want. -Brian
[CTRL] Quote
-Caveat Lector- --- "The term Internationalism has been popularized in recent years to cover an interlocking financial, political, and economic world force for the purpose of establishing a World Government. Today Internationalism is heralded from pulpit and platform as a 'League of Nations' or a 'Federated Union' to which the United States must surrender a definite part of its National Sovereignty. The World Government plan is being advocated under such alluring names as the 'New International Order,' 'The New World Order,' 'World Union Now,' 'World Commonwealth of Nations,' 'World Community,' etc. All the terms have the same objective; however, the line of approach may be religious or political according to the taste or training of the individual." -- excerpt from A Memorial to be Addressed to the House of Bishops and the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in General Convention (October 1940) --- 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: [BCPolitics] Fw: more views on the Nisga'a treaty
-Caveat Lector- I can't begin to tell y'all on this new list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] how delighted I am to see such "salt and light" with its own Internet list. But of course, dogmatism, bigotry and lies have no place for another point of view so, being the assholes you are, you won't post anything from me. "White Culture"? Hmmm. Wasn't it a bunch of white guys wearing bed sheets who crucified the followers of Christ in the Arenas of Rome for 300 years AD in the "Ten Great Persecutions" set out by Eusebius (Historia Ecclesiastica, ca. 300 AD)? Those followers of Christ who is Truth personified were from all races. Eusebius tells us the story of how the region called Iraq to-day under King Agbarus became the first "officially" Christian country. Ernie Zundel and the other "Christie Critters" make their great whine and lament for "truth" until someone reminds them that truth is many-faceted and their few narrow opinions and axes to grind are not the whole scoop. Nisga'a or one its neighbours like Nuxalk could become a Sovereign Nation in BC. And maybe y'all, led by David Duke can eke out a living on a "Reserve" set on one of these nations. See http://www.inac.gc.ca . The right to develop muncipalities is now recognized as within FN jurisdiction. The powerhouses of the world are the cities. So that is all they need to go ahead towards full sovereignty and independence if that is what they want. But to ask a bunch of honky bigots what a model city of today would be like? Forget it! FWP. http://users.uniserve.com/~culturex http://www.alternatives.com/fc http://users.uniserve.com/~culturex/Machine-Psychology-EEL -Original Message- From: Franklin Wayne Poley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:59 PM Subject: [BCPolitics] Fw: more views on the Nisga'a treaty From: "Franklin Wayne Poley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] And now, of course, Mr. Scott, we find out why your ever so "democratic" caucus does not want a BC-wide initiative on Nisga'a under the 1996 Initiative and Recall Act. That would spoil the master plan of Reform which is to use direct democracy as a smokescreen behind which racism, bigotry and a lot of other garbage has a chance to come to fruition. FWP. -Original Message- From: Paul Rynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:10 PM Subject: more views on the Nisga'a treaty It was interesting to hear that the mayors of Terrace and Prince Rupert support the treaty. Paul Rynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] 416-469-4315 Nisga'a treaty backers outnumber foes at hearing: Themayors of Terrace and Prince Rupert are among thosevoicing support for the historic pact as a Commonscommittee holds hearings in northwestern B.C. -- [The Vancouver Sun - Tue 16 Nov 1999] PUBLICATION The Vancouver Sun DATE Tue 16 Nov 1999 SECTION/CATEGORY News PAGE NUMBER B8 BYLINE Jeff Nagel HEADLINE: Nisga'a treaty backers outnumber foes at hearing: The mayors of Terrace and Prince Rupert are among those voicing support for the historic pact as a Commons committee holds hearings in northwestern B.C. TERRACE -- Native people and their supporters outnumbered opponents Monday among the more than 80 people who showed up for hearings on the Nisga'a treaty by the House of Commons standing committee on aboriginal affairs. Terrace resident Noel Martel said many locals feel there's little point opposing a treaty at hearings by a committee that he said the Liberals have stacked with treaty supporters. ``It's a done deal,'' he said. Martel and others also said they are reluctant to be identified as opposed to the treaty. ``If you say anything you're a redneck,'' Martel said. ``Nobody wants to come out for fear of being called a bigot,'' added local resident Michelle Rodger. ``I don't want to insult my native friends either -- I'm not racist, but I have concerns about this treaty.'' The agreement gives the Nisga'a $253 million in cash, 2,000 square kilometres in northwestern British Columbia, a say in resource development in their region and local self-government. It has been approved by the Nisga'a in a referendum and passed by the B.C. legislature. The federal government introduced the treaty in Parliament at the beginning of this session but it has come under fire from the Reform party. Reform and other critics argue the treaty is unconstitutional because it creates a third order of government without amending the Constitution. Monday's hearing was told by local mayors that area residents are ready to move forward with the treaty and focus on its implementation. Terrace Mayor Jack Talstra said there are mixed feelings about the treaty in Terrace, but
[CTRL] GOP DEBATE-Official Results*[BIG win 4 KEYES]*
-Caveat Lector- results Day 1, 12:14 AM %votes Gary Bauer (1%) George W. Bush (25%) Steve Forbes (6%) Orrin Hatch (1%) Alan Keyes (49%) John McCain (18% http://www.vote.com/vResults/ Bard Pay Alan Keyes a visit, at: http://www.keyes2000.org/ 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] Eurocorps to replace Nato as Kosovo force
-Caveat Lector- I find this, exciting..don't you ? Peter Eurocorps to replace Nato as Kosovo force By Stephen Castle in Brussels 3 December 1999 Europe's defence ambitions were given a boost yesterday when Britain and other key Nato nations backed plans to put the Franco-German Eurocorps at the heart of peace-keeping operations in Kosovo. A meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels gave support to proposals that the Strasbourg-based Eurocorps should be at the core of the Kosovo operation as early as next year. The ministers' approval comes one week before leaders unveil their plans for a rapid-reaction force, and reinforced the EU's determination to play a greater role in "crisis intervention" and peace-keeping. Yesterday all parties trod carefully, aware of tensions with Washington over the emergence of the EU's defence capabilities. The move boosts Eurocorps's prestige without challenging US sensitivities because France, which remains outside Nato's integrated structure, agreed that the deployment would fall under the organisation's chain of command. One British official said that the Eurocorps offer "was genuinely and generally welcomed". "We have been saying that the European Security and Defence Identity is not in competition to Nato, it is a complement to it. This is an expression of that." Lord Robertson, Nato's new Secretary General, used his first ministerial meeting to underline the need to restructure and increase military spending in the 19-nation alliance. European armies were a "paper tiger", he said, pointing out that although there were two million soldiers under arms in the EU, Nato had difficulty sending 40,000 to Kosovo. Large gaps in Europe's intelligence-gathering capabilities were exposed during the Kosovo campaign and Lord Robertson wanted nations "to spend more and spend smarter". But yesterday's gathering took place against a background of growing determination in Europe to develop a realistic defence capability. EU heads of government are expected to announce next week the earmarking of a rapid reaction force of between 40,000 and 50,000 troops at a summit in Helsinki. Under the plan, Eurocorps will take over command of the KFOR peace-keeping force in Kosovo as early as next spring. Backing the proposal, the Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon, said Britain would be prepared to augment the Eurocorps. "What is important is that Eurocorps is translated into this kind of headquarters operation." While the main EU countries have agreed on the desired capabilities of their new security and defence policy, the details of its political control are still to be finalised. The European Commission is confident that the new structures can be set up without the need for a treaty change. But the issue of who will sit on the proposed political and military committee, which will control deployment of the force, is still being debated. The EC has won the backing of several countries in pressing for a seat at the table, although it would not have a vote. That is likely to be resisted by several countries, including Britain. © 1999 Independent Digital (UK) Ltd. We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift 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] WTO, Sleepless in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- And why did these men abolish slavery? The key word here is "these." Spooner is talking about politicians and the men who owned them. About them, he is absolutely right. However, Spooner errs in his assumption that these were the men who abolished slavery and that it was abolished by proclomation. These were not the men who abolished slavery. Soldiers abolished slavery. They didn't do it with proclamations, either. They did it with lead and steel. 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: Sponsors Lay the Smackdown on the WWF
-Caveat Lector- FYI. See http://www.parentstv.org/ 1. Sponsors Lay the Smackdown on the WWF The PTC's campaign to educate advertisers about the raunchy content of UPN's WWF Smackdown! and encourage them to drop their sponsorship of the wrestling show has met with incredible success -- in large part thanks to the efforts of the PTC members and supporters who contacted these advertisers. The U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force have all ceased running ads on Smackdown!, as have the five members of the Family Friendly Programming Forum who originally advertised on the show. The PTC's most recent success came when Mars Inc. announced it would no longer sponsor Smackdown! The PTC's efforts now are winning recognition from the mainstream media. Coca-Cola and ATT have made public statements that they pulled advertising from Smackdown! because of content issues. CNN's business show, Moneyline, reported this week that the WWF's stock price dropped a point and a half and cited the efforts of the PTC to get Coke to drop its ads. The WWF has certainly noticed, too. Following up on a promise made in a letter to PTC Chairman L. Brent Bozell last month, WWF Chairman Vince McMahon blasted the PTC during last Thursday's episode of Smackdown! and encouraged viewers to protest the PTC's campaign. Angry and often-incoherent e-mail has flooded the PTC's offices since last Thursday's broadcast. The Wall Street Journal reported that McMahon appears to have succumbed to the pressure, promising to tone down the content of this week's episode of Smackdown! "You'll see less aggression, less-colorful language, less sexuality," said McMahon. Check www.parentstv.org this Friday for the Smackdown! report to see if the WWF is true to its word this time - or if it's just another publicity stunt. -A 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] Operation Clydesdale Part One
-Caveat Lector- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operation Clydesdale Part One Introduction: Message from Rayelan Allan: My husband, Gunther Russbacher wrote the following dedication to the men who accompanied him on the covert mission Operation Clydesdale and who never returned. This story describes a covert mission, in which Americans died in service of their country. The men named in this story are some of the nameless stars that are on the marble wall at CIA headquarters at Langley , Virginia. I would like to dedicate this story to all the men, living, wounded and dead, who have risked their lives in defense of American ideas, on missions so secret that they can never be revealed to anyone. Many of these men... (and women too), are your fathers, your brothers, your husbands, your neighbors. They live double and triple lives. They live on the edge, always ready to spring into action in the need arises. They have no real lives of their own. They live in a constant "on call" state. When the call comes, they never know if they will come home dead or alive. They never know if they will see their wives and children again. These men (and women) are the unsung heros of America's secret wars. When Gunther wrote this, he took the time to add the family side of his life. The way in which he wrote this article allows people to finally get a glimpse of the lives covert operatives lead. With this understanding, I rededicate this article to all the men and women who have led or still lead the life of a covert operative. Operation Clydesdale BY: GUNTHER KARL RUSSBACHER THIS IS A STORY OF THE PERVERSION OF MAN, AND HIS INTENT TO IMPOSE HIS WAY UPON AN UNSUSPECTING POPULACE. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF RUTHLESS MEN, WHO HAD CHOSEN TO VIOLATE THE VERY SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE AS WE HAVE COME TO KNOW IT. IT IS ALSO A STORY ABOUT THE MEN, WHO, AGAINST ALL ODDS, POSSESSING EXTREME PERSONAL DEDICATION, WERE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES IN THE ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A YOUTH FROM SURE AND CERTAIN DEATH, AT THE HANDS OF AN INTERNATIONAL WHITE SLAVERY RING. THE YOUTH WAS STOLEN AND FORCED TO COMMIT THE MOST VILE AND VULGAR ACTS FOR THE PERVERSE ENJOYMENT OF OTHERS, WHILE CAMERAS RECORDED EACH EXPLICIT SEXUAL ACT FOR ALL POSTERITY. WHEN THEY WERE THROUGH WITH HIM, THEY NOT ONLY TOOK HIS SANITY, BUT EVERYTHING HE HAD EVER CHERISHED AND HELD DEAR. THEY LEFT HIM WITH NOTHING HE COULD TRULY CALL HIS OWN. THIS YOUTHFUL LAD IS REMEMBERED HERE, ALONG WITH THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR VERY LIVES, IN ORDER THAT HE, AND THE MANY UNTOLD OTHERS MIGHT CONTINUE TO LIVE. THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN I LOST AND LEFT BEHIND. YOU SHALL FOREVER BE A PART OF ME. I SALUTE YOU, ONE AND ALL! MAY GOD GRANT EACH OF YOU YOUR RIGHTLY DESERVED ETERNAL PEACE. IN CARING MEMORY, GUNTHER K. RUSSBACHER JEFFERSON CITY, 110 APRIL 19, 1993 OPERATION CLYDESDALE By: Gunther Karl Russbacher It was a cold and wet Thanksgiving Day. The overnight temperatures had dipped to near record levels, as we gathered in the formal dining room to begin the special meal. I didn't think that there would be quite so many of us, as we began the process of finding our seats. As always, I sat at the head of the table, in one of the uncomfortable captains' chairs, all the while hoping that the somber meal would pass without incident from the children. I glanced in the direction of my eldest son, who at the time was age eight, but like many of the children his age, going on sixteen. He was an innocent, living in a world that didn't necessarily consider children to be innocent. Quickly, I stole a hurried glance to the man seated to my right. An expression of extreme pain crossed his brow, as he sank his eyes towards his dinner plate. None of the men in the room were able to meet each others eyes. It was a time of grief, abject sadness; a time for the tears we couldn't cry. The cold anger of the men was evident throughout the strained meal. Everyone was merely going through the motions, picking at the food, which was placed in front of them. Three members of my Special Operations Group were dead. Two others had sustained such severe injuries which would, in all likelihood, preclude them from further service with the Group. The civilian death toll, attributed to accidental and or stray rounds, for the entire operation stood at four. The actual ordered or condoned sanctions exceeded a verified body count of sixty-seven. Although the operation was considered a raving success by Rudolph Guilliani, the United States Attorney for the District of New York, we felt betrayed by and through the revocation of the Executive Sanction which had fielded our unit, and given us clear and free hand to
[CTRL] OPERATION CLYDESDALE--PART TWO
-Caveat Lector- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OPERATION CLYDESDALE--PART TWO III. THE MISSION Approximately six and one half miles from Bonn, West Germany, at the end of a remote, tightly secured airstrip, which happened to not appear on any aeronautical charts, the turboprop engines of a Lockheed C-130 shook and roared to max power as it began its takeoff roll and lumbered down the long runway. Steadily gaining speed, the throttles firewalled, the transport rattled and creaked, threatening to come apart at the seams, as it rotated, lifting its broad frame into the cold night air, while climbing slowly away from the retreating lights of the CIA isolation base and mission staging area. We were banking into a slow turn, while gaining altitude, the C-130 heading due east before following a southerly course over the mountainous region of the beautiful Bavarian forest which formed the West German frontier with Czechoslovakia. The course had been most precisely planned to track a narrow corridor, above and parallel to the commercial airline routes of the area; the takeoff time of 2030 hours coinciding with a period of heavy commercial air traffic. If all went according to our plans our effort to divert attention from the Czech radar operators away from the flight path of the C-130 would soon be augmented by elements of the United States Air Force, based out of Rhein Main AFB. The DCI, through proper channels, had requested two formations of fighter aircraft to fly border cover for us. The fighters were scheduled to arrive in the border area at the same time as the C-130. Their mission, the true purpose unknown to the pilots, was to conduct high speed night maneuvers a few miles north of the release point where my Team would exit the transport via HAHO parachute jump. All was going according to the preset plan. We were nearing the point of no return; a point where the mission would be committed to go. I left the cockpit and made my way to the aft section of the plane. Jockeying for position, I saw the faces of the men with whom I would be sharing nods and last instructions. We were set to go. A firm resolve was visible on all the faces the team was ready for whatever might come. I found my seat of nylon webbing, located on the starboard side of the aircraft, while the vibrations of the deck plates traveled up through my entire body. The sound of the engines was somewhat muffled by my helmet, while I listened to the rhythm of my own breathing through the demand regulator attached to my oxygen mask. My thoughts were concentrated on the mission. The details of the OPS Order were burned into my memory, along with the countless other details I would have to call into play, before the long night ahead was to be over. At the staging area, and along the flight to Germany, there had been no false bravado or tough talk about the mission, just a silent confidence and professional ease. Most of the men had served one or more combat tours in Viet Nam, or taken part in some strategic-OPS, planned and orchestrated by our masters in Langley. To a man, we were seasoned veterans, ready to do a job. My eyes settled on B X, the CIA paramilitary specialist seated on the opposite side of the aircraft. X had been chosen by the Agency to act as oxygen safety man and jumpmaster for the HAHO insertion. Needless to say I had questioned him at length at the isolation base, and was more than satisfied that X was far more than merely qualified to handle the tasks assigned to him. The man had made more than two thousand jumps, and had been through special jump schools during his lengthy tour of service with the Army. We were rapidly approaching the drop zone, as we continued to monitor each other, making sure that our systems were being saturated with oxygen, making all the while sure that we weren't hyperventilating. Such irregular breathing, caused by stress or symptoms of hypoxia. We had been prebreathing pure oxygen for thirty minutes prior to take off from the staging area, and would continue to take in such oxygen for the duration of the thirty minute flight to the release point, saturating our systems for the jump. our safety margin was slim as continued to climb to thirty-three thousand feet. At that altitude, hypoxic effects could occur within 45 seconds. We removed the arming pins to permit our main chutes to open at the twenty-five hundred feet level, in the event that any member of the team became dysfunctional or physically incapable of deploying the chute after exiting the aircraft. The aircraft had reached thirty-three thousand feet and was now fully depressurized to the outside air pressure in preparation for the opening of the tailgate ramp. Despite the inefficiency of the heater in the cargo bay, the team was well insulated from the ice cold air. Upon arrival at the isolation base, we had turned in all clothing and personal effects, including all
[CTRL] Fwd: The real Seattle story
- Dear Ones, I recevied this eye witness account of what really went on in Seattle. It was encouraging to note that there are people that care enough to be brutilized at the hands of the what I am beginning to believe are the Gustapo. It is also amazing that the government is ignoring the power of truth and our ability to share it with our friends and families all over the world. Please forward this to as many of your friends and family as you can. It would be great if anyone can take the time to call, email or write your representatives and the President to let them know that we know the truth. In love and peace, Mary More information from Seattle. This is the first time I've really appreciated an alternative to TV information. With prayers for them and for us, all part of one web, Lauren aka Juniper -- Create a poll/survey for your group! -- http://www.egroups.com/vote?listname=tejas_webm=1 Attachment: Forwarded Messag Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 17:45:33 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Grant H. Potts" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Real Story from Seattle - 12/1/99 (fwd) Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This came across my desk. It was written by someone who is out in the streets with my friends from Athens, Ohio, and gives a first-hand account of what was going on from a protester's perspective. I don't think I need to point out it's a slightly different view from what we are getting from major medial channels. Forwarded w/ permission. BTW, I'm Grant Potts from Univ. of Penn. I'll post an introduction sometime soon between monitoring friends in seattle and trying to finish off this semester. Never Thirst, Grant -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 13:59:40 EST From: Free Student Press Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Real Story from Seattle - 12/1/99 Hey Amada - if you can get this story out to the A-NEWS or other media, please do. I got on a Greyhound bus in Pittsburgh at 3:00am, the morning after Thanksgiving, and traveled 2 and a half days to Seattle to join the protests against the World Trade Organization. I arrived to see tens of thousands of activists from the widest range of causes IÌve ever seen in one place, united around a common concern -- their desire to have a say in the decisions that affect their lives, otherwise known as democracy. I wonÌt go into the WTO in great detail. The information is out there. You can find for yourself that in the last 4 years the WTO has been in existence it has ruled against every evironmental and human health and saftey regulation that has come before it and, through economic leverage, has compelled countries to repeal these Ïbarriers to free trade.Ó Such barriers in this country have been the sections of the Clean Air Act and the Endagered Species Act. But I wonÌt go into that further, instead I want to share with you what happened here, to me and thousands of others, yesterday. My friends and I woke up late Tuesday morning. One of the largest portests of the century, and we sleep in. We joined the protests at about 9:00am, and joined a human chain of people blocking one entrance to the convention center where the first day of the WTO summit was to take place. This was the scene at every street that led to the convention center. The plan was to not let delegates enter and to shut down the meeting. This may sound drastic, but the purpose was to send a message that many have phrased as ÏNo globalization without representation.Ó The WTO meetings are closed to the public and the WTO is not subordinant to any national government or, more importantly, and democratic body. Yet it has shown itself to have more of a say in things as basic as the quality of the air we breath than we ourselves do. To me and nearly 50,000 others, this warranted the serious direct action. However, as serious as these demonstrations were, they were to be ALL non-violent. After being part of our own barrier to free trade and turning back WTO delegates for about an hour, we heard that protesters needed help at another intersection a few blocks away. Since there were more than enough people to keep up the barrier where we were, we left the blockade and headed for the corner of 8th and Seneca. When we arrived, we saw lots of demonstrators but no major media cameras. There was a smaller group of people sitting down on the street (which had already been closed) with police in riot gear standing behind them. Instead of the ordinary billy clubs, all of SeattleÌs police were holding 3 foot oak clubs that look more like basball bats than batons. When they began putting on their gas masks it became evident that they were planning to use pepper spray on the people sitting down. The rest of the crowd was pleading with the police not to use this
Re: [CTRL] WTO, Sleepless in Seattle
-Caveat Lector- On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, nessie wrote: The task is not to join them at the table but to overturn the table. If violence is not a wholly appropriate method for dealing with people who exploit slave labor, then the American Civil War was a mistake. This country was FOUNDED via violence, and emerged as a world power via violence... Every major political and social change in this country only came about as a result of violence... June ;-) === When we are old as you? When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how In this this pinching care Shall we discourse the freezing hours away? -- Shakespeare, Cymbeline III.iii === *---* revcoal AT connix DOT com *---* It is UNLAWFUL to send unsolicited commercial email to this email address per United States Code Title 47 Sec. 227. I assess a fee of $500.00 US currency for reading and deleting such unsolicited commercial email. Sending such email to this address denotes acceptance of these terms. My posting messages to Usenet neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. ** 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: [RuMills] 56 accused in trial of French paedophile ring ... The End of A NWO Era
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Rumor Mill News Readers, Everynow and then, pieces of news get printed that tie up loose ends and help put more pieces of the puzzle together. An International pedophile ring has been operating for many years. In the early 80's children were being kidnapped off the streets of New York City and sold into sexual slavery. Rudy Guillani was the US Attorney in the area. Using the FBI's Division 5, he put together an operation called Operation Clydesdale. It was a seek, find, rescue and destroy mission. They had to seek and find the pedophiles. Then they had to rescue the vitims and eliminate the pedophiles. It took several years to put it together and to find the pedophiles. There were several steps involved, including the creation of 900 sex lines, producers, film makers, and distributors for pornographic films. Once the pedophiles were found and it was determined that they still had children held as captive sex slaves, a mission was put together. Many of the men who were picked to go on this mission, had been part of Pegasus and Task Force 151. Operation Clydesdale was the beginning of an International Special Operations Group (ISOG) known as the PET Project. PET stands for pedophile eradication team. Several years ago, Belgium police uncovered a pedophile ring that reached throughout Europe and involved men at the highest level of European governments. When the people of Belgium started to feel that their government was covering up for high ranking pedophiles, hundreds of thousands marched in the streets and demanded that something be done to rid Europe of pedophiles. Europol was still in the formative stages when this was going on, so ISOG initially was created under Interpol, but it answered to no one but its own leaders. It operated as a rogue unit because they could not be sure they had identified all the pedophiles in high level government jobs. They needed to make sure that they were not commanded by a pedophile or someone who was covering up for pedophiles. The reason this is important is because there is a satanic arm of the New World Order that practices ritual pedophilia. The NWO uses the weaknesses of men to capture and control them. Once a man is turned into a pedophile, and videos are taken of him raping children, the NWO owns and controls everything the man does. The NWO then grooms, educates and elevates the man into high ranking elected or appointed positions. With enough controlled pedophiles in European governments, the NWO controlled almost every aspect of European life through the laws they wrote and ordered their government pedophile servants to pass. In 1996, the International Special Operations Group fielded their PET Project. As said earlier, many of the men who made up Operation Clydesdale had been part of teams that were created for assassinations. Some of these men were the ones who trained the new members of the PET Project. When the PET Project was fielded, its unofficial orders were to take no prisoners and make sure none were left alive to bring to trial. The men who are involved in the PET Project must be carefully chosen. They cannot have families and children. If they do, and their identity is discovered, the leaders of the pedophile rings kidnap, torture and murder their children. The fact that 56 pedophiles are on trial in public leads me to believe that the huge pedophile rings that circled the globe and were being eliminated by the PET Projects, have been eliminated. Since their orders were to leave none alive for trial, it makes me think that this trial is a signal that the ring of government pedophiles has been destroyed. If the high level government pedophile ring has been destroyed, this means the NWO does not have the same control over European governments that it used to have. Could this be the reason that the opposition to the NWO is very slowly and carefully creating their own Euroforce, knowing that it eventually throw the NWO's NATO out of Europe! For those who have never read the original Operation Clydesdale, I will send it out later tonight. It will come in two parts. * 56 accused in trial of French paedophile ring By John Lichfield in Paris 3 December 1999 The defendants form a cross-section of provincial, conservative France: a former army officer and Gaullist party official; two doctors; a teacher; a gendarme; a builder; a photographer; and an obscure film director. They are among 56 men on trial in Creteil in the Paris suburbs, accused of belonging to a network of paedophiles which was dismantled in a series of coordinated raids across the country two years ago. Another defendant, a retired priest, died before the case came to trial. The principal defendant, Jean-Marie Simonnet, 52, is a former parachute regiment officer who was once a local official of the neo-Gaullist RPR party in south-west France. He denied in court that he was a paedophile (he explained that he was a
