Re: [CTRL] Janet Reno's Head on a Platter
-Caveat Lector- At last, Janet Reno and Clinton are getting the recognition they have earned. Maybe Clinton when he is out, can form a band - we would call it the Slaughterhouse Five, and include Reno, Rubin, Clinton, Albright.and throw in that beastly hawk General ClarkI have know REAL military men who fought bravely in wars, some of whom did not return = one a pilot in Viet Nam...I wonder if Clark served as well. So, its attention and fame they wanted and to go down in History; the Spear of Destiny, is about to turn upon the spearman. Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Red Ken?
Secret Conspiracy to destroy peace in Ireland This article, written by Ken Livingstone, MP, in the Independent on 21 May 1999, is self censored because he dare not spill the beans lest the control freak Blair uses MI5 and MI6 to discredit and ruin Mr Livingstone.Mr Livingstone should have been Labour's Prime Minister. MI5 and MI6 are the strong arms of the Bilderberg Group and must be wholly Masonic.It has been reported that Home Secretary Jack Straw is being blackmailed by MI5. We have no real evidence of this other than that Straw seems to have taken leave of his senses over the right of trial by jury.We do know that MI5, using the Special Branch, was interfering in civil litigation in 1961 when it was promoting the interests of the Mobil Oil Company in UK courts.It has the ability to and will blackmail anyone in the UK be they government ministers, members of the judiciary or the man in the street who stands up for his rights. Blair now sups with the devil. Being rather older than Mr Livingstone we can tell him that the Wilson government used MI5 and MI6 in the same manner as the Thatcher government did.Wilson was worse than Thatcher was in that he betrayed the people who supported him. Thatcher never did that. Blair is currently betraying the people who voted him into power. The Tory leader (Major) made Kinnock a European Commissioner. Now Blair is preparing to make a pretty useless Tory, Chris Patten, a European Commissioner. He will have Kinnock re-appointed. Article starts NO MP ever forgets his maiden speech in the House of Commons. In my case the memory was deeply enforced by press coverage the following morning, with The Sun leading the press pack will a full front-page headline: "Red Ken smears heroes". At Prime Minister's Questions that afternoon, Mrs Thatcher denounced my speech and then rounded on Neil Kinnock for not doing the same. Poor Neil made the mistake of equivocating that "while the allegations are most probably not true...", thus prompting a Tory MP to proclaim that Kinnock sounded "like Klaus Barbie's defence lawyer". As Barbie was on trial for helping organise Hitler's genocide, this was a trifle over the top. The allegations I made back in July 1987 read like a Frederick Forsyth novel. If true they were a time bomb ticking away at the heart of Mrs Thatcher's government, involving her closest colleagues. But Labour's front bench wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. Rumours began to circulate that Kinnock had been warned by MI5 that if he did pursue these claims, then damaging stories about Labour MPs' sexual and financial peccadilloes would be leaked to journalists. MI5 wasn't joking. Pictures of a married former Labour cabinet minister in the company of two extremely attractive Yugoslav women popped up in the gossip columns. My allegations were that a small group of MI5 and MI6 officers conspired to wreck the cease-fire negotiated between the Labour government and the IRA in February 1975. Captain Robert Nairac led a group of loyalist paramilitaries across the border into Ireland to assassinate John Francis Green, a leading IRA figure. A few months later, in July 1975, Nairac again led loyalist paramilitaries, disguised in Ulster Defence Regiment uniforms, in an attack on the Miami Showband who were at that time Ireland's most popular group. Three members of the band were killed and one of the guns used at the scene was the gun used to kill John Francis Green. When arrested, one of the loyalist paramilitaries was revealed to be a sergeant in the UDR. Nairac was not at that time implicated in the incident, but the MI5 plotters were successful. The IRA reacted to the Miami Showband killings by slaughtering five people in the Bayardo Bar the following month, unleashing a wave of tit-for-tat killings that escalated until the Northern Ireland Secretary, Merlyn Rees, terminated the cease-fire on 12 November. Making such allegations brought down upon my head a wave of condemnation, not just from the Tories and the press, but also from the Labour leadership. In the years that followed, I submitted more than 300 questions about the "dirty" war in Ireland and after years of denial, the government was forced to admit that the intelligence services had engaged in a covert black propaganda campaign, code-named Clockwork Orange. Colin Wallace, a former Army intelligence officer who had been one of my two key sources of information, was found to have been framed for manslaughter and was eventually compensated. My second source, Captain Fred Holroyd, who worked for MI6, was discredited by being committed to a psychiatric hospital and has never received the compensation that is his due. This has become relevant again because the Sunday Mirror has published letters purportedly from Nairac to
[CTRL] [2] Ritual Abuse Bookstore
-Caveat Lector- A HREF="http://www.ra-info.com/bookstore/history.html"Ritual Abuse Bookstore - History, Theory, and A /A - Ritual Abuse Bookstore History, Theory, and Analysis The New Satanists Author: Linda Osborne Blood This book gives information about the history of Satanism and current Satanic groups and organizations and their links to the criminal world. Also documents the arrest and investigation of Lt. Col. Michael Aquino for his alleged rape and occult ritual abuse of children at the Army day-care center in Presidio, CA.. Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Therapist's Handbook Author: Dee Brown A warm, encouraging introduction to the treatment of adult survivors written for therapists beginning work in this area. . The Serpent and the Rainbow Author: Wade Davis An anthropologist explores Haitian voudoun and secret societies, and searches for a drug that could create zombies. There is a great deal of information about Haiti's complex society. (Contains references to Ewen Cameron, who was funded by the CIA.) . The Franklin Cover-Up: Child Abuse, Satanism and Murder in Nebraska Author: John W. de Camp Documents evidence of relationships between banking, covert military operations, drug smuggling, child prostitution, child pornography and allegations of ritual child abuse. . In the Shadow of Satan: The Ritual Abuse of Children (Journal of Child and Youth Care: Special Issue, 1990) Editor: Gerry Fewster Contains "A case of multiple life-threatening illnesses related to early ritual abuse" by Bennet Wong and Jock McKeen; "Ritual child abuse: A survey of symptoms and allegations" by Pamela Hudson; Satanic ritual abuse: A cause of MPD" by George Frazer; "Differentiating between ritual assault and sexual abuse" by Louise Edwards; and "The choice" by Gerry Fewster. -- Combatting Cult Mind Control Author: Steve Hassan The author is a counselor and former member of the Unification Church. He explains induction techniques, 'love-bombing', brainwashing, and exit counseling techniques. Secret Agenda: The United States Government, Nazi Scientists, and Project Paperclip, 1945 to 1990 Author: Linda Hunt After World War II, the US Government illegally brought many Nazi scientists, including psychologists and psychiatrists, into America. Many were occultists, and many had done medical and psychological experiments in the death camps.. Cults that Kill: Probing the World of Occult Crime Author: L. Kahner Sorry, no summary available right now Hell Ranch: Nightmare of Voodoo, Drugs, and Death in Matamoros Author: Clifford L. Linedecker The story of the ritual murder of Mark Kilroy in Matamoros, Mexico by a cult practicing Bruheria (black.magic) which combined elements of Santeria Palo Mayome. The sacrifice was to bring protection to drug runners: bodies were found and cults members were apprehended, Other Altars: Roots and Realities of Cultic and Satanic Ritual Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder Author: Craig Lockwood Lockwood traces the 'culture of cruelty' through the centuries and shows how ritual abuse in a direct continuation of past practcies. Really helpful to an understanding of the history of ritual abuse. Well documented and very complete: a truly excellent book. Ritual Abuse: Canada's Most Infamous Trial on Child Abuse Author: Kevin Marron Analysis of a case in Hamilton, Ontario, where two children accused their parents of ritual abuse; the parents were tried and convicted. Raising Hell: An Encyclopedia of Devil Worship and Satanic Crime Author: Michael Newton Short, accurate entries on a variety of subjects and individuals: a good reference work. There is an extensive bibliography, but unfortunately entries are not referenced. Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America Authors: J R Noblitt and Pamela Perskins Like Lockwood's "Other Altars," "Cult and Ritual Abuse" documents the evolution of ritual abuse. There is extensive material on the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, the media, social services, and the justice
Re: [CTRL] 2 questions
-Caveat Lector- Boats, beaches, barstools forever? Well, fasten up your seatbelts...but by the time you get off that barstool, you might need two stools to seat your fanny on Now - I had thought about that NATO bombing.and if there on NATO, as if we did not already know...thre is an enemy who had orders to so dotoo many boms went astray and smart bombs, well WWII pilots did a better job without all the sophisticated stuff. The Titans too lately blowing up...at lest our weather here normalized for awhile; however, sabotage? Or, is something wrong with the equipment. Now, only a RUSSIAN KGB would want the Chinese Embassy blown apart, which is sacred hallowed ground. How would you like to be Russian, with the USA giving all those nuclear secrets away to themor, how would you like a neighborn whom you did not trust, to hold an arsenal that could blow you to smitherins if you ever crossed he wall once by accident? My guess would be KGB connected to the Embassy and a lot of other things; remember the Walker spies, set up their own KKK, and the KGB sent out telegrams, etc., using KKK logo?And when the Walker spies got caught, the KKK dragons all over the country, burned their robes, and went back to sleep Remember, Serbia is a little brother to Russiathey want to control the Balkans, but the waters are so muddied herewell, the KGB isn't stupidimagine, a bomb in the Chinese Embassy when America has gone down on all fours to woo Chinaand Clinton has takes god knows how much money from them. I know how a lot of people in Germany felt know when Hitler murdered the Jewish people - their guns confiscated..had this handful of men met with our Militia, well the Storm Troopers wouldn't have lasted too longbut, I think you are right and that nobody could be as Stupid as NATO.but then, what do they say.the criminal always returns to the scene of the crimeWith Love From Albright and Clinton? Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Ritual Abuse Bookstore - Healing and Therapy
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ra-info.com/bookstore/healing.html A HREF="http://www.ra-info.com/bookstore/healing.html"Ritual Abuse Bookstore - Healing and Therapy /A - Ritual Abuse Bookstore Healing and Therapy Biography Healing History Mind Control Other Stuff The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse Authors: Ellen Bass and Laura Davis The classic self-help book for survivors of sexual abuse. Every suggestion applies to ritual abuse survivors as well. There is also a companion workbook by Laura Davis for use in journaling. Order The Courage to Heal Satanic Ritual Abuse: A Therapist's Handbook Author: Dee Brown A warm, encouraging introduction to the treatment of adult survivors written for therapists beginning work in this area. Order Satanic Ritual Abuse Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child Author: Laura Davis For partners of sexual abuse and ritual abuse survivors, written in the same format as "Courage to Heal." This books covers everything from the defiition of sexual abuse to intimacy, crises, and sex. Order Allies in Healing The Courage to Heal Workbook Author: Laura Davis A companion workbook to "The Courage to Heal" for use in journaling. Order The Courage to Heal Workbook Resolving Sexual Abuse: Solution-Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors Author: Yvonne M. Dolan Clear, simple, practical instructions for working with different parts of the mind -- equally valuable to multiples and non-multiples. This book can be used both in therapy and at home. Order Resolving Sexual Abuse Uncovering the Mystery of MPD: Its Shocking Origins, Its Surprising Cure Author: J. G. Freisen Despite the title, this is a well-written and non-sensational book covering the diagnosis and treament of multiplicity. The last third of the book deals with Christian theology, spiritual warfare, distinguishing demons from alters, and exorcism. Order Uncovering the Mystery of MPD Ritual Child Abuse Discovery, Diagnosis and Treatment Author: Pamela Hudson A survey of symptoms of child survivors of extra-familial ritual abuse and a discussion of therapy with both agitated and 'frozen' children. Kind, respectful, and well written. Order Ritual Child Abuse Satan's Children: Case Studies in Multiple Personality Author: Robert S. Mayer Dr. Mayer writes from his perspective, using many case examples. He describes his reactions, techniques, successes, and mistakes. Order Satan's Children The Psychology of Adolescent Satanism: A Guide for Parents, Counselors, Clergy, and Teachers Author: Anthony Moriarty Moriarty discusses the developmental dynamics that underlie four different types of teens involved in (as opposed to born into) Satanism and provides an analysis of risk factors. He also evaluates how communication patterns and parenting styles impact on a young person's vulnerability to become involved in Satanism Order The Psychology of Adolescent Satanism Safe Passage to Healing: A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse Author: Chrystine Oksana The first book to be published on healing from ritual abuse, and by far the best even today. Clear, practical, humane advice for dealing with all aspects of recovery from ritual abuse. The format is similar to that of "Courage to Heal." Order Safe Passage to Healing Reaching for the Light: A Guide for Ritual Abuse Survivors and their Therapists Author: Emilie Rose A compassionate and easy to read guide for therapists just beginning to work with ritual abuse. Clear and understandable. Order Reaching for the Light Multiple Personality Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment Author: Colin Ross Places multiplicity in the spectrum of dissociative disorders. The material on treatment is respectful and contains many useful ideas. Order Multiple Personality Disorder Satanic Ritual Abuse: Principles of Treatment Author: Colin Ross In this book, Dr.
[CTRL] Gorbachev Attacks NATO
-Caveat Lector- Gorbachev: NATO Must Stop Bombing BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Former Soviet president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev on Sunday delivered a stinging message to the United States government to stop NATO's bombing campaign in Yugoslavia. The leader who helped end the Cold War criticized Washington for acting ``irresponsibly'' by using military force in Yugoslavia without a United Nations mandate. ``The United States is conducting itself irresponsibly on the world stage,'' he said through an interpreter at the World Masters of Business forum in Brisbane. Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union for five years from 1985, accused Washington of using military power to its own advantage. ``The United States has a superiority and victory complex,'' he said. Despite expressing concern over the economic and political crisis in Russia under President Boris Yeltsin, Gorbachev said he hoped the country will pull itself out of trouble. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Civilian Casualties Cost NATO Its Credibility
-Caveat Lector- NATO Blunders May Erode Support By WILLIAM C. MANN .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- An increasing number of NATO bombing blunders against embassies, hospitals and ethnic Albanian refugees and fighters is eroding allied and congressional support for airstrikes after two months. Germany is so worried the alliance might ``lose our moral ground'' that its foreign minister was heading to Washington to talk with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about new diplomatic approaches to end the conflict. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Sunday the air war's mistakes unfairly are blemishing the U.S. military, which he said has been sent on a mission in Yugoslavia that air power alone cannot win. From President Clinton's perspective, NATO is more unified than when the bombing began March 24, though not without differences, he wrote in Sunday's New York Times. ``While there may be differences in domestic circumstances, cultural ties to the Balkans and ideas on tactics, there is no question about our unity on goals and our will to prevail,'' he wrote. Albright, appearing on CBS' ``Face the Nation,'' said the airstrikes eventually would force Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to agree to NATO's peace terms. Still, allies clearly have become edgy in recent days as incidents causing civilian casualties through ``collateral damage'' or mistaken attacks piled up this month: Joschka Fischer, Germany's foreign minister, suggested NATO re-evaluate its targeting strategy. Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy warned that further foul-ups could stymie delicate negotiations for a diplomatic solution. Premier Massimo D'Alema of Italy urged a three-day cease-fire once a draft U.N. resolution for a Kosovo peace deal is approved. So far, 13 incidents have been claimed by Yugoslavia or admitted by NATO. Seven were in May, with three in the past three days. As many as 312 people have died, including ethnic Albanian civilians and members of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army. ``We will do everything we can in NATO ... to make sure the targets we identify are valid military targets,'' Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles Wald said Saturday at the Pentagon. After about 26,000 sorties, or flights, over Yugoslavia, and about 15,000 bombs or missiles, NATO estimates that its mistake rate is less than 1 percent. Lott, appearing on television just after Albright, said the bombing is hurting U.S. prestige. ``Quite frankly, these little boo-boos, where you're hitting a KLA headquarters, where you're killing innocent citizens, I think is hurting the image of the military, which is unfair,'' Lott said. Lott, R-Miss., said Congress should ``be supportive of the (airstrikes-only) decision, now that the decision has been made, and hope for the best. Absolutely. But I am very dubious about the likelihood for success just with bombing.'' Lott was asked if the Senate would support sending in ground combat troops, possibly from a force of 50,000 peacekeepers that Albright said the administration wants to amass as quickly as possible near Kosovo. ``If you're talking about fighting their way in there, absolutely not,'' Lott said. ``The president has repeatedly told the American people that we would not use ground troops in a combat mode there.'' Newsweek magazine reports in this week's edition Clinton has authorized the CIA to train ethnic Albanian rebels in sabotage and the National Security Agency to meddle with Milosevic's international bank accounts. In Berlin, Foreign Ministry official Ludger Volmer said ground troops are ``not a topic'' for discussion between the German foreign minister and Albright. Their talks will focus on diplomatic areas where breakthroughs might be possible, Volmer said. ``Diplomatic efforts are reaching a decisive point,'' he said. ``The difficulty is that many actors must be in synch to take a courageous step.'' In advance of Fischer's arrival, Germany's ambassador to Washington, Juergen Chrobog, said NATO must tread a fine line. ``We have to be very, very careful not to lose our moral ground,'' Chrobog said on ABC's ``This Week.'' That has not happened so far, ``but I am afraid it could happen,'' he said. Axworthy, the Canadian minister, said at a conference in Norway that errant strikes like one that damaged a Belgrade hospital Thursday ``are a serious mistake.'' ``They come at a time when it is very important that we accelerate and underline the important search for a resolution of the conflict,'' Axworthy said. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of
[CTRL] Janet Reno's Head on a Platter
-Caveat Lector- "The Senate intelligence committee chairman, Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said the attorney general and her top lieutenants should go. "Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., agreed that ``heads should roll.'' Somebody, he said, ``made some major mistakes here, and somebody needs to be accountable.'' "GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H., said on CNN's ``Late Edition'' that if officials ``are [found to be negligent], they are going to jail.'' At the top of the list of "guilty" parties, yet not mentioned here, is Bill Clinton ... GOP Targets Reno for China Spying By JIM ABRAMS .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate intelligence committee chairman said Sunday that Attorney General Janet Reno should lose her job over the Justice Department's failure to actively pursue suspected Chinese spying in U.S. nuclear energy labs. Even an administration ally, Democratic Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey, agreed Reno's job should be on the line in light of a congressional report, due for release this week, on Chinese espionage. A Justice Department spokesman said Reno believes she acted responsibly and according to the Constitution. A second Cabinet member, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, whose department oversees the labs, said tighter security measures were in place at the labs and it remained unclear what secrets were stolen. ``We cannot overdramatize conclusions that are not conclusive yet,'' he said on ABC's ``This Week.'' A select House committee under Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., planned to make public on Tuesday its findings on Chinese attempts to buy and steal U.S. technology for rocket launching and nuclear programs. The report's conclusions have filtered out in recent weeks: that over the past two decades, China has obtained sensitive information about seven major weapons in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Republicans said someone must take responsibility for the slow response to a security breach at the Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico that first came to light in 1995. The Senate intelligence committee chairman, Richard Shelby, R-Ala., pointed to Reno, saying the attorney general and her top lieutenants should go. ``I believe it's time, considering her role, or lack of role, her trying to defend the indefensible,'' he said on CBS' ``Face the Nation.'' Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., also on CBS, agreed that ``some heads should roll.'' Somebody, he said, ``made some major mistakes here, and somebody needs to be accountable.'' GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Bob Smith, R-N.H., said on CNN's ``Late Edition'' that he would press for a full investigation and if officials ``are held accountable, they are going to go to jail.'' Torricelli, on CBS, was nearly as critical, saying Reno's failure of judgment in the Los Alamos case were ``inexplicable.'' ``I think it's time for President Clinton to have a conversation with the attorney general about her ability to perform her duties and whether or not it is in the national interest for her to continue,'' he said. The lawmakers specifically pointed to the Justice Department's repeated denials of requests by the FBI to wiretap Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee, who is suspected of passing secrets to the Chinese. The department said there were insufficient grounds for a court order to monitor Wen, who was fired from the lab this March, three years after he first came under suspicion. Justice Department spokesman Myron Marlin said Reno had reviewed the decision and fully supported it. ``The Justice Department cannot and must not authorize intrusion by the government into the lives of its citizens when the evidence presented as in this case fails to meet the standards established by the Constitution'' and surveillance laws, he said. Some Republicans have urged Reno to resign over her refusal to request appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged Chinese contributions to Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign. Meantime, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright expressed dismay she was not told of the potentially major security losses until earlier this year. ``I was not briefed. That was wrong and I made that clear and that has been rectified,'' she said on CBS. Cox, on NBC's ``Meet the Press,'' said Richardson has made a serious effort to tighten security, and there had been a ``sea change'' in administration attitudes since the middle of last year, when his committee began investigating Chinese attempts to gain U.S. satellite and nuclear technology. In other details from the Cox report: Time magazine said in its latest edition that a top Defense official in 1996 warned Loral Space and Communications, which had contracted with China to launch its satellites, not to give China any help with its problem-ridden rocket systems without State Department permission. Loral went ahead with its advise to China, whose rockets subsequently showed dramatic
[CTRL] [7] From Major Jordan's Diaries
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: From Major Jordan's Diaries George Racey Jordan©1952 All rights reserved Western Islands 395 Concord Avenue Belmont. Massachusetts 02178 PRINTING HISTORY Harcourt, Brace edition published 1952 Free Enterprise edition published 1958 American Opinion edition published 1961 The Americanist Library edition published 1965 170pps out-of-print --[7]-- CHAPTER SEVEN The Story of the "Heavy Water" One morning in November, 1943, Colonel Kotikov protested against the manner in which a C-47 had been packed. He showed me tiers of large bottles. The necks and stoppers, secured with wire, protruded from wooden crates. Alternate bottles had been loaded bottom-up, to conserve space. The Colonel insisted that they all had to be topside up, with each bottle lashed down separately. "We must repack," he ordered. Though all our loading was done by a crew of American civilians, freight was checked in the warehouse, from duplicate manifests, by a young Russian non-com, Senior-Sergt. Andrei Vinogradsky. He was a mysterious character whom we suspected of spying on Colonel Kotikov for my Fairbanks host, Alexei A. Anisimov. The Sergeant seemed to understand little English, and communicated with the airstevedores through signs and interpreters. I gave orders to repack the cargo. It may be that Sergeant Vinogradsky pointed to the wrong entry, or that crewmen mistook the line to which his finger pointed. At any rate, one of them astonished me by asking: "What is it-that heavy water stuff?" "Heavy, water?" I echoed, for I had never heard the expression. Yes, said the worker, that was what was listed on the manifest. Thereafter, for all of us, such carboys were "heavy water," on this and other transports. Many times I heard the shout: "Be careful of that heavy water!" The fact is that the five-gallon demijohns actually contained sulfuric acid. It was demonstrated six years later, during the Fulton Lewis broadcast of December 6, 1949, that this misunderstanding was general. Three former members of the Gore Field ground crew-Elmer Williams, John Kukay and Leonard Woods-were quoted as declaring stoutly that with their own hands they had loaded "big carboys of heavy water." Unwittingly Colonel Kotikov helped the mistake along by asking over the phone whether the "heavy water plane" had taken off. I said no. He directed me to hold it and drop by his office for a bundle of papers to be handed to the pilot. While leafing through the folder, I caught sight of the words, "heavy water," and asked the Colonel what they meant. "Something for our new chemical plants," came the answer. What is popularly known as "heavy water" is technically called deuterium oxide. It is in crystal form, not liquid. In alleging medical and other grounds for its needs of uranium oxide and uranium nitrate, Russia had taken care to observe an appearance of truth, for such use is not unknown to therapeutics. It had been tried out in throat sprays and lent its name to Uranwein, a German specific against diabetes. Uranium oxide had been tested as an alloy for toughening steel, but it was found difficult to handle and had erratic results. Therefore when Moscow asked for heavy water, they let the cat out of the bag. Except for curious experiments in retarding plant growth, heavy water boasts only one useful property: it is the best of moderators for slowing down the speed of neutrons in nuclear reactions. Records in evidence[1] prove that on August 23, 1943, Hermann Rosenberg of Chematar received an application from the Soviet Purchasing Commission for 1,000 grams of deuterium oxide. The purpose stated was "research." A supplier was found in the Stuart Oxygen Co. of San Francisco, which shipped the merchandise on October 30, by railway express, to Chematar's New York office. Rosenberg forwarded the consignment to the Purchasing Commission in Washington, which dispatched it on November 29, by way of the Pipeline to Rasnoimport, USSR, Moscow U-1, Ruybjshova-22. The order was packed with as much tenderness as if it had been a casket of jewels. Forty pyrex ampoules, each containing 25 grams, were enclosed in mailing tubes and wrapped in layers of cotton. The ampoules were divided in lots of 10 among four cartons, which were placed, with further precautions against damage, in a large wooden box. This was strapped and sealed. The overall weight was 41.12 pounds, The cost of the fluid content was that of expensive perfumes $80 an ounce. 'Me export of heavy water to the Soviet Union was approved by a release certificate, No. 366, dated November 15, with the signature of William C. Moore, Division for Soviet Supply, Office of Lend-Lease Administration. If General Groves had been consulted, the heavy water would not have left this country. Had it been known at the time, he said, that 1,000 grams were available, unquestionably he would have bought the treasure himself. He added: "If it had been pure."[2] That it was between 99.7 and
[CTRL] [2] The Right People
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an excerpt from:
The Right People - A Portrait of the American Social Establishment
Stephen Birmingham©1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968
Little, Brown and Company
BostonoTronronto
LCCN 68-11525
360pps. out-of-print
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Was It Ever What It Used to Be?
0F course there are very few women in Society today who lead the sort of life
that was led, just a couple of dozen years ago, by Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury.
She received, as wedding presents from her husband, the senior Morgan partner
in Philadelphia, a simple $100,000 diamond-and-sapphire necklace and
$4,000,000 in cash to make up for it. She enjoyed such luxuries as a flotilla
of maids who were in charge of nothing but her clothes. Every afternoon Mrs.
Stotesbury would summon her wardrobe staff who arrived carrying massive
costume books and catalogues of jewelry to help her decide what to wear for
dinner. Even such a seemingly small task as deciding which diamond bracelet
to wear, can, when one has sixty-five, take time.
Mrs. Stotesbury's way of life, people in Society often point out, is one that
has gone the way of all 1040 forms. But it was fairly uncommon even in her
own day. Her parties were criticized as being a touch garish. A generation or
so earlier, the famous Bradley-Martin ball where the hostess appeared in a
twenty-foot-long train, a crown, and $100,000 worth of diamonds on her
stomacher alone and Mrs. Astor managed to support $200,000 worth on her head
drew so much criticism in the international press that the Bradley-Martins
exiled themselves to England forever. Mrs. Stotesbury's guests did not
overlook the fact that her husband had been nothing but a six-dollar-a-week
clerk before becoming one of the country's richest men. And, even at the peak
of her career as America's most spectacular hostess, Mrs. Stotesbury was not
considered a bona fide member of Society. Even so she has become, today, a
more or less permanent constellation in the social firmament. Some people
insist that it takes at least three generations for a family, starting with
nothing but money, to elevate itself to the highest Society. (Given another
three generations' time, it is also said, the same family will fritter its
way back to the ash heap.) Mrs. Stotesbury proves that an individual can be
elected to Society posthumously.
Mrs. Stotesbury's children one is the former wife of the late General
Douglas MacArthur, and the other a former husband of Doris Duke lead lives
of comparative quiet and obscurity, as do other members of other families
whose wealth once glittered in the public eye. The descendants of Belmonts
and Goulds and Goelets, of Biddles and Bakers and John Wanamakers have, as
real estate taxes have gone up, moved from brownstone and marble palaces on
Fifth Avenue and Rittenhouse Square, into apartments; here they achieve a
certain anonymity. The offspring of Astors, Gardners, Vanderbilts, Fishes,
Harrimans and Iselins can be found in made-over gardeners' cottages on
country estates. A number of Society people are, very quietly, doing
something that formerly would have been thought very odd indeed: they live in
places like Newport and Tuxedo Park, year round. ("The season here," says one
Tuxedo butler discreetly, "is now from January first to December
thirty-first.")
But are our great Society families languishing for lack of funds? Let us not
weep too bitterly for them. Taxes may have scaled down some families' living
habits. Quite a number of Society families are, comparatively speaking, poor.
But a number of others are just as rich as their grandfathers were, or even
richer. The late Vincent Astor, for instance, who inherited $87,200,000 in 19
12, increased his fortune right through the Great Depression to the point
where it amounted to $200,000,000 by the time he died in early 1959.
Money may be spent in less conspicuous ways than in making a woman topheavy
with precious stones, but it is still spent. Mrs. J. Denniston Lyon of New
York, for instance, who only recently was gathered to her ancestors, spent it
on her tiny Pekingese, Peaches. Peaches had been trained to relieve himself
in Mrs. Lyon's garden in her country place on the North Shore of Long Island.
In winter, lest Peaches be confused or disturbed by the move back to Fifth
Avenue, Mrs. Lyon directed her butler to make weekly trips out to Long
Island. There he spaded up a square of Long Island lawn and returned with it
to New York for Peaches. Peaches indeed was so particular that though he
loved to eat caramel candies, he would only eat the imported Italian ones
sold at the expensive food shop Maison Glass. Mrs. Lyon, among other
expenses, maintained a yacht anchored off Palm Beach. A year-round staff of
five was required for its maintenance. When its owner died she had not sailed
the boat, or set foot upon it, for fully fifteen years. Her house in Aiken,
South Carolina, stood similarly unvisited, though the house was ritually
opened at the
[CTRL] Fwd: Why Ritalin Rules
Post Number 34: Why Ritalin Rules Here is information which is very timely at this time. There are a number of discussions going on in various groups about public schools and home schooling. For what it is worth, here is my opinion; you can not be a Christian, and send your children to be indoctrinated in public schools. I do not take drugs. Let me be sure you understand what I just said: I do not take ANY drugs, be they illegal or legal under the laws of man. THEY ARE DRUGS! An artificial construction designed for profit, and not for anyones good. So, why are these drugs being given to millions of children on a daily basis? Could the sole reason be profit? And the allways-present taxpayer to pick up the tab under the tax-farming principles so firmly established within the United States? If you really want to understand add (attention deficit disorder), study nutrition, and in particular, study so many of the things called food, and which are not, but which are addictive in their own right. Start with white flour, white sugar, and pop. If you want a crash course in this subject, and in law, Law, cancer and many other subjects, just read my series. David G. Published by The Heritage Foundation: Why Ritalin Rules By MARY EBERSTADT There are stories that are mere signs of the times, and then there are stories so emblematic of a particular time and place that they demand to be designated cultural landmarks. Such a story was the New York Times front-page report on January 18 appearing under the tame, even soporific headline, "For School Nurses, More Than Tending the Sick." "Ritalin, Ritalin, seizure drugs, Ritalin," in the words of its sing-song opening. "So goes the rhythm of noontime" for a typical school nurse in East Boston "as she trots her tray of brown plastic vials and paper water cups from class to class, dispensing pills into outstretched young palms." For this nurse, as for her counterparts in middle- and upper-middle class schools across the country, the days routine is now driven by what the Times dubs "a ticklish question," to wit: "With the number of children across the country taking Ritalin estimated at well over three million, more than double the 1990 figure, who should be giving out the pills?" "With nurses often serving more than one school at a time," the story goes on to explain, "the whole middle of the day can be taken up in a school-to-school scurry to dole out drugs." Massachusetts, for its part, has taken to having the nurse deputize "anyone from a principal to a secretary" to share the burden. In Florida, where the ratio of school nurses to students is particularly low, "many schools have clerical workers hand out the pills." So many pills, and so few professionals to go around. What else are the authorities to do? Behold the uniquely American psychotropic universe, pediatrics zone a place where "psychiatric medications in general have become more common in schools" and where, in particular, "Ritalin dominates." There are by now millions of stories in orbit here, and the particular one chosen by the Times of how the drug has induced a professional labor shortage is no doubt an estimable entry. But for the reader struck by some of the facts the Times mentions only in passing for example, that Ritalin use more than doubled in the first half of the decade alone, that production has increased 700 percent since 1990, or that the number of schoolchildren taking the drug may now, by some estimates, be approaching the 4 million mark mere anecdote will only explain so much. Fortunately, at least for the curious reader, there is a great deal of other material now on offer, for the explosion in Ritalin consumption has been very nearly matched by a publishing boom dedicated to that same phenomenon. Its harbingers include, for example, Barbara Ingersolls now-classic 1988 Your Hyperactive Child, among the first works to popularize a drug regimen for what we now call Attention Deficit Disorder (add, called adhd when it includes hyperactivity). Five years later, with add diagnoses and Ritalin prescriptions already rising steeply in the better-off neighborhoods and schools, Peter D. Kramer helped fuel the boom with his best selling Listening to Prozac a book that put the phrase "cosmetic pharmacology" into the vernacular and thereby inadvertently broke new conceptual ground for the advocates of Ritalin. In 1994, most important, psychiatrists Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey published their own best selling Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood to Adulthood, a book that was perhaps the single most powerful force in the subsequent proliferation of add diagnoses; as its opening sentence accurately prophesied, "Once you catch on to what this syndrome is all about, youll see it everywhere." Not everyone received these soundings from the psychotropic beyond with the same enthusiasm. One noteworthy
[CTRL] Fwd: CFR Bioethics
Sunday May 23, 1999 The Washington Post reported that an ethics panel appointed by Council on Foreign Relations President BJ Clinton, recommended the US government begin funding research on human embryos despite a ban imposed against such experimentation by Congress. The ethics panel is called the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. The National Bioethics Advisory Commission was established by Council on Foreign Relations member President BJ Clinton through Executive Order #12975 [http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=6880919107+0+0+ 0WAISaction=retrieve], and met for the first time in October 1996. The National Bioethics Advisory Commission is a Council on Foreign Relation extension into government. The Council on Foreign Relations is using the National Bioethics Advisory Commission to change public policies that govern us all to provide public funding of Council on Foreign Relations controlled medical and university human subject experimentation and research. The public policies that govern us all impose a ban by Congress on funding research on human embryos. The Council on Foreign Relations established and controlled National Bioethics Advisory Commission has concluded it is potentially unfair for Congress to continue its 4-year-old funding ban on human embryo research. A draft version of a new National Bioethics Advisory Commission report calls for legislation to allow federally-financed researchers to conduct studies on leftover embryos from fertility clinics if the embryos were no longer wanted by the parents who made them. Gary Ellis, director of the National Institute of Health's Office for protection from Research Risks told an University of Minnesota audience, that the chief "catalytic event" in creation of the new National Bioethics Advisory Commission was 1993 publicity regarding 1940s experiments during which plutonium was injected into human subjects. When Council on Foreign Relations member President BJ Clinton needed someone to chair the National Bioethics Advisory Commission that would provide "guidance to federal agencies on the ethical conduct of current and future human biological and behavioral research," he chose Council on Foreign Relations member Harold Tafler Shapiro. Council on Foreign Relations member Shapiro is President of Princeton University and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs. He earned a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from McGill University in Canada, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. Council on Foreign Relations member John Gibbons, assistant to Council on Foreign Relations member President BJ Clinton for science and Technology, said, "The President's selection of President Shapiro to head the National Bioethics Advisory Commission is the best possible barometer of the importance that the White House attaches to these issues, Dr. Shapiro is a respected scholar and leader whose thoughtful contributions have helped shape public policy in science and education, and his willingness to accept this appointment is a guarantor that the commission's work will be thorough and deliberate." Council on Foreign Relations member Shapiro has had previous experience in Washington, D.C., and a long-standing interest in medical issues. He served on Council on Foreign Relations member President Bush's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1990 to 1992, and he chaired the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Employer-Based Health Benefits. Former chair of the executive board of the University of Michigan Hospitals, he is currently a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and a director of Dow Chemical Co. He is also chair of the board of trustees of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and a trustee of the Universities Research Association. In February of 1997, following reports of the successful cloning of a sheep, Council on Foreign Relations President BJ Clinton asked the National Bioethics Advisory Commission to review the profound ethical issues raised by the possible cloning of human beings. On June 9, 1997, Council on Foreign Relations member Commission Chair Harold Shapiro, presented the Commission report to the President. The Commission found unanimously that it is morally unacceptable for anyone to attempt to create a child with the technology used to create Dolly the sheep. The Commission also found that the new technology may have many agricultural and medical benefits, including the development of medicines, therapies for diseases such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, and diabetes, and prospects for repair and regeneration of human tissues. The Commission concluded that the cloning of DNA, cells, tissues, and non-human animals --using somatic cell nuclear transfer and other cloning techniques --is not ethically problematic when conducted in compliance with existing regulations and guidelines. Acting on the Commission's key recommendation, Council on Foreign Relations
[CTRL] Fwd: Antiwar-List: Antiwar.com on PBS News Hour Monday
Dear Antiwar.com Supporter, Antiwar.com will be featured in a story on the antiwar movement on PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer (formerly MacNeil/Lehrer) Monday, May 24. This show is broadcast on all PBS TV stations and many NPR radio stations nationwide. Check local listings for times. Antiwar.com Webmaster Eric Garris was interviewed for three hours by the PBS film crew last week, and we expect the website to be featured prominently in the story. Don't forget to watch! Monday, May 24 PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer Check local listings for times
Re: [CTRL] Why GUNS are here to stay.
-Caveat Lector- But I want to see what happens when guns are out of the equation. And it looks like we'll soon find out. Dream on. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Why GUNS are here to stay.
-Caveat Lector- What is real is the astronomical number of gunshot tragedies every single day. What EXACTLY is that number? be specific. Cite your sources. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Enervation?
-Caveat Lector- From the SundayHerald (UK) Stray bombs raise doubts over Nato's military strength By David Wragg Publication Date: May 23 1999 THE Nato bomb which missed a Serb barracks and struck a hospital's maternity wing may be an indication of the way in which the war in the Balkans is evolving. Hardly a week goes by without a bomb or missile missing its target and killing civilians. Neutral Sweden and Switzerland have now been added to the countries angered by accidental damage to an embassy or a diplomatic residence. Operations over the former Yugoslavia have highlighted a growing shortage of ammunition, most marked among the so-called "smart" munitions - those which should guarantee accuracy. Collateral damage has been a real problem throughout due to poor weather and the desire to avoid Nato losses, which has forced aircraft to aim from the relatively high altitude of 15,000ft. Now there are questions over the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. Supposedly one of the most potent weapons systems available, and essential if ground forces are to be dep loyed, it cannot carry a full warload at 10,000ft to fly over Yugoslavia's mountains. More than 60 of these aircraft are on order for the British Army. The United States Air Force has received emergency funding to convert 92 air-launched cruise missiles from nuclear to conventional warheads, to replace those already expended in the campaign, at a cost of $5.1 million. The USAF is pressing for the work to be speeded up and demanding similar treatment for another 230 missiles. The Royal Navy also wants quicker deliveries of its submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have been fired more quickly than can be replaced by deliveries of two a month. On Monday, in The Herald, Ian Bruce drew attention to the Ministry of Defence's request to Saudi Arabia for the "loan" of 1,000lb bombs supplied under the terms of the Al Yamamah arms contract. The growing shortage of muni tions exposes the weaknesses of many Nato powers. Successive defence budget cuts - with that for the UK being cut by the equivalent of £6 billion to £22bn in real terms since 1990 - have undermined effectiveness. Rather than cut units and manpower, hidden cuts such as ammunition procurement have been an easy option. The problem arises because of the high cost of smart wea pons. A cruise missile costs upwards of £650,000, with the Royal Navy spending £150 million on 65 Tomahawk cruise missiles and the expensive conversion of an initial four nuclear submarines to carry these. Suppliers are cagey about discussing prices, but a typical "dumb" bomb could cost between £5000 and £20,000, depending on size and type of explosives, with a laser-guided weapon costing more than double that. There have been undeclared cuts in capability. It was known that the Royal Navy would keep just two of its three Invincible-class aircraft carriers operational, but the two Sea Harrier squadrons were cut from eight aircraft to seven without ann ouncement or debate. Operationally, this means just three pairs of aircraft are available at any one time, with one held in reserve. With Illustrious in the Gulf, Invincible in the Adriatic, and Ark Royal starting a two-year refit at Rosyth, the carrier force is under strain. Nato membership of former Warsaw Pact countries, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, has simply added forces short of up-to-date equipment, having been cut off from Russian supplies for some years. Nato needs to help these nations to re-equip and retrain to Nato standards. The alliance is now in the embarrassing position of failing to cope with a regional conflict. There have always been differences in commitment amongst the partners, with Denmark and Belgium seldom meeting Nato expectations, while France was also outside the command structure for many years. What is worrying is the revelation that Nato is now far weaker than had been supposed, with potentially disastrous consequences for any war on the ground. From TheNewAustralian www.newaus.com.au US Report Telling it like it isPictureThe New Australian Deconstructing Clinton with the Pinocchio test By James Henry No. 120, 24-30 May 1999 Deconstructing Clinton is a lot easier than parsing sentences. Language has its own structure and rules, what we call grammar and syntax. It is these things that allow us to communicate efficiently with each other, even when we are not schooled in the rules of language. But in Clinton's post-modernist world there are no rules because there is no reality. Existence is a matter of opinion and reality is what I think it ought to be. In such a world facts are fiction and fiction is reality with each reality being as good as any other. Hence whatever I say happened even if it didn't happen because reality is subjective. But if reality is subjective what of morality? Simple. Morality is whatever I say it is. This leads to the ultimate in relativism in which even
[CTRL] (Fwd) Why Ritalin Rules
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Sun, 23 May 1999 09:42:13 -0700 From: David Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Why Ritalin Rules Post Number 34: Why Ritalin Rules Here is information which is very timely at this time. There are a number of discussions going on in various groups about public schools and home schooling. For what it is worth, here is my opinion; you can not be a Christian, and send your children to be indoctrinated in public schools. I do not take drugs. Let me be sure you understand what I just said: I do not take ANY drugs, be they illegal or legal under the laws of man. THEY ARE DRUGS! An artificial construction designed for profit, and not for anyones good. So, why are these drugs being given to millions of children on a daily basis? Could the sole reason be profit? And the allways-present taxpayer to pick up the tab under the tax-farming principles so firmly established within the United States? If you really want to understand add (attention deficit disorder), study nutrition, and in particular, study so many of the things called food, and which are not, but which are addictive in their own right. Start with white flour, white sugar, and pop. If you want a crash course in this subject, and in law, Law, cancer and many other subjects, just read my series. David G. Published by The Heritage Foundation: Why Ritalin Rules By MARY EBERSTADT There are stories that are mere signs of the times, and then there are stories so emblematic of a particular time and place that they demand to be designated cultural landmarks. Such a story was the New York Times front-page report on January 18 appearing under the tame, even soporific headline, "For School Nurses, More Than Tending the Sick." "Ritalin, Ritalin, seizure drugs, Ritalin," in the words of its sing-song opening. "So goes the rhythm of noontime" for a typical school nurse in East Boston "as she trots her tray of brown plastic vials and paper water cups from class to class, dispensing pills into outstretched young palms." For this nurse, as for her counterparts in middle- and upper-middle class schools across the country, the days routine is now driven by what the Times dubs "a ticklish question," to wit: "With the number of children across the country taking Ritalin estimated at well over three million, more than double the 1990 figure, who should be giving out the pills?" "With nurses often serving more than one school at a time," the story goes on to explain, "the whole middle of the day can be taken up in a school-to-school scurry to dole out drugs." Massachusetts, for its part, has taken to having the nurse deputize "anyone from a principal to a secretary" to share the burden. In Florida, where the ratio of school nurses to students is particularly low, "many schools have clerical workers hand out the pills." So many pills, and so few professionals to go around. What else are the authorities to do? Behold the uniquely American psychotropic universe, pediatrics zone a place where "psychiatric medications in general have become more common in schools" and where, in particular, "Ritalin dominates." There are by now millions of stories in orbit here, and the particular one chosen by the Times of how the drug has induced a professional labor shortage is no doubt an estimable entry. But for the reader struck by some of the facts the Times mentions only in passing for example, that Ritalin use more than doubled in the first half of the decade alone, that production has increased 700 percent since 1990, or that the number of schoolchildren taking the drug may now, by some estimates, be approaching the 4 million mark mere anecdote will only explain so much. Fortunately, at least for the curious reader, there is a great deal of other material now on offer, for the explosion in Ritalin consumption has been very nearly matched by a publishing boom dedicated to that same phenomenon. Its harbingers include, for example, Barbara Ingersolls now-classic 1988 Your Hyperactive Child, among the first works to popularize a drug regimen for what we now call Attention Deficit Disorder (add, called adhd when it includes hyperactivity). Five years later, with add diagnoses and Ritalin prescriptions already rising steeply in the better-off neighborhoods and schools, Peter D. Kramer helped fuel the boom with his best selling Listening to Prozac a book that put the phrase "cosmetic pharmacology" into the vernacular and thereby inadvertently broke new conceptual ground for the advocates of Ritalin. In 1994, most important, psychiatrists Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey published their own best selling Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood to Adulthood, a book that was perhaps the single most powerful force in the subsequent proliferation of add
[CTRL] Senate Tries to Regulate Entertainment Media
-Caveat Lector- "Clinton's ties to Hollywood appeared to infuriate his Republican rivals." Now that the Cold War is back, should we expect a return to "censored" cinema such as existed up until the late '50s, during the same period? Senate approves bill aimed at Hollywood By Christopher Stern WASHINGTON (Variety) - The Senate Thursday approved a bill that started off as an effort to reform the juvenile justice system and ended up becoming the focus of a national debate on whether to blame the media or the gun industry for a rash of high school shootings. Democrats and gun control advocates emerged as victors after eight days of debate, but the entertainment industry was also dealt some blows in the legislation, approved on a vote of 73-25. The bill included a proposal, approved 98-0, calling for a joint Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department investigation into the degree to which Hollywood markets violent movies to children. The Juvenile Justice Bill, which had been kicking around the Senate more than two years, was sent to the floor by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) in reaction to the April 20 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., where two teenage shooters killed themselves after murdering 12 fellow students and a teacher. The Senate showed up Thursday for the final day of debate only to be greeted by the news that a teenager at a suburban Atlanta high school had gone on yet another such rampage. No one was killed at Heritage High in Conyers, Ga., but six people were injured including four who were shot. Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) originally wrote the legislation in an attempt to reform the juvenile justice system with an eye towards making it tougher for young people to commit crimes without facing the threat of serious punishment. But as soon as the legislation became the designated platform for Senate reaction to the Littleton massacre, it also provided a stage for politicians to accuse the entire entertainment industry of saturating the nation's youth with a flood of violent images in movies, television, video games and the Internet. Republicans led the fight against the entertainment industry, at least in part, to deflect some of the blame away from the gun industry in the wake of the Columbine shootings. But legislators from both sides of the aisle, not to mention the White House, have been tough on the entertainment industry, insisting that it is time for it to accept some accountability. ``There is still too much violence on our nation's screens, large and small,'' said President Clinton in his May 15 radio address, adding, ``There are still too many vulnerable children who are steeped in this culture of violence, becoming increasingly desensitized to it and to its consequences and, therefore, as studies show, hundreds of them are more liable to commit violence themselves.'' Clinton toned down the message when he addressed his Hollywood fundraiser last weekend, which raised more than $2 million. Clinton's ties to Hollywood and his appearance in Los Angeles as the debate was going on in the Senate appeared to infuriate his Republican rivals. In addition to several amendments that will tighten access to guns in the U.S., the bill also: Requires the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to investigate the entertainment industry's marketing practices. The goal is to determine if violent movies or videogames with adult-rated content are marketed to kids. Gives entertainment companies a limited antitrust exemption to allow them to discuss the creation of a ``voluntary code of conduct'' to govern the amount of sex and violence on movie, television and computer screens. Requires the movie theaters and video stores to enforce the movie industry's age-based content ratings. Requires the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study into the effects of violent images and song lyrics on the behavior of children. In addition, the Senate passed an amendment that bans the filming of ``wanton and gratuitous violence'' on federal property. It also bans federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard and NASA, from cooperating with shoots that feature ``gratuitous'' violence. The proposal passed 66-34. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives. Reuters/Variety DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as
[CTRL] Kosovar MEN Sexually Abused by Serbs Too
-Caveat Lector- Abducted Kosovo men tell of ordeal by Serb army By Crispian Balmer ULCINJ, Montenegro (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanian men abducted by Yugoslav soldiers have returned to their refugee camps here amazed to be alive but shaken by an ordeal which included beatings and sexual humiliation. Soldiers rounded up around 100 men as they tried to leave this small Yugoslav republic for Albania Saturday, busing them across country to Serbia and then back to Kosovo before unexpectedly returning them and freeing them Monday. During their three-day ordeal, the refugees, aged between 15 and 55, said they were beaten, robbed and, in some cases, forced to strip naked and perform oral sex on each other. ``When they brought us back to Montenegro and I saw Montenegrin police on the roads it was like being born a second time,'' said one 26-year-old agricultural worker, who, like all his companions, refused to give his name. After their release most of the men have been brought to campsites in Montenegro's Adriatic coastal resort of Ulcinj, home to some 30,000 Kosovo refugees. All said they now wanted a police escort out of the country. ``We won't feel safe until we have left Yugoslavia,'' said one gaunt young man. Montenegro is Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav federation, and although it is hostile to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's government there are thousands of federal troops stationed here who take their orders from Belgrade. The refugees were separated from their wives and mothers on Saturday morning when soldiers set up a random roadblock at the Albanian border. Some 30,000 ethnic Albanian refugees have traveled safely through Montenegro on their way to Albania over the past eight weeks. Saturday was the first time a group had been stopped by the army. ``The soldiers told us: 'You are completely safe. We are taking you back home','' said a 26-year-old from the southwestern Kosovo town of Istok. ``We thought we were dead.'' As soon as the three army buses started to drive them north, the violence started. The men said soldiers randomly hit their captives, demanding money and jewelry. Some refugees still had bruises on their faces, cut noses and large red contusions across their backs Thursday. Once they crossed into Serbia several more Serb reservists, some wearing black masks, climbed aboard the buses. ``Me and the person next to me were forced to take off our clothes and made to do things that I do not do with my wife,'' said a lanky youth in a black and red track suit. Another of the men said later that the youth had been forced to perform oral sex. A pair of elderly men were treated similarly. ``They held knives to their throats and laughed at them, called them homosexuals,'' said the young man. Other refugees confirmed his story. At first the men were taken to the small southern Serbian village of Tutin and put in a police compound, where they were interrogated. ``They kept on saying we were members of the KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army). But we are not, we are normal people,'' said a man from the Kosovo city of Pec. The refugees said the police treated them well, and added that Tutin residents gave them food. The next day the army picked them up again and drove them into Kosovo -- but then unexpectedly turned around and took them back to Tutin, where they spent Sunday night. The following morning all but five were bused to the northeastern Montenegrin logging town of Rozaje and released without explanation. The refugees said they knew the names of three of the five and did not know what had happened to them. Montenegro's pro-Western government said it was NATO bombing which forced the buses to turn back and drive out of Kosovo. It said the men had finally been freed because of its official protests. The army said in a statement they detained the men because they were eligible for Yugoslav military service and were considered potential deserters. Far from wanting to fight for Yugoslavia, some of the refugees said their abduction had made them think about joining the KLA. ``I would fight now, but I am the only man in our family and if I died who would look after my mother and sisters?'' said the youth in the red and black track suit, staring intensely at the ground. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
[CTRL] where were you, billy??
-Caveat Lector- Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! -Original Message- From: Daniel Billingsley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 5:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [conservative] Our President From: "Daniel Billingsley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] WHERE WERE YOU, BILL? This week, SecDef William Cohen delivered a message to Bill Clinton from the chiefs across the river at the Pentagon. It seems they are pressing Mr. Clinton to stop "cutting bait," and deploy ground troops to secure U.S. objectives, whatever they may be, in Kosovo. Because no "vital national interests" sufficient to place U.S. forces in harms way have been identified, and our intervention there amounts to little more than a monumental strategic blunder, we must find an exit strategy that does not further diminish our degraded standing as the world's remaining superpower. We would hope that means blinking hard while the Russians devise a suitable "peace plan." But, if Mr. Clinton's exposed-hand promise that he will not send U.S. troops to Kosovo is as good as his oath of office, many of our uniformed colleagues will be saying farewell to their wives and children -- some for the last time. As Mr. Clinton ponders whether or not to commit ground forces and impose "peace" amid the cluster-dumb he helped create, all of America should ponder these questions from Vietnam vets and their families. We have selected a few from a long list provided by Col. David Hackworth, America's most highly decorated living veteran. "Bill, where were you when my best friend triggered a landmine and died in my arms...? Where were you when we arrived back on American soil, only to be cursed and have rotten eggs thrown at us?ö --Gordon "Where were you, Mr. Clinton, in September of 1968, when my company raced an enemy battalion to the top of a hill, sustaining 55 casualties (11 KIA, 44 wounded) along the way? But that's history! The real question is what are you doing NOW to ensure the strength of our military and proper treatment of our veterans of all conflicts. I pray that we never have to endure another Vietnam. I pray for you, sir, and may God grant you knowledge of His will as you make decisions affecting the lives of so many." --AJ "Where were you back when it really counted, Clinton? How about Da Nang, Namo, Chu Lai, Tam Ky, Hiep Duc, Marble Mountain, Mon Khe, Khe Lon Sohn, Phu Bai, Hue, Qung Tri, Dong Ha, Cam Lo, Con Thien, Khe Sahn, Au Shau valley, Laos and the DMZ? Well, as hard as it may be to believe, I was there. As well as all points between. I have always been and am now a patriot who believes in our Constitution, Bill of Rights and my country. What about you?" --Robert "Where were you, Bill Clinton, when I was trying to give the 'Nam veterans the respect we Korean War veterans were given? Where were you in your golden youth, Bill Clinton, when your youthful fellow socialist-junkie liberals partied, protested, and sought relevance in the streets, gutters, and legislatures of this great country? Where were you when tens of thousands of differently committed youngsters became men and women through the fire and fury of combat, tens of thousands of whom became one with the earth, their bleeding a sacred act of selflessness... Those youngsters gave up their youth while you enjoyed yours." --Charles "Where were you when Ellis E. Austin was shot down over North Vietnam, 21 April 1966, two weeks before he was to retire? This three-war veteran didn't have to serve in Vietnam but he did because he felt it was his duty. He left behind three children and a wife." --Kelly Jo "I know where you were, Bill! You were writing letters to tell how you hated the military. You were overseas telling Europeans how you disliked America. ... You were carousing with known Communists. ... In spite of the fact that you have tried your best to staff the government with the biggest assortment of socialists, misfits, incompetents, idiots, perverts, thieves, and liars, I don't think you will succeed. I firmly believe your second term is only due to an inability of the American people to believe that someone who aspired to be President of the United States could be so shallow and unprincipled as you." --Dave Give back to your community through "Grow to Give." http://www.ONElist.com See homepage for details. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That
[CTRL] Bob Enyart Builds Parallel Government at ShadowGov.com
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:525160"Enyart Builds Parallel Government at ShadowGov.com /A - Subject: Enyart Builds Parallel Government at ShadowGov.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tsun) Date: Sat, May 22, 1999 9:47 PM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] YOW!!! http://www.shadowgov.com/ Greetings friends, Remember that guy who raised $16,000 to buy O.J. Simpson's sport jacket just so he could burn it in public? The guy who went to jail for spanking a child? Well now he's setting up a parallel system of government, so when Klinton's fails, his can take over. And some of you were worried about the UN! I respect Bob Enyart, BUT since he is against trial by jury, I cannot support him in this. However, some of you who get into "alternate lifestyles" might want to give this a try. Hey, diversity makes the world go round, eh? Ever wonder what America would be like under righteous Law? Could you get into having Pat Schroder executed for public ally condoning abortion? He's got a book out about the first five days of righteous government. Yep, they were fixing to stretch old Patsy's neck! A while back, you could read the first two days for free, but I couldn't find that on his site this evening. Probably it's still there someplace (big website), and you might want to look, if the following doesn't' interest you. Hey, how'd you like to be a judge? That's right, folks, and you don't even need to go to law school or join the phoney Bar Association. Just judge justly! Wanna hang the Head Rapist in Charge for his crime? Now's your chance to sit in judgement of Boy Klinton. Go here: http://www.shadowgov.com/clinton.html How 'bout that smart ass OJ? Gonna let that creep get away with murder? Gonna let him snigger (oops) about it? Wanna hang the bum? Go here: http://www.shadowgov.com/oj_case.html Think you know enough about the death of that little JonBenet Ramsey girl to send her killer to Hell? Go here: http://www.shadowgov.com/jonbenet/JonBenet_case_file.html Thinking this over, Enyart's system (it's really in place, behind the scenes, and it's growing by leaps and bounds) might sound a little scary at first, but what the heck: Someone who rapes or murders ought to die. I can't say I'd condemn gays, which he does, but some of you who go for "democracy" might want to look into it, since the majority in America probably would like to hang them -- especially after having a child molested, or taught about it in the government school. Hate? Some people are just full of it! YeeeHw! (Humanist Satanistas Beware!) Regards, Tsun = from: http://www.shadowgov.com/ A HREF="http://www.shadowgov.com/"ShadowGov.com (ACM)/A - ShadowGov forums organize for events and post information about how your event went! It costs afortune to catch a rapist Updateyour protest kit Bill Clinton rape case O.J. Simpson murder case JonBenet Ramsey murder case ShadowGov.com announces a dramatic plan underway to take America back. God has helped us devise brilliant strategy to battle the enemy. And as imprisonment in the Bible often led to victory, so the attack on my ministry will bring the Gospel, and our battle plan, to far more people than I've ever reached before. (For example, ABC's "Politically Incorrect" has booked me as a guest for June 15th 1999-possibly the 16th). It is now time to present the ShadowGov strategy to you. As you read, keep in mind that America's moral decline means hurt, calamity and even eternity in hell for millions. Our grandchildren will be among the wounded. Further, America preaches the Gospel to the world, and as America falls, billions may not hear the salvation message (Rom. 10:14-15). Also remember that many Christian leaders helped usher in this post-Christian era by their lack of Bible understanding. (Their absolute prohibition against judging exposes their shallow Bible knowledge.) Thus the Christian masses have traded godly wisdom for mindless cliches. So what can we do about this colossal disaster? What is needed? What can be done? Brace yourself. Rescuing a country, reviving the church, restoring the family, and redeeming souls all depend on one factor - rightly acting upon God's Word. Solomon said that when the righteous govern the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule the people mourn (Prov. 27:2) All but the fool should desire godly leaders [1 Tim 2:1-3]. But the wicked do rule. And evil spreads. What can we do? What we need is the unthinkable: the rebirth of America. Christians must rule America or be forced underground. For "when the wicked arise, men hide themselves" (Prov. 28:28). Already: Christian families hide their form of discipline, even from their neighbors. Some pastors are refusing to incorporate their churches. Fear moves the most worried to refuse Social Security numbers for their kids. Millions of
[CTRL] Safire Klein: HILLARY RUN MAY HURT GORE CHANCES MOST!
-Caveat Lector- 23 May 99 According to Klein [aka Anonymous] and [Bill] Safire, both appearing on Meet the Press, if Hillary [Klinton] runs for NY Senate, Gore has the most lose. Yup, Gore. Imagine the following scenario, in February, 2000: ACE REPORTER TO HILLARY, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ALBANY, NY: How do you [really] feel today, now that you're running for NY Senate, about health care reform? CANDIDATE HILLARY, IN ALBANY NY: I believe that the US needs serious HC reform, something like, maybe, what Canada has! [loses 20 points] TWO HOURS LATER, IN IOWA, ACE REPORTER #2, TO PREZ CANDIDATE GORE: Mr. Vice President, Hillary Clinton, who as you know is running for Senator in NY, said the US ought to have a Canadian-style health care system. What do you think about your former boss' wife's belief that we ought to have a socialized health care system? CANDIDATE Gore: Uh, I think she's a really swell person [loses 10 points here]. Uh, I think her ideas on HC reform are revolutionary [loses another 10 points here]. Uh, I think she will carry on the policies of Bill Klinton. [loses 20 points here]. And so on...I think you get the picture. Maybe, Hillary can get away with those kind of answers in liberalland NY, but Gore agreeing with that in dairyland Iowa? Nope. Prediction (23 May 99): WINNERS: Senator Guliani, elected 2000, wins against Hillary by 20 points President G.W. Bush Jr, elected 2000, wins against Gore/Bradley ticket by 40 points Add 'em up folks. Regards, -A http://www.erols.com/mack97 "The sharpest tool in the shed." --anonymous DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Tax Me to Death
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html A HREF="http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html"Laissez Faire City Times - Volume 3 Issue 21 /A - Laissez Faire City Times May 24, 1999 - Volume 3, Issue 21 Editor Chief: Emile Zola Tax Me to Death by Peter Topolewski Tax time in Canada and the US came and went weeks ago. Sending in the money "owed" government is a chore people perform blindly, obstinately, despairingly like Sisyphus rolling his stone up his hill, except with a great deal more griping. As part of the entire bloody charade we put on around tax time we, or some several of our noble independent think-tanks, invented "tax freedom day", that is, the day celebrating when taxpayers have earned enough money to pay their total tax bill for the year and can begin to work for themselves. Add to the petulant mix people like me who bother to put their disdain for taxes into words by citing particular outrages citizens suffer under the taxman. I tend to highlight the most ludicrous and call them unjust. Such as, The fact that governments in Canada have the gall and the power to include 28.9 cents in tax in the purchase price of a 57.4-cent liter of gasoline, and $16.07 in tax in a $19.50 price for a bottle of liquor. When someone dies, the government feels it is owed a portion of the deceaseds property for no other reason than that they are dead. Governments taxing successes like wealth creation, work, productivity, and commercial activity instead of crime, stupidity, pollution, laziness, and waste. The total tax burden in Canada accounts for 46 percent of the average familys income. What tends to get overlooked during the day-in and day-out complaining, and even during the compilation of my tax-whiners checklist, is the moral issue behind the figures, indeed behind the act of taxation itself. For the question behind the complaints should not be "what is a fair rate of taxation?" but "by what right does the government tax my actions and my property at all?" In other words, how is it that when I have a shot of whiskey at the bar the government demands I pay them a fee in order to complete the transaction? How is it that I owe them money for a service and a transaction in which they had no part? And on what grounds can they say that a portion of the fruits of my labor each year belongs to them? The grounds have been set long ago, and indeed they are there in my words. What we overlook in our disgust is the divide weve created and maintained, in our mind and in fact, between ourselves and "our" government. Somehow in western society the democratic principle of government for and by the people has been mentally and effectively destroyed, so that we not only have a government over and above us, but we also have "our money" and "government money". In Canada, for example, it is entirely common to hear people append the solutions to most social and economic problems by saying, "Ottawa will pick up the tab", as though the citizens arent paying for anything but are rather the idiot beneficiaries of the rulers noble charity. Precisely by viewing government as a separate source of remedy for "our" problems, we give them the authority to tax us, no matter how unjustly. By delegating solutions we delegate responsibility and we undermine any grounds for accusing governments of over-taxing us. And once weve delegated responsibility to the government no one should act surprised when that government, like any entity, fights for its survival. While some citizens hold in their hearts the painfully idealistic hope that government exists to judiciously tend to our health, welfare, education, and defense, with our benison governments true job and source of power has become the re-distribution of wealth. Its a clean and tidy little ecology thats developed: the single organism of society splits itself and the people surrender, with the governments encouragement, increasing amounts of tax dollars on the condition the government re-di stributes them, by spending, no matter how inefficiently. Hollow Bitching A recent national poll found that disgust with the level of taxation in Canada has reached what is possibly an all-time high 85 percent indicated that they are upset with the taxes they pay. But surprise, surprise, taxes are not coming down substantially any time soon. Michael Walker, president of the Vancouver based research firm the Fraser Institute, says this is because there is no evidence "on the part of governments in Canada to further restrain their expenditures, which is what would be required." Why? In part, because governments will do anything to keep hold of their power. But more importantly because at the root of all the bitching about taxes the people have no desire to end their parasitic relationship with the government. Ralph Klein, the premier of the Canadas most "right-wing"
[CTRL] Hanging Separately
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Laissez Faire City Times
May 24, 1999 - Volume 3, Issue 21
Editor Chief: Emile Zola
Hanging Separately
by Sunni Maravillosa
Most individuals want to feel that they are understood and appreciated.
To feel valued, even if by only one person, satisfies something very
deep within human nature. Many individuals also define themselves in
terms of the affiliations they form with others, typically by thinking
of themselves as belonging to some group.
The strength of that affiliation varies widely among individuals. The
insecure typically cling most strongly to these tiesmen acting overly
macho to prove their masculinity, hyphenated Americans clinging to
traditions from the old country, the social elite planning their guest
lists by whos listed in the Social Register. Part of increasing those
feelings of security is categorizing people as belonging to our group
(one of "us") or not belonging to our group ("them"). The tendency to
categorize is so strong that secure individuals also do it to some
degree: it helps create a more ordered, structured world within which we
can operate and feel in control.
These two psychological phenomena can be viewed as two sides of a coin:
wanting to feel valued and accepted is normal, natural, and good; while
categorizing, if carried too far, can lead to prejudicial ideas and
acts. The two are also virtually universal. The universality of these
phenomena explain a good deal of the behavior and choices among liberty
lovers, and have particularly important implications for the freedom
philosophy.
What Flavor of Freedom-Lover Are You?
A newcomer to the ideas of freedom might suppose that the freedom
philosophy is relatively straightforwardone either values freedom, or
one doesnt. Imagine such a persons surprise when asked if theyre a
Randian; after answering affirmatively, the person is asked whether
theyre an Objectivist, and if so, are they a Kelleyite, a Peikovian, or
a general Objectivist. Irrespective of whether an individual has read
Rand, he or she might also choose to identify with one or more of the
following descriptors: libertarian; anarchist; anarcho-capitalist;
patriot, Constitutionalist; Libertarian (a member of the Libertarian
Party); libertarian Christian; free-marketeer; minarchist; sovereign
individual; classical liberal; or conservative, to name a few of the
possibilities.
While these labels may seem to have a good deal of overlap, suggesting
that feelings of understanding and valuing others should flow from that
common ground, that unfortunately isnt always the case. Obviously the
Kelleyite and Peikovian Objectivists disagree with each other, else
there would not be those camps. But the Peikovian Objectivists also tend
to disvalue libertarians, particularly Libertarians, based on Rands
denouncement of them. Anarchists and minarchists often disagree
vehemently, based on their varying views of the proper amount of
governance by others in an individuals life. Atheists, who can be found
amongst most of these groups, sometimes find it difficult, if not
impossible, to work with Christians who choose the same descriptive
labels, despite the huge amount of overlap in freedom-related areas.
Many look upon patriot and militia groups with suspicion or downright
hostility, labeling many of their interpretations of law and actions
toward greater freedom "patriot mythology". Almost all libertarians tend
to view the term "conservative" as describing part of our current
political-party spectrum, and fail to look beyond that to recognize that
some individuals who choose this label are actually more philosophically
aligned with freedom than the libertarians realize. Although more rare,
its possible for some liberals (meaning not classical liberals, but
liberal as it is normally used today) to embrace many of the values
freedom lovers do. The primary result of all this labeling and
subdividing among individuals who seem to have a good deal in common is
a proliferation of targets and incentives for in-fighting.
One of the things freedom lovers tend to point out with pride is the
number of highly intelligent individuals the freedom philosophy
attracts. Although I have no data to support that interpretation, the
idea has face validity. To be able to recognize problems with the
nation-state as a form of governance despite the unrelenting
indoctrination to the contrary, and to move beyond that to free-market
and self-governance ideas requires a fairly high capacity for abstract
thought. To communicate those ideas effectively to others also requires
abstract thinking, as well as creative thinking. This is as true of
individuals like Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises as it is for the activist
who thinks up clever slogans or jokes
[CTRL] Prelude to the New World Order
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:525233"Prelude to the New World Order /A - Subject: Prelude to the New World Order From: Col Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, May 23, 1999 8:00 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PRELUDE TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER * At the turn of the century an ambitious and morally degenerate group of financiers and industrialists in America fixed upon a long-range plan which would ultimately deliver control of the worlds people and resources into their hands. The basic objective was to dismantle the Constitution of the United States and erect in its place a world government covenant which the Financial/Industrial cartel would command. The F/I cabala, to achieve this objective, adopted an operational procedure of Infiltration, Subversion, and Rebellion aimed at the religious, economic, and social disciplines of the existing order. By massing their wealth and influence to secretly sponsor nihilistic doctrine, it was thought that they might capture the intellectual leadership of church and college. Domination of pulpit and professorial chair, they reasoned, would lead to mastery of the entire spiritual/educational process, the corruption of mass communication media, and the creation of a fractured rudderless society which would serve their purposes. Achieving political authority was an obvious prerequisite to success. The cartel therefore, in 1912, forced a major penetration of the United States political structure by elevating Woodrow Wilson to the Presidency. Quick to capitalize on this advantage the cabala, in the closing days of the 1913 Congress, affected passage of three legislative acts which emasculated the Constitution and established a political power base for their operations. These acts were: a. the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution b. the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution c. the Federal Reserve Act At one blow the cabala thus attained: a. Unlimited financing via unlimited taxation, b. Control of the Congress by eliminating State supervision of legislation, and c. Transfer of coinage from the Congress to their private bank, The Federal Reserve System. Upon this irresistible and unchallengeable base of power the cartel, in 1914, established a brain trust which was to be shaped into an instrumentality for global conquest. The organization was named THE INQUIRY and was formed around a nucleus of members drawn from THE INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCIETY, a socialist-oriented group of American intellectuals. The Inquiry, visible structure of a covert operation, immediately began recruiting and training an intellectual elite who, under the guidance of their hidden sponsors, prepared the Covenant of the League of Nations. The League of Nations was, of course, the long-sought world government covenant. When the United States Senate refused to ratify the League of Nations plan for a world government The Inquiry was reorganized and, in 1919, named THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. (1) CFR headquarters remained in New York City, financial center of the world. Twenty-six years were to elapse before the F/I cabala, through its instrument The Council on Foreign Relations, would reach its long-range goal of world government. The propaganda climate generated during World War Two provided the opportunity and, on July 28, 1945, a refurbished League of Nations Covenant with a new title - The United Nations Charter - was ratified by a subverted U.S. Senate and the Constitution of the United States passed into history. In time an interlocking, international apparatus - an invisible government of the world - was devised. Today these affiliated bodies include the Royal Institute of International Affairs in England (which was founded concurrently with the Council on Foreign Relations during a dinner meeting in Paris in 1919), The Institute des Relations Internationales in Belgium, The Danish Foreign Policy Society, The Indian Council of World Affairs, and similar organizations in France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. Though the world government apparatus comprises holding company after holding company and proliferating agencies throughout the world, the prime corporate structure in America, and the seat of power both public and private, is The Council on Foreign Relations bolstered by vast funds in tax-exempt foundations. Within this membership are found the directors and principal agents of the financial/industrial cartel who now exercise control over the executive, legislative, and judicial agencies of the U.S. government, and who manipulate the United Nations world government covenant to enforce their command over the worlds people and resources. Having dissolved the United States of America as a sovereign nation, the principals and heirs of the original cabala have embarked on a campaign to coerce her citizens into a soviet animal farm.
[CTRL] Lessons of the NATO Attack on Yugoslavia
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html A HREF="http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html"Laissez Faire City Times - Volume 3 Issue 21 /A - Laissez Faire City Times May 24, 1999 - Volume 3, Issue 21 Editor Chief: Emile Zola Lessons of the NATO Attack on Yugoslavia by Craig Goodrich For a while there, some of our Best and Brightest intellectuals were really worried about NATO's operation in Yugoslavia. In The New York Times on Tuesday, May 11, for example, foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman noted the bubble of peace hysteria that had accompanied Jesse Jackson's return of the American prisoners and the outcry over the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and asked plaintively: Can we get back to the war now? Well, Friedman needn't have worried. We did: May 15, BELGRADE (Reuters) - Missiles hit towns in Serbia early Saturday, local media said, as NATO swung into a 53rd day of air raids on Yugoslavia undeterred by reports that scores of ethnic Albanian refugees were killed in one bombing. (As I write this, NATO is as usual trying to decide whether a) the wicked Serbs are lying and actually the death of more than 80 Albanians in Korisa, Kosovo, was due to Serb shelling, or b) the wicked Serbs are using Albanians as human shields. Of course, when the Chinese embassy was blown up, it took NATO's official spokesmen a while to decide that the missiles hadn't actually been fired by the Brazilians) Friedman continues: ... I am sorry about the Chinese Embassy, but we have no reason to be defensive here. We are at war with the Serbian nation, and anyone hanging around Belgrade needs to understand that. This notion that we are only at war with one bad guy, Slobodan Milosevic (who was popularly elected three times), is ludicrous. "I am sorry about the Chinese Embassy, but we have no reason to be defensive here." -- Friedman, May 11 BELGRADE, Serbia (Reuters) - Two injured Chinese men sit in an ambulance outside the Chinese embassy after last night's NATO air strikes early Saturday. NATO launched the heaviest attack on Yugoslavia since the beginning of the crisis hitting the Chinese embassy and five other locations in the Yugoslav capital. Photo by Reuters Passing over the obvious fact that "we" are legally not at war with anybody, since the Congress has not declared war (NATO has no legal power to declare war on anyone, and the UN has not even authorized a "police action"), Friedman explains his phrase "at war with the Serbian nation" by quoting from the May 9 Washington Post column yet another of our Best and Brightest intellectuals, Mark Mazower, a professor of history at Princeton. Mazower's thesis is that Milosevic genuinely represents the Serbian people, and that therefore our quarrel is with Serbness (or something): The current alternatives to the Serbian strongman are, if anything, more repugnant than he is. Yugoslavia's wild-eyed former deputy prime minister Vuk Draskovic is no liberal and has just been pushed out of office; Serbia's current deputy prime minister, Vojislav Seselj, is a creepy former academic heavily implicated in war crimes in Bosnia. Implicated as well are those army generals who have survived recent purges. (Eeek! Vuk Draskovic "is no liberal"! Where's my B-52?) Well, of course, as to "war crimes in Bosnia", NATO trained the Croatian army and provided air cover for the "ethnic cleansing" of about a quarter of a million Serbs from Croatia and Bosnia. Does that count as being "implicated"? But never mind; Mazower continues: The blunt truth is that since NATO's bombings began, more Serbs than ever support the regime's actions in Kosovo. Even if they regard the regime as a corrupt, self-serving criminal oligarchy, ruling through fraud and chicanery, it is their bunch of crooks, and NATO is invading their country. Hatred of the Albanians is not something invented by Milosevic; it has deep roots in Serbian political culture, ever since the first Albanians were forcibly expelled from the newly independent Serbia in 1878. While Yugoslavia existed, it was possible to believe in ethnic coexistence as well, but this belief has been on the wane for the last 10 years. Notice the smooth transition in Mazower's paragraph, from "supporting the ... actions in Kosovo" to "hatred of Albanians"; it is a virtuoso performance in double- (or perhaps triple- ) think. Air raid sirens, bomb detonations, screaming sounds of jet engines, have led to a syndrome of hypertension among the pregnant women, and an enormous rise in premature births. So the newborn babies have to depend on the oxygen, and are placed in incubators with a very high rate of mortality and morbidity. But that's not the end of the tragedy. When the sirens go off, such preemies cannot be taken to bomb shelters, because the incubators are not portable; not here, nor anywhere else in the world. Such a situation
[CTRL] On Horse Races, Absolutes, Red Pens, and Humility
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html A HREF="http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html"Laissez Faire City Times - Volume 3 Issue 21 /A - Laissez Faire City Times May 24, 1999 - Volume 3, Issue 21 Editor Chief: Emile Zola On Horse Races, Absolutes, Red Pens, and Humility by Robert L. Kocher In a recent article I argued that real world truth was much like the red pen I was holding in my hand, and that the existence of the red pen was the strongest possible argument for its existence. I implicitly argued that truth is based upon reality and absolutes. Some readers argued with me by saying evaluations based upon such simple perceptions and physical facts were not always possible. Maybe so. Maybe not. Occasionally one meets someone who restores a sense of humility in one's life. I have met several such in my lifetime. I had a friend whose mind functioned like something out of science fiction. He drove his wife to distraction because he would throw out the phone books. He didn't need them because he had already seen them. In so doing, he had memorized any number he ever expected to use. He wore a watch because people expected him to wear one. In fact, he knew the time of day within two or three minutes without need of a watch or clock. It wasn't a matter of him compulsively counting hours and seconds. It was as if there was a subconscious clock inside his head that he could refer to at will, but was not an intrusion, or even in his awareness, when he didn't need it. He knew the daily weather conditions in diverse parts of the country going back four years. There are people capable of intimidating feats of memory. Many of them seem to come from California and appear on TV as motivational speakers selling some kind of self-development program or something similar. Graduate schools and college faculties abound with people whose academic achievements are based primarily on memory. What one often sees is people who have phenomenal memories that they parade as showpieces, but who don't seem to think accurately, productively, or creatively. However, this man could think and reason with absolute uncontaminated clarity. Through study, he become one of the nation's best thoroughbred race horse handicappers. He knew the breeding of any thoroughbred back almost to the time of Hammurabi. He knew what horses had beaten other horses with the same blood lines in hundreds of races. He was able to bet what are called maiden claiming races and win with regularity. Maiden claimers are races between horses that have either not raced before or have never won a race and who, hence, have no record to go on except knowledge of their breeding. That makes the races difficult to predict and brings the odds up. For the best handicappers in the business, that's where the challenge and money is. Few people can do it. A good handicapper seldom bets favorites or easy races. He looks for difficult races and long odds that other people miss. He never bets large sums of money. Anyone who bets more than 20 dollars on a race is an amateur. This man would, quite consistently, betting only small sums of money, quietly win from $200 to $15,000 per day at the race track while experienced people around him floundered around in confusion complaining the races must be fixed, that the horses aren't running right, you can't bet horses and win, horses are unpredictable, and so forth. Many of them have developed "systems" which don't work. Although they do poorly, they still rationalize their systems work, but somehow things just go wrong. Things don't go that far wrong. The fact is, horses, like everything else, are absolutes. There is an absolute lawfulness, an absolute cause and effect, absolute consequences, to how they run. There is little ambiguity involved in horse races. This man was intelligent enough to have figured out those absolute principles of horse races. He'd spend the night studying a racing form. The next day he'd go to the races and win, often not bothering to see the final races finish or cash in winning tickets. Occasionally something would intervene, such as a horse breaking a leg or a jockey falling off. But, on the average, he'd hit it close. To that man, the future outcome of a horse race was often as observable to him as the red pen in my hand. The argument then becomes: if he was that good why wasn't he a millionaire. The answer is, he was. Absolutes vs. Self-Deception Ambiguity and difficulty are not qualities of events. They are face-saving terms we assign to events as white lies to hide our humiliating limitations from ourselves when the basic principles or the complexities of events are beyond our abilities. To declare that there are no absolutes is an arrogant exercise in denial of one's own limitations. People attribute their own shortcomings or desires to events rather than to themselves. People would
[CTRL] Pedophilia Big Tourist Draw in Thailand
-Caveat Lector- Now, now, mustn't interfere with "the free market" ... Thailand losing the battle against child prostitution BANGKOK, May 20 (Kyodo) -- By: Supalak Ganjanakhundee Complaining that the sea is dirty, the sand dark, and the sun usually on vacation elsewhere, Thai travelers put the Bight of Bangkok beach resort Pattaya in last place for their own holiday. For some foreign visitors, however, Pattaya is still the place to be, despite being -- as one Thai social worker put it -- a ''place not for tourism, but for entertainment and commercial sex.'' Sitting on the resort's beachfront, however, is more like taking a seat in a marketplace than relaxing beside the surf. Sanphasit Koompraphant, director of the nongovernmental Center for the Protection of Children's Rights, says that most beach vendors sell food and souvenirs, there are others who carry albums filled with photos of naked children. The children depicted are offered for sex with tourists for as little as a few thousand baht (less than 100 dollars), and while sex with minors is illegal in Thailand, few tourists are ever arrested. Brothels offering sex with minors are outdated, and outlawed, but similar sorts of services can be bought on the beach and in restaurants, massage parlors, nightclubs, pubs, bars, karaoke rooms and even barber shops, Sanphasit said. And the age of the sex workers is becoming lower as suppliers continue to bring in workers to meet market demand, he added. Of an estimated 90,000 prostitutes in Thailand at the end of last year, roughly 18,000 are under 18, according to the office of the National Commission on Women's Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office. Organized prostitution generates 45-60 billion baht in revenue annually, an official at the commission said, and noted the traffickers in human beings also import and export sex workers. Many children found in commercial sex establishments in Bangkok and Pattaya are not Thai, but Chinese, Myanmarese, Cambodian or Laotian. The commission on women's affairs estimates 5,500 non-Thai children are in the Thai prostitution racket, but many believe the real number is three times as many. Besides the psychological damage to children, commercial sex is also responsible for a spread of HIV among Thais. An estimated 82.1% of 111,108 HIV-positive Thais acquired the virus through sexual intercourse, the Ministry of Public Health said, predicting the number with HIV will increase to more than 700,000 by 2005. Fida Shah of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) suggested the economic crisis in Thailand has pushed more children into commercial sex since July 1997, but Sanphasit, an economist, says, ''No matter how good the economy is, prostitution remains in Thailand.'' The number of prostitutes, he said, is an indicator of a social malaise. ''Generally, parents love their children and provide good care for them. But some Thai parents, particularly in northern districts, force them to have sex for money. They just want to show off their wealth to the neighbors, never caring where the money comes from,'' he said. Sanphasit, who has more than 10 years experience helping children escape from prostitution, said the legal constraints on child prostitution are too weak to bring it to an end. The 1996 Prostitution Prevention and Suppression Act provides protection for children, punishing all parties involved in child prostitution, including parents or guardians who lure or persuade children into prostitution, brothel owners and those who have sex with children. But the fines and jail terms are not enough to deter violators, Sanphasit says. Even though having sex with minors is a criminal act, it is not considered serious enough for police to investigate thoroughly. One Pattaya policeman said, ''The police have no time to play (cat and mouse) with personal affairs, except for criminal cases.'' The Attorney General's Office has 40 cases on file of foreigners accused of sex with minors and the number of Asians charged is growing. Thai authorities say they particularly watch visitors from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, but since 1996 when Thailand launched its new prostitution law, the attorney's office has investigated only two cases involving Japanese. Between September and December last year, the Ministry of Justice reported no indictments of people having sex with children, underlining the weak enforcement of the new regulations. But Wanchai Rojanavong, deputy director of International Cooperation at the criminal division of the Attorney General's Office, says he hopes things will change, at least with respect to visitors from Japan where a new law that bans sex with minors went into force earlier this month. Thailand ''hopes, as Japan has introduced new legislation banning child pornography and prostitution, authorities will pay more attention to Japanese who have sex with children'' in Thailand, he said. Sanphasit, worried about the lack of law
[CTRL] House Subcommittee Criticizes Administration Opposition to SAFE Act - Your right to encryption
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.techlawjournal.com/encrypt/19990518.htm A HREF="http://www.techlawjournal.com/encrypt/19990518.htm"Story: House Subcommittee Criticizes Administra /A - Tech Law Journal News, records, and analysis of legislation, litigation, and regulation affecting the computer and Internet industry House Subcommittee Criticizes Administration Opposition to SAFE Act (May 18, 1999) The House International Economic Policy and Trade Subcommittee held a hearing on the SAFE Act on Tuesday afternoon, May 18. Administration officials who testified in opposition to the bill were met with tough questions, blunt criticism, and ridicule. Related Pages HR 850 IH, SAFE Act.Summary of Encryption Bills.Statement of Rep. Benjamin Gilman.Statement of William Reinsch (DOC).Statement of Ronald Lee (DOJ). The Safety and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act, HR 850 is sponsored is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA). The lead cosponsor is Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). Over half of the House is also cosponsoring the bill. The Clinton/Gore administration remains opposed. On May 18 the House International Relations Committee's Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on the bill. The first panel of witnesses included three administration representatives: William Reinsch of the Department of Commerce, Ronald Lee of the Department of Justice, and Barbara McNamara, of the NSA. A second panel included supporters of the bill. The SAFE Act, H.R. 850, has three main components. First, it affirms the right of all Americans to use any type or strength of encryption they choose. Second, the bill prohibits the federal government from mandating key escrow, key recovery, or other back doors in encryption products. Finally, the SAFE Act provides export relief to American businesses. Reinsch stated that "with respect to H.R.850, the Administration opposes this legislation as we did its predecessor in the last Congress." Reinsch and the other administration representatives stated that they want to continue export controls, and "encourage" key recovery. They said that their reasons are crime, national security, treaty obligations, and statutory obligations. The administration's claim that criminals and drug dealers would use encryption products was met with derision from subcommittee members. Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA), who served as a prosecutor for 21 years before being elected to Congress, admonished the administration officials, "Let's get real." He said that "street level criminals" are not smart enough to use encryption products. Rep. John Cooksey (R-LA) told the administration officials that "the sheriffs in my area are not concerned about the effects of this bill." Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) suggested that it would not matter if drug dealers used encryption because wiretaps of unencrypted communications have not succeded in stopping drug trafficking. "The government for the last twenty years has had all of this control," said Rep. Rohrabacher. "And the drug war is a joke. You go down in any city in the United States of America and any kid can get drugs." When the administration officials said they opposed the bill because of international treaty obligations under the Wassenaar agreement, Rep. Goodlatte responded that Wassenaar is a "Swiss cheese" full of loopholes for foreign governments. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) described Wassenaar as a "little dance" where foreign governments only "pretend to be interested in preventing their companies from marketing strong encryption worldwide. And, we fall for it, and are now in the process of giving away what may be the world's most important industry to our foreign competitors." When the administration officials cited national security as a grounds for opposing the SAFE Act, subcommittee members questioned their national security priorities. Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) criticized the administration's invocation of national security to ban "freedom and democracy" banners from the area of Camden Yards where the Baltimore Orioles played the Cuban baseball team. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Rep. Rohrabacher pointed out that it was Ronald Lee's office at the Department of Justice that had blocked the effort to get a wiretap on the suspect in the Los Alamos Chinese espionage scandal. "The overall conduct towards China is doing far more damage to our national security," said Rep. Rohrabacher. Rep. Rohrabacher accused the administration of "trying to strengthen the government's control, not of other people hostile to the United States, but trying to assert the government's control of ordinary Americans, and American enterprise." When the administration officials said that they wanted to "encourage" but not "mandate" key recovery, Rep. Goodlatte accused the administration of trying to "insidiously put key recovery into the entire country." The only member of the Subcommittee to defend the administration was Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), the Chairman of the
[CTRL] Deliberate Death of An Anarchist
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html A HREF="http://www.zolatimes.com/V3.21/pageone.html"Laissez Faire City Times - Volume 3 Issue 21 /A - Laissez Faire City Times May 24, 1999 - Volume 3, Issue 21 Editor Chief: Emile Zola Deliberate Death of An Anarchist a story by Don Lobo Tiggre I used to be non-political, you know. Politics was such an incomprehensible mess, and nothing I could do would change anything anyway. I mean, I was just one guy, right? Of no importance to anyone outside my family and a few friends. If a movie star like Robert Redford couldnt make much difference, I sure wasnt going toso why bother trying, or even thinking about it? I had important things to worry about, like why I was always one of those nice guys with lots of girl friends but never any girlfriends. I had average all-American good looks, and was easy to talk to. Understanding. Supportive. I was non-threatening. And non-interesting. Beats the hell out of me why so many girls latch on to guys who treat them like shit and then come to guys like me for a shoulder to cry on. Well, I was tired of it. I wanted some action! So, on an exceptionally clear sunny day, without a cloud in the skynot that it matteredI took a deep breath of fresh air and decided to go to a dance-bar downtown that evening, one that was rumored to be a real meat market. I ought to be able to find somebody to have fun with But deciding to pick up a girl and actually doing it are not the same thing. I wasnt sure what Id do once I got inside the bar. Maybe if I found a pretty girl and treated her like shit, Id score. On the other hand, I couldnt just walk up to a total stranger and start mistreating her, could I? As it turned out, I didnt have to do anything. Id barely gotten a drink and headed toward the dance floor when a girl walked right up to me, motioning toward the dance floor with her hand. I can tell you she was gorgeous, but what will that mean? She wasnt like a centerfold, her beauty wasnt voluptuous like that. It was more lithe. Fit. Energetic. It was in the way she moved as much as in the way she lookedwhich was hard to tell for sure anyway with the flashing lights and all. But she radiated a kind of power that numbed my will. She seemed so alive! It was hard to hear anyone over the gut-pounding music, but I thought I heard her say, "Youll do." "Do for what?" I asked. "Dont ask. Just dance." She took the drink out of my hand and casually tossed it under a table as we passed on our way to the dance floor. It was weird. Not an accident. And she didnt look drunk. She just didnt care what happened to the glass. After gyrating to the latest sounds for a while, she took my hands and put them on her body. The firmness beneath my fingers flowed as she moved. Now, this was no slow dancein order to avoid bouncing the wrong way and hitting her, I had to wriggle right next to her, matching every move. It was the most erotic experience Id ever had: I could feel her rippling beneath the silky fabric of her dress, the hardness of her buttocks grinding against my pelvis. She had to have felt my sudden erection, but she gave no sign of it, unless perhaps it was to grind harder, faster. The smell of her sweat mingled with my own muskier smells. It was impossible to stop her. It was a good thing no one could hear me groan! I dont know how long that lastedmy sense of time got all distorted. Eventually, she twirled out of my embrace and pulled me toward the door with a gentle but utterly unstoppable tug of one hand. Leaving the bar by a back door that led to a parking lot, I found that the clear day had turned into a crystal night and the cool night air slapped me, like a doctor encouraging a newborn to take his first breath. Only, I didnt know then that I was about to enter a new world, even as she was leaving it. I took a deep breath and looked up... The stars! I couldnt recall ever seeing so many stars before. "So many!" I said it before I realized I was whispering out loud. She looked at me oddly, perhaps surprised that I could take my eyes off her long enough to notice the sky. "This parking lot has no lights, and the building is blocking the few street-lights that are in front of it, so the stars are not as washed out as theyd usually look from within a city. Its that, and because the moon hasnt risen yet." I looked back at her, more surprised than she. She didnt look like a science student. Or a book worm. Long dark, wavy hair, generous but not exaggerated curves, full lips and huge eyes. She looked more like a model, except that even though she moved gracefully and had delicate hands with fine long fingers, she didnt wear any makeup. She also had, I could see now in the steady starlight, a faintly curving scar on her left cheek. It was thin and long, folding back over itself. And there was something
[CTRL] OEN 5/23/99
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Today's Lesson From "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe "There is a game of puzzles," he resumed, "which is played upon a map. One party playing requires another to find a given word--the name of a town, river, state, or empire--any word, in short, upon the motley and perplexed surface of the chart. A novice in the game generally seeks to embarrass his opponents by giving them the most minutely lettered names; but the adept selects such words as stretch, in large characters, from one end of the chart to the other. These, like the over-largely lettered signs and placards of the street, escape observation by dint of being excessively obvious; and here the physical oversight is precisely analogous with the moral inapprehension by which the intellect suffers to pass unnoticed those considerations which are too obstrusively and too palpably self-evident. But this is a point, it appears, somewhat above or beneath the understanding of the Prefect. He never once thought it probable, or possible, that the minister had deposited the letter immediately beneath the nose of the whole world, by way of preventing any portion of that world from perceiving it." = Nukes R Us Tracking the Suspicions of China's Nuclear Spying by Jeff Gerth and Tim Weiner WASHINGTON -- The congressional investigation into China's suspected theft of American technology began as a gleam in Newt Gingrich's eye. Today, a year later, it has become the decade's deepest look into a realm of cloaks and daggers that lives on after the cold war. The resulting report, due to be published on Tuesday after a bitter struggle with the White House over its release, is likely to alter American national security and foreign policy, slow the export of technology and thus reshape the Clinton Administration's commercial diplomacy toward China. While the House was torn asunder over impeachment, the five Republicans and four Democrats on the investigating panel, led by Representative Christopher Cox, secretly and unanimously achieved consensus. They concluded that China has been systematically stealing information on American nuclear warheads and missiles from the 1970's until today, according to officials familiar with their report. Most unusually, they agreed not to divulge their explosive findings -- and kept their word, even as Democrats and Republicans fiercely contested the 1998 election. The Cox committee was never expected to delve so deeply into secrets of state. The panel was created by Gingrich, then the Speaker of the House, to look, among other things, for possible impeachable offenses in the Clinton Administration's policy of encouraging commercial exports to China, which Gingrich called "a threat to the survival of the United States." But last Oct. 15, the investigation took a new turn. The committee was questioning Donald H. Rumsfeld, a former Secretary of Defense and author of a highly classified report on missile threats commissioned by Congress, on the subject of China's missiles. Cox, a California Republican, asked a crucial question: How had the Chinese managed to modernize their nuclear weapons program? The answer was a secret, replied Rumsfeld, so highly classified that the committee could not be told. So Cox went to the Central Intelligence Agency, asking for inside information on China's espionage. And he got it. "The committee started out going through a door, and we came into a room, and there was more in that room than we thought there would be," said Representative Porter J. Goss, a Florida Republican, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and Cox committee member. In that room, the committee found evidence that relentless espionage, assiduous research and open exchanges with American scientists had saved China incalculable time and money in its drive to build a modern nuclear arsenal, said officials who have been told the contents of the committee's report. It learned of thefts of nuclear weapons information in the mid-1990's -- yet another espionage case still under investigation, whose details the report cannot publicly disclose. It believes that Chinese spying continues at the nation's weapons laboratories. And it concluded that China will field a new generation of nuclear weapons in coming years, based at least in part on stolen information, that could alter the balance of power in Asia, especially regarding Taiwan, which China views as a breakaway province. "This was what Chris Cox stumbled onto as he started peeling the onion layers back," said William Schneider Jr., a Rumsfeld commission member. "The chairman had his eyes opened." The secret files "opened not only Chris's eyes, but all our eyes," said Representative Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican and Cox committee member. The committee's members do not argue that the United States is immediately threatened
[CTRL] klintoon love child story resurfaces
-Caveat Lector- ["My first pledge will be to restore integrity to the White House. And I'll fire anyone who has lied to the American people or the United States Congress." --- Al Gore, in a February 2, 1988 presidential debate So does this mean he's going to fire Clinton?] Saturday May 22, 1:27 AM Hillary Bio: Bill Traded Pardon for Silence on 'Love Child' Did Bill Clinton believe he was really the father of Danny Williams, the Little Rock teen who gained worldwide fame after NewsMax.com reported last November that his family wanted a presidential paternity test? Now, thanks to Joyce Milton's new Hillary bio, "The First Partner", we may have the answer to that question. For the first week and a half of 1999, speculation ran wild after Internet sleuth Matt Drudge spread the word that STAR Magazine had struck a paternity test deal with Danny's family, obtaining DNA samples from the teen and his mother, Bobbie Ann. Williams' genetic code would be compared to the scant profile of Clinton's DNA available in the FBI Lab section of the Starr Report. The tests came back negative on Jan. 9 and media interest quickly evaporated. Hardly anyone noticed when NewsMax.com revealed a week later that the FBI Lab refused to vouch for the accuracy of the presidential DNA profile STAR Magazine had used. (See: Clinton Paternity 'Test' Called into Question) Now author Milton traces the curious history between Clinton and the man who first called attention to his purported "love child", Little Rock impresario Robert "Say" McIntosh. In 1988, McIntosh got wind that Bobbie Ann, then a Little Rock hooker, was telling friends her baby Danny belonged to the governor. He tried to peddle the story to one reporter after another, finding his only success with GLOBE Magazine, a supermarket tabloid that finally ran an expose in Feb. 1992. The prestige press dismissed the tale but among Clinton cognoscenti, McIntosh's claims about a presidential "love child" became the stuff of legend, inspiring, in part, 1996's best selling book, "Primary Colors". Author Milton reports that in 1991 McIntosh publicly claimed Clinton had promised to grant his then-imprisoned son an early release. Young Tommy McIntosh was serving a 50 year jail sentence on a cocaine rap. The demand languished until Jan. 20, 1993, when the wheels of justice suddenly became unstuck. With newly minted Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker in D.C. for Clinton's first inauguration, the honor fell to president pro tempore of the Arkansas State Senate, Dr. Jerry Jewell. Tommy McIntosh was sprung years before he would have normally gotten anywhere near a parole board. As Milton puts it: "Right up to the day STAR revealed the (paternity) test results, the White House failed to issue a flat denial of the allegations. Either Clinton did have relations with Bobbie Ann Williams at some point or, perhaps more likely, even his closest aides were never entirely sure that they could trust his protestations of innocence." Tommy McIntosh's incredibly early parole, says Milton, suggests that the Clinton camp "struck a deal with Say McIntosh in exchange for his silence." Weeks after his son's release, McIntosh said that his bargain with Clinton was sealed right after the election, telling the Washington Times: "Those who question my credibility should asked themselves, 'If there was no deal, how did this happen?' How did my son get out of prison 18 years before he was eligible for parole?" Good question. http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover.shtml Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] FORMER BUSH ASS'T H.U.D. SECRETARY TO DISCLOSE ETHINC CLEANSING CONNECTS TO CIA DRUG TRADE AT LA APPEARANCE
From: "Mike Ruppert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coming in the May Issue of from The Wilderness - Plus in-person appearance in L.A. May 21, 1999 - Catherine Austin Fitts EXCLUSIVE! Exclusive! EXLUSIVE! Exclusive! www.copvcia.com FORMER BUSH CABINET LEVEL APPOINTEE AND WALL STREET BANKER DEMONSTRATES HOW L.A. ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC CLEANSING WERE THE RESULTS OF CIA'S DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE DRUG TRADE! Catherine Austin-Fitts, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under George Bush, former Managing Partner of the Wall Street investment bank Dillon-Read discloses how HUD may have been a central part of Reagan-Bush era scandals which included Iran-Contra, Savings and Loan and the massive corruption at HUD. Fitts will disclose how she, after being fired by Jack Kemp in 1990 for refusing to go along with rampant corruption, later became a hugely successful consultant for Democratic HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros. She saved the taxpayers billions of dollars and was "nuked" again in 1996 for developing databases and software which showed real connections between CIA's crack cocaine and the wholesale looting of South Central L.A. through defaulted home loans. Catherine Austin-Fitts, using her brilliance as an investment banker who moved billions of dollars on Wall Street, will reveal the true power of drug money and confirm, with data the Department of Justice and HUD have been trying to suppress, what residents of the inner cities have long suspected - that ethnic cleansing is an American tradition and it is probably the uglier truth behind Gay Webb's book Dark Alliance. The CIA didn't just encourage and protect the cocaine epidemic, it most likely had a much larger and sinister purpose - which can be empirically demonstrated! Also in the May issue: - FORMER CNN PRODUCER APRIL OLIVER COUNTERSUES JOHN SINGLAUB AND CNN OVER SARIN GAS STORIES - ARMY ADMITS ERRORS IN TYREE CASE - AFTER TWENTY YEARS ADMITS HE HAD "JUMP" WINGS. FREEDOM APPROACHES FOR GREEN BERET WHO CAN EXPOSE CIA DRUG DEALING. AVAILABLE ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO From The Wilderness by U.S. Mail. This issue will mail on Friday, May 21, 1999. Subscriptions are $35 annually, Payable to from The Wilderness Publications at P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413. Or call 818-788-8791. Catherine Austin Fitts will be making a Los Angeles appearance with Mike Ruppert on Friday, May 21, 1999 at USC. Friday May 21, 1999 OPEN COMMUNITY MEETING, University of Southern California, Mike Ruppert with former Bush Assistant Secretary of Housing, Catherine Austin Fitts. TOPIC: The other half of the Gary Webb stories - ethnic cleansing in America. Von Kleischmidt Center (VKC), University of Southern California, 7 -9 PM. Also: Saturday May 22, 1999 CLASS ACTION SUITS OPEN COMMUNITY MEETING, with Katya Komisaruk and Bill Simpich lead attorneys for the class action suits. Official enrollment forms and instructions on how to sign-up your community. Updates on the progress of the suits and more. Taper Hall, University of Southern California 6 - 8 P.M. ONElist: where the world talks! http://www.onelist.com Join a new list today.
[CTRL] MY LIST PAGE
-Caveat Lector- Dear CTRL: I have been a subscriber for a few months and a Conspiracy Theory Researcher almost all my life. I have so many assertions/accusations to make against everyone from George Bush and Jerry Ford to my ex-wife MARTY to BOB DYLAN (DYLAN STOLE MY MARTY!!!) to DR. CHARLES O. TOWNLEY - father of MARK TOWNLEY - the True Assassin of DR. MARTIN L. KING - of PORT HURON, MICHIGAN (World Headquarters of Freemasonry!!) to the BRITISH ROYALS - that it would be impossible to try to describe them in a brief letter like this... Therefore, I have just finished a website devoted entirely to listing my (49 so far but still growing both in content and numbers) websites, which is: http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/rattelslang/mylistpage.html DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Clinton's Agenda for CIA in Kosovo
-Caveat Lector- Clinton OK's CIA's sabotage plan over Kosovo: Newsweek .c Kyodo News Service NEW YORK, May 24 (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Bill Clinton last week issued an intelligence ''finding'' authorizing the CIA to begin secret efforts to undermine public support for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, according to the latest issue of Newsweek. The finding would permit the CIA will train Kosovar rebels in sabotage such as cutting telephone lines, blowing up buildings, fouling gasoline reserves and pilfering food supplies, according to the May 31 edition of the U.S. magazine, which quotes senior intelligence officials and sources who have read the finding. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has also been instructed to conduct a cyberwar against Milosevic using government hackers to tap into foreign banks and, according to one U.S. official, ''diddle with Molosevic's bank accounts,'' Newsweek reported. Intelligence sources believe they have identified banks in several countries, including Russia, Greece and Cyprus, where the Serb leader has hidden millions of dollars, the magazine said. However, the sabotage plan also entails serious problems, such as how the CIA will find and train guerrillas without aiding the Kosovo Liberation Army, which the administration itself labeled a terrorist organization a year ago, it said. Intelligence officials also worry it will be difficult to control the U.S.-trained rebels once boot camp is over and they are set loose on Milosevic, Newsweek said. ''At this point, it is not at all certain that the finding will ultimately be carried out. If the grumblings from the Hill and the intelligence community grow too loud, or if the risk-averse CIA chooses to drag its feet, the president may opt to quietly kill the finding -- and pretend it never existed,'' it said. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] Senate Tries to Regulate Entertainment Media
-Caveat Lector- There has been much criticism of the Disney Company lately, which I could not understand; but then, I had always loved Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney. Today while babysitting my 1 plus old grandson, I turned on the Disney Channel. Much to my horror, there was ( and this is sickening) an arm lying on a floor, with blood running from underneath the body of a teenage boy.at first I thought it was HBO. But, it was a Disney Movie.and the kid on the floor apparently was playing a trick on his friends, one of whom took her foot, kicked him in the face, and knocked him out. I immediately turned the channel offstop and thing about this scenesomeone's arm chopped off, lying on a kitchen floor, bleeding to death...a big joke. Is this fit programming - this was at 1 p.m, prime time for children? What has happened to the Disney Channel. And now I think I know what has happened; it used to be, the Disney Channel was by subscription only; now, it is a free channelwhich started out with all the old Disney movies, and now, it has turned into a drug culture, homosexual and sadistic channel, attempting to manipulate the minds of small childrn - which equates to government experiment. Now rememberbefore Korea we had South Pacificand the Pentagon working on how to absorb the colored race, while at the same time arming up preparing for another Civil Warit did not work. Martin Luther King may have saved more lives than he realized, but gave his own as a sacrifice.Black Nationalists were frightened into war tactics for fear of genocide. What is the Pentagon doing getting involved in racial problems when this is a social problem, more easily solved by jobs and trainingbut the Pentagon and Military might was to be put against the people.the bayonets at the backs of Children in Little Rock, wherever that city is. Remember the you cannot put new wine into old bottles.well, from 1960 on the children have been the victims of sadistic Nazi experiments performed by our own government, most of which we hve not been aware. We hold these truths to be self-evident - look at Jonesboro, Arkansas, Littleton Colorado, and this is all the proof you need that drugs and not guns, are the problem..the killing began with the doped up Assassins over a thousand years ago..even then, they knew how to turn a killer upon the public just as they do an attack dog, programmed to kill upon command. Cui Bono - well not the kids who are being killed, but some of those people sittng on the shore with the big boats and docks, sure due in Florida land...and they divy money up at the top, not the bottom in the secret rooms of their secret societies. colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Wall Street Scandals
-Caveat Lector- Wall Street's Scandals Highlight Need for Regulations New York, May 22 (Bloomberg) -- In a bull market, Wall Street's pursuit of profits can sometimes land securities firms and their employees on the wrong side of the law. This week, Merrill Lynch Co., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co., the New York Stock Exchange and Datek Online Brokerage Services or their employees were targeted by regulators or came under investigation for alleged illegal activities. Overseas, Credit Suisse Group admitted obstructing Japanese regulators. ``When you have the level of entrepreneurial ferocity that you get in markets from time to time, some people go overboard,'' said Roberta Karmel, a former Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner who teaches securities law at Brooklyn Law School. The SEC has begun broadening the scope of its regulation in new and existing segments of the financial industry. Chairman Arthur Levitt wants to nearly double the SEC staff that searches for fraudulent online stock activity. The SEC also expects to propose new rules to strengthen the role of independent directors in governing mutual funds. Self-regulatory agencies are also taking a more active role. The National Association of Securities Dealers is considering ways to prevent misleading ads by online brokers, and the NYSE is conducting a probe of abuses by floor traders. Unified Effort ``Maybe the SEC is going to be forced to unify the self- regulatory organizations'' into a single body, said John Coffee, a professor of securities law at Columbia University Law School. Investors expressed confidence in the regulatory system, saying the recent scandals are a product of competition spawned by the industry's growth during the nine-year U.S. economic expansion and record-setting stock market. ``Financial services is as heavily regulated an industry as any in the country,'' said Michael Holland, chairman of New York- based Holland Co. ``It's not unusual to have eruptions like in the past week when you have this kind of volume of activity in the business. That's what happens in bull markets.'' Karmel, the former SEC commissioner, said companies for the most part aren't to blame, describing the recent cases as ``really rare lapses'' by organizations that care about their integrity. Copper Loan The ``lapses'' that came to light this week occurred at some of Wall Street's biggest firms: Merrill Lynch, the biggest U.S. broker, was charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with financing one of the biggest commodities scandals. Merrill lent $500 million to Japan's Sumitomo Corp., which manipulated the copper market in 1995. Merrill paid $18.1 million to settle a related, class-action lawsuit filed by other trading firms last year. The company denied the CFTC charge. Morgan Stanley, the No. 1 securities firm by market value, is being investigated by New York law enforcement officials for allegedly paying $10,000 to a witness in a case the firm brought against a former employee. The former employee, Christian Curry, 25, was accused by Manhattan prosecutors in August of attempting to distribute forged, racist and sexually charged Morgan Stanley e-mails to pressure the firm into settling his civil-rights suit against it. Curry, who is black, has filed a $1.3 billion suit against Morgan Stanley. He claims Morgan Stanley conspired to entrap him and have him arrested. Prosecutors dropped the charges this week after discovering Morgan Stanley failed to disclose it had ``ongoing negotiations'' with a witness against Curry, C. Joseph Luethke, over ``possible pecuniary payments.'' Luethke had put Curry in contact with an undercover detective. Wired Money Morgan Stanley said it fired Curry in April 1998 for expense- account abuse, denying his charge of discrimination. ``Our conduct and the conduct of our employees in this matter was entirely appropriate and legal,'' the company said in a statement. The New York Stock Exchange case involved four former floor brokers at the exchange, the world's biggest, and two principals of Oakford Corp., a New York brokerage. All pleaded guilty to an illegal trading conspiracy at the exchange. The brokers admitted maintaining secret accounts through Oakford to make trades for themselves, a violation of conflict-of- interest rules. The brokers split profits from the trades with Oakford principals. The Oakford case has evolved into a broad investigation of the approximately 500 independent floor brokers who work on the NYSE floor. Federal prosecutors, the SEC and the NYSE believe as many as 64 floor brokers, or 13 percent of the total, may have shared profits with trading customers, according to people close to the investigations. Additionally, the SEC is investigating how the NYSE polices floor brokers and their trading for clients. Datek Online Brokerage Services, the No. 4 online broker, agreed to pay $50,000 to settle allegations it used client money to meet its own
Re: [CTRL] How Did TV Show Know Who Would Be Next Israeli PM?
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 5/21/99 8:47:34 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did anyone catch the beginning of the "Millennium" --executive producer Chris Carter's creation-- show where a scene had a news report saying that the new prime minister of Isreal was Barak. If the election happened just a few days ago, how did a TV show that's taped know he was going to get elected prime minister? Regards, -A it was kind of obvious.Netanyahu's popularity has been wanning for a long time, Barak was the expected winner. Still, there is a possibility that Barak could have lost... DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] OT: Knowledge=Poverty
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Subject:Knowledge=Poverty Dilbert's "Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and scientists can never earn as much as business executives and sales people." This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following two postulates: Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power. Postulate 2: Time is Money. As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time And since: Knowledge = Power And: Time = Money It is therefore true that Knowledge = Work / Money Solving this equation for Money, we get: Money = Work / Knowledge Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of Work done. Conclusion: The less you know, the more you make. AER ~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Collosal Putty
-Caveat Lector- From TheNewStatesman (UK) War turns our colossus to putty Prime-ministerial dominance and allegations about control-freakery marked years one and two of this government. Now we are witnessing, at home and abroad, the severe limitations of prime-ministerial power. Scotland and Wales look to new rulers, not all of them even from the mighty Labour Party. In Belgrade, Slobodan Milosevic stands defiant in spite of the hawkish Tony Blair. Suddenly Blair does not seem quite the dominant figure he appeared to be only weeks ago. You would not believe it from some of the reporting and analysis of recent days but, as far as devolution was concerned, Blair really was ready to give up some power. The coverage reflects a curious view of Blair. Much of the time the media portrays him as a far-sighted colossus who bestrides the political stage. Over devolution, however, they depict him as a numbskull, the only person in the country unaware of what happens when power is devolved and elections are held under a form of proportional representation. Ever since Blair became leader, when he was unquestionably less enthusiastic about devolution than John Smith, there has been patronising talk of "unintended consequences" arising from the Scottish Parliament. Now reports suggest that the outcome of the elections have left him reeling: the Downing Street autocrat does not like this messy coalition business and is rarely off the phone to Donald Dewar. Yet even my nine-year-old son knew that a coalition was likely in Scotland (in our sad household, he also thought the single "Sexual Healing" was entitled "Single Currency", although if you listen to the over-produced chorus, he has a point). Blair, too, knew that Labour would not win an overall majority in Scotland: the voting system made some form of power-sharing almost inevitable. Blair enjoys symbolic acts of radicalism - but wants to avoid their practical consequences. Thus, he appointed Frank Field as social security minister to the sound of trumpets and sacked him when he dared to come up with proposals that bore some relation to his well- known views. He told Lord Jenkins to go away and find a new voting system. When he found one, though, it was kicked into the long grass and may never be found again. No doubt Blair would have preferred to commission a review on the Efficacy of Coalitions in Scotland and Wales, to report back in 2003, rather than face the real thing. But the practical consequences of devolution were unavoidable. Blair will be more relaxed than troubled about this. What is more, I suspect that his project with the Liberal Democrats in London is far from dead as a result. The "project" is spoken of as a fully worked-out scheme, which it is not. Blair is experimenting as he goes along, leaving all options open. Only recently, I suggested that if there were no referendum on electoral reform in this parliament (and there won't be), a new voting system would not be in place for the election after next. But Blair won't want to ditch the Liberal Democrats. At the last election, Paddy Ashdown's party was part of an unbeatable informal anti-Tory coalition. The Lib Dems performed well in the local elections last week, while the Tories made some progress. The electoral advantages of an informal alliance between the Liberal Democrats and Labour against a recovering Tory party were reinforced, rather than undermined. Scotland and Wales will be test beds. Some of the Labour members of the Scottish Parliament may not be enthusiastic representatives of the new Labour model army, and the Welsh Labour group may still be reeling from centralised interference - but what did anyone expect? When power devolves, tensions arise. The row over tuition fees is an early example. If Scotland does not have tuition fees, so be it. Even in poor old centralised England, there is considerable variation in council tax levels. This does not mean everyone rushes off to live in areas where bills are lowest. English students won't all head up to Scotland, either. Other such challenging issues will come up. What will happen, for example, if the Scottish Parliament awards nurses a higher pay rise than in England and Wales? The answer is that a few English nurses will move to Scotland, but not many. You cannot have devolution and expect no divergence in policy - or else there would be little point in having devolution. As this was obvious before a single vote was cast last Thursday, I doubt if ministers in London are too taken aback. Neither devolution, nor the election results last week, challenge the Blair aura of invincibility. It is the war in the Balkans, infinitely less predictable, that threatens to do that. In his recent Commons statement, Robin Cook condemned critics for failing to focus on the intentional acts of depravity taking place in Kosovo, rather than the unintentional ones committed by Nato. But the air strikes were supposed to prevent the very acts
[CTRL] (Fwd) Second ZNet Commentary...Johnstone
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: "Michael Albert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Second ZNet Commentary...Johnstone Date sent: Sat, 22 May 1999 22:27:49 +0100 The Shalom Commentary you received before this one is for May 23. This one is for May 24 THE RESTIVE ALLIES: GERMAN OPPOSITION GROWING from Diana Johnstone The florid and reckless war rhetoric of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is the stuff British tabloids are made of. Likening the latest recalcitrant foreign leader to Hitler is the sort of thing readers on the London tube expect to find in between sex scandals and cleavage photos. It does not go down so well on the continent, however, where frank enthusiasm for laser-bombing alien populations has yet to become an accepted form of mass entertainment. Cook's "overblown language" is almost more than one can stand to hear, Willy Wimmer, a Christian Democratic member of the German Bundestag said recently. In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, he expressed worry at NATO's apparent unwillingness to seek a negotiated settlement with Belgrade. The "very extreme positions of foreign secretary Cook" revealed a clear attempt to drag NATO into "a major war in the Balkans", he said. Wimmer interpreted the desperate efforts of several European NATO governments countries to promote negotiations as stemming from their gradual recognition that they could find themselves in serious trouble in the future if everything is decided by "the right of the strongest, that is the US". The US and Britain appear determined to force an unconditional surrrender on Belgrade, Wimmer observed. Once the war is over, he suggested, all the questions concerning the legal basis for NATO's war, questions currently being shoved under the table, could come before the courts. This raised the sharp suspicion that one of the motives for pursuing war to the bitter end is to see to it that "international tribunals judge only one side" -- the losing side of course. Last week, the BBC invited people to debate the question as to whether or not "Serbia can reform itself". Several speakers, such as university lecturer Mark Wheeler, answered in the negative, declaring that Serbia's collective guilt required foreign occupation and a "denazification" process such as took place in Germany after World War II. This of course implies unconditional surrender. Wimmer expressed some alarm at comparisons of Yugoslavia with Eichmann and Hitler alarming, wondering where Europe was heading. According to the Berliner Zeitung, Wimmer did not rule out the prospect of Washington and London carrying on their Balkan war alone, without the rest of NATO, as they are doing in Iraq. As vice president of the parliamentary assembly of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Wimmer has followed events leading to the NATO bombing with a very critical eye. In particular, he was aware that European observers did not agree that Serbian repression of "Kosovo Liberation Army" rebels warranted a NATO attack in the first place. In his open criticism of the war, he is not typical of the conservative side of the German political spectrum. Most of the opposition to the war comes from the left and the trade union movement. Europe's largest union, IG Metall, has taken a strong stand against the NATO bombing. The fact that the NATO war was initially advocated by a left of center government headed by Social Democratic chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Green foreign minister Joschka Fischer on "humanitarian" grounds succeeded, in Germany as in other NATO countries with center-left governments, in initially silencing potential opposition. Still, consternation has spread through the rank and file of both parties. The Greens in particular have been losing members as a result. Since Fischer has justified the bombing on grounds that Germany has a special responsibility to combat any repetition of "Auschwitz", the anti-war minority around the Young Green Alternative movement is organizing a campaign to point out that Kosovo is not "Auschwitz". Meanwhile, Gregor Gysi, leader of the Party of Democratic Socialism, heir to the former East German communist party, voices opposition within the Bundestag, while outside the parliament left-wing intellectuals are busy building a new anti-war movement based on solid legal, historical and political arguments. Opposition to NATO's war is particularly widespread in Eastern Germany, but is growing in the West as well in view of the miserable results of "humanitarian" bombing. The German press, although traditionally anti-Serb in its editorials, is perhaps the most thorough of all in its factual reporting, and thereby often neutral and fair. There is also a relatively low circulation leftist press, including daily newspapers, all highly critical of NATO in general and
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Sunday #1
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 990523a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question : Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. : Nothing contained herein is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy or meaning. : No curmudgeons were disgruntled during the production of this bulletin. * SKEPTINEWS CONTRIBUTORS/EDITORS WANTED NOW * KEEP THIS BULLETIN COMING * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # PLACEBO HELPS SOME DEPRESSED PEOPLE. Scientists have detected a change in brain activity that helped some people gain remission from depression after taking inactive "placebo" pills. The surprising finding is exactly opposite what was found in people helped by Prozac. If scientists can find how the placebo treatment works, it might lead to developing new therapies. Brain underactive or overactive? www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9905/21/depression.placebo.ap/ : Is your brain underworked or overloaded? What is your favorite placebo? Is your sanity a product of nature, nurture, nonsense, alien implants, cocoa? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # YELTSIN GIVES GO-AHEAD TO PROLONG MIR'S LIFE. President Boris Yeltsin gave the go-ahead for Russia to keep the Mir space station in orbit, provided the gov't doesn't have to pay for it. The Kremlin said Yeltsin had approved the govt's plans to keep the 13-year-old Mir in space longer than planned if private money was found. Russia says it would only pay for Mir's operation through the end of August. Mir relatively stable - more than can be said about Yeltsin: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9905/21/yeltsin.mir/index.html : Would you like to buy an orbital station? Would you just be a front for your alien masters? Is Mir suitable for beaming mind-control rays at Terra? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Q: What do spies like? A: Sex. MELBOURNE, Aus. - What occupies the mind of a man embroiled in the world of international espionage, facing charges that could lead to the death penalty? If a trail left by Jean Philippe Wispel- aere, the 28-year-old former Australian Defence Intelligence Organisation employee charged with selling defence secrets, is a reliable indicator, the answer is pornography, sex, body building, trainspotting, military hardware and travel. http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990523/news/news2.html : Are your obsessions sufficient to qualify you for an exciting career in the espionage biz? Would you rather spy for a gov't, corporation, religion, revolutionary faction, cabal, publication; for humans, aliens, yourself, me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Ball Lightings Explained? THE LAST PLACE most people would try to start a fire is inside a tornado. But two researchers who have pulled off a similar trick in a lab in New Zealand say their experiment may explain enigmatic weather phenomena such as ball lightning. Fireball in breakdown region: http://www.newscientist.com:80/ns/19990522/newsstory11.html : Does this do away with Foo Fighter legends? Are these phenomena natural, alien, Nazi/Commie, divine, unknowable? Are ball lightnings just seed pods? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ SACRED PLACES. An exploration of how and why places become invested with Sacredness and how the sacred is embodied or made manifest through art and architecture. Visit places like Giza, Egypt; Stonehenge, England; Holy Sepulchre, Israel; Shrine at Ise, Japan; Mecca, Saudi Arabia and many other locations. http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/sacredplacesintro.html : What's your favorite sacred place? How did it achieve sanctity? Do you act out rituals there? Do the rituals use blood: human, animal, alien, divine? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # It's a date - our Mungo Man was here 56,000 years ago. SYDNEY - Australia was occupied by humans at least 56,000 years ago, according to new dating work on an ancient skeleton found at Lake Mungo in far western NSW in 1974. Three different techniques put the dating of the skeleton at between 56,000 and 68,000 years old, and if accepted by the archaeological community it will be the new official earliest date of occupation of Australia by human beings. http://www.smh.com.au/news/9905/21/text/pageone3.html # Mungo Man older than thought. CANBERRA - Fresh analysis of the skeletal remains found at Lake Mungo in NSW 25 years ago indicate he may be up to 68,000 years old - making him 28,000 years older than earlier scientific estimates. The revised dating of the remains by scientists at the Australian National University rewrites the history of Australia's occupation and has profound implications for worldwide debate over the origins of modern man. http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990521/news/news20.html : Is Australia now occupied by human beings, or just by sports fans? Is Oz the mythical Atlantis, or Lemuria, or just a good place for rabbits? Why? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SkeptiLinks/StarWars: # StarWars Episode 19.5: The Phantom Symbolism: http://www.terminator3armageddon.com/conspira/starwars.html - Isis/Osiris mythology # The Legend of Osiris and Isis:
Re: [CTRL] Pre-Neanderthal pelvis suggests brain prevailed over brawn
-Caveat Lector- Robert Tatman wrote: -Caveat Lector- So much for rugged individualism... "The Nature article said that despite their 'armored car' build, the Neanderthals became extinct because they failed to look after each other, whereas their weaker cousins, the descendants of modern man, were more social and were forced to depend on each other for survival." == Pre-Neanderthal pelvis suggests brain prevailed over brawn May 21, 1999 Web posted at: 3:09 p.m. EDT (1909 GMT) MADRID, Spain (AP) -- The ancestors of the Neanderthals were taller and heavier than previously thought, leading scientists to speculate that brawn over brains may have contributed to their extinction. Anthropologists from Madrid's Complutense University reached their conclusions after a five-year study of a 300,000-year-old fossil pelvis. The pelvis was put together from fragments found in 1994 in the key Atapuerca caves in northern Spain, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Nature. Complete pelvis fossils, which are quite rare, provide detailed information about the person as a whole, including dimensions, reproduction and locomotion. Team director Juan Luis Arsuaga told the daily El Mundo that the pelvis belonged to a pre-Neanderthal male between 1.73 to 1.80 meters (about 6 feet) tall who weighed at least 100 kilograms (about 220 pounds). Arsuaga, co-author of the study, said the width of the pelvis suggested that pre-Neanderthals suffered far less pain giving birth than their direct descendants, or modern humans. The pelvis belongs to an ancestor of the classic Neanderthals that date from between 100,000 and 35,000 years ago, when they died out, Antonio Rosas told the Associated Press. Rosas is an expert in prehistoric jaw bones who has also worked at Atapuerca. "It is undoubtedly the most complete pelvis ever found from the period and an important contribution to the field," Rosas said. The Nature article said that despite their "armored car" build, the Neanderthals became extinct because they failed to look after each other, whereas their weaker cousins, the descendants of modern man, were more social and were forced to depend on each other for survival. As adults, the Atapuerca hominids had smaller brains than modern humans relative to body mass, adding to the brawn-over-brain theory. The prehistoric remains were first discovered in the Atapuerca cave in 1976, with full scale excavation begun in 1984. It is one of the world's best prehistoric sites, and is the most important from the middle-plaestecine era that began about 780,000 years ago and lasted for 660,000 years, Rosas said. Well duuu This is the reason I don't cut Libertarians and Capitalists any slack. They try to push a philosophy that is both counterintuitive and unnatural. That is, the supremacy of the individual. Without commenting on what kind of personality tends to find this ideology attractive, I would point out that ALL the elites work in, and work for their group. That group is generally the Upper Class and upwardly mobile wannabes. Unfortunately that group is at odds with the rest of humanity and we are rapidly approaching a situation of us and them within the constraints and parameters of limited resources in a finite ecological system. Joshua2 social animals have evolved to survive AS A GROUP. -- "And it came to pass that in the last days catatonics roamed the earth, and great monsters ruled the masses." Joshua II DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] War's Over
-Caveat Lector- Alamaine Ratliff wrote: -Caveat Lector- From www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_doggett/19990521_xcjdo_the_war_ov.html Picture: John DoggettPicture: John N. Doggett -- -- Picture: WND Exclusive Commentary -- -- The war is over -- -- Two months ago, Bill Clinton and the leaders of Europe thought they could launch a video game-like war in Yugoslavia that would be painless, casualty free and quick. Ten thousand bombs later, the political will to continue this senseless and tragic war is collapsing. Let me be the first to proclaim that the War in Yugoslavia is over. NATO lost, Slobodan won. Oh, NATO will still drop more bombs, kill more civilians and make more excuses. But anything that NATO does from now on is only rigor mortis setting in. Gerhard Schroder, Chancellor of Germany, says he will prevent the use of combat ground troops. Gerhard, who is also Chairman of the European Union, has uttered words that tell Milosevic that he has won. Everyone knows that the air war has failed. Everyone knows that the Kosovo Albanians can't return to their homes. So if NATO can't use ground troops, NATO might as well stop the bombing and negotiate settlement with Slobo dan Milosevic on his terms. The Italian parliament has passed a resolution urging NATO to impose a 48-hour bombing pause after the U.N. Security Council passes a resolution outlining a peace settlement. A single " no" vote can kill any resolution of the U.N. Security Council. Russia and China are both members of the U.N. Security Council. Russia and China both want NATO to lose face. This dirty little war has empowered Russia and China to reassert their power on the world stage. Russia and China will insist on a "peace settlement" that will be acceptable to Milosevic. The war is over my friends, and N ATO lost. Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema warned that public support for the NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia could falter if we attacked nonmilitary targets. Well, Mr. Prime Minister, you are too late. We are tired of NATO bombing hospitals. We are tired of NATO bombing embassies. We are tired of NATO bombing homes, apartment buildings, busses and trains. We are tired of NATO killing innocent civilians. We are tired of this war that we never wanted in the first place. We are tired of the big lie that if we just give NATO a few more days and a few more bombs, Slobodan will be broken. The Butcher of the Balkans has won. He has kicked most of the Kosovar Albanians out of Kosovo. Continued bombing of hospitals, homes, bridges, electricity generating plants and factories seems nothing less than mindless and wanton violence just for the heck of it. Why can't Bill Clinton make the connection between the murders in Littleton, Colo., and the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo? Decent law- abiding kids and an adult died at Columbine High School because only the killers and a security guard had guns. The same thing happened in the 1991 Luby's massacre in Killeen, Texas. If law-abiding citizens had the right to carry guns at Columbine and Luby's, few if any people would have died because they would have had the means to protect themselves. We have seen the results of right-to-carry laws in Florida, Texas and other parts of the nation. Nothing stops violent crime better than allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves with guns. However, Clinton, and now the Republican Congress, just don't get it. The ultimate flaw in all gun control programs is that they assume that criminals will obey the law. Duh. The definition of a criminal is someone who consciously breaks laws. Criminals love gun control laws. Gun control laws make it easier for criminals to abuse the law abiding because the only people who will obey gun control laws are those who don't commit crimes. When Bill Clinton promotes gun control legislation, he is playing into the hands of violent criminals. Kosovo is a perfect example of why Clinton's and Congress' dream for America is a living nightmare. In Kosovo, only the police and the Army had "legal" guns. When armed thugs told Kosovar Albanians that they had only ten minutes to leave their homes, the residents were powerless to resist. If the Albanians of Kosovo had our Second Amendment right to bear arms, they would have done something other than run when confronted with armed intruders. If the Albanians of Kosovo had exercised their right-to-carry, most of them would still be living in their homes. Where does this all leave us? Ethnic cleansing is over. Milosevic has cleansed the Kosovar Albanians. The KLA, a shadowy "terrorist" organization that was supposed to rise and get rid of the Serbs once the bombing started has been
[CTRL] Fwd: S99-86, Day 60 (May 22, 9:30PM EDT) - A Special TiM GWBulletin on NATO's
FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA The Special Truth in Media Global Watch Bulletins on NATO's war on Serbia, such as the one enclosed below, can also be accessed at our Web site: www.truthinmedia.org which is being updated throughout the day. Issue S99-86, Day 60 --- May 22, 1999; 9:00PM EDT HEADLINES Djakovica1. NATO Hits KLA Compound, Killing Five and Wounding 25 Albanian Rebels Brussels 2. NATO Considers Halt to Bombing London3. Blair Talks Tough, Is Less "Invincible" Now London4. Mountains Ground U.S. Apaches Hong Kong 5. China Bars U.S. Ships from Hong Kong 1. NATO Hits KLA Compound, Killing Five and Wounding 25 Albanian Rebels DJAKOVICA, May 21 - With the kind of "support" the Kosovo Liberation Army rebels received at 7:30AM local time on Friday May 21 from their friends and allies at NATO, the Albanian terrorists may prefer low-tech combat against the Yugoslav police. By the time smoke had cleared after three NATO bombs hit a KLA compound in Kosovo, a mile from the Albanian south west of Djakovica, five KLA rebels lay dead and 25 were wounded. The KLA compound was actually a former Yugoslav Army barracks taken over by the rebels last month, the Washington Post reported today (May 22). The attack is an embarrassment for both NATO and the Albanian guerrillas, who had felt confident enough of their control of the area to invite western journalists to visit, the Post said. --- TiM Ed.: This mishap is another example of "friendly fire" bungling by the NATO "supermen" and their "precision" high-tech killing machines. On several earlier occasions they couldn't even hit the right country, let alone the intended military formation, as several NATO missiles exploded in Macedonia or Bulgaria. So far, at least five missiles had hit Bulgaria, the last one falling in the early morning hours on May 10 near the village Liulin, which was heard by the residents of the Sofia suburb Nadezda. And NATO might as well draft a form letter for diplomatic apologies it is having to send out, as its May 21 bombing in Belgrade reportedly also slightly damaged the Indian, Israeli, Pakistani and Hungarian embassies, in addition to the earlier damages to the Swedish and Swiss ambassadors' residences (see S99-84, Item 1, May 20 and S99-85, Item 2, May 21). With such "precision bombing," should the American and other NATO troops ever move in close to the Yugoslav border, the may discover a whole new meaning of "air support" and that oxymoron term, "friendly fire." Just as the KLA rebels did on May 21. -- 2. NATO Considers Halt to Bombing BRUSSELS, May 21 - The all pomp and bluster NATO supreme commander, Gen. Wesley Clark, said at the outset of the war that he was going to have the Serbs on their knees after the first three days of bombing (see S99-58, Day 36, Item 1, Apr. 28). For, after 60 days of incessant and accelerating bombing, the only knee pads being worn out are those used by NATO leaders while praying for a miracle - to save them from the dead end road they have picked out for themselves. And small miracles are being granted, it seems. To those who still have a dose of humility left. NATO leaders are considering a fundamental switch of tactics whereby the bombing of Serbia could be halted before Slobodan Milosevic has met the alliance's five conditions for a cease fire, the London Telegraph reported on May 21. The move, if agreed, would represent a significant climbdown from NATO's position that its demands must be met in full before the air campaign could end, the Telegraph said. As diplomatic efforts to find a solution intensified, NATO made it clear that it was seriously considering plans advanced by Massimo D'Alema, the Italian prime minister, which involve a cessation of bombing as soon as a United Nations Security Council resolution on a settlement had been merely drafted. Which could happen any time now. Under the Italian plan, bombing would stop before Milosevic had withdrawn any of his 40,000 troops and perhaps even before he had formally agreed to do so, and to allow in a Nato-led peacekeeping force. The bombing would halt before the UN resolution had been officially approved to get round the possibility of a Chinese veto. After meeting D'Alema at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Javier Solana, the alliance's secretary general, said the Italian proposal is being taken "very seriously". Last night (May 20), Solana flew to London to meet Tony Blair and for dinner with George Robertson, the defence secretary. The Italian plan was understood to be one of the main items for discussion. And at the May 20 NATO briefing in Brussels, Jamie Shea, the alliance spokesman, hinted clearly that the D'Alema plan, or something like it, was under active consideration. Previously, NATO had rejected any such
[CTRL] Fwd: Triazolam - RxList Monographs
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[CTRL] 90% Funding Cutback In Presidential Ordered Declassification Process
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: "Andrew schmitz" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:IMAGES: 90% Funding Cutback In Presidential Ordered Declassification Process Date sent: Mon, 24 May 1999 00:23:51 PDT Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 1999 Summary of Major Provisions H.R. 1401: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 as reported by the House Armed Services Committee May 19, 1999 [...] Declassification of Records at DOD. The President s Executive Order 12958 requires the declassification of all records 25 or more years old. However, the process of reviewing the records to ensure that highly sensitive information, such as nuclear weapons design data, is not automatically declassified, is very costly. In fact, DOD reports that they annually spend $200 million of operations and maintenance funds to implement Executive Order 12958. As there are more important defense readiness uses for OM funds, the committee recommends a provision to limit DOD operations and maintenance spending for record declassification to no more than $20 million during fiscal year 2000. _ What a farce! It was a Dog and Pony show right from the onset and was never meant to be a legitimate order!!! Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] How Can We Blame all on Guns?
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:18:34 + (GMT) From: David Tilbury GNET 822 5435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:IUFO: How Can We Blame all on Guns? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sightings.com By Paul Harvey Commentary Of April 27, 1999 5-23-99 Letters - How can we blame it all on guns? For the life of me, I can't understand what could have gone wrong in Littleton, Colo. If only the parents had kept their children away from the guns, we wouldn't have had such a tragedy. Yeah, it must have been the guns. 1. It couldn't have been because of half our children are being raised in broken homes. 2. It couldn't have been because our children get to spend an average of 30 seconds in meaningful conversation with their parents each day. After all, we give our children quality time. 3. It couldn't have been because we treat our children as pets and our pets as children. 4. It couldn't have been because we place our children in day care centers where they learn their socialization skills among their peers under the law of the jungle while employees who have no vested interest in the children look on and make sure that no blood is spilled. 5. It couldn't have been because we allow our children to watch, on average, seven hours of television a day filled with the glorification of sex and violence that isn't fit for adult consumption. 6. It couldn't have been because we allow our children to enter into virtual worlds in which, to win the game, one must kill as many opponents as possible in the most sadistic way possible. 7. It couldn't have been because we have sterilized and contracepted our families down to sizes so small that the children we do have are so spoiled with material things that they come to equate the receiving of the material with love. 8. It couldn't have been because our children, who historically have been seen as a blessing from God, are now being viewed as either a mistake created when contraception fails or inconveniences that parents try to raise in their spare time. 9. It couldn't have been because our nation is the world leader in developing a "culture of death" in which 20 million to 30 million babies have been killed by abortion. 10. It couldn't have been because we give two-year prison sentences to teen-agers who kill their newborns. 11. It couldn't have been because our school systems teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who have evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud by teaching evolution as fact and by handing out condoms as if they were candy. 12. It couldn't have been because we teach our children that there are no laws of morality that transcend us, that everything is relative and that actions don't have consequences. What the heck, the president gets away with it! Nah, it must have been the guns. Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] The origins of common phrases-for fun
-Caveat Lector- Life in the 1500's Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the B.O. Baths equaled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the sons and other men, then the women and the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Houses had thatched roofs. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets... dogs, cats and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. So, they found if they made beds with big posts and hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that problem. Hence those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors which would get slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed at the entry way, hence a "thresh hold". They cooked in the kitchen in a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They mostly ate vegetables and didn't get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been in there for a month. Hence the rhyme: peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when that happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food. This happened most often with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes... for 400 years. Most people didn't have pewter plates, but had trenchers - a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms got into the wood. After eating off wormy trenchers, they would get "trench mouth." These pieces of wood (plates) were also square rather than round, hence the expression getting a "square meal". Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "upper crust". Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake". England is old and small, and they started running out of places to bury people. So, they would dig up coffins and would take their bones to a house and reuse the grave. In reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on their wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night to listen for the bell. Hence on the "graveyard shift" they would know that someone was "saved by the bell" or he was a "dead ringer". DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
[CTRL] PEACE-THE REALPOLITIK PROSPECTS BEFORE US
-Caveat Lector- Lasker, G.E. and T. Koizumi, Eds. (1997), Symposium on The Culture of Peace in Cooperation with UNESCO (Baden-Baden), A Publication of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Conference Proceedings. PEACE-THE REALPOLITIK PROSPECTS BEFORE US Robert John International Council on Human Ecology and Ethnology New York, NY. U.S.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abstract The power and policy of the U.S.A. seem directed toward moving the peoples and nations of the world into an American Union, a European Union, and an Asian Union, and merging these into a World Union of central authority with military power. Yet specific limitation of central power, and retention of optimal power by an informed electorate, were part of the concept of the Founders of the U.S.A., as was the principle of benign neutrality and non-interference in the affairs of other states. Ethno-national cultures can evolve and conflict reduced by boundaries that allow for common mobilization for defense of interests. National boundaries and self-rule are checks upon exploitative trans-national agencies or corporations. Regional confederations with minimal explicit powers should deal with regional concerns, all subject to the ballot of individual voters. Keywords Peace, confederation, imperium, foreign intervention, nationalism. Prospects are future probabilities based on present indications. With Peace and Liberty, the probability of making the best choice among possible systems is increased by considering present data, noting indications, and adding retrospective, historical data. Of the Pax Americana-Caveat Emptor-Let the Buyer Beware! Centralization of Power-Imperium The world is under a growing imperium (definition: command not subject to definition or limitation of function; absolute command) with unassailable American military power. From Japan and Okinawa, and the Northern Marianas in the western Pacific, through the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Europe, to the Americas and Alaska, its armed forces with fleets of warships and warplanes patrol seas and skies, and its spy satellites look everywhere. Every day of the year its Pentagon spends $67.4 million ($24,600,000,000 for 1997) to prepare to fight a nuclear war. The U.S.A. is armed-and dangerous. "We don't want to engage in a fair fight, a contemporary war of attrition," said Defense Secretary William S. Cohen. "We want to dominate across the full spectrum of conflict, so that if ever we have to fight, we will win on our terms" (Ap. 28, 1997). The direction in which we are being moved for the 21st century, is toward centralization of power. Peace, Democracy, and free enterprise are slogans used to sell acceptance of a loss of liberty to control our futures. NATO and the European Union, and their extension eastward, represent European aggregation of power under American patronage. European military dependence is assured through NATO command and American weapons requiring U.S. spare parts. Political and economic control may be maintained through the banking system. Ignoring the object of lesson of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, that-by credit control can influence elections, the European Union is moved by the United States example and German war-guilt syndrome, towards central banking and a single currency which, ironically, might have eventually occurred had that war ended with a German victory! Planned interdependence equals loss of independence. Headquartered in Brussels, the European Union bureaucrats draw large salaries for fixing the size of labels on wine bottles or the identity of a Euro-sausage, but the centralization of power is the real issue. And that centralization, in sequence, facilitates the move toward global centralization of power. American political pressures push the European Union to include Turkey, and then to be extended by 2010 with a free trade zone to include the states of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, with future union. In the western hemisphere, the process is the incremental extension of free trade zones to the whole continent, to be followed by the dissolution of frontiers and the setting up on an American Union. In Asia, there is the strengthening of SEAC, and similar objectives, to form a Pacific Union. All these are being designed to include United States participation, including a military element. The economic elements (e.g. World Trade Organization) and military forces of former states and areas, seem directed toward a master scheme pushed by a power oligarchy, that sets "fast tracks" for enabling legislation. It is not a global convergence of national economic interests or electorates demanding 'interdependence' that are the driving force, but a power oligarchy or imperium. Such a "fast-track" nearly had the European Maastricht Treaty ratified before the European electorate became aware of its implications. How do these policies
Re: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Saturday #1
-Caveat Lector- I must say, no way in the world can I believe teachers shot students over 30 cents - and if you have ever been in Zulu land.well, lood what happened to Gordon (played by Charleton Heston in the movies). Unfortunately the story is all too believable. I was told by a mine manager who was needing to arrange help whilst in the middle of a strike( the stike itself was over minor issues) that he struggled to get help. The people who worked for him said that they lived in fear as it was possible in the townships to hire an assasin for as little as R90 ($15).($100 and We could arrange a war) One pupil walked into a school and shot his white teacher dead, in front of a class full of children, because he had given him marks that were too low.(thats what i call learning experience) Interestingly the ANC controlled TV station mentioned the killings but failed to report that the pupils were rioting and trying to get at the teachers. ( i dont know why they didnt but a strange omission-but the government has been retrenching teachers so that would have been one way of saving costs) John PS Gordon was killed in what is now somalia not south africa. Try the film Zulu with Michael Caine DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: SPOTLIGHT EMAIL NEWSLETTER #21
SPOTLIGHT EMAIL NEWSLETTER #21 Today's Kosovo War Dates Back to WWI What's this Kosovo thing all about, anyway? By F.C. Blahut The war in Kosovo-and there's no other word for it-is far more involved than an exercise in ethnic cleansing. Kosovo has always been majority Albanian. It was Albanian when the Serbians arrived. Serbians call Kosovo "Old Serbia," and their existence as a people and sovereignty as a nation is tied to the province. Historically, Slavs from the Caucasian Mountains (originally) arrived in the peninsula with a Serbian presence in Vojvodina (about the same as today's country of Serbia) documented to the seventh century. Serbians can document their habitation in Kosovo to the ninth century and were probably there before then. That doesn't negate the fact that Albanians were occupying what is today Albania (to the southwest) and Kosovo when the Serbs arrived. But Kosovo was rugged, sparsely populated and the indigenous people tended to move around. The Serbs, for their part, established churches, roads, towns, and so forth, but were never the majority. SLAV INCURSIONS Other major Slavic incursions into the Balkans were by the Croatians and Slovenians. Add to these a religious sect, mostly Slavic, which came from what is today's Bulgaria, called the Bogomils. The first two settled, for the most part, where they are today and the Bogomils in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Now, move ahead to the 14th century and the advance of Islam. Having overrun what is Albania proper today, the forces of the prophet advanced into Kosovo where they were met by a Slavic Christian army composed mostly of Serbians. The Serbians expected help from other Christians elsewhere in Europe, but the other Christian communities adopted a "better you than us" attitude. The upshot was that the Serbians were defeated in the crucial Battle of Kosovo in 1389. From then to the 19th century, most of the Balkans were controlled by the Ottoman Turks. The Serbians were mostly restricted to Vojvodina; the Croatians and Slovenians to where they are today; and the Bogomils converted to Islam, hence the Islamics in Bosnia-Herzegovina today. Moving ahead, the internal weakening of the Turkish empire, coupled with independence movements in the peninsula and muscle-flexing by the Hapsburgs in Austria, led to several attempts to unify what became known as the Southern Slavs. Yugoslavia translates loosely as "Union of Southern Slavs." This brings us to the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 which solved nothing, but led to the hardening of the positions of the two major Slavic groups-the Serbians and the Croatians. Of the several unified entities prior to World War I, all were dominated by Serbia, headquartered in Belgrade and run (more or less) by a Serbian king. With the assassination of the Hapsburg Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Bosnia came the domino effect leading to World War I.* Following the "War to End All Wars," the victorious Allies got together at Versailles to carve up what had been the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires. A leading figure was Woodrow Wilson of the United States. One of Wilson's "Fourteen Points" was "self-determination" for all the peoples within the conquered countries/empires. So Yugoslavia was created, cobbling together a number of peoples who may have looked and sounded alike to the British, Wilson and French, but who were anything but. The forcible union featured Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and (Slavic) Macedonia. The last is to distinguish it from the northern area of Greece which is called the same and associated with Philip and his son, Alexander the Great. GREATER SERBIA Yugoslavia was nothing more or less than Greater Serbia, controlled from Belgrade. Kosovo had titular autonomy, which looks good on paper but doesn't work well in practice. The Serbs continued their centuries-long attempt to make Kosovo what they called it-Old Serbia. And so the situation simmered until the 1930s and war came to Europe once again. The Axis powers moved into the Balkans, the Croatians formed their own country under German protection and the Serbians split into two guerrilla groups, the communist Partisans and the nationalistic Chetniks. Since the Partisans were the puppets of the USSR's Josef Stalin, and "Uncle Joe" was Franklin D. Roosevelt's very good buddy, the United States sold out the Chetniks and backed the Partisans. At the end of the war, the Serbians were rewarded with another Yugoslavia, led by-who else?-"Tito." To backtrack just a few years, the Partisans needed a local leader to unify their activities and to receive and transmit orders from Moscow. So a leader was created, called, not surprisingly, Tito (translated, "leader"). Following the war, a man emerged from the caves who identified himself as the aforesaid "Tito" and said his name was Josip Broz. Tito ran the country as a repressive dictatorship until his death in 1980, when a revolving leadership plan was put into
[CTRL] Fwd: Weekly Analysis May 24, 1999
__ Stratfor's FREE Kosovo Crisis Center - http://www.stratfor.com/kosovo/crisis/ The most comprehensive coverage of the Kosovo Crisis anywhere on the Internet __ STRATFOR's Global Intelligence Update Weekly Analysis May 24, 1999 Israel, Ehud Barak and the non-Revolution in Israeli Foreign Policy Summary: Outside of Israel, from Damascus to Washington, the election of Ehud Barak is being hailed as the rebirth of the peace process. The process will be reborn, but the levels of optimism are unwarranted. The 1999 election had less to do with foreign policy than it did with fundamental domestic issues, particularly whether Israel is a secular or religious nation. Even on domestic issues, the outcome of the election was not particularly clear. However, given Barak's domestic agenda, he may have less room for maneuver than foreigners think. With Clinton urgently in need of a foreign policy triumph in the next 18 months, this points to increased U.S.-Israeli tension once the honeymoon is over. Analysis: Most outside observers welcomed the victory of Ehud Barak in Israel's elections last week. Everyone from the United States to Syria welcomed the fall of Benyamin Netanyahu, who was regarded as the main obstacle to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Middle East. Barak's election, it has been immediately assumed, means greater flexibility on a host of issues, from the management of Israel's withdrawal from Southern Lebanon to openness to Palestinian statehood and, finally, a peace treaty with Syria, even one involving the return of the Golan. The assumption has been that Barak and a government dominated by Israel's Labor Party was more likely to reach accommodation on these issues than had the Netanyahu-Likud government. There is no doubt that Barak is more personally committed to reaching an accommodation. This does not mean that he will succeed or that he is as flexible as outsiders might think. But the most important error most observers are making about the election was that it had to do with Israel's foreign and defense policy. Obviously these were elements in campaign, but not as decisive has outside observers might think or even that the rhetoric of the campaign might indicate. In a very real way, for the first time in fifty years, national security was not at stake in the election. National identity was. The central issue in the election was the relationship between secularists and religionists. Israel, like many countries in the world, is divided into two general factions. There are those who see Israel as the homeland for ethnic Jews, understood as all those who could make a genealogical claim to Jewish descent. Beyond that, the secularists saw the State of Israel, like other Western states, as being essentially neutral on matters of religion. To be somewhat more precise, it was understood that one could be Jewish without practicing Jewish ritual law or even believing in the Jewish God. The state was seen as the guardian of rights and freedoms, and in some vague sense as the heir to some Jewish tradition, but a fundamental distinction was drawn between Israeli citizenship and Jewish religiosity. There were three factions that were directly responsible for the founding of Israel. All three were secular. There was the liberal democratic tradition embodied by Theodor Herzl, founder of Zionism, who was a nationalist in the simplest sense of the term. There was the socialist tradition, embodied by David Ben- Gurion, first Prime Minister, that was wholly secular. Finally, there was the romantic nationalist tradition, embodied by Menachem Begin, which flirted with religion and could comfortably ally itself with the religious, but which was not really religious in terms of its own commitment to using Jewish law as a substitute for secular law. It must be remembered that the most profoundly orthodox Jews opposed the founding of an independent, secular Israel. Beyond the theological claim that the creation of Israel had to be the work of the Messiah and not of men, there was a deep suspicion to the motives of the secularists creating Israel. The extreme orthodox saw the distinction between Israeli citizenship and Jewish ethnicity on the one side, and Jewish religious practices on the other, with the secularists importing alien teachings from the French and American revolutions into Jewish culture. Israel was, in this sense, anti-Jewish. Most of the anti-Zionist Orthodox made an interesting shift following the founding of Israel. They had opposed the creation of Israel as blasphemy. Once Israel was created, they were no longer participating in a blasphemous act. Israel was now a fact and participating in its political life was not a violation of Jewish law. They participated deeply and effectively. They were aided by the fact that Israel was divided from its founding between two factions. On the
[CTRL] Fwd: SPOTLIGHT EMAIL NEWSLETTER #22
SPOTLIGHT EMAIL NEWSLETTER #22 Two more stories this week. Remember to visit the LIBERTY LIBRARY BOOKSTORE for some of the controversial and hard-to-get books anywhere! Who Benefits From War With Yugoslavia? Taxpayers can expect another huge transfer of wealth from their wallets to the coffers of the military-industrial complex. EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT By Warren Hough The Clinton administration's air wars against Yugoslavia and Iraq are losing support everywhere, except in one community: The consortium of U.S. military contractors, who are reaping a bonanza of windfall profits from the bloodshed. "Giant defense corporations such as Raytheon have been furiously lobbying Congress against what they call 'crippling cutbacks' in their share of the budget," says Dr. Vanessa Hughessen, an arms-control scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At a reported $49 billion, the Pentagon's current procurement outlays are "not even a shadow" of the fat Reagan years when similar programs consumed more than $110 billion annually (in today's dollar) Raytheon President William H. Swanson complained last December. As a result, Raytheon's reported profits dropped by a whopping 95 percent in the third quarter of l998 over the same period in the previous year, Swanson revealed. But by March of this year, the "merchants of death" were in the money again, Wall Street analysts reported. Raytheon CEO Swanson confirmed the good news. In April, he announced that Raytheon was suddenly looking at an "avalanche" of new defense orders worth almost $20 billion for 1999-2000. The slumping stock of the troubled defense contractor soared rapidly on such "positive developments," nearly doubling to an all-time high of $52 per share last month. Raytheon is the primary supplier of Tomahawk cruise missiles. Land-based Tomahawks cost between $750,000 and $900,00 each. The Navy's version comes in at about $1 million. But the air-launched cruise missiles are $2 million apiece-a steep jump in cost that is typical of all advanced armaments, defense analysts say. The U.S. air war against Yugoslavia has expended an officially reported $17 million worth of cruise missiles every day since it began, sources have confirmed. Other mammoth military contractors are also anticipating a boom. Lockheed-Martin says that in the wake of the Balkans crisis, funding for its next-generation tactical fighter, the YF-22, is "just about assured." This high-tech aircraft will be priced at $165 million each, for total production budget of some $30 billion over the coming decade. The Navy has been told by congressional supporters to go ahead with plans to buy as many as 1,000 advanced F/A-18 fighter-bombers from Boeing. The total budget, projected well into the next century, is now estimated at $81 billion. "And these numbers are, of course, what the Pentagon charitably calls 'conservative estimates,' " warned Dr. Hughessen. "I would just call them lies. We all know the real cost is bound to run much higher." The Clinton administration says it will pay for its air wars from the vaunted "budget surplus." "This is the same 'surplus', largely a product of accounting legerdemain, that the politicians promised us for shoring up Social Security and cutting taxes," says financial writer Andrea Kellerman. Clinton Critic's Plane Goes Down The senator who ran on a platform of "God, guns and guts," showed plenty of the latter during a recent scare. EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT By FRED LINGEL One of President Clinton's most vocal critics in the Senate was forced to make an emergency landing in an Oklahoma airport, on May 9 after the propeller on his single-prop airplane flew off. According to reports, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) took off from Ketchum, Okla., where he keeps his 1979 Grumman Tiger. He was in the air for 10 minutes before he noticed "a vibration." Inhofe told an Associated Press reporter he heard a pop and noticed that the propeller had fallen off. Inhofe then glided the plane another eight miles without the propeller before landing unharmed at Claremore Airport. G.W. Curtis, a former high school classmate of the senator's, found the propeller four miles from the airport on a country road and returned it to him. Inhofe, who has been flying for 41 years and is a commercially rated pilot, was traveling from northeastern Oklahoma to Oklahoma City to meet Clinton on a tour of tornado-damaged sites in Oklahoma. Inhofe's Press Secretary Gary Hoistma told The SPOTLIGHT: "The FBI and NTSB are looking into it-it's unusual for a propeller to fall off of a plane." Inhofe has been a stalwart critic of Clinton. During Clinton's impeachment trial in the Senate, Inhofe criticized the GOP for "whimping out" when it appeared his colleagues were backtracking in the proceedings. After a recent trip to Albania, where he spent time with U.S. troops, Inhofe issued a press release critical of the Clinton administration's policy in the Balkans.
[CTRL] OEN 5/24/99
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/"The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe/A - Today's Lesson From Fermat's Last Theorem by Amir D. Aczel Baghdad became a center of mathematics. The Arabs absorbed mathematical ideas as well as discoveries in astronomy and other sciences from the inhabitants of the areas they overcame. Scholars from Iran, Syria, and Alexandria were called to Baghdad. During the reign of the caliph Al Mamun in the early 800s, the Arabian Nights was written and many Greek works, including Euclid's Elements, were translated into Arabic. The caliph established a House of Wisdom in Baghdad, and one of its members was Mohammed Ibn Musa Al-Khowarizmi. Like Euclid, Al-Khowarizmi was to become world-renowned. Borrowing Hindu ideas and symbols for numerals, as well as Mesopotamian concepts and Euclid's geometrical thought, Al Khowarizmi wrote books on arithmetic and algebra. The word "algorithm" is derived from Al-Khowarizmi. And the word "algebra" is derived from the first words in the title of Al-Khowarizmi's most well-known book, Al Jabr Wa'l Muqabalah. It was from this book that Europe was later to learn the branch of mathematics called algebra. While algebraic ideas are in the root of Diophantus' Arithmetica, the Al Jabr is more closely related to the algebra of today. The book is concerned with straightforward solutions of equations of first and second degree. In Arabic, the name of the book means "restoration by transposing terms from one side of an equation to the other"--the way first-order equations are solved today. = Today's News Hacking for Jesus Clinton Signs "Finding" to Hack Milosevic Bank Accounts Hack bank accounts? Gee, I wonder where they got this idea? (Wonder if they'll find Hillary's bonds in Luxembourg.) NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Senior intelligence officials tell Newsweek that last week President Clinton issued a "finding," a highly classified document authorizing the CIA to begin secret efforts to train Kosovar rebels in sabotage -- age-old tricks like cutting telephone lines and blowing up buildings -- and to conduct a cyberwar against Slobodan Milosevic. According to sources who have read the finding, in addition to training the rebels, the CIA has been instructed to conduct a cyberwar against Milosevic, using government hackers to tap into foreign banks, and, in the words of one U.S. official, "diddle with Milosevic's bank accounts," Washington Correspondent Gregory Vistica reports in the May 31 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, May 24). The White House declined to comment on the finding, and Newsweek does not have access to the entire document. But, Vistica reports, some intelligence officials with knowledge of its contents worry that the finding was put together too hastily, and that the potential consequences haven't been fully thought out. "If they pull it off, it will be great," says one government cyberwar expert. "If they screw it up, they are going to be in a world of trouble." PR Newswire, May 23, 1999 Nuclear Spying Security Checks at Labs Stopped When Clinton Took Office We all friends now. What's mine is yours. After President Clinton took office, the Energy Department stopped background checks on Chinese and Russian scientists visiting sensitive nuclear labs, a move that intelligence professionals call "incredible." The background checks were suspended because the Clinton administration ordered the Energy Department to "facilitate" cooperative programs with scientists from the two countreis. As a result, at least 13 scientists with suspected foreign intelligence ties were allowed into the labs without proper CIA or FBI scrutiny. "This is, to say the least, incredible," says intelligence analyst Sander Owen. Five of those scientists were allowed into the Sandia lab at Albuquerque, N.M., while eight visited the Los Alamos lab, also in New Mexico, that U.S. officials believe has been a target of Chinese espionage for more than 20 years, congressional investigators said. Security checks, mandatory before 1994, were reinstated last November amid growing worries about Chinese espionage at the government's premier weapons labs. While U.S. officials claim they have no evidence that nuclear secrets were lost to any of the 4,409 Russian and Chinese visitors between 1994 and late 1998, when background checks were reinstated, they have no guarantee information did not escape. ``As far as I am concerned, the exemptions (for background checks) should never have been given,'' said Ed Curran, a veteran FBI official who last year took over counterintelligence at the Energy Department. ``You have to have the information to make a decision (on access). The lab director has to know who is on his site,'' Curran said in an interview with The Associated Press. The administration made it a priority after the Cold War to open up the once highly secretive weapons labs and expand their
[CTRL] Canada a key snooper in huge spy network - Report says alliance is able to intercept nearly any message
-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/990522/2630510.html A HREF="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/990522/2630510.html"City of Ottawa - Ottawa Citizen Online News and /A - Monday May 24, 1999 FROM THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Canada a key snooper in huge spy network Report says alliance is able to intercept nearly any message Jim Bronskill The Ottawa Citizen Canadian Forces Station Leitrim, south of Ottawa, intercepts diplomatic communications and monitors satellites. Canada belongs to a global spy network capable of snooping on virtually every type of communication, from long-distance phone calls to Internet e-mail, says a newly published study. The detailed report, prepared for the European Parliament, warns that the electronic intelligence agencies of the world's major English-speaking countries increasingly use the information they collect to gain an upper hand on economic rivals. It concludes the surveillance web controlled by the UKUSA alliance -- Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand -- has evolved into a highly advanced network that automatically sifts through the vast bulk of the messages that traverse the globe daily. "Comprehensive systems exist to access, intercept and process every important form of communications, with few exceptions," says the report, by Edinburgh-based researcher Duncan Campbell, a longtime observer of the intelligence world. Canada is represented in the alliance by the Communications Security Establishment, an ultra-secret wing of the Defence Department with headquarters in an Ottawa office building. The report, Interception Capabilities 2000, was approved as a working document by the Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel of the European Parliament at a meeting in Strasbourg, France, earlier this month. Mr. Campbell's study raises thorny questions about the scope of global spy operations and their potential to violate privacy. It is the latest in a string of books and articles in recent years to shine a light on the inner workings of the shadowy UKUSA alliance. Citing numerous sources, Mr. Campbell reveals new information about the ECHELON computer system that helps Canada's CSE and its alliance partners process the mountains of data collected by monitoring satellites, microwave radio relays, undersea cables and the Internet. The heightened scrutiny is a welcome development, said Wayne Madsen, a senior fellow with the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. "I think everyone should be asking questions about their intelligence agencies," he said. "Why do they exist, and what are they doing? The more people that ask questions the better." The UKUSA partnership emerged out of co-operation between members during the Second World War, when signals intelligence, or SIGINT in spy parlance, proved instrumental in helping the Allies triumph. For decades the alliance's primary purpose was to monitor the military and diplomatic communications of the Soviet Union and its East Bloc allies. But the Cold War's end has seen a shift towards collection of information about terrorism, organized crime and, on a more controversial note, an increasing flow of data on economic dealings and scientific developments. "There is wide-ranging evidence indicating that major governments are routinely utilizing communications intelligence to provide commercial advantage to companies and trade," says Mr. Campbell's report. The findings come as no surprise to Fred Stock, who says he was forced out of CSE in 1993 after objecting to the agency's new emphasis on economic intelligence and civilian targets. Mr. Stock, who worked in CSE's Communications Centre in Ottawa, recalls incoming message traffic on dealings with Mexico, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea. The intercepted information covered negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Chinese grain purchases, French arms sales and Canada's boundary dispute with France over the islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon off Newfoundland's south coast. "To me, we shouldn't have been doing that." Mr. Stock also maintains the agency routinely received intelligence about environmental protest actions mounted by Greenpeace vessels on the high seas. Other former CSE employees have told similar stories of economic and political spying. As a matter of policy, the agency refuses to discuss allegations about operations. However, the federal government acknowledges that CSE, supported by Canadian Forces personnel, collects and analyzes foreign communications. "Signals intelligence provides unique and timely information on the intentions, capabilities and activities of foreign states, organizations or persons," says the defence department. "This intelligence is used by policy makers to resolve issues relating to the defence of Canada, or the conduct of its foreign affairs and trade." CSE regularly provides information and analysis to national defence headquarters,
[CTRL] May 25th Is Last Day Of Clinton's Legal War Power
-Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:525259"May 25th Is Last Day Of Clinton's "Legal" War Power /A - Subject: May 25th Is Last Day Of Clinton's "Legal" War Power From: "Bill Mulcahy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, May 23, 1999 10:03 AM Message-id: 7i9g6h$2gt6$[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington Post: Sunday, May 23, 1999 Government A 'Splendid Little War' Collides With the War Powers Act By ROBERT L. BOROSAGE WASHINGTON--Can the president make war on another country, even against the will of Congress? May 25 is the last day the bombing of Yugoslavia has even a tinge of legal authority under the War Powers Act. The next "collateral damage" caused by the bombing campaign may be to the laws and Constitution of the United States. The constitutional stew comes from a poisonous mix of presidential arrogance and congressional partisanship. President Bill Clinton launched the war without seeking congressional support. It was to be the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's splendid little war, wrapped up a few days after the bombs began falling. When Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic responded not by surrendering but by intensifying the ethnic cleansing campaign in Kosovo, Clinton continued the bombing. As the debacle in Kosovo grew, GOP leaders, still embittered by the impeachment follies and led by conservative stalwart, House Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), rushed to brand this "Clinton's war." This produced one of the more shameless days of congressional posturing. On April 28, a majority of the House of Representatives voted against a declaration of war; against withdrawal from the war; for requiring congressional approval prior to the dispatch of any ground forces; and, in a 213-213 vote, against a resolution in support of the air war. House leaders then proceeded to work toward giving the Pentagon twice as much money as it had asked for to pay for the war. The Senate effort was bipartisan but not much better: Leaders of both parties agreed to a token debate before tabling a resolution that would authorize ground forces. So the bombing proceeds not only without the sanction of Congress but against its expressed will. Under the Constitution, Congress is given the power to declare war. Over the years, particularly during the Cold War, presidents often dispatched troops without prior authority. In the wake of Vietnam, Congress sought to rein in executive war-making by passing the War Powers Act in 1973. Ironically, the resolution essentially delegates to the president the power to make war for a limited period of time. It requires the president to report within 48 hours after introducing U.S. forces into hostilities. If Congress does not declare war or otherwise explicitly authorize its continuation, the president has 60 days "to terminate any use" of U.S. forces, with a 30-day extension, if necessary, to extricate them safely. Under the resolution, the voting of funds for the troops does not constitute congressional sanction for the war. Clinton's 60 days run out on May 25. Led by Rep. Tom Campbell (R-San Jose), a former Stanford law professor, a bipartisan gaggle of 17 legislators, ranging from Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) on the left to GOP heavy Bob Barr (R-Ga.) on the right, have filed suit in federal court seeking a declaration that the continuation of the bombing is a violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Since President Richard M. Nixon tried to veto the War Powers Act, presidents have scorned it as an unconstitutional infringement of executive power. But, nonetheless, every president has issued reports on the dispatch of troops "consistent with" (not pursuant to) the War Powers Act. Most recent conflicts--the invasions of Grenada and Panama, Clinton's strikes against the Sudan and Afghanistan--have been over long before the 60 days ran out. In the few cases where forces stayed longer, the president either had congressional approval--President George Bush in the Gulf War--or worked out a compromise with Congress that provided some color of authority--the disastrous agreement with President Ronald Reagan to keep troops in Lebanon. There is no prior instance where a conflict continued after Congress explicitly voted against it. From Vietnam onward, the courts have been reluctant to get involved in war-powers disputes. They've offered up more excuses than a sassy teenager has to avoid chores. The courts want the president and Congress, the political branches, to work this out on their own. Before Desert Storm, former Rep. Ronald V. Dellums and 52 other legislators asked the court to enjoin Bush from attacking Iraq without first gaining congressional authorization. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene held that the legislators had standing, that the case could be decided. But he found the case wasn't "ripe" because a majority of the Congress had not
Re: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Saturday #1
-Caveat Lector- Thank you Johnall I could remember was Gordon and thought of Caine's Zulu, I guess Map wise, I still call Thailand Siam - at least I think it was Siam. It would be nice to see an investigation into that one.teachers shooting pupils. This stuff is unbelievable. So, we disarm the kids, and arm the teachers? If that's not one for the old PTA to mull over. I still believe drugs answers most of the hard questions..after my friend was threatened in Melbourne Beach (and she was MI6 and best seller author) because she revealed drugs on a ship named RIOand a Deputy Sheriff called upon her to warn her - it is easy to see how law enforcement and black ops of CIA, have permitted the very, very rich to continue to profit, at the expense of our kids. One day bust along the coast at the homes of some of the rich and famous with the landing docks and air strips, would stop a lot of Columbian gold and a lot of other stuff, including gun running. Cui Bono? Well, I guess it is a matter of "Who Cares"perhaps it is about time to tell our CIA, Mafia, and other professional gun runners and drug runners, the American people just said "No". Thanks for history is SomoliaI do not even remember where it was or is. Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Revived Red Brigade Attacks NATO]
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In a message dated 99-05-21 15:11:13 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm not ruling your analysis out, Goat, but ...
My sense is that the Red Brigades were (are?) genuinely Communist,
but that their funding comes indirectly, via a cutout, from the Oligarchy,
for the reasons you suggest.
I'll buy that, for simplicity's sake. But generally speaking, any group (of
WHATEVER political orientation, "Right" or "Left") whose activities are used
("Cui bono?") to further the interests of the "Oligarchy" is ipso facto
already under the control of individuals DIRECTLY --knowingly and
willingly--
serving the "Oligarchy," and the sincere political beliefs of OTHERS in that
group is irrelevant except insofar as it supports the "cover."
Thus, while there may indeed have been ideologically-committed
Marxist-Leninist or Maoist "true believers" in the Red Brigade, certain of
their "commanders" were in fact Rightist agents provocateurs -- with the
result that many (or even most) of its acts of "Communist" terrorism were
ordered by "ANTI-Communists," by NATO and the CIA,
working through the Bush-CIA/Haig-NATO-Mafia-P2-Fascist In'l networks of the
'80s.
A similar "Communist" cover story --blaming "the Bulgarian KGB"-- was used
by
the CIA in the attempted Papal "hit" by Agca (of NATO's fascist Grey Wolves
in Turkey)
during the same period, when the Vatican was being brought "into line" by
the
West.
I agree. Obviously there would have to be a controller operating within the
group, to act as liaison to the backers and to "make suggestions for action"
at appropriate moments... The question must come up, though (and this does run
counter to Ockham's Razor, because it thoroughly complicates things), whether
the Red Brigades were *created* ex nihilo by what I call the Oligarchy
(borrowing Jack London's term from *The Iron Heel*), using naive "true
believers" as foils; or whether they were a "native" Communist group one or
more of whose leaders was coopted by the Oligarchy because the ideology served
as a useful cover.
Anent the Pope: at the risk of opening a very messy can of worms, who do you
think was responsible for the death of John Paul I? My personal guess is that
it was elements within the Curia, probably associated with Propaganda-Due.
Bob
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Re: [CTRL] [[CTRL] The Symbolism is the Key(Re: anakins explosive implant?)]
-Caveat Lector- Kris Millegan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Caveat Lector- from alt.conspiracy - As always, Caveat Lector. Om K - A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:524976"The Symbolism is the Key(Re: anakins explosive implant?) /A - Subject: The Symbolism is the Key(Re: anakins explosive implant?) From: Daniel Perez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, May 22, 1999 1:38 AM Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In article 7i47jl$g1o$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Simon Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe they'll use it as a plot device to try and kill him when he starts to go bad, leaving him dying and limbless and in need of life-support and the Vader suit...? Then again, blowing people up is not exactly an honourable Jedi trait and is likely deemed to "un-American" to have a hero do. Since Anakin Skywalker is the celluoid symbol of Osiris, then blowing him up with the implant would fit into the symbolic mytharc of the StarWars films. Osiris died a chaotic death with the loss of limbs and body parts. The same will happen to Anakin before he turns into Darth Vader. snip... Remember that the pieces of Osiris's body were gathered up by Isis and reassembled, lacking only the penis, which was finally recovered at Byblos in Phoenicia. This would imply that Anakin Skywalker, like the various crippled priest-kings of numerous mythologies (cp. the Fisher-King of the Grail cycle), is--or will be--sterile and/or impotent, and that cloning is the only way he can reproduce. Bob = Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [prj] Why the rush to sell gold?
-Caveat Lector- Remember Marcos? Well, there was a big volcano, and heliocopters often seen descending into this "pyramid"the gold has been stashed there for years - wanna bet? Jack Anderson reported this prior to Marcos departure. The question is now, is there any activity at this volcano? And, do the Philipino people know.but then, I image by now Japan has bought most of the Philipines. That might answer the Philipono gold which has been shall we say - in reserve? Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] [prj] [Fwd: Prelude to the New World Order]
-Caveat Lector- Well I see now why these masonic orders have only been shooting Kennedys and Popes.and do not forget the two that were poisoned. The Pope should be warned of the treachery of the Bilderburgershe would only add a certain amount of respect and prestigue to this gathering of Warthog, swineherds feeding at the trough. Remember.those that follow the path of the rose, want to see this man fall in the open fieldas they did the Kennedys. Colleen DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] US Bombs Missiles NOT Y2K Compatible
-Caveat Lector- And this would also apply to those of Russia and China. China might have some with the aid of the techology bought from our government. China also has an excess 125 million young men. By excess I mean ones who will not be able to find Chinese wives because there are so many more males born as a result of the Chinese one-child birth control law. Parents have chosen a boy child to help support the family and so now there is an extreme imbalance in male to female ratio of young adults. These would make excellent soldiers without a family of their own to be provided for by the government. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] (Fwd) [BRIGADE] Saving the World
-Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- From: "Linda Muller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 24 May 1999 09:53:10 -05:0 Subject:[BRIGADE] Saving the World Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Brigade, "At a time when Clinton and Representative Richard Gephardt are forming a new consensus in favor of regulated free trade, popular opinion could tilt toward Pat Buchanan's protectionism... Failure in Kosovo would, of course, give any kind of internationalism a bad name. It would not necessarily spell the end of nato, but it would doom that organization to serving as a kind of expensive professional association for European and American generals, in which potentially unruly Eastern Europeans could be taught manners and decorum..." GO PAT GO!! Linda --- The New Republic - MAY 24, 1999 Saving the World BY: John B. Judis The "third way" is a political strategy identified with Bill Clinton in the United States, Tony Blair in Great Britain, and Gerhard Schroeder in Germany. It is a self-conscious alternative to the old left and new right. It seeks to promote rather than hinder the creation of global capitalism but at the same time to foster greater social equality and community within and among nations. "Its core value," Al From, the president of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), has declared, "is community." The practitioners of the Third Way have defined it primarily as an approach to welfare reform, progressive taxation, and vocational education, but it is also integrally related to foreign policy; and its success or failure may be linked to the nato mission in Kosovo. One connection is obvious. A disaster in Kosovo will imperil many of the current nato governments. In the United States, failure could also derail Vice President Al Gore's presidential candidacy. But there are deeper connections that could threaten the Third Way itself. Its basic objective is to foster social justice without fueling class resentments. In the twentieth century, this kind of liberal communitarianism has worked best when the United States and other democracies faced totalitarian adversaries during World War II and the cold war--when our international commitment to democracy fed our commitment to democracy at home. When America's commitments have lapsed--during, for instance, the 1920s--an irresponsible individualism has triumphed. At a forum on the Third Way sponsored by the DLC at the end of last month's nato conference, Clinton and Blair both drew the connection between the Third Way and Kosovo. Blair made it the clearest. The Third Way, Blair said, " applies internationally as well as nationally." Kosovo "is every bit as much about our values as it is about strategic interests." Kosovo, he argued, was about extending the concept of "active community" from the nation to the globe. The success of the Third Way also depends upon the creation of a progressive bloc of nations that can carry forward its approach. This is particularly true in global economics. The Third Way is based on the assumption that, because of global competition, purely national economic initiatives can often prove destructive. Trade barriers, for instance, can hinder technological development. The corollary of this--as understood by Clinton, Blair, and Schroeder--is that many economic and environmental ills that can't be attacked nationally can be addressed through international organizations and multilateral initiatives such as the World Trade Organization and the global warming treaty. The Third Way leaders favor regulating the global economy to avoid recurrent financial crises and a growing divergence between rich and poor nations. At the DLC forum, Schroeder called for the "internationalization of politics" to tame "financial speculators." Clinton favored a new "framework" to keep international markets from "getting out of hand." Clinton, Blair, and Schroeder have also advocated some kind of new labor and environmental regulations. Extending outward an "active community"--or promoting what Blair adviser Anthony Giddens calls "cosmopolitan democracy"--also requires the creation of a progressive bloc of nations that can act together not simply in their own immediate interests but on behalf of a greater democratic ideal. Kosovo is the first real test of this Third Way bloc of nations. It is a different kind of war-- waged not only to achieve stability in the Balkans but also to uphold a standard of morality. Blair and Clinton provided much of the impetus and the initial rationale for intervention. It is their war--and a war that epitomizes their new political philosophy. Success in the war, meaning at a minimum the guaranteed safe return of all Kosovar refugees, would strengthen Clinton and Gore, Blair, and Schroeder. It would create an important precedent for international
Re: IUFO: US Bombs Missiles NOT Y2K Compatible
Bull. Great! Another unverifiable bit of so called information. Just why should anyone believe this? Here's a scoop from a computer industry insider: y2k isn't going to be that big of a deal. Just wait a few more months and see. There will be few problems. The source on that is me. Putrefied Cow [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/24/99 11:37:57 AM - IUFO Mailing List A source I will keep confidential, just let me understand that one of the reasons for this incredibly aggressive bombing and missiling of the Yugoslavia, is the fact that most NATO missiles are not Y2K compatible, and must be used before the year 2000. So, there's not going to be a peace until NATO runs out of those bombs, which I hear they are already running low on, and are asking for more money to build new ones in the congress. - Send "subscribe iufo " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Posted by: Putrefied Cow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CTRL] [Re: [CTRL] Revived Red Brigade Attacks NATO]
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 99-05-24 13:05:33 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The question must come up, though (and this does run counter to Ockham's Razor, because it thoroughly complicates things), whether the Red Brigades were *created* ex nihilo by what I call the Oligarchy (borrowing Jack London's term from *The Iron Heel*), using naive "true believers" as foils; or whether they were a "native" Communist group one or more of whose leaders was coopted by the Oligarchy because the ideology served as a useful cover. It's too much bother to create a believable group ex nihilo. More effective simply to co-opt one already in existence. The latter option occurs so regularly it's predictable. My observation, and experience even with the local Greens, is that if any activist group develops any following at all, almost immediately professional infiltrators will slip into the ranks and attempt either to misdirect it toward meaningless, irrelevant goals (often by fomenting infighting) or else redirect it toward actions that are counterproductive and/or useful only to someone else's hidden agenda. I was the first among Greens locally to detect this process at once (yuppie do-gooders are notoriously blind and gullible) and to identify the parties responsible AND their motives (in this case, they were covert Maoists pretending to be liberals), and I drafted the "position paper" which our group presented to the national assembly on this subject. (Luckily for them, I got MY political education in the '60s.) If it isn't an enemy or rival group, it's usually the police, the ADL, or some federal agency. You can take it for granted, just a fact of political life. Anent the Pope: at the risk of opening a very messy can of worms, who do you think was responsible for the death of John Paul I? My personal guess is that it was elements within the Curia, probably associated with Propaganda-Due. I'll go with your guess. In Italian politics, you can count on "the usual suspects." DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Serbian Cartoonist: A Black Void
-Caveat Lector- Sasa Rakezic P.F. 163 26000 Pancevo Yugoslavia (Serbia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] May 21st 1999 Hello! Today there were many detonations coming from different directions... It's always bizarre when you hear the bombs exploding during a nice and sunny day (even though the storm was raging in the evening). I saw the dogs down the street standing still, taking curious positions and looking at the direction of the NATO aircraft roar. I don't recall that they were so sensitive to the sound of the airplanes before the bombing campaign began. Today, even Banatski Brestovac, a village where Gordana goes to work, was added to the list of targeted areas! This almost sounds like a joke. Gordana was at the fruit tree plantation at work, when the detonation shook the ground - NATO has thrown a bomb in the fields where the Antiaircraft Defenses were positioned (we don't even know if somebody was injured, as the military do not provide the informations about the Army casualties). There were reports today about the renewed NATO bombings of the complex of buildings where the prison in Istok, in Kosovo, was placed. This time the shelling was even more intense! At least 20 NATO projectiles were fired, which is a frightening number... And just as scary is the number of about 20 people killed, both prisoners and guards! When the strike was done, domestic and foreign journalists have visited the place, but shortly after they went away, there was another strike and prison was bombed again!!! (They just said on the radio that - from the morning until the evening, this target was stroked six times!!). I can't figure out the reasons behind this drastic action at the moment, and I wonder if the reports will capture the drama which must have been happening there Among the more bizarre targets there was a radio transmitter and a meteorological station in Subotica, bombed the other day... It was stupid that NATO has destroyed the transmitter, as it belongs to a local station Radio Subotica, which was always opposed to the state's radio propaganda. Or are they bombing just ANY transmitter they spot? And how about the meteorological station, more than 100 years old?! Were they producing tanks there?! This all looks like NATO do not have much targets left after 8 weeks of bombing of this poor and exhausted country, and now they bomb just...anything. Yes, it's 8 weeks of bombing already, and one of the things that I miss is the good old snail mail, and books and letters in my mail box. Thank god we still got some other means of communication left, like internet, or...dreams. Plus I can express myself through my "cartoon" self in my comics, and that is definitely some sort of communication as well. Here's a letter from my friend Gaian from Italy: "Last week I dreamt I was sleeping in my bed, in Bari, and I heard deep and low noises out of the window. I opened the window, and I saw reddish lights at the horizon. Actually, I can see the sea from the window of my room, and on sunny days, when the sky is clear, it is possible to see the coasts of Albania even without field-glasses. In my dream the landscape was the same, but the strip of land was not Albania, I don't know what it was. When I saw these lights at the horizon, I said: "Sasha, what is happening?" And then Sasha: "Why did you call me?" Sasha was actually in my room with me, in person, but he was his comics character; I saw his drawing of himself, but I was not surprised by this sight, it was all perfectly normal to me. Then the rest of the dialogue: G: "I did not call you, you were here." S: "I was dreaming, and you called me here." G: "Maybe I'm dreaming, too. Look, I don't wear a pajama when I sleep, and now I have one, and it's so ugly!" S: "Perhaps I called you here. Look, I am a cartoon." G: "No, Sasha, you look pretty fine, as usual." S: "Yes, but I must come back home now." G: "And how shell we do that? You are the dream-travels expert.." S: "Don't know. Try to erase me, or to keep off that pajama." G: "Mmmmh, I'll try the first one." And then I made a gesture with my hand, like if I were de-misting a glass. I woke up. Pretty mystic, isn't it?" Funniest thing of all, I haven't had much interesting dreams since the war started... I feel pretty vacant, and all that I can see in my dreams is a big black voidI know it's too negative, but I wonder if this phantasmagoric war reality is disturbing my ability to concentrate on dream experiences... Good night Sasa DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always
[CTRL] Serbian Cartoonist: 64 People in One House
-Caveat Lector- Sasa Rakezic P.F. 163 26000 Pancevo Yugoslavia (Serbia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] May 24th 1999 Hello ! The reason why I haven't written before, or why your messages sent to me probably bounced, is because the power plants in Serbia were exposed to NATO bombings - they were using both "soft" and old fashioned "heavy" bombs, and we spent past few days mostly in the dark, and during the times when the power came up again, it wasn't possible to connect to internet I should say that I made a mistake in my last letter, as it turned out that the bomb that fell in the fields near Banatski Brestovac was not dropped on the Antiaircraft Defenses, as I guessed. I saw a report about the local tractor drivers who watched, appalled, as an aircraft has been dropping a bomb in a soybean plant, couple of hundreds of meters away. It seems that it was one of the bombs which, for some reason, were not used against the planned target, and the NATO planes - unable to land with bombs still attached to them - have to kick them out somewhere. A lot of the bombs were, therefore, dropped in the Adriatic sea near Italy, Croatia and (probably) Monte Negro, and in the fields of Macedonia, etc. Once that they start throwing bombs, there is just no end to incidents like this, bombs are everywhere. The other day we visited some friends in a village near Pancevo - they told us that during the crisis connected to NATO bombings of the industrial zone of the town, almost all of the houses in a village were full of city people who were trying to escape to the countryside. They spoke about their friends who gave a shelter to the members of their numerous family, so that at one point there were 64 people in their humble home!!! It was too crowded to sleep on the beds and chairs and on the floor, so mostly they would just sit and talk throughout the night, and sleep for a few hours during the day. When they became tired of it all, they decided that grown-ups should better leave and find a shelter with some other relatives, so that there will be more space left for the children. So the house ended up with "only" 30 kids dwelling it!!! They said that at least 1 million people in Serbia were forced to leave their homes, permanently or for a time beingFor a population of 10 million people, that is quite a lot. OK, I got to try to send this while we still have the power. Until soon Sasa DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
your lsd is not y2k compliant either
On Mon, 24 May 1999, Putrefied Cow wrote: Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:37:57 +0300 (EEST) From: Putrefied Cow [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Conspiracy Theory Research List [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: US Bombs Missiles NOT Y2K Compatible A source I will keep confidential, just let me understand that one of the reasons for this incredibly aggressive bombing and missiling of the Yugoslavia, is the fact that most NATO missiles are not Y2K compatible, and must be used before the year 2000. So, there's not going to be a peace until NATO runs out of those bombs, which I hear they are already running low on, and are asking for more money to build new ones in the congress. your acid, crack, and crystal meth is apparently not Y2K compliant either. i'd go demand a refund from the dopeman if i were you. take a gun, shoot him in the leg - got to make sure he knows you mean business. -- The Fedz
[CTRL] It Takes a Village of the Damned...
-Caveat Lector- http://www.suck.com/daily/99/05/18/ "a fish, a barrel, and a smoking gun" for 18 May 1999. Updated every WEEKDAY. It Takes a Village of the Damned It was an announcement so grim that the president needed to bite his lower lip before speaking. We have "a changing culture that desensitizes our children to violence." Most teenagers, he continued, "have seen hundreds or even thousands of murders on television in movies and in videogames before they graduate from high school." Not surprisingly, then, "too many young people seem unable or unwilling to take responsibility for their actions, and "all too often, everyday conflicts are resolved not with words but with weapons." Oops, that was 1998, during the White House Conference on Youth Violence, which convened after the Springfield, Oregon, school shootings. This year, the White House Conference on Youth Violence convened after the Littleton, Colorado, school shootings, and there was an awkward prelude to the teen-baiting. In the increasingly familiar cadences of the presidential apology-that-isn't-quite, Clinton took up the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade: This was a "tragic, isolated incident," whereas "the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo ... is a deliberate and systematic crime," which of course can only be resolved with weapons, not words. Now, on to the horrors of teen violence This ham-handed moral channel-surfing is typical of the great kids scare of the 1990s. According to social scientist Mike Males, author of Framing Youth: Ten Myths About the Next Generation, in every behavioral realm in which kids are imagined to be loutish, lawless, and lethal (and the more so the darker their pigmentation), the real high achievers are white, middle-aged adults. The numbers on teen crime, teen drug use, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, and even teen smoking have all been on the decline (with a few intermediate bumps) since they peaked in the early 1980s. It would seem, in fact, that the only ironclad, youth-culture predictor of violent and criminal behavior is landing child-acting gigs in very special sitcoms. Meanwhile, as Males demonstrates, an unprecedented crime wave and moral meltdown have overtaken the 30-to-49 set. FBI figures show that boomers were involved in three-quarters of the nation's violent crimes in 1996, and the number of 30- to 49-year-olds cuffed for serious crimes of all kinds has more than tripled since 1980 - from 450,000 to 1.5 million in 1996. At the height of school shoot-'em-up melees last year, on-campus fatalities worked out to four deaths a month; adults were offing kids, meanwhile, at the rate of six a day. And if the grown-ups seem to be particularly jumpy, violent, and glassy-eyed, it's probably because they're so very fucked up so much of the time. Emergency room visits involving thirty-somethings' drug overdoses rose from 60,000 in 1980 to 200,000 in 1995; heroin and cocaine emergency cases, uh, shot up from 10,000 to 100,000. (All these increases far outstrip even the boomers' fabled overrepresentation in the population at large.) Even the all-important grieving process became another platform for boomer self-involvement. After expressing some pro forma devastation over the Littleton victims and their families, Generation Me returned to what it knew best: "How does this make me feel ... about me?" In a cross-branding triumph as ghastly as anything a child would encounter in the upper levels of Doom, Salon rallied to comfort grieving Littleton voyeurs with an excerpt from its newly published Mothers Who Think anthology - an off-topic but wrenchingly emotivist essay about coping with a child's death. The subtext was just slightly subtler than the marketing/editorial/infanticidal strategy: "If one of those monsters opened fire on your helpless child just think how you'd feel." Is there any way we could get Janet Reno and the FCC to crack down on mawkish mournography once they get through banishing Marilyn Manson (and finding a suitable replacement)? Not to be outdone, the right flank in the Kulturkampf adopted as its very own saint Cassie Bernall, the born-again teen who answered "Yes" when her Littleton assailant asked her if she believed in God. Weekly Standard reporter Matt Labash produced a lavishly detailed, six-page cover profile of Bernall, culminating in the question of whether a 17-year-old sporting a "What Would Jesus Do?" pin on her backpack would "enter the pantheon of the faith's great martyrs." Just in case this made things a tad too ambiguous, a separate editorial pronounced Americans "full of astonishment at the birth of an American martyr." If Bernall's story seemed fresh, it was because we'd heard it so many times before. Americans relish the child as an all-purpose symbolic scrim, contorted in the reflection of all sorts of adult anxieties. As the iron grip of Calvinism gradually loosened in the mid-19th century, children were no longer presumed to be automatically damned.
[CTRL] The Monarch
Project Monarch: Nazi Mind Control Amidst the subtle cerebral circumvention of the gullible populace, through a multitude of manipulated mediums, lies one of the most diabolical atrocities perpetrated upon a segment of the human race; a form of systematic mind control which has permeated every aspect of society for almost fifty years. by Ron Patton To objectively ascertain the following, one may need to re-examine preconceived ideologies relating to the dualistic nature of mankind. Resolving the philosophical question of whether we are inherently good or inherently evil is tantamount in shaping our perception of reality; specifically, the spiritual variable within the equation of life. This exposition is substantiated by declassified U.S. government documents, individuals formerly connected to the U.S. intelligence communities, historical writings, researchers knowledgeable in mind control, publications from mental health practitioners, and interviews taken from survivors unwittingly subjected to a highly complex form of trauma-based mind control known as MONARCH programming. A word of caution for survivors of intensively systematic mind control and/or some form of ritualized abuse: There are numerous "triggers" in this article. It is therefore recommended not to read it unless appropriate support systems are in place or if you have a thoroughly reintegrated personality. A Brief History of Control The Mystery Religions of ancient Egypt, Greece, India and Babylon helped lay the foundation for occultism, meaning "hidden knowledge." One of the earliest writings giving reference to occultism is the Egyptian Book of the Dead, a compilation of rituals explicitly describing methods of torture and intimidation (to create trauma), the use of potions (drugs) and the casting of spells (hypnotism), ultimately resulting in the total enslavement of the initiate.1 These have been the main ingredients for a part of occultism known as Satanism, throughout the ages. During the 13th Century, the Roman Catholic church increased and solidified its dominion throughout Europe with the infamous Inquisition. Satanism survived this period of persecution, deeply entrenching itself under the veil of various esoteric groups. In 1776, a Bavarian Jesuit by the name of Adam Weishaupt was commissioned by the House of Rothschild to centralize the power base of the Mystery Religions into what is commonly known as the Illuminati, meaning "Enlightened Ones." This was an amalgamation of powerful occultic bloodlines, elite secret societies and influential Masonic fraternities, with the desire to construct the framework for a "New World Order." The outward goal of this Utopia was to bring forth universal happiness to the human race. However, their underlying intention was to gradually increase control over the masses, thus becoming masters of the planet. The Anglo Alliance By the 19th century, Great Britain and Germany were recognized as the primary geographic areas of Illuminati control. It then should be of little surprise to know the first work in Behavioral Science research was established in England in 1882, while much of the early medical and psychiatric techniques involved in mind control were pioneered at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Germany. The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations was set up in London in 1921 to study the "breaking point" of humans. Kurt Lewin, a German psychologist, became the director of the Tavistock Institute in 1932, about the same time Nazi Germany was increasing its research into neuropsychology, parapsychology and multi-generational occultism. Interestingly, a progressive exchange of scientific ideas was taking place between England and Germany, most notably in the field of eugenics: the movement devoted to "improving" the human species through the control of hereditary factors in mating. The nefariously enigmatic union between the two countries was bonded, partly through the Order of the Golden Dawn, a secret society which consisted of many high ranking officials in the Nazi party and British aristocracy. Top SS Nazi officer Heinrich Himmler was in charge of a scientific project called Lebersborn, which included selective breeding and adoption of children, a peculiarly large number of twins among them.2 The purpose of the program was to create a super-race (Aryans) who would have total allegiance to the cause of the Third Reich (New World Order). Much of the preliminary experimentation concerning genetic engineering and behavior modification was conducted by Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz, where he coldly analyzed the effects of trauma-bonding, eye-coloring and "twinning" upon his victims. Beside the insidious surgical experimentation performed at the concentration camp, some of the children were subjected to massive amounts of electroshock. Sadly, many of them did not survive the brutality. Concurrently, "brain-washing" was carried out on inmates at Dachau, who were placed
[CTRL] The MONARCH Program --Pt. 2
from alt.mindcontrol Notable Names One of the first documented cases of a MONARCH secret agent was that of the voluptuous 1940's model, Candy Jones. The book, The Control of Candy Jones, (Playboy Press) portrays her 12 years of intrigue and suspense as a spy for the CIA. Jones, whose birth name is Jessica Wilcox, apparently fit the physiological profile as to be one of the initial experiments or human guinea pigs under the government's "scientific" project, MKULTRA. The most publicized case of MONARCH monomania has surfaced through the book TRANCE Formation of America: The True Life Story of a ClA Slave by Cathy O'Brien. On the back cover it emphatically states, "Cathy O'Brien is the only vocal and recovered survivor of the Central Intelligence Agency's MKULTRA Project Monarch mind control operation." This documented autobiography contains compelling accounts of O'Brien's years of unrelenting incest and eventual introduction into Project MONARCH by her perverted father. Along with co-author Mark PhiIlips, her rescuer and deprogrammer, Cathy covers an almost unbelievable array of conspiratorial crime: forced prostitution (white slavery) with those in the upper echelons of world politics, covert assignments as a "drug mule" and courier, and the country-western music industry's relationship with illegal CIA activities. Paul Bonaci a courageous survivor who endured almost two decades of degradation under Project MONARCH, has disclosed strong corroborating evidence of widescale crimes and corruption from the municipal/state level all the way up to the White House.17 He has testified about sexually-abused males selected from Boy's Town in Nebraska and taken to nearby Offut AFB, where he says they were subjected to intense MONARCH programming, directed mainly by Commander Bill Plemmons and former Lt. Col. Michael Aquino.18 After thoroughly tormenting the young boys into mindless oblivion, they were used (along with girls) for pornography and prostitution with several of the nation's political and economic power brokers. Bonnaci recalled being transported from the Air Force base via cargo planes to McClelland AFB in California. Along with other unfortunate adolescents and teenagers, he was driven to the elite retreat, Bohemian Grove. The perpetrators took full advantage of these innocent victims, committing unthinkable perversions in order to satisfy their deviant lusts. Some victims were apparently murdered, further traumatizing already terrified and broken children. An insuitable actress of marginal talent (now deceased), a morally-corrupt T.V. evangelist, a heralded former Green Beret officer and a popular country-western singer are a few others likely having succumbed to MONARCH madness. Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan-Sirhan, Charlie Manson, John Hinckley Jr., Mark Chapman, David Koresh, Tim McVeigh and John Salvi are some notable names of infamy, strongly suspected of being pawns who were spawned by MKULTRA. Deprogrammers and Exposers Dr. Corydon Hammond, a Psychologist from the University of Utah, delivered a stunning lecture entitled "Hypnosis in MPD: Ritual Abuse" at the Fourth Annual Eastern Regional Conference on Abuse and Multiple Personality, June 25, 1992 in Alexandria, Virginia. He essentially confirmed the suspicions of the attentive crowd of mental health professionals, wherein a certain percentage of their clients had undergone mind control programming in an intensively systematic manner. Hammond alluded to the Nazi connection, military and CIA mind control research, Greek letter and color programming and specifically mentioned the "Monarch Project" in relation to a form of operative conditioning. Shortly after his ground breaking speech, he received death threats. Not wanting to jeopardize the safety of his family, Dr. Hammond stopped disseminating any follow-up information, until recently. Mark Phillips, a former electronics subcontractor for the Department of Defense, was privy to some of the top secret mind control activities perpetrated by the U.S. government. His inquisitive demeanor, strong conscience and heart-felt concern for Cathy O'Brien, a "Presidential Model" under Project MONARCH, prompted him to reveal the inner-workings of this grand deception beginning about 1991. As the story goes, he helped Ms. O'Brien escape from her captors and was able to deprogram her in about a years time in Alaska. The controversial Phillips has his share of critics who are skeptical of the veracity of his claims. New Orleans therapist Valerie Wolf introduced two of her patients before the President's Committee on Human Radiation Experiments on March 15, 1995 in Washington D.C. The astonishing testimony made by these two brave women included accounts of German doctors, torture, drugs, electroshock, hypnosis and rape, besides being exposed to an undetermined amount of radiation. Both Wolf and her patients stated they recovered the memories of this CIA program without regression or hypnosis
[CTRL] Fw: Remarks by LT. General Griffin (Ret.)
-Caveat Lector- Whoops, another Generation of "Limited" un-constituted, undeclared war being mismanaged by officers of the Public trust ensconced on the shore of the Potomac The cost of liberty is eternal vigilance "In a age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell -- From: Mark A. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LJ: Remarks by LT. General Griffin (Ret.) Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 3:32 PM Remark by Lt.Gen. Tom Griffin USA (ret.) in response to media question this week: "Now let's see here if I understand all this correctly. President Clinton has ordered our forces to engage an entrenched, politically motivated enemy, backed by the Russians, on their home ground, in a foreign civil war, in difficult terrain, with limited military objectives, bombing restrictions, boundary and operational restrictions, queasy allies, far across the ocean, with uncertain goals, without prior consultation with congress, the potential for escalation, while limiting the forces at his disposal, and the majority of Americans opposed to or at least uncertain about the value of the action being worth American lives. So just what was it that he was opposed to in Vietnam?" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Submit message by sending to [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Unsub info - send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], putting "unsubscribe liberty-and-justice" in the msg BODY (not subject) List-Owner of Liberty-and-Justice is Mike Goldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Moderator is Scott Bergeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Clark at Waco
-Caveat Lector- CounterPunch by alexander cockburn and jeffrey st. clair Was Clark at Waco? On February 28, 1993 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms launched its disastrous and lethal raid on the Branch Dividian compound outside Waco, Texas. Even before the raid, members of the US Armed Forces, many of them in civilian dress, were around the compound. In the wake of the Feb 28 debacle Texas governor Anne Richards asked to consult with knowledgeable military personnel. Her request went to the US Army base at Fort Hood, where the commanding officer of the US Army's III corps referred her to the Cavalry Division of the III Corps, whose commander at the time was Wesley Clark. Subsequent congressional enquiry records that Richards met with Wesley Clark's number two, the assistant division commander, who advised her on military equipment that might be used in a subsequent raid. Clark's man, at Richard's request, also met with the head of the Texas National Guard. Two senior Army officers subsequently travelled to a crucial April 14 meeting in Washington, D.C. with Attorney General Janet Reno and Justice Department and FBI officials in which the impending April 19 attack on the compound was reviewed. The 186-page "Investigation into the Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Towards the Branch Davidians", prepared by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and lodged in 1996 (CR 104 749) does not name these two officers and at deadline CounterPunch has so far been unable to unearth them. One of these officers had reconnoitered the Branch Davidian compound a day earlier, on April 13. During the Justice Dept. meeting one of the officers told Reno that if the military had been called in to end a barricade situation as part of a military operation in a foreign country, it would focus its efforts on "taking out" the leader of the operation. Ultimately tanks from Fort Hood were used in the final catastrophic assault on the Branch Davidian compound on April 19. Certainly the Waco onslaught bears characteristics typical of Gen. Wesley Clark: the eagerness to take out the leader (viz., the Clark-ordered bombing of Milosevich's private residence); the utter disregard for the lives of innocent men, women and children; the arrogant miscalculations about the effects of force; disregard for law, whether of the Posse Comitatus Act governing military actions within the United States or, abroad, the purview of the Nuremberg laws on war crimes and attacks on civilians. DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] How Can We Blame all on Guns?
-Caveat Lector- Steve Wingate wrote: -Caveat Lector- --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:18:34 + (GMT) From: David Tilbury GNET 822 5435 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:IUFO: How Can We Blame all on Guns? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sightings.com By Paul Harvey Commentary Of April 27, 1999 5-23-99 Letters - How can we blame it all on guns? For the life of me, I can't understand what could have gone wrong in Littleton, Colo. If only the parents had kept their children away from the guns, we wouldn't have had such a tragedy. Yeah, it must have been the guns. 1. It couldn't have been because of half our children are being raised in broken homes. 2. It couldn't have been because our children get to spend an average of 30 seconds in meaningful conversation with their parents each day. After all, we give our children quality time. 3. It couldn't have been because we treat our children as pets and our pets as children. 4. It couldn't have been because we place our children in day care centers where they learn their socialization skills among their peers under the law of the jungle while employees who have no vested interest in the children look on and make sure that no blood is spilled. 5. It couldn't have been because we allow our children to watch, on average, seven hours of television a day filled with the glorification of sex and violence that isn't fit for adult consumption. 6. It couldn't have been because we allow our children to enter into virtual worlds in which, to win the game, one must kill as many opponents as possible in the most sadistic way possible. 7. It couldn't have been because we have sterilized and contracepted our families down to sizes so small that the children we do have are so spoiled with material things that they come to equate the receiving of the material with love. 8. It couldn't have been because our children, who historically have been seen as a blessing from God, are now being viewed as either a mistake created when contraception fails or inconveniences that parents try to raise in their spare time. 9. It couldn't have been because our nation is the world leader in developing a "culture of death" in which 20 million to 30 million babies have been killed by abortion. 10. It couldn't have been because we give two-year prison sentences to teen-agers who kill their newborns. 11. It couldn't have been because our school systems teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who have evolutionized out of some primordial soup of mud by teaching evolution as fact and by handing out condoms as if they were candy. 12. It couldn't have been because we teach our children that there are no laws of morality that transcend us, that everything is relative and that actions don't have consequences. What the heck, the president gets away with it! Nah, it must have been the guns. Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL It could have been ALL these things. SO WHAT? One can't do much in a real sense about most of the things that may be equally culpable in the equation that resulted in a wanton massacre. We can however, remove guns from the equation. Then if people go nuts or become immoral or enraged, it's not as devastating. Guns will go because it's the easiest solution. And it's about time. Joshua2 DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] How Can We Blame all on Guns?
-Caveat Lector- At 10:25 PM 5/24/99 -0700, nurev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guns will go because it's the easiest solution. And it's about time. Joshua2 Ummm. You really think that popular insurrection and civil war is the easiest solution. The Los Angeles riots were triggered by a jury verdict perceived by a minority of a minority to be politically unacceptable. Los Angeles was in a state of insurrection for days. Gun confiscation, overt or otherwise, WILL be perceived by 50 million gun owners as VERY POLITICALLY UNACCEPTABLE. It would be far more prudent and peaceable to teach liberals some tolerance of gun ownership and the practice of minding their own business. DBC DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] How Can We Blame all on Guns?
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: nurev [EMAIL PROTECTED] We can however, remove guns from the equation. Then if people go nuts or become immoral or enraged, it's not as devastating. Parallel: God(s) don't kill people, believers kill people. We can reduce religious sectarian violence by eliminating peoples' god(s) from the equation. Then if people go kill-crazy, they won't have deities or demons to blame, and they can be treated for their mental aberrations, rather than forgiven for zeal. But: guns or gods, we're talking Theology. True Believers in weapons-bearing have a religious creed, that their guns were given them by their god(s), and no mere mortal can touch their holy armaments. You might as well try to talk a spiritual fundy out of their belief system. Good luck. Rev. R.N. "what a friend we have in Uzi" Carter * no pacifists were shot during the production of this message * DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Praise Reno!
-Caveat Lector- Mon, May 24, 1999 Barbara Sehr - your About.com Guide to: Political Humor Praise Reno Dateline: 12/08/97 They had come from all walks of life, by car, by plane, some by hitchhiking across the country. Men and women together had come without solicitation to this brave new enclave to worship a feminine but stronger arm of the law. A law with dotted "I's," crossed "t's," and dangling Cajone's. "Praise Reno!" The shouts of joy could be heard above the roar of alligators cruising their way across the muddy Florida Everglades, ever vigilant for an interruption in the steady vegan diet that the forces of nature had imposed. Here, just out of harms way was a small, but growing group of human morsels that would catch the olfactory senses of any carnivore. "Praise Reno!" The chants were getting louder, as the cult celebrated an incredible month for the object of its worship. Janet Reno, a former Dade County prosecutor, had become someone special outside this cult of jurisprudence connoisseurs who followed her to the legal limits. Reno, unsinged by the fires of Waco or the lava flow in Washington, DC had now become a global heroine far from the drug-infested ports of Miami. Members of the Reno Cult had already been boosted by a poll in Japan that reported 78 percent of Japanese businessmen would prefer to be stranded on a desert island with the US Attorney General. But now, Japan had accorded her a special honor with resounding global import. Here in the middle of the Everglades, a portable television set brought the message home to people who had always known the good work of their icon. The speech in Kyoto, Japan was no surprise to those who had always believed. "For her meritorious work in reducing global warming by unitarily reducing emissions from US special prosecutors, Janet Reno has done much to reduce the threat of an ecological disaster," the resolution unanimously adopted in Kyoto said. Reno accepted the award modestly, just days after she rejected pressure to appoint still another special prosecutor to investigate campaign finance irregularities. "The emissions created by still another special prosecutor in Washington would bring perilous devastation to my home state," Reno noted. "If Global Warming were allowed to continue, it wouldn't be long before Florida loses its snowbirds and other winter tourist trade to other states, like North Dakota." Reno told the Kyoto audience that much can still be done by the US to reduce its hazardous levels of political emissions. She noted that these hazardous political conditions pour out the equivalent of a "Jeep Cherokee sports utility vehicle for every man, woman and child in Miami. " She says she will work with other members of the Clinton administration to reduce these emissions by: Eliminating television advertising from political campaigns, " a major source of obnoxious gases that peaks every four years." Shortening the campaign season to 30 days, much like Britain and Canada. "This will drastically reduce the level of hot air throughout the US, " Reno noted. Recycling current special prosecutors that can be assigned other projects. "Kenneth Starr is already leading the charge on this," Reno said. Dispersing members of the US House and Senate into their own districts during Congressional seasons, and having them vote by email. "By eliminating the high concentration of these gasses within the Washington, DC area, we can preserve the quiet comfort that the District has come to expect.." "Praise Reno!" The chanters formed a circle as Reno concluded her speech. They had come from all walks of life, by car, by plane, some by hitchhiking across the country. Men and women together had come without solicitation to this brave new enclave to worship a feminine but stronger arm of the law. A law with dotted "I's," crossed "t's," and dangling Cajone's. This was the law of Reno, and the legacy of an Attorney General chosen because she had no need for a nanny. As the coven of worshippers continued with their service, their hands went into the air with each and every "Praise Reno," as all looked toward the poster-sized color portrait that was hung from a tree. As hands were raised, then lowered to the center of the circle, the worshippers chanted more: Reno is Good! Reno is powerful! Praise Reno, Lord over all! Finally, the chief cantor removed his hood, as the chant hushed. "What Reno joined together, let no man tear asunder," said the Vice President of the United States. "May we serve Reno for years to come." "Praise Reno," the worshippers chanted back. http://politicalhumor.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa120897.htm Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds
Re: [CTRL] anyone care Hispanics invading America??
-Caveat Lector- - Original Message - From: Peter L. Sroufe [EMAIL PROTECTED] More federal border agents sought to stem illegal tide JOHN GRABER / Sierra Vista Herald / May 20, 1999 TUCSON Border Patrol are apprehending between 1,000 and 2,000 illegal immigrants everyday. Oh, you mean Occupied Mexico, that third of the nation stolen by Yanquis a century and a half ago, is being re-settled by relatives of the prior inhabitants, who themselves stole the land from various aboriginal [American Indian] inhabitants, who stole the land from each other at various times. If the Native Americans had had a more efficient Border Patrol, to intercept the illegal immigrants from Europe, the Americas would be a safer place, eh? Ric "Caucasians back to Caucasia!" Carter * no arbitrary borders were crossed during production of this message * DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] (Clinton has never referred to America as a Republic.)
-Caveat Lector- "The LAST Free American Newspaper" "In Memory of Those Who Died In The Name of Freedom" (July, 1997 Free American Magazine) "The LAST Free American Newspaper" In response to the numerous phone calls I received from the mainstream media, including Time Magazine and the San Diego Union, regarding the McVeigh verdict, I published the following statement: The pre-trial publication of the governments scenario by the mainstream media concerning McVeigh, assured a guilty verdict. I applaud both the grand jury that indicted him and the trial jury that found him guilty. They did well with what information the government allowed them to see, especially in regards to the other suspects. The Free American, far from being anti-government, is very pro-government, so long as the government remains committed to the Constitution. The jury system is the one of the basic elements of our Constitutional Republic, which we support. We do not believe crime should be condoned or supported. While McVeighs guilt has been determined by a jury of his peers, I sincerely hope that the American people will not rest until ALL of those who worked with him or those that used him, are tracked down, apprehended and tried also. Any links to government, domestic or foreign, or claims of government foreknowledge, should be investigated thoroughly. I think McVeigh should be offered one chance for life. Reveal the names of any others involved, where the money came from and what part he played, in full view of the American people. . or die as he was tried, alone. I urge the people of Oklahoma, and all Americans, to support Oklahoma Representative Charles Keys investigations into this matter. I chastise the press for reviving the militia specter when the trial uncovered no connection. The headlines in the Albuquerque Journal screamed, Militias May Mark Date (June 2) Violently but the story concluded with FBI Deputy Director Weldon Kennedy stressing, . . . They [militias] made it clear they didnt support him. . . .We havent seen any group indicating any support for him while he was incarcerated leading up to this trial. You [the press - by examining the conservative right], are looking in the wrong direction for people who want to overthrow the legitimate government of the United States of America. If you have a problem with the militia and the right to bear arms, repeal the Second Amendment. If you have a problem with the truth, repeal the First. If you want to know what the real problems are, read The Free American. Clayton R. Douglas After reading this statement on the Charles Collins Show on Amerinet, which I often serve as guest host (11 to 1 AM Eastern Daylight time), one caller found that to be too harsh. While I might be sympathetic to Tim McVeighs anger at the Feds involved in the Waco massacre, and though I urge my readers to resist the implementation of a Communistic New World Order, I do not believe that random acts of terrorism or the deaths of innocent people are in any way justified and I believe they should be punished. I do not believe that Tim McVeigh was completely innocent of any involvement. If there were doubles and if this was a politically motivated act involving intelligence types, he certainly played into their hands. I refuse to second guess or criticize the jurys verdict and The Free American will continue to reveal as much information about other players in this drama as we possibly can. To do otherwise is to play into the hands of those that want to dismantle the Patriot movement and advance the concept of global governance. I am not a proponent of violent revolution and do not believe the time has come to take up arms against the government, but I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and will fight bitterly against any type of gun control or other communistic agendas including Central Banking and Graduated Income Tax, both of which I believe to be unconstitutional, and am totally opposed to any subjection of our Constitution by the U.N. Charter. To fully support our Constitution, as I and many other veterans, law enforcement officers and elected officials have taken an oath to do, we must speak out and take action against any attempts to subvert or overthrow our form of government. It demands constant vigilance. Such vigilance and such a stand cannot be deemed illegal, no matter what the ADL, their lapdog, Morris Dees, a liberal media and Clintons crooks would like for you to believe. Having said that, let me tell you that this is the last issue of The Free American Newspaper you will see. Too many of you have been getting this newspaper for free for much too long. Too many of you are reticent to tell your friends you read it or recommend that they subscribe to it. I know this to be true because our offer to send an ounce of silver to you for referrals failed miserably. If you are a subscriber, dont worry. You will continue to get the same information and the same
[CTRL] What's the deal?
-Caveat Lector- My Mom told me today she heard that the Kosovo conflict will be over in 2 mos.(this coming from the news via the US Gov't). Anybody got details on this alleged prophecy??? -- Your children are taken from you by force, sent to a school of which you may or may not approve, to study subjects you don't have to like, under teachers that you didn't hire, and probably can't fire; and the whole system is paid for by money extorted from you at the point of a gun. Given that arrangement as the structural foundation of something as important as education, we should be surprised by the kids that DO survive public schooling, rather than the relatively few who don't. - Ayn Rand on public schools ICQ: 9815080 Operator Taliesin_2 of #SacredNemeton on IRC PaganPaths DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substancenot soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
Re: [CTRL] How Can We Blame all on Guns?
-Caveat Lector- It could have been ALL these things. SO WHAT? One can't do much in a real sense about most of the things that may be equally culpable in the equation that resulted in a wanton massacre. We can however, remove guns from the equation. Then if people go nuts or become immoral or enraged, it's not as devastating. Guns will go because it's the easiest solution. And it's about time. Joshua2 If the government ever tried to disarm the American people it would be open season on feds, and many a gun owner would be disappointed because there just aren't enough feds to go around. --- W E W I L L N O T D I S A R M ! Notice To All Politicians: It is time to speak plainly for the good citizens and patriots of this nation who believe unendingly in the Constitution of the United States of America. Though foreign governments may disarm their subjects, we will not go down that road. We will not disarm and see our freedoms stripped away. The lessons of history are numerous, clear, and bloody. A disarmed population inevitably becomes an enslaved population. A disarmed population is without power, reduced to childlike obedience to-and dependence upon - the organs of a parental state. A disarmed population will lose-either piecemeal or in one sweeping act - those basic rights for which the citizens of America risked their lives and fortunes over 200 years ago. We Will Not Disarm. The right to self-protection-the internal directive of every living creature, be it mouse or man - is the most fundamental right of all. It is a right that must be exercised against the predators of the streets, against the predators hidden within agencies of law enforcement, and against the most dangerous predators of all - those to be found in government, whose insidious grasping for power is relentless and never-ending. We Will Not Disarm. Not in the face of robbers, rapists and murderers who prey upon our families and friends. Nor in the face of police and bureau agents who would turn a blind eye to the Constitution, who would betray the birthright of their countrymen; nor in the face of politicians of the lowest order-those who pander to the ignorant, the weak, the fearful, the naive; those indebted to a virulent strain of the rich who insulate themselves from the dangers imposed upon other Americans and then preach disarmament. We will not surrender our handguns. We will not surrender our hunting arms. And we will not surrender our firearms of military pattern or military utility, nor their proper furnishings, nor the right to buy, to sell, or to manufacture such items. Firearms of military utility, which serve well and nobly in times of social disturbance as tools of defense for the law-abiding, serve also in the quiet role of prevention, against both the criminal and the tyrannical. An armed citizenry - the well-regulated militia of the Second Amendment, properly armed with military firearms - is a powerful deterrent, on both conscious and subconscious levels, to those inclined toward governmental usurpation's. An armed citizenry stands as a constant reminder to those in power that, though they may violate our rights temporarily, they will not do so endlessly and without consequence. And should Americans again be confronted with the necessity of - may God forbid it - throwing off the chains of a tyrannical and suffocating regime, firearms designed to answer the particular demands of warfare will provide the swiftest and most decisive means to this end. Any law which prohibits or limits a citizen's possession of firearms of military utility or their proper furnishings, provides an open window through which a corrupt government will crawl to steal away the remainder of our firearms and our liberties. Any law which prohibits or limits a citizen's possession of firearms of military utility or their proper furnishings, being directly contrary to the letter and spirit of the Second Amendment, is inimical to the Constitution, to the United States of America, and to its citizens. Now-today-we are witnessing the perilous times foreseen by the architects of the Constitution. These are times when our government is demanding - in the guise of measures for the common good - the relinquishment of several rights guaranteed to Americans in the Constitution, foremost among which is the right to keep and bear arms for our own defense. These are times when our government has abdicated its primary responsibility-to provide for the security of its citizens. Swift and sure punishment of outlaws is absent, and in its place is offered the false remedy of disarming the law-abiding. Where this unconstitutional action has been given the force of law, it has failed to provide relief and has produced greater social discord. This discord in turn now serves as the false basis for the demand that we give up other rights, and for the demand for more police, more agents of bureaucratic control to enforce the
[CTRL] ..charges of Chinese espionage were virtually sabotaged by the Democrats..
-Caveat Lector- May 1998 Publishers Corner by Clayton R. Douglas I am watching cracks appear in the major media-created facade that covers for the lack of Constitutional government. The reporters who pride themselves as professionals, in the employ of the major networks and newspapers, are starting to question the system they have so blindly supported. This was illustrated in a series of reports on CNN. First came the interview of Senator Fred Thompson on Evan and Novak.. Following that was World News and then Reliable Sources where Bernard Kalbs guest was Washington Post Reporter, Howard Kurtz, who authored Spin Cycles , and switch hitter, David Brock, who is now sorry he let the name Paula out of the bag and himself out of the closet and has apologized to Clinton for writing the damaging story. The information that was revealed in this hour and a half is better viewed out of sequence. Kurtz, who wrote the story for the Washington Post about Brock, was obviously disgusted with Brock, who though nervous, still managed to convey a forceful impression of an idiot. Brock, who once wrote for the American Spectator, was no more conservative than a cross-dresser. He waffled on his convictions, influenced, no doubt, by his gay, liberal buddies who managed to convince him that Clinton is the homos best friend. (Editors Note: This is not homo bashing. I care little about a persons sexual proclivities so long as they keep it out of sight of my children, out of our schools and out of our military.) It was an obvious ploy by Clntons crew. How or who reached Brock is of no significance. Kurtzs and Kalb disgust with Brock was apparent and he was quickly dismissed from the show and, rightfully so, from the minds of the American people. Of greater interest was the previous moments when Kalb put Kurtz on the hotseat. There was thinly veiled anger at Kurtz by some of his contemporaries for revealing the truth about their meek coverage of the White House. He explained the point of his book on an earlier show with Larry King; The point is to explain what it is that the folks at the White House do everyday, at every hour in terms of trying to bob and weave and what I think of as kind of laundering the news taking sort of a greasy shirt with all kinds of scandal stains and contradictions and presenting it to the country as a clean white garment. KING: Is that their job? KURTZ: Of course it's their job. It's what they get paid to do. One might well argue that the press, the journalists, like Wolf who cover the White House, engaging their own form of spin. They're concerned mostly with negative news, bad news, scandal stories all the way from Gennifer Flowers in 1992 to the woman that you met tonight, Monica Lewinsky. So it's almost sort of a game between two self- absorbed groups spin and counter spin, but it's a game that's a serious matter because it affects very much the news that we see and hear and read. The other journalists were visibly upset at the way Kurtz called the White House lies they all rebroadcast, by their proper name, Propaganda, yet were forced to admit that his book accurately portrayed the interactions between the White House and the Press corp. The ironic part of CNN Saturday is: The spin story segment, regarding the spin on the Lewinsky affair, was in itself, spin, to direct the public attention away from the real issues about Clintons presidency as revealed by Rowland Evans and Robert Novaks conversation with Senator Fred Thompson earlier. The mind has a tendency to lock on to the last news it hears while earlier news swiftly becomes a dim memory. On CNN Saturday, the explosive allegations by Thompson regarding Chinas involvement in Presidential and US politics were swiftly overshadowed by the sexual allegations against the President. Thompsons hearings into the charges of Chinese espionage were virtually sabotaged by the Democrats and the time limit put on Thompsons investigation. Fifty one witnesses either left the country or took the Fifth to avoid answering the questions about the Chinese money. What was more noticeable is the total lack of news coverage regarding Israel. Never mentioned at any time was the substantial documentation of Israels control and manipulation of U.S. politics, or our current policy towards Iraq. Never mentioned in the media blitz organized by the President to garner support for the bombing of Iraq, were the twenty year old UN sanctions against Israel demanding they pull out of southern Lebanon. The sensationalist coverage of Clintons sexual proclivities has roused little more than a ho-hum reaction among jaded Americans. The men say, hey, how many women have I hit on? and the women think, say, hes cute compared to the last boss I had hit on me! It is for this reason that Starrs investigation has centered on the women in Clintons life rather than
[CTRL] TREATY WITH MEXICO (2-02-1848) feds paid $15 million gold for California,etc.[not stolen]
-Caveat Lector- TREATY WITH MEXICO (February 2, 1848) [By the Louisiana Purchase, Texas had become a part of the United States; but in 1819 it had been ceded to Spain in the negotiations for Florida. Two years later Mexico, including Texas, had become independent, and the United States made two unsuccessful attempts to purchase Texas from Mexico. The settlement of Texas by immigrants from the United States finally led to the secession of Texas and its annexation by the United States, with the result that the Mexican War broke out in May, 1846. It was closed by this treaty, by which the United States gained not only Texas but New Mexico and Upper California.] TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, LIMITS, AND SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES CONCLUDED AT GUADALUPE HIDALGO, FEBRUARY 2, 1848; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE, WITH AMENDMENTS, MARCH 10, 1848; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT, MARCH 16, 1848; RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT QUERETARO, MAY 30, 1848; PROCLAIMED, JULY 4, 1848. IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD The United States of America and the United Mexican States animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two Republics and to establish Upon a solid basis relations of peace and friendship, which shall confer reciprocal benefits upon the citizens of both, and assure the concord, harmony, and mutual confidence wherein the two people should live, as good neighbors have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States has appointed Nicholas P Trist, a citizen of the United States, and the President of the Mexican Republic has appointed Don Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Don Bernardo Couto, and Don Miguel Atristain, citizens of the said Republic; Who, after a reciprocal communication of their respective full powers, have, under the protection of Almighty God, the author of peace, arranged, agreed upon, and signed the following: Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic. ARTICLE I There shall be firm and universal peace between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns, and people, without exception of places or persons. ARTICLE II Immediately upon the signature of this treaty, a convention shall be entered into between a commissioner or commissioners appointed ~y the General-in-chief of the forces of the United States, and such as may be appointed by the Mexican Government, to the end that a provisional suspension of hostilities shall take place, and that, in the places occupied by the said forces, constitutional order may be reestablished, as regards the political, administrative, and judicial branches, so far as this shall be permitted by the circumstances of military occupation. ARTICLE III Immediately upon the ratification of the present treaty by the Government of the United States, orders shall be transmitted to the commanders of their land and naval forces, requiring the latter (provided this treaty shall then have been ratified by the Government of the Mexican Republic, and the ratifications exchanged) immediately to desist from blockading any Mexican ports and requiring the former (under the same condition) to commence, at the earliest moment practicable, withdrawing all troops of the United State then in the interior of the Mexican Republic, to points that shall be selected by common agreement, at a distance from the seaports not exceeding thirty leagues; and such evacuation of the interior of the Republic shall be completed with the least possible delay; the Mexican Government hereby binding itself to afford every facility in i~ power for rendering the same convenient to the troops, on their march and in their new positions, and for promoting a good understanding between them and the inhabitants. In like manner orders shall be despatched to the persons in charge of the custom houses at all ports occupied by the forces of the United States, requiring them (under the same condition) immediately to deliver possession of the same to the persons authorized by the Mexican Government to receive it, together with all bonds and evidences of debt for duties on importations and on exportations, not yet fallen due. Moreover, a faithful and exact account shall be made out, showing the entire amount of all duties on imports and on exports, collected at such custom-houses, or elsewhere in Mexico, by authority of the United States, from and after the day of ratification of this treaty by the Government of the Mexican Republic; and also an account of the cost of collection; and such entire amount, deducting only the cost of collection, shall be delivered to the Mexican Government, at the city of Mexico, within three months after the exchange of ratifications. The evacuation of the capital of the Mexican Republic by
