[CTRL] Fwd: Rock Against Bush, Volume II
-Caveat Lector- 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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- America's Future America's Future | www.ourfuture.org PunkVoter.com and FatWreckChords presents Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 Punkvoter.com has just released the second volume of 'Rock Against Bush'. It is a CD and a DVD with a mixture of music, comedy, and informative multi- media clips. Rock Against Bush Vol 1 sold over 200,000 copies. Consider buying a copy of the new CD for that young punk fan in your life. It retails nationally for under $9.00 on August 10th and will send a strong message to DC! This is an entirely new line-up of artists that donated songs to Rock Against Bush including multi-platinum punkers Green Day, Grammy award winning Foo Fighters, ska-punk all-stars No Doubt as well as long-revered and respected bands like Bad Religion, Rancid, Sleater- Kinney, Dropkick Murphys and Operation Ivy. Of the 28 total tracks, this massive compilation boasts 20 unreleased or rare songs. Vol. II comes with an amazing DVD that includes six political documentary trailers (Uncovered, Unprecedented, Unconstitutional, Honor Betrayed, Indy Media in the Time of War, Fixed in Florida) three anti-bush comedy pieces, and five music videos. It is packaged with an informational booklet of eye-opening facts, ways to take action, and political opinions from the artists! View the complete track listing at: http://www.fatwreck.com/albumdetail.php3?sd=cat_num= 677 Watch the e-card and listen to six different samples from this new collection at: http://www.fatwreck.com/junk/rab2.html As you may know, Rock Against Bush Vol. I debuted at #54 on Billboard's Top 200, was the #1 independent record in the country, #2 for Internet sales and was # 1 most added at college radio. This punk rock compilation was listed on Billboard's Top 200 for two months straight and is still climbing the college charts! Lets make an even bigger impact with Vol 2! The goal is simple: Get as much information out there as quickly as possible! Fat Wreck Chords will contribute its profits from this project to progressive organizations like punkvoter.com as well as other progressive causes! Fat Wreck Chords has packed 28 great punk rock tunes and over an hour of educational material into this two disc set! With your help and support - Rock Against Bush Vol 2 will climb the charts, put information into kids hands and send a strong message to DC! Purchase a copy of this CD/DVD today for $6.00 through Fat Wreck Chords website at: http://www.fatwreck.com/albumdetail.php3?sd=cat_num= 677 For more information visit www.punkvoter.com or www.fatwreck.com ___ portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. It aims to provide varied material of interest to people on the left. For answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.portside.org/faq To subscribe, unsubscribe or change settings: http://lists.portside.org/mailman/listinfo/portside To submit material, paste into an email and send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postings are moderated) For assistance with your account: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To search the portside archive: http://people-link5.inch.com/pipermail/portside/ 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
[CTRL] Fwd: Rock Royalty to Join Voices Against Bush
-Caveat Lector- 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=""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 ---BeginMessage--- -Caveat Lector- Rock Royalty to Join Voices Against Bush With Fall Concerts Musicians will perform in swing states to try to affect election. Playing for a cause is a tradition, but injecting political views can be risky. By Geoff Boucher July 25, 2004 by the Los Angeles Times http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0725-02.htm Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and a deep roster of other rock stars will unite for politically minded concerts this fall that will give voice to dissatisfaction with the Bush administration. The all-star rock shows, which are expected to begin in October and target campaign swing states, are in the planning stage but were confirmed by half a dozen music industry sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Insiders disagree on the unifying rhythm of the celebrity coalition. Some say it is the promise of the John F. Kerry candidacy, but at least one emphasizes the fear of President Bush's reelection. There is a range of feeling about Kerry, the source said, but a uniform belief that Bush must go. The tour turns up the volume of the rock scene's role in politics, but it is not the only example of an apparent surge of commentary among artists. Rockers seem virtually unanimous in their anti-Bush stance, just as country music has seen a wave of passionate patriotism and support for the president, exemplified by the songs of Toby Keith. MTV has been showing a video by the British dance-pop outfit Faithless that features a teen shipped off to Iraq only to return home wounded and disillusioned. Representing a different generation, Tom Waits and John Fogerty have recorded songs about Iraq. For Waits, it's the first political song of his four-decade career; for Fogerty, it's a return to his Vietnam-era songs such as Who'll Stop the Rain. Elsewhere, rapper Sean P. Diddy Combs is steering a new voter registration drive, and the usually bratty punk-pop band Green Day has said its next album will be a political concept piece. Steve Earle has a new album laced with songs about Iraq and Bush and even a mocking valentine to national security advisor Condoleezza Rice. Blues player Keb Mo has an upcoming album of peace songs, including John Lennon's Imagine and Buffalo Springfield's For What It's Worth. Introducing political commentary into music is sometimes a risky prospect even if it's just a passing reference. Last weekend, Linda Ronstadt was booed in Las Vegas for praising a Bush nemesis, filmmaker Michael Moore, while Ozzy Osbourne relented to critics and removed concert imagery that showed Bush and Hitler together on an overhead screen. The countercultural mind-set and recklessness once at the core of rock music now seem relegated to the distant past, Elton John told Interview magazine. He said that protest had often given way to strict careerism in this corporate age. There's an atmosphere of fear in America right now, and that is deadly, John said. Everyone is too career-conscious. They're all too scared . Things have changed. Tom Morello, guitarist with Rage Against the Machine and once a staffer to the late California Democratic Sen. Alan Cranston, is a veteran of politics-meets-rock. I'm not surprised you're seeing this music being made, and I'm not surprised it's connecting with an audience, he said. It's not just people who write songs carpenters, teachers, everyone is ready for a regime change. Morello was cited by some sources as a probable participant in the concert series, but he declined to confirm plans for the shows. No album or song is likely to capture as much media attention as the concerts involving Springsteen in swing states, which are expected to take place in arenas. Organizers have been tight-lipped since discussions of the idea caught the ears of some of the stars in April. At the end of
[CTRL] Protests rock Pakistan (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Assalamu'alaikum, Protests rock Pakistan http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,555779,00.html Staff and agencies Friday September 21, 2001 Angry protests in Pakistan brought parts of the country to a virtual standstill today as demonstrators rallied behind Islamic groups. Shops were closed and transport suspended as demonstrators made their voices heard in response to a nationwide strike called by Muslim clerics. It is the fifth consecutive day of protests in the country, but by far the most dramatic with police, their numbers boosted, firing tear gas into some boisterous crowds. Protestors are acting against their government's pledge on Wednesday to support American military strikes against neighbouring Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden, the chief suspect in last week's terrorist attacks in America, is defended by the Taliban. Despite ongoing negotiations Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef, announced today that Taliban rulers will not hand over Bin Laden without evidence. Asked if the Taliban would deliver him, said, No, but his translator added, No, not without evidence. Pakistanis near the Afghan border vowed to launch a war against Americans. Thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of Peshawar, in the north west, shouting anti-American and anti-Pakistani slogans. Burning a life-size effigy of the US president they shouted: Long live Osama. We will fight until the death and destruction of the United States, one sign read. Crush America and Bush, read another. Hardline Islamic clerics fuelled the strength of feeling and told their listeners that they backed bin Laden and the Taliban leadership, which has protected him and his followers in Afghanistan for years. Hundreds of people watched the procession from rooftops and balconies in a city where most people are Pashtun, the same ethnic group predominating among the Taliban, and where there are two million Afghan refugees. Heavily armed police, estimated at 15,000, patrolled the city on foot and in tanks. Violence flared in Karachi, the country's biggest city and its commercial hub. The largest incident was in the Sohrab Goth neighbourhood, where an estimated 1,500 Afghan refugees clashed with police, burning tyres and attacking vehicles. In other parts of Karachi, police were forced to fire tear gas and beat people with iron-tipped sticks to disperse crowds pelting vehicles with stones and blocking roads. At least 70 demonstrators were arrested, police said. In other parts of the country such as the south west city of Quetta, Lahore and Islamabad, the capital, police were on guard, many in riot gear, but protests had not begun. Most shops and schools were ordered to close for their own safety. The general strike also closed schools, offices and shops in the northern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir, where Islamic rebels are fighting for independence with the support of Pakistan. America has agreed to lift sanctions imposed on Pakistan and India and to reschedule $600m (410m) in bilateral debt with Islamabad, a senior western diplomat said today. The diplomat, who asked not to be identified, said that discernible progress would be seen soon. Details of the surprise deal are reportedly being finalised at the moment and will allow a resumption of American assistance to Pakistan, which ended after sanctions were imposed for the nuclear tests it carried out in 1998. The news come after a fruitless year of talks under the Paris Club to reschedule Pakistan's bilateral debt. America will sign an agreement on rescheduling $600m worth of debt, part of Pakistan's $1.6bn debt considered by the Paris Club, in a move seen by many as a reward for Pakistan in return for its support of the US over its expected attacks against Pakistan's neighbour, Afghanistan. The US has turned to Pakistan because of its critical geographical position, on the border with Afghanistan and its ties to the Taliban regime. The Afghan Defence Council, an alliance of 35 religious and militant groups, has warned the Pakistani leader, general Musharraf, that his decision to back America could plunge the country into civil war. With almost a week of protests, which are becoming increasingly heated, and American strikes imminent, many Pakistanis fear civil war is inevitable. Yesterday, a grand Islamic council in Afghanistan met at the request of the Taliban leadership and took the decision to ask Bin Laden to leave voluntarily. It is not yet known if he will comply, or if a war could be averted even if he did. ININ List Archives Found Here: http://www.egroups.com/messages/inin TO SUBSCRIBE: To subscribe please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body type: subscribe inin-net TO UNSUBSCRIBE: To unsubscribe please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body type in:
[CTRL] Little Rock arrests/ Gary Condit lunch partner 30 APRIL
For example, on April 30, the last day Levy was seen, Condit was picked upby staff, had lunch at the White House and worked in Congress for fourhours before heading home for dinner with his wife. I don't understand the reference to Condit having lunch at the White House on April 30. What is the verified source of this info? He's supposed to have had lunch with Dan Lasater, the Clinton cronies' chief "Disappearer" even in Arkansas well before the Presidency (see forwarded email below). If he did eat with Lasater, it points almost too clearly to an organized hit on Chandra, designed to keep her from blabbing, either to her parents or to his wife. I would wager there is a tacit "dissappearance" service for favoured high govt. officials, just as there are tacit excort services. You can trust them to be silent because their very profitable business depends on it, and in court by organized agreement one will lie and all the others will swear to it, thus "validating" their testimony. Under these conditions, her body will be very hard to find as they could have done anything with it. A possible list: sent to a meat packing plant (see Gary Condit's list of California agricultural contributors!) donated to a teaching hospital for student use; quickly dismembered for school use so unrecognizeable. Switcheroo--Chandra's body is misidentified by some bribed morgue underling and buried in some other person's grave. Then the other person's body could be donated or disposed off without raising a police alarm, since the other person is not being looked for. In all likelihood, police have already done DNA tests on her and could test any suspicious remains, so this method seems promising (from the murderer's viewpoint!) Jenny - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] Re: Little Rock arrests/ Gary Condit lunch partner 30 APRIL Dan Lasater was a bond broker in Little Rock who got busted for possession of cocaine, and for giving it to teenage girls at an apartment in Little Rock in 1985. Lasater paid for the apartment, but Bill Clinton's brother, Roger, actually lived there. Roger was also busted. Lasater did some time in the federal slammer, while Roger was confined to a half-way house. While Lasater was in prison, his side-kick, Patsy Thomasson, ran his bond brokerage. When Clinton was elected, he brought Ms. Thomasson to the White House in 1993, as "Director of Administration" (i.e., head of security). Later on, Lasater started "Phoenix Mortgage Company," in Little Rock, which was a drug-money laundry. For a short time, after he got out of jail, Lasater lived at a lodge in the woods in western Arkansas, near Mena. The property was owned by International Paper Co., one of the Rose Law Firm's biggest clients. Hillary Clinton, Webb Hubbell, and Vince Foster were partners at the Rose firm at the time. Lasater ran his money laundering operation from the lodge. Lasater has been a close friend of Bill Clinton's for years. He was also very close to the late James McDougal (of Madison Guaranty Savings Loan fame). Lasater is described by Chip Tatum (an ex-Army pilot who, unwittingly it appears, flew numerous drug runs to and from Central America in the '80s for Lasater and the Dixie Mafia), as being the "Dr. Lasater" to whom certain cargo was delivered from time to time in Arkansas. That cargo was usually in the form of large styrofoam coolers marked "Medical Supplies." According to Tatum, one of the coolers fell onto the tarmac, while it was in the process of being loaded onto Tatum's helicopter, and burst open. The contents clearly had "medicinal value," but could hardly have been accurately described as being "Medical Supplies." The coolers contained tightly wrapped bags of raw cocaine. Tatum relates that shortly after that happened, he arrived at an airport near Little Rock, and was introduced to "Dr. Lasater" (to whom the coolers were being shipped), Governor Clinton, and a third man who became Clinton's FEMA Director in 1993. The three were there to meet the helicopter. Anyone who has more and/or better information should certainly feel free to redact what I've written. R. Odom Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Please let us stay on topic and be civil.To unsubscribe please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs-Home Page- www.cia-drugs.org OM Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [CTRL] Little Rock to seize man's property for Clinton library (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- --- c. watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: roughly 25% of Arkansans who absolutely despise Bill Clinton and have since he ran for Attorney General in 76. This built in anti constituency is why he lost the Governorship to Frank White for two years in 78. This hate the SOB faction has always puzzled me. Another 25%+ absolutely love him. And the 50% in the middle don't give a rat's patootie one way or t'other. Sounds like a normal bell curve to me. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ A HREF=http://www.ctrl.org/;www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html A HREF=http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html;Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]/A http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ A HREF=http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/;ctrl/A To 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] Little Rock to seize man's property for Clinton library (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- conservativeinfo - Subscribe to the Conservative Information email list at http://conservativeinfo.listbot.com Little Rock to seize man's property for Clinton library -- Under fire from property rights advocates, Little Rock, Arkansas, is defending plans to seize property for President Clinton's presidential library under a law that allows the city to take land for public parks. The property owner has gone to court to challenge the move. (05/23/01) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,25398,00.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
Re: [CTRL] Little Rock to seize man's property for Clinton library (fwd)
-Caveat Lector- Besides being about three years old, the story is based on an appeal of a lower court decision. Yes, government entities have the right of eminent domain. If they didn't, we wouldn't have many streets and roads. Pffeifer is one of the roughly 25% of Arkansans who absolutely despise Bill Clinton and have since he ran for Attorney General in 76. This built in anti constituency is why he lost the Governorship to Frank White for two years in 78. This hate the SOB faction has always puzzled me. Another 25%+ absolutely love him. c. 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] Pop Rock Music Mind Control
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/" /A -Cui Bono?- SIGHTINGS http://www.sightings.com/health3/rmusic.htm Pop Rock Music Mind Control http://home.sprintmail.com/~rigoletto/reports/human_origins.html 1-16-2000 Woodstock '99 Phish And for those interested in the Woodstock '99 - Phish connection: FANS FIND SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT PHISH CONCERTS DENVER (Wireless Flash) -- There's something fishy about the band Phish -- at least if you believe a man who's been to more than 30 of the group's psychedelic shows. 23-year-old Dan Hinman claims he's witnessed all sorts of odd behavior at the concerts and has concluded that the shows might be mind control experiments conducted by the government. Hinman says the band plays very unique hypnotic tones and notes which frequently transform the audience into a group of willing zombies. Even more suspicious, the band has held several concerts at military bases where mind control projects are supposedly underway. Hinman believes the government might be experimenting with a method to control the youth of America by making them more passive. He claims the sad thing is that most Phish fans are so devoted to the band, they refuse to believe the concerts could be mind control experiments. _ Beatles, Rock Roll and Mind Control http://user.tninet.se/~gbl020q/influential_rock_music.htm I am one of those who grew up with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin etc. I thought it was GREAT music and I was totally into it. I am a musician and a composer myself, influenced from the artists and groups above. At that time, in my teens and twenties I was not very well educated on the situation on this planet, even though I thought something must be very wrong. Often I thought the rock musicians had the answers... I know many of you might feel the same and therefore you may get upset about what I'm now going to tell you. But believe me, I've gone through all that myself, and after all - I WAS a rock musician too. The story, though, that I will tell you makes a whole lot of sense (unfortunately) and the glamour of rock music fades quite a bit. The following is an excerpt from Dr. John Coleman's excellent book "The Committee of 300", which is very informative on the subject of the Illuminati and is highly recommended. Very much of what he "predicted" in the early 80's happened exactly the way he said it would. The book in itself is from the early 90's. The Beatles and the Aquarian Conspiracy An outstanding example of social conditioning to accept change, even when it is recognized as unwelcome change by the large population group in the sights of Stanford Research Institute, was the "advent" of the BEATLES. The Beatles were brought to the United States as part of a social experiment which would subject large population groups to brainwashing of which they were not even aware. When Tavistock brought the Beatles to the United States nobody could have imagined the cultural disaster that was to follow in their wake. The Beatles were an integral part of "THE AQUARIAN CONSPIRACY," a living organism which sprang From "THE CHANGING IMAGES OF MAN," URH (489)-2150-Policy Research Report No. 4/4/74. Policy Report pre-pared by SRI Center for the study of Social Policy, Director, Professor Willis Harmon. The phenomenon of the Beatles was not a spontaneous rebellion by youth against the old social system. Instead it was a carefully crafted plot to introduce by a conspiratorial body which could not be identified, a highly destructive and divisive element into a large population group targeted for change against its will. New words and new phrases--prepared by Tavistock(1)-- were introduced to America along with the Beatles. Words such as "rock" in relation to music sounds, "teenager," "cool," "discovered" and "pop music" were a lexicon of disguised code words signifying the acceptance of drugs and arrived with and accompanied the Beatles wherever they went, to be "discovered" by "teenagers." Incidentally, the word "teenagers" was never used until just before the Beatles arrived on the scene, courtesy of the Tavistock Institute for Human Relations. As in the case of gang wars, nothing could or would have been accomplished without the cooperation of the media, especially the electronic media and, in particular, the scurrilous Ed Sullivan who had been coached by the conspirators as to the role he was to play. Nobody would have paid much attention to the motley crew from Liverpool and the 12-atonal system of "music" that was to follow had it not been for an overabundance of press exposure. The 12-atonal system consisted of heavy, repetitive sounds, taken from the music of the cult of Dionysus and the Baal priesthood by Adorno and given a "modern" flavor
[CTRL] Southern Rock 'N Roll
-Caveat Lector- SOUTH WANTS DEVOLUTION FROM US AS A BAND of conspirators, they were ultra-respectable, just a couple of hundred college lecturers, schoolteachers and small businessmen brought together by a common grievance and a common hope. But their gathering this weekend in the hill country of North Carolina has the potential to change the face of America. In signing into being the Southern Party, they have embarked on the first organised political challenge to the sway of the North since the surrender of the Confederate general Robert E Lee in 1865. And while they recognise that their ultimate aim - independence for the South by peaceful, constitutional means - could take generations or never happen at all, they cite the recent success of devolutionary movements elsewhere, including in Britain, as a reason they cannot just be dismissed as a crowd of irresponsible nostalgics. The scene in the select resort village of Flat Rock was the epitome of the southern idyll: a vast weathered gazebo on the lush lawn of a glistening white southern mansion; the heat of the summer sun fanned by a cooling breeze. A few of the men wore grey Confederate uniforms, a few of the women wore crinolines, but the new political activists who had paid $50 (pounds 33) each for the privilege of assisting at the birth of "their" party mostly wore the costumes of today - summer suits and dresses. As befitted a southern gathering, proceedings opened and closed with prayers - "Lord, show us the direction we need to go"- but the climax was the ceremonial presentation of the flags of 14 southern states and the signing of the "Asheville Declaration", named after the nearby city. It was endorsed by volleys of musket fire across the valley and loud "hurrahs". The leading light of the new party is George Kalas, the son of a Greek immigrant father and a mother of staunch Confederate stock, and just 37. For him, and the party's three other founding fathers, the time is right for the South to assert itself. Registered in Houston, Texas, the party is already organising in all 18 southern states, and so much advance interest was shown in this weekend's founding rally that people had to be turned away. To the devoted southerners, their beloved and maligned South is resurgent. Southerners hold many of the most important offices of state. Interest in Confederate history is at record levels, judging by a slew of films, the popularity of visits to battlefield sites and amateur participation in Civil War re- enactments. Last year's anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg inspired more than 18,000 people to wear period costume to fight it all over again. A large part of the rationale for the new party is economic self-confidence. "The South is becoming strong again. We're becoming a financial giant again, and that's why we're here," Jerry Baxley, the party's vice-chairman, told the assembled throng in his opening speech. What many see as the moral bankruptcy of the Washington "regime" is another powerful ingredient. The most compelling reason cited by the party's founders for their timing, though, is what they see as the stunning success of nationalist movements in Canada and Britain. "Thirty years ago they [the political Establishment] were laughing at the Quebecois. Ten years ago they were laughing at the population of Wales and Scotland for advocating their own parliaments. They're not laughing any more," said one enthusiast. Mr Kalsa said: "We couldn't have done this 10 years ago.There would have been no media interest." And he credited the Internet with "making it a more level playing field" for non-establishment groups. A new South could be seen as unrealistic, especially in view of the fervent opposition of black Americans to anything that smacks of the traditional Confederacy. But while the new party's platform builds on the complex of southern sympathies and resentments, it makes a determined effort to strike out the racism. When Mr Kalas enumerated its guiding principles - for: devolution and moral leadership from politicians; against: abortion, gun controls and federal taxes - his denunciation of racism drew a volume of applause second only to his rejection of the tax system. "There is no room for those who harbour racial malice towards their fellow southerners," he said. "The politics of race have reached a dead end." The Southern Party, he said, "is an idea that all southerners should be proud to embrace". There remains, however, a distinct ambiguity, enshrined in the party's careful choice of flag. The "third" Confederate flag belongs to the late period of the Civil War when black volunteers were taken into Confederate ranks - showing, according to Mr Kalas and the others, that an end to slavery was an accepted precondition for the survival of the Confederacy. This is not the standard Confederate flag. It is red and white and
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-Caveat Lector- From TheIndependent (UK) Gibraltar embarks on risky alliance By Elizabeth Nash in Gibraltar The Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Peter Caruana, has plunged into a dangerous liaison with Jesus Gil, the flamboyant and controversial mayor of Marbella, whose right-wing party is advancing throughout southern Spain. The two men sealed their friendship with a pact this week that will infuriate Madrid and prompt jitters in London. The rapprochement was struck in Gibraltar amidst a furore surrounding Mr Gil, who is accused by Madrid's chief prosecutor of conniving with a Marbella judge to launder money for the Sicilian Mafia. Mr Caruana brushed aside doubts about Mr Gil's honesty, saying that was an internal Spanish matter and that nothing was proven. The two men will develop economic, cultural and sporting links between Gibraltar and neighbouring regions of Spain controlled by Mr Gil's Independent Liberal Group (GIL). Mr Gil, a populist rabble-rouser on bail for fraud, and Mr Caruana, the dapper lawyer, make an incongruous couple. But their opportunist alliance could mark the start of a beautiful friendship. They are astute and pragmatic politicians with a talent for an electoral flourish. They planned to meet over lunch on Thursday in a harbourside restaurant on the Rock, but at the last minute Mr Gil backed out, leaving fellow GIL members, his son Jesus Gil Marin, who is mayor of Estepona, and Juan Carlos Juarez, the mayor of La Linea which borders Gibraltar, as Mr Caruana's only guests. In local elections on 13 June, Mr Juarez swept into La Linea from nowhere to win a landslide victory. In GIL's swanky offices in La Linea yesterday locals queued to sign up. "None of the other parties ever did anything for us, let's hope GIL [or Gil] can turn La Linea into another Marbella," one enthusiast said. But Mr Gil has problems. He is on £420,000 bail, charged with funnelling some 450m pesetas (£2m) of Marbella's public funds to Atletico Madrid football club, which he owns. On Wednesday night he was warned that if he left Spain he could be arrested on his return, and forfeit his bail. So on Thursday lunchtime, he ventured no further than the border. There he told assembled press and a gaggle of fans how sorry he was to miss Mr Caruana, "because he's a good man you can talk to and negotiate with". But had he not realised that he would face penalties for leaving the country while on bail? Mr Gil turned on a sunny smile and grasped my hand warmly. "Perhaps I was naive, but it honestly didn't occur to me because I'm totally innocent. It's a shame because they're over there waiting for me." He added: "I want to make La Linea the envy of the costa." Sceptics suspect a publicity stunt, and Mr Gil lost no time in denouncing the state prosecutors as "base-born assassins" for accusing him of Mafia links. However, Mr Caruana is keen to have an interlocutor in Spain and has long said he could do business with Mr Gil. Gibraltar's Chief Minister is fed up with being cold-shouldered by Spain's Foreign Minister, Abel Matutes, who talks only to London. Mr Caruana wants to boost Gibraltarian business in Spain, and Mr Gil's ideology-free policy of promoting investment, especially in real estate, offers tempting opportunities. Residents of La Linea like the idea, too, scenting escape from decades of depression and unemployment that runs at 35 per cent, the highest in Spain. Gibraltar is the region's main employer, and some 3,000 Spaniards cross every day to work in hotels and bars on the Rock. Otherwise, La Linea's principle activity is drug trafficking, mainly hashish from nearby Morocco, and increasingly heroin and cocaine. Mr Gil promised yesterday to clean up the drugs, sweep criminals off the streets and bring prosperity to La Linea. This formula bounced him to power in Marbella eight years ago, and brought subsequent gains along the coast and in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in Morocco just across the Gibraltar Strait. La Linea could do with a face-lift. While the rest of the coast is cluttered with marble villas, golf links, timeshare complexes and casinos, La Linea looks more like a Paraguayan frontier town, scruffy and neglected, although with a gorgeous long beach, ripe for development. The new mayor, Mr Juarez, has taken personal control of urbanisation and relations with Gibraltar as priorities for his new mandate, and Mr Gil has openly declared Gibraltarians welcome in Marbella. Such gestures of friendship from Spain - which avoid the thorny question of sovereignty - are much appreciated on the Rock. In his dark suit, Mr Caruana stayed cool and elegant by Gibraltar's yacht marina that looked positively Marbella-esque with its fleets of gleaming pleasure craft. He said Mr Gil's party had achieved many improvements in the areas it ruled. He added that he hoped to meet Mr Gil very soon, "whenever he wants" -
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-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.mich.com/~ttyler/C3I/Bunkers/SITE-R/Site-R.html A HREF="http://www.mich.com/~ttyler/C3I/Bunkers/SITE-R/Site-R.html"The Rock /A - The Rock © 1998, 1999 Tim D. Tyler Revision 2.2 Image courtesy US Army - AJCC "Go tell it on the mountain" used to be a popular expression, meaning that if you had an important message to convey, it was worth your time and effort to go atop the nearest mountain and shout it out to the masses. That, in a nutshell, is the mission of the Alternate Joint Communications Center. The mountain happens to be known as Raven Rock, and the masses are the strategic nuclear war fighters of the United States of America. "Site-R" is the location designator for a major US military bunker located inside Raven Rock Mountain, next to the community of Fountain Dale, near Blue Ridge Summit in Adams County Pennsylvania. The complex is also known as "the underground Pentagon," and affectionately to its personnel as "the Rock" or "the Hole," but the official name is the Alternate Joint Communications Center (AJCC). Over radio circuits, the facility is known as WAR-46 (permanent callsign), and MARCONI (permanent callword). The site is most well known as housing the Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC), and the Site-R complex is often referred to as being the ANMCC. However, the ANMCC is just a specific facility and mission within the Alternate Joint Communications Center. The ANMCC is now officially known as National Military Command Center - Site-R. HISTORY The AJCC became operational on 30 June 1953, a little over two years after the construction plans were approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The initial concept of an emergency relocation site for the Pentagon was proposed in a May 15,1948 memorandum to Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal by his senior military advisors responsible for war planning and preparedness -- the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The Cold War had just begun, in March of 1948 President Truman even announced to Congress that the USSR and communism was a clear present threat to the USA. With their new TU-4 bombers (exact copies of the US B-29) JCS were concerned that the Soviets would soon be capable of a Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack on Washington would decimate America's senior military command capability. The Pentagon was soft-target, easily recognizable by high altitude bombers, and it was assumed that the enemy -- the USSR -- would have intercontinental ballistic missiles at some point in the 1950s, though it caught the U.S. by surprise when the Russians detonated their first nuclear weapon on 29 August, 1949. One of the location requirements that the alternate site had to meet was to be located far enough from Washington DC that a concentrated attack on Washington wouldn't damage the bunker. Yet another was that the site still be close enough to the Washington area so that the Joint Chiefs of Staff, their support personnel, known as the Joint Staff, and other senior military and civilian officials could be quickly evacuated to it by ground transportation or helicopter. A further complication in this 'not to close, not too far' location strategy was that the facility shouldn't be situated near the plethora of other important military and federal government sites which would probably be targeted -- the Norfolk Virginia navy facilities, Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, etc. Placement inside a mountain provides several advantages, such as: Less likely to be observed during construction than digging a big pit into flat ground. Easier to tunnel sideways deep into granite than dig downward deep into soil. The mountain interior provides a natural equivalent to building a facility with thousand foot thick hardened concrete walls. Top of the mountain can be used as an antenna site, eliminating the need for large antenna towers. While several sites were studied, Raven Rock was clearly the best in terms of location from DC, and geological factors (super hard greenstone granite composition). Additionally, a perfect support base -- Camp Ritchie, was just a few miles away in Cascade Maryland. President Truman gave final approval for the 'Fort Ritchie - Raven Rock Site' project in May of 1950, and the Department of Defense started acquiring 718 acres of land from over 30 individual property holders. While most of the land was sold to the US Government in 1950, transfers via condemnation weren't complete until 1954. Initial wording of the condemnation proceedings were vague. The United States needed the land "...to adequately provide for the establishment of facilities for the use of the Department of the Army and for other military uses incident thereto. ...and other such uses as may be authorized by Congress or Executive Order. ...lands are required for immediate use." Obviously, by this time the locals knew something was going on. If they didn't learn about the land being
