[CTRL] Jason Society
-Caveat Lector- As soon as my library gets this book I will be reading it. About 5 years ago I read a lot on the Manhattan Projects scientists/physicists, many of whom show up in this book. According to Bill Cooper in Behold a Pale Horse, this group was intimately involved in the UFO coverup for obvious reasons.That this book has been published is an indication to me that all the secrecy is coming to an end. The end of one of two things is inevitable: secrecy or this planet.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/books/review/16horgan.html?_r=1pagewanted=2oref=slogin'The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite,' by Ann FinkbeinerRent-a-Genius By JOHN HORGANPublished: April 16, 2006Last summer, I received an e-mail message from a defense contractor that was advising a federal security agency and wanted my ideas on fighting terrorism. I assumed it was a joke. But when I called the contractor's number, a woman named Debbie convinced me that the firm and the offer were real. Her firm's client was seeking advice from non-experts who could "think outside the box."Illustration by Viktor Koen. Photos, starting second from left: AP; Susan Spann for The New York Times; Frank Curry for The Times; Alexandria King/The Albuquerque Journal Members of Jason have included, from left: Hans Bethe, Freeman Dyson, Richard Garwin, Steven Weinberg and Murray Gell-Mann. THE JASONS The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite. By Ann Finkbeiner. 304 pp. Viking. $27.95. Readers OpinionsForum: Book News and Reviews I loathe militarism, so I worried that accepting the assignment would be hypocritical. But the invitation was flattering and challenging and the money was tempting. So I agreed. As long as I didn't propose anything that violated my principles, I told myself, what would be the harm? It seems only fair to reveal my own ethical elasticity before I pass judgment on Jason, the subject of the journalist Ann Finkbeiner's fascinating, disturbing new book. I first heard about this secretive group of independent government science advisers in 1993 from the physicist Freeman Dyson, one of Jason's longest-serving members. Dyson made Jason sound like fun: a bunch of brilliant iconoclasts brainstorming during summer vacations about problems ranging from nuclear missile defense to climate change. But Finkbeiner shows that at times, Jason seethed with ethical conflict. Of the 100 or so scientists who have served on Jason, Finkbeiner has interviewed 36. A few spoke anonymously, and others refused to talk at all. That reticence is not surprising, given that as much as three-quarters of Jason's work has consisted of classified military projects, some of them morally questionable. Like Errol Morris's film "The Fog of War," in which Robert McNamara painfully revisits Vietnam, Finkbeiner's book shows how even the smartest people with the noblest intentions can end up committing shameful acts. Jason (the term refers both to the group as a whole and to individual members) was conceived in the late 1950's, when the physicist John Wheeler proposed assembling a few dozen top academic scientists to give the government no-holds-barred advice. In 1960 the group began gathering each June and July in various locations. Physics was still riding the wave of prestige generated by the Manhattan Project, and all the original Jasons were physicists. Mildred Goldberger, the wife of the early member Murph Goldberger (and herself a physicist), proposed naming the group after the mythical Greek hero. Funding came primarily from the Advanced Research Projects Agency at the Pentagon (known today as Darpa). Those who eventually enlisted included giants like Dyson, Murph Goldberger and the future Nobel laureates Steven Weinberg, Val Fitch, Charles Townes, Murray Gell-Mann and Leon Lederman. Some of their motives, like serving their country and reducing the threat of nuclear war, were altruistic. Others were less so: becoming an insider with access to secret information; finding "sweet" solutions to technical puzzles (to borrow Robert Oppenheimer's description of the Manhattan Project); and getting paid ($850 per diem today). The Jasons interviewed take pride in some of their accomplishments. They have excelled at "lemon detection," finding the flaws in ideas like "dense pack" nuclear-missile sites, which one Jason, Sid Drell, called "dunce pack." In the 1980's, Jason helped establish a Department of Energy program to improve the accuracy of climate models. In 1996 Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, in part because Jason had concluded that tests were no longer needed to ensure the viability of America's nuclear arsenal. Jasons also contributed to the invention of adaptive optics, which boosts the power of telescopes by correcting for atmospheric distortion. On the other hand, the Pentagon kept the technology classified for almost a decade to reserve it for a project that many Jasons opposed, the Strategic
[CTRL] The Power of Nightmares
-Caveat Lector- If you have not heard of this series on BBC, just follow the links. No videoseems to beavailable thus far, these are transcripts.http://www.silt3.com/index.php?id=573 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=""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] Mushroom Clouds: Coming to a Town Near You?
-Caveat Lector- Mushroom Clouds: Coming to a Town Near You? Gary S. Bekkum http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=7018 Gary S. Bekkum is an independent 'occasional' rogue journalist web author, and researcher of material that blurs the distinction between fiction and reality. In 2004 Bekkum initiated Starstream Research, as an informal survey of exotic physics and consciousness concepts related to the survival or otherwise of the human race. Building from an international network of contacts in science and the defense industry, some of the Starstream Research material appears as the Spacetime Threat Assessment Report at the Starstream Research web site. Gary S. Bekkum March 19, 2006 Loose nukes and STAR GATE 9/11. Warp drives and wormholes. Vacuum reaction weapons. Skinwalkers and more. Starstream Research examines how the U.S. Government intends to leap beyond science fiction on a quest for the ultimate weapons. Thirty four years and millions of dollars later, CIA documents reveal the amazing success and dismal failures of STAR GATE, the formerly top secret intelligence agency programs used to remote view information that couldn't be accessed by any normal means of collection. Starstream Research has uncovered new files strongly suggesting that America's psychic intelligence agents were picking up information warning of the rise of Usama bin Ladin and the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001. The latest finds include a CIA released DIA document that identifies Project 911 and drawings that strongly resemble Usama bin Ladin before and after the 9/11 attacks. You can view some of the original documents at the Starstream Research web site. The STAR GATE files pointing to the 9/11 events were only the beginning. According to British author and filmmaker Jon Ronson, following the 9/11 attacks, psychic Uri Geller was reactivated into the ranks of intelligence agency psychic spies. The 'spooky' spooks are likely used to track the movement of terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. Ronson claims that Uri Geller was reticent to speak of his work with the American CIA, but broke down and revealed one interesting tidbit of information. Ronson claims that Uri told him that the name of the man who reactivated his mental powers for intelligence was called Ron. Based on information provided to us by various sources, we strongly suspect that Ron is a former high ranking CIA agency analyst, previously tasked to monitor technology developments in China. The big question remains: which intelligence agencies might be involved in the latest version of a psychic black ops antiterrorist unit? MASINT (Measurement and Signatures Intelligence) is a likely candidate, but our present understanding is that Ron is working for John Negroponte at the Department of National Intelligence. Rumors persist that America's DIA trained psychic intelligence sources are viewing mushroom clouds over numerous cities in the homeland. Taken in tandem with the constant rumors of loose nukes, it appears that the psychic spies may have been reactivated, at least in part, by the man said to have had a hand in shutting down the original DIA STAR GATE psychic spy program. All in all it would seem that there is something about space, time and beyond that we don't understand. Researchers have discovered mirror neurons that empathetically fire in your brain when you are watching someone else get poked by a needle, for example. Somehow the neurons in a remote viewer must fire empathetically for information about distant events, removed from ordinary sensory detection. Last year the Air Force received a great deal of flak from the press about a research paper they commissioned to examine the use of teleportation for military purposes. Apparently the journalists didn't realize that quantum teleportation has been an active area of mainstream research, ever since it was discovered by a team at IBM in the 1990's. MIT Professor Seth Lloyd has been researching the use of quantum teleportation for communication networks. Lloyd's support includes DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Recently he also developed an interest in quantum gravity, the elusive theory that would unite Einstein's theory of bending space and time with the foundation stone of all modern electronics and atomic engineering: the quantum theory. In the mid 1990's, Dr. Stuart Hameroff at the University of Arizona, and Oxford's Sir Roger Penrose proposed that quantum processes might be involved in the emergence of human consciousness. Penrose is well known for his work in mathematics and the physics of black holes. The idea of creating a synthesis of quantum teleportation and brain function quickly followed as a theory of telepathy. In the Penrose-Hameroff theory, the shape of switch-like structures in the brain are controlled by the location of single electrons, the quantum
[CTRL] Iranian oil bourse
-Caveat Lector- We're addicted to more than oil and it's costing us http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=34641820brk=1 By Paul B. Farrell Last Updated: 2/13/2006 7:45:00 PM ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Addicted to oil? Just oil? You're joking? No, we're a nation of addicts, doing what addicts do best: Denying reality. In denial the brain can rationalize anything. The more self-destructive an addict's behavior, the stronger their denial, louder their protests, arrogance, bravado, even optimism: I'm fine, everything's under control! So when a Texas oilman admits 295 million Americans are addicted to oil, as President Bush did in his State of the Union address, that's historic! I've worked professionally with people in and out of recovery; politicians, doctors, celebrities, rock stars, pro athletes and royalty, some in the Middle East, many from the Betty Ford Center. Addicts will do anything to get the next fix or drink, oblivious of the destruction around them. They create living hells, losing health, family, kids, careers, wealth, and most of all, their freedom. Nations are no different! This is not news. Two decades ago psychologist Anne Wilson Schaef wrote When Society Becomes an Addict. Her opening line: Our society is deteriorating at an alarming rate. The symptoms: Greed, arrogance, ethical deterioration, obsessiveness, rationalism, self-centeredness, tunnel vision. We're out of touch, living with an illusion of control. Flash forward. New addictions: credit cards, obesity, massive deficits, iPods, plasma HDTV's, McMansions, SUVs, outsourcing to India, buying plastic from China. Go deeper: We have a near-religious addiction to rationality, logic, data, numbers, stock quotes, productivity, interest rates, GDP, etc. Our brains gorge on an endless diet of numbers from cable's talking heads, online breaking news, print reports. Information is our new mind-numbing drug, worse than cocaine and heroin. Often distracted, in a stupor, narrowly focused on immediate gratification, we lose perspective, integrity, even our identity; we're addicts in a myopic bubble, in denial of the real world. Paradoxically, America's addiction to rationality and numbers is a major part of our brain's denial mechanism, blinding us to unpredictable risks and irrational dangers that do not fit neatly into our conventional wisdom. Please notice how we've programmed denial into the thinking behind our economic and market forecasting systems: First: Economic modeling. Economists use elaborate computer models to simulate how America works. Past performance is projected using complex mathematical formulas. But they cannot predict wars, pandemics, another 9/11. By screening out these high-cost, unpredictable variables, economists build denial into their forecasts, coating over increasing dangers, then feeding us forecasts that are invariably misleading and wrong. Second: Market forecasting. Our addiction to rationality and numbers is even more dangerous in market-timing and trading systems. Institutions and individuals use esoteric theories: Elliot Wave, Gann, Fibonacci, Candlesticks, Astro-Harmonics and other systems. They hypnotize numbers addicts like drugs, creating a false sense of control, even rationalizing losses. One commodity trader showed me how his models predicted his day-trading, but I don't have a clue about next week. We are a nation of addicts, in denial, and our mastery over the economy and markets is an illusion, crating a false sense of security. Wall Street, Washington and Corporate America are all addicted to computer models that minimize or eliminate unpredictable threatening variables: Global wars, pandemics, terrorist attacks on American soil, the very things that could do the most damage to the economy and markets are not included. Meanwhile, Main Street is focused narrowly on getting the next fix. Denial blinds us to many dangers. Like the coming Iranian Petro-Euro Bourse threatening the American dollar's position as the world's reserve currency, a threat potentially more catastrophic than a nuclear arsenal. We deny it. And recently, we learned of an even bigger threat: about World War III. Seriously, a war is being provoked by loose cannons in America as well as abroad. Irrational, absurd and unwanted, fanatics on both sides are prophesizing an all-out war in the next couple years. For years America has heard religious fundamentalists predict the End of Days, Armageddon, an Apocalypse, The Rapture, Tribulation, a final battle prophesized for the Holy Land. Prominent evangelists believe it's coming soon. Many are so convinced their rhetoric may be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Until recently this was outside market and economic thinking. That is, until Iranian President Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nations in October. His prophecies mirror those of America's evangelists. Ahmadinejad not only hopes for but
[CTRL] Drunvalo vs. IRS
-Caveat Lector- October 3, 2004 Freedom Without Fear http://www.spiritofmaat.com/tax2.html A Historically True Story of the Income Tax! by Drunvalo Melchizedek In these times of great worldwide turmoil, a 90 year old American conspiracy may not seem too important relative to some of the things that are going on today, but when you realize that this incredible criminal conspiracy is touching the lives of almost everyone in America on a very personal level, we believe that it is now time to know this truth and to change it, for if we don't change it, our United States Constitution is in great jeopardy. When America realizes the nature of what our government has done to its citizens over the last 90 plus years, it may take a very long time before trust is reestablished, but it will heal, if we make the right decisions. This story will be hard to believe at first because it is so outrageous, but we can prove and document every word we say in or out of a court of law. Of this there is absolutely no doubt. THE IRS Most people who become involved with the tax system do so when the IRS asks for an examination or audit of their records. In my case, however, the IRS didn't really care about my records. They were attacking me politically because of an article written in the Spirit of Ma'at Ezine about President Bush and a lie that he told the world. We proved Bush was lying, and they didn't like that, so the IRS was sent to shut down the Spirit of Ma'at's web site. (www.spiritofmaat.com) If it had not been a political attack, I would have gladly cooperated, since I have paid all my taxes and all tax forms have been filed on time. I have no IRS problem on that level whatsoever. But because it was political, I began to ask around about some form of defense to fight them. I knew that what the government was doing by sending the IRS to stop my 1st Amendment rights to freedom of speech, was illegal and criminal. This is easy to prove in a court of law, for it has already been determined in previous court cases. I told a friend of mine, a Native American medicine man, about my situation and he introduced me to a man named Wayne Bentson. According to my native friend, Mr. Bentson is on the List of Who's Who in the world as The person who knows more about income tax and the Internal Revenue Service than anyone alive. WAYNE BENTSON - THE EXPERT IRS CONSULTANT Mr. Bentson is a quiet man of 73 who was a Marine in Korea, with a wall full of decorations and medals. He may be getting older, but he's still a fighter who fought for his beloved country in the fifties and today fights for its Citizens. In the early 70's, Mr. Bentson testified for now Chief Justice William Rhenquist, and that testimony brought down the wrath of the IRS, which was violently opposed to the nomination of Justice Rhenquist to the Supreme Court. He was forced into fighting the IRS just as I was. Mr. Bentson took the IRS threats very seriously, and began to read all of 26 USC, 26 CFR (the regulations), several additional Titles, including 5 USC, 27 USC, 31 USC, 42 USC and 48 USC, plus several IRS and Department of Justice (DOJ) manuals. So for almost thirty years, the IRS has been trying to put Mr. Bentson in prison, but they have been unsuccessful because he knows the law exceptionally well. After many decades of study, Mr. Bentson can now actually see the whole truth behind the IRS. He is one of the few people in the world, who doesn't work for the US government, that holds this knowledge. IN MR. BENTSON'S OWN WORDS I was indicted two and a half years ago for willful failure to file and conspiracy. But the indictment, rife with its own violations of law and other additional frauds, failed to identify the return I was supposed to file and there are approximately 300 types of returns. They still, after two and half years of investigation and communication, will not tell me which form I supposedly conspired with others not to file. They basically have arrested me and are holding me without telling me what my crime was. This is illegal. In court Mr. Bentson submitted evidence that shows that the IRS is a fraudulent and illegal conspiracy on the American people. He sited the law precisely with his great knowledge of the income tax law and the IRS has no way to disprove his evidence. To avoid simply giving up and looking stupid, which has huge legal ramifications, the DOJ filed several motions with the court for an extensions of time in which to prepare for trial, using the same we are not ready excuse. Hence, two and one half years has passed since the original indictment and the IRS is still delaying, and I still don't know what it is I have done wrong. The DOJ and IRS know that if they actually go to trial, it will be over for the IRS. The DOJ/IRS have boxed themselves in with this man. This man is the source of the following amazing information. WAYNE'S STORY OF HISTORY AND IRS LAW The following story is Wayne's understanding of the
Re: [CTRL] George W. Bush, The Neocons, The Nazis
-Caveat Lector- Every time I see the word connections I cringe. There's no historical perspective to connections and they are essentially without meaning. The author of one recent conspiracy book showed you can connect anybody to anybody without much effort. -Original Message- From: Conspiracy Theory Research List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Mio Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] George W. Bush, The Neocons, The Nazis -Caveat Lector- There are numerous connections between the Bush family and the Nazis. Moreover, the philosophy of the neocons within the Bush administration has already been connected with fascism. However, no article has attempted to present an overview of the fascist connections within the Bush administration - until now. Please see: George W. Bush, The Neocons, The Nazis http://memes.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=article sid=3240mode=threadorder=0thold=0 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. SubstanceâEURnot soap-boxingâEURplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âEURwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâEURis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Authenticity backed on Bush documents
-Caveat Lector- Sorry, but the odds are at least 95 percent these docs are phony. Here's why: In 1977 and 1978 I had the privilege of typing many U.S. Army documents on the typewriters used at the time. For the past 25 years I have formed a very intimate relationship with the history, use and format of fonts. Most people go blank when I try to explain exactly how they are designed and spaced. There is little chance proportional fonts were used. Superscript may have been possible on IBM Selectric, but my unit (infantry headquarters company) did not have them. Second, even at my level, if my CO had seen terms like sugar-coat or CYA in ANY written record, his response would have been shitcan this and do it right. With a few more 4-letter words thrown in for emphasis. Even the greenest, dumbest Lts. I knew would have known better than to use such terminology. Those terms may be commonly used verbally but NEVER for a written public record. That would be pure stupidity. Authenticity backed on Bush documents By Francie Latour and Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff September 11, 2004 After CBS News on Wednesday trumpeted newly discovered documents that referred to a 1973 effort to ''sugar coat President Bush's service record in the Texas Air National Guard, the network almost immediately faced charges that the documents were forgeries, with typography that was not available on typewriters used at that time. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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: Ignore this at your own peril - Gerhard
-Caveat Lector- In the years the Dove of Oneness has been sending out insider information, not one of her predictions has come to pass. Why this time could be different is not clear. In any event, NESARA is unnecessary. A president could simply stop financing the US gov't by borrowing from the Federal Reserve and begin issuing debt-free financing from the US Treasury, as Lincoln did and JFK was in the process of doing. As a youth I briefly possessed a $5 United States Note, so this was not made up by some conspiracy theorist. However, a president who wants to survive such a move must have the support of enough military power to force the private owners of the Federal Reserve to back down. With Hastert and others making noise about reforming the tax system, a change would not be surprising. Also, to shift the energy supply from explosion technology to implosion, a president must make sure the transition is smooth. Thus an uninterrupted oil supply must be assured until the military can be retooled. These things are possible, but they won't happen without a fight from the foreign elites who will see a decrease in their wealth accumulation from such changes. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Questions swirl around Kerry's Silver Star
-Caveat Lector- As a noncombat veteran I'll just hazard a guess that as much as dishonesty and deception, not to mention theft, that were prevalent in a peacetime military, I don't see why things would be different during wartime. There is so much falsification of records to insure promotion that no official military record can be trusted. This can be taken to justify the opinions on either side, but anyone claiming to know the truth about any military document probably stopped thinking a long time ago. Everyone has their own story, and when any two people have the exact same story, one of them is changing his to be nice and avoid disagreement. As a young writer I published a column on dishonesty and hypocrisy in the military and I got a strong negative reaction from some older veterans. Unpleasant truth seems to provoke stronger reaction than untruth. So, both sides are lying, and why not? Isn't that what the American people expect? Meanwhile, heaven only knows what Congress is passing while people talk about meaningless events from 35 years ago. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Closing of the Presidential Mind
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/article_12569.shtml Closing of the Presidential Mind By Franklin Foer, New Republic 24/6/04 Jun 25, 2004, 10:52 On February 27, 2001, George W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress. When the president had last ventured to the Capitol for his inauguration 37 days earlier, he had delivered a homily urging the nation to move past the sting of the Florida recount. This time, he dispensed with the magnanimity and unveiled his agenda, delivering a speech filled with promises to cut taxes, pay down the national debt, study Social Security privatization, and deploy national missile defense. If commentators had been allowed a peek inside the West Wing in the days before Bush's address, they would have noticed that the speech didn't just set policy priorities; it defined the administration's intellectual style. During the Clinton administration, wonks immersed themselves in the preparation of State of the Union addresses. In the months leading up to the speech, academics--from Michael Sandel to Robert Putnam to Alan Brinkley--suggested themes. During the last fevered weeks, speechwriters sat at their keyboards while government economists cycled through their offices to fact-check language and tweak proposals. Michael Waldman, Clinton's chief speechwriter, described the process in his memoir, Potus Speaks, as repeated grill[ing of] policy experts and [boiling] gallons of advice into a few tablespoons of intense sauce. In the Bush administration, it didn't quite work that way. As former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill told journalist Ron Suskind, the administration was so distrustful of the agendas of expert staffers in the various departments that they were simply removed from the speechwriting loop. Treasury economists, for example, had no opportunity to double-check the president's numbers and therefore couldn't purge a disingenuous understatement of the amount of redeemable U.S. debt--a $700 billion understatement that conveniently made the president's large tax cut seem less fiscally onerous. According to O'Neill, the phobia of experts led the White House to circulat[e] final drafts of the State of the Union to almost no one outside the West Wing. In nearly every corner of the administration, examples of this derisive attitude toward experts abound. Bush has stripped the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy of his title assistant to the president--a migration down the organizational flow chart that requires him to report through White House aides rather than to the president himself. The Bushies have evicted the Council of Economic Advisers, an office renowned for its nonpartisan calculations, from the White House complex--a relocation that The Washington Post described as the political equivalent of being sent to Elba. And those are just the symbolic shots. Seemingly everyday, newspapers run stories about experts whose opinions have been either ignored or stifled. Last year, Medicare chief Thomas Scully reportedly threatened to fire one of his agency's actuaries if he provided Congress with accurate estimates of the cost of the administration's prescription-drug benefit. When the administration planned to loosen the regulation of mercury emissions from power plants last year, it never consulted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) experts. E.P.A. staffers say they were told not to undertake the normal scientific and economic studies called for under a standing executive order, according to the Los Angeles Times. And, in May, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) overruled the recommendation of a scientific advisory panel that had reviewed 40 studies and 15,000 pages of data, refusing to permit over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill. You can even tell the story of the postwar failures in Iraq by recounting the episodes of experts scorned. Throughout 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon prohibited its officials from participating in interagency planning for reconstruction. According to The Atlantic's James Fallows, when the CIA convened Iraq specialists to imagine worst-case scenarios that might follow Saddam Hussein's defeat, the Defense Department forbid its officials from joining the exercise. Across the river in Foggy Bottom, the State Department's Future of Iraq Project produced a 13-volume report, based on a yearlong collaboration with over 240 Iraqi exiles. But, when General Jay Garner--the first head of postwar Iraq reconstruction--wanted to borrow ideas from these findings, his Pentagon bosses ordered him to ignore State's work. A shame, one Garner aide has lamented, since they had desperately needed it. We had few experts on Iraq on the staff, he told The New York Times last October. Even the shortage of troops on the ground traces back to the Pentagon's dismissive attitude toward experts. In his book Plan of Attack, Bob Woodward documents how General Tommy Franks kept providing Rumsfeld
[CTRL] Witness to Barbarism
-Caveat Lector- Please do not distribute this information without its background documentation information. The following is from the book Witness to Barbarism by Horace R. Hansen, copyright 2002, Thousand Pinetree Press, Grey Eagle, MN, Library of Congress Control Number 2002115166, ISBN 0-9720849-0-8 The introduction, from www.horacehansen.com Introduction Look at the universe, the planets and stars millions of light years away, moving in exact orbits. What is man compared to that? Nothing but a louse . . . You can smash it. - Adolf Hitler, at a wartime military conference Fifty years after Hitler lost his bid to rule the world, we struggle to understand his contempt for all human life, even for his own people. That he could run two wars at once - for the conquest of territory and the genocide of the Jews - without noticing that the efforts mutually limited each other - is difficult to fathom. But he gave plenty of warning about his intent. In his early writing and on an almost daily basis at his wartime conferences, he revealed deep-seated nihilism in speeches like the one above, again and again. No wonder the military losses (his own and others'), the concentration camp deaths, and the extermination of millions of Jews, Gypsies, Communists, intellectuals, homosexuals, labor leaders, and others didn't bother him. While we would prefer to forget about the suffering inflicted by this man and his deputies, we cannot. For even in the face of international memory - made vivid through the opening of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., the debut of Steven Spielberg's film Shindler's List and the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II - Neo-Nazis and others claim the Holocaust never occurred. Now we are beginning to hear, on a grand scale, the stories of the thousands, representing silenced millions more, who suffered in the face of Hitler's insanity. Finally, many who had been silent have decided they must give testimony before it is too late. Finally, in Willmar, Minnesota, for example, eyewitnesses gather at the request of history teacher William F. Borth for A Night of Remembrance before an audience packed into a local auditorium. Here Dachau slave laborer Monsignor Stanislaus Grabrowski says, What is hunger? It's not appetite. Hunger you feel with every fiber of your mind and body. There is such an emptiness. It is difficult to think. We prayed that our skin and bones would be saved and that somehow we would be filled in. There is no way to really describe it. If you ever try to talk to a blind person about colors describing the beauty of nature, the blind person would not understand because he never saw it. It was a daily struggle to survive and a daily danger of being killed. There were over 2,000 priests taken to Dachau. When the Americans liberated us, we were 860. And concentration-camp prisoner Fred Baron describes his journey by train to Auschwitz. The guards drive us with clubs, dogs, and weapons until each car was filled to capacity-then they closed the sliding doors. I found myself in pitch black darkness . . . There was no food, no water, and worst, no sanitary facilities . . . It took us several hours before we devised a method whereby half of us in the car would keep standing while the other half would squat in each other's lap, to be able to rest our bones. The trip took us three days and three nights. There were men, women, old and young, and children. In our car, people died and went insane. There are others here as elsewhere: William Landgren, formerly a U.S. Infantry company commander, describes bodies piled by the crematory at Dachau when the American troops liberated the camp in April 1945. I am here, too, to recount discoveries made during the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Dachau trials and during my interviews with five of the stenographers who recorded Hitler's military conferences. But I realize that saying what I know is not enough. This evening's program is a response to hate mail and newsletters denying the Holocaust, demanding the resignation of Bill Borth, and threatening his family because he teaches high-school seniors a course (in its 12th years as I write this) on Hitler's quest for territory and extermination of the Jews. Without our stories - told again and again - and without an easily accessible record of the things we have seen and heard, our young people will find it too easy to believe the disbelievers and rest content that such evil could never happen anywhere, much less here. (See appendix.) Too often we have been content to let others do our thinking, to be uninvolved in controversy. Such complacency - evidenced by poor voting records, for example - could leave us ripe for a government and Holocaust like Hitler's. Leading a flock of sheep is, after all, easier that controlling a lot of strays. Without knowledge of the past, ourselves, and human nature, and with economic depression, street riots,
[CTRL] Black Box Voting: Ballot-Tampering in the 21st Century
-Caveat Lector- read or download the entire book here: http://www.instinct.org/texts/black-box-voting/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] attention environmetalists
-Caveat Lector- The energy crisis was/is entirely unnecessary. The problem was solved in the first half of the 20th century through the work of Tesla and Schauberger. However, until a majority of humans choose to embrace implosion-produced free energy rather than explosion-produced power, the non-existent concepts of lack and scarcity will continue to thrive. At this point a very low percentage of humans are willing to give up their vroom-vroom or their boom-boom. Taking it away by force or political manipulation might work, but I have my doubts. The best way to deal with the energy crisis is to TRY to get people to buy hybrid vehicles. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] UFO-The True Story
-Caveat Lector- UFO-The True Story 01/21/2004 14:25 http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/379/11850_ufo.html Our ever-changing epoch tends to reveal even the most hush-hush data including military secrets. Recently, I have come across an interesting article published in this year's first issue of Russian newspaper Arguments and Facts (AIF). It was entitled UFOs really do exist. Well, our ever-changing epoch tends to reveal even the most hush-hush data including military secrets. This will be the main subject of this article. Terrestrial origin of the Extraterrestrial Machines The article entitled UFOs really do exist informed of a new collaborative process between the Russian company EKIP and the American Research Navy Center to create a unique flying apparatus. The article also contained an interesting photograph of a functioning prototype. Well, this is great news indeed. Interestingly, but on February 6th, 1992 Head of a special Government's Committee had stated that he could demonstrate Russian UFO. True. A disc-like apparatus EKIP was able to take off and remain in the air for a while. However, back then, explanations that were given to the general public regarding the actual principle of the flying machine appeared to be quite vague. It was noted that a special air cushion could have indeed occurred as a result of a pair of turbo-reactive engines. However, the engines could not have allowed for an absolutely vertical take off. Afterwards, Yeltsin offered the French to participate in the production process of the machine. Today, after 12 years, the Russian creation is going to the mass production. The operation is being sponsored by American government. In addition, the article also mentions a similar Chinese-Russian project. As a result, such UFOs of earthly origin could in fact outshine those mysterious aliens in their unidentified flying objects. However, would it possible to assume that the entire science of ufology is nothing but a mere secretive component of the real story of flying objects? Of the ones that are currently being created anew by Russians and sold to Americans? UFO above Krasnoyarsk In December of 1989, Russian town of Krasnoyarsk was overflowing with rumors. People claimed that strange flying objects had been cruising the sky at night, while the local police unit had been observing them messing with electrical posts. Events of that night were later described in tedious details in one of the books entitled UFO above Krasnoyarsk. However, this was the first and the last time that such objects appeared in the region. Soon afterwards however, a considerable number of local human-mediums began establishing contacts with the cosmos and receiving messages from above. Many refused to believe their gibberish. But what other choice did they have? Everyone really did witness those flying objects patrolling the nights sky. Where did they come from? In 1995 I have published an article entitled in one of the Krasnoyarsk newspapers entitled Lie of the century. UFOs are created in Pentagon. Afterwards, several more articles and TV programs followed, all attempting to reveal the mystery behind such phenomenon. That is why it makes me happy to see that the fog around UFOs slowly starts to clear. I guess many will agree that genuine truth, no matter how ugly it may be, is better than a pretty lie. A tale of an umbrella-airplane Often, TV documentaries about the history of aviation include some fragments of old newsreels where one can clearly observe rather strange objects among numerous ancient old models of airplanes. The object resembles a typical umbrella with a motor and a pilot. This umbrella-plane had been tested in 1911 in the US by a scientist Chance Wood. The umbrella-airplane from the newsreel surely looks quite funny. But do you really think that a practical American will spend his money on creating a flying apparatus for pure fun? Of course, not. The flying Latest News * The Russian world: icons and ornament * Mysteries of lost civilizations * The Moon can provide electric power sufficient for 1000 years * Whitney Houston travels with a big company * Scientists explain Moses' miracle principle resembles that of traditional airplanes. However, back in 1911, there were no technologies allowing the use of the flying principle to the fullest extent. Afterwards, Chance Wood became the head of a major airplane manufacturing company. Some of his airplanes were oval. However those UFOs that appeared in the States at the end of 40s of the XX century had little in common with traditional airplanes. They resembled giant phone amplifiers. They even had a similar way of working: a thin metal membrane under the influence of a series of electrical magnets began vibrating with an ultrasound frequency. As a result, the airplane was able to take off while being supported by a columnar ring-shaped vortex caused by vibrayion. Shocking!-this is how we like it
[CTRL] The Moon can provide electric power sufficient for 1000 years
-Caveat Lector- The Moon can provide electric power sufficient for 1000 years 01/24/2004 15:13 http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/11880_Moon.html According to Academician and member of Council on Space of Russian Academy of Science Eric Galimov, the Moon can provide the mankind with electric power sufficient for 1000 years of use. Scientists think that the Earth supplies of oil, gas and uranium will be exhausted in the 2150s, therefore currently the mankind is required to look for alternative sources of energy, he said in an interview to ITAR-TASS information agency. Helium-3 is the most promising source of energy, its supplies in the upper layers of the Moon surface are about 500 million tons, the Academician said. There is no this isotope on the Earth, except for several kilograms of it in the depths of our planet. According to Galimov, Helium-3 is an ideal ecologically safe fuel for nuclear fusion. Its use produces no radiation, therefore the global problem of nuclear waste burial will cease to exist, - the Academician said. He explained that Helium-3 has been brought to the Moon by solar wind. Scientists discovered this element on the Moon after analyzing its soil samples delivered by Soviet space stations and American astronauts. To provide the mankind with power sufficient for one year, two or three flights of a spaceship having 10 ton carrying capacity are required, he said. The expenses on delivering the energy source from the Moon will be ten times less than the cost of the power currently produced by atomic stations, Galimov said. ?ccording to Galimov, delivering Helium-3 from the Moon can become a reality in 30-40 years, but people should start working on it right now. Developing the project will cost 25-30 million dollars. The Russian scientist offers to etract Helium-3 from the depths of the Moon by means of special lunar bulldozers, which will warm the soil and then will shovel up the isotope from the surface. Lunar projects are economically sound and cheap, and Russia is capable of implementing them, said Galimov. Source: http://www.newsru.com/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Anti-gravity vehicle sighted in Wisconsin
-Caveat Lector- http://www.burnettcountysentinel.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1SubSectionID=20Ar ticleID=7712 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 UFO testing in Burnett? By Chet Newman Ted Wistrom and Heather Berrard believe it was something out of the ordinary they saw hovering over Burnett County fields recently. What it was exactly, they can't say. Staff Photo by Chet Newman. GRANTSBURG-It went right alongside the highway all the way from Highway 48 down to the Bible Camp. Then it crossed over the highway in front of us and lowered down toward the field and hovered there about 50 or a hundred feet above the ground. Ted Wistrom is crystal clear about what he and Heather Berrard saw as they were traveling south on Highway 87 from Grantsburg at about 5 p.m. last Wednesday. They vow the aircraft, no more than 20 feet wide or long, was moving down the west side of the road at about 30 miles an hour. The craft was not nearly large enough to carry people, says Wistrom, but he also says it was dark, so exact size was hard to tell. Checks with officials in law enforcement and the Department of Natural Resourcesuncovered nothing to explain what the couple saw. Wistrom says he knows they weren't the only ones to see it. He says the car in front of them slowed down, too, as did two others behind them. Wistrom said he had planned to turn east on Highway O, but continued south on 87 to continue watching the aircraft. It made no sound He says it wasn't very high in the air. He could see what looked like propulsion units, sort of like tubes, protruding out of the bottom of the craft that were tilted toward the ground, like that's what was holding it up. It made no sound, he says. There were four rectangular lights on what appeared to be the back of the craft, he said. They spanned the entire rear, with the lights immediately adjacent to each other, with each one being maybe two or two and a half feet high. While the craft was moving, the lights were all orange. When it began to hover over a field near the Bible camp, he said the center left light turned blue and the center right one turned white. The white light began to blink as it was hovering, he says, and then the craft disappeared. Wistrom says he can't give an overall description of the craft, because they only saw the underside and rear. 'Just kooky stuff' Wistrom says friends had been telling him of seeing strange air vehicles over the last couple of months, and claim they have seen military-type vehicles at Crex Meadows before the snow came. He laughed off their remarks as just kooky stuff, he says. Now, he says, he thinks they're doing some kind of testing around here. DNR employees at Crex Meadows say there haven't been any unusual vehicles there. After the strange vehicle disappeared, Wistrom says he and Berrard headed east when a low-flying airplane flew by at low level. That plane, he said, had a blue-and-white light underneath and red lights on the wingtips, but nothing like the much larger rectangular lights on the strange air vehicle. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Iraq: The Revolution in Progress
-Caveat Lector- http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php?story=20031212115125615 Iraq: The Revolution in Progress Friday, December 12 2003 @ 11:51 AM MST Contributed by: Robin Mathews http://www.vivelecanada.ca/users.php?mode=profileuid=93 Robin Mathews http://www.vivelecanada.ca/index.php?topic=robinscolumn Iraq: The Revolution in Progress by Robin Mathews When the people rise up and take by force the power of the State from the hands of the group in control, we call that a revolution. When a right wing or small-group insurgency seizes the State by force we call that a coup or, in French, a coup d'etat. But when a group in control serves an elite and more and more excludes the people from a share of wealth, government, law-making, and the economy, we also call that a coup. Globalization is a global coup. The group in power makes new laws to exclude more and more people and then by the misrule of law victimizes them. (Gordon Campbell of B.C., for instance, promised solemnly in election NOT to sell B.C. Rail or B.C. Ferries to wealthy private interests. He is in the process of selling B.C. Rail and wrecking B.C. Ferries on the way to its sale.) The British Columbia people own the coastal ferry corporation called B.C. Ferries. The Gordon Campbell people in control intend to take it away from the people, to privatize it, and to sell it to U.S. interests. To do so, the Campbell people passed a wholly new Coastal Ferries Act which strips ferry employees of rights they previously had and takes powers from the federal government. Then Campbell hired a U.S. citizen out of the U.S. to head B.C. Ferries. His actions have precipitated a strike, and begun destruction of the Ferry workers union as the next step towards privatization. Whenever David Kahn runs into obstacles, the Campbell government steps in to help him. We are very clearly witnessing a coup. But there's more. Riding on one of the last scheduled ferries before the present (as I write) government-management-inspired explosion on the B.C. coast, I was talking to one of the ferry employees about the looming trouble. This, he said, is globalization. What do you mean? I asked. You bring in a yankee, he said. You destroy the ferry system. And then you sell it to U.S. interests. That's globalization. The ferry employees have been fighting back militantly, but the B.C. population isn't in revolution. It isn't militantly organizing to take power from the group in control. In B.C. the coup is continuing; the revolution hasn't started. Okay, you say, then why do you call this column The Revolution in Progress? Because what is happening in B.C. is also happening in Iraq, except things are different there. The U.S. has staged a coup. Claming the presence of Weapons of Mass Destruction and much else that didn't exist, the U.S. launched an illegal war against Iraq, defeated the Iraq army, toppled the people in control, and occupied the country. Few will say that isn't a coup. Then the conqueror began to make decisions in violation of international law. It set up a hand-picked, unelected Governing Council. As one of its early acts, the GC made laws to exclude the Iraq people and to victimize them. Specifically, the GC passed a law that all public enterprises (nearly 200, 50% of the economy) are for sale to anyone in the world (meaning to the U.S. and its handpicked friends). It ruled, as well, that foreign owners may take100% of profits out of the country. Needless to say, Iraq capitalists aren't in a condition to buy their own economy. And so by the time there are elections in Iraq (not to be confused with Democracy) the U.S. and its handpicked friends will have a stranglehold on the Iraq economy. What the B.C. government is doing by stealth, the U.S. in Iraq is doing by force, fraud, and violation of international law. But the U.S. in Iraq is practicing the misrule of law - or trying to - in the middle of a revolution. Look around. We now have the global talk organization against globalization, called The World Social Forum. It grew out of Quebec City 1997, Seattle 1999, Genoa 2001, Cancun 2003. Much has been said about the miracle of international solidarity against globalization, the New World Order (against the Trilateral Commission, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the reactionary direction of the European Union, the World Trade Organization, and U.S. expansionism). But serious questions are being asked about how the international solidarity against globalization will organize, will institutionalize, will budget, and will undertake effective action against the groups in control. No answer has been offered so far In fact, the globalizers are asking when the steam will go out of the popular nonsense and when the restive demonstrators will go home. The restive demonstrators are asking when something concrete will be formed around them, something that has real teeth. Neither group has noticed the revolution against globalization and
[CTRL] Belarus considers documents on national security guarantees
-Caveat Lector- http://www.interfax.com/com?item=Belapg=0id=5678575req= Belarus considers documents on national security guarantees Minsk. (Interfax-West) - Belarus has worked out a set of documents to guarantee national security in defense. Their approval will specify the role and place of every government body in the general system of guaranteeing national security, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko told a Friday session of the National Security Council. Belarus is the first republic in the former Soviet Union to carry out such a large-scale and pressing task independently, he said adding that these documents would prepare the country for defending the state in extraordinary times, if such times were to arise. It is a question of defending our Fatherland and we don't intend to engage in saber-rattling or intimidating anyone, he added. Lukashenko said that an analysis of the current international situation indicates that unfortunately, the world is returning to a state in which war and pressure are becoming real foreign policy instruments. International law and international institutions cannot fully guarantee the protection of the sovereignty or territorial integrity of one state or another, he said. There is an obvious determination by the leaders of some countries for hegemony, monopoly domination and a new world order, Lukashenko noted. The United States is openly claiming special rights to use armed force against nations that dare to pursue an independent domestic and foreign policy not controlled by it. Moreover, it insists that the United States and its servicemen do not bear any responsibility for that, he said adding that many international organizations agree with this opinion. We cannot help taking these dangerous geopolitical tendencies into account, and therefore demonstrating vigilance and paying special attention to strengthening the defense capabilities of the state, Lukashenko said. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Antiquities of the IlluminatiT
-Caveat Lector- http://www.antiqillum.com/glor/mib.htm October 31 - 2002 e.v. - Issue #1 Antiquities of the Illuminati(tm) Grey Lodge Occult Review(tm) The Men in Black and their Magical Origins ...we are dealing with a full-size world-mystery and a real fight between the Black and White Brotherhoods. - Frater Achad, 1948 Throughout medieval times, a major current of thought distinct from official religion existed, culminating in the works of the alchemists and hermetics. Among such groups were to be found some of the early modern scientists and men remarkable for the strength of their independent thinking and their adventurous life, such as Paracelsus. The nature of the beings who mysteriously appeared, dressed in shiny garments or covered with dark hair, and with whom communication was so hard to establish intrigued these men intensely. - Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia In 1947 the CIA was organized and the first UFO cases burst upon the American media landscape as flying saucers. In that year, also, the first modern visitation by the infamous Men in Black took place in which a witness, one Harold Dahl, was silenced. From that point on, a pattern began to emerge. The Men In Black legend is perennial; that it shows up in connection with the UFO lore should come as no surprise. UFOlogy bizarro chronicler John Keel ( Disneyland of the Gods, Jadoo, etc.) observed in his UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse: The records of demonology are filled with striking parallels ... the general descriptions of the vampires themselves are identical to the 'men in black.' The dark skin and angular, Oriental-like faces were commonly reported ... The Autobiography of Malcolm X described Malcolm's encounter with an MIB in prison: He had on a dark suit I remember. I could see him as plainly as I see anyone I look at. He wasn't black, and he wasn't white. He was light-brown skinned, an Asiatic cast of countenance, and he had oily black hair... It is interesting that the celebrated film Malcolm X chooses to imply that this figure was Nation of Islam leader Elijah Mohammed. While Elijah Mohammed and his mysterious teacher Wallace Fard (who vanished without a trace) had come out of High Degree Prince Hall Freemasonry, and certainly knew some of the esoteric secrets, the being Malcolm X described is more in accord with Aleister Crowley's description of the praterhuman intelligence Aiwass than of Elijah Mohammed. In the shadows, the Men in Black had long lurked, biding their time, waiting. Here and there, now and then, some people thought they had seen them, but they weren't quite certain; perhaps they more sense than actually regarded them... Fourteen years earlier, the shadowy visitors had shown themselves openly. Then they had descended upon flying saucer buffs, threatening and terrorizing them, hushing them up... Al K. Bender, a UFO researcher, had been the first known victim ...he performed a certain experiment and the lurking horror came. It began with glowing blue lights. Then came the stranger with the luminous eyes in the darkened theatre, and later on a dusky street. It culminated when the Men in Black, three of them, paid him a visit - Gray Barker, The Silver Bridge UFOlogist Gray Barker got his one and only best-selling book in detailing the Albert K. Bender story and the world-wide wave of silencings. They Knew Too Much about the Flying Saucers was an international success. It was widely assumed that the Men in Black were either government agents or extraterrestrials, but as researchers Wilgus and Keel have shown, the eye in the triangle was sometimes their only insignia, while my own research showed startling parallels to certain black magick rituals in medieval times which provoked visitations by what was often called the Man in Black -- widely understood to be the Devil himself. Even Barker noted that Albert K. Bender's experiments were more like a magical conjuration than an attempt at extraterrestrial communication. Any initiated magician reading Bender's accounts would recognize the elements of magical conjuration immediately. Maybe, I mused, we were dealing more with magick than with Martians. The Black Lodge Mathers, of course, carried on; but he had fallen. The Secret Chiefs cast him off; he fell into deplorable abjection, even his scholarship deserted him. He published nothing new and lived in sodden intoxication till death put an end to his long misery. He was a great man in his way... - Aleister Crowley What I am out to complain of is what I seriously believe to be an organized conspiracy of the Black Lodges to prevent people from thinking... - Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears. Often when a person or institution allied with the historical Great White Brotherhood approaches success (variously defined) or comes into possession of certain aspects of transcendent wisdom, Something Intervenes. That something has been defined as the Man in Black, the Men In Black, the black lodges, or
[CTRL] The Nazi Connection with Shambhala and Tibet
-Caveat Lector- http://www.berzinarchives.com/kalachakra/nazi_connection_shambhala_tibet.htm l The Nazi Connection with Shambhala and Tibet Alexander Berzin May 2003, revised December 2003 Introduction Many high-ranking members of the Nazi regime, including Hitler, held convoluted occult beliefs. Prompted by those beliefs, the Germans sent an official expedition to Tibet between 1938 and 1939 at the invitation of the Tibetan Government to attend the Losar (New Year) celebrations. Tibet had suffered a long history of Chinese attempts to annex it and British failure to prevent the aggression or to protect Tibet. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was severely persecuting Buddhism, specifically the Tibetan form as practiced among the Mongols within its borders and in its satellite, the People's Republic of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia). In contrast, Japan was upholding Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Mongolia, which it had annexed as part of Manchukuo, its puppet state in Manchuria. Claiming that Japan was Shambhala, the Imperial Government was trying to win the support of the Mongols under its rule for an invasion of Outer Mongolia and Siberia to create a pan-Mongol confederation under Japanese protection. The Tibetan Government was exploring the possibility of also gaining protection from Japan in the face of the unstable situation. Japan and Germany had signed an Anti-Commintern Pact in 1936, declaring their mutual hostility toward the spread of international Communism. The invitation for the visit of an official delegation from Nazi Germany was extended in this context. In August 1939, shortly after the German expedition to Tibet, Hitler broke his pact with Japan and signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact. In September, the Soviets defeated the Japanese who had invaded Outer Mongolia in May. Subsequently, nothing ever materialized from the Japanese and German contacts with the Tibetan Government. [For more detail, see: Russian and Japanese Involvement with Pre-Communist Tibet: The Role of the Shambhala Legend.] Several postwar writers on the Occult have asserted that Buddhism and the legend of Shambhala played a role in the German-Tibetan official contact. Let us examine the issue. The Myths of Thule and Vril The first element of Nazi occult beliefs was in the mythic land of Hyperborea-Thule. Just as Plato had cited the Egyptian legend of the sunken island of Atlantis, Herodotus mentioned the Egyptian legend of the continent of Hyperborea in the far north. When ice destroyed this ancient land, its people migrated south. Writing in 1679, the Swedish author Olaf Rudbeck identified the Atlanteans with the Hyperboreans and located the latter at the North Pole. According to several accounts, Hyperborea split into the islands of Thule and Ultima Thule, which some people identified with Iceland and Greenland. The second ingredient was the idea of a hollow earth. At the end of the seventeenth century, the British astronomer Sir Edmund Halley first suggested that the earth was hollow, consisting of four concentric spheres. The hollow earth theory fired many people's imaginations, especially with the publication in 1864 of French novelist Jules Verne's Voyage to the Center of the Earth. Soon, the concept of vril appeared. In 1871, British novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, in The Coming Race, described a superior race, the Vril-ya, who lived beneath the earth and planned to conquer the world with vril, a psychokinetic energy. The French author Louis Jacolliot furthered the myth in Les Fils de Dieu (The Sons of God) (1873) and Les Traditions indo-européeenes (The Indo-European Traditions) (1876). In these books, he linked vril with the subterranean people of Thule. The Thuleans will harness the power of vril to become supermen and rule the world. The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) also emphasized the concept of the Übermensch (superman) and began his final work, Der Antichrist (The Antichrist) (1895) with the line, Let us see ourselves for what we are. We are Hyperboreans. Although Nietzsche never mentioned vril, yet in his posthumously published Der Wille zur Macht (The Will to Power), he emphasized the role of an internal force for superhuman development. He wrote that all people strive for creative Socratic power. Since most cannot have it, they settle for aggressive force. In the years before and during the First World War, Guido von List, Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels, and Phillip Stauff popularized the Ariosophy movement. Ariosophy blended the concept of races from Theosophy with German nationalism to assert the superiority of the Aryan race as a rationale for Germany to conquer the global colonial empires of the British and the French as the rightful ruler of the inferior races. It must be pointed out, however, that the Theosophical movement never intended its teachings on races as a justification for asserting the superiority of one race over another, or the destined right of
[CTRL] IMPLOSION TECHNOLOGY
-Caveat Lector- http://www.frank.germano.com/implosiontechnology.htm IMPLOSION TECHNOLOGY AN ALTERNATIVE , SUSTAINABLE, NEW BASIS FOR MODERN TECHNOLOGY. Introduction: This webpage is an altered version of, and an addition to, the basic report on implosion, by Callum Coats (author of Living Energies and the Eco-technology series books) and is intended to advance on his initial undertaking. Many thanks are due to Mr. Coats, in respect to the enormous work that he has already done. He has been the true pioneer, and, has single handedly brought Viktor Schauberger's theories into a new light and true public awareness. I have taken great liberty by modifying the original proposal by Callum Coats ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ), and hopefully, by thrusting Frank Germano Martin Dorantes into the mix, we can force large corporations, governments, and big business to take a serious look at Schauberger's amazing implosion devices. In June of 2001 the proposal to do a report on Viktor Schauberger and Implosion technology was begun by Callum Coats; A number of planned steps are being made for the development of Implosion technology. Doing this report is one of those first steps, coupled to practical research and development undertakings in the United States, Austria and Australia. This report contains sufficient information to start with research and development and with the re-building of some devices designed and made by Viktor Schauberger, which applied Implosion technology aided by diamagnetism and anti-gravity. Frank Germano and Martin Dorantes, founding members of International Turbine And Power, LLC, will lead in the investigation and implementation of this technology, and explore the potential of large-scale commercial utilization of the devices. Several units have been designed and the necessary funding for this project is currently being located. Individuals and groups of people are actively pursuing this area of interest world wide. Study and experimentation has continued after Schauberger's death, especially during the last 20 years. A substantial amount of information exist in his own writing, in books, articles, reports and historical accounts, including what took place during and after the Second World War. The motivation for this report is my focus on getting this Implosion technology and some of Viktor Schauberger's other inventions established and applied in our society. The many life threatening environmental deadlocks of our present time, are a legacy of the type of technology we currently employ, using fossil and nuclear fuels. Finding scientific, practical, and sustainable solutions has now become a matter of survival, for us and for many plant and animal species, in the short term. Another motivation is my determination to help break the stalemate situation which has held this Implosion technology from being developed for over half a century, in spite of today's environmental crises. The development of scientific knowledge cannot be halted indefinitely, but for a relative short period of time. Making a report, assimilating all the available information, and networking, is the first step towards that goal. The objective of this report: It is the objective of this report to, 1.) provide extensive information on Implosion technology and on the inventor, Viktor Schauberger, and his numerous designs and devices. 2.) To establish networking and associated activities. 3.) To stimulate further research and development worldwide, and 4.) To assist fundraising applications for practical research and development work. Basis of understanding: To do justice to implosion itself, it must be described within its full context. That context is living water. In my view, this can logically not be otherwise! In order to understand Implosion technology and to successfully apply it, an understanding of the principles and mechanisms involved is required. These are displayed by all aspects of living water, with all of it's features and characteristics, and by it's inherent qualities and potentials. Holistic thinking is required to understand what Implosion technology is, what is involved and how it works. Thinking in processes, rather than in fixed concepts, wherein the totality in which any natural phenomenon occurs, is understood and accounted for. Our more familiar linear way of thinking nowadays, thinking in terms of cause and effect, does not suffice! The existence of implosion and the nature of diamagnetism are known, to an extent, yet largely ignored by modern physics. Since Schauberger's time, any physical proof has all but disappeared, so they remain to be investigated and formally clarified. Today's technology: The basis and primary mode of today's technology, is based on explosion - expansive, centrifugal movement. We have directed our attention on the degenerative forces in nature by using combustion, heat, friction and pressure. It is known that the efficiency of this energy base (fossil fuels and
Re: [CTRL] regarding Christ as a myth
-Caveat Lector- I guess we have a new list owner. Only someone footing the bill would have the right to instruct subscribers on proper beliefs to express and characterize their wrong thoughts in such labelese. If this post demonstrates open enlightenment those terms need new definitions. -Original Message-From: He has written! The Jing of Jings!! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:49 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [CTRL] regarding Christ as a myth-Caveat Lector- It is the pathetically simplistic sheeple who believe the myth of Jesus as literal. These weak minds are trapped in an ego-interpreted, fear-addicted reality, with their superhero JEESUS to the rescue!!! They have not a clue what true spirituality is.What arrogant dolts! Morons who actually believe their flavor of religion is the true one. Please do not post any more of your drivel to this list. It must be reserved for open, enlightened dialogue. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] JFK madness
-Caveat Lector- All the well-intentioned specials on the JFK assassination are maddening. The Peter Jennings special aired Nov. 20 proved that Oswald was in the building, did fire three shots, and acted alone. But they left some very important things out. The conspiracy nuts are just as bad when they say all the witnesses in Dealey Plaza died in suspicious circumstances. But they leave out the one person in that car who is still alive, Nellie Connally, the widow of Tex. Gov. John Connally; they were in the seat in front of JFK and Jackie. When it is said Oswald acted alone, they are using a semantic trick to win their nonwinnable argument. Nellie Connally says in her new book that anyone who says 3 shots were fired that day doesn't know what they are talking about. She was there and there were 4 shots, she says. Oswald allegedly intended to kill the president that day; but he may have suspected his shots had not done enough damage to kill him. AS FAR AS HE KNEW beforehand, he WAS acting alone. It was only when he saw the 4th shot blow the president's skull off that he knew he had been set up. Ruby's shooting of Oswald may or may not have been part of a conspiracy but it is NOT relevant to whether there were 4 shots or 3; this is more distraction added to the mix to confuse the public. Why Ruby acted does not affect the fatal JFK head shot. Experts who were not there can prove anything they want using a carefully selected set of facts.. They will not convince Nellie Connally. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] UFO Conspiracy Theories, 1975-1990
-Caveat Lector- Read complete chapter of new book here: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10011/10011.ch05.html Michael Barkun A Culture of Conspiracy Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America 5 UFO Conspiracy Theories, 1975-1990 Immediately after the Oklahoma City bombing in the spring of 1995, mainstream Americans suddenly became aware of a radical political subculture in their midst. With the arrest of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols and the media coverage of their lives, attitudes, and associations, the public was abruptly introduced to the previously insular world of militias, antigovernment shortwave-radio broadcasts, and racist literature. A racist novel (written by Andrew Macdonald, also known as William Pierce), The Turner Diaries-unobtainable through conventional bookstores-became an object of intense interest once it became known that McVeigh had read and recommended it, and it was revealed that the novel contained an episode strikingly similar to the federal building bombing. An avalanche of television, magazine, and newspaper stories uncovered the existence of conspiracy believers obsessed with black helicopters and armed against what they believed to be an imminent invasion by forces of the New World Order.1 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Marrs: ALL HAIL THE JEWISH MASTER RACE!
-Caveat Lector- I guess the point was missed. The problem is belief - all belief, any belief - it's a very clever trap. Not just religious belief. Scientific belief. Mathematical belief. Dream belief. Medical belief. UFO belief. Belief in up and down. Belief BeLIE LIE. It's a short trip. www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Marrs: ALL HAIL THE JEWISH MASTER RACE!
-Caveat Lector- How nice. This is the guy who wrote a book saying every woman in the Clinton administration is/was lesbian, as if that were something significant to report. This guy goes beyond the Christian Right - more like the Christian Wrong. This kind of stuff may appeal to those who do not wish to think for themselves, and unfortunately that applies to most religious adherents. -Caveat Lector- http://www.propagandamatrix.com/271003jewishmasterrace.html All Hail The Jewish Master Race! Texe Marrs Our race is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races. Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron. The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves. www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] 9/11 - Why?
-Caveat Lector- Why? The Deeper History Behind the September 11th Terrorist Attack on America by Dr. J.W. Smith, (2nd Edition, June 2003) http://www.ied.info/books/why/ Read or download the book online. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Secrets of Hitler's Wonder Weapons
-Caveat Lector- From the History Channel website: Next Airing: Friday, Sep 19 @ 9pm ET/PT Secrets of Hitler's Wonder Weapons In the last years of WWII, Hitler's war machine turned in desperation to some of the strangest weapons ever devised--an arsenal of advanced technological weapons so secret that even today, their true uses remain a mystery. We look at the Messerschmitt 262, the first jet fighter; the V-1 flying bomb, ancestor of today's cruise missile; and the V-2, the first ballistic missile. Perhaps most extraordinary, we investigate the possibility that the Nazis were sending UFOs into the sky. TV PG www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 Soul of Capitalism - Greider
-Caveat Lector- http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030929s=greider The Soul of Capitalism by William Greider If capitalism were someday found to have a soul, it would probably be located in the mystic qualities of capital itself. The substance begins simply enough as personal savings and business profits, then flows like oxygen through labyrinthine channels into the heart and muscle of economic life. Once set in motion, the surplus wealth (Marx provocatively called it stored labor) becomes one of capitalism's three classic factors of production, alongside human labor and nature (the land and resources consumed to make things). Capital puts up the money to build the factory, buys the machines and pays the company's bills until its goods are produced and sold, thus yielding the new returns that pay back the lenders and investors with an expected increase. It is not simple, but that is the essence. Given the vast wealth of the country, the financial system forms a rather narrow funnel through which tens of trillions of dollars are continuously poured. Yes, the transactions are dizzyingly diverse and complex, involving thousands of large and small financial firms, but the work itself is actually done by a fairly small number of people. On Wall Street (an emblem of the system now dispersed nationwide) fewer than 1 million Americans manage the money. And only a relative handful of those people make the big decisions. Collectively, they are very, very powerful. Nobody elected them, but their exalted position in American life is reflected in their incomes. My central complaint is with the narrowness of their value system rather than the financial mechanisms. With a few important exceptions, the agents of capital operate with dedicated blindness to capital's collateral consequences, an indifference to the future of society even as they search for the future's returns. The capital system does not authorize financial agents to think about such things and may well penalize them if they do. Yet finance capital shapes and polices the social contract in America far more effectively than the government, which has largely retreated from that role. The great contradiction--and the reason reform is possible--is that Wall Street works with other people's money, mainly the retirement savings of ordinary Americans whose values it ignores, whose common interests are often trampled. In fact, the huge fiduciary institutions holding this wealth own 60 percent of America's 1,000 largest corporations and yet are utterly passive as investors--meekly following the advice of banks and brokerages rather than asserting the true self-interests of the beneficial owners. That is a central element of all that must be changed. A transformation of Wall Street's core values is not only possible but eventually likely to occur, I predict. My optimism may seem incautious, but it starts from an appreciation of how dynamic capitalism evolves continuously from its own restless energies. Within the monolith of finance, some adventurous players are always experimenting with new methods and theories, trying to take profit from what the larger herd doesn't yet see or understand. Organized labor is widely disparaged as a weak and anachronistic force in American life, but, in one important matter, the labor movement is the vanguard: determined to reposition the capital that effectively belongs to working Americans to serve the true interests of those workers and, therefore, society's long-term interests too. Labor may be greatly weakened from its heyday, but one thing it possesses is capital assets--the power of the $400 billion in union-managed pension funds and the trillions in public-employee pension funds, where labor unions can exercise real influence over the patterns of investment. It's very much a capitalist project; it's not socialist or revolutionary, says Ron Blackwell, head of the AFL-CIO's corporate affairs department. It's a project to improve capitalism through direct intervention. Institutional investors, especially the pension funds, are well designed to provide this important social value that we need--patient capital for long-term wealth creation, he says. Instead, they are driving things down the low road, following the same destructive practices the capital markets favor. Our vision is to change that. Since it's our money, we would like to realign the private purpose of business, which is making money, with its broader social purpose, which is wealth creation, and to convince pension funds to recognize that real security for retirees requires wealth creation, not short-term gains. Wealth creation, as Keynes explained, means an economy that provides the material basis to support civilization--not the other way around. The collapse of Enron and accompanying scandals became a great teaching opportunity, and the AFL-CIO organized the facts for reform, pushing politicians to think bigger about corporate governance, the
Re: [CTRL] Banned Israeli Spymaster Back in U.S.
-Caveat Lector- I wonder, can you grasp the concept that some humans do not remain polarized and do not find it necessary to categorize each and every entity as one polarity or its opposite (If you are not this, then you MUST be that). Existence does not require belief, fortunately for some of us. Belief is not faith, nor does it equal reality. And I wonder, does refusing to play the my religion is better than your religion game require designation as anti-something/anything? -Original Message- From: Zuukie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Banned Israeli Spymaster Back in U.S. -Caveat Lector- Still networking with those New Agers Shannon? I had a suspicion that it's still going on, so I went and checked out the site where I learned I could master Occult Laws and all kinds of New Age things. New Age is antisemitic. All fits in. www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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] Antarctic Bases
-Caveat Lector- http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/11/29/40124_.html 2002.11.29/11:49 Aryan UFOs and Antarctic Bases Germans were very close to solving the mystery Much has been said about the ?UFO¦ developments of the Third Reich; however, some important questions still remain. Were the Germans actually successful with these developments or not? According to some sources, an UFO crashed near the city of Freiburg in 1936. The UFO was found, and it-s likely that German scientists with the assistance of Schutzstaffel (SS) managed to repair and even test the UFO-s energy system and propulsion systems. However, all attempts to reproduce the alien technology failed. That is why there was only one variant of the flying apparatus. Representatives of three occult societies, ?Tule,¦ Vril,¦ and ?Ahnenerbe,¦ ran those projects. For five years, the Germans carried out work for the creation of a secret project code-named ?Base-211,¦ This has been determined by several independent experts. By the end of WWII, the Germans already had nine scientific enterprises where ?flying disk¦ projects were tested. Many scientists are positive that at least one of these Third Reich enterprises was transferred to the Antarctic. Famous researchers of the Third Reich-s Antarctic mysteries, R. Vesko, V. Terziysky, and D. Childress, claim that from 1942, thousands of concentration camp prisoners, prominent scientists, pilots, politicians with their families, and members of the Hitlerjugend were taken to the South Pole via submarine. Some scientists believe that a German base still remains in the Antarctic. Moreover, it is even said that there is an underground Aryan city called New Berlin, which has a population of two million people. It is claimed that population of this city researches genetic engineering and space technology. UFOs have been witnessed several times near the South Pole, which is an indirect confirmation of the base-s existence there. In 1976, with the help of the latest technology, the Japanese managed to detect nineteen round objects at the same time; the objects dived from space to the Antarctic and disappeared from the radar screens. In 1927, an expedition of the famous English archeologist Albert Mitchell-Hedges discovered crystal skulls in Central America. The clearing of the ancient Mayan city in the tropical jungles of the Yucatan peninsula (it-s today-s Belize) in 1924 preceded the discovery. It was decided to burn down thirty three hectares of forests that covered the ancient buildings. When the smoke finally lifted, the expedition saw an unbelievable scene: stone ruins of a pyramid, of the city walls, and an enormous amphitheater that could hold up to several thousands spectators. During the excavation of the ruins, Mitchell-Hedges discovered the crystal skulls. His find became the most mysterious discovery of the 20th century. The skulls were brought to a Brazilian museum. In 1943, after an attempt to liberate the skulls, German ?Ahnenerbe¦ agents were detained. during their interrogation, the agents confessed that they had been sent to South America with the special task of finding ?the crystal skulls of the Goddess of Death.¦ Several more groups were sent there with the same task. Although the majority of them were detained, it is not ruled out some of the agents were successful. The seizing of the rare discoveries was directed by Karl Maria Willigut, a black magician with a large influence on high-ranking Nazi officials. He evinced particular interest in the magic methods used by the Altantis pagan priests. The nazis hoped that those knowledge of ?the progenitrix of the Aryan race¦ would help them create the superman. Today, some investigators suggest that the discovered crystal sculls were made in Atlantis and were saved by a miracle. If this is so, then it is clear why SS was so interested in the skulls. Nastoyashchy Saratov newspaper www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ctrl/A To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To
[CTRL] How High Can You Jump?
-Caveat Lector- How High Can You Jump? The United States, Germany and ET at the South Pole... Operation Highjump and the UFO Connection... by Erich J. Choron http://wintersteel.homestead.com/files/JamesArticles/How_High_Can_You_Jump_. htm In 1947, Admiral Richard E. Byrd led 4,000 military troops from the U.S., Britain and Australia in an invasion of Antarctica called Operation Highjump, and at least one follow-up expedition. That is fact. It is undeniable. But... the part of the story that is seldom told, at least in official circles, is that Byrd and his forces encountered heavy resistance to their Antarctic venture from flying saucers and had to call off the invasion. This aspect of the story was pushed forward, again, a few years ago, when a retired Rear Admiral, allegedly living in Texas, who had been involved in the invasion said he was shocked when he read material from a documentary, entitled Fire From The Sky. He allegedly claimed that he knew there had been a lot of aircraft and rocket shoot-downs, but did not realize the situation was as serious as the documentary presented it. Operation High Jump, which was, basically an invasion of the Antarctic, consisted of three Naval battle groups, which departed Norfolk, VA, on 2 December, 1946. They were led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd's command ship, the ice-breaker Northwind, and consisted of the catapult ship Pine Island, the destroyer Brownsen, the aircraft-carrier Phillipines Sea, the U.S. submarine Sennet, two support vessels Yankee and Merrick, and two tankers Canisted and Capacan, the destroyer Henderson and a floatplane ship Currituck. A British-Norwegian force and a Russian force, and I believe some Australian and Canadian forces were also involved. Interestingly, the Pine Island (AV-12) , one of the seaplane tenders involved in the expedition, has a rather colorful history. The USS Pine Island, a Currituck Class Seaplane Tender, was laid down, 16 November 1942, at Todd Shipyard Corporation, in San Pedro, California. It was launched, 26 February 1944, and given the commissioned name, USS Pine Island on 26 April 1945. The ship served through the final months of the Second World War, and the immediate post-war period, but was decommissioned on 1 May 1950 When the Korean War broke out, the ship was recommissioned, on 7 October 1950, at Alameda, California. She was finally decommissioned, for good, on 16 June 1967 and laid up in the Reserve Fleet. But... here's where the story gets interesting... The USS Pine Island was struck from the Naval Register, on an unknown date... Her title was transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet... on an unknown date... and... the ship's final disposition is unknown... Now... how does one go about losing a major surface ship, over 640 feet long, almost seventy feet wide, with a displacement of over 15,000 tons? The story, of course, gets stranger, still. The Pine Island is not the only ship involved in Antarctic Research or exploration to have disappeared. There were numerous others. The question is not so much how many, that is fairly well established. The question is how and why... particularly why... On 5 March, 1947 the El Mercurio newspaper of Santiago, Chile, had a headline article On Board the Mount Olympus on the High Seas which quoted Byrd in an interview with Lee van Atta: Adm. Byrd declared today that it was imperative for the United States to initiate immediate defense measures against hostile regions. Furthermore, Byrd stated that he didn't want to frighten anyone unduly but that it was a bitter reality that in case of a new war the continental United States would be attacked by flying objects which could fly from pole to pole at incredible speeds. Interestingly, not long before he made these comments, the Admiral had recommended defense bases AT the North Pole. These were not isolated remarks... Admiral Byrd later repeated the each of these points of view, resulting from he described as his personal knowledge gathered both at the north and south poles, before a news conference held for International News Service. So... who was the enemy that owned or flew these flying objects? Germany was apparently defeated, and there was no evidence that the new emerging enemy, Russia, certainly had such superior technologies. They were, like the United States, only on the verge of the rocket age, and totally dependent upon technology, and expertise captured from Germany at the end of the War. There was no other known threat could that could account for the United States' invasion of Antarctica nor for the development of any craft that could fly fly from Pole to pole with incredible speeds. Of course, the Roswell Incident had been in the news the past summer, but.. it had been officially explained, and hushed up by the time Highjump began. Rumors began to circulate that even though Germany had been defeated, a
[CTRL] Secret Bases of the German Empire
-Caveat Lector- http://www.unglaublichkeiten.info/unglaublichkeiten/htmlphp/geheimbasenErnst Wahrnt.html Secret Bases of the German Empire: World Plan and Liberation Strike By Kawi Schneider, Cologne, 8th of October 2002 Background: During the Second World War, Adolf Hitler and the SS Generals Dr. Hans Kammler, Heinrich Himmler and Martin Bormann founded a top secret global Imperial German state in a net of military bases to which about 3 Million elite people, orphans and troops as well as high technology such as the Wunderwaffen were removed in order to liberate occupied rump Germany and conquer the world according to a 60-years-plan. Internet search for: Neu Berlin, Neu-Schwabenland, Antarctica Base 211, Haunebu II, Nazi UFOs (beam cannon antigravitation fighter discs) Interview with a long standing expert on the secret Imperial German military bases, Herr Ernst Wahrnt Kawi: Good morning, Herr Wahrnt! When did you first understand that there are secret UFO reservations of the Third Reich? Wahrnt: Why do you call them reservations? They are simply called the bases. Already as early as 1957, I met an old gentleman who told me his brother was working in Neu-Schwabenland, Antarctica. They had been in direct contact only until 1952, however. Kawi: So you had an indirect sort of communication with the bases at that time. Was this your only source of knowledge about this? Wahrnt: No, I met Imperial German citizens myself only little later, who commute between the bases and the Federal Republic of Germany. Since then, I have had meetings with them every now and then. Kawi: When was the last time? What are they doing here? Which passports do they have? Wahrnt: Just 6 months ago. They watch the state of affairs here with us, our psychic condition, how our cities develop, the social atmosphere, all of what you can only do by direct personal observation. They have ordinary Federal German documents, because they don't out themselves as who they really are. Whenever they return home to the bases, they give in depth reports there, because this is the purpose of their excursions. Kawi: How long do they intend do just passively watch the horror here? Why do they hardly ever tell anyone who they really are? Wahrnt: Because they are not in need of it at all! They are so far superior to the affairs of our world in terms of ethics, spirit as well as military strength! On the other hand, they don't really just watch our world passively. Let me remind you of what Adolf Hitler explains on the pages 684 to 689 in his book Mein Kampf about the strategy after the Second World War: The lost territories must be considered as of secondary ranking, in order to concentrate all resources etc. on the development and the strengthening of the Reststaat, the remaining state territory, in order to forge the sword of the liberation of the lost territories, as he puts it. The Liberation Strike has to be absolutely perfect, as he says, even if it is possible to do the strike only 50 years later. Kawi: I have actually read this passage and I understand he is talking here about the territorial losses of Germany in the First World War! Wahrnt: No, some parts of the passage are prophetical and refer indeed to the modern German rest state of our time, the bases, and the planned liberation strike which will liberate us Federal Germans and the Austrians. Kawi: Liberate? I guess everyone will just shout Nazis fuck off, horrifying the Imperial German troops so that they will quickly disappear in the bases again. Wahrnt: Okay, that is why the liberation strike is planned to coincide with biblical time, i. E. the final time or the last days, meaning the final time of the rule of the enemy, which will open the eyes of the people. Of course you are right, that the enemy wish us to hate and to throw stones on our liberators. The daily propaganda against the Third Reich everywhere is covertly targeting our contemporary Imperial Germans! But because their very existence is absolutely taboo, the hate propaganda is directed against the historical German Empire of until 1945, as it is officially known. If the real target were not the contemporary Imperial Germans, all this hate propaganda would just be absurd - there is no propaganda against Stalin (...), no, just against the Third Reich, everyday and everywhere! Kawi: Aren't you afraid breaking this taboo? Wahrnt: Well - in this very chair where you are sitting at the moment, a prominent secret service head was sitting years ago, and I'll never forget him saying: Sir, the secret Germany is so secret, that it absolutely may not exist in the consciousness of the masses! Today, however, most people in the world are in such a poor mental condition, that they just are not able to understand anything about the bases, even if you talk about them most carefully and patiently. Kawi: Did you publish about the subject? Wahrnt: No, but friends did, you probably know the
Re: [CTRL] Rense and Savage...a combo
-Caveat Lector- I get a kick out of arguments over religion - they all demand belief in one thing or another, and that is humankind's downfall, the eviction from Eden. Practice of a religion puts one in the cult of belief and removes responsibility for one's own thinking. Pure laziness, IMHO. The only new age that will actually be new is when belief is seen to be the deception and is discarded. This would be one version of a new paradigm people keep talking and writing about. But I ain't holding my breath that it can happen anytime soon. -Original Message- From: Zuukie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 4:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Rense and Savage...a combo The New Age movement is not very well-defined. It is hard to imagine anyone marching lock- step with New Age philosophy. There are however, many cults, and many religions that require this kind of obedience. Steve On 12 Jul 2003 at 21:30, Zuukie wrote: New Age comes in thru both the right and the left, but once it's in, percentage wise, there is no deviation allowed. Just as in the Nazi period, no deviation from New Age thinking is allowed. www.ctrl.org 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://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://www.mail-archive.com/[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 PARADOX OF U.S. POWER'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/qanda/article.jsp?content=20030721_62715_6 2715 Q and A July 21, 2003 'THE PARADOX OF U.S. POWER' British historian Niall Ferguson explains how an imperial America could benefit the world NIALL FERGUSON has made a healthy career out of turning history on its ear. The 39-year-old author and academic -- he's a professor of financial history at New York University's Stern School of Business and senior research fellow at Oxford University -- has produced six books on such diverse subjects as the First World War and the Rothschild business empire. Ferguson's latest book, Empire, examines the dawn and sunset of England's global ambitions, arguing that Britannia's rule wasn't so bad. He recently spoke with Maclean's National Correspondent Jonathon Gatehouse about Britain's past and the lessons for America's future. Around the world, the level of anti-Americanism has never been higher, but it seems to matter less than ever before. Why is that? Being liked or being loved isn't really an integral part of being a successful great power, or indeed a successful empire. You could point to the British experience 100 years ago, and ask how popular were they? These things only matter if they translate themselves into a meaningful threat. And at the moment, the strategic threat posed by the hate-filled antagonists of the U.S. -- whether they be in the Middle East or Western Europe -- is much less than the strategic threat once posed by the Soviet Union, which was ideologically hostile to the U.S. and capitalism. Is there any connection between the slow unravelling of the British Empire over the first half of the 20th century and the growing level of resentment its subjects felt? I don't think so. To understand the decline of British power you need to look at Britain's relative economic decline, but more importantly at Britain's strategic failure to deter the biggest threat to her power -- Germany. The obvious response to that threat prior to 1914 was to create a large and credible land force that would deter the Germans from going to war. The British failed to do that. The nationalist movements that arose in the British Empire, in Egypt and India for example, needed Britain to suffer a massive strategic setback and serious economic weakness before they could really make headway. So from an American point of view, being unpopular isn't that big a deal, unless you are strategically or economically weak. And so far, it's only really manifested itself in a very small number of terrorist attacks -- including the spectacular events of Sept. 11. There has been concern recently about the deficit and debt problem facing the U.S. Do you see that as a threat to their empire? Yes. I think the American fiscal position gives cause for long-term concern because, when you calculate the present value of all the liabilities of the social security and Medicaid system, it exceeds future revenues by $US44 trillion. At some point in the foreseeable future there will be a crisis in the American welfare system that will lead to a cancellation of social programs currently in existence. The irony about American overstretch will be that it's not due to the cost of intervening in Afghanistan, Iraq or anyplace else. It's domestic policies. You argue that the U.S. is the only country capable of righting the ills of the world. What problems should America fix? One that springs to mind is the extreme poverty in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and Latin America. I think one ought to emphasize how many of the world's poor are poor not because they're exploited by wicked multinationals or hurt by the policies of the International Monetary Fund, but because they're governed by corrupt dictators. The only agency that exists on paper to address these problems through interventions against lawless regimes is the UN. But the UN's resources are very limited, and most of its efforts at peacemaking have been unsuccessful. The argument I've tried to make is that, unless the U.S. commits to intervening against lawless regimes, nothing is going to change. That's the paradox of American power -- great potential, but culturally, politically and fiscally unlikely to sustain its engagement with strategically crucial parts of the world. Your book also talks about the good points of the British Empire. Are there lessons the U.S. should be learning from its ally's experiences? It's particularly striking in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan, both countries the British tried to anglicize and transform politically in the 19th and 20th centuries. To my mind the most obvious lessons are in nation-building -- creating liberal regimes based on the free market and the rule of law. These were British objectives 100 years ago -- there's nothing novel about talking the language of liberty while at the same time using military force. But the way the British did it was far more sophisticated than the
[CTRL] SAUCERS FULL OF SECRETS
-Caveat Lector- COVER STORY by Dan Gilgoff Dec. 14-20, 2001 SAUCERS FULL OF SECRETS Decades later, Washington's fabled UFO invasion has witnesses, skeptics, and true believers asking: Where were you in '52? http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archives/cover/2001/cover1214.html Howard Cocklin, assistant chief of Washington National Airport's control tower, was working the graveyard shift on Saturday night, July 19, 1952. Just after he settled into a chair behind a radarscope, an unidentified white blip blinked onto his screen. We were tracking a flight that had just taken off, when all of a sudden, we had another target show up, says Cocklin, now 82 years old and living in Fairfax, Va. It was very erratic. It went left and right. We knew it wasn't an airplane, because a plane flies in one direction. But it was a strong signal, just like an airplane. Then a man named Harry Barnes in the Air Route Traffic Control [ARTC] center down below called the control tower. He wanted to know if we had seen what he saw, whatever it was. Three days later, the muddled headline Radar Spots Air Mystery Objects Here ran in three decks across the front page of the Washington Post. Controllers at National Airport, the article reported, had picked up a gaggle of unidentified flying objects-perhaps a new type of 'flying saucer'-on radar over the weekend. The article supplied the opening paragraphs to the story of history's biggest UFO flap. More than 500 UFO-sighting reports were reported to the U.S. Air Force that July, still a record. Pulp magazines had long lavished pages on the subject, but the Washington sightings stole front-page headline space from the 1952 Democratic National Convention and had President Harry Truman hounding the Air Force for an explanation. The Washington invasion, as it's referred to in the UFO literature, had the CIA wringing its hands over how to squelch the public hysteria. UFO sightings had been steadily mounting since World War II, when the atmosphere was clogged with more Earthling-manned vehicles than ever before, but the Washington sightings marked a seismic shift in UFO history. And not for the reason that the Post reported: For the first time...the objects were picked up by radar. That had happened before. But the Post didn't report that, as morning broke on July 20, the U.S. Air Force sent an F-94 fighter jet to intercept the airborne objects, which had been tracked in the restricted airspace over the White House and the U.S. Capitol. Or that at one point that night three separate radars, two at National and another at Andrews Air Force Base 10 miles east, simultaneously picked up the same unidentified targets before they vanished. Or that, for one of the first times ever, a batch of unidentified radar blips had been complemented by a spate of ground reports of strange lights in the sky. Before calling Cocklin in the tower that night, Barnes, National's senior ARTC controller, had a technician inspect the radar equipment at ARTC for glitches. The tech could find nothing wrong. Around 1 o'clock in the morning, an ARTC controller radioed Capital Airlines Flight 807, which had just taken off, to ask about any suspicious lights in the air around it. A moment later, 17-year veteran pilot Casey Pierman's voice roared through the radio: There's one-off to the right-and there it goes. And a controller on the ground watched the blip to the right of the airplane's blip disappear. Pierman reported a half-dozen more lights in the next 14 minutes, describing them as like falling stars without tails. All of them corresponded to blips on the ARTC radarscopes. Some of the lights, he said, moved faster than shooting stars. Every time Pierman reported that the light streaked off at high speed, Barnes wrote in an article for a New York newspaper a few days later, it disappeared on our scope. Over at Andrews, Air Force personnel were spotting lights in the sky. I saw a strong light South of Andrews AFB traveling from east to west at a terrific rate of speed, around 2 o' clock in the morning, wrote Sgt. Charles T. Davenport in an Air Force report dated July 21, 1952. The light traveled from Andrews to approximately the Potomac River in about 5 to 15 secondsIts color was orange red. Later on we spotted what seemed to be a star northwest of the field. It was very bright but not the same color. This was a bluish silver. It was very erratic in motion, it moved from side to side. Three times I saw a red object leave the silver object at a high rate of speed and move east out of sight. Davenport saw a second string of strange lights that night; that sighting ended near 3:30 a.m., about a half-hour before a commercial pilot closing in on National from the south called the control tower to report a light off his left wing. The object showed on the scopes both at the tower and at ARTC, where a half-lit hall glowed with lavender from all the radars. When the pilot gave word that the light was trailing
Re: [CTRL] Is this a 'Bush War on Terrorism' or the 'Federal Rese rve War on the Euro?
-Caveat Lector- As President, Bush's oath of office requires him to uphold the U.S. Constitution and with it the way of life that Constitution enables. Maintaining that way of life at this time in history requires a strong U.S. Dollar that is unchallenged by any other currency. A war on the Dollar is more serious than even an attack on our shores would be to the American standard of living. Thus Bush has no choice but to defend the Dollar. As long as the vast majority of U.S. citizens make the Dollar their god, it must be defended at all cost. When these politicians say it is not a war on a people or a religion, they are not lying but telling only half of the story. It is a war on a currency, the Eurodollar. The regime is the acceptance of payment for Iraqi oil in Eurodollars only. Put in this context the whole thing makes perfect sense. Having said that, I DISAGREE that the Dollar must be defended and even that this way of life must be defended. But I would guess less than 1 percent of Americans are willing to give up all their stuff to avoid a war for control of oil currency. Every war protester must be prepared to give up all they have, retirement funds, savings, house, vehicle, boat, summer house. If not they are just hypocrites making noise. Undoubtedly some have nothing to lose and their protest would at least be more honest than most. But without supporting war at any time against any enemy for any reason, and though I despise their lack of honesty, I cannot say it is a war that should not be waged. I personally think it would have been better to explain WHY France and Germany are so opposed to the war, but the neocons evidently believe they cannot risk alienating their power base, the evangelicals (the biggest hypocrites of all). 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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] Is this a 'Bush War on Terrorism' or the 'Federal Rese rve War on the Euro?
-Caveat Lector- You are correct, and I guess I disregarded that because the FED is already baked in the cake. Makes one wonder just how many of this country's problems follow from the existence of that body. The only problem with your argument (which has a lot of merit) is that the FED is unconstitutional thus there is no constitutional duty to protect it and the bankers that own it. 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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] Another Vietnam?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.motherjones.com/news/warwatch/2003/14/we_345_02.html Finding Fault For nearly a week, ever since the war in Iraq turned out to be something more difficult than a military cakewalk, officials at the White House and the Pentagon have been on the defensive. Faced by reports that US and British forces are getting bogged down in southern Iraq, they have announced that the allies are making good progress. Confronted by suggestions that the war is a US affair, they have declared that an impressive coalition supports the administration's policies. And, plagued by rumors of a rift between the Pentagon's civilian and military leadership, they have insisted that the war plan was developed -- and is backed -- by administration officials and career officers alike. That argument has appeared strained, however, as a growing cadre of retired military leaders have criticized the military plan, suggesting that civilian officials at the Pentagon overruled or ignored recommendations from commanders in the field. And, as Bryan Bender of The Boston Globe reports, the criticism is being aimed at a single target: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In particular, Bender writes, Rumsfeld is being derided for micromanaging war planning, opting for a 'rolling start' strategy, and a minimal ground force. The angry denials have come from Rumsfeld (if you ask anyone who has been involved in the process from the Central Command ... every single thing they've requested has in fact happened) and Joint Chiefs boss General Richard B. Myers (If there's more force flowing, it had always been planned to flow). But are the denials denting the perception that something has gone terribly wrong in the Pentagon's planning? Perhaps the most telling -- and damning -- account of the schism within the Pentagon has come from Seymour Hersh of the New Yorker. Hersh is rapidly emerging as one of the most insightful -- and, in the eyes of the Bush administration, troublesome -- journalists covering Washington today. In his latest report, he writes that Rumsfeld's team took over crucial aspects of the day-to-day logistical planning -- traditionally, an area in which the uniformed military excels -- and Rumsfeld repeatedly overruled the senior Pentagon planners on the Joint Staff. Notably, Hersh cites senior war planners as sources for his report. On at least six occasions, the planner told me, when Rumsfeld and his deputies were presented with operational plans -- the Iraqi assault was designated Plan 1003 -- he insisted that the number of ground troops be sharply reduced. Rumsfeld's faith in precision bombing and his insistence on streamlined military operations has had profound consequences for the ability of the armed forces to fight effectively overseas. 'They've got no resources,' a former high-level intelligence official said. 'He was so focussed on proving his point -- that the Iraqis were going to fall apart.' Importantly, Hersh also describes the sort of Pentagon that Rumsfeld has built. It is an institution shaped by the secretary's early show of personal contempt for many of the commanders in place when he arrived, and his love for off-the-cuff memoranda chastising military commanders. 'In those conditions -- an atmosphere of derision and challenge -- the senior officers do not offer their best advice,' a high-ranking general who served for more than a year under Rumsfeld said. One witness to a meeting recalled Rumsfeld confronting General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff, in front of many junior officers. 'He was looking at the Chief and waving his hand,' the witness said, 'saying, 'Are you getting this yet? Are you getting this yet?' In early February, according to a senior Pentagon official, Rumsfeld appeared at the Army Commanders' Conference, a biannual business and social gathering of all the four-star generals. Rumsfeld was invited to join the generals for dinner and make a speech. All went well, the official told me, until Rumsfeld, during a question-and-answer session, was asked about his personal involvement in the deployment of combat units, in some cases with only five or six days' notice. To the astonishment and anger of the generals, Rumsfeld denied responsibility. 'He said, 'I wasn't involved,'' the official said. ''It was the Joint Staff.'' 'We thought it would be fence-mending, but it was a disaster,' the official said of the dinner. 'Everybody knew he was looking at these deployment orders. And for him to blame it on the Joint Staff -- ' The official hesitated a moment, and then said, 'It's all about Rummy and the truth.' Among the influential former military commanders launching precision strikes against Rumsfeld is retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, the onetime advisor to then-Joint Chiefs boss Colin Powell. Writing in US News, McCaffrey echoes other military planners in deriding Rumsfeld's early determination that a war in Iraq could be won through air power and special operations
[CTRL] It's Not About Oil Or Iraq
-Caveat Lector- http://homepage.eircom.net/~gulufuture/news/eurozone_war030323.htm An Economic Perspective On The War It's Not About Oil Or Iraq. It's About The US And Europe Going Head-To-Head On World Economic Dominance. By Geoffrey Heard, Australia Summary: Why is George Bush so hell bent on war with Iraq? Why does his administration reject every positive Iraqi move? It all makes sense when you consider the economic implications for the USA of not going to war with Iraq. The war in Iraq is actually the US and Europe going head to head on economic leadership of the world. America's Bush administration has been caught in outright lies, gross exaggerations and incredible inaccuracies as it trotted out its litany of paper thin excuses for making war on Iraq. Along with its two supporters, Britain and Australia, it has shifted its ground and reversed its position with a barefaced contempt for its audience. It has manipulated information, deceived by commission and omission and frantically bought UN votes with billion dollar bribes. Faced with the failure of gaining UN Security Council support for invading Iraq, the USA has threatened to invade without authorisation. It would act in breach of the UN's very constitution to allegedly enforced UN resolutions. It is plain bizarre. Where does this desperation for war come from? There are many things driving President Bush and his administration to invade Iraq, unseat Saddam Hussein and take over the country. But the biggest one is hidden and very, very simple. It is about the currency used to trade oil and consequently, who will dominate the world economically, in the foreseeable future -- the USA or the European Union. Iraq is a European Union beachhead in that confrontation. America had a monopoly on the oil trade, with the US dollar being the fiat currency, but Iraq broke ranks in 1999, started to trade oil in the EU's euros, and profited. If America invades Iraq and takes over, it will hurl the EU and its euro back into the sea and make America's position as the dominant economic power in the world all but impregnable. It is the biggest grab for world power in modern times. America's allies in the invasion, Britain and Australia, are betting America will win and that they will get some trickle-down benefits for jumping on to the US bandwagon. France and Germany are the spearhead of the European force -- Russia would like to go European but possibly can still be bought off. Presumably, China would like to see the Europeans build a share of international trade currency ownership at this point while it continues to grow its international trading presence to the point where it, too, can share the leadership rewards. DEBATE BUILDING ON THE INTERNET Oddly, little or nothing is appearing in the general media about this issue, although key people are becoming aware of it -- note the recent slide in the value of the US dollar. Are traders afraid of war? They are more likely to be afraid there will not be war. But despite the silence in the general media, a major world discussion is developing around this issue, particularly on the internet. Among the many articles: Henry Liu, in the 'Asia Times' last June, it has been a hot topic on the Feasta forum, an Irish-based group exploring sustainable economics, and W. Clark's The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War with Iraq: A Macroeconomic and Geostrategic Analysis of the Unspoken Truth has been published by the 'Sierra Times', 'Indymedia.org', and 'ratical.org'. This debate is not about whether America would suffer from losing the US dollar monopoly on oil trading -- that is a given -- rather it is about exactly how hard the USA would be hit. The smart money seems to be saying the impact would be in the range from severe to catastrophic. The USA could collapse economically. OIL DOLLARS The key to it all is the fiat currency for trading oil. Under an OPEC agreement, all oil has been traded in US dollars since 1971 (after the dropping of the gold standard) which makes the US dollar the de facto major international trading currency. If other nations have to hoard dollars to buy oil, then they want to use that hoard for other trading too. This fact gives America a huge trading advantage and helps make it the dominant economy in the world. As an economic bloc, the European Union is the only challenger to the USA's economic position, and it created the euro to challenge the dollar in international markets. However, the EU is not yet united behind the euro -- there is a lot of jingoistic national politics involved, not least in Britain -- and in any case, so long as nations throughout the world must hoard dollars to buy oil, the euro can make only very limited inroads into the dollar's dominance. In 1999, Iraq, with the world's second largest oil reserves, switched to trading its oil in euros. American analysts fell about laughing; Iraq had just made a mistake that was going to beggar the nation. But two years
Re: [CTRL] Baghdad City Lights
-Caveat Lector- This is a good question and one wonders why American experts have not addressed it. However, just as the White House was not really destroyed in the movie Independence Day, there is no way to be sure a television image or any other electronic representation is actually Baghdad. -Original Message- From: Buckeye [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Baghdad City Lights -Caveat Lector- Does anyone else wonder why the Iraqis don't turn off the lights when Baghdad is being bombed? Isn't a blackout SOP during aerial bombardment? And besides, how do the lights STAY on -- dosn't the havoc disrupt power grids? 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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] Get ready
-Caveat Lector- From: http://www.montalk.net/ News/Comments 3/17/03 - Get ready, the rollercoaster car has reached its peak - it's all downhill from here. What we are witnessing in Iraq is the culmination of a plan whose script was written decades ago. Those in Power are getting desperate to beat the clock, as things are coming which they cannot stop. To head off chaos they cannot control, they are conducting a series of PLANNED CHAOS to create a NEW ORDER that will allow total lockdown by the time the real crises happen. This war is one stepping stone toward that end, to further consolidate political and spiritual power. They are employing problem-reaction-solution methods to synthesize a global totalitarian government under the eventual leadership of savior aliens. Human elite are concerned about losing their political power, and negative hyperdimensional aliens are worried about losing their food supply - in the end, both will lose, but they won't go down without a fight. So what factors are beyond their control? There are many, but they are doing all they can to prepare for contingencies. One is the increasing awakening of key sectors of the population, whether they are souls who were born here for the purpose to share knowledge and subvert the system, or others who are simply seeing manipulation for what it is. Another factor consists of earth changes they cannot prevent: solar flares, comet clusters, pole shifts, asteroid impacts, and stellar anomalies. Third is the onsetting reality shift and the exit of many humans from the negative food chain. To counter this, negative forces are pulling out their best tricks: fear, terror, violence, electronic mind control, mass death and destruction...all to pave way for a false reconstruction and illusory sense of security under a New World Order. The lockdown that procedes will be aimed at keeping as many people in the food chain as possible, stripped of freewill and ability to resist. Recall cliche bar-room brawls in movies. One second everyone's drinking and talking, and the next everyone is kicking, punching, flinging chairs and smashing bottles. This dramatic transformation describes what may eventually happen. There are millions of programmed sleeper agents in this country, and millions of souled individuals who will awaken to their true destiny and employ superhuman abilities to carry it out. Among us lies a war-in-potential, sleeper armies of all sides intermingling one day as normal people unaware of their roles, and all out chaos the next day as each awakens or becomes activated. Perhaps the transformation won't be as quick, but the results will be the same. At present, the American people represent an obstacle to the plans of a New World Order, partly due to the number of freespirited individuals here with a positive destiny, and partly because of this country's libertarian foundations. Although most of our freedoms are gone now, there still exists cultural and physical resources for resistance. To bring this country down, it is likely that They will employ both internal division and external invasion. The elected government is a political symbol of our national sovereignty, and with its downfall comes the ending of that sovereignty - therefore, Bush and his puppet masters are acting psychopathically in order to build anti-US sentiments from within and without. This will trigger, or at least allow, an eventual destruction of this great country. The US is being played against the world, and the world against the US and Israel - the latter two being the eventual targets of complete destruction. Just to speculate, Israel may be scorched off the earth, and America may be invaded by Russian, Chinese, and North Korean troops who already have numerous operatives in this country and countless reserve troops waiting outside our borders. The northern invasion has a high probability of coming through North Dakota and Washington, while the southern invasion through Texas and New Mexico. There is enough anti-US sentiment already that were such an invasion to occur, many would cheer as, in their minds, their envied and resented bully of the world is finally beaten. This, of course, synthesizes the single sovereign world power, the New World Order which can then begin arranging plans under the leadership and guidance of seemingly benevolent but ultimately hostile alien forces to consolidate final power in order to head off or corrupt the final stages of the reality shift. Just realize that what's happening must happen, but that with each of us following our destiny and doing our part, all will end in victory for the forces of light. There may be much loss and suffering for some, but it is all illusion as this world is just a game and a school. Things may not get that bad, but always keep the Big Picture in mind and stay centered. A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange
Re: [CTRL] leftist nuts
-Caveat Lector- Got any other labels you want to throw around? It's much easier than actually thinking. Are you afraid of thinking, or of those who think? (I'm NOT saying leftists, whatever that means, think any more than right wing fascists. Most extremists got that way by NEVER thinking. -Original Message-From: Ray Boeche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:22 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [CTRL] leftist nuts A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] leftist nuts
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Eric Hoffsten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] leftist nuts knee-jerk reactionaries Unthinking sheep AHA, the tried-and-true tactic of attacking a labeler with labels. Who can stop thinking first? should be ashamed to call himself an American. If you stop shoulding on people maybe they will stop shouting. Clearly, there are those on this list in dire need of a strong dose of TRUTH. Now THAT would take all the fun out of it. How boring. 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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] AMERICANS LESS SUPPORTIVE
-Caveat Lector- In still another poll, 99% of Americans polled said they have never been polled and don't know anyone who has. And finally, a poll has revealed that 4 in 5 Americans believe 90% of all polls published are not conducted at all but concocted for the purpose of manufacturing phony consent. -Original Message- From: Ray Boeche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] AMERICANS LESS SUPPORTIVE Sorry to disappoint, but today's latest poll shows that 71% of American citizens back president bush's decision to disarm and unseat Saddam Hussein. 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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] America's Secret establishment in mainstream booksto res
-Caveat Lector- At my local Barnes Noble you can buy books by Al Martin and Uri Dowbenko as well as the excellent Seeds of Fire by Gordon Thomas. So censorship seems to beabsent in the hinterlands. It seems you can go after the Bush family as long as you leave those ofa certain religion out of it. By my observation Borders stocks everything it deems sellable and some things that are not. But I have never seen Sutton's books, even in the many used bookstores I haunt. On the other handmost bookstores around here have stocked and restocked Bill Cooper's Behold a Pale Horse for over 10 years now - presumably because it is a consistent seller. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 3:05 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [CTRL] America's Secret establishment in "mainstream" bookstores-Caveat Lector- A first has been accomplished. Antony Sutton's groundbreaking expose on the Yale senior secret society, America's Secret establishment, an introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones is available in Borders and soon Barnes Noble. Antony 'passed away' three weeks after this first hard-cover edition. Please keep Antony's research alive and purchase some copies of his books, so that we can continue our efforts to bring suppressed materials to wider distribution. ThanksKris Millegan A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Answers about the pending Iraq conflict
-Caveat Lector- I think they left out My dad can beat up your dad and the best one of all: OH YEAH? Snappy Answers to Leftists By Tom Adkins Sierra Times | March 11, 2003 Tired of those stupid liberal soundbytes about the impending war against Iraq? Here are some handy snappy answers! === 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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 inevitability of War in Iraq
-Caveat Lector- 10 Mar 03 War in Iraq - logical, perhaps inevitable, but senseless and ultimately pointless. President George W. Bush says regime change in Iraq is necessary for the war on terrorism - and that is probably true. In the first days after 9/11 he gave some clues. He said something about going after those who finance, train and/or harbor terrorists. At the top of this list would be Saudi Arabia, but for good reason he did not name names. Then there was the statement either you are with us or you are against us. That sounds stupid unless you suspect it may be directed at the Saudi ruling royal family, which knows where the terrorist funding is coming from - their country. So why not attack Saudi Arabia and not Iraq? Because we need their oil to maintain our economy and military might - unless and until we have a source of oil to replace it should they retaliate by cutting off our supply. That is where Iraq comes in - the USA needs that oil to flow west BEFORE it can go after the terrorists and their funding in Saudi Arabia. Secondarily, that oil must flow west in order to prevent it from flowing east - into China, primarily, and probably Russia as well. Add the fact that France is Iraq's biggest economic partner, and the upcoming UN vote is pretty easy to figure out. Colin Powell now says he thinks he has a majority of the 15 security council members on his side. Unfortunately, of the five permanent members with veto power, the USA and UK will vote for him but France, China and Russia will say nyet. So if the resolution passes, France will probably exercise its veto power, which means Russia and China won't have to use theirs. Whereupon Bush will proceed with regime change nonetheless for the above reasons, coalition or no coalition, not because he must, but because he can. Although this scenario makes some sense, one possible alternative might be to cut US defense spending by a third and use the $135 billion per year to develop alternative energy sources. However, since death, destruction and mayhem produce much higher corporate profits than peace and prosperity, this probably will occur only when no other alternative is possible. And since that day must come, energy independence is the only goal ultimately worth debating. Which may cause one to conclude: oil dependence and oil profits make cents, not sense. The only thing more certain than war in Iraq is one day all the oil will be gone, and war cannot change that. 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://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/[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 Unabomber and the 'Culture of Despair'
-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/03/books/03MASL.html The Unabomber and the 'Culture of Despair' By JANET MASLIN lston Chase's first assumption in his new book about Theodore J. Kaczynski is that widely propagated notions of the Unabomber as a mentally unstable loner have been conveniently misleading. This impression, Mr. Chase says, encouraged people to say, `He killed because he was weird,' rather than ask, `Why did someone so like me commit murder?' Advertisement Of course the Everyman aspects of Mr. Kaczynski - who seriously contemplated a sex-change operation so that he could enjoy the presence of a woman in his 10-by-12-foot Montana cabin - are open to argument. But Mr. Chase has tough, persuasive points to make about the forces that shaped the Unabomber's brand of terrorism. He argues forcefully, if at times repetitively, that the educational philosophy prevalent during this killer's college years laid the groundwork for an all-too-epidemic brand of antisocial rage. As we shall see - to use one of the favorite phrases of an academia-trained author specializing in intellectual history - this argument is complex. And it has its roots in the philosophy of science that flourished in the aftermath of World War II. In 1945, with the advent of the influential Harvard report entitled General Education in a Free Society, the role of ethics in academia began to be closely examined. By 1958 when Mr. Kaczynski arrived at Harvard as an undergraduate, the cold war had created covert new links between research and government, links calling for moral blinders that rendered traditional scientific ethics all but obsolete. The precepts of General Education, the author writes, delivered to those of us who were undergraduates during this time a double whammy of pessimism. From humanists we learned that science threatens civilization. From the scientists we learned that science cannot be stopped, Taken together, they implied there is no hope. This created what became a permanent fixture at Harvard and, indeed, throughout academe: the culture of despair. Much of Harvard and the Unabomber defines this intellectual atmosphere while ticking off the attendant cultural and historical forces that helped to shape it. Such sections of the book are both familiar and overly general, as are Mr. Chase's recapitulations of the Unabomber's crime, capture and manifesto. But the author, who also attended Harvard (and who also made his getaway to rural Montana), succeeds in creating a provocative synthesis out of all this summarizing. And he places a malleable young Mr. Kaczynski in the midst of this moral upheaval. The book identifies a professorial nemesis for Mr. Kaczynski in Dr. Henry A. Murray, who recruited the future Unabomber for a psychological experiment with Manchurian Candidate overtones. When Mr. Chase published an article on the subject in The Atlantic in June 2000, he says, the Harvard files on this work were permanently removed from the Murray Research Center the next month. In this closet are many skeletons, some quite fresh, the author announces. The fear is that that I might open that door. And in this book I do. The experiments involved what Murray called stressful disputation or the Dyad, but whatever its name, it was a highly refined version of the third degree. Subjects like Mr. Kaczynski were humiliated, ridiculed and secretly photographed while debating overqualified opponents, in a process that Mr. Chase regards as dishonest and damaging. The future bomb-building anarchist, whose code name during this process was Lawful, would himself describe it as a highly unpleasant experience. At its kinkiest the book ties Murray's interest in hostile interpersonal dynamics not only to a C.I.A. connection but also to the doctor's long-term sadomasochistic love affair with his colleague, Christiana Morgan. Mr. Chase notes that members of the Murray's family take issue with this, but he also cites a bizarre diary devoted to the affair. And he concludes that Mr. Kaczynski and his classmates unwittingly served not only Murray's highly esteemed research but also his sadism, sexual fantasies, desire for power, anger, need to explode and cause pain. (Page 2 of 2) In any case the mixture of emasculation, snobbery and ethical confusion that Mr. Kaczynski experienced at Harvard would have lifelong effects. Soured on the value-neutral scientific method that had treated him as a guinea pig, and so angry at parental authority that he would berate his mother for mailing him the wrong nuts, Mr. Kaczynski began developing theories that were anything but incoherent ravings. Mr. Chase carefully analyzes the Unabomber's precepts as an extension of his educational experience, and as material worth examining closely, for its roots if not for its content. University scholars all too willing to devote seminars to such pop cultural dross as the Grateful Dead and `Star Trek' have virtually ignored the manifesto, he
[CTRL] Scott Nearing on American Imperialism
-Caveat Lector- The Beginnings of World Dominion By Scott Nearing Chapter 6 of The American Empire (New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1921). 1. The Shifting of Control During the half century that intervened between the War of 1812 and the Civil War of 1861 the policy of the United States government was decided largely by men who came from south of the Mason and Dixon line. The Southern whites, -- class-conscious rulers with an institution (slavery) to defend, -- acted like any other ruling class under similar circumstances. They favored Southward expansion which meant more territory in which slavery might be established. The Southerners were looking for a place in the sun where slavery, as an institution, might flourish for the profit and power of the slave-holding class. Their most effective move in this direction was the annexation of Texas and the acquisition of territory following the Mexican War. An insistent drive for the annexation of Cuba was cut short by the Civil War. Southern sentiment had supported the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the Florida Purchase of 1819. From Jefferson's time Southern statesmen had been advocating the purchase of Cuba. Filibustering expeditions were fitted out in Southern ports with Cuba as an objective; agitation was carried on, inside and outside of Congress; between 1850 and 1861 the acquisition of Cuba was the question of the day. It was an issue in the Campaign of 1853. In 1854 the American ministers to London, France and Madrid met at the direction of the State Department and drew up a document (the Ostend Manifesto) dealing with the future of Cuba. McMaster summarizes the Manifesto in these words: The United States ought to buy Cuba because of its nearness to our coast; because it belonged naturally to that great group of states of which the Union was the providential nursery; because it commanded the mouth of the Mississippi whose immense and annually growing trade must seek that way to the ocean, and because the Union could never enjoy repose, could never be secure, till Cuba was within its boundaries. (Vol. viii, pp. 185-6.) If Spain refused to sell Cuba it was suggested that the United States should take it. The Ostend Manifesto was rejected by the State Department, but it was a good picture of the imperialistic sentiment at that time abroad among certain elements in the United States. The Cuban issue featured in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates in 1858. It was hotly discussed by Congress in 1859. Only twenty years had passed since the United States, by force of arms, had taken from Mexico territory that she coveted. Now it was proposed to appropriate territory belonging to Spain. The outbreak of hostilities deferred the project, and when the Civil War was over, the slave power was shattered. From that time forward national policy was guided by the leaders of the new industrial North. The process of this change was fearfully wasteful. The shifting of power from the old regime to the new cost more lives and a greater expenditure of wealth than all of the wars of conquest that had been fought during the preceding half century. The change was complete. The slaves were liberated by Presidential Proclamation. The Southern form of civilization -- patriarchal and feudal -- disappeared, and upon its ruins -- rapidly in the West; slowly in the South -- there arose the new structure of an industrial civilization. The new civilization had no need to look outward for economic advantage. Forest tracts, mineral deposits and fertile land afforded ample opportunity at home. It was three thousand miles to the Pacific and at the end of the journey there was gold! The new civilization therefore turned its energies to the problem of subduing the continent and of establishing the machinery necessary to provide for its vastly increasing needs. A small part of the capital required for this purpose came from abroad. Most of it was supplied at home. But the events involved in opening up the territory west of the Rockies, of spanning the country with steel, and providing outlets for the products of the developing industries were so momentous that even the most ambitious might fulfill his dreams of conquest without setting foot on foreign soil. Territorial aggrandizement was forgotten, and men turned with a will to the organization of the East and the exploration and development of the West. The leaders of the new order found time to take over Alaska (1868) with its 590,884 square miles. The move was diplomatic rather than economic, however, and it was many years before the huge wealth of Alaska was even suspected. 2. Hawaii The new capitalist interests began to feel the need of additional territory toward the end of the nineteenth century. The desirable resources of the United States were largely in private hands and most of the available free land had been
Re: [CTRL] Don't Get Bushwhacked
-Caveat Lector- THIS IS NOT A LABEL-FREE ZONE. The Conspiracy's Tactics Don't Get Bushwhacked By: Alan Stang billionaire totalitarian Socialist conspirators who rule us BARRAGE OF LABELS Soviet-sponsored dictator. OOOH - SCARY LABEL totalitarian Socialist world government LABELS TELL YOU THIS IS BAD Philip Dru, Administrator: A Story of Tomorrow, which you really should take a look at. DON'T SHOULD ON ME naming totalitarian Socialist Nancy Pelosi, from Sodom by the sea, their leader. WHY NOT ADD PRO-ABORTION FEMINIST? Susan The Strumpet Sarandon, who spouts off at length without provocation about how we should live, but who doesn't have enough sense to marry the pinhead she cohabits with. I BET SHE SUPPORTS GAY RIGHTS, TOO. COMMUNIST, PROMISCUOUS, CONNIVING, THINKING, NONCONFORMIST B*TCH. congressional supporters of baby dismemberment. MUST BE TALKING ABOUT CIRCUMCISION - DAMN ZIONISTS. Remember that traitor Franklin Roosevelt DON'T FORGET ADULTERER WHO MARRIED A NON-ATTRACTIVE WOMAN WITH CLOSE FEMALE (H) FRIENDS. It is only a small exaggeration to say that our borders no longer exist. YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT - FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE DAMN THINGS. What will happen when shooting war breaks out here, and our military is in Bosnia and the Middle East? I GIVE UP - NUKE THE PLANET? 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 Accidental Operative (6/2001)
-Caveat Lector- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0124/ridgeway.php Mondo Washington Richard Helms's Afghani Niece Leads Corps of Taliban Reps The Accidental Operative by Camelia Fard James Ridgeway "Uncle Dick thinks I'm crazy": Laili Helms, niece of the former CIA director and ambassador for the Taliban.photo: Pak Fung WongWASHINGTON, D.C., June 6-On this muggy afternoon, a group of neatly attired men and a handful of women gather in a conference room at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The guest list includes officials from the furthest corners of the world-Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Turkey-and reps from the World Bank, the Uzbekistan chamber of commerce, the oil industry, and the Russian news agency Tass, along with various individuals identified only as "U.S. Government," which in times past was code for spook. At hand is a low-profile briefing on international narcotics by a top State Department official, who has recently returned from a United Nations trip to inspect the poppy fields of Afghanistan, source of 80 percent of the world's opium and target of a recent eradication campaign by the fundamentalist Taliban. The lecture begins as every other in Washington: The speaker politely informs the crowd he has nothing to do with policymaking. And, by the way, it's all off the record. Previous Columns 6/12/01 Feds accused of hiding accidental D.C. blast; France cools on nuclear energy; New England GOPers found in prairie Dems' big tent 5/29/01 Bush in the garden of nuclear delights; federal prisoner dies under restraint; British woman fights for pet sheep 5/22/01 Missing papers, anonymous suspects, an unidentified leg-the McVeigh execution gets some mysteries thrown its way. James Ridgeway presents a special Mondo Washington. 5/15/01 McVeigh execution gives Feds reason to fear May 16. 5/8/01 After Kathy Wilburn lost her two grandchildren in the Oklahoma City bombing, she went searching for the truth. On the eve of Timothy McVeigh's execution, she tells James Ridgeway of the unexpected turns her quest has taken-from befriending Terry Nichols to attending church in Elohim City. A special Mondo Washington. 5/1/01 Toking on free trade, rich Americans party on; how Israel uses U.S. weapons to threaten our troops; Shrub yanks student aid for drug offenders; U.S. screws try the rack, the Indian way. 5/1/01 Hemisphere A-Go-Go 5/1/01 Unfriendly Fire 5/1/01 Bush's War on Youth 4/24/01 Taiwan fears what China learned. Tell our editor what you think. E-mail this story to a friend/foe. Receive an alert every time "Mondo Washington" is posted.(e-mail address) Lecture over, the chairman asks for questions. One man after another rises to describe his own observations while in the foreign service. The moderator pauses, looks to the back of the room, and says in a scarcely audible voice: "Laili Helms." The room goes silent. For the people gathered here, the name brings back memories of Richard Helms, director of the CIA during the tumultuous 1960s, the era of Cuba and Vietnam. After he was accused of destroying most of the agency's secret documents detailing its own crimes, Helms left the CIA and became President Ford's ambassador to Iran. There, he trained the repressive secret police, inadvertently sparking the revolution that soon toppled his friend the Shah. Laili Helms, his niece by marriage, is an operative, too-but of a different kind. This pleasant young woman who makes her home in New Jersey is the Taliban rulers' unofficial ambassador in the U.S., and their most active and best-known advocate elsewhere in the West. As such she not only defends but promotes a severe regime that has given the White House fits for the past six years-by throwing women out of jobs and schools,
[CTRL] More Laili Helms
-Caveat Lector- http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20020113homefront0113p3.asp Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to believe. 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] Jesuit Assasins Who Murdered John F. Kennedy
-Caveat Lector- From: Joe Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:12 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [CTRL] Jesuit Assasins Who Murdered John F. Kennedy ... you are all so interested in conspiracies on this list.. why do you not expose these workers of Satan... Well, first of all one would have to "believe" in Satan, and not everyone does... Second, not everyone needs enemiesto definethemselves and may only be observing the various"sides" fulminating about their enemies. And last, not everyone "believes" something just because it has been contemplated or written. "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to believe." A HREF=""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=""Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=""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] Rumsfeld, 1977 head of Searle Corp., got aspartame FDA approval
-Caveat Lector- It makes no difference who got it approved; if it were Satan himself the substance would be the same. The answer: DON'T CONSUME ASPARTAME - unless you think formaldehyde and wood alcohol is good for you. If nobody used it, Nutrasweet would disappear - but look around, Diet Coke is number one. -Original Message- From: Jay Lowry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Rumsfeld, 1977 head of Searle Corp., got aspartame FDA approval 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] TSOG: THE THING THAT ATE THE CONSTITUTION
-Caveat Lector- http://www.newfalcon.com/excerpts/tsog_e.htm Excerpt from: TSOG: THE THING THAT ATE THE CONSTITUTION by Robert Anton Wilson The Piss Police And the Beast said, By their pee shall ye judge them, And by your pee shall ye be judged, And all shall be judged by their pee, And in the snow shall their names be written. --- Abdul Alhazred, The TSOGonomicon How, how, how did we ever get ourselves in a predicament where an Oriental-style despot controls American medicine and most doctors fear to prescribe what they think best for their patients? Why, more than 200 years after a war to liberate ourselves from a half-mad king, have we allowed our lives and health to come under the rule of a totally mad Tsar? And has this monstrous tumor destroyed the Constitution only by accident, or did its creators have that intent all along? Well, here's my theory: Most people think the TSOG (Tsarist Occupation Government) began its infestation of America with Bushware 1.0, when he appointed a Tsar to discombobulate our previously demO-kratic form of gubment; but Bush had a long C.I.A. career behind him and the C.I.A. had a long, long Tsarist history before they came out in the open with a public and blatant Tsar--a functionary not endowed or permitted by any clause in our Constitution. Actually, the TSOG began replacing representative democracy in the U.S. way back in 1945, when Gen. Rheinhard Gehlen, Hitler's Chief of Soviet Intelligence, surrendered to the U.S. Army after first prudently burying several truckloads of inside information about the Soviet Union at a secret location. (The Cold War began before World War II ended; they just didn't bother to tell the serfs like you and me about it until 1947.) Gehlen ranks as not only a master spy but a wizard negotiator. Within a week, he got out of his Nazi uniform and into a U.S. Army General's uniform; the U.S. intelligence services, in return, got the info about the Soviets, including access to Gehlen's agents in the Soviet government--a group of Mystical Tsarists who had infiltrated both the Red Army and the KGB. You see, their leader and Gehlen's major asset, General Andrei Vlassov, had a fervent belief, not just in common or garden-variety Tsarism, but especially in the mystical Tsarism espoused in the latter half of the 19th Century by the anti-Semitic novelist Dostoyevsky and even more by Konstantin Pobedonostsev, an advisor to two Tsars (Alexander III and Nicholas II). Pobedonostsev, popularly called The Grand Inquisitor because of the vast platoons of spies, snoops, agents provocateur and informers he unleashed upon the Russian people, combined theological obsessions with reactionary politics, always an explosive and nefarious mixture. Mystical Tsarism, a holy religion, or crazy superstition--as you will--has two major tenets: (1) The Tsar is guided by God and can do no wrong, and (2) Reason is cold and inhuman, faith is warm and human; therefore we should ignore reason and guide ourselves by faith in the Tsar, our Little Father. I don't think any of Pobedonostsev's crew actually believed in the Tooth Fairy, though. Besides, Roman Catholics of the old school have similar attitudes, but merely prefer a Pope to do their thinking for them instead of a Tsar, and most of us consider them sane, but just dumb. Gen. Gehlen and Gen. Vlassov formed what became the Gehlenapparat, the CIA's main source of info on Soviet affairs; Gehlen became the fulcrum of the CIA's Soviet penetration sector, working under James Jesus Angleton, Chief of Counter-Intelligence, breeder of prize orchids, lover of the arts, and a devout Roman Catholic. Since the U.S. government based its foreign policies on C.I.A. reports, and the C.I.A. based its Soviet reports on Gehlen and some other former Nazis, plus a crew of Mystical Tsarists, as filtered and interpreted by a Papist intellectual, the U.S. government's ideas and actions became increasingly weird, bizarre and frightening, in the view of the rest of the world. The results after 50 years seem very sad and very funny. In a nutshell, most of the world thinks we've gone batshit crazy. Tsarists and Nazis and spooks, oh my! Although James Jesus Angleton was Gehlen's alleged supervisor, data indicates that the Gehlenapparat engaged in many activities, including kidnapping, extortion, murder, etc. about which Angleton either did not know or devoutly did not want to know. But James J. Angleton seems a pathological case of some sort himself; he often hid his middle name because it revealed his half-Hispanic genes. An exceptionally intelligent and sensitive student of modern literature while at Yale, Angleton adored T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, I.A. Richards, e e cummings and other SuperStars of Modernism; he met most of them personally. They collectively influenced Angleton's fascination with multiple perspectives, labyrinthine ambiguity and the eternal uncertainty of all inferences and interpretations. These
[CTRL] Excerpt - Propaganda, Inc.
-Caveat Lector- Nancy Snow's Propaganda, Inc. (new edition) http://www.snowmachine.com/foreword.html http://www.snowmachine.com/intro.html Introduction Michael Parenti For generations, a fundamental function of U.S. foreign policy has been to make certain that the natural resources, markets, labor, and capital of other nations were accessible to U.S. corporate investors on the most favorable terms possible. In 1907, Woodrow Wilson offered this candid observation: Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. In his 1953 State of the Union Address President Eisenhower observed, A serious and explicit purpose of our foreign policy [is] the encouragement of a hospitable climate for investment in foreign nations. What no U.S. president has ever explained is: What gives the United States the right to dictate the destinies of other nations, mold their development, and intervene forcibly against them when they dare to mark an independent course? With unfailing consistency, U.S. intervention has been on the side of the rich and powerful of various nations at the expense of the poor and needy. Rather than strengthening democracies, U.S. leaders have overthrown numerous democratically elected governments or other populist regimes in dozens of countries-from Chile to Guatemala to Indonesia to Mozambique-whenever these nations give evidence of putting the interests of their people ahead of the interests of multinational corporate investors. While claiming that such interventions are needed to safeguard democracy in the world, U.S. leaders have given aid and comfort to dozens of tyrannical regimes, ones that have overthrown reformist democratic governments (as in Chile and Guatemala, for instance) and shown themselves to be faithful acolytes of the transnational corporate investors. In 1993, before the United Nations, President Bill Clinton proclaimed, Our overriding purpose is to expand and strengthen the world's community of market-based democracies. In truth, as Nancy Snow shows in this cogent and revealing book, the emphasis has been more on the market-based and less on the democracy. To the American public and to the world, however, as Snow notes, U.S. policy has been represented in the most glowing-and most deceptive-terms. Peace, prosperity, and democracy have become coded propaganda terms. Peace means U.S. global military domination, a kind of Pax Americana. Prosperity means subsidizing the expansion of U.S. corporate interests abroad, at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer and the millions of people in other nations who might be better served by local and independent development. And democracy, Nancy Snow notes, means a system in which political decisions are made by the transnational and publicly unaccountable corporate interests and their government allies, not based on a populist or participatory ideal of politics but one in which the public's role is minimized. Global capitalist hegemony is attained by two means. First, there is the global military apparatus. The U.S. defense budget is at least five times larger than any other country's defense expenditures. U.S. naval, air, and ground forces maintain a police presence around the globe, using hundreds of military bases throughout various regions. U.S. advisors train, equip, and finance military and paramilitary forces in countries on every continent. All this to make the world safe for the transnationals. The other instrument of U.S. intervention might be called cultural imperialism, the systematic penetration and dominance of other nations' communication and informational systems, educational institutions, arts, religious organizations, labor unions, elections, consumer habits, and lifestyles. Drawing upon both her personal experience and her scholarly investigation, Nancy Snow offers us a critical picture of one of the key instruments of cultural imperialism, the United States Information Agency (USIA). A benign-sounding unit of government supposedly dedicated to informational and cultural goals, USIA is actually in the business of waging disinformation wars on behalf of the Fortune 500. Operating as a propaganda unit of a corporate-dominated U.S. foreign policy, USIA ran interference for NAFTA, in Snow's words, doing nothing to advance the more noble goals of mutual understanding and education, while leaving a trail of broken promises about jobs and prosperity. USIA's efforts on behalf of NAFTA and other such undertakings have brought fantastic jumps in profits for big business, at great cost to the environment, democratic sovereignty, and worker and consumer well-being. Nancy Snow also deals with the larger issues
[CTRL] Smith-Mundt Act
-Caveat Lector- http://www.snowmachine.com/smith.html A Fifty-year Legacy of US Propaganda Dr. Nancy Snow In 1948, the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act (Smith-Mundt Act; Public Law 80-402) was signed, which established the charter for U.S. overseas information and cultural programs. The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 was an outgrowth of two previous administrations: President Wilson's Committee on Public Information (CPI), America's first official government propaganda program that sold the American public on entering World War I; and President Truman's Campaign of Truth programs designed to combat Soviet propaganda. The U.S. government's official propaganda mouthpiece overseas, the US Information Agency, operates under the authority of the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948. The headquarters of the US Information Agency (USIA) are just two blocks from the Mall in Washington, DC and the National Air and Space Museum, the most visited museum in the world. But this government agency, which receives about $1 billion a year from US taxpayers, is no tourist attraction. In fact, most Americans have never heard of it. Although part of the US foreign policy establishment, its work is intended for an overseas audience, and a US citizen is better off going abroad to learn how it implements its motto: telling America's story to the world. Why? Because the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 authorizes the dissemination of US foreign policy information abroad but prohibits the dissemination of the same material within the United States. Coming on the heels of an American-led war against Nazi totalitarianism, the original intent of the law was to avoid any appearance of the US government doing to its own population what had been done by defeated Axis powers. USIA's adherence to the domestic ban of the Smith-Mundt Act blocks out important information to the US public about its government's foreign-policy objectives. The intent of this article is to tell the whole story of America's official storyteller. USIA likes to call its particular branch of foreign affairs public diplomacy, a euphemism for propaganda. The encyclopedia definition of the latter term is instruments of psychological warfare aimed at influencing the actions of human beings in ways that are compatible with the national interest objectives of the purveying state. But USIA prefers the euphemism, because it doesn't want the US public to think that its government engages in psychological warfare activities, and because, among the general public, propaganda is a pejorative catch-all for negative and offensive manipulation. In many places, however, the term has no inherent negative connotation. It's widely accepted, for example, that advertising and public relations employ propagandistic techniques to sell merchandise or images. I favor the word to describe the operations of the USIA because it's essentially a public relations instrument of corporate propaganda which sells the US story abroad by integrating business interests with cultural objectives. And I offer this critique as one who experienced the corporate domination of the USIA firsthand. From 1992-94, I participated in a federal program for graduate students called the Presidential Management Intern (PMI) program. As a result, I worked in USIA's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (the E Bureau in government-speak), whose purpose is to conduct cultural programs which increase mutual understanding between the people of the US and other countries. While there, I acted as the agency's contact for the Fulbright program in Germany, Spain, and the former Yugoslavia. A Fulbright recipient myself, I very much believed in the ideals of educational exchange. But Sen. Fulbright, who wrote in The Price of Empire that intercultural education could help people find in themselves the ways and means of living together in peace, opposed the housing of his namesake program in the USIA. Not thrilled about the agency's existence, he even supported a 1987 plan to dismantle it, making the Smithsonian Institution home for the Fulbright program and returning public affairs to the State Department. Instead, however, the USIA undertook a new post-Cold War propaganda emphasis on democracy and free markets under the Clinton administration. Educational exchange programs quickly became useful tools to promote the US economic model and global integration. The primary targets of USIA propaganda are overseas elite clients from the upper class business and professional echelon who look to the US as the world's leader. Often participating in sponsored visits like the International Visitor Program, they're the 10 to 20 percent of the target population with relatively high education and influence potential. The agency prefers this group, despite some anti-US sentiments, because propaganda is thought to be most effective when used on powerful influence peddlers. As Noam Chomsky explains, By and large, they're part of the
[CTRL] A Bewildered Herd Dictionary
-Caveat Lector- http://www.snowmachine.com/roarmap.html A Bewildered Herd Dictionary A NATION OF SALESMEN It was, indeed, the Age of Information, but information was not the precursor to knowledge; it was the tool of the salesmen. - Earl Shorris, A Nation of Salesmen A NATION OF STATESMEN Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. - Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, 1916, Ch.9 ADVERTISING Advertisement conquers all in our land, including the Stars and Stripes. - Charles MacArthur ADVERTISING AGENCY Advertising agency: eighty-five percent confusion and fifteen percent commission. - Fred Allen AGE OF INFORMATION We believe we live in the age of information, that there has been an information explosion, an information revolution. While in a certain narrow sense this is the case, in many important ways just the opposite is true. We also live at a moment of deep ignorance, when vital knowledge that humans have always possessed about who we are and where we live seems beyond reach. An Unenlightenment. An age of missing information. - Bill McKibben BUSINESS In the United States, where political change means finding new ways to redirect wealth into the pockets of the already wealthy, and where political dialogue is an elaborate charade that excludes dangerous and difficult topics from public consideration, one must look to the literature of business to find serious talk about national affairs. - Thomas Frank INSTINCTS If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. -- Bertrand Russell, Roads to Freedom GREATEST WEAPON OF A DEMOCRACY: AN INFORMED PUBLIC Although now, perhaps more than ever, it is essential that the government speak honestly to the American people, there are disturbing signs that key federal officials don't realize this. Last week, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld held a news conference in which he quoted Winston Churchill, In wartime truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. The Pentagon later issue a clarification that Rumsfeld did not mean to imply the government would lie. Yet that seems to be exactly what Rumsfeld was saying. -- Erwin Chemerinsky, Los Angeles Times, October 12, 2001 PROPAGANDA AND PERSONALITY There can be no propaganda without a personality, a political chief. Clemenceau, Daladier, De Gaulle, Churchill, Roosevelt, MacArthur are obvious examples. And even more, Khrushchev, who, after having denounced the cult of personality, slipped into the same role, differently, but with the same ease and obeying the same necessity. The nation's unanimity is necessary. This unanimity is embodied in one personality, in whom everyone finds himself, in whom everyone hopes and projects himself, and for whom everything is possible and permissible. - Jacques Ellul, Propaganda, 1965 PROPAGANDA WAR ...Another sort of war is already under way, one in which journalists are already playing an important role as a conduit or filter, though not just the scribblers and broadcasters from the West. It is the propaganda war. That word has come to have a derogatory meaning, of the dissemination of untruths. In this case, America's task is (in truth) to disseminate truths, about its motives, about its intentions, about its current and past actions in Israel and Iraq, about its views of Islam. For all that, however, this part of the war promises to be no easier to win than the many other elements of the effort. - The Economist, October 4, 2001 REPETITION If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it. - Billy Boy Franklin THE BIG LIE The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. - Adolf Hitler IF YOU HAD IT TO SAY ALL OVER AGAIN We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war. - Ann Coulter, National Review, September 13, 2001 LYING The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. - Samuel Butler (Mark Twain) MEME WARFARE A meme (rhymes with dream) is a unit of information (a catchphrase, a concept, a tune, a notion of fashion, philosophy or
[CTRL] US Propaganda in Sweden
-Caveat Lector- THE WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE US influence over Swedish news media In a series of public meetings in Stockholm ... www.nnn.se/abf/guide1.pdf 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] Proof Bad equals Good
-Caveat Lector- Using logic, it is obvious bad things are good for the people of Planet Earth. 1. All economic growth is good. 2. Hurricanes and other disasters, produce economic growth when communities are rebuilt and household furnishings purchased. Therefore they are good. 3. Mass murder produces economic growth for funeral directors, morticians, medical examiners and graveyards. Therefore murder is good. 4. Illegal drugs produce economic growth; dealers buy automobiles, houses, guns and electronic surveillance protection. Therefore illicit drugs are good. 5. Latchkey kids, by raising themselves, allow additional jobs to be filled, increasing economic activity. Therefore kids without supervision are good. 6. Pollution of air and water produce economic growth when the toxic materials are removed. Therefore pollution is good. 7. Pornography and prostitution produce economic growth as perfect examples of trickle-down economics. Therefore the sex trade is good. 8. You name it; by this standard nearly all bad things are good. 9. And by destroying entire countries which must then be rebuilt, WAR is the ultimate good for the people of Earth. I'm sure Aristotle, Master Mo and Dignana would approve. 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] A Time to live...
-Caveat Lector- It's not Christians who deny numerology, just sane people of any ethnicity and religiosity. The human addiction to numbers is really quite pervasive. Numerology based on calendar dates would seem to require an accurate calendar and the same calendar for the entire planet. Neither exist, so it's difficult to see how the science of numerology applies. However, it can be entertaining for comparison purposes. 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] Smallpox Test Results
-Caveat Lector- Smallpox Vaccine Test Results from Baylor University Foreword by Leonard G. Horowitz, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H. The following article by Jon Rappoport is the first I've seen reporting the harmful and possibly devastating effects of the Bush administration's rapidly advancing smallpox vaccination program. These results were previously predicted as expected outcomes by this author and many, many others. I interject this foreword to alert you to the additional support cited below for the thesis raised earlier that the smallpox vaccination program is part of a genocidal agenda facilitated by the Bush administration's War on Terrorism and their current efforts to immunize the population against smallpox and later anthrax. In reality, this policy aims to induce chronic illness, additional healthcare expenditures (including pharmaceutical sales) and, ultimately, population reduction in America. Given the information below, and far more published elsewhere, this is certainly the anticipated outcome of this preventative plan for homeland insecurity. The additional support, I refer to, comes from identifying Baylor University as among the sites for this initial study. The following information was compiled for the book Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse (Tetrahedron Publishing Group, 1999; www.tetrahedron.org; 1-888-508-4787) by this author along with Dr. Joseph Puleo. Based on reputable sources, Past President George H. W. Bush's Secretary of State, James Baker III (Florida vote scam overseer for the current president), was reported to have owned part of the vaccine manufacturing company against whom ailing Gulf War veterans had filed a lawsuit. Moreover, Mr. Bush is said to have been a major shareholder in that company-Tanox Biosystems of Houston. It is also well known that this past president, father to the current president, has served in an official capacity at Baylor University for some time. Not long before becoming CIA director, certain intelligence regarding Tanox's collaborative studies with Baylor College of Medicine concerning Mycoplasma infections and related vaccinations was available to the elder Bush. Tanox was also closely linked to Dr. Shyh-Ching Lo, who, under employment by The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, isolated and patented a Pathogenic Mycoplasma originally taken from an AIDS patient, that somehow contaminated many of the vaccines given to allied military personnel traveling to the Middle East in lieu of Operation Desert Storm. Only the French soldiers who did not receive the American made vaccines did not develop GWS during this earlier war with Iraq. Further, what would seem inconceivable without seeing the documents reprinted in Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse, Tanox and Baylor College of Medicine first tested their Mycoplasma-infected vaccines on Huntsville, TX prisoners. As a result, the prisoners, and others in the community with whom the prisoners made contact, developed GWS long before the Gulf War. Thus, GWS could have been, and probably was, predicted and effected. Furthermore, evidence compiled by lawyers for the class of people sickened by Mycoplasma incognitas and related illnesses, from Huntsville, Texas, revealed more astonishing documents. These, also published in Healing Codes for the Biological Apocalypse, showed that Baylor College of Medicine investigators collaborated on studies of vaccinated Huntsville prison inmates beginning in 1968. Mycoplasma inoculations, as well as Mycoplasma vaccination studies, were listed as having begun in 1970 under U.S. Army contracts. Incredibly, Baylor's contract literally raised the specter of ethnic cleansing or racial genocide as it proved cervical cancer studies comparing Christian versus Muslim women, as well as Jewish versus Black women, were in progress. Thus, to have this Bush administration authorized smallpox vaccine study be conducted at Baylor, where the senior Bush has served in an official capacity, with imput from the Tanox-linked College of Medicine is chilling. This is especially so considering the fact that today, unlike the early 1970s when the early Mycoplasma studies began, Mycoplasma is now considered among the most common vaccine contaminants. It is also currently linked to the recent onset of pandemic Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome and many other illnesses, including certain expressions of HIV/AIDS. In conclusion, as I wrote elsewhere and said often, if you see first responders coming to inoculate you with cow pus, which is virtually what the smallpox vaccination is in its purest unadulterated form, run away and hide. Monday, December 09, 2002 Projections: If Smallpox Vaccine given US Population (283 million) 71,000 Dead, 3,396 Crippled With Encephalitis, 18,678 Critically Injured, 140 million get ill Self-Bioterrorism By Defunct Scientific Paradigm? CDC Already Afraid of Lawsuits Military and First Responders Are The First In Line (1 million) Covert
[CTRL] 11th Annual International UFO Congress
-Caveat Lector- http://www.ufocongress.com Report on the 11th Annual International UFO Congress Convention and Film Festival By Donald M. Ware, 662 Fairway Ave., Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32547 Our 11th winter convention March 3-9, 2002 in Laughlin, Nevada was a wonderful learning experience with many dear friends. Unexpectedly, the hotel raised prices drastically, which coupled with the events of 9-11, caused a lower attendance from the record of last year. Next year we meet at the Flamingo Laughlin Hotel, February 2-8, where the packages, including the entire conference and hotel room for eight nights, will start at just $380.00. We are very excited about the new facility, as it is a new, smoke free convention center, and we can seat up to 1200. We had 30 speakers from five countries this year, and a record 17 films competing for EBE awards. Each morning Dolores Cannon hosted small gatherings for experiencers. Again the food and drinks provided at the Wednesday meet-the-speakers party were sufficient for dinner, door prizes generously donated by the exhibitors were awarded, and for those with the energy, the dancing lasted until the wee hours. I suspect we each made some new friends. Bob, Teri, the A/V crew, and the River Palms Resort staff superbly presented the Saturday night banquet and EBE awards. Dolores Cannon spoke Sunday evening after we viewed five films in the afternoon. She described herself as a retired Navy wife, and she has become a very popular regressionist and psychic researcher. Her topic was The Convoluted Universe, which is the title of her latest book. She uses a level of hypnotic trance that bypasses the conscious mind get to the sub-conscious. She said, Strange things happen there. The information she receives gets heavily into metaphysics. She said, Time is an illusion. Everything happens at the same time. She referred to the TV shows Sliders and Stargate. She said we have to get rid of the violence before we can join the others out there. She is not allowed to lecture on some information she is given, because it is too dangerous. She talked about Indigo Children or what she calls Star Children. Scientists say their DNA is different. She spoke at a conference in Minnesota just for Star Children. Some are designated ADD and drugged. Teachers need to be educated about them. Their genes are being manipulated to fit into the new world we are entering. Concerning accusations about playing God she said, If you create a new body, it won't live if the soul does not want to transfer. She mentioned a past civilization that had life destroyed by an ozone hole. She said, Our government is genetically changing. (I wish I had asked about that in the QA.) She closed with, I think aliens are closer to God than we are. Paul LaViolette, Ph.D., our first speaker Monday, has a Physics degree from John Hopkins and a Ph.D. in system theory from Portland State. He is president of the Starburst Foundation. His talk borrowed the name of his fourth book, The Talk of the Galaxy: An ET Message For Us. He built a credible case showing that the ordered signals of pulsars are non-randomly distributed in the sky, and they purposefully mark key galactic locations. These repetitive pulses were first discovered in 1967, and they seem to transmit on all frequencies. The first one named was LGM 1 for little green men. He thinks x-ray stars are used as energy sources for the synchrotron radiation beams. The fastest pulse, about 1 millisecond, is in the optical range. He found that peaks of Beryllium 10 produced in the atmosphere by cosmic rays are tied in with ice age endings. Floods resulting from rapid heating have buried many ancient animals in mud deposits. The second fastest is near the tip of the Sagittarius arrow. He thinks aliens long ago taught us their lore through the zodiac. Next William Donato revisited Edgar Casey's Caribbean Atlantis. He received an MA in Anthropology from California State University Fullerton, and his Masters thesis was on, A Re-examination of the Atlantis Theory. He is also founder and editor of The Atlantis Organization. He said that prior to melting of the glaciers, the Bahamas had tens of thousands of square miles of land. He dated the peak of the Atlantis civilization at 10,490-10590 BC. He thinks the Atlantean dynasty was started by human/alien hybrids. He showed five trays of slides, mostly of stones above and below the water. Some looked like ancient ruins. One 200 lb marble block had carving on it. He showed round holes in blocks in the Bimini Road. One rectangular area of stone measured ¼ by ½ mile. Terry Hansen has an MA in science journalism, and he has a special interest in scientific controversies and the politics of knowledge. He said that somewhere between local news outlets and national news media, UFO stories either vanish altogether or become grossly distorted. The same censorship and propaganda methods deployed during wars and national emergencies have been
Re: [CTRL] (Fwd) PBS, Recruiting for Islam
-Caveat Lector- * The U.S. government should never fund a documentary whose obvious intent is to glorify a religion and proselytize for it. Pipes' use of the words should and never demonstrate an inability to see the world in other than controlled black-and-white duality/polarity terms. He has lots of company in that regard. His book on conspiracy may be the most boring one I have tried to choke down. 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) PBS, Recruiting for Islam
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: thew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] In this season of non-stop Christian hoohah, it's nice to see ANYONE else paid a modicum of attention to. Ah, but the Christians (like all religious fanatics) are RIGHT. Just ask one. Religion is a greater threat than any world government I can imagine. 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] Sons Of Mau Mau Declare War On Freemasonry
-Caveat Lector- Those who practice a religion do not think. Period. on 12/16/02 5:02 AM, Shemuwel Antoine Moser at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am neither Left Wing or Right Wing. I am neither conservative or liberal. My writings scare both Liberal and Conservative thinking people. Why is that? Maybe because my thought is pure and both Right Wing and Left Wing are evil. 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] McCoy's Politics of Heroin online update
-Caveat Lector- url has changed to: http://213.130.160.30/books/McCoy/default.htm 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] Freemasons/Conspiracy
-Caveat Lector- Pretty rigid thinking here, but why should athiests be any different? http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/freemasons.htm FREEMASONS -- FROM THE 700 CLUB TO ART BELL, AN OBJECT OF CONSPIRACY THINKING by Conrad GoeringerMay, 1998 Americans love conspiracies. From the early days of the republic to the latest Arbitron ratings, we have demonstrated a dramatic penchant for fearing hidden plots, cabals, secret agendas and cover-ups. Turn on the television set and you can feast on a bacchanal of paranoia. Afternoon talk shows, when not entertaining us with the pugilistic antics of Jerry Springer, remind us that Satanic cabals, elaborate and powerful rings of child abductors or some other threat to the civic order is loose upon the land. The claims get a bit wilder as one edges into prime time. Chris Carter dishes us a steady diet of paranormal angst in "The X-Files," or a darker apocalyptic vision with his latest series, "Millennium." It may be fiction, but what is to distinguish those scripts from the claims echoing from "unsolved mysteries"-type programs which blend anecdotal accounts of alien abductions, ghosts and government concealment with the graphic imagery of the evening news? It is no wonder that surveys over the last decade suggest that increasing numbers of us believe in the existence of marauding sexual perverts from space, or the likelihood that Uncle Sam is obscuring the existence of craft from other worlds at a place in Nevada known as Area 51. Such claims manifest an incredible immunity to the truth, and Americans seem increasingly unable (and uninformed) to critically question many of these accounts. Part of this may be due to the fact that there ARE conspiracies, and that we know this because conspiracies often do not succeed. Richard Nixon and the White House Gang were flirting with a dangerous suborning of the Constitution, and perhaps only the clumsiness of the Watergate burglars in leaving a strip of duct tape on a door to be noticed by a passing security guard, led to the unraveling of that would-be imperial presidency. The fundamentals of the Iran-Contra debacle are well known, and in autopsying the cold war and its aftermath, it is difficult to ignore the fact that America's vast intelligence apparatus -- indeed, even perhaps that of the Russians -- can best be described as "The Armies of Ignorance." "Ah," proclaims the conspiracy peddler. "But those are only the ones you know about..." Proving the nonexistence of a conspiracy is somewhat of a philosophical Iron Man contest which few people are trained for, or willing to endure. And like those description of Satan, conspiracy theories are legion. Fueled by self-publishing, injected with pop-culture steroids on the internet, accounts of conspiracy proliferate and spread like some sort of electronic virus. Is there anything that isn't part of a cover-up? Besides, this is the stuff of excitement. Conspiracy theories often reflect a potent, albeit cumbersome attempt to impose some order on a world which often does not make sense and which we do not understand. Who wants to believe that Oswald might have been just plain lucky that day in Dealey Plaza? Or that AIDS is really part of a natural mutation process? There are no limits on how far these sorts of suspicion can go, since one can continually question the very facts which refute or contradict them. The Masonic order, a fraternal group founded in the eighteenth century in England, has often figured in accounts of those who suggest that history is influenced, even controlled, by secret cabals. As a result, Freemasons have often found themselves outlawed in totalitarian societies. Masonic lodges were shut down after the Russian revolution, and the group was banned by the Nazis shortly after Adolph Hitler's rise to power. Its semi secret rituals, passwords, and an exotic history which mainstream historians dispute, has often proven to be tantalizing and fertile soil for all kinds of speculation. The first organized opposition to Freemasonry came, not surprisingly, from the Roman Catholic Church. Papal Bulls, official declarations and other pronouncements from the Vatican have condemned the order which requires its members to have a belief in a supreme being, and takes an eclectic and tolerant approach to the world's various religions. Some say that the involvement of intellectuals, many of them with
[CTRL] JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE ME
-Caveat Lector- http://www.moviep00pshoot.com/write/2.html YOU'LL NEVER WRITE A BOOK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN October 24, 2002 By D.K. Holm Breaking news: Oliver Stone uses drugs! Does it come as any surprise that Oliver Stone, a director of vast ambitions and a man of insatiable appetites, is a drug-snorting philanderer? Apparently this information came as a surprise to Eric Hamburg, the privileged scion of a prominent, influential and honored family. So shocked was he that years later the lawyer-turned-movie producer sat down and wrote a book about Stone's habits, despite the fact that there are at least two other books that already cover much of the same ground. In JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE ME: AN IDEALIST'S JOURNEY FROM CAPITOL HILL TO HOLLYWOOD HELL (Public Affairs, 305 pages, $26, ISBN 1 58648 029 4) Hamburg recounts his Candide-like adventures, going from an effective political operative in Washington to a director's flunky in La La Land. Yet if the Hollywood hell of the title is something of an exaggeration, so are many of the sins that Hamburg observes in Stone. In OLIVER STONE ME, the reader receives two piles of gossipy dirt for the price of one. The book not only tells tales out of school about Stone, the bad-boy director of '90s conspiracy cinema, but it also reveals inside dope about the biggest conspiracy of the 20th century, the Kennedy assassination. The volume begins with a rather straightforward account of how the author traveled from Washington, D.C., to Hollywood, California. It all began in the nation's capital, where the precocious Hamburg was born and raised before moving to the West Coast in the early '60s. There, Hamburg eventually ended up hanging with the hippies, joining them in their bizarre dancing rites in public parks and indulging in drug consumption. Later he gave up drugs and went into recovery, but more about that later. A political junkie, he worked for McGovern and followed the Watergate hearings. Graduating from law school in 1979, Hamburg first did an internship at HUD, then worked at a mental health law center in San Jose, before finally ending up back in D.C., working first for Senator John Kerry in the mid-'80s, then for Lee Hamilton in the House. A JFK assassination buff, Hamburg did make a significant contribution to American history during his Washington years. I had long been intrigued by the assassination, and considered it an unsolved mystery, he notes. He mentions a little known fact that I also bring up occasionally in front of JFK skeptics to universal skepticism: that there are actually two official government findings with regard to the JFK assassination; that of the Warren Commission, which contended that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, and that of the House Select Committee on Assassination, which reinvestigated the case and found that there had been a conspiracy, probably involving members of the Mafia and possibly Cuban exiles. Hamburg would throw in some rogue CIA agents into the mix. When Hamburg ended up in the office of Representative Lee Hamilton of Indiana, he was able to convince the Iran-Contra hearings vet to introduce The JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, a bill asking for the release of all the House Committee papers. The bill barely passed, but was eventually signed into law by former CIA chief George Bush. Hamburg's goal in making this law was significantly aided by the release of Stone's JFK. Hamburg first met Stone at the film's Washington premiere, and Stone then joined Hamilton and Hamburg for a meeting at Hamilton's office, a confab that sets the events of the rest of the book in motion. In the best part of STONE ME, Hamburg offers up close observations on the usually obscure conspiratologists who keep the flame alive. Jim Lasar, who runs the Assassination Archives and Research Center in D.C. is delightful, humorous, highly intelligent, while his then-partner Bud Fensterwald is a little bit nutty. Steve Rivele, who appeared in the BBC documentary THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY and who promoted a theory that certain Marseilles hitmen did the shooting, figures in the book later when he helps write NIXON. We also learn the real name of the man who wrote FAREWELL AMERICA, a hard-to-find book about the assassination that was sponsored tangentially by RAMPARTS magazine. Credited to James Hepburn, the book was really a product of French intelligence and authored by one Herve Lamarr. John Newman (OSWALD AND THE CIA) is widely considered within the conspiracy community to be a spy. Authors Mary and Ray LaFontaine (OSWALD TALKED) lack the trust of both conspiracy buffs and lone nutters. But the focus of the book is on Stone and his hangers-on. By 1993, Hamburg had grown bored with the bureaucracy and games of the nation's capital, and having rubbed elbows with Oliver Stone during the aftermath of JFK's release, the placid Hamburg decided that he wanted to go into the movie biz. At some point he put out feelers to Stone's (now
[CTRL] Age of Secrets
-Caveat Lector- Age of Secrets - The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes by Gerald Bellett summarized in two parts: http://www.maebrussell.com/Age%20of%20Secrets%20Pt%201.html http://www.maebrussell.com/Age%20of%20Secrets%20Pt%202.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] JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE ME
-Caveat Lector- (2nd try, I forgot the F word blocks messages somewhere at one end or another.0 http://www.moviep00pshoot.com/write/2.html YOU'LL NEVER WRITE A BOOK IN THIS TOWN AGAIN October 24, 2002 By D.K. Holm Breaking news: Oliver Stone uses drugs! Does it come as any surprise that Oliver Stone, a director of vast ambitions and a man of insatiable appetites, is a drug-snorting philanderer? Apparently this information came as a surprise to Eric Hamburg, the privileged scion of a prominent, influential and honored family. So shocked was he that years later the lawyer-turned-movie producer sat down and wrote a book about Stone's habits, despite the fact that there are at least two other books that already cover much of the same ground. In JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE ME: AN IDEALIST'S JOURNEY FROM CAPITOL HILL TO HOLLYWOOD HELL (Public Affairs, 305 pages, $26, ISBN 1 58648 029 4) Hamburg recounts his Candide-like adventures, going from an effective political operative in Washington to a director's flunky in La La Land. Yet if the Hollywood hell of the title is something of an exaggeration, so are many of the sins that Hamburg observes in Stone. In OLIVER STONE ME, the reader receives two piles of gossipy dirt for the price of one. The book not only tells tales out of school about Stone, the bad-boy director of '90s conspiracy cinema, but it also reveals inside dope about the biggest conspiracy of the 20th century, the Kennedy assassination. The volume begins with a rather straightforward account of how the author traveled from Washington, D.C., to Hollywood, California. It all began in the nation's capital, where the precocious Hamburg was born and raised before moving to the West Coast in the early '60s. There, Hamburg eventually ended up hanging with the hippies, joining them in their bizarre dancing rites in public parks and indulging in drug consumption. Later he gave up drugs and went into recovery, but more about that later. A political junkie, he worked for McGovern and followed the Watergate hearings. Graduating from law school in 1979, Hamburg first did an internship at HUD, then worked at a mental health law center in San Jose, before finally ending up back in D.C., working first for Senator John Kerry in the mid-'80s, then for Lee Hamilton in the House. A JFK assassination buff, Hamburg did make a significant contribution to American history during his Washington years. I had long been intrigued by the assassination, and considered it an unsolved mystery, he notes. He mentions a little known fact that I also bring up occasionally in front of JFK skeptics to universal skepticism: that there are actually two official government findings with regard to the JFK assassination; that of the Warren Commission, which contended that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, and that of the House Select Committee on Assassination, which reinvestigated the case and found that there had been a conspiracy, probably involving members of the Mafia and possibly Cuban exiles. Hamburg would throw in some rogue CIA agents into the mix. When Hamburg ended up in the office of Representative Lee Hamilton of Indiana, he was able to convince the Iran-Contra hearings vet to introduce The JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, a bill asking for the release of all the House Committee papers. The bill barely passed, but was eventually signed into law by former CIA chief George Bush. Hamburg's goal in making this law was significantly aided by the release of Stone's JFK. Hamburg first met Stone at the film's Washington premiere, and Stone then joined Hamilton and Hamburg for a meeting at Hamilton's office, a confab that sets the events of the rest of the book in motion. In the best part of STONE ME, Hamburg offers up close observations on the usually obscure conspiratologists who keep the flame alive. Jim Lasar, who runs the Assassination Archives and Research Center in D.C. is delightful, humorous, highly intelligent, while his then-partner Bud Fensterwald is a little bit nutty. Steve Rivele, who appeared in the BBC documentary THE MEN WHO KILLED KENNEDY and who promoted a theory that certain Marseilles hitmen did the shooting, figures in the book later when he helps write NIXON. We also learn the real name of the man who wrote FAREWELL AMERICA, a hard-to-find book about the assassination that was sponsored tangentially by RAMPARTS magazine. Credited to James Hepburn, the book was really a product of French intelligence and authored by one Herve Lamarr. John Newman (OSWALD AND THE CIA) is widely considered within the conspiracy community to be a spy. Authors Mary and Ray LaFontaine (OSWALD TALKED) lack the trust of both conspiracy buffs and lone nutters. But the focus of the book is on Stone and his hangers-on. By 1993, Hamburg had grown bored with the bureaucracy and games of the nation's capital, and having rubbed elbows with Oliver Stone during the aftermath of JFK's release, the placid Hamburg decided that he
[CTRL] Is the Bible bad history?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.macleans.ca/xta-doc2/2002/12/09/Cover/76645.shtml Cover December 9, 2002 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD The Bible is at the core of Western civilization, writes BRIAN BETHUNE, and the assault on the history in it still has repercussions FAITH AND HISTORY The major Christian traditions -- Orthodox, Protestant and Roman Catholic -- all incorporate the Jewish Bible, known as the Tanakh, within their Old Testaments. The Tanakh's opening nine books -- Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings -- give the history of the Children of Israel. It takes them from their mythic origins to the Babylonian Captivity that began in 586 BCE, an event within the living memory of the men -- or, possibly, the individual religious genius -- who stitched together the story of the Chosen People and their demanding God. THE OPENING of the Gospel of John is the perfect expression of the Bible's crucial role in Western civilization. The Hebrew scriptures, known as the Tanakh to Jews and the Old Testament to Christians, are at the heart of both religions. The great Biblical themes -- man's relationship with God, atonement and forgiveness, the call to ethical and social responsibility, the absolute worth of the individual -- have formed the essential Western way of seeing the human condition, as much for non-believers as for the faithful. In the 16th century, biblical translations became the very engine of national languages, especially in Germany and England. For centuries the King James Bible of 1611 was the English-speaking world's basic text, the book from which people learned to read and think, their major source of images, metaphors and collected wisdom. Photo: Peter Bregg/Maclean's Dever is a proponent of the search for ethnic markers to trace the Israelite emergence One of the Bible's deepest implants in the Western mind comes from its self-definition as a work of history, a narrative that plots events and God's plans along a skein of time. History is purposeful, according to the scriptures, not an endless and meaningless cycle. Since the Bible began to be shaped about 2,500 years ago, the West has never lost touch with it, as it did with the works of classical antiquity in the Dark Ages. The distilled thought of an ancient Near Eastern culture has never seemed foreign, but rather the most familiar source of intellectual, moral and spiritual ideas available to us. We have always been, and still remain, the people of that book. Nor is the Bible's influence restricted to our cultural DNA -- to art and music, law codes and political theory. Prime among its decisive, on-the-ground effects is the survival of Judaism and the Jewish people over 2,000 years of dispersal and persecution -- one of the most astounding survival stories in human history. Without the Bible, there could have been no Judaism, and none of its profound influence on Western civilization. No Holocaust. No Zionism. But what if the word is not to be trusted? And not just some parts, the ones that modern Christians and Jews -- fundamentalists and the Orthodox aside -- have already repudiated. The clearly mythical account of creation in six days, for one, or the miraculous touches in later accounts, like the parting of the Red Sea or the tumbling walls of Jericho. No, now it's the whole thing, historically speaking. The exodus from Egypt, the conquest of the Promised Land, even the glorious united monarchy of David and Solomon -- all are derided as fiction by revisionist academics known as minimalists. Textual scholars for the most part, they have deconstructed the Bible to fragments while casting a baleful outsider's eye on a century of Near Eastern archaeology. Once conducted by religious scholars who examined their discoveries in the light of the Bible, archaeology is now carried out by secular experts who view scripture in the light of their findings. And what they're digging up offers a startlingly new picture of ancient Israel. They are hotly denounced by more traditional scholars, often known as maximalists. And in the context of the Mideast crisis, where everything to do with land is already violently charged, it was inevitable that a dispute over Biblical history would be thoroughly politicized. Archaeology has always favoured dominant interests, notes University of Toronto professor Timothy Harrison. In Israel it's been state business from the start. The Palestinian Authority, hard pressed to deliver even basic services to its people, has set up its own archaeology department. And many devout settlers in the West Bank -- the epicentre of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle -- assert their right to live in Arab territory on scripture. In Hebron, the Biblical site of the tombs of the patriarchs, some 450 Jews live in a tightly guarded enclave in the midst of 150,000 Arabs. After 12 Israeli troops and three Palestinian gunmen died on Nov. 15 in the city's latest violent clash, settler
[CTRL] ALIENATING FANCIES
-Caveat Lector- http://www.magonia.demon.co.uk/arc/90/mkinf1.htm This article was published in two parts in Magonia 49 and 50, June and September 1994 ALIENATING FANCIES The influencing machine fantasy in ufology and the extraterrestrial mythos Martin S. Kottmeyer Does free will exist? Is Man a meat puppet dangling on strings controlled by higher powers in the universe? Variations on these questions have fascinated thinkers throughout history. Arthur Koestler believed the dramatic motif of Volition against Fate and Puppet on Strings is one of the most powerful archetypes in literature and has appeared in countless forms. (1) Threats to individual or collective freedom arouse very primal human fears and can yield a drama of intense emotions when free will is affirmed. Conversely, when free will is denied, the effect is coldly distancing and allows contemplation of humans as blameless concoctions of organic chemicals stuck in a web of impersonal forces. Because you cannot have heroes without a powerful adversary, paranoia is virtually de rigeur in great literature. (2) In recent times extraterrestrials have joined the pantheon of gods, demons, superior races, secret societies, and power elites which have been pulling the strings. It would not surprise me if stories of extraterrestrials messing with men's minds pre-date our century, but the earliest instance I've seen is in H.P. Lovecraft's 1928 work The Call of Cthulhu. It speaks of a race called the Great Old Ones which came from the stars and spoke to men by molding their dreams. The emergence of Cthulhu from beneath the seas is accompanied by sensitive individuals going mad. The cult which sought to liberate him warned he would bring the Earth beneath its sway. (3) A first appearance in Lovecraft's corpus would be appropriate given the mechanistic supernatural perspective that he consciously cultivated of a cosmos totally indifferent to the wants and ultimate welfare of mosquitoes, pterodactyls, fungi, men, trees or other forms of biological energy. As he wrote in a letter a year before this story: To achieve the essence of real externality, whether of time or space or dimension, one must forget that such things as organic life, good and evil, love and hate, and all such local attributes of a negligible and temporary race called mankind, have any existence at all. It has been said that Lovecraft was the first SF writer to cultivate this stark aesthetic in the service of horror. (4) I'm hesitant to endorse this assertion given its obvious roots in the metaphor of deep time which geologists like Charles Lyell had made popular in the prior century. (5) That Lovecraft's aesthetic led to a proliferation of amoral aliens in later decades is a far safer contention. H.G. Wells did a couple of works involving the idea of extraterrestrial influences in 1937. The Camford Visitation has a vicar use a case of a person troubled by a disembodied voice in a book he is writing called Extra-Terrestrial Disturbances of Human Mentality. The case is said to demonstrate an upthrust of the subconscious through some sort of space-time dislocation. (6) Better known is the occasionally reprinted Star-begotten: A Biological Fantasia. It tells the tale of a gentleman discovering a generation of humans who are stranger than prior generations. They possess unaccountable intuitions, mathematical gifts, strange memories and exceptional abilities. He becomes enamoured with the idea that aliens of higher development are manipulating cosmic energies and firing away at human chromosomes with increasing accuracy and effectiveness through the ages. Martians were acting as a sort of interplanetary tutor quite unlike the invaders of War of the Worlds. The book affects an ambiguity over whether the narrator was deluding himself with pseudoscientific nonsense or making an actual discovery. At the conclusion, the narrator realises with a start that he himself was one of the strangers and innovators to our fantastic planet who were crowding into life and making it over anew. (7) The pulp writer Raymond Z. Gallun utilised the extraterrestrial influence motif in several stories. In Godson of Almarlu a machine was devised which was said to now and then influence terrestrial life. Hotel Cosmos revolves around a globe which sends out invisible radiations of madness which affect nervous tissue and is used to sabotage a Galactic Conference. The Magician of Dream Valley and The Lotus Engine develop the idea of aliens able to generate radiations which totally envelop humans in a hallucinated reality. (8) Arthur C. Clarke used the motif in two widely acclaimed works. In Childhood's End (1953) an Overmind attempted to act directly upon the minds of other races and to influence their development. It failed with prior worlds, but Earth's youths are successfully adapted to alien consciousness and the reader experiences them leaving the cradle of the Earth as they evolve towards the Overmind. (9) Even
Re: [CTRL] U.S. citizens can legally be targeted and killed by th e CIA
-Caveat Lector- A warning possibly referring to Al-Qaida was given to scientist and dolphin researcher John C. Lilly in the 1970s during a Conference of Three Beings as described in his autobiography, The Scientist. He was told there are 5 ways humans can destroy themselves in the near future. They are/were: 1. Nuclear weapons and technology. 2. Biological and chemical weapons. 3. Creation of artificial forms of life. 4. Quoting from the book (1988 edition), p. 196: The fourth danger area in which they are caught has to do with the organization of large human groups with belief systems counter to survival of themselves and other human groups. There are peculiar human values connected to territory, connected to such dogma as, My beliefs are greater than yours; you must take on my beliefs or I will kill you.' They have developed methods of training their children in their traditional beliefs. These entrenched beliefs then cause the children as adults to cohere to one another and to their traditions in ever larger groups. Such human structures lead them to use other methods on one another in order to kill rather than educate those they call their enemies. As their power over natural processes increases, these dedicated groups are likely to obtain enough control over the first three methods to sacrifice the rest of humanity and the other organisms of Earth in a futile struggle to master one another. 5. The human species' arrogance in killing other species. http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021203_1200.html U.S. Can Target American al-Qaida Agents American Citizens Working for al-Qaida Overseas Can Be Targeted for Strikes, Officials Say 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] Kissinger to head Sept. 11 probe
-Caveat Lector- Kissinger to head Sept. 11 probe Associated Press Washington - U.S. President George W. Bush signed legislation Wednesday creating a new independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 attacks and named former secretary of state Henry Kissinger to lead the panel. Dr. Kissinger will bring broad experience, clear thinking and careful judgment to this important task, Mr. Bush said. Mr. Secretary, thank you for returning to the service of your nation. The commission has a broad mandate, building on the limited joint inquiry conducted by the House and Senate intelligence committees. The independent panel will have 18 months to examine issues such as aviation security and border problems, along with intelligence. Mr. Bush called on members to report back more quickly than 18 months, saying the United States needs to know quickly how it can avoid terror attacks in the future. The sooner we have the commission's conclusions, the sooner we can act on them, Mr. Bush said. This should carefully examine all evidence and follow all facts, wherever they lead. Mr. Bush did not set as a primary goal for the commission to uncover mistakes or lapses of the government that could have prevented the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead, he said it should try to help the administration learn the tactics and motives of the enemy. This commission will help me and future presidents to understand ... the nature of the threats we face, he said. We must uncover every detail and learn every lesson of Sept. 11. The commission's creation is part of a bill authorizing intelligence activities in the 2003 budget year. Although most details of the legislation remain secret, lawmakers say it provides a record increase in intelligence spending in an attempt to fix some counterterrorism weaknesses - such as a lack of information-sharing, a shortage of experts in certain key languages and new attention to traditional, human spying. 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] Latest Observations
-Caveat Lector- Twice this became lost in cyberspace. http://www.trufax.org/matrix5/observations.html Updated: November 25, 2002 ~~ Observation: Higher Self Intervention On TV The Sci-Fi channel had 2 new documentaries on television this past weekend. One was a 2 hour update on Roswell which included a smoking gun. This is General Ramey's memo, held in his hand, when he's posing with the faked weather balloon materials. They didn't count on future technology being able to read that memo. It includes a reference to a disk and victims. This, in itself, is worth seeing, although they don't show it until near the end of the 2 hours. The rest of the program is loaded with the usual government threats to witnesses and a rehash of the Roswell materials. The Roswell event is 55 years old. With the impending return of the Orion Empire, there is an increase in interest in Roswell/aliens and lots of War of the Worlds, V, etc being shown on television. It seems that rarely a week goes by when I don't see War of the Worlds on one channel or another. The companion documentary on Sci-Fi immediately follows the Roswell program. This one centers on abductions (Abduction Diaries). The most interesting one involves a middle aged woman who certain aliens were tampering with. Once, when they were threatening her, a glowing being came in and drove the aliens out. The being referred to shimself as we when communicating to the woman. This is a Higher Self intervention. The we is most likely the Dominant Incarnations of that Higher Self. The Higher Self will intervene if any situation threatens the path/ experiences that the Higher Self has chosen for an incarnation. This is a part of the Game given to simultaneously incarnating Higher Selves. When the Higher Self intervenes in such a dramatic manner as demonstrated in this documentary, aliens will scatter. The intervention can come to ANY of the Higher Self's incarnations. The Higher Self has shim's plan for the entire Game and knows each incarnations part in that plan. The sequential incarnates, as you know from the Matrix 5 materials, have interfered/tampered with Earthers for a LONG time. Once the situation of the Game was set and the simultaneously incarnating Higher Selves joined in the Game, the aliens have been attempting to throw a monkey wrench in the works and try to ruin it for the simultaneous. Most of the time, this has been looked on as a challenge by the simultaneous Higher Selves and something they can overcome or adapt to. BUT when the sequentials try something that would be impossible to overcome without direct Higher Self intervention (such as pre-mature death), where the something involves stopping the Advancement, the Higher Self WILL undertake a direct intervention. If you are able to watch the Sci-Fi channel, take a look at this intervention. ~~ Observation: Violence Against Men Encouraged In today's (11/24/02) Sunday newspaper's editorial page, a 'cartoon' appears with female golfers engaging in violence against men and men's property. (Cartoon is attached.) This is in reference to the male only golf club in Augusta, Georgia. The drawing shows 3 females hitting golf balls to break windows (shown) and cause harm to men (2 are unconscious on the ground with golf balls around them). Where is all that 'stop the violence' mantras that we have to hear daily? You won't likely hear it when it applies to the violent nature of females against males. This editorial cartoon is only one of countless examples of it being fine for females to be violent to men. This is PURE Orion mode, although this is the first time I've seen it on an editorial page. This is unacceptable to Very Advanced and higher incarnations. This is also the Game. I have been saying over and over that it would get much worse. Women are encouraged to be violent, both physically and verbally, with men. This is because whipped males, under total Orion DNA commands, obey the female at all costs. What can you do about this. In the general or global sense - nothing. What you can do individually is, if you have moved to the Very Advanced stages where you can override your physical DNA commands in this area, is to refuse to play in this section of the Game. If ANYONE decides they want to get violent with you, you can allow it (Lightsiders) or give them a dose of what they had out (instant balance). While violence is not recommended by anyone, if you are attacked, it is your right to return the favor. If females know that their violent nature will not be tolerated, they will hesitate to engage in the activity. If they know you are whipped and Orion DNA obedient, they will have a field day with you. Observe well...it's intended to get MUCH worse! Observation: Cold blooded, reptilian balance A major US insurance company has a new series of ads being shown on US markets. I've seen 2 versions of this ad so
Re: [CTRL] Latest Observations
-Caveat Lector- Interestingly, once I changed the F-word to f**k this sailed through immediately. ? Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [CTRL] Latest Observations Twice this became lost in cyberspace. http://www.trufax.org/matrix5/observations.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] Zero Point
-Caveat Lector- http://mostlyfiction.com/excerpts/zeropoint.htm The Hunt for Zero Point By Nick Cook Published by Broadway Books August 2002; 0767906276; 256 pages Read Book Synopsis Author /Bibliography Read Excerpt Chapter 1 From the heavy-handed style of the prose and the faint handwritten 1956 scrawled in pencil along the top of the first page, the photocopied pages had obviously come from some long-forgotten schlock popular science journal. I had stepped away from my desk only for a few moments and somehow in the interim the article had appeared. The headline ran: The G-Engines Are Coming! I glanced around the office, wondering who had put it there and if this was someone's idea of a joke. The copier had cut off the top of the first page and the title of the publication with it, but it was the drawing above the headline that was the giveaway. It depicted an aircraft, if you could call it that, hovering a few feet above a dry lakebed, a ladder extending from the fuselage and a crewmember making his way down the steps dressed in a U.S.-style flight suit and flying helmet--standard garb for that era. The aircraft had no wings and no visible means of propulsion. I gave the office another quick scan. The magazine's operations were set on the first floor. The whole building was open-plan. To my left, the business editor was head-down over a proof-page checking copy. To her right was the naval editor, a guy who was good for a windup, but who was currently deep into a phone conversation and looked like he had been for hours. I was reminded of a technology piece I'd penned a couple of years earlier about the search for scientific breakthroughs in U.S. aerospace and defense research. In a journal not noted for its exploration of the fringes of paranormality, nor for its humor, I'd inserted a tongue-in-cheek reference to gravity--or rather to antigravity, a subject beloved of science-fiction writers. For some U.S. aerospace engineers, I'd said, an antigravity propulsion system remains the ultimate quantum leap in aircraft design. The implication was that antigravity was the aerospace equivalent of the holy grail: something longed for, dreamed about, but beyond reach--and likely always to remain so. Somehow the reference had escaped the sub-editors and, as a result, amongst my peers, other aerospace and defense writers on the circuit, I'd taken some flak for it. For Jane's, the publishing empire founded on one man's obsession with the detailed specifications of ships and aircraft almost a century earlier, technology wasn't something you joked about. The magazine I wrote--and still write--for, Jane's Defense Weekly, documented the day-to-day dealings of the multibillion-dollar defense business. JDW, as we called it, is but one of a portfolio of products detailing the ins and outs of the global aerospace and defense industry. If you want to know about the thrust-to-weight ratio of a Chinese combat aircraft engine or the pulse repetition frequency of a particular radar system, somewhere in the Jane's portfolio of products there is a publication that has the answers. In short, Jane's was, and always has been, about facts. Its motto is: Authoritative, Accurate, Impartial. It was a huge commercial intelligence-gathering operation; and provided they had the money, anyone could buy into its vast knowledge base. I cast a glance at the bank of sub-editors' workstations over in the far corner of the office, but nobody appeared remotely interested in what was happening at my desk. If the subs had nothing to do with it, and usually they were the first to know about a piece of piss-taking that was going down in the office, I figured whoever had put it there was from one of the dozens of other departments in the building and on a different floor. Perhaps my anonymous benefactor had felt embarrassed about passing it on to me? I studied the piece again. The strapline below the headline proclaimed: By far the most potent source of energy is gravity. Using it as power, future aircraft will attain the speed of light. It was written by one Michael Gladych and began: Nuclear-powered aircraft are yet to be built, but there are research projects already under way that will make the super-planes obsolete before they are test-flown. For in the United States and Canada, research centers, scientists, designers and engineers are perfecting a way to control gravity--a force infinitely more powerful than the mighty atom. The result of their labors will be antigravity engines working without fuel--weightless airliners and space ships able to travel at 170,000 miles per second. On any other day, that would have been the moment I'd have consigned it for recycling. But something in the following paragraph caught my eye. The gravity research, it said, had been supported by the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, Bell Aircraft, Lear and several other American aircraft manufacturers who would not spend millions of dollars on
[CTRL] Nick Cook Interview
-Caveat Lector- http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2002-09-05.htm Atlantic Unbound | September 5, 2002 Interviews Nick Cook, a respected military journalist, describes his foray into a hidden black world where powerful technologies of warfare are born The Hunt for Zero Point by Nick Cook Broadway Books 256 pages, $26.00 To those who spend their time scanning reams of dry defense-spending documents, the black budget is a well-known bit of excitement. It is the discrepancy that's left when all the known weapons procurements, research programs, and technical developments are added up. It's also where groundbreaking technologies, such as stealth, are developed under code names like Black Light, Classic Wizard, and Link Plumeria. These technologies are kept secret during their gestation because to even hint at the ideas behind them would be to reveal too much. This year, according to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the U.S. military's black budget will rise to levels not seen since the 1980s, from $16.2 billion last year to $20.3 billion. There is no way to know exactly what that money is being spent on, but Nick Cook has some ideas. For fifteen years Cook has been a defense and aerospace reporter for Jane's Defence Weekly, which some consider the bible of the international defense community. During his career Cook has often brushed up against the black world and has even delved into it, both in reporting for Jane's on advances like the B-2 bomber, and in working on a documentary, Billion Dollar Secret, that probed the U.S. military's classified (or black) weapons programs. This last project was something of a prelude to Cook's new book, The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology, which documents his ten-year search for a mythical technology that all the brightest minds in aerospace were gushing about in the early 1950s. Strangely, just a few years later the aerospace world was suddenly silent on the subject. After about 1956, anyone who mentioned antigravity, or the once-imminent G-engines, was given a wide berth. It was an odd switch that left Cook with questions: Had there been anything to these rumors and reports? If not, why the hype? If so, what had happened? So he set out to look for answers, and what he found was surprising. Cook traced a long succession of both military and civilian scientists and engineers working to develop a branch of applied physics for which we still have no vocabulary, but which seems to involve manipulating the little-understood quantum-level zero-point field to achieve peculiar effects, like shielding objects from gravity. If this were developed and incorporated into flight vehicles, the implications could hardly be understated: antigravity would forever alter the world's economy, make global transport systems obsolete, and, of course, change the face of warfare. Some also felt that the zero-point field could be an enormous source of energy, if only people could learn how to tap it. Against the advice of his colleagues and friends, and against his own better judgment and career interests, Cook felt he couldn't ignore the leads he uncovered, which drew him through the black labyrinth back to an unexpected place: Nazi territory around the end of World War II. That is where, Cook claims, some of these technologies were first developed and then acquired by American and Russian forces, who raced to pillage the underground facilities around Pilsen in the Czech Republic and around Breslau (now Wroclaw) in Poland. There an SS general named Hans Kammler operated the wonder weapons program, which the Nazis were convinced would propel them ahead of the Allies to win the war. At the war's end Kammler disappeared. Though he had been one of the main planners of the death camps, his name was never mentioned at the war-crimes trials in Nuremberg. One conclusion Cook reaches in The Hunt for Zero Point is that some of the Foo Fighters that World War II pilots reported seeing over Axis territories may have been German prototypes of new flying machines that used antigravity technology. He also posits that somewhere in the black world, work has likely continued along these lines, and that much of the wackiness surrounding sightings of UFOs has been deliberately spun to ward off investigations of new technologies in development. Since the book's publication in Britain, Cook has uncovered documents detailing Boeing's antigravity research program at the top-secret Phantom Works, where the company is striving to develop propellantless propulsion ahead of its competitors. Writing in Jane's Defence Weekly, Cook quoted the documents as saying that along with Boeing's own program, other classified activities in gravity modification may exist-suggesting that antigravity may, in fact, have been more than a 1950's fantasy. For his work at Jane's, Nick Cook has received the Royal Aeronautical Society's Aerospace Journalist of
[CTRL] Planetary 'Management' Through Addiction Based Dynamics
-Caveat Lector- http://www.trufax.org/welcomemsie.html Planetary 'Management' Through Addiction Based Dynamics with extracts from the Paradigm Conspiracy Process Addictions, 'the ones society applauds': addiction to working, winning, high-stress, fast-track jobs, perfectionism, relationships, making money, spending and debting, gaining power, getting fame or notoriety, living out family dramas, or-brace yourself-shopping. Sex can be another process addiction, but it's not one society looks kindly on, however much advertising promotes insatiable and manipulative sex as the solution to life's challenges. Gambling is another old addiction, coming back now with a vengeance with all the state lotteries, especially among young people. Even the most lauded activities-religion, science, academic inquiry, and government service-may take on classic addictive patterns. Religion turns into obsession. Science turns into dogma, as if collecting enough facts will make up for a narrow worldview. Academic inquiry becomes an in-your-head addiction-quibbling esoterica with rabid acrimony, fiddling while Rome burns. As for government service, it's power addiction from the bureaucrats who throw around their paper-pushing weight to the big-timers who become brokers for corporate conglomerates. Process addictions are every bit as deadly, because they underlie substance addictions-as well as just about every social and global ill we've got. They're the invisible killers, the ones we don't suspect, but the ones that made millionaire Ivan Boesky raid savings and loans to become a billionaire, leaving in his wake thousands who saw their life-savings disappear. As Boesky was later to admit, It's a sickness I have in the face of which I am helpless. Nor was Boesky alone in his sickness. Since the '80s, we've witnessed an army of greed-addicted corporate raiders, who made the jobs and pension funds of millions vanish overnight. Process addictions aren't limited to movers and shakers, though. Ordinary folks following the right diet and taking the right exercise are dropping dead at age thirty-five from workaholism, relationship addiction, anxiety, and stress. If all these substance and process addictions don't afflict us, they nonetheless affect us. While addictions to drugs, food, alcohol, sex, or work hit us one by one, addictions to money, control, divisiveness, status, and official-think oppress us together. We can't have power-addicts running the world and not experience the consequences. Even when we try to claim it's business or government as usual, we find ourselves suffering from global plagues made invisible by their familiarity. But a familiar plague is no less deadly. As Anne Wilson Schaef points out, a deadly virus is a deadly virus, even if the entire population has it. Alcoholics Anonymous holds that addiction is a progressive, fatal disease. Schaef believes-and we agree-that this is true, no matter what form the addiction takes. Our lungs may give out from tar and nicotine, or our hearts may give out from stress. We may die from the greed that destroys the environment or from a nuclear chain reaction set off by a someone's power play. Addiction-substance or process, acted out privately or on the world stage-is a fatal illness that we ignore at our peril. Not that this is news. We can't read the papers or watch TV without wondering: What on earth is going on? We have the knowledge and technology. We have the resources, human and natural. We even have the desire. Why can't our social, economic, and environmental problems be solved? Why do we live from crisis to crisis? Addict-making systems. Neither substance nor process addictions are limited to one race, sex, economic class, region, or occupation. Rich and poor, conservative and liberal, male and female, Hispanic, European, African, Asian, and Native Americans share the same disease. When something so deadly cuts across society, we have to look at what we share: our social systems. In her 1987 ground-breaking book, When Society Becomes an Addict, Schaef suggests family dynamics, school rules, workplace policies and practices, corporate hierarchies, government workings, media messages, as well as cultural and religious belief-structures all operate in ways that set us up to behave addictively. In fact, society itself, Schaef writes, is an addictive system. That's a strong statement, yet the more we understand addiction, the more it seems like an understatement. Award-winning teacher John Taylor Gatto, for instance, pulls no punches about the messages schools send through their structure: I began to realize that the bells and the confinement, the crazy sequences, the age-segregation, the lack of privacy, the constant surveillance, and all the rest of the national curriculum of schooling were designed exactly as if someone had set out to prevent children from learning how to think and act, to coax them into addiction and dependent behavior. In When Money is the Drug,
[CTRL] Latest Observations
-Caveat Lector- http://www.trufax.org/matrix5/observations.html Updated: November 25, 2002 ~~ Observation: Higher Self Intervention On TV The Sci-Fi channel had 2 new documentaries on television this past weekend. One was a 2 hour update on Roswell which included a smoking gun. This is General Ramey's memo, held in his hand, when he's posing with the faked weather balloon materials. They didn't count on future technology being able to read that memo. It includes a reference to a disk and victims. This, in itself, is worth seeing, although they don't show it until near the end of the 2 hours. The rest of the program is loaded with the usual government threats to witnesses and a rehash of the Roswell materials. The Roswell event is 55 years old. With the impending return of the Orion Empire, there is an increase in interest in Roswell/aliens and lots of War of the Worlds, V, etc being shown on television. It seems that rarely a week goes by when I don't see War of the Worlds on one channel or another. The companion documentary on Sci-Fi immediately follows the Roswell program. This one centers on abductions (Abduction Diaries). The most interesting one involves a middle aged woman who certain aliens were tampering with. Once, when they were threatening her, a glowing being came in and drove the aliens out. The being referred to shimself as we when communicating to the woman. This is a Higher Self intervention. The we is most likely the Dominant Incarnations of that Higher Self. The Higher Self will intervene if any situation threatens the path/ experiences that the Higher Self has chosen for an incarnation. This is a part of the Game given to simultaneously incarnating Higher Selves. When the Higher Self intervenes in such a dramatic manner as demonstrated in this documentary, aliens will scatter. The intervention can come to ANY of the Higher Self's incarnations. The Higher Self has shim's plan for the entire Game and knows each incarnations part in that plan. The sequential incarnates, as you know from the Matrix 5 materials, have interfered/tampered with Earthers for a LONG time. Once the situation of the Game was set and the simultaneously incarnating Higher Selves joined in the Game, the aliens have been attempting to throw a monkey wrench in the works and try to ruin it for the simultaneous. Most of the time, this has been looked on as a challenge by the simultaneous Higher Selves and something they can overcome or adapt to. BUT when the sequentials try something that would be impossible to overcome without direct Higher Self intervention (such as pre-mature death), where the something involves stopping the Advancement, the Higher Self WILL undertake a direct intervention. If you are able to watch the Sci-Fi channel, take a look at this intervention. ~~ Observation: Violence Against Men Encouraged In today's (11/24/02) Sunday newspaper's editorial page, a 'cartoon' appears with female golfers engaging in violence against men and men's property. (Cartoon is attached.) This is in reference to the male only golf club in Augusta, Georgia. The drawing shows 3 females hitting golf balls to break windows (shown) and cause harm to men (2 are unconscious on the ground with golf balls around them). Where is all that 'stop the violence' mantras that we have to hear daily? You won't likely hear it when it applies to the violent nature of females against males. This editorial cartoon is only one of countless examples of it being fine for females to be violent to men. This is PURE Orion mode, although this is the first time I've seen it on an editorial page. This is unacceptable to Very Advanced and higher incarnations. This is also the Game. I have been saying over and over that it would get much worse. Women are encouraged to be violent, both physically and verbally, with men. This is because whipped males, under total Orion DNA commands, obey the female at all costs. What can you do about this. In the general or global sense - nothing. What you can do individually is, if you have moved to the Very Advanced stages where you can override your physical DNA commands in this area, is to refuse to play in this section of the Game. If ANYONE decides they want to get violent with you, you can allow it (Lightsiders) or give them a dose of what they had out (instant balance). While violence is not recommended by anyone, if you are attacked, it is your right to return the favor. If females know that their violent nature will not be tolerated, they will hesitate to engage in the activity. If they know you are whipped and Orion DNA obedient, they will have a field day with you. Observe well...it's intended to get MUCH worse! Observation: Cold blooded, reptilian balance A major US insurance company has a new series of ads being shown on US markets. I've seen 2 versions of this ad so far. One has a lizard featured in the ad
Re: [CTRL] Group Rebukes Egyptian TV Series
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: Tenorlove [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD Associated Press Writer November 19, 2002, 11:49 AM EST CAIRO, Egypt -- In the first domestic criticism of its kind, an Egyptian rights group rebuked state television for broadcasting a series based in part on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an anti-Semitic work known to be a forgery. Watch out when ANYONE ANYWHERE claims something is KNOWN or PROVEN. Saying it a thousand times does not make it so. Proof is closer to persuaded belief than it is to truth. 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] Group Rebukes Egyptian TV Series
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: thew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 8:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Group Rebukes Egyptian TV Series -Caveat Lector- Dale - while what you say is true in the general sense, are you saying that the protocols were not a hoax? Since I try a la Robert Anton Wilson to avoid or reject belief of any kind, there is no judgment to make either way. They are no more or less a hoax than any other religious, political, medical or scientific dogma. They are all stories that someone wants you to believe. I believe none of it, so genuineness or legitimacy or credibility lose all meaning. on 11/21/02 8:50 AM, Dale Stonehouse at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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] Group Rebukes Egyptian TV Series
-Caveat Lector- -Original Message- From: thew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CTRL] Group Rebukes Egyptian TV Series (NAME DROPPING ALERT) As someone who knows Bob Wilson, Congrats. He's a great thinker. I think you miss the point here. While all beliefs are traps (convictions cause convicts) knowledge and belief are not the same. Bob is the 1st to accept hard science fact as fact, not belief. Knowledge is not belief. However, knowledge cannot create a material universe while belief can. Thus the material universe is the primordial religion, if you will. Since the material universe is made up of particles so small they cannot be seen, and, according to Bucky Fuller and others , thus exists only as energy, the material universe cannot be known. After having been believed into existence, however, it can be observed. Observation may be a primary purpose of the material world. From the observation mode neither knowledge nor belief matter. If something is known to be a hoax, it is not believed to be one. If I know 2 + 2 = 4 I do not have to believe it. This is true from a linear perspective, however Fuller clearly demonstrated linearity to be a faulty concept. A straight line, up and down, all geometry, for that matter, are strictly hypothetical. While you seem to achieved the important understanding that believing something does not make it fact, you miss the equally important understanding that there are actual hard facts out there as well. Or so I believe. Well, to dig out an old axiom, I know one thing for certain - that I know no thing for certain. Thus hard facts do not exist and there is nothing to understand. 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 Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
-Caveat Lector- Subject: Iserbyt Radio Interview Amarillo, TX On Sunday, May 20, 2001 at 8:30 p.m. Paul Anderson, radio talk show host, The Source, KJRT, 7208 Old Kent Road, Amarillo, TX 79109, 800-525-5737, interviewed Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, the author of The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America...A Chronological Paper Trail. Mr. Anderson commenced the interview as follows: P.A. I am Paul Anderson. You are listening to The Source. We are beginning to talk with Charlotte Iserbyt...we are going to talk about her book The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America...A Chronological Paper Trail and there are going to be some real heated issues we are going to face here. Charlotte worked from 1981-1982 in the U.S. Department of Education as a Senior Policy Advisor in its Office of Educational Research and Improvement where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative. It is a pleasure to have you with us. C.I. Thank you. I very much appreciate being invited on your show. I am looking forward to it . P.A. You have put together an awesomely thick book. How long did it take you to research and put all this together? C.I. I started in 1972. I went all the way to 1990 putting all the research together and then I decided to sort it out chronologicaly because I truly didn't want to accept the conclusion that I was coming to: that the dumbing down was deliberate. It made me sick to think that that could be true. So, I thought, well I am going to put it together chronologically to see what it looks like from that vantage point...which I did, and then I could see the picture was very clear that this has been a deliberate effort to take our country - to put it under a planned economy. P.A. I want to talk about that because there are so many conspiracy theorists out there. Do you feel like you fall into that camp or that you are just actually alerting us to something that is going on that is a real tragedy for America. C.I. The American people have to be informed that this was deliberate because if they don't know that, they don't know where to look to fight it. It was deliberate. There is absolutely no question in my mind. I would lay my life on the line on that statement. P.A. Let me interject here... you said when you were doing that study it was hard for you to accept the fact that it was deliberate. What was it that you found that made you realize that there was a concerted effort to dumb down America. C.I. I was collecting research and most of the research I had were government documents or old books...one is a very important book that Carnegie Corporation published in 1934. That is probably the most important one of all to discuss since we don't have much time to go into all my research. That book was given to me by a very brilliant fellow who was in Naval Intelligence. He gave us his library. Carnegie Corporation commissioned the American Historical Association to do the research over a period of four years and the result was the AHA's Conclusions and Recomendations for the Social Studies. The recommendation in the book was to use the schools to change America from a free, individualist economy to a planned, socialist, collectivist economy in the New World Order. P.A. Why would an American corporation do something like that? C.I. Well, I don't believe it (Carnegie) is the only one. The tax-exempt foundations have been notorious for having spent taxpayers' money through the years to implement a socialist agenda for this country. People have got to get it through their heads that big corporations, multinational corporations, etc. benefit from socialism, believe it or not, because they don't have to compete. I remember David Rockefeller, about twenty years ago, making a comment about Communist Angola. The press asked him Why would you be interested in setting up an oil refinery in Angola? He responded, if I recall correctly: Because we find it much easier to deal with centralized governments and economies... We don't care what their politics are. So we have to get over the idea that the major corpoirations are pure capitalists -- especially when we are dealing with multinational corporations which have absolutely no allegiance to any particular country. And so this goes far back to 1934... at that time, in the twenties and thirties, you had many educators and business people going back and forth to the Soviet Union and they were in great admiration of this communist system when it was young, and they came back with these ideas and they wanted to implement that system here. And so Carnegie Corporation was deeply involved. This little book is extraordinary since it lists all the major players ... and after that recommendation was made, Carnegie Corporation consistently without any breaks in time -- I have a chronological record as I said -- that is what makes it so interesting - put money into all the major aspects of education which have brought us to right now where we are implementing the
[CTRL] America's anti-defamation industry
-Caveat Lector- http://www.reason.com/0212/fe.tc.e.shtml E Pluribus Umbrage The long, happy life of America's anti-defamation industry. By Tim Cavanaugh The sexual abuse scandal of 2002 is arguably the gravest crisis in the history of the American Catholic Church. Sexual dysfunction, hypocrisy, institutional self-regard, Soviet-style secrecy, pathological hostility to plain dealing -- even the infamous 19th-century nativist fable The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk couldn't support so many anti-Catholic stereotypes. In the midst of this emergency, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the nation's most prominent Catholic advocacy organization, alerted its 300,000 members to a grave threat to the faith: a King of the Hill episode in which cartoon housewife Peggy Hill impersonates a nun. Even for the perpetually outraged Catholic League, this was minor stuff. But it's the kind of distorted controversy found in a strange and often lucrative segment of the political economy. Call it the anti-defamation industry, the anti-discrimination lobby, or maybe the umbrage market. From politically connected lobbying behemoths to one-man shoestring operations using a Kinko's fax machine, the United States hosts a Mad Monster Party of advocacy groups dedicated to rebutting every real and imagined racial or ethnic slur. It's a field that attracts the talented and the warped, passionate crusaders and transparent self-promoters. It creates media stars and villains. And if the nit-picking interest group has become a cliché, anti-discrimination's capacity for driving legal and legislative agendas is no joke. Pandering to imagined Hibernian hypersensitivities has already resulted in the construction of an Irish Hunger Memorial on prime real estate in New York City's Battery Park and a gratuitous curriculum requirement that Empire State public schools teach the Irish famine as an attempted genocide by the British government. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B'nai B'rith boasts that its model hate crimes legislation has inspired actual laws in Wisconsin and elsewhere. One of President Bush's first initiatives after the September 11 attacks was to get a series of photo ops with representatives of Arab and Muslim anti-discrimination groups. It's hard to place a valuation on the anti-discrimination industry. The 89-year-old Anti-Defamation League is the trailblazer, with an annual take of more than $40 million and a $400,000 salary for storied director Abraham Foxman. The National Council of La Raza rakes in a cool $16 million per year, a combination of government grants, public support, and other revenues. The Polish American Congress pulls down more than $5 million -- despite its leader's habit of making wildly impolitic public statements (more on this later). The venerable Sons of Italy runs a nearly $200,000 Commission for Social Justice. Tactics pioneered by the Anti-Defamation League are used by anti-discrimination groups that butt heads with the ADL itself. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee budgets in the area of a million dollars, according to an official, as does James Zogby's Arab American Institute. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) describes its budget as between $2 million and $4 million. The Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition famously declines to disclose its finances at all. All Against All The number of unincorporated one- or two-person social justice advocacy operations out there is beyond count. If you've noticed an absence of No Latvians Need Apply notices at local businesses, you can thank either the Latvian Truth Fund, which defends the legal and civil rights of persons born in Latvia or of Latvian descent, or the American Latvian Association, which defends the interests of Latvian Americans. There are Indian-American groups combating misrepresentations of Ganesha, Italian-American committees who condemn Mickey Blue Eyes, and Irish organizations bent on eliminating Barry Fitzgerald-style stereotypes. Funny though they may be, such groups turn honest (or dishonest) differences into pseudo-crusades and portray an America that, contrary to abundant evidence, has made no progress against the bigotries of the past. These groups serve a vital function, says Robert Alan Goldberg, a University of Utah history professor and author of Enemies Within, a study of conspiracy theories in America, but somebody has to sound the fire bell when they pour gasoline on the fire and get into thrust and counterthrust with other groups. Virtually all anti-discriminationists describe themselves as opponents of bigotry in all its forms. But despite some areas of agreement, such as support for hate crimes legislation, the anti-discrimination industry is the Hobbesian nightmare in a nonprofit setting. Arab and Muslim groups struggle with the ADL for mind share in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Serbian Orthodox Church combats not only anti-Serb stereotypes in the
[CTRL] What Bodies?
-Caveat Lector- http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2003/Sloyan/Sloyan.html APF Reporter Vol.20 #3 Index Home What Bodies? by Patrick J. Sloyan Leon Daniel, as did others who reported from Vietnam during the 1960s, knew about war and death. So he was puzzled by the lack of corpses at the tip of the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Iraq on Feb. 25, 1991. Clearly there had been plenty of killing. The 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) had smashed through the defensive front-line of Saddam Hussein's army the day before, Feb. 24, the opening of the Desert Storm ground war to retake Kuwait. Daniel, representing United Press International, was part of a press pool held back from witnessing the assault on 8,000 Iraqi defenders. They wouldn't let us see anything, said Daniel, who had seen about everything as a combat correspondent. A destroyed Iraqi tank rests near a series of oil well fires during the Gulf War on March 9, 1991 in northern Kuwait. Hundreds of fires burned out of control, casting a pall of toxic smoke over the Emirate and raising health and environmental concerns. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) The artillery barrage alone was enough to cause a slaughter. A 30-minute bombardment by howitzers and multiple-launch rockets scattering thousands of tiny bomblets preceded the attack by 8,400 American soldiers riding in 3,000 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles, Humvees, armored personnel carriers and other vehicles. It wasn't until late in the afternoon of Feb. 25 that the press pool was permitted to see where the attack occurred. There were groups of Iraqi prisoners. About 2,000 had surrendered. But there were no bodies, no stench of feces that hovers on a battlefield, no blood stains, no bits of human beings. You get a little firefight in Vietnam and the bodies would be stacked up like cordwood, Daniel said. Finally, Daniel found the Division public affairs officer, an Army major. Where the hell are all the bodies? Daniel said. What bodies? the officer replied. Daniel and the rest of the world would not find out until months later why the dead had vanished. Thousands of Iraqi soldiers, some of them alive and firing their weapons from World War I-style trenches, were buried by plows mounted on Abrams main battle tanks. The Abrams flanked the trench lines so that tons of sand from the plow spoil funneled into the trenches. Just behind the tanks, actually straddling the trench line, came M2 Bradleys pumping 7.62mm machine gun bullets into the Iraqi troops. I came through right after the lead company, said Army Col. Anthony Moreno, who commanded the lead brigade during the 1st Mech's assault. What you saw was a bunch of buried trenches with people's arms and land things sticking out of them. For all I know, we could have killed thousands. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is shown at ease with his tank troops at Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, January 12, 1991. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) A thinner line of trenches on Moreno's left flank was attacked by the 1st Brigade commanded by Col. Lon Maggart. He estimated his troops buried about 650 Iraqi soldiers. Darkness halted the attack on the Iraqi trench line. By the next day, the 3rd Brigade joined in the grisly innovation. A lot of people were killed,' said Col. David Weisman, the unit commander. One reason there was no trace of what happened in the Neutral Zone on those two days were the ACEs. It stands for Armored Combat Earth movers and they came behind the armored burial brigade leveling the ground and smoothing away projecting Iraqi arms, legs and equipment. PFC Joe Queen of the 1st Engineers was impervious to small arms fire inside the cockpit of the massive earth mover. He remained cool and professional as he smoothed away all signs of the carnage. Queen won the Bronze Star for his efforts. A lot of guys were seared, Queen said, but I enjoyed it. Col. Moreno estimated more than 70 miles of trenches and earthen bunkers were attacked, filled in and smoothed over on Feb. 24-25. What happened at the Neutral Zone that day has become a metaphor for the conduct of modern warfare. While political leaders bask in voter approval for destroying designated enemies, they are increasingly determined to mask the reality of warfare that causes voters to recoil. There was no more sophisticated practitioner of this art of bloodless warfare than President George H. W. Bush. As a Navy pilot during World War II, Bush knew the ugly side of war. He once recounted how a sailor wandered into an aircraft propeller on their carrier in the South Pacific. The chief petty officer in charge of the flight deck called for brooms to sweep the man's guts overboard. I can still hear him, Bush said of the chief's orders. I have seen the hideous face of war. Bush was badly stung by the reality of warfare while president. After the 1989 American invasion of Panama - where reporters were also blocked from witnessing a short-lived slaughter in Panama
[CTRL] Wellstone Assassinated? maybe not
-Caveat Lector- Information is surfacing now that the pilots of Wellstone's plane were not as experienced as they claimed to be. Also, anyone who has travelled in the area of the plane crash knows how bad visibility can be in that area. There are no farm fields in which to make emergency landings and clearings are nearly nonexistent. This is not to say the plane could not have been tampered with. Anything is possible. But not every death of a public figure is the result of a conspiracy, unless one considers the collective consciousness of the human race to be a conspiracy. http://www.counterpunch.org/giombetti1113.html CounterPunch November 13, 2002 Wellstone Assassinated? The Onus is On the Conspiracy Theorists, Not the Doubters by RICK GIOMBETTI Now I've been reading a lot of nonsense lately from the tin-foil hat conspiracy theorists, who argue that it those of us who seriously doubt the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone was assassinated by a right-wing cabal taking orders from the White House must disprove he was murdered. This kind of debating tactic by the conspiracy theorists is an act of desperation by some people on the left who only have innuendo and suspicion to support their baseless accusation. If somebody is going to even hint at such a fatal charge against President George W. Bush, then they had better bring some documentary evidence to the table before opening their mouths. For example, if you're going accuse a prominent citizen of being a wife beater on the stump in the town square, then you should at least have the testimony of a close friend or family member, if you want to be believable. A copy of a police report detailing such an allegation is, of course, tantamount to a smoking gun for the person making the charge of wife beating. It's not up to the doubter among the crowd in the town square, who calls into question the accusation of wife beating by the accuser, to provide evidence disproving the accuser's allegation. The onus is on the accuser, just as the onus is on those who started yelling foul play and even assassination the day the Wellstone plane crash happened. Until the Wellstone conspiracy theorists have a credible source for their allegations, like a dissident within the official investigation of the crash or at least an eye witness openly casting doubt on the official explanation of what caused Wellstone's plane to go down that fateful morning of October 25, the entirely reasonable position to take on this issue is that the crash was an accident and nothing more. One of the strengths of the anti-war position regarding the upcoming invasion of Iraq has been outspoken former U.N. officials who spent time on the ground in Iraq and are opposed to such an invasion, like Dennis Halliday and Scott Ritter. Anti-war rallies put on by the usual wing-nut groups who populate the anti-war movement aren't going to convince one-fourth of the collective Congress to vote against a Bush invade Iraq resolution. I realize it's pointless suggesting to the tin-foil hats that we give an investigation a chance in the case of the Wellstone plane crash. For the believers in the Wellstone conspiracy had already made up their collective minds within hours after it happened. I forsee seemingly endless amounts of energy being spent debating this topic and trying to find some evidence in this caper for years to come. We might even see a movie about the subject by Oliver Stone even more ludicrous than his 1991 JFK production. If any of you tin-foil hats out there are thinking about trying out screenplay writing, then I think you have something to go with here. Maybe old man Stone will buy it from you. What is leading so many people to publish articles speculating about a Wellstone conspiracy and desiminate them via e-mail under headlines like COMPELLING NEW EVIDENCE WELLSTONE WAS MURDERED? I think Geov Parrish hit the nail on the head in his November 8 Workingforchange.com column: The instant Wellstone conspiracy theory speculation amongst some usually rational observers suggests how desperate some of those feeling unrepresented in Washington are becomming. Wellstone didn't die because some evil cabal in a secure undisclosed location (i.e. White House) ordered his murder to swing the Senatethe fact that such an idiotic, evidence-free notion can take root so widely is itself a sign of desperation - - and powerlessness. The final two paragraphs of March Ash's November 10 Truthout.org column is a perfect example of the desperate fatalism Parrish wrote about in his column: The precedent set by the death of Wellstone and the subsequent ascension of his opponent Coleman has the gravest of implications. The two men espoused diametrically opposed ideologies. The shift from Wellstone to Coleman is as dramatic as any the U.S. Senate has ever seen. It is a stark and immediate reversal of fortune ushered by the grim reaper. The classic horror film, 'The Shining' opens with a child haunted by
Re: [CTRL] Wellstone Assassinated? maybe not
-Caveat Lector- The following is simply untrue. Coleman is a former Democrat and the difference between the two parties is so miniscule as to defy logic. In Minnesota that is even more so; the two parties must work diligently to create even the appearance of a choice. Coleman actually used the Wellstone legacy to garner votes in defeating Walter Mondale, playing the emotional card in last-minute ads. Such ignorance posing as expertise only damages the conspiracy-research community. The final two paragraphs of March Ash's November 10 Truthout.org column... The two men espoused diametrically opposed ideologies. The shift from Wellstone to Coleman is as dramatic as any the U.S. Senate has ever seen. 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Wellstone and JFK
-Caveat Lector- Fetzer's two books on the JFK assassination are poorly-organized and difficult to read. In my opinion, they also tie together things that are coincidence or synchronicity. I give him credit for his work but history cannot be reported accurately even by first-hand witnesses. It's just too complicated. from: http://www.paranormalnews.com/article.asp?articleId=421 October 25, 2002, Duluth, MN. In our Gonzo Science capacity as science columnists for the Duluth alternative newsweekly , we prepared to meet and interview UMD Professor Dr. Jim Fetzer about his research specialty, the JFK assassination. Suddenly, word spread that Senator Paul Wellstone had been killed in a plane crash. An atmosphere of shock and grief hung over the city as we proceeded to the rendezvous with Fetzer. It was unclear whether the interview would even proceed under the oppressive and terrible circumstances. Certainly the ironic timing of Wellstone's death suggested some sort of foul play. The election was two weeks away with the fate of the Senate in the balance. Wellstone had only nudged ahead in the polls the week before. Only in the preceding couple of days had he managed to raise more money than the challenger Norm Coleman. When Fetzer arrived for the interview he said, You heard about Wellstone? I'm very suspicious. It's going to take a lot to convince me this wasn't a setup by the Bush administration. Gonzo Science suggested that it could have been - rather than a government sponsored assassination - something more like a pro-life airplane mechanic. The Fetzer interview proceeded as planned. During our wide-ranging discussion, Fetzer received a phone call from his wife, who had a news update about the still-smoldering crash site. She also floated the first hint of a rumor that Walter Fritz Mondale might step in and take Wellstone's place. What follows is the portion of the interview transcript where we discussed the Wellstone situation. It contains Fetzer's remarkable prediction about the lack of a cockpit voice recorder, or black box, on board Wellstone's airplane. Fetzer: ... Norm Coleman cannot beat Fritz Mondale. Norm Coleman could not beat Paul Wellstone. I don't know who the fuck Norm Coleman could beat, but it's not any living, breathing, principled DFL'er [Minnesota Democrat], I'll tell you right now. So, I say, fuck, I'm breathing better right now, just for hearing that Mondale might be the deal. Gonzo Science: I can't believe just the irony of coming to talk to you about conspiracy theories and JFK and stuff, and then to have Wellstone drop out of the sky like that. Fetzer: Oh fuck, I know it man; I mean listen, I'm not taking anything for granted here. There's a conservative professor of political science I like a lot ... he was walking out there as I was coming in; he (asked) had I heard? And without finishing the second of course I said, I want to know how this happened, and he said, You're kidding me. And I said, No. I want to know. It's a hell of a fucking coincidence. It's ridiculous. I gotta know! You gotta find out ... they can't even get to the plane yet, it's in such a remote area, and there's so many trees and bushes and all this shit, you know, I mean, I don't know how they already know everyone's dead. I just suppose there's no signs of life. But I'm extremely suspicious. Gonzo Science: Yeah, I'll be very interested to hear what the black box has to say. Fetzer: Oh yeah. I predict: there's just not going to have been a black box on that plane - [sarcastically] Isn't that fucking amazing! No fucking black box! But your point is a wonderful point, that it could have been a pro-life airplane mechanic - fucking good, I like that. ... 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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]
[CTRL] COSMIC DECEPTION
-Caveat Lector- http://www.disclosureproject.org/cosmicdeception.htm COSMIC DECEPTION: LET THE CITIZEN BEWARE by Steven M. Greer M.D. Director, The Disclosure Project http://www.disclosureproject.org Copyright 2002 Imagine this. It is the summer of 2001, and someone presents you with a script for a movie or book that tells how a diabolical terrorist plot unfolds wherein both 110 story World Trade Center towers and part of the Pentagon are destroyed by commercial jets hijacked and flown into those structures. Of course you would laugh, and if you were a movie mogul or book editor, reject it out of hand as ridiculous and implausible, even for a fictional novel or movie. After all, how could a commercial jet, being tracked on radar after two jets had already hit the World Trade towers, make it through our air defenses, into the most sensitive airspace in the world, and in broad daylight on a crystal clear day, slam into the Pentagon! And this in a country that spends over $1 billion a day to defend itself! Absurd, illogical - nobody would swallow it! Unfortunately, there are some of us who have seen these scripts - and of far worse things to come - and we are not laughing. One of the few silver linings to these recent tragedies is that maybe - just maybe - people will take seriously, however far-fetched it may seem at first, the prospect that a shadowy, para-governmental and transnational entity exists that has kept UFOs secret - and is planning a deception and tragedy that will dwarf the events of 9/11. The testimony of hundreds of government, military and corporate insiders has established this: That UFOs are real, that some are built by our secret 'black' shadowy government projects and some are from extraterrestrial civilizations, and that a group has kept this secret so that the technology behind the UFO can be withheld - until the right time. This technology can - and eventually will - replace the need for oil, gas, coal, ionizing nuclear power, and other centralized and highly destructive energy systems. This 5 trillion dollar industry - energy and transportation - is currently highly centralized, metered and lucrative. It is the stuff that runs the entire industrialized world. It is the mother of all special interests. It is not about money as you and I think of it, but about geo-political power - the very centralized power on which the current order in the world runs. The world is kept in a state of roiling wars, endless poverty for most of Earth's denizens and global environmental ruin, just to prop up this evil world order. As immense as that game is, there is a bigger one: Control through fear. As Wernher von Braun related to Dr. Carol Rosin, his spokesperson for the last 4 years of his life, a maniacal machine - the military, industrial, intelligence, laboratory complex - would go from Cold War, to Rogue Nations, to Global Terrorism (the stage we find ourselves at today), to the ultimate trump card: A hoaxed threat from space. To justify eventually spending trillions of dollars on space weapons, the world would be deceived about a threat from outer space, thus uniting the world in fear, in militarism, and in war. Since 1992 I have seen this script unveiled to me by at least a dozen well-placed insiders. Of course, initially I laughed, thinking this just too absurd and far-fetched. Dr. Rosin gave her testimony to the Disclosure Project before 9/11. And yet others told me explicitly that things that looked like UFOs but that are built and under the control of deeply secretive 'black' projects, were being used to simulate - hoax - ET-appearing events, including some abductions and cattle mutilations, to sow the early seeds of cultural fear regarding life in outer space. And that at some point after global terrorism, events would unfold that would utilize the now-revealed Alien Reproduction Vehicles (ARVs, or reversed-engineered UFOs made by humans by studying actual ET craft - see the book Disclosure by the same author) to hoax an attack on Earth. Like the movie Independence Day, an attempt to unite the world through militarism would unfold using ET as the new cosmic scapegoat (think Jews during the Third Reich). None of this is new to me or other insiders. The report from Iron Mountain, NY, written in the 1960s, described the need to demonize life in outer space so we could have a new enemy. An enemy off-planet that could unite humans (in fear and war) and that would prove to be the ultimate prop for the trillion dollar military industrial complex that conservative Republican President and five star general Eisenhower warned us about in 1961 (no one was listening then, either...). So here is the post-9/11 script - one that will be played out unless enough people are informed and the plan can be foiled because they will be unable to fool a sufficient number of citizens and leaders: After a period of terrorism - a period during which the detonation of nuclear devices will be
[CTRL] Decoy, Distract and Trash
-Caveat Lector- http://www.disclosureproject.org/ddt.htm This paper may be sent to all email lists and posted on all web sites, without restriction. DDT (Decoy, Distract and Trash) by Steven M. Greer M.D. Director, The Disclosure Project Copyright 2002 A former high official at the NSA (National Security Agency) told me about a protocol informally dubbed DDT - that old poisonous chemical long-banned in much of the world. In this application, it stands for Decoy, Distract and Trash - which is what sophisticated intelligence operatives use to set up some person or group, take them off the trail of something real and important, and trash the person or the subject. This pretty much sums up the lion's share of all things UFOlogical, with the latest example being the much-hyped Sci-Fi channel roll-out of Spielberg's mini-series, 'Taken'. Late last spring or early summer, I was contacted by the PR firm responsible for the ramp-up to 'Taken' and was informed that they wanted to link it to Disclosure. I was told that those rolling out 'Taken' are joined at the hip with the main stream media and that they were going to spend a very large sum of money moving the UFO subject front-stage and center to empower Disclosure as sort of a sophisticated 'P and A' (entertainment industry jargon for Prints and Advertising that promotes a film or product). DDT. By linking Disclosure and ensnaring Disclosure witnesses and evidence in a commercial undertaking like 'Taken' (on the Sci-Fi channel nonetheless) the ultimate DDT program can be achieved. It is not just the hijacking and trashing of serious witnesses and evidence into the silly season of 'Honey, I just had sex with aliens' routine. It is the association of important evidence, scientists and witnesses with a xenophobic titled science fiction product like 'Taken' and the entire abduction industry that can empower fear in the minds of the masses regarding all things extraterrestrial. You will recall that no less a figure than Wernher Von Braun warned to his personal spokesperson Dr. Carol Rosin in 1974 that after the cold war, those operating behind the scenes would roll out global terrorism and then, finally, a hoaxed alien threat from outer space. Dr. Rosin gave this testimony before 9/11, by the way. Why? Well, a xenophobic and hysterical take on visitors from space (so well represented by military hoaxed abductions made to look 'alien') would have something for everyone who enjoy secret power and control: For the military-industrial-laboratory-intelligence-corporate complex, there would be trillions of dollars in lucrative spending for Star Wars - now with a REAL enemy to fight! As they said in the movie Independence Day, Lets kick alien butt... For schemers wishing to unite the world in militarism and control through fear (as opposed to our common humanity and peace...) what better way to attain this goal than to roll out serious UFO evidence and link it to a body of hoaxed faux-alien encounters contained within the abduction sub-culture? People are easily herded and controlled through fear, and can there be anything more scary than evil 'aliens' floating poor, innocent humans onto UFOs to torture and sexually abuse them? Right. For misguided religious fanatics and secret religious cults, who pine for the long-awaited end-of-the-world, Armageddon scenario, what better fulfillment of their misinterpreted prophecy than a Final Great Battle in space? Well, there is just something for everyone, if you can get people to buy it. But how? All good disinformation has some real, true information contained within it. The mixing of truth with lies makes the lies believable. So by hoaxing a scary alien abduction scenario with serious data, evidence, documents and witnesses, the lie goes down so much more smoothly... Those inside the multi-million dollar abduction industry have for years told me of suppressed testimony from abductees who recall human military operatives running the show - essentially controlling the event. Dr. Helmut Lammer and others have documented this hideous abuse of civilians by rogue covert operations. And most importantly, we have interviewed military and corporate insiders who have described in excruciating detail how they have hoaxed these 'alien abductions' - and why. The truth is hidden in plain sight, but it is wrapped in so much deception that it is seldom seen. One such military operative explained to me how his team had abducted key military people at one point so that they would learn to hate the aliens and get on board the covert Star Wars juggernaut. When you have billions of black-budget dollars at your disposal, reverse-engineered Alien Reproduction Vehicles (see the testimony of Mark McCandlish in the book 'Disclosure' available at http://www.DiscosureProject.org/shop.htm) biological creatures made on Earth that look 'alien' and sophisticated mind-altering psychotronic weapon systems, hoaxing an 'alien abduction' is like
[CTRL] The outsider
-Caveat Lector- http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multipage/documents/00984677.htm THURSDAY, NOV. 07 2002 The outsiderOnce the darling of the UFO community, Dennis Bossack is now described as 'the worst thing that ever happened' to it. Where did he go wrong? BY CHRIS WRIGHT STAR EXHIBIT: aliens like this one smoke cigarrettes, are partial to a drop of wine, and can be offended by ugly epithets. 'We don't use the term, 'alien,'' says Ann Bossack. 'We prefer 'Visitor.'' A SHORT TIME ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Dennis Bossack fraternized with aliens. He ate their food, listened to their music, laughed at their jokes, and conversed with their pets. "They have dogs and cats and they look like dogs and cats," Dennis says. "Mentally, however, they are a lot more advanced than our animals. You can talk to them and they will understand everything you say." This is Dennis Bossack's story, and he's sticking to it. And why not? According to an ABCNEWS.com poll last year, over 25 percent of Americans believe earth has been visited by aliens. Almost 50 percent believe that there is intelligent life on other planets. Members of the UFO community, of course, are 100 percent true believers. So when Dennis Bossack came on the scene a few years back claiming to have firsthand knowledge of an "above top-secret" intergalactic agency, he found plenty of followers. In fact, when word of Dennis's role in the so-called Omega Agency began to circulate, UFO buffs from London to Biloxi trembled with anticipation. Today, believers are somewhat harder to come by. Once a respected propagator of UFO conspiracy theories, this Rhode Island resident now finds himself being denounced as a conspirator, a fraud. He has been vilified and ostracized by the very community that once embraced him. In a particularly weird twist - and this is a field where weird twists are par for the course - people whose beliefs are founded on conjecture and anecdote are heaping scorn on Dennis for the very reason that mainstream society often heaps scorn on them: no solid, verifiable evidence backs up his claims. In the face of these attacks, Dennis Bossack is doing what any self-respecting space buff would do: he's deploying his deflector shields and sitting tight. "In four and a half years, I am scheduled to deliver the proof to this entire planet," he says, referring to a series of three books he says he is writing. "I will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been Visitors. Not one person on this planet will go without proof." THE STORY of Dennis Bossack's rise and fall begins in the mid 1990s, when a Mississippi woman named Bobbie Felder - who goes by the Web name Jilain - authored a series of essays called the "Omega Agency Files," based on a series of interviews she conducted with Dennis. "The Omega Agency is the one running the show," the files begin. "Omega is a multi-level, multi-structured organization of secrets upon secrets." The document goes on to catalogue Omega's plans for "world betterment," detailing the agency's policies on everything from crime prevention to population control. The Omega Agency Files quickly found their way onto dozens of Internet sites. Their measured style and preponderance of detail led many to believe they were authentic. Also, Bobbie Felder had a reputation as a relatively level-headed UFO enthusiast. Even more scintillating for the UFO community was the fact that Felder refused to reveal the true identity of "Robert," the files' mysterious central figure. Thanks to Felder, Dennis - a/k/a Robert - was on his way to becoming a UFO celebrity. In 1997, Dennis boosted his status in the UFO field even further when he met and married a woman named Ann Harris. When Dennis met Ann, she owned a space-age emporium called the UFO Lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One of the only businesses of its kind at the time, the lab attracted national publicity. It seemed the perfect base for Dennis Bossack to loose his Omega theories on the world. Better yet, Ann had impeccable credentials of her own. She is a native of Roswell, New Mexico, the Mecca of the UFO movement. Her father, Richard Clayton HarrisJr., was stationed at the Roswell air field in 1947, the year a space craft is supposed to have crash-landed there. As a budget
[CTRL] Dennis Bossack: The Ed Wood of ufology
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.information-disinformation.org/ufo2.htm Dennis Bossack: The Ed Wood of ufology Can anyone who has ever seen even a few minutes of Ed Wood's Plan Nine from Outer Space ever forget it? Of course Plan Nine is not unforgettable as say, Orson Welles Citizen Kane is unforgettable. Where Citizen Kane is unforgettable for so many reasons, all of them excellent! Acting, photography, directing, story line, etc. Plan Nine is unforgettable for all the opposite reasons, poor acting, terrible photography and directing, a lousy story,etc. So is the case for Dennis Bossack and the story of his fictional OMEGA Agency. Where many consider the cases of people like Betty and Barney Hill, and Travis Walton to be among the more credible, Bossack and his story are more along the lines of a few rungs on the ladder below even Ed Wood's Plan Nine, if that's conceivable. Indeed, even Plan Nine is a less absurd story than Bossack's, and more entertaining too. Unlike Wood, who's stories were understood as fiction from the get go, Bossack's is an attempt to try and gain recognition by being true, ( at least to him! ). Dennis Bossack's first attempts to bring his story to the world began with a woman he was to become close friends with, Bobbie Felder. Bossack claims he selected Felder for the purpose of being his first contact to tell his story too. The author suggests the reader views Miss. Felder's version of this childish story at, www.jilain.com/ufo/hoax.htm. While Miss. Felder has chosen to play naive to buying into Bossack's scam, anyone with an ounce of common sense can easily come to the conclusion that Felder is either the most gullible person on the planet or had hoped to some how gain something from this totally weak, contradictory and unbelievable story. However, along the way to bring this fantasy to the world, Bossack and Felder had a falling out. In light of this, what ever the circumstances, Felder has seen the error of her ways and subsequently has become one of Bossack's most vocal critics. Causing Bossack to do what most liars who have nothing to defend themselves with against the truth do, a character assassination on the messenger. This has even gone as far as to accuse Felder of having CIA ties, ties that Bossack has said almost cost him his life. This is a direct contradiction of Bossack's claims of looking into people's backgrounds. I personally have heard Bossack claim to have looked into the backgrounds of some of his friends through his fictional agency, OMEGA. Of course the nagging question here is, why wouldn't Bossack use this resource to look into Felder's background prior to choosing her as his all important first contact to tell his story to? A question that common sense tells us really needs no answer! For here we have a person who claims to be the director of the most secret agency in the history of mankind that employs five thousand people below ground in New Mexico! An agency that it's director claims has the technology to out maneuver any and all adversaries. That this agency has been in existence here on earth since 1929, the actual year the first atomic bomb was tested, ( as claimed by Bossack ). That this agency is in alliance with aliens from 752 advanced planets and has been given technology from these aliens. That he, Dennis Bossack, has a flying triangle of his very own in the woods of Exeter, Rhode Island. In spite of all this and more, he fails to find out about an all important first contact's CIA ties - the stupidity is staggering! But it gets even better! Wood, I mean Bossack, actually claims to have been to some of his alien friend's planets. A claim that leaves me to wonder if Bossack didn't spend the seventies and eighties following the Grateful Dead around, drinking Kool Aid and eating construction paper? None the less, he certainly is on a different planet even now, while he is physically here on Earth. Whether this is the result of some flashback or simply an overactive imagination is really irrelevant. What is relevant is the issue of Bossack's attempts at establishing himself as some kind of intergalactic, new-age and patriot guru. How else can one explain Bossack's ridiculous claims and statements of, only the agency, my wife and I know about my I.Q. Or, I don't claim to have all the answers, but I do have most of them. Or, My agency terminated life on Mars fifteen trillion years ago. Or, that Stephen Hawking's estimate of the age of the universe at one hundred to two hundred billion years is wrong, ( the later two are boast made in spite of the fact when asked to, Bossack could not define how many zeros are in a trillion! ). Then there's what is perhaps the most arrogantly stupid statement from the great director, George Bush lost the election of '92 so he could come work for my agency. Here we see it begin to unfold! Not only does Bossack expect us to believe he is intelligent enough to be the superior of a United States President. It
[CTRL] A Confederacy of Cronies
-Caveat Lector- It's plain to see the Bush Administration is staffed by those who are certain anything, including personal security and safety, can be purchased with money or weapons or both. A Confederacy of Cronies Ruling by corporate fiat is no way to run a democracy. by George Packer November/December 2002 The world that produced George W. Bush did not collapse in 2002, but it trembled and revealed the flawed foundation beneath hisÉit can't be called a philosophy, but it amounts to a set of unexamined assumptions about his world. And what is that world, what are those assumptions? Too much ridicule of a fake-populist strain is heaped on Bush's pedigree; being the scion of aristocrats would be the best thing about him if only that tradition hadn't decayed and lost its noblesse oblige. He's neither an individualist in the Hoover grain nor an enlightened patrician like Theodore Roosevelt. What made Bush is crony capitalism: business as an end in itself, not as a way of furthering any larger goals, and conducted on the basis of personal connections, so that what matters is trust between good men, not good institutions (none of this is changed by the fact that as a businessman, Bush wasn't a very good one). Unlike Hoover, whose opposition to government intervention in the economy was so rigid it cost him his job and his reputation, Bush has nothing in principle against it. In fact, his career in both business and politics has been built on a willingness to blur the distinction between public and private spheres -- not to further public goals, but alwa! ys for private interest. Ronald Reagan presented unbridled capitalism as a fulfillment of the freedoms promised in America's founding documents. But conservative ideology has deteriorated in the years since Reagan, and for Bush the free market has no higher purpose than self-assertion and stock options. His public inarticulateness has less to do with intelligence, which comes in many different varieties, than with the fact that he's against ideas. The most accurate historical comparison is with the president under whom Hoover served as commerce secretary, Warren G. Harding, who said, This is essentially a business country, before his administration sank in a cesspool of scandals. The business scandals of this past summer have edged close to the White House, but it's a mistake to focus on possible securities violations committed 14 years ago or potential misconduct by the vice president when he ran Halliburton. What matters isn't so much whether Bush or Cheney did something illegal -- it's the outlook implied in their legal activities. The complete version of A Confederacy of Cronies can be read in the November/December, 2002 issue of Mother Jones magazine. Purchase this issue of the magazine Subscribe to Mother Jones Magazine today @2002 The Foundation for National Progress Read the article online: http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/power_plays/2002/45/ma_155_01.html Check out the latest from Mother Jones at: http://www.motherjones.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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Ventura picks independent as interim senator
-Caveat Lector- My governor does it again - up theirs. http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/1102/04minnesota.html Ventura picks independent as interim senator The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gov. Jesse Ventura named fellow Independence Party member Dean Barkley as interim senator Monday, leaving the Senate split 49-49 with two independents. The announcement came as Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Walter Mondale appeared in a televised debate in the race to succeed the late Sen. Paul Wellstone. Ventura made clear he was angry that his party's Senate candidate, Jim Moore, was excluded from the debate. Today, three very powerful institutions, the Republican Party, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-Party, and the Minnesota media are conspiring to limit the hard-earned rights of ordinary citizens, Ventura said. Barkley, who describes his philosophy as a mix of social libertarianism and fiscal conservatism, ran for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 1994 and 1996. He did well enough in one race to win the then-Reform Party major status in Minnesota. The party was later renamed the Independence Party. Barkley becomes a critical swing vote in the Senate in the lame-duck session. The breakdown is 49 Democrats and 49 Republicans, with one independent, Jim Jeffords, who usually votes with Democrats. Barkley said he didn't know how he would vote, promising to speak with both parties. He also said he would seek out Jeffords. He was a moderate Republican spurned by his own party, Barkley said, adding. I can get along with moderate Democrats and moderate Republicans. During the debate, Coleman vowed to work for the citizens of Minnesota and said it would help the state to have a senator with a good relationship with President Bush. But Mondale said the race is a question about the future, but the basic question is, which future? After Wellstone was killed in a plane crash Oct. 25, Ventura first said he preferred to appoint a Democrat to hold the seat since Wellstone was a Democrat. After a memorial service for Wellstone turned raucously partisan, though, Ventura said angrily that he would consider appointing an independent instead. It was unclear how long the temporary appointee would serve. Last week, Ventura's office and the state attorney general were examining laws and Senate rules. Although officials initially said the person would serve until election results are certified in mid-November, some now believe the term would run into early January. Polls show Mondale and Coleman running very close. Coleman, the Republican, trailed Wellstone slightly before the plane crash. Mondale, the former vice president and senator, entered the race at the pleas of Democrats, including Wellstone's surviving family members. 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Tom Barnard II
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.startribune.com/stories/464/3399714.html More radio rudeness Twenty-thousand scumbags is how 107.1 FM afternoon host Lori Barghini heard Tommy Barnyard describe the crowd at Sen. Paul Wellstone's memorial-service-turned-political-rally. More loveliness from the local morning show guy, who wished Wellstone dead 39 days before the plane crash. He reportedly backed off the scumbag line when he realized he had friends at the service. He said, Oh well, maybe not all of them, said Barghini. 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://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/ A HREF=http://archive.jab.org/ctrl;listserv.aol.com/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] Forget Fidel, just give me the secret handshake, senor
-Caveat Lector- http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/04/30/1019441369020.html Forget Fidel, just give me the secret handshake, senor By David Gonzalez May 1 2002 Cuba's capital has a sovereign grand commander who wears a uniform, is privy to secrets and partial to symbolism. But he is not Fidel Castro. His name is Jesus Armada Pena, and he is a 33rd degree mason who presides over Cuba's Supreme Council at an imposing, if age-worn, Scottish Rite Masonic temple in central Havana. Long discouraged and distrusted by the authorities, Cuba's masons have seen their ranks more than double since the 1980s, to 29,000 members in more than 316 lodges across the island. Earlier this year, the Cuban Government gave permission for two new lodges, the first since 1967. Along with other fraternal or mystical groups, like the Oddfellows and the Rosicrucians, the Masons have been attracting men searching for more enduring answers than those offered by communism, the only system generations of Cubans have ever known. Once shrouded in secrecy, the fraternal groups - which exist in many countries and have origins as old as the Crusades - shun specific religions and ideologies and say their purpose is to foster brotherhood and search for truth. The Masons, the largest of Cuba's brotherhoods, meet weekly to celebrate rituals in rooms with flaked murals of the heavens and tarnished swords on pedestals. They sit, wearing threadbare ceremonial aprons, in high-backed wooden chairs. Members visit the sick in hospitals and help out their families. Armada's masonic temple distributes medicine and vitamins donated by lodges in the United States and Europe. The brotherhoods are creating a mutual aid network that seeks - very cautiously - to provide what Castro's government does not or will not. We have always existed in Cuba, Armada says. But after the revolution there was a decrease in membership. So many left the country, while others thought the Masons no longer had a reason for being because our principles and foundation as an institution were overtaken by the political process. Now we have found an echo among the young. They are looking for answers to their worries, which the state could not give them. What the state has long given the masons is trouble, going back to the rule of Spain in the 1800s. The first lodges were founded by French settlers who fled the slave revolt in Haiti. Cuba's Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council were created in 1859, and attracted many men who would go on to fight Spanish colonial rule. Pointing to a portrait on his office wall of Benito Juarez, the mason and Mexican hero, he said the fellowship has had a strong appeal to nationalists. Even Jose Marti, the fabled apostle of Cuba's fight against Spain, was said to have been a mason. The mason is imbued with the ideals of the French Revolution, the American Revolution and the philosophical currents of the time, like Rousseau, Armada says. But when the communists came to power in 1959, the masons' ideas were seen as a threat. Membership plummeted from 39,000 to 14,000 by 1980 as the group was treated as a clandestine counter-revolutionary sect. Recently the government has given a little more leeway, even allowing some masons to travel to conventions overseas. Members are careful not to overstep their bounds, and they give the government reports on their meetings. Lately, they have been allowed to conduct wreath-laying ceremonies in public parks. But they cannot hold street processions with unfurled banners. There is a great vacuum after the fall of the socialist bloc did away with any hope for people to develop themselves, says Raul Rivero, an independent Cuban journalist. So people sought refuge in those groups looking for solidarity. For these fraternal groups the loyalty is to the human being. For the government, solidarity is conditioned on political principle. Officially, the government now says the masons are linked to some of the nobler moments of Cuba's past. Privately, masons complain that they are infiltrated with government agents and sometimes receive veiled warnings about their meetings with foreigners, including American diplomats. Those diplomats are watching the growth of the fraternal orders with interest. They loosen the bonds of the state by showing that services and resources can be provided by people themselves, said Vicky Huddleston, the head of the US Interests Section in Havana. For a communist system, that is a dangerous idea. Masons insist that Cuban politics, like race, are not discussed inside the temple's thick walls. But they say their talks are free-ranging, covering everything from democracy to the human genome project. The masons do have their secrets, like the phrases and signals they use to identify one another. But they openly proclaim their principles - indoors. Inside the temple's entrance is a huge framed copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In recent years,
[CTRL] Secret Power by Nicky Hager
-Caveat Lector- http://echelononline.free.fr/documents/hager/sp_3.htm Secret Power by Nicky Hager, 1996, ISBN 0-908802-35-8 GCSB is New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau. P8-9 It was with some apprehension that I learned Nicky Hager was researching the activity of our intelligence community. He has long been a pain in the establishment's neck. There are many things in the book with which I am familiar. I couldn't tell him which was which. Nor can I tell you. But it is an outrage that I and other ministers were told so little [yea NSA] and this raises the question of to whom those concerned saw themselves ultimately responsible. David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1984-89 P9 Another aspect of the Second World War that carried over into the Cold War era was the close co-operation between five countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - formalized with the UKUSA Security Agreement of 1948. Although the treaty has never been made public, it has become clear that it provided not only for a division of collecting tasks and sharing of the product, but for common guidelines for the classification and protection of the intelligence collected as well as for personnel security. P20 New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, on June 12 1984, admitted the GCSB liaised closely with Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States - the closest the government has ever come to talking about the secret five-nation signals intelligence alliance of which the GCSB is part. P108 The New Zealand analysts have a high level of contact with the overseas agencies, including overseas staff training, postings and exchanges. In the early 1990s the GCSB began conducting its own training courses, teaching them the special procedures and regulations governing the production of signals intelligence reports for the UKUSA network. It is at these courses where the analysts are told about the UKUSA agreement, which is described by senior staff as the 'foundation stone' of all the arrangements with the 'partner' agencies. P110 The GCSB introduces the new trainees to the world of codebreaking by advising them to read two of the greatest exposes of signals intelligence: James Bamford's 'The Puzzle Palace' and David Kahn's 'The Code Breakers'. P22 In 1984, Glen Singleton of the NSA was formally appointed GCSB's Deputy Director of Policy and Plans. Having an American inside the GCSB serving as a foreign liaison officer would be one thing: allowing an officer from another country to direct policy and planning seems extraordinary. [ Unless you think of the NSA as the New World Order. ] P28-29 Intelsat 7s can carry 90,000 individual phone or fax circuits at once. All 'written' messages are currently exploited by the GCSB. The other UKUSA agencies monitor phone calls as well. The key to interception of satellite communications is powerful computers that search through these masses of messages for ones of interest. The intercept stations take in millions of messages intended for the legitimate earth stations served by the satellite and then use computers to search for pre-programmed addresses and keywords. In this way they select out manageable numbers (hundreds or thousands) of messages to be searched through and read by the intelligence analysis staff. Many people are vaguely aware that a lot of spying occurs, maybe even on them, but how do we judge if it is ubiquitous or not a worry at all? Is someone listening every time we pick up the telephone? Are all Internet or fax messages being pored over continuously by shadowy figures somewhere in a windowless building? There is almost never any solid information with which to judge what is realistic concern and what is silly paranoia. What follows explains as precisely as possible - and for the first time in public - how the worldwide system works, just how immense and powerful it is and what it can and cannot do. The electronic spies are not ubiquitous, but the paranoia is not unfounded. The global system has a highly secret codename - ECHELON. The intelligence agencies will be shocked to see it named and described for the first time in print. Each station in the ECHELON network has computers that automatically search through millions of intercepted messages for ones containing pre-programmed keywords or fax, telex and email addresses. Every word of every message is automatically searched: they do not need your specific telephone number or Internet address on the list. All the different computers in the network are known, within the UKUSA agencies, as the ECHELON Dictionaries. Computers that can search for keywords have existed since at least the 1970s, but the ECHELON system has been designed to interconnect all these computers and allow the stations to function as components of an integrated whole. Under the ECHELON system, a particular station's Dictionary computers
