[CTRL] Bank Scandal plus Gender-Bending

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Accused Banker Dresses As a Woman By MITCH STACY .c The Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- The former banker turned up for court dressed in a coral blouse, form-hugging red skirt and black heels, the picture of femininity and urban fashion sense. After a pause and a coy smile

[CTRL] Death, Where Are Our Stingers?

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- A good buy, I suppose, for less than the cost of a BMW. U.S. Stinger Missile Used Worldwide By ANNE GEARAN .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- At about 35 pounds, the shoulder-fired Stinger missile that India claims Pakistani forces used to shoot down two

[CTRL] N. Korea: No Nukes Is Good News

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "``We have the right to return,'' Perry said. US: No Nuclear Violation by N.Korea By DAVID BRISCOE .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first Western look into North Korean tunnels long suspected of hiding nuclear weapons activity found nothing to suggest the

[CTRL] Albania, Eager for War, Worries NATO

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Albanian Army Stages War Games By DENIS D. GRAY .c The Associated Press KUKES, Albania (AP) -- Firing hundreds of artillery shells and rockets toward the embattled Kosovo frontier on Friday, the Albanian army simulated a defense of its territory against a cross-border strike

[CTRL] Portuguese Secrets Spilled

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Only yesterday it was Spain that was having its intelligence imploded. Could this be connected, and connected to Opus Dei activity? Portuguese Defense Minister Resigns LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Portugal's defense minister resigned Friday after a document that included

[CTRL] Chinese Spy Scandal -- Cui Bono?

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Documents Led to China Spy Flap By H. JOSEF HEBERT .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- On a day in 1995, a Chinese defector walked into a U.S. embassy and had something too good to believe -- boxes of secret Chinese documents for the CIA. Buried among the stacks of

[CTRL] Mafia Hit JFK, ex-Mafia Boss Says

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Mafioso Bonanno tells some of what he knows By Andrew Stern CHICAGO, May 27 (Reuters) - Bill Bonanno says his life as a Mafia boss was not so different from that of most working stiffs, except that he came to know who really shot the Kennedys, where Jimmy Hoffa's body is, and

[CTRL] Redfellas

1999-05-29 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Florida man guilty in cocaine submarine plot FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 25 (Reuters) - A Florida man was convicted on Tuesday of drug conspiracy charges in a plot that included an attempt to use a Russian Foxtrot submarine to smuggle cocaine to North America, prosecutors said.

[CTRL] Rebels Kidnap Rich at Mass

1999-05-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Churchgoers Kidnapped in Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Gunmen kidnapped a group of churchgoers Sunday during a Mass in an exclusive neighborhood of the western city of Cali and hauled them away in trucks, the mayor said. At least 70 people were in the church in the

[CTRL] Middle East Annex: JIHAD against India

1999-05-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Militants Train for War Vs. India By AMIR ZIA .c The Associated Press MUZAFARRABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- In the mountains of Pakistan, thousands of Islamic militants are preparing for a holy war next door in India. They crawl on their bellies, plant land mines and practice

[CTRL] House Asks More Judges, More Cops, More Feds ...

1999-05-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Amendment Proposes More Fed. Judges By DAVID ESPO .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to create nine new federal judgeships is headed for the House, but do not look for it soon to become law. That is because the measure was slipped into a broader crime and

[CTRL] Nuclear War in the Himalayas ?

1999-05-30 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Kashmir Conflict Could Become War By KATHY GANNON .c The Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Exactly one year after India and Pakistan declared themselves nuclear powers, a decades-old border dispute is threatening to spin out of control into a full-scale war. It's a

[CTRL] Sex for Qualified Adults Only

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Group Home in Pornography Battle By VICTORIA BRETT .c The Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) -- Marie likes to color, watch cartoons and play with animals. She uses pens scented with watermelon and blueberry, and hugs and squeezes her five cats. The 29-year-old woman is

[CTRL] Y2K + Most Violent Sunspot Cycle Ever

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Seems like, one way or t'other, come the Millennium, "System Down." Sun's Weather May Add to Y2K Woes By PAUL RECER .c The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) -- Computer date confusion about the Year 2000 is not the only problem Earth's technology is going to face when the

[CTRL] N. Korea: Western Capitalism a 'Trojan Horse

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- N. Korea Warns Against Capitalism .c The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea warned its people today against the ``Trojan horse'' of capitalism, ruling out any economic or political reform in efforts to rebuild the communist nation's tattered economy. The

[CTRL] Sudan Oil Pipeline

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "President Omar el-Bashir of Sudan spoke of outfoxing U.S. interests." Sudan Inaugurates Oil Pipeline By SUSAN SEVAREID .c The Associated Press HEGLIG, Sudan (AP) -- Sudan's president danced and workers cheered at today's inauguration of a 1,000-mile pipeline that will

[CTRL] Israeli: U.S. Meddled in Election

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Israeli: U.S. Meddled in Election By DAFNA LINZER .c The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Clinton administration worked against outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his reelection bid in an effort to aid his downfall, a senior Netanyahu adviser said today.

[CTRL] Journalists Tour Site of Collateral Damage

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "The 'munitions storage facility' NATO said it was targeting is about two miles away from the town of 15,000 people. "Two missiles hit the main building of the Special Hospital for Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Diseases. Two other missiles struck a retirement home within

[CTRL] NATO Fallout over Hungary

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Another neighbor gets bombarded by "accident" -- Rumania, Italy, Greece ... Unexploded Rockets Fall on Hungary BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Two unexploded rockets from NATO attack planes fell on Hungarian villages in separate incidents Monday, the state news agency MTI

[CTRL] Diplomatic Impunity

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Immunity Halts German Embassy Probe .c The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Investigators are dropping a criminal probe into the deaths of four Kurdish protesters at the Israeli consulate in February because the security guards who shot have diplomatic immunity, authorities

[CTRL] China Going Hardline, Anti-US

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- China Reassesses U.S. Relations By CHARLES HUTZLER .c The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- Amid the public furor over NATO bombs and U.S. allegations of aggressive Chinese spying, China is lurching toward a more confrontational stance to the United States. Conservatives in

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Weekly Analysis June 1, 1999

1999-06-01 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- ... rendered incomprehensible by economists who have a one-dimensional view of human behavior and who have never understood the centrality of the community and nation in human behavior. (Or views DELIBERATELY falsified, to mislead the victims of their schemes?) The

Re: [CTRL] posts from David Gould

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-02 00:10:37 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When the hell did this guy decide to start emailing everybody? Good question. --Another involuntary "subscriber" DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list.

[CTRL] Hubbell/Hillary Charges Reinstated

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Charge Reinstated Against Hubbell WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court reinstated a criminal charge that Webster Hubbell engaged in a scheme to conceal legal work he and Hillary Rodham Clinton did on a fraudulent Arkansas land deal. The three-judge panel unanimously

[CTRL] World Court, For Laughs

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "The World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice, has no enforcement powers and its decisions are not binding." Yugoslav Cease-Fire Request Axed By ANTHONY DEUTSCH .c The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The World Court on Wednesday

[CTRL] George Bush and Tiananmen Square

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "George Bush, formerly an ENVOY to Beijing, ``believed deeply that a relationship'' between [the US and China] was in the best interest of whatever and ``wanted to MANAGE short-term events in such a way as to assure [certain long-term goals]." Bush Appealed to China on

[CTRL] Flu-like Hantavirus Outbreak in Southwest ?

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Officials Fear Hantavirus Outbreak By DEBORAH BAKER .c The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- Six years ago, people in a vast stretch of the Southwest were fearful of a mysterious, flu-like illness that was killing the previously healthy with frightening speed. The fear

[CTRL] Federal Workfare a Failure

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Throw tax money at any problem and it's instantly solved. NOT! Rules Keep Welfare Aid Unspent By LAURA MECKLER .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ana Osegueda spends her days helping move people in San Francisco from welfare to work, but she sends only a

[CTRL] The Prozac Pusher

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Wash. Revokes 'Prozac' Dr.'s License By LINDA ASHTON .c The Associated Press YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- State officials have taken away the license of the psychologist dubbed the ``pied piper of Prozac'' because of his aggressive promotion of the antidepressant drug. The state

[CTRL] Case History of Fraud in Credit Card Industry

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Providian is on the cutting edge of the credit card industry's 'bad habits.' "The question now is whether Providian can maintain its break-neck growth if it [doesn't deceive] in its marketing." CREDIT GIANT ACCUSED OF PILING ON CHARGES Employees say Providian urged

[CTRL] Bloodgate -- Linda Tripp, Vince Foster

1999-06-02 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- LINDA TRIPP CONNECTED TO CANADA'S BLOOD SCANDAL 31 January 1999, The Ottawa Citizen by Mark Kennedy Clinton accuser sought answers but was denied access to files, she says The web of intrigue in the Arkansas prison blood scandal has grown to include a more famous name:

[CTRL] Drug War is Race War

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- US customs agents search based on race, panel told By Christopher Wilson WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - After a rash of incidents involving what has come to be known as ``racial profiling,'' a House of Representatives panel on Thursday heard testimony from two women who said

[CTRL] US Marines as NATO Peacekeepers

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Marines May Be Part of Kosovo Plan By ANNE GEARAN .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- If diplomacy brings a swift end to the 11-week bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, U.S. Marines probably would be among the vanguard of an international peacekeeping force there, a

[CTRL] N. Korea Woos China

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Note that when the US envoy was in N. Korea recently, that country's president didn't even bother to meet with him personally. N. Korea Tries To Mend China Ties SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's No. 2 leader was to depart for Beijing Thursday to try to mend frayed

[CTRL] Solzhenitsyn: NATO Like Nazis

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- NATO's Actions Likened to Hitler's MOSCOW (AP) -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said Wednesday that NATO's bombardment of Yugoslavia was morally no different than Hitler's actions. ``I don't see any difference in the behavior of

[CTRL] Polluting CEO Sent to Prison

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Like 100,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean, it's a START ... Chemical Executive Sentenced BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) -- The former chief executive of a company that operated a chemical plant in southeast Georgia was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison for

Re: [CTRL] [[SC] Skeptic News - Wednesday #1]

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-03 15:02:32 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Weeelll, after long deliberation, I have come to the conclusion that the nation's, not to say the world's, perhaps even the galaxy's, problems, can be directly (or indirectly) traced to the pernicious and

Re: [CTRL] Bank of Scotland under fire over ties to Pat Robertson

1999-06-03 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "In Europe, the big word is tolerance," Robertson said. "Homosexuals are riding high in the media. ... And in Scotland, you can't believe how strong the homosexuals are. It's just unbelievable." What? Has the Rever-end Robertson, this devoutly dollar-worshipping TV evangelist,

[CTRL] More on Racial Profiling

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "Thousands of local police nationwide were trained in the use of 'racial profiling' by the DEA, as part of its 'Operation Pipeline,' a federally funded anti-drug program." Calif. Police Sued for Profiling By WILLIAM SCHIFFMANN .c The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP)

[CTRL] The Legal System As a Conspiracy

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- If I recall correctly, the "conspiracy" described herein was really INITIATED by the county prosecutor, here mentioned (typically) only in a very understated way. The prosecutor was just fleshing out a quota, in the course of further building up his resume, so that,

[CTRL] European Royal Riches

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Magazine Lists Europe Royal Riches LONDON (AP) -- A magazine has ranked Britain's royal family as the third-richest in Europe, but Buckingham Palace on Thursday said the calculations were ``overblown.'' The article in the July issue of EuroBusiness puts the royals in tiny

[CTRL] Europe Wants Its Own --non-NATO-- Defense

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Europe Will Forge Security, Defense By ROBERT WIELAARD .c The Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) -- Hoping to lessen their reliance on U.S. military power, European Union leaders approved a blueprint Thursday for achieving a stronger collective defense by the end of next

[CTRL] Thou Shalt Not Covet

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Religious Judge's Ethics Questioned By JAY REEVES .c The Associated Press GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) -- A judge who fought to keep a Ten Commandments plaque hanging in his courtroom may have violated ethics laws by soliciting donations from people who supported his crusade, a state

[CTRL] Iraqi Oil

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "OPEC, with the exception of Iraq, agreed to reduce oil supplies by more than 5 million barrels a day in an effort to eliminate the glut (and raise prices) worldwide." I guess we'll just have to keep on bombing Iraq ... Iraq To Develop Giant Oil Field By LEON BARKHO

Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Undoing the Reformation -- Round Two: Pope ...

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-04 13:52:56 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Note that the apparitions of Diana [as Mary] have occurred in the refugee camps in Albania and Macedonia, and that she has appeared not to Catholics but to Muslims and Orthodox Christians. Should we expect her

Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Undoing the Reformation -- Round Two: Pope ...

1999-06-04 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-04 14:20:13 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In conversation with a historian (who still is proud of his CIA connections), he informed me that the agency is interested in promoting religious mysticism in Europe by way of funding a variety of religious

Re: [CTRL] Caesarism and Albania

1999-06-05 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-05 14:23:12 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "I think one result of the Serb War will be the return of Royalty that was in exile. (Their Prince is residing in London.) About a year ago, another Prince returned to Albania, coincidental with the

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Al Gore and the Earth Spirit

1999-06-05 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- What a surprise! Some politicians are secretly driven by RELIGIOUS beliefs? "We know this report will strike some as bizarre," declared PDQ Director Cliff Hangar, "but this movement of anti-environmentalists and anti-human rights advocates is itself bizarre. It is also

Re: [CTRL] [Jamie] Why Faction 2 Wants . . .

1999-06-06 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-06 10:11:02 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unless I'm thinking of another " Revelation," you'll find it in Greek. The contents and ideas are Mystery Cult and not Jewish. [ Is this right Goat?] Yes, Greek. Still, "Revelations" itself is pretty

[CTRL] Turkey Teed Off at EU over Greece

1999-06-07 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Turkish Premier Critical of EU .c The Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- The prime minister on Saturday criticized the European Union for failing to advance Turkey's bid to join the organization during a summit this week, the Anatolia news agency reported. Prime

[CTRL] Anti-NATO Protest in Czechoslovakia

1999-06-07 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- NATO drops bombs on Bulgaria, Rumania, off Italy, Hungary ... The LITTER from the war on Kosovo will probably bury the rest of Europe in depleted uranium ... Czech Protesters Attack US Embassy PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Hundreds of demonstrators chanting anti-NATO

[CTRL] Gay Philanthropist Named Ambassador

1999-06-07 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- But why not ambassador to Belgium? Gay Philanthropist Named Ambassador By KIM CURTIS .c The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The controversy over the new U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg looms larger than the tiny country. James C. Hormel, appointed to the post

Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Weekly Analysis June 7, 1999

1999-06-07 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- It seems to us that NATO deliberately chose to interpret Milosevic's agreement to the G-8 proposal in the most extreme form imaginable - a form not easily drawn from the G-8 proposal. Even the document purportedly presented to Milosevic was not as extreme as NATO's

[CTRL] From Mafia Mouthpiece to Mayor of Vegas

1999-06-07 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Ex-Mob Lawyer To Become Vegas Mayor By ANGIE WAGNER .c The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- When there's talk of a hit in Las Vegas these days, it's normally about slot machines, not the mob. This booming city has come a long way since Bugsy Siegel moved the mob west with

[CTRL] Ex-UN Chief Blasts US

1999-06-07 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "President Clinton allowed the Balkan conflict to worsen while using US Security Council power to LIMIT the power of U.N. peacekeepers," Boutros-Ghali writes. U.N. Failures Said Fault of D.C. By NICOLE WINFIELD .c The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Former U.N.

Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] [[SC] Skeptic News - Wednesday #1]]

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-07 17:08:27 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am reminded of the instrumentalist who was asked why he put a condom over the mouthpiece of his saxophone. He replied that he was practicing safe sax... Whether one's choice is polygamy or monogamy, there's

[CTRL] No Deal

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- It's simple -- the same NATO that has been bombing Yugoslavia wants to send in its OWN (non-UN) ground troops now under the guise of "peacekeepers." Ministers Fail To Reach Kosovo Deal By TONY CZUCZKA .c The Associated Press BONN, Germany (AP) -- Crucial negotiations on

[CTRL] Clinton's Economic Advisers Bailing

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Clinton Economic Adviser May Leave By MARTIN CRUTSINGER .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Janet Yellen is expected to step down from her job as chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, an administration official says. The official, who spoke Monday

[CTRL] Orange County Drug Scandal/Conspiracy

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Orange County Prosecutor Arrested SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An Orange County prosecutor accused of tipping off drug ring leaders was among a dozen people arrested for investigation of drug trafficking and money laundering. Deputy District Attorney Bryan Ray Kazarian, 35, face

[CTRL] Return of Kosovar Refugees Impossible

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Returning Albanians Home Ruled Out By GEORGE GEDDA .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top United Nations official on Monday ruled out the possibility that all uprooted Kosovo Albanians could be returned to their homes before the cold-weather season because of the

[CTRL] NATO Partner Turkey

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Turkish drug trafficking in Europe, Mafia and Turkish government corruption, etc http://web.ukonline.co.uk/argyros.argyrou/turkey/Crime.htm Not to mention the Kurds, who make Kosovars look pampered by comparison. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and

[CTRL] With Friends Like Turkey ...

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- NATO, on the side of the Octopus -- er, I mean, the angels ... NATO To Launch Strikes From Turkey, Hungary-Report May 11 8:05am ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - NATO's air commanders plan to launch air strikes from Turkey and Hungary in an effort to encircle Yugoslavia

[CTRL] Turkey, Albania and Drug Smuggling

1999-06-08 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "Nationals of Central European countries are used as heroin smugglers by Turkish and Kosovar Albanian criminal organizations." from http://www.ogd.org/rapport/gb/RP07_2_TCHEQUE.html CZECH REPUBLIC The geographical situation of its territory, a crossroads for

Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Fw: End-Times Times]

1999-06-09 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "Christianity is a fine religion. A shame Christians have never PRACTICED it." The same could be said for Islam. Neither Jesus nor Mohammed --nor GOD, certainly-- would ever have condoned the actual behavior of the "believers" in the respective religions now attributed to

Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Fw: End-Times Times]

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-09 22:10:48 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Neither Jesus nor Mohammed --nor GOD, certainly-- would ever have condoned the actual behavior of the "believers" in the respective religions now attributed to them Hear, hear. Prudy Not to beat a dead

[CTRL] Peace in Kosovo = Gun Control

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- A fuller explanation of the terms for "peace" in Kosovo, as detailed on MS-NBC today, revealed that NATO (US/Britain) now requires that the Serbian uniformed army, Serbian "para-military," Serbian police (and technically even Serbian security guards), and Serbian CIVILIANS

[CTRL] Fwd: G.H.W.BushJr. on Corporate Personhood ... ?

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
Subj: G.H.W.BushJr. on Corporate Personhood . . . ? Date: 99-06-05 00:32:15 EDT From: x To: xxx DISCLAIMER: NO, THIS IS NOT A JOKE! Go to www.gwbush.com for yourself and see. This is not a joke either: this man will very likely be the United

[CTRL] Bankers Busted in Japan

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Former Execs Arrested in Japan TOKYO (AP) - Investigators arrested three former executives of a failed Japanese bank today and searched the company's headquarters for evidence of concealed bad loans and illegal dividend payments. Katsunobu Onogi, 63, former president of the

[CTRL] Pope Woos E. Orthodox (2)

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Pope Emphasizes Christian Unity By PAUL GEITNER .c The Associated Press SIEDLCE, Poland (AP) - Pope John Paul II traveled to eastern Poland today for a Mass and ecumenical meeting with Orthodox Christians from the former Soviet Union. Catholic and Greek Orthodox faithful from

[CTRL] War Bucks Debate

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "Facing the House today is debate on a provision that would place restrictions on the use of U.S. funds for either sic a military or a peacekeeping presence beyond September 30. Democrats and some Republicans are trying to strike that provision from a $288.8 billion

[CTRL] US Out of Panama, Colombians In ...

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Colombian Guerrillas Invade Panama By JUAN ZAMORANO .c The Associated Press LA MIEL, Panama (AP) - Nelson is lonely. He sits on a block of concrete, surrounded by 100-odd houses, the lapping of the surf on a deserted beach and the jungle. The only other person in town is an

[CTRL] Richardson Drags Feet on Chinagate

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Dept.'s Espionage Review Delayed By H. JOSEF HEBERT .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said Wednesday he has turned over an internal investigation into mishandling of the China espionage case to the department's inspector general,

[CTRL] Congress Challenges Clinton's N Korea Policy

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- More resistance to Clinton's "imperial presidency." Rep. Urges Consultation on N. Korea By GEORGE GEDDA .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House International Relations Committee chairman Benjamin Gilman said Wednesday he is concerned that the Clinton

[CTRL] War Criminals -- Clinton, Blair, et al

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- War Crimes Group Ponders Airstrikes By ANTHONY DEUTSCH .c The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A group of independent lawyers pressed the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Wednesday to investigate allegations that NATO committed war crimes in the bombing campaign

[CTRL] Russ Military Balk at Yeltsin's NATO Deal

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Yeltsin: "Apres moi, le deluge?" A military coup and hardliners in power? Russia Army Opposes Kosovo Deal By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) - When Russia's special envoy for Kosovo returned home last week after brokering a peace plan, a

[CTRL] Russia and China, Together Again

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Russia Seeks Close China Ties .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Building close ties with China was one of Russia's top foreign policy goals and the two nations want a strong strategic partnership, Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin said Wednesday. Stepashin made the remarks

Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] Fw: End-Times Times]]

1999-06-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-10 15:46:11 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The 144,000 are the Jews that are left behind after the Rapture of the Church. Revelation is clearly speaking of the 12 tribes of Israel as it even names each one. snip quote So, 144,000 aren't the only

[CTRL] AP News Items June 11, 1999

1999-06-11 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- 1. Mexican Bank Execs Found Guilty of Laundering Drug-Money 2. Bickering at UN over Kosovo: "National sovereignty an archaic concept" 3. Iraq Accuses Iran of Missile Attack 4. Bin Laden on TV, Calls for Jihad Against US 5. Public Television Airs 'Gay

[CTRL] Hermaphrodite Rats and Heavy Metal

1999-06-11 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- MUTATED RODENTS FOUND AT KESTERSON Hermaphroditism baffles scientists at wildlife refuge by Eric Brazil San Francisco Examiner, June 10, 1999 Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge, already infamous as the place where selenium poisoned thousands of birds, has just presented

Re: [CTRL] White House Fact Sheet on KFOR

1999-06-11 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-06-10 05:21:16 EDT, Das GOAT wrote: A fuller explanation of the terms for "peace" in Kosovo, as detailed on MS-NBC today, revealed that NATO (US/Britain) now requires that the Serbian uniformed army, Serbian "para-military,&

[CTRL] Russ/NATO Showdown in Kosovo ?

1999-06-12 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "Russian forces, supported by Serbs, initially tried to bar British forces from the airport. Apache helicopters buzzed overhead and tanks were ordered forward in a show of strength, but Serbs blocking the entrance refused to back down." Russia, NATO Tension Reported By

[CTRL] Japan Revives WWII Symbols

1999-06-12 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Japan Cabinet Backs Rising Sun Flag By JOSEPH COLEMAN .c The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Cabinet voted to give official status to the rising sun flag and the imperial anthem Friday, two symbols long criticized as linked to the country's militaristic past. The

[CTRL] US Willing to Use Smallpox as Weapon

1999-06-12 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "... an important factor in President Clinton's recent decision to reverse course and forgo destruction of [US military] stockpiles of the smallpox virus." US Suspects Some of Smallpox Weapon NEW YORK (AP) - Government officials say Russia, Iraq and North Korea are

[CTRL] Armed Standoff in Korea

1999-06-12 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- S. Korea Heightens Attack Alert By SANG-HUN CHOE .c The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Communist North Korea sent patrol boats across a disputed sea border Saturday after threatening to attack South Korean warships in contested waters of the Yellow Sea. The

[CTRL] EU Elections Sunday

1999-06-12 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- EU Nations To Pick New Parliament By ROBERT WIELAARD .c The Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Ending a campaign pushed to the background by the Kosovo conflict, elections for a new European Parliament conclude Sunday with voters in 11 European Union nations casting

[CTRL] Out of Commission

1999-06-13 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Commissions Criticized As Futile By DARLENE SUPERVILLE .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In the mad dash for answers after the school shooting in Littleton, Colo., lawmakers are proposing everything from tougher restrictions on access to guns to school prayer. There

[CTRL] NATO and Ethnic Cleansing by KLA

1999-06-14 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- KLA Moves in After Serbs Depart By CANDICE HUGHES .c The Associated Press DOBRO SELO, Yugoslavia (AP) - It didn't take the Kosovo Liberation Army long to move in after Serb forces withdrew. Within minutes, guerrillas were coming down from the hills. Within hours, they had

[CTRL] P2 and CIA-Sponsored Terrorism in Italy

1999-06-14 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- from http://www.totse.com/files/FA020/p2masons.htm No date given (apparently between late '80s and 1992) In this old LaRouche post, there seem to be hints already, around the time when Red China was stealing US secrets during the Reagan-Bush administration, of a "deal"

[CTRL] (2/3) Deterring Democracy (Chomsky)

1999-06-14 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Deterring Democracy Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 by Noam Chomsky. Published by South End Press Chapter 12: Force and Opinion 2. The Bewildered Herd and its Shepherds cont'd It is often not appreciated how profound and deeply-rooted is the contempt for democracy in the elite

[CTRL] (1/3) Deterring Democracy (Chomsky)

1999-06-14 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Deterring Democracy Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 by Noam Chomsky. Published by South End Press Chapter 12: Force and Opinion 2. The Bewildered Herd and its Shepherds In the contemporary period, Hume's insight has been revived and elaborated, but with a crucial innovation:

[CTRL] EU Moves to the Right

1999-06-14 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Christian Democrats Win in Europe By ANNA SATHIAH .c The Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - For the first time in 20 years, the Christian Democrats have moved ahead of Socialists in the European Parliament, marking a swing away from left-wing governments in most

[CTRL] Korean Naval Battle

1999-06-15 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- S. Korea Sinks N. Korean Ship By REID G. MILLER .c The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean warships sank one North Korean boat and badly damaged at least one other in an exchange of gunfire Tuesday. The 10-minute clash was a dangerous escalation of their

[CTRL] (4a) Deterring Democracy, Chomsky

1999-06-15 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- [Here Chomsky confirms what was claimed by Larouche in "P2 and CIA-Sponsored "Terrorism" in Italy," from http://www.totse.com/files/FA020/p2masons.htm: "Italian probe could mean new woes for Oliver North." "Deterring Democracy" by Noam Chomsky Chapter 11: Democracy in the

[CTRL] Fwd: US Economy 101

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Joe Smith started the day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan), for 6:00 a.m. While his coffee pot (made in Japan), is perking, he takes his shower. He puts his blow dryer (made in Taiwan) to work and shaves with his electric razor (made in Hong Kong). He puts on

[CTRL] Come to the US, Boris, and Run for Office

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- New Russian Scandal Targets Yeltsin By GREG MYRE .c The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Secret sex videos. Hints of Kremlin corruption. Money laundering allegations. A presidential impeachment debate. Russia is once again ensnarled in a messy political soap opera, and this

[CTRL] Back to the Good Old Days

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- US Sailors Startled by Russian Ship By VANIA GRANDI .c The Associated Press ABOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (AP) -- When sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt first spotted a Russian warship just miles from the bow of the aircraft carrier, they were so excited they ran

[CTRL] YOU'll Have to Pay / for Y2K

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- U.S. lawmakers chase deal to curb Y2K lawsuits By Adam Entous WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers hoped to strike a deal in the coming weeks on legislation limiting lawsuits against companies stemming from the year 2000 computer bug, after influential business

[CTRL] Y2K Tests

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- FAA To Test Computers for Y2K Bug By GLEN JOHNSON .c The Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Airline executives, government officials and air traffic controllers waited expectantly Saturday for the outcome of Federal Aviation Administration Year 2000 computer tests. The live

[CTRL] Who's Mayor Moonbeam Shining On ?

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- Just goes to show ya, about working "within The System" to "change" it, or even "reform" it ... Elect any "progressive liberal" to public office and IMMEDIATELY, as soon as he's PART OF The System, he transmogrifies into an ultra-conservative Nixonoid ... Jerry Brown

[CTRL] Polling for Body Bags

1999-04-10 Thread Das GOAT
-Caveat Lector- "Target goal almost reached." US Support Grows for Ground Troops By WILL LESTER .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Public support for sending NATO ground troops into Serbia has increased in recent weeks, according to several polls, although analysts say Americans

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