[CTRL] AP: Roswell: Plan To Relocate UFO Museum Feared
From: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/81353news07-17-00.htm Monday, July 17, 2000 Plan to Relocate UFO Museum Feared The Associated Press ROSWELL - City business leaders fear a plan to move the International UFO Museum and Research Center from downtown Roswell to the city's outskirts would steer hundreds of thousands of visitors away from downtown and devastate its economy. Max Littel, treasurer and co-founder of the UFO museum, said he plans to relocate the museum about 10 miles west of the city to a site off U.S. 70 because it has outgrown its current location downtown. But Roberta Ahlness, president of Main Street Roswell's Board of Directors, is convinced downtown would suffer "a major economic rupture" if the UFO museum moved. She said the museum draws between 250,000 to 300,000 visitors every year and should remain within the city. "There's space still available downtown," Ahlness said. "We don't object to them moving and expanding, we just want to keep them downtown." The UFO museum already has 25 acres of land surrounding the new site "tied up," Littel said. The museum needs $10 million to complete the transaction, he said. "We're not saying that's the only place we want to move," he said. "The main thing is, we've run out of room here." Littel said the number of museum visitors increases annually. This year alone, he said they've already seen 4,400 more visitors than the same time last year. "There's no time element, but we can't just keep twiddling our thumbs," he said. "We can't just stay where we are and grow." Downtown merchants are concerned about what will happen if the museum relocates. "I think it's going to be devastating," said Barbara Hedricks, manager of Cowtown Boots. "I think it's really going to wipe out downtown Roswell." Hedricks estimated that 50 percent of the customers who patronize Cowtown Boots are tourists - many of whom would not be there without the presence of the UFO Museum. Connie Amador, owner of Apache Gallery, said her business is absolutely dependent upon the money the museum's visitors bring in. "We hardly get any town people - unless they have visitors with them," she said. * All content copyright © ABQJournal.com and Albuquerque Journal and may not be republished without permission. Requests for permission to republish, or to copy and distribute must be obtained at the the Albuquerque Publishing Co. Library, 505-823-3492. = 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. = A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] GENNIFER FLOWERS VS. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
In a message dated 07/17/2000 9:58:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at 9:00 a.m. in the Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada, before the Honorable Philip M. Pro, counsel for Gennifer Flowers, Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch, will argue preliminary motions in the case which Ms. Flowers has brought against Hillary Rodham Clinton, James Carville, and George Stephanopoulos. The lawsuit alleges invasion of privacy, and defamation as to Mrs. Clinton based upon information showing that Mrs. Clinton hired private investigators to gather information to then smear Ms. Flowers in order to ensure her husband's, Bill Clinton's, and her own ascension to the White House, and now to the Senate. This is one area where Barbara Bush makes Hillary look weak. After all, Mrs. Bush put up with her husband's Jennifer for about twelve years, and never maligned her in any way. She just bided her time, and when George wanted to run for president, she told him she would help him if he would get rid of his mistress. Apparently ambition beats affection hands down. And this obviously didn't make the mistress or Klayman upset. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] NYP: Dick Morris, WHY LAZIO MUST FIGHT NICE
In a message dated 07/17/2000 10:10:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lazio, on the other hand, has to be sure that everyone who wants to vote against Hillary is free to do so - that they aren't driven into her arms by their dislike of him. His task is to wage both a positive campaign for himself and a rebuttal against the negatives Hillary throws. Lazio must answer, answer and answer. Whenever she attacks, he must parry. He's got to rebut her charges, factually, calmly and dispassionately, while keeping the pressure on her. What? With those dimples? He's a shoo in, especially if New York has a lot of women voters. Lazio can relax. He doesn't have to strain his brain. Voters can see better than they can think. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] NYP: MORE TRIPP QUESTIONS FOR BILL
In a message dated 07/17/2000 10:11:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PRESIDENT Clinton will be served with a subpoena today ordering him to answer questions under oath on Sept. 18 about his role in the sliming of Linda Tripp. The firm of Kohn, Kohn Colapinto - which is representing the former friend of Monica Lewinsky - will maintain that Clinton is a direct, material witness in her suit against the White House and the Pentagon. Does nothing get this woman to go away? There would be one advantage to getting Dubya into the White House. The Republican backers of all these weird women would probably pull their funding, and we could stop hearing from them. Dubya is kind of stupid, but his dad and the remnants of various Republican adminstrations would be running things anyway. At this point it would be such a relief to get all these "wronged" damsels to just shut up and go away that Dubya almost looks good. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] CHB: The Clintons are ugly people
In a message dated 07/17/2000 10:26:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "She had a mouth on her," Wilson, now retired, says. "So did he (Clinton)." In fact, both Clinton and his girlfriend and future wife talked in derogatory terms about Jews, Blacks, Italians and others. "Before the election, Clinton would brag about how he could win because he always 'won the nigger vote in Arkansas,'" Wilson remembers. Damn, why didn't they tell us all about this before? Why it would have made all the difference in how I voted. They should have told us about this instead of the minutia of Bill Clinton's relations with women. This is much more shocking. I'm amazed that the Republicans are bringing all this up, however, since my understanding was that when they screamed and yelled about Clinton's attempts to bring Felix Rohatyn onto the Beltway scene, it was because he was a Jew. Perhaps, however, they did not use any slurring language. There's a lot to be said for linguistics. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] CHB: A Little Old Fashioned Karma Coming 'Round
In a message dated 07/17/2000 10:26:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "This has the potential to be 'Hymietown' - the sequel," says Republican consultant Jay Severin, That explains it all. Prudy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] ABCNews: TWA 800: Could 100 Witnesses Have Been Mistaken?
In a message dated 07/17/2000 9:21:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The most compelling case for the missile theory is made by the 755 FBI records of eyewitness interviews, which were recorded on standardized FBI âFD-302â forms typically used by the bureau in court. Recently posted on the Internet and given little notice by the press, the FBI records seem to tell a dramatic story of a missile striking the plane. Ninety-six of the eyewitnesses â from boats, from the Long Island shore, and from a nearby jet and helicopter â described seeing a streak of light or what appeared to be a flare moving up from the Earth and eventually leading to an explosion over the Atlantic, according to the FBI reports. [see excerpts below] A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Why has South Africa's excellent president gone loco?
http://slate.msn.com/Assessment/00-07-14/Assessment.asp Why has South Africa's excellent president gone loco? By David Plotz David Plotz is Slate's Washington bureau chief. You can e-mail him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted Friday, July 14, 2000, at 10:30 a.m. PT In the last few months, Thabo Mbeki has been introducing himself to the world as a loon. Mbeki, who labored loyally for decades in the shadow of his mentor, Nelson Mandela, was elected South Africa's president in 1999. His recent U.S. visit and this week's international AIDS conference in Durban were supposed to be a coming out of sorts. But instead of dazzling the West, Mbeki is making a spectacle of himself. Mbeki has enraged AIDS experts by consulting Peter Duesberg, an apostate scientist who claims that HIV does not cause AIDS. Mbeki has questioned the effectiveness of AZT and ordered his government not to supply the drug to pregnant women. Shortly before his U.S. visit, he wrote a letter to President Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan decrying the campaign of "intellectual intimidation and terrorism" against scientists who say HIV doesn't cause AIDS. At his opening address to the AIDS conference, he blamed South Africa's health crisis on poverty and glossed over HIV, even though it infects 20 percent of South African adults. His aides reportedly barred South African scientists from signing a petition stating that HIV causes AIDS. Fiercely intellectual and curious, Mbeki encountered dissident AIDS research while surfing the Web late one night. He read the scientific papers and now talks confidently about "toxicities" and "the phosphoral relation." He portrays himself as an educated skeptic about AIDS. But his late night Web-trolling, credulity about what he read online, and $10 scientific phrases smack less of skepticism than obsession. The president of South Africa is acting like a nutter. It's a shame that Mbeki has been diverted by this bizarre AIDS twaddle, because he is normally rational. "This is very foolish and uncharacteristic of him," says Robert Rotberg, director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict at Harvard's Kennedy School. South Africa's peaceful escape from apartheid, smooth transition to democracy, and continued economic survival owe almost as much to Mbeki's cool logic as to Mandela's warm saintliness. Born in 1942, Mbeki is a child of the African National Congress. He was raised in the struggle and has never wavered from it. Mbeki's parents were Communist missionaries-highly educated intellectuals who moved to the South African bush to help raise the consciousness of the peasantry. His father, Govan, a radical newspaper editor, was sentenced to life in prison along with Mandela at the 1964 Rivonia trial. Govan, chilly and distant, still calls his son "comrade." All Govan cared about, and all Thabo Mbeki came to care about, was the movement. ANC leaders marked him early for his keen mind and back-room savvy. At 17, he was expelled from boarding school for organizing a student strike. A year later, the ANC shipped him to England to earn a master's in economics from the University of Sussex. (He also wrote a dissertation about Romantic poetry.) Mbeki longed to return to South Africa to fight in the armed struggle, but ANC leaders twice forbade it. They recognized that he was more useful negotiating than shooting. Mbeki, who served as ANC President Oliver Tambo's aide-de-camp, helped concoct the strategy that toppled apartheid. As the Cold War faded in the late '80s, the ANC was suffering from an image problem: White South Africans and most Westerners suspected that it was simply a haven for Commie terrorists. Mbeki understood that white South Africans needed assurance that the ANC was pragmatic before they would discuss dismantling apartheid. To that end, Mbeki became the ANC's Über-diplomat. He was urbane and charming: He smoked a pipe, quoted Yeats, wore perfect suits, and served the best whiskey (and plenty of it). Mbeki traveled to the West and impressed Europeans and Americans with his practicality. More important, he reached out to white South Africans, especially Afrikaner business and cultural leaders. Mbeki met covertly with Afrikaners at pubs in Europe and at conferences in Africa. (He relished these private encounters, where he shone. He is less impressive in public gatherings. He does not schmooze well or rally a crowd.) Mbeki showed the white South Africans that the ANC wasn't run by bloodthirsty maniacs. He was just like them: reasonable, educated, sophisticated. Whites left meetings with Mbeki convinced that South Africa could negotiate with the ANC. The trust he built, as much as anything, led to the early '90s talks that ended apartheid. Mandela named him deputy president after the 1994 elections, and Mbeki has effectively run the country since 1997. Since assuming power, Mbeki has continued to favor rigorous analysis over emotion or ideology. A longtime
[CTRL] Fwd: Sherman Skolnick on the Murder of JFK Jr.
http://www.sightings.com/general2/murder.htm The Murder Of John F. Kennedy, Jr. - An Update By Sherman H. Skolnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.skolnicksreport.com 7-17-00 What Happened To America's Golden Boy? WHO BENEFITS? That is a question that should be asked following a political assassination, or even when foul play is suspected. The monopoly press, from the time of Abraham Lincoln to date, never asks THAT QUESTION. Common Americans are to be fed from a bottomless garbage can of "lone assassin", or "accident" rubbish. John F. Kennedy, Jr., most would have to admit, was charming and articulate, and had none of the ghosts and scandals in his closet that others of his relatives seem to have had or have. If he ran for important public office, he most likely would sweep the field if not just giving every other candidate a hard time. There are two reasons for his death, one being the main one and then, for some, an alternative. Main reason: His family knew he planned, on August 1, 1999, to announce, that like his father, he was going to run for President. His relatives, however, warned him that the U.S. Secret Service would not and could not protect him and they did not protect his father. The head of what is now called the U.S. Secret Service, Lafayette C. Baker, was part of the plot to murder President Abraham Lincoln. ["The Lincoln Conspiracy" by Balsiger, was also a movie in the 1970s.] The presidential guards likewise permitted an assassin to murder President James Garfield and President William McKinley. Both were anti-British, pro-American at a time when Great Britain persisted in their schemes to take back this Continent as their puppet colony [an ongoing plot from the time of the War of 1812 to now.] Further, the Secret Service allowed a plot to go forward to disable or murder in 1981 newly-elected President Ronald Reagan. A so-called "lone assassin", Hinckley, part of a family close to oil-soaked family of George Herbert Walker Bush, then Vice President, was blamed. A trial that might have brought out inconvenient facts was cut short by a purported insanity plea by the would-be "lone assassin". Two TV network reporters stated live that there were shots from another gunman, a matter never repeated on the air but never rescinded. John F. Kennedy, Jr., made one grave mistake. He trusted the presidential campaign officials of Albert Gore, Jr. to know that JFK Jr. planned to announce on August 1, 1999, that he was going to run for President. That would have interfered with the plans of Gore as well as George W. Bush, the Texas Governor. The Gore campaign reportedly promised total secrecy, a pledge they never kept. The Elder Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, was reportedly part of the scheme to assassinate President Kennedy. According to the book not allowed for many years to be openly sold in the U.S., "Farewell America", the oil industry wanted President Kennedy dead, dead, dead. JFK wanted the oil cartel's tax dodge, the oil depletion allowance, to be cancelled. [The book was written under the pen-name "James Hepburn" by the French CIA that infiltrated the plot. In the 1970s, I and another assassination researcher were the only ones to get copies into the U.S. Alas, I have only one copy left now.] What's that? So you did not know or believe books are suppressed in the U.S.? Too bad for you. The latest front for the oil fraud, George W. Bush, likewise would most naturally have an interest in the demise of JFK, Jr. George W. just before the fatal plane take-off, somehow was near the New Jersey airport where JFK Jr. kept his plane without proper security. A coincidence? After all, JFK Jr. was a captivating speaker and would have most likely swept the field of Presidential candidates. Conservatives and liberals, both could join together to support America's Golden Boy. According to our best, long-time reliable sources, Jr.'s sister, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg likewise warned her brother that running for President would be a death warrant. Nevertheless, she reportedly said she would support his plans. After his death, reportedly feuding with the Kennedy family, she did not go to the family get together. Her family reportedly threatens to silence her with a "Marilyn Monroe" needle, or by a psychiatrist to change her views. [Remember, Marilyn Monroe was planning to go public at a press conference with details of her sex episodes with President Kennedy and brother Bobby, Attorney General. A psychiatrist reportedly gave her the "needle".] To understand why and how the Kennedy family financially benefits by not fighting or exposing the cabal murdering their family members, visit our website, the four part series, What Happened to America's Golden Boy. Have you forgotten the attempt in 1964 to murder Teddy Kennedy by a sabotaged plane crash? Or the frame up in 1969 at Chappaquiddick? An alternative reason, which some accept, is that JFK Jr. was going to run, not for President
[CTRL] Fwd: An Online Carnivore
ACLU Tries To Force FBI on E-mail By D. IAN HOPPER WASHINGTON (AP) - Using the Freedom of Information Act, the American Civil Liberties Union is trying to force the FBI to disclose details of the inner workings of its Carnivore system that can snoop on e-mails, officials announced Friday. Carnivore is a computer-like box that can be hooked up to the network at an Internet provider. Using special software, it scans all incoming and outgoing e-mails, capturing those of specific individuals under investigation. The FBI recently disclosed it has been using the tool to obtain e-mails of investigative subjects - but only after getting a search warrant. Civil liberty and privacy advocates have raised concerns about the tool, in part because its software scans the header information of all incoming and outgoing e-mails at the provider - regardless of whether someone is under investigation. FBI spokesman Steven Berry said the device gives the agency ``a surgical ability to intercept and collect the communications which are the subject of a court order'' and ignores everything else. Others have raised concerns because Internet providers haven't been told exactly how the box works. EarthLink, a major Internet provider, disclosed Friday that the FBI's use of the tool caused service outages for some of its customers in March. The company has now struck an agreement with the bureau to prevent future use of the box on its network. ``We weren't privy to looking at the specs or any of the technical details of it,'' EarthLink spokesman Kurt Rahn said. ``If we couldn't look at how it was set up, and we couldn't know what information it was gathering.'' The ACLU is using a novel approach to try to force the FBI to divulge the inner workings of the system. It filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act, usually reserved for public requests for official government documents, for correspondence, programming code, technical manuals and specifications of Carnivore. ``Carnivore is such an outlandish concept, so there's some reason to hope that we can put it to rest,'' said ACLU Associate Director Barry Steinhardt, who made the request. FBI officials declined comment Friday on the ACLU request. A FOIA expert said the civil liberties group has a tough road ahead, citing several exemptions to FOIA that the FBI may use to keep from revealing Carnivore's code. One exemption has been used to protect information that someone may use to break the law, said Harry Hammitt, who writes Access Reports, a newsletter on FOIA issues. Another exemption protects investigative methods and techniques. And if a third party, like a private security company, wrote the Carnivore code for the FBI, the company could use a FOIA exemption to protect their trade secrets. ``I think any of these exemptions provide a pretty solid case for the government to hold the information about the source code,'' Hammitt said. That doesn't mean that the ACLU shouldn't try, Hammitt added. A FOIA request is inexpensive and may yield lots of other information, like notes and letters about Carnivore, which may prove useful. Later this month, a House committee plans to look into the matter. Also, both Attorney General Janet Reno and House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, expressed concerns about Carnivore. Reno said the Department of Justice would review the system. EarthLink, an Atlanta-based company with about 4.2 million subscribers nationwide, said it had installed the snooping software for the FBI at a data center in Pasadena, Calif., earlier this year after it lost a decision on the matter in federal court. The device caused service outages. Rahn said that while the outages were a ``big deal,'' their main problem is the privacy issue. ``That's really been what has gotten us opposed to this in the first place, and prompted the court case. That's our main concern,'' he said. EarthLink Won't Install FBI Surveillance Device, Journal Says Atlanta, June 14 (Bloomberg) -- EarthLink Inc., the second- largest U.S. Internet-service provider, said it won't install an FBI surveillance device on its network, because technical adjustments needed to use the unit, known as Carnivore, cause disruptions for customers, the Wall Street Journal said. The FBI connected Carnivore, a computer box loaded with software to monitor e-mail and other online communications, to EarthLink's remote access servers, and found the device wasn't compatible with the operating software. EarthLink said it will work with authorities in criminal investigations, but expressed concern about privacy issues, the paper said. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said she will review the FBI's Carnivore system for intercepting e-mail from criminal suspects to address privacy concerns. (WSJ 7/14) Jul/14/2000 0:45 ET
[CTRL] OEN 7/18/00
from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Big Brother Loves You If You Saw "Patriot", We Log Your Email Privacy, RIP. LONDON -- The final shape of Britain's controversial Internet tapping bill is becoming clear after it emerged bruised but intact from scrutiny in Parliament's upper house. The so-called RIP bill -- for regulation of investigatory powers -- has stirred controversy because it would make Britain the only country in the Group of Seven industrial nations with the explicit legal power to demand that companies hand over keys required to decode data encrypted for secrecy. It would also give the government new powers to attach software to Internet-service providers that could pipe data, under warrant, to a unit housed in the building of MI5, Britain's internal security service. Failing a change of heart on the part of the government, the bill is likely to be voted through the upper house of Parliament on Wednesday. It then returns to the lower house, which is expected to approve it if the government accepts the amended text. After last week's debate in the upper house, the bill has been significantly amended, with some of the most controversial clauses removed. Opponents, however, continue to warn that Britain could gain a reputation as a police state of the Internet world. This, they say, could drive companies to store sensitive data offshore, prompt Internet-service providers to move or route traffic abroad, and cost the country billions of pounds in lost investment. "None of the changes alter the fact that Britain would become the only G-7 economy with government access to keys, and if you were a business, why would you locate here knowing that?" said Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (www.fipr.org). Changes to the Bill One important change has been to require the government to pay a "fair" share of the cost of installing the so-called black boxes that would transmit data from the ISPs to the MI5 building -- estimated at anywhere from 20 million pounds to 640 million pounds ($30 million to $960 million). The upper house also stipulated the establishment of an independent body that includes industry representatives to arbitrate the government's dealings with the ISPs. Much of the language surrounding the granting of warrants has also been tightened up, while a definition of "communication data" -- Internet traffic logs -- that police can monitor without a warrant has been redefined to prevent unauthorized trawling for content. The rank of official required to approve a request for encryption keys has also been raised, to police chief constable or equivalent. Another change means that those accused of deliberately "forgetting" an encryption key to avoid handing it over would no longer be obliged to prove that they forgot. Human-rights groups had decried that clause as a reversal of the traditional presumption of innocence. Prosecutors must now prove that the accused "knowingly" failed to comply. Other amendments, however, failed. For example, the criteria for getting a warrant are to protect national security, to safeguard economic well being or to prevent or detect serious crime. The upper house tried to have the definition of serious crime narrowed so it wouldn't include "large numbers of persons in pursuit of a common purpose." That could include any number of organizations that might irritate the government but don't qualify as terrorists. This, however, was in a package of proposed amendments defeated by one vote. The Big Picture Largely forgotten in the furor over RIP is that the bill covers far more than the Internet and that much of it is required to comply with European Union laws on human rights. The bill codifies Britain's existing morass of regulations governing all interception (of telephone calls, mail and Internet traffic), as well as traditional surveillance. "In some areas it actually puts tighter restrictions on what the government can do," said Marie Colvin, a lawyer advising the London-based human-rights group Justice. "They really needed to do this -- it's good!" Some of the public horror has been caused by the highlighting of practices already common around the world. The British authorities, for example, have always been entitled to intercept e-mail under warrant. And the U.S. government already attaches software to ISPs when it wants to pipe data for monitoring. But by making explicit legal provision for Internet tapping, the British government has aroused fears for privacy that will be hard to assuage. Mr. Bowden believes the RIP bill's approach is inappropriate for a technology as fluid as the Internet. "We got them to change the definition of communications data, which is good," Mr. Bowden said, referring to the traffic logs the government could monitor without a warrant. "But the next generation of mobile telephones will let a phone
[CTRL] Smile, you're on GPS -- The Washington Times
from: http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/commentary-2000717134724.htm Click Here: A HREF="http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/commentary-2000717134724.htm"Smile, you're on GPS -- The Washington Times/A - Smile, you're on GPS Eric Peters Want to bring out the anti-technology Luddite in you? Then ponder the interesting new uses being found for Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology and the eensy-weensy little transponder hidden in your vehicle, if you have a built-in satellite navigation system. Many new cars have this equipment and are thus subject to more than merely receiving helpful route directions from the friendly system of satellites orbiting the Earth in geosynchronous orbit. The same technology that helps you avoid getting lost also lets whomever controls the satellites know exactly where you are while in your vehicle and can follow your movements precisely, in real-time, to within a few feet. The transponder in your car is in constant contact with the system of satellites the all-seeing, never-blinking watchers in the sky. When GPS-based navigational computers become commonplace in even low-end cars, as they are expected to be within three years or so, it will be possible to monitor the movements of almost every car on the road, worldwide, 24-hours a day. Now, if that's not enough to creep you out, consider what our friends the Brits are up to. According to a hair-raising report aired last month by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and subsequently detailed in print by the respected computer publication, Micro Times, The UK's deputy prime minister, John Prescott, wants GPS-based electronic speed regulators for "all cars within the next few years." Rather than just provide helpful travel information, the onboard GPS system would interface with a specially coded map that relays information about speed limits on each street to the vehicle's engine computer which in turn would prevent the vehicle from being driven faster than those limits by throttling back the fuel and ignition systems. Mr. Prescott wants the speed regulators to be required by English law, so no new car could be sold without the technology. This is more than just idle talk. Bear in mind that Mr. Prescott is a high government official which is bad enough but also that his nifty idea has been shown to work as a practical matter. According to the BBC, a functional prototype has undergone three years of development and testing by the Motor Industry Research Association and Leeds University researchers with funding coming from the British government. The results have been sufficiently positive that England's Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions "is expected to recommend the system by phased in over a decade," according to the BBC and Micro Times. The basics the ring of GPS satellites; the navigational computers and transponders all exist and have been in use by General Motors, Acura, BMW and Mercedes, among others, for years. Adding the specially digitized road maps with speed-limit information would not is not a major technical hurdle. Not only can it be done it is being done. And the masses don't seem to be bothered a bit by the darker side of those friendly computer chips that are encrusting our lives like silicon-based Kudzu. Is it paranoiac to observe that we are arguably drifting gently into a world of near-constant surveillance? There are cameras everywhere. Photo radar and speed enforcement have tested the waters and the public, in general, has not squealed much about the implicit threat to basic privacy these intrusions imply. Surely, they will accept transponders in their cars without much protest, too. As they say, if you're not violating the law, what have you got to hide? True, this business is for the moment an English-only worry. But bear in mind that a whole bushel of bad ideas has come to use from our friends in the United Kingdom, and it's a sure bet that certain personages in certain quarters of the United States government are deliciously aware of what is going on in England and rubbing their hands together in gleeful anticipation. Presidential contender Al Gore, for one, is likely on that particular short list. That brings us back to technology and the duality of our wonderful inventions. It's interesting that so many hacks in the journalistic establishment who abjure, for example, handguns, as inherently dangerous implements that must always be regarded with extreme suspicion, cannot also see the threat presented by other man-made devices and fear (or respect) them accordingly, as well. Maybe the "inventor" of the Internet Mr. Gore can assuage our fears in this regard. Somehow, though, I doubt he will. Eric Peters is an editorial writer for The Washington Times and a syndicated automotive columnist. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My
[CTRL] Traffic Master Britains answer to the Stazi (Big Brother)
from:alt.conspiracy As, always, Caveat Lector Om K - Click Here: A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:628145"Traffic Master Britains answer to the Stazi (Big Brother)/A - Subject: Traffic Master Britains answer to the Stazi (Big Brother) From: Lee A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] om/A Date: Mon, Jul 17, 2000 2:36 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Traffic Master Britains answer to the Stazi (Big Brother) Over 8000 miles of Britain is covered in Blue posts with CCTV cameras and Radio Transmitters. They are employing optical recognition software to recognise your number plate, plot your movements, give you speeding tickets, charge you for road use, plot your lifestyle. With around 64000 miles to go it won't take long. For full details read 'Electronics World' June edition I think. This is the beginning of total control. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Dubya the Bush boys -- how corrupt are they?
from:alt.conspiracy As, always, Caveat Lector Om K - Click Here: A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:628088"Dubya the Bush boys -- how corrupt are they?/A - Subject: Dubya the Bush boys -- how corrupt are they? From: Richard Clark A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"richard_clar [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A Date: Mon, Jul 17, 2000 8:40 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] See the current issue of Prevailing Winds magazine (www.prevailingwinds.org) for a great article about the total corruption of George Dubya Bush and his brothers, father and uncle. This well documented article is by Jack Colhoun, the author of the definitive book on the Bush family, The Family that Preys Together. It seems that the Bush boys have had plenty of shadowy business partners and deals over the years. Often the business partners were connected to the CIA, secret wars, drug smuggling, the Mafia and covert operations. In return for a share of the booty that these creeps would provide, the Bush brothers provided political access to, and favors from, their father when he was in the White House. Consider Palmer National Bank of Washington, DC. Read the report of investigative reporter Pete Brewton, who did a long series of articles on CIA links to organized crime and failed savings loans for the _Houston Post_. Brewton reported that Palmer National channeled money to a Swiss bank account for Oliver North so that he could skirt the Boland Amendment and illegally fund the terrorist operations of the Contras in Nicaragua. Palmer National was established by two former presidential campaign aids of George Bush Sr. One of them was later rewarded with an appointment as deputy director of the State Departments Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, in the Reagan-Bush administration. Or consider the $77 million loan that E. Trine Starnes was granted from the Silverado Savings and Loan, on whose board of directors was Neil Bush. The loan was never paid back. Nor were hundreds of millions of dollars in other loans ever paid back. Instead the tab was picked up by the American taxpayers. And what did the Bush and Reagan administrations get in return? Well, it seems that E. Trine Starnes was a major donor to the National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty (NEPL), which figured large in Oliver Norths Contra funding operation. And where did the NEPL have their bank account? Surprise, surprise, they kept their money at Palmer National Bank. And how do we explain the great effort of Jeb Bush to get his dad, the prez, to help free the anti-Castro terrorist, Orlando Bosch from a Miami jail? Bosch had been convicted of masterminding the explosion that brought down a Cuban commercial airliner over Barbados, killing 73 people. He had also been convicted of shooting a bazooka at a ship in the Miami harbor. Perhaps part of the reason for Jeb fighting for his release lies in the fact that Bosch was the leader of an organization that was responsible for more than 50 anti-Castro bombings in Cuba. I guess Jeb figured that if he was going to be a successful politician in south Florida, this is what hed have to do. Plus, he knew that his dad, the president of the U.S., who was already helping to arrange funding for anti-communist terrorists (the Contras), would love to see the Castro regime collapse. Jeb, in fact, was the Reagan administrations unofficial link with the Contras in Miami. He was the go-between for Contra supporters and the Reagan White House. President Bushs brother Prescott was another helper in the Reagan administrations clandestine support of the terrorist Contras. As was Bushs other son, Marvin. And then there is the matter of George Dubya violation of Securities and Exchange (SEC) regulations that require insider stock deals to be reported promptly. One week after Dubya, a director at Harken, sold all of his $848,560 worth of stock in Harken Energy Corporation (thereby quadrupling his money), Harken announced a $23 million loss in quarterly earnings. The companys stock lost 60% of its value over the next 6 months. According to U.S. News World Report (March 16, 1992), there is substantial evidence to suggest that Bush knew Harken was in dire straits in the weeks before he sold the $848,560 of Harken stock. Pity the poor ignorant schmucks who bought all that doomed stock from Dubya. They essentially paid for his gain. They were, in the eyes of the SEC, robbed. And this is the man we would elect to the presidency of the United States? - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright
[CTRL] Divine Intervention: The Story of the Luciferian Conspiracy and God's Solutions
from: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/book-reviews/0965436500/taunt/103-9106221 -2594222 Click Here: A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0965436500/taunt/103-9106221-2594 222"Amazon.com: buying info: Divine Intervention: T /A - As always, . . . Om K - Divine Intervention: The Story of the Luciferian Conspiracy and God's Solutions by Adriene Wentworth Paperback - 211 pages (June 15, 1997) Christa Resources; ISBN: 0965436500 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 471,579 Divine Intervention: The Story of the Luciferian Conspiracy and God's Solutions by Adriene Wentworth $17.95 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Paperback - (June 15, 1997) 211 pages Editorial Reviews Jacqueline Tidewell, TideWell Presents: Metaphysical - New Age - Holistic - Books - CD's - Products - Reviews, San Diego, CA January 1998 Divine Intervention: the Story of the Luciferian Conspiracy and God's Solutions is a fearless inquiry into the original source of fear, guilt and shame, and challenges dearly held beliefs. The destructive mental and emotional condition on planet Earth is used as an example of the dark force energy and its hold on Earth and her inhabitants today. What happened in those innocent times when creation was young and man/woman was without human form? Where did evil originate? How do we free ourselves from bondage? These questions and others which have challenged great spiritual leaders and deep thinkers throughout the ages are presented within the pages of Divine Intervention in a manner and style this reviewer found refreshingly bold and insightful. As the ancient story of creation and its original intent weaves its way through Divine Intervention, we hear from the Ancient Spiritual Hierarchy comprised of The Source, Mother Mary, Sananda, Archangel Michael, Ashtar, and Mother Earth. How we got where we are and how we get back to where we belong (connected to the Source) is the lesson they teach. Affirming Spirit as humanity's true identity and taking a step toward The Source is a powerful statement made throughout Divine Intervention . Adriene Wentworth's compassion for healing and teaching others to heal themselves is exemplified in powerful affirmations at the end of each chapter. The reader is urged to pray, forgive and affirm in order to self-heal and assist Mother Earth in the coming major earth changes. Simply written and beautifully presented, this reviewer was further convinced that Divine Intervention could be used with young people to convey complicated spiritual ideas. Make Divine Intervention #1 on your book list as a gift for yourself, or for someone else. Book Description Divine Intervention - The Story of the Luciferian Conspiracy and Gods Solutions Channeled from the Ancient Spiritual Hierarchy for all of you who are feeling stuck and hopeless and are unaware of what is preventing you from moving into joy, fulfillment, wholeness and happiness in all aspects of your lives. * Unique and bold insights revealing the conspiracies that are causing the serious problems on Earth today and what you can do to assist God's Plan to pull the Earth out of this darkness. * Shatters the misconceptions and illusions that have been accepted throughout the ages about dark force energy. * Masterfully presented in a story form to help you stay open and face past and present traumas,including memories of E.T. abductions and ritual abuse. * Inspirational messages from The Source, Sananda, Mother Mary,Archangel Michael, Ashtar and the Earth Mother, giving hope and positive solutions to these most sensitive and serious issues. From the Author I began my spiritual journey when I was twenty-two. I constantly had experiences with the psychic realms that I didn't understand. Those experiences motivated me to seek out spiritual teachers and knowledge to help me cope and understand what was happening to me. I feel very blessed to have been guided to two Himalayan Masters who shared their knowledge and skills with me. I traveled to India, studied with these Masters and completed intensive training in Jnana Yoga (the path of knowledge and intellect), Bhakti Yoga (the path of love and devotion), Raja Yoga (the path of discipline and meditation), and Kundalini Yoga (the path of primal force). These Masters kept close watch over my spiritual process, guided me to God Consciousness and stayed with me until I could comfortably reach this Consciousness on my own. During this period I had numerous blissful spiritual experiences as my kundalini energy rose higher and higher, yet these experiences were sometimes mixed with frightening encounters with astral entities and powerful negative forces. This disturbed me deeply and I began searching for the cause of this interference and what could prevent it. The spiritual community wasn't much help and warned me not to delve into these matters. My continued prayers for guidance
[CTRL] The God Chip Conspiracy
from: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1552123766/taunt/103-9106221-2594222 Click Here: A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1552123766/taunt/103-9106221-2594 222"Amazon.com: buying info: The God Chip Conspiracy/A - The God Chip Conspiracy by Thomas J. Sanders Paperback - 298 pages (May 9, 2000) Trafford; ISBN: 1552123766 Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 2 Editorial Reviews Book Description The God Chip Conspiracy explores the psychological implications of man's ultimate merger with his machines. One reader described it as philosophical, psychological, satirical comedy. About the Author T.J. Sanders was born in Hylton, Kentucky and grew up in Southern Oregon. After serving in the US Army, he received a BS and MS in Humanities while pursuing his interests in philosophy, psychology, literature, music and science at Southern Oregon College. He has worked as an English and psychology teacher, high school counselor, reporter, district circulation manager, casino poker dealer, framing contractor, recording studio manager, and free-lance writer. He is also a... read more All Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 2 Write an online review and share your thoughts with other readers! God Chip Fun and Right-On Sci-FiJune 21, 2000 Reviewer: Jim Gibons from Santa Rosa, California Here is a book which is as irreverent as a black mass on Easter Sunday! It is also slick and imaginative science fiction with all the elements of fine literary pedigree, with depth of character and a fine plot, in a fast-paced narrative running along in short, snappy chapters, all the while achieving a sharp timbre that delves into age-old philosophical questions. Sanders could be called the Tom Robbins of outer space. Or the Philip Roth of inner space, because even though this is futuristic fiction, there is a permeating fear that technology, in its lock-step march towards progress, is sucking the very soul from human beings. In fact, you can no longer be quite sure which ones are the people, and which ones the machines. Herbert Stump is our (poor) protagonist. He's assigned duty aboard the Spaceship Starfarer, not as a brilliant scientist or navigator or pilot or commando. Herb's problem is...Herb. He'd as soon read poetry as make love, and he's along on this scientific journey to Jupiter and The Outer Rim to...take notes. He accepts the assignment dutifully, even though he has been diagnosed with romantic dementia, a condition comparable to information overload in our time. His illness is precipitated by an inability to keep up with and adjust to technology. The disorder affects the mind in debilitating ways, most notably in areas relating to sex. To make matters worse, there seems to be something wrong with the sun (increased luminosity), the Captain has been decapitated and keeps complaining about it as his severed head sails freely around the ship on a small flying saucer. And the woman who might solve Herb's romantic dementia may or may not be human. Notwithstanding, Herb struggles along valiantly on his hunt for truth and beauty. But even truth and beauty are no longer what they seem. Love, sexuality, power, and even history itself are re-defined. Time follows no lines. Space comes and goes. What is The God Chip? The secret of the book, of course. Perhaps the secret of the universe. Was this review helpful to you? 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: God Chip Conspiracy is a Winner!May 26, 2000 Reviewer: raechael troch from denver co The God Chip Conspiracy is that rarest of finds: new and original science fiction! Reminiscent of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Red Dwarf, it uses hard science and explores profound themes while transcending ordinary sci-fi and fantasy plots. Add a clear simple style and a natural comedic tone to the mixture and you come up with a winner! I stayed up all night to read The God Chip Conspiracy as each new chapter added plot twists leading to bigger and bolder ideas. The surprises kept coming right up to the climax--what a climax! I laughed and I cried as the unlikely hero, Herbert Stump, traveled through space and time seeking salvation and relief from romantic dementia. The stakes keep getting higher, until he finds himself in a battle to save humanity. And save us he does; complete with a backup copy! Bold and irreverent, The God Chip Conspiracy is a must read. Even if you are not a science fiction fan, you'll enjoy this novel. Two thumbs up, way up! Legal Notices © 1996-2000, Amazon.com, Inc. - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease!
[CTRL] New Netizen - Every Netizens source for Government News
from: http://www.newnetizen.com/ Click Here: A HREF="http://www.newnetizen.com/"New Netizen - Every Netizens source for Governm /A - IRS Info Conventions, links, articles/news Illuminati Foreseeable Future, History of... Social Security Issues Resend you SSN, MOTB?... Bilderberg 2000 Attendees, media coverup... Article writers What's New Internet happenings www.givemeliberty.org Runs full page ad in USA Today, on legality of the Income Tax! New Netizen Forum Post ideas and news direct to the site! Netnician - Learn about our new service coming soon... Cherish the Past. Enjoy the Present. Fight the Future. About NewNetizen Copyright © 2000 fmluder_x. All Rights Reserved. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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 Architecture of Modern Political Power
from:alt.conspiracy As, always, Caveat Lector Om K - Click Here: A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:628022"The Architecture of Modern Political Power/A - Subject: The Architecture of Modern Political Power From: NetWatch A HREF="mailto:Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]"Use -Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]/A Date: Mon, Jul 17, 2000 12:04 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Introduction [...] Conspiracy research and analysis is evidently an important component of power structure research and analysis. History has vital prosopographic elements, many hidden, and the organization of this establishment indeed constitutes a conspiracy. The vagaries of individuals prominent in the establishment have broad effects that echo through history. [...] The establishment program is not quite a traditional conspiracy. Like many, its members do not all know each other, have sometimes conflicting conceptions of what is to be done, and have sometimes conflicting agendas. From here, the distinctions mount. It is a largely ``open'' conspiracy, in that much of its membership, structure, methods, and operations, are matters of public record, however scattered and obscure. Its manner of coordination is atypical. Two nuclei - the core of the Wall Street clique (orbiting the House of Rockefeller) and the core of the European financial clique (orbiting the House of Rothschild) - coordinate the global establishment program by waging psychological warfare on the rest of the establishment, telling each member no more than is necessary for him to fulfill his envisioned role, often with explicit recognition neither of his role, nor of the unarticulated rules that govern him. Thus, the overwhelming bulk of the establishment does not know, but only suspects, that it is part of and in service to ``a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it'' (quoting Woodrow Wilson). The establishment leaders' vision is to transform world political and legal reality so that the historic role of the nation-state is played by largely sovereign transnational corporate trusts, to which nation-states are subordinate. Their envisioned seat of world government is not a United Nations but a United Trusts, a transnational oligarchy ruling from behind closed doors. This is the role for which Bilderberg fancies itself suited. Revealing this rather directly, David Rockefeller (in Newsweek International, 1999-Feb-1) said ``[...] somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.'' In order to empower a global banking, regulatory, and managerial infrastructure, they cultivate economic interdependence at scales from the household to the multinational region, to a degree that cannot be justified by appeal to efficiency or profit advantages. Central to the vision is the economic and eugenical regimentation of world society. The plan, in summary, is paternalistic, feudalistic, oligarchical, techno-industrial world government. The establishment's vision is substantially implemented, in each of its facets, today. They now seek only to make their control more precise and complete, its exercise less unwieldy and risk-laden, and its instruments and infrastructure more permanent and unchallengeable. [...] The establishment protects its interests by cultivating public indifference and incredulity, or outright endorsement of an operational facet (manufacturing consent through the media-democracy engine), as regularly as by conspiratorial secrecy, skullduggery, and foul play. Feeling insulted, and often sensing impending humiliation and mental bankruptcy, the indoctrinated public rejects the revelations of wise dissenters. The establishment employs an old and effective method: lead others to error, then exploit their errors. In a market, any time a participant systematically errs - systematically deviates from pure self-interest - another participant who identifies that pattern of error can profit from it. Expanding this principle to the world stage, the establishment works tirelessly to lead people to systematically abandon self-interest, so that it can profit from their error. This collection of essays and articles can be viewed as a documentary of the errors of the establishment, and it is part of my program to exploit these errors, hastening the extinction of the establishment. [...] The neo-orthodoxy and concatenated censorship-by-category of ``Political Correctness,'' briefly and still occasionally a subject of conscious contemplation and public commentary, has been so thoroughly consolidated that its dictates are now silently, automatically, and ubiquitously enforced, usually at a subconscious level. Free thought and speech are increasingly perilous indulgences. The intellectual totalitarianism of Political Correctness, having burrowed below the
[CTRL] the announcement
from:alt.conspiracy As, always, Caveat Lector Om K - Click Here: A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:627970"the announcement/A - Subject: the announcement From: The Guy A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A Date: Sun, Jul 16, 2000 8:05 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] the government is planning an announcement it is to an earth shattering announcement it will top human achievement in knowledge for the start of the new millennium all the planning to date for over a hundred years martial law plans are also set ready...in case the announcement goes bad they will us that aliens are real, they exist, they are here - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Dubya the Bush boys -- how corrupt are they?
Read once that all Mellons and Mellon Heirs, all Rockefellers and Rockefeller heirs, all Morgans, and Morgan Heirs, all are Masons and all are or were, OSS which then went into CIA - this is the Family, sitting above the government operated official CIA - and now, let us include the Bush and Bush Heirs, as Masonic and CIA. George W. Bush Sr. was a young fighter pilot during the war and a war hero. Thought everybody forgot about Neil Bush - now nobody could be as dumb as these sons of Bush and come out on their feet without being involved in something a little - well over and above our government. A government within a government? And above that the Secret Rulers? Today the old line are being slowly replaced and these men are not quite as honest and respectible as the old line. Things change; in WWII the OSS - a necessary force in this country. Things change and today they have tail wagging doggie?And as a result the heads of dogs are wounded over many countries for in nearly every country in the world you find a masonic order.after all, its all in the family? Wonder about three Kings now and then - do you think someday they will want Americans to bend on their knees before them? Zulu Kings and look at Mugabee - these people hate America and this powerful family called The Family - the select few at the top -so long as they have been the invisible government we have been their victims. But in all the smoke screen a picture is emerging and believe me, as for the Illuminati, why even God knew where the gold was.Genesis is key to Illuminati. Saba A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] SNET: Special Bank Account (fwd)
visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:00:34 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SNET: Special Bank Account - SNETNEWS Mailing List Subj: Special Bank Account Date: 7/18/00 9:00:24 AM CDT From: BOBURWELL BCC:BOB WORN Imagine that you had your own special bank account: Every day your account is credited One Thousand, Four Hundred Forty dollars. Any unspent money disappears at the end of the day. You would do your best to spend every dollar of it, right? You wouldn't want all that money to go to waste, right? If you didn't need it, you would still get it just to give away, right? After all, whatever you didn't spend would be gone at the end of the day. Well, you might not have your own bank with $1440 per day, but you do have one resource that should not be wasted: Your time. There are One Thousand, Four Hundred Forty minutes in a day. You can't save any minutes for the next day. You can either use them or waste them. You can spend the time yourself, or you can share your time. So, please, Make the best use of every Minute. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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: ACTION ALERT: News-Slanting Union Buster Candidate for Ethics Post
- Original Message - From: "Info from Doug Hunt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "July 30 in Philly" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "d2k discuss" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Waggers List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:54 AM Subject: [July30] ACTION ALERT: News-Slanting Union Buster Candidate for Ethics Post July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com FAIR-L wrote: FAIR-L Fairness Accuracy in Reporting Media analysis, critiques and news reports ACTION ALERT: News-Slanting Union Buster Is Candidate for Journalism Ethics Post ACTION: Please let Harvard University know whether you think Robert Giles is an appropriate candidate for the Nieman Foundation job. You can contact Harvard president Neil Rudenstine, who will make the final decision, through his assistant's e-mail: jackie_o'[EMAIL PROTECTED] July 17, 2000 Robert Giles, former editor and publisher of the Detroit News, is a leading candidate for the position of curator at Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism. The prospect of Giles overseeing a center that teaches media ethics has alarmed many of those familiar with his role in the long-running labor dispute at the News and the Detroit Free Press, which has been jointly operated with the News since 1989. More than 2,000 reporters, mailers, printers and circulation workers, represented by six unions, walked out in July 1995, citing management demands for givebacks on healthcare and the attempt to impose a "merit pay" system after a six-year wage freeze. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld the unions' charges of unfair labor practices and called for strikers to be re-hired, but management refused to fire the "permanent replacement" workers they had brought in. The NLRB's ruling was recently overturned by the conservative D.C. Court of Appeals. Skewed Coverage Much of the controversy around Giles' Nieman appointment focuses on the question of whether he oversaw slanted coverage of the strike during his tenure. (Giles left the News/Free Press in 1997.) It's clear that the papers did print some laughably skewed stories, like "Newspaper Strikers Urged to Bring Kids to Picket Lines" (Detroit News, 5/5/96), which detailed the psychological damage picketers were inflicting on their children. One former News reporter says that that story wasn't just slanted, it was false. Now at the Washington Post, Allan Lengel says strikers never planned to take their children out of school, and the author of the story knew it. Other reporters removed their byline from stories, or asked to be taken off the strike beat, after having stories changed by editors to reflect a more pro-management line (Harvard Crimson, 7/7/00). Columbia Journalism Review (11-12/95) called the News and Free Press coverage of their own labor dispute "strikingly tilted," a charge Giles didn't deny, claiming he felt that the newspapers had "to balance the story" since "the unions, in our judgment, really have had a sort of platform to present their positions without any meaningful challenge." (Editor Publisher, 3/96) "I Wanted It to Occur on My Watch" Some of Giles' defenders seem to suggest that breaking a union is just part of a publisher's job, making Giles just an unlucky victim of what Oregonian editor Sandra Mims Rowe called "the known difficulties of labor and management" (Boston Globe 7/6/00). "In Detroit he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," concurs Newsweek's Ellis Cose (Harvard Crimson, 6/30/00). "It becomes a question of whether you hold that against him or not." Giles himself now pronounces the Detroit strike "a very difficult thing for me...very tough, very hostile." (Boston Globe, 7/6/00) But he appeared to relish his role while in the thick of it, issuing hardline statements like, "We're going to hire a whole new workforce and go on without unions, or they can surrender unconditionally and salvage what they can." (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9/2/95) Far from feeling he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, Giles told the Society of Professional Journalists, "I wanted it to occur on my watch. I believe deeply in what we're doing." (South Bend Tribune, 5/16/96) And Giles had no qualms about using his own paper to express those deep beliefs, penning a bizarre commentary (Detroit News, 3/10/96) in which he called religious community protests in support of the strike "a parody that mocked the ideals of civil disobedience," because "the civil rights movement sought to create change and reform. The newspaper strike seeks to resist change and reform." Giles went on to claim that it was management who, by permanently replacing striking workers, was truly following the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr.
[CTRL] homophobia a disease
http://www.thewandererpress.com/ CDC declares "homophobia" a "disease": Nationally syndicated Los Angeles KLTX radio talk show host Jane Chastain revealed that the U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta has declared homophobia a "health risk." The world's most popular Internet news service, WorldNetDaily, reported on Chastain's February 7 broadcast, in which the talk-show host said: ". . . The Centers for Disease Control, the official health arm of the federal government, used the word [homophobia] for the first time last month with an implied definition that would please the most radical members of the gay community. Dr. Paul Cameron, the psychologist who heads the Family Research Institute in Colorado Springs, stumbled upon this passage in the CDC's 'Morbidity and Mortality Report' for the week of January 14. On page 10 of this publication, under the heading 'HIV/AIDS Among Racial/Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men,' we have this revelation: " 'Race/ethnicity itself is not a risk factor for HIV infection. However, among racial/ethic minority MSM [men who have sex with men] social and economic factors, such as homophobia, high rates of poverty and unemployment, and lack of access to health care, are associated with high rates of HIV risk behavior.' "The definition of homophobia, as it is used here, came farther down in the passage: 'Within racial/ethnic minority communities, the stigma attached to acknowledging homosexual and bisexual activity may inhibit racial/ethic minority MSM from identifying themselves as homosexual or bisexual and they may be more likely to identify with their racial/ethnic minority community than with the MSM community.' "When you put these two paragraphs together, you have the complete picture the CDC is presenting here: Those with homophobia do not accept homosexuality. Homophobic people, therefore, present a health risk. This is not the first time this term has been used or implied by a federal agency. During the seven years of the Clinton administration, we have seen it pop up now and then, but this is the first time it has been used by the Centers for Disease Control, which has dictatorial powers on life and death matters. . . . Robert H. Knight, director of Cultural Studies at the Family Research Council, in Washington, D.C., believes the problem is twofold: 'If conservatives don't pick up on this assertion that homophobia is a private and public health problem, churches could lose their tax-exempt status, religious broadcasters could lose their licenses. The CDC also is paving the way for making mere opposition to homosexuality to be deemed a hate crime'." Chastain quoted Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, a psychiatrist, as explaining: "What the CDC is trying to do is characterize anyone who has an objection to homosexuality as disturbed and a public health threat." A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] FIRST SUGAR, THEN TEA, THEN COFFEE, THEN OPIUM and the Bush family
Let them Eat cake! Let them have fat. Fat Sugar MSG Columbus slaughtered the native Americans over sugar Energy and what will happen when the human body and the bacteria that we are composed of thinks that it has found another source of energy? Bush advocates survival of the fittest and the Hitler way of life. the family lost a lot of money backing the Hitler and also had their businesses over there taken away after the Holocaust because of that. Hitler advocated and ant type society and why should humans live by that since ants can do it better. Strange that they should be using a fungus that ants like to spread, a fungus that has caused human sickness. Does anyone remember the habituate thing? humans in a sealed environment to see what would happen? It failed and was invaded by ants. Earthworms, Snails and some bacteria are both sexes 1. Use things that keep them from reproducing that kill them. 2. You have a sterile yard or planting field that is open to ants. 3. Ants grow fungus to eat. 4. Kill the ants but you leave the fungus Can fungus spread throughout the roots of the plants? 5. How many food crops do humans have? 6. Could humans be considered a pathogen? Dyes to chemicals Columbus 1800's American Independence Mark Twain in Austria and his writings of the Hapsburgs Hitler Chemicals 1960's Pine Bluff 1969 Nixon scotched the BioWeapons program Nixon's impeachment - Hillary was one of the (hundreds?) of legal people looking at his papers. -- Will add more to this in a week or so. It is at the moratorium of releasing the data on the Holocaust but if the Bush family (who are saying that no American citizen should have to stand before the UN holocaust researchers, because they would be judged there) are in the White House would they keep these items classified? Did we show Reagan movies while he was in the White House? A precedent - Bill and Hillary seem to be putting those in, so even if they were to be tried Would they be able to say Ah Well? -- Will continue this in a week or so. Virtual Reality Apple Computers backed by Hewett Packard Hewett Packard is in Medical Instriments Micro Soft closer to IBM HardWare vers Software - what kind of hardware? Chips to control Virtual Reality to allow us to produce our own endorphines who would need lawyers, doctors, psycologist, psychitrists? What professionals would be needed if everything from diagnosis to learning were done by computer? If everyone were telepathic (if it could be done) why would you need a brain? If all you need is telepathy then all you need would be chips - a computer controling you. Problems: 1. the brain is neurons - nerve cells that make connections 2. learning (IQ) is not genetic, it is survival motivation. think of the color blue - how many connections / associations do you have for just that word. What is your vocabulary? Even someone that does all their associations to cuss words (though currently they would probley have a low IQ) could learn and have as high an IQ as they would want if they were to see that it would be adventagous. 3. to learn by chips - even if you can produce the motivation / survival need what would you associate it with. Who would you associate it with? association to continuing the human race / or in backing an ant type society. -- Will continue this part in a week or so. where all this leads to: from the time that man concieved the idea of barter, what has brought the highest price? Gold, Diamonds or other bubles? Our assets have been in the way we think, in our handicraft, Even if someone were to have complete control of money, what would they buy? Even if someone were to have ALL knowledge in a computer, what questions would they ask? Think of the Soviets (overall they can not debate) compartmented associations. Morals are these survival characterists for the different areas / continents We would advocate that one culture is better than another? To have all knowledge in a computer, could be like having a libary where none of the books have titles. How would you find it if you do not know what questions to ask. Those that refuse to study history are doomed to repeat it. http://callisto.guestworld.com/wgb/wgbview.dbm?owner=PiperCreations From: Waco, Texas Time: 2000-02-12 19:02:29 Comments: This site contains a laypersons perspective on how education, ADHD, chemicals and politics relate to each other. The major theme of the site is - + Honor + any time (in history) a major center of education was amassed, compiled, or put together is was destroyed, why? The educational center was pushed by other cultures, the children tested by the rules and morals of that culture to see
Re: [CTRL] U.S. to Kill Vermont Sheep Over 'Mad Cow' Fears
I bet he feed canola and also uses pesticides on the sheep that are affecting the sheep's brain neurons (nerve cells) Central Nervice System the brain is pretty central, isn't it? ThePiedPiper 18July2000 Steve Wingate wrote: Monday July 17 7:01 PM ET U.S. to Kill Vermont Sheep Over 'Mad Cow' Fears By Kevin Kelley EAST WARREN, Vt. (Reuters) - Three Vermont flocks of sheep have been ordered destroyed by U.S. agriculture officials, who say the 376 animals could be carrying mad cow disease. Owners of the two biggest flocks, however, downplayed that danger Monday and said they deserved millions of dollars for the loss of their livelihood. The government order, which cannot be appealed, came after tests on four slaughtered animals proved positive for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, or TSE. TSE includes scrapie, a disease of sheep not considered a threat to humans, and ``mad cow'' disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which has been linked to an invariably fatal brain-wasting disease in people known as new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It will take years to determine which disease is involved in the Vermont case, the U.S. Agriculture Department said. Mad cow disease was first reported in Britain in 1986. The British outbreak may have resulted from feeding cattle sheep-meat-and-bone-meal infected with scrapie. The Vermont sheep flocks targeted for slaughter were built up with sheep imported from Belgium and the Netherlands in 1996. Two years later, the Agriculture Department learned it was likely that the sheep had been exposed to feed contaminated with mad cow disease while in Europe, and the flocks were quarantined. But milk from the sheep had been sold, as had cheese made from the milk. ``Some offspring of these these animals were (also) slaughtered for human consumption,'' according to the Agriculture Department, which said it was working with federal and Vermont agencies ``to determine if there are any associated human health concerns.'' No Mad Cow Cases In U.S. No cases of mad cow disease have been diagnosed in the United States, but as a precaution, the Food and Drug Administration banned most uses of mammal proteins in feed for cows, sheep, goats and other ruminant animals in June 1997. The Agriculture Department officials said one Vermont sheep farmer, with 21 animals, had accepted the government's decision and had agreed to the payment of whatever compensation it thought appropriate. But two flocks, totaling 355 animals, were being destroyed over the owners' objections, the officials noted. One of the protesting owners, Larry Faillace, who holds a doctoral degree in animal physiology, described tests like those performed on the slaughtered sheep as unreliable. And the other farmer, Houghton Freeman, maintained that ''the chances of someone getting sick from these sheep are the same as being hit by an asteroid on your front porch.'' But department spokesman Andy Solomon said: ``It is necessary for us to act with an abundance of caution. The potential impact of any strain of TSE making its way through American livestock could be very costly.'' The Agriculture Department has asked independent appraisers to determine the fair market value of the sheep so compensation can be paid before their destruction and incineration. Faillace suggested he should get $11.3 million, which he calculated as the total worth of his business. He termed his imported East Frisian dairy sheep ``irreplaceable in the United States'' and said his livelihood would be ruined by the government action. Freeman also said he should be paid ``millions of dollars'' in compensation for his investments. Steve Wingate Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To
[CTRL] Recovery Nation: Is AA Threatening Your Freedom?
http://www.disinfo.com Recovery Nation: Is AA Threatening Your Freedom? The nightmare begins with a malicious workplace rumor. A spiteful (and mendacious) co-worker fingers you as an excessive tippler leading management to give you a strict ultimatum: find another job or attend nightly meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). With this brief administrative hearing, you abruptly enter the Kafkaesque world of 12-step coercion. Despite your lack of a drinking problem, economic necessity compels you to join the growing number of addicts and non-addicts alike being conscripted in record numbers to submit to AAs crypto-biblical "Big Book." According Chaz Bufe and Stanton Peele's book Resisting 12-Step Coercion (See Sharp Press, 2000), every year an estimated 1,000,000 Americans are compelled to attend AA, Narcotics Anonymous (NA) or some form of 12-step treatment under threat of jail time, loss of employment, or other social sanctions. While you might consider yourself outside the purview of this powerful social force, think again. "A young man working in a mail room tested positive for marijuana use in a random drug test. He was suspended from his job until he completed a drug treatment program," recounts Peele. The unfortunate youth who allegedly smoked the illicit herb "once a month" was in "constant conflict" with his counsellors, who demanded he admit he was "powerless" over his alleged addiction. This obvious attempt to pressure a recreational pot smoker into believing he was a remorseless drug fiend underscores the involuntary 12-stepper's plight. Nevertheless, since its 1935 inception, the abstinence-based program which involves admitting your powerlessness over addiction and turning your life over to a "higher power" continues to enjoy unqualified public acclaim as a panacea for a variety of addictions. However, a growing number of outspoken critics are openly questioning the merits of 12-step orthodoxy. In his seminal work Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure? (See Sharp Press, 1998), Chaz Bufe employs a wealth of scientific data to dispute both the efficacy of AA and its adherents espoused "disease model" of addiction. He specifically assails the organization's dogmatism, "chosen people" mentality, and the use of anti-intellectual "thought stopping language" to indoctrinate new members. These behaviors, Bufe notes, aren't "in the same league with vicious, destructive religious cults such as the Moonies and the Peoples Temple" but do exhibit "an alarmingly high number of similarities to such groups." This assessment borderlines on the subversive when considering the vast influence wielded by AA in government circles. The federally-funded National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) which actively promotes 12-step treatment methods, has played a vital role in AA and NA's predominance in both Employee Assistance Programs (EAP's) and many lucrative public and private sector rehab facilities. Yet to its detractors, this wealthy and influential organization constitutes an effective prohibition lobby propaganda voice. "Together, the war on drugs and its flip side, the 12-step addiction treatment industry, have threatened to transform America from a land of the free into a therapeutic state," declares Jack Trimpey, founder of Rational Recovery, a program which uses non 12-step methods to conquer addiction. This is not to say there is anything inherently wrong with the many communal, store-front AA and NA chapters which provide a viable (and low cost) resource for those seeking chemical dependency liberation. However, when the state enters the picture, these seemingly benign 12-step programs quickly become re-education camps for drug war miscreants while providing an effective tool for social control. Hopefully, the emergence of alternative treatment programs will offer greater choice to those seeking to end the vicious substance abuse cycle. We may then end our long-standing reliance on this singular treatment method that seeks to indoctrinate addicts and non-addicts alike. Research by Cletus Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Feel free to distribute widely but PLEASE acknowledge the source. *** http://www.angelfire.com/mi/smilinks/thirdeye.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to
[CTRL] Davidians\' lawyer: further arguments would be \'lost cause\'
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:35:06 -0500 (CDT) Grassroots Media Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Davidians' lawyer: further arguments would be 'lost cause' Source: AP - AP Wire Service Jul 15 05:44 By KELLIE GORMLY Associated Press Writer WACO, Texas (AP) _ An attorney for the Branch Davidians says it would be ``a lost cause'' to continue trying to convince a judge that U.S. federal agents fired on sect members as they tried to escape their burning compound during a 1993 siege. An advisory jury hearing the Davidians' dlrs 675 million wrongful death lawsuit determined Friday that the U.S. government bears no responsibility for the deaths of sect leader David Koresh and some 80 followers in the final hours of the 51-day standoff. U.S. District Judge Walter Smith will issue the final ruling, expected in the next month, and will also consider perhaps the most contentious issue _ whether federal agents shot at the Davidians at the end of the siege. But Davidian lawyers, survivors and victims' family members say they aren't expecting any change. ``I think a vast majority of the American public will take this as the final word,'' Michael Caddell, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said. Caddell said he doesn't plan to file any more documents in the case and will tell the judge to make his decision based on the evidence in hand. ``Given what's happened in Waco with Judge Smith, we don't see the point. It's a lost cause. Judge Smith obviously has an agenda. At some point, it simply becomes futile,'' Caddell told The Associated Press. The siege began on a Sunday morning, Feb. 28, 1993, when agents from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms tried to search the Davidian's Mount Carmel complex and arrest Koresh on illegal weapons charges. Six Davidians and four ATF agents were killed in the ensuing shootout that day. The standoff ended seven weeks later with the deaths of some 80 men, women and children, some from gunshots and other from the fire that quickly engulfed the compound hours into a tear-gassing operation designed to drive them out and end the siege. Surviving Branch Davidians and relatives of those who died contend the government should shoulder some blame for the botched initial raid and holocaust at the end. But the five-member jury, after deliberating 2 1/2 hours, determined the government didn't use excessive force during the raid and was not negligent in violating a plan by driving tanks into the compound. The jury also had been asked whether agents contributed to or spread the fires or violated a directive to have firefighting equipment on the scene. There were no loud protests after the verdict. Ten miles (16 kilometers) east of Waco, where a chapel has been built on the site of the destroyed compound, the only sounds came from birds and a tree branch rattling in the breeze. Ron Goins, 45, who has been studying the Bible with surviving members of the sect for the past two years, said few Davidians held out much hope of a favorable verdict. Goins added he was disappointed the jury came to its conclusion so fast. ``That's not a chance to look over anything or review anything,'' he said. Present-day Davidians who gather each Saturday for services at the chapel believed the jurors and the judge had gone into the trial with their minds made up. It wasn't emphasized enough how the Davidians were violated and harassed, Goins said. During the trial, the government contended that ATF agents were ambushed by heavily armed Davidians at the start of the raid and that suicidal members of the group set the fires themselves on the final day. Clive Doyle, who was one of nine people who escaped the inferno and is one of the plaintiffs in the wrongful-death case, maintained that the government's version of what happened in 1993 in untrue. ``I would've been surprised if the jury ruled in favor of us,'' he said. ``It's kind of like the Kennedy assassination. You have the official version and you have what everybody else believes.'' Either way, the trial had served some purpose for the Davidians, Goins said. ``What they were hopeful about was getting the facts out. We can't bring the people back. The people are dead,'' he said. ``There was some sort of closure because we got to speak our mind.'' AP-CS-07-15-00 0644EDT The Grassroots Media Network 1602 Chatham St Austin, TX 78723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswinds.net/~rootmedia/ http://www.crosswinds.net/~rootmedia/Queer http://www.koop.org/stonewall/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are: Grassroots News Network, Queer News Network, Latino News Exchange, Wmyn's News Service, Enviro News Service, Worker's News Service, Grassroots Film Video Collective, and Theoretical Ammo Arts Brigade, To recieve daily news articles please respond to this post with the following command in the subject line. "add me to general news (for general news)" "add me to queer news (for queer news)" "add me to latino news (for
[CTRL] Fwd:Re: [Anarchy-Peace] CyberSleuth will identify entities targeting corporations
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:02:13 -0400 moe SAINT EverGreen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coincidentally, The company which offers offshore protection against CyberSleuth http://offshore-privacy.com/home.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Commentary: Drug profits claim many as addicts
from: http://www.registerguard.com/news/2718/ed.col.millegan.0718.html Click Here: A HREF="http://www.registerguard.com/news/20000718/ed.col.millegan.0718.html"Th e Register-Guard: Commentary: Drug profits cl /A - July 18, 2000 Commentary: Drug profits claim many as addicts By KRIS MILLEGAN 'YES, VIRGINIA, there is an octopus.' " Interesting words from a lady who raised $100,000 for George Bush. "There are more people in America addicted to drug money than there are addicted to drugs," Catherine Austin Fitts said. "Most of us don't even know that we are addicted - but whether through the stock market or the banking system or the financing that helps us create jobs, we are." Catherine's stance is, "If we, the people, can face it ... God can fix it." Here I was, a guy from Noti, lunching with a former assistant secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Bush administration and talking about the U.S. intelligence communities' role in the international narcotics trade and the ramifications for families in communities throughout America. The day before, there was breakfast with a former Drug Enforcement Agency agent and a former Los Angeles police officer who regaled the table with tales about a netherworld of factions "fighting" for hundreds of billions of dollars; "wet-boys" (hired killers) and death threats; an ex-cocaine cartel leader in the federal witness protection program "running dope to the Russians;" and "shill" lawyers who destroy cases, gag witnesses and bankrupt supporting citizens. These extra encounters were the icing on top of a full day of amazing revelations and eyewitness accounts of corruption and official malfeasance relayed to attendees at last month's CIA-Drugs Symposium at the Lane County Fairgrounds. The weekend left me with a lot to digest - and wishing that more people in Eugene had heard the presentations or benefited from more coverage in the news. What did those who attended learn? A typical reaction came in an e-mail message: "After planning to attend for a few hours in the morning, I ended up staying for the whole time. It was a paradigm transforming experience for me, even though I have been interested in drug policy for a decade." The scope of the corruption presented was chilling, involving both major political parties and our major financial players. The theme that ran throughout was the extent to which the profits from drugs flow through the economy like the blood that flows through our bodies. The four top states for the importation of illegal narcotics are New York, Florida, California and Texas. Those are also the states with the highest concentration of money laundering, as well as the reinvestment of laundered funds in legal businesses - in mergers and acquisitions and in venture capital. Those are also the states from where 80 percent of all the presidential campaign contributions originate. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent for a position that pays only $200,000 a year, but which controls the allocation of trillions in government contracts and subsidies. The office also influences the regulations and legislation that can make or break a business - not to mention the intelligence, enforcement and prosecution agencies that wield the power to indict and convict and, some say, even to kill. Our addiction to drug profits is powerful because of our need to support our staggering debt load both here and abroad. The bankers know that the interest on many of their international loans is being paid with narco-dollars, now estimated to be as high as a half-trillion dollars a year. These narco-dollars moving around the world are in demand at bargain rates and infect the integrity of our markets. One of the best books on the history of the drug trade is Carl Trocki's "Opium, Empire and the Global Economy." Trocki helps put events in a historical perspective. More than a few private and political fortunes amassed through the centuries in America and globally were made with prohibited drugs in concert with organized crime. " ... the drug traffic ... restructures the social and economic terrain in the process. Two major effects are the creation of mass markets and the generation of enormous ... unprecedented, cash flows. (Which) results in the concentrated accumulation of vast pools of wealth. (Which) have been among the primary foundations of global capitalism and the modern nation-state itself. Indeed, it may be argued that the entire rise of the West, from 1500 to 1900, depended on a series of drug trades ... and fed the institutions that accumulated it: the banking and financial systems, the insurance systems and the transportation and information infrastructures." Some news from the CIA-Drugs Symposium was ominous. Efforts to ensure that Colombia's rich flow of profits are cycled back th
Re: [CTRL] Works by Andrew D. Basiago posted on CTRL
No. All "works" by you on the internet are in the public domain and have either been forwarded to my list from other public lists or public domain sites. I guess you are only a "patriot" iffin your paid. Om k = Search again Item # DateTimeRecsSubject 034961 99/11/0413:50 276 Fwd: Konformist: EgyptAir The Illuminati - Continued 043516 00/02/2411:13 326 Fwd: Exposed: Clintons Bigtime CIA Operatives 043792 00/02/2901:15 326 [MC] CAVEAT LECTOR: Exposed: Clintons Bigtime CIA Operatives 044461 00/03/1019:44 268 Aspartame--Genocide In The Diet Coke 044805 00/03/1413:46 333 Ethnicity Mind Control ? 046901 00/04/1418:58 194 Fwd: Bush, Sr., Bay of Pigs, Elian and more/Fwd 046902 00/04/1418:59 220 Fwd: [MC] Brice Taylor 049311 00/05/1700:26 367 Ethnicity and mind control victims. Item #34961 (4 Nov 1999 13:50) - Fwd: Konformist: EgyptAir The Illuminati - Continued Andrew D. Basiago Los Angeles Item #43516 (24 Feb 2000 11:13) - Fwd: Exposed: Clintons Bigtime CIA Operatives Frequent NewsHawk flyer Andrew Basiago, after having just recently tossed Jesse "The Body" Ventura completely out of the ring, now takes on Andy does his homework, and knows whereof he speaks. Even WE were shocked by what Basiago has dredged up on this "Deadly Duo", and that ain't easy to do. by Andrew D. Basiago Special to the Newshawk Newsgroup Andrew D. Basiago, who writes frequently on matters of social justice, the environment, and political affairs, is a member of the Washington Item #43792 (29 Feb 2000 01:15) - [MC] CAVEAT LECTOR: Exposed: Clintons Bigtime CIA Operatives Frequent NewsHawk flyer Andrew Basiago, after having just recently tossed Jesse "The Body" Ventura completely out of the ring, now takes on Andy does his homework, and knows whereof he speaks. Even WE were shocked by what Basiago has dredged up on this "Deadly Duo", and that ain't easy to do. by Andrew D. Basiago Special to the Newshawk Newsgroup Andrew D. Basiago, who writes frequently on matters of social justice, the environment, and political affairs, is a member of the Washington Item #44461 (10 Mar 2000 19:44) - Aspartame--Genocide In The Diet Coke Andy Basiago has one of the more covert and surreptitious of the New World Order's depopulation schemes well figured out. Andrew D. Basiago Special to the Newshawk Newsgroup A lawyer, journalist, and novelist, Andrew D. Basiago writes frequently on matters of politics, social justice, and the environment. Item #44805 (14 Mar 2000 13:46) - Ethnicity Mind Control ? Andrew D. Basiago Lawyer, Journalist, Novelist, Patriot Andrew D. Basiago Item #46901 (14 Apr 2000 18:58) - Fwd: Bush, Sr., Bay of Pigs, Elian and more/Fwd Andrew D. Basiago Item #46902 (14 Apr 2000 18:59) - Fwd: [MC] Brice Taylor Andrew D. Basiago, a lawyer and journalist educated at UCLA and Cambridge, is Andrew D. Basiago, Esq. by Andrew D. Basiago Special to Sightings.com Andrew D. Basiago, a lawyer and journalist educated at UCLA and Cambridge, is a member of the Washington State Bar Association. Item #49311 (17 May 2000 00:00) - Ethnicity and mind control victims. Our respondent Eileen has a few words to say regarding Andy Basiago's thought-provoking, though admittedly largely "preliminary", analysis of Andrew D. Basiago Lawyer, Journalist, Novelist,
[CTRL] Fwd:[TSCM-L] Download Utilities ARE Spying On Us
submitting this for comment and clarification... anyone have any? On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:42:49 -0500 David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received this on one of the other lists I belong to and thought it was important enough to forward here. Sorry if it is a little off topic. Download Utilities *ARE* Spying On Us The NetZip, Netscape/AOL, and Real Networks Download Utilities *ARE* Spying On Us! Before I tell you about this latest threat to our privacy ... I MUST ASK YOU PLEASE not to reply directly to this eMail. This mailing is being sent to more than 320,000 people, so there is JUST NO WAY for us to read and answer individual questions. However, we have created a FREE DISCUSSION FORUM you are invited to use for asking questions and getting more information. Any standard Internet newsreader-like those included in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator-can be used to participate in the free discussion forums at grc.com. Just click the link below to launch your reader and begin participating ... a href= "news://grc.com/newsletter" The Newsletter Forum/a Or, if that doesn't work, you can access the forum through our web-based interface (though it is much less cool.) a href= "http://grc.com/newsletter.htm" Web Discussion/a A SERIOUS New Spyware Threat ... NetZip's "Download Demon" was purchased by Real Networks and renamed "Real Download". then Netscape/AOL licensed it from Real and called it "Netscape Smart Download." By watching the "packet traffic" flowing in and out of one of my machines while downloading a file through the Internet, I verified the rumors which you may have heard regarding these programs: All of these programs immediately tag your computer with a unique ID, after which EVERY SINGLE FILE you download from ANYWHERE on the Internet (even places that might not be anyone else's business) is immediately reported back to the program's source where it is logged and recorded along with your machine's unique ID. They also have the opportunity to capture and record your machine's unique Internet IP address. This information is then compiled and used to create a detailed "profile" about who you are based upon the web sites you visit and the files you have downloaded. Perhaps you don't mind being watched and tracked as you move around the Internet ... and then having every file you download logged and cataloged and used to assemble "your profile". But the idea of this seems extremely invasive to me, and unless you have carefully read the program's license you might not be aware that this is going on or that "you agreed to it" when you accepted the terms of the license! More than 14 Million people are already using the original NetZip Download Demon. NetZip knows the exact number, since every copy of their program "phones home" to report on what their users are doing! And I'm sure people are downloading Real Network's ReadDownload and Netscape's SmartDownload like crazy. A Class Action lawsuit was recently filed against Netscape/AOL because of this privacy invasion, so perhaps the PC industry will begin to receive the message that this sort of secret spying and profiling is not okay with the rest of us, even if it is buried within a lengthy license agreement. You decide. And, of course, the next release of my own OptOut spyware detection and removal utility WILL consider these programs to be dangerous, and warn its users of their presence in their systems. But I wanted to be sure that you knew RIGHT AWAY what was going on, and that I had independently confirmed that this invasive file download tracking really was occurring. If you have questions or comments, please see ... a href= "news://grc.com/newsletter" The Newsletter Forum/a [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Respond.com - Technology Solutions for your Business! http://click.egroups.com/1/6828/1/_/507420/_/963923845/ TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.onelist.com/community/TSCM-L or email your subscription request to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === TSKS A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you
[CTRL] Gulf Coast probable location for next West Nile outbreak
A prelude to plagues? This is spread by mosquitoes. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/603824 Gulf Coast probable location for next West Nile outbreak Scientists say birds have carried virus across U.S. By DEBORA MACKENZIE Copyright 2000 New Scientist The bird virus that killed seven New Yorkers last year has now spread all over the Americas, say U.S. researchers. They warn that the Gulf Coast of the United States will probably see the next outbreak of West Nile virus. Despite the threat, U.S. authorities have so far failed to provide the research funding to keep tabs on the virus in wild birds. The scientists say that scrupulous monitoring of bird populations is needed, otherwise it won't be possible to identify and spray high-risk areas with insecticide to kill the mosquitoes that transmit the virus to people. The infection is endemic to Africa, Asia and Europe, where it resides harmlessly in many bird species but kills others, according to Bob McLean, head of the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. Humans usually get the disease from mosquito bites when the population of infected city birds is sufficiently large to infect enough mosquitoes. In 1997, 527 people in Bucharest, Romania, were ill with West Nile virus, and 50 died. There is no specific treatment for the infection. The virus may have reached New York last summer in a bird imported from Israel. However, West Nile expert Zdanek Hubalek of the Czech Academy of Sciences suggests it may have originally escaped from the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York, where in the 1950s a strain of the virus was given to 95 terminal cancer patients as an experimental treatment. But there is evidence that the New York outbreak last summer, which killed thousands of crows and caused encephalitis in 61 New Yorkers, seven of whom died, resulted from a different strain. But what is certain, McLean says, is that as early as last summer the virus had already spread to an alarming extent in the New York area. "It had already infected more than half the local geese and sparrows. That's scary," McClean says. And the discovery of the virus in birds in New York, New Jersey and Delaware last month has dashed hopes that it would not survive the winter. John Rappole and his colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution Zoo in Front Royal, Va., have calculated that the virus would spread far and wide from New York if there were susceptible migratory birds congregating on mosquito-infested wetlands nearby. In this month's issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, they and Hubalek report that there are 77 migratory species there, including ducks, starlings, terns and gulls, capable of carrying the virus. "The virus is probably in every corner of North America by now" as well as parts of South America, says Rappole. Another outbreak could occur anywhere there are enough infected birds, possibly this summer. "We think the next outbreak will be along the Gulf Coast, where northern migrants remain concentrated," Rappole says. "It is essential to capture and test healthy local birds to know where West Nile poses a threat," McLean says. "Then mosquito spraying can be targeted to protect people." McLean's proposals to screen birds in the coming months have not yet been funded. Eastern and Gulf states plan to test dead birds and "sentinel" chickens -- caged birds used as an early warning system. But this is much less sensitive, McLean warns. Caged chickens are less likely to encounter infected mosquitoes than free-range birds. But Stephen Ostroff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta told New Scientist: "Extensive screening of wild birds in hopes of finding the virus would not be cost-effective." . Visit the Eagle 1 Observer"Observing the World Around You"http://www.crayon.net/read.cgi?[EMAIL PROTECTED] " I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do ashe pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far asit in no way interferes with any other men's rights." - Abraham Lincoln .
[CTRL] Independent Watchdogs: An Antidote to Nuclear Pollution
Independent Watchdogs: An Antidote to Nuclear Pollution Exercising Our Remarkable Powers of Response Ability http://www.ratical.com/ratitorsCorner/12.21.97.txt A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Iran and Israel - two hostile centers of regional power (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 16:07:30 -0400 From: MER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Iran and Israel - two hostile centers of regional power ___ __ / |/ / /___/ / /_ //M I D - E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ / /_/_ / /\\ Making Sense of the Middle East /_/ /_/ /___/ /_/ \\ QUOTE OF THE WEEK http://www.MiddleEast.Org News, Information, Analysis That Governments, Interest Groups, and the Corporate Media Don't Want You To Know! - - - - - - - - - - IF YOU DON'T GET MER, YOU JUST DON'T GET IT! To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRAN'S POWER AND THREAT "This is a step forward in the Iranian buildup of power, and, as a state that Iran says is the devil and must be eradicated from the world, we cannot be apathetic... We have to go up one, two or even three levels in our defense abilities." Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh (15 July) MID-EAST REALITIES (MER) - www.MiddleEast.Org - Washington - 17 July: The Israelis are way dominant at the moment in every measure - military, economic, political, intelligence. And that explains why the "agreement" being imposed on the Palestinians through Yasser Arafat at Camp David is far closer to the long-rejected "autonomy" formulations than to real Statehood. But even so, the Israelis know there are more than 200 million Arabs and 1 billion Muslims in this world; and yes they are worried, especially about Iran which a few days ago tested the new medium range Shahab-3 missile. For the first time, with Shahab-3 the Iranians have a weapon that can reach Israel; and they are expected to have nuclear tips for it within a few years. The Arabs have been nearly totally defeated, co-opted, manipulated, or destroyed. Arab unity and the Arab League are jokes these days; and the Palestinians have been pushed and twisted onto autonomous reservations over which they fly their flag and however skeptically watch Arafat's pretenses to independence. But the Iranians have yet to be so co-opted and continue to resist all the inducements and incentives to joining the Westernized new world order. Moreover, Iran continues to represent both Islamic assertiveness and regional independence -- the two most important forces opposing Western domination and Israeli regional supremacy. Former Chief of Staff and commando General Ehud Barak knows all this all too well, and in fact he is working overtime to consolidate various kinds of "peace deals" with the neighboring weak Arab regimes, as well as with "Palestinian Authority", knowing that a confrontation with Muslim, though not Arab, Iran may lie in the not too distant future. Indeed, it is instructive to remember that it was after Camp David I and the deal with Egypt at that time that Israel made war on Lebanon and laid seige to Beirut, as well as helped manipulate both Iraq's war against Iran and then the Gulf War a decade later. So don't be too surprised if shortly after the declaration of a Palestinian State coming out of Camp David II there is some kind of conflict with Iran aiming to take down Iran's capability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction, as was done with the attack on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor three years after Camp David I. And with Israel's alliance with Turkey and India being considerably strengthened these days, don't be too surprised if Pakistan gets drawn in and hit in some way as well. Indeed, this may in fact be the obscured meaning of Barak's comments from Camp David on 15 July that "The power of the Israeli army and strengthening Israel through peace agreements are the true answer to Shahab-3". MID-EAST REALITIES http://www.MiddleEast.Org Phone: 202 362-5266 Fax: 815 366-0800 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive MER regularly email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject SUBSCRIBE To stop receiving MER email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject UNSUBSCRIBE A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
[CTRL] FBI Raids DOE Whistleblower\'s Home
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:41:36 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Source: http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/7/17/214752 July 18, 2000 FBI Raids DOE Whistleblower's Home FBI agents raided the home of Notra Trulock last Friday and seized his computer hard drive. Trulock, a former Department of Energy official who blew the whistle on the Clinton administration's lax security of its nuclear weapons secrets, became the target of the FBI after he penned an article for the National Review strongly critical of the Clinton administration and the FBI. The FBI has claimed that Trulock's computer may contain sensitive and classified data. "Outrageous, just outrageous," Trulock told the National Review yesterday, noting his article for the magazine contained no classified material and that he had passed a lie detector test demonstrating he had not shared such information with anyone. Trulock said FBI agents threatened to break down the door to his home, which was opened by his landlady. Since going public with allegations of DOE and Clinton administration misconduct, Trulock has been a target for government harassment. Recently, Trulock was fired by TRW. He said a company official said the DOE had pressured the firm to let him go. == *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Feel free to distribute widely but PLEASE acknowledge the source. *** http://www.angelfire.com/mi/smilinks/thirdeye.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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 Pied Piper of Zionism: Chaim Weizmann
: Taken from page 16 - INSTAURATION Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 3, February 1997 : The Pied Piper of Zionism : - : Chaim Weizmann's autobiography, "Trial and Error", is a revelatory book. The : first president of Israel, Weizmann was the infamous man more responsible : than any other for the famous Balfour Declaration and the eventual founding : of the Zionist state. "Trial and Error" is the story of the Zionist crusader : from his earliest days in Czarist Russia to his globe-girdling interviews : with the high and mighty. : Weizmann presents the usual philo-Semitic view of Jewish suffering in the : Pale of Settlement. Over and over he iterates, "Czarist persecution" as the : sufficient reason for the "return" of Jews to Palestine. At the same time, : he makes many astonishing concessions that undermine his arguments. For : instance, when recounting his conversations with William E. Gordon, sponsor : of the famous Aliens Bill, which restricted Jewish immigration into : turn-of-the-century England, he writes: : "Whenever the quantity of Jews in any country reacts against them . . . : .[It] cannot be looked upon as anti-Semitism in the ordinary or vulgar sense : of the word. It is a universal social and economic concomitant of Jewish : immigration and we cannot shake it off" [p. 90]. : From Russia Weizmann takes the reader to his student days in Geneva and then : to Berlin, the pre-WW I headquarters of Zionism. He recounts the little : known but crucially important issue of Jewish nationalism among the radical : Jewish university students. Zvi Abnerson, one of Weizmann's colleagues, : commented: : "[T]he Jewish Marxists. . .were "the usual bullying majority," intolerant of : the hunger for national freedom, the attachment to cultural traditions, : which others felt. Liberators of the world, they repressed with ridicule and : the weight of numbers those whom they called the minority, but who happened : to represent the actual majority of the Jewish people -- certainly in : Russia; and if they lacked the oppressive instruments of the Czar, they were : not less hostile than Czarism to the inner demands of minority : nationalities. And their doctrinaire brutality was all the more odious : because it was turned against their own people" [p. 65]. : Weizmann reveals repeatedly how the initial opposition to Zionism came from : wealthy assimilated Jews who feared that Jewish nationalism would taint Jews : with the charge of dual loyalty. It was Edwin Montagu, the Jewish Viceroy of : India, who spearheaded the opposition to the Balfour Declaration in England. : Leopold Rothschild, despite his relative Edmond de Rothschild's colonizing : work in Palestine, was equally opposed to Zionism. : Nevertheless, Zionism triumphed and Weizmann's autobiography shows in rich : detail precisely how. No one can read this book without realizing the : ubiquity of the Zionist international. Again and again Weizmann enters the : offices of top government leaders. He ascribes it all "to chance" and : fortunate encounters, but his flitting all over the globe and his vast : contacts give the lie to this assertion. Trial and Error is a victual Who's : Who of World Zionism. The book is worth reading just for its short vignettes : of the innumerable colleagues Weizmann worked with while realizing his : dream. Many of these names will be unfamiliar to the reader, but they tell : the "history behind the history" of our times. : Weizmann, a passionate advocate of his cause, carefully selects the facts he : wishes the reader to know. He treats the Balfour Declaration as a virtual : gift from a benevolent British government, only hinting at how the Zionists : themselves wrote it. He makes no mention of the Hussein-McMahon : correspondence of October 24, 1915, which predated the Balfour Declaration : by two years. Nor is there any mention of the momentous collaboration of : Zionism with Nazism in the 1930s. : Weizmann's account of the British handling of Palestinian problems and the : eventual British move away from the Balfour Declaration is essential : reading. His interpretation is self-pleading, but is nevertheless as : eloquent a statement of a fundamentally flawed case as may be found. Chaim : Weizmann was made first president of Israel and no doubt the honor was : deserved. Without him, Zionism would have been stillborn. As Adolf Hitler : was to Nazism, Chaim Weizmann was to Zionism. His book is a testament to a : great intellect that was unfortunately devoted to messianic delusion. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of
[CTRL] Fwd:Censored Alert: rBGH Fox News Trial
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:24:29 -0500 (CDT) Project Censored [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For immediate release July 14, 2000 Ralph Nader, Walter Cronkite On Witness List Fired Journalists Stand Up To Media Empire; Whistleblower Case Is First Of Its Kind While an increasing number of Americans suspect mainstream news organizations sometimes twist the news, two veteran investigative journalists say they are ready to prove in court how Fox television managers and lawyers at WTVT Fox 13 in Tampa ordered them to deliberately distort news reports and then fired them for resisting those directives. The landmark whistleblower lawsuit is believed to be the first time any journalist has ever filed a claim against his own news organization and offered evidence of behind-the-scenes manipulation of the news. When the trial begins next Monday, reporters Jane Akre (pronounced A'-cree) and Steve Wilson say they will show exactly how Fox hired them and advertised their reputations for hard-hitting investigations but then folded and pressured them to slant a story in favor of an advertiser who threatened "dire consequences" if their reports were broadcast. CBS journalist Walter Cronkite and public interest advocate Ralph Nader are both on the plaintiffs' witness list, despite efforts by Fox attorneys who desperately sought to block their testimony. The trial will pit the two fired journalists with Wilson representing himself for more than two years in an effort to save money on legal fees, and Akre represented by a small Tampa firm,against the powerful Washington law firm of Williams Connolly, the same lawyers who represent President Bill Clinton personally. To get their day in court, the plaintiffs have sold their home, spent their life savings battling the media giant, and say they have been branded as media traitors never likely to get another good job in the business again. To the amazement of most legal observers, the reporters paved their way to court by defeating three Fox motions to summarily dismiss the case without a trial. Those victories were engineered by Akre's legal team led by John Chamblee and Tom Johnson. At the heart of the dispute is a series of reports produced by Akre and Wilson revealing the widespread and virtually secret use of a synthetic hormone being injected into dairy cows throughout Florida and much of the U.S. The hormone causes cows to produce more milk. The investigative reports that Fox abruptly pulled from its schedule in early 1997 would have revealed that without the consent or approval of milk drinkers and those who serve it daily to their children, use of the synthetic hormone has altered what used to be called nature's most nearly perfect food. The stories would have also disclosed for the first time that leading grocers now admit they quietly broke their 1994 promises not to buy milk from hormone-injected cows until the practice achieved widespread acceptance. Surveys have shown that the vast majority of consumers do not want artificial hormones in their milk and would avoid such milk if it were labeled. No dairy anywhere is known to label its milk as coming from cows injected with artificial hormones. Although legal in America, the artificial bovine growth hormone (rBGH) has been banned in Canada, throughout Europe, and elsewhere due in large part to concern about health risks for milk drinkers. One of the chief concerns is that while the growth hormones do cause the cows to produce more milk, the milk is changed in a way that could promote breast, colon and prostate cancer. "In wake of the two written threats1,2 from Monsanto to Fox News chief Roger Ailes, we were asked to put Fox's interest in its own bottom line ahead of the public interest," said plaintiff Steve Wilson. Monsanto is the multi-national chemical company that makes the genetically engineered hormone. "When the president of Fox Television Stations saw those threats, that executive who controls more television stations than anyone in America simply ordered his lawyers to 'take no risks' with the story." Wilson said. The executive's directive has been confirmed in sworn testimony from two Fox attorneys3,4 in the written notes of one them.5 "And we have also discovered, in another handwritten note of one of the broadcaster's attorneys, that if they tried to kill the story and word leaked out, it would be a major p-r problem for Fox'" said co-plaintiff Akre. "So they decided to eliminate their risk by pressuring us to placate Monsanto and essentially lie to the public. No decent journalist can ever do that." The reporters will testify that Fox managers first threatened to fire them for insubordination, then offered them a six-figure deal to entice them to go along. When the pair refused, they say they were strung along for months re-writing the story 83 times in an effort to get it on the air before being suspended, locked out, and
[CTRL] [UFOTruth] INFOTERRA: Deep-Ecology: Extraterrestrials Earth's Environment
== From: UFOTruth - http://UFOTruth.listbot.com I would like to confirm some of Item 6 in this memo.."SDI" In early November 1998 I spoke by phone to Dr. Robert Jacobs, now an Assoc. Prof. of Communications at a prestigious University, about the 1964 VandenBerg Incident which he was a witness to as far as the film taken. He was then a lieutenant in charge of the 1369th Photo Optical Instrumentation Team assigned by SAC to film a prototype anti-missile missle test on approx. 9/15/64, using the most powerful military telescope ever built up to that time. He confirmed to me that he was ordered to see the test film his staff had taken a day previous (he'd not seen it up to that time) He , in the presence of Major Florenz Mansmann, and two or three apparent civilian intelligence-types who did not speak, watched a "classic" flying saucer enter the picture when tne dummy warhead had finally separated from its two stages. The UFO "beamed' something at the warhead several times, circling the warhead while doing so, causing the warhead tio fall dead into the Pacific. Retired Major Mansmann, now unable to speak due to a throat cancer operation causing larynx removal, has confirmed in writing to researcher Robert Hastings the account claimed by then-Lieut. Jacobs.In 1964, Mansmann had officially covered up the incident, warning Jacobs of the severity of a security breach , etc. Jacobs , after leaving the Air Force , checked out the incident through the FOIA and learned the event, his service records, any proof of the new "BU" telescope etc. had been literally wiped out by the USAF, but subsequent independent research confirmed all the corroboration Jacobs sought. Jacobs stated the civilian "observers" confiscated the film, spliced out the UFO portion, and returned the film to Mansmann. In expurgated form it was later viewed by a former Jacobs staff member who said he saw nothing extraordinary in it. In a subsequent report of the Incident written for the MUFON Journal in 1989, Dr. Jacobs speculates, among other conclusions , that the gov't. may have been "warned" in advance the disabling action on the warhead would occur, given the urgency of the test at the time. He also excoriated, in a separate report a certain UFO "debunker" for the harsh treatment given the truthful account offered. I made up a three page report of our 11/98 phone conversation and presented it to my Waldwick NJ lecture audience on 11/18/98, having been told by Dr. Jacobs I could "quote him" on these matters. Thank You. Bob Van EcoNews Service - Alternative News: Ecology, Consciousness Universe Politics mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] USA http://www.ecologynews.com/index2.html CZECH http://mujweb.cz/www/ecologynews/ UK http://members.tripod.co.uk/ecologynews/ Canada http://www.ecologynews.com/index2.html A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] GOT MILK? WHY?
7/18/00 In a Capitalist system eventually everything becomes a commodity. Even truth. Got milk? --- On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:24:29 -0500 (CDT) Project Censored [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For immediate release July 14, 2000 Ralph Nader, Walter Cronkite On Witness List Fired Journalists Stand Up To Media Empire; Whistleblower Case Is First Of Its Kind While an increasing number of Americans suspect mainstream news organizations sometimes twist the news, two veteran investigative journalists say they are ready to prove in court how Fox television managers and lawyers at WTVT Fox 13 in Tampa ordered them to deliberately distort news reports and then fired them for resisting those directives. The landmark whistleblower lawsuit is believed to be the first time any journalist has ever filed a claim against his own news organization and offered evidence of behind-the-scenes manipulation of the news. When the trial begins next Monday, reporters Jane Akre (pronounced A'-cree) and Steve Wilson say they will show exactly how Fox hired them and advertised their reputations for hard-hitting investigations but then folded and pressured them to slant a story in favor of an advertiser who threatened "dire consequences" if their reports were broadcast. CBS journalist Walter Cronkite and public interest advocate Ralph Nader are both on the plaintiffs' witness list, despite efforts by Fox attorneys who desperately sought to block their testimony. The trial will pit the two fired journalists with Wilson representing himself for more than two years in an effort to save money on legal fees, and Akre represented by a small Tampa firm,against the powerful Washington law firm of Williams Connolly, the same lawyers who represent President Bill Clinton personally. To get their day in court, the plaintiffs have sold their home, spent their life savings battling the media giant, and say they have been branded as media traitors never likely to get another good job in the business again. To the amazement of most legal observers, the reporters paved their way to court by defeating three Fox motions to summarily dismiss the case without a trial. Those victories were engineered by Akre's legal team led by John Chamblee and Tom Johnson. At the heart of the dispute is a series of reports produced by Akre and Wilson revealing the widespread and virtually secret use of a synthetic hormone being injected into dairy cows throughout Florida and much of the U.S. The hormone causes cows to produce more milk. The investigative reports that Fox abruptly pulled from its schedule in early 1997 would have revealed that without the consent or approval of milk drinkers and those who serve it daily to their children, use of the synthetic hormone has altered what used to be called nature's most nearly perfect food. The stories would have also disclosed for the first time that leading grocers now admit they quietly broke their 1994 promises not to buy milk from hormone-injected cows until the practice achieved widespread acceptance. Surveys have shown that the vast majority of consumers do not want artificial hormones in their milk and would avoid such milk if it were labeled. No dairy anywhere is known to label its milk as coming from cows injected with artificial hormones. Although legal in America, the artificial bovine growth hormone (rBGH) has been banned in Canada, throughout Europe, and elsewhere due in large part to concern about health risks for milk drinkers. One of the chief concerns is that while the growth hormones do cause the cows to produce more milk, the milk is changed in a way that could promote breast, colon and prostate cancer. "In wake of the two written threats1,2 from Monsanto to Fox News chief Roger Ailes, we were asked to put Fox's interest in its own bottom line ahead of the public interest," said plaintiff Steve Wilson. Monsanto is the multi-national chemical company that makes the genetically engineered hormone. "When the president of Fox Television Stations saw those threats, that executive who controls more television stations than anyone in America simply ordered his lawyers to 'take no risks' with the story." Wilson said. The executive's directive has been confirmed in sworn testimony from two Fox attorneys3,4 in the written notes of one them.5 "And we have also discovered, in another handwritten note of one of the broadcaster's attorneys, that if they tried to kill the story and word leaked out, it would be a major p-r problem for Fox'" said co-plaintiff Akre. "So they decided to eliminate their risk by pressuring us to placate Monsanto and essentially lie to the public. No decent journalist can ever do that." The reporters will testify that Fox managers first threatened to fire them for insubordination, then offered them a six-figure deal to entice them to go
[CTRL] Fwd: [corp-focus] A Civics Lesson for Big Tobacco
A Civics Lesson For Big Tobacco By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman The $145 billion punitive damage award against the tobacco industry in the Engle case in Florida should be celebrated as evidence of a civil justice system that works, proof of the value of juries and a major public health achievement. And the nation should be saying to the Engle jury, "Thank you. Thank you for making the system work. Thank you for delivering a civics lesson to us all " Lesson No. 1: Lives should matter more than profits. "For them -- Big Tobacco -- this trial was about money," jury foreman Leighton Finegan, an assistant principal at a Miami-Dade elementary school, told reporters. "For us, it was about people's lives." Finegan denounced Philip Morris attorney Dan Webb for saying a large punitives award would be "a death warrant" for the industry. "He ignored the death warrant on the millions of lives of people [the tobacco industry] lied about," Finegan said. Lesson No. 2: Corporations that engage in fraud and deceit, with deadly consequences, should be held accountable. "We want this message loud and clear: We will not tolerate fraud and misrepresentation," Finegan said. "They belittled or denied causation of the health effects of smoking and addiction, and had the gall to challenge public health authorities." Lesson No. 3: Punitive damages are a form of punishment -- they have to be sufficiently large to make defendants take notice. "We had a sense of mission," Finegan said to journalists. "And we did not want to ignore the tremendous devastation that the product has caused. The number had to match that. It had to be significant." Lesson No. 4: The importance of punitive damages is their very uncertainty -- they make it harder for corporations to calculate their liability and engage in "rational" decisions to harm the public. The jury thought the size of the verdict "would put the companies on notice -- not just the tobacco companies, all companies -- concerning fraud or misrepresentation of the American public," Finegan said. These basic lessons have been obscured by a nimble public relations effort by Big Tobacco, and its proxies, to spin media coverage and public interpretation of the verdict. The jury's award would throw the industry into bankruptcy, the tobacco lawyers tell the media. But a tobacco firm memorandum that we obtained candidly acknowledges that the verdict will not bankrupt the industry, and that Florida law requires the judge to lower the award if necessary to avoid such an outcome. The leading independent expert on tobacco pricing, MIT's Jeffrey Harris, points out that with substantial increases in price, Big Tobacco can increase its revenues by tens of billions of dollars a year. The industry is reluctant to raise cigarette prices to revenue-maximizing levels because it knows this will deter future smokers and diminish the overall number of smokers -- and thereby the industry's political influence. The decision is certain to be overturned, say the tobacco industry analysts on Wall Street, who have managed to convince investors not to abandon tobacco stocks. Anything is possible on appeal, of course, but the Florida Supreme Court has already declined to hear a challenge to the industry's central bone of contention (that Florida smokers should not be joined in a class, and instead should bring their cases on an individual basis). And why is it that the media turns to tobacco industry analysts -- who are heavily invested in tobacco stocks and have recently evolved into industry spokespeople -- for litigation predictions? Most dangerous is the line, subtly supported by the tobacco industry, that public policy should be made in Congress, not in the courts. Public policy is, and should be, made both in the legislative and judicial branches. In the case of tobacco, the nicotine-money-addicted Congress has failed for decades to do its job. We should celebrate that the Engle jury has done its job. Higher prices from the large award will cut smoking rates dramatically, and over the years save hundreds of thousands of lives. And the threat of future verdicts will prod the industry to engage in less severe misconduct. That is not to say that regulation isn't important. But just as litigation is no substitute for regulation, regulation is no substitute for litigation. In the coming months, the industry and its allies will almost surely propose a new legislative deal to trade regulatory concessions for litigation protections and immunities. The rejection of such an offer in 1997-1998 made possible the Engle verdict, and the offer should be dismissed again, this time out of hand. That is another of the civic lessons to be drawn from the Engle jury. As the tobacco control movement looks ahead, blocking another tobacco industry immunity proposal and focusing on the international operations of Big Tobacco will be two of the primary challenges ahead. Russell Mokhiber is editor of the
Re: [CTRL] The Pied Piper of Zionism: Chaim Weizmann
the last sentence is bunk Hitler was propped up by big business that saw a way of taking over a country and undermining many governments in other countries. Why it seems as if you can change to almost any other religion but it seems as if your a Jew if only a parent or grandparent was Jewish Can it sometimes be said that if your parent or grandparent were a University Professor that you might be expected to have use of your brains. Is education a part of the Jewish religion? So, anyone wonder why books, University Professors and Jews were some of the ones burned during the Holocaust?? My religion? From what little I know! I am not like Eve and Many Jews could consider me to be more like Lidith. Anyone want to post information about Lidith so I could know, including the correct spelling? ThePiedPiper 18July200 Yardbird wrote: : Taken from page 16 - INSTAURATION Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 3, February 1997 : The Pied Piper of Zionism : - : Chaim Weizmann's autobiography, "Trial and Error", is a revelatory book. The : first president of Israel, Weizmann was the infamous man more responsible : than any other for the famous Balfour Declaration and the eventual founding : of the Zionist state. "Trial and Error" is the story of the Zionist crusader : from his earliest days in Czarist Russia to his globe-girdling interviews : with the high and mighty. : Weizmann presents the usual philo-Semitic view of Jewish suffering in the : Pale of Settlement. Over and over he iterates, "Czarist persecution" as the : sufficient reason for the "return" of Jews to Palestine. At the same time, : he makes many astonishing concessions that undermine his arguments. For : instance, when recounting his conversations with William E. Gordon, sponsor : of the famous Aliens Bill, which restricted Jewish immigration into : turn-of-the-century England, he writes: : "Whenever the quantity of Jews in any country reacts against them . . . : .[It] cannot be looked upon as anti-Semitism in the ordinary or vulgar sense : of the word. It is a universal social and economic concomitant of Jewish : immigration and we cannot shake it off" [p. 90]. : From Russia Weizmann takes the reader to his student days in Geneva and then : to Berlin, the pre-WW I headquarters of Zionism. He recounts the little : known but crucially important issue of Jewish nationalism among the radical : Jewish university students. Zvi Abnerson, one of Weizmann's colleagues, : commented: : "[T]he Jewish Marxists. . .were "the usual bullying majority," intolerant of : the hunger for national freedom, the attachment to cultural traditions, : which others felt. Liberators of the world, they repressed with ridicule and : the weight of numbers those whom they called the minority, but who happened : to represent the actual majority of the Jewish people -- certainly in : Russia; and if they lacked the oppressive instruments of the Czar, they were : not less hostile than Czarism to the inner demands of minority : nationalities. And their doctrinaire brutality was all the more odious : because it was turned against their own people" [p. 65]. : Weizmann reveals repeatedly how the initial opposition to Zionism came from : wealthy assimilated Jews who feared that Jewish nationalism would taint Jews : with the charge of dual loyalty. It was Edwin Montagu, the Jewish Viceroy of : India, who spearheaded the opposition to the Balfour Declaration in England. : Leopold Rothschild, despite his relative Edmond de Rothschild's colonizing : work in Palestine, was equally opposed to Zionism. : Nevertheless, Zionism triumphed and Weizmann's autobiography shows in rich : detail precisely how. No one can read this book without realizing the : ubiquity of the Zionist international. Again and again Weizmann enters the : offices of top government leaders. He ascribes it all "to chance" and : fortunate encounters, but his flitting all over the globe and his vast : contacts give the lie to this assertion. Trial and Error is a victual Who's : Who of World Zionism. The book is worth reading just for its short vignettes : of the innumerable colleagues Weizmann worked with while realizing his : dream. Many of these names will be unfamiliar to the reader, but they tell : the "history behind the history" of our times. : Weizmann, a passionate advocate of his cause, carefully selects the facts he : wishes the reader to know. He treats the Balfour Declaration as a virtual : gift from a benevolent British government, only hinting at how the Zionists : themselves wrote it. He makes no mention of the Hussein-McMahon : correspondence of October 24, 1915, which predated the Balfour Declaration : by two years. Nor is there any mention of the momentous collaboration of : Zionism with Nazism in the 1930s. : Weizmann's account of the British handling of
[CTRL] KEEP IT ALIVE!
The 16th amendment was never ratified,Income tax is illegal. - Forwarded Message: Subj:KEEP IT ALIVE! Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:56:00 PM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Schulz) The interest in our USA TODAY ad has been nothing short of phenomenal. Now people throughout the country want to "keep the ad moving." The attitude coming across to us here at the Foundation is, "Let's paper over the country with the ad." The ad -- which described the fraud and illegal operations of the income tax system -- is getting "legs." It is on its way to being mass-produced for the purpose of educating more ordinary Americans on the issue of the fraudulent and illegal operations of the income tax system. They say that repetition is the soul of advertising. Many people are making arrangements to have the ad run in their local newspaper. Here are the ones we know about: Spokane; Lexington, Dallas/Fort Worth, Tupelo, Kansas City, Westchester County, Indianapolis, Olney (Illinois), and Richmond. Also, many people have asked for a "camera ready" original of the ad that they can take to their local print shop to make copies for distribution (under windshield wipers, in stores, in churches, house-by-house delivery, etc.). In response to this popular demand, we are making it possible for newspapers and print shops around the country to download the USA TODAY ad directly off our web site, in camera-ready form. Beginning today or tomorrow, there will be two files available at http://www.givemeliberty.org. One is for printing the ad in color. The other file is for printing the ad in black and white. Also, to open the files, the desktop publishing software "QuarkXPress" must be used. Most newspapers and print shops use "QuarkXPress," and will have no problem opening the files, which work in either the MAC or IBM environment. Many people have expressed the desire to have us send them many copies of the ad for distribution. We have ordered and received 36,000 copies of the ad in color, on premium grade white paper. We will UPS box loads of the ad to those who request them. Each copy is the same size as the ad that appeared in USA TODAY. We do ask that people order the ad in lots of 500 copies when they order. The cost of each box load of 500 ads is $50, which includes the shipping cost. Send your check or money order to We The People Foundation, 2458 Ridge Rd., Queensbury, N.Y. 12804. IMPORTANT: Anyone planning to spend a large sum of money to run the ad in a newspaper (or to have a local print shop print a large number of copies), may want to follow what some others are doing. Ask your newspaper for their "not for profit" rate. Send, or wire that amount to us. We will immediately send that money to your newspaper. You could save a lot of money if We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc is a sponsor of the ad. For instance, the cost of the Kansas City ad was lowered from $29,000 to $16,000. Please note also, that if you pay income taxes, the cost of the ad is tax deductible if you send (donate) the money to the Foundation, and the Foundation, as the sponsor of the ad, sends the money to the newspaper. Suggestion: The group in Indiana is planning on running the ad in a number of smaller newspapers around the state before they run it in the big Indianapolis newspaper. They expect to first develop a base of supporters throughout the state and then from that base raise the money to run the more costly ad in the Indianapolis paper. Hit 'em again. Hit 'em again. Harder, harder! - Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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:]
[CTRL] Fwd: Fw: Prozac
From: Mike Balog {PBN NE Reg. Dir.] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Special Receipent List:
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 3:40 AM
Subject: Prozac
Message: 1
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:38:27 -
From: "Mark Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Call for Stories and Photos.
Dear ICFDA eGroups subscribers..
This is a rather different message, and a difficult one at that.
As many of you may know, my wife and I lost our 13-year son to
an SSRI-induced suicide three years ago next week.
(drugawareness.org/matthewmiller.html)
In a few weeks we will be going to trial here in Kansas City in
attempt to prove that Pfizer has long known about the
relationship between their drug Zoloft, and violent or suicidal
actions. (information posted at justiceseekers.com)
It most likely will be a long, difficult and personally taxing ordeal.
My wife and I have chosen to pursue this litigation because we
believe there need to be changes in the ways these drugs are
marketed and labeled, especially by doctors who prescribe
off-label to children.
We know we are not going into this alone. We have outstanding
legal representation. We have the prayers of many who have
also suffered. We know that all those who have died on these
medications, and they are far too numerous to mention, stand
with us. (It is no understatement to say that we feel their
presence every day. Perhaps even your own loved ones.) And
we ultimately know that the good Lord blesses our efforts-this
"rising up in righteous anger."
In the coming weeks, we will have an opportunity to share our
story with many people, especially within the news media. In
fact, we have an important interview with a national news
organization in August.
And that's why I'm writing.
One of the things that most convinced us that Matt's medicine
was responsible for his actions were the countless letters we
have received from our website. They still come in every day.
For the most part, they represent a tragic realization that the
"cure" was "cause."
If you have suffered on SSRI medications, specifically Prozac,
Paxil, Zoloft, Luvox, Effexor, Serzone, Celexa (or any other
serotonergic medicine), please send me a photo and a short
paragraph on a separate piece of 8 1/2" X 11" paper stating what
happened. It could be as simple as "My brother took his life on
Zoloft after three weeks of use," or "I almost lost my life trying to
withdraw from Paxil." Please use names and addresses and
phone numbers. I want to build a scrapbook to share with the
press.
Perhaps with your help, we can make a difference. And your
help in building this scrapbook will go a long ways to show the
human dimension to this national tragedy.
If you can, please send a photo and short paragraph to me by
August 15, 2000 to:
13920 Garnett
Overland Park, KS 66221
Or if you prefer, email me your photo (preferably as JPEG file)
and paragraph to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will not be able
to return originals, but I will let you know I've received them.
Thank you for your cooperation. Obviously some of you reached
by this email will not have had a personally devastating
experience with these drugs, and for that I am grateful. But, if you
have, please take a moment to help out in this way.
I know this book will make a powerful statement with whomever
we talk to.
Thank you again.Mark and Cheryl Miller
--
**COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107,
any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use
without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest
in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and
educational
purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ]
Join the Militia of Montana Email Alert List by writing to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with "SUBSCRIBE" in the Subject Line!
For the latest in great survival, preparedness and politically incorrect
materials visit our Online Catalog at:
http://www.militiaofmontana.com. Some great deals are to be had! Or,
send $2.00 to the address below for a copy of our 40+ page Preparedness
Catalog.
Militia of Montana
P.O. Box 1486, Noxon, MT 59853
Tel: 406-847-2735n Fax: 406-847-2246
Remove yourself from this list by writing to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
type "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line.
Re: [CTRL] Fwd:Censored Alert: rBGH Fox News Trial
Jeb Bush (George Bush's brother) is governor of Florida. The Bush family seems to be in bed with chemical companies. From the time their companies overseas worked against America in helping Hitler with the Holocaust. http://www.tarpley.net/bush2.htm "* Finally, to understand genocide as the deepest tradition of the Bush family, see Chapter II for the story on how Prescott Bush, father of the later president, helped finance the seizure of power in Germany by Adolf Hitler." It seems as if much of Yale is disgusted with the Skull and Bones http://www.tarpley.net/bush7.htm Chapter -VII- Skull and Bones: The Racist Nightmare at Yale I have a lot of links on this page http://ThePiedPiper.tripod.com/index.htm ThePiedPiper 18July2000 Oscar wrote: On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:24:29 -0500 (CDT) Project Censored [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For immediate release July 14, 2000 Ralph Nader, Walter Cronkite On Witness List Fired Journalists Stand Up To Media Empire; Whistleblower Case Is First Of Its Kind While an increasing number of Americans suspect mainstream news organizations sometimes twist the news, two veteran investigative journalists say they are ready to prove in court how Fox television managers and lawyers at WTVT Fox 13 in Tampa ordered them to deliberately distort news reports and then fired them for resisting those directives. The landmark whistleblower lawsuit is believed to be the first time any journalist has ever filed a claim against his own news organization and offered evidence of behind-the-scenes manipulation of the news. When the trial begins next Monday, reporters Jane Akre (pronounced A'-cree) and Steve Wilson say they will show exactly how Fox hired them and advertised their reputations for hard-hitting investigations but then folded and pressured them to slant a story in favor of an advertiser who threatened "dire consequences" if their reports were broadcast. CBS journalist Walter Cronkite and public interest advocate Ralph Nader are both on the plaintiffs' witness list, despite efforts by Fox attorneys who desperately sought to block their testimony. The trial will pit the two fired journalists with Wilson representing himself for more than two years in an effort to save money on legal fees, and Akre represented by a small Tampa firm,against the powerful Washington law firm of Williams Connolly, the same lawyers who represent President Bill Clinton personally. To get their day in court, the plaintiffs have sold their home, spent their life savings battling the media giant, and say they have been branded as media traitors never likely to get another good job in the business again. To the amazement of most legal observers, the reporters paved their way to court by defeating three Fox motions to summarily dismiss the case without a trial. Those victories were engineered by Akre's legal team led by John Chamblee and Tom Johnson. At the heart of the dispute is a series of reports produced by Akre and Wilson revealing the widespread and virtually secret use of a synthetic hormone being injected into dairy cows throughout Florida and much of the U.S. The hormone causes cows to produce more milk. The investigative reports that Fox abruptly pulled from its schedule in early 1997 would have revealed that without the consent or approval of milk drinkers and those who serve it daily to their children, use of the synthetic hormone has altered what used to be called nature's most nearly perfect food. The stories would have also disclosed for the first time that leading grocers now admit they quietly broke their 1994 promises not to buy milk from hormone-injected cows until the practice achieved widespread acceptance. Surveys have shown that the vast majority of consumers do not want artificial hormones in their milk and would avoid such milk if it were labeled. No dairy anywhere is known to label its milk as coming from cows injected with artificial hormones. Although legal in America, the artificial bovine growth hormone (rBGH) has been banned in Canada, throughout Europe, and elsewhere due in large part to concern about health risks for milk drinkers. One of the chief concerns is that while the growth hormones do cause the cows to produce more milk, the milk is changed in a way that could promote breast, colon and prostate cancer. "In wake of the two written threats1,2 from Monsanto to Fox News chief Roger Ailes, we were asked to put Fox's interest in its own bottom line ahead of the public interest," said plaintiff Steve Wilson. Monsanto is the multi-national chemical company that makes the genetically engineered hormone. "When the president of Fox Television Stations saw those threats, that executive who controls more television stations than anyone in America simply ordered his lawyers to 'take no risks' with the story." Wilson said. The executive's
[CTRL] Prophet of Terror and the Religion of Peace--Part I
Terror and the Religion of Peace--Part I : http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate/mohwar1.html : Mohammed, Prophet of Islam is known as the "Apostle of Peace" by Muslims. : Nothing can be further from the truth. : This article is just one of a series that I will be publishing regarding : sadistic cruel nature of Prophet Mohammed. In this article I will prove once : again, that Mohammed was in fact a terrorist, criminal and murderer whose : entire life was based on victimizing innocents and indulging in mindless : violence, carnage and massacre. He was a man who destroyed peace wherever he : went, and in its place brought terror, carnage and death. : When Mohammed first started screaming from the rooftops that he alone had : the divine word of God, the people of Mecca ignored him. However, when he : started insulting and defaming the religion of the peace loving Meccans, : they couldn't take it anymore and tried persuading him to stop. Mohammed the : coward was too scared of the growing hostility against him and instead of : calling upon his Allah to strike down the Meccans, he crept out one night : and fled for his life. : Ever since that incident, Mohammed was determined to take revenge on the : Meccans. He escaped to Medinah, which had a sizeable Jewish population, and : started plotting his revenge with a small gang of criminals. This was the : beginning of Mohammed's trail of violence, hatred and bloodshed that would : soon destroy the once flourishing culture of Arabia. The story has been : documented in detail by his biographers, - surprise raids on trade caravans : and tribal settlements, the use of plunder thus obtained for recruiting an : ever growing army of greedy desperados, assassinations of opponents, : blackmail, expulsion and massacre of the Jews of Medinah, attack and : enslavement of the Jews of Khayber, rape of women and children, sale of : these victims after rape, trickery, treachery and bribery employed to their : fullest extent to grow the numbers of his religion Islam which ironically : was supposed to mean "Peace"! He organised no less than 86 expeditions, 26 : of which he led himself. : The motives of the converts to Islam was never in any doubt. As D.S. : Margoliouth states in his book Muhammad and the rise of Islam : "Of any moralising or demoralising effect that Muhammad's teaching had upon : his followers we cannot say with precision. When he was at the head of the : Robber community, it is probable that the demoralising influence began to be : felt; it was then that men who had never broken an oath learnt that they : might evade their obligations, and that men to whom the blood of their clan : had been as their own, began to shed it with impunity in the "cause of god". : And that lying and treachery in the cause of Islam received divine approval. : It was then too that Moslems became distinguished by the obscenity of their : language. It was then too, that the coveting of goods and wives possessed by : Non-muslims was avowed without discouragement from the Prophet" : The details of all his criminal onslaughts in the form of battles and : assasinations are chronicled in this article in a chronological manner. One : should note that everytime the "Apostle of Peace" committed one of his : criminal onslaughts, he always justified the crimes by quickly claiming a : "divine revelation" which conveniently removed the blame from his bloodied : hands. These convenient Suras are detailed immediately below the description : of the incident. : 1) Massacre of unarmed merchants during sacred month : Date: Late January(Rejeb), 623 A.D. : Place: Nakhla : Victims: 4 Merchants from Quraysh tribe of Mecca, the Tribe to which : Mohammed himself belonged : Four UNARMED merchants were travelling to Mecca to sell their goods : consisting of raisins, honey and animal skins. It was the holy month of : Rejeb which was considered sacred for trade in Arabia. It was a point of : honor that any form of warfare or violence was strictly forbidden in this : month. Mohammed's gang attacked the helpless men from behind and stabbed two : of them to death. They plundered all the goods as booty and Mohammed got one : fifths of the share. : This shows the utter lack of morals or scruples on Mohammed's part. The : Prophet of Islam did not possess a shred of pity or kindness, or the : slightest sense of justice. He cold-bloodedly murdered two innocent people : who had never done him any harm and did not even know him! All this was done : in a month that the Prophet himself declared was a sacred month in which no : warfare should take place. Mohammed was obviously motivated by nothing but : hatred and greed. : Conveniently divine revelations came down from Allah that absolved him of : all the guilt. : Koran 2:216 : "Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may : happen that you hate a thing which is good for you and it may happen that : you love a thing which is bad
[CTRL] HOLY ALLIANCE OF GREAT CIVILIZATIONS
: Holy alliance of great civilisations : By Gen. Ashok K Mehta : The Pioneer : Following several decades of clandestine contact and co- : operation, India says it has found Israel, though the : Mizo Jews; part of the 10 lost Jewish tribes, are still : to do so. : Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh is among the few Indian : dignitaries and its first Foreign Minister to visit : Israel. This tiny nation of 10 million people, smaller : than the population of Delhi, is the real churning pot on : earth and has serviced India's four wars viz.: 1962, : 1965, 1971 and 1999. : Taking a dig at the growing Indo-Israeli relations, : former Pakistan ISI chief General Hamid had recently : noted that Brahminical India and Jewish Israel have much : in common, including usury. : After a needless prevarication, India established : diplomatic relations in 1992 and has not looked back : since. India and Israel have a shared history, both : attained independence around the same tine 1947/48, both : have fought several wars and skirmishes with neighbours : but with a difference: Except in 1973 Israel won decisive : victories. Except 1971 (and 1999) India at best achieved : a stalemate with Pakistan and suffered humiliating defeat : in the Himalayas. : Hence the questions, how Israel, a small desert country : surrounded by big countries has always been able to scare : them away. And how India a big country surrounded by : small countries is scared of them. Israel's destiny is : guided by the doctrine of survival and the use of : military force as a policy option even for moving the : peace process. Taking the war to the adversary is the : goal of its politico-military strategy. Its nuclear : ambiguity augments- conventional deterrence. Israelis do : not turn any cheek. : But Israel is not anymore the fighting wonder it used to : be after the six day highlighting war of 1967. : It has taken cuts and reductions; in freedom of action, : use of force, its usefulness for its mentor USA, and even : in deterring adversaries. Suffering from conflict : fatigue, Israeli defence forces (IDF) can no longer win a : decisive victory. Doubts on IDF capability are being cast : by the Israelis themselves. Body bags is the sore issue. : Pressure from the 'Mothers Front' was one of the reasons : for the hasty withdrawal from southern Lebanon. : Geography has dictated Israeli history. It has limited : strategic depth. Its chicken's neck is less than the : distance between Gurgaon and Ghaziabad. In the heartland, : a triangle formed by Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv, is : concentrated 70 per cent of the population and 80 per : cent of the country s resources. This is 80 km from the : hostile eastern front. This acute sense of insecurity and : vulnerability has led to the creation of buffer zones, : seeking strategic partners outside the neighbourhood and : deployment of united Nations or multilateral forces and : observers along all its borders with Lebanon, Syria, : Jordan and Egypt. No country is ringed by an : international security system as Israel. Yet, Tel Aviv is : the target of random human bomber attacks such as in Sri : Lanka. In Feb 1997 alone their were four such attacks, : killing 57 persons and wounding hundreds. Israel s newest : and most striking strategic ally is the secular Muslim : country Turkey. : Slowly but surely, Israel is coming to peace with itself : and its neighbours. It has resolved territorial disputes : with Egypt in 1977 and Jordan in 1994. The most : intractable, however is the interlinked Syria- Lebanon : border dispute. The Golan heights and Mount Hermon in : Syria are like Tolaling and Tiger Hill. They dominate : northern Israel and the Jordan river (and mount Hermon is : its source) which is Israel s source of drinking water. : As part of the peace process, the IDF has withdrawn only : last month from southern Lebanon. Under US aegis, Israel : is simultaneously engaging Syria and the Palestinian : authority in peace talks. It has vacated and dismantled : part of Israelis settlements on the West Bank. : India has kept out of the Middle East peace process. It : has played a neutral role balancing its relations with : Israel and Palestine, as well as with Israel s : neighbours. Just before diplomatic relations were : established, General Chaim Erez, chairman of Israel s : biggest public sector undertaking, the Israel Chemical : Industry, had led a trade delegation on a reconnaissance : mission to India. : Before then and now, nearly 50 visits have been : exchanged, mostly to Israel. Chief Ministers, Central : Ministers, Service Chiefs and business houses have : flocked to Israel to find out what makes it tick. It is : not good business sense alone. : Militancy and terrorism are threats facing both : countries. Israel has promised India the technology and : assistance to fight terrorism. Detailed briefings were : given to Home Minister LK Advani and his team. Israelis : are world leaders in high-tech Early
[CTRL] Crime tsars - WaPo finally does Red Mafiya - WaPo -16Jul2000
: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48006-2000Jul15.html : Washington Post : July 16, 2000 : Book World : Crime Tsars : By Peter H. Stone : Peter H. Stone is a staff correspondent for the National Journal. : RED MAFIYA : How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America : By Robert I. Friedman : Little, Brown. 296 pp. $25.95 : In Red Mafiya, New York freelancer Robert I. Friedman, who has broken : several : important stories about the emergence of the Russian mob in the United : States, tells a chilling tale of how over the last two decades Russian : criminals have often been in the vanguard of international money : laundering, : drug dealing and weapons sales. Friedman provides a detailed road map of : inroads made by Russian organized crime into U.S. communities from : Brighton : Beach to Miami Beach, and infiltrations of such major institutions as : Wall : Street and the National Hockey League. Russian mobsters present a unique : and : new kind of threat, in the author's eyes, because they have built a : strong : international organization that stretches from Moscow to Israel to the : United : States, one combining old-fashioned brutality with high-technology : skills. : Starting in the late 1970s, the Russian mob began to gain power in the : Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. Long known as a solid working-class : Jewish community, Brighton Beach was transformed in the 1970s with the : arrival of some 40,000 Russian Jews, a number of whom had extensive : criminal : backgrounds. The community's character changed, too, as such : organized-crime : haunts as the Odessa, a nightclub owned by Marat Balagula, sprang up. In : partnership with a few other Russian wiseguys, Balagula masterminded one : of : the biggest tax scams in U.S. history by collecting gasoline taxes : through : phony corporations and never paying the Internal Revenue Service what : was : owed. Eventually in 1989, he was arrested for credit-card fraud and : received : an eight-year sentence; a few years later he received an additional 10 : years : for evading taxes on the sale of four million gallons of gasoline. : Then there's Semion Mogilevich, whom Friedman dubs the "Brainy Don." : Mogilevich, who has an economics degree from Lvov University, has : created an : international network of criminal enterprises, including arms sales and : drug : running, that's known as the Red Mafiya. Relying on extensive political : and : police connections in Hungary, Israel, Russia and other countries, : Mogilevich : has in recent years shuttled among these nations (and even visited the : United : States despite a State Department visa ban), in and out of various : criminal : scams. Perhaps most notably, Mogilevich's name surfaced in the : laundering of : billions of dollars through the Bank of New York. : While digging into the Russian mob's operations, Friedman received two : death : threats, including a $100,000 contract on his life reportedly put out by : Mogilevich. While several of the mobsters profiled by Friedman are in : prison, : the Russian mafia appears to be flourishing in the United States and : abroad. : In Friedman's eyes, the FBI was slow to respond and still needs to put : more : resources into the fight. Not until 1994 did the New York FBI set up a : task : force to deal with the Russian mafia. : Through interviews with law enforcement officials and Russian mobsters : and : research into classified intelligence reports, Friedman does a : first-rate job : of showing why FBI director Louis Freeh has said that the Russian mob : poses : an "immense" threat. At times Friedman tends to generalize very broadly, : and : the book would have benefited from more documentary evidence. Still, Red : Mafiya serves as a useful guide to understanding one of Russia's most : dangerous exports. A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL
[CTRL] Iraq/Iran Weapons News...
Iraq claims biological weapons Tuesday, July 18, 2000 MIDDLE EAST | Former UNSCOM executive director Richard Butler said yesterday that Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz had told him his country has biological weapons "to deal with the 'Zionist entity,'" according to a report Tuesday in the Jerusalem Post. Butler said he believes Aziz's statement, made during Butler's tenure as a UN-mandated Iraqi disarmament official during a meeting, demonstrates "genocidal character." Speaking at a lecture in Jerusalem, the paper said, Butler claimed that two years after Baghdad expelled UN weapons inspectors, Saddam Hussein is back to manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. He said only a united UN Security Council could prevent Iraq from again stockpiling chemical and biological weapons. Baghdad, now "awash with money," will only be spurred to produce more weapons following Iran's successful launching of a long-range missile on Saturday, Butler said. The former weapons inspector, now a diplomat in residence at the Council on Foreign Relations in the U.S., said Saddam "from day one" attempted to thwart inspections and restart his weapons programs. "Either the Iraqis' declarations were false, phony, or filled with deceptions and evasions," he said. Faced with political pressure from Russia to "lower his standards" and a crumbling Security Council consensus, Butler drew up a list of disarmament requirements for the Iraqis to bring an end to the sanctions, the Post said. Butler said he asked them to account for 500 tons of fuel used to make Scud missiles, to list the quantity of mustard shells as well as the amount of VX nerve gas they had, and most important to reveal what types of biological weapons they were producing. Despite receiving assurances from Aziz, Butler said Baghdad refused to comply with any of his instructions. He also termed Aziz the "minister for disarmament resistance." Iraq expelled Butler's group in 1998. "They refused to comply with my list because it was right. The things I was asking for were precisely the weapons that if we got hold of, Iraq would be disarmed, and they did not want to be," he told his audience. The new organization that took over after UNSCOM was expelled has still, after a year, never set foot in Iraq. Butler said the group is currently undergoing training in New York in Iraq's "cultural sensitivities." Butler also blamed Iraq's refusal to cooperate on Russian interference. Calling Iraq's flaunting of the UN Security Council, with Russia's backing, a "crisis in global security," Butler said Iraq is basically telling the main authority of international law to "get lost." He also said the U.S. has not made it adequately clear to the Russians that their behavior is incompatible with their relationship with Washington, DC. === Iran making missile progress, Cohen says Tuesday, July 18, 2000 MIDDLE EAST | Iran is making progress in its ballistic missile program, said Defense Secretary William Cohen on Monday, noting Tehran's successful test of a new Shahab-3 medium range missile late last week. Also, Cohen said, Iran is making progress on longer ranged missiles as well -- weapons that eventually will threaten all of Israel and all U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region. Cohen used the Iranian test to stump for a U.S. national missile defense shield, citing concerns in Washington over the proliferation of ballistic missiles by Tehran and other nations. "Any time you have a success in a theater missile system â that gives you confidence to go forward with more tests with greater capability," Cohen said, as quoted in Tuesday editions of The Washington Times. Missile development "has a way of going almost exponentially once you get some of the fundamentals down," he added. "I think there is absolutely the potential to accelerate development with each successful test," Cohen said during his return flight from Sydney, Australia, where he held defense talks with his Australian counterpart, John C. Moore. Cohen and Moore signed an agreement that will make it easier for U.S. weapons technology to be sent to Australia, the paper said. The secretary said he was pleased that Australia supported a U.S. national missile defense. He added that he was happy Australia was willing to allow U.S. access to a satellite relay station in the central portion of the continent called Pine Gap. Washington and Canberra are stepping up defense ties with Australia by increasing weapons technology transfers, improving missile warning cooperation and even preparing for joint military action should tension in the Taiwan Strait boil over, the Times said. The Iranian missile program is "one of the reasons why it's important to undertake to research, develop and potentially deploy a national missile defense system that would provide protection against countries such as Iran posing a threat to the United States," Cohen said.
Re: [CTRL] the announcement
Kris Millegan wrote: from:alt.conspiracy As, always, Caveat Lector Om K - Click Here: A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:627970"the announcement/A - Subject: the announcement From: The Guy A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]/A Date: Sun, Jul 16, 2000 8:05 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] the government is planning an announcement it is to an earth shattering announcement it will top human achievement in knowledge for the start of the new millennium all the planning to date for over a hundred years martial law plans are also set ready...in case the announcement goes bad they will us that aliens are real, they exist, they are here - Will that be before or after the comet hits? A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] S O F T S K U L L P R E S S - Why I Published Fortunate Son
from: http://www.softskull.com/# Click Here: A HREF="http://www.softskull.com/#"S O F T S K U L LP R E S S/A - Why I Published Fortunate Son by Sander Hicks I sweep and mop floors once a week. The work leaves me time to think. I have a routine, and I want to be a good super. Part of my own crazy New York schedule is going up the five flights into the hallways of my two buildings, usually on Sunday, after a pot of coffee, peanut butter toast and the New York Times national section, in the quiet part of my life here in the Lower East Side. On a good day, I hit a rhythm. Its good for the soul. In October 1999, I came across an article in the paper. St. Martins Press was noisily slamming down the brakes on one of their own titles: Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President. They dropped a hammer on their author J.H. Hatfield, the biographer of the presidential front-runner. Hatfield, it turned out, had a colorful and felonious past working for slumlords in Dallas in the 80s. When I sweep and mop, I hit my rhythm, and the mind hits a groove thinking about politics. There are certain assumptions I have, things I think are commonly accepted in the USA these days: Politics are dominated by money. The slick and the cagey promise-makers put status and power ahead of values, meaning and change. This game hurts the majority by neglecting our interests. This last weekend in October I was scouring the dusty tenements with industrial detergent when the black coffee kicked in and I began to wonder: What in this book is so threatening that its publisher would want to smash it apart in public, like a parent enraged enough to smack a child in front of the neighbors? And would the author be willing to consider an offer from the miniature corporation I ran in the basement? For several years since my capitalist apprenticeship inside middle management at Kinkos, I had been running an subchapter (S) corporation, down underneath the tenements. Soft Skull Press, Inc. made a name for itself by publishing books by alternarock-stars. But I had begun to sharpen the editorial vision lately with what I call the politics of the Next New Left. Were working on it still, but its an aggressive aggregate of my ideas of class struggle in the new millenium, punk rocks discipline of independence, and the high certainty of Marxian historical analysis. OK, look the present moment is part of the history of a larger struggle: the people against big business, part of the even bigger history of america against tyranny. I mean the real america, the people, not the advertising and the wars. No one is true to the original spirit of america in our corporate-controlled political environment. Which is why I publish people like William Upski Wimsatt and Zack Exley. = page 2 The agent for the Fortunate Son had never heard of a thing called Soft Skull Press. But I poured on the charm, got into a meeting, and made a promise to raise a wad of cash to pay an advance. The discredited Bush biography was ours for a smile and a handshake, because the super with the book company in the basement was the only one willing to touch the thing with a pole. People began to stop by the office to chat and say the phone was tapped, to warn me, watch your back, they just whacked JFK Jr. right? They got Lady Di, right? I grind my teeth at night, mulling over things said in passing by conspiracy theorists. Ive been wearing an old football player mouthpiece, trying to preserve my teeth. Youre in way over your head. Up til now, your main accomplishment was being called affectionately patronized in the press as one of the punks of publishing. Can a publishing punk come out of presidential politics alive? The author had crumpled, mortified, in self-imposed seclusion. 60 Minutes wanted to get a television exclusive on his past, if he was willing to come out of hiding. Could an appearance on 60 Minutes make the book, the author and me serious and credible? Or just another couple of clowns in the circus? Author J.H. Hatfield received death threats from prominent Republicans and feared for the life of his family. Panicked for the life of his wife and newborn child, he tried to kill our deal. He told the New York Times hed never do the book with us, and wouldnt go on 60 Minutes. There were reasons he was skittish. St. Martins sold him out as soon as sparks started to fly. The Bush campaign threatened that the media outlets covering Hatfields book would not be given press passes in a Bush White House if they took Fortunate Son seriously. Cant handle a book? Destroy the man who wrote it and you dont have to address the harder, clear, logical questions raised in the text. I advised Hatfield to do 60 Minutes, with my child-like trust in the flagship news magazine. 60 Minutes
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Fw: Prozac
As I've said before on this list, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and the other SSRI antidepressants, ARE NOT PANACEAS. Too often they are prescribed inappropriately, without concomitant counseling and with no ongoing monitoring. Any psychoactive agent has to be titrated carefully to determine the proper level for each individual...and even whether that particular medication is itself correct for that particular person. When my wife was going through a major depression several years ago, the first medication her psychiatrist tried was Paxil. That had absolutely no effect, so she was switched to Prozac. THAT had no effect. Many of her symptoms were related to obsessive-compulsive disorder, which among other things often involves thoughts that seem to race out of control, "forcing" the patient to engage in constant ritual behavior to control their thoughts. So the psychiatrist added haloperidol (Haldol) to the mix. It slowed her down all right, but did not change the bizarre behavior, and we were finally forced to abandon the combination of medication, counseling, and behavioral therapy that we'd been trying, and hospitalize her for a month. Once there, her behavior could be monitored and her medication adjusted, and she could be given intensive counseling. Finally she managed to slow down enough to catch up with herself... That was six years ago. She has been on Prozac ever since, and she freely admits that she feels whole for the first time in her life. Without Prozac, I honestly doubt that she would be alive. But PLEASE note: she wound up on Prozac only after a lot of cautious experimentation to determine what would work with her. And that's the key. The problem is not with the SSRIs in themselves, but rather with the way in which they are administered and dispensed. - Original Message - From: "Kris Millegan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 6:37 PM Subject: [CTRL] Fwd: Fw: Prozac attachment snipped A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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: street demonstrations warning
- Original Message - From: "David Crockett Williams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "July30Phila" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 6:43 PM Subject: [July30] street demonstrations warning July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com British press feedback and evaluations of perception of street demonstrations, forwarded from a reader in France, offered for consideration by those planning actions in Philly and LA around RNC, DNC, Shadow Conventions, etc. For what its worth, please forward to other lists as you see fit. --begin article The Guardian Weekly 6-7-2000, page 23 Losing their way in the streets of shame Debate George Monbiot George Monbiot Non-violent direct action is a misnomer. It is not a direct attempt to change the world through physical action, but a graphic and symbolic means of drawing attention to neglected issues, capturing hearts and minds through political theatre. It may slow down the building of a road or an airport, but it will succeed in preventing others from being built only when it is part of a wider democratic assault on the policies that gave rise to them. When force becomes the sole means of preventing something from taking place, the ethics of political activism become indistinguishable from the ethics that encouraged the Norfolk farmer Tony Martin to shoot the burglars in his house. This is just one of the lessons that Britain's Reclaim The Streets has spectacularly unlearnt. The movement that once produced the best political theatre in Europe, winning public sympathy and galvanising debate about the environment and social justice, has lost the plot. It has turned into an association of incoherent vigilantes, and has forgotten that activism is useless unless focused. It might have been able to sustain an attack on global capitalism if it had identified a workable alternative. But without clear proposals for change, the protests in London last year and on May Day this year were disasters. Floundering in huge issues, aping the language and actions of revolutionaries, but without a revolutionary programme, the organisers left the press and public dumbfounded as to their aims and intentions. Reclaim The Streets has failed to draw boundaries around its political objectives' and around the means by which they might be pursued. By refusing to condemn violent protest the organisers issued an invitation to every psycho in London to come for a ruck with the police. Although incapable of deciding what it wants to achieve, the movement has become all too adept at deciding whom it will talk to. It has refused to explain itself to the mainstream media, or to forge strong links with anyone outside the protest community. Criticism has come to be regarded as a capitalist conspiracy. Instead of trying to persuade the unconverted of the virtues of their arguments in terms they can easily grasp and appreciate, the organisers have pictured instead a miraculous transformation of society, whereby the public abandons its use of the mass media, logs on to the Reclaim The Streets website and immediately agrees that "it is in the streets that power must be dissolved". But by convincing themselves that there is no hierarchy, that the protests they start are spontaneous uprisings of the people, the organisers shed responsibility for their actions. Reclaim The Streets is in fact less accountable than many of the institutions it seeks to overthrow. The violence on May Day was the direct and predictable result of the absence of boundaries and the abdication of responsibility. Digging up Parliament Square to stop global capitalism is so futile, so utterly frustrating and disempowering that the more hotheaded protesters could almost be excused for wanting to do something more spectacular. As the nutters in the crowd smashed up shops and defaced the Cenotaph, they must have believed they were precipitating the assault on the entire world order that Reclaim The Streets had promised but had wholly failed to deliver. The result is that the protest, three days before the local elections, jeopardised the best electoral chances radical politics had had in Britain for 15 years. It achieved the otherwise impossible feat of making the Government's anti-terrorism bill appear sane. It made the police look like society's guardian angels, and it allowed every reactionary to feel that he or she had been justified in dismissing the direct action movement as an inarticulate threat to human life. Tony Blair couldn't have hoped for a better result if he had organised this protest himself. The Guardian Weekly 6-7-2000, page 23 end forwarded article-- -- -- An IRS approved tax relief method cuts monthly income taxes by hundreds of dollars for most working people using
[CTRL] Using Noise To Cancel Noise
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 18 JULY 2000 Contact: Ricardo A. Burdisso [EMAIL PROTECTED] 540-231-7355 Virginia Tech Using noise to cancel noise (Blacksburg, Va., July 18, 2000) -- Ricardo Burdisso refers to his work as an "enjoyable journey" when he is able to use his engineering skills to develop a new technology that could benefit society. The Virginia Tech associate professor of mechanical engineering is currently in the middle of such a journey. The voyage started about a decade ago when he participated in a research project that illustrated noisy jet engines could actually be silenced with, ironically, the use of noise. The technology appeared to be a partial solution to airport noise pollution; one of the problems from industry's standpoint was the cost of the technology. As Burdisso explains the problem, "Consumers are concerned about the environment, and one of the critical problems with aircraft is the noise pollution. The growth of the aircraft industry is limited by the noise pollution. Reagan Airport's limitation on aircraft flying during the night hours is a good example of the restrictions placed on the industry." When Burdisso and his colleagues first looked at actively controlling engine noise, using a method to cancel noise by electronically generating anti-noise signals, they discovered that industry would not buy into the technology. Industry management was concerned primarily about the increase in the weight and the cost of the engine since the researchers were actually proposing to add acoustic energy or anti-sound to the system. The additional weight would increase fuel consumption, an unappealing thought to the aerospace companies. Burdisso recalls coming to the university's Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory (VAL) one Saturday, looking at the experimental engine, and having a brainstorm. He thought about his idea during the next six months, and then decided to test his theory in the lab. VAL research associate Jerome Smith built Burdisso's new system, incorporating a passive approach to reduce the noise. Simply explained, this new passive control approach "works by taking some of the acoustic energy from one part of the engine to cancel sound in another part," Burdisso says. By using the existing energy, no additional weight is added to the engine, eliminating industry's concern about additional fuel consumption. Burdisso shared the concept of the new engine with a colleague at NASA, sending him a representative one page viewgraph. The next day he received a positive response from the space agency, and it provided him with the money to repeat the experiment. The second time produced better results, and he and Smith filed for a patent on their new engine. The mechanical engineers presented their new work to industry, and this time the response was positive. Honeywell Engine and Systems (formerly AlliedSignal) tested the concept in one of its full production engines, and B.F. Goodrich subsequently licensed the patent while it remains in the application stage. B.F. Goodrich is discussing developing the technology during the next three years. "This research could make an impact and be beneficial to society," Burdisso says. "Seeing this idea go on to implementation in a product is a journey I really enjoy." Burdisso's love for research began as an undergraduate engineering student at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina. Born the youngest son of three siblings, he was the only one to attend college. His two older brothers joined his father's manufacturing company, a business they continue to manage after their father's retirement. When Burdisso was a sophomore in college in 1979, he became involved in the materials research lab, investigating the structure of materials to identify potential failures. At that time, few undergraduates worked in research labs. "There might have been 10 of us. This work aroused my scientific curiosity," he says, and he soon determined that he wanted to continue with research and development ideas that led to practical solutions. His career at Virginia Tech has taken some interesting turns. He applied to the College of Engineering as a graduate student because of a research project he undertook while still in Cordoba. Apparently a nuclear power plant was built unknowingly on a seismic fault. Burdisso joined the team that performed a structural analysis of the facility; the team included M.P. Singh, an engineering science and mechanics professor at Virginia Tech who is an expert in structural dynamics and earthquake engineering. After the project was finished, Burdisso moved to Blacksburg to obtain his doctorate under Singh's advisorship. After he obtained his Ph.D. in 1986, he spent the academic year as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering. For the next two years, Burdisso worked at Aerostructures Inc. of Arlington, Va., but he longed to return to laboratory research. When Chris Fuller, a
[CTRL] FLASH: Republic of Texas Files For UNPO Membership
- Republic of Texas Files For UNPO Membership - Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2000 at 1:58PM CDT by Vice President Daniel Miller: URGENT - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! This week the Republic of Texas filed for formal membership as a member of the Unrecognized Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. If accepted, the Republic of Texas would enjoy international recognition by as many as 55 countries, including three who are members of the United Nations. UNPO is an international organization created by nations and peoples around the world who are not represented in the world's principal international organizations, such as the United Nations. Founded in 1991, UNPO today consists of over 50 members and observer nations and peoples who represent over 100 million persons. UNPO offers an international forum for occupied nations, indigenous peoples, minorities, and even oppressed majorities who currently struggle to regain their lost countries, preserve their cultural identities, protect their basic human and economic rights, and safeguard the natural environment. Some of the peoples and countries represented by the General Assembly of UNPO are East Timor, Estonia, Tibet, and Taiwan. "Events will move very quickly from this point," stated Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas Bernard Grover. "We are moving forward with a transitional plan that will culminate in a national election of a Congress and the adoption of a new Constitution." The office of Provisional Government President Archie Lowe is scheduling a press conference to announce that Texas is taking her rightful place in the world as an independent nation. "We have suffered for years under the unlawful military occupation of the US federal government," said President Lowe. "We are very much aware of the historic significance of this new development. We pray that God Almighty will guide the hands and hearts of the Citizens of Texas as they begin the awesome task of restoring self-government to their nation." The acceptance of the application by UNPO is a large step in the attempt to gain additional international recognition for the Republic of Texas. The application will move to the Steering Committee of UNPO. If it passes there it will move to a final vote in the UNPO General Assembly. The General Council of the Provisional Government will be meeting in San Antonio on July 22nd at 10am at the Crockett Hotel. One item on the agenda will be to formally accept the UNPO membership documents. Updates will be posted regularly to the government's website located at www.republic-of-texas.net. Further information on UNPO can be obtained from www.unpo.org. The public and media are encouraged to contact the Provisional Government for general questions or formal interviews. Contact: Republic of Texas Information Line - (877) RTX-INFO (877) 789-4636 President Archie Huel, Lowe - (903) 326-4684 Secretary of State Bernard Grover - (713) 984-2797 - If you feel that you should not be receiving this message and/or you would like to be removed from the "News" email notification list, you may do so at http://www.republic-of-texas.net/news . _ "I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion" Thomas Jefferson A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] Prophet of Terror and the Religion of Peace--Part I
This article really makes one wonder; somehow I could never equate the peaceful Koran to the reign of terror. Seems like the Ayatollah, who looked like a drip drip acid indigestion ad, thrived on fear and intimidation. It is the poor, the thieves, and street people who are terrorized - the crimes they commit do not fit the punishment. This story explains what happened; for nobody will ever convince me that the former Ayatollah which they drug from Paris, was a religious figure descended from Mohammed. Reign of terror? Look at Saudi Arabia. Does Sadaam Hussein terrorize his people in such a manner as they do - well beheadings, cutting off hand of a thiefSadaam Hussein who makes no claim to descent from Mohammed, does he treat his people this way? One thing too there was a movie once, about a Private SlovickI put this in my manuscript at the time, because I thought what is wrong here. Now this guy, was executed for going "over the hill" as I recall, under David Eisenhower, General of the US Army. The movie was I think a 1971 movie on TV. The end result - it was ordered that Private Slovick be discharged from the US Army, a court martial dishonorable discharge, and then he was to be executed by firing squad. I always wondered, if they discharged him, the military had no right to execute him at that point in time, because he was a civilian. The execution was an example or what; and looking back we see our soldiers sent to wars to fight in countries such as Saudi Arabia and the UN wants to have them tried in their Courts. USA and UN condones this type of stuff and slowly they are raising military standards now where they turn assassins loose on little churches where little children are burned alive, without shedding a tearwould like to see Clinton feel their pain.' ' Just few thoughts.but do discharge a guy, and then execute him? When discharged it would seem military lost their jurisdiction - so imagine nobody said a word. So much for Reign of TerrorsDraconian Law and warrants written in blood. A. Saba Dare To Call It Conspiracy A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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] HAARP - Fabricating God
Hello everyone, In a message dated 6/24/00 1:37:10 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My first thought on this is that the power base on this planet is afraid of giving up its hold on its power. Their interest in controlling our DNA would be to prevent a migration to another dimension. That is why they might be researching this technology. In my own paradigm, this is partially true. While the plan of the Illuminoids might be to exclude those who are not the "capstone of society perfected," what they do not realize is that the Master Mind behind their Illumination has something completely different planned... In a message dated 06/25/2000 1:58:58 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Interesting. Question: if the 1000-1200 MHz range source is everywhere (possibly due to HAARP)- and cannot be pinpointed to a satellite - how do they get it to zone in on a particular person? I don't get that part. TIA if anyone can help. The plan is for PLANET-WIDE ascension... I am going to cut and paste part of an email that I recently sent to another list. I will probably add a few comments at the end. Keep in mind that the excerpt below was sent to a list which discusses the ATLANTIS... x Lastly, I would have to agree with previous statements regarding the inevitable discussion of various religious theologies on this list. Edgar Cayce was absolutely told that Atlantis was destroyed over a battle between good and evil; a war over "who was God". In this age of Heaven and Earth, this war continues... If my own research is correct, the "fallen spirits" of Atlantis are nothing less than Lucifer and the fallen 1/3 of the heavenly host as recorded in REV 12:1-5. These same "luminaries" now pose as "angels of light" and sometimes even "Ascended Masters" or "Lords of Light." So, if you are looking for "love and light", say "Hello, Maitreya"... I also agree with prior statements which made the assertion that New Age is very, very old. New Age is the same Old Lie told by Lucifer to the rebels who were foolish enough to follow him. This lie says that we can be as gods; have "Christ consciousness" without following the plan established by the Father for doing so. This plan follows the rule of self-symmetry by means of PHI. In John 17, Christ said that He was in the Father, and that we are in him (Jesus). My own mathematical analysis of this passage (and others), confirm by use of gematria that this is exactly what is taking place. Again, this explains why Jesus said that you cannot get to the Father without Him. If you remove .618, the rule of self-symmetry is invalid. In any case, the Garden of Eden began the same test for mankind. In the Garden, Adam and Eve had chose to forsake their relationship with the Tree of Life (Christ), for the lie that they could be as gods. EARTH'S ANCIENT PAST AND THE FALL OF LUCIFIER I for one would completely agree to the fact that there is an ancient and fallen civilization behind us in Earth's past. Where we are likely to disagree, is that in my own paradigm, this great civilization was formed when Lucifer and the 1/3 of the rebellious angels were cast to Earth in Revelation 12. These fallen entities came to Earth and built the Great Pyramid and other sacred sites in order to harness the power of the Earth's electromagnetic grid...truly marking the land mass with Earth Star patterns which are "As Below, So Above." It is likely that the ancient marking of these Earth Grid coordinates is what remains in the Ley Line phenomena. The purpose of this Luciferian scheme was to convert matter back into energy...to reverse E = Mc2. As an alternate theory, it is also possible that harnessing this power was used to create Multidimensional Piezoelectric Reactivity (MPR) to open a vortex to another dimension. After all...the rebellious angels didn't like being "cast to Earth"... If this is true, it is even more likely that the Bermuda Triangle is one of such port holes. This port hole would open when "as above, so below" occurs during certain planetary alignments, causing a flux between diamagnetic poles that would literally place those lost ships and airplanes somewhere in time/space. Nonetheless, the Luciferians' plan to harness the Earth's grid worked. Unfortunately the only one who made it through was Lucifer himself. It is likely that this is why the legends of Atlantis record that the "king" over the ante-diluvian society somehow "escaped." King Lucifer's escape also explains why the Egyptians possess the legend of Osiris, who reportedly ascended into the region of the Duat in the Belt of Orion/Osiris. This event ties directly to the Bible's 13,000 year mark of this age, and it also reveals why the Great Pyramid lines up to the very first Epoch of the Belt of Orion over Giza. Rather amusing that Poseidon/Neptune has often been pictured as the King
Re: [CTRL] HAARP - Fabricating God
In a message dated 00-07-18 23:34:37 EDT, you write: I was going to add quite a bit here, but at this point, let us see if this post generates any constructive or informative responses. Tsadowq One of the more productive avenues of research is the recent finding of a ULF frequency embedded into the planetary HAARP propagation. HAARP (and related systems) as a ULF generator may have two functions (1) ULF affects the human limbic system and may be a mind control agent (2) ULF (as well as electromagnetic frequencies) may affect seismic processes - notably around the magnetosphere and the tectonic system of 20 or so inverted tectonic plates that cover the Earth's surface. SO HAARP - associated global electronic warfare systems - may have the primary function of global mind control - Goal: to deny Universe society the human population, and conversely to deny the human population knowledge of Universe's society's initiative. Likewise, the possible ability to unleash tectonic processes may be part of a "cataclysm". Other's would call this a scorched Earth policy - Dumb down the human race with mind control. It is expecially important to recall that all mind control systems are GOAL-ORIENTED. Here is the technology and the goal seems to be development of a disoriented, dumbed-down population that becomes disenfranchised and unable to integrate into Universe society. For more extended comments on HAARP, its explicit mind control and earth changes applications, see: http://www.universebooks.com/sampleearthchanges.html Alfred A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html"Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/"ctrl/A 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: Lousy Job? Don't Whine, Whinge
"The level of animosity portrayed on 'whinge' sites on the Internet is a testament to the extent to which the new economy has acquired a bitter edge. "One reason is the wall of venture capital that liberally descended on the new economy: A lot of bad ideas and bad managers received big sums of money. "There are few experiences more disillusioning than working 16 hours a day for a company that's run by cretins and is almost certainly going bust. "In the new economy, 'whinge' sites may be the electronic equivalent of labor unions -- a counter-force to the over-weening power of profit. For workers, that's good. "Corporate managers might become more careful how they treat people when they know every misdeed could wind up posted on a Web site read by their customers." In the New Economy, Workers Grow Restless by Matthew Lynn London, July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Remember how the World Wide Web was supposed to be about digital communities communicating instantly, ushering in a new age of prosperity and democracy? Think again. At the moment, the Internet is all about spitting bile and hatred into the atmosphere. The past few months have seen the emergence of a host of ``whinge'' sites, electronic water coolers where the employed of the world gather to swap tales from the fetid trenches of corporate life, and to moan about the various numbskulls for whom they have the misfortune to work. What is it about the new economy that produces so many unhappy workers? Has the Internet so altered the relationship between employers and employees that every office quarrel will now be broadcast to the world, and preserved in code for customers, rivals and potential hires to feast upon? If so, the working world has changed fundamentally, and not necessarily for the better. At the respectable end of the whinge market, there is thevault.com, a hybrid job site that also includes message boards on just about every company you've ever heard of. Some bits seem useful: If you are going for an interview at Merrill Lynch, for example, you can ask the board how big your bonus might be and get a sensible answer the same day. But much of the material is more along the lines of don't go work for Jack at BigBank Inc., he's a useless fool with psychotic leanings. New Economy Icons New economy icons in particular take a beating. Two remarks about Amazon.com Inc. are typical: ``It's starting to get a bad rep among Seattle job hunters as a sweatshop and generally devious employer,'' says one. ``Amazon is about getting big fast and abusing its employees along the way,'' goes another. Switch to the Yahoo! Inc. message board and read this succinct comment: ``This place sux!'' Farther down the whinge market is Netslaves.com, a site that gathers the disappointments and frustrations of the new economy, and preserves them in a scrap-book of dot com folly and pig- headedness. ``Net slaves is dedicated to everyone who's been burned by the incompetence, moronic planning, and hysterical management of New Media companies,'' says its mission statement. But for hardcore Web whinging, the place to hang out is fu*edcompany.com -- our spelling. This is the X-rated stuff, where the truly embittered describe the implosion of the new economy in graphic detail. Here's one example about a site called eLuxury.com: ``Rumor has it that the Manager and Director of BizDev at luxury e-tailer eLuxury walked out last month. This week the second VP of BizDev, after 2 months, is making her exit. Thus leaving just the UCLA MBA intern unknowingly to run things. He starts next week.'' Points are awarded for brainless business plans and for inept, vicious and tyrannical management. New Twist In one sense, the whinge sites are just a new twist on some old impulses. Ever since work was invented, it has been part of human nature to grumble about the boss. No doubt the slaves hauling rocks to the pyramids gathered at night to criticize the ridiculous deadlines, and question whether anyone needs huge pointy things in the middle of a desert anyway. It is also part of human nature to turn any new technology to destructive effect. The forge gave us the spear, the stirrup the cavalry, and so on through history. The Internet is now giving us a lot of sour adjectives about incompetent marketing managers. But, that said, the level of animosity portrayed on the whinge sites is a testament to the extent to which the new economy has acquired a bitter edge. One reason is the wall of venture capital that descended on the new economy -- a lot of bad ideas and bad managers received big sums of money. There are few experiences more disillusioning than working 16 hours a day for a company that's run by cretins and is almost certainly going bust. There are lots of bad old economy companies to work for. But at least they have customers and revenue, and a place in the market. Many Internet companies have none of those things and never will. Empowerment But there
[CTRL] Fwd: The 21st Century Sweatshop
Unions urge call centres to shed sweatshop image EDINBURGH, July 18 (Reuters) - Union leaders urged Britain's call centre bosses on Tuesday to improve conditions for their workers and bring an end to the '21st century sweatshop' image which has plagued one of Europe's fastest-growing industries. Philip Jennings, General Secretary of Geneva-based Union Network International, told reporters at a joint press conference with the Scottish Trades Unions Congress (STUC) that stress was the main cause of concern among workers, and unions were prepared to take up the fight. ``Call centres are the electronic assembly lines of the new economy,'' Jennings said. ``Without a strong union presence, staff are often the victims of high-pressured working methods.'' Call centres employ around 350,000 in Britain -- two percent of the working population -- according to research group Datamonitor, but their reliance on cheap labour in unemployment blackspots has revived memories of the ``dark satanic mills'' of Britain's 19th century textile industry. Constant surveillance by camera or managers, cramped working conditions and unattainable performance targets are among reasons the high levels of stress, which has lead to widespread worker misery and high drop-out rates. ``It's often claustrophobic and hot, you're not allowed to get up from your desk, breaks are very short if you get one at all and your voice doesn't get a break,'' a spokeswoman for the MSF union told Reuters. Some people have even developed strain injuries in their throats from overwork. MINIMUM STANDARDS The STUC said the industry was subject to standard British employment law, but needed to go one step further. It has met with the Glasgow-based Call Centre Association and hopes to reach agreement later this year on a set of minimum standards for the industry, including more training for staff, greater career development prospects, and better ways of solving disputes between management and staff. Tracey White of the STUC said around half Scotland's call centres already had a union presence, and in these cases working conditions had improved. ``We will work with the best employers and tackle the worst,'' White said. The STUC lacks any official sanction over call centres, but White said a ``name and shame'' approach would help bring some of the worst offenders into line.
[CTRL] researcher suggests elusive Bigfoot is an android
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/GENERAL/SpacemanSasquatch.html Bigfoot researcher suggests elusive Bigfoot is an android YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Sasquatch might be from outer space. At least that's the theory being put forth by Erik Beckjord of the San Francisco-based Sasquatch Research Project. He contends the proof can be found in a metal cylinder, roughly the same size and shape as a 16-ounce can of beer, on Bigfoot's right arm in the famous Patterson film. "An ape doesn't have a cylinder on its arm, unless it's an experimental creature," Beckjord told the Yakima Herald-Republic in a story published Monday. But that's hardly enough evidence for people who believe Bigfoot is the Yakima Valley's biggest homegrown hoax. "That's a new one to me," said Zillah lawyer Barry Woodard, representing a man who last year claimed to have worn a monkey suit in the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film. The grainy 16mm footage of what some believe is a female Sasquatch running out of a stream bed in the Six Rivers National Forest in northern California was taken by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin during a horseback search for Bigfoot. Patterson died in 1972. Gimlin refuses to be interviewed. Last year, longtime Bigfoot tracker Cliff Crook of Bothell dismissed the film as a hoax, saying four computer-enhanced frames showed what appeared to be a bell-shaped fastener at the creature's waist. Several months later, a 58-year-old Yakima man, who has not been publicly identified, came forward through Woodard claiming to have been the hoaxer who wore the fur. The man still wants to sell his story, Woodard said. It's been a Sasquatch summer in the Northwest this year. Two researchers are looking into reports of the possible presence of Bigfoot on the Hoh Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula along the Pacific Coast. A psychologist recently claimed to have seen and smelled Sasquatch while hiking at the Oregon Caves National Monument. Beckjord, who has a master's degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley, contends the recent Bigfoot reports only back up his contention that the creature is living among us and could be from outer space - possibly an experimental android. "It would be the perfect spy for wilderness warfare," Beckjord said. Or, "he could be cruising out there on behalf of the U.S. government." The cylinder can be seen in the 350th frame of the Patterson film, he said. He speculates it could be anything from radio equipment to medical gear. Bulges at either end of the cylinder likely serve as mounting hardware, he said. For Beckjord, the most persuasive indication that Bigfoot is from another world is the lack of an archaeological record. "There's no roadkill ever at any time," he said. "All of the existing animals you can find dead sometime." On the Net: http://www.sasquatch.cc . Visit the Eagle 1 Observer"Observing the World Around You"http://www.crayon.net/read.cgi?[EMAIL PROTECTED] " I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do ashe pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far asit in no way interferes with any other men's rights." - Abraham Lincoln . .
[CTRL] birds have carried virus across U.S.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/nation/603824 Gulf Coast probable location for next West Nile outbreak Scientists say birds have carried virus across U.S. By DEBORA MACKENZIE Copyright 2000 New Scientist The bird virus that killed seven New Yorkers last year has now spread all over the Americas, say U.S. researchers. They warn that the Gulf Coast of the United States will probably see the next outbreak of West Nile virus. Despite the threat, U.S. authorities have so far failed to provide the research funding to keep tabs on the virus in wild birds. The scientists say that scrupulous monitoring of bird populations is needed, otherwise it won't be possible to identify and spray high-risk areas with insecticide to kill the mosquitoes that transmit the virus to people. The infection is endemic to Africa, Asia and Europe, where it resides harmlessly in many bird species but kills others, according to Bob McLean, head of the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. Humans usually get the disease from mosquito bites when the population of infected city birds is sufficiently large to infect enough mosquitoes. In 1997, 527 people in Bucharest, Romania, were ill with West Nile virus, and 50 died. There is no specific treatment for the infection. The virus may have reached New York last summer in a bird imported from Israel. However, West Nile expert Zdanek Hubalek of the Czech Academy of Sciences suggests it may have originally escaped from the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York, where in the 1950s a strain of the virus was given to 95 terminal cancer patients as an experimental treatment. But there is evidence that the New York outbreak last summer, which killed thousands of crows and caused encephalitis in 61 New Yorkers, seven of whom died, resulted from a different strain. But what is certain, McLean says, is that as early as last summer the virus had already spread to an alarming extent in the New York area. "It had already infected more than half the local geese and sparrows. That's scary," McClean says. And the discovery of the virus in birds in New York, New Jersey and Delaware last month has dashed hopes that it would not survive the winter. John Rappole and his colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution Zoo in Front Royal, Va., have calculated that the virus would spread far and wide from New York if there were susceptible migratory birds congregating on mosquito-infested wetlands nearby. In this month's issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, they and Hubalek report that there are 77 migratory species there, including ducks, starlings, terns and gulls, capable of carrying the virus. "The virus is probably in every corner of North America by now" as well as parts of South America, says Rappole. Another outbreak could occur anywhere there are enough infected birds, possibly this summer. "We think the next outbreak will be along the Gulf Coast, where northern migrants remain concentrated," Rappole says. "It is essential to capture and test healthy local birds to know where West Nile poses a threat," McLean says. "Then mosquito spraying can be targeted to protect people." McLean's proposals to screen birds in the coming months have not yet been funded. Eastern and Gulf states plan to test dead birds and "sentinel" chickens -- caged birds used as an early warning system. But this is much less sensitive, McLean warns. Caged chickens are less likely to encounter infected mosquitoes than free-range birds. But Stephen Ostroff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta told New Scientist: "Extensive screening of wild birds in hopes of finding the virus would not be cost-effective." . Visit the Eagle 1 Observer"Observing the World Around You"http://www.crayon.net/read.cgi?[EMAIL PROTECTED] " I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do ashe pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far asit in no way interferes with any other men's rights." - Abraham Lincoln .
