[CTRL] Bush and links to the Washington/Political Menagerie
Go past the first set of tables to the links on Bush Then Get ready for a lot of research (reading) http://ThePiedPiper.tripod.com/index.htm -- Any person can stand adversity, The true test is to give a person power. If you treat a relationship as if you are the only one in it, eventually you will be. Atrocities happen when the people about you - start considering you surplus. "I tolerate with the utmost latitude the right of others to differ from me in opinion" Thomas Jefferson My Grandfather told me there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to be in the first group - there is less competition there. - Indira Gandhi http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/~index.htm ICQ 14484977 NEW - my sites are having a problem staying up right now. So, here they are mirrored. http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/site_map.htm http://ThePiedPiper.tripod.com/site_map.htm http://ThePiedPiper.tripod.com/index.html http://members.xoom.com/ThePiedPiper/index.htm Title: Main Site Index of The Pied Piper Main Site Index of The Pied Piper Updating the whole site starting on 26 September 1999 Last UpDate 02 December 1999 SECTIONSClick on a link OR Right Click for the option of opening link in a new window * Awards/Rings* * Chemicals* * Gen Ed* * PG Ed* * Essays* * Fun Sites* * Government* * History* * HTML* * Infomation* * News* * Sci Fi* * Disclaimer* * Site Map* * Sponsers* Piper Creations -- Purist - not a Puritan C r e a t o r Attempting to Always Create Backward Capable Web Sites [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 154344 Waco, TX 76715 To Top Misc Information These seem to go missing from the web pages that I put them on so let's see if I can keep track of them here. Tarpley, Webster G. & Anton Chaiktin. "The Unauthorized Biography of George Bush" 1992. 15 Apr. 99 < "http://www.radix.net/~tarpley/bushb.htm#Table" >or the new link at http://www.tarpley.net/bushb.htm This book follows the Bush family connections from 1914 to the present. From the time of George's grandfather, Samuel P. Bush, the Bush family has attempted to stay involved in politics. The book seems to show that since the family could not rate by having royal blood lines (that rate)or by having a high degree of education, that they would try to control by a philosophy of "The one with the most money makes the rules." They believe in "racial cleansing" and have cultivated people like Adolph Hitler. Also I understand that Bush and Forbes are both alumni of Yale's sority "Skull and Bones". So, could they have the same agenda? http://www.prorev.com/bush.htm Bush Family - Looking behind the Bushes http://www.consortiumnews.com/100599a1.html "This fuzzy bipartisanship spared President Bush from accountability in scandals ranging from the Iran-contra affair to Iraqgate -- the clandestine arming of Saddam Hussein -- from the contra-cocaine operations to October Surprise, allegations of secret contacts between Republicans and Iranians in 1980. [For a summary of President Bush's alleged misconduct, see Robert Parry's Lost History.]"..."Although other Chilean human-rights documents were released, Clinton's Justice Department blocked disclosure of key Letelier evidence on the grounds that the 23-year-old murder case is still active. [For details, see Bush & the Condor Mystery.]" The Consortium "October 5, 1999 Bush & the Condor Mystery By Robert Parry Newly released U.S. government documents reveal that George Bush's CIA knew more about Chile's role in an international assassination ring, code- named Condor, than Bush and the agency disclosed to FBI agents" The Consortium October 5, 1999 "Bush's 'Zingy' One-Liners" By Robert Parry The Consortium May 15, 1999 "Russia's Prime Minister and October Surprise" By RobertParry Additional Reading(s) for this article - [For details on the House task force report and its unusual logic, see Robert Parry's Trick or Treason. For the full text of Stepashin's report, see Parry's The October Surprise X-Files.] From: Highlights of Radio Free Eireann Bill Hughes' WBAI Commentary, 10/26/96 "In Massachusetts, Senator John Kerry has a golden opportunity to defeat the British sympathizer William Weld, in that tight senate race. He might also further expose George Bush's suspected role as a drug kingpin, and possibly,..." Corporate Accountability Project Ewall, Mike. "It's no accident that Coors is the right beer in America." 12 Dec. 1995. 15 Apr. 1999 < http://www.corporations.org/coors/index.html > Mike Ewall's article Should be titled "The Other Adolph, Adolph Coors of Coors beer." This article details Coors connections with Ex- President Bush and how Coors and Bush both have a policy of "Racial Cleansing." Co
[CTRL] Failed trade talks had "no chance" of consensus
-Caveat Lector- > WTO '99: Failed trade talks had "no chance" of consensus > 6-Dec-99 00:22 > SEATTLE --Talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting > here - intended to launch a major new international trade round - broke-up > Friday night when negotiators conceded that there was no chance of > reaching consensus. > Negotiators told reporters that they were not even close to agreeing on > fundamental issues such as the scope of a new trade round or the basic > governing procedures the WTO should use to negotiate terms of agreements. > Environmental, consumer and labour groups hailed the talks failure, saying > that it was a major blow to efforts to expand the WTO. > Progress on a number of issues of importance to the chemical industry will > have to wait until WTO members can muster consensus for launching a new > round of trade talks. Among key chemical industry issues left unresolved > were accelerated tariff liberalisation, reduction in non-tariff > impediments to trade, harmonised international regulations governing trade > in genetically modified organisms, and enhanced intellectual property > protections. > US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky told reporters that the WTO > might hold a meeting within 6-12 months in another attempt to set an > agenda for a trade agreement. > > 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] Problems with my sites
-Caveat Lector- Tripod is up Digiweb and Zoom are still having problems - Which Could be because I seem to have messed up my FTP uploads! Any way the updated site can be found on Tripod. under Essays at < es_major.htm > is a intresting page. The Pied Piper http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/~index.htm ICQ 14484977 NEW - my sites are having a problem staying up right now. So, here they are mirrored. http://freeweb.digiweb.com/science_fiction/ThePiedPiper/site_map.htm http://ThePiedPiper.tripod.com/site_map.htm http://ThePiedPiper.tripod.com/index.html http://members.xoom.com/ThePiedPiper/index.htm 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] NASA cover up?
-Caveat Lector- Mr Scwartz downloaded the report of NASA's Mishap Investigation Board on the Mars Climate Orbiter failure from their site a few weeks ago, but a search this evening disclosed that is no longer there. He placed a copy on his own web site: http://www.sba.oakland.edu/faculty/schwartz/nasa/mco_report.pdf. Check it out and you'll not wonder why they took it off. "Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense." George Orwell, 1984 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] U.N. Millennium Assembly - arrival of global governance
-Caveat Lector- Forwarded with no endorsement implied-- for education, research and discussion. http://eco.freedom.org/el/19991201/2000.shtml eco-logic, Sunday, December 05, 1999 U.N. Millennium Assembly celebrates arrival of global governance By Henry Lamb A decade of preparation will culminate in the year 2000, in a massive celebration and series of events, carefully designed to change the world forever. The United Nations' Millennium Forum, Assembly, and Summit have been planned to set the world on a course of global governance under the authority of the United Nations. The new scheme of global governance will empower, and fund, the United Nations to be the supreme governmental authority on the planet. Selected NGOs (non-government organizations), called civil society, will take their place as both representatives of the people, and implementors of U.N. policies. More than 130 international organizations, called IGOs (inter-governmental organizations), will be consolidated as direct administrative agencies of the new U.N. system. National governments will become administrative units, reporting through the appropriate IGOs, to the supreme authority of the U.N. As the rash of U.N. conferences unfolded during the last decade, few people realized that they were a part of a long range plan to establish global governance: 1.World Children's Summit, held in New York in 1990 2.United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992; 3.World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993; 4.International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994; 5.World Summit for Social Development (the Social Summit), held in Copenhagen in 1995; 6.Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995; 7.Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held in Istanbul in 1996; 8.World Food Summit, held in Rome in 1996; 9. International Criminal Court, held in Rome in 1998. Each of these conferences produced a policy document, declaration, or treaties, that now serve as the basis of international law to be enforced through global governance. The less publicized Commission on Global Governance, established in 1993, created the framework document to integrate the international law into global governance. The Commission's 1995 final 410-page report, Our Global Neighborhood, set forth the additional steps that needed to be taken to fully empower the United Nations to operate as the supreme global governmental authority. Among the Commission's recommendations was the creation of a "People's Assembly," and the creation of the documents necessary to achieve global governance by the year 2000. All the documents are now prepared, or are in the final stages of preparation, and the plans are all in place to make the 2000 Millennium events at the U.N. the launching pad for global governance in the 21st century. Few people in America are even aware that the U.N. has six regional commissions that have been holding hearings around the world during the last few years, gathering information about, and fanning the fires in support of global governance. The final regional hearing will be held in Chicago in January 2000. Simultaneously, civil society (NGOs accredited by the U.N.) have also been preparing to create the "People's Assembly." To prepare for the home stretch, a World NGO Conference is scheduled for December 8-12, 1999 in Montreal, Canada. The NGO process began at the U.N. University in Tokyo in 1996, shortly after the publication of Our Global Neighborhood. The process is moving toward the "Millennium Forum," scheduled for May 22-26, 2000, in New York, which will be the first meeting of the People's Assembly. The Forum will be followed in September by the U.N Millennium Assembly, which will consist primarily of the Millennium Summit, the largest gathering of the heads of state in the history of the world. The purpose of the summit is to consider, and possibly adopt, the documents necessary to implement global governance as envisioned and planned by the United Nations. The Millennium events were authorized by the U.N. General Assembly in resolution 53/202, December 17, 1998. There was little publicity; no one noticed. Under the guise of "United Nations Reform," the agenda for the Millennium events was developed and revealed in the Secretary General's report to the 54th General Assembly, May 10, 1999. Major themes identified in the report are: 1. The role and function of the United Nations in the 21st century; 2. Towards a global society: the tasks for the U.N. in the 21st century; 3. Challenges to multilateralism; 4. International cooperation; 5. The role of the U.N. in peace and global sustainable development. Among the specific propos
[CTRL] [nhneffacu] Clinton Cancels Millenium
-Caveat Lector- > Clinton Cancels Millenium > (WTO chaos cited as reason) > November 30, 1999 > > By J.J. Johnson > American Provda Staff Reporter > > SEATTLE (AP-Provda) In the midst of grunge music, fire, unrivaled chaos, and > the smell of > burning coffee grounds, Bill Clinton signed an executive order effectively > putting the > millenium on hold. > > Clinton, speaking from the Seattle Space Needle, said, "Aw, the hell with it! > " as he > signed the order with his famous partial-birth abortion ban veto pen. White > House staffers > said the President made the decision after witnessing the chaos over the > World Trade > Organization insurrection. > > Joe Fatneck, White House Spokesman said that people shooting insulators on > substation > transformers, coordinated traffic stalls on Interstates 5, 90, and 205, and > Bill Gates' > surprise retirement announcement helped Clinton come to his decision. " But > when the > President saw Air Force One in flames over at Boeing Field, I think the > writing was on the > wall." Authorities believe the complete loss of electricity, water, and > sanitation in the > King County Area is what caused what one foreign trade minister called, "The > Y2K preview." > > This morning, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates made matters worse by > announcing that > he was retiring, followed by immediately terminating all Microsoft employees. > This moved > shocked the high-tech markets, as Gates revealed that his move was in > response to the > recent judgements made against Microsoft in federal court. > > "This government has preformed an illegal operation," Gates said. "And it [ > Microsoft] will > be shut down. If a problem persists, tell Janet Reno to fix it. " Gates > spoke to over 3000 > reporters that had already been burned out of their hotel rooms. Gates' > spokesman later > said that the Microsoft CEO had spent last evening reading the famous novel, > "Atlas > Shrugged", by Any Rand. Gates spokesman said [Gates] received a copy of the > book from > Boeing Chairman, Philip Condit. > > The Seattle Fire Chief said the fires are under control and, "should be out > in time for > the millenium celebration." The Seattle Police department has a greater > concern: who > crashed the MSN web site? Police believe this action is what caused much of > the power > outages and subsequent rioting in the Seattle area. "According to the FBI, > this could be > worse around the millenium." > > But according to Clinton's latest executive order, there won't be a > millenium. The order > states: > > ".At 11:59 p.m. on 31 December in all time zones, Americans shall set their > clocks back > one hour. This shall be done repeatedly each time a clock reads 11:59 p.m. > This order will > remain in effect until this Executive Order is lifted..." > > Morris Dees of the Southern Perversion Law Center praised the President's > move. "The > President's leadership may prevent right-wing extremists from taking actions > like the one' > s we've seen here." But Dees said no action should be taken against the > environmentalists, > union-organizers, and animal rights activists that have systematically torn > Seattle apart. > "Many of these people share my view. They are not anti-government. They are > not right > wings zealots," he said. "Therefore, it's their first amendment right to > burn, baby burn." > > The President's Chief of Staff said Clinton had also grown tired of White > House staffers > referring to him as "President McKinley" after the fiscal year began on > October 1. The > order, he said, "prevents any computers from having any problems in to the > next year, and > has a positive effect on other issues. He noted that since 2000 will never > arrive, "The > elections can be put on hold. > > Civil Libertarians and anti-government extremists criticized the move as > Clinton trying to > "solidify his power." Cy B. Space, self-proclaimed head of the Computer > Hacker's Militia > of Washington (an IBM compatible group) out of Seattle, was angered over the > President's > executive order. "This is not a silver bullet," he said. "The government > computers will > still go haywire. Our operatives in the IRS gave their word on that." Space > is a computer > contractor for Microsoft's Y2K compliance program. He claims the President > has no right to > alter time. > > But according to Janet Reno, Clinton has the constitutional power to change > time by > Executive Order. "The President has the power to maintain domestic > tranquility, and > protect the National Security. She said that changing time is expressly > written in the > constitution, but could not cite where. "It's been while since I've read the > damn thing. > But we should get guns out of the hands of criminals and children," she said. > > > The FBI in Seattle could not be reached for a Justice Department explanation, > since they > were busy trying to extinguish and investi
[CTRL] GREAT SECRETS OF THE 20th CENTURY Part Two
-Caveat Lector- http://www.skolnicksreport.com/gsecrets2.html GREAT SECRETS OF THE 20th CENTURY Part Two by Sherman H. Skolnick Adolph Hitler was joined at the hip with American big business jointly with the British royal family. They financed him as a bulwark, they thought, against the Soviets. The Moscow government was perceived by them as a great threat to the West. The British royals were and are heavily German and were originally Von Battenberg. Following World War One, they changed their name to the House of Windsor, which sounds harmless. King Edward 8th abdicated the throne in the 1930s with the cover story that he wanted to marry a commoner. In fact, it was because he was very pro-Hitler and this would cause trouble with war clouds gathering. As the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, they lived mostly in the Bahamas, and he was the Governor there. He treasonously permitted Nazi U-boats to refuel there and be able to sink U.S. and British ships. After all, the British royal family was tied to the Nazis. See: John L. Spivak's book, "Secret Armies, The New Techniques of Nazi Warfare" [Starling Press, N.Y. N.Y., 1939], pages 17-30. World War Two started when the Germans invaded Poland, September, 1939. Three weeks AFTER that, Rockefeller's Standard Oil of New Jersey and the German chemical octopus, I.G. Farben, made an unholy deal to share patents, royalties, and deals all during the war via neutral South American countries like Columbia. To make it seem legal, they arranged to fraudulently back-date the deal to THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE WAR STARTED. Who brokered and arranged this? Why, Joseph P. Kennedy, the pro-Hitler U.S. Ambassador to London until October, 1940, and "Founding Father" of the Kennedy clan. See: "The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben" by Joseph Borkin. I.G. Farben had a secret arrangement with the top U.S. Military brass, not to bomb any of Farben's facilities during the war. At the close of the conflict, Farben's facilities were 93 per cent untouched and intact. A U.S. Military officer wrote a heavily documented account of Farben being not bombed. See: the book "I.G. Farben" by Richard Sasuly, Boni & Gaer Publ., N.Y. N.Y, 1947. With Joseph P. Kennedy having a strong financial link to Hollywood, he ORDERED some 50 of the leading screenwriters NOT to write anything about the Nazi concentration camps. See: Ben Hecht's book, "Child of the Century", Simon & Schuster, N.Y. N.Y., 1954, page 520. "The Cliveden set" of the British aristocracy wanted peace and collaboration with the Nazis. [Jacqueline Bouvier Auchincloss Kennedy's family were close to that group.] Hitler's top aide, Rudolph Hess flew to Scotland on a peace mission shortly after the war started. He was murdered by British Intelligence on behalf of the anti-Cliveden set and a double inserted instead. That double for Rudolph Hess was designated a war criminal after World War Two and was kept in Spandau Prison until he was way past 90 years of age. He was never allowed to write anything down or communicate with anyone. Hess's wife once proclaimed it was not her husband that was in jail because the jail inmate did not have her husband's tell-tale battle scar from World War One. To protect the secret about the peace overture, British Intelligence murdered the Hess double in jail. In 1962, after Joseph P. Kennedy's son, John F. Kennedy, had become President, the President and his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, as U.S. Attorney General, arranged for hundreds of millions of dollars of Nazi alien property, still in the hands of the U.S. Government, to be returned to Nazi war criminals by way of a Swiss front, Interhandel. See: New York Times, September 21, 22, and 24, 1964. Some contend these treasonous dealings by the Kennedys justified the "patriotic" political assassinations of President Kennedy, and then later, his brother Bobby, each murder falsely blamed on a "lone assassin". How far into the next century will one have to wait for the truth? The American CIA has used dozens of Nazi war criminals as consultants, particularly on how to cover up political murders and how to snuff out material eyewitnesses to the same. A magazine called "The National Tattler",before they ceased publication, had a hard-hitting story, February 22, 1976, showing how Nazi war criminals after World War Two, run an international secret police group called Interpol, which specializes in hunting for people with Jewish surnames, often fingering them for minor offenses. In the 1970s, in Chicago, Cook County Undersheriff, Ross V. Randolph, was Interpol's key man in the Windy City. For many years, holding a top Post-War position also with Nazi-war-criminal-run Interpol, was FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. As we stated in Part One of "Great Secrets of the 20th Century", "1912- the Britibsh ship TITANIC sunk moreso from an internal explosion in the coal bunker than from hitting an
[CTRL] NSA to work with FBI
-Caveat Lector- http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT= 104&STORY=/www/story/12-05-1999/0001088875&EDATE= Newsweek: National Security Agency Drafts 'Memoranda of Understanding' To Work With FBI in the U.S.; This is the cover for the December 13 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, December 6 ). Newsweek looks at last week's WTO meetings in Seattle and the new face of protests in the U.S. There are also reports on the Internet "Brain Drain" and its effects on main stream businesses, troubles at the National Security Agency behind the "techno-curve," rapper Jay Z's arrest after last week's stabbing of a record executive, Columbine principal speaks about his school's recovery from last spring's shooting rampage and the mystery surrounding the death of billionaire Edmond Safra. (PRNewsFoto)[KI] NEW YORK, NY USA 12/04/1999 May Be Falling Behind the Techno-Curve in Surveillance Techniques NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Security Agency is now drafting "memoranda of understanding" to clarify ways in which it can help the FBI track terrorists and criminals in the United States, territory in which it is generally off-limits, Newsweek has learned. The FBI, never known for its technical know-how, welcomes the help from the high-tech NSA, but some senators are uneasy about letting the NSA eavesdrop more in the United States, report Washington Correspondent Gregory Vistica and Assistant Managing Editor Evan Thomas in the current issue of Newsweek. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991204/HSSA003 ) While a secret court must approve any national-security wiretaps on U.S. citizens, there is still the risk of abuse. Under pressure to perform better, the NSA and CIA could overreach. Under the existing rules, the NSA and CIA are supposed to spy on foreign threats while the FBI tends to crime at home. But the Internet has blurred boundaries, and as the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 demonstrated, foreign terrorists have targeted the United States. But the NSA may be losing its grip on the technology front. "The agency has got to make some changes," because "by standing still, we are going to fall behind very quickly," concedes Air Force Lt. Gen. Mike Hayden, the new chief of the NSA, in an interview with Newsweek. The old tools, such as spy satellites and global-listening stations to pick up broadcast transmissions and massive computers to sort and decipher them, are relatively ineffective on the new Info Highway. The agency's problems have already been costly. The intelligence community's failure to predict that India would test a nuclear weapon in 1998 suggests that the NSA is becoming hard of hearing. Some intelligence experts speculate that Washington has had difficulty finding its most-wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, because Islamic extremists use European-made encrypted mobile phones, reports Newsweek in the December 13 issue (on newsstands Monday, December 6). SOURCE Newsweek Web Site: http://www.newsweek.com Photo Notes: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991204/HSSA003 or NewsCom, 213-237-5431; AP PhotoExpress Network, PRN1; PressLink Online, 800-888-6195 -- ©1996-1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. Redistribution, retransmission, republication or commercial exploitation of the contents of this site are expressly prohibited without the written consent of PR Newswire. Forwarded with no endorsement implied-- for education, research and discussion. *** NOTICE: Per Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest, for Fair Use research and educational purposes, only. *** Ref: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . 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] Arafat steals show as Israel misses out on Millennium
-Caveat Lector- http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000114832908976&rtmo= Q0zwkmaR&atmo=mmmR&pg=/et/99/12/4/wisr04.html Arafat steals show as Israel misses out on Millennium By Alan Philps in Jerusalem London Telegraph 4 December 1999 THE Holy Land begins its Millennium celebrations today when the Christmas tree in Bethlehem's Manger Square is illuminated. But the hand on the switch for one of the greatest Christian festivals will be that of a Muslim, Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader. Mr Arafat will land in his helicopter in Jesus's birthplace to inaugurate the Bethlehem 2000 celebrations, 13 months of festivities that will see the former guerrilla fighter cast in the role of guardian of some of the holiest places in Christendom. The heads of 13 Christian churches in Jerusalem are putting aside their differences to come to Bethlehem for a joint celebration under Mr Arafat's patronage. On Jan 7, the date when Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas, Mr Arafat has invited the heads of state of the Orthodox countries, including President Yeltsin of Russia, to visit. In March, the Pope is expected on a pilgrimage. Builders are rushing to finish the first five-star hotel in Bethlehem - which had no room at the inn 2,000 years ago - so that the Pope can stay there. The role of starting the celebrations is accorded to Mr Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority. Mr Arafat has commissioned a £130 million facelift, which will eventually make the rather scrappy Palestinian town into a place fit for millions of tourists and pilgrims. While Mr Arafat seems to be enjoying the role, some Israelis are wondering if they have not been outsmarted by him. Israel has long seen itself as the Holy Land and is in charge of the Christian sites in Jerusalem. However, the government has failed to capitalise on the Millennium, which has no meaning for Jews, leaving the field open for the Palestinians. Meron Benvenisti, the former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, believes that the Israeli government has been paralysed by its fear of highlighting Christian claims to the Holy Land. "Yasser Arafat and his colleagues are artfully exploiting the Israeli failure and snatching the Holy Land away from the Jews," he wrote in the newspaper Haaretz. Mr Arafat, he said, was on the way to casting himself as the embodiment of Islamic religious tolerance, while the Israelis were stuck "in a cultural and religious ghetto". Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, Yisrael Lau, said last week that Christians were welcome in the Holy Land, but that the sight of crosses and Christmas trees was offensive to observant Jews. Israel's Millennium contribution has been mostly in crowd control and tourist development. Hidden cameras have been installed in Jerusalem's Old City, while new lavatories, first aid posts and a police station have been built near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the presumed site of the crucifixion and burial. By a twist of fate, the last day of the Christian Millennium is a Friday. Sundown on this day marks the beginning of the Jewish sabbath, when public entertainment is banned in west Jerusalem, where the main hotels are. Despite the protests of hoteliers, no exceptions are to be made for Millennium revellers, which will make Jerusalem probably the dullest place on earth on Dec 31. Those who want to have a ball will have to go to Bethlehem, where Mr Arafat is laying on a peace party, with 2,000 doves being released into the night. © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. Forwarded with no endorsement implied-- for education, research and discussion. *** NOTICE: Per Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest, for Fair Use research and educational purposes, only. *** Ref: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . 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] Hackers uncover secret billions of Arafat's PLO
-Caveat Lector- http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000114832908976&rtmo= wQjAfM0b&atmo=g3JK&pg=/et/99/12/5/wplo05.html Hackers uncover secret billions of Arafat's PLO By Tom Gross in Jerusalem London Sunday Telegraph 5 December 1999 THE Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has salted away billions of pounds for the Palestinian Liberation Organisation in secret foreign bank accounts and investments, including property in London. The disclosure about the hidden wealth of his PLO comes amid deepening economic hardship in his Gaza and West Bank fiefdoms. It will also hamper his efforts to woo a huge influx of European aid for his fledgling Palestinian regime. The timing of the disclosures could not have been more embarrassing as Mr Arafat, seated before a stage built to resemble a giant Christmas crib, yesterday opened Millennium celebrations in Bethlehem. He hopes that the year of festivities in Jesus's birthplace will showcase his push for an independent Palestinian state. New details of the vast PLO fortune he controls have come to light following a series of computer break-ins at the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Tunis. The hackers discovered that the PLO maintains about £5 billion in numbered bank accounts in Zurich, Geneva and New York. It also holds accounts with smaller sums in north Africa, Europe and Asia. They are not registered in the PLO's name, but in the names of private individuals. The records also showed that the PLO owns shares on the Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo stock exchanges, including stock in the German car giant Mercedes Benz, and property in prestigious areas of European capitals, including Mayfair in London. The organisation, which once specialised in aircraft hijackings, also has shares in several airlines, including the national carriers of the Maldives and Guinea Bissau. The computer security breach is believed on the West Bank to have been carried out by PLO officials disgruntled with Mr Arafat's leadership. "They wished to dispel the smokescreen created around the PLO's finances," a Palestinian official told The Telegraph. Mr Arafat has always refused to comment on reports about the foreign bank accounts. But the disclosures caused anger in poverty-stricken Gaza. One embittered Palestinian said: "Why is he sitting on a mountain of gold, while there is a desperate lack of jobs and medical supplies here?" Mr Arafat is both president of the Palestinian Authority, the semi-autonomous organisation that governs parts of Gaza and the West Bank, and the chairman of the PLO, which maintains its headquarters in Tunis, its base during its terrorist heyday. The creation of the Palestinian Authority, the embryonic government for a future Palestinian state, was supposed to lead to the winding-up of the PLO - and make the Palestinian leadership accountable and law-abiding. But the authority has in fact been repeatedly accused by domestic opponents of rampant corruption and mismanagement. The web of secret bank accounts and assets held around the world is believed to be so complex that only Mr Arafat himself and two of his most trusted aides know the overall picture. Much of the money is the result of "taxes" levied on Palestinians working in Kuwait and other Gulf states in the Seventies and Eighties, and of donations from wealthy states such as Saudi Arabia. The assets are controlled by Mr Arafat himself and it is not known what would happen to them if the 70-year-old, who is said to be suffering from Parkinson's disease, should die. An Israeli intelligence analyst said: "These revelations are almost certainly not the whole story. No one can know the full extent of the PLO's assets. They are so well hidden." The disclosures are also likely to prompt international donors, including the European Union countries, to ask why Mr Arafat is still demanding aid for his Palestinian authority. Nor will they have been impressed by his decision to invite Slobodan Milosevic, Yugoslavia's president, to Bethlehem. © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. Forwarded with no endorsement implied-- for education, research and discussion. *** NOTICE: Per Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest, for Fair Use research and educational purposes, only. *** Ref: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . 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 rea
[CTRL] CHIEF CROOK ENTERS MICROSOFT CASE
-Caveat Lector- http://www.skolnicksreport.com/ccemicrosoft.html CHIEF CROOK ENTERS MICROSOFT CASE by Sherman H. Skolnick Chicago Federal Appeals Chief Judge Richard A. Posner was appointed as mediator in the Microsoft case. Who is he really? For twelve years he was a professor at the Law School at the University of Chicago, founded by the oil-soaked Rockefeller Family. One thing you can say about Richard A. Posner. He has been clever. His fellow law professor, some say his shadow, is Frank H. Easterbrook. They have been quite a team. They reportedly represent Rockefeller's University of Chicago's ONE BILLION DOLLARS stock portfolio. Few stop to realize, some universities are actually huge, tax-exempt money ships, that survive wars and depressions, even, like in France, the overthrow of government. While a professor, Posner formed and became the President of Lexecon Inc. Their press agent describes it as" a firm comprised of lawyers and economists who perform economic and legal research and support clients in antitrust cases and other litigation." The firm supplies "litigation services". But that is not how some of its critics describe it. They reportedly say it is made up of experts in applying the "big fix" in and out of Court. Lexecon, according to some critics, works a malign, if not corrupt, influence on judges in important cases. Later, as a federal appeals judge, Posner reportedly retained a financial interest in this reputed "court fixing" enterprise. In more recent years, Lexecon was swept up in a series of smelly cases. Charges and counter-charges flew up and back, in and around the Courts, like bullets of jurisprudence. "Blackmail", "extortion", and hints of even worse that that. Few commentators, however, on Lexecon wanted to be publicly quoted by name on the really dark side of the accusations, "bribery of judges". But some who claimed to know about this enterprise of "litigation services", somehow whispered from what they felt in their heart of hearts, that knowing how to get away with strong-arming court officials, evening black-mailing or bribing them, is what Posner's creation is reportedly all about. Under President Lyndon B. Johnson, Posner worked his way into the center of the secrets of influencing the monopoly press. Posner was General Counsel to President Johnson's task force on communications policy. An expert on anti-monopoly matters, Posner actually reportedly arranged for the newsfakers to avoid becoming the target of a shakedown by the Justice Department's Anti-Trust Division, notoroiously politically-motivated and highly corrupt. Blackmail and counter-blackmail seems to be the machinery of American government. And Posner for years and years has been in a position to know about and operate such mechanisms. In December, 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Posner [(312)-435-5806] to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, in Chicago, hearing cases from federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and petitions to review federal agency rulings. [Some claim Reagan starting early on, did not attend to Presidential business that much and it was handled, actually by Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush, former head of America's secret political police, the CIA. Thus, Bush, in violation of the U.S. Constitution's 22nd Amendment, was actually "President" for 12 years.] Few caes actually have the statutory or other right to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The petitioners in the bulk of the high court's cases have to, in effect, knock on their door and beg permission to enter to be heard. It is called, filing a Petition for Certiorari. In a recent term of the U.S. Supreme Court, with 1600 such "begging" petitions pending, the 9 high priests in that temple rejected, without explanation, each and every such Petition, with just one word "Denied". The bad news, by the way, is sent by collect telegram to the petitioners or their counsel. That term, and thereafter, of that Court, they were either tired, lazy, or indifferent, or needed a nursing home. The High Court judges are most all multi-multi-millionaires. Do they decide matters involving their own financial interests? Some think so. When Justice Clarence Thomas was appointed to the Court and being ratified by the U.S. Senate, he started to mouth off about "natural justice". He stopped himself just as he was about to mention that the infamous "Dred Scott" decision was a proper decision under "natural justice". Still on the books, that pre-Civil War ruling held negroes to be mere slave chattel and baggage that could legally be moved from State to State. [For better or worse, I have held for years the record of having petitioned the high court more than any other petitioner in U.S. history. So I understand plenty about the High Court.] So, the High Court in Washington being for most a dead letter, Judge Posner knows HIS court in Ch
[CTRL] Emails Can Betray Personal Info
-Caveat Lector- http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,32857,00.html Emails Can Betray Personal Info Wired News Report 9:20 a.m. 3.Dec.1999 PST Privacy groups are petitioning the FTC to address what they call a major privacy concern involving email software. They took action after software analyst Richard Smith reported a loophole that enables unsolicited emails to retrieve personal information using anonymous Web cookies. "Web browser cookies and email messages don't mix," said Smith, who frequently analyzes software for security and privacy problems. Cookies are anonymous identifiers collected by Web sites from a user's browser to identify return visitors. "Web surfing is supposed to be anonymous, but with the cookie leak security hole, companies can easily match our email addresses to the Web sites we visit." Smith said that the data tracking is set up by sending a Web page in email. The messages' HTML code contains enhanced cookie information that includes the recipient's email address. Anyone using Netscape Communicator, Qualcomm Eudora, and Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable, since those programs can view messages as HTML pages and store cookies without the recipient's knowledge. Using code that embeds graphics into the email message, the sender can easily cause the recipient's email address to be sent along with a cookie to Web sites they visit, Smith said. Smith sent a report of his finding ( http://www.tiac.net/users/smiths/privacy/cookleak.htm ) to the FTC earlier this week. The Consumer Project on Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Center for Media Education joined Smith in calling for the loophole to be closed. Copyright © 1994-99 Wired Digital Inc. All rights reserved. *** NOTICE: Per Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest, for Fair Use research and educational purposes, only. *** Ref: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . 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: Fidel: Seattle Police "Worse Than Pinochet"
12.5.99 Fidel: Seattle Police "Worse Than Pinochet" Castro sounds off after hearing first-hand accounts of events in Seattle from Cuba's returning World Trade delegates; pointing out that if tactics like those employed by the government against demonstrators in Seattle had been used in Cuba, the island nation would have likely been the target of a NATO-led attack to "restore human rights" (kind of like how the U.S. "restored" "DEMOCRACY" in Haiti! [see yesterday's article "Mind Control On Demand Takes Flight"]). Again, though we are most decidely NOT fans of Castro or many aspects of his regime, we have to say his call on this is a dead-on bulls-eye. Catro makes some other quite pertinent points in his remarks quoted below. Additionally Castro says he bailed out of attending the WTO talks after getting word U.S. government gangsters planned to arrest him while in Seattle--a very serious charge which, given the ongoing torrent of lawless and atrocious actions on the part of the federal government, is certainly believable. NewsHawk® Inc. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- WIRE:12/05/1999 12:40:00 ET Castro Says Seattle Police 'Worse Than Pinochet' HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday branded U.S. police action against protesters at a trade meeting in Seattle as worse than repression by Chile's former military ruler Augusto Pinochet. The fiery 73-year-old communist leader, often accused of repression at home, suggested that had such scenes been seen in Cuba, there would likely have been a NATO-led invasion of the island on grounds of human rights abuses. And he contrasted the absence of U.S. political leaders on the streets of Seattle to calm protesters with his own personal intervention during a rare outbreak of public disorder in Cuba five years ago. Thousands of protesters disrupted last week's opening of the World Trade Organization talks, bringing chaos to the streets of downtown Seattle, where running battles with police led to the arrests of more than 500 people. In comments broadcast on state television on Sunday, Castro said the Cuban people, like the world, had been astonished at the U.S. police's "brutal methods". "They are images that not were even not seen in the era of repression in Chile, in the era of Pinochet," Castro said at Havana's Jose Marti international airport where he received late on Saturday Cuba's returning WTO delegation. Pinochet, 84, is currently under house arrest near London at the request of Spain, which wants to try him for torture charges dating from the latter part of his rule in Chile. More than 3,000 people were killed or disappeared in the years after Pinochet ousted elected socialist President Salvador Allende in a bloody coup in 1973. "DESIGNED TO FRIGHTEN PEOPLE" In the "peaceful and cultured city of Seattle," Castro said, the world saw "a mass of masked men who looked like Martians or travelers to an unknown planet, with blood- curdling uniforms designed to frighten the people, and with aparati to hurl gas, bullets and blows." He added: "What would happen if such images came out of Cuba? ... They would say that it is a flagrant, massive violation of human rights, and therefore NATO would have to be used for a humanitarian intervention." Since his 1959 Cuban Revolution, Castro has faced one failed U.S.-backed invasion attempt at the Bay of Pigs in 1961, and has constantly maintained the specter of another possible armed "imperialist" intervention since then. He noted that neither President Clinton, nor the governor of Washington state, appeared in the streets to "persuade the demonstrators" as he says he did during a riot on Havana's sea-front Malecon on Aug. 5, 1994. "I remember that day, when those disorders took place, provoked by them (the United States), and finished without a shot, in a minute" after his personal arrival on the scene, Castro said. The Cuban leader had wanted to attend the WTO meeting, but decided not to at the last minute, alleging a "plot" hatched by Cuban exiles and backed by U.S. authorities to have him arrested Pinochet-style. His comments on Seattle followed high-profile coverage in Cuba's state media of the protests which Havana claims show the brutality of its northern neighbor and expose the hypocrisy of human rights' criticism against Castro's government. Foreign critics and local dissidents accuse Castro of subtler but no less effective forms of repression in a society where such open and noisy protests as those seen in Seattle would never have been allowed in the first place. Copyright 1999 ABC News
[CTRL] Fwd: (en) Fringe anarchists in middle of violent demonstrations
-Caveat Lector- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ Re: Fringe anarchists in middle of violent demonstrationshttp:// www.seattle-pi.com/local/anar01.shtml Ruth: I want to thank you for the interesting article on the anarchists at yesterday's Seattle protests. It was good of you as a journalist to spend some time talking with SOME of the anarchists who were present yesterday. However, there are quite a few problems with your account, which are typical of mainstream media coverage of the anarchism movement. Let me first say that I am a 34-year-old anarchist who works as a webmaster in Washington, DC (three blocks from the White House). Yesterday I attended two rallies here in D.C. to protest the WTO and GM-modifed foodstuffs. That being said, let me say that I fully support all of the actions yesterday in Seattle, as long as they didn't hurt anybody. The whole world saw who was really violent yesterday: the police. If that was a restrained police action, should we get body bags ready for a "typical" police action? All around the world today, people are looking at their newspapers and seeing cops firing chemical weapons at nonviolent demonstrators sitting in the street. The street battles yesterday represent a frustration that many nonviolent activists around the world are having with the police. We can't do anything nonviolent without getting beat up or pepper-sprayed. The cops have left us with no way to protest effectively. I'm not sure how much the Eugene anarchists were involved with yesterday's street battles, but they have legitimate reasons to be angry with the cops. Over the past years, they have experienced pepper spray attacks, a terrorist incident where the cops held the mom of an anarchist at gunpoint, and last, but not least, the incarceration of an older anarchist for 7 YEARS for throwing a rock at cop. He'll do more time than most rapists and murderers. I'm getting really sick and tired of reading journalists describe anarchists as "self-proclaimed" or "self-described." We are anarchists, period! Do you call Bill Clinton a "self-described Democrat?" Or Governor George Bush a "self-proclaimed Republican?" You've gotten off to a good start by describing the history of anarchism, but please accord us with the same respect you use for any other political flavor. More importantly, there were more anarchists in Seattle than you counted. Probably in the thousands. I should know, because I helped one financially travel there, and I know that many others were there. Not all anarchist dress like the ones you interviewed. There were probably ones there dressed like hippies, or students, or just middle class suburban people. There were anarchists among the people who sat nonviolently in the street. There were hundreds of anarchists (IWW) at the labor rally. Other anarchists helped with alternative media work, including websites and the micropower radio station. I suspect that several dozen were involved with that building occupation. Anarchists are all around you, but we don't all dress the same, nor do we agree with each other. But we all stand in unity in our opposition to capitalism and secret trade bodies such as the WTO. Seattle is just a taste of things to come. -- Chuck0 Mid-Atlantic Infoshop http://www.infoshop.org/ Leonard Peltier Freedom Month Executive Clemency For Peltier! http://www.freepeltier.org/lpfreedommonth.html Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Now! http://www.infoshop.org/gulag/mumia_idx.html "A society is a healthy society only to the degree that it exhibits anarchistic traits." - Jens Bjoerneboe ** The A-Infos News Service ** News about and of interest to anarchists ** COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org 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]/ ===
[CTRL] God, Guns, & Guts built America!
-Caveat Lector- And whatsayest my Lord, will destroy America? My Brothers and Sisters, shush, bend close, fore whatsoever I sayest will be with you all the days of your life. Yes, through me you have created; but lo, you strayed from the path of righteousness, and for that major error in your judgement, Hate, Handgun control & Homosexuality is destroying America! Bard 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] Memory and the evolving psychobiology of post traumatic stress
-Caveat Lector- Hi ! Below please find an excerpt from: "THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: Memory and the evolving psychobiology of post traumatic stress" by Bessel van der Kolk Sincerely, Neil Brick Our listing these resources does not necessarily constitute our endorsement of them. Resources mentioned in this resource list are mentioned for educational value only. Using these resources may or may not help your recovery process, so use caution when reading anything or contacting anyone mentioned in this resource list. excerpt from http://www.trauma-pages.com/vanderk4.htm TRAUMA AND MEMORY: The flexibility of memory and the engraving of trauma One hundred years ago, Pierre Janet (1) suggested that the most fundamental of mental activities is the storage and categorization of incoming sensations into memory, and the retrieval of those memories under appropriate circumstances. He, like contemporary memory researchers, understood that what is now called semantic, or declarative, memory is an active and constructive process and that remembering depends on existing mental schemata (3,80): once an event or a particular bit of information is integrated into existing mental schemes, it will no longer be accessible as a separate, immutable entity, but be distorted both by prior experience, and by the emotional state at the time of recall(3). PTSD, by definition, is accompanied by memory disturbances, consisting of both hypermnesias and amnesias (9,10). Research into the nature of traumatic memories (3) indicates that trauma interferes with delarative memory, i.e. conscious recall of experience, but does not inhibit implicit, or non-declarative memory, the memory system that controls conditioned emotional responses, skills and habits, and sensorimotor sensations related to experience. There now is enough information available about the biology of memory storage and retrieval to start building coherent hypotheses regarding the underlying psychobiological processes involved in these memory disturbances (3,16,17,25). 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] THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER Part II
THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER Part II Only recently has Richard Mellon Scaife come into public prominence, as a result of the disclosure that he is the bankroller of a cushy ``retirement'' position for Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr at Pepperdine University. This raised eyebrows, to put it mildly, because Scaife is the principal funder of a news media propaganda campaign aimed at defaming and discrediting Starr's main target, President William Clinton. Scaife has also bankrolled a nationwide crusade charging that White House aide Vincent Foster did not commit suicide, but was murdered; something which is also the subject of official investigation by the recipient of Scaife's largesse, Kenneth Starr. Ok. This should convince even the most dim witted. Star hired the lawyer Barry Seal used but could find nothing wrong in the 8 box cars of cocaine Seal brought into America that tracked to Clinton or Bush. Starr should go to prison for 20 years for obstruction of justice. Why would Scaife reward Starr for dropping the ball? Scaife wanted the ball dropped. This should prove that all this New Right stuff coming at us is phony. They are all working together. This leaves us with the uneasy question HOW COME THIS EIR WRITER HAS NOT FIGURED THIS OUT!! Brian Quig Dave will find it of interest that it was the son in law of Andrew Mellon, Harry Anslinger, who criminalized marijuana. The Mellon apples have not fallen far form the tree. http://members.tripod.com/~american_almanac/scaife.htm Title: Richard Mellon Scaife: Who Is He Really? End of Page The Assault on the Presidency Site Map Overview Page Contents: Part I Part II Documentation Part III Who Is Richard Mellon Scaife? Part I Return to Contents The following article will be continued in a forthcoming issue. He's considered the stupidest member of his extended family, and was kicked out of Yale, not once, but twice. He's a (supposedly recovered) alcoholic, as have been most members of the family. The kindest description of his personality is ``dark and mysterious.'' He is known for never looking his own employees straight in the eye. He has a long history of using the U.S. Justice Department to target his enemies. He got his own sister's fiancé indicted; after his sister married the poor chap, the man ended up dead within a year--some say suicide, some say murder. He owns a network of newspapers, but he himself refuses to be interviewed by reporters from other publications. On one occasion, when a reporter for the Columbia Journalism Review tried to question him, he berated her as a ``f--king Communist c--nt.'' He gave a million dollars to Richard Nixon's Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), and he is the biggest funder of right-wing think-tanks in the United States today. Meet ... Richard Mellon Scaife. His name is hardly a household word, but in the past quarter-century, ``Dickie'' Scaife has been one the most powerful behind-the-scenes operators in the United States. His power comes purely from his wealth, and specifically, from the way that he has deployed that wealth at the instruction of the Anglo-American banking families that he represents. Dickie is not known for his brains--in fact, he was kicked out of college twice, first expelled as the result of a drunken brawl, and flunked out the second time. His family made him go ``local,'' to Pittsburgh University, which he tried to make up for, by majoring in British history. Only recently has Richard Mellon Scaife come into public prominence, as a result of the disclosure that he is the bankroller of a cushy ``retirement'' position for Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr at Pepperdine University. This raised eyebrows, to put it mildly, because Scaife is the principal funder of a news media propaganda campaign aimed at defaming and discrediting Starr's main target, President William Clinton. Scaife has also bankrolled a nationwide crusade charging that White House aide Vincent Foster did not commit suicide, but was murdered; something which is also the subject of official investigation by the recipient of Scaife's largesse, Kenneth Starr. In the 1980s, Scaife also coordinated and financed a similar campaign of media defamation against Lyndon LaRouche, a Presidential candidate and founder of EIR, and Scaife has a long history of using his own newspapers to smear others who have drawn his ire. But this is nothing new for Scaife. What he is now doing to President Clinton, and what he did to Lyndon LaRouche, is what he was trained and deployed to do. Scaife is not simply a ``multimillionaire supporter of conservative groups,'' as he is portrayed in the news media; nor is he simply an eccentric rich man who has an obsession against President Clinton. To understand what is being done to President Clinton today, and to understand what lies behind the campaigns of defamation run by the news media against figures such as Clinton or L
[CTRL] Fun In The "Holy Land"
-Caveat Lector- Holy Sepulcher Guardians Slam Door on Portal Plan Church: Israel cites safety in bid to open a second entry. But 6 denominations at site decry move as infringing on their turf. By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer JERUSALEM--Pushing through the single, medieval portal of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, worshipers, priests and pilgrims jostle for space. Smoky perfumes of frankincense and myrrh mingle in the air. The flickering light of hundreds of candles bounces off gilded mosaics and silver chalices. Rhythmic liturgical chants in Latin, Greek, Aramaic and other ancient tongues echo and clash through the cool, dark chambers of Christianity's most sacred shrine. Any morning inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is an assault on the senses, an experience in otherworldly rapture for the deeply pious--and a confusing mess for the less spiritually moved. For this is where most Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. No fewer than six Christian denominations physically share this holiest of churches, and its hodgepodge of architecture, decoration and ceremony reflects centuries of turbulent competition among the faiths for domination and control. Millions of visitors to Jerusalem count the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as their most important destination, and with the advent of the millennium, millions more are expected to make the pilgrimage. And that is exactly what has Israeli authorities worried. The church has just one entryway, a heavy wooden door about 6 feet wide and hundreds of years old. So far, despite months of negotiation, the authorities have failed to persuade the church's Christian guardians to open a planned second door in time for the anticipated millennium crush. It is a disaster waiting to happen, Israeli government officials say. But the government is also reluctant to impose an emergency exit on the church. Israel is already in hot water with the Christian world because of its decision to allow construction of a mosque near another Christian shrine in Nazareth, the town of Jesus' boyhood. Even the Vatican has reacted with uncharacteristically blunt fury. The denominations that control the Holy Sepulcher have likewise made it clear that they do not welcome Israeli interference. "We do not recognize Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem," said Wadi abu Nassar, a spokesman for the Latin, or Roman Catholic, patriarch. And, he added, a new door could be seen as tipping the balance of power among the churches. Indeed, the denominations' mistrust of Israel is second only to their mistrust of one another. Three main religions--Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian--have principal custody of the church under an edict issued in 1852 by the ruling Ottoman sultan and known as the Status Quo. Three additional denominations, Coptic, Syrian Orthodox and Ethiopian Christian, are given space within the church, portions of which date to the 4th century. The jealousy with which each faction guards its interests, status and turf is legendary. Disagreement has blocked or delayed even the most fundamental renovation projects. The purported tomb of Christ, the centerpiece of the church, remains encased in rusted scaffolding erected more than half a century ago by British Mandate governors seeking to repair earthquake damage. The factions cannot decide how to go about removing the scaffolding, even though it is a harsh blemish on the one feature that pilgrims will queue for hours to behold. "The timetable of the churches is not the timetable of the modern world," said Uri Mor, the Israeli government's liaison to the Christian community and a principal proponent of opening a new door. "It took them 30 years to agree to paint the cupola. It took another 30 years to repair some of the arches. So now we don't have 30 years, maybe only two months, but I think they understand the situation." Israel has a responsibility to guarantee the safety of visiting pilgrims, Mor said, but also must enforce the Status Quo, maintain the delicate balance that exists within the church and respect the will of the denominations. Unilateral action by Israel would also stir the wrath of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, which maintains its own claims for influence over the holy shrines. As the controversy over the door shows, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is really a metaphor for the region, where historically adversarial peoples crammed in a small space struggle for a share of land and power. No faction is willing to cede anything that might take away from its own position or give another faction advantage. "You might say it's childish, that it's un-Christian," said Daniel Rossing, an expert on interfaith relations and the Holy Sepulcher. "But this is the reality of Jerusalem." Under the Status Quo agreement, the congregations that control and worship in the Holy Sepulcher follow a deta
Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Regarding your IRS overpayment...
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 12/04/1999 10:23:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > Mr. Clinton has directed the FAA and other federal agencies to treat > Ms. Rodham-Clinton's plane, "Executive One Foxtrot," just as if it was > Air Force One -- giving her priority for take-offs, landings, ramp and > hangar space, air traffic diversions, etc. Air traffic controllers > say the directive is unprecedented. As a result, taxpayers are not > only paying for her Senate campaign travels, but also waiting for her > to come and go! > > http://www.Federalist.com >> It is more likely that the Secret Service is requiring this particular behavior. If you do not approve, perhaps you might suggest to them that taxpayers be allowed to proceed first. They may not like it because it will keep them away from their families longer, but their comfort should not necessarily be the first consideration. Prudy 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: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' SEATTLE DECLARATION
In a message dated 12/04/1999 7:29:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << AMERI-ADVOCATE - http://members.tripod.com/~ellis_smith/ameri-advocate.html INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' SEATTLE DECLARATION on the occasion of the Third Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization November 30-December 3, 1999 We, the Indigenous Peoples from various regions of the world, have come to Seattle to express our great concern over how the World Trade Organization is destroying Mother Earth and the cultural and biological diversity of which we are a part. Trade liberalization and export-oriented development, which are the overriding principles and policies pushed by the WTO, are creating the most adverse impacts on the lives of Indigenous Peoples. Our inherent right to self-determination, our sovereignty as nations, and treaties and other constructive agreements which Indigenous nations and Peoples have negotiated with other nation-states, are undermined by most of the WTO Agreements. The disproportionate impact of these Agreements on our communities, whether through environmental degradation or the militarization and violence that often accompanies development projects, is serious and therefore should be addressed immediately. The WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AOA), which promotes export competition and import liberalization, has allowed the entry of cheap agricultural products into our communities. It is causing the destruction of ecologically rational and sustainable agricultural practices of Indigenous Peoples. Food security and the production of traditional food crops have been seriously compromised. Incidents of diabetes, cancers, and hypertension have significantly increased among Indigenous Peoples because of the scarcity of traditional foods and the dumping of junk food into our communities. Small-scale farm production is giving way to commercial cash-crop plantations further concentrating ancestral lands into the hands of few agri-corporations and landlords. This has led to the dislocation of scores of people from our communities who then migrate to nearby cities and become the urban homeless and jobless. The WTO Forests Products Agreement promotes free trade in forest products. By eliminating developed country tariffs on wood products by the year 2000, and developing country tariffs by 2003, the Agreement will result in the deforestation of many of the world's ecosystems in which Indigenous Peoples live. Mining laws in many countries are being changed to allow free entry of foreign mining corporations, to enable them to buy and own mineral lands, and to freely displace Indigenous Peoples from their ancestral territories. These large-scale commercial mining and oil extraction activities continue to degrade our lands and fragile ecosystems, and pollute the soil, water, and air in our communities. The appropriation of our lands and resources and the aggressive promotion of consumerist and individualistic Western culture continue to destroy traditional lifestyles and cultures. The result is not only environmental degradation but also ill health, alienation, and high levels of stress manifested in high rates of alcoholism and suicides. The theft and patenting of our biogenetic resources is facilitated by the TRIPs (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) of the WTO. Some plants which Indigenous Peoples have discovered, cultivated, and used for food, medicine, and for sacred rituals are already patented in the United States, Japan, and Europe. A few examples of these are ayahuasca, quinoa, and sangre de drago in forests of South America; kava in the Pacific; turmeric and bitter melon in Asia. Our access and control over our biological diversity and control over our traditional knowledge and intellectual heritage are threatened by the TRIPs Agreement. Article 27.3b of the TRIPs Agreement allows the patenting of life-forms and makes an artificial distinction between plants, animals, and micro-organisms. The distinction between "essentially biological" and "non-biological" and "microbiological" processes is also erroneous. As far as we are concerned all these are life-forms and life-creating processes which are sacred and which should not become the subject of private property ownership. Finally, the liberalization of investments and the service sectors, which is pushed by the General Agreement of Services (GATS), reinforces the domination and monopoly control of foreign corporations over strategic parts of the economy. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund impose conditionalities of liberalization, deregulation and privatization on countries caught in the debt trap. These conditionalities are reinforced further by the WTO. In light of the adverse impacts and consequences of the WTO Agreements identified above, we, Indigenous Peoples present the following demands: We urgently call for a social and env
Re: [CTRL] Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine
-Caveat Lector- Rodrigo wrote Leaders and Founders of Satanic Cults... (Crowley, Gardner, Westcott, Blavatsky). David: I wouldn't consider them Satanists, per se, because they didn't actually *worship* Satan. What they called 'Satan' was a principal different than that of mainstream Christianity. These people tapped into the beliefs of other cultures which had different ideas about sex, the feminine principal, creativity, and intelligence. If you're going to transmit new ideas you need to use metaphors that other people can understand. David Rupp Get caught up in The Web of Fate at http://pages.whowhere.com/arts/david.rupp/home.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] WTO-The World's Still Watching- more Sunday comments from brit paper
-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave === SUNDAY INDEPENDENT (London)05 December 1999 Seattle puts world trade on hold Few emerged from the summit with credibility intact - including the WTO itself By Andrew Marshall They were dancing late into the night outside the Westin Hotel, where the American delegation to the Seattle trade talks was staying. The World Trade Organisation meeting finally collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions late on Friday night, and the protesters who had done so much to bring this about were jubilant. "History has been made in Seattle as the allegedly irresistible forces of corporate economic globalisation were stopped in their tracks," said Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. But the main reason for the Seattle fiasco was not the mainly white, middle-class demonstrators in their bobble hats and face paint: it was the quietly dignified men and women of the trade delegations from Africa, Asia and Latin America who reclaimed a little self-respect by standing up to the United States of America. They have less in common with the demonstrators than they think, apart from one thing: they agree that the World Trade Organisation does not work. The meeting had become a debacle long before it was ignominiously closed down, with virtually every delegation expressing amazement at the incompetence of America's management. "Do they want this to fail?" European officials asked in stunned incomprehension as the talks failed to tackle the most important issues, and the procedure started to crack under the strain. The US had lost on many key demands, and may conceivably have decided failure was better than a bad agreement. In any case, the recriminations were already starting to fly. The summit cost hundreds of millions, all of it wasted. Shopkeepers in Seattle lost more than $7m (#4.5m) of business, and suffered further bills for damage during the demonstrations. The bill for police and security force overtime also runs into millions, as does the cost of bringing thousands of delegates and journalists halfway round the world. The mayor and police chief of Seattle have been lambasted for their handling of security, but other reputations have suffered too. The event has crippled the political credibility of the US Trade Representative, Charlene Barshefsky, fresh from her triumph in negotiating a deal with China, while Mike Moore, the new WTO director-general, was booed and heckled. The organisation itself is badly holed below the waterline - though international summits often walk a fine line between success and failure, and are sometimes blocked by a few key demands, few, if any, have simply collapsed like this. It was "a remarkable meeting," as Mr Moore put it - "much was done," he added, in apparent contradiction of the facts. One of the main intentions, the US said, was to heal the divide between rich and poor countries. By the end, it was turning into a pitched battle between the US and the South on a scale that has not been seen for decades. Developing nations, furious at the way they were treated by America and American demonstrators, stood firm against demands for new rules on labour standards. And they demanded new concessions to make up for the fact that they had gained too little from the last round of trade talks. " It's a great day for the developing world," said Duncan Green of the Catholic aid agency Cafod. Most felt their views were ignored and they were marginalised. "They have been treating us like animals, keeping us out in the cold and telling us nothing," said the Egyptian trade negotiator, Munir Zahran. But while developing nations have felt this exclusion before, "the difference was that they did something about it", said Mr Green. "They wanted to put down a marker that they couldn't be used as a doormat." The Seattle shambles was also hailed a victory by the groups which organised the demonstrations that paralysed the city for several days. But they represented very diverse interests, ranging from the environment to labour, and in fact most have lost in some way. Those who marched to demand that labour standards be included in the WTO, including US unions, must now confront the fact that there is no chance that America will be able to resurrect this issue. Those who wanted the non-governmental organisations to get a seat at the table also lost, because the developing countries feared that more white middle-class faces would mean even less influence for them. They did not want more environmental rules, but they did want more trade access for their textiles and manufactured goods, something that would be very difficult for the unions that were out on the street. More than the demonstrations which halted proceedings on Tuesday and brought tens of thousands of people into the street, the fundamental cause of the collapse was internal differences and clashes within the US govern
[CTRL] Seattle is the beginning of a police state
-Caveat Lector- > >Interview with Seattle MD: > >"This is the beginning of a police state" > > > >My name is Richard DeAndrea. I'm a medical doctor. What I saw up here was > >martial law. This turned into a police state. Everything you have seen on > >television regarding local news broadcasts including national public radio > >was a blackout. The police were using concussion grenades. They were > >shooting tear gas canisters directly at protesters' faces. They were using > >so-called rubber bullets. These are actually hard plastic. Some of the > >damage I saw: these plastic bullets took off part of one person's jaw, > >smashed teeth in other people's mouths. I saw the police arrest people who > >had their hands up in the air screaming we are peacefully protesting. The > >amount of looting that took place was so minimal I don't even know where > >they got the footage from. I am saying this beyond a shadow of a doubt. This > >is a definite sign that America is heading towards a police state unless > >people start standing up for their rights as individuals. I am actually > >shocked and ashamed. I am ashamed of the police force, I am ashamed of the > >mayor I am ashamed of Bill Clinton. I am ashamed of the whole thing. > > > >Jared: These rubber bullets - what are they? > > > >Dr. DeAndrea: They are made of polyester type material. They are like a hard > >plastic toy. The idea is to hit your body, do damage, not actually > >penetrate. But I did see penetration wounds, I did see people bleeding. I > >did see teeth loss, I did see broken bones. There were children present, > >there were families present, they were firing upon families, mothers, > >grandmothers,. They were just firing at them. They came out in full police > >force. They brought out swat teams, they had the national guard up here, > >there was CIA surrounding the delegates' buildings. It was very obvious that > >there was an institutional control that had no regard of human rights > >whatever. > > > >In addition we have video footage of protesters being taken away as well as > >human rights being violated. Prisoners were taken and they were tortured. > >There is a case, I believe his name is Holm, Keith Holm. He was tortured > >because he would not give his name. They handcuffed, laid him on the floor, > >they smashed his face against the concrete, they grabbed his hair, they > >ripped out a lock of hair. and then placed pencils between his fingers and > >pressed on them until he would give his name. He refused. They were also > >banging his head against metal objects. He was actually the first protester > >released because the Internal Affairs came in to do an investigation and > >they wanted him gone because he would be able to give testimony. > > > >We're treating people in a studio loft downtown. I just treated an ear > >wound. People have been treated for concussion injuries. There have been > >people who have been treated for plastic bullet wounds. Lots of tear gas > >injuries, lots of damage to cornea, lots of damage to the eyes and skins. > >They were using a pepper spray, a tear gas and they were also using some > >sort of nerve gas. We had reports of many demonstrators winding up with > >seizures the next day. It causes muscles to clamp up, muscle contraction, > >seizures. > > > >They have done several illegal things regarding these people in jail. They > >have been telling them that they would not be let out, not have their bail > >set if they didn't give their names. Its their legal right not to give their > >name. They don't have to speak at all. Attorneys came up and said we are > >representing these people. The police called the attorneys liars. At this > >point they have still refused to let any of them see their clients. There > >are close to 600 people who were arrested and they have been holding them > >for two days on charges that are mostly misdemeanors, such as refusal to > >disperse. A lot of people in there have not gotten medical attention either. > >I have gotten calls from young ladies in there who have had all sorts of > >emotional problems as well as physical problems. They have called me for > >medical attention from inside the jail. There are people still sitting in > >there who have not even been processed. > > > >Today there were fewer attacks by police, but they did arrest more people. > >And there was no violence today by the marchers and all through the day > >yesterday it was the same. What you are seeing on television about looting > >and anarchistic protesters - there's astraight-out blackout and they are > >basically pushing that [line]. There is not much damage to property here. > >There are not many windows that have been damaged or stores that have been > >looted. Those are extremely rare cases. > > > >I used to believe newspapers were telling the truth. But now I am no longer > >behind that. This is the beginning of a police state. You can quote me on > >that. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CT
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] "Get Clinton!"
From: "Linda Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't think anyone believes Clinton is clean--probably not even the LaRouchies. That's one reason I broke with them, because they were so one-sided. But that doesn't mean the information on Scaife is wrong. I think LaRouche's strategy was to butter Clinton's people up in order to convince him he had to turn to LaRouche for advice, and they didn't want to offend him in any way. But I disagree with that when they are supposed to be reported the truth. Everyone's truth seems to be relative to their own self-interest. Right? Linda -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] "Get Clinton!" >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Scaife shmaife, if anyone on this list thinks Bill Clinton's hands are clean >I suggest he consult a surgeon about a frontal lobotomy. The source of 99% of >the information in my first book about Clinton and the Dixie Mafia (Circle of >Death: Clinton's Climb to the Presidency), was personal interviews, reviews >of documents filed in courthouses in Arkansas, DEA files, and the work of >local detectives. The most significant sources of information for the new >book (Sold Out: The Clinton Legacy) were interviews and transcripts from >trials. And, as for the late Mr. Foster's demise, my brother, a homicide >detective who teaches seminars each year at the FBI academy in Quantico, Va., >related an interesting vignette to me after returning from his Feb. 1998 >trip. I've already posted it to the list, but the short version is that >several FBI agents sitting around a table in a coffee lounge told him that >Vince Foster was killed at the White House, and that his body was transported >to Ft. Marcy Park, to create the appearance that he'd committed suicide. I >have no reason to defend Scaife, but to infer that Foster's death was a >suicide based on little more than speculation that Scaife was trying to >disparage Clinton, is tenuous at best. > >Odom > >> --- ONElist Sponsor GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/gator4 ">Click Here
Re: [CTRL] The New Callousness
-Caveat Lector- Thanks Bill, quite the piece. Om K 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: N30 Black Bloc Communique about Seattle US
-Caveat Lector- A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ Report from one section of the anarchist black bloc during Seattle's N30 On November 30, several groups of individuals in black bloc attacked various corporate targets in downtown Seattle. Among them were (to name just a few): --Fidelity Investment (major investor in Occidental Petroleum, the bane of the U'wa tribe in Columbia) --Bank of America, US Bancorp, Key Bank and Washington Mutual Bank (financial institutions key in the expansion of corporate repression) --Old Navy, Banana Republic and the GAP (as Fisher family businesses, rapers of Northwest forest lands and sweatshop laborers) --NikeTown and Levi's (whose overpriced products are made in sweatshops) --McDonald's (slave-wage fast-food peddlers responsible for destruction of tropical rainforests for grazing land and slaughter of animals) --Starbucks (peddlers of an addictive substance whose products are harvested at below-poverty wages by farmers who are forced to destroy their own forests in the process) --Warner Bros. (media monopolists) --Planet Hollywood (for being Planet Hollywood) This activity lasted for over 5 hours and involved the breaking of storefront windows and doors and defacing of facades. Slingshots, newspaper boxes, sledge hammers, mallets, crowbars and nail-pullers were used to strategically destroy corporate property and gain access (one of the three targeted Starbucks and Niketown were looted). Eggs filled with glass etching solution, paint-balls and spray-paint were also used. The black bloc was a loosely organized cluster of affinity groups and individuals who roamed around downtown, pulled this way by a vulnerable and significant storefront and that way by the sight of a police formation. Unlike the vast majority of activists who were pepper-sprayed, tear-gassed and shot at with rubber bullets on several occasions, most of our section of the black bloc escaped serious injury by remaining constantly in motion and avoiding engagement with the police. We buddied up, kept tight and watched each others' backs. Those attacked by federal thugs were un-arrested by quick-thinking and organized members of the black bloc. The sense of solidarity was awe-inspiring. THE PEACE POLICE Unfortunately, the presence and persistence of "peace police" was quite disturbing. On at least 6 separate occasions, so-called "non-violent" activists physically attacked individuals who targeted corporate property. Some even went so far as to stand in front of the Niketown super store and tackle and shove the black bloc away. Indeed, such self-described "peace-keepers" posed a much greater threat to individuals in the black bloc than the notoriously violent uniformed "peace-keepers" sanctioned by the state (undercover officers have even used the cover of the activist peace-keepers to ambush those who engage in corporate property destruction). RESPONSE TO THE BLACK BLOC Response to the black bloc has highlighted some of the contradictions and internal oppressions of the "nonviolent activist" community. Aside from the obvious hypocrisy of those who engaged in violence against black-clad and masked people (many of whom were harassed despite the fact that they never engaged in property destruction), there is the racism of privileged activists who can afford to ignore the violence perpetrated against the bulk of society and the natural world in the name of private property rights. Window-smashing has engaged and inspired many of the most oppressed members of Seattle's community more than any giant puppets or sea turtle costumes ever could (not to disparage the effectiveness of those tools in other communities). TEN MYTHS ABOUT THE BLACK BLOC Here's a little something to dispel the myths that have been circulating about the N30 black bloc: 1. "They are all a bunch of Eugene anarchists." While a few may be anarchists from Eugene, we hail from all over the United States, including Seattle. In any case, most of us are familiar with local issues in Seattle (for instance, the recent occupation of downtown by some of the most nefarious of multinational retailers). 2. "They are all followers of John Zerzan." A lot of rumors have been circulating that we are followers of John Zerzan, an anarcho-primitivist author from Eugene who advocates property destruction. While some of us may appreciate his writings and analyses, he is in no sense our leader, directly, indirectly, philisophocally or otherwize. 3. "The mass public squat is the headquarters of the anarchists who destroyed property on November 30th." In reality, most of the people in the "Autonomous Zone" squat are residents of Seattle who have spent most of their time since its opening on the 28th in the squat. While they may know of one-another, the two groups
[CTRL] Fwd: [CIA-DRUGS] Walkers, Welds and Whites
From: "Linda Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.larouchepub.com/foreword_2nd_bush.html Footnote 7: George Bush is a member of the same Walker family, on his mother's side [Cf. Webster G. Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin, George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography (Washington, D.C.: EIR News Service, 1992)], as Governor Weld's former associates of the Walker clan, in his family firm of White Weld. It was one of those White-Weld associates of the Walkers, Weld's cousin, Ogden White, Jr., for whom William Weld, as Boston U.S. Attorney, covered, in cutting a deal which ended the biggest money-laundering case in U.S. criminal history, that of the Bank of Boston. During the same time Weld was blocking criminal charges against his money-laundering cronies, he was launching criminal prosecution, in Bush's interest, against such key Bush opponents as this writer and his friends. Weld, as head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, ran the point for obstruction of justice in the investigation of the Iran-Contra operations back during 1986-1987. The Bush White House, in turn, ran a 1990 dirty-tricks operation against the Massachusetts Democratic Party, to assist in securing Weld's election as governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The nepotisms of the Bush-Weld family connections are intimate, important, disgusting, and often very, very dirty. From: http://www.wbaifree.org/radiofreeeireann/comm10.html Highlights of Radio Free Eireann Bill Hughes' WBAI Commentary, 10/26/96 In Massachusetts, Senator John Kerry has a golden opportunity to defeat the British sympathizer William Weld, in that tight senate race. He might also further expose George Bush's suspected role as a drug kingpin, and possibly, send both Bush and Weld to Allenwood FCI for long vacations at the taxpayers' expense. It was Weld, who used the Justice Department, during most of the 80's, as an instrument of oppression towards activists, like Richard Clark Johnson, and others. He also stands accused by Jack Blum, a congressional investigator, of stonewalling the probe into the Bush-North criminal syndicate. Sen. Kerry also said that Weld, while at the Justice Department, had all the information on the Contra-drug running scandal and did "zippo" about it. This is the same Weld, who traces his blue blood line back to Lulworth Castle in England. When they write the book on conflicts of interest, Weld should be in chapter one. In the Bank of Boston sweetheart deal, which I spoke of last week, he was obligated as a prosecutor to recuse himself from any role in that plea bargain. Weld refused, despite the fact, his cousin, A. Ogden White, Jr., was then chief of foreign operations for the Bank of Boston, and both he and his cousin also had connections to another bank involved in the scandal. My source advises that White, in order to avoid the spotlight, has retreated to the Bush Family compound, located on Florida's Jupiter Island. --- ONElist Sponsor GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/gator4 ">Click Here
[CTRL] [3] The Squad
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: The Squad Michael Milan Rose Ann Levy and Shadow Lawn Press©1989 Shapolsky Publishers, Inc. 136 West 22nd Street New York, NY 1001 ISBN 0-944007-52-X 304 pps. First/only edition[there is also a UK printing] -- Out-of-print --[3] Boss of All Bosses It was 1947 and I had been out of the Navy for two years, my chest still popping buttons 'cause we'd won the war. At first I just knocked around the streets, picking up action here and there and letting friends of friends know I was back in town and looking for work. I sold used cars off the books for a local gas station owner I knew from before the war. It was a legit cover for putting new paint and plates on the buggies his friends had snatched for their out-of-town heists. I made unannounced visits to merchants in the rag business who were not paying their vig to my clients on time. And I settled disputes between the boys from Little Italy and the few Jewish businessmen who still stayed on the Lower East Side. Today you'd call me a financial consultant. They paid me for keeping the peace. I'd been working indirectly for one of Frank Costello's underbosses at the time, but I didn't know it. I had never met Frank Costello, but I'd certainly seen him and heard about him from people I knew. He had a reputation for hardly ever speaking to anyone in public. Mostly he spoke with his hands and his eyes. He would point. He would make a fist and shake it at someone. He would turn his thumbs down. To make a comment, sometimes he would shrug his shoulders and grunt from deep inside his belly. And when he spoke in words, he growled like it hurt him to breathe. Or he hissed in a whisper that was like a knife. "You don't talk to Frank Costello," old Sam Koenig once told me years before as Mr. C.'s limousine pulled up to the curb. It was a warm spring day and the first time I'd ever seen Mr. C. in person. "You don't even look at him unless he looks at you." I was twelve years old then and had just started collecting the skim from Meyer Lansky's crap games. I kept a good count and was always on time with my deliveries. Mr. Lansky had told me that he was going to move me up in the organization. Sam Koenig and I were watching Frank Costello get out of a car in front of Pollack's fruit stand on Essex Street. Mr. Costello was a round man with short arms and legs, and he needed the help of his two button men just to make the step down from the car's running board. A small crowd had gathered, but they pretended nothing was happening. Frank Costello shaded his eyes with his hat brim as he pushed his way along the sidewalk. He stopped in front of us, paused just long enough to look Koenig directly in the eyes, and then swaggered up to the fruit bins. He motioned quickly with his hands at the crates of fruit, making two's and three's with his fingers over each fruit as if he was putting a hex on 'em or something. Then he inspected each paper bag as Pollack handed them over. Mr. Costello dug around in a bag of apples, pulled out an orange, held it up to his face, handed it back to Pollack, and looked over at Koenig who seemed to nod before turning away. Frank Costello went back to his car without looking back in our direction and drove off towards Delancey Street. That was the only time I saw him in person before we had our first meeting. Now it was early November and the weather had just turned chilly. I was twenty-three. My life was about to change because Frank Costello wanted a sitdown. I didn't know why he wanted to see me, but I wasn't worried because the message was delivered with a basket of strawberries. Strawberries were my favorite fruit and the button man who brought them, a pal named Augie from my Grand Street Boys Club days, knew it. It was the Family's way of saying you're not in any trouble. The heads of the syndicates always sent messages with fruit or flowers because it was their way of throwing cops or Feds off the scent. Augie didn't even have to say anything. He just handed me the strawberries and motioned to a car in the street. Then he rolled his eyes all the way back and nodded big. That told me it was either Mr. C. or somebody close to him. We drove back to my place where I got dressed for the occasion. I knew it was important and asked Augie to do me a favor and wait while I put on my special white-on-white linen shirt and searched for my best ruby cufflinks, the ones that sent red sparkles on the ceiling when they caught the light. I picked out my new black suit and wore a gray fedora with a little feather in the band. Anything less would have been a sign of disrespect. I was spending a lot of time in front of the mirror and knew that Augie was getting restless. He grunted a few times and paced real loud outside my bedroom door while I straightened my tie just right and slicked down my hair. I was proud of the way I looked and still wanted the chance to go out to Hollywood and show my stuff. I knew I was taking too
[CTRL] [2] The Squad
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: The Squad Michael Milan Rose Ann Levy and Shadow Lawn Press©1989 Shapolsky Publishers, Inc. 136 West 22nd Street New York, NY 1001 ISBN 0-944007-52-X 304 pps. First/only edition -- Out-of-print --[2] Mitchell Field I'm working the heavy bag in the gym over at Mitchell Field. I'm back in my own world again. Throwing punches in flurries while I'm ducking and weaving, putting combinations together that don't give a man time to think. Make him blink his eyes' cause the left stays square in his face. I move in, punching on the bag. I clinch and steady it. Catch a breath. Keep my head low. Then I move out, punching off the bag even faster. Can't let him. come after me. Can't let him get started. Play peek-a-boo, crouch, snap a jab, jab, jab. Double up on the jab. Triple up on the jab. Snap it. I like the way a punch feels when you connect with it. And I like throwing the short stinging jabs that make a man's face burn red and puffs up his eyes. Or connecting with a hooking uppercut dug right under his diaphragm that sucks out all the air and locks him up so he can't move, or a straight overhand right that lands flush on his nose and flattens it out in five directions at once. When you throw a good punch, you throw it right from the dead center of your fear with the weight of your whole body behind it. You use your leg muscles and drive your fist with the swing of your shoulders. You make your contact right on your knuckles and punch through his face like you're taking his head clean off. All fighters hit from fear. They feed on fear. Fear is what keeps us alive. Maybe I'm feeling too good. Maybe I think I look like the kid I was fifty years ago when I wanted to be a movie star. Maybe all the weight I lost has taken off the years as well. I say it's 1944 again and I'm fighting some piece of pork in the Navy championships. I skip to my left and dig a quick, hard uppercut into the bag and push off with two high left jabs. I'm up on the balls of my feet, dancing away, making him work if he wants me. Then I'm low and in tight, fighting out of a crouch and playing peek-a-boo behind my gloves with the cement-foot palooka lumbering after me, measuring my head for his one lucky shot of the night. He wants my pretty face spread all over the canvas. I pull my head back and drop my hands. I flash him my Jimmy Cagney grin before I slip away. Take the poke, you fuck. You're goin' through the ropes. Swish. His wild right goes sailing over my head like he's in slomo. So I set him up again with two high jabs that split his lip. Bam, bam. The gorilla's head snaps back. Where'd they come from, you sonofabitch? I fake a looping right with my shoulder more than my hand and he pulls his head back. Then I fire a left hook straight up under his chest cavity with everything I got. I feel the oomph of that punch all the way across my back, down the backs of my legs, and straight to my ankles. The gorilla's whole midsection seizes up. He gasps for air. I know he's ready. I push off the hook with a high double jab just as he drops his hands. Bam, bam. The jabs sting his eyes so they water right up. Then I smother him with as many rights and lefts as I can throw in one minute flat. My arms work like pistons driving into the heavy sand. I keep throwing my punches as the sweat runs through my sweat band like It's a teabag. I keep throwing 'em until I'm out of air and near gasping. Then I throw two more just to push off the bag. Even when a man's knees buckle and he's going down you still bury him with all the punches you can throw until they pull you off. Make them pull you off. Make them scream. Make them throw themselves in front of you, but never stop hitting. Now I'm starting up again with a deuce of spring-loaded lefts-the fastest left hand in the world is what they called 'em forty years agobut just before I go sliding back to 1944 and the USO party that always used to follow the fights, I see this black Marine out of the corner of my eye. He's big like a heavyweight, mean like a prize fighter, and his eyes follow every move I make. I circle around the bag to get a better look at him, but I bob in and out so he don't know I'm giving him the once over too. He's watching me like a scout so I give him something to look at while I flash face cards in my mind, looking for a match with his. Dance for the man, I say to myself, and I do the Ali shuffle out of a peek-a-boo. I see the Marine's head bob when my head bobs, his fists clench when I throw a punch, and his hips move when I go up on my toes. It's like he's clocking me for somebody else. Now he walks up and stands directly alongside the heavy bag. "Tom Seamus," the Marine says, referring to a fighter I used to manage years ago. "Irish Tom Seamus out of Boston. Didn't you used to manage him? Whatever happened to that kid?" This Marine is tall and thick-framed, maybe six-three or four, about thirty-five years old, and he has hands like a
[CTRL] [1] The Squad
-Caveat Lector- an excerpt from: The Squad Michael Milan Rose Ann Levy and Shadow Lawn Press©1989 Shapolsky Publishers, Inc. 136 West 22nd Street New York, NY 1001 ISBN 0-944007-52-X 304 pps. First edition --[1] Introduction You can call me Michael Milan. Everybody else does, or something close to it. Milan's not my real name. Officially I have no real name-just the names they called me when they sent me out on jobs. Mike Milan was only one of them. It's the one well use in this story. I've used a hundred names on the job, none of them my own. The people who know me-the people that I once reported to even they didn't want to know my real name. They sent me orders with my serial number in the upper right-hand comer: 80762546. That number was a code, and it always meant that someone who I'd never met was supposed to die. By my hand. The people who gave me these assignments always referred to them as "foreclosing a loan," "delivering a package," or "terminating someone's employment." "Killing" was something the bad guys did. We were supposed to be the good guys. I wasn't the only person executing the contracts. I worked with others and they didn't have real names either. They only had their serial numbers and the names they picked up along the way. My story takes place over the span of forty years when I was a member of an undercover squadJ. Edgar Hoovers private Squad. It was a top-secret operations unit that did jobs so dirty even the other intelligence services were afraid of it. The Squad operated on the fly out of the Departments of Justice and Treasury from 1947 to 1971, and for all that time we were more rumor than fact. We were the boogey men that FBI recruits talked about when they were brought up from Virginia. We were the guys in the black fedoras and behind the sunglasses that made files disappear from locked offices between five in the evening and nine the next morning. The Squad itself no longer exists as a unit. It faded away as the Old Man was falling from power; it died when he died. This story is about the Squad and about the kinds of jobs the Squad specialized in: executions. The Squad was set up by Mr. Hoover personally. He recruited each one of us individually. He picked us out of the Families, out of the OSS, or out of local police forces. He figured us to be specially trained for undercover work because we came from the streets. His own agents, the guys who came out of law school, couldn't do what we did. Besides, the Old Man always said that he would never put regular FBI agents undercover because he was afraid they might get corrupted. We were different. He knew exactly what we were. He pulled us in one by one, told his bodyguards to leave the room, and made his decisions right on the spot. He either liked you or he didn't, but you knew where you stood. He looked us right in the eye, told us to stand up straight and keep our hands out of our pockets. And then he ordered up exactly what he wanted. He knew our backgrounds and he made sure that we knew that he knew. He pulled out these grey file folders and read from them right into our faces like he was reciting chapter and verse: names, AKAs, dates, warrants, convictions, dispositions, time served, warrants outstanding, cases still open. He put the round in the piece and the pieces in our hands. He was the best cop I ever knew. Mr. Hoover had decided that the courts of the United States did not properly administer justice the way he thought they should. Whether he was right or wrong is for history to say. Personally, I know he was right. All that matters now is that there were certain cases that never hit the courts. They never could hit the courts. Maybe the cases were too sensitive or Mr. Hoover felt that the courts would never dispense the justice he wanted. Many times, these were cases that involved national security or that couldn't be prosecuted because there was no evidence. In these cases the guilty people walked away. Mr. Hoover had a way to deal with that. He found ways to make the guilty parties disappear. He devised what could only be called an execution squad made up of no more than ten men at any one time, none of whom ever went to any FBI academy or took a civil-service exam. None of the men were supposed to be seen by regular FBI agents. He called us the Unknowns. We always worked in the background, finding the people the Bureau couldn't and turning them into John Does on hundreds of Medical Examiners' reports for over forty years. Some people we turned into informantsalthough I hate that word-who were used to pursue cases through regular channels. Sometimes we were there and gone before the regular Bureau agents ever got to the scene. We would do our work and plant the necessary evidence for the FBI to follow. How we got the evidence wasn't important, just so that it held up in court. If it didn't, we'd have to go back to work. Sometimes the regular agents never even got to the scene because there was no
[CTRL] Skeptic News - Sunday #1- y2k minus 27
-Caveat Lector- SkeptiNews 991205a - - - - - - - - - - - All The News That's Fit To Question * Passages starting with ':' are editorial comments to provoke discussion. * Nothing contained here is ever endorsed for truth, accuracy, or meaning. * PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE BULLETIN WHEN YOU REPLY; CUT/PASTE, EH? * No NASA spacecraft were cannibalized for parts to produce this bulletin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ @ The Idol of Fombum: http://www.mjt.org/exhibits/fombum.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # DOMINION - Crucified gorilla painting yanked from show. While the work gets criticized & vandalized, the artist defends the piece. The painting symbolizes man's inhumanity to animals and Earth, she says. Crucify her too: http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/1203tsw4nmcrucify.htm : What's your favorite religious art? Do you worship art depicting tortured entities? Who would you rather see crucified: humans, animals, aliens, me, cartoon characters, politicos, performers, preachers, potentates? D'ya want them clothed, nude, gore-smeared, tarred/feathered, painted, gilded, burnt? How do you react to such images? Do you join angry mobs attacking'em? Why? # Out of Africa: from simple squares to fractals, African craft and art traditions show stunning, complex designs: http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/11_27_99/mathland.htm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # A deafening silence from the Mars Polar Lander. (BBC) US space scientists have once again failed to make contact with the Mars Polar Lander, raising fears that their multi-million dollar mission may have ended in failure. Bother: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_55/550600.stm : Did ETs hijack the Polar Lander for spare parts? Did they need the solar panels, the semiconductors, the rare metals? Have ETs stolen your hubcaps? # No word from Mars, now what? NASA tries to spin the disaster: http://www.space.com/space/jpl_mars_pressconference_991205.html # Silence from Mars: Polar Lander Teams Hunker Down for Long Wait: http://www.space.com/space/technology/mars_probes_991205.html # Beltway Holds its Breath and its Opinions about Mars Mission: http://www.space.com/space/beltway_mars_991203.html # NASA Tests to See If Mars Polar Lander Survived- Here we go again! http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters19991204_1052.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Cave fossils expose new mysteries of paradise lost. FOSSIL evidence found on cliffs near several Oz beaches reveals a tropical paradise existed in NSW as late as 6000 years ago - a blink-of-an-eye in geological terms. The findings suggest answers to many historical mysteries. Dramatic change in sea levels & climate could explain why ancient Egyptians stopped building pyramids, why the Bronze Age came to an abrupt halt, why the Dark Ages began, why social collapse occurred wherever civilisations were beginning to emerge. http://news.com.au/news_content/national_content/4401871.htm : When humans achieve total control of Earth's weather, will social/historic boom-bust cycles stop? Will we achieve Nirvana? Will we be as gods? Will we get fat'n'lazy? Will aliens easily harvest us? Are aliens leaking weather- control technology to us so that all this may happen? Should we resist? How? # The brain has no center for intelligence, which has neither focus nor locus. Like the other higher faculties, it is everywhere and nowhere: http://www.smh.com.au/news/9912/04/spectrum/spectrum4.html _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # CANDIDATE? WE AIN'T FOUND NO STINKIN' CANDIDATE. It's bad enough that most voters don't vote. In 1998 the turnout was 36 percent, along with 1986 the lowest since 1942, when a lot of Americans were away fighting a war. But now most Murkans won't even respond to opinion polls. The response in some recent polls fell as low as 20%. Makes you wonder what significance these surveys have. http://capitolhillblue.com/Dec1999/120599/voters120599.htm : Do citizens in a democratic republic get the govt they deserve? Would you prefer monarchy, syndicalism, theocracy, kleptocracy, anarchy, rule by ETs? Has The Conspiracy successfully alienated US voters? Are they gloating? Eh? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # NOTHING'S SACRED? BABY JESUS STOLEN FROM MANGER. "The missing Baby Jesus is described as being a newborn male, 12 inches long, with a socket in his back. He is made of plastic." Please be on the lookout. Is Charleston such a hotbed of yidnapping? http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/1999120121/ : How many footlong plastic newborn males with back-sockets are missing in your town? Are they hard to track down? Do Satanists torture them in ritual abuse? Do you? Has a plastic baby Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, Joseph Smith been snatched in your community lately? Are they held for ransom? D'ya pay? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ # Wishbone and Santa help with dog's return. Bosley, a 12-year-old deaf Springer spaniel, didn't return home after a romp in the woods. Days went by and it looked blea
[CTRL] The New Callousness
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! The New Callousness Filed November 29, 1999 By Ariana Huffington Judge Judy, the doyenne of syndicated self-righteousness, solidified that preeminence two weeks ago at a literary luncheon in Brisbane, Australia. On tour to promote her new book, ``Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever,'' she suggested that instead of attempting to control AIDS and hepatitis by providing clean needles to drug addicts we should ``give them all dirty needles and let them die.'' Instead of resulting in universal derision (and, even more justly, a lightning bolt from the sky) this stunning proposal evoked cheers from her fans in the audience. But it got not a mention from the U.S. press (indeed, if it weren't for the people at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, I never would have heard about it). Granted, Judge Judy isn't William Rehnquist, but the sharp-tongued, dull-witted jurist's opinions -- doled out on her top-rated TV show -- are heard by millions more people than the Chief Justice's. Worse, her views reflect a disturbing trend in our culture toward getting the ``love'' out of tough love. Call it the New Callousness: turning an indifferent shoulder to anyone -- drug addicts, the homeless, those behind bars -- who hasn't had the good sense to become a bull-market rider. After all, they're getting in the way of the Panglossian message that all is well ``in this best of all possible worlds.'' Evidence of this cold spot on the national heart is all around us. In New York, Mayor Rudy (rhymes with Judge Judy) rang in the holiday season by ordering the NYPD to step up its efforts to sweep the city's streets of homeless people by arresting them for so-called ``quality-of-life'' crimes. Declaring that the city has not been strict enough in rousting people ``who don't belong there,'' Giuliani claimed that the right to sleep on the streets ``doesn't exist anywhere. The founding fathers never put that in the Constitution.'' He doesn't seem too keen on the homeless living in city shelters either: He recently announced that anyone wanting to stay in one would have to work or face expulsion -- mental illness or not. Apparently, he prefers sending them to jail, where mental-health-unit beds cost $91,000 annually. It costs $20,000 for a bed in a shelter and $12,000 for the supervised apartments that remain woefully underfunded, even though they have proven the most effective in dealing with chronic homelessness. ``There were times,'' Mayor Rudy said, ``in which we romanticized this to such an extent that we invited people to do it.'' Ah, yes, the romance of sleeping under the stars in a cardboard box in the dead of winter. Proving that heartlessness cuts across party lines, Willie Brown, San Francisco's liberal mayor, is overseeing his own crackdown on the homeless -- just in time for his upcoming runoff election against even-more-liberal rival Tom Ammiano. Brown is clearly reveling in this rare chance to stake out the ``conservative'' position in the race -- going so far as to arrest homeless advocates for handing out soup and sandwiches to the poor. ``Advocate types claim I'm the most hostile'' to the homeless, said Brown. ``That's not true. I'm not the most generous. I'm not the most hostile. But I am the most firm.'' Call Tony Bennett, it's time for a rewrite: ``I lost my heart in San Francisco.'' In fact, more and more of our cities are using the police to enforce arcane laws -- such as sanitation statutes that make it illegal to leave cardboard boxes in a public place -- to get the homeless off the streets, including many homeless veterans who risked their lives for their country. In Los Angeles, Ted Hayes, who has devoted his life to working with the homeless, calls the coast-to-coast crackdown ``status cleansing.'' ``For us to turn to outlawing our homeless citizens,'' he told me, ``is a betrayal of the promise of America -- `Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me.' Perhaps the Statue of Liberty should be turned around to face this country.'' Transforming human beings into nuisances -- problems that must be eradicated -- is a dangerous step along the deadly path of dehumanization. It takes very little to end a life that has been stripped of its humanity. Which is exactly what is happening in Denver, where this fall seven homeless men have been bludgeoned to death, two of the victims beheaded. Is this the logical endgame for a culture so intent on celebrating its ``winners'' that it has no room left for life's losers? **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a disc
[CTRL] LaRouche--Against Anarchy
-Caveat Lector- http://www.larouchepub.com/foreword_2nd_bush.html Perennially petulant George has done much evil, but he is no "Evil Genius." Intellectually and morally, he is fairly regarded as "Forrest Gump's Evil Twin." His significance is that his father, the former Senator, and Dwight Eisenhower golf-partner, Prescott Bush, was adopted by one of the most politically powerful financier-oligarchical families in the U.S.A., that of fellow-Bonesman Averell Harriman. Averell's position, in turn, was that of being a son of the E.H. Harriman who rose to fame and power during the 1890s, representing the Union Pacific railroad interest of Britain's Prince of Wales Albert Edward (later King Edward VII). Harriman also became the business agent for the Russell Trust, the formerly opium-trading, financier-oligarchical interest, behind Yale's gloomy Skull and Bones cult. As Tarpley and Chaitkin document, George never could "cut the mustard" on his own. Without the backing of his Uncle Herbie (Walker), his mother's brother, George could not have made it in business. His two 1960s terms in Congress were fixed elections, arranged by the family. Otherwise he could never find an elected or appointed position in government, until 1992, that was not fixed for him, either by his family circle, or by Henry A. Kissinger. [ 12 ] His career shows but one talent which might be deemed useful by his backers: he is a mean, but loyal dog of the "patrician" equivalent of an "organized-crime family." These "secret governments," notably that administered by Vice-President Bush, have conducted the hidden foreign and domestic policies of that special interest, behind the back, and without the explicit knowledge or consent of the constitutional institutions of our rightful government. These secret government arrangements include such instances as that channel of the Joint Chiefs of Staff through which Vice-President George Bush facilitated the secret and unlawful subterfuges of his Contra operations, his international weapons-trafficking operations, his drug-running into the United States itself. These covert operations are not operated by "some people"; they are run according to what a powerful financier oligarchy perceives to be its very special, self-interested policy. Like monarchs and oligarchies of old and foreign places, this financier-dominated circle which deploys Bush, confuses the name of the U.S. interest with its own interest, and delimits its perception of "patriotism" to that which is dutiful to the perceived self-interest of the ruling oligarchy. We, the citizens, must regain control of our constitutional institutions of Federal government. We do not want an anarchic democracy, under the irrational caprices of a transient majority opinion; we, like Socrates' Athens, are already suffering far too much of government subverted, in the perverted name of "democracy," by the transient whims of men. We require government under law, as the Preamble of our Federal Constitution commands government implicitly, to protect the rights of the minority opinion against the overreaching arrogance of the passing whims of an accidental majority. We must not destroy our Federal government, as lunatic libertarians and similar anarchists propose. We must take back our Federal government, by acting in exemplary fashion now, to bring back a government under constitutional law. We shall never accomplish that, until we bring to the bar of justice: George Bush, his cronies, and his "secret government" established under Executive Order 12333. Unless we act so, to defend our Constitution, none of us alive today shall ever again enjoy the means to defend ourselves against the homicidal tyranny of those who follow in the footsteps of Vice-President and President George Herbert Walker Bush. Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Leesburg, Virginia October 15, 1996 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] Week Ending: 4 December 1999 / 25 Kislev 5760
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! +++ Tzemach News Service Week Ending: 4 December 1999 / 25 Kislev 5760 "And now many nations have been assembled against you who say, 'Let her be polluted, and let our eyes gloat over Zion.' But they do not know the thoughts of the L-rd, and they do not understand His purpose; for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing-floor." (Micah 4.11-12) HERE WE GO AGAIN: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday passed six resolutions regarding Israel and the Middle East. The three main resolutions call for Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the July 4, 1967 borders, the removal of all international embassies from Jerusalem, and canceling the Israeli Parliaments' decision to apply Israeli law to the city of Jerusalem. Resolutions regarding Israeli rule over Jerusalem have been passed every year at this time since 1980. The vote regarding the Jerusalem resolution was 139 votes in favor, one against (Israel), and 3 abstentions (Swaziland, United States and Uzbekistan). The other resolutions covered the "question of Palestine" and authorized the continued work of the "Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People". One resolution, calling for resolution of the problem of "Palestinian" refugees from the 1948 war of Independence and Israel's withdrawal to 1967 lines, was adopted with 149 votes in favor. The United States, Israel and the Marshall Islands voted against the resolution, which also included support for "Palestinian" statehood, while Uzbekistan and Micronesia abstained. The representative of Israel Tuesday afternoon reiterated to the General Assembly that Jerusalem was the united capital of the State of Israel, as established by King David more than 3,000 years ago. With an overwhelming majority, the General Assembly also approved a draft resolution submitted by Egypt to ban nuclear proliferation in the Middle East region. The resolution calls on Israel to promptly submit to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) and to put all its nuclear installations under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The draft resolution, further, calls on Israel to give up its unclear weapons and to refrain from producing or stockpiling such weapons. [Editor's note: Sites with information regarding the UN's treatment of Israel and Jerusalem can be found on our links webpage located at: http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/links.htm] (UN PRESS OFFICE, KOL YISRAEL, ISRAELWIRE, ISRAEL LINE, ARABICNEWS) EU SEEKS CONTINUING ISRAEL'S ISOLATION AT UN: Negotiations to secure a place for Israel in a regional group from which it could compete for a Security Council seat and other UN positions appear stalled within the European Union (EU), diplomats said. The EU, at a meeting of political directors in Brussels on 26 November, failed to reach any decision. The issue is expected to be discussed again on Dec. 6, the diplomats said. The regional group, known as Western Europe and Others (WEOG) and includes nations from Australia to Canada, has been considering giving Israel temporary membership, an action promoted by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Under UN rules, Israel should be part of the Asian regional group, which includes its Middle East neighbors. But Arab nations have opposed its membership for years so Israel is seeking a place in the Western group. Many committee posts as well as the ten non- permanent seats on the Security Council are nominated by regional groups to retain a geographical balance. Although some countries never get nominated for a seat, only Israel cannot compete at all. "And the L-rd has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments; and that He shall set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the L-rd your G-d, as He has spoken" (Deuteronomy 26.18-19). (REUTERS, NASB) THIRD STAGE TALKS TO BEGIN SUNDAY: Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA/PLO) will commence negotiations on the third redeployment from Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) pursuant to the Interim Agreement on Sunday, HA'ARETZ reported. Prime Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israeli negotiating team not to discuss the size of the withdrawal. At this stage, the second redeployment has yet to be completed, as PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat refuses to approve the current maps. Barak stated unequivocally on Thursday that the maps will not be altered. According to all the agreements, Israel alone determines what land will be turned over. The PA/PLO has no say in the matter. (ISRAEL LINE) VISITORS FROM THE US: US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will travel to the Middle East Sunday to assess the efforts of the Israelis and Palestinians to reach a frame
[CTRL] House Joint Resolution 77
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! House Joint Resolution 77 Introduced by Rep. Chenoweth-Hage - 11/9/1999 Cosponsors Notifying the government of Panama of the nullity of the Carter-Torrijos treaties and recognizing the validity of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with respect to control of the Panama Canal Zone. Whereas the United States Canal in Panama, linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, is one of the most strategically important naval choke points in the world, essential to our national defense and vital to our economic well-being; Whereas occupation, damage, or destruction of this crucial waterway by a hostile power whether an unfriendly Panamanian government, terrorist organization, or other foreign government could be calamitous to the United States in time of war and disastrous to our economy even in time of peace; Whereas the Republic of Panama does not have an army, navy, air force, or other military or police capability adequate for the defense of such a strategic asset; Whereas the communist government of the Peoples Republic of China has been pursuing an aggressive expansionist agenda in Panama, the Caribbean, and Latin America, while, at the same time carrying out a concerted and much-publicized campaign of bribery and espionage reaching to the highest offices of the United States; Whereas Hutchison Whampoa, a front company for the Peoples Liberation Army of China, utilizing corrupt practices, has acquired leases giving it control of the ports of Cristobal and Balboa at the Atlantic and Pacific ends of the Panama Canal, positioning the Peoples Republic of China for de facto control of the Canal; Whereas the Peoples Republic of China, through its agent, Hutchison Whampoa, is also in the process of taking over the Rodman Naval Station and other military facilities being abandoned by the United States, and has the exclusive authority to hire the pilots who control all traffic through the Canal; Whereas the Peoples Republic of China, a totalitarian regime, refers to the United States in its military literature and official Communist Party statements as its "main enemy" and has aligned itself with other communist regimes and terrorist states avowedly hostile to the United States; Whereas China expert Dr. Michael Pillsbury of the National Defense University testified to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in September 1997 that the Chinese military officials have written extensively of their nations intention "to defeat the United States"; Whereas in spite of these manifest dangers, the Government of the United States is pursuing a policy of transferring possession, ownership, and control of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone, which includes the United States military bases, to the Government of Panama, in accordance with the 1977 Carter-Torrijos treaties, which were never legally ratified by either the United States or Panama; Whereas in their respective instruments of ratification, the United States and Panama did not agree to the same text of the treaties, and, in fact, each party stipulated to conditions that are in fundamental conflict with, and mutually exclusive of, the demands of the other; Whereas one of the most basic and universally accepted principles of international law concerning treaties holds that the parties must agree to
[CTRL] Iranian Investment in Colombia Raises Suspicion
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! STRATFOR.COM Global Intelligence Update December 2, 1999 Iranian Investment in Colombia Raises Suspicion Summary Colombian and Iranian officials have signed an unusual agreement: Iranians will invest $3 million in a meat-packing plant in the heart of Colombia's rebel-held jungle. Exactly why Bogota would encourage investment that benefits guerrillas who have fought for more than three decades is unclear. But the implications are extraordinary. Colombia's violent right wing will be angered. The region will risk increased international terrorism and invigorated trade in drugs for arms. The United States will probably sour on the Pastrana government, which may ultimately be weakened. Analysis On Nov. 11, a delegation of Iranian government and business representatives arrived in San Vicente del Caguan, a town deep in the jungles of southern Colombia that is held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). [ http://www.stratfor.com/meaf/countries/colombiairanmap.htm ] The delegation visited to assess a site on which the Iranians will build a meat-packing plant and slaughterhouse that would process beef bound for Iran. The visit was the latest step in a process that began Oct. 21, when Colombian and Iranian officials signed an agreement committing $3 million in Iranian investment. There is, however, one major oddity: Colombia's major cattle production takes place on the other side of the Andes Mountains, more than 300 miles to the northwest. Near San Vicente del Caguan there is little but jungle. There are no major roads and precious little infrastructure. The town is, however, in the heart of drug- producing territory held by the FARC, the country's largest and most successful guerrilla movement after more than three decades of civil war. Sizable implications will grow from this comparatively small investment in a little town. The government of President Andres Pastrana may push his stalled peace process forward by placating leftist guerrillas. But the government is equally likely to spark anger among Colombia's most violent right-wing elements. By opening the door to Iran, the government unwittingly risks increasing the influence of Iranian-backed terrorists in South America. From nearly any angle, this investment will likely damage relations with Washington. With the apparent blessing of top Colombian officials, talks began in the spring, when a delegation of Iranian officials and businessmen visited the town of San Vicente del Caguan, which is in the municipality of Caqueta. On Oct. 21, Iran's ambassador to Colombia, Hossein Sheikh Zeineddin, and the office of San Vicente's mayor signed the deal. Significantly, the government's top peace negotiator with the guerrillas - peace commissioner Victor G. Ricardo - signed the agreement, acting as guarantor. But not everyone in the Pastrana government appears pleased; indeed, the military seems distinctly displeased. On Nov. 27, Colombian Defense Minister Luis Fernando Ramirez accused the Iranians, who resisted an inspection of their baggage, of being military advisors to the FARC, reported Agence France-Presse. Iran has denied that it is using the investment as a cover. In Tehran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi dismissed the charge as astonishing, according to the BBC's monitoring of Iranian official radio. The Pastrana government's motives are unclear. One possible explanation is that Colombia is in dire need of economic development. In recent testimony to Congress, Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering described an economy in free fall. In the midst of a recession, its economy has contracted by 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 1999, and its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is forecasted to fall 3 to 4 percent by year's end. Unemployment stands at nearly 20 percent. But the Iranian investment seems like a poor start, improperly located even to lend any immediate help to the country's cattle industry. A more likely explanation is that the government is attempting to kick-start a badly stalled peace process. By steering investment into FARC-held territory, the government may be trying to get the guerrillas re-engaged in negotiations. The FARC has even intimated recently that it may not observe an upcoming Christmas cease-fire. Ricardo's role in securing the Iranian investment suggests that reviving the peace process is the true agenda. Another possibility - however remote - is that Ricardo was acting on his own. The president has remained largely silent on the entire investment deal. Regardless of the government's motives, the deal will undermine the country's right-wing elements and its violent paramilitaries. The right, too, is deeply involved in drug trafficking. And the right's paramilitaries are increasingly believed to be behind most of the country's politically-motivated murders. The right is not likely to take Iranian in
[CTRL] [BRIGADE] Homosexuals, Fulani, and Me
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! Dear Brigade, I thought that title would get your attention! This note is for Pat's supporters who are concerned about the support of Lenora Fulani and others. Also see below a comment from Pat Choate. Let me say this Brigade, at first I was outraged about the Fulani deal. I even sent a few emails to friends telling them so. But then, I remembered an important event that I was involved in 1997. In late June 1997, I was living in Huntsville Alabama when a few friends and I got wind of a plan by the AL Department of Public Safety to begin forcing all citizens to be fingerprinted before they could obtain a drivers license. You want to talk about outraged? To make a long story short, our small band of activist set out to prevent this from happening. We formed a group called "Fight the Fingerprint". I set up a website and over the Internet we organized a diverse coalition of citizens and activist groups who banded together who not only stood up to Big Brother - we put an end to his scheme - in under 3 weeks! We were up against dismal odds - the fingerprinting equipment had been purchased, the employees trained, the databases were set up, and the fingerprinting had already begun in a few cities. Yet, because we united with others, we were able to win that battle. On this one issue, people and organizations who normally would never speak to each other, came together. We had the Christian Coalition, the ACLU, Concerned Women for America, Gun Owners of America, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Eagle Forum, Electronic Frontiers, the Southern League, the US Taxpayers Party, and many more. If any of you know me at all, then you know that there is no one more hardcore on the Right than me. But when I was forming this coalition and organizing the activists, do you think for a minute that I cared whether any of them were homosexual? Did I ask them if they were pro-life? And guess what? Not one of them questioned my loyalty to Pat Buchanan - even though many of them were probably opposed to him. All of us put aside our differences and united on this one issue and we were able to slay the dragon. BTW - I've also included a column below: "True Identity Fraud" that covers just some of the reasons why we need to be concerned about the fingerprinting and privacy issue. So, what's the moral of this story? To anyone who has written to me complaining about Lenora Fulani, homosexuals, pro-aborts, et al, you have a choice. You can sit on your hands and talk about how mad you are that Pat has accepted the support of people you do not agree with. You can waste your support and money on candidates, who may be good men, but will never be permitted to win their party's nomination. And then you can cast your vote for the Bush/Gore ticket. Because if you don't stop you're whining and get off your butts and help Pat right now - they are going to be in the White House in 2000. Or, you can accept that these people who have offered to support Pat, just might be able to bring him more votes - and that is the bottom line. Pat has never compromised. He will never change his stand on our issues. Many of these new supporters do not agree with Pat on everything, but they have put aside their differences. Most Americans want a President they can trust -- even if they do not always agree with him. They want a President who will govern with integrity, end the corruption, and put America and Americans First again. As far as I'm concerned, even if Pat - or his campaign ( ;-> ) -- does a few things that get me miffed, he is still so far ahead of the other candidates that they will never, ever, measure up to him. Pat is the Man Brigade!! GO PAT GO!!! Linda Date sent: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:29:41 -0500 From: patchoate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Re: NYT - Fulani before Buchanan? To: Ed McClelland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ed: As I have written to you before, Fulani will NOT be Buchanan's VP. That has been made clear both by him and by her. She is going to assist in getting the Black and Minority Vote in the general election. She is also working very hard to help Pat get the nomination of the Reform Party. If she get publicity in the process, that is fine with Pat and Bay Buchanan. Fulani is part of Buchanan's campaign. Not Trump's. Not Ventura's. Not Anderson's. Not Weicker's. And she will stay part of the Buchanan campaign to the end. The left hates this because they know a left-right coalition can win the Presidency. Put another way, I am not reading much about the Green, Constitution, or Libertarian Parties because they are not a threat to the established order. The question people should be asking themselves is this: Do I wish to support Pat Buchanan who has the endorsement and
[CTRL] Aggravating email chain letter humor from Jeff Rense
-Caveat Lector- Jeff Rense Weekly E-News The Week Ahead 12-5-99 thru 12-11-99 Guests, Announcements, Week's Top Stories From sightings.com Jeff Rense E-News is distributed exclusively by Free Subscription. --<>-- --<<<+>>>-- --<>-- * FROM JEFF'S DESK * If you have ever received an aggravating email chain letter, the following commentary/rant will probably be fun... (note: the expletives and racy words have been sanitized in this version) Hello, my name is Basmati Kasaar. I am suffering from rare and deadly diseases, poor scores on final exams, extreme virginity, fear of being kidnapped and executed by anal electrocution, and guilt for not forwarding out 50 billion chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe that if you send them on, that poor 6 year old girl in Arkansas with a breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it removed before her redneck parents sell her off to the travelling freak show. Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you and everyone you send this email to $1000? How stupid are you? Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, every Playboy Bunny in the magazine'll visit me! What a bunch of B.S.! So, basically, this message is a big * to all the people out there who have nothing better to do than to send me stupid chain mail forwards. Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my apartment and terrorize me in my sleep for not continuing the chain which was started by Jesus in 5 A.D. and was brought to this country by midget pilgrims on the Mayflower and if it makes it to the year 2000, it'll be in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest continuous streak of blatant stupidity. If you're going to forward something, at least send me something mildly amusing. I've seen all the "send this to 50 of your closest friends, and this poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a Nickel from some "omniscient being" forwards about 90 times. I don't give a damn! Show a little intelligence and think about what you're actually contributing to by sending out forwards. Chances are it's your own unpopularity. THE FOUR BASIC TYPES OF CHAIN LETTERS: Chain Letter Type 1: (scroll down) Make a wish!!! Keep Scrolling No, really, go on and make one!!! Oh please, they'll never go out with you!!! Wish something else!!! Not that, you pervert!! STOP Wasn't that fun? :) Hope you made a great wish :) Now, to make you feel guilty, here's what I'll do. First of all, if you don't send this to 5096 people in the next 5 seconds, you will be assaulted by a mad goat and thrown off a high building into a pile of manure. It's true! Because, THIS letter isn't like those fake ones, THIS one is TRUE!! Really!!! Here's how it goes: *Send this to 1 person: One person will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter. *Send this to 2-5 people: 2-5 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter. *Send this to 5-10 people: 5-10 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter, and may form a plot on your life. *Send this to 10-20 people: 10-20 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter and will napalm your house. Thanks Good Luck!!! Chain Letter Type 2 Hello, and thank you for reading this letter. You see, there is a starving little boy in Baklaliviatatlaglooshen who has no arms, no legs, no parents, and no goats. This little boy's life could be saved, because for every time you pass this on, a dollar will be donated to the Little Starving Legless Armless Goatless Boy from Baklaliviatatlaglooshen Fund. Oh, and remember, we have absolutely no way of counting the emails sent and this is all a complete load of B.S. So go on, reach out. Send this to 5 people in the next 47 seconds. Oh, and a reminder - if you accidentally send this to 4 or 6 people, you will die instantly. Thanks again!! Chain Letter Type 3 Hi there!! This chain letter has been in existence since 1897. This is absolutely incredible because there was no email then and probably not as many sad jerks with nothing better to do. So this is how it works... Pass this on to 15,067 people in the next 7 minutes or something horrible will happen to you like: *Bizarre Horror Story #1 Miranda Pinsley was walking home from school on Saturday. She had recently received this letter and ignored it. She then tripped in a crack in t
[CTRL] Occasion for Pan-Asian Cooperation
-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! STRATFOR.COM Global Intelligence Update December 3, 1999 Occasion for Pan-Asian Cooperation Summary Asia is on the threshold of abandoning its longstanding policy of non-interference. On Nov. 2, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called on the region to form a pan-Asian security structure to promote peaceful cooperation. His move echoes a growing paradigm shift, as Asian countries begin to realize that threats to individual nations' stability threaten that of the entire region. The ongoing separatist struggles in Indonesia have strengthened this sentiment; the 10 ASEAN members, and Japan, China and South Korea have announced that they stand behind Indonesia's sovereignty. Although they now lack the military capability to support their stand, Asian nations are moving faster than ever toward acting like a regional bloc. Analysis Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called for a pan- Asian security force. On Dec. 2, he urged Asian nations to "forget the war which was fought 50 years ago," in order to join together to maintain peace in the region. Mahathir suggested that China and Japan could play leading roles. While a unified security structure is likely years away, Mahathir's statement unmistakably articulates an ongoing shift in Asian governments' attitudes. The region is becoming increasingly convinced that its historical policy of non-interference in each others' domestic affairs is no longer adequate. Since World War II, Asian nations have followed a doctrine of non- interference in regional relations. Each nation has dealt with its own internal security issues. In recent years, regional events have challenged that policy. Asian countries are beginning to realize that the instability of individual countries affects the security of the entire region. For example, the region-wide currency crisis in 1997, as well as the ongoing recovery, has shown Asian nations that their economies are closely intertwined. Also in 1997, ASEAN did everything but intervene when a violent coup stalled Cambodia's entry into the organization. Indonesia's growing instability sparked a debate over the rigid policy of non-interference, starting with East Timor's violent transition to independence. East Timor's pro-independence vote threw the island into chaos in early September, and began a downward spiral of separatist activity that increasingly threatens Indonesia's stability. With East Timor, Asian countries faced a difficult decision: defy their longstanding policy of non-interference, or risk Indonesia's stability -- and their own. A healthy Indonesia is extremely important to the region. The country guards the Straits of Malacca, the region's major shipping route. Indonesia is also ASEAN's largest member. Yet the region failed to respond quickly when the situation in East Timor grew violent. Instead, the first troops to arrive on the island Sept. 20 were almost entirely from Australia, Britain and New Zealand. While Asian countries did eventually send troops, Australia remained the dominant force, with 4,303 out of 5,651 troops on Oct. 18. Asian troops will finally take a more substantial role in January 2000. Kofi Annan announced Nov. 17 that the Philippines and one other country, yet unnamed, will takeover control of the U.N. peacekeeping force. Now, Indonesia is dealing with another threat to its stability: urgent calls for independence from separatists in Aceh, one of many restive provinces inspired by East Timor. Both the Indonesian government and military have said that Aceh would not be allowed to vote on independence. Meanwhile, Aceh has set Dec. 4 as the deadline for the government to agree to a referendum on independence. With compromise unlikely, violence could ensue. All 10 countries of ASEAN, plus Japan, China and South Korea, have agreed that they are committed to protecting Indonesia's sovereignty and stability. This is a significant departure from the past. However, they are not prepared to back Indonesia militarily. The countries do not likely have the necessary force projection to carry out such an operation. Moreover, forming an integrated security alliance would be logistically difficult. Trying to integrate the militaries from more than a dozen different countries would be no easy task. Asia is clearly unready to launch Mahathir's suggested alliance. Nevertheless, it realizes the need for a regional approach to security, as is seen in a plan approved at the recent ASEAN summit to establish a permanent ministerial-level group to deal with rapidly emerging security issues. Asia has crossed the threshold and is moving faster than ever toward acting like a regional bloc. (c) 1999, Stratfor, Inc. http://www.stratfor.com/ **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or
[CTRL] Christmas Tree Fire Safety
-Caveat Lector- Christmas Tree Fire Safety Every year many dreams result in tragedy as a result of Christmas trees catching on fire. Traditionally, we take a dead tree (usually a spruce or fir, which is highly flammable when dry) not properly prepared, set it in our homes and wrap it with electric wires. What an invitation for a fire! Provided you follow the directions carefully, this remedy should make your Christmas tree fireproof. Ingredients: Two cups of Karo syrup Two ounces of liquid chlorine bleach Two pinches of Epsom salt One-half teaspoon of Borax One teaspoon of chelated iron Hot water You can purchase the Karo syrup, Borax and liquid chlorine bleach from your supermarket. The Epsom salt can be purchased from the drug store and the chelated iron (pronounced key-lated) can be purchased from a garden shop or plant store. Procedure: 1. Mix your fireproofing ingredients listed above. Fill a two-gallon bucket with hot water to within one inch of the top and add the ingredients. Stir thoroughly, dissolving ingredients. Put to side. 2. With a saw, take your recently-purchased Christmas tree and make a fresh cut at the base on the tree trunk. Cut an inch off the base of the tree. Try to make a level cut. 3. Immediately stand the trunk of the tree in the solution and leave for 24 hours. 4. Keep the remaining solution. Place your tree in a tree stand that contains a well where liquids can be poured. 5. When the tree is in its final resting place, use a plastic cup to pour solution from the bucket into the tree well. Fill the well. 6. Every day without exception, the well of the tree stand must be "topped up" with the solution from the two-gallon bucket. Follow these simple directions and your tree should be fireproofed. It may save your home and family from those fire tragedies we hear about around the holidays. If you're curious, after Christmas when you remove your tree, snap off a branch and try to set it on fire, OUTDOORS. How does the solution work? In a nutshell, the Karo syrup provides the sugar necessary to allow the base of the tree to take up water. Up to 1.5 gallons of water can be taken up by the tree over a two-week period. Boron in the Borax allows the tree to move the water and sugar out to every branch and needle in your tree. Magnesium compounds in the Epsom salt and iron from the chelated iron provide essential components for the production of chlorophyll which will keep the tree green. The bleach prevents mold from forming in your solution. Some of the other beneficial side effects of this procedure are that the needles will not drop and you will notice an increase in natural pine fragrance. Have a safe and happy holiday! 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] Fuzzy Logic at UC Santa Cruz
-Caveat Lector- UC Santa Cruz Postpones Grade Vote By MARTHA MENDOZA .c The Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Professors at the notoriously liberal University of California, Santa Cruz, put off a vote to change the school's grading system Friday, saying they want more feedback from students. Since it opened in 1965, UC Santa Cruz students have been given narrative essays describing their work instead of traditional letter grades. Students can request letter grades, but last year only one in three did. Still, 170 faculty members have asked the Academic Senate to dump the narrative evaluation system. They say it makes it harder for employers and graduate schools to evaluate UC Santa Cruz graduates. The controversy has rocked the campus of 11,000 where 1960s radical Angela Davis is a professor and the banana slug is the school mascot. Over 1,000 students, most indignant over the proposed change, swarmed the Academic Senate's Friday night meeting, saying they didn't come to UC Santa Cruz for traditional grades. ``Grades say nothing,'' said Jen Sethsong, a junior sociology major. ``But a narrative evaluation talks in detail about my strong and weak points.'' To reach the meeting, professors had to walk a 300-foot path lined with hundreds of silent students linking arms and holding signs. One read: ``Grades are a method of sorting vegetables.'' Professors who support the change say eliminating evaluations will help the university attract and retain students with strong academic records and make it easier for graduate schools and employers to evaluate student achievement. When the school opened, almost all University of California students were ``well documented A students,'' Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood said. ``At the time, the thinking was, 'What can you tell a student who is already very, very good?''' But entrance standards have lowered, and there is stiff competition for students seeking financial aid, grants, graduate school admission and jobs. ``There are pressures in society that UC Santa Cruz can't control,'' she said. Instead of voting on the proposal as planned Friday, the Academic Senate, made up of 588 faculty members, postponed the vote to give members more time to hear from students. Manuel Schwab, a senior majoring in politics and literature, said the decision to postpone the vote reflected a willingness to listen to student concerns. 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] National Letter of Protest about the Contrails.
-Caveat Lector- These contrails need to be brought out into the open. We have to make a noise about this unless of course they do not exist and you are all deluded..lol Peter Hello All: If you go to http://www.carnicom.com/he has a National Letter of Protest about the Contrails. Sign it. I did. There is already a Class Action Lawsuit out also. Rusty (Retha Rutherford) We are about to go on a Journey. All Aboard http://sites.netscape.net/gsussnzl/poleshift 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
